For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David’s affair with Bathsheba.
51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, because of
Because of
51:2 Wash away my wrongdoing!
Cleanse me of my sin!
51:3 For I am aware of
I am forever conscious of my sin.
51:4 Against you – you above all
I have done what is evil in your sight.
So
you are right when you condemn me.
51:5 Look, I was guilty of sin from birth,
a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
51:6 Look,
you want me to possess wisdom.
51:7 Sprinkle me
wash me
51:8 Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven!
May the bones
51:9 Hide your face
Wipe away
51:10 Create for me a pure heart, O God!
Renew a resolute spirit within me!
51:11 Do not reject me!
Do not take your Holy Spirit
51:12 Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance!
Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!
51:13 Then I will teach
and sinners will turn
51:14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder,
Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.
51:15 O Lord, give me the words!
Then my mouth will praise you.
51:16 Certainly
you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.
51:17 The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit
O God, a humble and repentant heart
51:18 Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her!
Fortify
51:19 Then you will accept
then bulls will be sacrificed
For the music director; a well-written song
52:1 Why do you boast about your evil plans,
God’s loyal love protects me all day long!
52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans;
it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver.
52:3 You love evil more than good,
lies more than speaking the truth.
52:4 You love to use all the words that destroy,
and the tongue that deceives.
52:5 Yet
He will scoop you up
he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)
52:6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe,
and will mock the evildoer, saying:
52:7 “Look, here is the man who would not make
He trusted in his great wealth
and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
52:8 But I
I continually
52:9 I will continually
I will rely
For the music director; according to the machalath style;
53:1 Fools say to themselves,
They sin and commit evil deeds;
none of them does what is right.
53:2 God looks down from heaven
to see if there is anyone who is wise
53:3 Everyone rejects God;
they are all morally corrupt.
None of them does what is right,
not even one!
53:4 All those who behave wickedly
those who devour my people as if they were eating bread,
and do not call out to God.
53:5 They are absolutely terrified,
even by things that do not normally cause fear.
For God annihilates
You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.
53:6 I wish the deliverance
When God restores the well-being of his people,
may Jacob rejoice,
may Israel be happy!
For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song
54:1 O God, deliver me by your name!
Vindicate me
54:2 O God, listen to my prayer!
Pay attention to what I say!
54:3 For foreigners
ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life.
54:4 Look, God is my deliverer!
The Lord is among those who support me.
54:5 May those who wait to ambush me
As a demonstration of your faithfulness,
54:6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice
I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good!
54:7 Surely
and I triumph over my enemies.
For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song
55:1 Listen, O God, to my prayer!
Do not ignore
55:2 Pay attention to me and answer me!
I am so upset
55:3 because of what the enemy says,
and because of how the wicked
for they hurl trouble
and angrily attack me.
55:4 My heart beats violently
the horrors of death overcome me.
55:5 Fear and panic overpower me;
terror overwhelms
55:6 I say,
I would fly away and settle in a safe place!
55:7 Look, I will escape to a distant place;
I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)
55:8 I will hurry off to a place that is safe
from the strong wind
55:9 Confuse them,
Frustrate their plans!
For I see violence and conflict in the city.
55:10 Day and night they walk around on its walls,
while wickedness and destruction
55:11 Disaster is within it;
violence
55:12 Indeed,
or else I could bear it;
it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me,
or else I could hide from him.
55:13 But it is you,
my close friend in whom I confided.
55:14 We would share personal thoughts with each other;
in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.
55:15 May death destroy them!
May they go down alive into Sheol!
For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.
55:16 As for me, I will call out to God,
and the Lord will deliver me.
55:17 During the evening, morning, and noontime
I will lament and moan,
and he will hear
55:18 He will rescue
even though
55:19 God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago,
will hear and humiliate them.
They refuse to change,
and do not fear God.
55:20 He
he breaks his solemn promises to them.
55:21 His words are as smooth as butter,
but he harbors animosity in his heart.
His words seem softer than oil,
but they are really like sharp swords.
55:22 Throw your burden
and he will sustain you.
He will never allow the godly to be upended.
55:23 But you, O God, will bring them
Violent and deceitful people
But as for me, I trust in you.
