22 April - Psalm 6, 8-10, 14, Psalm 16-19 And Psalm 21

Jude Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:51 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 6

1O יהוה, do not rebuke me in Your displeasure, Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

2Show favour to me, O יהוה, for I am fading away; O יהוה, heal me, for my bones have been troubled.

3And my being has been greatly troubled; And You, O יהוה – till when?

4Return, O יהוה, rescue my life! Oh, save me for Your kindness’ sake!

5For in death there is no remembrance of You; Who gives You thanks in the grave?

6I have grown weary with my groaning; Every night I flood my bed; I drench my couch with my tears.

7My eye has grown dim because of grief; It grows old because of all my adversaries.

8Depart from me, all you workers of wickedness; For יהוה has heard the voice of my weeping.

9יהוה has heard my pleading; יהוה receives my prayer.

10Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; They turn back suddenly, ashamed.

PSALM 8

1O יהוה, our Master, how excellent is Your Name in all the earth, You who set Your splendour above the heavens!

2Out of the mouth of babes and infants You have founded strength, Because of Your adversaries, To put an end to enemy and avenger.

3For I see Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have established.

4What is man that You remember him? And the son of man that You visit him?

5Yet You have made him a little less than Elohim, And have crowned him with esteem and splendour.

6You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all under his feet,

7All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,

8The birds of the heavens, And the fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas.

9O יהוה, our Master, How excellent is Your Name in all the earth!

PSALM 9

1I praise You, O יהוה, with all my heart; I declare all Your wonders.

2I rejoice and exult in You; I sing praise to Your Name, O Most High.

3When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You.

4For You executed my right and my cause, You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.

5You have rebuked the gentiles, You have destroyed the wrong, You have wiped out their name forever and ever.

6The enemy is no more – ruins everlasting! And You have uprooted the cities; Even their remembrance has perished.

7But יהוה abides forever, He is preparing His throne for judgment.

8And He judges the world in righteousness, He judges the peoples in straightness.

9And יהוה is a refuge for the crushed one, A refuge in times of distress.

10And those who know Your Name trust in You, For You have not forsaken those who seek You, O יהוה.

11Sing praises to יהוה, who dwells in Tsiyon! Declare His deeds among the peoples.

12For He remembers the seekers of bloodshed, He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13Show favour to me, O יהוה! See my affliction by those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,

14So that I declare all Your praise In the gates of the daughter of Tsiyon. I rejoice in Your deliverance.

15The gentiles have sunk down in the pit which they made; In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.

16יהוה has made Himself known, He has done right-ruling; The wrong is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

17The wrong return to the grave, All the gentiles that forget Elohim.

18For the needy is not always forgotten; Neither the expectancy of the poor lost forever.

19Arise, O יהוה, Do not let man prevail; Let the gentiles be judged before Your face.

20Put them in fear, O יהוה, Let the gentiles know they are but men. Selah.

PSALM 10

1Why do You stand afar off, O יהוה, hiding in times of distress?

2In arrogance the wrongdoer hotly pursues the poor; They are caught by the schemes which they devised.

3For the wrongdoer boasted of his cravings; And the greedy one cursed and despised יהוה.

4In the pride of his face The wrongdoer does not seek Him, In all his thoughts there is no Elohim!

5His ways are always prosperous! Your right-rulings are on high, out of his sight! He snorts at all his adversaries!

6He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved; From generation to generation, never be in evil!”

7His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is trouble and wickedness.

8He sits in the hiding places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless.

9He lies in wait in a secret place, as a lion in his den; He lies in wait to catch the poor; He catches the poor, drawing him into his net.

10And he crouches, he lies low, And the helpless fall under his strength.

11He has said in his heart, “Ěl has forgotten, He has hidden His face, He shall never see.”

12Arise, O יהוה! O Ěl, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the lowly ones.

13Why do the wrong scorn Elohim? He has said in his heart, “It is not required.”

14You have seen it, for You observe trouble and grief, To repay with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

15Break the arm of the wrong one and the evil one; Search out his wrongness that would not be found out.

16יהוה is Sovereign forever and ever; The gentiles shall perish from His land.

