Psalm 36-69
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Psalm 36
Human Wickedness and Divine Goodness
To the leader. Of David, the servant of the Lord.
1 Transgression speaks to the wicked
deep in their hearts;
there is no fear of God
before their eyes.(A)
2 For they flatter themselves in their own eyes
that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
3 The words of their mouths are mischief and deceit;
they have ceased to act wisely and do good.(B)
4 They plot mischief while on their beds;
they are set on a way that is not good;
they do not reject evil.(C)
5 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains;
your judgments are like the great deep;
you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.(D)
7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.(E)
8 They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.(F)
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.(G)
10 O continue your steadfast love to those who know you
and your salvation to the upright of heart!
11 Do not let the foot of the arrogant tread on me
or the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 There the evildoers lie prostrate;
they are thrust down, unable to rise.(H)
Psalm 37
Exhortation to Patience and Trust
Of David.
1 Do not fret because of the wicked;
do not be envious of wrongdoers,(I)
2 for they will soon fade like the grass
and wither like the green herb.(J)
3 Trust in the Lord and do good;
live in the land and enjoy security.(K)
4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.(L)
5 Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act.(M)
6 He will make your vindication shine like the light
and the justice of your cause like the noonday.(N)
7 Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him;
do not fret over those who prosper in their way,
over those who carry out evil devices.(O)
8 Refrain from anger and forsake wrath.
Do not fret—it leads only to evil.(P)
9 For the wicked shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.(Q)
10 Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look diligently for their place, they will not be there.(R)
11 But the meek shall inherit the land
and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.(S)
12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them,(T)
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that their day is coming.(U)
14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to kill those who walk uprightly;(V)
15 their sword shall enter their own heart,
and their bows shall be broken.(W)
16 Better is a little that the righteous person has
than the abundance of many wicked.(X)
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord upholds the righteous.(Y)
18 The Lord knows the days of the blameless,
and their heritage will abide forever;(Z)
19 they are not put to shame in evil times;
in the days of famine they have abundance.(AA)
20 But the wicked perish,
and the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures;
they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.(AB)
21 The wicked borrow and do not pay back,
but the righteous are generous and keep giving;(AC)
22 surely those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land,
but those cursed by him shall be cut off.(AD)
23 Our steps[a] are made firm by the Lord
when he delights in our[b] way;(AE)
24 though we stumble, we[c] shall not fall headlong,
for the Lord holds us[d] by the hand.(AF)
25 I have been young and now am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
or their children begging bread.(AG)
26 They are ever giving liberally and lending,
and their children become a blessing.(AH)
27 Depart from evil, and do good;
so you shall abide forever.(AI)
28 For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his faithful ones.
The righteous shall be kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.(AJ)
29 The righteous shall inherit the land
and live in it forever.(AK)
30 The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,
and their tongues speak justice.(AL)
31 The law of their God is in their hearts;
their steps do not slip.(AM)
32 The wicked watch for the righteous
and seek to kill them.(AN)
33 The Lord will not abandon them to their power
or let them be condemned when they are brought to trial.(AO)
34 Wait for the Lord and keep to his way,
and he will exalt you to inherit the land;
you will look on the destruction of the wicked.(AP)
35 I have seen the wicked oppressing
and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.[e](AQ)
36 Again I[f] passed by, and they were no more;
though I sought them, they could not be found.(AR)
37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
for there is posterity for the peaceable.(AS)
38 But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off.(AT)
39 The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
he is their refuge in the time of trouble.(AU)
40 The Lord helps them and rescues them;
he rescues them from the wicked and saves them
because they take refuge in him.(AV)
Psalm 38
A Penitent Sufferer’s Plea for Healing
A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.
1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.(AW)
2 For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has come down on me.(AX)
3 There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.(AY)
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head;
they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.(AZ)
5 My wounds grow foul and fester
because of my foolishness;(BA)
6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;
all day long I go around mourning.(BB)
7 For my loins are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.(BC)
8 I am utterly spent and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.(BD)
9 O Lord, all my longing is known to you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.(BE)
10 My heart throbs; my strength fails me;
as for the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11 My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction,
and my neighbors stand far off.(BF)
12 Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin
and meditate on treachery all day long.(BG)
13 But I am like the deaf; I do not hear;
like the mute, who cannot speak.(BH)
14 Truly, I am like one who does not hear
and in whose mouth is no retort.
