May 28 - Psalms 9-17
Psalms
1Unto the end. For the secrets of the Son. A Psalm of David. I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders2I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High3For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face4For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice5You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations6The spears of the enemy have failed in the end, and their cities, you have destroyed. Their memory has perished with a loud noise7But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment8And he will judge the whole world in equity. He will judge the people in justice9And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation10And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord11Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles12Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor13Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies14You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion15I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden16The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands17The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God18For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end19Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight20O Lord, establish a lawgiver over them, so that the Gentiles may know that they are only men
1So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away? Why have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation2While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise3For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed4The sinner has provoked the Lord; according to the multitude of his wrath, he will not seek him5God is not before his sight. His ways are stained at all times. Your judgments are removed from his face. He will be master of all his enemies6For he has said in his heart, "I will not be disturbed: from generation to generation without evil.7His mouth is full of curses, and bitterness, and deceit. Under his tongue are hardship and sorrow8He sits in ambush, with resources in hidden places, so that he may execute the innocent9His eyes catch sight of the poor. He lies in ambush, in hiding like a lion in his den. He lies in ambush, so that he may seize the poor, to seize the poor as he draws him in10With his snare, he will bring him down. He will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor11For he has said in his heart, "God has forgotten, he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.12O Lord God, rise up. Let your hand be exalted. Do not forget the poor13How has the impious one provoked God? For he has said in his heart, "He will not inquire.14You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow, so that you may deliver them into your hands. The poor one has been abandoned to you. You will be a helper to the orphan15Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious. His sin will be sought, and it will not be found16The Lord shall reign in eternity, even forever and ever. You will perish the Gentiles from his land17The Lord has heeded the desire of the poor. Your ear has listened to the preparation of their heart18so as to judge for the orphan and the humble, so that man may no longer presume to magnify himself upon the earth
1Unto the end. A Psalm of David. I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, "Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.2For behold, the sinners have bent their bow. They have prepared their arrows in the quiver, so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart3For they have destroyed the things that you have completed. But what has the just one done4The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes look upon the poor. His eyelids question the sons of men5The Lord questions the just and the impious. Yet he who loves iniquity, hates his own soul6He will rain down snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and windstorms will be the portion of their cup7For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity
1Unto the end. For the octave. A Psalm of David. Save me, O Lord, because holiness has passed away, because truths have been diminished, before the sons of men2They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart3May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice4They have said: "We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?5Because of the misery of the destitute and the groaning of the poor, now I will arise, says the Lord. I will place him in safety. I will act faithfully toward him6The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times7You, O Lord, will preserve us, and you will guard us from this generation into eternity8The impious wander aimlessly. According to your loftiness, you have multiplied the sons of men
1Unto the end. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me until the end? How long will you turn your face away from me2How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day3How long will my enemy be exalted over me4Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death5lest at any time my enemy may say, "I have prevailed against him." Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed6But I have hoped in your mercy. My heart will exult in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, who assigns good things to me. And I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord Most High
1Unto the end. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They were corrupted, and they have become abominable in their studies. There is no one who does good; there is not even one2The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God3They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully; the venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; and the way of peace, they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.4Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread5They have not called upon the Lord. There, they have trembled in fear, where there was no fear6For the Lord is with the just generation. You have confounded the counsel of the needy because the Lord is his hope7Who will grant the salvation of Israel from Zion? When the Lord turns away the captivity of his people, Jacob will exult, and Israel will rejoice
1A Psalm of David. O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? Or who will rest on your holy mountain2He who walks without blemish and who works justice3He who speaks the truth in his heart, who has not acted deceitfully with his tongue, and has not done evil to his neighbor, and has not taken up a reproach against his neighbors4In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing, but he glorifies those who fear the Lord. He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive5He who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent. He who does these things will be undisturbed for eternity
1The inscription of a title: of David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, because I have hoped in you2I have said to the Lord: "You are my God, so you have no need of my goodness.3As for the saints, who are in his land: he has made all my desires wonderful in them4Their infirmities have been multiplied; after this, they acted more quickly. I will not gather for their convocations of blood, nor will I remember their names with my lips5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. It is you who will restore my inheritance to me6The lots have fallen upon me with clarity. And, indeed, my inheritance has been very clear to me7I will bless the Lord, who has bestowed understanding upon me. Moreover, my temperament has also corrected me, even through the night8I have made provision for the Lord always in my sight. For he is at my right hand, so that I may not be disturbed9Because of this, my heart has been joyful, and my tongue has exulted. Moreover, even my body will rest in hope10For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption11You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy by your countenance. At your right hand are delights, even to the end
1A Prayer of David. Lord, listen to my justice, attend to my supplication. Pay attention to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips2Let my judgment proceed from your presence. Let your eyes behold fairness3You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me4Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips5Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed6I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words7Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you8From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings9from the face of the impious who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul10They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly11They have cast me out, and now they have surrounded me. They have cast their eyes down to the earth12They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding13Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand14Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life. Their gut has been filled from your hidden stores. They have been filled with sons, and they have bequeathed to their little ones the remainder15But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears