Psalm 6; Psalm 8; Psalm 9; Psalm 10

1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?

4Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

5You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

7all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,

8the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

9O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

1I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.

2I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

3When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

4For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.

6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

7But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.

8He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.

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

10Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

11Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

13Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,

14that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.

18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

19Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.

20Lay terror upon them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.

6He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

10They are crushed and beaten down; the helpless fall prey to his strength.

11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

12Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”

14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.

17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.