Psalm 8

New American Standard Bible

The Lord’s Glory and Mankind’s Dignity.

For the music director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

8 Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
You who have ^[a]^(A)displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
²^(B)From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have established ^[b]^(C)strength
Because of Your enemies,
To do away with ^(D)the enemy and the revengeful.

³When I ^[c]^(E)consider ^(F)Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The ^(G)moon and the stars, which You have set in place;
⁴^(H)What is man that You think of him,
And a son of man that You are concerned about him?
⁵Yet You have made him a ^(I)little lower than ^[d]God,
And ^(J)You crown him with ^(K)glory and majesty!
⁶You have him ^(L)rule over the works of Your hands;
You have ^(M)put everything under his feet,
⁷All sheep and oxen,
And also the animals of the field,
⁸The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

⁹^(N)Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

Footnotes

Psalm 8:1 Lit put
Psalm 8:2 Or a strength
Psalm 8:3 Or see
Psalm 8:5 LXX angels

Psalm 38

New American Standard Bible

Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.

A Psalm of David, for a memorial.

38 Lord, ^(A)do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
And do not punish me in Your burning anger.
²For Your ^(B)arrows have sunk deep into me,
And ^(C)Your hand has pressed down on me.
³There is ^(D)no healthy part in my flesh ^(E)because of Your indignation;
There is no health ^(F)in my bones because of my sin.
⁴For my ^(G)guilty deeds have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
⁵My ^[a]wounds grow foul and fester
Because of ^(H)my foolishness.
⁶I am bent over and ^(I)greatly bowed down;
I ^(J)go in mourning all day long.
⁷For my ^[b]sides are filled with ^(K)burning,
And there is ^(L)no healthy part in my flesh.
⁸I feel ^(M)faint and ^[c]badly crushed;
I ^[d]^(N)groan because of the ^[e]agitation of my heart.

⁹Lord, all ^(O)my desire is ^[f]before You;
And my ^(P)sighing is not hidden from You.
¹⁰My heart throbs, ^(Q)my strength fails me;
And the ^(R)light of my eyes, even ^[g]that ^[h]has gone from me.
¹¹My ^[i]^(S)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen ^(T)stand far away.
¹²Those who ^(U)seek my life ^(V)lay snares for me;
And those who ^(W)seek to injure me have ^[j]threatened destruction,
And they ^(X)plot deception all day long.

¹³But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear;
And I am like a ^(Y)person who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth.
¹⁴Yes, I am like a person who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
¹⁵For ^(Z)I wait for You, Lord;
You ^(AA)will answer, Lord my God.
¹⁶For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, ^(AB)would exalt themselves over me.”
¹⁷For I am ^(AC)ready to fall,
And ^(AD)my ^[k]sorrow is continually before me.
¹⁸For I ^(AE)admit my guilt;
I am full of ^(AF)anxiety because of my sin.
¹⁹But my ^(AG)enemies are vigorous and ^[l]strong,
And those who wrongfully ^(AH)hate me are many.
²⁰And those who ^(AI)repay evil for good,
They ^(AJ)become my enemies, because I follow what is good.
²¹Do not abandon me, Lord;
My God, ^(AK)do not be far from me!
²²^(AL)Hurry to help me,
Lord, ^(AM)my salvation!

Footnotes

Psalm 38:5 Or stripes
Psalm 38:7 Lit loins
Psalm 38:8 Or greatly
Psalm 38:8 Lit roar
Psalm 38:8 Lit growling
Psalm 38:9 Or known to You
Psalm 38:10 Lit they have
Psalm 38:10 Lit is not with me
Psalm 38:11 Or lovers
Psalm 38:12 Lit spoken
Psalm 38:17 Lit pain
Psalm 38:19 Or numerous

Psalm 68

New American Standard Bible

The God of Sinai and of the Sanctuary.

For the music director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

68 ^[a]May ^(A)God arise, ^[b]may His enemies be scattered,
And ^[c]may those who hate Him flee from His presence.
²As ^(B)smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As ^(C)wax melts before a fire,
So the ^(D)wicked will perish before God.
³But the ^(E)righteous will be joyful; they will rejoice before God;
Yes, they will rejoice with gladness.
⁴Sing to God, ^(F)sing praises to His name;
^[d]^(G)Exalt Him who ^(H)rides through the deserts,
Whose ^(I)name is ^[e]the Lord, and be jubilant before Him.

⁵A ^(J)father of the fatherless and a ^(K)judge ^[f]for the widows,
Is God in His ^(L)holy dwelling.
⁶God ^[g]^(M)makes a home for the lonely;
He ^(N)leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only ^(O)the rebellious live in parched lands.

⁷God, when You ^(P)went forth before Your people,
When You ^(Q)marched through the desert, Selah
⁸The ^(R)earth quaked;
The ^(S)heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
^[h]^(T)Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
⁹You ^(U)made plentiful rain fall, God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was ^[i]parched.
¹⁰Your creatures settled in it;
In Your kindness You ^(V)provided for the poor, God.

