Psalm 51

1 Unto the end. The understanding of David. 2 When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, David went to the house of Ahimelech. 3 Why do you glory in malice, you who are powerful in iniquity? 4 All day long your tongue thinks up injustice. Like a sharp razor, you have wrought deceit. […]

Psalm 52

1 Unto the end. For Mahalath: the thoughts of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” 2 They were corrupted, and they became abominable with iniquities. There is no one who does good. 3 God gazed down from heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any […]

Psalm 53

1 Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David, 2 when the Ziphites had arrived and they said to Saul, “Has not David been hidden with us?” 3 Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me in your virtue. 4 O God, listen to my prayer. Pay attention to the words of […]

Psalm 54

1 Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David. 2 Listen to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication. 3 Be attentive to me, and heed me. I have been grieved in my training, and I have been disturbed 4 at the voice of the adversary and at the tribulation of the […]

Psalm 55

1 Unto the end. For the people who have become far removed from the Sacred. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when the Philistines held him in Gath. 2 Have mercy on me, O God, because man has trampled over me. All day long, he has afflicted me by fighting against me. 3 […]

Psalm 57

1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title. 2 If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men. 3 For, even in your heart, you work iniquity. Your hands construct injustice on the earth. 4 Sinners have become foreigners from […]

Psalm 58

1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house, in order to execute him. 2 Rescue me from my enemies, my God, and free me from those who rise up against me. 3 Rescue me from those who work iniquity, and […]

Psalm 59

1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed, with the inscription of a title, of David himself, for instruction: 2 when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal, and Joab turned back and struck Idumea, in the valley of the salt pits, twelve thousand men. 3 O God, you have rejected […]