Leviticus 1

 1THE LORD ^[a]called to Moses out of the Tent of Meeting, and said to him,

    2Say to the Israelites, When any man of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of [domestic] animals from the herd or from the flock.

    3If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord.^(A)

    4And he shall lay [both] his hands upon the head of the burnt offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the victim], and it shall be ^[b]an acceptable atonement for him.^(B)

    5The man shall kill the young bull before the Lord, and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall present the blood and dash [it] round about upon the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

    6And he shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

    7And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and lay wood in order on the fire;

    8And Aaron's sons the priests shall lay the pieces, the head and the fat, in order on the wood on the fire on the altar.

    9But its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a sweet and satisfying odor to the Lord.^(C)

    10And if the man's offering is of the flock, from the sheep or the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without blemish.

    11And he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron's sons the priests shall dash its blood round about against the altar.

    12And [the man] shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire on the altar.

    13But he shall wash the entrails and legs with water. The priest shall offer all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord.

    14And if the offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then [the man] shall bring turtledoves or young pigeons.

    15And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar.

    16And he shall take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes.

    17And he shall split it open [holding it] by its wings, but shall not cut it in two. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying odor to the Lord.

   

Leviticus 2

 1WHEN ANYONE offers a cereal offering to the Lord, it shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil over it and lay frankincense on it.

    2And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests. Out of it he shall take a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall burn this on the altar as the memorial portion of it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord.

    3What is left of the cereal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'; it is a most holy part of the offerings made to the Lord by fire.

    4When you bring as an offering cereal baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil.

    5If your offering is cereal baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil.

    6You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a cereal offering.

    7And if your offering is cereal cooked in the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.

    8And you shall bring the cereal offering that is made of these things to the Lord; it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the [bronze] altar.

    9The priest shall take from the cereal offering its memorial portion and burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord.

    10What is left of the cereal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'; it is a most holy part of the offerings made to the Lord by fire.

    11No cereal offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven or honey in any offering made by fire to the Lord.^(D)

    12As an offering of firstfruits you may offer leaven and honey to the Lord, but ^[c]they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet odor [to the Lord, for their aid to fermentation is symbolic of corruption in the human heart].

    13Every cereal offering you shall season with salt [symbol of preservation]; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your cereal offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.^(E)

    14If you offer a cereal offering of your firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for it of your firstfruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised and crushed grain out of the fresh and fruitful ear.

    15And you shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a cereal offering.

    16The priest shall burn as its memorial portion part of the bruised and crushed grain of it and part of the oil of it, with all its frankincense; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.

   

Leviticus 3

 1IF A man's offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.

    2He shall lay [both] his ^[d]hands upon the head of his offering and kill it at the door of the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron's sons the priests shall throw the blood against the altar round about.

    3And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, he shall offer the fat that covers and is upon the entrails,

    4And the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys.

    5Aaron's sons shall burn it all on the altar upon the burnt offering which is on the wood on the fire, an offering made by fire, of a sweet and satisfying odor to the Lord.

    6If his peace offering to the Lord is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

    7If he offers a lamb, then he shall offer it before the Lord.

    8He shall lay [both] his hands on the head of his offering and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron's sons shall throw its blood around against the altar.

    9And he shall offer from the peace offering as an offering made by fire to the Lord: the fat of it, the fat tail as a whole, taking it off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers and is upon the entrails,

    10And the two kidneys, and the fat on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which he shall take away with the kidneys.

    11The priest shall burn it upon the altar, a food offering made by fire to the Lord.

    12If [a man's] offering is a goat, he shall offer it before the Lord,

    13And lay his hands upon its head, and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the altar round about.

    14Then he shall offer from it as his offering made by fire to the Lord: the fat that covers and is on the entrails,

    15And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys.

    16The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, offered by fire, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance. All the fat is the Lord's.

    17It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.

   

Leviticus 4

 1AND THE Lord said to Moses,

    2Say to the Israelites, If anyone shall sin through error or unwittingly in any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them--

    3If it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has committed a young bull without blemish to the Lord as a sin offering.^(F)

    4He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, and shall lay [both] his hands on the bull's head and kill [it] before the Lord.

