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PSALM 8
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God is my shield,
saving those whose hearts are true and
right.
11 God is an honest judge.
He is angry with the wicked every day.
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I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous things you
have done.
2 I will be filled with joy because of you.
I will sing praises to your name, O Most
High.
14
The wicked conceive evil;
they are pregnant with trouble
and give birth to lies.
15 They dig a deep pit to trap others,
then fall into it themselves.
16 The trouble they make for others backfires
on them.
The violence they plan falls on their own
heads.
3
My enemies retreated;
they staggered and died when you
appeared.
4 For you have judged in my favor;
from your throne you have judged with
fairness.
5 You have rebuked the nations and
destroyed the wicked;
you have erased their names forever.
6 The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;
the cities you uprooted are now
forgotten.
I will thank the Lord because he is just;
I will sing praise to the name of the Lord
Most High.
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For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be
accompanied by a stringed instrument.*
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For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung
to the tune “Death of the Son.”
If a person does not repent,
God* will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.
13 He will prepare his deadly weapons
and shoot his flaming arrows.
PSALM
O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills
the earth!
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O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills
the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
2 You have taught children and infants
to tell of your strength,*
silencing your enemies
and all who oppose you.
But the Lord reigns forever,
executing judgment from his throne.
8 He will judge the world with justice
and rule the nations with fairness.
9 The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.
10 Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, O Lord, do not abandon those
who search for you.
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11
1
When I look at the night sky and see the
work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set
in place—
4 what are mere mortals that you should
think about them,
human beings that you should care for
them?*
5 Yet you made them only a little lower
than God*
and crowned them* with glory and
honor.
6 You gave them charge of everything you
made,
putting all things under their authority—
7 the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean
currents.
Sing praises to the Lord who reigns
in Jerusalem.*
Tell the world about his unforgettable
deeds.
12 For he who avenges murder cares for the
helpless.
He does not ignore the cries of those
who suffer.
13
Lord, have mercy on me.
See how my enemies torment me.
Snatch me back from the jaws of death.
14 Save me so I can praise you publicly
at Jerusalem’s gates,
so I can rejoice that you have
rescued me.
15
The nations have fallen into the pit they
dug for others.
Their own feet have been caught in the
trap they set.
7:12 Hebrew he. 8:TITLE Hebrew according to the gittith. 8:2 Greek version reads to give you praise. Compare Matt
21:16. 8:4 Hebrew what is man that you should think of him, / the son of man that you should care for him? 8:5a Or Yet
you made them only a little lower than the angels; Hebrew reads Yet you made him [i.e., man] a little lower than Elohim.
8:5b Hebrew him [i.e., man]; similarly in 8:6. 9:11 Hebrew Zion; also in 9:14.
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