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Psalm 8-14
New Living Translation
Psalm 8-14
New Living Translation
Psalm 8
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[a]
1 O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
2 You have taught children and infants
to tell of your strength,[b]
silencing your enemies
and all who oppose you.
3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?[c]
5 Yet you made them only a little lower than God[d]
and crowned them[e] with glory and honor.
6 You gave them charge of everything you made,
putting all things under their authority—
7 the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
9 O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Psalm 9
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Death of the Son.”
1 I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.
2 I will be filled with joy because of you.
I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
3 My enemies retreated;
they staggered and died when you appeared.
4 For you have judged in my favor;
from your throne you have judged with fairness.
5 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you have erased their names forever.
6 The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;
the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.
7 But the Lord reigns forever,
executing judgment from his throne.
8 He will judge the world with justice
and rule the nations with fairness.
9 The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.
11 Sing praises to the Lord who reigns in Jerusalem.[f]
Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.
12 For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless.
He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.
13 Lord, have mercy on me.
See how my enemies torment me.
Snatch me back from the jaws of death.
14 Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates,
so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others.
Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set.
16 The Lord is known for his justice.
The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. Quiet Interlude[g]
17 The wicked will go down to the grave.[h]
This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
18 But the needy will not be ignored forever;
the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.
19 Arise, O Lord!
Do not let mere mortals defy you!
Judge the nations!
20 Make them tremble in fear, O Lord.
Let the nations know they are merely human. Interlude
Psalm 10
1 O Lord, why do you stand so far away?
Why do you hide when I am in trouble?
2 The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor.
Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.
3 For they brag about their evil desires;
they praise the greedy and curse the Lord.
4 The wicked are too proud to seek God.
They seem to think that God is dead.
5 Yet they succeed in everything they do.
They do not see your punishment awaiting them.
They sneer at all their enemies.
6 They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us!
We will be free of trouble forever!”
7 Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats.[i]
Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.
8 They lurk in ambush in the villages,
waiting to murder innocent people.
They are always searching for helpless victims.
9 Like lions crouched in hiding,
they wait to pounce on the helpless.
Like hunters they capture the helpless
and drag them away in nets.
10 Their helpless victims are crushed;
they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
11 The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us!
He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”
12 Arise, O Lord!
Punish the wicked, O God!
Do not ignore the helpless!
13 Why do the wicked get away with despising God?
They think, “God will never call us to account.”
14 But you see the trouble and grief they cause.
You take note of it and punish them.
The helpless put their trust in you.
You defend the orphans.
15 Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
Go after them until the last one is destroyed.
16 The Lord is king forever and ever!
The godless nations will vanish from the land.
17 Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.
18 You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed,
so mere people can no longer terrify them.
Psalm 11
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 I trust in the Lord for protection.
So why do you say to me,
“Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!
2 The wicked are stringing their bows
and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings.
They shoot from the shadows
at those whose hearts are right.
3 The foundations of law and order have collapsed.
What can the righteous do?”
4 But the Lord is in his holy Temple;
the Lord still rules from heaven.
He watches everyone closely,
examining every person on earth.
5 The Lord examines both the righteous and the wicked.
He hates those who love violence.
6 He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked,
punishing them with scorching winds.
7 For the righteous Lord loves justice.
The virtuous will see his face.
Psalm 12
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[j]
1 Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing!
The faithful have vanished from the earth!
2 Neighbors lie to each other,
speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3 May the Lord cut off their flattering lips
and silence their boastful tongues.
4 They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content.
Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
5 The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
as they have longed for me to do.”
6 The Lord’s promises are pure,
like silver refined in a furnace,
purified seven times over.
7 Therefore, Lord, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation,
8 even though the wicked strut about,
and evil is praised throughout the land.
Psalm 13
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever?
How long will you look the other way?
2 How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul,
with sorrow in my heart every day?
How long will my enemy have the upper hand?
3 Turn and answer me, O Lord my God!
Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.
4 Don’t let my enemies gloat, saying, “We have defeated him!”
Don’t let them rejoice at my downfall.
