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psalm
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For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be
accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.*
Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
7 Gather the nations before you.
1 O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger
4 Return, O Lord, and rescue me.
Rule over them from on high.
The Lord judges the nations.
Declare me righteous, O Lord,
for I am innocent, O Most High!
9 End the evil of those who are wicked,
and defend the righteous.
For you look deep within the mind and heart,
O righteous God.
5 For the dead do not remember you.
10 God is my shield,
or discipline me in your rage.
2 Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak.
Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
3 I am sick at heart.
How long, O Lord, until you restore me?
8
Save me because of your unfailing love.
Who can praise you from the grave?*
saving those whose hearts are true and right.
11 God is an honest judge.
6 I am worn out from sobbing.
He is angry with the wicked every day.
All night I flood my bed with weeping,
drenching it with my tears.
7 My vision is blurred by grief;
my eyes are worn out because
of all my enemies.
12 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.
8 Go away, all you who do evil,
for the Lord has heard my weeping.
14 The wicked conceive evil;
9 The Lord has heard my plea;
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.
the Lord will answer my prayer.
10 May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified.
May they suddenly turn back in shame.
7
A psalm* of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning
Cush of the tribe of Benjamin.
1 I come to you for protection, O Lord my God.
2
3
4
5
Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion,
tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
O Lord my God, if I have done wrong
or am guilty of injustice,
if I have betrayed a friend
or plundered my enemy without cause,
then let my enemies capture me.
Let them trample me into the ground
and drag my honor in the dust.
Interlude
6 Arise, O Lord, in anger!
Stand up against the fury of my enemies!
17 I will thank the Lord because he is just;
I will sing praise to the name of
the Lord Most High.
8
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be
accompanied by a stringed instrument.*
1 O Lord, our Lord, your majestic
name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
5 :9 Greek version reads with lies. Compare Rom 3:13. 6:title Hebrew with
stringed instruments; according to the sheminith.
6:5 Hebrew from Sheol?
7:title Hebrew A shiggaion, probably indicating a musical setting for the psalm.
7:12 Hebrew he.
8:title Hebrew according to the gittith.
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