17יהוה, You have heard the desire of the lowly ones; You prepare their heart; You incline Your ear,

18To defend the fatherless and the downtrodden; So that man who is of the earth no longer oppresses!

PSALM 14

1The fool has said in his heart, “There is no יהוה.” They have done corruptly, They have done an abominable deed, There is no one who does good.

2יהוה looked down from the heavens on the sons of mankind, To see if there is a wise one, seeking יהוה.

3They have all turned aside, They have together become filthy; No one is doing good, not even one.

4Have all the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call on יהוה?

5There they are in great fear, For יהוה is with the generation of the righteous.

6You would put to shame the counsel of the poor, But יהוה is his refuge.

7O that the deliverance of Yisra’ĕl Would be given out of Tsiyon! When יהוה turns back the captivity of His people, Let Ya‛aqoḇ rejoice, let Yisra’ĕl be glad.

PSALM 16

1Guard me, O Ěl, for I have taken refuge in You.

2I have said to יהוה, “You are יהוה, I have no good beside You.”

3As for the set-apart ones who are on the earth, They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

4The sorrows of those who run after another one are increased; I would not pour out their drink offerings of blood, Nor take up their names on my lips.

5יהוה is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You uphold my lot.

6Boundary lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, a good inheritance is mine.

7I bless יהוה who has given me counsel; My kidneys also instruct me in the nights.

8I have set יהוה always before me; Because He is at my right hand I am not shaken.

9Therefore my heart was glad, and my esteem rejoices; My flesh also dwells in safety.

10For You do not leave my being in the grave, Neither let Your Kind One see corruption.

11You show me the path of life; In Your presence is joy to satisfaction; At Your right hand are pleasures forever.

PSALM 17

1Hear righteousness, יהוה, Listen to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, From lips without deceit.

2Let my right-ruling go out from Your presence; Let Your eyes see what is straight.

3You have examined my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me – You find I have not schemed; My mouth would not transgress.

4As for the deeds of men – By the word of Your lips, I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer.

5My steps have held fast to Your paths, My feet have not slipped.

6I have called upon You, for You answer me, O Ěl; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

7Let Your kindness be distinguished, You who save by Your right hand those who take refuge From those who rise up.

8Guard me as the apple of Your eye. Hide me under the shadow of Your wings,

9From the face of the wrong who ravage me, From my deadly enemies who surround me.

10They are enclosed in their own fat, They speak proudly with their mouths,

11They have now surrounded us in our steps, They set their eyes to cast us to the ground,

12Like a lion who is eager to tear his prey, And as a young lion crouching in cover.

13Arise, O יהוה, Confront him, cause him to bend; Deliver my being from the wrong by Your sword,

14From men by Your hand, O יהוה, From men of the world whose portion is in this life, And You fill their bellies with Your treasure, They are satisfied with children, And shall leave their riches to their babes.

15As for me, let Me see Your face in righteousness; I am satisfied to see Your appearance when I awake.

PSALM 18

1I love You, O יהוה, My strength.

2יהוה is my rock and my stronghold and my deliverer; My Ěl is my rock, I take refuge in Him; My shield and the horn of my deliverance, my high tower.

3I call upon יהוה, the One to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.

4The cords of death surrounded me, And the floods of Beliya‛al made me afraid.

5The cords of the grave were all around me; The snares of death were before me.

6In my distress I called upon יהוה, And to my Elohim I cried; He heard my voice from His Hĕḵal, And my cry went before Him, into His ears.

7And the earth shook and trembled; Even the foundations of the mountains were troubled And they shook, because He was wroth.

8Smoke went up from His nostrils, And consuming fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.

9And He bowed the heavens and came down, And thick darkness was under His feet.

10And He rode upon a keruḇ, and flew; He flew upon the wings of the wind.

11He made darkness His covering; Around Him His booth, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

12From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.

13And יהוה thundered in the heavens, And the Most High sent forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.

14And He sent out His arrows and scattered them, And much lightning, and confused them.

15And the channels of waters were seen, And the foundations of the world were uncovered At Your rebuke, O יהוה, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

16He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of many waters.

17He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they were stronger than I.

18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But יהוה was my support.

19And He brought me out into a large place; He delivered me for He delighted in me.