5 But I trust in your unfailing love.
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
6 I will sing to the Lord
because he is good to me.
Psalm 14
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 Only fools say in their hearts,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;
not one of them does good!
2 The Lord looks down from heaven
on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
if anyone seeks God.
3 But no, all have turned away;
all have become corrupt.[k]
No one does good,
not a single one!
4 Will those who do evil never learn?
They eat up my people like bread
and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.
5 Terror will grip them,
for God is with those who obey him.
6 The wicked frustrate the plans of the oppressed,
but the Lord will protect his people.
7 Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel?
When the Lord restores his people,
Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.
Footnotes
- 8:Title Hebrew according to the gittith.
- 8:2 Greek version reads to give you praise. Compare Matt 21:16.
- 8:4 Hebrew what is man that you should think of him, / the son of man that you should care for him?
- 8:5a Or Yet you made them only a little lower than the angels; Hebrew reads Yet you made him [i.e., man] a little lower than Elohim.
- 8:5b Hebrew him [i.e., man]; similarly in 8:6.
- 9:11 Hebrew Zion; also in 9:14.
- 9:16 Hebrew Higgaion Selah. The meaning of this phrase is uncertain.
- 9:17 Hebrew to Sheol.
- 10:7 Greek version reads cursing and bitterness. Compare Rom 3:14.
- 12:Title Hebrew according to the sheminith.
- 14:3 Greek version reads have become useless. Compare Rom 3:12.
Psalm 8-14
New International Version
Psalm 8-14
New International Version
Psalm 8[a]
For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David.
1 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name(A) in all the earth!
You have set your glory(B)
in the heavens.(C)
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold(D) against your enemies,
to silence the foe(E) and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,(F)
the work of your fingers,(G)
the moon and the stars,(H)
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?[c](I)
5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e](J)
and crowned them[f] with glory and honor.(K)
6 You made them rulers(L) over the works of your hands;(M)
you put everything under their[g] feet:(N)
7 all flocks and herds,(O)
and the animals of the wild,(P)
8 the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,(Q)
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!(R)
Psalm 9[h][i]
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.
1 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;(S)
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.(T)
2 I will be glad and rejoice(U) in you;
I will sing the praises(V) of your name,(W) O Most High.
3 My enemies turn back;
they stumble and perish before you.
4 For you have upheld my right(X) and my cause,(Y)
sitting enthroned(Z) as the righteous judge.(AA)
5 You have rebuked the nations(AB) and destroyed the wicked;
you have blotted out their name(AC) for ever and ever.
6 Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,
you have uprooted their cities;(AD)
even the memory of them(AE) has perished.
7 The Lord reigns forever;(AF)
he has established his throne(AG) for judgment.
8 He rules the world in righteousness(AH)
and judges the peoples with equity.(AI)
9 The Lord is a refuge(AJ) for the oppressed,(AK)
a stronghold in times of trouble.(AL)
10 Those who know your name(AM) trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken(AN) those who seek you.(AO)
11 Sing the praises(AP) of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;(AQ)
proclaim among the nations(AR) what he has done.(AS)
12 For he who avenges blood(AT) remembers;
he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.(AU)
13 Lord, see how my enemies(AV) persecute me!
Have mercy(AW) and lift me up from the gates of death,(AX)
14 that I may declare your praises(AY)
in the gates of Daughter Zion,(AZ)
and there rejoice in your salvation.(BA)
15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;(BB)
their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.(BC)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[j](BD)
17 The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,(BE)
all the nations that forget God.(BF)
18 But God will never forget the needy;
the hope(BG) of the afflicted(BH) will never perish.
19 Arise,(BI) Lord, do not let mortals triumph;(BJ)
let the nations be judged(BK) in your presence.
20 Strike them with terror,(BL) Lord;
let the nations know they are only mortal.(BM)
Psalm 10[k]
2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,(BP)
who are caught in the schemes he devises.
