Psalm 8-9
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 8
God’s Glory, Human Dignity
For the choir director: on the Gittith.(A) A psalm of David.
1 Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!(B)
You have covered the heavens with your majesty.[a](C)
2 From the mouths of infants and nursing babies,(D)
you have established a stronghold[b]
on account of your adversaries
in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I observe your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you set in place,(E)
4 what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man[c] that you look after him?(F)
5 You made him little less than God[d][e]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:(G)
7 all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
8 the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.(H)
9 Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!
Psalm 9
Celebration of God’s Justice
For the choir director: according to Muth-labben. A psalm of David.
1 I will thank the Lord with all my heart;
I will declare all your wondrous works.(I)
2 I will rejoice and boast about you;(J)
I will sing about your name, Most High.(K)
3 When my enemies retreat,
they stumble and perish before you.(L)
4 For you have upheld my just cause;(M)
you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.(N)
5 You have rebuked the nations:(O)
You have destroyed the wicked;(P)
you have erased their name forever and ever.(Q)
6 The enemy has come to eternal ruin;
you have uprooted the cities,
and the very memory of them has perished.(R)
7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever;(S)
he has established his throne for judgment.(T)
8 And he judges the world with righteousness;
he executes judgment on the nations with fairness.(U)
9 The Lord is a refuge for the persecuted,
a refuge in times of trouble.(V)
10 Those who know your name trust in you
because you have not abandoned
those who seek you, Lord.(W)
11 Sing to the Lord, who dwells in Zion;(X)
proclaim his deeds among the nations.(Y)
12 For the one who seeks an accounting
for bloodshed remembers them;(Z)
he does not forget the cry of the oppressed.(AA)
13 Be gracious to me, Lord;
consider my affliction at the hands of those who hate me.(AB)
Lift me up from the gates of death,(AC)
14 so that I may declare all your praises.
I will rejoice in your salvation(AD)
within the gates of Daughter Zion.
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.(AE)
16 The Lord has made himself known;
he has executed justice,(AF)
snaring the wicked
by the work of their hands.(AG)Higgaion. Selah
17 The wicked will return to Sheol(AH)—
all the nations that forget God.(AI)
18 For the needy will not always be forgotten;
the hope of the oppressed[f] will not perish forever.(AJ)
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