Psalms 59–67

Psalms 59–67 WEB

^59:1Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me. ²Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men. ³For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, LORD. ⁴I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me! ⁵You, LORD God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah. ⁶They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city. ⁷Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?” ⁸But you, LORD, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations. ⁹Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower. ¹⁰My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph. ¹¹Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield. ¹²For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter. ¹³Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah. ¹⁴At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city. ¹⁵They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren’t satisfied. ¹⁶But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress. ¹⁷To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

^60:1God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. Restore us, again. ²You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes. ³You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger. ⁴You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. ⁵So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us. ⁶God has spoken from his sanctuary: “I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth. ⁷Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter. ⁸Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my sandal on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia.” ⁹Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom? ¹⁰Haven’t you, God, rejected us? You don’t go out with our armies, God. ¹¹Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain. ¹²Through God we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.

^61:1Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer. ²From the end of the earth, I will call to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. ³For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy. ⁴I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah. ⁵For you, God, have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name. ⁶You will prolong the king’s life. His years will be for generations. ⁷He shall be enthroned in God’s presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him. ⁸So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows daily.

^62:1My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. ²He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken. ³How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? ⁴They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. ⁵My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. ⁶He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken. ⁷My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. ⁸Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah. ⁹Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath. ¹⁰Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them. ¹¹God has spoken once; twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God. ¹²Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

^63:1God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. ²So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory. ³Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. ⁴So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. ⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, ⁶when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches. ⁷For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings. ⁸My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up. ⁹But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth. ¹⁰They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food. ¹¹But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

^64:1Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. ²Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil; ³who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words, ⁴to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. ⁵They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?” ⁶They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning. ⁷But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow. ⁸Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads. ⁹All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done. ¹⁰The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!

^65:1Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you. ²You who hear prayer, all men will come to you. ³Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions. ⁴Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple. ⁵By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea. ⁶By your power, you form the mountains, having armed yourself with strength. ⁷You still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations. ⁸They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders. You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy. ⁹You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it. ¹⁰You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop. ¹¹You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance. ¹²The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness. ¹³The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.

^66:1Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth! ²Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise! ³Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you. ⁴All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah. ⁵Come, and see God’s deeds— awesome work on behalf of the children of men. ⁶He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him. ⁷He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah. ⁸Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard, ⁹who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved. ¹⁰For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. ¹¹You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs. ¹²You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance. ¹³I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you, ¹⁴which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress. ¹⁵I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats. Selah. ¹⁶Come and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul. ¹⁷I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue. ¹⁸If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened. ¹⁹But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer. ²⁰Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.

^67:1May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah. ²That your way may be known on earth, and your salvation among all nations, ³let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you. ⁴Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth. Selah. ⁵Let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you. ⁶The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us. ⁷God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.