¹¹The Lord gives the ^[j]command;
The ^(W)women who proclaim good news are a great army:
¹²“^(X)Kings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home will ^(Y)divide the spoils!”
¹³^[k]When you lie down ^(Z)among the sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with ^[l]glistening gold.
¹⁴When the Almighty ^(AA)scattered the kings ^[m]there,
It was snowing in ^(AB)Zalmon.

¹⁵^(AC)The mountain of Bashan is a ^[n]mountain of God;
The mountain of Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.
¹⁶Why do you look with envy, you mountains of many peaks,
At the mountain God has ^(AD)desired as His dwelling?
Indeed, ^(AE)the Lord will dwell there forever.
¹⁷The ^(AF)chariots of God are ^[o]myriads, ^(AG)thousands upon thousands;
^[p]The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
¹⁸You have ^(AH)ascended on high, You have ^(AI)led captive Your captives;
You have received gifts among people,
Even among the rebellious as well, that ^[q]the Lord God may dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily ^(AJ)bears our burden,
^(AK)The God who is our salvation. Selah
²⁰God is to us a ^(AL)God of salvation;
And ^(AM)to ^[r]God the Lord belong ways of escape ^[s]from death.
²¹God certainly will ^(AN)shatter the heads of His enemies,
The hairy ^[t]head of one who goes about in his guilt.
²²The Lord ^[u]said, “^(AO)I will bring them back from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
²³So that ^[v]^(AP)your foot may shatter them in blood,
And the tongue of your ^(AQ)dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

²⁴They have seen ^(AR)Your procession, God,
The procession of my God, my King, ^[w]^(AS)into the sanctuary.
²⁵The ^(AT)singers went on, the musicians after them,
^[x]In the midst of the ^(AU)young women beating tambourines.
²⁶^(AV)Bless God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, you who are of the ^(AW)fountain of Israel.
²⁷^(AX)Benjamin, the ^[y]youngest, is there, ^[z]ruling them,
The leaders of Judah in their company,
The leaders of ^(AY)Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.

²⁸^[aa]Your God has ^(AZ)commanded your strength;
Show Yourself strong, God, You ^(BA)who acted ^[ab]in our behalf.
²⁹^[ac]Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
^(BB)Kings will bring gifts to You.
³⁰Rebuke the ^(BC)animals ^[ad]in the reeds,
The herd of ^(BD)bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling the pieces of silver;
He has ^(BE)scattered the peoples who delight in war.
³¹^[ae]Messengers will come from ^(BF)Egypt;
^[af]^(BG)Cush will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

³²Sing to God, you ^(BH)kingdoms of the earth,
^(BI)Sing praises to the Lord, Selah
³³To Him who ^(BJ)rides upon the ^[ag]^(BK)highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, ^(BL)He ^[ah]speaks with His voice, a ^(BM)mighty voice.
³⁴^(BN)Ascribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel,
And ^(BO)His strength is in the ^[ai]skies.
³⁵^[aj]God, You are ^(BP)awesome from Your ^[ak]sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself ^(BQ)gives strength and power to the people.
^(BR)Blessed be God!

Footnotes

Psalm 68:1 Or God shall
Psalm 68:1 Or His enemies shall
Psalm 68:1 Or those who hate Him shall
Psalm 68:4 Or Prepare the way for Him
Psalm 68:4 Heb Yah
Psalm 68:5 Lit of
Psalm 68:6 Lit makes the solitary to dwell in a house
Psalm 68:8 Lit This is Sinai which
Psalm 68:9 Lit weary
Psalm 68:11 Lit word
Psalm 68:13 Lit If
Psalm 68:13 I.e., gold alloyed with silver
Psalm 68:14 Lit in it
Psalm 68:15 Or mighty mountain
Psalm 68:17 Lit twice 10,000
Psalm 68:17 Another reading is The Lord came from Sinai into the sanctuary
Psalm 68:18 Heb Yah
Psalm 68:20 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Psalm 68:20 I.e., in view of; lit for
Psalm 68:21 Lit skull
Psalm 68:22 Or says
Psalm 68:23 Some ancient versions render, you may bathe your foot in blood
Psalm 68:24 Or in holiness
Psalm 68:25 Or The maidens in the midst
Psalm 68:27 Or smallest
Psalm 68:27 Or their ruler
Psalm 68:28 Some mss Command, God
Psalm 68:28 Lit for us
Psalm 68:29 Or From Your temple
Psalm 68:30 Lit of
Psalm 68:31 As in LXX; MT uncertain, possibly, Articles of bronze; or Articles of red cloth
Psalm 68:31 Or Ethiopia
Psalm 68:33 Lit heaven of heavens of old
Psalm 68:33 Lit gives forth
Psalm 68:34 Lit clouds
Psalm 68:35 Or Awesome is God from your sanctuary
Psalm 68:35 Lit holy places

Psalm 98

New American Standard Bible

A Call to Praise the Lord for His Righteousness.

A Psalm.

