Psalms 8: 1 - 10: 18
| For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. |
| 1LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! |
| You have set your glory above the heavens! |
| 2From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, |
| because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger. |
| 3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, |
| the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; |
| 4what is man, that you think of him? |
| What is the son of man, that you care for him? |
| 5For you have made him a little lower than the angels, |
| and crowned him with glory and honour. |
| 6You make him ruler over the works of your hands. |
| You have put all things under his feet: |
| 7All sheep and cattle, |
| yes, and the animals of the field, |
| 8the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, |
| and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. |
| 9LORD, our Lord, |
| how majestic is your name in all the earth! |
| For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. |
| 1I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. |
| I will tell of all your marvellous works. |
| 2I will be glad and rejoice in you. |
| I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. |
| 3When my enemies turn back, |
| they stumble and perish in your presence. |
| 4For you have maintained my just cause. |
| You sit on the throne judging righteously. |
| 5You have rebuked the nations. |
| You have destroyed the wicked. |
| You have blotted out their name forever and ever. |
| 6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. |
| The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. |
| 7But the LORD reigns forever. |
| He has prepared his throne for judgement. |
| 8He will judge the world in righteousness. |
| He will administer judgement to the peoples in uprightness. |
| 9The LORD will also be a high tower for the oppressed; |
| a high tower in times of trouble. |
| 10Those who know your name will put their trust in you, |
| for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. |
| 11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion, |
| and declare amongst the people what he has done. |
| 12For he who avenges blood remembers them. |
| He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted. |
| 13Have mercy on me, LORD. |
| See my affliction by those who hate me, |
| and lift me up from the gates of death, |
| 14that I may show all of your praise. |
| I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion. |
| 15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. |
| In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. |
| 16The LORD has made himself known. |
| He has executed judgement. |
| The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah. |
| 17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, |
| even all the nations that forget God. |
| 18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, |
| nor the hope of the poor perish forever. |
| 19Arise, LORD! Don’t let man prevail. |
| Let the nations be judged in your sight. |
| 20Put them in fear, LORD. |
| Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah. |
| 1Why do you stand far off, LORD? |
| Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? |
| 2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. |
| They are caught in the schemes that they devise. |
| 3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. |
| He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD. |
| 4The wicked, in the pride of his face, |
| has no room in his thoughts for God. |
| 5His ways are prosperous at all times. |
| He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. |
| As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them. |
| 6He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. |
| For generations I shall have no trouble.” |
| 7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. |
| Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. |
| 8He lies in wait near the villages. |
| From ambushes, he murders the innocent. |
| His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. |
| 9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. |
| He lies in wait to catch the helpless. |
| He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net. |
| 10The helpless are crushed. |
| They collapse. |
| They fall under his strength. |
| 11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. |
| He hides his face. |
| He will never see it.” |
| 12Arise, LORD! |
| God, lift up your hand! |
| Don’t forget the helpless. |
| 13Why does the wicked person condemn God, |
| and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account?” |
| 14But you do see trouble and grief. |
| You consider it to take it into your hand. |
| You help the victim and the fatherless. |
| 15Break the arm of the wicked. |
| As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none. |
| 16The LORD is King forever and ever! |
| The nations will perish out of his land. |
| 17LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble. |
| You will prepare their heart. |
| You will cause your ear to hear, |
| 18to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, |
| that man who is of the earth may terrify no more. |
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