A (18) Behold, the eye of Yahweh is upon them that fear him, upon them THAT HOPE
B (18) IN HIS MERCY;
C (19) To deliver THEIR SOUL from death,
D (19) and to keep them alive in famine.
C1 (20,21) OUR SOUL waiteth for Yahweh: he is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
B1 (22) Let THY MERCY, O Yahweh, be upon us,
A1 (22) according as WE HOPE in thee.
A (8) Let all THE EARTH fear Yahweh:
B (8,9) let ALL THE INHABITANTS of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
C (10) Yahweh bringeth the counsel of THE HEATHEN to nought:
D (10) he maketh THE DEVICES of the people of none effect.
E (11) The counsel of Yahweh standeth for ever,
D1 (11) THE THOUGHTS of his heart to all generations.
C1 (12) Blessed is THE NATION whose God is Yahweh; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
B1 (13,14) Yahweh looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of HIS HABITATION he looketh upon ALL THE INHABITANTS
A1 (14) OF THE EARTH.
A. 1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me;
make haste to help me, O Yahweh.
B. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul:
let them be turned backward, and put to confusion,
that desire my hurt.
3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame
that say, Aha, aha.
B’. 4 Let all those that seek thee
rejoice and be glad in thee:
and let such as love thy salvation say continually,
Let God be magnified.
A’. 5 But I am poor and needy:
make haste unto me, O God:
thou art my help and my deliverer;
O Yahweh, make no tarrying.
A. 1 How long wilt thou forget me, O YAHWEH? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
B. 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in MY HEART daily?
C. how long shall MINE ENEMY be exalted over me?
D. 3 Consider and hear me, O Yahweh my God:
lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
C’. 4 Lest MINE ENEMY say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
B’. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; MY HEART shall rejoice in thy salvation.
A’. 6 I will sing unto YAHWEH, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
A (8) There went up a smoke OUT OF HIS NOSTRILS, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
B (9,10) He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of THE WIND .
C (11) He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark WATERS and thick clouds of the skies.
D (12) At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, HAIL STONES AND COALS OF FIRE.
E (13) Yahweh also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice;
D1 (13,14) HAIL STONES AND COALS OF FIRE. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
C1 (15) Then the channels of WATERS were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Yahweh,
B1 (15) at the blast OF THE BREATH
A1 (15) OF THY NOSTRILS.
A (32) It is God THAT GIRDETH ME WITH STRENGTH, and maketh my way perfect.
B (33,34) He maketh MY FEET like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
C (35) Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
B1 (36-38) Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under MY FEET .
A1 (39) FOR THOU HAST GIRDED ME WITH STRENGTH unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
A (27) All the ends of THE WORLD shall remember and turn unto Yahweh:
B (27) and all the kindreds of THE NATIONS shall worship before thee.
C (28) For the kingdom is Yahweh’s:
B1 (28) and he is the governor among THE NATIONS.
A1 (29) All they that be fat upon EARTH shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
A (6) BLESSED BE Yahweh, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
B (7) Yahweh is MY STRENGTH and my shield;
C (7) MY HEART trusted in him,
D (7) and I am helped:
C1 (7) therefore MY HEART greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
B1 (8) Yahweh is THEIR STRENGTH, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
A1 (9) Save thy people, and BLESS thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
A (1) In thee, O YAHWEH, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
B (2) Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: BE THOU MY STRONG rock (sur),
C (2) for an house OF DEFENCE (masud) to save me.
D (3) For thou art my rock (sela)
C1 (3) and MY FORTRESS (masud) ; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
B1 (4) Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: FOR THOU ART MY STRENGTH .
A1 (5) Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O YAHWEH God of truth.
A (6) I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I TRUST in Yahweh.
B (7) I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for THOU HAST CONSIDERED my trouble;
C (7,8) THOU HAST KNOWN my soul in adversities; And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
D (9) Have mercy upon me, O Yahweh, for I AM IN TROUBLE :
E (9) mine eye IS CONSUMED with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
F (10) For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing:
E1 (10) my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones ARE CONSUMED .
D1 (11) I was a reproach among all mine ENEMIES ,
C1 (11) but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine ACQUAINTANCE :
B1 (11, 12) THEY THAT DID SEE me without fled from me. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
A1 (13, 14) For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. But I TRUSTED in thee, O Yahweh: I said, Thou art my God.
A (10) He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that THE POOR <02426> <02489> <02489> may fall by his strong ones.
B (11) HE HATH SAID IN HIS HEART, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
C (12) Arise, O Yahweh; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
B1 (13) Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? HE HATH SAID IN HIS HEART, Thou wilt not require it.
A1 (14) Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: THE POOR <02489> committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.