32:1So these three men gave no more answers to Job, because he seemed to himself to be right. 32:2And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God; 32:3And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear. 32:4Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he; 32:5And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, he was very angry. 32:6And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you. 32:7I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom. 32:8But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge. 32:9It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right. 32:10So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge. 32:11I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say, 32:12I was taking note; and truly not one of you was able to make clear Job's error, or to give an answer to his words. 32:13Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man. 32:14I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him. 32:15Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words. 32:16And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers? 32:17I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge: 32:18For I am full of words, I am unable to keep in my breath any longer: 32:19My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst. 32:20Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth. 32:21Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living. 32:22For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.
33:1And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say. 33:2See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words. 33:3My heart is overflowing with knowledge, my lips say what is true. 33:4The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life. 33:5If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward. 33:6See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth. 33:7Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you. 33:8But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears: 33:9I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me: 33:10See, he is looking for something against me; in his eyes I am as one of his haters; 33:11He puts chains on my feet; he is watching all my ways. 33:12Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man. 33:13Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words? 33:14For God gives his word in one way, even in two, and man is not conscious of it: 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds; 33:16Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see; 33:17In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him; 33:18To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction. 33:19Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones; 33:20He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat; 33:21His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ... 33:22And his soul comes near to the underworld, and his life to the angels of death. 33:23If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him; 33:24And if he has mercy on him, and says, Let him not go down to the underworld, I have given the price for his life: 33:25Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength; 33:26He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men; 33:27He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin. 33:28He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure. 33:29Truly, God does all these things to man, twice and three times, 33:30Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life. 33:31Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind. 33:32If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin. 33:33If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.
34:1And Elihu made answer and said, 34:2Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me; 34:3For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth. 34:4Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good. 34:5For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right; 34:6Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong. 34:7What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God, 34:8And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners? 34:9For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God. 34:10Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong. 34:11For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways. 34:12Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge. 34:13Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world? 34:14If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again, 34:15All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust. 34:16If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words. 34:17How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil? 34:18He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners; 34:19Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands. 34:20Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man. 34:21For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps. 34:22There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover. 34:23For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged. 34:24He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place. 34:25For he has knowledge of their works, overturning them in the night, so that they are crushed. 34:26The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers. 34:27Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways, 34:28So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears. 34:29... 34:30... 34:31... 34:32... 34:33... 34:34Men of knowledge, and all wise men, hearing me, will say, 34:35Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom. 34:36May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men. 34:37For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.
35:1And Elihu made answer and said, 35:2Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say, 35:3What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong? 35:4I will make answer to you and to your friends: 35:5Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you. 35:6If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him? 35:7If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand? 35:8Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man. 35:9Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong. 35:10But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night; 35:11Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven? 35:12There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer. 35:13But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it; 35:14How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him. 35:15And now ... ; 35:16And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
36:1And Elihu went on to say, 36:2Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God. 36:3I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker. 36:4For truly my words are not false; one who has all knowledge is talking with you. 36:5Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner. 36:6His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right; 36:7Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever. 36:8And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble, 36:9Then he makes clear to them what they have done, even their evil works in which they have taken pride. 36:10Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil. 36:11If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure. 36:12But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge. 36:13Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners. 36:14They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods. 36:15He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble. 36:16... 36:17... 36:18... 36:19... 36:20... 36:21Take care not to be turned to sin, for you have taken evil for your part in place of sorrow. 36:22Truly God is lifted up in strength; who is a ruler like him? 36:23Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong? 36:24See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs. 36:25All people are looking on it; man sees it from far. 36:26Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out. 36:27For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain, 36:28Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples. 36:29And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent? 36:30See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it. 36:31For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure. 36:32He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark. 36:33The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath.
37:1At this my heart is shaking; it is moved out of its place. 37:2Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth. 37:3He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth. 37:4After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding. 37:5He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge; 37:6For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down. 37:7He puts an end to the work of every man, so that all may see his work. 37:8Then the beasts go into their holes, and take their rest. 37:9Out of its place comes the storm-wind, and the cold out of its store-houses. 37:10By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in. 37:11The thick cloud is weighted with thunder-flame, and the cloud sends out its light; 37:12And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men, 37:13For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark. 37:14Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God. 37:15Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen? 37:16Have you knowledge of the balancings of the clouds, the wonders of him who has all wisdom? 37:17You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind, 37:18Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass? 37:19Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark. 37:20How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me? 37:21And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away. 37:22A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared. 37:23There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong. 37:24For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.
38:1And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said, 38:2Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge? 38:3Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. 38:4Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge. 38:5By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it? 38:6On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone, 38:7When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy? 38:8Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place; 38:9When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it, 38:10Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors; 38:11And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped? 38:12Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place; 38:13So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it? 38:14It is changed like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe; 38:15And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken. 38:16Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep? 38:17Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you? 38:18Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all. 38:19Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark; 38:20So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house? 38:21No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great. 38:22Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops, 38:23Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting? 38:24Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth? 38:25By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder; 38:26Causing rain to come on a land where no man is living, on the waste land which has no people; 38:27To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass? 38:28Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist? 38:29Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven? 38:30The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered. 38:31Are the bands of the Pleiades fixed by you, or are the cords of Orion made loose? 38:32Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you? 38:33Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth? 38:34Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters? 38:35Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are? 38:36Who has put wisdom in the high clouds, or given knowledge to the lights of the north? 38:37By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth, 38:38When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses? 38:39Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough, 38:40When they are stretched out in their holes, and are waiting in the brushwood? 38:41Who gives in the evening the meat he is searching for, when his young ones are crying to God; when the young lions with loud noise go wandering after their food?
