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Psalm 8 ()

For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.

[1] Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens!
[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.
[3] When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
[4] what is man, that you think of him?
What is the son of man, that you care for him?
[5] For you have made him a little lower than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
[6] You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
You have put all things under his feet:
[7] All sheep and cattle,
yes, and the animals of the field,
[8] the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
[9] Yahweh, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7.

Psalm 9 ()

For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David.

[1] I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart.
I will tell of all your marvelous works.
[2] I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
[3] When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish in your presence.
[4] For you have maintained my just cause.
You sit on the throne judging righteously.
[5] You have rebuked the nations.
You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
[6] The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
[7] But Yahweh reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment.
[8] He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
[9] Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
a high tower in times of trouble.
[10] Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
[11] Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion,
and declare among the people what he has done.
[12] For he who avenges blood remembers them.
He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.
[13] Have mercy on me, Yahweh.
See my affliction by those who hate me,
and lift me up from the gates of death,
[14] that I may show all of your praise.
I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.
[15] The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made.
In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
[16] Yahweh has made himself known.
He has executed judgment.
The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.
Meditation. Selah.

[17] The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,
even all the nations that forget God.
[18] For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
[19] Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail.
Let the nations be judged in your sight.
[20] Put them in fear, Yahweh.
Let the nations know that they are only men.
Selah.

Psalm 9:17 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Psalm 10 ()

[1] Why do you stand far off, Yahweh?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
[2] In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak.
They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
[3] For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings.
He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.
[4] The wicked, in the pride of his face,
has no room in his thoughts for God.
[5] His 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.
[6] He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken.
For generations I shall have no trouble.”
[7] His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression.
Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
[8] He lies in wait near the villages.
From ambushes, he murders the innocent.
His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
[9] He 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.
[10] The helpless are crushed.
They collapse.
They fall under his strength.
[11] He says in his heart, “God has forgotten.
He hides his face.
He will never see it.”

[12] Arise, Yahweh!
God, lift up your hand!
Don’t forget the helpless.
[13] Why does the wicked person condemn God,
and say in his heart, “God won’t call me into account”?
[14] But you do see trouble and grief.
You consider it to take it into your hand.
You help the victim and the fatherless.
[15] Break the arm of the wicked.
As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
[16] Yahweh is King forever and ever!
The nations will perish out of his land.
[17] Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble.
You will prepare their heart.
You will cause your ear to hear,
[18] to judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

Psalm 11 ()

For the Chief Musician. By David.

[1] In Yahweh, I take refuge.
How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain”?
[2] For, behold, the wicked bend their bows.
They set their arrows on the strings,
that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
[3] If the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?
[4] Yahweh is in his holy temple.
Yahweh is on his throne in heaven.
His eyes observe.
His eyes examine the children of men.
[5] Yahweh examines the righteous,
but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence.
[6] On the wicked he will rain blazing coals;
fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
[7] For Yahweh is righteous.
He loves righteousness.
The upright shall see his face.

Psalm 12 ()

For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

[1] Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
[2] Everyone lies to his neighbor.
They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
[3] May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
and the tongue that boasts,
[4] who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail.
Our lips are our own.
Who is lord over us?”
[5] “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise,” says Yahweh;
“I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
[6] Yahweh’s words are flawless words,
as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
[7] You will keep them, Yahweh.
You will preserve them from this generation forever.
[8] The wicked walk on every side,
when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

Psalm 13 ()

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

[1] How long, Yahweh?
Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
[2] How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
having sorrow in my heart every day?
How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
[3] Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God.
Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
[4] lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;”
lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

[5] But I trust in your loving kindness.
My heart rejoices in your salvation.
[6] I will sing to Yahweh,
because he has been good to me.

Psalm 14 ()

For the Chief Musician. By David.

[1] The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt.
They have done abominable deeds.
There is no one who does good.
[2] Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men,
to see if there were any who understood,
who sought after God.
[3] They have all gone aside.
They have together become corrupt.
There is no one who does good, no, not one.
[4] Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and don’t call on Yahweh?
[5] There they were in great fear,
for God is in the generation of the righteous.
[6] You frustrate the plan of the poor,
because Yahweh is his refuge.
[7] Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people,
then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.