Psalm 6-10

Complete Jewish Bible

6 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. With stringed instruments. On sh’minit [low-pitched musical instruments?]. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾Adonai, don’t rebuke me in your anger,
don’t discipline me in the heat of your fury.
³⁽²⁾Be gracious to me, Adonai,
because I am withering away;
heal me, Adonai,
because my bones are shaking;
⁴⁽³⁾I am completely terrified;
and you, Adonai — how long?
⁵⁽⁴⁾Come back, Adonai, and rescue me!
Save me for the sake of your grace;
⁶⁽⁵⁾for in death, no one remembers you;
in Sh’ol, who will praise you?

⁷⁽⁶⁾I am worn out with groaning;
all night I drench my bed with tears,
flooding my couch till it swims.
⁸⁽⁷⁾My vision is darkened with anger;
it grows weak because of all my foes.

⁹⁽⁸⁾Get away from me, all you workers of evil!
For Adonai has heard the sound of my weeping,
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Adonai has heard my pleading,
Adonai will accept my prayer.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾All my enemies will be confounded,
completely terrified;
they will turn back
and be suddenly put to shame.

7 ⁽⁰⁾A shiggayon of David, which he sang to Adonai because of Kush the Ben-Y’mini:

²⁽¹⁾Adonai my God, in you I take refuge.
Save me from all my pursuers, and rescue me;
³⁽²⁾otherwise, they will maul me like a lion
and tear me apart, with no rescuer present.

⁴⁽³⁾Adonai my God, if I have caused this,
if there is guilt on my hands,
⁵⁽⁴⁾if I paid back evil to him who was at peace with me,
when I even spared those who opposed me without cause;
⁶⁽⁵⁾then let the enemy pursue me
until he overtakes me
and tramples my life down into the earth;
yes, let him lay my honor in the dust. (Selah)

⁷⁽⁶⁾Rise up, Adonai, in your anger!
Arouse yourself against the fury of my foes.
Wake up for me; you commanded justice.
⁸⁽⁷⁾May the assembly of the peoples surround you;
may you return to rule over them from on high.
⁹⁽⁸⁾Adonai, who dispenses judgment to the peoples,
judge me, Adonai, according to my righteousness
and as my integrity deserves.
¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and establish the righteous;
since you, righteous God,
test hearts and minds.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾My shield is God,
who saves the upright in heart.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾God is a righteous judge,
a God whose anger is present every day.
¹³⁽¹²⁾If a person will not repent,
he sharpens his sword.
He has bent his bow, made it ready;
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾he has also prepared for him
weapons of death, his arrows,
which he has made into burning shafts.

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾Look how the wicked is pregnant with evil;
he conceives trouble, gives birth to lies.
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾He makes a pit, digs it deep,
and falls into the hole he made.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾His mischief will return onto his own head,
his violence will recoil onto his own skull.

¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾I thank Adonai for his righteousness
and sing praise to the name of Adonai ‘Elyon.

8 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. On the gittit. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾Adonai! Our Lord! How glorious
is your name throughout the earth!
The fame of your majesty
spreads even above the heavens!

³⁽²⁾From the mouths of babies and infants at the breast
you established strength because of your foes,
in order that you might silence
the enemy and the avenger.

⁴⁽³⁾When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and stars that you set in place —
⁵⁽⁴⁾what are mere mortals, that you concern yourself with them;
humans, that you watch over them with such care?

⁶⁽⁵⁾You made him but little lower than the angels,
you crowned him with glory and honor,
⁷⁽⁶⁾you had him rule what your hands made,
you put everything under his feet —
⁸⁽⁷⁾sheep and oxen, all of them,
also the animals in the wilds,
⁹⁽⁸⁾the birds in the air, the fish in the sea,
whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Adonai! Our Lord! How glorious
is your name throughout the earth!

9 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. On the death of Labben. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾I give thanks to Adonai with all my heart.
I will tell about all your wonderful deeds.
³⁽²⁾I will be glad and exult in you.
I will sing praise to your name, ‘Elyon.

