Psalm 8-10
New King James Version
The Glory of the Lord in Creation
To the Chief Musician. [a]On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.
8 O Lord, our Lord,
How (A)excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have (B)set Your glory above the heavens!
2 (C)Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have [b]ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence (D)the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I (E)consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 (F)What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You (G)visit[c] him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than [d]the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 (H)You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
(I)You have put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.
9 (J)O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
Prayer and Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Righteous Judgments
To the Chief Musician. To the tune of [e]“Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.
9 I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and (K)rejoice in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, (L)O Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back,
They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
4 For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
5 You have rebuked the [f]nations,
You have destroyed the wicked;
You have (M)blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 O enemy, destructions are finished forever!
And you have destroyed cities;
Even their memory has (N)perished.
7 (O)But the Lord shall endure forever;
He has prepared His throne for judgment.
8 (P)He shall judge the world in righteousness,
And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.
9 The Lord also will be a (Q)refuge[g] for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.
10 And those who (R)know Your name will put their trust in You;
For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion!
(S)Declare His deeds among the people.
12 (T)When He avenges blood, He remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the [h]humble.
13 Have mercy on me, O Lord!
Consider my trouble from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 That I may tell of all Your praise
In the gates of [i]the daughter of Zion.
I will (U)rejoice in Your salvation.
15 (V)The [j]nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
16 The Lord is (W)known by the judgment He executes;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
(X)Meditation.[k] Selah
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell,
And all the [l]nations (Y)that forget God.
18 (Z)For the needy shall not always be forgotten;
(AA)The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Arise, O Lord,
Do not let man prevail;
Let the [m]nations be judged in Your sight.
20 Put them in fear, O Lord,
That the [n]nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah
A Song of Confidence in God’s Triumph over Evil
10 Why do You stand afar off, O Lord?
Why do You hide in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride [o]persecutes the poor;
(AB)Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
3 For the wicked (AC)boasts of his heart’s desire;
[p]He (AD)blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.
4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
[q]God is in none of his (AE)thoughts.
5 His ways [r]are always prospering;
Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
6 (AF)He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
(AG)I shall never be in adversity.”
7 (AH)His mouth is full of cursing and (AI)deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.
8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the secret places he murders the innocent;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den;
He lies in wait to catch the poor;
He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
10 So [s]he crouches, he lies low,
That the helpless may fall by his [t]strength.
11 He has said in his heart,
“God has forgotten;
He hides His face;
He will never see.”
12 Arise, O Lord!
O God, (AJ)lift up Your hand!
Do not forget the (AK)humble.
13 Why do the wicked renounce God?
He has said in his heart,
“You will not require an account.”
14 But You have (AL)seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless (AM)commits[u] himself to You;
(AN)You are the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.
16 (AO)The Lord is King forever and ever;
The nations have perished out of His land.
17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,
18 To [v]do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may [w]oppress no more.
Footnotes
- Psalm 8:1 Heb. Al Gittith
- Psalm 8:2 established
- Psalm 8:4 give attention to or care for
- Psalm 8:5 Heb. Elohim, God; LXX, Syr., Tg., Jewish tradition angels
- Psalm 9:1 Heb. Muth Labben
- Psalm 9:5 Gentiles
- Psalm 9:9 Lit. secure height
- Psalm 9:12 afflicted
- Psalm 9:14 Jerusalem
- Psalm 9:15 Gentiles
- Psalm 9:16 Heb. Higgaion
- Psalm 9:17 Gentiles
- Psalm 9:19 Gentiles
- Psalm 9:20 Gentiles
- Psalm 10:2 hotly pursues
- Psalm 10:3 Or The greedy man curses and spurns the Lord
- Psalm 10:4 Or All his thoughts are, “There is no God”
- Psalm 10:5 Lit. are strong
- Psalm 10:10 Or he is crushed, is bowed
- Psalm 10:10 Or mighty ones
- Psalm 10:14 Lit. leaves, entrusts
- Psalm 10:18 vindicate
- Psalm 10:18 terrify
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