Psalms*
BOOK ONE
(Psalms 1 – 41)
1 Happy+ is the man* that has not walked in the counsel of the wicked ones,+
And in the way of sinners has not stood,+
And in the seat of ridiculers has not sat.+
3 And he will certainly become like a tree planted by streams of water,+
That gives its own fruit in its season+
And the foliage of which does not wither,+
And everything he does will succeed.+
5 That is why the wicked ones will not stand up in the judgment,+
Nor sinners in the assembly of righteous ones.+
6 For Jehovah is taking knowledge of the way of righteous ones,+
But the very way of wicked ones will perish.+
2 Why have the nations been in tumult+
And the national groups themselves kept muttering an empty thing?+
2 The kings of earth take their stand+
And high officials themselves have massed together as one+
Against Jehovah+ and against his anointed one,*+
3 [Saying:] “Let us tear their bands apart+
And cast their cords away from us!”+
5 At that time he will speak to them in his anger+
And in his hot displeasure he will disturb them,+
7 Let me refer to the decree of Jehovah;
He has said to me: “You are my son;+
I, today, I have become your father.+
8 Ask of me,+ that I may give nations as your inheritance+
And the ends of the earth as your own possession.+
9 You will break* them with an iron scepter,+
As though a potter’s vessel you will dash them to pieces.”+
12 Kiss the son,*+ that He may not become incensed
And YOU may not perish [from] the way,*+
For his anger flares up easily.*+
Happy are all those taking refuge in him.+
A melody of David when he was running away on account of Abʹsa·lom his son.*+
4 With my voice I shall call to Jehovah himself,
5 As for me, I will lie down that I may sleep;
I shall certainly awake, for Jehovah himself keeps supporting me.+
6 I shall not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves in array against me round about.+
7 Do arise,+ O Jehovah! Save me,+ O my God!+
For you will have to strike all my enemies on the jaw.+
The teeth of wicked ones you will have to break.+
To the director on stringed instruments.+ A melody of David.
4 When I call, answer me, O my righteous God.+
In the distress you must make broad space for me.
Show me favor+ and hear my prayer.
2 YOU sons of men,* how long must my glory+ be for insult,
[While] YOU keep loving empty things,
[While] YOU keep seeking to find a lie? Seʹlah.
3 So take knowledge that Jehovah will certainly distinguish his loyal one;*+
Jehovah himself will hear when I call to him.+
4 BE agitated, but do not sin.+
Have YOUR say in YOUR heart, upon YOUR bed,+ and keep silent. Seʹlah.
6 There are many saying: “Who will show us good?”
Lift up the light of your face upon us,+ O Jehovah.
7 You will certainly give a rejoicing in my heart+
Greater than in the time when their grain and their new wine have abounded.+
8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep,+
For you yourself alone, O Jehovah, make me dwell in security.+
To the director for Neʹhi·loth.* A melody of David.
3 O Jehovah, in the morning you will hear my voice;+
In the morning I shall address myself to you and be on the watch.+
5 No boasters may take their stand in front of your eyes.+
You do hate all those practicing what is hurtful;+
9 For in their* mouth there is nothing trustworthy;+
Their inward part is adversity indeed.+
Their throat is an opened burial place;+
10 God will certainly hold them guilty;+
They will fall due to their own counsels.+
In the multitude of their transgressions let there be a dispersing* of them,+
Because they have rebelled against you.+
11 But all those taking refuge in you will rejoice;+
To time indefinite* they will cry out joyfully.+
And you will block approach to them,
And those loving your name will exult in you.+
12 For you yourself will bless anyone righteous,+ O Jehovah;
As with a large shield,+ with approval you will surround them.+
To the director on stringed instruments on the lower octave.*+ A melody of David.
2 Show me favor, O Jehovah, for I am fading away.+
Heal me,+ O Jehovah, for my bones have been disturbed.
6 I have grown weary with my sighing;+
All night long I make my couch swim;+
With my tears I make my own divan overflow.+
7 From vexation my eye has become weak,+
It has grown old because of all those showing hostility to me.+
8 Get away from me, all YOU practicers of what is hurtful,+
For Jehovah will certainly hear the sound of my weeping.+
10 All my enemies will be very much ashamed+ and disturbed;
They will turn back, they will be ashamed instantly.+
A dirge* of David that he sang to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush the Benʹja·min·ite.*
7 O Jehovah my God,+ in you I have taken refuge.+
Save me from all those persecuting me and deliver me,+
2 That no one may tear my soul* to pieces as a lion does,+
Snatching [me] away when there is no deliverer.+
3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this,+
If there exists any injustice in my hands,+
4 If I have repaid the one rewarding me with what is bad,+
Or [if] I have despoiled anyone showing hostility to me without success,+
5 Let an enemy pursue my soul+
And let him overtake and trample my life down to the very earth
And cause my own glory to reside in the dust itself. Seʹlah.
6 Do arise, O Jehovah, in your anger;+
Lift yourself up at the outbursts of fury of those showing hostility to me,+
And do awake for me,*+ [since] you have given command for judgment itself.+
8 Jehovah himself will pass sentence on the peoples.+
Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness+
And according to my integrity+ in me.
10 The shield for me is upon God,+ a Savior of those upright in heart.+
12 If anyone will not return,+ His sword he will sharpen,+
His bow he will certainly bend,* and he will make it ready [for shooting].+
14 Look! There is one that is pregnant with what is hurtful,+
And he has conceived trouble and is bound to give birth to falsehood.+
15 A pit he has excavated, and he proceeded to dig it;+
But he will fall into the hole [that] he went making.+
16 His trouble will return upon his own head,+
And upon the crown of his head his own violence will descend.+
17 I shall laud Jehovah according to his righteousness,+
And I will make melody to the name+ of Jehovah the Most High.+
To the director upon the Gitʹtith.*+ A melody of David.
2 Out of the mouth of children and sucklings you have founded* strength,+
On account of those showing hostility to you,+
So as to make the enemy and the one taking his vengeance desist.+
3 When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers,+
The moon and the stars that you have prepared,+
4 What is mortal man+ that you keep him in mind,+
And the son of earthling man that you take care of him?+
7 Small cattle* and oxen, all of them,+
And also the beasts of the open field,+
8 The birds of heaven and the fish of the sea,+
Anything passing through the paths of the seas.+
9 O Jehovah our Lord, how majestic your name is in all the earth!+
To the director upon Muth-labʹben.* A melody of David.
א [ʼAʹleph]*
ב [Behth]
4 For you have executed my judgment and my cause;+
You have sat on the throne judging with righteousness.+
ג [Giʹmel]
5 You have rebuked nations,+ you have destroyed the wicked one.+
Their name you have wiped out to time indefinite, even forever.*+
6 O you enemy, [your] desolations have come to their perpetual finish,+
And the cities that you have uprooted.+
The very mention of them will certainly perish.+
ה [Heʼ]
7 As for Jehovah, he will sit to time indefinite,+
Firmly establishing his throne for judgment itself.+
8 And he himself will judge the productive land* in righteousness;+
He will judicially try national groups in uprightness.+
ו [Waw]
9 And Jehovah will become a secure height for anyone crushed,+
A secure height in times of distress.+
10 And those knowing your name will trust in you,+
For you will certainly not leave those looking for you, O Jehovah.+
ז [Zaʹyin]
12 For, when looking for bloodshed,+ he will certainly remember those very ones;+
He is sure not to forget the outcry of the afflicted ones.+
ח [Chehth]
13 Show me favor, O Jehovah; see my affliction by those hating me,+
O you who are lifting me up from the gates of death,+
14 In order that I may declare all your praiseworthy deeds+
In the gates+ of the daughter of Zion,+
That I may be joyful in your salvation.+
ט [Tehth]
16 Jehovah is known by the judgment that he has executed.+
By the activity of his own hands the wicked one has been ensnared.*+
Hig·gaʹion.* Seʹlah.
י [Yohdh]
כ [Kaph]
19 Do arise, O Jehovah! Let not mortal man prove superior in strength.+
Let the nations be judged before your face.+
20 Do put fear into them,* O Jehovah,+
That the nations may know that they are but mortal men.+ Seʹlah.
ל [Laʹmedh]*
2 In his haughtiness the wicked one hotly pursues the afflicted one;+
They get caught by the ideas that they have thought up.+
3 For the wicked has praised himself over the selfish longing of his soul,+
And the one making undue profit+ has blessed himself;
נ [Nun]
He has disrespected Jehovah.+
5 His ways keep prospering* all the time.+
Your judicial decisions are high up out of his range;+
As for all those showing hostility to him, he puffs at them.+
6 He has said in his heart: “I shall not be made to totter;+
For generation after generation [I shall be] one who is in no calamity.”+
פ [Peʼ]
7 His mouth is full of oaths and of deceptions and of oppression.+
Under his tongue are trouble and what is hurtful.+
8 He sits in an ambush of settlements;*
From concealed places he will kill someone innocent.+
ע [ʽAʹyin]
9 He keeps lying in wait in the concealed place like a lion in his covert.+
He keeps lying in wait+ to carry off some afflicted one by force.
He carries off the afflicted one by force when he draws his net shut.+
11 He has said in his heart:+ “God has forgotten.+
He has concealed his face.+
He will certainly never see [it].”+
ק [Qohph]
13 Why is it that the wicked one has disrespected God?*+
He has said in his heart: “You will not require an accounting.”+
ר [Rehsh]
14 For you yourself have seen trouble and vexation.
You keep looking on, to get [them] into your hand.+
To you the unfortunate+ one, the fatherless boy, commits [himself].
You yourself have become [his] helper.+
ש [Shin]
15 Break the arm of the wicked and bad one.+
May you search after his wickedness [until] you find no more.+
ת [Taw]
17 The desire of the meek ones you will certainly hear,+ O Jehovah.
You will prepare their heart.+
You will pay attention with your ear,+
18 To judge the fatherless boy and the crushed one,+
That mortal man who is of the earth may no more cause trembling.*+
To the director. Of David.
11* In Jehovah I have taken refuge.+
How dare YOU men say to my soul:
“Flee as a bird to YOUR mountain!”+
2 For, look! the wicked ones themselves bend the bow,+
They do make ready their arrow upon the bowstring,
To shoot in the gloom at the ones upright in heart.+
4 Jehovah is in his holy temple.+
Jehovah—in the heavens is his throne.+
His own eyes behold, his own beaming eyes* examine+ the sons of men.*
5 Jehovah himself examines the righteous one as well as the wicked one,+
And anyone loving violence His soul certainly hates.+
6 He will rain down upon the wicked ones traps, fire and sulphur+
And a scorching wind, as the portion of their cup.+
7 For Jehovah is righteous;+ he does love righteous acts.+
The upright are the ones that will behold his face.+
To the director on the lower octave.*+ A melody of David.
12 Do save [me],*+ O Jehovah, for the loyal one has come to an end;+
For faithful people have vanished from the sons of men.
2 Untruth they keep speaking one to the other;+
With a smooth lip+ they keep speaking even with a double heart.*+
3 Jehovah will cut off all smooth lips,
The tongue speaking great things,+
4 Those who have said: “With our tongue we shall prevail.+
Our lips are with us. Who will be a master to us?”
5 “Because of the despoiling of the afflicted ones, because of the sighing of the poor ones,+
I shall at this time arise,” says Jehovah.+
“I shall put [him] in safety from anyone that puffs at him.”+
6 The sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings,+
As silver refined in a smelting furnace* of earth, clarified seven times.
7 You yourself, O Jehovah, will guard them;+
You will preserve each one from this generation to time indefinite.
To the director. A melody of David.
2 How long shall I set resistance in my soul,
Grief in my heart by day?
How long will my enemy be exalted over me?+
3 Do look [upon me]; answer me, O Jehovah my God.
Do make my eyes shine,+ that I may not fall asleep in death,+
4 That my enemy may not say: “I have won out over him!”
[That] my adversaries themselves may [not] be joyful because I am made to stagger.+
6 I will sing to Jehovah, for he has dealt rewardingly with me.*+
To the director. Of David.
14 The senseless one has said in his heart:
They have acted ruinously,+ they have acted detestably in [their] dealing.
2 As for Jehovah, he has looked down from heaven itself upon the sons of men,+
To see whether there exists anyone having insight, anyone seeking Jehovah.*+
4 Have none of the practicers of what is hurtful got knowledge,+
Eating up my people as they have eaten bread?+
They have not called even upon Jehovah.+
7 O that out of Zion there were the salvation of Israel!+
When Jehovah gathers back the captive ones of his people,+
Let Jacob be joyful, let Israel rejoice.+
A melody of David.
3 He has not slandered with his tongue.+
To his companion he has done nothing bad,+
And no reproach has he taken up against his intimate acquaintance.+
4 In his eyes anyone contemptible is certainly rejected,+
But those fearing Jehovah he honors.+
He has sworn to what is bad [for himself],* and yet he does not alter.+
5 His money he has not given out on interest,+
And a bribe against the innocent one he has not taken.+
He that is doing these things will never be made to totter.+
A mikʹtam* of David.
16 Keep me, O God,* for I have taken refuge in you.+
2 I have said* to Jehovah: “You are Jehovah;* my goodness is, not for your sake,+
3 [But] to the holy ones that are in the earth.
They, even the majestic ones, are the ones in whom is all my delight.”+
4 Pains become many to those [who], when there is someone else, do hurry [after him].+
I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,+
And I shall not carry their names upon my lips.+
6 The measuring lines themselves have fallen for me in pleasant places.+
Really, [my own] possession* has proved agreeable to me.
8 I have placed Jehovah in front of me constantly.+
Because [he] is at my right hand, I shall not be made to totter.+
9 Therefore my heart does rejoice, and my glory* is inclined to be joyful.+
Also, my own flesh will reside in security.+
11 You will cause me to know the path of life.+
Rejoicing to satisfaction is with your face;+
There is pleasantness at your right hand forever.+
A prayer of David.
17 Do hear what is righteous, O Jehovah; do pay attention to my entreating cry;+
Do give ear to my prayer without lips of deception.+
3 You have examined my heart, you have made inspection by night,+
You have refined me; you will discover [that] I have not schemed.+
My mouth will not transgress.+
4 As for the activities of men,*
By the word of your lips I myself have watched against the paths of the robber.+
5 Let my steps take hold* on your tracks,+
[In which] my footsteps will certainly not be made to totter.+
6 I myself do call upon you, because you will answer me, O God.*+
Incline your ear to me. Hear my saying.+
7 Make your acts of loving-kindnesses* wonderful,+ O Savior of those seeking refuge
From the revolters against your right hand.+
8 Keep me as the pupil of the eyeball,+
In the shadow of your wings may you conceal me,+
9 Because of the wicked who have despoiled me.
The enemies against my soul themselves keep closing in upon me.+
10 They have enclosed [themselves] with their own fat;+
With their mouth they have spoken in haughtiness;+
11 As regards our steps, now they have surrounded us;+
They fix their eyes to incline to the earth.+
12 His likeness is that of a lion that yearns to tear to pieces+
And that of a young lion sitting in concealed places.
13 Do rise up, O Jehovah; do confront him to the face;+
Make him bow down; do provide escape for my soul from the wicked one with your sword,+
14 From men, [by] your hand, O Jehovah,+
From men of [this] system+ of things,* whose share is in [this] life,+
And whose belly you fill with your concealed treasure,+
Who are satisfied with sons+
And who do lay up for their children what they leave over.+
To the director. Of Jehovah’s servant, of David, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah had delivered him out of the palm of all his enemies and* out of the hand of Saul.+ And he proceeded to say:
18 I shall have affection for you,* O Jehovah my strength.+
2 Jehovah is my crag and my stronghold and the Provider of escape for me.+
My God* is my rock. I shall take refuge in him,*+
My shield and my horn of salvation, my secure height.+
4 The ropes of death encircled me;+
Flash floods of good-for-nothing [men]* also kept terrifying me.+
6 In my distress I kept calling upon Jehovah,
And to my God* I kept crying for help.+
Out of his temple he proceeded to hear my voice,+
And my own cry before him for help now came into his ears.+
7 And the earth began to shake and rock,+
And the foundations of the mountains themselves became agitated,+
And they kept shaking back and forth because he had been angered.+
8 Smoke went up at his nostrils, and fire itself from his mouth kept devouring;+
Coals themselves blazed forth from him.
12 Out of the brightness in front of him there were his clouds that passed by,+
Hail and burning coals of fire.+
13 And in the heavens Jehovah began to thunder,+
And the Most High himself began to give his voice,+
Hail and burning coals of fire.
14 And he kept sending out his arrows, that he might scatter them;+
And lightnings he shot out, that he might throw them into confusion.+
15 And the streambeds of waters became visible,+
And the foundations of the productive land* became uncovered+
From your rebuke, O Jehovah, from the blast* of the breath* of your nostrils.*+
17 He was delivering me from my strong enemy,+
And from those hating me; because they were stronger than I was.+
19 And he proceeded to bring me out into a roomy place;+
He was rescuing me, because he had found delight in me.+
20 Jehovah rewards me according to my righteousness;+
According to the cleanness of my hands he repays me.+
22 For all his judicial decisions are in front of me,+
And his statutes I shall not remove from myself.+
24 And let Jehovah repay me according to my righteousness,+
According to the cleanness of my hands in front of his eyes.+
25 With someone loyal* you will act in loyalty;*+
With the faultless, able-bodied man you will deal faultlessly;+
26 With the one keeping clean you will show yourself clean;+
And with the crooked one you will show yourself tortuous;*+
27 Because the afflicted* people you yourself will save;+
But the haughty eyes you will abase.+
30 As for the [true] God, perfect is his way;+
The saying of Jehovah* is a refined one.+
A shield he is to all those taking refuge in him.+
32 The [true] God is the One girding me closely with vital energy,+
And he will grant my way to be perfect,+
33 Making my feet like those of the hinds,+
And upon places high for me he keeps me standing.+
38 I shall break them in pieces so that they will not be able to rise up;+
They will fall under my feet.+
39 And you will gird me with vital energy for warfare;
You will make those rising against me collapse under me.+
40 And as for my enemies, you will certainly give me the back of [their] neck;*+
And as for those hating me intensely, I shall silence them.+
42 And I shall pound them fine like dust before the wind;+
Like the mire of the streets I shall pour them out.+
43 You will provide me escape from the faultfinding of the people.+
You will appoint me the head of the nations.+
A people that I have not known—they will serve me.+
48 He is providing escape for me from my angry enemies;+
Above those who rise up against me you will lift me up,+
From the man of violence you will deliver me.+
50 He is doing great acts of salvation for his king+
To the director. A melody of David.
19 The heavens are declaring the glory of God;*+
And of the work of his hands the expanse is telling.+
2 One day after another day causes speech to bubble forth,+
And one night after another night shows forth knowledge.+
4 Into all the earth their measuring line* has gone out,+
And to the extremity of the productive land* their utterances.+
In them he has set a tent for the sun,+
5 And it is like a bridegroom when coming out of his nuptial chamber;+
It exults as a mighty man does to run in a path.+
6 From one extremity of the heavens is its going forth,
And its [finished] circuit is to their [other] extremities;+
And there is nothing concealed from its heat.+
7 The law+ of Jehovah is perfect,+ bringing back the soul.+
The reminder+ of Jehovah is trustworthy,+ making the inexperienced one wise.+
8 The orders+ from Jehovah are upright,+ causing the heart to rejoice;+
The commandment+ of Jehovah is clean,+ making the eyes shine.+
9 The fear+ of Jehovah is pure, standing forever.
The judicial decisions+ of Jehovah are true;*+ they have proved altogether righteous.+
10 They are more to be desired than gold,* yes, than much refined gold;*+
And sweeter than honey+ and the flowing honey of the combs.+
13 Also from presumptuous acts* hold your servant back;+
Do not let them dominate me.+
In that case I shall be complete,+
And I shall have remained innocent from much transgression.
14 Let the sayings of my mouth and the meditation of my heart+
Become pleasurable before you, O Jehovah my Rock+ and my Redeemer.*+
To the director. A melody of David.
3 May he remember all your gift offerings,+
And may he accept your burnt offering as being fat.*+ Seʹlah.
5 We will cry out joyfully because of your salvation,+
And in the name of our God we shall lift our banners.*+
May Jehovah fulfill all your requests.+
6 Now I do know that Jehovah certainly saves his anointed one.*+
He answers him from his holy heavens+
With the saving mighty acts of his right hand.+
7 Some concerning chariots and others concerning horses,+
But, as for us, concerning the name of Jehovah our God we shall make mention.*+
8 Those very ones have broken down and fallen;+
But as for us, we have risen up, that we may be restored.+
To the director. A melody of David.
21 O Jehovah, in your strength the king rejoices;+
And in your salvation how very joyful he wants to be!+
2 The desire of his heart you have given him,+
And the wish of his lips you have not withheld.+ Seʹlah.
3 For you proceeded to meet him with blessings of good,+
[And] to place on his head a crown of refined gold.+
6 For you constitute him highly blessed forever;+
You make him feel glad with the rejoicing at your face.+
7 For the king is trusting in Jehovah,+
Even in the loving-kindness* of the Most High. He will not be caused to totter.+
9 You will constitute them as a fiery furnace at the appointed time for your attention.+
Jehovah in his anger will swallow them up, and the fire will devour them.+
11 For they have directed against you what is bad;+
They have thought out ideas that they are unable to carry out.+
12 For you will make them turn their backs in flight+
By your bowstrings that you make ready against their face.+
To the director upon the Hind* of the Dawn. A melody of David.
2 O my God,* I keep calling by day, and you do not answer;+
And by night, and there is no silence on my part.+
5 To you they cried out,+ and they got away safe;+
In you they trusted, and they did not come to shame.+
7 As for all those seeing me, they hold me in derision;+
They keep opening their mouths wide,* they keep wagging [their] head:+
8 “He committed himself* to Jehovah.+ Let Him provide him with escape!+
Let him deliver him, since he has taken delight in him!”+
9 For you were the One drawing me forth from the belly,+
The One making me trust while upon the breasts of my mother.+
12 Many young bulls have surrounded me;+
The powerful ones of Baʹshan themselves have got around me.+
14 Like water I have been poured out,+
And all my bones have been separated from one another.+
My heart has become like wax;+
It has melted deep in my inward parts.+
15 My power* has dried up just like a fragment of earthenware,+
And my tongue is made to stick to my gums;*+
And in the dust of death you are setting me.+
20 Do deliver from the sword my soul,+
My only one* from the very paw of the dog;+
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion,+
And from the horns of wild bulls you must answer [and save] me.+
23 YOU fearers of Jehovah, praise him!+
All YOU the seed of Jacob, glorify him!+
And be frightened at him, all YOU the seed of Israel.+
24 For he has neither despised+
Nor loathed the affliction of the afflicted one;+
And he has not concealed his face from him,+
And when he cried to him for help he heard.+
25 From you my praise will be in the large congregation;+
My vows I shall pay in front of those fearing him.+
27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn back to Jehovah.+
And all the families of the nations will bow down before you.+
29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and will bow down;+
Before him all those going down to the dust will bend down,+
31 They will come and tell of his righteousness+
To the people that is to be born, that he* has done [this].+
A melody of David.
4 Even though I walk in the valley of deep shadow,*+
I fear nothing bad,+
For you are with me;+
Your rod and your staff are the things that comfort me.+
5 You arrange before me a table in front of those showing hostility to me.+
With oil you have greased my head;+
6 Surely goodness and loving-kindness* themselves will pursue me all the days of my life;+
And I will dwell* in the house of Jehovah to the length of days.+
Of David. A melody.
4 Anyone innocent in his hands and clean in heart,+
Who has not carried My* soul* to sheer worthlessness,+
Nor taken an oath deceitfully.+
6 This is the generation of those seeking him,
Of those searching for your face, O [God of] Jacob.*+ Seʹlah.
7 Raise YOUR heads, O YOU gates,+
And raise yourselves up, O YOU long-lasting* entrances,+
That the glorious King may come in!+
9 Raise YOUR heads, O YOU gates;+
Yes, raise [them] up, O YOU long-lasting entrances,
That the glorious King may come in!+
Of David.
א [ʼAʹleph]*
25 To you, O Jehovah, I raise my very soul.+
ב [Behth]
ג [Giʹmel]
3 Also, none of those hoping in you will be ashamed.+
They will be ashamed who are dealing treacherously without success.+
ד [Daʹleth]
ה [Heʼ]
5 Make me walk in your truth and teach me,+
For you are my God of salvation.+
ו [Waw]*
In you I have hoped all day long.+
ז [Zaʹyin]
6 Remember your mercies,+ O Jehovah, and your loving-kindnesses,*+
For they are from time indefinite.+
ח [Chehth]
7 The sins of my youth and my revolts O do not remember.+
According to your loving-kindness do you yourself remember me,+
For the sake of your goodness, O Jehovah.+
ט [Tehth]
י [Yohdh]
9 He will cause the meek ones to walk in [his] judicial decision,+
And he will teach the meek ones his way.+
כ [Kaph]
ל [Laʹmedh]
מ [Mem]
נ [Nun]
ס [Saʹmekh]
14 The intimacy with Jehovah belongs to those fearful of him,+
Also his covenant, to cause them to know it.+
ע [ʽAʹyin]
פ [Peʼ]
צ [Tsa·dhehʹ]
ר [Rehsh]*
ש [Shin]
ת [Taw]
22 O God,* redeem Israel out of all his distresses.+
Of David.
26 Judge me,+ O Jehovah, for I myself have walked in my own integrity,+
And in Jehovah I have trusted, that I may not wobble.+
6 I shall wash my hands in innocency itself,+
And I will march around your altar, O Jehovah,+
7 To cause thanksgiving to be heard aloud,*+
And to declare all your wonderful works.+
9 Do not take away* my soul along with sinners,+
Nor my life along with bloodguilty men,+
10 In whose hands there is loose conduct,+
And whose right hand is full of bribery.+
Of David.
27 Jehovah is my light+ and my salvation.+
Of whom shall I be in fear?+
Jehovah is the stronghold of my life.+
Of whom shall I be in dread?+
2 When the evildoers approached against me to eat up my flesh,+
They being my adversaries and my enemies personally,+
They themselves stumbled and fell.+
3 Though against me an encampment should pitch tent,+
My heart will not fear.+
Though against me war should rise,+
Even then I shall be trusting.+
4 One thing I have asked from Jehovah+—
It is what I shall look for,+
That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,+
To behold the pleasantness of Jehovah+
5 For he will hide me in his covert in the day of calamity;+
He will conceal me in the secret place of his tent;+
High on a rock he will put me.+
6 And now my head will be high above my enemies all around me;+
And I will sacrifice at his tent sacrifices of joyful shouting;+
I will sing and make melody to Jehovah.+
8 Concerning you my heart has said: “Seek to find my face,+ YOU people.”
Your face, O Jehovah, I shall seek to find.+
9 Do not conceal your face from me.+
Do not in anger turn your servant away.+
My assistance you must become.+
Do not forsake me and do not leave me, O my God of salvation.+
11 Instruct me, O Jehovah, in your way,+
And lead me in the path of uprightness on account of my foes.
12 Do not give me over to the soul of my adversaries;+
For against me false witnesses have risen up,+
And he who launches forth violence.+
13 If I had not* had faith in seeing the goodness of Jehovah in the land of those alive+—!
Of David.
28 To you, O Jehovah, I keep calling.+
O my Rock, do not be deaf to me,*+
That you may not keep still toward me+
And I do not have to become like those going down to the pit.+
2 Hear the voice of my entreaties when I cry to you for help,
When I raise my hands+ to the innermost room of your holy place.+
3 Do not draw me along with wicked people and with practicers of what is hurtful,+
Those who are speaking peace with their companions+ but in whose hearts is what is bad.+
4 Give to them according to their acting+
And according to the badness of their practices.+
According to the work of their hands do you give to them.+
Pay back to them their own doing.+
5 For they have no regard for the activities of Jehovah,+
Nor for the work of his hands.+
He will tear them down and not build them up.