15 But it is for you, O Lord, that I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.(BI)
16 For I pray, “Only do not let them rejoice over me,
those who boast against me when my foot slips.”(BJ)
17 For I am ready to fall,
and my pain is ever with me.(BK)
18 I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.(BL)
19 Those who are my foes without cause[g] are mighty,
and many are those who hate me wrongfully.(BM)
20 Those who render me evil for good
are my adversaries because I follow after good.(BN)
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord;
O my God, do not be far from me;(BO)
22 make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation.(BP)
Psalm 39
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 I said, “I will guard my ways
that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will keep a muzzle on my mouth
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”(BQ)
2 I was silent and still;
I held my peace to no avail;
my distress grew worse;(BR)
3 my heart became hot within me.
While I mused, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Lord, let me know my end
and what is the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting my life is.(BS)
5 You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight.
Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah(BT)
6 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow.
Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
they heap up and do not know who will gather.(BU)
7 “And now, O Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in you.(BV)
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions.
Do not make me the scorn of the fool.(BW)
9 I am silent; I do not open my mouth,
for it is you who have done it.(BX)
10 Remove your stroke from me;
I am worn down by the blows[h] of your hand.(BY)
11 “You chastise mortals
in punishment for sin,
consuming like a moth what is dear to them;
surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah(BZ)
12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
do not hold your peace at my tears.
For I am your passing guest,
an alien, like all my forebears.(CA)
13 Turn your gaze away from me, that I may smile again,
before I depart and am no more.”(CB)
Psalm 40
Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.(CC)
2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,[i]
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.(CD)
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.(CE)
4 Happy are those who make
the Lord their trust,
who do not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after false gods.(CF)
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
they would be more than can be counted.(CG)
6 Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
but you have given me an open ear.[j]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.(CH)
7 Then I said, “Here I am;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me.[k]
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”(CI)
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation;
see, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O Lord.(CJ)
10 I have not hidden your saving help within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.(CK)
11 Do not, O Lord, withhold
your mercy from me;
let your steadfast love and your faithfulness
keep me safe forever.(CL)
12 For evils have encompassed me
without number;
my iniquities have overtaken me
until I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head,
and my heart fails me.(CM)
13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me.(CN)
14 Let all those be put to shame and confusion
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be turned back and brought to dishonor
who desire my hurt.(CO)
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”(CP)
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
say continually, “Great is the Lord!”(CQ)
17 As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God.(CR)
Psalm 41
Assurance of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
1 Happy are those who consider the poor;[l]
the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble.(CS)
2 The Lord protects them and keeps them alive;
they are called happy in the land.
You do not give them up to the will of their enemies.(CT)
3 The Lord sustains them on their sickbed;
in their illness you heal all their infirmities.[m](CU)
4 As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against you.”(CV)
5 My enemies wonder in malice
when I will die and my name perish.(CW)
6 And when they come to see me, they utter empty words
while their hearts gather mischief;
when they go out, they tell it abroad.(CX)
7 All who hate me whisper together about me;
they imagine the worst for me.(CY)
8 They think that a deadly thing has fastened on me,
that I will not rise again from where I lie.(CZ)
9 Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
who ate of my bread, has lifted the heel against me.(DA)
10 But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,
and raise me up, that I may repay them.(DB)
11 By this I know that you are pleased with me:
because my enemy has not triumphed over me.(DC)
12 But you have upheld me because of my integrity
and set me in your presence forever.(DD)
13 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.(DE)
Book II
(Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42
Longing for God and His Help in Distress
To the leader. A Maskil of the Korahites.
1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.(DF)
2 My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
the face of God?(DG)
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me continually,
“Where is your God?”(DH)
4 These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I went with the throng[n]
and led them in procession to the house of God,
with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving,
a multitude keeping festival.(DI)
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help(DJ) 6 and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
at the thunder of your torrents;
all your waves and your billows
have gone over me.(DK)
8 By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.(DL)
9 I say to God, my rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because the enemy oppresses me?”(DM)
10 As with a deadly wound in my body,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
“Where is your God?”(DN)
11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.(DO)
Psalm 43
Prayer to God in Time of Trouble
1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people;
from those who are deceitful and unjust,
deliver me!(DP)
2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you cast me off?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because of the oppression of the enemy?(DQ)
3 O send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy hill
and to your dwelling.(DR)
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.(DS)
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.(DT)
Psalm 44
National Lament and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Maskil.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God;
our ancestors have told us
what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:(DU)
2 you with your own hand drove out the nations,
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;(DV)
3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm give them victory,
but your right hand, and your arm,
and the light of your countenance,
for you delighted in them.(DW)
4 You are my King and my God;
you command[o] victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we push down our foes;
through your name we tread down our assailants.(DX)
6 For not in my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes
and have put to confusion those who hate us.(DY)
8 In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah(DZ)
9 Yet you have rejected us and shamed us
and have not gone out with our armies.(EA)
10 You made us turn back from the foe,
and our enemies have gotten spoil.(EB)
11 You have made us like sheep for slaughter
and have scattered us among the nations.(EC)
12 You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.(ED)
13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and scorn of those around us.(EE)
14 You have made us a byword among the nations,
a laughingstock[p] among the peoples.(EF)
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
and shame has covered my face
16 at the words of the taunters and revilers,
at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.(EG)
17 All this has come upon us,
yet we have not forgotten you
or been false to your covenant.(EH)
18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way,(EI)
19 yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals
and covered us with deep darkness.(EJ)
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a strange god,(EK)
21 would not God discover this?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.(EL)
22 Because of you we are being killed all day long
and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.(EM)
23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Awake, do not cast us off forever!(EN)
24 Why do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?(EO)
25 For we sink down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.(EP)
26 Rise up, come to our help.
Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love.(EQ)
Psalm 45
Ode for a Royal Wedding
To the leader: according to Lilies. Of the Korahites. A Maskil. A love song.
1 My heart overflows with a goodly theme;
I address my verses to the king;
my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.(ER)
2 You are the most handsome of men;
grace is poured upon your lips;
therefore God has blessed you forever.(ES)
3 Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,
in your glory and majesty.(ET)
4 In your majesty ride on victoriously
for the cause of truth and to defend[q] the right;
let your right hand teach you dread deeds.(EU)
5 Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
6 Your throne, O God,[r] endures forever and ever.
Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;(EV)
7 you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;(EW)
8 your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;(EX)
9 daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.(EY)
10 Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;
forget your people and your father’s house,(EZ)
11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him;(FA)
12 Daughter Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,
the richest of the people(FB) 13 with all kinds of wealth.
The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;[s](FC)
14 in many-colored robes she is led to the king;
behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.(FD)
15 With joy and gladness they are led along
as they enter the palace of the king.
16 In the place of ancestors you, O king,[t] shall have sons;
you will make them princes in all the earth.(FE)
17 I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations;
therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.(FF)
Psalm 46
God’s Defense of His City and People
To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song.
1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present[u] help in trouble.(FG)
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea,(FH)
3 though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble with its tumult. Selah(FI)
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.(FJ)
5 God is in the midst of the city;[v] it shall not be moved;
God will help it when the morning dawns.(FK)
6 The nations are in an uproar; the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice; the earth melts.(FL)
7 The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.[w] Selah(FM)
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord;
see what desolations he has brought on the earth.(FN)
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.(FO)
10 “Be still, and know that I am God!
I am exalted among the nations;
I am exalted in the earth.”(FP)
11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.[x] Selah
Psalm 47
God’s Rule over the Nations
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.
1 Clap your hands, all you peoples;
shout to God with loud songs of joy.(FQ)
2 For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome,
a great king over all the earth.(FR)
3 He subdued peoples under us
and nations under our feet.(FS)
4 He chose our heritage for us,
the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah(FT)
5 God has gone up with a shout,
the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.(FU)
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises.(FV)
7 For God is the king of all the earth;
sing praises with a psalm.[y](FW)
8 God is king over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.(FX)
9 The princes of the peoples gather
as the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
he is highly exalted.(FY)
Psalm 48
The Glory and Strength of Zion
A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites.
1 Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain,(FZ) 2 beautiful in elevation,
is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
the city of the great King.(GA)
3 Within its citadels God
has shown himself a sure defense.(GB)
4 Then the kings assembled;
they came on together.(GC)
5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
they were in panic; they took to flight;(GD)
6 trembling took hold of them there,
pains as of a woman in labor,
7 as when an east wind shatters
the ships of Tarshish.(GE)
8 As we have heard, so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in the city of our God,
which God establishes forever. Selah
9 We ponder your steadfast love, O God,
in the midst of your temple.
10 Your name, O God, like your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with victory.(GF)
11 Let Mount Zion be glad;
let the towns[z] of Judah rejoice
because of your judgments.(GG)
12 Walk about Zion; go all around it;
count its towers;
13 consider well its ramparts;
go through its citadels,
that you may tell the next generation(GH)
14 that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
He will be our guide forever.(GI)
Psalm 49
The Folly of Trust in Riches
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.
1 Hear this, all you peoples;
give ear, all inhabitants of the world,(GJ)
2 both low and high,
rich and poor together.
