PSALM 1
1 Blessed is the man who has not
walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners,
and has not sat in the seat of evil men. 2 But his pleasure is in the law of
the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be as a
tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its
season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatsoever he shall do shall be
prospered. 4 Not so the ungodly;-- not so: but rather as the chaff which the
wind scatters away from the face of the earth. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall
not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just. 6 For the Lord
knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
PSALM 2
1 Wherefore did the heathen rage, and
the nations imagine vain things? 2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the
rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against his Christ;
3 [saying], Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us.
4 He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall
mock them. 5 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his
fury. 6 But I have been made king by him on Sion his holy mountain, 7 declaring
the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, Thou art my Son, to-day have I
begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen [for] thine
inheritance, and the ends of the earth [for] thy possession. 9 Thou shalt rule
them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel.
10 Now therefore understand, ye kings: be instructed, all ye that judge the
earth. 11 Serv the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling. 12 Accept
correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and ye should perish from the
righteous way: whensoever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all
they that trust in him.
PSALM 3
1 [A Psalm of David, when he fled
from the presence of his son Abessalom.] O Lord, why are they that afflict me
multiplied? many rise up against me. 2 Many say concerning my soul, There is no
deliverance for him in his God. Pause. 3 But thou, O Lord, art my helper: my
glory, and the one that lifts up my head. 4 I cried to the Lord with my voice,
and he heard me out of his holy mountain. Pause. 5 I lay down and slept; I
awaked; for the Lord will help me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of
people, who beset me round about. 7 Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: for thou
hast smitten all who were without cause mine enemies; thou hast broken the teeth
of sinners. 8 Deliverance is the Lord's, and thy blessing is upon thy people.
PSALM 4
1 [For the End, a Song of David among [the] Psalms.] When I called upon
[him], the God of my righteousness heard me: thou hast made room for me in
tribulation; pity me, and hearken to my prayer. 2 O ye sons on men, how long
[will ye be] slow of heart? wherefore do ye love vanity, and seek falsehood?
Pause. 3 But know ye that the Lord has done wondrous things for his holy one:
the Lord will hear me when I cry to him. 4 Be ye angry, and sin not; feel
compunction upon your beds for what ye say in your hearts. Pause. 5 Offer the
sacrifice of righteousness, and trust in the Lord. 6 Many say, Who will shew us
good things? the light of thy countenance, O Lord, has been manifested towards
us. 7 Thou hast put gladness into my heart: they have been satisfied with the
fruit of their corn and wine and oil. 8 I will both lie down in peace and
sleep: for thou, Lord, only hast caused me to dwell securely.
PSALM 5
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits.] Hearken
to my words, O Lord, attend to m cry. 2 Attend to the voice of my supplication,
my King, and my God: for to thee, O Lord, will I pray. 3 In the morning thou
shalt hear my voice: in the morning will I wait upon thee, and will look up. 4
For thou art not a god that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of
wickedness dwell with thee. 5 Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy
sight: thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity. 6 Thou wilt destroy
all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man. 7 But I
will enter into thine house in the multitude of thy mercy: I will worship in
thy fear toward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness
because of mine enemies; make my way plain before thy face. 9 For there is no
truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their throat is an open sepulchre;
with their tongues they have used deceit. 10 Judge them, O God; let them fail
of their counsels: cast them out according to the abundance of their
ungodliness; for they have provoked thee, O Lord. 11 But let all that trust on
thee be glad in thee: they shall exult for ever, and thou shalt dwell among
them; and all that love thy name shall rejoice in thee. 12 For thou, Lord,
shalt bless the righteous: thou hast compassed us as with a shield of favour.
PSALM 6
1 [For the End, a Psalm of David among the Hymns for the eighth.] O
Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thine anger. 2 Pity me,
O Lord; for I am weak: heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul also
is grievously vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long? 4 Return, O Lord, deliver my
soul: save me for thy mercy's sake. 5 For in death no man remembers thee: and
who will give thee thanks in Hades? 6 I am wearied with my groaning; I shall
wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with tears. 7 Mine eye is
troubled because of my wrath; I am worn out because of all my enemies. 8 Depart
from me, all ye that work iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my
weeping. 9 The Lord has hearkened t my petition; the Lord has accepted my
prayer. 10 Let all mine enemies be put to shame and sore troubled: let them be
turned back and grievously put to shame speedily.
PSALM 7
1 [A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of
Chusi the Benjamite.] O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all
them that persecute me, and deliver me. 2 Lest at any time [the enemy] seize my
soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save. 3 O Lord my God, if
I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;) 4 if I have
requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty
by means of my enemies. 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, an take it; and let
him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause. 6
Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine
enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst
command. 7 And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this
cause do thou return on high. 8 The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O
Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in
me. 9 Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and [then] thou shalt
direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins. 10 My help is
righteous, [coming] from God who saves the upright in heart. 11 God is a
righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day.
12 If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and
made it ready. 13 And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has
completed his arrows for the raging ones. 14 Behold, he has travailed with
unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity. 15 He
has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has
made. 16 His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness
shall come down on his own crown. 17 I will give thanks to the Lord according
to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.
PSALM 8
1 [For the end, concerning the wine-presses, a Psalm of David.] O Lord,
our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth! for thy magnificence is
exalted above the heavens. 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast
thou perfected praise, because of thine enemies; that thou mightest put down
the enemy and avenger. 8:3 For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy
fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established. 8:4 What is man, that
thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? 8:5 Thou
madest him a little less than angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and
honour; 8:6 and thou hast set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put
all things under his feet: 8:7 sheep and all oxen, yea and the cattle of the
field; 8:8 the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, the [creatures]
passing through the paths of the sea. 8:9 O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy
name in all the earth!
PSALM 9
1 [For
the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son.] 2 I will give
thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful
works. 3 I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most
High. 4 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at
thy presence. 5 For thou hast maintained my cause and my right; thou satest on
the throne, that judgest righteousness. 6 Thou hast rebuked the nations, and
the ungodly one has perished; thou hast blotted out their name for ever, even
for ever and ever. 7 The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast
destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise, 8 but the
Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment. 9 And he will
judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness. 10
The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in
affliction. 11 And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord,
hast not failed them that diligently seek thee. 12 Sing praises to the Lord,
who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings among the nations. 13 For he
remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the
supplication of the poor. 14 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my
affliction [which I suffer] of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the
gates of death: 15 that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the
daughter of Sion: I will exult in thy salvation. 16 The heathen are caught in
the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their
foot taken. 17 The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in
the works of his hands. A song of Pause. 18 Let sinners be driven away into Hades,
[even] all the nations that forget God. 19 For the poor shall not be forgotten
for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever. 20 Arise, O
Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee. 21 Appoint, O
Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause. 22
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? [why] dost thou overlook [us] in times of
need, in affliction? 23 While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly
pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine. 24
Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust
one blesses himself. 25 The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the
abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him. 26
His ways are profane at all times; thy judgments are removed from before him:
he will gain the mastery over all his enemies. 27 For he has said in his heart,
I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation.
28 Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue
are trouble and pain. 29 He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in
order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against te poor. 30 He lies in
wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to
ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his
snare. 31 He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor. 32 For he
has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as
never to look. 33 Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: forget not the
poor. 34 Wherefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart,
He will not require [it]. 35 Thou seest [it]; for thou dost observe trouble and
wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou
wast a helper to the orphan. 36 Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked
man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found. 37 The Lord shall
reign for ever, even for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish out his land.
38 The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the
preparation of their heart; 39 to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man
may no more boast upon the earth.
PSALM 10
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David.] In the Lord I have put my trust: how
will ye say to my soul, Flee to the mountains as a sparrow? 2 For behold the
sinners have bent their [bow], they have prepared their arrows for the quiver,
to shoot privily at the upright in heart. 3 For they have pulled down what thou
didst frame, but what has the righteous done? 4 The Lord is in his holy temple,
as for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: his eyes look upon the poor, his
eyelids try the sons of men. 5 The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly:
and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul. 6 He shall rain upon
sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast [shall be] the portion
of their cup. 7 For the Lord [is] righteous, and loves righteousness; his face
beholds uprightness.
PSALM 11
1 [For the end, A Psalm of David, upon the eighth.] Save me, O Lord; for
the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of
men. 2 Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful,
they have spoken with a double heart. 3 Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful
lips, and the tongue that speaks great words: 4 who have said, We will magnify
our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us? 5 Because of the misery of
the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the
Lord, I will set [them] in safety; I will speak [to them] thereof openly. 6 The
oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved [in]
a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and
shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever. 8 The ungodly walk
around: according to thy greatness thou has greatly exalted the sons of men.
PSALM 12
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David.] How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget
me? for ever? how long wilt thou turn away thy face from me? 2 How long shall I
take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my
enemy be exalted over me? 3 Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten
mine eyes, lest I sleep in death; 4 lest at any time mine enemy say, I have
prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved. 5
But I have hoped in thy mercy; my heart shall exult in thy salvation. 6 I will
sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to
the name of the Lord most high.
PSALM 13
1 [For the end, Psalm of David.] The fool has said in his heart, There
is no God. They have corrupted [themselves], and become abominable in their devices;
there is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one. 2 The Lord
looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that
understood, or sought after god. 3 They are all gone out of the way, they are
together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit;
the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and
bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in
their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God
before their eyes. 4 Will not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my
people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon the Lord. 5 There
were they alarmed with fear, where there was no fear; for God is in the
righteous generation. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the
Lord is his hope. 7 Who will bring the salvation of Israel Israel
PSALM 14
1 [A
Psalm of David.] O Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? and who shall
dwell in thy holy mountain? 2 He that walks blameless, and works righteousness,
who speaks truth in his heart. 3 Who has not spoken craftily with is tongue,
neither has done evil to his neighbour, nor taken up a reproach against them
that dwelt nearest to him. 4 In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, but
he honours them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbour, and disappoints
[him] not. 5 He has not lent his money on usury, and has not received bribes
against the innocent. He that does these things shall
never be moved.
PSALM 15
1 [A writing of David.] Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in thee. 2 I
said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for thou has no need of my goodness. 3 On
behalf of the saints that are in his land, he has magnified all his pleasure in
them. 4 Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by
no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their
names with my lips. 5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my
cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me. 6 The lines have fallen to
me in the best places, yea, I have a most excellent heritage. 7 I will bless
the Lord who has instructed me; my reins too have chastened me even till night.
8 I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I
should not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart rejoiced an my tongue exulted;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 10 because thou wilt not leave my
soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy
countenance: at thy right hand [there are] delights for ever.
PSALM 16
1 [A prayer of David.] Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my
petition; give ear to my prayer not [uttered] with deceitful lips. 2 Let my
judgment come forth from thy presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness. 3
Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] by night; thou hast tried me
as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: [I am purposed]
that my mouth shall not speak [amiss]. 4 As for the works of men, by the words
of thy lips I have guarded [myself from] hard ways. 5 Direct my steps in thy
paths, that my steps slip not. 6 I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God:
incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words. 7 Shew the marvels of thy mercies,
thou that Satest them that hope in thee. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye from
those that resist thy right hand: thou shalt screen me by the covering of thy
wings, 9 from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have
compassed about my soul. 10 They have enclosed [themselves with] their own fat:
their mouth has spoken pride. 11 They have now cast me out and compassed me
round about: they have set their eyes [so as] to bow them down to the ground.
12 They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp
dwelling in secret [places]. 13 Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them
down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: [draw] thy sword, 14 because of the
enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in
their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden [treasures]:
they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant [of their
possessions] to their babes. 15 But I shall appear in righteousness before thy
face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.
PSALM 17
1 [For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant of the Lord; [the words]
which he spoke to the Lord, [even] the words of this Song, in the day in which
the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of
Saul: and he said:] I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my
firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope
in him; [he is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper. 3 I will
call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies. 4 The
pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me
exceedingly. 5 The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death
prevented me. 6 And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to
my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter
before him, [even] into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the
foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was
angry with them. 8 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a
flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it. 9 And he bowed the heaven, and
came down: and thick darkness was under his feet. 10 And he mounted on cherubs
and flew: he flew on the wings of winds. 11 And he made darkness his secret
place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water in the clouds of
the air. 12 At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of
fire. 13 The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his
voice. 14 And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied
lightnings, and routed them. 15 And the springs of waters appeared, and the
foundations of the world were exposed, at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting
of the breath of thy wrath. 16 He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to
himself out of many waters. 17 He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and
from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I. 18 They prevented me in
the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them]. 19 And he
brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure
in me. 20 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even
according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me. 21 For I have kept
the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his
judgments were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me. 23 And I
shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity. 24 And
the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to
the purity of my hands before his eyes. 25 With the holy thou wilt be holy; and
with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent. 26 And with the excellent [man]
thou wilt be excellent; and with the perverse thou wilt shew frowardness. 27
For thou wilt save the lowly people, and wilt humble the eyes of the proud. 28
For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp: my God, thou wilt lighten my darkness. 29
For by thee shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a
wall. 30 [As for] my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried
in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him. 31 For who is God
but the Lord? and who is a God except our God? 32 [It is] God that girds me
with strength, and has made my way blameless: 33 who strengthens my feet as
hart's feet, and sets me upon high places. 34 He instructs my hands for war:
and thou hast made my arms [as] a brazen bow. 35 And thou hast made me secure
in my salvation: and thy right hand has helped me, and thy correction as upheld
me to the end; yea, thy correction itself shall instruct me. 36 Thou has made
room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail. 37 I will pursue
mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are
consumed. 38 I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand:
they shall fall under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength for
war: thou hast beaten down under me all that rose up against me. 40 And thou
has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them
that hated me. 41 They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to the Lord,
but he hearkened not to them. 42 I will grind them as the mud of the streets:
and I will beat them small as dust before the wind. 43 Deliver me from the gain
sayings of the people: thou shalt make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I
knew not served me, 44 at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange
children lied to me. 45 The strange children waxed old, and fell away from
their paths through lameness. 46 The Lord lives; and blessed [be] my God; and
let the God of my salvation be exalted. 47 [It is] God that avenges me, and has
subdued the nations under me; 48 my deliverer from angry enemies: thou shalt
set me on high above them that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from
the unrighteous man. 49 Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the
Gentiles, and sing to thy name. 50 [God] magnifies the deliverances of his
king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.
PSALM 18
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David.] The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. 2 Day to day utters speech,
and night to night proclaims knowledge. 3 There are no speeches or words, in
which their voices are not heard. 4 Their voice is gone out into all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the world. 5 In the sun he has set his
tabernacle; and he come forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber: he will exult
as a giant to run his course. 6 His going forth is from the extremity of
heaven, and his circuit to the [other] end of heaven: and no one shall be
hidden from his heat. 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting souls: the
testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes. 8 The ordinances of the
Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is bright,
enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring for ever and
ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, [and] justified altogether. 10 To be
desired more than gold, and much precious stone: sweeter also than honey and
the honey-comb. 11 For thy servant keeps to them: in the keeping of them [there
is] great reward. 12 Who will understand [his] transgressions? purge thou me
from my secret [sins]. 13 And spare thy servant [the attack] of strangers: if
they do not gain the dominion over me, then shall I be blameless, and I shall
be clear from great sin. 14 So shall the sayings of my mouth, and the
meditation of my heart, be pleasing continually before thee, O Lord my helper,
and my redeemer.
PSALM 19
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David.] The Lord hear thee in the day of
trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee. 2 Send thee help from the
sanctuary, and aid thee out of Sion. 3 Remember all thy sacrifice, and enrich
thy whole-burnt-offering. Pause. 4 Grant thee according to thy heart, and
fulfill all thy desire. 5 We will exult in thy salvation, and in the name of
our God shall we be magnified: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions. 6 Now I know
that the Lord has saved his Christ: he shall hear him from his holy heaven: the
salvation of his right hand is mighty. 7 Some [glory] in chariots, and some in
horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God. 8 They are
overthrown and fallen: but we are risen, and have been set upright. 9 O Lord,
save the king: and hear us in whatever day we call upon thee.
PSALM 20
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David.] O Lord, the king shall rejoice in thy
strength; and in thy salvation he shall greatly exult. 2 Thou hast granted him
the desire of his soul, and hast not withheld from him the request of his lips.
Pause. 3 For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness: thou has set
upon his head a crown of precious stone. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou
gavest him length of days for ever and ever. 5 His glory is great in thy
salvation: thou wilt crown him with glory and majesty. 6 For thou wilt give him
a blessing for ever and ever: thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy
countenance. 7 For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the
Highest he shall not be moved. 8 Let thy hand be found by all thine enemies:
let thy right hand find all that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery
oven at the time of thy presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and
fire shall devour them. 10 Thou shalt destroy their fruit from the earth, and
their seed from [among] the sons of men. 11 For they intended evils against
thee; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.
12 For thou shalt make them [turn their] back in thy latter end, thou wilt
prepare their face. 13 Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: we will sing
and praise thy mighty acts.
PSALM 21
1 [For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David.] O God, my
God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me? the account of my transgressions
is far from my salvation. 2 O my God, I will cry to thee by day, but thou wilt
not hear: and by night, and [it shall] not [be accounted] for folly to me. 3
But thou, the praise of Israel, dwellest in a sanctuary. 4 Our fathers hoped in
thee; they hoped, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried to thee, and were
saved: they hoped in thee, and were not ashamed. 6 But I am a worm, and not a
man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people. 7 All that saw me mocked me:
they spoke with [their] lips, they shook the head, [saying], 8 He hoped in the
Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him.
9 For thou art he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from my mother's
breasts. 10 I was cast on thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's
belly. 11 Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no
helper. 12 Many bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round. 13
They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion. 14 I
am poured out like water, and all my bones are loosened: my heart in the midst
of my belly is become like melting wax. 15 My strength is dried up, like a
potsherd; and my tongue is glued to my throat; and thou hast brought me down to
the dust of death. 16 For many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the
wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 They
counted all my bones; and they observed and looked upon me. 18 They parted my
garments [among] themselves, and cast lots upon my raiment. 19 But thou, O
Lord, remove not my help afar off: be ready for mine aid. 20 Deliver my soul
from the sword; my only-begotten one from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from
the lion's mouth; and [regard] my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns. 22
I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I sing praise
to thee. 23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye seed of Jacob, glorify
him: let all the seed of Israel
PSALM 22
1 [A Psalm of David.] The Lord tends me as a shepherd, and I shall want
nothing. 2 In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell: he has
nourished me by the water of rest. 3 He has restored my soul: he has guided me
into the paths of righteousness, for his name's sake. 4 Yea, even if I should
walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid of evils: for
thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, these have comforted me. 5 Thou has
prepared a table before me in presence of them that afflict me: thou hast
thoroughly anointed my head with oil; and thy cup cheers me like the best
[wine]. 6 Thy mercy also shall follow me all the days of my life: and my
dwelling [shall be] in the house of the Lord for a very long time.
PSALM 23
1 [A Psalm for David on the first day of the week.] The earth is the
Lord's and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that dwell in it. 2 He has
founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers. 3 Who shall go up to
the mountain of the Lord, and who shall stand in his holy place? 4 He that is
innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour. 5 He shall receive a blessing
from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour. 6 This is the generation of them
that seek him, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Pause. 7 Lift up your
gates, ye princes, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the king of
glory shall come in. 8 Who is this king of Glory? the Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your gates, ye princes; and be ye lift up,
ye everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this king
of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is this king of glory.
PSALM 24
1 [A Psalm of David.] To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. 2 O my
God, I have trusted in thee: let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies
laugh me to scorn. 3 For none of them that wait on thee shall in any wise be
ashamed: let them be ashamed that transgress without cause. 4 Shew me thy ways,
O Lord; and teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou
art God my Saviour: and I have waited on thee all the day. 6 Remember thy
compassions, O Lord, and thy mercies, for they are from everlasting. 7 Remember
not the sins of my youth, nor [my sins] of ignorance: remember me according to
thy mercy, for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 8 Good and upright is the Lord:
therefore will he instruct sinners in [the] way. 9 The meek will he guide in
judgment: the meek will he teach his ways. 10 All the ways of the Lord are
mercy and truth to them that seek his covenant and his testimonies. 11 For thy
name's sake, O Lord, do thou also be merciful to my sin; for it is great. 12
Who is the man that fears the Lord? he shall instruct him in the way which he
has chosen. 13 His soul shall dwell in prosperity; and his seed shall inherit
the earth. 14 The Lord is the strength of them that fear him; and his covenant
is to manifest [truth] to them. 15 Mine eyes are continually to the Lord; for
he shall draw my feet out of the snare. 16 Look upon me, and have mercy upon
me; for I am an only child and poor. 17 The afflictions of my heart have been
multiplied; deliver me from my distresses. 18 Look upon mine affliction and my
trouble; and forgive all my sins. 19 Look upon mine enemies; for they have been
multiplied; and they have hated me with unjust hatred. 20 Keep my soul, and
deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I have hoped in thee. 21 The harmless
and upright joined themselves to me: for I waited for thee, O Lord. 22 Deliver Israel
PSALM 25
1 [[A Psalm] of David.] Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my
innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved. 2 Prove me, O Lord, and
try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart. 3 For thy mercy is before
mine eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth. 4 I have not sat with the
council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors. 5 I have
hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly [men]. 6 I
will wash my hands in innocency, and compass thine altar, O Lord: 7 to hear the
voice of praise, and to declare all thy wonderful works. 8 O Lord, I have loved
the beauty of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory. 9
Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men: 10
in whose hands [are] iniquities, [and] their right hand is filled with bribes.
11 But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me. 12 My
foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless thee, O Lord.
PSALM 26
1 [[A Psalm] of David, before he was anointed.] The Lord is my light and
my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom
shall I be afraid? 2 When evil-doers drew nigh against me to eat up my flesh,
my persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted and fell. 3 Though an army should
set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid: though war should
rise up against me, in this am I confident. 4 One thing have I asked of the
Lord, this will I earnestly seek: that I should dwell in the house of the Lord,
all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and
survey his temple. 5 For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his
tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on a
rock. 6 And now, behold, he has lifted up mine head over mine enemies: I went
round and offered in his tabernacle the sacrifice of joy; I will sing even sing
psalms to the Lord. 7 Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: pity
me, and hearken to me. 8 My heart said to thee, I have diligently sought thy
face: thy face, O Lord, I will seek. 9 Turn not thy face away from me, turn not
thou away from thy servant in anger: be thou my helper, forsake me not; and, O
God my Saviour, overlook me not. 10 For my father and my mother have forsaken
me, but the Lord has taken me to himself. 11 Teach me, O Lord, in thy way, and
guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies. 12 Deliver me not over to
the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against
me, and injustice has lied within herself. 13 I believe that I shall see the
goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 14 Wait on the Lord: be of good
courage, and let thy heart be strengthened: yea wait on the Lord.
PSALM 27
1 [[A Psalm] of David.] To thee, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not
silent toward me: lest thou be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to
them that go down to the pit. 2 Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I
pray to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple. 3 Draw not away
my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who
speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts. 4 Give them
according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices:
give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense unto
them. 5 Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the
works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up. 6
Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition. 7 The
Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped:
my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him. 8 The Lord is
the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed. 9 Save thy
people, and bless thine inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up
for ever.
PSALM 28
1 [A Psalm of David [on the occasion] of the solemn assembly of the
Tabernacle.] Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God, bring to the Lord young rams;
bring to the Lord glory and honour. 2 Bring to the Lord glory, [due] to his
name; worship the lord in his holy court. 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the
waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters. 4 The
voice of the Lord is mighty; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 5 [There
is] the voice of the Lord who breaks the cedars; the Lord will break the cedars
of Libanus. 6 And he will beat them small, [even] Libanus itself, like a calf;
and the beloved one is as a young unicorn. 7 [There is] a voice of the Lord who
divides a flame of fire. 8 A voice of the Lord who shakes the wilderness; the
Lord will shake the wilderness of Cades. 9 The voice of the Lord strengthens
the hinds, and will uncover the thickets: and in his temple every one speaks
[of his] glory. 10 The Lord will dwell on the waterflood: and the Lord will sit
a king for ever. 11 The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will
bless his people with peace.
PSALM 29
1 [For the end, a Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of
David.] I will exalt thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and not caused
mine enemies to rejoice over me. 2 O Lord my God, I cried to thee, and thou
didst heal me. 3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from Hades, thou hast
delivered me from [among] them that go down to the pit. 4 Sing to the Lord, ye
his saints, and give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness. 5 For anger is
in his wrath, but life in his favour: weeping shall tarry for the evening, but
joy shall be in the morning. 6 And I said in my prosperity, I shall never be
moved. 7 O Lord, in thy good pleasure thou didst add strength to my beauty: but
thou didst turn away thy face, and I was troubled. 8 To thee, O Lord, will I
cry; and to my God will I make supplication. 9 What profit is there in my
blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to thee? or
shall it declare thy truth? 10 The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; the
Lord is become my helper. 11 Thou hast turned my mourning into joy for me: thou
hast rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 12 that my glory may
sing praise to thee, and I may not be pierced [with sorrow]. O Lord my God, I
will give thanks to thee for ever.
PSALM 30
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear.] O
Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy
righteousness and rescue me. 2 Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue
me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me. 3
For thou art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name's
sake, and maintain me. 4 Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have
hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender. 5 Into thine hands I will
commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 6 Thou has hated
them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord. 7 I will exult
and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast
saved my soul from distresses. 8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of
the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide place. 9 Pity me, O Lord, for I am
afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly. 10 For my
life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been
weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled. 11 I became a reproach
among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbours, and a fear to mine
acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me. 12 I have been forgotten
as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel. 13 For I heard the
slander of many that dwelt round about: when they were gathered together
against me, they took counsel to take my life. 14 But I hoped in thee, O Lord:
I said, Thou art my God. 15 My lots are in thy hands: deliver me from the hand
of mine enemies, 16 and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine
upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy. 17 O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I
have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.
18 Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the
righteous with pride and scorn. 19 How abundant is the multitude of thy
goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast
wrought [it] out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of the sons of
men. 20 Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of
man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.
21 Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city. 22
But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes:
therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I
cried to thee. 23 Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for
truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly. 24 Be of good
courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
PSALM 31
1 [[A Psalm] of instruction by David.] Blessed [are they] whose
transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the man to
whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile. 3 Because
I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day. 4 For day and
night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn
was fastened in [me]. Pause. 5 I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine
iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and
thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause. 6 Therefore shall every holy
one pray to thee in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall
not come nigh to him. 7 Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses
me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause. 8 I will
instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine
eyes upon thee. 9 Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding;
[but thou must] constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come
nigh to thee. 10 Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the
Lord mercy shall compass about. 11 Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous:
and glory, all ye that are upright in heart.
PSALM 32
1 [[A Psalm] of David.] Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; praise
becomes the upright. 2 Praise the Lord on the harp; platy to him on a psaltery
of ten strings. 3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise. 4
For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are faithful. 5 He loves
mercy and judgment; the earth is full the mercy of the Lord. 6 By the word of
the Lord the heavens were established; and all the host of them by the breath
of his [mouth]. 7 Who gathers the waters of the sea as [in] a bottle; who lays
up the deeps in treasuries. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that
dwell in the world be moved because of him. 9 For he spoke, and they were made;
he commanded, and they were created. 10 The Lord frustrates the counsels of the
nations; he brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, and brings to
nought the counsels of princes. 11 But the counsel of the Lord endures for
ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. 12 Blessed is
the nation whose God is the Lord; the people whom he has chosen for his own
inheritance. 13 The Lord looks out of heaven; he beholds all the sons of men.
14 He looks from his prepared habitation on all the dwellers on the earth; 15
who fashioned their hearts alone; who understands all their works. 16 A king is
not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the
greatness of his strength. 17 A horse is vain for safety; neither shall he be delivered
by the greatness of his power. 18 Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them that
fear him, those that hope in his mercy; 19 to deliver their souls from death,
and to keep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul waits on the Lord; for he is our
helper and defender. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, and we have hoped
in his holy name. 22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have
hoped in thee.
PSALM 33
1 [[A Psalm] of David, when he changed his countenance
before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed.] I will bless the Lord at
all times: his praise shall be continually in my mouth. 2 My soul shall boast
herself in the Lord: let the meek hear, and rejoice. 3 Magnify ye the Lord with
me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the Lord diligently, and he
hearkened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings. 5 Draw near to him,
and be enlightened: and your faces shall not [by any means] be ashamed. 6 This
poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, and delivered him out of all his
afflictions. 7 The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear
him, and will deliver them. 8 Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is
the man who hopes in him. 9 Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no
want to them that fear him. 10 The rich have become poor and hungry: but they
that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause. 11 Come, ye
children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is there
that desires life, loving to see good days? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and
thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace,
and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears
[are open] to their prayer: 16 but the face of the Lord is against them that do
evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the
Lord hearkened to them, 17 and delivered them out of all their afflictions. 18
The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly
in spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all
Lord will deliver them. 20 He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be
broken. 21 The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will
go wrong. 22 The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of those
that hope in him shall go wrong.
PSALM 34
1 [[A Psalm] of David.] Judge thou, O
Lord, them that injure me, fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take
hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help. 3 Bring forth a sword, and
stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am thy
salvation. 4 Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils
against me be turned back and put to shame. 5 Let them be as dust before the
wind, and an angel of the Lord afflicting them. 6 Let their way be dark and
slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them. 7 For without cause they
have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached
my soul. 8 Let a snare which they know not come upon them; and the gin which
they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare. 9 But my soul
shall exult in the Lord: it shall delight in his salvation. 10 All my bones
shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? delivering the poor out of the hand of
them that are stronger than he, yea, the poor and needy one from them that
spoil him. 11 Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I knew not. 12
They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul. 13 But I, when they
troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer
shall return to my [own] bosom. 14 I behaved agreeably towards them as [if it
had been] our neighbour [or] brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad
of countenance. 15 Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully
brought against me, and I knew [it] not: they were scattered, but repented not.
16 They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their
teeth upon me. 17 O Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? Deliver my soul from
their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions. 18 I will give thanks to
thee even in a great congregation: in an abundant people I will praise thee. 19
Let not them that are mine enemies without a cause rejoice against me; who hate
me for nothing, and wink with their eyes. 20 For to me they spoke peaceably,
but imagined deceits in [their] anger. 21 And they opened wide their mouth upon
me; they said Aha, aha, our eyes have seen [it]. 22 Thou hast seen [it], O
Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, withdraw not [thyself] from me. 23 Awake, O
Lord, and attend to my judgment, [even] to my cause, my God and my Lord. 24
Judge me, O Lord, according to thy righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them
not rejoice against me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, [it is
pleasing] to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him. 26 Let them
be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be
clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me. 27
Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: and let them say
continually, The Lord be magnified, who desire the peace of his servant. 28 And
my tongue shall meditate on thy righteousness, [and] on thy praise all the day.
PSALM 35
1 [For the end, by David the servant
of the Lord.] The transgressor, that he may sin, says within himself, [that]
there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he has dealt craftily before
him, to discover his iniquity and hate it. 3 The words of his mouth re
transgression and deceit: he is not inclined to understand [how] to do good. 4
He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does
not abhor evil. 5 O Lord, thy mercy is in the heaven; and thy truth [reaches]
to the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness is as the mountains of God, thy judgments
are as a great deep: O Lord, thou wilt preserve men and beasts. 7 How hast thou
multiplied thy mercy, O God! so the children of men shall trust in the shelter
of thy wings. 8 They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thine house;
and thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights. 9 For
with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light we shall see light. 10 Extend thy
mercy to them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. 11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners move
me. 12 There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast out, and
shall not be able to stand.
PSALM 36
1 [[A Psalm] of David.] Fret not
thyself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity. 2
For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the
green herbs. 3 Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and thou
shalt be fed with the wealth of it. 4 Delight [thyself] in the Lord; and he
shall grant thee the requests of thine heart. 5 Disclose thy way to the Lord,
and hope in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth
thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day. 7 Submit
thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not thyself because of him that
prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds. 8 Cease from anger,
and forsake wrath: fret not thyself so as to do evil. 9 For evil-doers shall be
destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land. 10 And
yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and thou shalt seek for his
place, and shalt not find [it]. 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and
shall delight [themselves] in the abundance of peace. 12 The sinner will watch
for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him. 13 But the Lord shall laugh at
him: for he foresees that his day will come. 14 Sinners have drawn their
swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, [and] to
slay the upright in heart. 15 Let their sword enter into their [own] heart, and
their bows be broken. 16 A little is better to the righteous than abundant
wealth of sinners. 17 For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord
supports the righteous. 18 The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their
inheritance shall be for ever. 19 They shall not be ashamed in an evil time;
and in days of famine they shall be satisfied. 20 For the sinners shall perish;
and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honoured and exalted
have utterly vanished like smoke. 21 The sinner borrows, and will not pay
again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives. 22 For they that bless him
shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed. 23
The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure
in his way. 24 When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his
hand. 25 I was [once] young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread. 26 He is merciful, and lends
continually; and his seed shall be blessed. 27 Turn aside from evil, and do
good; and dwell for ever. 28 For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake
his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged,
but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed. 29 But the righteous
shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever. 30 The mouth of the
righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment. 31 The
law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide. 32 The sinner
watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him. 33 But the Lord will not leave
him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged. 34 Wait on
the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when
the wicked are destroyed, thou shalt see [it]. 35 I saw the ungodly very highly
exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus. 36 Yet I
passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.
37 Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the
peaceable man. 38 But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together:
the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed. 39 But the salvation of
the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of
affliction. 40 And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall
rescue them from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.
PSALM 37
1 [A Psalm of David for remembrance
concerning the Sabbath-day.] O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither
chasten me in thine anger. 2 For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast
pressed thy hand heavily upon me. 3 For there is no health in my flesh because
of thine anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins. 4 For my
transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like
a weighty burden. 5 My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my
foolishness. 6 I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a
mourning countenance all the day. 7 For my soul is filled with mockings; and
there is no health in my flesh. 8 I have been afflicted and brought down
exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart. 9 But all my desire is
before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee. 10 My heart is troubled,
my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me. 11 My
friends and my neighbours drew near before me, and stood sill; and my nearest
of kin stood afar off. 12 While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul:
and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his
mouth. 14 And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his
mouth. 15 For I hoped in thee, O Lord: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I
said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they
spoke boastingly against me. 17 For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is
continually before me. 18 For I will declare mine iniquity, and be distressed
for my sin. 19 But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that
hate me unjustly are multiplied. 20 They that reward evil for good slandered
me; because I followed righteousness. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart
not from me. 22 Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.
