Psalm 6 | |||
1
|
O Lord, rebuke me not in your wrath; • | ||
neither chasten me in your fierce anger. | |||
2
|
Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak; • | ||
Lord, heal me, for my bones are racked. | |||
3
|
My soul also shakes with terror; • | ||
how long, O Lord, how long? | |||
4
|
Turn again, O Lord, and deliver my soul; • | ||
save me for your loving mercy's sake. | |||
5
|
For in death no one remembers you; • | ||
and who can give you thanks in the grave? | |||
6
|
I am weary with my groaning; • | ||
every night I drench my
pillow and flood my bed with my tears. |
|||
7
|
My eyes are wasted with grief • | ||
and worn away because of all my enemies. | |||
8
|
Depart from me, all you that do evil, • | ||
for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. | |||
9
|
The Lord has heard my supplication; • | ||
the Lord will receive my prayer. | |||
10
|
All my enemies shall be put to shame and confusion; • | ||
they shall suddenly turn back in their shame. | |||
Psalm 7 | |||
1
|
O Lord my God, in you I take refuge; • | ||
save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me, | |||
2
|
Lest they rend me like a lion and tear me in pieces • | ||
while there is no one to help me. | |||
3
|
O Lord my God, if I have done these things: • | ||
if there is any wickedness in my hands, | |||
4
|
If I have repaid my friend with evil, • | ||
or plundered my enemy without a cause, | |||
5
|
Then let my enemy pursue me and overtake me, • | ||
trample my life to the
ground, and lay my honour in the dust. |
|||
6
|
Rise up, O Lord, in your
wrath; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies. • |
||
Awaken, my God, the judgement that you have commanded. | |||
7
|
Let the assembly of the peoples gather round you; • | ||
be seated high above them: O Lord, judge the nations. | |||
8
|
Give judgement for
me according to my righteousness, O Lord, • |
||
and according to the innocence that is in me. | |||
9
|
Let the malice of the
wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; • |
||
for you test the mind and heart, O righteous God. | |||
10
|
God is my shield that is over me; • | ||
he saves the true of heart. | |||
11
|
God is a righteous judge; • | ||
he is provoked all day long. | |||
12
|
If they will not repent, God will whet his sword; • | ||
he has bent his bow and made it ready. | |||
13
|
He has prepared the weapons of death; • | ||
he makes his arrows shafts of fire. | |||
14
|
Behold those who are in labour with wickedness, • | ||
who conceive evil and give birth to lies. | |||
15
|
They dig a pit and make it deep • | ||
and fall into the hole that they have made for others. | |||
16
|
Their mischief rebounds on their own head; • | ||
their violence falls on their own scalp. | |||
17
|
I will give thanks to the Lord for his righteousness, • | ||
and I will make music to the name of the Lord Most High. | |||
Psalm 8 | |||
First version | |||
1
|
O Lord our governor, • | ||
how glorious is your name in all the world! | |||
2
|
Your majesty above the heavens is praised • | ||
out of the mouths of babes at the breast. | |||
3
|
You have founded a stronghold against your foes, • | ||
that you might still the enemy and the avenger. | |||
4
|
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, • | ||
the moon and the stars that you have ordained, | |||
5
|
What is man, that you should be mindful of him; • | ||
the son of man, that you should seek him out? | |||
6
|
You have made him little lower than the angels • | ||
and crown him with glory and honour. | |||
7
|
You have given him dominion over the works of your hands • | ||
and put all things under his feet, | |||
8
|
All sheep and oxen, • | ||
even the wild beasts of the field, | |||
9
|
The birds of the air, the fish of the sea • | ||
and whatsoever moves in the paths of the sea. | |||
10
|
O Lord our governor, • | ||
how glorious is your name in all the world! | |||
Psalm 8 | |||
Second version | |||
1
|
O Lord our governor, • | ||
how glorious is your name in all the world! | |||
2
|
Your majesty above the heavens is praised • | ||
out of the mouths of babes at the breast. | |||
3
|
You have founded a stronghold against your foes, • | ||
that you might still the enemy and the avenger. | |||
4
|
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, • | ||
the moon and the stars that you have ordained, | |||
5
|
What are mortals, that you should be mindful of them; • | ||
mere human beings, that you should seek them out? | |||
6
|
You have made them little lower than the angels • | ||
and crown them with glory and honour. | |||
7
|
You have given them dominion over the works of your hands • | ||
and put all things under their feet, | |||
8
|
