Psalms 7; Psalms 8; Psalms 9

1 <The psalm of David, which he sung to the Lord, for the words of Chusi, the son of Jemini.> (7-2) O Lord, my God, in thee have I put my trust; same me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.

2 (7-3) Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.

3 (7-4) O Lord, my God, if I have done this thing, if there be iniquity in my hands:

4 (7-5) If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me deservedly fall empty before my enemies.

5 (7-6) Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down my life, on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.

6 (7-7) Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord, my God, in the precept which thou hast commanded:

7 (7-8) And a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for their sakes return thou on high.

8 (7-9) The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.

9 (7-10) The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought; and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God. Just

10 (7-11) Is my help from the Lord; who saveth the upright of heart.

11 (7-12) God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every day?

12 (7-13) Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

13 (7-14) And in it he hath prepared to instruments of death, he hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.

14 (7-15) Behold he hath been in labour with injustice: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.

15 (7-16) He hath opened a pit and dug it: and he is fallen into the hole he made.

16 (7-17) His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall come down upon his crown.

17 (7-18) I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice: and will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.

1 <Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David.> (8-2) O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

2 (8-3) Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.

3 (8-4) For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.

4 (8-5) What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 (8-6) Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour:

6 (8-7) And hast set him over the works of thy hands.

7 (8-8) Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover, the beasts also of the fields.

8 (8-9) The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea.

9 (8-10) O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!

1 <Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David.> (9-2) I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will relate all thy wonders.

2 (9-3) I will be glad, and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.

3 (9-4) When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened, and perish before thy face.

4 (9-5) For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.

5 (9-6) Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

6 (9-7) The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise:

7 (9-8) But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in judgment:

8 (9-9) And he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the people in justice.

9 (9-10) And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in due time in tribulation.

10 (9-11) And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.

11 (9-12) Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

12 (9-13) For requiring their blood, he hath remembered them: he hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.

13 (9-14) Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my enemies.

14 (9-15) Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

15 (9-16) I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.

16 (9-17) The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.

17 (9-18) The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.

18 (9-19) For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.

19 (9-20) Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight.

20 (9-21) Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.