    5And the anointed priest shall take some of the bull's blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting;

    6And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of [it] seven times before the Lord before the veil of the sanctuary.

    7And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord which is in the Tent of Meeting; and all the rest of the blood of the bull shall he pour out at the base of the altar of the burnt offering at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

    8And all the fat of the bull for the sin offering he shall take off of it--the fat that covers and is on the entrails,

    9And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which he shall take away with the kidneys--

    10Just as these are taken off of the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.

    11But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung,

    12Even the whole bull shall he carry forth without the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on a fire of wood, there where the ashes are poured out.^(G)

    13If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, and it be hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done what the Lord has commanded not to be done and are guilty,

    14When the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the congregation shall offer a young bull for a sin offering and bring it before the Tent of Meeting.

    15The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord.

    16The anointed priest shall bring some of the bull's blood to the Tent of Meeting,

    17And shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, before the veil [which screens the ark of the covenant].

    18He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar [of incense] which is before the Lord in the Tent of Meeting, and he shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering near the door of the Tent of Meeting.

    19And he shall take all its fat from the bull and burn it on the altar.

    20Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull for a sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for [the people], and they shall be forgiven.

    21And he shall carry forth the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the congregation.

    22When a ruler or leader sins and unwittingly does any one of the things the Lord his God has forbidden, and is guilty,

    23If his sin which he has committed be known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish.

    24He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering.

    25The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

    26And he shall burn all its fat upon the altar like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; so the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

    27If any one of the common people sins unwittingly in doing anything the Lord has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,

    28When the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.

    29The offender shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill [it] at the place of the burnt offering.

    30And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.

    31And all the fat of it he shall take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for [the man], and he shall be forgiven.

    32If he brings a lamb as his sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish.

    33He shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

    34And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and all the rest of the blood of the lamb he shall pour out at the base of the altar.

    35And he shall take away all the fat of it, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar upon the offerings made by fire to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for the sin which the man has committed, and he shall be forgiven.^(H)

   

Leviticus 5

 1IF ANYONE sins in that he is sworn to testify and has knowledge of the matter, either by seeing or hearing of it, but fails to report it, then he shall bear his iniquity and willfulness.

    2Or if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean wild beast or of an unclean domestic animal or of unclean creeping things that multiply prolifically, even if he is unaware of it, and he has become unclean, he is guilty.

    3Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever kind the uncleanness may be with which he becomes defiled, and he is unaware of it, when he does know it, then he shall be guilty.

    4Or if anyone unthinkingly swears he will do something, whether to do evil or good, whatever it may be that a man shall pronounce rashly taking an oath, then, when he becomes aware of it, he shall be guilty in either of these.^(I)

    5When a man is guilty in one of these, he shall confess the sin he has committed.

    6He shall bring his guilt or trespass offering to the Lord for the sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin.

    7But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring for his guilt offering to the Lord two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

    8He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer the one for the sin offering first, and wring its head from its neck, but shall not sever it;

    9And he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering.

    10And he shall prepare the second bird for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

    11But if the offender cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil or frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

    12He shall bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar, on the offerings made by fire to the Lord; it is a sin offering.

    13Thus the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven; and the remainder shall be for the priest, as in the cereal offering.

    14And the Lord said to Moses,

    15If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unwittingly in the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring his trespass or guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued by you in shekels of silver, that is, the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass or guilt offering.

    16And he shall make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass or guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.

    17If anyone sins and does any of the things the Lord has forbidden, though he was not aware of it, yet he is guilty and shall bear his iniquity.^(J)

    18He shall bring [to the priest] a ram without blemish out of the flock, estimated by you to the amount [of the trespass], for a guilt or trespass offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the error which he committed unknowingly, and he shall be forgiven.

    19It is a trespass or guilt offering; he is certainly guilty before the Lord.