6 Blessed be Jehovah,* for he has heard the voice of my entreaties.+
7 Jehovah* is my strength+ and my shield.+
In him my heart has trusted,+
And I have been helped, so that my heart exults,+
And with my song I shall laud him.+
8 Jehovah* is a strength to his people,*+
And he is a stronghold of the grand salvation of his anointed one.*+
9 Do save your people, and bless your inheritance;+
And shepherd them and carry them to time indefinite.+
A melody of David.*
5 The voice of Jehovah is breaking the cedars;
Yes, Jehovah breaks the cedars of Lebʹa·non in pieces,+
7 The voice of Jehovah is hewing with the flames of fire;+
8 The voice of Jehovah itself makes the wilderness writhe,+
Jehovah makes the wilderness of Kaʹdesh+ writhe.
9 The voice of Jehovah itself makes the hinds writhe with birth pains+
And strips bare the forests.*+
And in his temple each one is saying: “Glory!”+
11 Jehovah himself will give strength indeed to his people.+
Jehovah himself will bless his people with peace.+
A melody. A song of inauguration of the house.+ Of David.
30 I shall exalt you, O Jehovah,* for you have drawn me up+
And you have not let my enemies rejoice over me.+
2 O Jehovah* my God, I cried to you for help, and you proceeded to heal me.+
3 O Jehovah, you have brought up my soul from Sheʹol* itself;+
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down into the pit.+
4 Make melody to Jehovah,* O YOU loyal ones of his,+
Give thanks to his holy memorial;*+
5 Because being under his anger is for a moment,+
Being under his goodwill is for a lifetime.+
In the evening weeping may take up lodging,+ but in the morning there is a joyful cry.+
7 O Jehovah,* in your goodwill you have made my mountain to stand in strength.+
You concealed your face; I became one that is disturbed.+
11 You have changed my mourning into dancing for me;+
You have loosened my sackcloth, and you keep me girded with rejoicing,+
12 In order that [my] glory* may make melody to you and not keep silent.+
To the director. A melody of David.
31 In you, O Jehovah,* have I taken refuge.+
O may I never be ashamed.+
In your righteousness provide escape for me.+
3 For you are my crag and my stronghold;+
And for the sake of your name+ you will lead me and conduct me.+
7 I will be joyful and rejoice in your loving-kindness,*+
In that you have seen my affliction;+
You have known about the distresses of my soul,+
8 And you have not surrendered me into the hand of the enemy.+
You have made my feet stand in a roomy place.+
9 Show me favor, O Jehovah,* for I am in sore straits.+
With vexation my eye has become weak,+ my soul and my belly.+
10 For with grief my life has come to an end,+
And my years in sighing.+
Because of my error my power has stumbled,+
And my very bones have become weak.+
11 From the standpoint of all those showing hostility to me+ I have become a reproach,+
And to my neighbors very much so,+
And a dread to my acquaintances.+
When seeing me out of doors, they have fled from me.+
12 Like someone dead [and] not in the heart, I have been forgotten;+
I have become like a damaged* vessel;+
13 For I have heard the bad report by many,+
Fright being on all sides.+
When they mass together as one against me,+
17 O Jehovah, may I not be ashamed, for I have called on you.+
May the wicked ones be ashamed;+
May they keep silent in Sheʹol.+
18 May false lips become speechless,+
That are speaking against the righteous one,+ unrestrainedly in haughtiness and contempt.+
19 How abundant your goodness is,+ which you have treasured up for those fearing you!+
[Which] you have rendered to those taking refuge in you,
20 You will conceal them in the secret place of your person*+
From the banding together of men.*+
You will hide them in your booth from the quarreling of tongues.+
22 As for me, I said when I became panicky:+
“I shall certainly be exterminated from in front of your eyes.”+
Surely you have heard the voice of my entreaties when I cried to you for help.+
23 O love Jehovah,* all YOU loyal ones of his.+
The faithful ones Jehovah* is safeguarding,+
But he is rewarding exceedingly anyone showing haughtiness.+
Of David. Masʹkil.*
32 Happy is the one whose revolt is pardoned, whose sin is covered.+
2 Happy is the man* to whose account Jehovah does not put error,+
And in whose spirit there is no deceit.+
3 When I kept silent my bones wore out through my groaning* all day long.+
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me.+
My life’s moisture has been changed as in the dry heat of summer.+ Seʹlah.
5 My sin I finally confessed to you, and my error I did not cover.+
I said: “I shall make confession over my transgressions to Jehovah.”+
And you yourself pardoned the error of my sins.+ Seʹlah.
6 On this account every loyal one will pray to you+
At such a time only as you may be found.+
As for the flood of many waters, they will not touch him himself.+
7 You are a place of concealment for me; you will safeguard me from distress itself.+
With joyful cries at providing escape you will surround me.+ Seʹlah.
9 Do not make yourselves like a horse or mule without understanding,+
Whose spiritedness is to be curbed even by bridle or halter+
10 Many are the pains that the wicked one has;+
But as for the one trusting in Jehovah,* loving-kindness* itself surrounds him.+
11 Rejoice in Jehovah* and be joyful, YOU righteous ones;+
And cry out joyfully, all YOU who are upright in heart.+
33 Cry out joyfully, O YOU righteous ones, because of Jehovah.+
On the part of the upright ones praise is fitting.+
5 He is a lover of righteousness and justice.+
With the loving-kindness of Jehovah the earth is filled.+
8 Let all [those of] the earth* be in fear of Jehovah.+
At him let all the inhabitants of the productive land* be frightened.+
10 Jehovah himself has broken up the counsel of the nations;+
He has thwarted the thoughts of the peoples.+
11 To time indefinite the very counsel of Jehovah will stand;+
The thoughts of his heart are to one generation after another generation.+
16 There is no king saved by the abundance of military forces;+
A mighty man himself is not delivered by the abundance of power.+
17 The horse is a deception for salvation,+
And by the abundance of its vital energy it does not afford escape.+
18 Look! The eye of Jehovah is toward those fearing him,+
To those waiting for his loving-kindness,+
19 To deliver their soul from death itself,+
And to preserve them alive in famine.+
Of David, at the time of his disguising his sanity+ before A·bimʹe·lech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.
א [ʼAʹleph]*
ב [Behth]
ג [Giʹmel]
ד [Daʹleth]
ה [Heʼ]
ז [Zaʹyin]*
6 This afflicted one called, and Jehovah himself heard.+
And out of all his distresses He saved him.+
ח [Chehth]
ט [Tehth]
י [Yohdh]
כ [Kaph]
10 The maned young lions themselves have had little on hand and gone hungry;+
But as for those seeking Jehovah, they will not lack anything good.+
ל [Laʹmedh]
מ [Mem]
נ [Nun]
ס [Saʹmekh]
ע [ʽAʹyin]
פ [Peʼ]
צ [Tsa·dhehʹ]
ק [Qohph]
18 Jehovah is near to those that are broken at heart;+
And those who are crushed in spirit he saves.+
ר [Rehsh]
ש [Shin]
ת [Taw]
21 Calamity will put the wicked one himself to death;+
And the very ones hating the righteous one will be held guilty.+
22 Jehovah is redeeming* the soul of his servants;+
And none of those taking refuge in him will be held guilty.+
Of David.
2 Take hold of buckler and large shield,+
And do rise up in assistance of me,+
3 And draw spear and double ax to meet those pursuing me.+
Say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”+
4 May those be shamed and humiliated who are hunting for my soul.+
May those be turned back and be abashed who are scheming calamity for me.+
8 Let ruin come upon him without his knowing,+
And let his own net that he hid catch him;+
With ruin let him fall into it.+
10 Let all my bones themselves say:+
“O Jehovah, who is there like you,+
Delivering the afflicted one from one stronger than he is,+
And the afflicted and poor one from the one robbing him?”+
13 As for me, when they became ill, my clothing was sackcloth,+
With fasting I afflicted my soul,+
And upon my bosom my own prayer would return.+
14 As for a companion, as for a brother of mine,+
I walked about like one mourning for a mother.+
Saddened, I bowed down.
15 But at my limping they rejoiced and gathered together;+
They gathered together against me,+
Striking [me] down when I did not know it;+
They ripped [me] to pieces and did not keep silent.+
19 O may those who for no reason are my enemies not rejoice over me;+
As for those hating me without cause, let them not wink the eye.+
20 For it is not peace that they speak;+
But against the quiet ones of the earth
Things of deception they keep scheming.+
21 And they open wide their mouth even against me.+
They have said: “Aha! Aha! our eye has seen [it].”+
25 O may they not say in their heart: “Aha, our soul!”*+
May they not say: “We have swallowed him up.”+
26 Let those be ashamed and abashed all together+
Who are joyful at my calamity.+
Let those be clothed with shame+ and humiliation who are assuming great airs against me.+
27 Let those cry out joyfully and rejoice who are delighting in my righteousness,+
And let them say constantly:+
“Let Jehovah* be magnified, who takes delight in the peace of his servant.”+
To the director. Of Jehovah’s* servant, David.
36 The utterance of transgression to the wicked one is in the midst of his* heart;+
There is no dread of God in front of his eyes.+
2 For he has acted too smoothly to himself in his own eyes+
To find out his error so as to hate [it].+
3 The words of his mouth are hurtfulness and deception;+
He has ceased to have insight for doing good.+
4 Hurtfulness is what he keeps scheming upon his bed.+
He stations himself on a way that is not good.+
What is bad he does not reject.+
7 How precious your loving-kindness is, O God!*+
And in the shadow of your wings the sons of men themselves take refuge.+
8 They drink their fill of the fatness of your house;+
And of the torrent of your pleasures you cause them to drink.+
10 Continue your loving-kindness to those knowing you,+
And your righteousness to those upright in heart.+
11 O may not the foot of haughtiness come [against] me;+
As for the hand of wicked people, let it not make me a wanderer.+
12 There the practicers of hurtfulness have fallen;+
They have been pushed down and have been unable to get up.+
Of David.
א [ʼAʹleph]*
37 Do not show yourself heated up because of the evildoers.+
Do not be envious of those doing unrighteousness.+
ב [Behth]
ג [Giʹmel]
6 And he will certainly bring forth your righteousness as the light itself,+
And your justice as the midday.+
ד [Daʹleth]
And wait longingly for him.+
Do not show yourself heated up at anyone making his way successful,+
At the man carrying out [his] ideas.+
ה [Heʼ]
9 For evildoers themselves will be cut off,+
But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth.+
ו [Waw]
10 And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more;+
And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be.+
11 But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth,+
And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.+
ז [Zaʹyin]
ח [Chehth]
14 The wicked ones have drawn a sword itself and have bent their bow,+
To cause the afflicted and poor one to fall,+
To slaughter those who are upright in [their] way.+
ט [Tehth]
17 For the very arms of the wicked ones will be broken,+
But Jehovah will be supporting the righteous ones.+
י [Yohdh]
18 Jehovah is aware of the days of the faultless ones,+
And their very inheritance will continue even to time indefinite.+
19 They will not be ashamed in the time of calamity,+
And in the days of famine they will be satisfied.+
כ [Kaph]
20 For the wicked themselves will perish,+
And the enemies of Jehovah will be like the preciousness of pastures;
They must come to their end.+ In smoke they must come to their end.+
ל [Laʹmedh]
21 The wicked one is borrowing and does not pay back,+
But the righteous one is showing favor and is making gifts.+
22 For those being blessed by him will themselves possess the earth,+
But those upon whom evil is called by him will be cut off.+
מ [Mem]
23 By Jehovah the very steps of an able-bodied man have been made ready,+
And in his way He takes delight.+
נ [Nun]
25 A young man I used to be, I have also grown old,+
And yet I have not seen anyone righteous left entirely,+
ס [Saʹmekh]
28 For Jehovah is a lover of justice,+
And he will not leave his loyal ones.+
ע [ʽAʹyin]
To* time indefinite they will certainly be guarded;+
But as for the offspring of the wicked ones, they will indeed be cut off.+
פ [Peʼ]
30 The mouth of the righteous is the one that utters wisdom in an undertone,+
And his is the tongue that speaks justly.+
צ [Tsa·dhehʹ]
33 As for Jehovah, he will not leave him to the hand of that one,+
And he will not pronounce him wicked when he is being judged.+
ק [Qohph]
34 Hope in Jehovah and keep his way,+
And he will exalt you to take possession of the earth.+
When the wicked ones are cut off, you will see [it].+
ר [Rehsh]
36 And yet he proceeded to pass away,* and there he was not;+
And I kept seeking him, and he was not found.+
ש [Shin]
37 Watch the blameless one and keep the upright one in sight,+
For the future of [that] man will be peaceful.+
38 But the transgressors themselves will certainly be annihilated together;+
The future of wicked people will indeed be cut off.+
ת [Taw]
39 And* the salvation of the righteous ones is from Jehovah;+
He is their fortress in the time of distress.+
40 And Jehovah will help them and provide them with escape.+
He will provide them with escape from wicked people and save them,+
Because they have taken refuge in him.+
A melody of David, to bring to remembrance.
3 There is no sound spot in my flesh because of your denunciation.+
There is no peace in my bones on account of my sin.+
6 I have become disconcerted, I have bowed low to an extreme degree;+
All day long I have walked about sad.+
8 I have grown numb and become crushed to an extreme degree;
I have roared due to the groaning of my heart.+
9 O Jehovah,* in front of you is all my desire,
And from you my sighing itself has not been concealed.+
10 My own heart has palpitated heavily, my power has left me,
And the light of my own eyes also is not with me.+
11 As for my lovers* and my companions, they keep standing away from my plague,+
And my close acquaintances themselves have stood off at a distance.+
12 But those seeking my soul lay out traps,+
And those working for a calamity to me have spoken of adversities,+
And deceptions they keep muttering all day long.+
13 As for me, like someone deaf, I would not listen;+
And like someone speechless, I would not open my mouth.+
14 And I came to be like a man that was not hearing,
And in my mouth there were no counterarguments.
16 For I said: “Otherwise they would rejoice at me;+
When my foot moved unsteadily,+ they would certainly assume great airs against me.”+
20 And they were rewarding me with bad for good;+
They kept resisting me* in return for my pursuing what is good.+
To the director of Je·duʹthun.*+ A melody of David.
39 I said: “I will guard my ways+
To keep from sinning with my tongue.+
I will set a muzzle as a guard to my own mouth,+
As long as anyone wicked is in front of me.”+
2 I became speechless with silence;+
I kept quiet from what is good,+
And my being pained was ostracized.
4 “Cause me, O Jehovah, to know my end,+
And the measure of my days—what it is,+
That I may know how transient I am.+
5 Look! You have made my days just a few;*+
And my life’s duration is as nothing in front of you.+
Surely every earthling man,* though standing firm, is nothing but an exhalation.+ Seʹlah.
6 Surely in a semblance man* walks about.+
Surely they are boisterous in vain.+
One piles up things and does not know who will be gathering them.+
11 By reproofs against error you have corrected man,*+
And you consume his desirable things just as a moth+ does.
12 Do hear my prayer, O Jehovah,
And to my cry for help do give ear.+
At my tears do not keep silent.+
For I am but an alien resident with you,+
A settler the same as all my forefathers.+
To the director. Of David, a melody.
2 He also proceeded to bring me up out of a roaring pit,+
Out of the mire of [the] sediment.+
Then he raised up my feet upon a crag;+
He firmly established my steps.+
3 Further, he put in my mouth a new song,
Praise to our God.+
Many will see [it] and will fear,+
And they will trust in Jehovah.+
4 Happy is the able-bodied man* that has put Jehovah as his trust+
And that has not turned his face to defiant people,
Nor to those falling away to lies.+
5 Many things you yourself have done,+
O Jehovah my God, even your wonderful works and your thoughts toward us;+
There is none to be compared to you.+
Were I inclined to tell and speak [of them],
They have become more numerous than I can recount.+
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not delight in;+
These ears of mine you opened up.*+
Burnt offering and sin offering you did not ask for.+
9 I have told the good news* of righteousness in the big congregation.*+
Look! My lips I do not restrain.+
O Jehovah, you yourself know that well.+
10 Your righteousness I have not covered over within my heart.+
Your faithfulness and your salvation I have declared.+
I have not hidden your loving-kindness* and your trueness in* the big congregation.”+
11 You yourself, O Jehovah, do not restrain your pity from me.+
Let your loving-kindness and your trueness themselves constantly safeguard me.+
12 For calamities encircled me until there was no numbering of them.+
More errors of mine overtook me than I was able to see;+
They became more numerous than the hairs of my head,+
And my own heart left me.+
14 May those be ashamed and abashed all together+
Who are seeking my soul to sweep it away.+
May those turn back and be humiliated who are delighting in my calamity.+
16 Let those exult and rejoice in you,+
All those who are seeking you.+
Let those say constantly: “May Jehovah be magnified,”+
Those who are loving salvation by you.+
17 But I am afflicted and poor.+
Jehovah* himself takes account of me.+
You are my assistance and the Provider of escape for me.+
O my God, do not be too late.+
To the director. A melody of David.
41 Happy is anyone acting with consideration toward the lowly one;+
In the day of calamity Jehovah will provide escape for him.+
2 Jehovah himself will guard him and preserve him alive.+
He will be pronounced happy in the earth;+
And you cannot possibly give him over to the soul* of his enemies.+
3 Jehovah himself will sustain him upon a divan of illness;+
All his bed you will certainly change during his sickness.+
5 As for my enemies, they say what is bad concerning me:+
“When will he die and his name actually perish?”
6 And if one does come to see [me], untruth is what his heart will speak;+
He will gather up for himself something hurtful;
He will go out; on the outside he will speak [of it].+
7 Unitedly against me all those hating me whisper to one another;+
Against me they keep scheming something bad for me:+
8 “A good-for-nothing thing* is poured out upon him;+
Now that he has lain down, he will not get up again.”+
9 Also the man at peace with me, in whom I trusted,+
Who was eating my bread,+ has magnified [his] heel against me.*+
11 By this I do know that you have found delight in me,
Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.+
12 As for me, because of my integrity you have upheld me,+
And you will set me before your face to time indefinite.+
BOOK TWO
(Psalms 42 – 72)
To the director. Masʹkil* for the sons of Koʹrah.+
4 These things I will remember, and I will pour out my soul within me.+
For I used to pass along with the throng,
I used to walk slowly before them to the house of God,*+
With the voice of a joyful cry and thanksgiving,+
Of a crowd celebrating a festival.+
5 Why are you in despair, O my soul,+
And why are you boisterous within me?+
Wait for God,+
For I shall yet laud him as the grand salvation* of my person.*+
6 O my God,* within me my very soul is in despair.+
That is why I remember you,+
7 Watery deep to watery deep* is calling
At the sound of your (water-) spouts.*
All your breakers and your waves+—
Over me they have passed.+
10 With murder against my bones those showing hostility to me have reproached me,+
While they say to me all day long: “Where is your God?”+
11 Why are you in despair, O my soul,+
And why are you boisterous within me?+
Wait for God,+
For I shall yet laud him as the grand salvation of my person* and as my God.*+
And do conduct my legal case+ against a nation not loyal.*
From the man of deception and unrighteousness may you provide me with escape.+
2 For you are the God of my fortress.+
Why have you cast me off?
Why do I walk about sad because of the oppression by the enemy?+
3 Send out your light and your truth.+
May these themselves lead me.*+
May they bring me to your holy mountain and to your grand tabernacle.+
5 Why are you in despair, O my soul,+
And why are you boisterous within me?
Wait for God,+
For I shall yet laud him as the grand salvation of my person and as my God.+
To the director. Of the sons of Koʹrah.+ Masʹkil.*
44 O God, with our ears we have heard,
Our forefathers themselves have recounted to us+
The activity that you performed in their days,+
In the days of long ago.+
2 You yourself by your hand drove away even nations,+
And you proceeded to plant them [instead].+
You went breaking national groups and sending them away.+
3 For it was not by their own sword that they took possession of the land,+
And their own arm was not what brought them salvation.+
For it was your right hand and your arm+ and the light of your face,
Because you took pleasure in them.+
5 By you we shall push our adversaries themselves;+
In your name we shall tread down those rising up against us.+
8 In God we will offer praise all day long,+
And to time indefinite your name we shall laud.+ Seʹlah.
10 You keep making us turn back from the adversary,+
And the very ones intensely hating us have pillaged for themselves.+
14 You set us as a proverbial saying among the nations,+
A shaking of the head among the national groups.+
15 All day long my humiliation is in front of me,
And the shame of my own face has covered me,+
16 Due to the voice of the one reproaching and speaking abusively,
Because of the enemy and the one taking his revenge.+
17 All this is what has come upon us, and we have not forgotten you,+
And we have not acted falsely in your covenant.+
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God,*
Or we spread out our palms to a strange god,*+
21 Will not God himself search this out?+
For he is aware of the secrets of the heart.+
22 But for your sake we have been killed all day long;
We have been accounted as sheep for slaughtering.+
23 Do arouse yourself. Why do you keep sleeping, O Jehovah?*+
Do awake. Do not keep casting off forever.+
To the director upon The Lilies.* Of the sons of Koʹrah. Masʹkil.* A song of the beloved women.
4 And in your splendor go on to success;+
Ride in the cause of truth and humility [and] righteousness,+
And your right hand will instruct you in fear-inspiring things.+
6 God is your throne* to time indefinite, even forever;+
The scepter of your kingship is a scepter of uprightness.+
7 You have loved righteousness+ and you hate wickedness.+
That is why God, your God,+ has anointed+ you* with the oil of exultation+ more than your partners.+
8 All your garments are myrrh and aloeswood [and] cassia;+
Out from the grand ivory+ palace* stringed instruments themselves have made you rejoice.
9 The daughters+ of kings are among your precious women.*
The queenly consort+ has taken her stand at your right hand in gold of Oʹphir.+
10 Listen, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear;
And forget your people and your father’s house.+
14 In woven apparel she will be brought to the king.+
The virgins in her train as her companions are being brought in to you.+
15 They will be brought with rejoicing and joyfulness;
They will enter into the palace of the king.
17 I will make mention of your* name throughout all generations to come.+
That is why peoples themselves will laud you to time indefinite, even forever.
To the director. Of the sons of Koʹrah+ upon The Maidens.* A song.
2 That is why we shall not fear, though the earth undergo change+
And though the mountains totter into the heart of the vast sea;+
3 Though its waters be boisterous, foam over,+
Though the mountains rock at its uproar.+ Seʹlah.
5 God is in the midst of [the city];*+ it will not be made to totter.+
God will help it at the appearance of morning.+
8 Come, YOU people, behold the activities of Jehovah,*+
How he has set astonishing events on the earth.+
9 He is making wars to cease to the extremity* of the earth.+
The bow he breaks apart and does cut the spear in pieces;+
10 “Give in, YOU people, and know that I am God.+
I will be exalted among the nations,+
I will be exalted in the earth.”+
To the director. Of the sons of Koʹrah. A melody.
9 The nobles of the peoples themselves have gathered together,+
[With] the people of the God* of Abraham.+
For to God the shields* of the earth belong.+
He is very high in his ascent.+
A song. A melody of the sons of Koʹrah.+
2 Pretty for loftiness, the exultation of the whole earth,+
Is Mount Zion on the remote sides of the north,+
The town of the grand King.+
3 In her dwelling towers God himself has become known as a secure height.+
5 They themselves saw; [and] so they were amazed.
They got disturbed, they were sent running in panic.+
7 With an east wind you wreck the ships of Tarʹshish.+
8 Just as we have heard, so we have seen+
In the city of Jehovah of armies, in the city of our God.+
God himself will firmly establish it* to time indefinite.+ Seʹlah.
10 Like your name,+ O God, so your praise is
To the borders of the earth.
Your right hand is full of righteousness itself.+
13 Set YOUR hearts upon its rampart.+
Inspect* its dwelling towers,
In order that YOU may recount it to the future generation.+
To the director. Of the sons of Koʹrah.+ A melody.
49 Hear this, all YOU peoples.
Give ear, all YOU inhabitants of the system of things,*+
2 YOU sons of humankind* as well as YOU sons of man,*
You rich one and you poor one together.+
3 My own mouth will speak things of wisdom,+
And the meditation of my heart will be of things of understanding.+
6 Those who are trusting in their means of maintenance,+
And who keep boasting about the abundance of their riches,+
7 Not one of them* can by any means redeem even a brother,+
Nor give to God a ransom for him;*
8 (And the redemption price of their* soul is so precious+
That it has ceased to time indefinite)
9 That he should still live forever [and] not see the pit.+
10 For he sees that even the wise ones die,+
Together the stupid one and the unreasoning one perish,+
And they must leave to others their means of maintenance.+
11 Their inward wish* is that their houses may be to time indefinite,+
Their tabernacles to generation after generation.+
They have called their landed estates by their names.+
12 And yet earthling man,* though in honor, cannot keep lodging;+
He is indeed comparable with the beasts that have been destroyed.*+
13 This is the way of those who have stupidity,+
And of those coming after them who take pleasure in their very mouthings.* Seʹlah.
14 Like sheep they have been appointed* to Sheʹol itself;+
Death itself will shepherd* them;+
And the upright ones will have them in subjection in the morning,+
15 However, God himself will redeem my soul from the hand of Sheʹol,+
For he will receive me. Seʹlah.
16 Do not be afraid because some man gains riches,+
Because the glory of his house increases,+
17 For at his death he cannot take along anything at all;+
His glory will not go down along with him himself.+
18 For during his lifetime he kept blessing his own soul;+
(And people will laud you because you do well for yourself)+
19 [His soul]* finally comes only as far as the generation of his forefathers.+
Nevermore will they see the light.+
20 Earthling man, although in honor, who does not understand,*+
Is indeed comparable with the beasts that have been destroyed.+
A melody of Aʹsaph.+
50 The Divine One,+ God, Jehovah,*+ has himself spoken,+
And he proceeds to call the earth,*+
From the rising of the sun until its setting.+
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of prettiness,+ God himself has beamed forth.+
3 Our God will come and cannot possibly keep silent.*+
Before him there devours a fire,+
And all around him it has become exceedingly stormy weather.+
7 “Do listen, O my people, and I will speak,+
O Israel, and I will bear witness against you.*+
I am God, your God.+
8 Not concerning your sacrifices do I reprove you,+
Nor [concerning] your whole burnt offerings [that are] in front of me constantly.+
11 I well know every winged creature of the mountains,+
And the animal throngs of the open field are with me.+
12 If I were hungry, I would not say it to you;
14 Offer thanksgiving as your sacrifice to God,+
And pay to the Most High your vows;+
15 And call me in the day of distress.+
I shall rescue you, and you will glorify+ me.”
16 But to the wicked one God will have to say:+
“What right do you have to enumerate my regulations,+
18 Whenever you saw a thief, you were even pleased* with him;+
And your sharing was with adulterers.+
20 You sit [and] speak against your own brother,+
Against the son of your mother you give away a fault.+
21 These things you have done, and I kept silent.+
You imagined that I would positively become like you.+
I am going to reprove you,+ and I will set things in order before your eyes.+
22 Understand this, please, YOU forgetters of God,*+
That I may not tear [YOU] to pieces without there being any deliverer.+
23 The one offering thanksgiving as his sacrifice is the one that glorifies me;+
And as for the one keeping a set way,
To the director. A melody of David. When Nathan the prophet came in to him after he had had relations with Bath-sheʹba.+
51 Show me favor, O God,* according to your loving-kindness.*+
According to the abundance of your mercies wipe out my transgressions.+
4 Against you, you alone, I have sinned,+
And what is bad in your eyes I have done,+
In order that you may prove to be righteous when you speak,+
That you may be in the clear when you judge.+
6 Look! You have taken delight in truthfulness itself in the inward parts;+
And in the secret self may you cause me to know sheer wisdom.+
7 May you purify me from sin with hyssop, that I may be clean;+
May you wash me, that I may become whiter even than snow.+
8 May you cause me to hear exultation and rejoicing,+
That the bones that you have crushed may be joyful.+
12 Do restore to me the exultation of salvation by you,+
And may you support me even with a willing spirit.+
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness,*+ O God the God of my salvation,+
That my tongue may joyfully tell about your righteousness.+
16 For you do not take delight in sacrifice—otherwise I would give [it];+
In whole burnt offering you do not find pleasure.+
17 The sacrifices to God are a broken spirit;+
A heart broken and crushed, O God, you will not despise.+
19 In that case you will be delighted with sacrifices of righteousness,+
With burnt sacrifice and whole offering;+
In that case bulls will be offered up on your very own altar.+
To the director. Masʹkil.* Of David, when Doʹeg the Eʹdom·ite came and proceeded to tell Saul and say to him that David had come to the house of A·himʹe·lech.+
3 You have loved what is bad more than what is good,+
Falsehood more than speaking righteousness.+ Seʹlah.
