For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul,
Flee {Or, ye birds}as a bird to your mountain;
For, lo, the wicked bend the bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string,
That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;
{Or, For the foundations are destroyed; What hath the righteous wrought?}If the foundations be destroyed,
What can the righteous do?
Jehovah is in his holy temple;
Jehovah, his throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Jehovah trieth the righteous;
But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Upon the wicked he will rain snares;
Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
For Jehovah is righteous; He loveth {Or, righteous deeds}righteousness:
{Or, His countenance doth behold the upright}The upright shall behold his face.
Querverweise zu Psalm 11,5 Ps 11,5
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous:For the righteous God trieth the minds and {Hebrew: reins}hearts.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: {Or, The evil man}Evil shall not sojourn with thee.
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night;Thou hast tried me, and {Or, findest no evil purpose in me; My mouth &c.}findest nothing;I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
{Or, Fools}The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight:Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me;Try my {Hebrew: reins.}heart and my mind.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire,And {Or, blesseth the covetous, but contemneth &c.}the covetous renounceth, yea, {Or, revileth}contemneth Jehovah.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thy hand will find out all thine enemies;Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.
Search me, O God, and know my heart:Try me, and know my thoughts;
There are six things which Jehovah hateth;Yea, seven which are an abomination {Hebrew: of his soul.}unto him:
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,And hands that shed innocent blood;
A heart that deviseth wicked purposes,Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
A false witness that {Hebrew: breatheth out.}uttereth lies,And he that {Hebrew: letteth loose.}soweth discord among brethren.
And see if there be any {Or, way of pain}wicked way in me,And lead me in the way everlasting.
My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been approved, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them that love him.
that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you: