rsv Psalms:51-65
rsv@Psalms:51:1 @ To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
rsv@Psalms:51:2 @ Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
rsv@Psalms:51:3 @ Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
rsv@Psalms:51:4 @ For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
rsv@Psalms:51:5 @ Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy judgment.
rsv@Psalms:51:6 @ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
rsv@Psalms:51:7 @ Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
rsv@Psalms:51:8 @ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
rsv@Psalms:51:9 @ Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.
rsv@Psalms:51:10 @ Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
rsv@Psalms:51:11 @ Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.
rsv@Psalms:51:12 @ Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me.
rsv@Psalms:51:13 @ Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
rsv@Psalms:51:14 @ Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners will return to thee.
rsv@Psalms:51:15 @ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of thy deliverance.
rsv@Psalms:51:16 @ O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
rsv@Psalms:51:17 @ For thou hast no delight in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, thou wouldst not be pleased.
rsv@Psalms:51:18 @ The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
rsv@Psalms:51:19 @ Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, [ (Psalms strkjv@51:20) then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy altar. ]
rsv@Psalms:52:1 @ To the choirmaster. A Maskil of David, when Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, "David has come to the house of Ahimelech."
rsv@Psalms:52:2 @ Why do you boast, O mighty man, of mischief done against the godly? All the day
rsv@Psalms:52:3 @ you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.
rsv@Psalms:52:4 @ You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking the truth. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:52:5 @ You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue.
rsv@Psalms:52:6 @ But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:52:7 @ The righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
rsv@Psalms:52:8 @ "See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wealth!"
rsv@Psalms:52:9 @ But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God for ever and ever. [ (Psalms strkjv@52:10) I will thank thee for ever, because thou hast done it. I will proclaim thy name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly. ]
rsv@Psalms:53:1 @ To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.
rsv@Psalms:53:2 @ The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none that does good.
rsv@Psalms:53:3 @ God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there are any that are wise, that seek after God.
rsv@Psalms:53:4 @ They have all fallen away; they are all alike depraved; there is none that does good, no, not one.
rsv@Psalms:53:5 @ Have those who work evil no understanding, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
rsv@Psalms:53:6 @ There they are, in great terror, in terror such as has not been! For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly; they will be put to shame, for God has rejected them. [ (Psalms strkjv@53:7) O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel be glad. ]
rsv@Psalms:54:1 @ To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, "David is in hiding among us."
rsv@Psalms:54:2 @ Save me, O God, by thy name, and vindicate me by thy might.
rsv@Psalms:54:3 @ Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
rsv@Psalms:54:4 @ For insolent men have risen against me, ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before them. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:54:5 @ Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.
rsv@Psalms:54:6 @ He will requite my enemies with evil; in thy faithfulness put an end to them.
rsv@Psalms:54:7 @ With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to thee; I will give thanks to thy name, O LORD, for it is good. [ (Psalms strkjv@54:8) For thou hast delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies. ]
rsv@Psalms:55:1 @ To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.
rsv@Psalms:55:2 @ Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication!
rsv@Psalms:55:3 @ Attend to me, and answer me; I am overcome by my trouble. I am distraught
rsv@Psalms:55:4 @ by the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring trouble upon me, and in anger they cherish enmity against me.
rsv@Psalms:55:5 @ My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
rsv@Psalms:55:6 @ Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
rsv@Psalms:55:7 @ And I say, "O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
rsv@Psalms:55:8 @ yea, I would wander afar, I would lodge in the wilderness, [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:55:9 @ I would haste to find me a shelter from the raging wind and tempest."
rsv@Psalms:55:10 @ Destroy their plans, O Lord, confuse their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
rsv@Psalms:55:11 @ Day and night they go around it on its walls; and mischief and trouble are within it,
rsv@Psalms:55:12 @ ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its market place.
rsv@Psalms:55:13 @ It is not an enemy who taunts me-- then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me-- then I could hide from him.
rsv@Psalms:55:14 @ But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.
rsv@Psalms:55:15 @ We used to hold sweet converse together; within God's house we walked in fellowship.
rsv@Psalms:55:16 @ Let death come upon them; let them go down to Sheol alive; let them go away in terror into their graves.
rsv@Psalms:55:17 @ But I call upon God; and the LORD will save me.
rsv@Psalms:55:18 @ Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice.
rsv@Psalms:55:19 @ He will deliver my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.
rsv@Psalms:55:20 @ God will give ear, and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old; because they keep no law, and do not fear God. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:55:21 @ My companion stretched out his hand against his friends, he violated his covenant.
rsv@Psalms:55:22 @ His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
rsv@Psalms:55:23 @ Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. [ (Psalms strkjv@55:24) But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee. ]
rsv@Psalms:56:1 @ To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
rsv@Psalms:56:2 @ Be gracious to me, O God, for men trample upon me; all day long foemen oppress me;
rsv@Psalms:56:3 @ my enemies trample upon me all day long, for many fight against me proudly.
rsv@Psalms:56:4 @ When I am afraid, I put my trust in thee.
rsv@Psalms:56:5 @ In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust without a fear. What can flesh do to me?
