Thus says the Lord God ^aconcerning Edom:

^bWe have heard a report from the Lord,

and a messenger has been sent among the nations:

“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”

2  Behold, I will make you small among the nations;

you shall be utterly despised.¹

3  The pride of your heart has deceived you,

you who live in the clefts of the rock,²

in your lofty dwelling,

who say in your heart,

“Who will bring me down to the ground?”

4  Though you soar aloft like the eagle,

though your nest is set among the stars,

from there I will bring you down,

declares the Lord.

5  ^cIf thieves came to you,

if plunderers came by night—

how you have been destroyed!—

would they not steal only enough for themselves?

If grape gatherers came to you,

would they not leave gleanings?

6  How Esau has been pillaged,

his treasures sought out!

7  ^dAll your allies have driven you to your border;

those at peace with you have deceived you;

they have prevailed against you;

those who eat your bread³ have set a trap beneath you—

^eyou have⁴ no understanding.

8  Will I not on that day, declares the Lord,

destroy the wise men out of Edom,

and understanding out of Mount Esau?

9  And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman,

so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

10  ^fBecause of the violence done to your ^gbrother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

and you shall be cut off forever.

11  ^hOn the day that you stood aloof,

ⁱon the day that strangers carried off his wealth

and foreigners entered his gates

and ^jcast lots for Jerusalem,

you were like one of them.

12  But do not gloat over the day of your brother

in the day of his misfortune;

do not ^krejoice over the people of Judah

in the day of their ruin;

do not boast⁵

in the day of distress.

13  Do not enter the gate of my people

in the day of their calamity;

do not gloat over his disaster

in the day of his calamity;

do not loot his wealth

in the day of his calamity.

14  Do not stand at the crossroads

to cut off his fugitives;

do not hand over his survivors

in the day of distress.

15  For the ^lday of the Lord is near upon all the nations.

^mAs you have done, it shall be done to you;

your deeds shall return on your own head.

16  For as you have drunk on my holy mountain,

so all the nations shall drink continually;

they shall drink and swallow,

and shall be as though they had never been.

17  But ⁿin Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,

and it shall be holy,

and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions.

18  ^oThe house of Jacob shall be a fire,

and the house of Joseph a flame,

and the house of Esau stubble;

they shall burn them and consume them,

and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,

for the Lord has spoken.

19  Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau,

and those of the Shephelah shall possess the land of the Philistines;

they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria,

and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

20  The exiles of this host of the people of Israel

shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath,

and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad

shall possess the cities of the Negeb.

21  Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion

to rule Mount Esau,

and ^pthe kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

1  ^bThe ^cheavens declare the glory of God,

and the sky above¹ proclaims his handiwork.

2  Day to day pours out speech,

and night to night reveals knowledge.

3  There is no speech, nor are there words,

whose voice is not heard.

4  ^dTheir voice² goes out through all the earth,

and their words to the end of the world.

In them he has set a tent for the sun,

5  which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,

and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

6  Its rising is from the end of the heavens,

and its circuit to the end of them,

and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

7  ^eThe law of the Lord is perfect,³

^freviving the soul;

the testimony of the Lord is ^gsure,

^hmaking wise the simple;

8  the precepts of the Lord are right,

rejoicing the heart;

the commandment of the Lord is pure,

enlightening the eyes;

9  the fear of the Lord is clean,

enduring forever;

the rules⁴ of the Lord are true,

and righteous altogether.

10  More to be desired are they than ⁱgold,

even much fine gold;

^jsweeter also than honey

and drippings of the honeycomb.

11  Moreover, by them is your servant warned;

in keeping them there is great reward.

12  Who can discern his errors?

Declare me innocent from ^khidden faults.

13  Keep back your servant also from ^lpresumptuous sins;

let them not have ^mdominion over me!

Then I shall be blameless,

and innocent of great transgression.

14  ⁿLet the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable in your sight,

O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

1  ^oMay the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!

May the ^pname of the God of Jacob protect you!

2  May he send you help from the sanctuary

and give you support from Zion!

3  May he remember all your offerings

and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

4  May he ^qgrant you your heart’s desire

and fulfill all your plans!

5  May we shout for joy over your salvation,

and in the name of our God set up our banners!

May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

6  Now I know that the Lord saves his ^ranointed;

he will answer him from his holy heaven

with the saving might of his right hand.