⁴⁽³⁾When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before you.
⁵⁽⁴⁾For you upheld my cause as just,
sitting on the throne as the righteous judge.

⁶⁽⁵⁾You rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked,
blotted out their name forever and ever.
⁷⁽⁶⁾The enemy is finished, in ruins forever;
you destroyed their cities; all memory of them is lost.

⁸⁽⁷⁾But Adonai is enthroned forever;
he has set up his throne for judgment.
⁹⁽⁸⁾He will judge the world in righteousness;
he will judge the peoples fairly.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Adonai is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a tower of strength in times of trouble.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you have not abandoned those who seek you, Adonai.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾Sing praises to Adonai, who lives in Tziyon;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
¹³⁽¹²⁾For the avenger of blood remembers them,
he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted:

¹⁴⁽¹³⁾“Have mercy on me, Adonai!
See how I suffer from those who hate me;
you raise me from the gates of death,
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾so that I can proclaim all your praises
at the gates of the daughter of Tziyon
and rejoice in this deliverance of yours.”

¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾The nations have drowned in the pit they dug,
caught their own feet in the net they hid.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾Adonai made himself known and executed judgment;
the wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. (Higgayon; Selah)

¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾The wicked will return to Sh’ol,
all the nations that forget God.

¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾For the poor will not always be forgotten
or the hope of the needy perish forever.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾Arise, Adonai! Don’t let mortals prevail!
Let the nations be judged in your presence.
²¹⁽²⁰⁾Strike them with terror, Adonai!
Let the nations know they are only human. (Selah)

10 Why, Adonai, do you stand at a distance?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
²The wicked in their arrogance hunt down the poor,
who get caught in the schemes they think up.

³For the wicked boasts about his lusts;
he blesses greed and despises Adonai.
⁴Every scheme of the wicked in his arrogance [says],
“There is no God, [so] it won’t be held against me.”
⁵His ways prosper at all times.
Your judgments are way up there,
so he takes no notice.
His adversaries? He scoffs at them all.
⁶In his heart he thinks, “I will never be shaken;
I won’t meet trouble, not now or ever.”
⁷His mouth is full of curses, deceit, oppression;
under his tongue, mischief and injustice.
⁸He waits near settlements in ambush
and kills an innocent man in secret;
his eyes are on the hunt for the helpless.
⁹Lurking unseen like a lion in his lair,
he lies in wait to pounce on the poor,
then seizes the poor and drags him off in his net.
¹⁰Yes, he stoops, crouches down low;
and the helpless wretch falls into his clutches.
¹¹He says in his heart, “God forgets,
he hides his face, he will never see.”

¹²Arise, Adonai! God, raise your hand!
Don’t forget the humble!
¹³Why does the wicked despise God
and say in his heart, “It won’t be held against me”?
¹⁴You have seen; for you look at mischief and grief,
so that you can take the matter in hand.
The helpless commits himself to you;
you help the fatherless.
¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked!
As for the evil man,
search out his wickedness
until there is none left.

¹⁶Adonai is king forever and ever!
The nations have vanished from his land.
¹⁷Adonai, you have heard what the humble want;
you encourage them and listen to them,
¹⁸to give justice to the fatherless and oppressed,
so that no one on earth will strike terror again.

Tehillim 6-10

Orthodox Jewish Bible

6 (For the one directing. With stringed instruments. Al HaSheminit. Mizmor Dovid) Hashem, rebuke me not in Thine anger, neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure.

²⁽³⁾Have mercy upon me, Hashem; for I am weak: Hashem, heal me; for my atzmot are shaking.

³⁽⁴⁾My nefesh is also much shaken; but Thou, Hashem, ad mosai (how much longer)?

⁴⁽⁵⁾Turn, Hashem, deliver my nefesh; hoshieini (save me) for the sake of Thy chesed.

⁵⁽⁶⁾For in mavet there is no remembrance of Thee; in Sheol who shall give Thee thanks?

