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1 Korvedim. Dāvida psalms.
Pie Kunga es tveros –
ko sakāt man:
laidies, putns, uz saviem kalniem!
2 Redzi, ļaundari velk loku,
liek bultu uz stopa stiegras,
lai sirdsskaidros medītu tumsā.
3 Ja pamati sabrukuši,
ko taisnajam darīt?
4 Kungs savā svētajā templī,
Kungs savā debesu tronī –
viņa acis raugās,
viņa acu skati pārbauda cilvēku dēlus!
5 Kungs pārbauda taisnos un ļaundarus –
tos, kas mīl varmācību, viņš nīst.
6 Degošas ogles un sēru viņš lies pār ļaundariem,
dzeldīgs vējš ir viņu daļa kausā!
7 Kungs ir taisns un taisnību mīl –
sirdsskaidrie uzlūkos viņa vaigu.
Confidence in the Lord
1 I trust in the Lord for safety.
How foolish of you to say to me,
“Fly away like a bird to the mountains,
2 because the wicked have drawn their bows and aimed their arrows
to shoot from the shadows at good people.
3 There is nothing a good person can do
when everything falls apart.”
4 The Lord is in his holy temple;
he has his throne in heaven.
He watches people everywhere
and knows what they are doing.
5 He examines the good and the wicked alike;
the lawless he hates with all his heart.
6 He sends down flaming coals and burning sulfur on the wicked;
he punishes them with scorching winds.
7 The Lord is righteous and loves good deeds;
those who do them will live in his presence.
