Psalm 62-68

New International Version

³ How long will you assault me?
    Would all of you throw me down—
    this leaning wall,^(G) this tottering fence?
⁴ Surely they intend to topple me
    from my lofty place;
    they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless,
    but in their hearts they curse.^[b](H)

⁵ Yes, my soul, find rest in God;^(I)
    my hope comes from him.
⁶ Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
    he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
⁷ My salvation and my honor depend on God^[c];
    he is my mighty rock, my refuge.^(J)
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;^(K)
    pour out your hearts to him,^(L)
    for God is our refuge.

⁹ Surely the lowborn^(M) are but a breath,^(N)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,^(O) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.
¹⁰ Do not trust in extortion^(P)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;^(Q)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.^(R)

¹¹ One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,^(S)
12     and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;^(T)
and, “You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.”^(U)

² I have seen you in the sanctuary^(X)
    and beheld your power and your glory.^(Y)
3 Because your love is better than life,^(Z)
    my lips will glorify you.
⁴ I will praise you as long as I live,^(AA)
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.^(AB)
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;^(AC)
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

⁶ On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.^(AD)
7 Because you are my help,^(AE)
    I sing in the shadow of your wings.^(AF)
8 I cling to you;^(AG)
    your right hand upholds me.^(AH)

⁹ Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;^(AI)
    they will go down to the depths of the earth.^(AJ)
10 They will be given over to the sword^(AK)
    and become food for jackals.^(AL)

¹¹ But the king will rejoice in God;
    all who swear by God will glory in him,^(AM)
    while the mouths of liars will be silenced.^(AN)

² Hide me from the conspiracy^(AQ) of the wicked,^(AR)
    from the plots of evildoers.
³ They sharpen their tongues like swords^(AS)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.^(AT)
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent;^(AU)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.^(AV)

⁵ They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;^(AW)
    they say, “Who will see it^[f]?”^(AX)
6 They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

⁷ But God will shoot them with his arrows;
    they will suddenly be struck down.
⁸ He will turn their own tongues against them^(AY)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads^(AZ) in scorn.^(BA)
9 All people will fear;^(BB)
    they will proclaim the works of God
    and ponder what he has done.^(BC)

¹⁰ The righteous will rejoice in the Lord^(BD)
    and take refuge in him;^(BE)
    all the upright in heart will glory in him!^(BF)

⁵ You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds,^(BO)
    God our Savior,^(BP)
the hope of all the ends of the earth^(BQ)
    and of the farthest seas,^(BR)
6 who formed the mountains^(BS) by your power,
    having armed yourself with strength,^(BT)
7 who stilled the roaring of the seas,^(BU)
    the roaring of their waves,
    and the turmoil of the nations.^(BV)
8 The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders;
    where morning dawns, where evening fades,
    you call forth songs of joy.^(BW)

⁹ You care for the land and water it;^(BX)
    you enrich it abundantly.^(BY)
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,^(BZ)
    for so you have ordained it.^[j]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers^(CA) and bless its crops.
¹¹ You crown the year with your bounty,^(CB)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.^(CC)
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;^(CD)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.^(CE)
13 The meadows are covered with flocks^(CF)
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;^(CG)
    they shout for joy and sing.^(CH)

⁵ Come and see what God has done,
    his awesome deeds^(CP) for mankind!
⁶ He turned the sea into dry land,^(CQ)
    they passed through^(CR) the waters on foot—
    come, let us rejoice^(CS) in him.
⁷ He rules forever^(CT) by his power,
    his eyes watch^(CU) the nations—
    let not the rebellious^(CV) rise up against him.

⁸ Praise^(CW) our God, all peoples,
    let the sound of his praise be heard;
⁹ he has preserved our lives^(CX)
    and kept our feet from slipping.^(CY)
10 For you, God, tested^(CZ) us;
    you refined us like silver.^(DA)
11 You brought us into prison^(DB)
    and laid burdens^(DC) on our backs.
¹² You let people ride over our heads;^(DD)
    we went through fire and water,
    but you brought us to a place of abundance.^(DE)

¹³ I will come to your temple with burnt offerings^(DF)
    and fulfill my vows^(DG) to you—
¹⁴ vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.
¹⁵ I will sacrifice fat animals to you
    and an offering of rams;
    I will offer bulls and goats.^(DH)

¹⁶ Come and hear,^(DI) all you who fear God;
    let me tell^(DJ) you what he has done for me.
¹⁷ I cried out to him with my mouth;
    his praise was on my tongue.
¹⁸ If I had cherished sin in my heart,
    the Lord would not have listened;^(DK)
19 but God has surely listened
    and has heard^(DL) my prayer.
²⁰ Praise be to God,
    who has not rejected^(DM) my prayer
    or withheld his love from me!

