For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness;
Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress:
{Or, Be gracious unto me}Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor?
How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? [Selah
But know that Jehovah hath set apart for himself {Or, one that he favoreth}him that is godly:
Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.
{Or, Be ye angry}Stand in awe, and sin not:
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. [Selah
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
And put your trust in Jehovah.
Many there are that say, Who will show us any good?
Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart,
More than they have when their grain and their new wine are increased.
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep;
For thou, Jehovah, {Or, in solitude}alone makest me dwell in safety.
Querverweise zu Psalm 4,2 Ps 4,2
My soul is among lions;I {Or, must lie}lie among them that are set on fire,Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,And their tongue a sharp sword.
{Or, Let him (and so throughout the Psalm)}He will judge thy people with righteousness,And thy poor with justice.
But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me;My glory and the lifter up of my head.
Why do the nations {Or, tumultuously assemble}rage,And the peoples meditate a vain thing?
Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies:Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam. {Or, Is the righteousness ye should speak dumb?}Do ye indeed {Or, as otherwise read, O ye gods Or, O ye mighty ones}in silence speak righteousness?Do ye {Or, judge uprightly the sons of men}judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, {Or, But}Because Jehovah is his refuge.
and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
The wicked are estranged from the womb:They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is {Or, emboldened}fully set in them to do evil.
And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them?
Thus they changed their gloryFor the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.
None {Hebrew: called.}sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
But the king shall rejoice in God:Every one that sweareth by him shall glory;For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?And scoffers delight them in scoffing,And fools hate knowledge?
And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for {Or, faithfulness}truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
But Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
They that regard lying vanitiesForsake their own mercy.
Wherefore, putting away falsehood, {Zechariah 8:16.}speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Hath a nation changed its gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
that, according as it is written, {Jeremiah 9:23 f.}He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.