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom;
the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.(GK)
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will solve my riddle to the music of the harp.(GL)
5 Why should I fear in times of trouble,
when the iniquity of my persecutors surrounds me,(GM)
6 those who trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?(GN)
7 Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life;[aa]
there is no price one can give to God for it.(GO)
8 For the ransom of life is costly
and can never suffice,(GP)
9 that one should live on forever
and never see the Pit.(GQ)
10 When we look at the wise, they die;
fool and dolt perish together
and leave their wealth to others.(GR)
11 Their graves[ab] are their homes forever,
their dwelling places to all generations,
though they named lands their own.(GS)
12 Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;
they are like the animals that perish.(GT)
13 Such is the fate of the foolhardy,
the end of those[ac] who are pleased with their lot. Selah(GU)
14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
Death shall be their shepherd;
straight to the grave they descend,[ad]
and their form shall waste away;
Sheol shall be their home.[ae](GV)
15 But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will receive me. Selah(GW)
16 Do not be afraid when some become rich,
when the wealth of their houses increases.(GX)
17 For when they die they will carry nothing away;
their wealth will not go down after them.(GY)
18 Though in their lifetime they count themselves happy
—for you are praised when you do well for yourself—(GZ)
19 they[af] will go to the company of their ancestors,
who will never again see the light.(HA)
20 Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;
they are like the animals that perish.(HB)
Psalm 50
The Acceptable Sacrifice
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 The mighty one, God the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.(HC)
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.(HD)
3 Our God comes and does not keep silent;
before him is a devouring fire
and a mighty tempest all around him.(HE)
4 He calls to the heavens above
and to the earth, that he may judge his people:(HF)
5 “Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”(HG)
6 The heavens declare his righteousness,
for God himself is judge. Selah(HH)
7 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak,
O Israel, I will testify against you.
I am God, your God.(HI)
8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.(HJ)
9 I will not accept a bull from your house
or goats from your folds.(HK)
10 For every wild animal of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.(HL)
11 I know all the birds of the air,[ag]
and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and all that is in it is mine.(HM)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[ah]
and pay your vows to the Most High.(HN)
15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”(HO)
16 But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?(HP)
17 For you hate discipline,
and you cast my words behind you.(HQ)
18 You make friends with a thief when you see one,
and you keep company with adulterers.(HR)
19 You give your mouth free rein for evil,
and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your kin;
you slander your own mother’s child.(HS)
21 These things you have done, and I have been silent;
you thought that I was one just like yourself.
But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.(HT)
22 Mark this, then, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to deliver.(HU)
23 Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me;
to those who go the right way,[ai]
I will show the salvation of God.”
Psalm 51
Prayer for Cleansing and Pardon
To the leader. A Psalm of David, when the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy,
blot out my transgressions.(HV)
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.(HW)
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.(HX)
4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
and blameless when you pass judgment.(HY)
5 Indeed, I was born guilty,
a sinner when my mother conceived me.(HZ)
6 You desire truth in the inward being;[aj]
therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.(IA)
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.(IB)
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.(IC)
9 Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.(ID)
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and put a new and right[ak] spirit within me.(IE)
11 Do not cast me away from your presence,
and do not take your holy spirit from me.(IF)
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and sustain in me a willing[al] spirit.(IG)
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.(IH)
14 Deliver me from bloodshed, O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.(II)
15 O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.(IJ)
16 For you have no delight in sacrifice;
if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.(IK)
17 The sacrifice acceptable to God[am] is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.(IL)
18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem;(IM)
19 then you will delight in right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.(IN)
Psalm 52
Judgment on the Deceitful
To the leader. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
1 Why do you boast, O mighty one,
of mischief done against the godly?[an]
All day long(IO) 2 you are plotting destruction.
Your tongue is like a sharp razor,
you worker of treachery.(IP)
3 You love evil more than good
and lying more than speaking the truth. Selah(IQ)
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.(IR)
5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah(IS)
6 The righteous will see and fear
and will laugh at the evildoer,[ao] saying,(IT)
7 “See the one who would not take
refuge in God
but trusted in abundant riches
and sought refuge in wealth!”[ap](IU)
8 But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.(IV)
9 I will thank you forever
because of what you have done.
In the presence of the faithful
I will proclaim[aq] your name, for it is good.(IW)
Psalm 53
Denunciation of Godlessness
To the leader: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.
1 Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt; they commit abominable acts;
there is no one who does good.(IX)
2 God looks down from heaven on humankind
to see if there are any who are wise,
who seek after God.(IY)
3 They have all fallen away; they are all alike perverse;
there is no one who does good,
no, not one.(IZ)
4 Have they no knowledge, those evildoers,
who eat up my people as they eat bread
and do not call upon God?(JA)
5 There they shall be in great terror,
in terror such as has not been.
For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly;[ar]
they will be put to shame,[as] for God has rejected them.(JB)
6 O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of his people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.(JC)
Psalm 54
Prayer for Vindication
To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “David is in hiding among us.”
