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The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
The psalm is a hymn psalm and an acrostic poem, in which each set of eight verses begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The theme of the verses is the prayer of one who delights in and lives by the Torah, the sacred law. Psalms 1, 19 and 119 may be referred to as "the psalms of the Law". [2] [3]
[17] [18] In the contemporary custom, verse 16 is recited twice in each of these prayers, [19] although the older Ashkenazic practice was to recite it twice only at the conclusion of the Sabbath. [20] According to Machzor Vitry, the verse is doubled to complete the spelling of a name of God. [21] Psalm 91 is recited seven times during a burial ...
Psalm 88 is the 88th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O L ORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 87 .
There is an additional passage after verse 3 which is present in the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and one Hebrew manuscript, [9] but missing from the Masoretic text and from Psalm 53. The passage (and verses 2 and 3) is quoted in full in Romans 3:13-18, taken from the Septuagint. [10] The Hebrew of this passage, including verse 3, reads: [11]
Psalm 51, one of the penitential psalms, [1] is the 51st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Have mercy upon me, O God".In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 50.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
Psalm 9 is the first of the acrostic Psalms, covering half of the Hebrew alphabet, with Psalm 10 covering the rest of the alphabet. There is some tension between psalms 9 and 10. Psalm 9 has a tone of victory over evil and its ancient Chaldean title suggests that it was written to celebrate David's victory over Goliath. [10]