98 Sing a ^(A)new song to the Lord,
For He has done ^(B)wonderful things,
His ^(C)right hand and His ^(D)holy arm have ^[a]gained the victory for Him.
²^(E)The Lord has made His salvation known;
He has ^(F)revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.
³He has ^(G)remembered His graciousness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
^(H)All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴^(I)Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
^(J)Be cheerful and sing for joy and sing praises.
⁵Sing praises to the Lord with the ^(K)lyre,
With the lyre and the ^[b]^(L)sound of melody.
⁶With ^(M)trumpets and the sound of the horn
^(N)Shout joyfully before ^(O)the King, the Lord.

⁷May the ^(P)sea roar and ^[c]all it contains,
The ^(Q)world and those who dwell in it.
⁸May the ^(R)rivers clap their hands,
May the ^(S)mountains sing together for joy
⁹Before the Lord, for He is coming to ^(T)judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And ^(U)the peoples with fairness.

Footnotes

Psalm 98:1 Or accomplished salvation
Psalm 98:5 Or voice of song (accompanied by music)
Psalm 98:7 Lit its fullness

Psalm 128

New American Standard Bible

Blessedness of the Fear of the Lord.

A Song of Ascents.

128 ^(A)Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
Who ^(B)walks in His ways.
²When you ^(C)eat the ^(D)fruit of the labor of your hands,
You will be happy and ^(E)it will go well for you.
³Your wife will be like a ^(F)fruitful vine
^[a]Within your house,
Your children like ^(G)olive plants
Around your table.
⁴Behold, for so shall a man
Who fears the Lord be blessed.

⁵^(H)The Lord bless you ^(I)from Zion,
And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
⁶Indeed, may you see your ^(J)children’s children.
^(K)Peace be upon Israel!

Footnotes

Psalm 128:3 Lit In the innermost parts of

Proverbs 8

New American Standard Bible

The Commendation of Wisdom

8 Does not ^(A)wisdom call,
And understanding ^[a]raise her voice?
²On top of ^(B)the heights beside the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
³Beside the ^(C)gates, at the opening to the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:
⁴“To you, people, I call,
And my voice is to ^[b]mankind.
⁵You ^(D)naive ones, understand prudence;
And, you ^(E)fools, understand ^[c]wisdom!
⁶Listen, for I will speak ^(F)noble things;
And the opening of my lips will reveal ^(G)right things.
⁷For my ^(H)mouth will proclaim truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
⁸All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
There is nothing ^(I)crooked or perverted in them.
⁹They are all ^(J)straightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who ^(K)find knowledge.
¹⁰Accept my ^(L)instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choice gold.
¹¹For wisdom is ^(M)better than ^[d]jewels;
And ^(N)all desirable things cannot compare with her.

¹²“I, wisdom, ^(O)dwell with prudence,
And I find ^(P)knowledge and discretion.
¹³The ^(Q)fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
^(R)Pride, arrogance, ^(S)the evil way,
And the ^(T)perverted mouth, I hate.
¹⁴^(U)Advice is mine and ^(V)sound wisdom;
I am understanding, ^(W)power is mine.
¹⁵By me ^(X)kings reign,
And rulers decree justice.
¹⁶By me princes rule, and nobles,
All who judge rightly.
¹⁷I ^(Y)love those who love me;
And ^(Z)those who diligently seek me will find me.
¹⁸^(AA)Riches and honor are with me,
Enduring ^(AB)wealth and righteousness.
¹⁹My fruit is ^(AC)better than gold, even pure gold;
And my yield better than ^(AD)choice silver.
²⁰I walk in the way of righteousness,
In the midst of the paths of justice,
²¹To endow those who love me with wealth,
That I may ^(AE)fill their treasuries.

²²“The Lord ^[e]created me ^(AF)at the beginning of His way,
Before His works ^[f]of old.
²³From eternity I was ^[g]^(AG)established,
From the beginning, ^(AH)from the earliest times of the earth.
²⁴When there were no ^(AI)ocean depths, I was born,
When there were no springs abounding with water.
²⁵^(AJ)Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was born;
²⁶While He had not yet made the earth and the ^[h]fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.
²⁷When He ^(AK)established the heavens, I was there;
When ^(AL)He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
²⁸When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became ^[i]fixed,
²⁹When ^(AM)He set a boundary for the sea
So that the water would not violate His ^[j]command,
When He marked out ^(AN)the foundations of the earth;
³⁰Then ^(AO)I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was His delight daily,
^[k]Rejoicing always before Him,
³¹^[l]Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having ^(AP)my delight in the sons of mankind.

³²“Now then, sons, ^(AQ)listen to me,
For ^(AR)blessed are those who keep my ways.
³³^(AS)Listen to instruction and be wise,
And do not neglect it.
³⁴^(AT)Blessed is the person who listens to me,
Watching daily at my gates,
Waiting at my doorposts.
³⁵For ^(AU)one who finds me finds life,
And ^(AV)obtains favor from the Lord.
³⁶But one who ^[m]sins against me ^(AW)injures himself;
All those who ^(AX)hate me ^(AY)love death.”