7  ^sSome trust in chariots and some in ^thorses,

but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

8  They collapse and fall,

but we rise and stand upright.

9  O Lord, save the king!

May he answer us when we call.

1  O Lord, in your strength ^uthe king rejoices,

and in your salvation how greatly he exults!

2  You have ^vgiven him his heart’s desire

and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

3  For you ^wmeet him with rich blessings;

you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

4  ^xHe asked life of you; you gave it to him,

length of days forever and ever.

5  His ^yglory is great through your salvation;

^zsplendor and majesty you bestow on him.

6  For you make him most ^ablessed forever;⁵

you make him glad with the joy of your presence.

7  For the king trusts in the Lord,

and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

8  Your hand will find out all your enemies;

your right hand will find out those who hate you.

9  You will make them ^bas a blazing oven

when you appear.

The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,

and ^cfire will consume them.

10  You will destroy their descendants from the earth,

and their offspring from among the children of man.

11  Though they plan evil against you,

though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

12  For you will put them to flight;

you will aim at their faces with your bows.

13  Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!

We will sing and praise your power.

1  ^dMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

^eWhy are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?

2  O my God, I cry by day, ^fbut you do not answer,

and by night, but I find no rest.

3  Yet you are holy,

enthroned on the praises⁶ of Israel.

4  In you our fathers trusted;

they trusted, and you delivered them.

5  To you they cried and were rescued;

^gin you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6  But I am a worm and not a man,

scorned by mankind and ^hdespised by the people.

7  All who see me ⁱmock me;

they make mouths at me; they ^jwag their heads;

8  ^k“He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;

let him rescue him, for he delights in him!”

9  Yet ^lyou are he who took me from the womb;

you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.

10  On you was I cast from my birth,

and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

11  ^mBe not far from me,

for trouble is near,

and there is ⁿnone to help.

12  Many bulls encompass me;

strong bulls of Bashan surround me;

13  they open wide their mouths at me,

like a ravening and roaring ^olion.

14  I am poured out like water,

and all my bones are out of joint;

my heart is like wax;

it is melted within my breast;

15  my strength is dried up like a potsherd,

and my tongue sticks to my jaws;

you lay me in the dust of death.

16  For ^pdogs encompass me;

a company of evildoers encircles me;

they have ^qpierced my hands and feet⁷—

17  I can count all my bones—

they stare and gloat over me;

18  ^rthey divide my garments among them,

and for my clothing they cast lots.

19  But you, O Lord, do not be far off!

O you my help, ^scome quickly to my aid!

20  Deliver my soul from the sword,

my precious life from the power of the dog!

21  Save me from the mouth of the ^tlion!

You have rescued⁸ me from the horns of the wild oxen!

22  ^uI will tell of your name to my brothers;

in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:

23  You who fear the Lord, praise him!

All you offspring of Jacob, ^vglorify him,

and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!

24  For he has not despised or abhorred

the affliction of the afflicted,

and he has not hidden his face from him,

but has heard, when he cried to him.

25  From you comes my praise in the great congregation;

my vows I will ^wperform before those who fear him.

26  The afflicted⁹ shall eat and be satisfied;

those who seek him shall praise the Lord!

May your hearts live forever!

27  All the ^xends of the earth shall remember

and turn to the Lord,

and all the families of the nations

shall worship before you.

28  For kingship belongs to the Lord,

and he rules over the nations.

29  All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;

before him shall bow all who go down ^yto the dust,

even the one who could not keep himself alive.

30  Posterity shall serve him;

it shall be ^ztold of the Lord to the coming generation;

31  they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people ^ayet unborn,

that he has done it.

1  The Lord is my ^bshepherd; ^cI shall not want.

2  He makes me lie down in ^dgreen pastures.

He ^eleads me beside still waters.¹⁰

3  He ^frestores my soul.

He ^gleads me in ^hpaths of righteousness¹¹

ⁱfor his name’s sake.

4  ^jEven though I walk through the valley of the ^kshadow of death,¹²

I will fear no evil,

for you are ^lwith me;

your rod and your staff,

they comfort me.

5  You prepare a ^mtable before me

in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

6  Surely¹³ goodness and mercy¹⁴ shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I shall ⁿdwell¹⁵ in the house of the Lord

forever.¹⁶