rsv@Psalms:56:6 @ All day long they seek to injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
rsv@Psalms:56:7 @ They band themselves together, they lurk, they watch my steps. As they have waited for my life,
rsv@Psalms:56:8 @ so recompense them for their crime; in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
rsv@Psalms:56:9 @ Thou hast kept count of my tossings; put thou my tears in thy bottle! Are they not in thy book?
rsv@Psalms:56:10 @ Then my enemies will be turned back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.
rsv@Psalms:56:11 @ In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
rsv@Psalms:56:12 @ in God I trust without a fear. What can man do to me?
rsv@Psalms:56:13 @ My vows to thee I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to thee. [ (Psalms strkjv@56:14) For thou hast delivered my soul from death, yea, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. ]
rsv@Psalms:57:1 @ To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
rsv@Psalms:57:2 @ Be merdiful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in thee my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
rsv@Psalms:57:3 @ I cry to God Most High, to God who fulfils his purpose for me.
rsv@Psalms:57:4 @ He will send from heaven and save me, he will put to shame those who trample upon me. [Selah] God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
rsv@Psalms:57:5 @ I lie in the midst of lions that greedily devour the sons of men; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.
rsv@Psalms:57:6 @ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let thy glory be over all the earth!
rsv@Psalms:57:7 @ They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:57:8 @ My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody!
rsv@Psalms:57:9 @ Awake, my soul! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!
rsv@Psalms:57:10 @ I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to thee among the nations.
rsv@Psalms:57:11 @ For thy steadfast love is great to the heavens, thy faithfulness to the clouds. [ (Psalms strkjv@57:12) Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let thy glory be over all the earth! ]
rsv@Psalms:58:1 @ To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David.
rsv@Psalms:58:2 @ Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the sons of men uprightly?
rsv@Psalms:58:3 @ Nay, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.
rsv@Psalms:58:4 @ The wicked go astray from the womb, they err from their birth, speaking lies.
rsv@Psalms:58:5 @ They have venom like the venom of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
rsv@Psalms:58:6 @ so that it does not hear the voice of charmers or of the cunning enchanter.
rsv@Psalms:58:7 @ O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!
rsv@Psalms:58:8 @ Let them vanish like water that runs away; like grass let them be trodden down and wither.
rsv@Psalms:58:9 @ Let them be like the snail which dissolves into slime, like the untimely birth that never sees the sun.
rsv@Psalms:58:10 @ Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!
rsv@Psalms:58:11 @ The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. [ (Psalms strkjv@58:12) Men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth." ]
rsv@Psalms:59:1 @ To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.
rsv@Psalms:59:2 @ Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, protect me from those who rise up against me,
rsv@Psalms:59:3 @ deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.
rsv@Psalms:59:4 @ For, lo, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men band themselves against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O LORD,
rsv@Psalms:59:5 @ for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Rouse thyself, come to my help, and see!
rsv@Psalms:59:6 @ Thou, LORD God of hosts, art God of Israel. Awake to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:59:7 @ Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.
rsv@Psalms:59:8 @ There they are, bellowing with their mouths, and snarling with their lips-- for "Who," they think, "will hear us?"
rsv@Psalms:59:9 @ But thou, O LORD, dost laugh at them; thou dost hold all the nations in derision.
rsv@Psalms:59:10 @ O my Strength, I will sing praises to thee; for thou, O God, art my fortress.
rsv@Psalms:59:11 @ My God in his steadfast love will meet me; my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.
rsv@Psalms:59:12 @ Slay them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
rsv@Psalms:59:13 @ For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies which they utter,
rsv@Psalms:59:14 @ consume them in wrath, consume them till they are no more, that men may know that God rules over Jacob to the ends of the earth. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:59:15 @ Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.
rsv@Psalms:59:16 @ They roam about for food, and growl if they do not get their fill.
rsv@Psalms:59:17 @ But I will sing of thy might; I will sing aloud of thy steadfast love in the morning. For thou hast been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. [ (Psalms strkjv@59:18) O my Strength, I will sing praises to thee, for thou, O God, art my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love. ]
rsv@Psalms:60:1 @ To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
rsv@Psalms:60:2 @ O God, thou hast rejected us, broken our defenses; thou hast been angry; oh, restore us.
rsv@Psalms:60:3 @ Thou hast made the land to quake, thou hast rent it open; repair its breaches, for it totters.
rsv@Psalms:60:4 @ Thou hast made thy people suffer hard things; thou hast given us wine to drink that made us reel.
rsv@Psalms:60:5 @ Thou hast set up a banner for those who fear thee, to rally to it from the bow. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:60:6 @ That thy beloved may be delivered, give victory by thy right hand and answer us!
rsv@Psalms:60:7 @ God has spoken in his sanctuary: "With exultation I will divide up Shechem and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
rsv@Psalms:60:8 @ Gilead is mine; Manas'seh is mine; E'phraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.
rsv@Psalms:60:9 @ Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph."
