“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”Īnd your strongholds shall be plundered.”ġ2 Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.
His eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.īut his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.įire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.Īmos 3:1–11 ( Listen) Israel’s Guilt and Punishmentģ Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:ĥ Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth,Īnd to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,Īnd say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,ġ0 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the LORD, To shoot in the dark at the upright in heart They have fitted their arrow to the string The Lord Is in His Holy Temple To the choirmaster. So that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. You will strengthen their heart you will incline your earġ8 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, You have been the helper of the fatherless.ġ5 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer Ĭall his wickedness to account till you find none.ġ7 O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted He has hidden his face, he will never see it.”ġ2 Arise, O LORD O God, lift up your hand Īnd say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?ġ4 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, He seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.ġ1 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless ĩ he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket In hiding places he murders the innocent. Under his tongue are mischief and iniquity. Throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”ħ His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression Your judgments are on high, out of his sight Ħ He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved Let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.ģ For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,Īnd the one greedy for gain curses 1 and renounces the LORD.Ĥ In the pride of his face 2 the wicked does not seek him 3 Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?Ģ In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor Psalms 10–11 ( Listen) Why Do You Hide Yourself? They shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment. Save me for the sake of your steadfast love.ĥ For in death there is no remembrance of you Ĩ Depart from me, all you workers of evil,įor the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.ġ0 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled. 2 A Psalm of David.Ģ Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing O Lord, Deliver My Life To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments according to The Sheminith. You cover him with favor as with a shield. That those who love your name may exult in you.
The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.ħ But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,īecause of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,ġ1 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice
In the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you 1 and watch.Ĥ For you are not a God who delights in wickedness ĥ The boastful shall not stand before your eyes
A Psalm of David.ģ O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice Psalms 5–6 ( Listen) Lead Me in Your Righteousness To the choirmaster: for the flutes.