Psalm 7–12

Psalm VII.

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.

O Lord my God, ^ain thee do I put my trust:

^bSave me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

²Lest he ^ctear my soul like a lion,

Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

³O Lord my God, ^dif I have done this;

If there be ^einiquity in my hands;

⁴If I have rewarded evil unto ^eehim that was at peace with me;

(Yea, ^fI have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

⁵Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it;

Yea, let him ^gtread down my life upon the earth,

And lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

⁶Arise, O Lord, in thine anger,

^hLift up thyself because of ⁱthe rage of mine enemies:

And ^jawake for me ^kto the judgment that thou hast commanded.

⁷So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about:

For their sakes therefore return thou on high.

⁸The Lord shall judge the people:

^lJudge me, O Lord, ^laccording to my righteousness,

And according to mine integrity that is ^min me.

⁹O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just:

ⁿFor the righteous God trieth ^othe hearts and reins.

¹⁰My defence is of God,

Which saveth ^pthe upright in heart.

¹¹God judgeth the righteous,

And God is angry with the wicked every day.

¹²If he turn not, he will ^qwhet his sword;

He hath ^rbent his bow, and ^smade it ready.

¹³He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;

He ordaineth ^this arrows against ^uthe persecutors.

¹⁴Behold, he travaileth with ^viniquity,

And hath ^vconceived mischief,

And ^vbrought forth falsehood.

¹⁵He made a pit, and digged it,

And ^wis fallen into the ditch which he made.

^16wHis mischief shall return upon his own head,

And his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

¹⁷I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness:

And ^xwill sing praise to the name of the Lord most High.

Psalm VIII.

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.

O Lord our Lord,

How ^aexcellent is thy name in all the earth!

Who ^bhast set thy glory above the heavens.

^2cOut of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength

Because of thine enemies,

That thou mightest still ^dthe enemy and the avenger.

³When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy ^efingers,

The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

^4fWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him?

And ^gthe son of man, that thou visitest him?

⁵For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,

And hast crowned him with ^hglory and ^hhonour.

⁶ⁱThou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;

^kThou hast put all things under his feet:

⁷All sheep and oxen,

Yea, and the beasts of the field;

⁸ⁱThe fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,

And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

^9lO Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Psalms IX. & X.

To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David.

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart;

I will shew forth all thy ^amarvellous works.

²I will be glad and ^brejoice in thee:

^cI will sing praise to thy name, ^dO thou most High.

³When mine enemies are turned back,

They shall fall and perish at thy presence.

⁴For thou hast maintained my right and my cause;

Thou satest ^ein the throne judging right.

^5eeThou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,

Thou hast ^fput out their name for ever and ever.

^6gO thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:

And thou hast destroyed cities;

Their memorial is perished with them.

⁷But ^hthe Lord shall endure for ever:

He hath ⁱprepared his throne for judgment.

⁸And ^khe shall judge the world in righteousness,

^lHe shall minister judgment to the people ^lmin uprightness.

⁹The Lord also will be a refuge for ^mmthe oppressed,

A refuge ⁿin times of trouble.

¹⁰And they that ^oknow thy name will put their trust in thee:

For thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

¹¹Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion:

Declare among the people ^phis doings.

¹²When ^qhe maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them:

He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

^13rHave mercy upon me, O Lord;

Consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me,

Thou that liftest me up from ^sthe gates of death:

¹⁴That I may shew forth all thy praise

In the gates of the daughter of Zion:

I will ^trejoice ^tuin thy salvation.

^15xThe heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made:

In the ^ynet which they hid is their own foot taken.

^16zThe Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth:

The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

Higgaion. Selah.

¹⁷The wicked shall be turned into hell,

And all the nations ^athat forget God.

¹⁸For the needy shall not alway be forgotten:

^bThe expectation of ^cthe poor shall ^dnot perish for ever.

¹⁹Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail:

Let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

²⁰Put them in fear, O Lord:

That the nations may ^eknow themselves to be but men. Selah.

X.Why standest thou afar off, O Lord?

Why hidest thou thyself ^ain times of trouble?

²The wicked in his pride doth ^bpersecute the poor:

^cLet them be taken in the ^edevices that they have imagined.

³For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,

And blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

⁴The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after ^dGod:

God is not in all his ^ethoughts.

⁵His ways are always grievous;

^fThy judgments are far above out of his sight:

As for all his enemies, ^ghe puffeth at them.

^6hHe hath said in his heart, ⁱI shall not be moved:

^jFor I shall never be in adversity.

^7jjHis mouth is full of cursing and deceit and ^kfraud:

^lUnder his tongue is ^mmischief and vanity.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages:

ⁿIn the secret places doth he murder the innocent:

His eyes are privily set against ^othe poor.

^9pHe lieth in wait secretly ^qas a lion in his ^rden:

He lieth in wait to catch the poor:

He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into ^shis net.

¹⁰He croucheth, and ^thumbleth himself,

That ^othe poor may fall by his strong ones.

^11hHe hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:

^uHe hideth his face; ^xhe will never see it.

¹²Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand:

Forget not the humble.

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked ^ycontemn God?

^hHe hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not ^zrequire it.

¹⁴Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite,

^aTo requite it with thy hand:

^oThe poor ^bcommitteth himself unto thee;

^cThou art the helper of the fatherless.

^15dBreak thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man:

^zSeek out his wickedness till thou find none.

^16eThe Lord is King for ever and ever:

The heathen are perished out of his land.

¹⁷Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the ^fhumble:

Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

¹⁸To ^gjudge the fatherless and ^hthe oppressed,

That ⁱthe man of the earth may no more oppress.

Psalm XI.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

^aIn the Lord put I my trust:

^bHow say ye to my soul,

Flee as a bird to your mountain?

²For lo, ^cthe wicked bend their bow,

^dThey make ready their arrow upon the string,

That they may privily shoot at ^ethe upright in heart.

³If ^fthe foundations be destroyed,

What ^gcan the righteous do?

^4hThe Lord is in ⁱhis holy temple,

^kThe Lord’s throne is in heaven:

^lHis eyes behold,

His eyelids try, the children of men.

⁵The Lord ^mtrieth the righteous:

But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

⁶Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and ⁿbrimstone,

And a ^ohorrible tempest: this shall be ^pthe portion of their cup.

⁷For the righteous Lord ^qloveth righteousness;

^rHis countenance doth behold the upright.

Psalm XII.

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

Help, Lord; for ^athe godly man ceaseth;

For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

²They ^aaspeak vanity every one with his neighbour:

With ^bflattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

³The Lord shall cut off all ^bflattering lips,

And the tongue that speaketh proud things:

⁴Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;

Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

^5cFor the oppression of ^dthe poor, for the sighing of the needy,

^eNow will I arise, saith the Lord;

I will set him in safety from him that ^fpuffeth at him.

^6gThe words of the Lord are pure words:

As silver ^gtried in a furnace of earth, ^hpurified ⁱseven times.

⁷Thou shalt keep them, O Lord,

Thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

⁸The wicked walk on every side,

When the vilest men are exalted.