PSALM 38
1 [For the end, a Song of David, to
Idithun.] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I
set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence. 2 I was dumb,
and humbled myself, and kept silence from good [words]; and my grief was
renewed. 3 My heart grew hot within me, and a fire would kindle in my
meditation: I spoke with my tongue, 4 O Lord, make me to know mine end, and the
number of my days, what it is; that I may know what I lack. 5 Behold, thou hast
made my days old; and my existence [is] as nothing before thee: nay, every man
living [is] altogether vanity. Pause. 6 Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he
is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall
gather them. 7 And now what [is] my expectation? [is it] not the Lord? and my
ground [of hope] is with thee. Pause. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions:
thou hast made me a reproach to the foolish. 9 I was dumb, and opened not my
mouth; for thou art he that made me. 10 Remove thy scourge from me: I have
fainted by reason of the strength of thine hand. 11 Thou chastenest man with
rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's
web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause. 12 O Lord, hearken to my
prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a
sojourner in the land, and a stranger, as all my fathers [were]. 13 Spare me,
that I may be refreshed, before I depart, and be no more.
PSALM 39
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David.] I
waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and hearkened to my
supplication. 2 And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry
clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright. 3 And he put
a new song into my mouth, [even] a hymn to our God: many shall see [it], and
fear, and shall hope in the Lord. 4 Blessed [is] the man whose hope is in the
name of the Lord, and [who] has not regarded vanities and false frenzies. 5 O
Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts
there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke [of them]:
they exceeded number. 6 Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body
hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and [sacrifice] for sin thou didst
not require. 7 Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is
written concerning me, 8 I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the
midst of mine heart. 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation;
lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness. 10 I
have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I
have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation. 11 But thou,
Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have
helped me continually. 12 For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my
transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied
more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me. 13 Be pleased, O
Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me. 14 Let those that seek my
soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me
evil be turned backward and put to shame. 15 Let those that say to me, Aha,
aha, quickly receive shame for their reward. 16 Let all those that seek thee, O
Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say
continually, The Lord be magnified. 17 But I am poor and needy; the Lord will
take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.
PSALM 40
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David.]
Blessed [is the man] who thinks on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver
him in an evil day. 2 May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless
him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy. 3 May the
Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; thou hast made all his bed in his
sickness. 4 I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned
against thee. 5 Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall
he die, and his name perish? 6 And if he came to see [me], his heart spoke
vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like
manner. 7 All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.
8 They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he
not rise up again? 9 For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate
my bread, lifted up [his] heel against me. 10 But thou, O Lord, have compassion
upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them. 11 By this I know that thou
hast delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me. 12 But thou
didst help me because of [mine] innocence, and hast established me before thee
for ever. 13 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel
PSALM 41
1 [For the end, [a Psalm] for
instruction, for the sons of Cre.] As the hart earnestly desires the fountains
of water, so my soul earnestly longs for thee, O God. 2 My soul has thirsted
for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have
been bread to me day and night, while they daily said to me, Where is thy God?
4 I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, for I will go to the
place of thy wondrous tabernacle, [even] to the house of God, with a voice of
exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival. 5
Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me?
hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; [he is] the salvation of my
countenance. 6 O my God, my soul has been troubled within me: therefore will I
remember thee from the land of Jordan
PSALM 42
1 [A Psalm of David.] Judge me, o
God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust
and crafty man. 2 For thou, O God, art my strength: wherefore hast thou cast me
off? and why do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses [me]? 3 Send
forth thy light and thy truth: they have led me, and brought me to thy holy
mountain, and to thy tabernacles. 4 And I will go in to the altar of God, to
God who gladdens my youth: I will give thanks to thee on the harp, O God, my
God. 5 Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble
me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, [who is] the health of my
countenance, [and] my God.
PSALM 43
1 [For the end, a Psalm for
instruction, for the sons of Core.] O God, we have heard with our ears, our
fathers have told us, the work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days
of old. 2 Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them:
thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out. 3 For they inherited not the
land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but thy
right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou wert
well pleased in them. 4 Thou art indeed my King and my God, who commandest
deliverances for Jacob. 5 In thee will we push down our enemies, and in thy
name will we bring to nought them that rise up against us. 6 For I will not
trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me. 7 For thou hast saved us from
them that afflicted us, and hast put to shame them that hated us. 8 In God will
we make our boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever.
Pause. 9 But now thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and thou wilt not go
forth with our hosts. 10 Thou hast turned us back before our enemies; and they
that hated us spoiled for themselves. 11 Thou madest us as sheep for meat; and
thou scatteredst us among the nations. 12 Thou hast sold thy people without price,
and there was no profit by their exchange. 13 Thou hast made us a reproach to
our neighbours, a scorn and derision them that are round about us. 14 Thou hast
made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.
15 All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered
me, 16 because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy
and avenger. 17 All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten
thee, neither have we dealt unrighteously in thy covenant. 18 And our heart has
not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way. 19 For thou
hast laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered
us. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our
hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out? 21 for he knows
the secrets of the heart. 22 For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long;
we are counted as sheep for slaughter. 23 Awake, wherefore sleepest thou, O
Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever. 24 Wherefore turnest thou thy
face away, [and] forgettest our poverty and our affliction? 25 For our soul has
been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth. 26 Arise, O
Lord, help us, and redeem us for thy name's sake.
PSALM 44
1 [For the end, for alternate
[strains] by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved.]
My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue
is the pen of a quick writer. 2 Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men:
grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy
beauty; 4 and bend [thy bow], and prosper, and reign, because of truth and
meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully. 5
Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee)
[they are] in the heart of the king's enemies. 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever
and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness. 7 Thou hast
loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed
thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows. 8 Myrrh, and stacte, and
cassia [are exhaled] from thy garments, [and] out of the ivory palaces, 9 with
which kings' daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by
on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, and] arrayed in divers
colours. 10 Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy
people, and thy father's house. 11 Because the king has desired thy beauty; for
he is thy Lord. 12 And the daughter of Tyre
PSALM 45
1 [For the end, for the sons of Core;
a Psalm concerning secret things.] God is our refuge and strength, a help in
the afflictions that have come heavily upon us. 2 Therefore will we not fear
when the earth is troubled, and the mountains are removed into the depths of
the seas. 3 Their waters have roared and been troubled, the mountains have been
troubled by his might. Pause. 4 The flowings of the river gladden the city of God
PSALM 46
1 [For the end, a Psalm for the sons
of Core.] Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout to God with a voice of
exultation. 2 For the Lord most high is terrible; [he is] a great king over all
the earth. 3 He has subdued the peoples under us, and the nations under our
feet. 4 He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he
loved. Pause. 5 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a
trumpet. 6 Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King,
sing praises. 7 For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.
8 God reigns over the nations: God sits upon the throne of his holiness. 9 The
rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraam: for God's mighty
ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.
PSALM 47
1 [A Psalm of praise for the sons of Core
on the second [day] of the week.] Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. 2 The city of the great King is
well planted [on] the mountains of Sion, with the joy of the whole earth, [on]
the sides of the north. 3 God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to
help her. 4 For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came
together. 5 They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were
moved. 6 Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in
travail. 7 Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind. 8 As we
have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city
of our God: God has founded it for ever. Pause. 9 We have thought of thy mercy,
O God, in the midst of thy people. 10 According to thy name, O God, so is also
thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Judaea exult, because of thy
judgments, O Lord. 12 Go round about Sion, and encompass her: tell e her
towers. 13 Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell
the next generation. 14 For this is our God for ever and ever: he will be our
guide for evermore.
PSALM 48
1 [For the end, a Psalm for the sons
of Core.] Hear these words, all ye nations, hearken, all ye that dwell upon the
earth: 2 both the sons of mean men, and sons of [great] men; the rich and poor
[man] together. 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my
heart shall bring [forth] understanding. 4 I will incline mine ear to a
parable: I will open my riddle on the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the
evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall compass me. 6 They that trust in their
strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth-- 7 A brother
does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for
himself, 8 or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for
ever, 9 and live to the end, [so] that he should not see corruption. 10 When he
shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together;
and they shall leave their wealth to strangers. 11 And their sepulchres are
their houses for ever, [even] their tabernacles to all generations: they have
called their lands after their own names. 12 And man being in honour,
understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.
13 This their way is an offence to them: yet afterwards men will commend their
sayings. Pause. 14 They have laid [them] as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on
them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their
help shall fail in Hades from their glory. 15 But God shall deliver my soul
from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. Pause. 16 Fear not when a
man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased. 17 For he shall
take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him. 18 For his
soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to thee when thou dost
well to him. 19 [Yet] he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall
never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, understands not: he is compared to
the senseless cattle, and is like them.
PSALM 49
1 [A Psalm for Asaph.] The God of
gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to
the going down [thereof]. 2 Out of Sion [comes] the excellence of his beauty. 3
God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall
be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest.
4 He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his
people. 5 Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant
with him upon sacrifices. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness:
for God is judge. Pause. 7 Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel
PSALM 50
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David,
when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had gone to Bersabee.] Have mercy
upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of
thy compassions blot out my transgression. 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine
iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I am conscious of mine iniquity;
and my sin is continually before me. 4 Against thee only have I sinned, and
done evil before thee: that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and
mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5 For, behold, I was conceived in
iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me. 6 For, behold, thou lovest
truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom. 7
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash
me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. 8 Thou shalt cause me to hear
gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice. 9 Turn away thy face from
my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O
God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts. 11 Cast me not away from thy
presence; and remove not thy holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of
thy salvation: establish me with thy directing Spirit. 13 [Then] will I teach
transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee. 14 Deliver me from
blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall
joyfully declare thy righteousness. 15 O ord, thou shalt open my lips; and my
mouth shall declare thy praise. 16 For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would
have given [it]: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings. 17
Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not
despise. 18 Do good, O Lord, to Sion in thy good pleasure; and let the walls of
Jerusalem
PSALM 51
1 [For the end, [a Psalm] of
instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to
him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.] Why dost thou, O mighty man,
boast of iniquity in [thy] mischief? All the day 2 thy tongue has devised
unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit. 3 Thou hast
loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak
righteousness. Pause. 4 Thou has loved all words of destruction, [and] a
deceitful tongue. 5 Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee
up and utterly remove thee from [thy] dwelling, and thy root from the land of
the living. Pause. 6 And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at
him, and say, 7 Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the
abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity. 8 But I am as
a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for
ever, even for evermore. 9 I will give thanks to thee for ever, for thou hast
done [it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before the saints.
PSALM 52
1 [For the end, [a Psalm] of David
upon Maeleth, of instruction.] The fool has said in his heart, There is no God.
They have corrupted [themselves], and become abominable in iniquities: there is
none that does good. 2 God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see
if there were any that understood, or sought after God. 3 They have all gone
out o the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does
good, there is not even one. 4 Will none of the workers of iniquity know, who
devour my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon God. There
were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear: 5 for God has scattered the
bones of the men-pleasers; they were ashamed, for God despised them. 6 Who will
bring the salvation of Israel Israel
PSALM 53
1 [For the end, among Hymns of
instruction by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Lo, is not David
hid with us?] Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy might. 2 O God,
hear my prayer; hearken to the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers have risen up
against me, and mighty men have sought my life: they have not set God before
them. Pause. 4 For lo! God assists me; and the Lord is the helper of my soul. 5
He shall return evil to mine enemies; utterly destroy them in thy truth. 6 I
will willingly sacrifice to thee: I will give thanks to thy name, O Lord; for
[it is] good. 7 For thou hast delivered me out of all affliction, and mine eye
has seen [my desire] upon mine enemies
PSALM 54
1 [For the end, among Hymns of
instruction by David.] Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my
supplication. 2 Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my
meditation, and troubled; 3 because of the voice of the enemy, and because of
the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were
wrathfully angry with me. 4 My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of
death fell upon me. 5 Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.
6 And I said, O that I had wings as [those] of a dove! then would I flee away,
and be at rest. 7 Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness.
