Psalms 9; Psalms 10; Psalms 11; Psalms 12; Psalms 13; Psalms 14; Psalms 15; Psalms 16

1 I will give [you] thanks, O LORD, with all my heart. I will tell about all the miracles you have done.

2 I will find joy and be glad about you. I will make music to praise your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies retreat, they will stumble and die in your presence.

4 You have defended my just cause: You sat down on your throne as a fair judge.

5 You condemned nations. You destroyed wicked people. You wiped out their names forever and ever.

6 The enemy is finished--in ruins forever. You have uprooted their cities. Even the memory of them has faded.

7 Yet, the LORD is enthroned forever. He has set up his throne for judgment.

8 He alone judges the world with righteousness. He judges [its] people fairly.

9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

10 Those who know your name trust you, O LORD, because you have never deserted those who seek your help.

11 Make music to praise the LORD, who is enthroned in Zion. Announce to the nations what he has done.

12 The one who avenges murder has remembered oppressed people. He has never forgotten their cries.

13 Have pity on me, O LORD. Look at what I suffer because of those who hate me. You take me away from the gates of death

14 so that I may recite your praises one by one in the gates of Zion and find joy in your salvation.

15 The nations have sunk into the pit they have made. Their feet are caught in the net they have hidden [to trap others].

16 The LORD is known by the judgment he has carried out. The wicked person is trapped by the work of his own hands. Higgaion Selah

17 Wicked people, all the nations who forget God, will return to the grave.

18 Needy people will not always be forgotten. Nor will the hope of oppressed people be lost forever.

19 Arise, O LORD. Do not let mortals gain any power. Let the nations be judged in your presence.

20 Strike them with terror, O LORD. Let the nations know that they are [only] mortal. Selah

1 Why are you so distant, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

2 The wicked person arrogantly pursues oppressed people. He will be caught in the schemes that he planned.

3 The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses robbers, but he curses the LORD.

4 He turns up his nose [and says], "God doesn't care." His every thought [concludes], "There is no God."

5 He always seems to succeed. Your judgments are beyond his understanding. He spits at all his opponents.

6 He says to himself, "Nothing can shake me. I'll never face any trouble."

7 His mouth is full of cursing, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.

8 He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. His eyes are on the lookout for victims.

9 He lies in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people when he draws them into his net.

10 [His] victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall under [the weight of] his power.

11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!"

12 Arise, O LORD! Lift your hand, O God. Do not forget oppressed people!

13 Why does the wicked person despise God? Why does he say to himself, "God doesn't care"?

14 You have seen [it]; yes, you have taken note of trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.

15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil person. Punish his wickedness until you find no more.

16 The LORD is king forever and ever. The nations have vanished from his land.

17 You have heard the desire of oppressed people, O LORD. You encourage them. You pay close attention to them

18 in order to provide justice for orphans and oppressed people so that no mere mortal will terrify them again.

1 I have taken refuge in the LORD. How can you say to me: "Flee to your mountain like a bird?

2 Wicked people bend their bows. They set their arrows against the strings to shoot in the dark at people whose motives are decent.

3 When the foundations [of life] are undermined, what can a righteous person do?"

4 The LORD is in his holy temple. The LORD's throne is in heaven. His eyes see. They examine Adam's descendants.

5 The LORD tests righteous people, but he hates wicked people and the ones who love violence.

6 He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.

7 The LORD is righteous. He loves a righteous way of life. Decent people will see his face.

1 Help, O LORD. No godly person is left. Faithful people have vanished from among Adam's descendants!

2 All people speak foolishly. They speak with flattering lips. They say one thing but mean another.

3 May the LORD cut off every flattering lip and every bragging tongue

4 that has said, "We will overcome with our tongues. With lips such as ours, who can be our master?"

5 "Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will provide safety for those who long for it."

6 The promises of the LORD are pure, like silver refined in a furnace and purified seven times.

7 O LORD, you will protect them. You will keep each one safe from those people forever.

8 Wicked people parade around when immorality increases among Adam's descendants.

1 How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

2 How long must I make decisions alone with sorrow in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

3 Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Light up my eyes, or else I will die

4 and my enemy will say, "I have overpowered him." My opponents will rejoice because I have been shaken.

5 But I trust your mercy. My heart finds joy in your salvation.

6 I will sing to the LORD because he has been good to me.

1 Godless fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do disgusting things. There is no one who does good things.

2 The LORD looks down from heaven on Adam's descendants to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God.

3 Everyone has turned away. Together they have become rotten to the core. No one, not even one person, does good things.

4 Are all those troublemakers, those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, so ignorant that they do not call on the LORD?

5 There they are--panic-stricken because God is with the person who is righteous.

6 They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because the LORD is their refuge.

7 If only salvation for Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice. Israel will be glad.

1 O LORD, who may stay in your tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

2 The one who walks with integrity, does what is righteous, and speaks the truth within his heart.

3 The one who does not slander with his tongue, do evil to a friend, or bring disgrace on his neighbor.

4 The one who despises those rejected by God but honors those who fear the LORD. The one who makes a promise and does not break it, even though he is hurt by it.

5 The one who does not collect interest on a loan or take a bribe against an innocent person. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

1 Protect me, O God, because I take refuge in you.

2 I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord. Without you, I have nothing good."

3 Those who lead holy lives on earth are the noble ones who fill me with joy.

4 Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows. I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood or use my lips to speak their names.

5 The LORD is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny.

6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me. Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.

7 I will praise the LORD, who advises me. My conscience warns me at night.

8 I always keep the LORD in front of me. When he is by my side, I cannot be moved.

9 That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices. My body rests securely

10 because you do not abandon my soul to the grave or allow your holy one to decay.

11 You make the path of life known to me. Complete joy is in your presence. Pleasures are by your side forever.