39:1Have you knowledge of the rock-goats? or do you see the roes giving birth to their young? 39:2Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you? 39:3They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body. 39:4Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again. 39:5Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast? 39:6To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place. 39:7He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears; 39:8He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing. 39:9Will the ox of the mountains be your servant? or is his night's resting-place by your food-store? 39:10Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you? 39:11Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care? 39:12Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor? 39:13Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers, 39:14That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust, 39:15Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field? 39:16She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear. 39:17For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge. 39:18When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him. 39:19Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power? 39:20Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath? 39:21He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear. 39:22In his strength he goes out against the arms of war, turning not away from the sword. 39:23The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow. 39:24Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn; 39:25When it comes to his ears he says, Aha! He is smelling the fight from far off, and hearing the thunder of the captains, and the war-cries. 39:26Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south? 39:27Or is it by your orders that the eagle goes up, and makes his resting-place on high? 39:28On the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place. 39:29From there he is watching for food; his eye sees it far off. 39:30His young have blood for their drink, and where the dead bodies are, there is he to be seen.
40:1... 40:2Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer. 40:3And Job said in answer to the Lord, 40:4Truly, I am of no value; what answer may I give to you? I will put my hand on my mouth. 40:5I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again. 40:6Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said, 40:7Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. 40:8Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right? 40:9Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his? 40:10Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power: 40:11Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low. 40:12Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places. 40:13Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld. 40:14Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation. 40:15See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox. 40:16His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach. 40:17His tail is curving like a cedar; the muscles of his legs are joined together. 40:18His bones are pipes of brass, his legs are like rods of iron. 40:19He is the chief of the ways of God, made by him for his pleasure. 40:20He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play. 40:21He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants. 40:22He is covered by the branches of the trees; the grasses of the stream are round him. 40:23Truly, if the river is overflowing, it gives him no cause for fear; he has no sense of danger, even if Jordan is rushing against his mouth. 40:24Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?
41:1Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth? 41:2Will you put a cord into his nose, or take him away with a cord round his tongue? 41:3Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you? 41:4Will he make an agreement with you, so that you may take him as a servant for ever? 41:5Will you make sport with him, as with a bird? or put him in chains for your young women? 41:6Will the fishermen make profit out of him? will they have him cut up for the traders? 41:7Will you put sharp-pointed irons into his skin, or fish-spears into his head? 41:8Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again! 41:9Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him! 41:10He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me? 41:11Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven! 41:12I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame. 41:13Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron? 41:14Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth. 41:15His back is made of lines of plates, joined tight together, one against the other, like a stamp. 41:16One is so near to the other that no air may come between them. 41:17They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted. 41:18His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn. 41:19Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up. 41:20Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire. 41:21His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. 41:22Strength is in his neck, and fear goes dancing before him. 41:23The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved. 41:24His heart is as strong as a stone, hard as the lower crushing-stone. 41:25When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear. 41:26The sword may come near him but is not able to go through him; the spear, or the arrow, or the sharp-pointed iron. 41:27Iron is to him as dry grass, and brass as soft wood. 41:28The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems. 41:29A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear. 41:30Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth. 41:31The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel. 41:32After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white. 41:33On earth there is not another like him, who is made without fear. 41:34Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.
42:1And Job said in answer to the Lord, 42:2I see that you are able to do every thing, and to give effect to all your designs. 42:3Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out. 42:4Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers. 42:5Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you. 42:6For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust. 42:7And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has. 42:8And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has. 42:9And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job. 42:10And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much. 42:11And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring. 42:12And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses. 42:13And he had seven sons and three daughters. 42:14And he gave the first the name of Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch; 42:15And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers. 42:16And after this Job had a hundred and forty years of life, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. 42:17And Job came to his end, old and full of days.
Psalms
1:1Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord. 1:2But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night. 1:3He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings. 1:4The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away. 1:5For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright, 1:6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
2:1Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? 2:2The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying, 2:3Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us. 2:4Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them. 2:5Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled: 2:6But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion. 2:7I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being. 2:8Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand. 2:9They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel. 2:10So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth. 2:11Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour, 2:12For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.
3:1<A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me. 3:2Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.) 3:3But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head. 3:4I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.) 3:5I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support. 3:6I will have no fear, though ten thousand have come round me, putting themselves against me. 3:7Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you. 3:8Salvation comes from the Lord; your blessing is on your people. (Selah.)
4:1<To the chief music-maker on corded instruments. A Psalm. Of David.> Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer. 4:2O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.) 4:3See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry. 4:4Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.) 4:5Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord. 4:6There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us. 4:7Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased. 4:8I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.
5:1<To the chief music-maker on wind instruments. A Psalm. Of David.> Give ear to my words, O Lord; give thought to my heart-searchings. 5:2Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer. 5:3My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch. 5:4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you. 5:5The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil. 5:6You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord. 5:7But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple. 5:8Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness, because of those who are against me; make your way straight before my face. 5:9For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues. 5:10Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority. 5:11But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you. 5:12For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.
6:1<To the chief music-maker on corded instruments, on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion. 6:2Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled. 6:3My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long? 6:4Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy. 6:5For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise? 6:6The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes. 6:7My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me. 6:8Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping. 6:9The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let my prayer come before him. 6:10Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.
7:1<Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free; 7:2So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour. 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong; 7:4If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause; 7:5Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.) 7:6Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging. 7:7The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high. 7:8The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward. 7:9O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness. 7:10God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate. 7:11God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day. 7:12If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready. 7:13He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire. 7:14That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit. 7:15He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made 7:16His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head. 7:17I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.
8:1<To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth! 8:2You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man. 8:3When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places; 8:4What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account? 8:5For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour. 8:6You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet; 8:7All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field; 8:8The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas. 8:9O Lord, our Lord, how noble is your name in all the earth!