Psalms 7

• 1. I come to you for protection, O LORD my God. Save me from my persecutors--rescue me!
• 2. If you don't, they will maul me like a lion, tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
• 3. O LORD my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,
• 4. if I have betrayed a friend or plundered my enemy without cause,
• 5. then let my enemies capture me. Let them trample me into the ground. Let my honor be left in the dust.
• 6. Arise, O LORD, in anger! Stand up against the fury of my enemies! Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
• 7. Gather the nations before you. Sit on your throne high above them.
• 8. The LORD passes judgment on the nations. Declare me righteous, O LORD, for I am innocent, O Most High!
• 9. End the wickedness of the ungodly, but help all those who obey you. For you look deep within the mind and heart, O righteous God.
• 10. God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are true and right.
• 11. God is a judge who is perfectly fair. He is angry with the wicked every day.
• 12. If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
• 13. He will prepare his deadly weapons and ignite his flaming arrows.
• 14. The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.
• 15. They dig a pit to trap others and then fall into it themselves.
• 16. They make trouble, but it backfires on them. They plan violence for others, but it falls on their own heads.
• 17. I will thank the LORD because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

Psalms 8

• 1. O LORD, our Lord, the majesty of your name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.
• 2. You have taught children and nursing infants to give you praise. They silence your enemies who were seeking revenge.
• 3. When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers--the moon and the stars you have set in place--
• 4. what are mortals that you should think of us, mere humans that you should care for us?
• 5. For you made us only a little lower than God, and you crowned us with glory and honor.
• 6. You put us in charge of everything you made, giving us authority over all things--
• 7. the sheep and the cattle and all the wild animals,
• 8. the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.
• 9. O LORD, our Lord, the majesty of your name fills the earth!

Psalms 9

• 1. I will thank you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.
• 2. I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.
• 3. My enemies turn away in retreat; they are overthrown and destroyed before you.
• 4. For you have judged in my favor; from your throne, you have judged with fairness.
• 5. You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their names forever.
• 6. My enemies have met their doom; their cities are perpetual ruins. Even the memory of their uprooted cities is lost.
• 7. But the LORD reigns forever, executing judgment from his throne.
• 8. He will judge the world with justice and rule the nations with fairness.
• 9. The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
• 10. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, have never abandoned anyone who searches for you.
• 11. Sing praises to the LORD who reigns in Jerusalem. Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.
• 12. For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore those who cry to him for help.
• 13. LORD, have mercy on me. See how I suffer at the hands of those who hate me. Snatch me back from the jaws of death.
• 14. Save me, so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem's gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
• 15. The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others. They have been caught in their own trap.
• 16. The LORD is known for his justice. The wicked have trapped themselves in their own snares.
• 17. The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
• 18. For the needy will not be forgotten forever; the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.
• 19. Arise, O LORD! Do not let mere mortals defy you! Let the nations be judged in your presence!
• 20. Make them tremble in fear, O LORD. Let them know they are merely human.

New Living Translation: 169 of 324 days.