3 My soul, also, is sore troubled ; And thou, O Lord, how long4 Return, O Lord, and deliver me; O save me according to thy mercy! All the night I make my bed to swim, 7 Mine eye is wasted with grief; 8 It hath become old because of all my enemies. Depart from me, all ye that do iniquity; For Jehovah heareth the voice of my weeping. 9 Jehovah heareth my supplication; Jehovah accepteth my prayer. 10 All my enemies shall be ashamed, and utterly confounded; They shall be turned back and put to shame suddenly. V. 3. How long, i. e. How long wilt thou delay to help me! PSALM VII. A psalm of David, which he sang to Jehovah, on account of the reproaches of Cush the Benjamite. 1 O JEHOVAH, my God, to thee do I look for help! Save me from them that persecute me, and deliver me! 2 Lest mine enemy tear me like a lion ; Lest he rend me in pieces, while there is none to help. 3 O Jehovah, my God! If I have done this; If there be iniquity upon my hands, 4 If I have rendered evil to my friend, Or have despoiled him, that without cause is mine en emy; 5 Let my adversary pursue, and take me ; 6 Let him trample me to the ground, And lay me prostrate in the dust! Arise, O Lord, in thine anger; Lift thyself up against the rage of mine enemies ; 7 Let the assembly of the nations compass thee about, And on their account ascend thy throne ! 8 The Lord judgeth the nations; Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, 9 O let the wickedness of the wicked be at an end; 10 For thou, O God of justice, triest the heart and the reins ! My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart. 11 God is a righteous judge; And God is ever angry with the wicked. 12 If he do not desist, he sharpeneth his sword; He bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready; 13 He prepareth for him the instruments of death; He shooteth his burning arrows. 14 Behold, he travailed with iniquity, And conceived mischief, But hath brought forth disappointment. VII.] 15 He made a pit and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch, which he made. 16 His mischief returneth upon his own head, And his violence descendeth upon his own pate. 17 I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high. V 3. If I have done this, i. e. that with which my enemies charge me. — V. 12. If he do not desist, i. e. If the wicked do not desist from his purpose. He sharpeneth, i. e. God sharpeneth, &c. PSALM VIII. The greatness of the Creator, and his goodness to man. For the leader of the music; to be accompanied with the gittith.* A psalm of David. 1 O JEHOVAH, Our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth! Thou hast set thy glory above the heavens ! 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou 3 ordained praise; To put thine adversaries to shame, And to silence the enemy and avenger. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him, And the son of man, that thou carest for him! 5 Yet thou hast made him little lower than the angels ; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor. 6 Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet; 7 All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the forest; 8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea, And whatever passeth through the paths of the deep. 9 O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth! *A musical instrument. V. 5. The angels: or, than God. PSALM IX. A thanksgiving ode for victory and deliverance from enemies; with prayers for future help. Supposed to have been composed after the wars mentioned in 2 Samuel, ch. viii. For the leader of the music. with the voice of virgins. David. 1 To be sung in the manner, or To the Benites. A psalm of I WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High! 3 All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou dost defend my right, and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge. 5 Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore ! 7 Jehovah reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment. 8 He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness. 9 Jehovah is also the refuge of the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble. 10 They, who know thy name, put their trust in thee; For thou, O Lord, forsakest not them that seek thee! 11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who reigneth in Zion ; Declare his doings among the people. 12 As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; 13 He forgetteth not their complaint. "Have pity upon me, [said I,] O Lord! "Look upon my affliction from them that hate me ; "Lift me up from the gates of death! 14 "That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; 15 "That I may rejoice in salvation by thee." The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken. 16 Thus it is known that Jehovah executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands. 17 The wicked shall be driven into Hades; Yea, all the nations that forget God. 18 For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever. |