Psalm 4:1–9:20

¹Answer me^p when I call to you,

my righteous God.

Give me relief from my distress;^q

have mercy^r on me and hear my prayer.^s

²How long will you people turn my glory^t into shame?^u

How long will you love delusions and seek false gods^b?^cv

³Know that the Lord has set apart his faithful servant^w for himself;

the Lord hears^x when I call to him.

⁴Tremble and^d do not sin;^y

when you are on your beds,^z

search your hearts and be silent.

⁵Offer the sacrifices of the righteous

and trust in the Lord.^a

⁶Many, Lord, are asking, “Who will bring us prosperity?”

Let the light of your face shine on us.^b

⁷Fill my heart^c with joy^d

when their grain and new wine^e abound.

⁸In peace^f I will lie down and sleep,^g

for you alone, Lord,

make me dwell in safety.^h

Psalm 5^a

For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David.

¹Listenⁱ to my words, Lord,

consider my lament.^j

²Hear my cry for help,^k

my King and my God,^l

for to you I pray.

³In the morning,^m Lord, you hear my voice;

in the morning I lay my requests before you

and wait expectantly.ⁿ

⁴For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;

with you, evil people^o are not welcome.

⁵The arrogant^p cannot stand^q

in your presence.

You hate^r all who do wrong;

⁶you destroy those who tell lies.^s

The bloodthirsty and deceitful

you, Lord, detest.

⁷But I, by your great love,

can come into your house;

in reverence^t I bow down^u

toward your holy temple.^v

⁸Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness^w

because of my enemies—

make your way straight^x before me.

⁹Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;

their heart is filled with malice.

Their throat is an open grave;^y

with their tongues they tell lies.^z

¹⁰Declare them guilty, O God!

Let their intrigues be their downfall.

Banish them for their many sins,^a

for they have rebelled^b against you.

¹¹But let all who take refuge in you be glad;

let them ever sing for joy.^c

Spread your protection over them,

that those who love your name^d may rejoice in you.^e

¹²Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;^f

you surround them^g with your favor as with a shield.^h

Psalm 6^a

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.^b A psalm of David.

¹Lord, do not rebuke me in your angerⁱ

or discipline me in your wrath.

²Have mercy on me,^j Lord, for I am faint;^k

heal me,^l Lord, for my bones are in agony.^m

³My soul is in deep anguish.ⁿ

How long,^o Lord, how long?

⁴Turn,^p Lord, and deliver me;

save me because of your unfailing love.^q

⁵Among the dead no one proclaims your name.

Who praises you from the grave?^r

⁶I am worn out^s from my groaning.^t

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^u

and drench my couch with tears.^v

⁷My eyes grow weak^w with sorrow;

they fail because of all my foes.

⁸Away from me,^x all you who do evil,^y

for the Lord has heard my weeping.

⁹The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;^z

the Lord accepts my prayer.

¹⁰All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;^a

they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.^b

Psalm 7^a

A shiggaion^bc of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite.

¹Lord my God, I take refuge^d in you;

save and deliver me^e from all who pursue me,^f

²or they will tear me apart like a lion^g

and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue^h me.

³Lord my God, if I have done this

and there is guilt on my handsⁱ—

⁴if I have repaid my ally with evil

or without cause^j have robbed my foe—

⁵then let my enemy pursue and overtake^k me;

let him trample my life to the ground^l

and make me sleep in the dust.^cm

⁶Arise,ⁿ Lord, in your anger;

rise up against the rage of my enemies.^o

Awake,^p my God; decree justice.

⁷Let the assembled peoples gather around you,

while you sit enthroned over them on high.^q

⁸Let the Lord judge^r the peoples.

Vindicate me, Lord, according to my righteousness,^s

according to my integrity,^t O Most High.^u

⁹Bring to an end the violence of the wicked

and make the righteous secure—^v

you, the righteous God^w

who probes minds and hearts.^x

¹⁰My shield^dy is God Most High,

who saves the upright in heart.^z

¹¹God is a righteous judge,^a

a God who displays his wrath^b every day.

¹²If he does not relent,^c

he^e will sharpen his sword;^d

he will bend and string his bow.^e

¹³He has prepared his deadly weapons;

he makes ready his flaming arrows.^f

¹⁴Whoever is pregnant with evil

conceives trouble and gives birth^g to disillusionment.

¹⁵Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out

falls into the pit^h they have made.ⁱ

¹⁶The trouble they cause recoils on them;

their violence comes down on their own heads.

¹⁷I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;^j

I will sing the praises^k of the name of the Lord Most High.^l

Psalm 8^a

For the director of music. According to gittith.^b A psalm of David.

¹Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name^m in all the earth!

You have set your gloryⁿ

in the heavens.^o

²Through the praise of children and infants

you have established a stronghold^p against your enemies,

to silence the foe^q and the avenger.

³When I consider your heavens,^r

the work of your fingers,^s

the moon and the stars,^t

which you have set in place,

⁴what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

human beings that you care for them?^cu

⁵You have made them^d a little lower than the angels^ev

and crowned them^f with glory and honor.^w

⁶You made them rulers^x over the works of your hands;^y

you put everything under their^g feet:^z

⁷all flocks and herds,^a

and the animals of the wild,^b

⁸the birds in the sky,

and the fish in the sea,^c

all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!^d

Psalm 9^a,^b

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

¹I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;^e

I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.^f

²I will be glad and rejoice^g in you;

I will sing the praises^h of your name,ⁱ O Most High.

³My enemies turn back;

they stumble and perish before you.

⁴For you have upheld my right^j and my cause,^k

sitting enthroned^l as the righteous judge.^m

⁵You have rebuked the nationsⁿ and destroyed the wicked;

you have blotted out their name^o for ever and ever.

⁶Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies,

you have uprooted their cities;^p

even the memory of them^q has perished.

⁷The Lord reigns forever;^r

he has established his throne^s for judgment.

⁸He rules the world in righteousness^t

and judges the peoples with equity.^u

⁹The Lord is a refuge^v for the oppressed,^w

a stronghold in times of trouble.^x

¹⁰Those who know your name^y trust in you,

for you, Lord, have never forsaken^z those who seek you.^a

¹¹Sing the praises^b of the Lord, enthroned in Zion;^c

proclaim among the nations^d what he has done.^e

¹²For he who avenges blood^f remembers;

he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.^g

¹³Lord, see how my enemies^h persecute me!

Have mercyⁱ and lift me up from the gates of death,^j

¹⁴that I may declare your praises^k

in the gates of Daughter Zion,^l

and there rejoice in your salvation.^m

¹⁵The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;ⁿ

their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.^o

¹⁶The Lord is known by his acts of justice;

the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.^cp

¹⁷The wicked go down to the realm of the dead,^q

all the nations that forget God.^r

¹⁸But God will never forget the needy;

the hope^s of the afflicted^t will never perish.

¹⁹Arise,^u Lord, do not let mortals triumph;^v

let the nations be judged^w in your presence.

²⁰Strike them with terror,^x Lord;

let the nations know they are only mortal.^y