1 Save me, O God, by your name,
and vindicate me by your might.(JD)
2 Hear my prayer, O God;
give ear to the words of my mouth.(JE)
3 For the insolent have risen against me;
the ruthless seek my life;
they do not set God before them. Selah(JF)
4 But surely, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of[at] my life.(JG)
5 He will repay my enemies for their evil.
In your faithfulness, put an end to them.(JH)
6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;
I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.(JI)
7 For he has delivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.(JJ)
Psalm 55
Complaint about a Friend’s Treachery
To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God;
do not hide yourself from my supplication.(JK)
2 Attend to me and answer me;
I am troubled in my complaint.
I am distraught(JL) 3 by the noise of the enemy,
because of the clamor of the wicked.
For they bring[au] trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.(JM)
4 My heart is in anguish within me;
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.(JN)
5 Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror overwhelms me.(JO)
6 And I say, “O that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;(JP)
7 truly, I would flee far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
8 I would hurry to find a shelter for myself
from the raging wind and tempest.”(JQ)
9 Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech,
for I see violence and strife in the city.(JR)
10 Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;
11 ruin is in its midst;
oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.(JS)
12 It is not enemies who taunt me—
I could bear that;
it is not adversaries who deal insolently with me—
I could hide from them.(JT)
13 But it is you, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend,(JU)
14 with whom I kept pleasant company;
we walked in the house of God with the throng.(JV)
15 Let death come upon them;
let them go down alive to Sheol,
for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.(JW)
16 But I call upon God,
and the Lord will save me.(JX)
17 Evening and morning and at noon
I utter my complaint and moan,
and he will hear my voice.(JY)
18 He will redeem me unharmed
from the battle that I wage,
for many are arrayed against me.(JZ)
19 God, who is enthroned from of old, Selah
will hear and will humble them,
because they do not change
and do not fear God.(KA)
20 My companion laid hands on a friend
and violated a covenant with me[av](KB)
21 with speech smoother than butter
but with a heart set on war,
with words that were softer than oil
but in fact were drawn swords.(KC)
22 Cast your burden[aw] on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.(KD)
23 But you, O God, will cast them down
into the lowest pit;
the bloodthirsty and treacherous
shall not live out half their days.
But I will trust in you.(KE)
Psalm 56
Trust in God under Persecution
To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
all day long foes oppress me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many fight against me.
O Most High,(KF) 3 when I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.(KG)
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I am not afraid;
what can flesh do to me?(KH)
5 All day long they seek to injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.(KI)
6 They stir up strife; they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.(KJ)
7 Do not deliver them for any reason;[ax]
in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!(KK)
8 You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your record?(KL)
9 Then my enemies will retreat
in the day when I call.
This I know, that[ay] God is for me.(KM)
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; I am not afraid.
What can a mere mortal do to me?
12 My vows to you I must perform, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.(KN)
13 For you have delivered my soul from death
and my feet from falling,
so that I may walk before God
in the light of life.(KO)
Psalm 57
Praise and Assurance under Persecution
To the leader: Do Not Destroy. Of David. A Miktam, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
1 Be merciful to me, O God; be merciful to me,
for in you my soul takes refuge;
in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
until the destroying storms pass by.(KP)
2 I cry to God Most High,
to God who fulfills his purpose for me.(KQ)
3 He will send from heaven and save me;
he will put to shame those who trample on me. Selah
God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness.(KR)
4 I lie down among lions
that greedily devour[az] human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
their tongues sharp swords.(KS)
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.
Let your glory be over all the earth.(KT)
6 They set a net for my steps;
my soul was bowed down.
They dug a pit in my path,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah(KU)
7 My heart is steadfast, O God;
my heart is steadfast.
I will sing and make melody.(KV)
8 Awake, my soul!
Awake, O harp and lyre!
I will awake the dawn.(KW)
9 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.(KX)
10 For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens;
your faithfulness extends to the clouds.(KY)
11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens.
Let your glory be over all the earth.(KZ)
Psalm 58
Prayer for Vengeance
To the leader: Do Not Destroy. Of David. A Miktam.
1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?
Do you judge people fairly?(LA)
2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands deal out violence on earth.(LB)
3 The wicked go astray from the womb;
they err from their birth, speaking lies.(LC)
4 They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,(LD)
5 so that it does not hear the voice of charmers
or of the cunning enchanter.(LE)
6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths;
tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!(LF)
7 Let them vanish like water that runs away;
like grass let them be trodden down[ba] and wither.(LG)
8 Let them be like the snail that dissolves into slime,
like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.(LH)
9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!(LI)
10 The righteous will rejoice when they see vengeance done;
they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.(LJ)
11 People will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who judges[bb] on earth.”(LK)
Psalm 59
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader: Do Not Destroy. Of David. A Miktam, when Saul ordered his house to be watched in order to kill him.
