Aug.
28
Psalm
11-15
Psa
11:1 In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, "Flee
as a bird to your mountain!"
Psa
11:2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows
on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in
heart.
Psa
11:3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Psa
11:4 Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in
heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
Psa
11:5 Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves
violence his soul hates.
Psa
11:6 On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and
scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Psa
11:7 For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright
shall see his face.
Psa
12:1 Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail
from among the children of men.
Psa
12:2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips,
and with a double heart.
Psa
12:3 May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
boasts,
Psa
12:4 who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips
are our own. Who is lord over us?"
Psa
12:5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the
groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I
will set him in safety from those who malign him."
Psa
12:6 The words of Yahweh are flawless words, as silver refined in a
clay furnace, purified seven times.
Psa
12:7 You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this
generation forever.
Psa
12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted
among the sons of men.
Psa
13:1 How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you
hide your face from me?
Psa
13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my
heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
Psa
13:3 Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes,
lest I sleep in death;
Psa
13:4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;"
Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
Psa
13:5 But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your
salvation.
Psa
13:6 I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.
Psa
14:1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."
They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who
does good.
Psa
14:2 Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see
if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.
Psa
14:3 They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt.
There is none who does good, no, not one.
Psa
14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my
people as they eat bread, and don't call on Yahweh?
Psa
14:5 There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of
the righteous.
Psa
14:6 You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his
refuge.
Psa
14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When
Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people, then Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.
Psa
15:1 Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on
your holy hill?
Psa
15:2 He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth
in his heart;
Psa
15:3 He who doesn't slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his
friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
Psa
15:4 In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who
fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't
change;
Psa
15:5 he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe
against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be
shaken.