All sheep and oxen, • | ||
even the wild beasts of the field, | |||
9
|
The birds of the air, the fish of the sea • | ||
and whatsoever moves in the paths of the sea. | |||
10
|
O Lord our governor, • | ||
how glorious is your name in all the world! | |||
Psalm 9 | |||
1
|
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with my whole heart; • | ||
I will tell of all your marvellous works. | |||
2
|
I will be glad and rejoice in you; • | ||
I will make music to your name, O Most High. | |||
3
|
When my enemies are driven back, • | ||
they stumble and perish at your presence. | |||
4
|
For you have maintained my right and my cause; • | ||
you sat on your throne giving righteous judgement. | |||
5
|
You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; • | ||
you have blotted out their name for ever and ever. | |||
6
|
The enemy was utterly laid waste. • | ||
You uprooted their
cities; their very memory has perished. |
|||
7
|
But the Lord shall endure for ever; • | ||
he has made fast his throne for judgement. | |||
8
|
For he shall rule the world with righteousness • | ||
and govern the peoples with equity. | |||
9
|
Then will the Lord be a refuge for the oppressed, • | ||
a refuge in the time of trouble. | |||
10
|
And those who know your name will put their trust in you, • | ||
for you, Lord, have never failed those who seek you. | |||
11
|
Sing praises to the Lord who dwells in Zion; • | ||
declare among the peoples the things he has done. | |||
12
|
The avenger of blood has remembered them; • | ||
he did not forget the cry of the oppressed. | |||
13
|
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; • | ||
consider the trouble I
suffer from those who hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death; |
|||
14
|
That I may tell all your praises in the gates of the city of Zion • | ||
and rejoice in your salvation. | |||
15
|
The nations shall sink into the pit of their making • | ||
and in the snare which they set will their own foot be taken. | |||
16
|
The Lord makes himself known by his acts of justice; • | ||
the wicked are snared in the works of their own hands. | |||
17
|
They shall return to the land of darkness, • | ||
all the nations that forget God. | |||
18
|
For the needy shall not always be forgotten • | ||
and the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever. | |||
19
|
Arise, O Lord, and let not mortals have the upper hand; • | ||
let the nations be judged before your face. | |||
20
|
Put them in fear, O Lord, • | ||
that the nations may know themselves to be but mortal. | |||
Psalm 10 | |||
1
|
Why stand so far off, O Lord? • | ||
Why hide yourself in time of trouble? | |||
2
|
The wicked in their pride persecute the poor; • | ||
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised. | |||
3
|
The wicked boast of their heart's desire; • | ||
the covetous curse and revile the Lord. | |||
4
|
The wicked in their arrogance say, 'God will not avenge it'; • | ||
in all their scheming God counts for nothing. | |||
5
|
They are stubborn in all
their ways, for your judgements are far above out of their sight; • |
||
they scoff at all their adversaries. | |||
6
|
They say in their heart, 'I shall not be shaken; • | ||
no harm shall ever happen to me.' | |||
7
|
Their mouth is full of cursing, deceit and fraud; • | ||
under their tongue lie mischief and wrong. | |||
8
|
They lurk in the
outskirts and in dark alleys they murder the innocent; • |
||
their eyes are ever watching for the helpless. | |||
9
|
They lie in wait, like a
lion in his den; they lie in wait to seize the poor; • |
||
they seize the poor when they get them into their net. | |||
10
|
The innocent are broken and humbled before them; • | ||
the helpless fall before their power. | |||
11
|
They say in their heart, 'God has forgotten; • | ||
he hides his face away; he will never see it.' | |||
12
|
Arise, O Lord God, and lift up your hand; • | ||
forget not the poor. | |||
13
|
Why should the wicked be scornful of God? • | ||
Why should they say in their hearts, 'You will not avenge it'? | |||
14
|
Surely, you behold trouble and misery; • | ||
you see it and take it into your own hand. | |||
15
|
The helpless commit themselves to you, • | ||
for you are the helper of the orphan. | |||
16
|
Break the power of the wicked and malicious; • | ||
search out their wickedness until you find none. | |||
17
|
The Lord shall reign for ever and ever; • | ||
the nations shall perish from his land. | |||
18
|
Lord, you will hear the desire of the poor; • | ||
you will incline your ear to the fullness of their heart, | |||
19
|
To give justice to the orphan and oppressed, • | ||
so that people are no longer driven in terror from the land. | |||