Through My Bible Yr 3 – May 20

Psalm 11

For the director of music. Of David.

¹ In the LORD I take refuge.
How then can you say to me:
“Flee like a bird to your mountain.

² For look, the wicked bend their bows;
they set their arrows against the strings
to shoot from the shadows
at the upright in heart.

³ When the foundations are being destroyed,
what can the righteous do ^[a]?”

⁴ The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD is on his heavenly throne.
He observes the sons of men;
his eyes examine them.

⁵ The LORD examines the righteous,
but the wicked ^[b] and those who love violence
his soul hates.

⁶ On the wicked he will rain
fiery coals and burning sulfur;
a scorching wind will be their lot.

⁷ For the LORD is righteous,
he loves justice;
upright men will see his face.

Psalm 12

For the director of music. According to sheminith . A psalm of David. ^[c]

¹ Help, LORD, for the godly are no more;
the faithful have vanished from among men.

² Everyone lies to his neighbor;
their flattering lips speak with deception.

³ May the LORD cut off all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue

⁴ that says, “We will triumph with our tongues;
we own our lips ^[d]—who is our master?”

⁵ “Because of the oppression of the weak
and the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise,” says the LORD.
“I will protect them from those who malign them.”

⁶ And the words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver refined in a furnace of clay,
purified seven times.

⁷ O LORD, you will keep us safe
and protect us from such people forever.

⁸ The wicked freely strut about
when what is vile is honored among men.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 11:3 Or what is the Righteous One doing
2. Psalm 11:5 Or The LORD , the Righteous One, examines the wicked,
3. Psalm 12:1 Title: Probably a musical term
4. Psalm 12:4 Or / our lips are our plowshares

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.