Psalms:58-65
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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