⁶⁽⁷⁾I am weary with my groaning; all the lailah flood I my mittah with weeping; I water my couch with my tears.

⁷⁽⁸⁾Mine eye is consumed because of ka’as (grief); it groweth old because of all mine enemies.

⁸⁽⁹⁾Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for Hashem hath heard the voice of my weeping.

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾Hashem hath heard my techinnah (supplication); Hashem will receive my tefillah (prayer).

¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾Let all mine oyevim be ashamed and much troubled; let them turn back and suddenly be ashamed.

7 (Shiggayon of Dovid, which he sang unto Hashem, regarding Kush of Binyamin) Hashem Elohai, in Thee do I seek refuge; hoshieini (save me) from all them that persecute me, and deliver me;

²⁽³⁾Lest he tear my nefesh like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to rescue.

³⁽⁴⁾Hashem Elohai, if I have done this; if there be guilt in my hands;

⁴⁽⁵⁾If I have recompensed with evil him that held out shalom unto me; or, without cause plundered my opposers,

⁵⁽⁶⁾Then let the enemy persecute my nefesh, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay mine kavod to sleep in the dust. Selah.

⁶⁽⁷⁾Arise, Hashem, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself because of the rage of mine enemies; awake, o my El, to the mishpat Thou hast decreed.

⁷⁽⁸⁾So let the Adat l’Umim surround Thee; and over it return Thou on high [to judge].

⁸⁽⁹⁾Hashem shall judge the people; judge me, Hashem, according to my tzedek, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾Oh let the wickedness of the resha’im come to an end; but make the tzaddik secure; for the Elohim Tzaddik trieth the minds and hearts.

¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾My mogen (shield) is Elohim, Moshi’a of the upright in heart.

¹¹⁽¹²⁾Elohim is a Shofet Tzaddik, and El expresses wrath kol yom.

¹²⁽¹³⁾If He relent not, He will sharpen His cherev; He hath bent His keshet (bow) and made it ready.

¹³⁽¹⁴⁾He hath also prepared for Him the instruments of mavet; He ordaineth His flaming khitzim (arrows).

¹⁴⁽¹⁵⁾Hinei, he [an evil person] travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived trouble, and brought forth falsehood.

¹⁵⁽¹⁶⁾He makes a pit, and digs it, and is fallen into the shachat (pit) which he made.

¹⁶⁽¹⁷⁾His trouble shall return upon his own rosh, and his chamas shall come down upon his own kodkod (crown of the head).

¹⁷⁽¹⁸⁾I will give thanks to Hashem according to His tzedek; and will sing praise to the Shem of Hashem Elyon.

8 (For the one directing. According to the gittit. Mizmor of Dovid). Hashem Adoneinu, how excellent is Shimecha in kol ha’aretz Who hast set Thy glory above HaShomayim.

²⁽³⁾Out of the mouth of olelim and infants hast Thou established strength because of Thine enemies, that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

³⁽⁴⁾When I consider Thy heavens, the ma’asim of Thy fingers, the yarei’ach and the kokhavim, which Thou hast ordained;

⁴⁽⁵⁾What is enosh (mankind), that Thou art mindful of him? And the ben adam, that Thou visitest him?

⁵⁽⁶⁾For Thou hast made him a little lower than elohim [or Elohim, Gn 1:27], and hast crowned him with kavod and hadar.

⁶⁽⁷⁾Thou madest him to have dominion over the ma’asim of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

⁷⁽⁸⁾All sheep and oxen, yea, and the behemot sadeh;

⁸⁽⁹⁾The fowl of the air, and the dag (fish) of the yam, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾Hashem Adoneinu, how excellent is Shimecha in kol ha’aretz!

9 (For the one directing. To The Death of the Son. Mizmor of Dovid) I will give thanks to Thee, Hashem, with kol lev of me; I will show forth all Thy marvellous works.

²⁽³⁾I will be glad and rejoice in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy Shem, O Thou Elyon.

