Psalms 8 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Psalms 9

¹For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

KJVTo the chief Musician^H5329^(H8764) upon Muthlabben^H4192^H1121, A Psalm^H4210 of David^H1732. I will praise^H3034^(H8686) thee, O LORD^H3068, with my whole heart^H3820; I will shew forth^H5608^(H8762) all thy marvellous works^H6381^(H8737).

² I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

KJVI will be glad^H8055^(H8799) and rejoice^H5970^(H8799) in thee: I will sing praise^H2167^(H8762) to thy name^H8034, O thou most High^H5945.

³ When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.

KJVWhen mine enemies^H341^(H8802) are turned^H7725^(H8800) back^H268, they shall fall^H3782^(H8735) and perish^H6^(H8799) at thy presence^H6440.

⁴ For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.

KJVFor thou hast maintained^H6213^(H8804) my right^H4941 and my cause^H1779; thou satest^H3427^(H8804) in the throne^H3678 judging^H8199^(H8802) right^H6664.

⁵ You have rebuked the nations. You have destroyed the wicked. You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

KJVThou hast rebuked^H1605^(H8804) the heathen^H1471, thou hast destroyed^H6^(H8765) the wicked^H7563, thou hast put out^H4229^(H8804) their name^H8034 for ever^H5769 and ever^H5703.

⁶ The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

KJVO thou enemy^H341^(H8802), destructions^H2723 are come to a perpetual^H5331 end^H8552^(H8804): and thou hast destroyed^H5428^(H8804) cities^H6145^(H8676)^H5892; their memorial^H2143 is perished^H6^(H8804) with them^H1992.

⁷ But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.

KJVBut the LORD^H3068 shall endure^H3427^(H8799) for ever^H5769: he hath prepared^H3559^(H8790) his throne^H3678 for judgment^H4941.

⁸ He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

KJVAnd he shall judge^H8199^(H8799) the world^H8398 in righteousness^H6664, he shall minister judgment^H1777^(H8799) to the people^H3816 in uprightness^H4339.

⁹ Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 also will be a refuge^H4869 for the oppressed^H1790, a refuge^H4869 in times^H6256 of trouble^H6869.

¹⁰ Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

KJVAnd they that know^H3045^(H8802) thy name^H8034 will put their trust^H982^(H8799) in thee: for thou, LORD^H3068, hast not forsaken^H5800^(H8804) them that seek^H1875^(H8802) thee.

¹¹ Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, and declare among the people what he has done.

KJVSing praises^H2167^(H8761) to the LORD^H3068, which dwelleth^H3427^(H8802) in Zion^H6726: declare^H5046^(H8685) among the people^H5971 his doings^H5949.

¹² For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn’t forget the cry of the afflicted.

KJVWhen he maketh inquisition^H1875^(H8802) for blood^H1818, he remembereth^H2142^(H8804) them: he forgetteth^H7911^(H8804) not the cry^H6818 of the humble^H6035^(H8675)^H6041.

¹³ Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

KJVHave mercy^H2603^(H8798) upon me, O LORD^H3068; consider^H7200^(H8798) my trouble^H6040 which I suffer of them that hate^H8130^(H8802) me, thou that liftest me up^H7311^(H8789) from the gates^H8179 of death^H4194:

¹⁴ that I may show all of your praise. I will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

KJVThat I may shew forth^H5608^(H8762) all thy praise^H8416 in the gates^H8179 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726: I will rejoice^H1523^(H8799) in thy salvation^H3444.

¹⁵ The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

KJVThe heathen^H1471 are sunk down^H2883^(H8804) in the pit^H7845 that they made^H6213^(H8804): in the net^H7568 which^H2098 they hid^H2934^(H8804) is their own foot^H7272 taken^H3920^(H8738).

¹⁶ Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 is known^H3045^(H8738) by the judgment^H4941 which he executeth^H6213^(H8804): the wicked^H7563 is snared^H5367^(H8804) in the work^H6467 of his own hands^H3709. Higgaion^H1902. Selah^H5542.

¹⁷ The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

KJVThe wicked^H7563 shall be turned^H7725^(H8799) into hell^H7585, and all the nations^H1471 that forget^H7913 God^H430.

¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

KJVFor the needy^H34 shall not alway^H5331 be forgotten^H7911^(H8735): the expectation^H8615 of the poor^H6041^(H8675)^H6035 shall not perish^H6^(H8799) for ever^H5703.

¹⁹ Arise, Yahweh! Don’t let man prevail. Let the nations be judged in your sight.

KJVArise^H6965^(H8798), O LORD^H3068; let not man^H582 prevail^H5810^(H8799): let the heathen^H1471 be judged^H8199^(H8735) in thy sight^H6440.

²⁰ Put them in fear, Yahweh. Let the nations know that they are only men. Selah.

KJVPut^H7896^(H8798) them in fear^H4172^(H8675)^H4172, O LORD^H3068: that the nations^H1471 may know^H3045^(H8799) themselves to be but men^H582. Selah^H5542.

WEB·Psalms 8

¹For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!

KJVTo the chief Musician^H5329^(H8764) upon Gittith^H1665, A Psalm^H4210 of David^H1732. O LORD^H3068 our Lord^H113, how excellent^H117 is thy name^H8034 in all the earth^H776! who hast set^H5414^(H8798) thy glory^H1935 above the heavens^H8064.

² From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

KJVOut of the mouth^H6310 of babes^H5768 and sucklings^H3243^(H8802) hast thou ordained^H3245^(H8765) strength^H5797 because of thine enemies^H6887^(H8802), that thou mightest still^H7673^(H8687) the enemy^H341^(H8802) and the avenger^H5358^(H8693).

³ When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,

KJVWhen I consider^H7200^(H8799) thy heavens^H8064, the work^H4639 of thy fingers^H676, the moon^H3394 and the stars^H3556, which thou hast ordained^H3559^(H8790);

⁴ what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

KJVWhat is man^H582, that thou art mindful^H2142^(H8799) of him? and the son^H1121 of man^H120, that thou visitest^H6485^(H8799) him?

⁵ For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.

KJVFor thou hast made him a little^H4592 lower^H2637^(H8762) than the angels^H430, and hast crowned^H5849^(H8762) him with glory^H3519 and honour^H1926.

⁶ You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

KJVThou madest him to have dominion^H4910^(H8686) over the works^H4639 of thy hands^H3027; thou hast put^H7896^(H8804) all things under his feet^H7272:

⁷ All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

KJVAll sheep^H6792 and oxen^H504, yea, and the beasts^H929 of the field^H7704;

⁸ the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

KJVThe fowl^H6833 of the air^H8064, and the fish^H1709 of the sea^H3220, and whatsoever passeth through^H5674^(H8802) the paths^H734 of the seas^H3220.

⁹ Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

KJVO LORD^H3068 our Lord^H113, how excellent^H117 is thy name^H8034 in all the earth^H776!

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