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To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1 Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
Rich and poor together.
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will disclose my 1dark saying on the harp.
5 Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
6 Those who atrust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor bgive to God a ransom for him—
8 For cthe redemption of their souls is costly,
And it shall cease forever—
9 That he should continue to live eternally,
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
11 3Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They ecall their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not 4remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.
13 This is the way of those who are ffoolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings.
Selah
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
gThe upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
hAnd their beauty shall be consumed in 5the grave, far from their dwelling.
15 But God iwill redeem my soul from the power of 6the grave,
For He shall jreceive me.
Selah
16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lives khe blesses himself
(For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see llight. 7
20 A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,
mIs like the beasts that perish.
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 The aMighty One, God the Lord,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
bGod will shine forth.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
cA fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.
4 dHe shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 “Gather eMy saints together to Me,
fThose who have 1made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 Let the gheavens declare His righteousness,
For hGod Himself is Judge.
Selah
7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
iI am God, your God!
8 jI will not 2rebuke you kfor your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.
9 lI will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
mFor the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
13 nWill I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
14 oOffer to God thanksgiving,
And ppay your vows to the Most High.
15 qCall upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
17 rSeeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
18 When you saw a thief, you sconsented 3with him,
And have been a tpartaker with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth to evil,
And uyour tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things you have done, and I kept silent;
vYou thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And wset them in order before your eyes.
22 “Now consider this, you who xforget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:
23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And yto him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David aWhen Nathan the Prophet Went to Him, After He Had Gone in to Bathsheba.
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
bBlot out my transgressions.
2 cWash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
4 dAgainst You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil ein Your sight—
fThat You may be found just 1when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.
5 gBehold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
7 hPurge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be iwhiter than snow.
8 Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken jmay rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.
10 kCreate in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your lHoly Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your mgenerous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
16 For nYou do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
17 oThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.
18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then You shall be pleased with pthe sacrifices of righteousness,
With burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.
The End of the Wicked and the Peace of the Godly
To the Chief Musician. A 1Contemplation of David aWhen Doeg the Edomite Went and bTold Saul, and Said to Him, “David Has Gone to the House of Ahimelech.”
1 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endures continually.
2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than good,
Lying rather than speaking righteousness.
Selah
4 You love all devouring words,
You deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy you forever;
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living.
Selah
6 The righteous also shall see and fear,
And shall laugh at him, saying,
7 “Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his 2wickedness.”
8 But I am clike a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
Because You have done it;
And in the presence of Your saints
I will wait on Your name, for it 3is good.
Folly of the Godless, and the Restoration of Israel
To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath.” A 1Contemplation of David.
1 The afool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity;
bThere is none who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who cseek God.
3 Every one of them has turned aside;
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity dno knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon God?
5 eThere they are in great fear
Where no fear was,
For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you;
You have put them to shame,
Because God has despised them.
6 fOh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God brings back 2the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.
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