16 April - Psalm 56, 120, 140, 141 And 142

Jude Fri Dec 14, 2018 9:38 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 56

1Show me favour, O Elohim, For man would swallow me up; Fighting all day long, he oppresses me.

2My enemies would swallow me up all day long, For many are fighting against me, O Most High.

3In the day I am afraid, I trust in You.

4In Elohim, whose Word I praise, In Elohim I have trusted; I do not fear; What could flesh do to me?

5All day long they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6They stir up strife, they hide, They watch my steps, As they lie in wait for my life.

7Because of wickedness, cast them out. Put down the peoples in displeasure, O Elohim!

8You have counted my wanderings; You put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book?

9My enemies turn back in the day I call; This I know, because Elohim is for me.

10In Elohim, whose Word I praise, In יהוה, whose Word I praise,

11In Elohim I have trusted; I do not fear; What could man do to me?

12On me, O Elohim, are Your vows; I render praises to You,

13For You have delivered my life from death, My feet from stumbling, That I might walk before Elohim, In the light of the living!

PSALM 120

1In my distress I cried to יהוה, And He answered me.

2יהוה, deliver my being from false lips, From a treacherous tongue.

3What would one give to you, Or what would one do to you, O treacherous tongue?

4Sharp arrows of a mighty man, With coals of the broom-wood!

5Woe to me for I have sojourned in Mesheḵ, I have dwelt among the tents of Qĕḏar!

6My being has dwelt too long With him who hates peace.

7I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for fighting.

PSALM 140

1Rescue me, O יהוה, from men of evil; Preserve me from men of violence,

2Who have devised evils in their hearts; They stir up conflicts all day long.

3They sharpen their tongues like a snake; The poison of cobras is under their lips. Selah.

4Guard me, O יהוה, from the hands of the wrong; Guard me from a man of violence, Who have schemed to trip up my steps.

5The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.

6I said to יהוה, “You are my Ěl; Hear the voice of my prayers, O יהוה.

7“O Master יהוה, my saving strength, You have screened my head in the day of battle.

8“Do not grant the desires of the wrong, O יהוה; Do not promote his scheme. Selah.

9“Those who surround me lift up their head; The trouble of their lips cover them;

10“Let burning coals fall on them; Let them be made to fall into the fire, Into deep pits, let them not rise again.

11“Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily.”

12I have known that יהוה maintains The cause of the afflicted, The right-ruling of the poor.

13Only, let the righteous give thanks to Your Name, Let the straight ones dwell in Your presence.

PSALM 141

1יהוה, I have cried out to You; Hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.

2Let my prayer be prepared before You as incense, The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

3O יהוה, set a guard for my mouth; Watch over the door of my lips.

4Let not my heart be inclined to evil, To practise deeds of wrongness With men working wickedness, And let me not eat of their delicacies.

5Let the righteous one smite me Or reprove me in kindness – It is oil on my head. Let my head not refuse it. My prayer is still against their evil deeds.

6Their judges have been thrown down By the sides of the rock, But they have heard my words, For they have been pleasant.

7Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, As when one ploughs and breaks up the earth.

8But my eyes are upon You, O Master יהוה. In You I take refuge; Do not pour out my life.

9Guard me from the clutches Of the trap they have laid for me, And from the snares Of the workers of wickedness.

10Let the wrong fall into their own nets, While I pass by.

PSALM 142

1I cry out to יהוה with my voice; I pray to יהוה with my voice.

2I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare before Him my distress.

3When my spirit grew faint within me, Then You know my path. In the way in which I walk They have hidden a trap for me.

4Look to the right hand and see, And no one is concerned for me; No refuge remains to me; No one inquires after my being.

5I cried out to You, O יהוה: I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

6“Listen to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.

7“Bring my being out of prison, To give thanks to Your Name. Let the righteous gather around me, Because You deal kindly with me.”