5 God himself will also pull you down forever;+
He will knock you down and tear you away from [your] tent,+
And he will certainly root you out of the land of the living ones.+ Seʹlah.
7 Here is the able-bodied man that does not put God as his fortress,+
But that trusts in the abundance of his riches,+
That takes shelter in adversities by him.+
8 But I shall be like a luxuriant olive tree+ in God’s house;
I do trust in the loving-kindness of God to time indefinite, even forever.+
9 I will laud you to time indefinite, for you have taken action;+
And I shall hope in your name, because it is good, in front of your loyal ones.+
To the director over Maʹha·lath.*+ Masʹkil.* Of David.
They have acted ruinously and have acted detestably in unrighteousness;+
There is no one doing good.+
2 As for God,* he has looked down from heaven itself upon the sons of men,+
To see whether there exists anyone having insight,* anyone seeking Jehovah.*+
3 They have all of them turned back, they are [all] alike corrupt;+
There is no one doing good,+
Not even one.
4 Have none of the practicers of what is hurtful got knowledge,+
Eating up my people as they have eaten bread?+
5 There they were filled with a great dread,*+
Where there had proved to be no dread;+
For God* himself will certainly scatter the bones of anyone camping against you.+
You will certainly put [them] to shame, for Jehovah* himself has rejected them.+
6 O that out of Zion there were the grand salvation of Israel!+
When Jehovah* gathers back* the captive ones of his people,+
Let Jacob be joyful, let Israel rejoice.+
To the director on stringed instruments. Masʹkil.* Of David. When the Ziphʹites came in and proceeded to say to Saul: “Is not David concealing himself with us?”+
3 For there are strangers that have risen up against me,
And tyrants that do seek my soul.+
They have not set God in front of them.+ Seʹlah.
To the director on stringed instruments. Masʹkil.* Of David.
2 Do pay attention to me and answer me.+
I am driven restlessly about by my concern,+
And I cannot but show disquietude,
3 Due to the voice of the enemy, because of the pressure of the wicked one.+
For they keep dropping upon me what is hurtful,+
And in anger they harbor animosity against me.+
7 Look! I would go far away in flight;+
I would lodge in the wilderness.+—Seʹlah—
8 I would hasten to a place of escape for me
11 Adversities are within it;
And from its public square oppression and deception have not moved away.+
12 For it was not an enemy that proceeded to reproach me;+
Otherwise I could put up with it.
It was not an intense hater of me that assumed great airs against me;+
Otherwise I could conceal myself from him.+
13 But it was you, a mortal man who was as my equal,+
One familiar to me and my acquaintance,+
14 Because we used to enjoy sweet intimacy together;+
Into the house of God we used to walk with the throng.+
15 Desolations [be] upon them!+
Let them go down into Sheʹol alive;+
For during their alien residence bad things have been within them.+
18 He will certainly redeem [and put] my soul in peace from the fight that is against me,+
For in multitudes they have come to be against me.+
19 God* will hear and answer them,+
Even He that is sitting [enthroned] as in the past+—Seʹlah—
Those with whom there are no changings*+
And who have not feared God.+
21 Smoother than butter* are [the words of] his mouth,+
But his heart is disposed to fight.*+
His words are softer than oil,+
But they are drawn swords.+
22 Throw your burden* upon Jehovah himself,+
And he himself will sustain you.+
Never will he allow the righteous one to totter.+
23 But you yourself, O God, will bring them down to the lowest pit.+
As for bloodguilty and deceitful men,* they will not live out half* their days.+
But as for me, I shall trust in you.+
To the director on the Silent Dove among those far away.* Of David. Mikʹtam.* When the Phi·lisʹtines laid hold of him in Gath.+
56 Show me favor, O God, because mortal man has snapped at me.+
Warring all day long, he keeps oppressing me.+
3 Whatever day I get afraid, I, for my part, shall trust even in you.+
4 In union with God I shall praise his word.+
In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid.+
What can flesh do to me?+
6 They attack, they conceal themselves,+
They, for their part, keep observing my very steps,*+
While they have waited for my soul.+
8 My being a fugitive you yourself have reported.+
Do put my tears in your skin bottle.+
Are they not in your book?+
9 At that time my enemies will turn back, on the day that I call;+
This I well know, that God is for me.+
13 For you have delivered my soul* from death+—
[Have you] not [delivered] my feet from stumbling?+—
That [I] may walk about before God* in the light* of those alive.+
To the director. “Do not bring to ruin.” Of David. Mikʹtam.* When he ran away because of Saul, into the cave.+
57 Show me favor, O God, show me favor,+
For in you my soul has taken refuge;+
And in the shadow of your wings I take refuge until the adversities pass over.+
2 I call to God the Most High, to the [true] God* who is bringing [them] to an end on my account.+
4 My soul is in the middle of lions;+
I cannot but lie down among devourers, [even] the sons of men,*
Whose teeth are spears and arrows,+
And whose tongue is a sharp sword.+
6 A net they have prepared for my steps;+
My soul has become bowed down.+
They excavated before me a pitfall;
They have fallen into the midst of it.+ Seʹlah.
9 I shall laud you among the peoples, O Jehovah;*+
I shall make melody to you among the national groups.+
To the director. “Do not bring to ruin.” Of David. Mikʹtam.*
2 How much, rather, do YOU with the heart practice outright unrighteousness in the earth,+
[And] prepare the road for the very violence of YOUR hands!+
3 The wicked ones have been perverts from the womb;+
They have wandered about from the belly onward;
They are speaking lies.+
4 The venom of theirs is like the venom of the serpent,+
Deaf like the cobra that stops up its ear,+
6 O God, knock out their teeth in their mouth.+
Break down the very jawbones of maned young lions, O Jehovah.
7 May they dissolve as into waters that go their way;+
May he bend [the bow for] his arrows as they collapse.+
8 Like a snail melting away he walks;*
Like a miscarriage of a woman they will certainly not behold the sun.+
9 Before YOUR pots feel the [kindled] bramble,+
The live green as well as the burning, he will carry them off as a stormy wind.+
10 The righteous one will rejoice because he has beheld the vengeance.+
His steps he will bathe in the blood of the wicked one.+
To the director. “Do not bring to ruin.” Of David. Mikʹtam.* When Saul sent, and they kept watching the house, to put him to death.+
3 For, look! they have lain in wait for my soul;+
Strong ones make an attack upon me,+
For no revolt on my part, nor any sin on my part, O Jehovah.+
4 Though there is no error, they run and get themselves ready.+
Do rouse yourself at my calling and see.+
5 And you, O Jehovah God of armies, are the God of Israel.+
Do wake up to turn your attention to all the nations.+
Do not show favor to any hurtful traitors.+ Seʹlah.
7 Look! They make a bubbling forth with their mouth;+
Swords are on their lips,+
For who is listening?+
10 The God of loving-kindness* to me* will himself confront me;+
God himself will cause me to look upon my foes.+
11 Do not kill them, that my people may not forget.+
By your vital energy make them wander about,+
And bring them down, O our shield Jehovah,*+
12 [For] the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips;+
And may they be caught in their pride,+
Even for the cursing and the deception that they rehearse.
13 Bring [them] to an end in rage;+
Bring [them] to an end, that they may not be;
And may they know that God is ruling in Jacob to the ends of the earth.+ Seʹlah.
15 Let those very ones wander about for something to eat;+
Let them not be satisfied or stay overnight.+
16 But as for me, I shall sing of your strength,+
And in the morning I shall joyfully tell about your loving-kindness.+
For you have proved to be a secure height for me+
And a place to which to flee in the day of my distress.+
17 O my Strength, to you I will make melody,+
For God is my secure height, the God of loving-kindness to me.+
To the director on The Lily of Reminder. Mikʹtam.* Of David. For teaching.+ When he engaged in a struggle with Aʹram-na·ha·raʹim and Aʹram-Zoʹbah, and Joʹab proceeded to return and strike down Eʹdom in the Valley of Salt, even twelve thousand.+
60 O God, you have cast us off, you have broken through us,+
You have become incensed. You should restore us.+
2 You have caused the earth to rock, you have split it open.+
Heal its breaches, for it has tottered.+
6 God himself has spoken in his holiness:+
“I will exult, I will give out Sheʹchem as a portion;+
And the low plain of Sucʹcoth I shall measure off.+
7 Gilʹe·ad belongs to me and Ma·nasʹseh belongs to me,+
And Eʹphra·im is the fortress of my head one;
Judah is my commander’s staff.+
Over Eʹdom I shall throw my sandal.+
To the director on stringed instruments. Of David.
2 From the extremity of the earth I shall cry, even to you, when my heart grows feeble.+
Onto a rock that is higher than I am may you lead me.+
4 I will be a guest in your tent for times indefinite;+
I will take refuge in the concealment of your wings.+ Seʹlah.
5 For you yourself, O God, have listened to my vows.+
You have given [me] the possession of those fearing your name.+
7 He will dwell to time indefinite before God;+
O assign loving-kindness and trueness,* that these may safeguard him.+
To the director of Je·duʹthun.* A melody of David.
2 Indeed he is my rock and my salvation, my secure height;+
I shall not be made to totter very much.+
3 How long will YOU carry on frantically against the man whom YOU would murder?+
All of YOU are like a leaning wall, a stone wall that is being pushed in.+
4 Indeed they give advice so as to allure from one’s own dignity;+
They take pleasure in a lie.+
With their mouth they bless, but inside themselves they call down evil.+ Seʹlah.
8 Trust in him at all times, O people.+
Before him pour out YOUR heart.+
God is a refuge for us.+ Seʹlah.
9 Indeed the sons of earthling man* are an exhalation,+
The sons of mankind* are a lie.+
When laid upon the scales they are all together lighter than an exhalation.+
10 Do not put YOUR trust in defrauding,+
Nor become vain in sheer robbery.+
In case the means of maintenance should thrive, do not set YOUR heart [on them].+
12 Also loving-kindness belongs to you, O Jehovah,*+
For you yourself pay back to each one* according to his work.+
A melody of David, when he happened to be in the wilderness of Judah.+
63 O God,* you are my God,* I keep looking for you.+
My soul does thirst for you.+
For you my flesh has grown faint [with longing]
In a land dry and exhausted, where there is no water.+
5 As with the best part, even fatness, my soul is satisfied,+
And with lips of joyful cries my mouth offers praise.+
7 For you have proved to be of assistance to me,+
And in the shadow of your wings I cry out joyfully.+
10 They will be delivered over to the power of the sword;+
They will become a mere portion for foxes.+
11 And the king himself will rejoice in God.+
Every one swearing by him will boast,+
For the mouth of those speaking falsehood will be stopped up.+
To the director. A melody of David.
64 Hear, O God, my voice in my concern.+
From the dreadfulness of the enemy may you safeguard my life.+
2 May you conceal me from the confidential talk of evildoers,+
From the tumult of practicers of hurtfulness,+
3 Who have sharpened their tongue just like a sword,+
Who have aimed their arrow, bitter speech,+
4 To shoot from concealed places at someone blameless.+
All of a sudden they shoot at him and do not fear.+
6 They keep searching out unrighteous things;+
They have hidden a shrewd device well searched out,+
And the inward part of each one, even [his] heart, is deep.+
7 But God will shoot at them with an arrow suddenly.+
Wounds have resulted to them,+
8 And they cause one to stumble.+
[But] their tongue is against their own selves.+
All those looking upon them will shake their head,+
9 And all earthling men will become afraid;+
And they will tell of the activity of God,+
And they will certainly have insight into his work.+
10 And the righteous one will rejoice in Jehovah and will indeed take refuge in him;+
And all the upright in heart will boast.+
To the director. A melody of David. A song.
2 O Hearer of prayer, even to you people of all flesh will come.+
3 Things of error have proved mightier than I am.+
As for our transgressions, you yourself will cover them.+
4 Happy is the one you choose and cause to approach,+
That he may reside in your courtyards.+
We* will certainly be satisfied with the goodness of your house,+
The holy place of your temple.+
5 With fear-inspiring things in righteousness you will answer us,+
O God of our salvation,+
The Trust of all the borders of the earth and those far away on the sea.+
7 He is stilling the noise of the seas,+
The noise of their waves and the turmoil of the national groups.+
8 And the inhabitants of the uttermost parts will be afraid of your signs;+
The goings forth of the morning and evening you cause to cry out joyfully.+
9 You have turned your attention to the earth, that you may give it abundance;+
You enrich it very much.
The stream from God is full of water.+
You prepare their grain,+
10 There is a drenching of its furrows, a leveling off of its clods;+
With copious showers you soften it; you bless its very sprouts.+
12 The pasture grounds of the wilderness keep dripping,+
And with joyfulness the very hills gird themselves.+
13 The pastures have become clothed with flocks,+
And the low plains themselves are enveloped with grain.+
They shout in triumph, yes, they sing.+
To the director. A song, a melody.
66 Shout in triumph to God, all [YOU people of] the earth.*+
3 Say to God: “How fear-inspiring your works are!+
Because of the abundance of your strength your enemies will come cringing to you.+
4 All [people of] the earth will bow down to you,+
And they will make melody to you, they will make melody to your name.”+ Seʹlah.
6 He has changed the sea into dry land;+
Through the river they went crossing over on foot.+
There we began to rejoice in him.+
7 He is ruling by his mightiness to time indefinite.+
Upon the nations his own eyes keep watch.+
As for those who are stubborn, let them not be exalted in themselves.+ Seʹlah.
12 You have made mortal man to ride over our head;+
We have come through fire and through water,+
And you proceeded to bring us forth to relief.+
13 I shall come into your house with whole burnt offerings;+
I shall pay to you my vows+
14 That my lips have opened up to say+
And that my mouth has spoken when I was in sore straits.+
15 Whole burnt offerings of fatlings I shall offer up to you,+
With the sacrificial smoke of rams.
I shall render up a bull with he-goats.+ Seʹlah.
To the director on stringed instruments. A melody, a song.
67 God himself will show us favor and bless us;+
He will make his face shine upon us+—Seʹlah—
2 That your way may be known in the earth,+
Your salvation even among all the nations.+
4 Let national groups rejoice and cry out joyfully,+
For you will judge the peoples with uprightness;+
And as for national groups, on the earth you will lead them. Seʹlah.
To the director. Of David. A melody, a song.
68 Let God arise,+ let his enemies be scattered,+
And let those who intensely hate him flee because of him.+
2 As smoke is driven away, may you drive [them] away;+
As wax melts because of the fire,+
Let the wicked ones perish from before God.+
3 But as for the righteous, let them rejoice,+
Let them be elated before God,+
And let them exult with rejoicing.+
4 Sing YOU to God, make melody to his name;+
Raise up [a song] to the One riding through the desert plains+
As Jah,* which is his name;+ and jubilate before him;
5 A father of fatherless boys and a judge of widows+
Is God in his holy dwelling.+
6 God is causing the solitary ones to dwell in* a house;+
He is bringing forth prisoners into full prosperity.+
However, as for the stubborn, they have to reside in a scorched land.+
7 O God, when you went forth before your people,+
When you marched through the desert+—Seʹlah—
Heaven itself also dripped because of God;+
9 A copious downpour you began causing to fall, O God;+
Your inheritance, even when it was weary—you yourself reinvigorated it.+
10 Your tent community+—they have dwelt in it;+
With your goodness you proceeded to make it ready for the afflicted one, O God.+
12 Even the kings of armies flee, they flee.+
As for her who abides at home, she shares in the spoil.+
13 Although YOU men kept lying between the [camp] ash heaps,*
There will be the wings of a dove covered with silver
15 The mountainous region* of Baʹshan+ is a mountain of God;*+
The mountainous region of Baʹshan is a mountain of peaks.+
16 Why do YOU, O YOU mountains of peaks, keep watching enviously
The mountain that God has desired for himself to dwell in?+
Even Jehovah himself will reside [there] forever.+
18 You have ascended on high;+
You have carried away captives;+
You have taken gifts in the form of men,*+
Yes, even the stubborn ones,+ to reside [among them],+ O Jah* God.*
19 Blessed be Jehovah,* who daily carries the load for us,+
The [true] God of our salvation.+ Seʹlah.
20 The [true] God is for us a God* of saving acts;+
And to Jehovah the Sovereign+ Lord belong the ways out* from death.+
21 Indeed God himself will break the head of his enemies in pieces,+
The hairy crown of the head of anyone walking about in his guiltiness.+
22 Jehovah* has said: “From Baʹshan I shall bring back,+
I shall bring [them] back from* the depths of the sea,+
23 In order that you may wash* your foot in blood,+
That the tongue of your dogs may have its portion from the enemies.”+
25 The singers went in front, the players on stringed instruments after them;+
In between were the maidens beating tambourines.+
27 There is little Benjamin subduing them,+
The princes of Judah with their shouting crowd,
The princes of Zebʹu·lun, the princes of Naphʹta·li.+
28 Your God has laid command upon your strength.+
Do show strength, O God, you who have acted for us.+
30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,+ the assembly of bulls,*+
With the calves of the peoples, each one stamping down on pieces of silver.+
31 Bronzeware things* will come out of Egypt;+
Cush* itself will quickly stretch out its hands [with gifts] to God.+
32 O YOU kingdoms of the earth, sing to God,+
Make melody to Jehovah*—Seʹlah—
33 To the One riding on the ancient heaven of heavens.+
Lo! He sounds with his voice, a strong voice.+
35 God is fear-inspiring out of your grand sanctuary.*+
The God of Israel* he is, giving strength, even might to the people.+
Blessed be God.+
To the director on The Lilies.*+ Of David.
69 Save me, O God, for the waters have come clear to the soul.*+
2 I have sunk down in deep mire, where there is no standing ground.+
I have come into profound waters,
3 I have become tired by my calling out;+
My throat has become hoarse.
My eyes have failed while waiting for my God.+
4 Those hating me without a cause have become even more than the hairs of my head.+
Those bringing me to silence, being my enemies for no reason, have become numerous.+
What I had not taken by robbery I then proceeded to give back.
5 O God, you yourself have come to know my foolishness,
And from you my own guiltiness has not been hidden.+
6 O may those hoping in you not be ashamed because of me,+
O Sovereign Lord, Jehovah of armies.+
O may those seeking you not be humiliated because of me,+
O God of Israel.+
9 For sheer zeal for your house has eaten me up,+
And the very reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen upon me.+
12 Those sitting in the gate began concerning themselves about me,+
And [I was] the subject of the songs of drinkers of intoxicating liquor.+
13 But as for me, my prayer was to you, O Jehovah,*+
At an acceptable time, O God.+
In the abundance of your loving-kindness answer me with the truth of salvation by you.+
14 Deliver me from the mire, that I may not sink down.+
O may I be delivered from those hating me+ and from the deep waters.+
15 O may not the flowing stream of waters wash me away,+
Nor the depth swallow me up,
Nor the well close its mouth over me.+
16 Answer me, O Jehovah, for your loving-kindness is good.+
According to the multitude of your mercies turn to me,+
17 And do not conceal your face from your servant.+
Because I am in sore straits, answer me quickly.+
19 You yourself have come to know my reproach and my shame and my humiliation.+
All those showing hostility to me are in front of you.+
20 Reproach itself has broken my heart, and [the wound] is incurable.+
And I kept hoping for someone to show sympathy, but there was none;+
And for comforters, but I found none.+
21 But for food* they gave [me] a poisonous plant,*+
And for my thirst they tried to make me drink vinegar.+
23 Let their eyes become darkened so as not to see;+
And cause their very hips to wobble constantly.+
26 For the one whom you yourself have struck they have pursued,+
And the pains of those pierced by you they keep recounting.
28 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living ones,*+
And with the righteous ones may they not be written in.+
31 This will also be more pleasing to Jehovah* than a bull,+
Than a young bull displaying horns, splitting the hoof.+
32 The meek ones will certainly see [it]; they will rejoice.+
YOU who are seeking God, let YOUR heart also keep alive.+
35 For God himself will save Zion+
And will build the cities of Judah;+
And they will certainly dwell there and take possession of it.*+
36 And the offspring* of his servants themselves will inherit it,+
And those loving his name will be the ones to reside in it.+
To the director. Of David, to bring to remembrance.+
2 May those be ashamed and abashed who are seeking my soul.*+
May those turn back and be humiliated who are taking delight in my calamity.+
3 May those go back by reason of their shame who are saying: “Aha, aha!”+
4 May those exult and rejoice in you, all of whom are seeking you,+
And may they say constantly: “God* be magnified!”—those loving your salvation.+
5 But I am afflicted and poor.+
O God, do act quickly for me.+
You are my help and the Provider of escape for me.+
O Jehovah, do not be too late.+
2 In your righteousness may you deliver me and provide me with escape.+
Incline to me your ear and save me.+
3 Become to me a rock fortress into which to enter constantly.+
You must command to save me,+
For you are my crag and my stronghold.+
4 O my God, provide me with escape from the hand of the wicked one,+
From the palm of the one acting unjustly and oppressively.+
5 For you are my hope,+ O Sovereign Lord Jehovah, my confidence from my youth.+
6 Upon you I have supported myself from the belly;+
You are the One severing me even from the inward parts of my mother.+
In you my praise is constantly.+
10 For my enemies have said in regard to me,+
And the very ones keeping watch for my soul have jointly exchanged counsel,+
11 Saying: “God himself has left him.+
Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.”+
13 May those be ashamed, may those come to their end, who are resisting my soul.+
May those cover themselves with reproach and humiliation who are seeking calamity for me.+
15 My own mouth will recount your righteousness,+
All day long your salvation,+
For I have not come to know the numbers [of them].+
16 I shall come in grand mightiness,+ O Sovereign+ Lord Jehovah;
I shall mention your righteousness, yours alone.+
17 O God, you have taught me from my youth on,+
And until now I keep telling about your wonderful works.+
18 And even until old age and gray-headedness, O God, do not leave me,+
Until I may tell about your arm to the generation,+
To all those who are to come, about your mightiness.+
19 Your righteousness, O God, is up to the height;+
As respects the great things that you have done,+
O God, who is like you?+
20 Because you have made me* see many distresses and calamities,+
May you revive me again;+
And from the watery deeps* of the earth may you again bring me up.+
22 I too, I shall laud you on an instrument of a stringed sort,+
As regards your trueness, O my God.+
I will make melody to you on the harp, O Holy One of Israel.+
23 My lips will cry out joyfully when I am inclined to make melody to you,+
Even my soul that you have redeemed.+
24 Also, my own tongue, all day long, will utter in an undertone your righteousness,+
For they have become ashamed, for they have become abashed, who are seeking calamity for me.+
Regarding Solomon.
72 O God, give your own judicial decisions to the king,+
And your righteousness to the son of the king.+
2 May he plead the cause of your people with righteousness+
And of your afflicted ones with judicial decision.+
4 Let him judge the afflicted ones of the people,+
Let him save the sons of the poor one,
And let him crush the defrauder.
9 Before him the inhabitants of waterless regions* will bow down,+
And his very enemies will lick the dust itself.+
10 The kings of Tarʹshish and of the islands*+—
Tribute they will pay.+
The kings of Sheʹba and of Seʹba—
A gift they will present.+
11 And to him all the kings will prostrate themselves;+
All the nations, for their part, will serve him.+
12 For he will deliver the poor one crying for help,+
Also the afflicted one and whoever has no helper.+
13 He will feel sorry for the lowly one and the poor one,+
And the souls of the poor ones he will save.+
14 From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul,
And their blood will be precious in his eyes.+
15 And let him live,+ and to him let some of the gold of Sheʹba be given.+
And in his behalf let prayer be made constantly;
All day long let him be blessed.+
16 There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth;+
On the top of the mountains there will be an overflow.+
His fruit will be as in Lebʹa·non,+
And those who are from the city will blossom like the vegetation of the earth.+
17 Let his name prove to be to time indefinite;+
Before the sun let his name have increase,
And by means of him let them bless themselves;+
Let all nations pronounce him happy.+
19 And blessed be his glorious name to time indefinite,+
And let his glory fill the whole earth.+
Amen and Amen.*
20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesʹse,+ have come to their end.
BOOK THREE
(Psalms 73 – 89)
A melody of Aʹsaph.+
73 God is indeed good to Israel, to those clean in heart.+
10 Therefore he brings his people back hither,
And the waters of what is full are drained out for them.
11 And they have said: “How has God* come to know?+
And does there exist knowledge in the Most High?”+
12 Look! These are the wicked, who are at ease indefinitely.+
They have increased [their] means of maintenance.+
13 Surely it is in vain that I have cleansed my heart+
And that I wash my hands in innocence itself.+
15 If I had said: “I will tell a story like that,”
Look! against the generation of your sons
I should have acted treacherously.+
16 And I kept considering so as to know this;+
It was a trouble in my eyes,
17 Until I proceeded to come into the grand sanctuary of God.+
I wanted to discern their future.+
19 O how they have become an object of astonishment as in a moment!+
[How] they have reached their end, have been brought to their finish through sudden terrors!
20 Like a dream after awaking, O Jehovah,*+
[So] when arousing [yourself] you will despise their very image.+
And in my kidneys I was sharply pained,+
22 And I was unreasoning and I could not know;+
I became as mere beasts from your standpoint.+
26 My organism and my heart have failed.+
God is the rock of my heart and my share to time indefinite.+
27 For, look! the very ones keeping away from you will perish.+
You will certainly silence every one immorally leaving you.+
28 But as for me, the drawing near to God is good for me.+
In the Sovereign Lord Jehovah I have placed my refuge,+
74 Why, O God, have you cast off forever?+
Why does your anger keep smoking against the flock of your pasturage?+
2 Remember your assembly that you acquired long ago,+
The tribe that you redeemed as your inheritance,+
This Mount Zion in which you have resided.+
3 Do lift up your steps to the long-lasting desolations.+
Everything the enemy has treated badly in the holy place.+
4 Those showing hostility to you have roared in the middle of your meeting place.+
They have set their own signs as [the] signs.+
5 One is notorious in being like him that brings up axes on high against a thicket of trees.
6 And now the very engravings of it, one and all, they strike even with hatchet and iron-tipped beams.+
7 They have thrust your sanctuary into the fire itself.+
They have profaned the tabernacle of your name to the very earth.+
8 They, even their offspring, have said together in their own heart:
“All the meeting places of God* must be burned in the land.”+
9 Our signs we have not seen; there is no prophet anymore,+
And there is no one with us knowing how long.
10 How long, O God, will the adversary keep reproaching?+
Will the enemy keep treating your name with disrespect forever?+
11 Why do you keep your hand, even your right hand, withdrawn+
From the midst of your bosom to make an end [of us]?
12 And yet God is my King from long ago,+
The One performing grand salvation in the midst of the earth.+
13 You yourself stirred up the sea with your own strength;+
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.+
14 You yourself crushed to pieces the heads of Le·viʹa·than.*+
You proceeded to give it as food to the people, to those inhabiting the waterless regions.+
15 You were the One that split the spring and the torrent;+
You yourself dried up ever-flowing rivers.+
16 To you the day belongs; also, to you the night belongs.+
You yourself prepared the luminary, even the sun.+
17 It was you that set up all the boundaries of the earth;+
Summer and winter—you yourself formed them.+
18 Remember this: The enemy himself has reproached, O Jehovah,+
And a senseless people have treated your name with disrespect.+
19 Do not give to the wild beast the soul of your turtledove.+
Do not forget the very life of your afflicted ones forever.+
20 Take a look at the covenant,+
For the dark places of the earth have become full of the abodes of violence.+
21 O may the crushed one not return humiliated.+
May the afflicted one and the poor one praise your name.+
22 Do arise, O God, do conduct your own case at law.+
Remember your reproach from the senseless one all day long.+
23 Do not forget the voice of those showing hostility to you.+
The noise of those rising up against you is ascending constantly.+
To the director. “Do not bring to ruin.”* A melody. Of Aʹsaph.+ A song.
75 We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks to you,+
And your name is near.+
Men have to declare your wondrous works.+
8 For there is a cup in the hand of Jehovah,+
And the wine is foaming, it is full of mixture.
