You have rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; You have blotted out their name forever, even forever and ever.

The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and you have destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,

Break the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth. [In the Septuagint, Psalms 9 and 10 are combined, and the Psalm numbers differ from this point on. [The Apostles' Bible] follows the traditional Psalm divisions, to avoid confusion.]

God has crushed their teeth in their mouth; God has broken the teeth of the lions.

How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? Shall the enemy provoke Your name forever?

Why do You turn away Your hand, and Your right hand from the midst of Your bosom forever?

Arise, O God, plead Your cause; remember Your reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.

Forget not the voice of Your enemies; let the pride of them that hate You continually ascend before You.

And the angel of the Lord went forth, and killed out of the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand; and they arose in the morning and found all [these] bodies dead.

And while he was worshipping Nisroch his country's god in the house, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with swords; and they escaped into Armenia; and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

And he shall pitch the tabernacle of his palace between the seas in the holy mountain of beauty; [but] he shall come to his portion, and there is none to deliver him.

Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And becoming eaten by worms, he died.

The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord; and He will take pleasure in his way.

And He brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.

granting his petition to him that prays; and He blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength cannot man prevail.

[] Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to [the] revelation of [the] mystery kept secret since the world began,

so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

But may the God of all grace, the [One] having called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little [while], may He Himself make you complete--He will establish, strengthen, [and] firmly ground [you].

Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, having been sanctified by God the Father, and having been kept in Jesus Christ:

You has tested my heart; You have visited [me] in the night; You have tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me; [I am purposed] that my mouth shall not speak [amiss.]

for He knows the secrets of the heart.

For the end, A Psalm of David. O Lord, You have proved me, and known me.

But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.

And now, [my] son Solomon, know the God of your fathers, and serve Him with a perfect heart and a willing soul; for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you should forsake Him, He will forsake you forever.

O Lord, [You] that judges righteously, and who tests the heart and the most secret parts, let me see Your vengeance [taken] upon them, for to You I have declared my cause.

I, the Lord, search the hearts, and test the mind, to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his doings.

O Lord, [You] who tests the righteous, [and] who understands the mind and heart, let me see Your vengeance upon them: for to You I have revealed my cause.

I will kill her children by death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.