Psalm 8-14

New American Standard Bible

³ When 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?
⁵ Yet You have made him a ^(I)little lower than ^[d]God,
And ^(J)You crown him with ^(K)glory and majesty!
⁶ You have him ^(L)rule over the works of Your hands;
You have ^(M)put everything under his feet,
⁷ All sheep and oxen,
And also the animals of the field,
⁸ The 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!

³ When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and ^(T)perish before You.
⁴ For You have ^(U)maintained ^[g]my just cause;
You have sat on the throne ^[h](V)judging righteously.
⁵ You have ^(W)rebuked the nations, You have eliminated the wicked;
You have ^(X)wiped out their name forever and ever.
^6 [i]The enemy has come to an end in everlasting ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very ^(Y)memory of them has perished.

⁷ But the ^(Z)Lord ^[j]sits as King forever;
He has established His ^(AA)throne for judgment,
⁸ And He will ^(AB)judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples fairly.
^9 [k]The Lord will also be a ^(AC)stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;
¹⁰ And ^[l]those who ^(AD)know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, Lord, have not ^(AE)abandoned those who seek You.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who ^(AF)dwells in Zion;
^(AG)Declare His deeds among the peoples.
¹² For ^(AH)He who ^[m]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget ^(AI)the cry of the needy.
¹³ Be gracious to me, Lord;
See my oppression from those ^(AJ)who hate me,
You who ^(AK)lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ So that I may tell of ^(AL)all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may ^(AM)rejoice in Your ^[n]salvation.
¹⁵ The nations have sunk down ^(AN)into the pit which they have made;
In the ^(AO)net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
¹⁶ The Lord has ^(AP)made Himself known;
He has ^(AQ)executed judgment.
A wicked one is ensnared in the work of his own hands. ^[o]Higgaion Selah

¹⁷ The wicked will ^[p](AR)return to ^[q]Sheol,
All the nations who ^(AS)forget God.
¹⁸ For the ^(AT)needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the ^(AU)hope of the afflicted perish forever.
^19 (AV)Arise, Lord, do not let mankind prevail;
Let the nations be ^(AW)judged before You.
²⁰ Put them ^(AX)in fear, Lord;
Let the nations know that they are ^(AY)merely human. Selah

³ For the wicked ^(BD)boasts of his ^(BE)soul’s desire,
And ^[t]the greedy person curses and ^(BF)shows disrespect to the Lord.
⁴ The wicked, ^[u]in his haughtiness, ^(BG)does not seek Him.
^(BH)There is no God in all his schemes.

⁵ His ways ^(BI)succeed at all times;
Yet Your judgments are on high, ^(BJ)out of his sight;
As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.
⁶ He says to himself, “^(BK)I will not be moved;
^[v]Throughout the generations ^(BL)I will not be in adversity.”
⁷ His ^(BM)mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and ^(BN)oppression;
^(BO)Under his tongue is harm and injustice.
⁸ He sits in the ^(BP)lurking places of the villages;
He ^(BQ)kills the innocent in the secret places;
His eyes ^[w]surreptitiously watch for the ^[x](BR)unfortunate.
⁹ He lurks in secret like ^(BS)a lion in his ^[y]lair;
He ^(BT)lurks to catch ^(BU)the needy;
He catches the needy when he pulls him into his ^(BV)net.
¹⁰ Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers;
And ^[z]unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.
¹¹ He ^(BW)says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

¹² Arise, Lord; God, ^(BX)lift up Your hand.
^(BY)Do not forget the humble.
¹³ Why has the wicked ^(BZ)treated God disrespectfully?
He has said to himself, “^[aa]You will not require an account.”
¹⁴ You have seen it, for You have looked at ^(CA)harm and provocation to ^[ab]take it into Your hand.
The ^[ac](CB)unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the ^(CC)helper of the orphan.
^15 (CD)Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
^[ad](CE)Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

¹⁶ The Lord is ^(CF)King forever and ever;
^(CG)Nations have perished from His land.
¹⁷ Lord, You have heard the ^(CH)desire of the humble;
You will ^(CI)strengthen their heart, ^(CJ)You will make Your ear attentive
¹⁸ To ^[ae]vindicate the ^(CK)orphan and the ^(CL)oppressed,
So that mankind, which is of the earth, will no longer cause ^(CM)terror.

⁴ The Lord is in His ^(CT)holy temple; the ^[ag]Lord’s ^(CU)throne is in heaven;
His ^(CV)eyes see, His eyelids test the sons of mankind.
⁵ The Lord ^(CW)tests the righteous and ^(CX)the wicked,
And His soul hates one who loves violence.
⁶ He will ^(CY)rain ^[ah]coals of fire upon the wicked,
^(CZ)And brimstone and ^(DA)burning wind will be the portion of ^(DB)their cup.
⁷ For the Lord is ^(DC)righteous, ^(DD)He loves ^[ai]righteousness;
The upright will ^(DE)see His face.

⁶ The ^(DN)words of the Lord are pure words;
Like silver ^(DO)refined in a furnace on the ground, filtered seven times.
⁷ You, Lord, will keep them;
You will ^(DP)protect him from this generation forever.
⁸ The ^(DQ)wicked strut about on every side
When ^[ao](DR)vileness is exalted among the sons of mankind.

^3 (DW)Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
^(DX)Enlighten my eyes, or I will ^(DY)sleep the sleep of death,
⁴ And my enemy will ^(DZ)say, “I have overcome him,”
And ^(EA)my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

⁵ But I have ^(EB)trusted in Your faithfulness;
My heart shall ^(EC)rejoice in Your salvation.
⁶ I will ^(ED)sing to the Lord,
Because He has ^(EE)looked after me.

⁴ Do all the workers of injustice ^(EM)not know,
Who ^(EN)devour my people as they eat bread,
And ^(EO)do not call upon the Lord?
⁵ There they are in great dread,
For God is with a ^(EP)righteous generation.
⁶ You would put to shame the plan of the poor,
But the Lord is his ^(EQ)refuge.

⁷ Oh, that ^(ER)the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the Lord ^(ES)restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.