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- Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
- And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
- The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
- Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
- For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
- Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],
- Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
- He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
- Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
- Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
- Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.
- Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
- Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
- Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
- Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.- LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me.
- Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.
- But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
- I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
- I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set [themselves] against me round about.
- Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
- Salvation [belongeth] unto the LORD: thy blessing [is] upon thy people. Selah.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.- Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
- O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.
- But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
- Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
- Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
- [There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
- Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased.
- I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.- Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
- Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
- My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.
- For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
- The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
- Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
- But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
- Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
- For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
- Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
- But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
- For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.- O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
- My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
- Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
- For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
- I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
- Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
- The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
- Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be ashamed suddenly.
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.- O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
- Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver.
- O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
- If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
- Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
- Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded.
- So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
- The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me.
- Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
- My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
- God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day.
- If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
- He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
- Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
- He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.
- His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
- I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.- O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
- When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
- What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
- For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:
- All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
- The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.
- O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth!
To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.- I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
- I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
- When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
- For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
- Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
- O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
- But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
- And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
- The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge 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, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
- When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
- Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
- That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
- The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
- For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.
- Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
- Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah.
- Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?
- The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
- 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.
- His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
- He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
- He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
- He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
- He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
- Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
- Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
- Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
- Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
- The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
- LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.- In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?
- For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
- If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
- The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S 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 shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.
- For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.- Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
- They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.
- The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:
- Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?
- For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.
- The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
- Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
- The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? 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 daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
- Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
- Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
- But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
- I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.- The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
- The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.
- They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
- Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
- There were they in great fear: for God [is] in the generation of the righteous.
- Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD [is] his refuge.
- Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
A Psalm of David.- LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
- He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
- [He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
- In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.
- [He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.
Michtam of David.- Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
- [O my soul], thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee;
- [But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.
- Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god]: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
- The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
- The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
- I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
- I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
- For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
A Prayer of David.- Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.
- Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
- Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.
- Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.
- Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.
- I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech.
- Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them].
- Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
- From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.
- They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
- They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
- Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
- From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
- As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,- I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
- The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
- I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
- The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
- In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.
- Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
- There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
- He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
- And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
- He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
- At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.
- The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.
- Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
- Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
- He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
- He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
- They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
- He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
- The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
- For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
- For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
- I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
- Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
- With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
- With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
- For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
- For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
- For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
- [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him.
- For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?
- [It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
- He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.
- He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
- Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
- Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
- I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
- I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
- For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
- Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
- They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
- Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
- Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me.
- As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
- The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
- The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
- [It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
- He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
- Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
- Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
- Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
- [There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard.
- Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
- Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
- His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
- The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.
- The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.
- The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.
- More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
- Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of them [there is] great reward.
- Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].
- Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
- Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
- Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
- Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
- Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
- We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
- Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
- Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
- They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
- Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
- Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
- For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
- He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.
- His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
- For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
- For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
- Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
- Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
- Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
- For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
- Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.
- Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.- My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?
- O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
- But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
- Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
- They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
- But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
- All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
- He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
- But thou [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.
- I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother's belly.
- Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help.
- Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.
- They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
- I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
- My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
- For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
- I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.
- They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
- But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
- Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
- Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
- I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
- Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
- For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
- My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
- The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
- All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the governor among the nations.
- All [they that be] fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
- A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
- They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [this].
A Psalm of David.- The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.
- He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
- He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
- Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
- Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
- Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
A Psalm of David.- The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
- Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
- He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
- He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
- This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
- Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
- Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
- Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
- Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah.
[A Psalm] of David.- Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
- O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
- Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
- Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
- Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
- Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.
- Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
- Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
- The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
- All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
- For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great.
- What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose.
- His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
- The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
- Mine eyes [are] ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
- Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate and afflicted.
- The troubles of my heart are enlarged: [O] bring thou me out of my distresses.
- Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
- Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
- O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
- Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
- Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
[A Psalm] of David.- Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.
- Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
- For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
- I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
- I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
- I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
- That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
- LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
- Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
- In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
- But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
- My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
[A Psalm] of David.- The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
- Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be] confident.
- One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
- For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
- And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
- Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
- [When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
- Hide not thy face [far] from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
- When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
- Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
- Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
- [I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
[A Psalm] of David.- Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
- Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
- Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.
- Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
- Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
- Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
- The LORD [is] my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
- The LORD [is] their strength, and he [is] the saving strength of his anointed.
- Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
A Psalm of David.- Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
- Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
- The voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters.
