Psalm 7
A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
[7:1] Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, [7:2] lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. [7:3] Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, [7:4] if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary), [7:5] let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. [7:6] Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment. [7:7] Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high. [7:8] Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me. [7:9] Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. [7:10] My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. [7:11] God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day. [7:12] If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow. [7:13] He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows. [7:14] Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. [7:15] He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. [7:16] The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head. [7:17] I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
Psalm 8
For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.
[8:1] Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens! [8:2] From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger. [8:3] When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; [8:4] what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him? [8:5] For you have made him a little lower than [God,] and crowned him with glory and honor. [8:6] You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet: [8:7] All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field, [8:8] The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. [8:9] Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Psalm 9
For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.
[9:1] I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works. [9:2] I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. [9:3] When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence. [9:4] For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously. [9:5] You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever. [9:6] The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished. [9:7] But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment. [9:8] He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness. [9:9] Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble. [9:10] Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you. [9:11] Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done. [9:12] For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted. [9:13] Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death; [9:14] that I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation. [9:15] The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken. [9:16] Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah. [9:17] The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. [9:18] For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever. [9:19] Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight. [9:20] Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.