³ May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you.^(DQ)
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,^(DR)
    for you rule the peoples with equity^(DS)
    and guide the nations of the earth.^(DT)
5 May the peoples praise you, God;
    may all the peoples praise you.

⁶ The land yields its harvest;^(DU)
    God, our God, blesses us.^(DV)
7 May God bless us still,
    so that all the ends of the earth^(DW) will fear him.^(DX)

⁴ Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,^(EF)
    extol him who rides on the clouds^[o](EG);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.^(EH)
5 A father to the fatherless,^(EI) a defender of widows,^(EJ)
    is God in his holy dwelling.^(EK)
6 God sets the lonely^(EL) in families,^[p](EM)
    he leads out the prisoners^(EN) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.^(EO)

⁷ When you, God, went out^(EP) before your people,
    when you marched through the wilderness,^[q](EQ)
8 the earth shook,^(ER) the heavens poured down rain,^(ES)
    before God, the One of Sinai,^(ET)
    before God, the God of Israel.^(EU)
9 You gave abundant showers,^(EV) O God;
    you refreshed your weary inheritance.
¹⁰ Your people settled in it,
    and from your bounty,^(EW) God, you provided^(EX) for the poor.

¹¹ The Lord announces the word,
    and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:^(EY)
12 “Kings and armies flee^(EZ) in haste;
    the women at home divide the plunder.^(FA)
13 Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,^[r](FB)
    the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
    its feathers with shining gold.”
¹⁴ When the Almighty^[s] scattered^(FC) the kings in the land,
    it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.^(FD)

¹⁵ Mount Bashan,^(FE) majestic mountain,^(FF)
    Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
¹⁶ why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
    at the mountain where God chooses^(FG) to reign,
    where the Lord himself will dwell forever?^(FH)
17 The chariots^(FI) of God are tens of thousands
    and thousands of thousands;^(FJ)
    the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.^[t]
18 When you ascended^(FK) on high,^(FL)
    you took many captives;^(FM)
    you received gifts from people,^(FN)
even from^[u] the rebellious^(FO)—
    that you,^[v] Lord God, might dwell there.

¹⁹ Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,^(FP)
    who daily bears our burdens.^(FQ)
20 Our God is a God who saves;^(FR)
    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.^(FS)
21 Surely God will crush the heads^(FT) of his enemies,
    the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
²² The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
    I will bring them from the depths of the sea,^(FU)
23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,^(FV)
    while the tongues of your dogs^(FW) have their share.”

²⁴ Your procession, God, has come into view,
    the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.^(FX)
25 In front are the singers,^(FY) after them the musicians;^(FZ)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.^(GA)
26 Praise God in the great congregation;^(GB)
    praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.^(GC)
27 There is the little tribe^(GD) of Benjamin,^(GE) leading them,
    there the great throng of Judah’s princes,
    and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.^(GF)

²⁸ Summon your power,^(GG) God^[w];
    show us your strength,^(GH) our God, as you have done^(GI) before.
²⁹ Because of your temple at Jerusalem
    kings will bring you gifts.^(GJ)
30 Rebuke the beast^(GK) among the reeds,^(GL)
    the herd of bulls^(GM) among the calves of the nations.
Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.
    Scatter the nations^(GN) who delight in war.^(GO)
31 Envoys will come from Egypt;^(GP)
    Cush^[x](GQ) will submit herself to God.

³² Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,^(GR)
    sing praise^(GS) to the Lord,
³³ to him who rides^(GT) across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
    who thunders^(GU) with mighty voice.^(GV)
34 Proclaim the power^(GW) of God,
    whose majesty^(GX) is over Israel,
    whose power is in the heavens.
³⁵ You, God, are awesome^(GY) in your sanctuary;^(GZ)
    the God of Israel gives power and strength^(HA) to his people.^(HB)

Praise be to God!^(HC)