- The voice of the LORD [is] powerful; the voice of the LORD [is] full of majesty.
- The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
- He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
- The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
- The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
- The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of [his] glory.
- The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
- The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
A Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the house of David.- I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
- O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
- O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
- Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
- For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.
- And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
- LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was troubled.
- I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
- What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
- Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
- Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
- To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
- Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
- For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
- Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.
- Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
- I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
- I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
- And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
- Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly.
- For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
- I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
- I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
- For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.
- My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
- Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
- Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave.
- Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
- [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
- Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
- Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
- For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
- O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
- Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
[A Psalm] of David, Maschil.- Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered.
- Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.
- When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
- For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
- Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
- Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
- Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
- Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.
- Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright.
- Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.
- Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
- For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth.
- He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
- By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
- He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
- Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
- For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.
- The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
- The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
- Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
- The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
- From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
- He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
- There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
- An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.
- Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
- To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
- Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.
- For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
- Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
[A Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.- I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth.
- My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.
- O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
- I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
- They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
- This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
- The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
- O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.
- O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him.
- The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].
- Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?
- Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
- Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
- The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their cry.
- The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
- [The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
- The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
- Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
- He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
- Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
- The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. 1
[A Psalm] of David.- Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
- Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
- Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.
- Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
- Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].
- Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
- For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
- Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
- And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
- All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
- False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not.
- They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.
- But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
- I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.
- But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:
- With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
- Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
- I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
- Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
- For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.
- Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].
- [This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
- Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
- Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
- Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
- Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.
- Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
- And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD.- The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.
- For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
- The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
- He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.
- Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.
- Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
- How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
- They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
- For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
- O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
- Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
- There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
[A Psalm] of David.- Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
- For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
- Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
- Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
- Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.
- And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
- Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
- Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
- For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
- For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].
- But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
- The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
- The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
- The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.
- Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
- A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.
- For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
- The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
- They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
- But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD [shall be] as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
- The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
- For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.
- The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
- Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.
- I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
- [He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.
- Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
- For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
- The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
- 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].
- I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.
- But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
- But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble.
- And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.- O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
- [There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.
- For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
- My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.
- I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
- For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.
- I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
- Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
- My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
- My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
- They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
- But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
- Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
- For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
- For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
- For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.
- For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
- But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
- They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
- Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
- Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.- I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
- I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
- My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,
- LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].
- Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
- Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
- And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.
- Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
- I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].
- Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
- When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man [is] vanity. Selah.
- Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].
- O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
- He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.
- And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
- Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.
- Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
- Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,
- I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
- I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
- I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
- Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
- For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
- Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
- Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
- Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
- Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
- But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
- The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
- The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
- I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
- Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
- And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
- All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
- An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
- Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
- But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
- By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
- And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
- Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.- As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
- My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
- My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?
- When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
- Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.
- O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
- Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
- [Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.
- I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
- Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
- For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
- Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
- Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.- We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
- [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
- For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
- Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
- Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
- For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
- But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
- In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
- But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
- Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
- Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
- Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
- Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
- Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
- My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
- For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
- All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
- Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
- Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
- Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
- Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
- Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
- For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
- Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.- My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
- Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
- Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
- And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
- Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
- Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
- Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
- All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
- Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
- Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
- So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.
- And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even] the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
- The king's daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold.
- She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
- With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
- Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
- I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.- God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
- [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
- [There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High.
- God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, [and that] right early.
- The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
- The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
- Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
- He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
- Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
- The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.- O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
- For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over all the earth.
- He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
- He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
- God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
- Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
- For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
- God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
- The princes of the people are gathered together, [even] the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth [belong] unto God: he is greatly exalted.
A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah.- Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
- Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
- God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
- For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
- They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
- Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
- Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
- As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
- We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
- According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
- Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
- Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
- Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
- For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.- Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:
- Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
- My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.
- I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
- Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
- They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
- None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
- (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
- That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
- For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
- Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they call [their] lands after their own names.
- Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
- This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
- Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
- But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
- Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
- For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
- Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
- He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
- Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.
A Psalm of Asaph.- The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
- Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
- Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
- He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
- Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
- And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.
- Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.
- I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
- I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.
- For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.
- I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.
- If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof.
- Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
- Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
- And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
- But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
- Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
- When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
- Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
- Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
- These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
- Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.
- Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth [his] conversation [aright] will I shew the salvation of God.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.- Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
- Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
- For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
- Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.
- Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
- Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
- Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
- Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
- Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
- Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
- Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.
- [Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
- Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
- O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
- For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
- The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
- Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.- Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.
- Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
- Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
- Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.
- God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
- The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
- Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.
- But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
- I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done [it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before thy saints.
