Psalms 9-17 - Prayer Tents

9[For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune "Death of the Son"] I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.H5329H4192H1121H4210H1732H3034H3068H3820H5608H6381 2I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.H8055H5970H2167H8034H5945 3My enemies retreated; they staggered and died when you appeared.H341H7725H268H3782H6H6440 4For you have judged in my favor; from your throne you have judged with fairness.H6213H4941H1779H3427H3678H8199H6664 5You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their names forever.H1605H1471H6H7563H4229H8034H5769H5703 6The enemy is finished, in endless ruins; the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.H341H2723H5331H8552H5428H6145H5892H2143H6H1992 7But the LORD reigns forever, executing judgment from his throne.H3068H3427H5769H3559H3678H4941 8He will judge the world with justice and rule the nations with fairness.H8199H8398H6664H1777H3816H4339 9The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.H3068H4869H1790H4869H6256H6869 10Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you.H3045H8034H982H3068H5800H1875 11Sing praises to the LORD who reigns in Jerusalem. Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.H2167H3068H3427H6726H5046H5971H5949 12For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.H1875H1818H2142H7911H6818H6035H6041 13LORD, have mercy on me. See how my enemies torment me. Snatch me back from the jaws of death.H2603H3068H7200H6040H8130H7311H8179H4194 14Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem's gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.H5608H8416H8179H1323H6726H1523H3444 15The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others. Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set.H1471H2883H7845H6213H7568H2098H2934H7272H3920 16The LORD is known for his justice. The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. Quiet InterludeH3068H3045H4941H6213H7563H5367H6467H3709H1902H5542 17The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.H7563H7725H7585H1471H7913H430 18But the needy will not be ignored forever; the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.H34H5331H7911H8615H6041H6035H6H5703 19Arise, O LORD! Do not let mere mortals defy you! Judge the nations!H6965H3068H582H5810H1471H8199H6440 20Make them tremble in fear, O LORD. Let the nations know they are merely human. InterludeH7896H4172H4172H3068H1471H3045H582H5542

10O LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble?H5975H7350H3068H5956H6256H6869 2The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor. Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.H7563H1346H1814H6041H8610H4209H2098H2803 3For they brag about their evil desires; they praise the greedy and curse the LORD.H7563H1984H5315H8378H1288H1214H3068H5006 4The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead.H7563H1363H639H1875H430H4209 5Yet they succeed in everything they do. They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all their enemies.H1870H6256H2342H4941H4791H6887H6315 6They think, "Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble forever!"H559H3820H4131H1755H1755H7451 7Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats. Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.H6310H4390H423H4820H8496H3956H5999H205 8They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims.H3427H3993H2691H4565H2026H5355H5869H6845H2489 9Like lions crouched in hiding, they wait to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture the helpless and drag them away in nets.H693H4565H738H5520H693H2414H6041H2414H6041H4900H7568 10Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.H1794H7817H2426H2489H2489H5307H6099 11The wicked think, "God isn't watching us! He has closed his eyes and won't even see what we do!"H559H3820H410H7911H5641H6440H5331H7200 12Arise, O LORD! Punish the wicked, O God! Do not ignore the helpless!H6965H3068H410H5375H3027H7911H6035H6041 13Why do the wicked get away with despising God? They think, "God will never call us to account."H7563H5006H430H559H3820H1875 14But you see the trouble and grief they cause. You take note of it and punish them. The helpless put their trust in you. You defend the orphans.H7200H5027H5999H3708H5414H3027H2489H5800H5826H3490 15Break the arms of these wicked, evil people! Go after them until the last one is destroyed.H7665H2220H7563H7451H1875H7562H4672H1077 16The LORD is king forever and ever! The godless nations will vanish from the land.H3068H4428H5769H5703H1471H6H776 17LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.H3068H8085H8378H6035H3559H3820H241H7181 18You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them.H8199H3490H1790H582H776H3254H6206

11[For the choir director: A psalm of David.] I trust in the LORD for protection. So why do you say to me, "Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!H5329H1732H3068H2620H559H5315H5110H6833H2022 2The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right.H7563H1869H7198H3559H2671H3499H652H1119H3384H3477H3820 3The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?"H8356H2040H6662H6466 4But the LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD still rules from heaven. He watches everyone closely, examining every person on earth.H3068H6944H1964H3068H3678H8064H5869H2372H6079H974H1121H120 5The LORD examines both the righteous and the wicked. He hates those who love violence.H3068H974H6662H7563H157H2555H5315H8130 6He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.H7563H4305H6341H784H1614H2152H7307H4521H3563 7For the righteous LORD loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.H6662H3068H157H6666H6440H2372H3477

12[For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.] Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!H5329H8067H4210H1732H3467H3068H2623H1584H539H6461H1121H120 2Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.H1696H7723H376H7453H2513H8193H3820H3820H1696 3May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.H3068H3772H2513H8193H3956H1696H1419 4They say, "We will lie to our hearts' content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?"H559H3956H1396H8193H113 5The LORD replies, "I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do."H7701H6041H603H34H6965H559H3068H7896H3468H6315 6The LORD's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.H565H3068H2889H565H3701H6884H5948H776H2212H7659 7Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,H8104H3068H5341H2098H1755H5769 8even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.H7563H1980H5439H2149H1121H120H7311

13[For the choir director: A psalm of David.] O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?H5329H4210H1732H7911H3068H5331H5641H6440 2How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul, with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my enemy have the upper hand?H7896H6098H5315H3015H3824H3119H341H7311 3Turn and answer me, O LORD my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.H5027H6030H3068H430H215H5869H3462H4194 4Don't let my enemies gloat, saying, "We have defeated him!" Don't let them rejoice at my downfall.H341H559H3201H6862H1523H4131 5But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.H982H2617H3820H1523H3444 6I will sing to the LORD because he is good to me.H7891H3068H1580