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Psalms
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English: New American Standard Bible |
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Psalms 7 [Commentary] 
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A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in You I have taken refuge;
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
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Or he will tear my soul like a lion,
Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.
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O LORD my God, if I have done this,
If there is injustice in my hands,
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If I have rewarded evil to my friend,
Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary,
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Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it;
And let him trample my life down to the ground
And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
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Arise, O LORD, in Your anger;
Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries,
And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.
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Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You,
And over them return on high.
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The LORD judges the peoples;
Vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
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O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;
For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
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My shield is with God,
Who saves the upright in heart.
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God is a righteous judge,
And a God who has indignation every day.
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If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;
He has bent His bow and made it ready.
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He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
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Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.
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He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole which he made.
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His mischief will return upon his own head,
And his violence will descend upon his own pate.
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I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness
And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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Psalms 8 [Commentary]
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For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
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From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
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When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
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What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
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Yet You have made him a little lower than God,
And You crown him with glory and majesty!
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You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
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All sheep and oxen,
And also the beasts of the field,
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The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
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O LORD, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
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Psalms 9 [Commentary] [Map]
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For the choir director; on Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart;
I will tell of all Your wonders.
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I will be glad and exult in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
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When my enemies turn back,
They stumble and perish before You.
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For You have maintained my just cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
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You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked;
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
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The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins,
And You have uprooted the cities;
The very memory of them has perished.
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But the LORD abides forever;
He has established His throne for judgment,
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And He will judge the world in righteousness;
He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity.
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The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;
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And those who know Your name will put their trust in You,
For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
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Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion;
Declare among the peoples His deeds.
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For He who requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
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Be gracious to me, O LORD;
See my affliction from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
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That I may tell of all Your praises,
That in the gates of the daughter of Zion
I may rejoice in Your salvation.
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The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
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The LORD has made Himself known;
He has executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.
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The wicked will return to Sheol,
Even all the nations who forget God.
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For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
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Arise, O LORD, do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged before You.
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Put them in fear, O LORD;
Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah.
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