1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
protect me from those who rise up against me.(LL)
2 Deliver me from those who work evil;
from the bloodthirsty, save me.(LM)
3 Even now they lie in wait for my life;
the mighty stir up strife against me.
For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,(LN)
4 for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
Rouse yourself, come to my help and see!(LO)
5 You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Awake to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah(LP)
6 Each evening they come back
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.(LQ)
7 There they are, bellowing with their mouths,
with sharp words[bc] on their lips,
for “Who,” they think,[bd] “will hear us?”(LR)
8 But you laugh at them, O Lord;
you hold all the nations in derision.(LS)
9 O my strength, I will watch for you,
for you, O God, are my fortress.(LT)
10 My God in his steadfast love will meet me;
my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.(LU)
11 Do not kill them, or my people may forget;
make them totter by your power and bring them down,
O Lord, our shield.(LV)
12 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,(LW)
13 consume them in wrath;
consume them until they are no more.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
that God rules over Jacob. Selah(LX)
14 Each evening they come back
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.(LY)
15 They roam about for food
and growl if they do not get their fill.
16 But I will sing of your might;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been a fortress for me
and a refuge in the day of my distress.(LZ)
17 O my strength, I will sing praises to you,
for you, O God, are my fortress,
the God who shows me steadfast love.(MA)
Psalm 60
Prayer for National Victory after Defeat
To the leader: according to the Lily of the Covenant. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
1 O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses;
you have been angry; now restore us!(MB)
2 You have caused the land to quake; you have torn it open;
repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.(MC)
3 You have made your people suffer hard things;
you have given us wine to drink that made us reel.(MD)
4 You have set up a banner for those who fear you,
to rally to it out of bowshot.[be] Selah(ME)
5 Give victory with your right hand and answer us,[bf]
so that those whom you love may be rescued.(MF)
6 God has promised in his sanctuary,[bg]
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem
and portion out the Vale of Succoth.(MG)
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.(MH)
8 Moab is my washbasin;
on Edom I hurl my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”(MI)
9 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
10 Have you not rejected us, O God?
You do not go out, O God, with our armies.(MJ)
11 O grant us help against the foe,
for human help is worthless.(MK)
12 With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes.(ML)
Psalm 61
Assurance of God’s Protection
To the leader: with stringed instruments. Of David.
1 Hear my cry, O God;
listen to my prayer.(MM)
2 From the end of the earth I call to you,
when my heart is faint.
Lead me to the rock
that is higher than I,(MN)
3 for you are my refuge,
a strong tower against the enemy.(MO)
4 Let me abide in your tent forever,
find refuge under the shelter of your wings. Selah(MP)
5 For you, O God, have heard my vows;
you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.(MQ)
6 Prolong the life of the king;
may his years endure to all generations!(MR)
7 May he be enthroned forever before God;
appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!(MS)
8 So I will always sing praises to your name,
as I pay my vows day after day.(MT)
Psalm 62
Song of Trust in God Alone
To the leader: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.(MU)
2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall never be shaken.(MV)
3 How long will you assail a person,
will you batter your victim, all of you,
as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?(MW)
4 Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence.
They take pleasure in falsehood;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse. Selah(MX)
5 For God alone my soul waits in silence,
for my hope is from him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be shaken.(MY)
7 On God rests my deliverance and my honor;
my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.(MZ)
8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah(NA)
9 Those of low estate are but a breath;
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.(NB)
10 Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.(NC)
11 Once God has spoken;
twice have I heard this:
that power belongs to God,(ND)
12 and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord.
For you repay to all
according to their work.(NE)
Psalm 63
Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, you are my God; I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.(NF)
2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.(NG)
3 Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.(NH)
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name.(NI)
5 My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,[bh]
and my mouth praises you with joyful lips(NJ)
6 when I think of you on my bed
and meditate on you in the watches of the night,(NK)
7 for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.(NL)
8 My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.(NM)
9 But those who seek to destroy my life
shall go down into the depths of the earth;(NN)
10 they shall be given over to the power of the sword;
they shall be prey for jackals.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God;
all who swear by him shall exult,
for the mouths of liars will be stopped.(NO)
Psalm 64
Prayer for Protection from Enemies
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
1 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;
preserve my life from the dread enemy.(NP)
2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the scheming of evildoers,(NQ)
3 who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,(NR)
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.(NS)
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see us?[bi](NT)
6 Who can search out our crimes?[bj]
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.”
