Psalms 9-16

Psalm 9

¹To the chief Musician. Upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; I will recount all thy marvellous works.

²I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.

³When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:

⁴For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously.

⁵Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

⁶O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. -- Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.

⁷But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.

⁸And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

⁹And Jehovah will be a refuge to the oppressed one, a refuge in times of distress.

¹⁰And they that know thy name will confide in thee; for thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

¹¹Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.

¹²For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

¹³Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:

¹⁴That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.

¹⁵The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.

¹⁶Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

¹⁷The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

¹⁸For the needy one shall not be forgotten alway; the hope of the meek shall not perish for ever.

¹⁹Arise, Jehovah; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.

²⁰Put them in fear, Jehovah: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Psalm 10

¹Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress?

²The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

³For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

⁴The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

⁵His ways always succeed; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

⁶He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall be in no adversity.

⁷His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

⁸He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

⁹He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.

¹⁰He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.

¹¹He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it.

¹²Arise, Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: forget not the afflicted.

¹³Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

¹⁴Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁵Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

¹⁶Jehovah is King for ever and ever: the nations have perished out of his land.

¹⁷Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek, thou hast established their heart: thou causest thine ear to hear,

¹⁸To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

Psalm 11

¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In Jehovah have I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

²For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.

³If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do?

⁴Jehovah is in the temple of his holiness; Jehovah, -- his throne is in the heavens: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.

⁵Jehovah trieth the righteous one; but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth.

⁶Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

⁷For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright.

Psalm 12

¹To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men.

²They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak.

³Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, 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?

⁵Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff.

⁶The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times.

⁷Thou, Jehovah, wilt keep them, thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

⁸The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.

Psalm 13

¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

²How long shall I take counsel in my soul, with sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

³Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

⁴Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! lest mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.

⁵As for me, I have confided in thy loving-kindness; my heart shall be joyful in thy salvation.

⁶I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 14

¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.

²Jehovah looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

³They have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.

⁴Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah.

⁵There were they in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.

⁶Ye have shamed the counsel of the afflicted, because Jehovah was his refuge.

⁷Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.

Psalm 15

¹A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tent? who shall dwell in the hill of thy holiness?

²He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

³He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

⁴In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;

⁵He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 16

¹Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for I trust in thee.

²Thou my soul hast said to Jehovah, Thou art the Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; --

³To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight.

⁴Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another: their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, and I will not take up their names into my lips.

⁵Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

⁶The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

⁷I will bless Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; even in the nights my reins instruct me.

⁸I have set Jehovah continually before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

⁹Therefore my heart rejoiceth, and my glory exulteth; my flesh moreover shall dwell in hope.

¹⁰For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy One to see corruption.

¹¹Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.