Psalm 138
By David.
[138:1] I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the [gods], I will sing praises to you. [138:2] I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your Word above all. [138:3] In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul. [138:4] All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth. [138:5] Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; for great is Yahweh's glory. [138:6] For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar. [138:7] Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me. [138:8] Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don't forsake the works of your own hands.
Psalm 139
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
[139:1] Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. [139:2] You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. [139:3] You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. [139:4] For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. [139:5] You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me. [139:6] This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it. [139:7] Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? [139:8] If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! [139:9] If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; [139:10] Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. [139:11] If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;" [139:12] even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you. [139:13] For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. [139:14] I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. [139:15] My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. [139:16] Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them. [139:17] How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! [139:18] If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. [139:19] If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men! [139:20] For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. [139:21] Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? [139:22] I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies. [139:23] Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. [139:24] See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalm 140
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
[140:1] Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man; [140:2] those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war. [140:3] They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah. [140:4] Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet. [140:5] The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah. [140:6] I said to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh. [140:7] Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. [140:8] Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah. [140:9] As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. [140:10] Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise. [140:11] An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. [140:12] I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. [140:13] Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence.