Arise, O Lord! A Prayer For Israel

 

Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion!

Declare among the peoples His doings!

For He Who avenges the blood of His people 

shed unjustly remembers them; 

 He does not forget the cry

of the afflicted, the poor, and the humble.

Morning on the Mount of Olives

Image courtesy Bloomsbury Market/Wayfair.com

Have mercy upon me and be gracious to me, O Lord;

consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me,

You Who lift me up from the gates of death,

That I may show forth, recount and tell aloud,

all Your praises!

In the gates of the Daughter of Zion

I will rejoice in Your salvation and Your saving help.

The nations have sunk down in the pit that they have made;

in the net which they hid is their own foot caught.

The Lord has made Himself known;

He executes judgment;

the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.

Higgaion (meditation).

Selah pause, and calmly think of that!

The wicked shall be turned back

headlong into premature death, into Sheol,

 the place of the departed spirits of the wicked,

 even all the nations that forget

 or are forgetful of God.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten,

and the expectation and hope of the meek,

and the poor shall not perish forever.

Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail;

let the nations be judged before You.

Put them in fear, make them realize their frail nature, O Lord,

that the nations may know themselves to be but men.

Selah pause, and calmly think of that!

" Arise, O Lord! A Prayer for Israel"
Psalm 9
A Psalm of David