   

Footnotes:

1. Leviticus 1:1 The first step toward understanding the message of Leviticus is to appreciate its viewpoint indicated here--"The Lord called to Moses out of the Tent of Meeting," and talked to him. Before this a forbidding God had spoken from the burning mountain. But now the tabernacle is erected according to the God-given pattern, and the God Who dwells among His people in fellowship with them talks with His servant Moses "out of the Tent of Meeting." The people, therefore, are not treated as sinners alienated from God, "but as being already brought into a new relationship, even that of fellowship, on the ground of a blood-sealed covenant" (J. Sidlow Baxter, Explore the Book).
2. Leviticus 1:4 To render the self-sacrifice perfect, it was necessary that the offerer should spiritually die, sinking it as it were into the death of the sacrifice that had died for him, so that through the mediator of his salvation he should put his soul into a living fellowship with the Lord and bring his bodily members within the operations of the gracious Spirit of God. Thereby he would be renewed and sanctified [separated for holy use], both body and soul, and enter into union with God (Karl Keil and F. Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament).
3. Leviticus 2:12 There is to be no division between one's spiritual life and one's secular life, but the whole of one's life is to be of the nature of a sacrament (Col. 3:23, 24).
4. Leviticus 3:2 The Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament) so reads.

Cross references:

1. Leviticus 1:3 : Rom 12:1; Phil 1:20
2. Leviticus 1:4 : Heb 13:15, 16; I Pet 1:2
3. Leviticus 1:9 : Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18; I Pet 2:5
4. Leviticus 2:11 : I Cor 5:8
5. Leviticus 2:13 : Mark 9:49, 50
6. Leviticus 4:3 : Heb 7:27, 28
7. Leviticus 4:12 : Heb 13:11-13
8. Leviticus 4:35 : Heb 9:13, 14
9. Leviticus 5:4 : Mark 6:23
10. Leviticus 5:17 : Luke 12:48

Psalm 3

A Psalm of David. When he fled from Absalom his son.

 1LORD, HOW they are increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me.

    2Many are saying of me, There is no help for him in God. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

    3But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

    4With my voice I cry to the Lord, and He hears and answers me out of His holy hill. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

    5I lay down and slept; I wakened again, for the Lord sustains me.

    6I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me round about.

    7Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.

    8Salvation belongs to the Lord; May Your blessing be upon Your people. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

   

Psalm 4

To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

 1ANSWER ME when I call, O God of my righteousness (uprightness, justice, and right standing with You)! You have freed me when I was hemmed in and enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me and hear my prayer.

    2O you sons of men, how long will you turn my honor and glory into shame? How long will you love vanity and futility and seek after lies? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

    3But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself [and given distinction to] him who is godly [the man of loving-kindness]. The Lord listens and heeds when I call to Him.

    4Be angry [or stand in awe] and sin not; commune with your own hearts upon your beds and be silent (sorry for the things you say in your hearts). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!^(A)

    5Offer just and right sacrifices; trust (lean on and be confident) in the Lord.

    6Many say, Oh, that we might see some good! Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord.

    7You have put more joy and rejoicing in my heart than [they know] when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly.

    8In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust.

   

Psalm 5

To the Chief Musician; on wind instruments. A Psalm of David.

 1LISTEN TO my words, O Lord, give heed to my sighing and groaning.

    2Hear the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You do I pray.

    3In the morning You hear my voice, O Lord; in the morning I prepare [a prayer, a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].

    4For You are not a God Who takes pleasure in wickedness; neither will the evil so much as dwell [temporarily] with You.

    5Boasters can have no standing in Your sight; You abhor all evildoers.

    6You will destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors [and rejects] the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

    7But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and mercy; I will worship toward and at Your holy temple in reverent fear and awe of You.

    8Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way level (straight and right) before my face.

    9For there is nothing trustworthy or steadfast or truthful in their talk; their heart is destruction [or a destructive chasm, a yawning gulf]; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter and make smooth with their tongue.^(B)

    10Hold them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own designs and counsels; cast them out because of the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

    11But let all those who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice; let them ever sing and shout for joy, because You make a covering over them and defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You and be in high spirits.

    12For You, Lord, will bless the [uncompromisingly] righteous [him who is upright and in right standing with You]; as with a shield You will surround him with goodwill (pleasure and favor).