And he will surely pour out its dregs from it;
All the wicked ones of the earth will drain [them] out, drink [them].”+
10 And all the horns of the wicked ones I shall cut down.+
The horns of the righteous one will be exalted.+
To the director on stringed instruments. A melody. Of Aʹsaph.+ A song.
4 You are enveloped with light, more majestic than the mountains of prey.+
5 The ones powerful in heart have been despoiled,+
They have drowsed away to their sleep,+
And none of all the valiant men have found their hands.+
6 From your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the charioteer and the horse have fallen fast asleep.+
8 From heaven you caused the legal contest to be heard;+
The earth itself feared and kept quiet+
9 When God rose up to judgment,+
To save all the meek of the earth.+ Seʹlah.
11 Vow and pay to Jehovah YOUR God, all YOU who are round about him.+
Let them bring a gift in fear.+
To the director on Je·duʹthun.* Of Aʹsaph.+ A melody.
77 With my voice I will even cry out to God* himself,+
With my voice to God, and he will certainly give ear to me.+
2 In the day of my distress I have searched for Jehovah* himself.+
At night my very hand has been stretched out* and does not grow numb;
My soul has refused to be comforted.+
3 I will remember God and be boisterous;+
I will show concern, that my spirit may faint away.+ Seʹlah.
6 I will remember my string music in the night;+
With my heart I will show concern,+
And my spirit will carefully search.
7 Will it be to times indefinite that Jehovah* keeps casting off,+
And will he no more be pleased again?+
8 Has his loving-kindness terminated forever?+
Has [his] saying come to nothing+ for generation after generation?
10 And shall I keep saying: “This is what pierces me through,+
The changing of the right hand of the Most High”?+
12 And I shall certainly meditate on all your activity,+
And with your dealings I will concern myself.+
17 The clouds have thunderously poured down water;+
A sound the cloudy skies have given forth.
Also, your own arrows proceeded to go here and there.+
18 The sound of your thunder was like chariot wheels;+
Lightnings have lighted up the productive land;*+
The earth became agitated and began to rock.+
19 Through the sea your way was,+
And your path was through many waters;
And your very footprints have not come to be known.
2 In a proverbial saying I will open my mouth;+
I will cause riddles of long ago to bubble forth,+
3 Which we have heard and know,+
And which our own fathers have related to us;+
4 Which we do not hide from their sons,+
Relating [them] even to the generation to come,+
The praises of Jehovah and his strength+
And his wonderful things that he has done.+
5 And he proceeded to raise up a reminder in Jacob,+
And a law he set in Israel,+
Things that he commanded our forefathers,+
To make them known to their sons;+
6 In order that the generation to come, the sons that were to be born, might know [them],+
That they might rise up and relate [them] to their sons,+
7 And that they might set their confidence in God* himself+
And not forget the practices of God*+ but observe his own commandments.+
8 And they should not become like their forefathers,+
A generation stubborn and rebellious,+
A generation who had not prepared their heart+
13 He split the sea, that he might let them pass over,+
And he caused the waters to stand like a dam.+
15 He proceeded to split rocks in the wilderness,+
That he might cause [them] to drink an abundance just like watery deeps.*+
16 And he went bringing forth streams out of a crag+
And causing waters to descend just like rivers.+
17 And they kept sinning still more against him+
By rebelling against the Most High in the waterless region;+
18 And they proceeded to test God* in their heart+
By asking for something to eat for their soul.+
19 So they began to speak against God.*+
They said: “Is God able to arrange a table in the wilderness?”+
That waters might flow and torrents themselves might flood forth.+
“Is he able also to give bread itself,+
Or can he prepare sustenance for his people?”+
21 That was why Jehovah heard and began to be furious;+
And fire itself was kindled against Jacob,+
And anger also ascended against Israel.+
26 He began making an east wind burst forth in the heavens+
And making a south wind blow by his own strength.+
27 And he proceeded to make sustenance rain upon them just like dust,+
Even winged flying creatures just like the sand grains of the seas.+
29 And they went eating and satisfying themselves very much,+
And what they desired he proceeded to bring to them.+
30 They had not turned aside from their desire,
While their food was yet in their mouth,+
31 When God’s wrath itself ascended against them.+
And he went killing among their stout ones;+
And the young men of Israel he made collapse.
35 And they began to remember that God* was their Rock,+
And that God the Most High was their Avenger.+
38 But he was merciful;+ he would cover the error+ and not bring ruin.+
And many times he made his anger turn back,+
And he would not rouse up all his rage.
40 How often they would rebel against him in the wilderness,+
They would make him feel hurt in the desert!+
41 And again and again they would put God* to the test,+
And they pained even the Holy One of Israel.+
42 They did not remember his hand,+
The day that he redeemed them from the adversary,+
43 How he put his signs in Egypt itself+
And his miracles in the field of Zoʹan;+
44 And how he began changing to blood their Nile canals,+
So that they could not drink from their own streams.+
45 He proceeded to send upon them gadflies, that these might eat them up;+
And frogs, that these might bring them to ruin.+
48 And he proceeded to hand over their beasts of burden even to the hail+
And their livestock to the flaming fever.
49 He went sending upon them his burning anger,+
Fury and denunciation and distress,+
Deputations of angels bringing calamity.+
50 He proceeded to prepare a pathway for his anger.+
He did not hold back their soul from death itself;
51 Finally he struck down all the firstborn in Egypt,+
The beginning of their generative power* in the tents of Ham.+
52 Afterward he caused his people to depart just like a flock,+
And conducted them like a drove in the wilderness.+
53 And he kept leading them in security, and they felt no dread;+
And the sea covered their enemies themselves.+
54 And he proceeded to bring them to his holy territory,+
This mountainous region that his right hand acquired.+
55 And because of them he gradually drove out the nations,+
And by the measuring line he went allotting them an inheritance,+
So that he caused the tribes of Israel to reside in their own homes.*+
56 And they began to test and rebel against God the Most High,+
And his reminders they did not keep.+
57 They also kept turning back and acting treacherously like their forefathers;+
They turned around like a loose bow.+
58 And they kept offending him with their high places,+
And with their graven images they kept inciting him to jealousy.+
60 And he finally forsook the tabernacle of Shiʹloh,+
The tent in which he resided among earthling men.+
61 And he proceeded to give his strength even to captivity+
And his beauty into the hand of the adversary.+
62 And he kept handing over his people to the sword itself,+
And against his inheritance he became furious.+
66 And he went striking down his adversaries from behind;+
A reproach of indefinite duration he gave to them.+
69 And he began to build his sanctuary just like the heights,+
Like the earth that he has founded to time indefinite.+
71 From following the females giving suck+
He brought him in to be a shepherd over Jacob his people+
And over Israel his inheritance.+
72 And he began to shepherd them according to the integrity of his heart,+
And with the skillfulness of his hands he began leading them.+
A melody of Aʹsaph.
79 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;+
They have defiled your holy temple;+
They have laid Jerusalem in a heap of ruins.+
2 They have given the dead body of your servants as food to the fowls of the heavens,+
The flesh of your loyal ones to the wild beasts of the earth.+
3 They have poured out their blood like water
All around Jerusalem, and there is no one to do the burying.+
5 How long, O Jehovah, will you be incensed? Forever?+
How long will your ardor burn just like fire?+
6 Pour out your rage upon the nations that have not known you,+
And upon the kingdoms that have not called upon your own name.+
8 Do not remember against us the errors of ancestors.+
Hurry! Let your mercies confront us,+
For we have become greatly impoverished.+
9 Help us, O God of our salvation,+
For the sake of the glory of your name;+
And deliver us and cover over our sins on account of your name.+
10 Why should the nations say: “Where is their God?”+
Among the nations let there be known before our eyes+
The avenging of the blood of your servants that has been shed.+
11 May the sighing of the prisoner come in even before you.+
According to the greatness of your arm preserve* those appointed to death.*+
12 And repay to our neighbors seven times into their bosom+
Their reproach with which they have reproached you, O Jehovah.*+
13 As for us your people and the flock of your pasturage,+
We shall give thanks to you to time indefinite;
From generation to generation we shall declare your praise.+
To the director upon The Lilies.*+ A reminder.* Of Aʹsaph.+ A melody.
2 Before Eʹphra·im and Benjamin and Ma·nasʹseh do rouse up your mightiness,+
And do come to our salvation.+
4 O Jehovah God of armies, how long must you fume against the prayer of your people?+
5 You have made them eat the bread of tears,+
And you keep making them drink tears upon tears in [great] measure.*+
8 You proceeded to make a vine depart from Egypt.+
You kept driving out the nations, that you might plant it.+
9 You made a clearing before it,+ that it might take root and fill the land.+
12 Why have you broken down its stone walls,+
And [why] have all those passing by on the road plucked at it?+
13 A boar out of the woods* keeps eating it away,+
And the animal throngs of the open field keep feeding upon it.+
14 O God of armies,* return,* please;+
Look down from heaven and see and take care of this vine,+
15 And the stock* that your right hand has planted,+
And [look] upon the son* whom you have made strong for yourself.+
17 Let your hand prove to be upon the man* of your right hand,+
Upon the son of mankind* whom you have made strong for yourself,+
18 And we shall not turn back from you.+
May you preserve us alive, that we may call upon your own name.+
To the director upon the Gitʹtith.*+ Of Aʹsaph.
2 Strike up a melody+ and take a tambourine,+
The pleasant harp together with the stringed instrument.+
6 “I* turned aside his shoulder even from [the] burden;+
His own hands got to be free even from the basket.+
7 In distress you called, and I proceeded to rescue you;+
I began to answer you in the concealed place of thunder.+
I went examining you at the waters of Merʹi·bah.+ Seʹlah.
11 But my people has not listened to my voice;+
And Israel itself has not showed any willingness toward me.+
12 And so I let them go* in the stubbornness of their heart;+
They went walking in their own counsels.+
15 As for those intensely hating Jehovah, they will come cringing to him,+
And their time will prove to be to time indefinite.
16 And he will keep feeding him off the fat of the wheat,+
And out of the rock I shall satisfy you with honey+ itself.”
A melody of Aʹsaph.
3 Be judges for the lowly one and the fatherless boy.+
To the afflicted one and the one of little means do justice.+
4 Provide escape for the lowly one and the poor one;+
Out of the hand of the wicked ones deliver [them].”+
5 They have not known, and they do not understand;+
In darkness they keep walking about;+
All the foundations of the earth are made to totter.+
8 Do rise up, O God,* do judge the earth;+
For you yourself should* take possession of all the nations.+
A song. A melody of Aʹsaph.+
83 O God, let there be no silence on your part;+
Do not keep speechless, and do not stay quiet, O Divine One.*+
2 For, look! your very enemies are in an uproar;+
And the very ones intensely hating you have raised [their] head.+
3 Against your people they cunningly carry on their confidential talk;+
And they conspire against your concealed ones.+
4 They have said: “Come and let us efface them from being a nation,+
That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”+
5 For with the heart they have unitedly exchanged counsel;+
Against you they proceeded to conclude even a covenant,*+
6 The tents of Eʹdom+ and the Ishʹma·el·ites, Moʹab+ and the Hagʹrites,+
11 As for their nobles, make these like Oʹreb and like Zeʹeb,+
And like Zeʹbah and like Zal·munʹna all their dukes,+
12 Who have said: “Let us take possession of the abiding places of God for ourselves.”+
14 Like a fire that burns up the forest+
And like a flame that scorches the mountains,+
15 In just that way may you pursue them with your tempest+
And may you disturb them with your own storm wind.+
17 O may they be ashamed and be disturbed for all times,+
And may they become abashed and perish;+
For the director upon the Gitʹtith.*+ Of the sons of Koʹrah. A melody.
2 My soul has yearned and also pined away for the courtyards of Jehovah.+
My own heart and my very flesh cry out joyfully to the living God.*+
3 Even the bird itself has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she has put her young ones—
Your grand altar,* O Jehovah of armies, my King and my God!*
6 Passing along through the low plain of the baʹca bushes,+
They turn it into a spring itself;
Even with blessings the instructor+ enwraps himself.
10 For a day in your courtyards is better than a thousand [elsewhere].+
I have chosen to stand at the threshold in the house of my God+
Rather than to move around in the tents of wickedness.+
11 For Jehovah God is a sun+ and a shield;+
Favor and glory are what he gives.+
Jehovah himself will not hold back anything good from those walking in faultlessness.+
12 O Jehovah of armies, happy is the man* that is trusting in you.+
For the director. Of the sons of Koʹrah. A melody.
5 Is it to time indefinite that you will be incensed at us?+
Will you draw out your anger to generation after generation?+
8 I will hear what the [true] God Jehovah will speak,+
For he will speak peace to his people+ and to his loyal ones,
But let them not return to self-confidence.+
10 As for loving-kindness and trueness,* they have met each other;+
Righteousness and peace—they have kissed each other.+
11 Trueness itself will sprout out of the very earth,+
And righteousness itself will look down from the very heavens.+
A prayer of David.
5 For you, O Jehovah,* are good+ and ready to forgive;+
And the loving-kindness to all those calling upon you is abundant.+
9 All the nations whom you have made will themselves come,+
And they will bow down before you, O Jehovah,*+
And will give glory to your name.+
11 Instruct me, O Jehovah, about your way.+
I shall walk in your truth.+
Unify my heart to fear your name.+
12 I laud you, O Jehovah* my God, with all my heart,+
And I will glorify your name to time indefinite,
13 For your loving-kindness is great toward me,+
And you have delivered my soul out of Sheʹol, its lowest place.+
14 O God, the presumptuous ones themselves have risen up against me;+
And the very assembly of tyrannical ones have looked for my soul,+
And they have not set you in front of themselves.+
15 But you, O Jehovah,* are a God* merciful and gracious,+
Slow to anger+ and abundant in loving-kindness and trueness.*+
16 Turn to me and show me favor.+
Do give your strength to your servant,+
And do save the son of your slave girl.+
17 Work out with me a sign meaning goodness,
That those hating me may see [it] and be ashamed.+
For you yourself, O Jehovah, have helped me and comforted me.+
Of the sons of Koʹrah. A melody, a song.
87 His foundation is in the holy mountains.+
3 Glorious things are being spoken about you, O city of the [true] God.+ Seʹlah.
4 I shall make mention of Raʹhab*+ and Babylon*+ as among those knowing me;
Here are Phi·lisʹti·a+ and Tyre, together with Cush:*
“This is one who was born there.”+
6 Jehovah himself will declare, when recording the peoples:+
“This is one who was born there.”+ Seʹlah.
A song, a melody of the sons of Koʹrah. To the director over Maʹha·lath* for making responses. Masʹkil* of Heʹman+ the Ezʹra·hite.
88 O Jehovah, the God of my salvation,+
By day I have cried out,+
In the night [also] in front of you.+
4 I have been reckoned in among those going down to the pit;+
I have become like an able-bodied man without strength,+
5 Set free among the dead themselves,+
Like slain ones lying in the burial place,+
Whom you have remembered no longer
And who have been severed from your own [helping] hand.+
7 Upon me your rage has thrown itself,+
And with all your breaking waves you have afflicted [me].+ Seʹlah.
8 You have put my acquaintances far away from me;+
You have set me as something very detestable to them.+
I am under restraint and cannot go forth.+
9 My own eye has languished because of my affliction.+
I have called on you, O Jehovah, all day long;+
To you I have spread out my palms.+
10 For those who are dead will you do a marvel?+
Or will those impotent in death* themselves arise,+
Will they laud you?+ Seʹlah.
12 Will a marvel by you be known in the darkness itself,+
Or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?+
13 And yet to you, O Jehovah, I myself have cried for help,+
And in the morning my own prayer keeps confronting you.+
16 Over me your flashes of burning anger have passed;+
Terrors from you yourself have brought me to silence.+
Masʹkil.* Of Eʹthan the Ezʹra·hite.+
89 Jehovah’s expressions of loving-kindness* I will sing about even to time indefinite.+
For generation after generation I shall make your faithfulness known with my mouth.+
2 For I have said: “Loving-kindness will stay built even to time indefinite;+
As for the heavens, you keep your faithfulness firmly established in them.”+
3 “I have concluded* a covenant toward my chosen one;+
I have sworn to David my servant,+
4 ‘Even to time indefinite I shall firmly establish your seed,*+
And I will build your throne+ to generation after generation.’” Seʹlah.
5 And the heavens will laud your marvelous act, O Jehovah,+
Yes, your faithfulness in the congregation* of the holy ones.
7 God* is to be held in awe among the intimate group of holy ones;+
He is grand and fear-inspiring over all who are round about him.+
10 You yourself have crushed Raʹhab,*+ even as someone slain.+
By the arm of your strength you have scattered your enemies.+
11 Heaven is yours,+ the earth also is yours;+
The productive land* and what fills it+—you yourself have founded them.+
14 Righteousness and judgment are the established place of your throne;+
Loving-kindness and trueness* themselves come in before your face.+
15 Happy are the people knowing the joyful shouting.+
O Jehovah, in the light of your face they keep walking.+
19 At that time you spoke in a vision to your loyal ones,+
And you proceeded to say:
“I have placed help upon a mighty one;+
I have exalted a chosen one from among the people.+
20 I have found David my servant;+
With my holy oil I have anointed him,+
21 With whom my own hand will be firm,+
Whom my own arm also will strengthen.+
23 And from before him I crushed his adversaries to pieces,+
And to those intensely hating him I kept dealing out blows.+
And in my judicial decisions they do not walk,+
31 If they profane my own statutes
And they do not keep my own commandments,
32 I must also turn my attention to their transgression even with a rod+
And to their error even with strokes.+
33 But my loving-kindness* I shall not break off from him,+
Nor shall I prove false with regard to my faithfulness.+
36 His seed itself will prove to be even to time indefinite,+
And his throne as the sun in front of me.+
37 As the moon it will be firmly established for time indefinite,
And [as] a faithful witness in the skies.” Seʹlah.
43 What is more, you again treat his sword as a foe,+
And you have caused him not to gain ground in the battle.+
46 How long, O Jehovah, will you keep yourself concealed? For all time?+
Will your rage keep on burning just like a fire?+
47 Remember of what duration of life I am.+
Is it all in vain that you have created all the sons of men?*+
48 What able-bodied man is there alive who will not see death?+
Can he provide escape for his soul from the hand of Sheʹol?+ Seʹlah.
49 Where are your former acts of loving-kindness, O Jehovah,*
About which you swore to David in your faithfulness?+
50 Remember, O Jehovah,* the reproach upon your servants,+
My carrying in my bosom [the reproach of] all the many peoples,+
51 How your enemies have reproached, O Jehovah,*+
How they have reproached the footprints of your anointed one.+
52 Blessed be Jehovah* to time indefinite. Amen and Amen.+
BOOK FOUR
(Psalms 90 – 106)
A prayer of Moses, the man of the [true] God.+
90 O Jehovah,* you yourself have proved to be a real dwelling for us+
During generation after generation.+
2 Before the mountains themselves were born,+
Or you proceeded to bring forth as with labor pains the earth+ and the productive land,*+
4 For a thousand years are in your eyes but as yesterday when it is past,+
And as a watch during the night.+
5 You have swept them away;+ they become a mere sleep;+
In the morning [they are] just like green grass that changes.+
6 In the morning it puts forth blossoms and must change;+
At evening it withers and certainly dries up.+
9 For all our days have come to their decline in your fury;+
We have finished our years just like a whisper.+
10 In themselves the days of our years are seventy years;+
And if because of special mightiness they are eighty years,+
Yet their insistence is on trouble and hurtful things;+
For it must quickly pass by, and away we fly.+
14 Satisfy us in the morning with your loving-kindness,*+
That we may cry out joyfully and may rejoice during all our days.+
15 Make us rejoice correspondingly to the days that you have afflicted us,+
The years that we have seen calamity.+
17 And let the pleasantness of Jehovah* our God prove to be upon us,+
And the work of our hands do you firmly establish upon us.+
Yes, the work of our hands, do you firmly establish it.+
91 Anyone dwelling in the secret place+ of the Most High+
Will procure himself lodging under the very shadow of the Almighty One.+
3 For he himself will deliver you from the trap of the birdcatcher,+
From the pestilence causing adversities.+
5 You will not be afraid of anything dreadful by night,+
Nor of the arrow+ that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in the gloom,+
Nor of the destruction that despoils at midday.+
7 A thousand will fall at your very side
And ten thousand at your right hand;
To you it will not come near.+
9 Because you [said]: “Jehovah* is my refuge,”+
You have made the Most High himself your dwelling;+
10 No calamity will befall you,+
And not even a plague will draw near to your tent.+
13 Upon the young lion and the cobra you will tread;+
You will trample down the maned young lion and the big snake.+
15 He will call upon me, and I shall answer him.+
I shall be with him in distress.+
I shall rescue him and glorify him.+
A melody, a song, for the sabbath day.
92 It is good to give thanks to Jehovah*+
And to make melody to your name, O Most High;+
2 To tell in the morning about your loving-kindness+
And about your faithfulness during the nights,+
3 Upon a ten-stringed instrument and upon the lute,+
By resounding music on the harp.+
4 For you have made me rejoice, O Jehovah,* because of your activity;
Because of the works of your hands I cry out joyfully.+
7 When the wicked ones sprout as the vegetation+
And all the practicers of what is hurtful blossom forth,
It is that they may be annihilated forever.+
8 But you are on high to time indefinite, O Jehovah.*+
9 For, look! your enemies, O Jehovah,*+
For, look! your own enemies will perish;+
All the practicers of what is hurtful will be separated from one another.+
11 And my eye will look on my foes;*+
My ears will hear about the very ones who rise up against me, the evildoers.
12 The righteous himself will blossom forth as a palm tree does;+
As a cedar in Lebʹa·non does, he will grow big.+
13 Those who are planted in the house of Jehovah,+
In the courtyards of our God,+ they will blossom forth.
14 They will still keep on thriving during gray-headedness,+
Fat and fresh they will continue to be,+
93* Jehovah himself has become king!+
With eminence he is clothed;+
Jehovah is clothed—with strength he has girded himself.+
The productive land* also becomes firmly established so that it cannot be made to totter.+
3 The rivers have raised, O Jehovah,
The rivers have raised their sound;+
The rivers keep raising their pounding.+
4 Above the sounds of vast waters, the majestic breaking waves of the sea,+
Jehovah is majestic+ in the height.
5 Your own reminders have proved very trustworthy.+
Holiness is befitting to your own house,+ O Jehovah, for length of days.+
4 They keep bubbling forth, they keep speaking unrestrained;+
All the practicers of what is hurtful keep bragging about themselves.+
8 Understand, YOU who are unreasoning among the people;+
And as for YOU stupid ones, when will YOU have any insight?+
11 Jehovah is knowing the thoughts of men,* that they are as an exhalation.+
12 Happy is the able-bodied man* whom you correct,+ O Jah,
And whom you teach out of your own law,+
13 To give him quietness from days of calamity,+
Until for the wicked one a pit is excavated.+
15 For judicial decision will return even to righteousness,+
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?+
Who will take his stand for me against the practicers of hurtfulness?+
17 Unless Jehovah had been of assistance to me,+
In a little while my soul would have resided in silence.+
18 When I said: “My foot will certainly move unsteadily,”+
Your own loving-kindness, O Jehovah, kept sustaining me.+
19 When my disquieting thoughts became many inside of me,+
Your own consolations began to fondle my soul.+
21 They make sharp attacks on the soul of the righteous one+
And pronounce wicked even the blood of the innocent one.+
23 And he will turn back upon them their hurtfulness+
And will silence them with their own calamity.+
Jehovah our God will silence them.+
3 For Jehovah is a great God*+
And a great King over all [other] gods,*+
4 He in whose hand are the inmost depths* of the earth+
And to whom the peaks of the mountains belong;+
5 To whom the sea, which he himself made, belongs+
And whose own hands formed the dry land itself.+
7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasturage and the sheep of his hand.+
Today if YOU people listen to his own voice,+
8 Do not harden YOUR heart as at Merʹi·bah,*+
As in the day of Masʹsah* in the wilderness,+
9 When YOUR forefathers put me to the proof;+
They examined me, they also saw my activity.+
10 For forty years I kept feeling a loathing toward [that]* generation,+
And I proceeded to say:
“They are a people wayward at heart,+
And they themselves have not come to know my ways”;+
5 For all the gods* of the peoples are valueless gods;*+
But as for Jehovah, he has made the very heavens.+
9 Bow down to Jehovah* in holy adornment;*+
Be in severe pains because of him, all [YOU people of] the earth.*+
10 Say among the nations: “Jehovah* himself has become king.+
The productive land* also becomes firmly established so that it cannot be made to totter.+
He will plead the cause of the peoples in uprightness.”+
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be joyful.*+
Let the sea thunder and that which fills it.+
12 Let the open field exult and all that is in it.+
At the same time let all the trees of the forest break out joyfully+
13 Before Jehovah.* For he has come;+
For he has come to judge the earth.+
He will judge the productive land* with righteousness+
And the peoples with his faithfulness.+
2 Clouds and thick gloom are all around him;+
Righteousness and judgment are the established place of his throne.+
7 Let all those serving* any carved image be ashamed,+
8 Zion heard and began to rejoice,+
And the dependent towns* of Judah began to be joyful+
By reason of your judicial decisions, O Jehovah.+
10 O YOU lovers of Jehovah,*+ hate what is bad.+
He is guarding the souls of his loyal ones;+
Out of the hand of the wicked ones he delivers them.+
11 Light itself has flashed up* for the righteous one,+
And rejoicing even for the ones upright in heart.+
A melody.*
98 SING to Jehovah a new song,+
For wonderful are the things that he has done.+
His right hand, even his holy arm, has gained salvation* for him.+
2 Jehovah has made his salvation known;+
In the eyes of the nations he has revealed his righteousness.+
3 He has remembered his loving-kindness* and his faithfulness to the house of Israel.+
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation by our God.+
4 Shout in triumph to Jehovah, all [YOU people of] the earth.*+
Be cheerful and cry out joyfully and make melody.+
8 Let the rivers themselves clap their hands;*
All together let the very mountains cry out joyfully+
9 Before Jehovah, for he has come to judge the earth.+
He will judge the productive land with righteousness+
And the peoples with uprightness.+
4 And with the strength of a king judgment he has loved.+
You yourself have firmly established uprightness.+
Judgment and righteousness in Jacob are what you yourself have effected.+
6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests,+
And Samuel was among those calling upon his name.+
They were calling to Jehovah, and he himself kept answering them.+
7 In the pillar of cloud he continued speaking to them.+
They kept his reminders and the regulation that he gave to them.+
8 O Jehovah our God, you yourself answered them.+
A God* granting pardon you proved to be to them,+
And executing vengeance against their notorious deeds.+
A melody of thanksgiving.+
100 Shout in triumph to Jehovah, all [YOU people of] the earth.*+
It is he that has made us, and not we ourselves.*+
[We are] his people and the sheep of his pasturage.+
4 Come into his gates with thanksgiving,+
Into his courtyards with praise.+
Give thanks to him, bless his name.+
His loving-kindness is to time indefinite,+
Of David. A melody.
