Psalm 10

New American Standard Bible

A Prayer for the Overthrow of the Wicked.

10 Why ^(A)do You stand far away, Lord?
Why ^(B)do You hide ^[a]Yourself in times of trouble?
²In ^(C)arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy;
^[b]Let them be ^(D)caught in the plots which they have devised.

³For the wicked ^(E)boasts of his ^(F)soul’s desire,
And ^[c]the greedy person curses and ^(G)shows disrespect to the Lord.
⁴The wicked, ^[d]in his haughtiness, ^(H)does not seek Him.
^(I)There is no God in all his schemes.

⁵His ways ^(J)succeed at all times;
Yet Your judgments are on high, ^(K)out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.
⁶He says to himself, “^(L)I will not be moved;
^[e]Throughout the generations ^(M)I will not be in adversity.”
⁷His ^(N)mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and ^(O)oppression;
^(P)Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
⁸He sits in the ^(Q)lurking places of the villages;
He ^(R)kills the innocent in the secret places;
His eyes ^[f]surreptitiously watch for the ^[g]^(S)unfortunate.
⁹He lurks in secret like ^(T)a lion in his ^[h]lair;
He ^(U)lurks to catch ^(V)the needy;
He catches the needy when he pulls him into his ^(W)net.
¹⁰Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;
And ^[i]unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.
¹¹He ^(X)says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

¹²Arise, Lord; God, ^(Y)lift up Your hand.
^(Z)Do not forget the humble.
¹³Why has the wicked ^(AA)treated God disrespectfully?
He has said to himself, “^[j]You will not require an account.”
¹⁴You have seen it, for You have looked at ^(AB)harm and provocation to ^[k]take it into Your hand.
The ^[l]^(AC)unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the ^(AD)helper of the orphan.
¹⁵^(AE)Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
^[m]^(AF)Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

¹⁶The Lord is ^(AG)King forever and ever;
^(AH)Nations have perished from His land.
¹⁷Lord, You have heard the ^(AI)desire of the humble;
You will ^(AJ)strengthen their heart, ^(AK)You will make Your ear attentive
¹⁸To ^[n]vindicate the ^(AL)orphan and the ^(AM)oppressed,
So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause ^(AN)terror.

Footnotes

Psalm 10:1 Or Your eyes
Psalm 10:2 Or They will be caught
Psalm 10:3 Or blesses the greedy man
Psalm 10:4 Lit the height of his nose
Psalm 10:6 Lit To
Psalm 10:8 Lit lie in wait
Psalm 10:8 Or poor
Psalm 10:9 Or thicket
Psalm 10:10 Or unhappy
Psalm 10:13 I.e., as though God will ignore it
Psalm 10:14 Lit put, give
Psalm 10:14 Or poor
Psalm 10:15 Or May You seek
Psalm 10:18 Lit judge

Psalm 40

New American Standard Bible

God Sustains His Servant.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

40 I ^(A)waited ^[a]patiently for the Lord;
And He reached down to me and ^(B)heard my cry.
²He brought me up out of the ^(C)pit of ^[b]destruction, out of the mud;
And ^(D)He set my feet on a rock, ^(E)making my footsteps firm.
³He put a ^(F)new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will ^(G)see and fear
And will trust in the Lord.

⁴How ^(H)blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And ^(I)has not turned to the ^[c]proud, nor to those who ^(J)become involved in falsehood.
⁵Many, Lord my God, are ^(K)the wonders which You have done,
And Your ^(L)thoughts toward us;
There is no one to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They ^(M)would be too numerous to count.

⁶^(N)You have not desired ^[d]sacrifice and meal offering;
You have ^[e]opened my ears;
You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
⁷Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
It is ^[f]written of me in the scroll of the book.
⁸^(O)I delight to do Your will, my God;
^(P)Your Law is within my ^[g]heart.”

⁹I have ^(Q)proclaimed good news of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will ^(R)not restrain my lips,
Lord, ^(S)You know.
¹⁰I have ^(T)not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have ^(U)spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your mercy and Your truth from the great congregation.

¹¹You, Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
^[h]Your ^(V)mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me.
¹²For evils beyond number have ^(W)surrounded me;
My ^(X)guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are ^(Y)more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my ^(Z)heart has ^[i]failed me.

¹³^(AA)Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me;
^(AB)Hurry, Lord, to help me.
¹⁴May those be ^(AC)ashamed and humiliated together
Who ^(AD)seek my ^[j]life to destroy it;
May those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight ^[k]in my hurt.
¹⁵May those ^(AE)be ^[l]appalled because of their shame
Who ^(AF)say to me, “Aha, aha!”
¹⁶^(AG)May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
May those who love Your salvation continually ^(AH)say,
“The Lord be exalted!”
¹⁷But ^(AI)I am afflicted and needy;
^(AJ)May the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my savior;
Do not delay, my God.

Footnotes

Psalm 40:1 Or intently
Psalm 40:2 Lit wasteland; i.e., the underworld
Psalm 40:4 Or enemies
Psalm 40:6 I.e., blood sacrifice
Psalm 40:6 Lit dug; or possibly pierced
Psalm 40:7 Or prescribed for
Psalm 40:8 Lit inner being
Psalm 40:11 Or May...preserve
Psalm 40:12 Lit forsaken
Psalm 40:14 Or soul
Psalm 40:14 Or to injure me
Psalm 40:15 Or desolated

Psalm 70

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for Help against Persecutors.

For the music director. A Psalm of David; for a memorial.

