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Psalm 9-16
English Standard Version
Psalm 9-16
English Standard Version
I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds
[a] To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben.[b] A Psalm of David.
9 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your (A)wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and (B)exult in you;
I will (C)sing praise to your name, (D)O Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before[c] your presence.
4 For you have (E)maintained my just cause;
you have (F)sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.
5 You have (G)rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
you have (H)blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
their cities you rooted out;
the very memory of them has perished.
7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for justice,
8 and he (I)judges the world with righteousness;
he (J)judges the peoples with uprightness.
9 The Lord is (K)a stronghold for (L)the oppressed,
a stronghold in (M)times of trouble.
10 And those who (N)know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who (O)sits enthroned in Zion!
Tell among the peoples his (P)deeds!
12 For he who (Q)avenges blood is mindful of them;
he (R)does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
13 (S)Be gracious to me, O Lord!
See my affliction from those who hate me,
O you who lift me up from (T)the gates of death,
14 that I may recount all your praises,
that in the gates of (U)the daughter of Zion
I may (V)rejoice in your salvation.
15 The nations have sunk in (W)the pit that they made;
in (X)the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has made himself (Y)known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.[d] Selah
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
and (AB)the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 (AC)Arise, O Lord! Let not (AD)man prevail;
let the nations be judged before you!
20 Put them in fear, O Lord!
Let the nations know that they are but (AE)men! Selah
Why Do You Hide Yourself?
2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them (AI)be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked (AJ)boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain (AK)curses[e] and (AL)renounces the Lord.
4 In the pride of his face[f] the wicked does not (AM)seek him;[g]
all his thoughts are, (AN)“There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, (AO)out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he (AP)puffs at them.
6 He (AQ)says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I (AR)shall not meet adversity.”
7 (AS)His mouth is filled with cursing and (AT)deceit and (AU)oppression;
(AV)under his tongue are (AW)mischief and (AX)iniquity.
8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in (AY)hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like (AZ)a lion in his (BA)thicket;
he (BB)lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his (BC)net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
he has (BD)hidden his face, he (BE)will never see it.”
12 (BF)Arise, O Lord; O God, (BG)lift up your hand;
(BH)forget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked (BI)renounce God
and say in his heart, “You will not (BJ)call to account”?
14 But you do see, for you (BK)note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless (BL)commits himself;
you have been (BM)the helper of the fatherless.
15 (BN)Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
(BO)call his wickedness to account till you find none.
16 (BP)The Lord is king forever and ever;
the (BQ)nations perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will (BR)strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to (BS)do justice to the fatherless and (BT)the oppressed,
so that (BU)man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
The Lord Is in His Holy Temple
To the choirmaster. Of David.
11 In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
(BV)“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
2 for behold, the wicked (BW)bend the bow;
(BX)they have fitted their arrow to the string
to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
3 if (BY)the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”[h]
4 (BZ)The Lord is in his holy temple;
the Lord's (CA)throne is in heaven;
his eyes see, his eyelids (CB)test the children of man.
5 The Lord (CC)tests the righteous,
but (CD)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
6 Let him rain coals on the wicked;
(CE)fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be (CF)the portion of their cup.
7 For the Lord is righteous;
he (CG)loves righteous deeds;
(CH)the upright shall behold his face.
The Faithful Have Vanished
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[i] A Psalm of David.
12 Save, O Lord, for (CI)the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
2 Everyone (CJ)utters lies to his neighbor;
with (CK)flattering lips and (CL)a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all (CM)flattering lips,
the tongue that makes (CN)great boasts,
4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
5 “Because (CO)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
(CP)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the (CQ)safety for which he longs.”
6 (CR)The words of the Lord are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
purified seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
you will guard us[j] from this generation forever.
8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
How Long, O Lord?
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
13 (CS)How long, O Lord? Will you (CT)forget me forever?
How long will you (CU)hide your face from me?
2 How long must I take (CV)counsel in my soul
and have sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3 (CW)Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
(CX)light up my eyes, lest (CY)I sleep the sleep of death,
4 (CZ)lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
lest my foes rejoice because I am (DA)shaken.
5 But I have (DB)trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall (DC)rejoice in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord,
because he has dealt bountifully with me.
The Fool Says, There Is No God
To the choirmaster. Of David.
14 (DD)The (DE)fool says in his heart, (DF)“There is no God.”
They are (DG)corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
(DH)there is none who does good.
2 The Lord (DI)looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,[k]
who (DJ)seek after God.
