Psalm 13-16
New King James Version
Trust in the Salvation of the Lord
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
13 How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever?
(A)How long will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;
(B)Enlighten my eyes,
(C)Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest my enemy say,
“I have prevailed against him”;
Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Folly of the Godless, and God’s Final Triumph(D)
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
14 The (E)fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt,
They have done abominable works,
There is none who does good.
2 (F)The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3 (G)They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And (H)do not call on the Lord?
5 There they are in great fear,
For God is with the generation of the righteous.
6 You shame the counsel of the poor,
But the Lord is his (I)refuge.
7 (J)Oh,[a] that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
(K)When the Lord brings back [b]the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.
The Character of Those Who May Dwell with the Lord
A Psalm of David.
2 He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the (M)truth in his heart;
3 He who (N)does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
(O)Nor does he [d]take up a reproach against his friend;
4 (P)In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord;
He who (Q)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5 He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things (R)shall never be moved.
The Hope of the Faithful, and the Messiah’s Victory
A (S)Michtam of David.
16 Preserve[e] me, O God, for in You I put my trust.
2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord,
“You are my Lord,
(T)My goodness is nothing apart from You.”
3 As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in (U)whom is all my delight.”
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;
Their drink offerings of (V)blood I will not offer,
(W)Nor take up their names on my lips.
5 O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You [f]maintain my lot.
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.
7 I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel;
My [g]heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
8 (X)I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will [h]rest in hope.
10 (Y)For You will not leave my soul in [i]Sheol,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to [j]see corruption.
11 You will show me the (Z)path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Footnotes
- Psalm 14:7 Lit. Who will give out of Zion the salvation of Israel?
- Psalm 14:7 Or His captive people
- Psalm 15:1 sojourn
- Psalm 15:3 receive
- Psalm 16:1 Watch over
- Psalm 16:5 Lit. uphold
- Psalm 16:7 Mind, lit. kidneys
- Psalm 16:9 Or dwell securely
- Psalm 16:10 The abode of the dead
- Psalm 16:10 undergo
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