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David.- The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good.
- God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.
- Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
- Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
- There were they in great fear, [where] no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them.
- Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?- Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
- Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
- For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
- Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul.
- He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
- I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for [it is] good.
- For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David.- Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
- Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
- Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
- My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
- Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
- And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.
- Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.
- I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
- Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.
- Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
- For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
- But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
- We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of God in company.
- Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.
- As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
- Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
- He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.
- God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
- He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
- [The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.
- Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
- But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
- Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.
- What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
- In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
- Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.
- They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
- Shall they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast down the people, O God.
- Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?
- When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.
- In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I praise [his] word.
- In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
- Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
- For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt] not [thou deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.- Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be overpast.
- I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth [all things] for me.
- He shall send from heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
- My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
- They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.
- My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
- Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.
- I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
- For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
- Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.- Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
- Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
- The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
- Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
- Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
- Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
- Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
- As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
- Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
- The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
- So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
- Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
- Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
- For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.
- They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to help me, and behold.
- Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
- They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
- Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?
- But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
- [Because of] his strength will I wait upon thee: for God [is] my defence.
- The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
- Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
- [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.
- Consume [them] in wrath, consume [them], that they [may] not [be]: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
- And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
- Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
- But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
- Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God [is] my defence, [and] the God of my mercy.
To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.- O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
- Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
- Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
- Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
- That thy beloved may be delivered; save [with] thy right hand, and hear me.
- God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
- Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;
- Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
- Who will bring me [into] the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
- [Wilt] not thou, O God, [which] hadst cast us off? and [thou], O God, [which] didst not go out with our armies?
- Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.
- Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies.
To the chief Musician upon Neginah, [A Psalm] of David.- Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
- From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.
- For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy.
- I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
- For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name.
- Thou wilt prolong the king's life: [and] his years as many generations.
- He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, [which] may preserve him.
- So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.- Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my salvation.
- He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
- How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence.
- They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
- My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.
- He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved.
- In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God.
- Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.
- Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
- Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
- God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God.
- Also unto thee, O Lord, [belongeth] mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.- O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
- Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
- Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
- My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips:
- When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches.
- Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
- My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
- But those [that] seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
- They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
- But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
- Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
- That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
- They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
- They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.
- But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
- So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
- And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
- The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm [and] Song of David.- Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
- O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
- Iniquities prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
- Blessed [is the man whom] thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee, that] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [even] of thy holy temple.
- [By] terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; [who art] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [upon] the sea:
- Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; [being] girded with power:
- Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
- They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
- Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, [which] is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
- Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
- Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
- They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
- The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
To the chief Musician, A Song [or] Psalm.- Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
- Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
- Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
- All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing [to] thy name. Selah.
- Come and see the works of God: [he is] terrible [in his] doing toward the children of men.
- He turned the sea into dry [land]: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
- He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
- O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
- Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
- For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
- Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
- Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy [place].
- I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
- Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
- I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
- Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
- I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
- If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]:
- [But] verily God hath heard [me]; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
- Blessed [be] God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song.- God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
- That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
- Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
- O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
- Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
- [Then] shall the earth yield her increase; [and] God, [even] our own God, shall bless us.
- God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David.- Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
- As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wax melteth before the fire, [so] let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
- But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
- Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
- A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation.
- God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry [land].
- O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
- The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: [even] Sinai itself [was moved] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
- Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
- The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that published [it].
- Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
- Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
- When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was [white] as snow in Salmon.
- The hill of God [is as] the hill of Bashan; an high hill [as] the hill of Bashan.
- Why leap ye, ye high hills? [this is] the hill [which] God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.
- The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].
- Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among them].
- Blessed [be] the Lord, [who] daily loadeth us [with benefits, even] the God of our salvation. Selah.
- [He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the issues from death.
- But God shall wound the head of his enemies, [and] the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
- The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [my people] again from the depths of the sea:
- That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
- They have seen thy goings, O God; [even] the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
- The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.
- Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
- There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali.
- Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
- Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
- Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, [till every one] submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people [that] delight in war.
- Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
- Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
- To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, [which were] of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, [and that] a mighty voice.
- Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency [is] over Israel, and his strength [is] in the clouds.
- O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel [is] he that giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed [be] God.
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David.- Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
- I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
- I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
- They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.
- O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
- Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
- Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
- I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
- For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
- When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
- I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
- They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.
- But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
- Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
- Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
- Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
- And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
- Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
- Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.
- Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.
- They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
- Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.
- Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
- Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
- Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents.
- For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
- Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
- Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
- But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
- I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
- [This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
- The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
- For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
- Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
- For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
- The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance.- [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
- Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
- Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
- Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
- But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
- In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
- Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
- Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress.
- Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
- For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.
- By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.
- I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.
- Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.
- Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
- For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
- Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].
- O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
- Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
- But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
- My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].
- I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.
- O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
- Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.
- Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!
- [Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
- Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
- I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
- My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
- My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
[A Psalm] for Solomon.- Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
- He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
- The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
- He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
- They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
- He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.
- In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
- He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
- They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
- The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
- For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.
- He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
- He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
- And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; [and] daily shall he be praised.
- There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
- His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
- Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
- And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen.
- The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
A Psalm of Asaph.- Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
- But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
- For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
- They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men.
- Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
- Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
- They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
- They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
- Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
- And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
- Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
- Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
- For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
- If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
- When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
- Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
- Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
- How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
- As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
- Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
- So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
- Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
- Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
- Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.
- My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
- But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Maschil of Asaph.- O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
- Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
- Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
- [A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
- But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
- They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
- They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
- We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.
- O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
- Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.
- For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
- Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
- Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
- Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
- The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
- Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
- Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
- O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
- Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
- O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
- Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
- Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph.- Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give thanks: for [that] thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
- When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
- The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
- I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
- Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck.
- For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
- But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them] out, [and] drink [them].
- But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
- All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph.- In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel.
- In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
- There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
- Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than the mountains of prey.
- The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
- At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
- Thou, [even] thou, [art] to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
- Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
- When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
- Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
- Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
- He shall cut off the spirit of princes: [he is] terrible to the kings of the earth.
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.- I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
- In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
- I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
- Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
- I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
- I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
- Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
- Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth [his] promise fail for evermore?
- Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
- And I said, This [is] my infirmity: [but I will remember] the years of the right hand of the most High.
- I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
- I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
- Thy way, O God, [is] in the sanctuary: who [is so] great a God as [our] God?
- Thou [art] the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
- Thou hast with [thine] arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
- The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
- The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
- The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
- Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
- Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Maschil of Asaph.- Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
- I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
- We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
- For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
- That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:
- That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
- And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
- The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
- They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
- And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
- Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.
- He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
- In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
- He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths.
- He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
- And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
- And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
- Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
- Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
- Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
- Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
- Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
- And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
- Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.
- He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
- He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
- And he let [it] fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
- So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
- They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat [was] yet in their mouths,
- The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel.
- For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
- Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
- When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
- Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
- For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
- But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
- For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
- How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!
- Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
- They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
- How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
- And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
- He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
- He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
- He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
- He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
- He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels [among them].
- He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
- And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
- But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
- And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, [even to] this mountain, [which] his right hand had purchased.
- He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
- Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
- But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
- For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
- When God heard [this], he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
- So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;
- And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
- He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
- The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
- Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
- Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, [and] like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
- And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
- Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
- But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
- And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever.
- He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
- From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
- So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
A Psalm of Asaph.- O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
- The dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be] meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
- Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and [there was] none to bury [them].
- We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
- How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
- Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
- For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.
- O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
- Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
- Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the blood of thy servants [which is] shed.
- Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
- And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
- So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph.- Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.
- Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come [and] save us.
- Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
- Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
- Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
- Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
- Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
- Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
- The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the goodly cedars.
- She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
- Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
- The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
- Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
- And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.
- [It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
- Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself.
- So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
- Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph.- Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
- Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
- Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
- For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of Jacob.
- This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not.
- I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
- Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
- Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
- There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
- I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
- But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
- So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.
- Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!
- I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
- The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
- He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
A Psalm of Asaph.- God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
- How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
- Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
- Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.
- They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
- I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the most High.
- But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
- Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph.- Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
- For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
- They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
- They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
- For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
- The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
- Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
- Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
- Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to] Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
- [Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] dung for the earth.
- Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
- Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
- O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
- As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
- So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
- Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
- Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
- That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.- How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
- My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
- Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
- Blessed [are] they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
- Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].
- [Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
- They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.
- O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
- Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
- For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.- LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
- Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
- Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger.
- Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
- Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
- Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
- Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
- I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
- Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
- Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].
- Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
- Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.
- Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.
- Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.
- Preserve my soul; for I [am] holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
- Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
- Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
- Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
- In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
- Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.
- All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
- For thou [art] great, and doest wondrous things: thou [art] God alone.
- Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
- I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
- For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
- O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
- But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
- O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
- Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see [it], and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah.- His foundation [is] in the holy mountains.
- The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
- Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
- I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this [man] was born there.
- And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
- The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, [that] this [man] was born there. Selah.
- As well the singers as the players on instruments [shall be there]: all my springs [are] in thee.
A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.- O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee:
- Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
- For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
- I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength:
- Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
- Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
- Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.
- Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.
- Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
- Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah.
- Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy faithfulness in destruction?
- Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
- But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
- LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
- I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
- Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
- They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
- Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness.
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.- I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
- For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
- I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
- Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
- And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
- For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
- God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.
- O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
- Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
- Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
- The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for] the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
- The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
- Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy right hand.
- Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
- Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
- In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
- For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
- For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.
- Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon [one that is] mighty; I have exalted [one] chosen out of the people.
- I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
- With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
- The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
- And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
- But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
- I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
- He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
- Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
- My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
- His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
- If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
- If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
- Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
- Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
- My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
- Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
- His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
- It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
- But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
- Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
- Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
- All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
- Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
- Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
- Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
- The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
- How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
- Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
- What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
- Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
- Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;
- Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
- Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.- Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
- Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.
- Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
- For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.
- Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.
- In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
- For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
- Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
- For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].
- The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
- Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
- So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.
- Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
- O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
- Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast afflicted us, [and] the years [wherein] we have seen evil.
- Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
- And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
- He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
- Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.
- He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.
- Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the arrow [that] flieth by day;
- [Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for the destruction [that] wasteth at noonday.
- A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.
- Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
- Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;
- There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
- For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
- They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
- Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
- Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
- He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
- With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day.- [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
- To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
- Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
- For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
- O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very deep.
- A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
- When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for ever:
- But thou, LORD, [art most] high for evermore.
- For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
- But my horn shalt thou exalt like [the horn of] an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
- Mine eye also shall see [my desire] on mine enemies, [and] mine ears shall hear [my desire] of the wicked that rise up against me.
- The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
- They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
- To shew that the LORD [is] upright: [he is] my rock, and [there is] no unrighteousness in him.
- The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, [wherewith] he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
- Thy throne [is] established of old: thou [art] from everlasting.
- The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
- The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.
- Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
- O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
- Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
- LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
- [How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
- They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
- They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
- Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it].
- Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
- He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
- He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know]?
- The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
- Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
- That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
- For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
- But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
- Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
- Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
- When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
- In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
- Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
- They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
- But the LORD is my defence; and my God [is] the rock of my refuge.
- And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; [yea], the LORD our God shall cut them off.
- O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
- Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
- For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all gods.
- In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills [is] his also.
- The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry [land].
- O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
- For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and] as [in] the day of temptation in the wilderness:
- When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
- Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
- Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
- O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
- Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
- Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
- For the LORD [is] great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to be feared above all gods.
- For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
- Honour and majesty [are] before him: strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary.
- Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
- Give unto the LORD the glory [due unto] his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
- O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
- Say among the heathen [that] the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
- Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
- Let the field be joyful, and all that [is] therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
- Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
- The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad [thereof].
- Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.
- A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
- His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
- The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
- Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all [ye] gods.
- Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
- For thou, LORD, [art] high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
- Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
- Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
A Psalm.- O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
- The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
- He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
- Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
- With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
- Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Let the floods clap [their] hands: let the hills be joyful together
- Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
- The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth [between] the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
- The LORD [is] great in Zion; and he [is] high above all the people.
- Let them praise thy great and terrible name; [for] it [is] holy.
- The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
- Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; [for] he [is] holy.
- Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
- He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance [that] he gave them.
- Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
- Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God [is] holy.
A Psalm of praise.- Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
- Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
- Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name.
- For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.
A Psalm of David.- I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
- I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
- I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.
- A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person].
- Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
- Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
- He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
- I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.- Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
- Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me speedily.
- For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
- My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
- By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
- I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
- I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
- Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
- For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
- Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
- My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
- But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
- Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
- For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
- So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
- When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
- He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
- This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
- For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
- To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
- To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
- When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
- He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
- I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years [are] throughout all generations.
- Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens [are] the work of thy hands.
- They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
- But thou [art] the same, and thy years shall have no end.
- The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
[A Psalm] of David.- Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.
- Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
- Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
- Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
- Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
- The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
- He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
- The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
- He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
- He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
- For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
- As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
- Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
- For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust.
