Psalms 6-10

¹For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

²Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.

¹To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

²Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

³My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?

⁴Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness’ sake.

⁵For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

⁶I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

⁷Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

⁸Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

³My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

⁴Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

⁵For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

⁶I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

⁷Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

⁸Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

⁹Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.

¹⁰All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.

⁹The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

¹⁰Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

¹Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,

¹Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

²Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

³O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands; ⁴If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary); ⁵Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

²Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

³O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

⁴If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

⁵Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

⁶Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

⁷And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.

⁸Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

⁶Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

⁷So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

⁸The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

⁹Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

¹⁰My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

¹¹God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

¹²If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready; ¹³He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts.

¹⁴Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

¹⁵He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

¹⁶His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

¹⁷I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

⁹Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

¹⁰My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

¹¹God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

¹²If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

¹³He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

¹⁴Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

¹⁵He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

¹⁶His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

¹⁷I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

¹For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

²Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

¹To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

²Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

³When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; ⁴What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

³When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

⁴What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

⁵For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

⁶Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

⁵For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

⁶Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

⁷All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field, ⁸The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

⁹O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

⁷All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

⁸The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

⁹O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

¹For the Chief Musician; set to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.

¹To the chief Musician upon Muth–labben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

²I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

³When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

⁴For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.

⁵Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

⁶The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

⁷But Jehovah sitteth as king for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;

²I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

³When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

⁴For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

⁵Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

⁶O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

⁷But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

⁸And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

⁹Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble; ¹⁰And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

⁸And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

⁹The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

¹⁰And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

¹¹Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the people his doings.

¹²For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

¹¹Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

¹²When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

¹³Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death; ¹⁴That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.

¹⁵The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

¹⁶Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

¹³Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

¹⁴That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

¹⁵The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

¹⁶The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

¹⁷The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

¹⁹Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.

²⁰Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah

¹⁷The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

¹⁹Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

²⁰Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

¹Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

²In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

¹Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

²The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

³For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.

⁴The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

⁵His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

⁶He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

³For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

⁴The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

⁵His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

⁶He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

⁹He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

¹⁰He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

¹¹He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten; He hideth his face, he will never see it.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

⁹He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

¹⁰He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

¹¹He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

¹²Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?

¹⁴Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.

¹⁷Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; ¹⁸To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

¹²Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

¹⁴Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

¹⁶The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

¹⁷LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

¹⁸To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.