20יהוה rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He repaid me.

21For I have guarded the ways of יהוה, And have not acted wrongly against my Elohim.

22For all His right-rulings are before me, And I did not turn from His laws.

23And I am perfect before Him, And I guard myself from my crookedness.

24And יהוה repays me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes.

25With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the perfect one You show Yourself perfect;

26With the clean You show Yourself clean; And with the crooked You show Yourself twisted.

27For You save the afflicted people, But bring down those whose eyes are haughty.

28For You Yourself light my lamp; יהוה my Elohim makes my darkness light.

29For with You I run against a band, And with my Elohim I leap over a wall.

30The Ěl – His way is perfect; The Word of יהוה is provena; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

31For who is Eloah, besides יהוה? And who is a rock, except our Elohim?

32It is Ěl who girds me with strength, And makes my way perfect,

33Making my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places,

34Teaching my hands for battle, So that my arms shall bend a bow of bronze.

35And You give me the shield of Your deliverance; And Your right hand supports me, And Your lowliness makes me great.

36You enlarge my step under me; And my feet shall not slip.

37I pursue my enemies and overtake them; And do not turn back till they are destroyed.

38I crush them, and they are unable to rise; They fall under my feet.

39And You gird me with strength for battle; Cause my adversaries to bow under me.

40And You have made my enemies turn their backs, As for those hating me, I cut them off.

41They cry – but no one is there to save, To יהוה – but He answers them not.

42And I beat them as dust before the wind; I empty them out like dirt in the streets.

43You deliver me from the strivings of the people, You set me at the head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me.

44As soon as they hear of me they obey me; The foreigners submit to me.

45The foreigners fade away, And come frightened from their strongholds.

46יהוה lives! And blessed is my Rock! And exalted is the Elohim of my deliverance,

47The Ěl who avenges me, And He humbles the peoples under me;

48My deliverer from my enemies. You lift me up above those who rise against me; You deliver me from a man of violence.

49Therefore I give thanks to You, O יהוה, among nations, And I sing praise to Your Name,

50Making great the deliverance of His sovereign, And showing kindness to His anointed, To Dawiḏ and his seed, forever.

PSALM 19

1The heavens are proclaiming the esteem of Ěl; And the expanse is declaring the work of His hand.

2Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge.

3There is no speech, and there are no words, Their voice is not heard.

4Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them He set up a tent for the sun,

5And it is like a bridegroom coming out of his room, It rejoices like a strong man to run the path.

6Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end; And naught is hidden from its heat.

7The Torah of יהוה is perfect, bringing back the being; The witness of יהוה is trustworthy, making wise the simple;

8The orders of יהוה are straight, rejoicing the heart; The command of יהוה is clear, enlightening the eyes;

9The fear of יהוה is clean, standing forever; The right-rulings of יהוה are true, They are righteous altogether,

10More desirable than gold, Than much fine gold; And sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

11Also, Your servant is warned by them, In guarding them there is great reward.

12Who discerns mistakes? Declare me innocent from those that are secret,

13Also keep Your servant back from presumptuous ones, Do not let them rule over me. Then shall I be perfect, and innocent of great transgression.

14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be pleasing before You, O יהוה, my rock and my redeemer.

PSALM 21

1The sovereign rejoices in Your strength, O יהוה; And how greatly he exults in Your deliverance!

2You have given him the desire of his heart, And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

3For You put before him the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

4He asked life from You, and You gave it to him – Length of days forever and ever.

5Through Your deliverance his esteem is great; You have laid excellency and splendour on him.

6For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him glad with the joy of Your presence.

7For the sovereign is trusting in יהוה, And through the kindness of the Most High he is not moved.

8Your hand reaches all Your enemies; Your right hand reaches those who hate You.

9You make them as a furnace of fire in the time of Your presence; יהוה does swallow them up in His wrath, And fire does consume them.

10You destroy their fruit from the earth, And their seed from among the sons of men.

11For they held out evil against You; They devised a plot; they do not prevail.

12For You make them turn their back, When You aim with Your bowstring toward their faces.

13Be exalted, O יהוה, in Your strength! We sing and we praise Your might.