Psalm 36 - 38

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In Your Light We See Light

For the choir director. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David.

Transgression declares to the ungodly within his heart;

There is no dread of God before his eyes.

For it flatters him in his eyes

For one to discover his iniquity and hate it.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;

He has ceased to consider to do good.

He devises wickedness upon his bed;

He sets himself on a path that is not good;

He does not despise evil.

Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, is in the heavens,

Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;

Your judgments are like a great deep.

O Yahweh, You save man and beast.

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!

And the sons of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

They are satisfied from the richness of Your house;

And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

For with You is the fountain of life;

In Your light we see light.

Continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,

And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Let not the foot of pride come upon me,

And let not the hand of the ungodly drive me away.

There the workers of wickedness have fallen;

They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

Delight Yourself in Yahweh

Of David.

א Aleph

Do not fret because of evildoers,

Be not envious toward doers of unrighteousness.

For they will wither quickly like the grass

And fade like the green herb.

ב Beth

Trust in Yahweh and do good;

Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Delight yourself in Yahweh;

And He will give you the desires of your heart.

ג Gimel

Commit your way to Yahweh,

Trust in Him, and He will do it.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light

And your judgment as the noonday.

ד Daleth

Be still in Yahweh and wait patiently for Him;

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,

Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness.

ה He

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

For evildoers will be cut off,

But those who hope for Yahweh, they will inherit the land.

ו Vav

Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;

You will look carefully at his place, and he will not be there.

But the lowly will inherit the land

And will delight themselves in abundant peace.

ז Zayin

The wicked schemes against the righteous

And gnashes at him with his teeth.

The Lord laughs at him,

For He sees that his day is coming.

ח Heth

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow

To cast down the afflicted and the needy,

To slay those who are upright in conduct.

Their sword will enter their own heart,

And their bows will be broken.

ט Teth

Better is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked will be broken,

But Yahweh sustains the righteous.

י Yodh

Yahweh knows the days of the blameless,

And their inheritance will be forever.

They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,

And in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

כ Kaph

But the wicked will perish;

And the enemies of Yahweh will be like the glory of the pastures,

They vanish—in smoke they vanish away.

ל Lamedh

The wicked borrows and does not pay back,

But the righteous is gracious and gives.

For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,

But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

מ Mem

The footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh,

And He delights in his way.

When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,

Because Yahweh is the One who sustains his hand.

נ Nun

I was young and now I am old,

Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

Or his seed begging bread.

All day long he is gracious and lends,

And his seed is a blessing.

ס Samekh

Depart from evil and do good,

So you will dwell forever.

ע Ayin

For Yahweh loves justice

And will not forsake His holy ones;

They are kept forever,

But the seed of the wicked will be cut off.

The righteous will inherit the land

And dwell in it forever.

פ Pe

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,

And his tongue speaks justice.

The law of his God is in his heart;

His steps do not slip.

צ Tsadhe

The wicked spies upon the righteous

And seeks to put him to death.

Yahweh will not forsake him in his hand;

He will not condemn him when he is judged.

ק Qoph

Hope for Yahweh and keep His way,

And He will exalt you to inherit the land;

When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

ר Resh

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man

Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more;

I sought for him, but he could not be found.

שׁ Shin

Observe the blameless man, and behold the upright;

For the man of peace will have a posterity.

But transgressors will be altogether destroyed;

The posterity of the wicked will be cut off.

ת Tav

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh;

He is their strength in time of distress.

Yahweh helps them and protects them;

He protects them from the wicked and saves them,

Because they take refuge in Him.

Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh

A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.

O Yahweh, reprove me not in Your wrath,

And discipline me not in Your burning anger.

For Your arrows have pressed deep into me,

And Your hand has pressed down upon me.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;

There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

For my iniquities go over my head;

As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

My wounds stink and rot

Because of my folly.

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;

I go mourning all day long.

For my loins are filled with burning,

And there is no soundness in my flesh.

I am faint and badly crushed;

I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

Lord, all my desire is before You;

And my sighing is not hidden from You.

My heart throbs, my strength forsakes me;

And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my kinsmen stand afar off.

Those who search for my life lay snares for me;

And those who seek to do me evil have threatened destruction,

And they meditate on deception all day long.

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;

And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

And I am like a man who does not hear,

And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

For I wait on You, O Yahweh;

You will answer, O Lord my God.

For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me,

Who, when my foot stumbles, magnify themselves against me.”

For I am ready to fall,

And my sorrow is continually before me.

For I confess my iniquity;

I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

But my enemies are vigorous and strong,

And those who wrongfully hate me abound.

And those who repay evil for good,

They accuse me, for I pursue what is good.

Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;

O my God, do not be far from me!

Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation!

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