Psalms 9-16

Psalm 9

¹To the Overseer, ‘On the Death of Labben.' -- A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,

²I rejoice and exult in Thee, I praise Thy Name, O Most High.

³In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

⁴For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.

⁵Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever.

⁶O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

⁷And Jehovah to the age abideth, He is preparing for judgment His throne.

⁸And He judgeth the world in righteousness, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.

⁹And Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, A tower for times of adversity.

¹⁰They trust in Thee who do know Thy name, For Thou hast not forsaken Those seeking Thee, O Jehovah.

¹¹Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,

¹²For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

¹³Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.

¹⁵Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

¹⁶Jehovah hath been known, Judgment He hath done, By a work of his hands Hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah.

¹⁷The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

¹⁸For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.

¹⁹Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.

²⁰Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they are men! Selah.

Psalm 10

¹Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

²Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

³Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

⁴The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. ‘God is not!' are all his devices.

⁵Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them.

⁶He hath said in his heart, ‘I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.

⁷Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

⁸He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

⁹He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

¹⁰He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted.

¹¹He said in his heart, ‘God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

¹²Arise, O Jehovah! O God, lift up Thy hand! Forget not the humble.

¹³Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, ‘It is not required.'

¹⁴Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it, Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

¹⁶Jehovah is king to the age, and for ever, The nations have perished out of His land!

¹⁷The desire of the humble Thou hast heard, O Jehovah. Thou preparest their heart; Thou causest Thine ear to attend,

¹⁸To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!

Psalm 11

¹To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, ‘They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

²For lo, the wicked tread a bow, They have prepared their arrow on the string, To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

³When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous -- what hath he done?

⁴‘Jehovah is in his holy temple: Jehovah -- in the heavens is His throne. His eyes see -- His eyelids try the sons of men.

⁵Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,

⁶He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.

⁷For righteous is Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'

Psalm 12

¹To the Overseer, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, For the stedfast have ceased From the sons of men:

²Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

³Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

⁴Who said, ‘By our tongue we do mightily: Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?'

⁵Because of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.

⁶Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.

⁷Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, Thou keepest us from this generation to the age.

⁸Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!

Psalm 13

¹To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

²Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow inn my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?

³Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

⁴Lest mine enemy say, ‘I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.

⁵And I, in Thy kindness I have trusted, Rejoice doth my heart in Thy salvation.

⁶I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me!

Psalm 14

¹To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, ‘God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

²Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

³The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.

⁴Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

⁵There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

⁶The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

⁷‘Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back To a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

Psalm 15

¹A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill?

²He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart.

³He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

⁴Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

⁵His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

Psalm 16

¹A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.

²Thou hast said to Jehovah, ‘My Lord Thou art;' My good is not for thine own sake;

³For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

⁴Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

⁵Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.

⁶Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

⁷I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also in the nights my reins instruct me.

⁸I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.

⁹Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

¹⁰For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

¹¹Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!