2 I will act with discretion in a faultless way.+
When will you come to me?+
I shall walk about in the integrity of my heart inside my house.+
3 I shall not set in front of my eyes any good-for-nothing thing.*+
The doing of those who fall away I have hated;+
It does not cling to me.+
5 Anyone slandering his companion in secrecy,+
Him I silence.+
Anyone of haughty eyes and of arrogant heart,*+
Him I cannot endure.+
6 My eyes are upon the faithful ones of the earth,+
That they may dwell with me.+
The one walking in a faultless way,+
He it is who will minister to me.+
7 There will dwell inside my house no worker of trickiness.+
As for anyone speaking falsehoods, he will not be firmly established+
In front of my eyes.+
8 Every morning* I shall silence all the wicked ones of the earth,+
To cut off from the city+ of Jehovah all the practicers of what is hurtful.+
A prayer of the afflicted in case he grows feeble and pours out his concern before Jehovah himself.+
2 Do not conceal your face from me on the day that I am in sore straits.+
Incline to me your ear;+
On the day that I call, hurry, answer me.+
3 For my days have come to an end just like smoke,+
And my very bones have been made red-hot just like a fireplace.+
9 For I have eaten ashes themselves just like bread;+
And the things I drink I have mingled even with weeping,+
10 Because of your denunciation and your indignation;+
For you have lifted me up, that you might throw me away.+
12 As for you, O Jehovah, to time indefinite you will dwell,+
And your memorial will be for generation after generation.+
13 You yourself will arise, you will have mercy on Zion,+
For it is the season to be favorable to her,
For the appointed time has come.+
17 He will certainly turn to the prayer of those stripped [of everything],+
And not despise their prayer.+
19 For he has looked down from his holy height,+
From the very heavens Jehovah* himself has looked even at the earth,+
20 To hear the sighing of the prisoner,+
To loosen those appointed to death;*+
21 For the name of Jehovah* to be declared* in Zion+
And his praise in Jerusalem,+
25 Long ago you laid the foundations of the earth itself,+
And the heavens are the work of your hands.+
26 They themselves will perish, but you yourself will keep standing;*+
And just like a garment they will all of them wear out.+
Just like clothing you will replace them, and they will finish their turn.+
27 But you are the same,* and your own years will not be completed.+
28 The sons of your servants will continue residing;+
And before you their own offspring will be firmly established.”+
Of David.
And do not forget all his doings,+
3 Him who is forgiving all your error,+
Who is healing all your maladies,+
4 Who is reclaiming your life from the very pit,+
Who is crowning you with loving-kindness and mercies,+
5 Who is satisfying your lifetime with what is good;+
Your youth keeps renewing itself just like that of an eagle.+
6 Jehovah* is executing acts of righteousness*+
And judicial decisions for all those being defrauded.+
10 He has not done to us even according to our sins;+
Nor according to our errors has he brought upon us what we deserve.+
11 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,+
His loving-kindness is superior toward those fearing him.+
15 As for mortal man,* his days are like those of green grass;+
Like a blossom of the field is the way he blossoms forth.+
16 For a mere wind has to pass over it, and it is no more;+
And its place will acknowledge it no further.+
17 But the loving-kindness* of Jehovah is from time indefinite even to time indefinite+
Toward those fearing him,+
And his righteousness to the sons of sons,+
18 Toward those keeping his covenant+
And toward those remembering his orders so as to carry them out.+
19 Jehovah himself has firmly established his throne in the very heavens;+
And over everything his own kingship has held domination.+
20 Bless Jehovah, O YOU angels+ of his, mighty in power, carrying out his word,+
By listening to the voice of his word.+
104 Bless Jehovah, O my soul.+
O Jehovah my God, you have proved very great.+
With dignity and splendor you have clothed+ yourself,
2 Enwrapping yourself with light as with a garment,+
Stretching out the heavens like a tent cloth,+
3 The One building his upper chambers with beams in the very waters,+
Making the clouds his chariot,+
Walking upon the wings of the wind,+
4 Making his angels spirits,*+
His ministers a devouring fire.+
5 He has founded the earth upon its established places;+
It will not be made to totter to time indefinite, or forever.+
6 With a watery deep* just like a garment you covered it.+
The waters were standing above the very mountains.+
7 At your rebuke they began to flee;+
At the sound of your thunder they were sent running in panic—
8 Mountains proceeded to ascend,+
Valley plains proceeded to descend—
To the place that you have founded for them.
9 A boundary you set, beyond which they should not pass,+
That they should not again cover the earth.+
11 They continually give drink to all the wild beasts of the open field;+
The zebras+ regularly quench their thirst.
12 Above them roost the flying creatures of the heavens;+
From among the thick foliage they keep giving forth sound.+
14 He is making green grass sprout for the beasts,+
And vegetation for the service of mankind,*+
To cause food* to go forth from the earth,+
15 And wine that makes the heart of mortal man* rejoice,+
To make the face shine with oil,+
And bread that sustains the very heart of mortal man.+
16 The trees of Jehovah are satisfied,
The cedars of Lebʹa·non that he planted,+
17 Where the birds themselves make nests.+
As for the stork, the juniper trees are its house.+
20 You cause darkness, that it may become night;+
In it all the wild animals of the forest move forth.
24 How many your works are, O Jehovah!+
All of them in wisdom you have made.+
The earth is full of your productions.+
25 As for this sea so great and wide,*+
There there are moving things without number,+
Living creatures, small as well as great.+
29 If you conceal your face, they get disturbed.+
If you take away their spirit,* they expire,+
And back to their dust they go.+
5 Remember his wonderful works that he has performed,+
His miracles and the judicial decisions of his mouth,+
6 O YOU seed of Abraham his servant,+
YOU sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.+
8 He has remembered his covenant even to time indefinite,+
The word that he commanded, to a thousand generations,+
9 Which [covenant] he concluded* with Abraham,+
And his sworn statement to Isaac,+
10 And which [statement]* he kept standing as a regulation even to Jacob,
As an indefinitely lasting covenant even to Israel,+
11 Saying: “To you I shall give the land of Caʹnaan+
As the allotment of YOUR inheritance.”+
14 He did not allow any human* to defraud them,+
But on their account he reproved kings,+
15 [Saying:] “Do not YOU men touch my anointed ones,*+
And to my prophets do nothing bad.”+
16 And he proceeded to call for a famine upon the land;+
He broke every rod around which ring-shaped loaves were suspended.*+
18 With fetters they afflicted his feet,+
Into irons his soul came;+
21 He set him as master to his household+
And as ruler over all his property,+
22 To bind his princes agreeably to his soul*+
And that he might teach wisdom to even his elderly men.+
23 And Israel proceeded to come into Egypt,+
And Jacob himself resided as an alien in the land of Ham.+
24 And he kept making his people very fruitful,+
And gradually made them mightier than their adversaries.+
33 And he proceeded to strike their vines and their fig trees
And to break the trees of their territory.+
35 And they went eating all the vegetation in their land;+
They also went eating the fruitage of their ground.
36 And he proceeded to strike down every firstborn in their land,+
The beginning of all their generative power.+
37 And he began to bring them out with silver and gold;+
And among his tribes there was no one stumbling along.
40 They* asked, and he proceeded to bring quails,+
And with bread from heaven he kept satisfying them.+
41 He opened a rock, and waters began to flow out;+
These went through the waterless regions as a river.+
42 For he remembered his holy word* with Abraham his servant.+
44 And gradually he gave them the lands of the nations,+
And they kept taking possession of the product of the hard work of national groups,+
45 To the end that they might keep his regulations+
And observe his own laws.+
Praise Jah, YOU people!+
Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good;+
4 Remember me, O Jehovah, with the goodwill toward your people.+
Take care of me with your salvation,+
5 That I may see the goodness to your chosen ones,+
That I may rejoice with the rejoicing of your nation,+
That I may make my boast with your inheritance.+
7 As for our forefathers in Egypt,
They did not show any insight into your wonderful works.+
They did not remember the abundance of your grand loving-kindness,+
But they behaved rebelliously at the sea, by the Red Sea.+
9 Accordingly he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was gradually dried up;+
And he went walking them through the watery deep* as through the wilderness;+
10 And so he saved them from the hand of the hater+
And reclaimed them from the hand of the enemy.+
19 Furthermore, they made a calf in Hoʹreb+
And bowed down to a molten image,+
20 So that they exchanged my glory*+
For a representation of a bull, an eater of vegetation.+
21 They forgot God their Savior,*+
The Doer of great things in Egypt,+
22 Wonderful works in the land of Ham,+
Fear-inspiring things at the Red Sea.+
23 And he was about to say to annihilate them,+
If it had not been for Moses his chosen one,
Who stood in the gap before him,+
To turn back his rage from bringing [them] to ruin.+
26 So he proceeded to raise his hand [in an oath] concerning them,+
That he would make them fall in the wilderness,+
27 And that he would make their offspring fall among the nations,+
And that he would scatter them among the lands.+
28 And they began to attach themselves to Baʹal of Peʹor+
And to eat the sacrifices of the dead ones.+
31 And it came to be counted to him as righteousness
For generation after generation to time indefinite.+
32 Further, they caused provocation at the waters of Merʹi·bah,+
So that it went badly with Moses by reason of them.+
38 So they kept spilling innocent blood,+
The blood of their sons and their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Caʹnaan;+
39 And they got to be unclean by their works+
And kept having immoral intercourse by their dealings.+
40 And the anger of Jehovah began to blaze against his people,+
And he came to detest his inheritance.+
41 And he repeatedly gave them into the hand of the nations,+
That those hating them might rule over them,+
42 And that their enemies might oppress them,
And that they might be subdued under their hand.+
43 Many times he would deliver them,+
But they themselves would behave rebelliously in their disobedient course,+
And they would be brought low for their error.+
45 And he would remember concerning them his covenant,+
And he would feel regret according to the abundance of his grand loving-kindness.+
47 Save us, O Jehovah our God,+
And collect us together from the nations+
To give thanks to your holy name,+
To speak exultingly in your praise.+
48 Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel+
From time indefinite even to time indefinite;
BOOK FIVE
(Psalms 107 – 150)
2 Let the reclaimed ones of Jehovah say so,+
Whom he has reclaimed from the hand of the adversary,+
3 And whom he has collected together even from the lands,+
From the sunrise and from the sunset,+
4 They wandered about in the wilderness,+ in the desert;+
They did not find any way to a city of habitation.+
6 And they kept crying out to Jehovah in their distress;+
Out of the stresses upon them he proceeded to deliver them,+
7 And to have them walk in the right way,+
So as to come to a city of habitation.+
11 For they had behaved rebelliously+ against the sayings of God;*+
And the counsel of the Most High they had disrespected.+
12 So with trouble he proceeded to subdue their heart;+
They stumbled, and there was no one helping.+
13 And they began calling to Jehovah for help in their distress;+
Out of the stresses upon them he as usual saved them.+
15 O let people give thanks to Jehovah for his loving-kindness+
And for his wonderful works to the sons of men.+
17 Those who were foolish, due to the way of their transgression+
And due to their errors, finally caused themselves affliction.+
19 And they began calling to Jehovah for help in their distress;+
Out of the stresses upon them he as usual saved them.+
23 Those going down to the sea in the ships,+
Doing business on vast* waters,+
24 They are the ones that have seen the works of Jehovah+
And his wonderful works in the depths;+
25 How he says [the word] and causes a tempestuous wind* to arise,+
So that it lifts up its waves.+
26 They go up to the heavens,
They go down to the bottoms.*
Because of the calamity their very soul finds itself melting.+
28 And they begin crying out to Jehovah in their distress,+
And out of the stresses upon them he brings them forth.+
32 And let them extol him in the congregation* of the people;+
And in the seat of the elderly men let them praise him.+
33 He converts rivers into a wilderness,+
And the outflows of water into thirsty ground,+
34 Fruitful land into salt country,+
Owing to the badness of those dwelling in it.
35 He converts a wilderness into a reedy pool of water,+
And the land of a waterless region into outflows of water.+
36 And there he causes the hungry ones to dwell,+
So that they firmly establish a city of habitation.+
40 He is pouring out contempt upon nobles,+
So that he makes them wander about in a featureless place, where there is no way.+
43 Who is wise? He will both observe these things+
And show himself attentive toward Jehovah’s acts of loving-kindness.+
A song. A melody of David.
3 I shall laud you among the peoples, O Jehovah;+
And I shall make melody to you among the national groups.+
7 God himself has spoken in his holiness:+
“I will exult, I will give out Sheʹchem+ as a portion;+
And the low plain of Sucʹcoth+ I shall measure off.
8 Gilʹe·ad+ belongs to me; Ma·nasʹseh+ belongs to me;
And Eʹphra·im is the fortress of my head one;+
Judah is my commander’s staff.+
To the director. Of David. A melody.
109 O God of my praise,+ do not keep silent.+
2 For the mouth of the wicked one and the mouth of deception have opened against me.+
They have spoken about me with the tongue of falsehood;+
3 And with words of hatred they have surrounded me,+
And they keep fighting against me without cause.+
10 And without fail let his sons go wandering about;+
And they must do begging,
And they must look for [food] from their desolate places.+
12 May he come to have no one extending loving-kindness,+
And may there prove to be no one showing favor to his fatherless boys.
15 Let them prove to be in front of Jehovah constantly;+
And may he cut off the remembrance* of them from the very earth;+
16 For the reason that he did not remember to exercise loving-kindness,+
But he kept pursuing the afflicted and poor man*+
And the one dejected at heart, to put [him] to death.+
17 And he kept loving the malediction,+ so that it came upon him;+
And he did not take delight in the blessing,+
So that it became far away from him;+
18 And he came to be clothed with malediction as his garment.+
So it came like waters into the midst of him+
And like oil into his bones.
19 May it prove to be for him like a garment with which he enwraps himself+
And as a girdle that he keeps girded about himself constantly.+
20 This is the wages from Jehovah of the one resisting me+
And of those speaking evil against my soul.+
21 But you are Jehovah the Sovereign+ Lord.
Deal with me for the sake of your name.+
Because your loving-kindness is good, deliver+ me.
24 My knees themselves have swayed from fasting,+
And my very flesh has grown lean, without any oil.+
25 And to them I myself have become something reproachable.+
They see me—they begin wagging their head.+
28 Let them, for their part, pronounce a malediction,+
But may you, for your part, pronounce a blessing.+
They have risen up, but let them be ashamed,+
And let your own servant rejoice.+
29 Let those resisting me be clothed with humiliation,+
And let them enwrap themselves with their shame just as with a sleeveless coat.+
Of David. A melody.
110 The utterance of Jehovah to my Lord* is:+
“Sit at my right hand+
Until I place your enemies as a stool for your feet.”+
2 The rod+ of your strength Jehovah will send out of Zion,+ [saying:]
“Go subduing in the midst of your enemies.”+
3 Your people+ will offer themselves willingly*+ on the day of your military force.+
4 Jehovah has sworn+ (and he will feel no regret):+
“You are a priest to time indefinite+
According to the manner of Mel·chizʹe·dek!”+
5 Jehovah* himself at your right hand+
Will certainly break kings to pieces on the day of his anger.+
6 He will execute judgment among the nations;+
He will cause a fullness of dead bodies.+
He will certainly break to pieces the head one over a populous land.+
ג [Giʹmel]
2 The works of Jehovah are great,+
ד [Daʹleth]
Searched for on the part of all those delighting in them.+
ה [Heʼ]
3 His activity+ is dignity and splendor themselves,+
ו [Waw]
And his righteousness is standing forever.+
ז [Zaʹyin]
ט [Tehth]
5 Food he has given to those fearing him.+
י [Yohdh]
To time indefinite he will remember his covenant.+
כ [Kaph]
6 The power of his works he has told to his people,+
ל [Laʹmedh]
In giving them the inheritance of the nations.+
מ [Mem]
7 The works of his hands are truth and judgment;+
נ [Nun]
Trustworthy are all the orders he gives,+
ס [Saʹmekh]
פ [Peʼ]
9 He has sent redemption itself to his people.+
צ [Tsa·dhehʹ]
To time indefinite he has commanded his covenant.+
ק [Qohph]
His name is holy and fear-inspiring.+
ר [Rehsh]
10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom.+
ש [Sin]
All those doing them have a good insight.+
ת [Taw]
His praise is standing forever.+
ג [Giʹmel]
2 Mighty in the earth his offspring will become.+
ד [Daʹleth]
As for the generation of the upright ones, it will be blessed.+
ה [Heʼ]
ז [Zaʹyin]
4 He has flashed up in the darkness as a light to the upright ones.*+
ח [Chehth]
He is gracious and merciful and righteous.+
ט [Tehth]
כ [Kaph]
6 For at no time will he be made to totter.+
ל [Laʹmedh]
The righteous one will prove to be for remembrance to time indefinite.+
מ [Mem]
ס [Saʹmekh]
פ [Peʼ]
9 He has distributed widely;* he has given to the poor ones.+
צ [Tsa·dhehʹ]
His righteousness is standing forever.+
ק [Qohph]
His own horn will be exalted with glory.+
ר [Rehsh]
10 The wicked one himself will see and certainly become vexed.+
ש [Shin]
He will grind his very teeth and actually melt away.+
ת [Taw]
The desire of the wicked ones will perish.+
113* Praise Jah, YOU people!*+
Offer praise,* O YOU servants of Jehovah,+
Praise the name of Jehovah.+
6 He is condescending to look on heaven and earth,+
7 Raising up the lowly one from the very dust;+
He exalts the poor one from the ashpit itself,+
8 To make [him] sit with nobles,+
With the nobles of his people.+
114* When Israel went forth from Egypt,+
The house of Jacob from a people speaking unintelligibly,+
2 Judah became his holy place,+
Israel his grand dominion.+
5 What was the matter with you, O sea, that you took to flight,+
O Jordan, that you began to turn back?+
7 Because of the Lord* be in severe pains, O earth,+
Because of the God* of Jacob,
8 Who is changing the rock into a reedy pool of water,+
A flinty rock into a spring of water.+
115* To us belongs nothing, O Jehovah, to us belongs nothing,+
But to your name give glory+
According to your loving-kindness, according to your trueness.*+
5 A mouth they have, but they cannot speak;+
Eyes they have, but they cannot see;+
6 Ears they have, but they cannot hear.+
A nose they have, but they cannot smell.+
7 Hands are theirs, but they cannot feel.+
Feet are theirs, but they cannot walk;+
They utter no sound with their throat.+
12 Jehovah himself has remembered us; he will bless,+
He will bless the house of Israel,+
He will bless the house of Aaron.+
3 The ropes of death encircled me+
And the distressing circumstances of Sheʹol themselves found me.+
Distress and grief I kept finding.+
6 Jehovah is guarding the inexperienced ones.+
I was impoverished, and he proceeded to save even me.+
9 I will walk+ before Jehovah in the lands of those living.+
18 My vows I shall pay to Jehovah,+
Yes, in front of all his people,+
19 In the courtyards of the house of Jehovah,+
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.+
2 For toward us his loving-kindness* has proved mighty;+
And the trueness+ of Jehovah* is to time indefinite.
Praise Jah, YOU people!+
118 Give thanks to Jehovah, YOU people, for he is good;+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite.+
10 All the nations themselves surrounded me.+
It was in the name of Jehovah that I kept holding them off.+
11 They surrounded me, yes, they had me surrounded.+
It was in the name of Jehovah that I kept holding them off.
12 They surrounded me like bees;+
They were extinguished like a fire of thornbushes.+
It was in the name of Jehovah that I kept holding them off.+
15 The voice of a joyful cry and salvation+
Is in the tents+ of the righteous ones.+
The right hand of Jehovah is demonstrating vital energy.+
16 The right hand of Jehovah is exalting [itself];*+
The right hand of Jehovah is demonstrating vital energy.+
26 Blessed be the One coming in the name of Jehovah;+
We have blessed YOU people out of the house of Jehovah.+
27 Jehovah is the Divine One,*+
And he gives us light.+
Bind the festival procession+ with boughs,+ O YOU people,
As far as the horns of the altar.+
29 Give thanks to Jehovah, YOU people, for he is good;+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite.+
א [ʼAʹleph]*
ב [Behth]*
10 With my whole heart I have searched for you.+
Do not cause me to go astray from your commandments.+
ג [Giʹmel]*
23 Even princes have sat; against me they have spoken with one another.+
As for your servant, he concerns himself with your regulations.+
ד [Daʹleth]*
27 Make me understand the way of your own orders,+
That I may concern myself with your wonderful works.+
ה [Heʼ]*
ו [Waw]*
41 And may your loving-kindnesses* come to me, O Jehovah,+
Your salvation according to your saying,+
42 That I may answer the one reproaching me with a word,+
For I have trusted in your word.+
43 And do not take away from my mouth the word of truth entirely,+
For I have waited for your own judicial decision.+
48 And I shall raise my palms to your commandments that I have loved,+
And I will concern myself with your regulations.+
ז [Zaʹyin]*
51 The presumptuous ones themselves have derided me to the extreme.+
From your law I have not deviated.+
52 I have remembered your judicial decisions from time indefinite, O Jehovah,+
And I find comfort for myself.+
ח [Chehth]*
ט [Tehth]*
66 Teach me goodness,+ sensibleness+ and knowledge themselves,+
For in your commandments I have exercised faith.+
69 The presumptuous have smeared me with falsehood.+
As for me, with all [my] heart I shall observe your orders.+
י [Yohdh]*
73 Your own hands have made me, and they proceeded to fix me solidly.+
Make me understand, that I may learn your commandments.+
75 I well know, O Jehovah, that your judicial decisions are righteousness+
And that with faithfulness you have afflicted me.+
76 May your loving-kindness serve, please, to comfort me,+
According to your saying to your servant.+
78 Let the presumptuous ones be ashamed, for without cause* they have misled me.+
As for me, I concern myself with your orders.+
כ [Kaph]*
84 How many are the days of your servant?+
When will you execute judgment against those persecuting me?+
86 All your commandments are faithfulness itself.+
Without cause they have persecuted me. O help me.+
87 In a little while they would have exterminated me in the earth;+
But I myself did not leave your orders.+
88 According to your loving-kindness preserve me alive,+
That I may keep the reminder of your mouth.+
ל [Laʹmedh]*
90 Your faithfulness is for generation after generation.*+
You have solidly fixed the earth, that it may keep standing.+
91 According to your judicial decisions they have stood [till] today,+
For they are all your servants.+
95 For me the wicked have waited, to destroy me.+
To your reminders I keep showing myself attentive.+
מ [Mem]*
99 More insight than all my teachers I have come to have,+
Because your reminders are a concern to me.+
נ [Nun]*
106 I have made a sworn statement, and I will carry it out,+
To keep your righteous judicial decisions.+
108 Please take pleasure in the voluntary offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah,+
And teach me your own judicial decisions.+
111 I have taken your reminders as a possession to time indefinite,+
For they are the exultation of my heart.+
ס [Saʹmekh]*
116 Support me according to your saying, that I may keep living,+
And do not put me to shame for my hope.+
118 You have tossed away all those straying from your regulations;+
For their trickiness is falsehood.+
119 As scummy dross you have made all the wicked ones of the earth to cease.+
Therefore I have loved your reminders.+
120 From the dread of you my flesh has had a creepy feeling;+
And because of your judicial decisions I have been afraid.+
ע [ʽAʹyin]*
128 That is why I have considered all orders regarding all things to be right;+
Every false path I have hated.+
פ [Peʼ]*
132 Turn to me and show me favor,+
According to [your] judicial decision* toward those loving your name.+
צ [Tsa·dhehʹ]*
144 The righteousness of your reminders is to time indefinite.+
Make me understand, that I may keep living.+
ק [Qohph]*
147 I have been up early in the morning twilight,+ that I may cry for help.+
For your words I have waited.+
149 O do hear my own voice according to your loving-kindness.+
O Jehovah, according to your judicial decision preserve me alive.+
ר [Rehsh]*
155 Salvation is far away from the wicked ones,+
For they have not searched for your own regulations.+
158 I have seen those who are treacherous in dealing,+
And I do feel a loathing, because they have not kept your own saying.+
159 O see that I have loved your own orders.+
O Jehovah, according to your loving-kindness preserve me alive.+
160 The substance* of your word is truth,+
And every righteous judicial decision of yours is to time indefinite.+
ש [Sin] or [Shin]*
161 Princes themselves have persecuted me for no cause,+
But my heart has been in dread of your own words.+
ת [Taw]*
169 May my entreating cry come near before you, O Jehovah.+
According to your word, O make me understand.+
A Song of the Ascents.*
5 Woe to me, for I have resided as an alien in Meʹshech!+
I have tabernacled together with the tents of Keʹdar.+
A Song for the Ascents.
A Song of the Ascents. Of David.
3 Jerusalem is one that is built like a city+
That has been joined together in oneness,+
4 To which the tribes have gone up,+
As a reminder to Israel+
To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.+
A Song of the Ascents.
2 Look! As the eyes of servants are toward the hand of their master,*+
As the eyes of a maidservant are toward the hand of her mistress,+
So our eyes are toward Jehovah our God+
Until he shows us favor.+
4 Abundantly our soul has been glutted with the derision of those who are at ease,+
Of the contempt on the part of the arrogant ones.+
A Song of the Ascents. Of David.
124 “Had it not been that Jehovah proved to be for us,”+
Let Israel now say,+
2 “Had it not been that Jehovah proved to be for us+
When men* rose up against us,+
3 Then they would have swallowed us up even alive,+
When their anger was burning against us.+
4 Then the very waters would have washed us away,+
The torrent itself would have passed over our soul.+
7 Our soul is like a bird that is escaped+
From the trap of baiters.+
The trap is broken,+
And we ourselves have escaped.+
A Song of the Ascents.*
125 Those trusting in Jehovah+
Are like Mount Zion,+ which cannot be made to totter, but dwells even to time indefinite.+
2 Jerusalem—as mountains are all around it,+
So Jehovah is all around his people+
From now on and to time indefinite.+
3 For the scepter of wickedness will not keep resting+ upon the lot of the righteous ones,
In order that the righteous ones may not thrust out their hand upon any wrongdoing.+
5 As for those turning aside to their crooked ways,+
Jehovah will make them go away with the practicers of what is hurtful.+
There will be peace upon Israel.+
A Song of the Ascents.
2 At that time our mouth came to be filled with laughter,+
And our tongue with a joyful cry.+
At that time they proceeded to say among the nations:+
“Jehovah has done a great thing in what he has done with them.”*+
6 The one that without fail goes forth, even weeping,+
Carrying along a bagful of seed,+
Will without fail come in with a joyful cry,+
Carrying along his sheaves.+
A Song of the Ascents. Of Solomon.
127 Unless Jehovah himself builds the house,+
It is to no avail that its builders have worked hard on it.+
Unless Jehovah himself guards the city,+
It is to no avail that the guard has kept awake.+
2 To no avail it is for YOU men that YOU are rising up early,+
That YOU are sitting down late,+
5 Happy is the able-bodied man* that has filled+ his quiver with them.
They will not be ashamed,+
For they will speak with enemies in the gate.
A Song of the Ascents.
3 Your wife will be like a fruit-bearing vine+
In the innermost parts of your house.
Your sons will be like slips of olive trees+ all around your table.
5 Jehovah will bless you out of Zion.+
See also* the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life,+
6 And see the sons of your sons.+
May there be peace upon Israel.+
A Song of the Ascents.
129 “Long enough they have shown hostility to me from my youth,”+
Let Israel now say,+
2 “Long enough they have shown hostility to me from my youth;+
Yet they have not prevailed over me.+
6 They will become like green grass of the roofs,+
Which before it has been torn out has dried up,+
7 With which the reaper has not filled his own hand,+
Nor anyone gathering sheaves his own bosom.
8 Nor have those passing by said:
“The blessing of Jehovah be upon YOU men.+
We have blessed YOU in the name of Jehovah.”+
A Song of the Ascents.
130 Out of the depths I have called upon you, O Jehovah.+
7 Let Israel keep waiting for Jehovah.+
For there is loving-kindness* with Jehovah,+
And abundantly so is there redemption with him.+
8 And he himself will redeem Israel out of all his errors.+
A Song of the Ascents. Of David.
131 O Jehovah, my heart has not been haughty,+
Nor have my eyes been lofty;+
Nor have I walked in things too great,+
Nor in things too wonderful for me.+
2 Surely I have soothed and quieted my soul+
Like a weanling upon his mother.+
My soul is like a weanling upon me.+
A Song of the Ascents.
3 “I will not go into the tent of my house.+
I will not go up on the divan of my grand lounge,+
4 I will not give sleep to my eyes,+
Nor slumber to my own beaming eyes,+
9 Let your priests themselves be clothed with righteousness,+
And let your own loyal ones cry out joyfully.+
11 Jehovah has sworn to David,+
Truly he will not draw back from it:*+
“Of the fruitage of your belly+
I shall set on your throne.+
12 If your sons will keep my covenant+
And my reminders that I shall teach them,+
Their sons also forever+
Will sit upon your throne.”+
16 And its priests I shall clothe with salvation;+
And its loyal ones will without fail cry out joyfully.
A Song of the Ascents. Of David.
