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Psalm 52 ()

For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, “David has come to Ahimelech’s house.”

[1] Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man?
God’s loving kindness endures continually.
[2] Your tongue plots destruction,
like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
[3] You love evil more than good,
lying rather than speaking the truth.
Selah.

[4] You love all devouring words,
you deceitful tongue.
[5] God will likewise destroy you forever.
He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent,
and root you out of the land of the living.
Selah.

[6] The righteous also will see it, and fear,
and laugh at him, saying,
[7] “Behold, this is the man who didn’t make God his strength,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
[8] But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house.
I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
[9] I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it.
I will hope in your name, for it is good,
in the presence of your saints.

Psalm 53 ()

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Mahalath.” A contemplation by David.

[1] The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity.
There is no one who does good.
[2] God looks down from heaven on the children of men,
to see if there are any who understood,
who seek after God.
[3] Every one of them has gone back.
They have become filthy together.
There is no one who does good, no, not one.
[4] Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and don’t call on God?
[5] There they were in great fear, where no fear was,
for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you.
You have put them to shame,
because God has rejected them.
[6] Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God brings back his people from captivity,
then Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 54 ()

For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Isn’t David hiding himself among us?”

[1] Save me, God, by your name.
Vindicate me in your might.
[2] Hear my prayer, God.
Listen to the words of my mouth.
[3] For strangers have risen up against me.
Violent men have sought after my soul.
They haven’t set God before them.
Selah.

[4] Behold, God is my helper.
The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.
[5] He will repay the evil to my enemies.
Destroy them in your truth.
[6] With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you.
I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.
[7] For he has delivered me out of all trouble.
My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.

Psalm 55 ()

For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David.

[1] Listen to my prayer, God.
Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.
[2] Attend to me, and answer me.
I am restless in my complaint,
and moan [3] because of the voice of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they bring suffering on me.
In anger they hold a grudge against me.
[4] My heart is severely pained within me.
The terrors of death have fallen on me.
[5] Fearfulness and trembling have come on me.
Horror has overwhelmed me.
[6] I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove!
Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
[7] Behold, then I would wander far off.
I would lodge in the wilderness.”
Selah.

[8] “I would hurry to a shelter from the stormy wind and storm.”
[9] Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language,
for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
[10] Day and night they prowl around on its walls.
Malice and abuse are also within her.
[11] Destructive forces are within her.
Threats and lies don’t depart from her streets.
[12] For it was not an enemy who insulted me,
then I could have endured it.
Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me,
then I would have hidden myself from him.
[13] But it was you, a man like me,
my companion, and my familiar friend.
[14] We took sweet fellowship together.
We walked in God’s house with company.
[15] Let death come suddenly on them.
Let them go down alive into Sheol.
For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.
[16] As for me, I will call on God.
Yahweh will save me.
[17] Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress.
He will hear my voice.
[18] He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
although there are many who oppose me.
[19] God, who is enthroned forever,
will hear and answer them.
Selah.

They never change
and don’t fear God.

[20] He raises his hands against his friends.
He has violated his covenant.
[21] His mouth was smooth as butter,
but his heart was war.
His words were softer than oil,
yet they were drawn swords.

[22] Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you.
He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
[23] But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction.
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days,
but I will trust in you.

Psalm 55:15 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Psalm 56 ()

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

[1] Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.
All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
[2] My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,
for they are many who fight proudly against me.
[3] When I am afraid,
I will put my trust in you.
[4] In God, I praise his word.
In God, I put my trust.
I will not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
[5] All day long they twist my words.
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
[6] They conspire and lurk,
watching my steps.
They are eager to take my life.
[7] Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, God.
[8] You count my wanderings.
You put my tears into your container.
Aren’t they in your book?
[9] Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.
I know this: that God is for me.
[10] In God, I will praise his word.
In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
[11] I have put my trust in God.
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
[12] Your vows are on me, God.
I will give thank offerings to you.
[13] For you have delivered my soul from death,
and prevented my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

Psalm 57 ()

For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

[1] Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me,
for my soul takes refuge in you.
Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge,
until disaster has passed.
[2] I cry out to God Most High,
to God who accomplishes my requests for me.
[3] He will send from heaven, and save me,
he rebukes the one who is pursuing me.
Selah.
God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.

[4] My soul is among lions.
I lie among those who are set on fire,
even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
and their tongue a sharp sword.
[5] Be exalted, God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be above all the earth!

[6] They have prepared a net for my steps.
My soul is bowed down.
They dig a pit before me.
They fall into the middle of it themselves.
Selah.

[7] My heart is steadfast, God.
My heart is steadfast.
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
[8] Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp!
I will wake up the dawn.
[9] I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples.
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
[10] For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens,
and your truth to the skies.
[11] Be exalted, God, above the heavens.
Let your glory be over all the earth.

Proverbs 11 ()

[1] A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh,
but accurate weights are his delight.
[2] When pride comes, then comes shame,
but with humility comes wisdom.
[3] The integrity of the upright shall guide them,
but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
[4] Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
[5] The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way,
but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
[6] The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them,
but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
[7] When a wicked man dies, hope perishes,
and expectation of power comes to nothing.
[8] A righteous person is delivered out of trouble,
and the wicked takes his place.
[9] With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge.
[10] When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices.
When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
[11] By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted,
but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
[12] One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom,
but a man of understanding holds his peace.
[13] One who brings gossip betrays a confidence,
but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
[14] Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls,
but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
[15] He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it,
but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
[16] A gracious woman obtains honor,
but violent men obtain riches.
[17] The merciful man does good to his own soul,
but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
[18] Wicked people earn deceitful wages,
but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
[19] He who is truly righteous gets life.
He who pursues evil gets death.
[20] Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh,
but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
[21] Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished,
but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.
[22] Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout,
is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
[23] The desire of the righteous is only good.
The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
[24] There is one who scatters, and increases yet more.
There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
[25] The liberal soul shall be made fat.
He who waters shall be watered also himself.
[26] People curse someone who withholds grain,
but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
[27] He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
[28] He who trusts in his riches will fall,
but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
[29] He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind.
The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
[30] The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.
He who is wise wins souls.
[31] Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth,
how much more the wicked and the sinner!

Proverbs 11:21 or, seed