For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style;
56:1 Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me!
All day long hostile enemies
56:2 Those who anticipate my defeat
Indeed,
56:3 When
I trust in you.
56:4 In God – I boast in his promise
in God I trust, I am not afraid.
What can mere men
56:5 All day long they cause me trouble;
they make a habit of plotting my demise.
56:6 They stalk
they watch my every step,
as
56:7 Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape!
In your anger
56:8 You keep track of my misery.
Put my tears in your leather container!
Are they not recorded in your scroll?
56:9 My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help;
I know that God is on my side.
56:10 In God – I boast in his promise
in the Lord – I boast in his promise
56:11 in God I trust, I am not afraid.
What can mere men
56:12 I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God;
I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve,
56:13 when you deliver
You keep my feet from stumbling,
so that I might serve
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style;
57:1 Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me!
For in you I have taken shelter.
In the shadow of your wings
until trouble passes.
57:2 I cry out for help to the sovereign God,
to the God who vindicates
57:3 May he send help from heaven and deliver me
from my enemies who hurl insults!
May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!
57:4 I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are a sharp sword.
57:5 Rise up
May your splendor cover the whole earth!
57:6 They have prepared a net to trap me;
I am discouraged.
They have dug a pit for me.
They will fall
57:7 I am determined,
I will sing and praise you!
57:8 Awake, my soul!
Awake, O stringed instrument and harp!
I will wake up at dawn!
57:9 I will give you thanks before the nations, O Master!
I will sing praises to you before foreigners!
57:10 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky,
and your faithfulness reaches the clouds.
57:11 Rise up
May your splendor cover the whole earth!
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style;
58:1 Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions?
Do you judge people
58:2 No!
you deal out violence in the earth.
58:3 The wicked turn aside from birth;
liars go astray as soon as they are born.
58:4 Their venom is like that of a snake,
like a deaf serpent
58:5 that does not respond to
or to a skilled snake-charmer.
58:6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths!
Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!
58:7 Let them disappear
Let them wither like grass!
58:8 Let them be
Let them be like
58:9 Before the kindling is even placed under your pots,
he
58:10 The godly
they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
58:11 Then
“Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded!
Yes indeed, there is a God who judges
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style;
59:1 Deliver me from my enemies, my God!
Protect me
59:2 Deliver me from evildoers!
Rescue me from violent men!
59:3 For look, they wait to ambush me;
powerful men stalk
but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.
59:4 Though I have done nothing wrong,
Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me!
59:5 You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior,
rouse yourself and punish
Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)
59:6 They return in the evening;
they growl
and prowl around outside
59:7 Look, they hurl insults at me
and openly threaten to kill me,
for they say,
“Who hears?”
59:8 But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them;
you taunt
59:9 You are my source of strength! I will wait for you!
For God is my refuge.
59:10 The God who loves me will help me;
God will enable me to triumph over
59:11 Do not strike them dead suddenly,
because then my people might forget the lesson.
Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,
O Lord who shields us!
59:12 They speak sinful words.
So let them be trapped by their own pride
and by the curses and lies they speak!
59:13 Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish!
Let them know that God rules
in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)
59:14 They return in the evening;
they growl
and prowl around outside
59:15 They wander around looking for something to eat;
they refuse to sleep until they are full.
59:16 As for me, I will sing about your strength;
I will praise your loyal love in the morning.
For you are my refuge
and my place of shelter when I face trouble.
59:17 You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you!
For God is my refuge,
For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style;
60:1 O God, you have rejected us.
You suddenly turned on us in your anger.
Please restore us!
60:2 You made the earth quake; you split it open.
Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall.
60:3 You have made your people experience hard times;
you have made us drink intoxicating wine.
60:4 You have given your loyal followers
so that they might seek safety from the bow.
60:5 Deliver by your power
so that the ones you love may be safe.
60:6 God has spoken in his sanctuary:
“I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem;
the Valley of Succoth I will measure off.
60:7 Gilead belongs to me,
as does Manasseh!
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah my royal scepter.
60:8 Moab is my washbasin.
I will make Edom serve me.
I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”
60:9 Who will lead me into the fortified city?