³⁽⁴⁾When mine oyevim are turned back, they shall fall and perish at Thy presence.

⁴⁽⁵⁾For Thou hast maintained my mishpat and my cause; Thou as Shofet Tzedek dost sit on the kisse.

⁵⁽⁶⁾Thou hast rebuked the Goyim, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their shem l’olam va’ed.

⁶⁽⁷⁾Choravot lanetzach (endless ruins) have come to the enemy: and Thou hast rooted out cities; their memory is perished with them.

⁷⁽⁸⁾But Hashem shall reign l’olam; He hath established His kisse (throne) for mishpat.

⁸⁽⁹⁾And He shall judge the tevel (world) in tzedek, He shall govern the nations with justice.

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾Hashem also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of tzoros.

¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾And they that know Shemecha will put their trust in Thee; for Thou, Hashem, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.

¹¹⁽¹²⁾Sing praises to Hashem, enthroned in Tziyon; declare among the nations His deeds.

¹²⁽¹³⁾When He avenges [shefach] dahm, He remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the aniyim (humble, afflicted, the helpless ones).

¹³⁽¹⁴⁾Have mercy upon me, Hashem; consider my sufferings which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the sha’arei mavet (gates of death);

¹⁴⁽¹⁵⁾That I may show forth all Thy praise in the Sha’arei Bat Tziyon. I will rejoice in Thy Yeshuah (salvation).

¹⁵⁽¹⁶⁾The Goyim are sunk down in the shachat (pit) that they dug; in the reshet (net) which they hid is their own foot caught.

¹⁶⁽¹⁷⁾Hashem is known by the mishpat which He executeth; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgayon. Selah.

¹⁷⁽¹⁸⁾The resha’im shall be turned into Sheol, and all the Goyim that forget Elohim.

¹⁸⁽¹⁹⁾For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the tikveh of the poor shall not perish forever.

¹⁹⁽²⁰⁾Arise, Hashem; let not enosh (mankind) prevail; let the Goyim be judged in Thy sight.

²⁰⁽²¹⁾Put them in terror, Hashem; that the Goyim may know themselves to be but enosh. Selah.

10 Why standest Thou afar off, Hashem? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of tzoros?

²The reshah in his ga’avah (haughtiness) doth persecute the ani (poor, see Zech 9:9 where ani is Moshiach); let them be caught in the devices that they have schemed.

³For the reshah boasteth of his ta’avat nefesh (soul’s lust), and blesseth the covetous, whom Hashem abhorreth.

⁴The reshah, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after Him; Elohim is not in all his thoughts.

⁵His ways are always prosperous; Thy mishpatim are on high, out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

⁶He hath said in his lev, I shall not be shaken; throughout all generations I shall never be in trouble.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his leshon (tongue) is trouble and iniquity.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages; in the places for ambush doth he murder the naki (innocent); his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

⁹He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den; he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor when he draweth him into his reshet.

¹⁰He crouches, and stoops, that the poor may fall by his atzum (might).

¹¹He hath said in his lev, El hath forgotten; He hideth his face; He will never see it.

¹²Arise, Hashem; O El, lift up Thine yad; forget not the aniyim.

¹³For why doth the reshah renounce Elohim? He hath said in his lev, Thou wilt not call me to account.

¹⁴Thou hast seen it; for Thou beholdest trouble and ka’as (grief), to requite it with Thy yad; the helpless committeth himself unto Thee; Thou art the Ozer (helper) of the yatom (orphan).

¹⁵Break Thou the zero’a of the reshah and the evil man; call to account his wickedness that would not be found out.

¹⁶Hashem is Melech olam va’ed; the Goyim are perished out of His land.

¹⁷Hashem, Thou hast heard the desire of the aniyim; Thou wilt strengthen their lev, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to hear;

¹⁸To judge the yatom (orphan) and the oppressed, that enosh of the earth may no more strike terror.

Psalm 6-10

New International Version

Psalm 6^[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.^[b] A psalm of David.

