Bible Verses About Psalms

Don't flaunt your strength so proudly; don't speak arrogantly, with your nose in the air!

For you will not be raised to power by those in the east, the west or the desert;

since God is the judge; and it is he who puts down one and lifts up another.

In ADONAI's hand there is a cup of wine, foaming, richly spiced; when he pours it out, all the wicked of the earth will drain it, drinking it to the dregs."

But I will always speak out, singing praises to the God of Ya'akov.

I will break down the strength of the wicked, but the strength of the righteous will be raised up.

For the leader. With string music. A psalm of Asaf. A song: In Y'hudah God is known; his name is great in Isra'el.

His tent is in Shalem, his place is in Tziyon.

There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. (Selah)

You are glorious, majestic, more so than mountains of prey.

The bravest have been stripped of their spoil and now are sleeping their final sleep; not one of these courageous men finds strength to raise his hands.

At your rebuke, God of Ya'akov, riders and horses lie stunned.

You are fearsome! When once you are angry, who can stand in your presence?

You pronounce sentence from heaven; the earth grows silent with fear

when God arises to judge, to save all the humble of the earth. (Selah)

Human wrath serves only to praise you; what remains of this wrath you wear as an ornament.

Make vows to ADONAI your God, and keep them; all who are around him must bring presents to the one who should be feared.

He curbs the spirit of princes; he is fearsome to the kings of the earth.

A psalm of Asaf: God, the pagans have entered your heritage. They have defiled your holy temple and turned Yerushalayim into rubble.

They have given the corpses of your servants as food for the birds in the air, yes, the flesh of those faithful to you for the wild animals of the earth.

All around Yerushalayim they have shed their blood like water, and no one is left to bury them.

We suffer the taunts of our neighbors, we are mocked and scorned by those around us.

How long, ADONAI? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you, on the kingdoms that don't call out your name;

for they have devoured Ya'akov and left his home a waste.