Jun 12 - Psalms 9-16
Psalms
1I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.2I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.3My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.4For you have upheld my right and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.5You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.6Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.7The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.8He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice.9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.10Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.11Sing praises to the LORD, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.12For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.13O LORD, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,14that I may declare your praises in the gates of the Daughter of Zion and there rejoice in your salvation.15The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.16The LORD is known by his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion. Selah17The wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God.18But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.19Arise, O LORD, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.20Strike them with terror, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah
1Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?2In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.3He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.4In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.5His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies.6He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble."7His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.8He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims.9He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.10His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.11He says to himself, "God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees."12Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.13Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"?14But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.15Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; call him to account for his wickedness that would not be found out.16The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.17You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,18defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.
1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: "Flee like a bird to your mountain.2For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.3When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?"4The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne. He observes the sons of men; his eyes examine them.5The LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence his soul hates.6On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.7For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face.
1Help, LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.2Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.3May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue4that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips -who is our master?"5"Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."6And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.7O LORD, you will keep us safe and protect us from such people forever.8The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.
1How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?2How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?3Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;4my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall.5But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.6I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.
1The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.2The LORD looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.3All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.4Will evildoers never learn- those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on the LORD?5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.6You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.7Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
1LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?2He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart3and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman,4who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the LORD, who keeps his oath even when it hurts,5who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
1Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.2I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing."3As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.4The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips.5LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.7I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.8I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,10because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.11You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.