Pause. 8 I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and
tempest. 9 Destroy, O LORD, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity
and gain saying in the city. 10 Day and night he shall go round about it upon
its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness [are] in the midst of it; 11
and usury and craft have not failed from its streets. 12 For if an enemy had reproached
me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated [me] had spoken vauntingly
against me, I would have hid myself from him. 13 But thou, O man like minded,
my guide, and my acquaintance, 14 who in companionship with me sweetened [our]
food: we walked in the house of God in concord. 15 Let death come upon them,
and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in
the midst of them. 16 I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me. 17 Evening,
and morning, and at noon I will declare and make
known [my wants]: and he shall hear my voice. 18 He shall deliver my soul in
peace from them that draw nigh to me: for they were with me in many [cases]. 19
God shall hear, and bring them low, [even] he that has existed from eternity.
Pause. For they suffer no reverse, and [therefore] they have not feared God. 20
He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant.
21 They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh
them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts. 22 Cast thy care
upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous
to be moved. 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of
destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I
will hope in thee, O Lord.
PSALM 55
1 [For the end, concerning the people
that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the
Philistines caught him in Geth.] Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden
me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me. 2 Mine enemies have
trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; for there are many
warring against me. 3 They shall be afraid, but I will trust in thee. 4 In God
I will praise my words; all the day have I hoped in God; I will not fear what
flesh shall do to me. 5 All the day long they have abominated my words; all
their devices [are] against me for evil. 6 They will dwell near and hide
[themselves]; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently
in my soul. 7 Thou wilt on no account save them; thou wilt bring down the
people in wrath. 8 O God, I have declared my life to thee; thou has set my
tears before thee, even according to thy promise. 9 Mine enemies shall be
turned back, in the day wherein I shall call upon thee; behold, I know that
thou art my God. 10 In God, will I praise [his] word; in the Lord will I praise
[his] saying. 11 I have hoped in God; I will not be afraid of what man shall do
to me. 12 The vows of thy praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me. 13 For
thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from sliding, that I should
be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living.
PSALM 56
1 [For the end. Destroy not: by
David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave.]
Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in
thee: and in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until the iniquity have
passed away. 2 I will cry to God most high; the God who has benefited me.
Pause. 3 He sent from heaven and saved me; he gave to reproach them that
trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth; 4 and he has
delivered my soul from the midst of [lions'] whelps: I lay down to sleep,
[though] troubled. [As for] the sons of men, their teeth are arms and [missile]
weapons, and their tongue a sharp sword. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the
heavens; and thy glory above all the earth. 6 They have prepared snares for my
feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and
fallen into it [themselves]. Pause. 7 My heart, O God, [is] ready, my heart
[is] ready: I will sing, yea will sing psalms. 8 Awake, my glory; awake,
psaltery and harp: I will awake early. 9 O Lord, I will give thanks to thee among
the nations: I will sing to thee among the Gentiles. 10 For thy mercy has been
magnified even to the heavens, and thy truth to the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted,
O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.
PSALM 57
1 [For the end. Destroy not: by
David, for a memorial.] If ye do indeed speak righteousness, [then] do ye judge
rightly, ye sons of men. 2 For ye work iniquities in [your] hearts in the
earth: your hands plot unrighteousness. 3 Sinners have gone astray from the
womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies. 4 Their venom is like
[that] of a serpent; as [that] of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears; 5 which
will not hear the voice of charmers, nor [heed] the charm prepared skillfully
by the wise. 6 God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the
cheek-teeth of the lions. 7 They shall utterly pass away like water running
through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail. 8 They shall be destroyed
as melted wax: the fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun. 9 Before
your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his
wrath. 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the
ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. 11 And a man shall
say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God
that judges them in the earth.
PSALM 58
1 [For the end. Destroy not: by David
for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him.] Deliver me
from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me. 2
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For,
behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither
[is it] my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. 4 Without iniquity I ran and directed
[my course aright]: awake to help me, and behold. 5 And thou, Lord God of
hosts, the God of Israel
PSALM 59
1 [For the end, for them that shall
yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction, when he [had]
burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab [had] returned and
smitten [in] the valley of salt twelve thousand.] O God, thou hast rejected and
destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us. 2 Thou hast shaken the
earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken. 3 Thou hast
shewn thy people hard things: thou has made us drink the wine of astonishment.
4 Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, that they might flee from the
bow. Pause. 5 That thy beloved ones may be delivered; save with thy right hand,
and hear me. 6 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide
Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents. 7 Galaad is mine, and Manasse is
mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; 8 Judas is my king; Moab is the
caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines
have been subjected to me. 9 Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will
guide me as far a Idumea? 10 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and
wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces? 11 Give us help from trouble:
for vain is the deliverance of man. 12 In God will we do valiantly; and he
shall bring to nought them that harass us.
PSALM 60
1 [For the end, among the Hymns of
David.] O God, hearken to my petition; attend to my prayer. 2 From the ends of
the earth have I cried to thee, when my heart was in trouble: thou liftedst me
up on a rock thou didst guide me: 3 because thou wert my hope, a tower of
strength from the face of the enemy. 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever;
I will shelter myself under the shadow of thy wings. Pause. 5 For thou, o God,
hast heard my prayers; thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy
name. 6 Thou shalt add days to the days of the king; [thou shalt lengthen] his
years to all generations. 7 He shall endure for ever before God: which of them
will seek out his mercy and truth? 8 So will I sing to thy name for ever and
ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
PSALM 61
1 [For the end, a Psalm
of David for Idithun.] Shall not my soul be subjected to God? for of him is my
salvation. 2 For he is my God, and my saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved
very much. 3 How long will ye assault a man? ye are all slaughtering as with a
bowed wall and a broken hedge.4 They only took counsel to set at nought mine
honour: I ran in thirst: with their mouth they blessed, but with their heart
they cursed. Pause. 5 Nevertheless do thou, my soul, be subjected to God; for
of him [is] my patient hope. 6 For he [is] my God and my Saviour; my helper, I
shall not be moved. 7 In God [is] my salvation and my glory: [he is] the God of
my help, and my hope is in God. 8 Hope in him, all ye congregation of the
people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our helper. Pause. 9 But
the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in
the balances; they are all alike [formed] out of vanity. 10 Trust not in
unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set
not your heart upon it. 11 God has spoken once, [and] I have heard these two
things, that power is of God; 12 and mercy is thine, O Lord; for thou wilt
recompense every one according to his works.
PSALM 62
1 [A Psalm of David, when
he was in the wilderness of Idumea.] O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my
soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh [longed] after thee, in a
barren and trackless and dry land! 2 Thus have I appeared before thee in the
sanctuary, that I might see thy power and thy glory. 3 For thy mercy is better
than life: my lips shall praise thee. 4 Thus will I bless thee during my life:
I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and
fatness; and [my] joyful lips shall praise thy name. 6 Forasmuch as I have
remembered thee on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on thee. 7 For
thou hast been my helper, and in the shelter of thy wings will I rejoice. 8 My
soul has kept very close behind thee: thy right hand has upheld me. 9 But they
vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts o the earth.
10 They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions
for foxes. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every ne that swears by him
shall be praised; for the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been
stopped.
PSALM 63
1 [For the end, a Psalm
of David.] Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to thee; deliver my
soul from fear of the enemy. 2 Thou hast sheltered me from the conspiracy of
them that do wickedly; from the multitude of them that work iniquity; 3 who
have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;
4 to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will
not fear. 5 They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given
counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them? 6 They have
searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently,
a man shall approach and the heart is deep, 7 and God shall be exalted, their
wounds were [caused by] the weapon of the foolish children, 8 and their tongues
have set him at nought, all that saw them were troubled; 9 and every man was
alarmed, and they related the works of God, and understood his deeds. 10 The
righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and hope on him, and all the upright in
heart shall be praised.
PSALM 64
1 [For the end, a Psalm
[and] Song of David.] Praise becomes thee, O God, in Sion; and to thee shall
the vow be performed. 2 Hear my prayer; to thee all flesh shall come. 3 The
words of transgressors have overpowered us; but do thou pardon our sins. 4
Blessed [is he] whom thou hast chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in thy
courts; we shall be filled with the good things of thy house; thy temple is
holy. 5 [Thou art] wonderful in righteousness. Hearken to us, O God our
Saviour; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them [that are] on the
sea afar off: 6 who dost establish the mountains in thy strength, being girded
about with power; 7 who troublest the depth of the sea, the sounds of its
waves. 8 The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends [of the
earth] shall be afraid of the signs; thou wilt cause the outgoings of morning
and evening to rejoice. 9 Thou hast visited the earth, and saturated it; thou
hast abundantly enriched it. The river of God
PSALM 65
1 [For the end, a Song of
Psalm of resurrection.] Shout unto God, all the earth. 2 O sing praises to his
name; give glory to his praise. 3 Say unto God, How awful are thy works!
through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall lie to thee. 4 Let all
the earth worship thee, and sing to thee; let them sing to thy name. Pause. 5
Come and behold the works of God; [he is] terrible in [his] counsels beyond the
children of men. 6 Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the
river on foot; there shall we rejoice in him, 7 who by his power is Lord over
the age, his eyes look upon the nations; let not them that provoke [him] be
exalted in themselves. Pause. 8 Bless our God, ye Gentiles, and make the voice
of his praise to be heard; 9 who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer
my feet to be moved. 10 For thou, O God, has proved us; thou hast tried us with
fire as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the snare; thou laidest
afflictions on our back. 12 Thou didst mount men upon our heads; we went
through the fire and water; but thou broughtest us out into [a place of]
refreshment. 13 I will go into thine house with whole-burnt-offerings; I will
pay thee my vows, 14 which my lips framed, and my mouth uttered in my
affliction. 15 I will offer to thee whole-burnt-sacrifices full of marrow, with
incense and rams; I will sacrifice to thee oxen with goats. Pause. 16 Come,
hear, and I will tell, all ye that fear God, how great things he has done for
my soul. 17 I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue. 18 If
I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord hearken [to me]. 19
Therefore God has hearkened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
PSALM 66
1 [For the end, a Psalm
of David among the Hymns.] God be merciful to us, and bless us; [and] cause his
face to shine upon us. Pause. 2 That [men] may know thy way on the earth, thy
salvation among all nations. 3 Let the nations, O God, give thanks to thee; let
all the nations give thanks to thee. 4 Let the nations rejoice and exult, for
thou shalt judge the peoples in equity, and shalt guide the nations on the
earth. Pause. 5 Let the peoples, O God, give thanks to thee; let all the
peoples give thanks to thee. 6 The earth has yielded her fruit; let God, our
God bless us. 7 Let God bless us; and let all the ends of the earth fear him.
PSALM 67
1 [For the end, a Psalm
of a Song by David.] Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; and let
them that hate him flee from before him. 2 As smoke vanishes, let them vanish:
as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God. 3 But
let the righteous rejoice; let them exult before God: let them be delighted
with joy. 4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him that
rides upon the west (the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be
troubled before the face of him, 5 [who is] the father of the orphans, and
judge of the widows: [such is] God in his holy place. 6 God settles the solitary
in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly,
[even] them that dwell in tombs. 7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy
people, when thou wentest through the wilderness; Pause: 8 the earth quaked,
yea, the heavens dropped [water] at the presence of the God of Sina, at the
presence of the God of Israel mountain of God Israel Jerusalem Egypt Ethiopia Israel Israel
PSALM 68
1 [For the end, [a Psalm]
of David, for alternate [strains].] Save me, O God; for the waters have come in
to my soul. 2 I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come
in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me. 3 I am weary [of]
crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my
God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my
enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that
which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my
transgressions are not hidden from thee. 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O
Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be
ashamed on my account, O God of Israel Judea shall be built; and [men] shall
dwell there, and inherit it. 36 And the seed of his servants shall possess it,
and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
PSALM 69
1 [For the end, by David
for a remembrance, that the Lord may save me.] Draw nigh, O God, to my help. 2
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul: let them be turned
backward and put to shame, that wish me evil. 3 Let them that say to me, Aha,
aha, be turned back and put to shame immediately. 4 Let all that seek thee
exult and be glad in thee: and let those that love thy salvation say
continually, Let God be magnified. 5 But I am poor and needy; O God, help me:
thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not.