3 It is like the dew+ of Herʹmon+
That is descending upon the mountains of Zion.+
For there Jehovah commanded the blessing [to be],+
[Even] life to time indefinite.+
A Song of the Ascents.*
Praise the name of Jehovah,+
Offer praise, O servants of Jehovah,+
2 YOU who are standing in the house of Jehovah,+
In the courtyards of the house of our God.+
6 Everything that Jehovah delighted [to do] he has done+
In the heavens and in the earth, in the seas and all the watery deeps.*+
7 He is causing vapors to ascend from the extremity* of the earth;+
He has made even sluices* for the rain;+
He is bringing forth the wind* from his storehouses,+
9 He sent signs and miracles into the midst of you, O Egypt,+
Upon Pharʹaoh and upon all his servants;+
10 He who struck down many nations+
And killed potent kings,+
11 Even Siʹhon the king of the Amʹor·ites+
And Og the king of Baʹshan+
And all the kingdoms of Caʹnaan,+
12 And who gave their land as an inheritance,+
An inheritance to Israel his people.+
13 O Jehovah, your name is to time indefinite.+
O Jehovah, your memorial is to generation after generation.*+
16 A mouth they have, but they can speak nothing;+
Eyes they have, but they can see nothing;+
136 Give thanks to Jehovah, O YOU people, for he is good:+
For his loving-kindness* is to time indefinite;+
2 Give thanks to the God of the gods:*+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
3 Give thanks to the Lord of the lords:*+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
4 To the Doer of wonderful, great things by himself:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
5 To the One making the heavens with understanding:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
6 To the One laying out* the earth above the waters:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
7 To the One making the great lights:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
8 Even the sun for dominion by day:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
9 The moon and the stars for combined dominion* by night:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
10 To the One striking down Egypt in their firstborn ones:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
11 And the One bringing Israel out of the midst of them:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
12 By a strong hand and by an arm stretched out:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;
13 To the One severing the Red Sea into parts:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
14 And who caused Israel to pass through the middle of it:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
15 And who shook off Pharʹaoh and his military force into the Red Sea:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
16 To the One making his people walk through the wilderness:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
17 To the One striking down great kings:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
18 And who proceeded to kill majestic kings:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
19 Even Siʹhon the king of the Amʹor·ites:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
20 And Og the king of Baʹshan:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
21 And who gave their land as an inheritance:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
22 An inheritance to Israel his servant:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
23 Who during our low condition remembered us:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
24 And who repeatedly tore us away from our adversaries:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
25 The One giving food* to all flesh:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite;+
26 Give thanks to the God* of the heavens:+
For his loving-kindness is to time indefinite.+
3 For there those holding us captive asked us for the words of a song,+
And those mocking* us—for rejoicing:+
“SING for us one of the songs of Zion.”+
6 Let my tongue stick to my palate,+
If I were not to remember you,+
If I were not to make Jerusalem ascend
Above my chief cause for rejoicing.+
7 Remember,+ O Jehovah, regarding the sons of Eʹdom+ the day of Jerusalem,+
Who were saying: “Lay [it] bare! Lay [it] bare to the foundation within it!”+
8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be despoiled,+
Happy will he be that rewards you+
With your own treatment with which you treated us.+
Of David.
2 I shall bow down toward your holy temple,+
And I shall laud your name,+
Because of your loving-kindness*+ and because of your trueness.*+
For you have magnified your saying+ even above all your name.+
3 On the day that I called, you also proceeded to answer me;+
You began to make me bold in my soul with strength.+
4 All the kings of the earth will laud you, O Jehovah,+
For they will have heard the sayings of your mouth.
6 For Jehovah is high, and yet the humble one he sees;+
But the lofty one he knows only from a distance.+
7 If I should walk in the midst of distress, you will preserve me alive.+
Because of* the anger of my enemies you will thrust out your hand,+
And your right hand will save me.+
8 Jehovah himself will complete what is in my behalf.+
O Jehovah, to time indefinite is your loving-kindness.+
Do not desert the works of your own hands.+
For the director. Of David. A melody.
139 O Jehovah, you have searched through me, and you know [me].+
2 You yourself have come to know my sitting down and my rising up.+
You have considered my thought from far off.+
3 My journeying and my lying outstretched you have measured off,+
And you have become familiar even with all my ways.+
5 Behind and before, you have besieged me;
And you place your hand upon me.
8 If I should ascend to heaven, there you would be;+
And if I should spread out my couch in Sheʹol,* look! you [would be there].+
9 Were I to take the wings+ of the dawn,
That I might reside in the most remote sea,+
10 There, also, your own hand would lead me+
And your right hand would lay hold of me.+
11 And were I to say: “Surely darkness itself will hastily seize me!”+
Then night would be light about me.+
12 Even the darkness itself would not prove too dark for you,+
But night itself would shine just as the day does;+
14 I shall laud you because in a fear-inspiring way I am wonderfully made.+
Your works are wonderful,+
As my soul is very well aware.+
16 Your eyes saw even the embryo of me,+
And in your book all its parts were down in writing,
As regards the days when they were formed+
And there was not yet one among them.
19 O that you, O God,* would slay the wicked one!+
Then even the bloodguilty men*+ will certainly depart from me,
20 Who say things about you according to [their] idea;+
They have taken up [your name] in a worthless way+—your adversaries.+
21 Do I not hate those who are intensely hating you, O Jehovah,+
And do I not feel a loathing for those revolting against you?+
23 Search through me, O God,* and know my heart.+
Examine me, and know my disquieting thoughts,+
24 And see whether there is in me any painful way,+
And lead me in the way+ of time indefinite.
For the director. A melody of David.
140 Rescue me, O Jehovah, from bad men;*+
May you safeguard me even from the man of deeds of violence,+
2 Those who have schemed bad things in [their] heart,+
Who all day long keep attacking as in wars.+
3 They have sharpened their tongue like that of a serpent;+
The venom of the horned viper is under their lips.+ Seʹlah.
4 Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked one;+
May you safeguard me even from the man* of deeds of violence,+
Those who have schemed to push my steps.+
5 The self-exalted ones have hidden a trap for me;+
And ropes they have spread out as a net at the side of the track.+
Snares they have set for me.+ Seʹlah.
6 I have said to Jehovah:* “You are my God.*+
Do give ear, O Jehovah, to the voice of my entreaties.”+
7 O Jehovah the Sovereign Lord,+ the strength of my salvation,+
You have screened over my head in the day of the armed force.+
8 Do not grant, O Jehovah, the cravings of the wicked one.+
Do not promote his plotting, that they may not be exalted.+ Seʹlah.
10 May burning coals be dropped upon them.+
Let them be made to fall into the fire,+ into watery pits, that they may not get up.+
11 The big talker*—let him not be firmly established in the earth.+
The man of violence—let evil itself hunt him with repeated thrusts.+
12 I well know that Jehovah will execute+
The legal claim of the afflicted one, the judgment of the poor ones.+
13 Surely the righteous themselves will give thanks to your name;+
The upright ones will dwell before your face.+
A melody of David.
141 O Jehovah, I have called upon you.+
Do make haste to me.+
Do give ear to my voice when I call to you.+
2 May my prayer be prepared as incense+ before you,+
The raising up of my palms as the evening grain offering.+
4 Do not incline my heart to anything bad,+
So as to carry on notorious deeds in wickedness+
With men* who are practicing what is hurtful,+
That I may not feed myself on their dainties.+
5 Should the righteous one strike me, it would be a loving-kindness;+
And should he reprove me, it would be oil upon the head,+
Which my head would not want to refuse.+
For still there would be even my prayer during their calamities.+
6 Their judges have been thrown down by the sides of the crag,+
But they have heard my sayings, that they are pleasant.+
7 As when one is doing cleaving and splitting on the earth,
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheʹol.+
8 However, my eyes are to you,+ O Jehovah the Sovereign Lord.+
In you I have taken refuge.+
Do not pour out my soul.+
9 Keep me from the clutches of the trap that they have laid for me+
And from the snares of those practicing what is hurtful.+
Masʹkil.* Of David, when he happened to be in the cave.+ A prayer.
142 With my voice, to Jehovah I proceeded to call for aid;+
With my voice, to Jehovah I began to cry for favor.+
2 Before him I kept pouring out my concern;+
Before him I continued to tell about my own distress,+
3 When my spirit+ fainted away within me.
Then you yourself knew my roadway.+
In the path in which I walk+
They have hidden a trap for me.+
4 Look to the right hand and see
That there is no one giving any recognition to me.+
My place for flight has perished from me;+
There is no one inquiring for my soul.+
6 Do pay attention to my entreating cry,+
For I have become very much impoverished.+
Deliver me from my persecutors,+
For they are stronger than I am.+
7 Do bring my soul out of the very dungeon+
To laud your name.+
Around me let the righteous ones gather,+
Because you deal appropriately with me.+
A melody of David.*
143 O Jehovah, hear my prayer;+
Do give ear to my entreaty.+
In your faithfulness answer me in your righteousness.+
3 For the enemy has pursued my soul;+
He has crushed my life to the very earth.+
He has caused me to dwell in dark places like those dead for time indefinite.+
5 I have remembered days of long ago;+
I have meditated on all your activity;+
I willingly kept myself concerned with the work of your own hands.+
7 O hurry, answer me, O Jehovah.+
My spirit has come to an end.+
Do not conceal your face from me,+
Or else I must become comparable with those going down into the pit.+
8 In the morning cause me to hear your loving-kindness,*+
For in you I have put my trust.+
Make known to me the way in which I should walk,+
For to you I have lifted up my soul.+
10 Teach me to do your will,*+
For you are my God.+
Your spirit is good;+
May it lead me in the land of uprightness.+
11 For the sake of your name,+ O Jehovah, may you preserve me alive.+
In your righteousness+ may you bring forth my soul out of distress.+
12 And in your loving-kindness may you silence my enemies;+
And you must destroy all those showing hostility to my soul,+
For I am your servant.+
Of David.*
144 Blessed be Jehovah my Rock,+
Who is teaching my hands for fighting,+
My fingers for warfare;
2 My loving-kindness and my stronghold,+
My secure height and my Provider of escape for me,+
3 O Jehovah, what is man* that you should notice him,+
The son of mortal man*+ that you should take account of him?
6 Lighten with lightning that you may scatter them;+
Send out your arrows that you may throw them into confusion.+
7 Thrust your hands out from the height;+
Set me free and deliver me from the many waters,+
From the hand of the foreigners,*+
8 Whose mouth has spoken what is untrue+
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.+
9 O God, a new song I will sing to you.+
On an instrument of ten strings I will make melody to you,+
10 The One giving salvation to kings,+
The One setting David his servant free from the injurious sword.+
11 Set me free and deliver me from the hand of the foreigners,+
Whose mouth has spoken what is untrue+
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood,+
12 Who [say]: “Our sons are like little plants grown up in their youth,+
Our daughters like corners carved in palace style,
13 Our garners full, furnishing products of one sort after another,*+
Our flocks multiplying by thousands, ten thousand to one, in our streets,
14 Our cattle loaded down, without any rupture and with no abortion,+
And with no outcry in our public squares.+
A praise,* of David.
א [ʼAʹleph]
145 I will exalt you, O my God the King,+
And I will bless your name to time indefinite, even forever.+
ב [Behth]
ג [Giʹmel]
ד [Daʹleth]
ה [Heʼ]
5 The glorious splendor of your dignity+
And the matters of your wonderful works I will make my concern.+
ו [Waw]
6 And they will talk about the strength of your own fear-inspiring things;+
And as for your greatness, I will declare it.+
ז [Zaʹyin]
7 With the mention of the abundance of your goodness they will bubble over,+
And [because of] your righteousness they will cry out joyfully.+
ח [Chehth]
ט [Tehth]
י [Yohdh]
כ [Kaph]
11 About the glory of your kingship they will talk,+
And about your mightiness they will speak,+
ל [Laʹmedh]
12 To make known to the sons of men* his mighty acts+
And the glory of the splendor of his kingship.+
מ [Mem]
13 Your kingship is a kingship for all times indefinite,+
And your dominion is throughout all successive generations.+
ס [Saʹmekh]*
ע [ʽAʹyin]
פ [Peʼ]
צ [Tsa·dhehʹ]
ק [Qohph]
ר [Rehsh]
19 The desire of those fearing him he will perform,+
And their cry for help he will hear, and he will save them.+
ש [Shin]
ת [Taw]
21 The praise of Jehovah my mouth will speak;+
And let all flesh bless his holy name to time indefinite, even forever.+
5 Happy is the one who has the God* of Jacob for his help,+
Whose hope is in Jehovah his God,+
6 The Maker of heaven and earth,+
Of the sea, and of all that is in them,+
The One keeping trueness to time indefinite,+
7 The One executing judgment for the defrauded ones,+
The One giving bread to the hungry ones.+
Jehovah is releasing those who are bound.+
8 Jehovah is opening [the eyes of] the blind ones;+
Jehovah is raising up the ones bowed down;+
Jehovah is loving the righteous ones.+
10 Jehovah will be king to time indefinite,+
Your God, O Zion, for generation after generation.+
Praise Jah, YOU people!+
7 Respond to Jehovah with thanksgiving, YOU people;+
Make melody to our God on the harp,+
8 The One who is covering the heavens with clouds,+
The One preparing rain for the earth,+
The One making the mountains to sprout green grass.+
20 He has not done that way to any other nation;+
And as for [his] judicial decisions, they have not known them.*+
Praise Jah, YOU people!+
6 And he keeps them standing forever, to time indefinite.+
A regulation he has given, and it will not pass away.+
7 Praise Jehovah from the earth,+
YOU sea monsters and all YOU watery deeps,*+
8 YOU fire and hail, snow and thick smoke,+
You tempestuous wind,* accomplishing his word,+
9 YOU mountains and all YOU hills,+
YOU fruit trees and all YOU cedars,+
10 YOU wild animals and all YOU domestic animals,+
YOU creeping things and winged birds,+
11 YOU kings of the earth+ and all YOU national groups,
YOU princes+ and all YOU judges of the earth,+
13 Let them praise the name of Jehovah,+
For his name alone is unreachably high.+
His dignity is above earth and heaven.+
14 And he will exalt the horn of his people,+
The praise of all his loyal ones,+
Of the sons of Israel, the people near to him.+
Praise Jah, YOU people!+
Sing to Jehovah a new song,+
3 Let them praise his name with dancing.+
With the tambourine and the harp let them make melody to him.+
6 Let the songs extolling God* be in their throat,+
And a two-edged sword be in their hand,+
7 To execute vengeance upon the nations,+
Rebukes upon the national groups,+
8 To bind their kings with shackles+
And their glorified* ones with fetters of iron,
9 To execute upon them the judicial decision written.+
Such splendor belongs to all his loyal ones.+
Praise Jah, YOU people!+
“Psalms.” Lit., “Praises.” Heb., Tehil·limʹ, pl. of tehil·lahʹ; Gr., Psal·moiʹ; Lat., Liʹber Psal·moʹrum, “Book of Psalms.” See 145:Sup.
Lit., “O the happiness of the man.” Heb., ʼashʹreh ha·ʼishʹ.
“Wind.” Heb., ruʹach; Gr., aʹne·mos; Lat., venʹtus. See Ge 1:2 ftn, “Force.”
“And against his anointed one.” Heb., weʽal-meshi·chohʹ; Gr., khri·stouʹ; Syr., meshi·cheh; Lat., chriʹstum.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Lit., “mountain of my holiness.”
“Break,” M; LXX, “shepherd.”
“Kiss the son.” Heb., nash·shequ-varʹ. Here var, Aram., is used; not ben, Heb., as in 3:Sup; T, “Receive instruction”; LXX, “Accept correction”; Vg, “Learn discipline.” See Pr 31:2 ftn.
“[From] the way,” in agreement with LXXVg, which read, “from the righteous way.”
Or, “quickly.”
“His son.” Heb., benohʹ.
“By God.” Heb., vEʼ·lo·himʹ, pl. to denote excellence or majesty. See Ge 1:1 ftn, “God.”
“Selah.” A Heb. technical term used in music or recitation. The meaning is uncertain.
See 2:6 ftn.
“Men.” Heb., ʼish, evidently in a collective sense.
“Jehovah has made his man of loving-kindness [Vg, “his holy one”] wonderful,” LXX.
“For Nehiloth.” The meaning is uncertain. It may be the name of a musical wind instrument or the designation of a melody. LXXVg, “her who inherits.”
Or, “nothing bad.”
Lit., “A man of bloods.” Heb., ʼish-da·mimʹ, pl.
Or, “loyal love.”
“Your holy temple.” Heb., heh·khal-qodh·shekhaʹ; Gr., na·onʹ haʹgi·onʹ; Lat., temʹplum sancʹtum. Compare 2Ki 20:18 ftn. See Mt 23:16 ftn.
“Their,” LXXSyVg; M, “his.”
Lit., “they make their tongue smooth.”
“Let there be a dispersing.” In Heb. this is a verb in the infinitive construct, indefinite as to time and impersonal.
“To time indefinite.” Heb., leʽoh·lamʹ.
“The lower octave.” Heb., hash·shemi·nithʹ. This is the fem. form of the word for “eighth,” and its exact reference here is uncertain, whether to an eighth key, to an octave, to an instrument of eight strings or to the eighth day (the day of circumcision).
Or, “loyal love.”
Or, “remembrance.”
“Sheol,” MSy; Gr., haiʹdei; Lat., in·ferʹno. See App 4B.
“A dirge.” Heb., shig·ga·yohnʹ. The meaning is uncertain but may denote a highly emotional song with rapid changes of rhythm. If derived from the verb sha·ʼaghʹ, shig·ga·yohnʹ may mean a roaring cry from joy or danger. In Hab 3:1 it is pl. LXXVg, “A psalm.”
Lit., “Cush the son of Jemini.”
“My soul.” Heb., naph·shiʹ; Gr., psy·khenʹ; Lat., aʹni·mam. See App 4A.
“For me,” M; LXXVg, “O Jehovah my God.”
“National groups.” Heb., leʼum·mimʹ. Possibly this should read ʼelo·himʹ, making the phrase read, “let the very assembly of gods.” Compare 82:1.
“God as righteous.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ tsad·diqʹ. The title ʼElo·himʹ is pl., and the adjective tsad·diqʹ is sing.
Or, “and the deepest emotions.” Heb., u·khela·yohthʹ.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ, followed by a sing. adjective. See vs 9 ftn, “Righteous.”
“And God.” Heb., weʼElʹ.
Or, “God is denouncing.” LXXVg, “he is not getting angry.”
Lit., “tread,” often by firmly planting the foot against the middle of the bow.
“Gittith.” A musical expression of uncertain meaning. LXXVg, “winepresses,” as if “Gittith” were derived from gath (Heb.), a press for oil or wine.
“Our Lord.” Heb., ʼAdho·nehʹnu, pl. of ʼA·dhohnʹ, to denote excellence.
“You whose dignity is recounted.” TSy, “you who have put (given) your glory”; LXXVgc, “because your magnificence has been lifted up.”
Or, “corrected,” by a change of one Heb. letter.
“Than godlike ones.” Heb., me·ʼelo·himʹ; TLXXSyVg, “angels; messengers.”
“Small cattle,” that is, sheep and goats.
“Upon Muth-labben.” Heb., ʽal·muthʹ lab·benʹ, an unexplained Heb. expression, but translated by some as “concerning the death of the son.”
In M this psalm is linked with Ps 10 in alphabetic, or acrostic, arrangement with some letters omitted.
Or, “forever and ever.”
“Productive land.” Heb., te·velʹ; LXX, “the inhabited earth”; Vg, “the circle,” that is, of the earth.
“Has been ensnared,” by a change of vowel pointing; M, “is entrapping.”
“Higgaion.” A technical musical term, the meaning of which is uncertain.
“Sheol,” MTSy; Gr., haiʹden; Lat., in·ferʹnum. See App 4B.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
“Do put a curse upon them,” by a correction of M.
In LXXVg this psalm is combined with the preceding psalm to make one psalm of 39 vss. In M the alphabetic acrostic continues from Ps 9 through Ps 10, which begins with the 12th letter of the Heb. alphabet, Laʹmedh.
“Keep yourself hid,” in agreement with T.
Lit., “according to the height of his nose.”
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
“Prospering,” by a correction; M, “enduring.”
“Settlements,” M; by a slight change of vowel pointing, “green grass.”
“Someone unfortunate.” The meaning in M is uncertain. Some read this as “your military forces,” but this does not suit the context.
“The army of dejected ones.” The meaning in M is uncertain.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ, pl. of ʼElohʹah.
Or, “that mortal man may no more continue to move tremblingly out of the earth.”
LXXVg combine the two preceding psalms, and make this Ps 10, thereby changing the numbering of the psalms that follow.
Or, “his eyelids.”
Or, “of earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“On the lower octave.” Heb., ʽal-hash·shemi·nithʹ. See 6:Sup ftn.
“Me,” LXXVg; MSy omit.
Lit., “with a heart and a heart.”
“A smelting furnace,” T. Possibly, “an entrance.” The meaning is uncertain.
Or, “loyal love.”
LXXVg add: “And I shall make melody to the name of Jehovah the Most High.” See 7:17.
One of eight scribal changes from YHWH to ʼElo·himʹ. See App 1B.
LXX adds, “there is not even one.”
One of eight scribal changes from YHWH to ʼElo·himʹ; T, “Jehovah.” See App 1B.
LXXVg add the words found in Ro 3:13-18: “Their throat is an opened grave, they have used deceit with their tongues. Poison of asps is behind their lips. And their mouth is full of cursing and bitter expression. Their feet are speedy to shed blood. Ruin and misery are in their ways, and they have not known the way of peace. There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Lit., “they dreaded a dread.”
One of eight scribal changes from YHWH to ʼElo·himʹ; TVgc, “Jehovah.” See App 1B.
“Sworn to his neighbor,” LXXSyVg.
Heb., mikh·tamʹ. A suggested meaning was “Psalm of expiation,” KB, p. 523. However, KB3, p. 552, gives the meaning “inscription.” This would indicate that the six psalms (Ps 16, 56–60) with the superscription “miktam” are inscriptions of the numerous episodes described therein.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“I have said,” LXXSyVg and some Heb. mss; M, “You have said,” addressed to something fem.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
“Jehovah, you have appointed my share and my cup,” by a correction of M.
“My own possession,” LXXSyVg.
Or, “my deepest emotions.” Heb., khil·yoh·thaiʹ.
“Tongue,” LXXVg.
“My soul.” Heb., naph·shiʹ; Gr., psy·khenʹ; Lat., aʹni·mam. See App 4A.
“Sheol,” MSy; Gr., haiʹden; Lat., in·ferʹno. See App 4B.
“Pit,” M; LXXSyVg, “corruption.”
Lit., “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Lit., “Let there be a taking hold by my steps.” The Heb. verb in this phrase is in the infinitive absolute, indefinite as to time and impersonal.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
Lit., “your loving-kindnesses.”
“Of [this] system of things.” Or, “of the duration of life.” Heb., me·cheʹledh.
Or, “awakening as to your form,” M; by a correction, “looking at your form”; LXX, “your glory is seen.”
Or, “especially.”
Or, “I shall exalt you,” by a correction of M.
“My God.” Heb., ʼE·liʹ.
Or, “my rock in which I shall take refuge.”
Or, “of no usefulness.” Lit., “of belial.”
“My God.” Heb., ʼElo·haiʹ.
Or, “wings of wind [LXXVg, “winds”].” Heb., kan·pheh-ruʹach.
Lit., “darkness of waters.”
“The inhabited earth,” LXX (the same word as in Mt 24:14); Lat., orʹbis ter·raʹrum, “circle of the whole earth.”
“From the blast.” Heb., min·nish·mathʹ; in Ge 2:7, “breath.”
“Breath of.” Heb., ruʹach; Gr., pneuʹma·tos; Lat., spiʹri·tus. See Ge 1:2 ftn, “Force.”
Or, “anger.”
Or, “reaching,” that is, sending out his hand.
Or, “one of loving-kindness.”
Or, “act in loving-kindness.”
“Tortuous,” like a wrestler, according to the Heb. root verb.
Or, “humble.”
“My God.” Heb., ʼElo·haiʹ.
“Jehovah.” Heb., Yehwahʹ; Gr. ms Ambrosian O 39 sup. See App 1C §10.
“God.” Heb., ʼElohʹah, sing. of ʼElo·himʹ. See Job 3:4 ftn.
See App 1C §10.
“Our God.” Heb., ʼElo·hehʹnu.
Or, “the battle.”
Or, “increase.”
That is, make them flee before me.
See App 1C §10.
Lit., “sons of a foreign (country).”
See App 1C §10.
Or, “loyal love.”
“To his anointed one.” Heb., lim·shi·chohʹ; Gr., khri·stoiʹ; Syr., lam·shi·cheh; Lat., chriʹsto.
Or, “offspring; posterity.”
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“Their measuring line.” Heb., qaw·wamʹ; LXXVg, “sound”; Sy, “tidings.”
“Productive land.” Heb., the·velʹ; LXX, “inhabited earth”; Lat., orʹbis terʹrae, “circle of the earth.”
Lit., “truth.”
“Than gold.” Heb., miz·za·havʹ.
“Yes, than . . . refined gold.” Heb., u·mip·pazʹ.
Or, “men; ones [masc.].”
“And my Redeemer (Repurchaser).” By extension of thought, “and my Avenger (Vindicator).” Heb., wegho·ʼaliʹ; Lat., re·demʹptor. See Job 19:25; Pr 23:11.
“God of.” Heb., ʼElo·hehʹ.
Lit., “place you on high,” that is, out of reach.
Or, “may he clear away the fatty ashes of your burnt (consumed) offering,” as a sign of acceptance.
“He,” MVg; LXXASy and five Heb. mss, “Jehovah.”
“We shall be magnified,” LXXVg.
“His anointed one.” Heb., meshi·chohʹ; Gr., khri·stonʹ; Syr., meshi·cheh; Lat., chriʹstum.
“We shall be magnified,” LXX; Sy, “we shall gain strength (prevail)”; Vg, “we shall call (invoke).”
Or, “O Jehovah, do save [us]! Let the king himself answer us in the day that we call.”
Or, “loyal love.”
Or, “seed.”
Lit., “earthling man,” used collectively. Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“Hind of.” Heb., ʼai·yeʹleth, the doe of the fallow deer.
“My God, my God, why have you left me?” Heb., ʼE·liʹ, ʼE·liʹ, la·mahʹ ʽazav·taʹni?; Syr., ʼA·lahi ʼA·lahi lema·naʼ sebaq·tani? Compare Mt 27:46; Mr 15:34.
“Far from my salvation are the words of my trespasses,” LXXVg.
“My God.” Heb., ʼElo·haiʹ, pl.
“Man.” Heb., ʼish.
Lit., “earthling man,” used collectively. Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Lit., “they make a separation with the lip.” Or, “they draw their mouth.”
Or, “Commit [yourself],” M; LXXVg, “He hoped.”
“My God.” Heb., ʼEʹli.
“Palate,” by transposing two Heb. letters in M.
Or, “jaws.”
“Like the lion—my hands and (my) feet,” M; T, “Biting like a lion my hands and my feet”; LXXVg, “They bored (dug through) my hands and my feet.”
“My only one,” fem., referring to “my soul.”
“Congregation.” Heb., qa·halʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹas; Lat., ec·cleʹsi·a.
Lit., “heart.”
“And . . . his own soul.” Heb., wenaph·shohʹ. See App 4A.
Or, “offspring.”
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
“He,” MT; LXXSyVg, “Jehovah.”
Or, “valley of death shadow.”
Lit., “is saturation itself.”
Or, “loyal love.”
“I will dwell,” TSyVg.
“The inhabited earth,” Gr., he oi·kou·meʹne; Lat., orʹbis ter·raʹrum, “circle of the whole earth.”
Or, “the oceans,” which encircle the great landmasses of the globe.
“My,” M; TLXXSyVg and many Heb. mss, “His.”
Or, “My life,” referring to Jehovah’s life by which an individual swears. Compare Ex 20:7 ftns.
“God of Jacob,” LXXSyVg; M, “O Jacob.”
Or, “indefinitely lasting.” Heb., ʽoh·lamʹ.
Or, “war.”
See 1Sa 1:3 ftn, “Armies.”
In M this psalm is arranged in acrostic, or Heb. alphabetic, order.