For the human heart and mind are deep.(NU)
7 But God will shoot his arrow at them;
they will be wounded suddenly.
8 Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin;[bk]
all who see them will shake with horror.(NV)
9 Then everyone will fear;
they will tell what God has brought about
and ponder what he has done.(NW)
10 Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord
and take refuge in him.
Let all the upright in heart glory.(NX)
Psalm 65
Thanksgiving for Earth’s Bounty
To the leader. A Psalm of David. A Song.
1 Praise is due to you,
O God, in Zion,
and to you shall vows be performed,(NY)
2 O you who answer prayer!
To you all flesh shall come.(NZ)
3 When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us,
you forgive our transgressions.(OA)
4 Happy are those whom you choose and bring near
to live in your courts.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house,
your holy temple.(OB)
5 By awesome deeds you answer us with deliverance,
O God of our salvation;
you are the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the farthest seas.(OC)
6 By your[bl] strength you established the mountains;
you are girded with might.(OD)
7 You silence the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
the tumult of the peoples.(OE)
8 Those who live at earth’s farthest bounds are awed by your signs;
you make the gateways of the morning and the evening shout for joy.
9 You visit the earth and water it;
you greatly enrich it;
the river of God is full of water;
you provide the people with grain,
for so you have prepared it.(OF)
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,
and blessing its growth.
11 You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow;
the hills gird themselves with joy;(OG)
13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks;
the valleys deck themselves with grain;
they shout and sing together for joy.(OH)
Psalm 66
Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel
To the leader. A Song. A Psalm.
1 Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;(OI)
2 sing the glory of his name;
give to him glorious praise.(OJ)
3 Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.(OK)
4 All the earth worships you;
they sing praises to you,
sing praises to your name.” Selah(OL)
5 Come and see what God has done:
he is awesome in his deeds among mortals.(OM)
6 He turned the sea into dry land;
they passed through the river on foot.
There we rejoiced in him,(ON)
7 who rules by his might forever,
whose eyes keep watch on the nations—
let the rebellious not exalt themselves. Selah(OO)
8 Bless our God, O peoples;
let the sound of his praise be heard,(OP)
9 who has kept us among the living
and has not let our feet slip.(OQ)
10 For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.(OR)
11 You brought us into the net;
you laid burdens on our backs;(OS)
12 you let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a spacious place.[bm](OT)
13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay you my vows,(OU)
14 those that my lips uttered
and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.(OV)
15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fatted calves,
with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah(OW)
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for me.(OX)
17 I cried aloud to him,
and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.(OY)
19 But truly God has listened;
he has heard the words of my prayer.(OZ)
20 Blessed be God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me.(PA)
Psalm 67
The Nations Called to Praise God
To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us, Selah(PB)
2 that your way may be known upon earth,
your saving power among all nations.(PC)
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide the nations upon earth. Selah(PD)
5 Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.(PE)
6 The earth has yielded its increase;
God, our God, has blessed us.(PF)
7 May God continue to bless us;
let all the ends of the earth revere him.(PG)
Psalm 68
Praise and Thanksgiving
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.
1 Let God rise up; let his enemies be scattered;
let those who hate him flee before him.(PH)
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
as wax melts before the fire,
let the wicked perish before God.(PI)
3 But let the righteous be joyful;
let them exult before God;
let them be jubilant with joy.(PJ)
4 Sing to God; sing praises to his name;
lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds[bn]—
his name is the Lord—
be exultant before him.(PK)
5 Father of orphans and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation.(PL)
6 God gives the desolate a home to live in;
he leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious live in a parched land.(PM)
7 O God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness, Selah(PN)
8 the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain
at the presence of God, the God of Sinai,
at the presence of God, the God of Israel.(PO)
9 Rain in abundance, O God, you showered abroad;
you restored your heritage when it languished;(PP)
10 your flock found a dwelling in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.(PQ)
11 The Lord gives the command;
great is the company of those[bo] who bore the tidings:
12 “The kings of the armies, they flee, they flee!”