PSALM 70
1 [By David, [a Psalm
sung by] the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive.] O Lord, I
have hoped in thee: let me never be put to shame. 2 In thy righteousness
deliver me and rescue me: incline thine ear to me, and save me. 3 Be to me a
protecting God, and a strong hold to save me: for thou art my fortress and my
refuge. 4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, from the hand of
the transgressor and unjust man. 5 For thou art my support, O Lord; O Lord,
[thou art] my hope from my youth. 6 On thee have I been stayed from the womb:
from the belly of my mother thou art my protector: of thee is my praise
continually. 7 I am become as it were a wonder to many: but thou art [my]
strong helper. 8 Let my mouth be filled with praise, that I may hymn thy glory,
[and] thy majesty all the day. 9 Cast me not off at the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength fails. 10 For mine enemies have spoken against
me; and they that lay wait for my soul have taken counsel together, 11 saying,
God has forsaken him: persecute ye and take him; for there is none to deliver
[him]. 12 O God, go not far from me, O my God, draw nigh to my help. 13 Let
those that plot against my soul be ashamed and utterly fail: let those that
seek my hurt be clothed with shame and dishonour. 14 But I will hope
continually, and will praise thee more and more. 15 My mouth shall declare thy
righteousness openly, [and] thy salvation all the day; for I am not acquainted
with the affairs [of men]. 16 I will go on in the might of the Lord: O Lord, I
will make mention of thy righteousness only. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from
my youth, and until now will I declare thy wonders; 18 even until I am old and
advanced in years. O God, forsake me not; until I shall have declared thine arm
to all the generation that is to come: 19 even thy power and thy righteousness,
O God, up to the highest [heavens, even] the mighty works which thou has done:
O God, who is like to thee? 20 What afflictions many and sore hast thou shewed
me! yet thou didst turn and quicken me, and broughtest me again from the depths
of the earth. 21 Thou didst multiply thy righteousness, and didst turn and
comfort me, and broughtest me again out of the depths of the earth. 22 I will
also therefore give thanks to thee, O God, [because of] thy truth, on an
instrument of psalmody: I will sing psalms to thee on the harp, O Holy One of Israel
PSALM 71
1 [For Solomon.] O God,
give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king's son; 2 [that
he may] judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 Let
the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people: 4 he shall judge the
poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and
shall bring low the false accuser. 5 And he shall continue as long as the sun,
and before the moon for ever. 6 He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and
as drops falling upon the earth. 7 In his days shall righteousness spring up;
and abundance of peace till the moon be removed. 8 And he shall have dominion
from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 9 The Ethiopians
shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings
of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts. 11 And all kings
shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him. 12 For he has delivered
the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper. 13 He shall spare
the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy. 14 He shall
redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name [shall be] precious
before him. 15 And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia : and [men] shall pray for him
continually; [and] all the day shall they praise him. 16 There shall be an
establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof
shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of
the earth. 17 Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than
the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations
shall call him blessed. 18 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel
PSALM 72
1 [A Psalm for Asaph.]
How good is God to Israel
PSALM 73
1 [[A Psalm] of
instruction for Asaph.] Wherefore hast thou rejected [us], O God, for ever?
[wherefore] is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 Remember
thy congregation which thou hast purchased from the beginning; thou didst
ransom the rod of thine inheritance; this mount Sion
PSALM 74
1 [For the end, Destroy
not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph.] We will give thanks to thee, O God, we will
give thanks, and call upon thy name: 2 I will declare all thy wonderful works.
When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously. 3 The earth is
dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. Pause. 4
I said unto the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, Lift not
up the horn. 5 Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against
God. 6 For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the
desert mountains. 7 For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises up
another. 8 For [there is] a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled
wine; and h has turned [it] from side to side, but its dregs have not been
wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink [them]. 9 But I
will exult for ever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 And I will
break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one shall be
exalted.
PSALM 75
1 [For the end, among the
Hymns, a Psalm for Asaph; a Song for the Assyrian.] God is known in Judea : his name is great in Israel
PSALM 76
1 [For the end, for
Idithun, a Psalm of Asaph.] I cried to the Lord with my voice, yea, my voice
[was addressed] to God; and he gave heed to me. 2 In the day of mine affliction
I earnestly sought the Lord; [even] with my hands by night before him, and I
was not deceived; my soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remembered God, and
rejoiced; I poured out my complaint, and my soul fainted. Pause. 4 All mine
enemies set a watch [against me]: I was troubled, and spoke not. 5 I considered
the days of old, and remembered ancient ears. 6 And I meditated; I communed
with my heart by night, and diligently searched my spirit, [saying], 7 Will the
Lord cast off for ever? and will he be well pleased no more? 8 Will he cut off
his mercy for ever, even for ever and ever? 9 Will God forget to pity? or will
he shut up his compassions in his wrath? Pause. 10 And I said, Now I have
begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High. 11 I remembered
the works of the Lord; for I will remember thy wonders from the beginning. 12
And I will meditate on all thy works, and will consider thy doings. 13 O God,
thy way is in the sanctuary; who is a great God as our God? 14 Thou art the God
that doest wonders; thou hast made known thy power among the nations. 15 Thou
hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Pause.
16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and feared; and the depths
were troubled. 17 [There was] an abundant sound of waters: the clouds uttered a
voice; for thine arrows went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was abroad,
and around thy lightnings appeared to the world; the earth trembled a quaked.
19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters, and thy footsteps
cannot be known. 20 Thou didst guide thy people as sheep by the hand of Moses
and Aaron.
PSALM 77
1 [[A Psalm] of
instruction for Asaph.] Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to
the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark
sayings [which have been] from the beginning. 3 All which we have heard and
known, and our fathers have declared to us. 4 They were not hid from their
children to a second generations; [the fathers] declaring the praises of the
Lord, and his mighty acts, and his wonders which he wrought. 5 And he raised up
a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our
fathers, to make it known to their children: 6 that another generation might
know, even the sons which should be born; and they should arise and declare
them to their children. 7 That they might set their hope on God, and not forget
the works of God, but diligently seek his commandments. 8 That they should not
be as their fathers, a perverse and provoking generation; a generation which
set not its heart aright, and its spirit was not steadfast with God. 9 The
children of Ephraim, bending and shooting [with] the bow, turned [back] in the
day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his
law. 11 And they forgot his benefits, and his miracles which he [had] shewed
them; 12 the miracles which he wrought before their fathers, in the land of Egypt Israel Israel Israel Egypt land of Egypt Israel Israel mount Sion Israel
PSALM 78
1 [A Psalm for Asaph.] O
God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; they have polluted thy holy
temple; they have made Jerusalem Jerusalem
PSALM 79
1 [For the end, for
alternate [strains], a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian.]
Attend, O Shepherd of Israel Egypt
PSALM 80
1 [For the end, a Psalm
for Asaph, concerning the wine-presses.] Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout
aloud to the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the
pleasant psaltery with the harp. 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the
glorious day of your feast. 4 For [this] is an ordinance for Israel land of Egypt Israel Israel
PSALM 81
1 [A Psalm for Asaph.]
God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst [of them] will judge gods.
2 How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners?
Pause. 3 Judge the orphan and poor: do justice to the low and needy. 4 Rescue
the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner. 5 They know not,
nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth
shall be shaken. 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all [of you] children of the
Most High. 7 But ye die as men, and fall as one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God,
judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
PSALM 82
1 [A Song of a Psalm for
Asaph.] O God, who shall be compared to thee? be not silent, neither be still,
O God. 2 For behold, thine enemies have made a noise; and they that hate thee
have lifted up the head. 3 Against thy people they have craftily imagined a
device, and have taken counsel against thy saints. 4 They have said, Come, and
let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; and let the name of Israel Lot .
Pause. 9 Do thou to them as to Madiam, and to Sisera; as to Jabin at the brook
of Kison. 10 They were utterly destroyed at Aendor: they became as dung for the
earth. 11 Make their princes as Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana; [even] all
their princes: 12 who said, let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an
inheritance. 13 O my God, make them as a wheel; as stubble before the face of
the wind. 14 As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the
mountains; 15 so shalt thou persecute them with thy tempest, and trouble them
in thine anger. 16 Fill their faces with dishonour; so shall they seek thy
name, O Lord. 17 Let them be ashamed and troubled for evermore; yea, let them
be confounded and destroyed. 18 And let them know that thy name is Lord; that
thou alone art Most High over all the earth.
PSALM 83
1 [For the end, a Psalm
for the sons of Core, concerning the wine-presses.] How amiable are thy
tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the
Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living god. 3 Yea, the sparrow
has found himself a home, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may
lay her young, [even] thine altars, O Lord of hosts my King, and my God. 4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will praise thee evermore.
Pause. 5 Blessed is the man whose help is of thee, O Lord; in his heart he has
purposed to go up 6 the valley of weeping, to the place which he has appointed,
for [there] the law-giver will grant blessings. 7 They shall go from strength
to strength: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear
my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob. Pause. 9 Behold, O God our defender, and
look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts is better
than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in
the tents of sinners. 11 For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give
grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in
innocence. 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in thee.
PSALM 84
1 [For the end, a Psalm
for the sons of Core.] O Lord, thou has taken pleasure in thy land: thou hast
turned back the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven thy people their
transgressions; thou has covered all their sins. Pause. 3 Thou has caused all
thy wrath to cease: thou hast turned from thy fierce anger. 4 Turn us, O God of
our salvation, and turn thy anger away from us. 5 Wouldest thou be angry with
us for ever? or wilt thou continue thy wrath from generation to generation? 6 O
God, thou wilt turn and quicken us; and thy people shall rejoice in thee. 7
Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation. 8 I will hear what the
Lord God will say concerning me: for he shall speak peace to his people, and to
his saints, and to those that turn their heart toward him. 9 Moreover his
salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. 10
Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed [each
other]. 11 Truth has sprung out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down
from heaven. 12 For the Lord will give goodness; and our land shall yield her
fruit. 13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set his steps in the
way.
PSALM 85
1 [A Prayer of David.] O
Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me; for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve
my soul, for I am holy; save thy servant, O God, who hopes in thee. 3 Pity me,
O Lord: for to thee will I cry all the day. 4 Rejoice the sold of thy servant:
for to thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. 5 For thou, O Lord, art kind,
and gentle; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee. 6 Give ear to my
prayer, o Lord; and attend to the voice of my supplication. 7 In the day of my
trouble I cried to thee: for thou didst hear me. 8 There is none like to thee,
O Lord, among the god; and there are no [works] like to thy works. 9 All
nations whom thou hast made shall come, and shall worship before thee, O Lord;
and shall glorify thy name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wonders: thou art
the only [and] the great God. 11 Guide me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk
in thy truth: let my heart rejoice, that I may fear thy name. 12 I will give
thee thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify thy name for
ever. 13 For thy mercy is great toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from
the lowest hell. 14 O God, transgressors have risen up against me, and an
assembly of violent [men] have sought my life; and have not set thee before
them. 15 But thou, O Lord God, art compassionate and merciful, long-suffering,
and abundant in mercy and true. 16 Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me:
give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. 17
Establish with me a token for good; and let them that hate me see [it] and be
ashamed; because thou, O Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.
PSALM 86
1 [A Psalm of a Song for
the sons of Core.] His foundations are in the holy mountains. 2 The Lord loves
the gates of Sion, more than all the tabernacles of Jacob. 3 Glorious things
have been spoken of thee, O city of God Babylon Tyre
PSALM 87
1 [A song of a Psalm for
the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive [strains], of
instruction for Aeman the Israelite.] O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried
by day and in the night before thee. 2 Let my prayer come in before thee;
incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord. 3 For my soul is filled with
troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades. 4 I have been reckoned with them
that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help; 5 free among the dead,
as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no
more; and they are rejected from thy hand. 6 They laid me in the lowest pit, in
dark [places], and in the shadow of death. 7 Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon
me, and thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. Pause. 8 Thou hast removed
my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I
have been delivered up, and have not gone forth. 9 Mine eyes are dimmed from
poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to
thee. 10 Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them]
up, that they shall praise thee? 11 Shall any one declare thy mercy in the
tomb? and thy truth in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in darkness?
and thy righteousness in a forgotten land? 13 But I cried to thee, O Lord; and
in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou
reject my prayer, [and] turn thy face away from me? 15 I am poor and in
troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into
despair. 16 Thy wrath has passed over me; and thy terrors have greatly
disquieted me. 17 They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me
together. 18 Thou hast put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances
because of [my] wretchedness.
PSALM 88
1 [[A Psalm] of
instruction for Aetham the Israelite.] I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, for
ever: I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations. 2 For thou
hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in
the heavens. 3 I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware unto David my
servant. 4 I will establish thy seed for ever, and build up thy throne to all
generations. Pause. 5 The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord; and thy
truth in the assembly of the saints. 6 For who in the heavens shall be compared
to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God? 7 God
is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that
are round about him. 8 O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? thou art
mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee. 9 Thou rulest the power of
the sea; and thou calmest the tumult of its waves. 10 Thou has brought down the
proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of thy power thou has scattered
thine enemies. 11 The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded
the world, and the fullness of it. 12 Thou hast created the north and the west:
Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 13 Thine is the mighty arm: let
thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted. 14 Justice and
judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before
thy face. 15 Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall
walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. 16 And in thy name shall they
rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they b exalted. 17 For thou
art the boast of their strength; and in thy good pleasure shall our horn be
exalted, 18 for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel
PSALM 89
1 [A Prayer of Moses the
man of God.] Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations. 2 Before the
mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from
age to age, Thou art. 3 Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas thou
saidst, Return, ye sons of men? 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are as the
yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night. 5 Years shall be vanity
to them: let the morning pass away as grass. 6 In the morning let it flower,
and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up. 7
For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled. 8
Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy
countenance. 9 For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath:
our years have spun out their tale as a spider. 10 [As for] the days of our
years, in them are seventy years; and if [men should be] in strength, eighty
years: and the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness
overtakes us, and we shall be chastened. 11 Who knows the power of thy wrath?
12 and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of thy wrath?
So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the
heart. 13 Return, O Lord, how long? and be intreated concerning thy servants.
14 We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and
rejoice: 15 let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein thou
didst afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil. 16 And look upon thy servants,
and upon thy works; and guide their children. 17 And let the brightness of the Lord
our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.
PSALM 90
1 [Praise of a Song, by
David.] He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the
shelter of the God of heaven. 2 He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper
and my refuge: my God; I will hope in him. 3 For he shall deliver thee from the
snare of the hunters, from [every] troublesome matter. 4 He shall overshadow
thee with his shoulders, and thou shalt trust under his wings: his truth shall
cover thee with a shield. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night; nor of
the arrow flying by day; 6 [nor] of the [evil] thing that walks in darkness;
[nor] of calamity, and the evil spirit at noon-day. 7 A thousand shall fall at
thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe and see the reward of sinners. 9 For
thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge.
10 No evils shall come upon thee, and no scourge shall draw night to the
dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee
in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up on their hands, lest at any time
thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread on the asp and
basilisk: and thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon. 14 For he has hoped in
me, and I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he has known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him: I am with him in
affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him. 16 I will satisfy him with
length of days, and shew him my salvation.
PSALM 91
1 [A Psalm of a Song for
the Sabbath-day.] It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing
praises to thy name, O thou Most High; 2 to proclaim thy mercy in the morning,
and thy truth by night, 3 on a psaltery of ten strings, with a song on the
harp. 4 For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad with thy work: and in the
operations of thy hands will I exult. 5 How have thy works been magnified, O
Lord! thy thoughts are very deep. 6 A foolish man will not know, and a
senseless man will not understand this. 7 When the sinners spring up as the
grass, and all the workers of iniquity have watched; [it is] that they may be
utterly destroyed for ever. 8 But thou, O Lord, art most high for ever. 9 For,
behold, thine enemies shall perish; and all the workers of iniquity shall be
scattered. 10 But my horn shall be exalted [as the horn] of a unicorn; and mine
old age with rich mercy. 11 And mine eye has seen mine enemies, and mine ear
shall hear the wicked that rise up against me. 12 The righteous shall flourish
as a palm-tree: he shall be increased as the cedar in Libanus. 13 They that are
planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14
Then shall they be increased in a fine old age; and they shall be prosperous;
that they may declare 15 that the Lord my God is righteous, and there is no
iniquity in him.
PSALM 92
1 [For the day before the
Sabbath, when the land was [first] inhabited, the praise of a Song by David.]
The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honour: the Lord has clothed and
girded himself with strength; for he has established the world, which shall not
be moved. 2 Thy throne is prepared of old: thou art from everlasting. 3 The rivers
have lifted up, O Lord, the rivers have lifted up their voices, 4 at the voices
of many waters: the billows of the sea are wonderful: the Lord is wonderful in
high places. 5 Thy testimonies are made very sure: holiness becomes thine
house, O Lord, for ever.
PSALM 93
1 [A Psalm of David for
the fourth [day] of the week.] The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of
vengeance has declared himself. 2 Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth:
render a reward to the proud. 3 How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall
sinners boast? 4 They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of
iniquity will speak [so]. 5 They have afflicted thy people, O Lord, and hurt
thine heritage. 6 They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the
stranger. 7 And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of
Jacob understand. 8 Understand now, ye simple among the people; and ye fools,
at length be wise. 9 He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that
formed the eye, does not he perceive? 10 He that chastises the heathen, shall
not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge? 11 The Lord knows the
thoughts of men, that they are vain. 12 Blessed is the man whomsoever thou
shalt chasten, O Lord, and shalt teach him out of thy law; 13 to give him rest
from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one. 14 For the Lord will
not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance; 15 until
righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Pause. 16 Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand
up with me against the workers of iniquity? 17 If the Lord had not helped me,
my soul had almost sojourned in Hades. 18 If I said, My foot has been moved; 19
thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs
within my heart, thy consolation have soothed my soul. 20 Shall the throne of
iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by an ordinance? 21
They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. 22
But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope. 23 And he will
recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall
utterly destroy them.
PSALM 94
1 [The praise of a Song
by David.] Come, let us exult in the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to God
our Saviour. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a
joyful noise to him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great
king over all gods: for the Lord will not cast off his people. 4 For the ends
of the earth are in his hands; and the heights of the mountains are his. 5 For
the sea is his, and he made it: and is hands formed the dry land. 6 Come, let
us worship and fall down before him; and weep before the Lord that made us. 7
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his
hand. 8 To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation, according to the day of irritation in the wilderness: 9 where your
fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works. 10 Forty years was I grieved
with this generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they
have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my
rest.
PSALM 95
1 [When the house was
built after the Captivity, a Song of David.] Sing to the Lord a new song; sing
to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name: proclaim his
salvation from day to day. 3 Publish his glory among the Gentiles, his
wonderful works among all people. 4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be
praised: he is terrible above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the heathen are
devils: but the Lord made the heavens. 6 Thanksgiving and beauty are before
him: holiness and majesty are in his sanctuary. 7 Bring to the Lord, ye
families of the Gentiles, bring to the Lord glory and honour. 8 Bring to the
Lord the glory [becoming] his name: take offerings, and go into his courts. 9
Worship the Lord in his holy court: let all the earth tremble before him. 10
Say among the heathen, The Lord reigns: for he has established the world so
that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people in righteousness. 11 Let
the heavens rejoice, and the earth exult; let the sea be moved, and the
fullness of it. 12 The plains shall rejoice, and all things in them: then shall
all the trees of the wood exult before the presence of the Lord: 13 for he
comes, for he comes to judge the earth; he shall judge the world in
righteousness, and the people with his truth.
PSALM 96
1 [For David, when his
land is established.] The Lord reigns, let the earth exult, let many islands
rejoice. 2 Cloud, and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment
are the establishment of his throne. 3 Fire shall go before him, and burn up
his enemies round about. 4 His lightnings appeared to the world; the earth saw,
and trembled. 5 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at
the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens have declared his
righteousness, and all the people have seen his glory. 7 Let all that worship
graven images be ashamed, who boast of their idols; worship him, all ye his
angels. 8 Sion heard and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judea exulted, because of thy judgments, O
Lord. 9 For thou art Lord most high over all the earth; thou art greatly
exalted above all gods. 10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil; the Lord preserves
the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of sinners. 11
Light s sprung up for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 12
Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks for a remembrance of his
holiness.
PSALM 97
1 [A Psalm of David.]
Sing to the Lord a new song; for the Lord has wrought wonderful works, his
right hand, and his holy arm, have wrought salvation for him. 2 The Lord has
made known his salvation, he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the
nations. 3 He has remembered his mercy to Jacob, and his truth to the house of Israel
PSALM 98
1 [A Psalm of David.] The
Lord reigns;-- let the people rage; [it is he] that sits upon the cherubs, let
the earth be moved. 2 The Lord is great in Sion, and is high over all the
people. 3 Let them give thanks to thy great name; for it is terrible and holy.
4 And the king's honour loves judgment; thou hast prepared equity, thou hast
wrought judgment and justice in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship
[at] his footstool; for he is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and
Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he
heard them. 7 He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud; they kept his testimonies,
and the ordinances which he gave them. 8 O Lord our God, thou heardest them; O
God, thou becamest propitious to them, though thou didst take vengeance on all
their devices. 9 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain;
for the Lord our God is holy.
PSALM 99
1 [A Psalm for
Thanksgiving.] Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Serve the Lord
with gladness; come before his presence with exultation. 3 Know that the Lord
he is God; he made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep
of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with
hymns; give thanks to him, praise his name. 5 For the Lord is good, his mercy
is for ever; and his truth [endures] to generation and generation.
PSALM 100
1 [A Psalm of David.] I
will sing to thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm, 2 and I
will be wise in a blameless way. When wilt thou come to me? I walked in the
innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house. 3 I have not set before mine
eyes any unlawful ting; I have hated transgressors. 4 A perverse heart has not
cleaved to me; I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turns away from
me. 5 Him that privily speaks against his neighbour, him have I driven from
[me]: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart,-- with him I have not
eaten. 6 Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may
dwell with me: he that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered to me. 7
The proud doer dwelt not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered
not in my sight. 8 Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, that I might
destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.
PSALM 101
1 [A Prayer for the Poor;
when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord.]
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to thee. 2 Turn not away thy face
from me: in the day [when] I am afflicted, incline thine ear to me: in the day
[when] I shall call upon thee, speedily hear me. 3 For my days have vanished
like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick. 4 I am blighted like grass, and my heart is
dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my
groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh. 6 I have become like a pelican of
the wilderness; 7 I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched,
and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof. 8 All the day long mine
enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me. 9
For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping; 10
because of thine anger and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and dashed me
down. 11 My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass. 12
But thou, Lord, endurest for ever, and thy memorial to generation and
generation. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for [it is] time to
have mercy upon her, for the set time is come. 14 For thy servants have taken
pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust. 15 So the nations shall
fear thy name, O Lord, and all kings thy glory. 16 For the Lord shall build up
Sion, and shall appear in his glory. 17 He has had regard to the prayer of the
lowly, and has not despised their petition. 18 Let this be written for another
generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord. 19 For
he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the
earth from heaven; 20 to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the
sons of the slain; 21 to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise
in Jerusalem; 22 when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve
the Lord. 23 He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of
my days. 24 Take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years [are] through
all generations. 25 In the beginning thou, O Lord, didst lay the foundation of
the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands. 26 They shall perish,
but thou remainest: and [they all] shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture
shalt thou fold them, and they shall be change. 27 But thou art the same, and
thy years shall not fail. 28 The children of thy servants shall dwell
[securely], and their seed shall prosper for ever.