“O my God.” Heb., ʼElo·haiʹ. This expression in M begins this vs with another ʼAʹleph. “In you” begins with the Heb. letter Behth.
The letter Waw (ו) as an acrostic appears in four Heb. mss.
Or, “your acts of loyal love.”
Or, “truthfulness; truth.”
“His covenant.” Heb., veri·thohʹ, the first occurrence of this word in Psalms; Gr., di·a·theʹken; Lat., te·sta·menʹtum. See App 7E.
Lit., “seed.”
Or, “the only one.” Gr., mo·no·ge·nesʹ, “the only-begotten,” the same word as in Lu 7:12; Lu 8:42; Joh 3:16.
In this acrostic the letter Qohph is missing between Tsa·dhehʹ and Rehsh.
This vs, like vs 18, begins with the Heb. letter Rehsh, giving twofold emphasis in the acrostic to ‘seeing.’
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
Or, “my deepest emotions.” Heb., khil·yoh·thaiʹ.
“Congregation of.” Heb., qehalʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹan; Lat., ec·cleʹsi·am.
Lit., “with a voice.”
Lit., “Do not gather.”
“Among the congregated throngs.” Heb., bemaq·he·limʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹais; Lat., ec·cleʹsi·is.
“Bless Jehovah,” MTSy; LXXVg, “bless you, O Jehovah.”
“Upon his temple.” Heb., beheh·kha·lohʹ; Gr., na·onʹ; Lat., temʹplum. Compare 2Ki 20:18 ftn. See Mt 23:16 ftn.
“If . . . not.” Heb., lu·leʼʹ; LXXSyVg and five Heb. mss omit. In M this word is marked with extraordinary points by the Sopherim. See App 2A.
Or, “do not turn from me in silence.”
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
“To his people,” LXXSyVg and eight Heb. mss; M, “to them.”
“His anointed one.” Heb., meshi·chohʹ; Gr., khri·stouʹ; Syr., meshi·cheh; Lat., chriʹsti.
LXX adds, “of the terminating day of the festival of the Tent”; Vg adds, “in the consummation [completion] of the tabernacle.”
See App 1C §10.
Or, “sons of gods”; or, “godlike ones”; or, “sons of God.” Heb., benehʹ ʼe·limʹ. If the Heb. word ʼe·limʹ is pl. of ʼel to denote majesty, then it means “God.” T, “you bands of angels, the sons of God”; LXX, “you sons of God”; SyVg, “you sons of rams.” Compare 89:6 ftn and Da 11:36 where the expression ʼEl ʼe·limʹ, “God of gods,” occurs.
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
“The voice.” This expression occurs seven times in this psalm.
See App 1C §10.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
See App 1C §10.
“Sirion.” The old Sidonian name for Mount Hermon. See De 3:9.
“Of unicorns,” LXXVgc, lit., “of one-horned ones,” but referring to wild bulls.
“And it causes a hurried delivery by the mountain goats,” by a correction of M.
Or, “heavenly ocean.” See Ge 6:17 ftn, “Deluge.”
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
“Sheol.” Heb., sheʼohlʹ; Gr., haiʹdou; Lat., in·ferʹno. See App 4B.
See App 1C §10.
“To his holy memorial.” Lit., “for memorial (mention) of his holiness.” Heb., lezeʹkher qodh·shohʹ.
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
“Pit.” Heb., shaʹchath; T, “heart of the grave”; LXXSyVg, “corruption.”
Or, “truthfulness; truth.”
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
“My glory,” LXXVg.
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
“The God of truth.” Or, “the true God.” Heb., ʼEl ʼemethʹ.
Lit., “vanities.”
See App 1C §10.
Or, “loyal love.”
See App 1C §10.
Or, “missing.”
Or, “my life.” Heb., naph·shiʹ; Gr., psy·khenʹ; Lat., aʹni·mam.
“My God.” Heb., ʼElo·haiʹ.
Or, “earthling men.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Lit., “face.” Compare 2Sa 17:11 ftn, “Person.”
“Men.” Heb., ʼish.
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
“Maskil.” Heb., mas·kilʹ, possibly meaning “contemplative poem.” Some think 2Ch 30:22, which uses a word of similar form rendered as “acting with discretion,” furnishes a clue to its meaning. LXX, “Of quick understanding.” See 53:2 ftn, “Insight.”
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Lit., “roaring.”
“I will fix my eye upon you,” by a slight correction.
Or, “that they may not come near.” Lit., “there is not a coming near.” In Heb. this is a verb in the infinitive construct.
See App 1C §10.
Or, “loyal love.”
See App 1C §10.
Or, “and by the breath.” Heb., u·veruʹach; Gr., pneuʹma·ti; Lat., spiʹri·tu. See Ge 6:17 ftn, “Active.”
“Skin bottles,” in agreement with LXXSyVg.
“The surging waters.” Heb., tehoh·mohthʹ, pl. of tehohmʹ; LXXVg, “abysses.” See Ge 1:2 and ftn, “Deep.”
Lit., “all the earth,” but accompanied by a masc. pl. verb. Compare Ge 10:25 ftn, “Earth.”
“The productive land.” Heb., the·velʹ; LXX, “the inhabited earth”; Lat., orʹbem, “circle,” that is, of the earth.
“Whose God.” Heb., ʼElo·havʹ.
Or, “mankind.” Heb., ha·ʼa·dhamʹ.
Lit., “place of his dwelling.”
Or, “at one (the same) time.”
In M this psalm is arranged in Heb. alphabetic, or acrostic, order.
In this acrostic psalm the sixth Heb. letter, Waw, is missing between Heʼ and Zaʹyin.
“The able-bodied man.” Heb., hag·geʹver.
“The man.” Heb., ha·ʼishʹ.
Or, “remembrance.”
“He,” MTSy; LXXVg and two Heb. mss, “Jehovah.”
Or, “ransoming.” Heb., poh·dhehʹ; Gr., ly·troʹse·tai; Lat., reʹdi·met.
See App 1C §10.
“For my soul.” Heb., lenaph·shiʹ; Gr., psy·khenʹ; Lat., aʹni·mam. See App 4A.
“The apostate mockers for a cake,” that is, ungodly buffoons.
“There was a grinding.” In Heb. this is a verb in the infinitive absolute, indefinite as to time and impersonal.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
“My only one,” fem., referring to “my soul,” fem.
“In the big congregation.” Heb., beqa·halʹ rav; Gr., ek·kle·siʹai; Lat., ec·cleʹsi·a.
See App 1C §10.
Or, “Do not be deaf.”
See vs 17 ftn, “Jehovah.”
LXX adds “O Jehovah.”
See vs 17 ftn, “Jehovah.”
See App 1C §10.
That is, ‘What our souls wanted!’
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
“His,” LXXSyVg and a few Heb. mss; MT, “my.”
See App 1C §10.
Or, “loyal love.”
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
Or, “vast body of surging waters.” Heb., tehohmʹ rab·bahʹ. See 33:7 ftn, “Waters”; Ge 1:2 and Ge 7:11 ftns, “Deep.”
Or, “Mankind.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
Or, “well.” Heb., meqohrʹ.
In M this psalm is arranged in acrostic, or Heb. alphabetic, order.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Or, “seed.”
By dropping the preposition “to” (ל), this line begins with the acrostic Heb. letter ʽAʹyin.
Lit., “pouring himself out.”
According to M; LXXSyVg, “I passed by.”
By dropping the conjunction “and” (ו), this line begins with an acrostic Taw, the last letter of the Heb. alphabet.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Or, “friends.”
See vs 9 ftn.
Or, “they were adversaries (satans) to me.” Heb., yis·tenuʹni.
See vs 9 ftn.
“Jeduthun.” An unexplained term.
Lit., “just handbreadths.”
“Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“Man.” Heb., ʼish.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
“Man.” Heb., ʼish.
“Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“The able-bodied man.” Heb., hag·geʹver.
“Sacrifice and offering you did not want, but you prepared a body for me,” LXXא,A,B. Lit., “ears you excavated for me,” M. Compare Heb 10:5.
Or, “pleasure.”
“I have told the good news of.” Heb., bis·sarʹti; Gr., eu·eg·ge·li·saʹmen.
See 35:18 ftn.
Or, “loyal love.”
“In,” T and many Heb. mss; M, “to”; LXXSyVg, “from.”
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Or, “to the soulful desire.” Heb., beneʹphesh; Lat., aʹni·mam; LXX, “in the hands.” See 35:25 ftn.
Lit., “A thing of belial (worthlessness).”
“Magnified [his] heel against me,” MLXXVg.
This vs is a doxology, that is, an expression of praise to Jehovah God, and corresponds with the doxology at the end of the other four books, namely, in Ps 72, 89, 106 and 150.
See 32:Sup ftn.
“O God,” MLXXVg; TSy, “O Jehovah.”
“For the living God.” Heb., leʼElʹ chai.
“And appear [before].” Heb., weʼe·ra·ʼehʹ penehʹ. Here, penehʹ is not translated “before,” but it combines with ʼe·ra·ʼehʹ for the rendering “appear.” LXXVg, “appear before”; TSy, “see [the face of].”
“They,” Sy and four Heb. mss.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
Lit., “the salvations.” Heb., yeshu·ʽohthʹ, pl. to denote majesty.
“My face,” LXXSyVg and vs 11; MT, “his face.” See 2Sa 17:11 ftn, “Person.”
“O my God.” Heb., ʼElo·haiʹ.
Or, “and the sacred places (peaks).”
Lit., “from the mountain of littleness.” Heb., me·harʹ mits·ʽarʹ; by a correction, “Zion.”
Or, “Surging waters to surging waters,” M; LXXVg, “Abyss to abyss.”
“Your cataracts,” LXXVg.
Or, “loyal love.”
“To the God of my life,” M(Heb., leʼElʹ chai·yaiʹ)TLXXVg; Sy and many Heb. mss, “to the living God.” See vs 2.
Lit., “my face.” See vs 5 ftn, “Person.”
“And as my God.” Heb., wEʼ·lo·haiʹ.
Or, “without loving-kindness.”
“Comfort me,” Sy and three Heb. mss.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“O God, my God,” M(Heb., ʼElo·himʹ ʼElo·haiʹ)LXXASyVg; TLXXB, “O Jehovah my God.”
See 32:Sup ftn.
See 42:5 ftn, “Salvation.”
“Our God.” Heb., ʼElo·hehʹnu.
“To . . . god.” Heb., leʼelʹ.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
“Has melted (vanished) away,” by another derivation of the Heb. verb.
“The Lilies.” Heb., Sho·shan·nimʹ.
See 32:Sup ftn.
Or, “mankind.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
“Your,” TLXXSyVg; M omits.
“O mighty one,” M(Heb., gib·bohrʹ)TLXXSy; Lat., po·ten·tisʹsi·me, “O most powerful one.”
Or, “Your throne is of God; Your throne of God is.”
“Has anointed you.” Heb., mesha·chakhaʹ. From this verb comes ma·shiʹach, “messiah.”
Lit., “out from the ivory palaces (habitations; dwellings; temples).” Heb., min-hehʹkheleh shen, pl. to denote grandeur. Compare Mt 23:16 ftn.
Or, “in your precious things.”
“Your lord.” Heb., ʼadho·naʹyikh, pl. of ʼa·dhohnʹ, to denote excellence. See Ge 39:2 ftn.
“Your,” fem., referring to the daughter in vs 10.
“Your,” masc., referring to the “king.”
“As princes.” Heb., lesa·rimʹ; Gr., arʹkhon·tas; Lat., prinʹci·pes.
See vs 16 ftn, “Your.”
“The Maidens.” Heb., ʽala·mohthʹ. See 1Ch 15:20 ftn.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
“Grand tabernacle.” Lit., “tabernacles,” pl. to denote grandeur. Compare 42:5 ftn, “Salvation.”
Lit., “her,” referring to the city.
Lit., “gave.”
See App 1C §10.
“The God of.” Heb., ʼElo·hehʹ.
See App 1C §10.
See Jer 25:31, 33 ftns.
“Wagons,” MSy; LXXVg, “large shields.”
See App 1C §10.
Lit., “palm.”
Or, “shofar.” A ram’s horn used as a trumpet.
“Acting with discretion,” by rendering the Heb. participle in the pl. Heb., mas·kilʹ, sing. See 53:2 ftn, “Insight.”
“The people of the God,” M; LXXSyVg, “with the God.”
“Shields,” MT; LXX, “powerful ones”; Sy, “realms (empires)”; Vg, “strong ones.”
“It,” fem., referring to the “city.”
Lit., “the daughters.” Compare Nu 21:25 ftn.
“Inspect,” by a correction; Heb., pas·seghuʹ, the meaning of which is uncertain; LXXVg, “Distribute.”
“Until [we] die,” MSy; LXXVg, “forever.”
Or, “the duration of life.” Heb., chaʹledh.
“Humankind.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“Man.” Heb., ʼish.
“Supplanters,” by a change of vowel pointing; M, “heels.”
“One of them.” Heb., ʼish.
Or, “a ransom for himself.” Lit., “his cover.” Heb., koph·rohʹ.
“Their,” MSy; LXXVg, “his.”
“Their inward wish,” M; LXXSyVg, “Their graves.”
“And yet earthling man.” Heb., weʼa·dhamʹ.
Or, “silenced.”
Lit., “mouth.”
Lit., “they have appointed [them].” By a correction of the verb, “they will descend (drop).”
Or, “pasture [tend].”
“Their rock,” Mmargin.
Or, “for him,” that is, for each one in the group.
Lit., “it,” fem., referring to the “soul.”
“Who does not understand,” M; by altering the Heb. verb form in harmony with vs 12a, “even does not keep lodging.”
“The Divine One, God, Jehovah.” Or, “The God of gods, Jehovah.” Heb., ʼEl ʼElo·himʹ Yehwahʹ. See Jos 22:22 ftn, “Jehovah.”
“And the earth begins to fear,” by a change in M.
Or, “be deaf,” as to prayer.
Lit., “cutting.”
Or, “the covenant with me.”
“A God of judgment he is,” by a different partitioning and vowel pointing of some letters.
Or, “I will admonish (warn) you.”
“The productive land.” Heb., the·velʹ; LXX, “the habitable earth”; Lat., orʹbis terʹrae, “the circle of the earth.”
“My covenant,” as in vs 5.
“You were even pleased,” M; TLXXSyVg, “you even ran.”
“God.” Heb., ʼElohʹah.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
Or, “loyal love.”
Lit., “bloods.”
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
See 32:Sup ftn.
Or, “loyal love.”
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
Or, “Ruinous things you scheme, your tongue being sharpened like a razor, O you worker of deceit.”
Lit., “tongue of deception.”
“Mahalath.” Heb., ma·chalathʹ; probably a musical term, perhaps one of a technical nature.
“Maskil.” See 32:Sup ftn.
One of eight scribal changes from YHWH to ʼElo·himʹ. See App 1B.
“God,” MTVg; in the parallel text in 14:2, “Jehovah.”
“Having insight.” Or, “acting with discretion.” Heb., mas·kilʹ. Compare 32:Sup ftn.
One of eight scribal changes from YHWH to ʼElo·himʹ; T and 14:2, “Jehovah”; MLXXVg, “God.” See App 1B.
One of eight scribal changes from YHWH to ʼElo·himʹ; T, some Heb. mss and 14:4, “Jehovah”; MLXXSyVg, “God.” See App 1B.
Lit., “they dreaded a dread.”
“God,” MLXXVg; two Heb. mss, “Jehovah.”
One of eight scribal changes from YHWH to ʼElo·himʹ; T, “Jehovah.” See App 1B.
One of eight scribal changes from YHWH to ʼElo·himʹ; TLXXSy, many Heb. mss and 14:7, “Jehovah.” See App 1B.
Or, “returns with.”
See 32:Sup ftn.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Or, “by your truth.”
See 32:Sup ftn.
“Calumniating,” according to another derivation of the participle.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
Or, “vicissitudes”; or, “mutual liabilities.”
By a correction of M.
Lit., “is fight (war).”
Or, “lot” (that which is given).
Lit., “men of bloods and deception.”
Lit., “will not halve.”
Possibly, “Dove of Silence, those far away.” By a slight correction, “Dove of the big trees far away.”
See 16:Sup ftn.
Lit., “heels.”
“Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“My soul.” Heb., naph·shiʹ; Gr., psy·khenʹ; Lat., aʹni·mam. See App 4A.
“God,” MLXXSyVg; T, “Jehovah.”
“Light,” MTLXXVg; Sy, “land.”
See 16:Sup ftn.
“To the [true] God.” Heb., la·ʼElʹ. See App 1G.
Or, “loyal love.”
Or, “truth.”
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Or, “loyal love.”
Or, “your truth.” Heb., ʼamit·teʹkha (from ʼemethʹ).
See 16:Sup ftn.
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
See App 7A regarding cobras responding to sound.
Or, “leaving a slimy track.”
“That is judging.” Heb., sho·phetimʹ, pl. to agree with ʼElo·himʹ, “God,” which is pl. to denote excellence and grandeur; LXXSyVg make the participle sing., “that is judging them.”
See 16:Sup ftn.
“My Strength,” TLXXVg and several Heb. mss; M, “His (One’s) Strength.”
Or, “loyal love.”
“To me,” MmarginT and many Heb. mss.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
See 16:Sup ftn.
“To run zigzag,” by one derivation of the root verb; by a different root word, “for it to be displayed,” or, “to rally around.”
“Us,” M; MmarginTLXXSyVg and many Heb. mss, “me.”
According to Sy; T, “Over the Philistines the congregation of Israel jubilates.”
Or, “truth.”
See 39:Sup ftn.
“Silence,” M; by a slight adjustment in vowel pointing, “keeping silent.”
“Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Or, “man.” Heb., ʼish.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Or, “to a man.” Heb., leʼishʹ.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
“My God.” Heb., ʼE·liʹ.
Or, “loyal love.”
“Into the lowest parts.” Syr., bethach·to·yo·thah, “into her [the earth’s] lowest parts.”
“Them,” MTLXXVg; Sy, “us.”
“We,” M; Sy, “He.”
Lit., “it,” fem., referring to the “earth.”
Lit., “of.”
Lit., “O all the earth,” with a pl. verb. Compare 1Ki 10:24 ftn, “Earth.”
“Men.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Or, “among the living ones.”
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
“As Jah.” BHSftn(Heb.), ki Yah; M(Heb.), beYahʹ, “by Jah.” Yah is the first half of the Tetragrammaton, YHWH. It occurs 49 times in M distinguished by a point (mappik) in its second letter and once, in Ca 8:6, without the mappik. TLXXSyVg, “Jehovah.” See Ex 15:2 ftn, “Jah”; App 1A.
According to M; by a slight correction of the Heb. verb, “bringing back the solitary ones to.”
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Or, “saddlebags”; or, “sheepfolds.” The meaning of the Heb. word is uncertain.
“Gold.” Heb., cha·rutsʹ.
“The Almighty One.” Heb., Shad·daiʹ.
Or, “spread.”
“It,” fem., referring to the land.
Or, “The mountain.” Heb., har.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
“Jehovah himself has come from Sinai,” according to the original reading of the Heb. text and in harmony with De 33:2; M, “The Sovereign Lord [Heb., ʼAdho·naiʹ] is among them, at Sinai.” See vs 11 ftn.
Lit., “in the men.” Heb., ba·ʼa·dhamʹ.
See vs 4 ftn.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
“Blessed be Jehovah.” Heb., ba·rukhʹ ʼAdho·naiʹ; Gr., Kyʹri·os ho The·osʹ eu·lo·ge·tosʹ, eu·lo·ge·tosʹ Kyʹri·os, “Jehovah God [be] blessed, blessed [be] Jehovah.” See App 1B, 6D.
“God of.” Heb., ʼEl.
Or, “escapes.”
See vs 11 ftn.
“From,” MSy; TLXXVg, “through.”
“Wash,” by a correction of M to agree with LXXSyVg.
“My God.” Heb., ʼE·liʹ.
“In ecclesias,” LXXVg.
“Jehovah.” Heb., Yehwahʹ; many Heb. mss and ed., ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Lit., “powerful ones.”
“He has scattered,” MT; LXXSyVg, “Scatter.”
“Bronzeware things.” Heb., chash·man·nimʹ, of uncertain meaning; LXXSyVg, “Ambassadors.”
“Cush,” MSy; LXXVg, “Ethiopia.”
See vs 11 ftn.
Lit., “sanctuaries.”
“The God of Israel.” By a change of vowel pointing, “To Israel.” Heb., ʼEl Yis·ra·ʼelʹ; LXXSyVg, “The God of Israel.”
See 45:Sup ftn, “Lilies.”
Or, “life.” Heb., naʹphesh; T(Aram.)Syr., naph·shaʼ; Gr., psy·khesʹ; Lat., aʹni·mam.
“And a flowing stream.” Heb., weshib·boʹleth.
“Jehovah.” Heb., Yehwahʹ; Fragment SymP. Vindob. G. 39777, the Tetragrammaton in archaic Heb. characters. See App 1C §9.
Or, “bread of consolation.”
Or, “they proceeded to put poison.”
Or, “book of life.”
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ. Fragment SymP. Vindob. G. 39777 has here “Jehovah God,” with the Tetragrammaton in archaic Heb. characters. See App 1C §9.
See App 1C §9.
Or, “those of his who are prisoners.”
“It,” fem., referring to the land.
Lit., “seed.”
“My soul (life).” Heb., naph·shiʹ.
“God,” M(Heb., ʼElo·himʹ)LXXSy; Vgc and many Heb. mss, “Jehovah”; T, “The glory of Jehovah.”
“Me,” MmarginLXXSyVg; M, “us.”
Or, “the surging waters.” By a correction of M, “the lower (lowest) parts,” as in 63:9.
Or, “Let them.”
Lit., “fear you with the sun.”
Lit., “generation of generations.”
Lit., “a wetting (moistening) of the earth.”
“The righteous one,” M; LXXSyVg and three Heb. mss, “righteousness.”
According to M; T, “until the servants of the moon are destroyed.”
“River,” MLXXSyVg; T, “Euphrates.”
Or, “the demons.”
Or, “coastlands.”
See 41:13 ftn.
Or, “been poured out.”
“Mortal man.” Heb., ʼenohshʹ.
“Other men.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
LXXVg add: “in the gates of the daughter of Zion.”
See 32:Sup ftn.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“Leviathan,” MSy; T, “the strong ones of Pharaoh”; LXXVg, “the dragon.”
Compare the superscriptions of Ps 57–59.
Lit., “from a going forth,” that is, of the sun.
Lit., “wilderness,” that is, to the south.
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“You will gird upon yourself,” M; LXXVg, “will keep festival (celebrate) to you.”
Or, “cut off.”
See 39:Sup ftn.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ; TLXXVg, “Jehovah.”
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Lit., “poured out.”
See vs 2 ftn, “Jehovah.”
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
See 68:4 ftn.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
See Ex 15:5 ftn.
“The productive land.” Heb., te·velʹ; LXX, “the inhabited earth”; Lat., orʹbi terʹrae, “the terrestrial circle.”
See 32:Sup ftn.
“In God.” Heb., vEʼ·lo·himʹ.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
Or, “just like surging waters.” Heb., kith·ho·mohthʹ. See 33:7 ftn, “Waters.”
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“Against God.” Heb., bEʼ·lo·himʹ.
“Men.” Heb., ʼish.
“Powerful ones,” that is, superhuman ones. Heb., ʼab·bi·rimʹ; LXXSyVg, “angels”; T, “(that descended from) the habitation of angels.”
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
Or, “a wind.” Heb., ruʹach.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
Or, “(bubonic) plague.”
Lit., “of generative powers,” M; Sy, “of their offspring”; TLXXVg, “of their labor(s).”
Lit., “tents.”
“Praised,” that is, in wedding songs.
“Their,” LXXSyVg; MT, “his.”
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Or, “leave over.” Sy, “set free.”
Lit., “the sons of death.”
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
See 45:Sup ftn, “Lilies.”
See 60:Sup.
“In [great] measure.” Lit., “third part,” that is, of some undetermined measure. Heb., sha·lishʹ.
“God of armies,” MTSy; Gr., Kyʹri·e ho The·osʹ ton dy·naʹme·on, “Jehovah God of powers,” as in vs 19 (79:20, LXX).
That is, the Euphrates.
In this Heb. noun the letter ʽAʹyin is suspended to mark the middle of the Psalms.
“God of armies.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ tseva·ʼohthʹ.
Or, “once again,” referring to the verbs in the next line.
Or, “branch [of the vine].” By a change of the first Heb. letter, “garden.”
“Son,” M; LXXSyVgc, “son of man”; T, “king Messiah (anointed).”
“Man of.” Heb., ʼish.
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Compare vs 7a.
Compare 8:Sup ftn.
Or, “shofar.” Heb., shoh·pharʹ.
“Tents,” by transposing two Heb. letters to correspond with the first half of the vs.
Lit., “lip.” See Ge 11:1 ftn, “Language.”
“I,” MTSy; LXXVg, “He.”
“God.” Heb., ʼel.
Or, “I am Jehovah your God.” Heb., ʼa·no·khiʹ Yehwahʹ ʼElo·heyʹkha.
Lit., “I sent them away.” Compare Ex 5:1, 2.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
Or, “God.” Heb., ʼEl; LXXVg, “gods”; Sy, “angels.”
Or, “godlike ones.” Heb., ʼelo·himʹ; LXXVgc, “gods”; Sy, “angels”; T, “judges.”
Lit., “lifting up the faces of.”
Or, “godlike ones.” Heb., ʼelo·himʹ; Gr., the·oiʹ; Syr., daʼ·la·hin; Lat., diʹi; T, “like angels.”
Or, “just as earthling man.” Heb., keʼa·dhamʹ.
“God.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
Or, “will.”
Or, “O God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“Covenant.” Heb., berithʹ; Gr., di·a·theʹken; Vg(Lat.), te·sta·menʹtum. See App 7E.
Or, “Asshur,” M; LXXVg, “Assur.”
“Sons of Lot,” referring to the Moabites and the Ammonites in vss 6, 7.
“Wind.” Heb., ruʹach; Gr., a·neʹmou; Lat., venʹti. Compare Ge 1:2 ftn, “Force.”
Or, “they.”
See 8:Sup and ftn.
Or, “the living Divine One.” Heb., ʼEl-chaiʹ.
Lit., “your altars,” pl., likely to denote grandeur. Compare “grand tabernacle” in vs 1.
“And my God.” Heb., wEʼ·lo·haiʹ.
Lit., “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“You,” MVg; LXX, “you, O Jehovah”; T, “your Meimra.”
“They will see the God of gods in Zion,” by a slight correction in M; LXXSyVg, “the God of gods will be seen in Zion.”
“God of.” Heb., ʼElo·himʹ.
Or, “your messiah.” Heb., meshi·cheʹkha; Gr., khri·stouʹ; Syr., meshi·chakh; Lat., chriʹsti.
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
To agree with TLXXSyVg; M, “you have returned to (with).”
Lit., “gathered in.”
Or, “Return to us,” MT; LXXSyVg, “Bring us back.”
Or, “loyal love.”
Or, “and truth.” Heb., we·ʼemethʹ.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
See vs 3 ftn.
See vs 3 ftn.
“Among the gods.” Heb., va·ʼelo·himʹ; Gr., the·oisʹ; Lat., diʹis; T, “lofty angels.”
See vs 3 ftn.
See vs 3 ftn.
See vs 3 ftn.
See vs 3 ftn.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
Or, “and truth.” Heb., we·ʼemethʹ.
Or, “the Stormer.” T, “the Egyptians.” Compare 89:10 ftn.
“And Babylon,” LXXVg; Heb., u·Va·velʹ, “and Babel.”
“Cush.” Heb., Kush; LXXVg, “the Ethiopian people.”
Or, “[This] man and [that] man.”
See 53:Sup ftn, “Mahalath.”
See 32:Sup ftn.
“With Sheol.” Heb., lish·ʼohlʹ; Gr., haiʹdei; Lat., in·ferʹno. See App 4B.
Lit., “abysses,” pl., likely to denote grandioseness.
“Those impotent in death.” Heb., repha·ʼimʹ; T, “bodies dissolved in the dust”; LXXVg, “healers (medical doctors)”; Sy, “mighty ones (giants).” Compare Job 26:5 ftn.
