Psalm 3-7

English Standard Version

³ But you, O Lord, are ^(E)a shield ^(F)about me,
    my glory, and ^(G)the lifter of my head.
⁴ I ^(H)cried aloud to the Lord,
    and he ^(I)answered me from his ^(J)holy hill. Selah

⁵ I ^(K)lay down and slept;
    I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
⁶ I ^(L)will not be afraid of many thousands of people
    who have ^(M)set themselves against me all around.

^7 (N)Arise, O Lord!
    Save me, O my God!
For you ^(O)strike all my enemies on the cheek;
    you ^(P)break the teeth of the wicked.

^8 (Q)Salvation belongs to the Lord;
    your blessing be on your people! Selah

² O men,^[b] how long shall my honor be turned into shame?
    How long will you love vain words and seek after ^(V)lies? Selah
³ But know that the Lord has ^(W)set apart ^(X)the godly for himself;
    the Lord hears when I call to him.

^4 (Y)Be angry,^[c] and do not sin;
    ^(Z)ponder in your own hearts ^(AA)on your beds, and be silent. Selah
⁵ Offer ^(AB)right sacrifices,
    and put your ^(AC)trust in the Lord.

⁶ There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
    ^(AD)Lift up ^(AE)the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
⁷ You have put ^(AF)more joy in my heart
    than they have when their grain and wine abound.

⁸ In peace I will both ^(AG)lie down and sleep;
    for you alone, O Lord, make me ^(AH)dwell in safety.

⁴ For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
    evil may not dwell with you.
⁵ The ^(AN)boastful shall not ^(AO)stand before your eyes;
    you ^(AP)hate all evildoers.
⁶ You destroy those who speak ^(AQ)lies;
    the Lord abhors ^(AR)the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

⁷ But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
    will enter your house.
I will ^(AS)bow down ^(AT)toward your ^(AU)holy temple
    in the fear of you.
^8 (AV)Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness
    because of my enemies;
    ^(AW)make your way straight before me.

⁹ For there is no truth in their mouth;
    their inmost self is ^(AX)destruction;
^(AY)their throat is ^(AZ)an open grave;
    they ^(BA)flatter with their tongue.
^10 (BB)Make them bear their guilt, O God;
    let them ^(BC)fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
    for they have rebelled against you.

¹¹ But let all who ^(BD)take refuge in you ^(BE)rejoice;
    let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
    that those who love your name may ^(BF)exult in you.
¹² For you ^(BG)bless the righteous, O Lord;
    you ^(BH)cover him with favor as with ^(BI)a shield.

⁴ Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
    save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
⁵ For in ^(BQ)death there is no remembrance of you;
    in Sheol who will give you praise?

⁶ I am ^(BR)weary with my ^(BS)moaning;
    every night I flood my bed with tears;
    I drench my couch with my weeping.
⁷ My ^(BT)eye wastes away because of grief;
    it grows weak because of all my foes.

^8 (BU)Depart from me, all you ^(BV)workers of evil,
    for the Lord ^(BW)has heard the sound of my weeping.
⁹ The Lord has heard my ^(BX)plea;
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
¹⁰ All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
    they shall ^(BY)turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

³ O Lord my God, ^(CE)if I have done this,
    if there is ^(CF)wrong in my hands,
⁴ if I have repaid ^(CG)my friend^[g] with evil
    or ^(CH)plundered my enemy without cause,
⁵ let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
    and let him ^(CI)trample my life to the ground
    and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

^6 (CJ)Arise, O Lord, in your anger;
    ^(CK)lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
    ^(CL)awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.
⁷ Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you;
    over it return on high.

⁸ The Lord ^(CM)judges the peoples;
    ^(CN)judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
    and according to the integrity that is in me.
⁹ Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    and may you establish the righteous—
you who ^(CO)test ^(CP)the minds and hearts,^[h]
    O righteous God!
¹⁰ My shield is ^(CQ)with God,
    who saves ^(CR)the upright in heart.
¹¹ God is ^(CS)a righteous judge,
    and a God who feels ^(CT)indignation every day.

¹² If a man^[i] does not repent, God^[j] will ^(CU)whet his sword;
    he has ^(CV)bent and ^(CW)readied his bow;
¹³ he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
    making his ^(CX)arrows ^(CY)fiery shafts.
¹⁴ Behold, the wicked man ^(CZ)conceives evil
    and is ^(DA)pregnant with mischief
    and gives birth to lies.
¹⁵ He makes ^(DB)a pit, digging it out,
    and falls into the hole that he has made.
¹⁶ His ^(DC)mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

¹⁷ I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
    and I will ^(DD)sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.