From Psalms: Layer by Layer
| verse | "1" |
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| hebrew | "לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ עַלְמ֥וּת לַבֵּ֗ן מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃" |
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| cbc | "For the director, according to Muth-labben. A psalm by David." |
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| verse | "2" |
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| hebrew | "אוֹדֶ֣ה יְ֭הוָה בְּכָל־לִבִּ֑י אֲ֝סַפְּרָ֗ה כָּל־נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃" |
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| cbc | "I will praise YHWH with all my heart; I will tell about all your wonderful works!" |
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| verse | "3" |
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| hebrew | "אֶשְׂמְחָ֣ה וְאֶעֶלְצָ֣ה בָ֑ךְ אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה שִׁמְךָ֣ עֶלְיֽוֹן׃" |
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| cbc | "I will rejoice and exult because of you; I will sing praise to your name, Most High!" |
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| verse | "4" |
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| hebrew | "בְּשׁוּב־אוֹיְבַ֥י אָח֑וֹר יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ וְ֝יֹאבְד֗וּ מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃" |
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| cbc | "When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish because of your presence," |
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| verse | "5" |
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| hebrew | "כִּֽי־עָ֭שִׂיתָ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י וְדִינִ֑י יָשַׁ֥בְתָּ לְ֝כִסֵּ֗א שׁוֹפֵ֥ט צֶֽדֶק׃" |
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| cbc | "because you have accomplished my right and my claim; you have sat on a throne as a righteous judge." |
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| verse | "6" |
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| hebrew | "גָּעַ֣רְתָּ ג֭וֹיִם אִבַּ֣דְתָּ רָשָׁ֑ע שְׁמָ֥ם מָ֝חִ֗יתָ לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃" |
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| cbc | "You rebuked nations; you destroyed the wicked; you blotted out their name forever and ever." |
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| verse | "7" |
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| hebrew | "הָֽאוֹיֵ֨ב ׀ תַּ֥מּוּ חֳרָב֗וֹת לָ֫נֶ֥צַח וְעָרִ֥ים נָתַ֑שְׁתָּ אָבַ֖ד זִכְרָ֣ם הֵֽמָּה׃" |
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| cbc | "The enemy came to an end in ruins forever, and you uprooted cities. The very memory of them perished." |
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| verse | "8" |
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| hebrew | "וַֽ֭יהוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם יֵשֵׁ֑ב כּוֹנֵ֖ן לַמִּשְׁפָּ֣ט כִּסְאֽוֹ׃" |
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| cbc | "But YHWH will sit enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice," |
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| verse | "9" |
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| hebrew | "וְה֗וּא יִשְׁפֹּֽט־תֵּבֵ֥ל בְּצֶ֑דֶק יָדִ֥ין לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃" |
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| cbc | "and he will judge the world with righteousness; he will execute justice for the peoples with fairness." |
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| verse | "10" |
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| hebrew | "וִ֘יהִ֤י יְהוָ֣ה מִשְׂגָּ֣ב לַדָּ֑ךְ מִ֝שְׂגָּ֗ב לְעִתּ֥וֹת בַּצָּרָֽה׃" |
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| cbc | "And may YHWH be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in distressing times." |
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| verse | "11" |
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| hebrew | "וְיִבְטְח֣וּ בְ֭ךָ יוֹדְעֵ֣י שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י לֹֽא־עָזַ֖בְתָּ דֹרְשֶׁ֣יךָ יְהוָֽה׃" |
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| cbc | "And may those who know your name put their trust in you, because you have not abandoned those who seek you, YHWH." |
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| verse | "12" |
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| hebrew | "זַמְּר֗וּ לַ֭יהוָה יֹשֵׁ֣ב צִיּ֑וֹן הַגִּ֥ידוּ בָ֝עַמִּ֗ים עֲלִֽילוֹתָֽיו׃" |
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| cbc | "Sing praise to YHWH, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell about his deeds among the peoples," |
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| verse | "13" |
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| hebrew | "כִּֽי־דֹרֵ֣שׁ דָּ֭מִים אוֹתָ֣ם זָכָ֑ר לֹֽא־שָׁ֝כַ֗ח צַעֲקַ֥ת עֲנָוִֽים׃" |
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| cbc | "because the one who requires a reckoning for bloodshed has remembered them; he has not ignored the outcry of the afflicted." |
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| verse | "14" |
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| hebrew | "חָֽנְנֵ֬נִי יְהוָ֗ה רְאֵ֣ה עָ֭נְיִי מִשֹּׂנְאָ֑י מְ֝רוֹמְמִ֗י מִשַּׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת׃" |
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| cbc | "Have mercy on me, YHWH! See my affliction from those who hate me, you who lift my head from the gates of death," |
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| verse | "15" |
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| hebrew | "לְמַ֥עַן אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה כָּֽל־תְּהִלָּ֫תֶ֥יךָ בְּשַֽׁעֲרֵ֥י בַת־צִיּ֑וֹן אָ֝גִ֗ילָה בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃" |
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| cbc | "so that I may tell about all your praiseworthy actions at the gates of daughter Zion, [and so that] I may be glad because of your salvation!" |
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| verse | "16" |
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| hebrew | "טָבְע֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם בְּשַׁ֣חַת עָשׂ֑וּ בְּרֶֽשֶׁת־ז֥וּ טָ֝מָ֗נוּ נִלְכְּדָ֥ה רַגְלָֽם׃" |
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| cbc | "Nations sank in a pit which they had made; their foot was caught in a net which they had hidden." |
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| verse | "17" |
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| hebrew | "נ֤וֹדַ֨ע ׀ יְהוָה֮ מִשְׁפָּ֪ט עָ֫שָׂ֥ה בְּפֹ֣עַל כַּ֭פָּיו נוֹקֵ֣שׁ רָשָׁ֑ע הִגָּי֥וֹן סֶֽלָה׃" |
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| cbc | "YHWH, who has accomplished justice, has made himself known, ensnaring the wicked by the work of his hands. Higgaion Selah" |
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| verse | "18" |
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| hebrew | "יָשׁ֣וּבוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים לִשְׁא֑וֹלָה כָּל־גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם שְׁכֵחֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃" |
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| cbc | "The wicked will return to Sheol, all nations that ignore God." |
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| verse | "19" |
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| hebrew | "כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לָ֭נֶצַח יִשָּׁכַ֣ח אֶבְי֑וֹן תִּקְוַ֥ת עֲ֝נִיִּ֗ים תֹּאבַ֥ד לָעַֽד׃" |
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| cbc | "For the poor will not be ignored forever; the hope of the afflicted will [not] perish forever." |
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| verse | "20" |
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| hebrew | "קוּמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אַל־יָעֹ֣ז אֱנ֑וֹשׁ יִשָּׁפְט֥וּ ג֝וֹיִ֗ם עַל־פָּנֶֽיךָ׃" |
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| cbc | "Rise up, YHWH! Let humanity not prevail; let nations be judged in your presence!" |
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| verse | "21" |
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| hebrew | "שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מוֹרָ֗ה לָ֫הֶ֥ם יֵדְע֥וּ גוֹיִ֑ם אֱנ֖וֹשׁ הֵ֣מָּה סֶּֽלָה׃" |
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| cbc | "YHWH, put a fearful thing among them; let the nations know that they are human. Selah" |
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