70 ^(A)God, hurry to save me;
Lord, hurry to help me!
²^(B)May those who seek my ^[a]life
Be put to shame and humiliated;
May those who delight ^[b]in my harm
Be turned back and dishonored.
³^(C)May those who say, “Aha, aha!” be ^[c]turned back
Because of their shame.

⁴May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And may those who love Your salvation say continually,
“May God be exalted!”
⁵But ^(D)I am afflicted and needy;
^(E)Hurry to me, God!
You are my help and my savior;
Lord, do not delay.

Footnotes

Psalm 70:2 Or soul
Psalm 70:2 Or to injure me
Psalm 70:3 Some mss appalled

Psalm 100

New American Standard Bible

All People Exhorted to Praise God.

A Psalm for ^[a]Thanksgiving.

100 ^(A)Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.
²^(B)Serve the Lord with jubilation;
^(C)Come before Him with rejoicing.
³Know that ^(D)the Lord ^[b]Himself is God;
It is He who has ^(E)made us, and ^[c]not we ourselves;
We are ^(F)His people and the sheep of His pasture.

⁴Enter His gates ^(G)with ^[d]thanksgiving,
And His courtyards with praise.
Give thanks to Him, ^(H)bless His name.
⁵For ^(I)the Lord is good;
^(J)His mercy is everlasting
And His ^(K)faithfulness is to all generations.

Footnotes

Psalm 100 Title Or thank offering
Psalm 100:3 Or He
Psalm 100:3 Some mss His we are
Psalm 100:4 Or a thank offering

Psalm 130

New American Standard Bible

Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.

A Song of Ascents.

130 Out of the ^(A)depths I have cried to You, Lord.
²Lord, ^(B)hear my voice!
Let ^(C)Your ears be attentive
To the ^(D)sound of my pleadings.
³If You, ^[a]Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds,
Lord, who could ^(E)stand?
⁴But there is ^(F)forgiveness with You,
So that You may be ^[b]^(G)revered.

⁵I wait for the Lord, my ^(H)soul waits,
And I ^[c]wait ^(I)for His word.
⁶My soul waits in hope for the Lord
More than the watchmen ^(J)for the morning;
Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning.
⁷Israel, ^(K)wait for the Lord;
For with the Lord there is ^(L)mercy,
And with Him is ^(M)abundant redemption.
⁸And He will ^(N)redeem Israel
From all his guilty deeds.

Footnotes

Psalm 130:3 Heb Yah
Psalm 130:4 Or feared
Psalm 130:5 Or hope in

Proverbs 10

New American Standard Bible

Contrast of the Righteous and the Wicked

10 The ^(A)proverbs of Solomon.

^(B)A wise son makes a father glad,
But ^(C)a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
²^[a]^(D)Ill-gotten gains do not benefit,
But righteousness rescues from death.
³The Lord ^(E)will not allow the ^[b]righteous to hunger,
But He ^(F)will ^[c]reject the craving of the wicked.
⁴Poor is one who works with ^[d]a lazy hand,
But the ^(G)hand of the diligent makes rich.
⁵He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely,
But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.
⁶^(H)Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
But ^(I)the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
⁷The ^(J)mentioning of the righteous is a blessing,
But ^(K)the name of the wicked will rot.
⁸The ^(L)wise of heart will receive commands,
But ^[e]a babbling fool will come to ruin.
⁹One ^(M)who walks in integrity walks securely,
But ^(N)one who perverts his ways will be found out.
¹⁰He ^(O)who winks the eye causes trouble,
And ^[f]^(P)a babbling fool will come to ruin.
¹¹The ^(Q)mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
But ^(R)the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
¹²Hatred stirs up strife,
But ^(S)love covers all offenses.
¹³On ^(T)the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found,
But ^(U)a rod is for the back of him who has no ^[g]sense.
¹⁴Wise people ^(V)store up knowledge,
But with ^(W)the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.
¹⁵The ^(X)rich person’s wealth is his ^[h]fortress,
The ^(Y)ruin of the poor is their poverty.
¹⁶The ^[i]^(Z)wages of the righteous is life,
The income of the wicked, punishment.
¹⁷One who ^(AA)is on the path of life follows instruction,
But one who ignores a rebuke goes astray.
¹⁸One ^(AB)who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And one who spreads slander is a fool.
¹⁹When there are ^(AC)many words, wrongdoing is unavoidable,
But ^(AD)one who restrains his lips is wise.
²⁰The tongue of the righteous is like ^(AE)choice silver,
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
²¹The ^(AF)lips of the righteous feed many,
But fools ^(AG)die for lack of ^[j]understanding.
²²It is the ^(AH)blessing of the Lord that makes rich,
And He adds no sorrow to it.
²³Doing wickedness is like ^(AI)sport to a fool,
And so is wisdom to a person of understanding.
²⁴What ^(AJ)the wicked fears will come upon him,
But the ^(AK)desire of the righteous will be granted.
²⁵When the ^(AL)whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more,
But the ^(AM)righteous has an everlasting foundation.
²⁶Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
So is the ^[k]^(AN)lazy one to those who send him.
²⁷The ^(AO)fear of the Lord prolongs ^[l]life,
But the ^(AP)years of the wicked will be shortened.
²⁸The ^(AQ)hope of the righteous is gladness,
But the ^(AR)expectation of the wicked perishes.
²⁹The ^(AS)way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright,
But ^(AT)ruin to the workers of injustice.
³⁰The ^(AU)righteous will never be shaken,
But ^(AV)the wicked will not live in the land.
³¹The ^(AW)mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,
But the ^(AX)perverted tongue will be cut out.
³²The lips of the righteous know ^(AY)what is acceptable,
But the ^(AZ)mouth of the wicked, what is perverted.