¹Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger^(A)
    or discipline me in your wrath.
²Have mercy on me,^(B) Lord, for I am faint;^(C)
    heal me,^(D) Lord, for my bones are in agony.^(E)
³My soul is in deep anguish.^(F)
    How long,^(G) Lord, how long?

⁴Turn,^(H) Lord, and deliver me;
save me because of your unfailing love.^(I)
⁵Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
Who praises you from the grave?^(J)

⁶I am worn out^(K) from my groaning.^(L)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(M)
and drench my couch with tears.^(N)
⁷My eyes grow weak^(O) with sorrow;
they fail because of all my foes.

⁸Away from me,^(P) all you who do evil,^(Q)
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
⁹The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;^(R)
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
¹⁰All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;^(S)
    they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.^(T)

Psalm 7^[c]

A shiggaion^[d]^(U) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

¹Lord my God, I take refuge^(V) in you;
save and deliver me^(W) from all who pursue me,^(X)
²or they will tear me apart like a lion^(Y)
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue^(Z) me.

³Lord my God, if I have done this
    and there is guilt on my hands^(AA)—
⁴if I have repaid my ally with evil
    or without cause^(AB) have robbed my foe—
⁵then let my enemy pursue and overtake^(AC) me;
    let him trample my life to the ground^(AD)
    and make me sleep in the dust.^[e]^(AE)

⁶Arise,^(AF) Lord, in your anger;
    rise up against the rage of my enemies.^(AG)
    Awake,^(AH) my God; decree justice.
⁷Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
    while you sit enthroned over them on high.^(AI)
⁸    Let the Lord judge^(AJ) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,^(AK)
    according to my integrity,^(AL) O Most High.^(AM)
⁹Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—^(AN)
you, the righteous God^(AO)
    who probes minds and hearts.^(AP)

¹⁰My shield^[f]^(AQ) is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.^(AR)
¹¹God is a righteous judge,^(AS)
    a God who displays his wrath^(AT) every day.
¹²If he does not relent,^(AU)
    he^[g] will sharpen his sword;^(AV)
    he will bend and string his bow.^(AW)
¹³He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.^(AX)

¹⁴Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth^(AY) to disillusionment.
¹⁵Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit^(AZ) they have made.^(BA)
¹⁶The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

¹⁷I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;^(BB)
I will sing the praises^(BC) of the name of the Lord Most High.^(BD)

Psalm 8^[h]

For the director of music. According to gittith.^[i] A psalm of David.

¹Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name^(BE) in all the earth!

You have set your glory^(BF)
    in the heavens.^(BG)
²Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold^(BH) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe^(BI) and the avenger.
³When I consider your heavens,^(BJ)
    the work of your fingers,^(BK)
the moon and the stars,^(BL)
    which you have set in place,
⁴what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?^[j]^(BM)

⁵You have made them^[k] a little lower than the angels^[l]^(BN)
    and crowned them^[m] with glory and honor.^(BO)
⁶You made them rulers^(BP) over the works of your hands;^(BQ)
    you put everything under their^[n] feet:^(BR)
⁷all flocks and herds,^(BS)
    and the animals of the wild,^(BT)
⁸the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(BU)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!^(BV)

Psalm 9^[o]^[p]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

¹I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;^(BW)
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.^(BX)
²I will be glad and rejoice^(BY) in you;
I will sing the praises^(BZ) of your name,^(CA) O Most High.

³My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.
⁴For you have upheld my right^(CB) and my cause,^(CC)
    sitting enthroned^(CD) as the righteous judge.^(CE)
⁵You have rebuked the nations^(CF) and destroyed the wicked;
    you have blotted out their name^(CG) for ever and ever.
⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
    you have uprooted their cities;^(CH)
    even the memory of them^(CI) has perished.