The women at home divide the spoil,(PR)
13 though they stay among the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
its pinions with green gold.(PS)
14 When the Almighty[bp] scattered kings there,
snow fell on Zalmon.(PT)
15 O mighty mountain, mountain of Bashan;
O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16 Why do you look with envy, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God desired for his abode,
where the Lord will reside forever?(PU)
17 With mighty chariotry, twice ten thousand,
thousands upon thousands,
the Lord came from Sinai into the holy place.[bq](PV)
18 You ascended the high mount,
leading captives in your train
and receiving gifts from people,
even from those who rebel against the Lord God’s abiding there.(PW)
19 Blessed be the Lord,
who daily bears us up;
God is our salvation. Selah(PX)
20 Our God is a God of salvation,
and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death.(PY)
21 But God will shatter the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of those who walk in their guilty ways.(PZ)
22 The Lord said,
“I will bring them back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,(QA)
23 so that you may bathe[br] your feet in blood,
so that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the foe.”(QB)
24 Your solemn processions are seen,[bs] O God,
the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—(QC)
25 the singers in front, the musicians last,
between them young women playing tambourines:(QD)
26 “Bless God in the great congregation,
the Lord, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!”(QE)
27 There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead,
the princes of Judah in a body,
the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.(QF)
28 Summon your might, O God;
show your strength, O God, as you have done for us before.
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem,
kings bear gifts to you.(QG)
30 Rebuke the wild animals that live among the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample[bt] under foot those who lust after tribute;
scatter the peoples who delight in war.[bu](QH)
31 Let bronze be brought from Egypt;
let Cush hasten to stretch out its hands to God.(QI)
32 Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth;
sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33 O rider in the heavens, the ancient heavens;
listen, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.(QJ)
34 Ascribe power to God,
whose majesty is over Israel
and whose power is in the skies.(QK)
35 Awesome is God in his[bv] sanctuary,
the God of Israel;
he gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!(QL)
Psalm 69
Prayer for Deliverance from Persecution
To the leader: according to Lilies. Of David.
1 Save me, O God,
for the waters have come up to my neck.(QM)
2 I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold;
I have come into deep waters,
and the flood sweeps over me.(QN)
3 I am weary with my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.(QO)
Footnotes
- 37.23 Heb A man’s steps
- 37.23 Heb his
- 37.24 Heb he stumbles, he
- 37.24 Heb him
- 37.35 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 37.36 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb he
- 38.19 Q ms: MT my living foes
- 39.10 Heb hostility
- 40.2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult
- 40.6 Heb ears you have dug for me
- 40.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 41.1 Or weak
- 41.3 Heb you change all his bed
- 42.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 44.4 Gk Syr: Heb You are my King, O God; command
- 44.14 Heb a shaking of the head
- 45.4 Cn: Heb and the meekness of
- 45.6 Or Your throne is a throne of God, it
- 45.13 Or people.
All glorious is the princess within, gold embroidery is her clothing - 45.16 Heb lacks O king
- 46.1 Or well proved
- 46.5 Heb of it
- 46.7 Or fortress
- 46.11 Or fortress
- 47.7 Heb Maskil
- 48.11 Heb daughters
- 49.7 Or no one can ransom a brother
- 49.11 Gk Syr Compare Tg: Heb their inward thought
- 49.13 Tg: Heb after them
- 49.14 Cn: Heb the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning
- 49.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 49.19 Cn: Heb you
- 50.11 Gk Syr Tg: Heb mountains
- 50.14 Or make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God
- 50.23 Heb who set a way
- 51.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 51.10 Or steadfast
- 51.12 Or generous
- 51.17 Or My sacrifice, O God,
- 52.1 Cn Compare Syr: Heb the kindness of God
- 52.6 Heb him
- 52.7 Syr Tg: Heb in his destruction
- 52.9 Cn: Heb wait for
- 53.5 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb him who encamps against you
- 53.5 Gk: Heb you have put (them) to shame
- 54.4 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb is of those who uphold or is with those who uphold
- 55.3 Cn Compare Gk: Heb they cause to totter
- 55.20 Heb lacks with me
- 55.22 Or Cast what he has given you
- 56.7 Gk Compare Syr Jerome: Heb deliver them because of their iniquity
- 56.9 Or because
- 57.4 Cn: Heb are aflame for
- 58.7 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 58.11 Or there are gods who judge
- 59.7 Heb with swords
- 59.7 Heb lacks they think
- 60.4 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb because of the truth
- 60.5 Or me
- 60.6 Or by his holiness
- 63.5 Heb with fat and fatness
- 64.5 Syr Jerome: Heb them
- 64.6 Cn: Heb They search out crimes
- 64.8 Cn: Heb They will bring him to ruin, their tongue being against them
- 65.6 Gk Jerome: Heb his
- 66.12 Cn Compare Gk Syr Jerome Tg: Heb to a saturation
- 68.4 Or cast up a highway for him who rides through the deserts
- 68.11 Or company of the women
- 68.14 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
- 68.17 Cn: Heb The Lord among them Sinai in the holy (place)
- 68.23 Gk Syr Tg: Heb shatter
- 68.24 Or have been seen
- 68.30 Cn: Heb Trampling
- 68.30 Meaning of Heb of 68.30 is uncertain
- 68.35 Gk: Heb from your
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