The Lord Is in His Holy Temple

To the choirmaster. Of David.

11 In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
    (A)“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
for behold, the wicked (B)bend the bow;
    (C)they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
if (D)the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”[a]

(E)The Lord is in his holy temple;
    the Lord's (F)throne is in heaven;
    his eyes see, his eyelids (G)test the children of man.
The Lord (H)tests the righteous,
    but (I)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Let him rain coals on the wicked;
    (J)fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be (K)the portion of their cup.
For the Lord is righteous;
he (L)loves righteous deeds;
    (M)the upright shall behold his face.

The Faithful Have Vanished

To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[b] A Psalm of David.

12 Save, O Lord, for (N)the godly one is gone;
    for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
Everyone (O)utters lies to his neighbor;
    with (P)flattering lips and (Q)a double heart they speak.

May the Lord cut off all (R)flattering lips,
    the tongue that makes (S)great boasts,
those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
    our lips are with us; who is master over us?”

“Because (T)the poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
    (U)I will now arise,” says the Lord;
    “I will place him in the (V)safety for which he longs.”
(W)The words of the Lord are pure words,
    like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
    purified seven times.

You, O Lord, will keep them;
    you will guard us[c] from this generation forever.
On every side the wicked prowl,
    as vileness is exalted among the children of man.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 11:3 Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?
  2. Psalm 12:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  3. Psalm 12:7 Or guard him

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