⁷The Lord reigns forever;^(CJ)
    he has established his throne^(CK) for judgment.
⁸He rules the world in righteousness^(CL)
    and judges the peoples with equity.^(CM)
⁹The Lord is a refuge^(CN) for the oppressed,^(CO)
    a stronghold in times of trouble.^(CP)
¹⁰Those who know your name^(CQ) trust in you,
    for you, Lord, have never forsaken^(CR) those who seek you.^(CS)

¹¹Sing the praises^(CT) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^(CU)
proclaim among the nations^(CV) what he has done.^(CW)
¹²For he who avenges blood^(CX) remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^(CY)

¹³Lord, see how my enemies^(CZ) persecute me!
    Have mercy^(DA) and lift me up from the gates of death,^(DB)
¹⁴that I may declare your praises^(DC)
    in the gates of Daughter Zion,^(DD)
    and there rejoice in your salvation.^(DE)

¹⁵The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;^(DF)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^(DG)
¹⁶The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^[q]^(DH)
¹⁷The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^(DI)
    all the nations that forget God.^(DJ)
¹⁸But God will never forget the needy;
    the hope^(DK) of the afflicted^(DL) will never perish.

¹⁹Arise,^(DM) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^(DN)
let the nations be judged^(DO) in your presence.
²⁰Strike them with terror,^(DP) Lord;
let the nations know they are only mortal.^(DQ)

Psalm 10^[r]

¹Why, Lord, do you stand far off?^(DR)
Why do you hide yourself^(DS) in times of trouble?

²In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,^(DT)
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.
³He boasts^(DU) about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.^(DV)
⁴In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
    in all his thoughts there is no room for God.^(DW)
⁵His ways are always prosperous;
    your laws are rejected by^[s] him;
    he sneers at all his enemies.
⁶He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
    He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”^(DX)

⁷His mouth is full^(DY) of lies and threats;^(DZ)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.^(EA)
⁸He lies in wait^(EB) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.^(EC)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
⁹    like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;^(ED)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.^(EE)
¹⁰His victims are crushed,^(EF) they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.
¹¹He says to himself, “God will never notice;^(EG)
    he covers his face and never sees.”^(EH)

¹²Arise,^(EI) Lord! Lift up your hand,^(EJ) O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.^(EK)
¹³Why does the wicked man revile God?^(EL)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?^(EM)
¹⁴But you, God, see the trouble^(EN) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;^(EO)
    you are the helper^(EP) of the fatherless.
¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked man;^(EQ)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

¹⁶The Lord is King for ever and ever;^(ER)
    the nations^(ES) will perish from his land.
¹⁷You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;^(ET)
    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,^(EU)
¹⁸defending the fatherless^(EV) and the oppressed,^(EW)
    so that mere earthly mortals
    will never again strike terror.

Footnotes

Psalm 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
Psalm 6:1 Title: Probably a musical term
Psalm 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-17 is numbered 7:2-18.
Psalm 7:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 7:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign
Psalm 7:12 Or If anyone does not repent, / God
Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term
Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
Psalm 8:5 Or him
Psalm 8:5 Or than God
Psalm 8:5 Or him
Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his
Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.
Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.
Psalm 10:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
Psalm 10:5 See Septuagint; Hebrew / they are haughty, and your laws are far from

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Psalm 6-10

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Psalm 6^[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.^[b] A psalm of David.

Psalm 7^[c]

A shiggaion^[d]^(U) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

Psalm 8^[h]

For the director of music. According to gittith.^[i] A psalm of David.

Psalm 9^[o]^[p]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

Psalm 10^[r]

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Psalm 6[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

Psalm 7[c]

A shiggaion[d](U) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

Psalm 8[h]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[i] A psalm of David.

Psalm 9[o][p]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

Psalm 10[r]

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Psalm 6-10

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Tehillim 6-10

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Psalm 6-10

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Psalm 6^[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.^[b] A psalm of David.

Psalm 7^[c]

A shiggaion^[d]^(U) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

Psalm 8^[h]

For the director of music. According to gittith.^[i] A psalm of David.

Psalm 9^[o]^[p]

Psalm 10^[r]