Psalm 13-16
New American Standard Bible 1995
Prayer for Help in Trouble.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
13 How long, O Lord? Will You (A)forget me forever?
How long (B)will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long shall I (C)take counsel in my soul,
Having (D)sorrow in my heart all the day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
3 (E)Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
(F)Enlighten my eyes, or I will (G)sleep the sleep of death,
4 And my enemy will (H)say, “I have overcome him,”
And (I)my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.
5 But I have (J)trusted in Your lovingkindness;
My heart shall (K)rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will (L)sing to the Lord,
Because He has (M)dealt bountifully with me.
Folly and Wickedness of Men.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
14 The fool has (N)said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, they have committed abominable [a]deeds;
There is (O)no one who does good.
2 The Lord has (P)looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who [b](Q)understand,
Who (R)seek after God.
3 They have all (S)turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is (T)no one who does good, not even one.
4 Do all the workers of wickedness (U)not know,
Who (V)eat up my people as they eat bread,
And (W)do not call upon the Lord?
5 There they are in great dread,
For God is with the (X)righteous generation.
6 You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,
But the Lord is his (Y)refuge.
7 Oh, that (Z)the salvation of Israel [c]would come out of Zion!
When the Lord [d](AA)restores His captive people,
Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.
Description of a Citizen of Zion.
A Psalm of David.
15 O Lord, who may [e]abide (AB)in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your (AC)holy hill?
2 He who (AD)walks with integrity, and works righteousness,
And (AE)speaks truth in his heart.
3 He (AF)does not slander [f]with his tongue,
Nor (AG)does evil to his neighbor,
Nor (AH)takes up a reproach against his friend;
4 In [g]whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But [h]who (AI)honors those who fear the Lord;
He (AJ)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5 He (AK)does not put out his money [i]at interest,
Nor (AL)does he take a bribe against the innocent.
(AM)He who does these things will never be shaken.
The Lord the Psalmist’s Portion in Life and Deliverer in Death.
A [j]Mikhtam of David.
16 (AN)Preserve me, O God, for (AO)I take refuge in You.
2 [k]I said to the Lord, “You are [l]my Lord;
I (AP)have no good besides You.”
3 As for the [m](AQ)saints who are in the earth,
[n]They are the majestic ones (AR)in whom is all my delight.
4 The [o](AS)sorrows of those who have [p]bartered for another god will be multiplied;
I shall not pour out their drink offerings of (AT)blood,
Nor will I (AU)take their names upon my lips.
5 The Lord is the (AV)portion of my inheritance and my (AW)cup;
You support my (AX)lot.
6 The (AY)lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is (AZ)beautiful to me.
7 I will bless the Lord who has (BA)counseled me;
Indeed, my [q](BB)mind instructs me in the night.
8 (BC)I have (BD)set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is (BE)at my right hand, (BF)I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore (BG)my heart is glad and (BH)my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will (BI)dwell securely.
10 For You (BJ)will not abandon my soul to [r]Sheol;
Nor will You [s](BK)allow Your [t]Holy One to [u]undergo decay.
11 You will make known to me (BL)the path of life;
In (BM)Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are (BN)pleasures forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 14:1 Lit doings
- Psalm 14:2 Or act wisely
- Psalm 14:7 Lit would be
- Psalm 14:7 Or restores the fortunes of His people
- Psalm 15:1 Lit sojourn
- Psalm 15:3 Lit according to
- Psalm 15:4 Lit his
- Psalm 15:4 Lit he
- Psalm 15:5 I.e. to a fellow Israelite
- Psalm 16:1 Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm
- Psalm 16:2 Or O my soul, you said
- Psalm 16:2 Or the Lord
- Psalm 16:3 Lit holy ones; i.e. the godly
- Psalm 16:3 Lit And the majestic ones...delight
- Psalm 16:4 I.e. sorrows due to idolatry
- Psalm 16:4 Or hastened to
- Psalm 16:7 Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man
- Psalm 16:10 I.e. the nether world
- Psalm 16:10 Lit give
- Psalm 16:10 Or godly one
- Psalm 16:10 Or see corruption or the pit
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