Who will bring me to Edom?
60:10 Have you not rejected us, O God?
O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.
60:11 Give us help against the enemy,
for any help men might offer is futile.
60:12 By God’s power we will conquer;
he will trample down
For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David.
61:1 O God, hear my cry for help!
Pay attention to my prayer!
61:2 From the most remote place on earth
I call out to you in my despair.
Lead me
61:3 Indeed,
a strong tower that protects me from the enemy.
61:4 I will be a permanent guest in your home;
I will find shelter in the protection of your wings.
61:5 For you, O God, hear my vows;
you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers.
61:6 Give the king long life!
Make his lifetime span several generations!
61:7 May he reign
Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.
61:8 Then I will sing praises to your name continually,
as I fulfill
For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.
62:1 For God alone I patiently wait;
he is the one who delivers me.
62:2 He alone is my protector
He is my refuge;
62:3 How long will you threaten
All of you are murderers,
as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.
62:4 They
They love to use deceit;
they pronounce blessings with their mouths,
but inwardly they utter curses.
62:5 Patiently wait for God alone, my soul!
For he is the one who gives me confidence.
62:6 He alone is my protector
He is my refuge;
62:7 God delivers me and exalts me;
God is my strong protector and my shelter.
62:8 Trust in him at all times, you people!
Pour out your hearts before him!
God is our shelter! (Selah)
62:9 Men are nothing but a mere breath;
human beings are unreliable.
When they are weighed in the scales,
all of them together are lighter than air.
62:10 Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression!
Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery!
If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!
62:11 God has declared one principle;
two principles I have heard:
God is strong,
62:12 and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love.
For you repay men for what they do.
A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness.
63:1 O God, you are my God! I long for you!
My soul thirsts
my flesh yearns for you,
in a dry and parched
63:2 Yes,
and witnessed
63:3 Because
my lips will praise you.
63:4 For this reason
in your name I will lift up my hands.
63:5 As if with choice meat
My mouth joyfully praises you,
63:6 whenever
and think about you during the nighttime hours.
63:7 For you are my deliverer;
under your wings
63:8 My soul
your right hand upholds me.
63:9 Enemies seek to destroy my life,
but they will descend into the depths of the earth.
63:10 Each one will be handed over to the sword;
their corpses will be eaten by jackals.
63:11 But the king
everyone who takes oaths in his name
for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.
For the music director; a psalm of David.
64:1 Listen to me,
Protect
64:2 Hide me from the plots of evil men,
from the crowd of evildoers.
64:3 They
they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
64:4 in order to shoot down the innocent
They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.
64:5 They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed.
They plan how to hide
and boast,
64:6 They devise
they disguise
Man’s inner thoughts cannot be discovered.
64:7 But God will shoot
suddenly they will be
64:8 Their slander will bring about their demise.
All who see them will shudder,
64:9 and all people will fear.
They will proclaim
and reflect on his deeds.
64:10 The godly will rejoice in the Lord
and take shelter in him.
All the morally upright
For the music director; a psalm of David, a song.
65:1 Praise awaits you,
Vows made to you are fulfilled.
65:2 You hear prayers;
all people approach you.
65:3 Our record of sins overwhelms me,
but you forgive
65:4 How blessed
and allow to live in your palace courts.
May we be satisfied with the good things of your house –
your holy palace.
65:5 You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance,
O God, our savior.
All the ends of the earth trust in you,
as well as those living across the wide seas.
65:6 You created the mountains by your power,
and demonstrated your strength.
65:7 You calm the raging seas
and their roaring waves,
as well as the commotion made by the nations.
65:8 Even those living in the most remote areas are awestruck by your acts;
you cause those living in the east and west to praise you.
65:9 You visit the earth and give it rain;
you make it rich and fertile
with overflowing streams full of water.
You provide grain for them,
for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.
65:10 You saturate
and soak
With rain showers you soften its soil,
and make its crops grow.
65:11 You crown the year with your good blessings,
and you leave abundance in your wake.
65:12 The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture,
and the hills are clothed with joy.
65:13 The meadows are clothed with sheep,
and the valleys are covered with grain.
They shout joyfully, yes, they sing.