The Psalter of David
8 A multitude of people will stand round about Thee; Rise above it to the heights.
9 The Lord judges the nations. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity in me.
10 Let the wickedness of the wicked cease, and strengthen the righteous, for thou hast searched hearts and bowels, O righteous God.
11 My shield is in God, who saves the upright in heart.
12 God is a righteous judge, and a God who searches severely all the day,
13 If anyone does not convert. He sharpens his sword, and bends his bow, and directs it;
14 He prepares for him vessels of death, He makes His arrows scorching.
15 Behold, the wicked man conceived unrighteousness, was pregnant with malice, and brought forth unto himself a lie;
16 He dug a pit, and dug it, and fell into the pit which he had prepared.
17 His wickedness shall be turned upon his head, and his wickedness shall fall upon his crown.
18 I praise the Lord according to his righteousness, and I sing the name of the Lord Most High.
Psalm 8
1 To the head of the choir. On the gun of Gath. Psalm of David.
2 O Lord our God! how great is Thy name in all the earth! Thy glory extends above the heavens!
3 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast ordained praise for the sake of Thy enemies, that Thou mayest silence the enemy and the avenger.
4 When I look upon thy heavens, it is the work of thy fingers, and of the moon, and of the stars which thou hast set up,
5 What is man, that thou rememberest him, and son of man, that thou visitest him?
6 Thou hast humbled him not much before the angels: Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor;
7 Thou hast made him ruler over the works of thy hands; He put everything under his feet.
8 and all the sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field;
9 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that pass away by the paths of the sea.