Psalm 108-112

New American Standard Bible

God Praised and Pleas to Give Victory.

A Song, a Psalm of David.

108 ^(A)My heart is steadfast, God;
I will sing, I will sing praises also with my ^[a]soul.
²Awake, harp and lyre;
I will awaken the dawn!
³I will give thanks to You, Lord, among the peoples,
And I will sing praises to You among the nations.
⁴For Your ^(B)mercy is great ^(C)above the heavens,
And Your truth reaches to the skies.
⁵^(D)Be exalted above the heavens, God,
And may Your glory be above all the earth.
⁶^(E)So that Your beloved may be rescued,
Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

⁷God has spoken in His ^[b]holiness:
“I will triumph, I will divide up Shechem,
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.
⁸Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the ^[c]helmet of My head;
^(F)Judah is My ^[d]scepter.
⁹Moab is My washbowl;
I will throw My sandal over Edom;
I will shout aloud over Philistia.”

¹⁰^(G)Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who ^[e]will lead me to Edom?
¹¹God, have You Yourself not ^(H)rejected us?
And will You not go forth with our armies, God?
¹²Give us help against the enemy,
For ^(I)deliverance ^[f]by man is worthless.
¹³^[g]Through God we will do valiantly,
And ^(J)it is He who will trample down our enemies.

Vengeance Invoked upon Adversaries.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

109 ^(K)God of my praise,
^(L)Do not be silent!
²For they have opened a ^[h]wicked and ^(M)deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken ^[i]against me with a ^(N)lying tongue.
³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And have fought against me ^(O)without cause.
⁴In return ^(P)for my love they act as my accusers;
But ^(Q)I am in prayer.
⁵So they have ^[j]^(R)repaid me evil for good,
And ^(S)hatred for my love.

⁶Appoint a wicked person over him,
And may an ^[k]^(T)accuser stand at his right hand.
⁷When he is judged, may he ^(U)come out guilty,
And may his ^(V)prayer become sin.
⁸May ^(W)his days be few;
May ^(X)another take his office.
⁹May his ^(Y)children be fatherless,
And his ^(Z)wife a widow.
¹⁰May his ^(AA)children wander about and beg;
And may they ^(AB)seek sustenance ^[l]far from their ruined homes.
¹¹May ^(AC)the creditor ^[m]seize everything that he has,
And may ^(AD)strangers plunder the product of his labor.
¹²May there be none to ^[n]^(AE)extend kindness to him,
Nor ^(AF)any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
¹³May his ^(AG)descendants be ^[o]eliminated;
May their ^(AH)name be wiped out in a following generation.

¹⁴May ^(AI)the guilt of his fathers be remembered ^[p]before the Lord,
And do not let the sin of his mother be ^(AJ)wiped out.
¹⁵May ^(AK)they be before the Lord continually,
So that He may ^(AL)eliminate their memory from the earth;
¹⁶Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the ^(AM)afflicted and needy person,
And the ^(AN)despondent in heart, to ^(AO)put them to death.
¹⁷He also loved cursing, so ^(AP)it came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
¹⁸But he ^(AQ)clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
And it ^(AR)entered ^[q]his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
¹⁹May it be to him as ^(AS)a garment with which he covers himself,
And as a belt which he constantly ^(AT)wears around himself.
²⁰May this be the ^(AU)reward of my accusers from the Lord,
And of those who ^(AV)speak evil against my soul.

²¹But You, ^[r]God, the Lord, deal kindly with me ^(AW)for the sake of Your name;
Because ^(AX)Your mercy is good, rescue me;
²²For ^(AY)I am afflicted and needy,
And ^[s]my heart is ^(AZ)wounded within me.
²³I am passing ^(BA)like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off ^(BB)like the locust.
²⁴My ^(BC)knees ^[t]are weak from ^(BD)fasting,
And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
²⁵I also have become a ^(BE)disgrace to them;
When they see me, they ^(BF)shake their head.

²⁶^(BG)Help me, Lord my God;
Save me according to Your mercy.
²⁷^[u]And may they ^(BH)know that this is Your hand;
You, Lord, have done it.
²⁸^(BI)They will curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they will be ashamed,
But Your ^(BJ)servant will be glad.
²⁹^[v]May ^(BK)my accusers be clothed with dishonor,
And ^[w]may they ^(BL)cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the Lord;
And ^(BM)I will praise Him in the midst of many.
³¹For He stands ^(BN)at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who ^(BO)judge his soul.

The Lord Gives Dominion to the King.

A Psalm of David.

110 ^(BP)The Lord says to my Lord:
“^(BQ)Sit at My right hand
Until I make ^(BR)Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
²The Lord will stretch out Your strong ^(BS)scepter from Zion, saying,
“^(BT)Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
³Your ^(BU)people ^[x]will volunteer freely on the day of Your ^[y]power;
^(BV)In ^[z]holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
^[aa]Your youth are to You as the ^(BW)dew.

⁴^(BX)The Lord has sworn and will ^(BY)not ^[ab]change His mind,
“You are a ^(BZ)priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
⁵The Lord is ^(CA)at Your right hand;
He ^[ac]will ^(CB)shatter kings in the ^(CC)day of His wrath.
⁶He will ^(CD)judge among the nations,
He ^[ad]will fill them with ^(CE)corpses,
He ^[ae]will ^(CF)shatter the ^[af]chief men over a broad country.
⁷He will ^(CG)drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will ^(CH)lift up His head.

The Lord Praised for His Goodness.

111 ^[ag]Praise ^[ah]the Lord!
I ^(CI)will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart,
In the ^(CJ)company of the upright and in the assembly.
²^(CK)Great are the works of the Lord;
They are ^[ai]^(CL)studied by all who delight in them.
³^[aj]^(CM)Splendid and majestic is His work,
And ^(CN)His righteousness endures forever.
⁴He has caused His ^[ak]wonders ^[al]to be remembered;
The Lord is ^(CO)gracious and compassionate.
⁵He has ^(CP)given ^[am]food to those who ^[an]fear Him;
He will ^(CQ)remember His covenant forever.
⁶He has made known to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the inheritance of the nations.

⁷The works of His hands are ^[ao]^(CR)truth and justice;
All His precepts ^(CS)are trustworthy.
⁸They are ^(CT)upheld forever and ever;
They are performed in ^[ap]^(CU)truth and uprightness.
⁹He has sent ^(CV)redemption to His people;
He has ^[aq]ordained His covenant forever;
^(CW)Holy and ^[ar]awesome is His name.
¹⁰The ^[as]^(CX)fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
All those who ^[at]follow ^(CY)His commandments have a good understanding;
His ^(CZ)praise endures forever.

Prosperity of One Who Fears the Lord.

112 ^[au]Praise ^[av]the Lord!
^(DA)Blessed is a person who ^[aw]fears the Lord,
Who greatly ^(DB)delights in His commandments.
²His ^[ax]^(DC)descendants will be mighty ^[ay]on the earth;
The generation of the ^(DD)upright will be blessed.
³^(DE)Wealth and riches are in his house,
And his righteousness endures forever.
⁴Light shines in the darkness ^(DF)for the upright;
He is ^(DG)gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
⁵It goes well for a person who ^(DH)is gracious and lends;
He will ^[az]maintain his cause in judgment.
⁶For he will ^(DI)never be shaken;
The ^(DJ)righteous will be ^[ba]remembered forever.

⁷He will not fear ^(DK)bad news;
His ^(DL)heart is steadfast, ^(DM)trusting in the Lord.
⁸His ^(DN)heart is firm, he ^(DO)will not fear,
^[bb]But will ^(DP)look with satisfaction on his enemies.
⁹^[bc]He ^(DQ)has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His ^(DR)horn will be exalted in honor.