rsv@Psalms:60:10 @ Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
rsv@Psalms:60:11 @ Hast thou not rejected us, O God? Thou dost not go forth, O God, with our armies.
rsv@Psalms:60:12 @ O grant us help against the foe, for vain is the help of man! [ (Psalms strkjv@60:13) With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes. ]
rsv@Psalms:61:1 @ To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
rsv@Psalms:61:2 @ Hear my cry, O God, listen to my prayer;
rsv@Psalms:61:3 @ from the end of the earth I call to thee, when my heart is faint. Lead thou me to the rock that is higher than I;
rsv@Psalms:61:4 @ for thou art my refuge, a strong tower against the enemy.
rsv@Psalms:61:5 @ Let me dwell in thy tent for ever! Oh to be safe under the shelter of thy wings! [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:61:6 @ For thou, O God, hast heard my vows, thou hast given me the heritage of those who fear thy name.
rsv@Psalms:61:7 @ Prolong the life of the king; may his years endure to all generations!
rsv@Psalms:61:8 @ May he be enthroned for ever before God; bid steadfast love and faithfulness watch over him! [ (Psalms strkjv@61:9) So will I ever sing praises to thy name, as I pay my vows day after day. ]
rsv@Psalms:62:1 @ To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
rsv@Psalms:62:2 @ For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
rsv@Psalms:62:3 @ He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly moved.
rsv@Psalms:62:4 @ How long will you set upon a man to shatter him, all of you, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
rsv@Psalms:62:5 @ They only plan to thrust him down from his eminence. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:62:6 @ For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him.
rsv@Psalms:62:7 @ He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
rsv@Psalms:62:8 @ On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
rsv@Psalms:62:9 @ Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:62:10 @ Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
rsv@Psalms:62:11 @ Put no confidence in extortion, set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.
rsv@Psalms:62:12 @ Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God; [ (Psalms strkjv@62:13) and that to thee, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For thou dost requite a man according to his work. ]
rsv@Psalms:63:1 @ A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
rsv@Psalms:63:2 @ O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.
rsv@Psalms:63:3 @ So I have looked upon thee in the sanctuary, beholding thy power and glory.
rsv@Psalms:63:4 @ Because thy steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise thee.
rsv@Psalms:63:5 @ So I will bless thee as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on thy name.
rsv@Psalms:63:6 @ My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises thee with joyful lips,
rsv@Psalms:63:7 @ when I think of thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the watches of the night;
rsv@Psalms:63:8 @ for thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings I sing for joy.
rsv@Psalms:63:9 @ My soul clings to thee; thy right hand upholds me.
rsv@Psalms:63:10 @ But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;
rsv@Psalms:63:11 @ they shall be given over to the power of the sword, they shall be prey for jackals. [ (Psalms strkjv@63:12) But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall glory; for the mouths of liars will be stopped. ]
rsv@Psalms:64:1 @ To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
rsv@Psalms:64:2 @ Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy,
rsv@Psalms:64:3 @ hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the scheming of evildoers,
rsv@Psalms:64:4 @ who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
rsv@Psalms:64:5 @ shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear.
rsv@Psalms:64:6 @ They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, "Who can see us?
rsv@Psalms:64:7 @ Who can search out our crimes? We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot." For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep!
rsv@Psalms:64:8 @ But God will shoot his arrow at them; they will be wounded suddenly.
rsv@Psalms:64:9 @ Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will wag their heads.
rsv@Psalms:64:10 @ Then all men will fear; they will tell what God has wrought, and ponder what he has done. [ (Psalms strkjv@64:11) Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD, and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart glory! ]
rsv@Psalms:65:1 @ To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Songs.
rsv@Psalms:65:2 @ Praise is due to thee, O God, in Zion; and to thee shall vows be performed,
rsv@Psalms:65:3 @ O thou who hearest prayer! To thee shall all flesh come
rsv@Psalms:65:4 @ on account of sins. When our transgressions prevail over us, thou dost forgive them.
rsv@Psalms:65:5 @ Blessed is he whom thou dost choose and bring near, to dwell in thy courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, thy holy temple!
rsv@Psalms:65:6 @ By dread deeds thou dost answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the farthest seas;
rsv@Psalms:65:7 @ who by thy strength hast established the mountains, being girded with might;
rsv@Psalms:65:8 @ who dost still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples;
rsv@Psalms:65:9 @ so that those who dwell at earth's farthest bounds are afraid at thy signs; thou makest the outgoings of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.
rsv@Psalms:65:10 @ Thou visitest the earth and waterest it, thou greatly enrichest it; the river of God is full of water; thou providest their grain, for so thou hast prepared it.
rsv@Psalms:65:11 @ Thou waterest its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.
rsv@Psalms:65:12 @ Thou crownest the year with thy bounty; the tracks of thy chariot drip with fatness.
rsv@Psalms:65:13 @ The pastures of the wilderness drip, the hills gird themselves with joy, [ (Psalms strkjv@65:14) the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy. ]
rsv@Psalms:66:1 @ To the choirmaster. A Songs. A Psalm.
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