3 They have all turned aside; together they have become (DK)corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.
4 Have they no (DL)knowledge, all the evildoers
who (DM)eat up my people as they eat bread
and (DN)do not call upon the Lord?
5 There they are in great terror,
for God is with (DO)the generation of the righteous.
6 You would shame the plans of the poor,
but[l] the Lord is his (DP)refuge.
7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord (DQ)restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?
A Psalm of David.
2 He who (DU)walks blamelessly and (DV)does what is right
and (DW)speaks truth in his heart;
3 who (DX)does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor (DY)takes up a reproach against his friend;
4 (DZ)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who (EA)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5 who (EB)does not put out his money at interest
and (EC)does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be (ED)moved.
You Will Not Abandon My Soul
A (EE)Miktam[m] of David.
16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I (EF)take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
(EG)I have no good apart from you.”
4 The sorrows of those who run after[o] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or (EI)take their names on my lips.
5 The Lord is (EJ)my chosen portion and my (EK)cup;
you hold my (EL)lot.
6 (EM)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I bless the Lord who (EN)gives me counsel;
in (EO)the night also my (EP)heart instructs me.[p]
8 (EQ)I have (ER)set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my (ES)right hand, I shall not be (ET)shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my (EU)whole being[q] rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
10 For you will not abandon my soul to (EV)Sheol,
(EW)or let your (EX)holy one see (EY)corruption.[r]
11 You make known to me (EZ)the path of life;
in your presence there is (FA)fullness of joy;
at your right hand are (FB)pleasures forevermore.
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 together follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they form one psalm
- Psalm 9:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 9:3 Or because of
- Psalm 9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 10:3 Or and he blesses the one greedy for gain
- Psalm 10:4 Or of his anger
- Psalm 10:4 Or the wicked says, “He will not call to account”
- Psalm 11:3 Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?
- Psalm 12:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 12:7 Or guard him
- Psalm 14:2 Or that act wisely
- Psalm 14:6 Or for
- Psalm 16:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
- Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire
- Psalm 16:7 Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
- Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory
- Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit
Psalm 9-16
New International Version
Psalm 9-16
New International Version
Psalm 9[a][b]
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.
1 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;(A)
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.(B)
2 I will be glad and rejoice(C) in you;
I will sing the praises(D) of your name,(E) O Most High.
3 My enemies turn back;
they stumble and perish before you.
4 For you have upheld my right(F) and my cause,(G)
sitting enthroned(H) as the righteous judge.(I)
5 You have rebuked the nations(J) and destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name(K) for ever and ever.
6 Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
you have uprooted their cities;(L)
even the memory of them(M) has perished.
7 The Lord reigns forever;(N)
he has established his throne(O) for judgment.
8 He rules the world in righteousness(P)
and judges the peoples with equity.(Q)
9 The Lord is a refuge(R) for the oppressed,(S)
a stronghold in times of trouble.(T)
10 Those who know your name(U) trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken(V) those who seek you.(W)
11 Sing the praises(X) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;(Y)
proclaim among the nations(Z) what he has done.(AA)
12 For he who avenges blood(AB) remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.(AC)
13 Lord, see how my enemies(AD) persecute me!
Have mercy(AE) and lift me up from the gates of death,(AF)
14 that I may declare your praises(AG)
in the gates of Daughter Zion,(AH)
and there rejoice in your salvation.(AI)
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;(AJ)
their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.(AK)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[c](AL)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,(AM)
all the nations that forget God.(AN)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
the hope(AO) of the afflicted(AP) will never perish.
19 Arise,(AQ) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;(AR)
let the nations be judged(AS) in your presence.
20 Strike them with terror,(AT) Lord;
let the nations know they are only mortal.(AU)
Psalm 10[d]
2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,(AX)
who are caught in the schemes he devises.
3 He boasts(AY) about the cravings of his heart;
he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.(AZ)
4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
in all his thoughts there is no room for God.(BA)
5 His ways are always prosperous;
your laws are rejected by[e] him;
he sneers at all his enemies.
6 He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”(BB)
7 His mouth is full(BC) of lies and threats;(BD)
trouble and evil are under his tongue.(BE)
8 He lies in wait(BF) near the villages;
from ambush he murders the innocent.(BG)
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;(BH)
he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(BI)
10 His victims are crushed,(BJ) they collapse;
they fall under his strength.
11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;(BK)
he covers his face and never sees.”(BL)
12 Arise,(BM) Lord! Lift up your hand,(BN) O God.
Do not forget the helpless.(BO)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(BP)
Why does he say to himself,
“He won’t call me to account”?(BQ)
14 But you, God, see the trouble(BR) of the afflicted;
you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(BS)
you are the helper(BT) of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(BU)
call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
that would not otherwise be found out.
