Psalm 108-114

New International Version

⁶ Save us and help us with your right hand,^(K)
    that those you love may be delivered.
⁷ God has spoken^(L) from his sanctuary:^(M)
    “In triumph I will parcel out Shechem^(N)
    and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.^(O)
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah^(P) is my scepter.
⁹ Moab^(Q) is my washbasin,
    on Edom^(R) I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia^(S) I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹ Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
    and no longer go out with our armies?^(T)
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
    for human help is worthless.^(U)
13 With God we will gain the victory,
    and he will trample down^(V) our enemies.

⁶ Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser^(AE) stand at his right hand.
⁷ When he is tried, let him be found guilty,^(AF)
    and may his prayers condemn^(AG) him.
⁸ May his days be few;^(AH)
    may another take his place^(AI) of leadership.
⁹ May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.^(AJ)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;^(AK)
    may they be driven^[b] from their ruined homes.
¹¹ May a creditor^(AL) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder^(AM) the fruits of his labor.^(AN)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity^(AO) on his fatherless children.
¹³ May his descendants be cut off,^(AP)
    their names blotted out^(AQ) from the next generation.
¹⁴ May the iniquity of his fathers^(AR) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
¹⁵ May their sins always remain before^(AS) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name^(AT) from the earth.

¹⁶ For he never thought of doing a kindness,
    but hounded to death the poor
    and the needy^(AU) and the brokenhearted.^(AV)
17 He loved to pronounce a curse—
    may it come back on him.^(AW)
He found no pleasure in blessing—
    may it be far from him.
¹⁸ He wore cursing^(AX) as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,^(AY)
    into his bones like oil.
¹⁹ May it be like a cloak wrapped^(AZ) about him,
    like a belt tied forever around him.
²⁰ May this be the Lord’s payment^(BA) to my accusers,
    to those who speak evil^(BB) of me.

²¹ But you, Sovereign Lord,
    help me for your name’s sake;^(BC)
    out of the goodness of your love,^(BD) deliver me.^(BE)
22 For I am poor and needy,
    and my heart is wounded within me.
²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;^(BF)
    I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees give^(BG) way from fasting;^(BH)
    my body is thin and gaunt.^(BI)
25 I am an object of scorn^(BJ) to my accusers;
    when they see me, they shake their heads.^(BK)

²⁶ Help me,^(BL) Lord my God;
    save me according to your unfailing love.
²⁷ Let them know^(BM) that it is your hand,
    that you, Lord, have done it.
²⁸ While they curse,^(BN) may you bless;
    may those who attack me be put to shame,
    but may your servant rejoice.^(BO)
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace
    and wrapped in shame^(BP) as in a cloak.

³⁰ With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord;
    in the great throng^(BQ) of worshipers I will praise him.
³¹ For he stands at the right hand^(BR) of the needy,
    to save their lives from those who would condemn them.

“Sit at my right hand^(BT)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool for your feet.”^(BU)

² The Lord will extend your mighty scepter^(BV) from Zion,^(BW) saying,
    “Rule^(BX) in the midst of your enemies!”
³ Your troops will be willing
    on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,^(BY)
    your young men will come to you
    like dew from the morning’s womb.^[d](BZ)

⁴ The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:^(CA)
“You are a priest forever,^(CB)
    in the order of Melchizedek.^(CC)”

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand^[e];^(CD)
    he will crush kings^(CE) on the day of his wrath.^(CF)
6 He will judge the nations,^(CG) heaping up the dead^(CH)
    and crushing the rulers^(CI) of the whole earth.
⁷ He will drink from a brook along the way,^[f]
    and so he will lift his head high.^(CJ)

I will extol the Lord^(CK) with all my heart^(CL)
    in the council^(CM) of the upright and in the assembly.^(CN)

² Great are the works^(CO) of the Lord;
    they are pondered by all^(CP) who delight in them.
³ Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
    and his righteousness endures^(CQ) forever.
⁴ He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
    the Lord is gracious and compassionate.^(CR)
5 He provides food^(CS) for those who fear him;^(CT)
    he remembers his covenant^(CU) forever.

⁶ He has shown his people the power of his works,^(CV)
    giving them the lands of other nations.^(CW)
7 The works of his hands^(CX) are faithful and just;
    all his precepts are trustworthy.^(CY)
8 They are established for ever^(CZ) and ever,
    enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
⁹ He provided redemption^(DA) for his people;
    he ordained his covenant forever—
    holy and awesome^(DB) is his name.

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord^(DC) is the beginning of wisdom;^(DD)
    all who follow his precepts have good understanding.^(DE)
    To him belongs eternal praise.^(DF)

Blessed are those^(DH) who fear the Lord,^(DI)
    who find great delight^(DJ) in his commands.

² Their children^(DK) will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.
³ Wealth and riches^(DL) are in their houses,
    and their righteousness endures^(DM) forever.
⁴ Even in darkness light dawns^(DN) for the upright,
    for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.^(DO)
5 Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,^(DP)
    who conduct their affairs with justice.

⁶ Surely the righteous will never be shaken;^(DQ)
    they will be remembered^(DR) forever.
⁷ They will have no fear of bad news;
    their hearts are steadfast,^(DS) trusting in the Lord.^(DT)
8 Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear;^(DU)
    in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.^(DV)
9 They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor,^(DW)
    their righteousness endures^(DX) forever;
    their horn^[k] will be lifted^(DY) high in honor.

¹⁰ The wicked will see^(DZ) and be vexed,
    they will gnash their teeth^(EA) and waste away;^(EB)
    the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.^(EC)

Praise the Lord, you his servants;^(EE)
    praise the name of the Lord.
² Let the name of the Lord be praised,^(EF)
    both now and forevermore.^(EG)
3 From the rising of the sun^(EH) to the place where it sets,
    the name of the Lord is to be praised.

⁴ The Lord is exalted^(EI) over all the nations,
    his glory above the heavens.^(EJ)
5 Who is like the Lord our God,^(EK)
    the One who sits enthroned^(EL) on high,^(EM)
6 who stoops down to look^(EN)
    on the heavens and the earth?

⁷ He raises the poor^(EO) from the dust
    and lifts the needy^(EP) from the ash heap;
⁸ he seats them^(EQ) with princes,
    with the princes of his people.
⁹ He settles the childless^(ER) woman in her home
    as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

³ The sea looked and fled,^(EV)
    the Jordan turned back;^(EW)
4 the mountains leaped^(EX) like rams,
    the hills like lambs.

⁵ Why was it, sea, that you fled?^(EY)
    Why, Jordan, did you turn back?
⁶ Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,
    you hills, like lambs?

⁷ Tremble, earth,^(EZ) at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,
⁸ who turned the rock into a pool,
    the hard rock into springs of water.^(FA)