Day 2 of 30

Ps 8:1–14:7

8:1 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!

8:2 From the lips of babes and infants you have ordained praise, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

8:3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

8:4 what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

8:5 For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.

8:6 You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

8:7 All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

8:8 The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

8:9 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

9:1 ALEPH I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

9:3 When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

9:4 For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

9:5 You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

9:6 The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

9:7 But the Lord reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

9:8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

9:9 The Lord will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

9:10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

9:11 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

9:12 For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.

9:13 Have mercy on me, Lord. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;

9:14 that I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.

9:15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

9:16 The Lord has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

9:17 The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

9:19 Arise, Lord! Do not let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

9:20 Put them in fear, Lord. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

10:1 Why do you stand far off, Lord? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

10:2 In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns the Lord.

10:4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

10:5 His ways are prosperous at all times. Your judgments are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

10:6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."

10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

10:8 He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

10:9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

10:10 The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.

10:11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."

10:12 Arise, Lord! God, lift up your hand! Do not forget the helpless.

10:13 Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"

10:14 But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

10:15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

10:16 The Lord is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.

10:17 Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

10:18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

11:1 In the Lord, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"

11:2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

11:3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

11:4 The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.

11:5 The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.

11:6 On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

11:7 For the Lord is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.

12:1 Help, Lord; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

12:2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

12:3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,

12:4 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?"

12:5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the Lord; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

12:6 The words of the Lord are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

12:7 You will keep them, Lord. You will preserve them from this generation forever.

12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

13:1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

13:3 Behold, and answer me, Lord, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

13:4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

13:5–6 But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has been good to me.

14:1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.

14:2 The Lord looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.

14:3 They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.

14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on the Lord?

14:5 There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

14:6 You would frustrate the plans of the lowly, but the Lord is his refuge.

14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.