The Psalms, starting at chapter 7
Psalm 7
A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words
of Cush, the Benjamite.
{7:1} Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you.
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
{7:2} lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,
ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
{7:3} Yahweh, my God, if I have done this,
if there is iniquity in my hands,
{7:4} if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me
(yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
{7:5} let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;
yes, let him tread my life down to the earth,
and lay my glory in the dust.
Selah.
{7:6} Arise, Yahweh, in your anger.
Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries.
Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
{7:7} Let the congregation of the peoples surround you.
Rule over them on high.
{7:8} Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples.
Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness,
and to my integrity that is in me.
{7:9} Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous;
their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
{7:10} My shield is with God,
who saves the upright in heart.
{7:11} God is a righteous judge,
yes, a God who has indignation every day.
{7:12} If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword;
he has bent and strung his bow.
{7:13} He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death.
He makes ready his flaming arrows.
{7:14} Behold, he travails with iniquity.
Yes, he has conceived mischief,
and brought forth falsehood.
{7:15} He has dug a hole,
and has fallen into the pit which he made.
{7:16} The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.
His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
{7:17} I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness,
and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
Psalm 8
For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.
{8:1} Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth,
who has set your glory above the heavens!
{8:2} From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and
the avenger.
{8:3} When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
{8:4} what is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for him?
{8:5} For you have made him a little lower than [1>]God,[<1]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
{8:6} You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet:
{8:7} All sheep and cattle,
yes, and the animals of the field,
{8:8} The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
{8:9} Yahweh, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Psalm 9
For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by
David.
{9:1} I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart.
I will tell of all your marvelous works.
{9:2} I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
{9:3} When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish in your presence.
{9:4} For you have maintained my just cause.
You sit on the throne judging righteously.
{9:5} You have rebuked the nations.
You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
{9:6} The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
{9:7} But Yahweh reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment.
{9:8} He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
{9:9} Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
a high tower in times of trouble.
{9:10} Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
{9:11} Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion,
and declare among the people what he has done.
{9:12} For he who avenges blood remembers them.
He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
{9:13} Have mercy on me, Yahweh.
See my affliction by those who hate me,
and lift me up from the gates of death;
{9:14} that I may show forth all your praise.
In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your
salvation.
{9:15} The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made.
In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
{9:16} Yahweh has made himself known.
He has executed judgment.
The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.
Meditation. Selah.
{9:17} The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,
even all the nations that forget God.
{9:18} For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
{9:19} Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail.
Let the nations be judged in your sight.
{9:20} Put them in fear, Yahweh.
Let the nations know that they are only men.
Selah.
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Footnotes:
[1] {8:5} Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means
"God," but can also mean "gods," "princes," or "angels."
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