   

Psalm 6

To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set [possibly] an octave below. A Psalm of David.

 1O LORD, rebuke me not in Your anger nor discipline and chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

    2Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint and withered away); O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

    3My [inner] self [as well as my body] is also exceedingly disturbed and troubled. But You, O Lord, how long [until You return and speak peace to me]?

    4Return [to my relief], O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of Your steadfast love and mercy.

    5For in death there is no remembrance of You; in Sheol (the place of the dead) who will give You thanks?

    6I am weary with my groaning; all night I soak my pillow with tears, I drench my couch with my weeping.

    7My eye grows dim because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies.

    8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.^(C)

    9The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord receives my prayer.

    10Let all my enemies be ashamed and sorely troubled; let them turn back and be put to shame suddenly.

   

Psalm 7

An Ode of David, [probably] in a wild, irregular, enthusiastic strain, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.

 1O LORD my God, in You I take refuge and put my trust; save me from all those who pursue and persecute me, and deliver me,

    2Lest my foe tear my life [from my body] like a lion, dragging me away while there is none to deliver.

    3O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,

    4If I have paid back with evil him who was at peace with me or without cause have robbed him who was my enemy,

    5Let the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

    6Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies; and awake [and stir up] for me the justice and vindication [that] You have commanded.

    7Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about You, and return on high over them.

    8The Lord judges the people; judge me, O Lord, and do me justice according to my righteousness [my rightness, justice, and right standing with You] and according to the integrity that is in me.

    9Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the [uncompromisingly] righteous [those upright and in harmony with You]; for You, Who try the hearts and emotions and thinking powers, are a righteous God.^(D)

    10My defense and shield depend on God, Who saves the upright in heart.

    11God is a righteous Judge, yes, a God Who is indignant every day.

    12If a man does not turn and repent, [God] will whet His sword; He has strung and bent His [huge] bow and made it ready [by treading it with His foot].

    13He has also prepared for him deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

    14Behold, [the wicked man] conceives iniquity and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.

    15He made a pit and hollowed it out and has fallen into the hole which he made [before the trap was completed].

    16His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp.

    17I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His rightness and justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

   

Psalm 8

To the Chief Musician; set to a Philistine lute, or [possibly] to a particular Hittite tune. A Psalm of David.

 1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on [or above] the heavens.

    2Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established strength because of Your foes, that You might silence the enemy and the avenger.^(E)

    3When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established,

    4What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?

    5Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor.

    6You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:^(F)

    7All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field,

    8The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

    9O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth!

   

Psalm 9

To the Chief Musician; set for [possibly] soprano voices. A Psalm of David.

 1I WILL praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds!

    2I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High!

    3When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before You.

    4For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging righteously.

    5You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

    6The enemy have been cut off and have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up and overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished and vanished.

    7But the Lord shall remain and continue forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.^(G)

    8And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.^(H)

    9The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation).

    10And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God's Word and the right of their necessity].^(I)

    11Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion! Declare among the peoples His doings!

    12For He Who avenges the blood [of His people shed unjustly] remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble).

    13Have mercy upon me and be gracious to me, O Lord; consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You Who lift me up from the gates of death,

    14That I may show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your praises! In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation and Your saving help.

    15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot caught.

    16The Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion [meditation]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

    17The wicked shall be turned back [headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget or are forgetful of God.

    18For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation and hope of the meek and the poor shall not perish forever.

    19Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before You.

    20Put them in fear [make them realize their frail nature], O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

   

Cross references:

1. Psalm 4:4 : Eph 4:26
2. Psalm 5:9 : Rom 3:13
3. Psalm 6:8 : Matt 7:23; Luke 13:27
4. Psalm 7:9 : Rev 2:23
5. Psalm 8:2 : Matt 21:15, 16
6. Psalm 8:6 : I Cor 15:27; Eph 1:22, 23; Heb 2:6-8
7. Psalm 9:7 : Heb 1:11
8. Psalm 9:8 : Acts 17:31
9. Psalm 9:10 : Ps 42:1