15 April - Psalms 7, 27, 31, 34 And 52

Jude Fri Dec 14, 2018 7:13 pm

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

PSALM 7

1O יהוה my Elohim, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all my pursuers; And deliver me,

2Lest they tear at my throat like a lion, Rending in pieces, with no one to deliver.

3O יהוה my Elohim, if I have done this: If there is unrighteousness in my hands,

4If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause,

5Let the enemy pursue me and overtake my being, And trample my life to the ground, And lay my esteem in the dust. Selah.

6Arise, O יהוה, in Your displeasure; Lift Yourself up against the rage of my adversaries, And awake for me! You shall command judgment!

7And let the congregation of the peoples gather about You; And over them return on high.

8יהוה judges the peoples; Judge me, O יהוה, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.

9Please let the evil of the wrong be ended, And establish the righteous; For the righteous Elohim is a trier of hearts and kidneys.

10My shield is upon Elohim, Who saves the upright in heart.

11Elohim is a righteous judge. And Ěl is enraged every day,

12If one does not repent! He sharpens His sword, He bends His bow and makes it ready,

13And He has prepared for Himself instruments of death, He makes His arrows hot for pursuers.

14See, he who is bound with wickedness, And has conceived trouble and brought forth falsehood,

15He has made a pit and dug it out, And falls into the ditch he made!

16His trouble turns back upon his own head, And his wrongdoing comes down on the top of his head.

17I give thanks to יהוה according to His righteousness, And praise the Name of יהוה Most High.

PSALM 27

1יהוה is my light and my deliverance; Whom should I fear? יהוה is the refuge of my life; Whom should I dread?

2When evil-doers come against me To eat up my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, They shall stumble and fall.

3Though an army encamps against me, My heart does not fear; Though battle comes up against me, Even then I would be trusting.

4One matter I asked of יהוה – this I seek: To dwell in the House of יהוה All the days of my life, To see the pleasantness of יהוה, And to inquire in His Hĕḵal.

5For in the day of evil He hides me in His booth; In the covering of His Tent He hides me; On a rock He raises me up.

6And now my head is lifted up above my enemies all around me; And I offer in His Tent with shouts of joy; I sing, yea, I sing praises to יהוה.

7Hear, O יהוה, when I cry with my voice! And show me favour, and answer me.

8To my heart You have said, “Seek My face.” Your face, יהוה, I seek.

9Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in displeasure; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O Elohim of my deliverance.

10When my father and my mother have forsaken me, Then יהוה does take me in.

11Teach me Your way, O יהוה, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.

12Do not give me over To the desire of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And they breathe out cruelty to me.

13What if I had not believed To see the goodness of יהוה In the land of the living!

14Wait on יהוה, be strong, And let Him strengthen your heart! Wait, I say, on יהוה!

PSALM 31

1In You, O יהוה, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness.

2Incline Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; Be a rock of refuge to me, A house of defence to save me.

3For You are my rock and my stronghold; For Your Name’s sake lead me and guide me.

4Bring me out of the net which they have hidden for me, For You are my stronghold.

5Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O יהוה Ěl of truth.

6I have hated those who observe lying vanities; But I trust in יהוה.

7I exult and rejoice in Your kindness, For You have seen my affliction; You have known the distresses of my life,

8And You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

9Show me favour, O יהוה, for I am in distress; My eye, my being and my body have become old with grief!

10For my life is consumed in sorrow, And my years in sighing; My strength fails because of my crookedness, And my bones have become old.

11I am a reproach among all my adversaries, But most of all among my neighbours, And a dread to my friends; Those who see me outside flee from me.

12I have been forgotten like someone dead from the heart; I have been like a missing vessel.

13For I hear the evil report of many; Fear is from all around; When they take counsel together against me, They plot to take away my life.

14But I, I have put my trust in You, O יהוה; I have said, “You are my Elohim.”

15My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who pursue me.

16Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your kindness.

17Do not let me be ashamed, O יהוה, For I have called upon You; Let the wrong be ashamed; Let them be silenced in the grave.

18Let lips of falsehood be stilled, Which speak recklessly against the righteous, With pride and scorn.

19How great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those fearing You, Which You have prepared for those taking refuge in You In the sight of the sons of men!

20In the secrecy of Your presence You shall hide them from the plots of man; You shelter them in a booth from the strife of tongues.

21Blessed be יהוה, For He has made marvellous His kindness to me in a strong city!

22And I, I have said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes,” Yet You heard the voice of my prayers When I cried out to You.

23Love יהוה, all you His kind ones! For יהוה guards the trustworthy ones, And exceedingly repays the doer of pride.

24Be strong, and let Him strengthen your heart, All you who are waiting for יהוה.

PSALM 34

1I bless יהוה at all times; His praise is continually in my mouth.

2My being makes its boast in יהוה; Let the humble hear and be glad.

3Oh, make יהוה great with me, And let us exalt His Name together.

4I sought יהוה, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

5They looked to Him and were lightened, And their faces were not ashamed.

6This poor one cried out and יהוה heard him, And saved him out of all his distresses.

7The messenger of יהוה encamps all around those who fear Him, And rescues them.

8Oh, taste and see that יהוה is good; Blessed is the man that takes refuge in Him!

9Fear יהוה, you His set-apart ones, For there is no lack to them who fear Him!

10Young lions have lacked and been hungry; But those who seek יהוה lack not any good matter.

11Come, you children, listen to me; Let me teach you the fear of יהוה.

12Who is the man who desires life, Who loves many days, in order to see good?

13Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit.

14Turn away from evil and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.

15The eyes of יהוה are on the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.

16The face of יהוה is against evil-doers, To cut off their remembrance from the earth.

17The righteous cried out, and יהוה heard, And delivered them out of all their distresses.

18יהוה is near to the broken-hearted, And saves those whose spirit is crushed.

19Many are the evils of the righteousa, But יהוה delivers him out of them all.

20He is guarding all his bones; Not one of them is broken.

21Evil does slay the wrong, And those who hate the righteous are guilty.

22יהוה redeems the lives of His servants, And none of those taking refuge in Him are guilty.

PSALM 52

1Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The kindness of Ěl is all day long!

2Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

3You loved evil more than good, Lying more than speaking righteousness. Selah.

4You loved all devouring words, O tongue of deceit.

5Let Ěl also break you down forever, Take you and pluck you out of your tent. And He shall uproot you From the land of the living. Selah.

6And let the righteous see and fear, And laugh at him, saying,

7“See the man who did not make Elohim his strength, But trusted in his many riches, Being strong in his destruction.”

8But I am like a green olive tree In the House of Elohim, I have trusted in the kindness of Elohim Forever and ever.

9I thank You forever, Because You have done it; And in the presence of Your kind ones I wait on Your Name, for it is good.