Psalms

¹A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush, the son of Jemini. ↗

²O Lord, my God, in you I have hoped. Save me from all those who persecute me, and free me: ↗

³lest at any time, like a lion, he might seize my soul, while there is no one to redeem me, nor any who can save. ↗

⁴O Lord, my God, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done this: ↗

⁵if I have repaid those who rendered evils to me, may I deservedly fall away empty before my enemies: ↗

⁶let the enemy pursue my soul, and take hold of it, and trample my life into the earth, and drag down my glory into the dust. ↗

⁷Rise up, Lord, in your anger. And be exalted to the borders of my enemies. And rise up, O Lord my God, according to the precept that you commanded, ↗

⁸and a congregation of people will surround you. And, because of this, return on high. ↗

⁹The Lord judges the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice and according to my innocence within me. ↗

¹⁰The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God. ↗

¹¹Just is my help from the Lord, who saves the upright of heart. ↗

¹²God is a just judge, strong and patient. How could he be angry throughout every day? ↗

¹³Unless you will be converted, he will brandish his sword. He has extended his bow and made it ready. ↗

¹⁴And with it, he has prepared instruments of death. He has produced his arrows for those on fire. ↗

¹⁵Behold him who has given birth to injustice: he has conceived sorrow and has begotten iniquity. ↗

¹⁶He has opened a pit and enlarged it. And he has fallen into the hole that he made. ↗

¹⁷His sorrow will be turned upon his own head, and his iniquity will descend upon his highest point. ↗

¹⁸I will confess to the Lord according to his justice, and I will sing a psalm to the name of the Lord Most High. ↗