Psalm 8-10

Complete Jewish Bible

8 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. On the gittit. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾Adonai! Our Lord! How glorious
is your name throughout the earth!
The fame of your majesty
spreads even above the heavens!

³⁽²⁾From the mouths of babies and infants at the breast
you established strength because of your foes,
in order that you might silence
the enemy and the avenger.

⁴⁽³⁾When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and stars that you set in place —
⁵⁽⁴⁾what are mere mortals, that you concern yourself with them;
humans, that you watch over them with such care?

⁶⁽⁵⁾You made him but little lower than the angels,
you crowned him with glory and honor,
⁷⁽⁶⁾you had him rule what your hands made,
you put everything under his feet —
⁸⁽⁷⁾sheep and oxen, all of them,
also the animals in the wilds,
⁹⁽⁸⁾the birds in the air, the fish in the sea,
whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Adonai! Our Lord! How glorious
is your name throughout the earth!

9 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. On the death of Labben. A psalm of David:

²⁽¹⁾I give thanks to Adonai with all my heart.
I will tell about all your wonderful deeds.
³⁽²⁾I will be glad and exult in you.
I will sing praise to your name, ‘Elyon.

⁴⁽³⁾When my enemies turn back,
they stumble and perish before you.
⁵⁽⁴⁾For you upheld my cause as just,
sitting on the throne as the righteous judge.

⁶⁽⁵⁾You rebuked the nations, destroyed the wicked,
blotted out their name forever and ever.
⁷⁽⁶⁾The enemy is finished, in ruins forever;
you destroyed their cities; all memory of them is lost.

⁸⁽⁷⁾But Adonai is enthroned forever;
he has set up his throne for judgment.
⁹⁽⁸⁾He will judge the world in righteousness;
he will judge the peoples fairly.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Adonai is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a tower of strength in times of trouble.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾Those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you have not abandoned those who seek you, Adonai.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾Sing praises to Adonai, who lives in Tziyon;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
¹³⁽¹²⁾For the avenger of blood remembers them,
he does not ignore the cry of the afflicted:

¹⁴⁽¹³⁾“Have mercy on me, Adonai!
See how I suffer from those who hate me;
you raise me from the gates of death,
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾so that I can proclaim all your praises
at the gates of the daughter of Tziyon
and rejoice in this deliverance of yours.”

¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾The nations have drowned in the pit they dug,
caught their own feet in the net they hid.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾Adonai made himself known and executed judgment;
the wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. (Higgayon; Selah)

¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾The wicked will return to Sh’ol,
all the nations that forget God.

¹⁹⁽¹⁸⁾For the poor will not always be forgotten
or the hope of the needy perish forever.

²⁰⁽¹⁹⁾Arise, Adonai! Don’t let mortals prevail!
Let the nations be judged in your presence.
²¹⁽²⁰⁾Strike them with terror, Adonai!
Let the nations know they are only human. (Selah)

10 Why, Adonai, do you stand at a distance?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
²The wicked in their arrogance hunt down the poor,
who get caught in the schemes they think up.

³For the wicked boasts about his lusts;
he blesses greed and despises Adonai.
⁴Every scheme of the wicked in his arrogance [says],
“There is no God, [so] it won’t be held against me.”
⁵His ways prosper at all times.
Your judgments are way up there,
so he takes no notice.
His adversaries? He scoffs at them all.
⁶In his heart he thinks, “I will never be shaken;
I won’t meet trouble, not now or ever.”
⁷His mouth is full of curses, deceit, oppression;
under his tongue, mischief and injustice.
⁸He waits near settlements in ambush
and kills an innocent man in secret;
his eyes are on the hunt for the helpless.
⁹Lurking unseen like a lion in his lair,
he lies in wait to pounce on the poor,
then seizes the poor and drags him off in his net.
¹⁰Yes, he stoops, crouches down low;
and the helpless wretch falls into his clutches.
¹¹He says in his heart, “God forgets,
he hides his face, he will never see.”

¹²Arise, Adonai! God, raise your hand!
Don’t forget the humble!
¹³Why does the wicked despise God
and say in his heart, “It won’t be held against me”?
¹⁴You have seen; for you look at mischief and grief,
so that you can take the matter in hand.
The helpless commits himself to you;
you help the fatherless.
¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked!
As for the evil man,
search out his wickedness
until there is none left.

¹⁶Adonai is king forever and ever!
The nations have vanished from his land.
¹⁷Adonai, you have heard what the humble want;
you encourage them and listen to them,
¹⁸to give justice to the fatherless and oppressed,
so that no one on earth will strike terror again.