- [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
- For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
- But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
- To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
- The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
- Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
- Bless ye the LORD, all [ye] his hosts; [ye] ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
- Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
- Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
- Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
- Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
- Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
- [Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed for ever.
- Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
- At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
- They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
- Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
- He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the hills.
- They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
- By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] sing among the branches.
- He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
- He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
- And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's heart.
- The trees of the LORD are full [of sap]; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
- Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir trees [are] her house.
- The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies.
- He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
- Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth].
- The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
- The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
- Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
- O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
- [So is] this great and wide sea, wherein [are] things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
- There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play therein.
- These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their meat in due season.
- [That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
- Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
- Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
- The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
- He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
- I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
- Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
- O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
- Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
- Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
- Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
- Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
- O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
- He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in all the earth.
- He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations.
- Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
- And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:
- Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
- When they were [but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
- When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom to another people;
- He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
- [Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
- Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
- He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for a servant:
- Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
- Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
- The king sent and loosed him; [even] the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
- He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
- To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
- Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
- And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
- He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
- He sent Moses his servant; [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.
- They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
- He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
- Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
- He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.
- He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land.
- He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
- He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
- And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
- He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
- He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and [there was] not one feeble [person] among their tribes.
- Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
- He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
- [The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
- He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river.
- For he remembered his holy promise, [and] Abraham his servant.
- And he brought forth his people with joy, [and] his chosen with gladness:
- And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
- That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
- Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? [who] can shew forth all his praise?
- Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
- Remember me, O LORD, with the favour [that thou bearest unto] thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
- That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
- We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
- Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him] at the sea, [even] at the Red sea.
- Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
- He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
- And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
- And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
- Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
- They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
- But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
- And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
- They envied Moses also in the camp, [and] Aaron the saint of the LORD.
- The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
- And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
- They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
- Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
- They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
- Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] terrible things by the Red sea.
- Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].
- Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
- But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
- Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness:
- To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
- They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
- Thus they provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
- Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.
- And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
- They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
- Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
- They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
- But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
- And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
- Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
- And shed innocent blood, [even] the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
- Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions.
- Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
- And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
- Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
- Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
- Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
- And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
- He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
- Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, [and] to triumph in thy praise.
- Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
- O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
- And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
- They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
- Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
- Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he delivered them out of their distresses.
- And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
- Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
- For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
- Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being] bound in affliction and iron;
- Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
- Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and [there was] none to help.
- Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved them out of their distresses.
- He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
- Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
- For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
- Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
- Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
- Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth them out of their distresses.
- He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them] from their destructions.
- Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
- And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
- They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
- These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
- For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
- They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
- They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
- Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
- He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
- Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
- Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!
- Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
- He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
- A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
- He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
- And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
- And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
- He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
- Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
- He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.
- Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock.
- The righteous shall see [it], and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
- Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
A Song [or] Psalm of David.- O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
- Awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.
- I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
- For thy mercy [is] great above the heavens: and thy truth [reacheth] unto the clouds.
- Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
- That thy beloved may be delivered: save [with] thy right hand, and answer me.
- God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
- Gilead [is] mine; Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;
- Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
- Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
- [Wilt] not [thou], O God, [who] hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
- Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.
- Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
- For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
- They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
- For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.
- And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
- Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
- When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
- Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.
- Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
- Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.
- Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
- Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
- Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
- Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
- Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
- Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
- As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
- As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
- Let it be unto him as the garment [which] covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
- [Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
- But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.
- For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
- I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
- My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
- I became also a reproach unto them: [when] they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
- Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
- That they may know that this [is] thy hand; [that] thou, LORD, hast done it.
- Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
- Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
- I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
- For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that condemn his soul.
A Psalm of David.- The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
- Thy people [shall be] willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
- The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
- The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
- He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill [the places] with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
- He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.
- Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with [my] whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and [in] the congregation.
- The works of the LORD [are] great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
- His work [is] honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
- He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD [is] gracious and full of compassion.
- He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
- He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
- The works of his hands [are] verity and judgment; all his commandments [are] sure.
- They stand fast for ever and ever, [and are] done in truth and uprightness.
- He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend [is] his name.
- The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.
- Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
- Wealth and riches [shall be] in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
- Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
- A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
- Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
- He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
- His heart [is] established, he shall not be afraid, until he see [his desire] upon his enemies.
- He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
- The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
- Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
- Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
- From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name [is] to be praised.
- The LORD [is] high above all nations, [and] his glory above the heavens.
- Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
- Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth!
- He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
- That he may set [him] with princes, [even] with the princes of his people.
- He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
- When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
- Judah was his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.
- The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back.
- The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.
- What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back?
- Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little hills, like lambs?
- Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
- Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
- Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth's sake.
- Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] now their God?
- But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
- Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
- They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
- They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
- They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
- They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them.
- O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield.
- O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield.
- Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he [is] their help and their shield.
- The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless [us]; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
- He will bless them that fear the LORD, [both] small and great.
- The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
- Ye [are] blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
- The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
- The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
- But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
- I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications.
- Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon [him] as long as I live.
- The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
- Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is] merciful.
- The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
- Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
- For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, [and] my feet from falling.
- I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
- I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
- I said in my haste, All men [are] liars.
- What shall I render unto the LORD [for] all his benefits toward me?
- I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
- I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
- Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints.
- O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
- I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
- I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
- In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
- O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
- For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD [endureth] for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
- O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: because his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- Let Israel now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, [and set me] in a large place.
- The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
- The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.
- [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
- [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
- All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
- They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
- They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
- Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
- The LORD [is] my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
- The voice of rejoicing and salvation [is] in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
- The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
- I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
- The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
- Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, [and] I will praise the LORD:
- This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
- I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
- The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head [stone] of the corner.
- This is the LORD'S doing; it [is] marvellous in our eyes.
- This [is] the day [which] the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
- Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
- Blessed [be] he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
- God [is] the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, [even] unto the horns of the altar.
- Thou [art] my God, and I will praise thee: [thou art] my God, I will exalt thee.
- O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
- Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.
- They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
- Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.
- O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
- Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
- I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
- I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
- BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
- With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
- Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
- Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
- With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
- I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
- I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
- I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
- GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word.
- Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
- My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.
- Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
- Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
- Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
- Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.
- DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
- I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
- Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
- My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
- Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
- I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [before me].
- I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
- I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
- HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end.
- Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.
- Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
- Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
- Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
- Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.
- Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.
- Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
- VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
- So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
- And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
- So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
- And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
- I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
- And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
- My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
- ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
- This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
- The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.
- I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
- Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
- Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
- I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
- This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
- CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
- I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
- I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
- I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
- The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law.
- At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
- I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
- The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
- TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
- Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
- Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
- Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
- The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
- Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.
- [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
- The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
- JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
- They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
- I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
- Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
- Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.
- Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.
- Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
- Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
- CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
- Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
- For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
- How many [are] the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
- The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.
- All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
- They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
- Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
- LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
- Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
- They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all [are] thy servants.
- Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
- I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
- I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
- The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider thy testimonies.
- I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad.
- MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.
- Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.
- I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
- I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
- I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
- I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
- How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
- Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
- NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
- I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
- I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
- Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
- My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
- The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
- Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.
- I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.
- SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.
- Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
- Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
- Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
- Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
- Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood.
- Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
- My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
- AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
- Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
- Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
- Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
- I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
- [It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void thy law.
- Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
- Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.
- PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
- The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
- I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
- Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
- Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
- Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
- Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
- Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
- TZADDI. Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, and upright [are] thy judgments.
- Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful.
- My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
- Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
- I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.
- Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.
- Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.
- The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
- KOPH. I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
- I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
- I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
- Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
- Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
- They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
- Thou [art] near, O LORD; and all thy commandments [are] truth.
- Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
- RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
- Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
- Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
- Great [are] thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
- Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline from thy testimonies.
- I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
- Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
- Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.
- SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
- I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
- I hate and abhor lying: [but] thy law do I love.
- Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
- Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
- LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
- My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
- I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are] before thee.
- TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
- Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
- My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
- My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness.
- Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
- I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight.
- Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
- I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
A Song of degrees.- In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
- Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.
- What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
- Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
- Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
- My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
- I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.
A Song of degrees.- I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
- My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
- He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
- Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
- The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy right hand.
- The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
- The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
- The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
A Song of degrees of David.- I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
- Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
- Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
- Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
- For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
- Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
- Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.
- For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace [be] within thee.
- Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
A Song of degrees.- Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
- Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
- Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.
A Song of degrees of David.- If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
- If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
- Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
- Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
- Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
- Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath not given us [as] a prey to their teeth.
- Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- Our help [is] in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
A Song of degrees.- They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion, [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.
- As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is] round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
- For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
- Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts.
- As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
A Song of degrees.- When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
- Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
- The LORD hath done great things for us; [whereof] we are glad.
- Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
- They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
- He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves [with him].
A Song of degrees for Solomon.- Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh [but] in vain.
- [It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.
- Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.
- As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.
- Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
A Song of degrees.- Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
- For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.
- Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
- Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
- The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
- Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.
A Song of degrees.- Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
- Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
- The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
- The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
- Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
- Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
- Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
- Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
A Song of degrees.- Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
- Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
- If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
- But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
- I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
- My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning.
- Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.
- And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
A Song of degrees of David.- LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
- Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child.
- Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
A Song of degrees.- LORD, remember David, [and] all his afflictions:
- How he sware unto the LORD, [and] vowed unto the mighty [God] of Jacob;
- Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
- I will not give sleep to mine eyes, [or] slumber to mine eyelids,
- Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.
- Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
- We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
- Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
- Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
- For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
- The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
- If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
- For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.
- This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
- I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
- I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
- There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
- His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
A Song of degrees of David.- Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- [It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, [even] Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
- As the dew of Hermon, [and as the dew] that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, [even] life for evermore.
A Song of degrees.- Behold, bless ye the LORD, all [ye] servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
- Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
- The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
- Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise [him], O ye servants of the LORD.
- Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
- Praise the LORD; for the LORD [is] good: sing praises unto his name; for [it is] pleasant.
- For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.
- For I know that the LORD [is] great, and [that] our Lord [is] above all gods.
- Whatsoever the LORD pleased, [that] did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
- He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
- [Who] sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
- Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
- Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
- And gave their land [for] an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
- Thy name, O LORD, [endureth] for ever; [and] thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
- For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
- The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
- They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
- They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths.
- They that make them are like unto them: [so is] every one that trusteth in them.
- Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
- Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
- Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
- O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- The sun to rule by day: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- To him which smote great kings: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- And slew famous kings: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- [Even] an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
- And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
- By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
- For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.
- How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
- If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning].
- If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.
- O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
[A Psalm] of David.- I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
- I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
- In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, [and] strengthenedst me [with] strength in my soul.
- All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
- Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great [is] the glory of the LORD.
- Though the LORD [be] high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
- Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
- The LORD will perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
- Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
- Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.
- For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
- Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
- [Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
- Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
- If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
- [If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
- Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
- If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
- Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].
- For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
- I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
- My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
- Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.
- How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
- [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
- Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
- For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
- Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
- I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
- Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
- And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.- Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
- Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.
- They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
- Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
- The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- I said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
- O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
- Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.
- [As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
- Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].
- I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
- Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
A Psalm of David.- LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
- Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
- Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
- Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
- Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.
- When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
- Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.
- But mine eyes [are] unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
- Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
- Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
- I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
- I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
- When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
- I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
- I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.
- Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
- Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
A Psalm of David.- Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.
- And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
- For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
- Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
- I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
- I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
- Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
- Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
- Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
- Teach me to do thy will; for thou [art] my God: thy spirit [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
- Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
- And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant.
[A Psalm] of David.- Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:
- My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
- LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
- Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.
- Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
- Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
- Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
- Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood.
- I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
- [It is he] that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
- Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right hand of falsehood:
- That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth; [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after] the similitude of a palace:
- [That] our garners [may be] full, affording all manner of store: [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
- [That] our oxen [may be] strong to labour; [that there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our streets.
- Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yea], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.
David's [Psalm] of praise.- I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
- Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
- Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.
- One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
- I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
- And [men] shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
- They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
- The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
- The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.
- All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
- They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
- To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
- Thy kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion [endureth] throughout all generations.
- The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all [those that be] bowed down.
- The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
- Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
- The LORD [is] righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
- The LORD [is] nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
- He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
- My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
- Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
- While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
- Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.
- His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
- Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God:
- Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever:
- Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
- The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
- The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
- The LORD shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
- Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.
- The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
- He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
- He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.
- Great [is] our Lord, and of great power: his understanding [is] infinite.
- The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
- Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
- Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry.
- He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
- The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
- Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
- For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
- He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
- He sendeth forth his commandment [upon] earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
- He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
- He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
- He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, [and] the waters flow.
- He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
- He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
- Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
- Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
- Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
- Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens.
- Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
- He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
- Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
- Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
- Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
- Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
- Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
- Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
- Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven.
- He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; [even] of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
- Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints.
- Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
- Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
- For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
- Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
- [Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
- To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and] punishments upon the people;
- To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
- To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
- Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
- Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
- Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
- Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
- Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
- Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.