“The grave,” LXX; Vg, “sepulcher.”
“In [the place of] destruction.” Heb., ba·ʼavad·dohnʹ; Syr., baʼv·da·naʼ; LXX, “in destruction”; Lat., in per·di·ti·oʹne, “in perdition.” See Job 26:6 ftn.
“Very much.” Heb., ʼa·phuʹnah, of uncertain meaning; LXXSyVg, “I am embarrassed (confused).”
See 32:Sup ftn.
Or, “loyal love.”
Lit., “cut.”
Or, “offspring.”
“In the congregation of.” Heb., biq·halʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹai; Lat., ec·cleʹsi·a.
“God.” Heb., ʼE·limʹ, pl. of ʼEl, to denote majesty or excellence; Gr., The·ouʹ; Lat., Deʹi; TSy, “angels.” Compare Job 1:6 ftns, “Sons” and “God”; Job 38:7 ftn.
Or, “The Divine One.” Heb., ʼEl.
See 68:4 ftn.
Or, “the Stormer.” T, “the arrogant one, that is, impious Pharaoh”; LXXVg, “the arrogant (haughty) one.”
“The productive land.” Heb., te·velʹ; LXX, “the inhabited earth”; Lat., orʹbem terʹrae, “the circle of the earth.”
“South.” Lit., “right [side],” as one faces east.
Or, “and truthfulness (truth).” Heb., we·ʼemethʹ.
Or, “lasting.”
Or, “loyal love.”
“Your anointed one.” Heb., meshi·cheʹkha; T(Aram.)Syr., dam·shi·chakh; Gr., khri·stonʹ; Lat., chriʹstum.
Lit., “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
See 90:1 ftn.
See App 1C §10.
See App 1C §10.
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
Or, “or the earth and the productive land were brought forth with labor pains,” by a change in vowel pointing.
Or, “the Divine One.” Heb., ʼEl; Syr., ʼA·la·haʼ; Lat., Deʹus.
“Mortal man.” Heb., ʼenohshʹ.
Or, “to dust,” as crushed, or pulverized, earth.
Lit., “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Lit., “the luminary of your face.”
Or, “loyal love.”
See vs 1 ftn.
“Jehovah,” M(Heb., יהוה)TSyVg; AqTaylor, the Tetragrammaton in ancient Heb. characters within the Gr. text. See App 1C §8.
Or, “mail shirt.”
See App 1C §8.
Lit., “I shall place him on high,” that is, out of reach.
See App 1C §8.
See App 1C §8.
See App 1C §8.
See App 1C §8.
See App 1C §8.
Or, “like that of a buffalo.” Heb., kir·ʼehmʹ; Gr., mo·no·keʹro·tos, “unicorn”; Lat., u·ni·corʹnis, “unicorn.” Vg also renders this Heb. word as “rhinoceros.” See Nu 23:22 ftn, “Bull.”
“You have moistened me,” TSy.
“Foes,” LXXSyVg; M, “walls.”
LXX has the superscription: “For the day before the sabbath, when the earth was settled (peopled). The praise of a song by David”; Vg is similar.
“The productive land.” Heb., te·velʹ; LXX, “The inhabited earth”; Lat., orʹbem terʹrae, “The circle of the earth.”
LXX has the superscription: “A psalm of David, for the fourth day of the week”; Vg is similar.
“God of.” Heb., ʼEl.
“Jah.” Heb., Yah. See 68:4 ftn.
“God of.” Heb., ʼElo·hehʹ.
Lit., “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“The able-bodied man.” Heb., hag·geʹver.
Lit., “face.” Compare Ex 33:14, 15 and 2Sa 17:11 ftns, “Person.”
“A great God.” Heb., ʼEl ga·dhohlʹ.
“Over all [other] gods.” Heb., ʽal-kol-ʼelo·himʹ.
Or, “the ranges [for exploration].” LXX and by transposing two letters in the Heb. word, “the distant places.”
Or, “the quarreling,” M; LXX, “the embittering”; Vg, “the irritating.”
“Day of testing,” LXXVg. See Ex 17:7.
“That,” LXXSyVg; MT omit.
“Rest,” LXXVg.
LXX has the superscription: “When the house was built after the captivity: a song of David”; Vg is similar.
Lit., “all the earth,” but the verb “sing” is masc. pl. See 33:8 and 66:1 ftns, “Earth.”
“Gods of.” Heb., ʼelo·hehʹ; Gr., the·oiʹ; Lat., diʹi.
Or, “worthless gods.” Heb., ʼeli·limʹ; LXXVg, “demons.”
Or, “Give,” pl., Heb., ha·vuʹ.
See App 1C §8.
See App 1C §8.
See App 1C §8.
See App 1C §8.
“In his holy courtyard,” LXXSyVg.
See vs 1 ftn, “Earth.”
See App 1C §8.
“The productive land.” Heb., te·velʹ; LXX, “The inhabited earth”; Vgc(Lat.), orʹbem terʹrae, “The circle of the earth.”
In M the initial letters of the first four Heb. words in this vs, when read from right to left, form an acrostic of the Tetragrammaton, יהוה (YHWH), which is God’s exclusive name. When transliterated, the four words read: Yis·mechuʹ Hash·sha·maʹyim Wetha·ghelʹ Ha·ʼaʹrets. The Heb. Masorah, or collection of critical notes, calls attention to this Tetragrammaton acrostic.
See App 1C §8.
See vs 10 ftn, “Land.”
See App 1C §8.
Or, “coastlands.”
See App 1C §8.
“Lord of.” Heb., ʼAdhohnʹ.
Or, “those worshiping.” Heb., ʽo·vedhehʹ.
Or, “in worthless gods.” Heb., ba·ʼeli·limʹ; LXX, “in their idols”; Vg, “in their images (likenesses).”
“Gods.” Heb., ʼelo·himʹ; LXXSyVg, “his angels.”
Lit., “the daughters.”
See App 1C §8.
“Gods.” Heb., ʼelo·himʹ.
See App 1C §8.
“Has flashed up,” TLXXSyVg and one Heb. ms; M, “is sown.” Compare 112:4 ftn.
See App 1C §8.
Or, “to the memory of his holiness.”
“A melody of David,” LXX.
Or, “victory.”
Or, “loyal love.”
See 96:1 ftn, “Earth.”
That is, straight trumpets. See Nu 10:2 ftn.
Or, “shofar,” an animal’s curved horn.
“The productive land.” Heb., te·velʹ; LXX, “the inhabited earth”; Lat., orʹbis ter·raʹrum, “the circle of the whole earth.”
Lit., “clap the palm.”
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
See 96:1 ftn, “Earth.”
Lit., “May you worship (render sacred service).” Heb., ʽiv·dhuʹ, pl.
Lit., “he [is] God,” M(Heb., huʼ ʼElo·himʹ)T; Gr., ho The·osʹ; Sy, “our God.”
According to MLXXSyVg; MmarginTAq and many Heb. mss, “and we are his.”
Or, “to all generations.”
Lit., “a thing of belial (worthlessness).”
Lit., “Anyone high of eyes and broad of heart.”
Lit., “For the mornings.”
Lit., “bread.”
Possibly, “I have kept awake,” by another derivation of the Heb. verb.
“My own days have declined just like a shadow,” LXXSyVg and by a slight correction of M.
See App 1C §8.
See App 1C §8.
See 68:4 ftn.
See App 1C §8.
Lit., “the sons of death.”
See App 1C §8.
Lit., “to declare the name of Jehovah.”
Or, “to worship (render sacred service).” Heb., la·ʽavodhʹ.
“O my God.” Heb., ʼE·liʹ.
Lit., “in (throughout) the generation of generations.”
Or, “existing.” Compare Ex 9:16 ftn, “Existence.”
Lit., “you are he.”
See App 1C §8.
See App 1C §8.
See App 1C §8.
Or, “righteousnesses,” M; LXX, “charitable acts.”
See App 1C §8.
“Mortal man.” Heb., ʼenohshʹ.
Or, “loyal love.”
Or, “pleasure.”
Or, “his dominion (sovereignty).” Heb., mem·shal·tohʹ. See 1Ch 29:12 ftn.
Or, “winds.” Heb., ru·chohthʹ, pl. Vs 3 contains “wind” (ruʹach), sing.
Or, “surging waters.” Heb., tehohmʹ; LXXVg, “abyss.” See Ge 1:2 ftn, “Deep.”
Or, “With the moisture,” by a correction of M.
Lit., “the earthling man.” Heb., ha·ʼa·dhamʹ.
Lit., “bread.”
“Mortal man.” Heb., ʼenohshʹ.
“From God.” Heb., me·ʼElʹ.
Or, “dwellings.”
Or, “Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Lit., “wide on both sides (hands),” that is, spacious.
“Leviathan.” Heb., liw·ya·thanʹ; LXXVg, “the dragon (serpent).”
“Their spirit (breath).” Heb., ru·chamʹ; Gr., pneuʹma; Lat., spiʹri·tum.
“Jah.” Heb., Yah, an abbreviated form of the divine name. Compare 68:4 ftn.
“Praise Jah, you people!” Heb., Ha·lelu-Yahʹ; Gr., Al·le·louʹi·a; Lat., Al·le·luʹia. See App 1D.
Lit., “cut.”
“Which [statement].” Heb., ha, a pronominal suffix to the fem. verb, referring to the fem. expression “sworn statement” in vs 9.
“They,” MLXXVg; TSy, many Heb. mss and 1Ch 16:19, “you,” pl.
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“My anointed ones.” Heb., vim·shi·chaiʹ, pl.; Gr., khri·stonʹ; Syr., lam·shi·chai, pl.; Lat., chriʹstos.
Lit., “every rod of bread.”
“Man.” Heb., ʼish.
“His word.” Or, “the word of One.” Heb., dheva·rohʹ.
“The saying of.” Heb., ʼim·rathʹ.
“Agreeably to his soul.” Lit., “in (by) his soul.” Heb., benaph·shohʹ.
“They,” MT; LXXSyVg, “He.”
“A species of locust.” Or, “the creeping, unwinged locust.” See Joe 1:4 ftn.
“They,” TLXXSyVg; M, “He,” collectively.
Or, “promise.” Compare vs 8.
See 104:35 ftns.
Or, “loyal love.”
“Doing,” pl., TLXXSyVg; M, “anyone doing.”
Or, “through the surging waters.” Heb., bat·teho·mohthʹ, pl. of tehohmʹ; LXXVg, “abyss(es).” See Ge 1:2 ftn, “Deep.”
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
Or, “emaciation.” Heb., ra·zohnʹ; T, “leanness”; LXXVg, “satiety; surfeit.”
“My glory.” M, “their glory.” One of the Eighteen Emendations of the Sopherim, who changed the reading because the expression “my glory” was thought to be derogatory to God. LXXmssVgmss, “his glory.” See App 2B.
“God their Savior.” Heb., ʼEl Moh·shi·ʽamʹ.
“His spirit.” Heb., ru·chohʹ; Gr., pneuʹma; Lat., spiʹri·tum.
Or, “And they kept worshiping (rendering sacred service).” Heb., wai·ya·ʽav·dhuʹ.
“To demons (evil spirits),” M(Heb., lash·sheʹdhim)LXXVg.
Lit., “bloods.”
“He,” MTSyVg; LXXA and one Heb. ms, “Jehovah.”
Lit., “have said.”
See 41:13 and 104:35 ftns.
Or, “loyal love.”
Lit., “the sea,” that is, the Red Sea to the south.
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“The sayings of God.” Heb., ʼim·reh-ʼElʹ.
Possibly, “the pit for their lives.”
See vs 8 ftn.
Lit., “sacrifice.”
Or, “many.”
“Wind.” Heb., ruʹach. Compare Ge 1:2 ftn, “Force.”
“Bottoms.” Heb., thehoh·mohthʹ; LXXVg, “abysses.”
“The waves of the sea,” Sy; MT, “their waves”; LXXVg, “its waves.”
See vs 8 ftn.
“In the congregation of.” Heb., biq·halʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹai; Lat., ec·cleʹsi·a.
Or, “puts on high,” that is, out of reach.
Or, “loyal love.”
See 60:8 and ftn.
“Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“And . . . a resister.” Heb., wesa·tanʹ; Gr., di·aʹbo·los; Lat., saʹtan.
“His office of oversight.” Heb., pequd·da·thohʹ; Gr., e·pi·sko·penʹ au·touʹ; Lat., e·pi·sco·paʹtum eʹius. See 2Ki 11:18; Ac 1:20.
Or, “mention.”
“Man.” Heb., ʼish.
Lit., “one has pierced my heart itself.”
“To my Lord (Master).” Heb., lAʼ·dho·niʹ.
“Will offer themselves willingly (freely).” Lit., “[will be] voluntary offerings,” that is, prompt volunteers. Compare Ex 35:29; Ex 36:3; Nu 15:3 ftn.
“Dawn.” Heb., mish·charʹ; Gr., he·o·sphoʹrou; Lat., lu·ciʹfe·rum. Compare Isa 14:12.
Lit., “you have the dew of your youth”; or, “you have your youth as dew itself.”
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
“His head,” Sy and two Heb. mss; MLXXVg, “the head.”
This psalm is arranged in acrostic, or Heb. alphabetic, order.
See 104:35 ftns.
This psalm is arranged in acrostic, or Heb. alphabetic, order.
See 104:35 ftns.
See 109:16 ftn.
Or, “In the darkness light has shone forth for the upright ones.”
Or, “in judgment.”
Or, “He has scattered abroad.”
Ps 113 is the first of the six Hallel Psalms. See 114:1 ftn.
See 104:35 ftns.
“Offer praise.” Heb., ha·leluʹ.
See 104:35 ftns.
Appropriately, part of the six Hallel Psalms, Ps 113 and 114 (according to the School of Hillel), were sung during the Passover meal after the second cup of wine had been poured and the significance of the observance explained. Ps 115–118, which constitute the remainder of the Hallel Psalms, were sung over the fourth cup of wine. Doubtless this was done by Jesus and his disciples. See Mt 26:30.
Lit., “sons of sheep; sons of the flock.”
“The Lord.” Heb., ʼA·dhohnʹ.
“God of.” Heb., ʼElohʹah.
“Your trueness (truthfulness; truth).” Heb., ʼamit·teʹkha; Lat., ve·ri·taʹte tuʹa.
“Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“Jah.” Heb., Yah. See 68:4 ftn.
“We ourselves,” M; LXX, “we the living”; Vg, “we who are alive.”
“Jah,” MT; LXXSyVg, “Jehovah.”
See 104:35 ftns.
Or, “I have loved that Jehovah should hear.”
“My voice, my entreaties,” M; LXXSyVg, “the voice of my supplication (prayer).”
LXXVg begin their Ps 115 here with the superscription, “Hallelujah.”
Or, “All mankind.” Heb., kol-ha·ʼa·dhamʹ.
See 104:35 ftns.
Or, “loyal love.”
Or, “and the truthfulness (truth) of Jehovah.” Heb., we·ʼemeth-Yehwahʹ.
See 68:4 ftn.
“He answered me with the roomy (spacious) place of Jah,” according to many Heb. mss.
Or, “Jehovah is mine (belongs to me).”
“Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Possibly, “Jah is my strength and [my] melody.”
“Me,” LXXSyVg.
“Jah.” Heb., Yah; LXXSyVg, “Jehovah.”
See 68:4 ftn.
“This . . . it,” both fem., possibly referring to “the stone,” fem., in vs 22.
Or, “This is the day that Jehovah has done [it].”
“Divine One.” Or, “God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“My God.” Heb., ʼElo·haiʹ.
In this opening section each vs begins with the first letter of the Heb. alphabet, ʼAʹleph. It is generally unpronounced and is transliterated as a single closing quote or raised comma ( ʼ ).
This is an acrostic, or alphabetic, psalm with 22 sections to correspond to the 22 letters of the Heb. alphabet; each section contains eight vss.
In this second section each vs begins with the second letter of the Heb. alphabet, Behth, English “B.”
Or, “cleanse his path so as to keep on guard according to your word?”
Or, “I have concealed.”
“More than over all other riches,” Sy.
In this third section each vs begins with the third letter of the Heb. alphabet, Giʹmel, English “G.”
In this fourth section each vs begins with the fourth letter of the Heb. alphabet, Daʹleth, English “D.”
Or, “Bring me to life.”
Or, “confidence; courage.”
In this fifth section each vs begins with the fifth letter of the Heb. alphabet, Heʼ, English “H.”
Or, “unjust profit.”
In this sixth section each vs begins with the sixth letter of the Heb. alphabet, Waw, English “W.”
“Loving-kindnesses,” TSy and many Heb. mss; M, “loving-kindness,” but with a pl. verb.
In this seventh section each vs begins with the seventh letter of the Heb. alphabet, Zaʹyin, English “Z.”
In this eighth section each vs begins with the eighth letter of the Heb. alphabet, Chehth, transliterated into English as ch and pronounced with a strongly guttural sound.
Or, “loyal love.”
In this ninth section each vs begins with the ninth letter of the Heb. alphabet, Tehth, English “T,” pronounced emphatically.
In this tenth section each vs begins with the tenth letter of the Heb. alphabet, Yohdh, English “Y.”
“Without cause.” Lit., “[with] falsehood.”
According to MmarginTLXXSy and many Heb. mss; M, “that they may know your reminders.”
In this 11th section each vs begins with the 11th letter of the Heb. alphabet, Kaph, English “K.”
In this 12th section each vs begins with the 12th letter of the Heb. alphabet, Laʹmedh, English “L.”
“You are to time indefinite, O Jehovah; your word is stationed in the heavens,” Sy.
“For generation after generation.” Or, “to all generations.” Heb., ledhorʹ wa·dhorʹ.
In this 13th section each vs begins with the 13th letter of the Heb. alphabet, Mem, English “M.”
According to one Heb. ms, because of the sing. Heb. verb. M, in agreement with LXXVg, “Wiser than my enemies you make me [by] your commandments.”
“Sayings,” TLXXSyVg and five Heb. mss; M, “saying,” but the verb is pl.
In this 14th section each vs begins with the 14th letter of the Heb. alphabet, Nun, English “N.”
“Foot,” M; LXXSyVg and one Heb. ms, “feet.”
In this 15th section each vs begins with the 15th letter of the Heb. alphabet, Saʹmekh, English “S.”
In this 16th section each vs begins with the 16th letter of the Heb. alphabet, ʽAʹyin, which has a peculiar guttural sound. It is transliterated as ( ʽ ).
Or, “judicial decision.”
In this 17th section each vs begins with the 17th letter of the Heb. alphabet, Peʼ, English “P.”
Or, “[your] custom.”
“Mankind.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
In this 18th section each vs begins with the 18th letter of the Heb. alphabet, Tsa·dhehʹ, English ts sound.
In this 19th section each vs begins with the 19th letter of the Heb. alphabet, Qohph, transliterated into English as “Q,” pronounced like a strong English “K” formed at the back of the palate.
“Loose conduct.” Heb., zim·mahʹ; Lat., in·i·qui·taʹte. See Ga 5:19 ftn, “Conduct.”
According to MT; LXXSyVg and by a slight correction of M, “Those persecuting me have drawn near to loose conduct.”
In this 20th section each vs begins with the 20th letter of the Heb. alphabet, Rehsh, English “R.”
Or, “sum.”
In this 21st section each vs begins with the 21st letter of the Heb. alphabet, Sin or Shin, English s or sh sound.
In this 22nd section each vs begins with the 22nd and last letter of the Heb. alphabet, Taw, English “T.”
Except for vss 90 and 122, every vs of this alphabetic psalm contains one or more of the following ten expressions: WAY(S), 13 times (X); REMINDER(S), 23X; ORDERS, 21X; COMMANDMENT(S), 22X; SAYING(S), 19X; LAW, 25X; JUDICIAL DECISION(S) or JUDGMENT, 23X; RIGHT or RIGHTEOUS(NESS), 15X; REGULATIONS or STATUTES, 22X, and WORD(S), 24X. Also in each of the 22 sections the eight leading legal terms of Ps 19:7-14 occur, namely, LAW, REMINDER, ORDERS, COMMANDMENT, FEAR, JUDICIAL DECISIONS, RIGHTEOUS and SAYINGS.
Or, “A Song of the Stairsteps.” This is the first of 15 Songs of the Ascents, Ps 120–134 inclusive. Compare 2Ki 20:9-11.
“Haters,” LXXSyVg and eight Heb. mss; M, “hater.”
“Jah.” See 68:4 ftn.
Or, “the grand throne,” if pl. to denote excellence.
“You,” fem. sing., referring to “Jerusalem.”
See vs 6 ftn.
“Their master.” Heb., ʼadhoh·neh·hemʹ, pl. of ʼa·dhohnʹ, to denote excellence. See Ge 39:2 ftn.
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Or, “Stairsteps.” See 120:Sup ftn.
Or, “the captivity; the body of captives.”
Or, “Jehovah has done great things for them.”
See vs 2 ftn.
Or, “our captivity.”
Or, “the south.”
Lit., “bread.”
Or, “he gives to his beloved one [in] sleep.”
“Mighty man.” Heb., gib·bohrʹ.
“The able-bodied man.” Heb., hag·geʹver.
Or, “So see.”
Or, “plowing grounds.”
One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.
“Jah.” Heb. and T(Aram.), Yah; LXXVg, “Jehovah.” See 68:4 ftn.
See vs 2 ftn.
See vs 2 ftn.
Or, “loyal love.”
Or, “grand residence.” Lit., “tabernacles,” but pl. to denote excellence.
“Your anointed one.” Heb., meshi·cheʹkha; Gr., khri·stouʹ; Syr., meshi·chakh; Lat., chriʹsti.
Or, “a truth from which he will not draw back.”
Or, “her,” fem., referring to “Zion.”
See vs 13 ftn.
Or, “food.”
“For my anointed one.” Heb., lim·shi·chiʹ; Gr., khri·stoiʹ; Syr., lam·shi·cheh; Lat., chriʹsto.
Or, “put forth blossoms.”
Or, “descending,” as in vs 3.
Or, “opening.” Lit., “mouth.”
Or, “Stairsteps.” This is the last of the 15 Songs of the Ascents that began with Ps 120.
“You,” sing.
See 104:35 ftns.
See 68:4 ftn.
“And our Lord.” Heb., wa·ʼAdho·nehʹnu, pl. of ʼA·dhohnʹ, to denote excellence or grandeur.
“Gods.” Heb. and T(Aram.), ʼelo·himʹ; Gr., the·ousʹ; Lat., diʹis.
Or, “surging waters.” Heb., tehoh·mohthʹ; LXXVg, “abysses.” See 33:7 ftn, “Waters.”
See Jer 25:31, 33 ftns.
Lit., “lightnings.” Heb., bera·qimʹ; by reading bedha·qimʹ instead of bera·qimʹ, “sluices”; TLXXSyVg, “lightnings.” See JTS, Vol. 3, 1952, pp. 214-216.
“Wind.” Heb., ruʹach; Gr., a·neʹmous; Lat., venʹtos. See Ge 1:2 ftn, “Force.”
Lit., “from earthling man.” Heb., me·ʼa·dhamʹ.
Or, “to all generations.”
Or, “of man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Or, “breath.” Heb., ruʹach; Gr., pneuʹma; Lat., spiʹri·tus. Compare vs 7 ftn, “Wind”; 104:29 ftn.
See 104:35 ftns.
Or, “loyal love.”
“To the God of the gods.” Heb., lEʼ·lo·hehʹ ha·ʼelo·himʹ; Gr., toi The·oiʹ ton the·onʹ.
“To the Lord of the lords.” Heb., la·ʼAdho·nehʹ (pl. to denote excellence) ha·ʼadho·nimʹ (numerically pl.). Compare Ge 39:2 ftn.
Or, “spreading out,” as if by beating out.
“For combined dominion.” Lit., “for dominions.”
Lit., “bread.”
“To the God of.” Heb., leʼElʹ.
Or, “great river,” that is, the Euphrates, if pl. to denote grandeur.
“Babylon,” LXXVg; MTSy, “Babel.”
Or, “it,” fem., referring to “Babylon.”
“Mocking.” The meaning of the Heb. word is uncertain.
Lit., “ground of a foreign (country).”
“Gods.” Heb., ʼelo·himʹ; LXXSyVg, “angels”; T, “judges.”
Or, “loyal love.”
“Your trueness (truthfulness; truth).” Heb., ʼamit·teʹkha (from ʼemethʹ).
Or, “Against.”
“From your spirit.” Heb., me·ru·cheʹkha; Gr., pneuʹma·tosʹ; Lat., spiʹri·tu.
“Sheol.” Heb., sheʼohlʹ; Gr., haiʹden; Syr., la·shiul; Lat., in·ferʹnum. See App 4B.
Lit., “like the darkness, like the light”; or, “as the darkness, so the light.”
“Lowest parts.” Compare 63:9 ftn.
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
“I have come to my end,” three Heb. mss.
“God.” Heb., ʼElohʹah.
Or, “bloodthirsty men.” Lit., “men of bloods.”
“God.” Heb., ʼEl.
Lit., “from . . . earthling man.” Heb., me·ʼa·dhamʹ.
“From the man of.” Heb., me·ʼishʹ.
“To Jehovah.” Heb., la·Yhwahʹ.
“My God.” Heb., ʼEʹli.
Or, “The slanderer.” Lit., “The man of tongue.”
“Men.” Heb., ʼi·shimʹ, pl. of ʼish. See Isa 53:3 ftn, “Men.”
See 32:Sup ftn.
LXXVg add: “when the son [Vgc, “when his son Absalom”] was pursuing him.”
This is the last Selah of the 71 in Psalms. See 3:2 and ftn, “Selah.”
Or, “loyal love.”
Lit., “I have covered.”
Or, “pleasure.”
LXXVg add, “against Goliath.”
“Peoples,” TSy and many Heb. mss; MLXXVg, “my people.”
Or, “earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
“Mortal man.” Heb., ʼenohshʹ.
Lit., “sons of a foreign (country).”
Lit., “from sort to sort.”
“A praise.” Heb., tehil·lahʹ. This is an acrostic psalm with vss in Heb. alphabetic order.
Or, “mankind.” Heb., ha·ʼa·dhamʹ.
M omits a vs beginning with the Heb. letter Nun. In some Heb. mss, in agreement with LXXSyVg, the vs beginning with Nun reads: “Jehovah is faithful in all his words, and lovingly kind in all his works.”
Or, “truth; truthfulness.”
See 104:35 ftns.
“Earthling man.” Heb., ʼa·dhamʹ.
Or, “His breath.” Heb., ru·chohʹ; Gr., pneuʹma; Lat., spiʹri·tus.
Or, “have perished; must perish.”
“The one who has the God of.” Heb., she·ʼElʹ.
See 104:35 ftns.
“Our Lord.” Heb., ʼAdhoh·nehʹnu, pl. of ʼA·dhohnʹ, to denote excellence, and with sing. adjectives, “great” and “abundant.”
Lit., “sons of the raven.”
“The man.” Heb., ha·ʼishʹ.
Or, “the best part.”
“His wind.” Heb., ru·chohʹ; Gr., pneuʹma; Lat., spiʹri·tus. Compare 146:4 ftn, “Spirit”; Ge 1:2 ftn, “Force.”
“And his judicial decisions he has not made known to them,” TLXXSyVg.
See 104:35 ftns.
Or, “surging waters.” Heb., teho·mohthʹ, pl. of tehohmʹ. See Ge 1:2 ftn, “Deep.”
See 147:18 ftn.
See 104:35 ftns.
“In the congregation of.” Heb., biq·halʹ; Gr., ek·kle·siʹai; Lat., con·gre·ga·ti·oʹne.
“Grand Maker,” pl. in Heb. to denote excellence and grandeur.
Or, “with glory.”
Lit., “extolling songs of God.”
Or, “distinguished.”
See 104:35 ftns.
Lit., “Praise God, you people.” Heb., ha·lelu-ʼElʹ.
Or, “shofar.”
Lit., “All the breath.” Compare Ge 2:7.
“Jah.” Heb., Yah. See 41:13 ftn; 68:4 ftn.
Thirteen times this 150th Psalm calls for praise to be given to Jehovah.