תהלים ט-יג: שימו לב אל הלב – על דימוי הלב במזמורי תהלים

For the Leader; upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all Thy marvellous works. I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High: When mine enemies are turned back, They stumble and perish at Thy presence; For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge. Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; And the cities which thou didst uproot, Their very memorial is perished. But the LORD is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment. And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity. The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble; And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; For thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee. Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion; Declare among the peoples His doings. For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble. Be gracious unto me, O LORD, Behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me; Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death; That I may tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, That I may rejoice in Thy salvation. The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; In the net which they hid is their own foot taken. The LORD hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah The wicked shall return to the nether-world, Even all the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever. Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Thy sight. Set terror over them, O LORD; Let the nations know they are but men. Selah Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble? Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, They are taken in the devices that they have imagined. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD. The wicked, in the pride of his countenance [, saith]: 'He will not require'; All his thoughts are: 'There is no God.' His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.' His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In secret places doth he slay the innocent; His eyes are on the watch for the helpless. He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, He lieth in wait to catch the poor; He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net. He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall into his mighty claws. He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.' Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Thy hand; Forget not the humble. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'? Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; Unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. Break Thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found. The LORD is King for ever and ever; The nations are perished out of His land. LORD, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend; To right the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust; My heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation. I will sing unto the LORD, Because He hath dealt bountifully with me.

For the Leader. [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD have I taken refuge; how say ye to my soul: 'Flee thou! to your mountain, ye birds'? For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have made ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought? The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD, His throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men. The LORD trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth. Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup. For the LORD is righteous, He loveth righteousness; the upright shall behold His face.

Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh proud things!

How long, O LORD, wilt Thou forget me for ever? How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?