3 He boasts(BQ) about the cravings of his heart;
he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.(BR)
4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek him;
in all his thoughts there is no room for God.(BS)
5 His ways are always prosperous;
your laws are rejected by[l] him;
he sneers at all his enemies.
6 He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.”
He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”(BT)
7 His mouth is full(BU) of lies and threats;(BV)
trouble and evil are under his tongue.(BW)
8 He lies in wait(BX) near the villages;
from ambush he murders the innocent.(BY)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
9 like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;(BZ)
he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(CA)
10 His victims are crushed,(CB) they collapse;
they fall under his strength.
11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;(CC)
he covers his face and never sees.”(CD)
12 Arise,(CE) Lord! Lift up your hand,(CF) O God.
Do not forget the helpless.(CG)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(CH)
Why does he say to himself,
“He won’t call me to account”?(CI)
14 But you, God, see the trouble(CJ) of the afflicted;
you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(CK)
you are the helper(CL) of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(CM)
call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
that would not otherwise be found out.
16 The Lord is King for ever and ever;(CN)
the nations(CO) will perish from his land.
17 You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;(CP)
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,(CQ)
18 defending the fatherless(CR) and the oppressed,(CS)
so that mere earthly mortals
will never again strike terror.
Psalm 11
For the director of music. Of David.
1 In the Lord I take refuge.(CT)
How then can you say to me:
“Flee(CU) like a bird to your mountain.(CV)
2 For look, the wicked bend their bows;(CW)
they set their arrows(CX) against the strings
to shoot from the shadows(CY)
at the upright in heart.(CZ)
3 When the foundations(DA) are being destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”
4 The Lord is in his holy temple;(DB)
the Lord is on his heavenly throne.(DC)
He observes everyone on earth;(DD)
his eyes examine(DE) them.
5 The Lord examines the righteous,(DF)
but the wicked, those who love violence,
he hates with a passion.(DG)
6 On the wicked he will rain
fiery coals and burning sulfur;(DH)
a scorching wind(DI) will be their lot.
Psalm 12[m]
For the director of music. According to sheminith.[n] A psalm of David.
1 Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore;(DN)
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2 Everyone lies(DO) to their neighbor;
they flatter with their lips
but harbor deception in their hearts.(DP)
3 May the Lord silence all flattering lips(DQ)
and every boastful tongue—(DR)
4 those who say,
“By our tongues we will prevail;(DS)
our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
5 “Because the poor are plundered(DT) and the needy groan,(DU)
I will now arise,(DV)” says the Lord.
“I will protect them(DW) from those who malign them.”
6 And the words of the Lord are flawless,(DX)
like silver purified(DY) in a crucible,(DZ)
like gold[o] refined seven times.
7 You, Lord, will keep the needy safe(EA)
and will protect us forever from the wicked,(EB)
8 who freely strut(EC) about
when what is vile is honored by the human race.
Psalm 13[p]
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 How long,(ED) Lord? Will you forget me(EE) forever?
How long will you hide your face(EF) from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(EG)
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?(EH)
3 Look on me(EI) and answer,(EJ) Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes,(EK) or I will sleep in death,(EL)
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,(EM)”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.(EN)
5 But I trust in your unfailing love;(EO)
my heart rejoices in your salvation.(EP)
6 I will sing(EQ) the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
Psalm 14(ER)
For the director of music. Of David.
1 The fool[q] says in his heart,
“There is no God.”(ES)
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there is no one who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven(ET)
on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(EU)
any who seek God.(EV)
3 All have turned away,(EW) all have become corrupt;(EX)
there is no one who does good,(EY)
not even one.(EZ)
4 Do all these evildoers know nothing?(FA)
Footnotes
- Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
- Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
- Psalm 8:5 Or him
- Psalm 8:5 Or than God
- Psalm 8:5 Or him
- Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his
- Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
- Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.
- Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.
- Psalm 10:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
- Psalm 10:5 See Septuagint; Hebrew / they are haughty, and your laws are far from
- Psalm 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.
- Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 12:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text earth
- Psalm 13:1 In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.
- Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.
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