Psalm 5-8
New International Version
Psalm 5[a]
For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David.
1 Listen(A) to my words, Lord,
consider my lament.(B)
2 Hear my cry for help,(C)
my King and my God,(D)
for to you I pray.
3 In the morning,(E) Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly.(F)
4 For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;
with you, evil people(G) are not welcome.
5 The arrogant(H) cannot stand(I)
in your presence.
You hate(J) all who do wrong;
6 you destroy those who tell lies.(K)
The bloodthirsty and deceitful
you, Lord, detest.
7 But I, by your great love,
can come into your house;
in reverence(L) I bow down(M)
toward your holy temple.(N)
8 Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness(O)
because of my enemies—
make your way straight(P) before me.
9 Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;(Q)
with their tongues they tell lies.(R)
10 Declare them guilty, O God!
Let their intrigues be their downfall.
Banish them for their many sins,(S)
for they have rebelled(T) against you.
11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad;
let them ever sing for joy.(U)
Spread your protection over them,
that those who love your name(V) may rejoice in you.(W)
12 Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;(X)
you surround them(Y) with your favor as with a shield.(Z)
Psalm 6[b]
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[c] A psalm of David.
1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger(AA)
or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Have mercy on me,(AB) Lord, for I am faint;(AC)
heal me,(AD) Lord, for my bones are in agony.(AE)
3 My soul is in deep anguish.(AF)
How long,(AG) Lord, how long?
4 Turn,(AH) Lord, and deliver me;
save me because of your unfailing love.(AI)
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
Who praises you from the grave?(AJ)
All night long I flood my bed with weeping(AM)
and drench my couch with tears.(AN)
7 My eyes grow weak(AO) with sorrow;
they fail because of all my foes.
8 Away from me,(AP) all you who do evil,(AQ)
for the Lord has heard my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;(AR)
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;(AS)
they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.(AT)
Psalm 7[d]
A shiggaion[e](AU) of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
1 Lord my God, I take refuge(AV) in you;
save and deliver me(AW) from all who pursue me,(AX)
2 or they will tear me apart like a lion(AY)
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue(AZ) me.
3 Lord my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands(BA)—
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause(BB) have robbed my foe—
5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake(BC) me;
let him trample my life to the ground(BD)
and make me sleep in the dust.[f](BE)
6 Arise,(BF) Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.(BG)
Awake,(BH) my God; decree justice.
7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you,
while you sit enthroned over them on high.(BI)
8 Let the Lord judge(BJ) the peoples.
Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,(BK)
according to my integrity,(BL) O Most High.(BM)
9 Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
and make the righteous secure—(BN)
you, the righteous God(BO)
who probes minds and hearts.(BP)
10 My shield[g](BQ) is God Most High,
who saves the upright in heart.(BR)
11 God is a righteous judge,(BS)
a God who displays his wrath(BT) every day.
12 If he does not relent,(BU)
he[h] will sharpen his sword;(BV)
he will bend and string his bow.(BW)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
he makes ready his flaming arrows.(BX)
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil
conceives trouble and gives birth(BY) to disillusionment.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
falls into the pit(BZ) they have made.(CA)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
their violence comes down on their own heads.
17 I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;(CB)
I will sing the praises(CC) of the name of the Lord Most High.(CD)
Psalm 8[i]
For the director of music. According to gittith.[j] A psalm of David.
1 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name(CE) in all the earth!
You have set your glory(CF)
in the heavens.(CG)
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold(CH) against your enemies,
to silence the foe(CI) and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,(CJ)
the work of your fingers,(CK)
the moon and the stars,(CL)
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?[k](CM)
5 You have made them[l] a little lower than the angels[m](CN)
and crowned them[n] with glory and honor.(CO)
6 You made them rulers(CP) over the works of your hands;(CQ)
you put everything under their[o] feet:(CR)
7 all flocks and herds,(CS)
and the animals of the wild,(CT)
8 the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,(CU)
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!(CV)
Footnotes
- Psalm 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1-12 is numbered 5:2-13.
- Psalm 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
- Psalm 6:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-17 is numbered 7:2-18.
- Psalm 7:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 7:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 7:10 Or sovereign
- Psalm 7:12 Or If anyone does not repent, / God
- Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
- Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
- Psalm 8:5 Or him
- Psalm 8:5 Or than God
- Psalm 8:5 Or him
- Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his
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