Psalm 15-17
Legacy Standard Bible
Who May Dwell on Your Holy Mountain?
A Psalm of David.
15 O Yahweh, who may [a]sojourn (A)in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your (B)holy mountain?
2 He who (C)walks blamelessly, and works righteousness,
And (D)speaks truth in his heart.
3 He (E)does not slander [b]with his tongue,
Nor (F)does evil to his neighbor,
Nor (G)takes up a reproach against his friend;
4 In [c]whose eyes a reprobate is despised,
But [d]who (H)honors those who fear Yahweh;
He (I)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5 He (J)does not put out his money [e]at interest,
Nor (K)does he take a bribe against the innocent.
(L)He who does these things will never be shaken.
You Will Not Forsake My Soul
A [f]Mikhtam of David.
16 (M)Keep me, O God, for (N)I take refuge in You.
2 O my soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are [g]my Lord;
I (O)have no good without You.”
3 As for the [h](P)saints who are in the earth,
They are the majestic ones (Q)in whom is all my delight.
4 The [i](R)pains of those who have [j]bartered for another god will be multiplied;
I shall not pour out their drink offerings of (S)blood,
Nor will I (T)take their names upon my lips.
5 Yahweh is the (U)portion of my inheritance and my (V)cup;
You support my (W)lot.
6 The (X)lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my inheritance is (Y)beautiful to me.
7 I will bless Yahweh who has (Z)counseled me;
Indeed, my [k](AA)mind instructs me in the night.
8 (AB)I have (AC)set Yahweh continually before me;
Because He is (AD)at my right hand, (AE)I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore (AF)my heart is glad and (AG)my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will (AH)dwell securely.
10 For You (AI)will not forsake my soul to Sheol;
You will not (AJ)give Your [l]Holy One over to see [m]corruption.
11 You will make known to me (AK)the path of life;
In (AL)Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are (AM)pleasures forever.
In the Shadow of Your Wings
A Prayer of David.
17 Hear a (AN)righteous cause, O Yahweh, (AO)give heed to my cry of lamentation;
(AP)Give ear to my prayer, which is not from (AQ)deceitful lips.
2 May (AR)my [n]judgment come from Your presence;
May Your eyes behold (AS)what is upright.
3 You have (AT)tested my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have (AU)tried me and (AV)You find [o]nothing;
I have (AW)purposed that my mouth will not [p]transgress.
4 As for the deeds of men, (AX)by the word of Your lips
I have kept from the (AY)paths of the violent.
5 My (AZ)steps have held fast to Your [q]paths.
My (BA)footsteps have not stumbled.
6 I have (BB)called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;
(BC)Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
7 (BD)Marvelously show Your lovingkindnesses,
O (BE)Savior of those who take refuge [r]at Your right hand
From those who rise up against them.
8 Keep me as [s]the (BF)apple of the eye;
Hide me (BG)in the shadow of Your wings
9 From the (BH)wicked who devastate me,
My (BI)deadly enemies who surround me.
10 They have (BJ)closed their [t]unfeeling heart,
With their mouth they (BK)speak proudly.
11 They have now (BL)surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes (BM)to cast us down to the ground.
12 He is (BN)like a lion that is eager to tear,
And as a young lion (BO)lurking in hiding places.
13 (BP)Arise, O Yahweh, confront him, (BQ)bring him low;
(BR)Protect my soul from the wicked with (BS)Your sword,
14 From men with (BT)Your hand, O Yahweh,
From men [u]of the world, (BU)whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You (BV)fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their excess to their infants.
15 As for me, I shall (BW)behold Your face in righteousness;
(BX)I will be satisfied [v]with Your (BY)likeness when I awake.
Footnotes
- Psalm 15:1 Or abide
- Psalm 15:3 Lit according to
- Psalm 15:4 Lit his
- Psalm 15:4 Lit he
- Psalm 15:5 To a fellow Israelite
- Psalm 16 Title Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, Atonement Psalm
- Psalm 16:2 Or the Lord
- Psalm 16:3 Lit holy ones
- Psalm 16:4 Sorrows due to idolatry
- Psalm 16:4 Or hastened to
- Psalm 16:7 Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man
- Psalm 16:10 Or godly one
- Psalm 16:10 Or the pit
- Psalm 17:2 Vindication
- Psalm 17:3 Or no evil device in me; My mouth
- Psalm 17:3 Lit trespass
- Psalm 17:5 Lit tracks
- Psalm 17:7 Or from those who rise up...at Your right hand
- Psalm 17:8 Lit the pupil, the daughter of the eye
- Psalm 17:10 Lit fat
- Psalm 17:14 Or whose portion in life is of the world
- Psalm 17:15 Or with beholding
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