<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm &#8211; a song used at the dedication of the temple;<n id="2" /> by David.p> <p class="poetry">I will praise you, O <sc>Lordsc>, for you lifted me up,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and did not allow my enemies to gloat<n id="4" /> over me.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will praise<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> at all times;p> <p class="poetry">my mouth will continually praise him.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; written by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant, David; an oracle.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">An evil man is rebellious to the core.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He does not fear God,<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David.p> <p class="poetry">I decided,<n id="2" /> &#8220;I will watch what I sayp> <p class="poetry">and make sure I do not sin with my tongue.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will put a muzzle over my mouthp> <p class="poetry">while in the presence of an evil man.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>machalathi> style;<n id="2" /> a well-written song<n id="3" /> by David.p> <p class="poetry">Fools say to themselves,<n id="4" /> &#8220;There is no God.&#8221;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">They sin and commit evil deeds;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">none of them does what is right.<n id="7" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>al-tashchethi> style;<n id="2" /> a prayer<n id="3" /> of David.p> <p class="poetry">Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Do you judge people<n id="5" /> fairly?p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>al-tashchethi> style;<n id="2" /> a prayer<n id="3" /> of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Deliver me from my enemies, my God!p> <p class="poetry">Protect me<n id="5" /> from those who attack me!<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents,<n id="2" /> by David.p> <p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, my heart is not proud,p> <p class="poetry">nor do I have a haughty look.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I do not have great aspirations,p> <p class="poetry">or concern myself with things that are beyond me.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A well-written song<n id="2" /> by David, when he was in the cave;<n id="3" /> a prayer.p> <p class="poetry">To the <sc>Lordsc> I cry out;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">to the <sc>Lordsc> I plead for mercy.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="bodytext">It was reported to the family<n id="1" /> of David, &#8220;Syria has allied with<n id="2" /> Ephraim.&#8221; They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.<n id="3" />

So Isaiah replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Pay attention,<n id="2" /> family<n id="3" /> of David.<n id="4" /> Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God?

<p class="poetry">Then a trustworthy king will be established;p> <p class="poetry">he will rule in a reliable manner,p> <p class="poetry">this one from David&#8217;s family.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He will be sure to make just decisionsp> <p class="poetry">and will be experienced in executing justice.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Pay attention and come to me!p> <p class="poetry">Listen, so you can live!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to<n id="2" /> you,p> <p class="poetry">just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.<n id="3" />p>

Say: &#8216;Listen, O king of Judah who follows in David&#8217;s succession.<n id="1" /> You, your officials, and your subjects who pass through the gates of this palace must listen to what the <sc>Lordsc> says.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I, the <sc>Lordsc>, promise<n id="1" /> that a new time will certainly come<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when I will raise up for them a righteous branch,<n id="3" /> a descendant of David.p> <p class="poetry">He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and will do what is just and right in the land.<n id="5" />p>

For I, the <sc>Lordsc>, promise: &#8220;David will never lack a successor to occupy<n id="1" /> the throne over the nation of Israel.<n id="2" />

could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the Levites ever be broken. So David will by all means always have a descendant to occupy his throne as king and the Levites will by all means always have priests who will minister before me.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them &#8211; namely, my servant David.<n id="1" /> He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow<n id="1" /> my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.<n id="2" />

Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the <sc>Lordsc> their God and their Davidic king.<n id="1" /> Then they will submit to the <sc>Lordsc> in fear and receive his blessings<n id="2" /> in the future.<n id="3" />p>