The World English Bible (WEB) Part 49

5:1 Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation. 5:2 Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my G.o.d; for to you do I pray. 5:3 Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly. 5:4 For you are not a G.o.d who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you. 5:5 The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity. 5:6 You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man. 5:7 But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you. 5:8 Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face. 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue. 5:10 Hold them guilty, G.o.d. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the mult.i.tude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you. 5:11 But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you. 5:12 For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a s.h.i.+eld.

Psalm 6

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.

6:1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath. 6:2 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled. 6:3 My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh--how long? 6:4 Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness' sake. 6:5 For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks? 6:6 I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.

6:7 My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries. 6:8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping. 6:9 Yahweh has heard my supplication.

Yahweh accepts my prayer. 6:10 May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

Psalm 7

A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.

7:1 Yahweh, my G.o.d, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, 7:2 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 7:3 Yahweh, my G.o.d, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, 7:4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary), 7:5 let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. 7:6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment. 7:7 Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high. 7:8 Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me. 7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous G.o.d. 7:10 My s.h.i.+eld is with G.o.d, who saves the upright in heart. 7:11 G.o.d is a righteous judge, yes, a G.o.d who has indignation every day. 7:12 If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow. 7:13 He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows. 7:14 Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 7:15 He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. 7:16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.

His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head. 7:17 I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

Psalm 8

For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.

8:1 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens! 8:2 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger. 8:3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; 8:4 what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him? 8:5 For you have made him a little lower than G.o.d, and crowned him with glory and honor. 8:6 You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet: 8:7 All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field, 8:8 The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever pa.s.ses through the paths of the seas. 8:9 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 9

For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.

9:1 I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works. 9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 9:3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence. 9:4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously. 9:5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever. 9:6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. 9:7 But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment. 9:8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness. 9:9 Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble. 9:10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you. 9:11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done. 9:12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted. 9:13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death; 9:14 that I may show forth all your praise.

In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.

9:15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. 9:16 Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah. 9:17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget G.o.d. 9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever. 9:19 Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight. 9:20 Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

Psalm 10

10:1 Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? 10:2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise. 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh. 10:4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for G.o.d. 10:5 His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them. 10:6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble." 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. 10:8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. 10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net. 10:10 The helpless are crushed.

They collapse. They fall under his strength. 10:11 He says in his heart, "G.o.d has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it." 10:12 Arise, Yahweh! G.o.d, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless. 10:13 Why does the wicked person condemn G.o.d, and say in his heart, "G.o.d won't call me into account?" 10:14 But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless. 10:15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none. 10:16 Yahweh is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land. 10:17 Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear, 10:18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

Psalm 11

For the Chief Musician. By David.

11:1 In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!" 11:2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows.

They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. 11:3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? 11:4 Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men. 11:5 Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates. 11:6 On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. 11:7 For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.

Psalm 12

For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

12:1 Help, Yahweh; for the G.o.dly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men. 12:2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart. 12:3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts, 12:4 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?" 12:5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him." 12:6 The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times. 12:7 You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever. 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

Psalm 13

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

13:1 How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me? 13:3 Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my G.o.d. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death; 13:4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall. 13:5 But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation. 13:6 I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.

Psalm 14

For the Chief Musician. By David.

14:1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no G.o.d." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.

14:2 Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after G.o.d. 14:3 They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one. 14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on Yahweh? 14:5 There they were in great fear, for G.o.d is in the generation of the righteous. 14:6 You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge. 14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 15

A Psalm by David.

15:1 Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill? 15:2 He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart; 15:3 He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man; 15:4 In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change; 15:5 he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Psalm 16

A Poem by David.

16:1 Preserve me, G.o.d, for in you do I take refuge. 16:2 My soul, you have said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing." 16:3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight. 16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another G.o.d. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips. 16:5 Yahweh a.s.signed my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure. 16:6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance. 16:7 I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons. 16:8 I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety. 16:10 For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption. 16:11 You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 17

A Prayer by David.

17:1 Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips. 17:2 Let my sentence come forth from your presence. Let your eyes look on equity. 17:3 You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey. 17:4 As for the works of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent. 17:5 My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped. 17:6 I have called on you, for you will answer me, G.o.d. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech. 17:7 Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies. 17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings, 17:9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me. 17:10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly. 17:11 They have now surrounded us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth. 17:12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 17:13 Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down.

Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword; 17:14 from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children. 17:15 As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Psalm 18

For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

18:1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength. 18:2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my G.o.d, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my s.h.i.+eld, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. 18:3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.

18:4 The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of unG.o.dliness made me afraid. 18:5 The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me. 18:6 In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my G.o.d. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry. 18:8 Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it. 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet. 18:10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind. 18:11 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 18:12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds pa.s.sed, hailstones and coals of fire. 18:13 Yahweh also thundered in the sky.

The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire. 18:14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them. 18:15 Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. 18:16 He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters. 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me. 18:18 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support. 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me. 18:20 Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. 18:21 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not wickedly departed from my G.o.d. 18:22 For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me. 18:23 I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity. 18:24 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 18:25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful. With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect. 18:26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. 18:27 For you will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes you will bring down. 18:28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My G.o.d will light up my darkness. 18:29 For by you, I advance through a troop. By my G.o.d, I leap over a wall. 18:30 As for G.o.d, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a s.h.i.+eld to all those who take refuge in him. 18:31 For who is G.o.d, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our G.o.d, 18:32 the G.o.d who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect? 18:33 He makes my feet like deer's feet, and sets me on my high places. 18:34 He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze. 18:35 You have also given me the s.h.i.+eld of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great. 18:36 You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped. 18:37 I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed. 18:38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

18:39 For you have girded me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. 18:40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me. 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save; even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them. 18:42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets. 18:43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me. 18:44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me. 18:45 The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places. 18:46 Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the G.o.d of my salvation, 18:47 even the G.o.d who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me. 18:48 He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man. 18:49 Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations, and will sing praises to your name. 18:50 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.

Psalm 19

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

19:1 The heavens declare the glory of G.o.d. The expanse shows his handiwork. 19:2 Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they display knowledge. 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 19:4 Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, 19:5 which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a strong man rejoicing to run his course. 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, his circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat. 19:7 Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh's testimony is sure, making wise the simple. 19:8 Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes. 19:9 The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether. 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

19:11 Moreover by them is your servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward. 19:12 Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors. 19:13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then I will be upright. I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression. 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

Psalm 20