16 The Lord is King for ever and ever;(BV)
the nations(BW) will perish from his land.
17 You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;(BX)
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,(BY)
18 defending the fatherless(BZ) and the oppressed,(CA)
so that mere earthly mortals
will never again strike terror.
Psalm 11
For the director of music. Of David.
1 In the Lord I take refuge.(CB)
How then can you say to me:
“Flee(CC) like a bird to your mountain.(CD)
2 For look, the wicked bend their bows;(CE)
they set their arrows(CF) against the strings
to shoot from the shadows(CG)
at the upright in heart.(CH)
3 When the foundations(CI) are being destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”
4 The Lord is in his holy temple;(CJ)
the Lord is on his heavenly throne.(CK)
He observes everyone on earth;(CL)
his eyes examine(CM) them.
5 The Lord examines the righteous,(CN)
but the wicked, those who love violence,
he hates with a passion.(CO)
6 On the wicked he will rain
fiery coals and burning sulfur;(CP)
a scorching wind(CQ) will be their lot.
Psalm 12[f]
For the director of music. According to sheminith.[g] A psalm of David.
1 Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;(CV)
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2 Everyone lies(CW) to their neighbor;
they flatter with their lips
but harbor deception in their hearts.(CX)
3 May the Lord silence all flattering lips(CY)
and every boastful tongue—(CZ)
4 those who say,
“By our tongues we will prevail;(DA)
our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
5 “Because the poor are plundered(DB) and the needy groan,(DC)
I will now arise,(DD)” says the Lord.
“I will protect them(DE) from those who malign them.”
6 And the words of the Lord are flawless,(DF)
like silver purified(DG) in a crucible,(DH)
like gold[h] refined seven times.
7 You, Lord, will keep the needy safe(DI)
and will protect us forever from the wicked,(DJ)
8 who freely strut(DK) about
when what is vile is honored by the human race.
Psalm 13[i]
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 How long,(DL) Lord? Will you forget me(DM) forever?
How long will you hide your face(DN) from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(DO)
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?(DP)
3 Look on me(DQ) and answer,(DR) Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes,(DS) or I will sleep in death,(DT)
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,(DU)”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.(DV)
5 But I trust in your unfailing love;(DW)
my heart rejoices in your salvation.(DX)
6 I will sing(DY) the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
Psalm 14(DZ)
For the director of music. Of David.
1 The fool[j] says in his heart,
“There is no God.”(EA)
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there is no one who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven(EB)
on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(EC)
any who seek God.(ED)
3 All have turned away,(EE) all have become corrupt;(EF)
there is no one who does good,(EG)
not even one.(EH)
4 Do all these evildoers know nothing?(EI)
They devour my people(EJ) as though eating bread;
they never call on the Lord.(EK)
5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
for God is present in the company of the righteous.
6 You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
but the Lord is their refuge.(EL)
7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!(EM)
When the Lord restores(EN) his people,
let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
Psalm 15
A psalm of David.
2 The one whose walk is blameless,(ER)
who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth(ES) from their heart;
3 whose tongue utters no slander,(ET)
who does no wrong to a neighbor,
and casts no slur on others;
4 who despises a vile person
but honors(EU) those who fear the Lord;
who keeps an oath(EV) even when it hurts,
and does not change their mind;
5 who lends money to the poor without interest;(EW)
who does not accept a bribe(EX) against the innocent.
Whoever does these things
will never be shaken.(EY)
Psalm 16
A miktam[k] of David.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;(FB)
apart from you I have no good thing.”(FC)
3 I say of the holy people(FD) who are in the land,(FE)
“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4 Those who run after other gods(FF) will suffer(FG) more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names(FH) on my lips.
5 Lord, you alone are my portion(FI) and my cup;(FJ)
you make my lot(FK) secure.
6 The boundary lines(FL) have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.(FM)
7 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;(FN)
even at night(FO) my heart instructs me.
8 I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand,(FP) I will not be shaken.(FQ)
9 Therefore my heart is glad(FR) and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,(FS)
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,(FT)
nor will you let your faithful[l] one(FU) see decay.(FV)
11 You make known to me the path of life;(FW)
you will fill me with joy in your presence,(FX)
with eternal pleasures(FY) at your right hand.(FZ)
Footnotes
- 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
- Psalm 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.
- Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth
- Psalm 13:1 In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.
- Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.
- Psalm 16:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 16:10 Or holy
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