Psalm 8–10

Psalm 8

To the Chief Musician. On the Instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.

¹O Lord, our Lord,

How ^aexcellent is Your name in all the earth,

Who have ^bset Your glory above the heavens!

^2cOut of the mouth of babes and nursing infants

You have ²ordained strength,

Because of Your enemies,

That You may silence ^dthe enemy and the avenger.

³When I ^econsider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

^4fWhat is man that You are mindful of him,

And the son of man that You ^gvisit ³him?

⁵For You have made him a little lower than ⁴the angels,

And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

^6hYou have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;

ⁱYou have put all things under his feet,

⁷All sheep and oxen—

Even the beasts of the field,

⁸The birds of the air,

And the fish of the sea

That pass through the paths of the seas.

^9jO Lord, our Lord,

How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

Psalm 9

To the Chief Musician. To The Tune of “Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David.

¹I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart;

I will tell of all Your marvelous works.

²I will be glad and ^arejoice in You;

I will sing praise to Your name, ^bO Most High.

³When my enemies turn back,

They shall fall and perish at Your presence.

⁴For You have maintained my right and my cause;

You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.

⁵You have rebuked the ²nations,

You have destroyed the wicked;

You have ^cblotted out their name forever and ever.

⁶O enemy, destructions are finished forever!

And you have destroyed cities;

Even their memory has ^dperished.

^7eBut the Lord shall endure forever;

He has prepared His throne for judgment.

^8fHe shall judge the world in righteousness,

And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

⁹The Lord also will be a ^grefuge ³for the oppressed,

A refuge in times of trouble.

¹⁰And those who ^hknow Your name will put their trust in You;

For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

¹¹Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion!

ⁱDeclare His deeds among the people.

^12jWhen He avenges blood, He remembers them;

He does not forget the cry of the ⁴humble.

¹³Have mercy on me, O Lord!

Consider my trouble from those who hate me,

You who lift me up from the gates of death,

¹⁴That I may tell of all Your praise

In the gates of ⁵the daughter of Zion.

I will ^krejoice in Your salvation.

^15lThe ⁶nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;

In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

¹⁶The Lord is ^mknown by the judgment He executes;

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

ⁿMeditation. ⁷

Selah

¹⁷The wicked shall be turned into hell,

And all the ⁸nations ^othat forget God.

^18pFor the needy shall not always be forgotten;

^qThe expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

¹⁹Arise, O Lord,

Do not let man prevail;

Let the ⁹nations be judged in Your sight.

²⁰Put them in fear, O Lord,

That the ¹nations may know themselves to be but men.

Selah

Psalm 10

¹Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

²The wicked in his pride ¹persecutes the poor;

^aLet them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

³For the wicked ^bboasts of his heart’s desire;

²He ^cblesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.

⁴The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;

³God is in none of his ^dthoughts.

⁵His ways ⁴are always prospering;

Your judgments are far above, out of his sight;

As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

^6eHe has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved;

^fI shall never be in adversity.”

^7gHis mouth is full of cursing and ^hdeceit and oppression;

Under his tongue is trouble and iniquity.

⁸He sits in the lurking places of the villages;

In the secret places he murders the innocent;

His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.

⁹He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den;

He lies in wait to catch the poor;

He catches the poor when he draws him into his net.

¹⁰So ⁵he crouches, he lies low,

That the helpless may fall by his ⁶strength.

¹¹He has said in his heart,

“God has forgotten;

He hides His face;

He will never see.”

¹²Arise, O Lord!

O God, ⁱlift up Your hand!

Do not forget the ^jhumble.

¹³Why do the wicked renounce God?

He has said in his heart,

“You will not require an account.”

¹⁴But You have ^kseen, for You observe trouble and grief,

To repay it by Your hand.

The helpless ^lcommits ⁷himself to You;

^mYou are the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;

Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

¹⁶ⁿThe Lord is King forever and ever;

The nations have perished out of His land.

¹⁷Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;

You will prepare their heart;

You will cause Your ear to hear,

¹⁸To ⁸do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,

That the man of the earth may ⁹oppress no more.