The Psalms - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 670
The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers
PSALMS. _
Boox I
Psauts 11, :2.
PSALM 11.
To his Bandmaster.
@3; gahih.
S·r.mzA r.
I put all my trust in the LORD,
So why do they say to my soul ;
Fly away to the hills, like a bird,
For see how the wicked take aim with their bow,
Their arrows they fix in the string,
To shoot in the dark the true hearts,
And when they fall, feel a delight;
So what can the righteous man do ? '
Srnzza 2.
jauovnx from His Hour Home;
JEHOVAH enthroned in the Heavens,
Looks on and perceives at a glance;
His eyelids look on Adam’s sons.
JEHOVAH will try good and bad,
But His soul hates the lovers of crime,
He will rain on the wicked distress,
The fiery and sulphurous breath
Of the Simoon is destined for them I
For JEHOVAH is good to the good,
Loves the upright who gaze on His face.
PSALM 12.
To the Conductor of the Pipers.
3 fsalm uf gahilt.
S·rA1<zA x.
Help, LORD, for the merciful cease,
And the faithful fail from Adanfssons ,
Each one utters lies to his friend,
And with false lip, heart speaks to the heart.
Smnza 2.
]m1ovAH! cut off the false lips:
With the tongues that are uttering lies;
By our tongue we are strong,
By the power of our lips we succeed,
Who then can be master of us?
Snnza 3.
For the groans of the poor;
For the wretched who sigh,
says the LORD,
And put those who pant into ease.
Smuza 4.
jmzovnx I Your words are bright words,
Like silver refined with a. flame,
And cleansed from its earth seven times,
You, LORD, are the Guardian of men,
Preserve them from now, to for ever.
Envoy.
When the wicked are left to go free,
They terrify men, like high walls.
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