PSALM 102
1 [[A Psalm] of David.] Bless the
Lord, O my soul; and all [that is] within me, [bless] his holy name. 2 Bless
the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his praises: 3 who forgives all thy
transgressions, who heals all thy diseases; 4 who redeems thy life from
corruption; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion; 5 who satisfies thy
desire with good things: [so that] thy youth shall be renewed like [that] of
the eagle. 6 The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured. 7
He made known his ways to Moses, his will to the children of Israel
PSALM 103
1 [[A Psalm] of David.] Bless the
Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou hast clothed thyself
with praise and honour: 2 who dost robe thyself with light as with a garment;
spreading out the heaven as a curtain. 3 Who covers his chambers with waters;
who makes the clouds his chariot; who walks on the wings of the wind. 4 Who
makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flaming fire. 5 Who establishes
the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever. 6 The deep,
as it were a garment, is his covering: the waters shall stand on the hills. 7
At thy rebuke they shall flee; at the voice of thy thunder they shall be
alarmed. 8 They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, to the place
which thou hast founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound which they shall not
pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth. 10 He sends forth his
fountains among the valleys: the waters shall run between the mountains. 11
They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: the wild asses shall
take [of them] to [quench] their thirst. 12 By them shall the birds of the sky
lodge: they shall utter a voice out of the midst of the rocks. 13 He waters the
mountains from his chambers: the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of thy
works. 14 He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service
of men, to bring bread out of the earth; 15 and wine makes glad the heart of
man, to make his face cheerful with oil: and bread strengthens man's heart. 16
The trees of the plain shall be full [of sap]; [even] the cedars of Libanus
which he has planted. 17 There the sparrows will build their nests; and the
house of the heron takes the lead among them. 18 The high mountains are a
refuge for the stags, [and] the rock for the rabbits. 19 He appointed te moon
for seasons: the sun knows his going down. 20 Thou didst make darkness, and it
was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad: 21 [even]
young lions roaring for prey, and to seek meat for themselves from God. 22 The
sun arises, and they shall be gathered together, and shall lie down in their
dens. 23 Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour till evening. 24 How
great are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou wrought them all: the earth is
filled with thy creation. 25 [So is] this great and wide sea: there are things
creeping innumerable, small animals and great. 26 There go the ships; [and]
this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it. 27 All wait upon thee, to give
them [their] food in due season. 28 When thou hast given [it] them, they will
gather [it]; and when thou hast opened thine hand, they shall all be filled
with good. 29 But when thou hast turned away thy face, they shall be troubled:
thou wilt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and return to their
dust. 30 Thou shalt send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created; and thou
shalt renew the face of the earth. 31 Let the glory of the Lord be for ever:
the Lord shall rejoice in his works; 32 who looks upon the earth, and makes it
tremble; who touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33 I will sing to the Lord
while I live; I will sing praise to my God while I exist. 34 Let my meditation
be sweet to him: and I will rejoice in the Lord. 35 Let the sinners fail from
off the earth, and transgressors, so that they shall be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
PSALM 104
1 [Alleluia.] Give thanks to the
Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen. 2 Sing to
him, yea, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works. 3 Glory in
his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice. 4 Seek ye the
Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually. 5 Remember his wonderful
works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 6 [ye]
seed of Abraam, his servants, [ye] children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 7 He is
the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 8 He has remembered his
covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation: 9
which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to
Isaac. 10 And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an
everlasting covenant; 11 saying To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the
line of your inheritance: 12 when they were few in number, very few, and
sojourners in it. 13 And they went from nation to nation, and from [one]
kingdom to another people. 14 He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked
kings for their sakes: 15 [saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets
no harm. 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole
support of bread. 17 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave. 18
They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron, 19 until the time
that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire. 20 The king
sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free. 21
He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance; 22 to chastise
his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. 23 Israel Egypt land of Cham fort Moses land of Cham Egypt
PSALM 105
1 [Alleluia.] Give thanks to the
Lord; for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 2 Who shall tell the
mighty acts of the Lord? [who] shall cause all his praises to be heard? 3
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do righteousness at all times. 4
Remember us, O Lord, with the favour [thou hast] to thy people: visit us with
thy salvation; 5 that we may behold the good of thine elect, that we may
rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that we may glory with thine inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have transgressed, we have done
unrighteously. 7 Our fathers in Egypt Red Sea . 8 Yet he saved them for his name's
sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known. 9 And he rebuked the Red Sea , and it was dried up: so
he led them through the deep as through the wilderness. 10 And he saved them
out of the hand of them that hated [them], and redeemed them out of the hand of
the enemy. 11 The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of
them left. 12 Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise. 13 They
made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel. 14 And they
lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry [land]. 15 And
he gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls. 16 They
provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord. 17 The
earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of
Abiron. 18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up
the sinners. 19 And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven
image, 20 and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds
on grass. 21 They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt land of Cham Red Sea . 23 So he said that he would have
destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to
turn [him] away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy
them. 24 Moreover they set at nought the desirable land, and believed not his
word. 25 And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of
the Lord. 26 So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the
wilderness; 27 and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter
them in the countries. 28 They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices
of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices; 29 and destruction, was
multiplied among them. 30 Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the
plague ceased. 31 And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all
generations for ever. 32 They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and
Moses was hurt for their sakes; 33 for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke
[unadvisedly] with his lips. 34 They destroyed not the nations which the Lord
told them [to destroy]; 35 but were mingled with the heathen, and learned their
works. 36 And they served their graven images; and it became an offence to
them. 37 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils, 38 and
shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they
sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled with blood. 39 and
was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices.
40 So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.
41 And he delivered them into the hands of [their] enemies; and they that hated
them ruled over them. 42 Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were
brought down under their hands. 43 Many a time he delivered them; but they
provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities.
44 Ye the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition. 45
And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his
mercy. 46 And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them
captive. 47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that
we may give thanks to thy holy name, that we may glory in thy praise. 48
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
PSALM 106
1 [Alleluia.] Give thanks to the
Lord, for he is good; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 2 Let them say [so] who
have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the
enemy; 3 and gathered them out of the countries, from the east, and west, and
north, and south. 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a dry land; they found
no way to a city of habitation. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in
them. 6 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he delivered them
out of their distresses. 7 And he guided them into a straight path, that they
might go to a city of habitation. 8 Let them acknowledge to the Lord his
mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men. 9 For he satisfies the
empty soul, and fills the hungry [soul] with good things, 10 [even] them that
sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron; 11
because they rebelled against the words of God, and provoked the counsel of the
Most High. 12 So their heart was brought low with troubles; they were weak, and
there was no helper. 13 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he
saved them out of their distresses. 14 And he brought them out of darkness and
the shadow of death, and broke their bonds asunder. 15 Let them acknowledge to
the Lord his mercies, and his wonders to the children of men. 16 For he broke
to pieces the brazen gates, and crushed the iron bars. 17 He helped them out of
the way of their iniquity; for they were brought low because of their
iniquities. 18 Their soul abhorred all meat; and they drew near to the gates of
death. 19 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them
out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered
them out of their destructions. 21 Let them acknowledge to the Lord his
mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men. 22 And let them offer
to him the sacrifice of praise, and proclaim this works with exultation. 23
They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in many waters; 24 these
[men] have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 25 He
speaks, and the stormy win arises, and its waves are lifted up. 26 They go up
to the heavens, and go down to the depths; their soul melts because of
troubles. 27 They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their
wisdom is swallowed up. 28 Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction, and
he brings them out of their distresses. 29 And he commands the storm, and it is
calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still. 30 And they are glad,
because they are quiet; and he guides them to their desire haven. 31 Let them
acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of
men. 32 Let them exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in
the seat of the elders. 33 He turns rivers into a desert, and streams of water
into a dry land; 34 a fruitful land into saltness, for the wickedness of them
that dwell in it. 35 He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land
into streams of water. 36 And there he causes the hungry to dwell, and they
establish for themselves cities of habitation. 37 And they sow fields, and
plant vineyards, and they yield fruit of increase. 38 And he blesses them, and
they multiply exceedingly, and he diminishes not the number of their cattle. 39
Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils and pain.
40 Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a
desert and trackless land. 41 But he helps the poor out of poverty, and makes
[him] families as a flock. 42 The upright shall see and rejoice; and all
iniquity shall stop her mouth. 43 Who is wise, and will observe these things,
and understand the mercies of the Lord?
PSALM 107
1 [Song of a Psalm by David.] O God,
my heart is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing and sing psalms with my
glory. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake early. 3 I will give thanks to
thee, O Lord, among the people; I will sing praise to thee among the Gentiles.
4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth [reaches] to the
clouds. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all
the earth. 6 That thy beloved [ones] may be delivered, save with thy right
hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his sanctuary; 7 I will be exalted, and
will divide Sicima, and will measure out the valley of tents. 8 Galaad is mine;
and Manasses is mine; and Ephraim is the help of mine head; Judas is my king; 9
Moab
PSALM 108
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David.] O
God, pass not over my praise in silence; 2 for the mouth of the sinner and the
mouth of the crafty [man] have been opened against me: they have spoken against
me with a crafty tongue. 3 And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and
fought against me without a cause. 4 Instead of loving me, they falsely accused
me: but I continued to pray. 5 And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred
for my love. 6 Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his
right hand. 7 When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer
become sin. 8 Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer.
9 Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children wander
without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations.
11 Let [his] creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil
his labours. 12 Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have
compassion on his fatherless children. 13 Let his children be [given up] to
utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity
of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother
be blotted out. 15 Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their
memorial be blotted out from the earth. 16 Because he remembered not to shew
mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and [that] to slay him that was
pricked in the heart. 17 He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and
he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him. 18 Yea,
he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as
oil into his bones. 19 Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a
girdle with which he girds himself continually. 20 This is the dealing of the
Lord with those who falsely accuse me, and of them that speak evil against my
soul. 21 But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal [mercifully] with me, for thy name's
sake: for thy mercy is good. 22 Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my
heart is troubled within me. 23 I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I
am tossed up and down like locusts. 24 My knees are weakened through fasting,
and my flesh is changed by reason of [the want of] oil. 25 I became also a
reproach to them: [when] they saw me they shook their heads. 26 Help me, O Lord
my God; and save me according to thy mercy. 27 And let them know that this is
thy hand; and [that] thou, Lord, hast wrought it. 28 Let them curse, but thou
shalt bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let thy servant
rejoice. 29 Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let
them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle. 30 I will give thanks
to the Lord abundantly with my mouth; and in the midst of many I will praise
him. 31 For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save [me] from them that
persecute my soul.
PSALM 109
1 [A Psalm of David.] The Lord said
to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy
footstool. 2 The Lord shall send out a rod of power for thee out of Sion: rule
thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3 With thee is dominion in the day of thy
power, in the splendours of thy saints: I have begotten thee from the womb
before the morning. 4 The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest
for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. 5 The Lord at thy right hand has
dashed in pieces kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the
nations, he shall fill up [the number of] corpses, he shall crush the heads of
many on the earth. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he
lift up the head.
PSALM 110
1 [Alleluia.] I will give thee
thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and [in]
the congregation. 2 The works of the Lord are great, sought out according to
all his will. 3 His work is [worthy of] thanksgiving and honour: and his
righteousness endures for ever and ever. 4 He has caused his wonderful works to
be remembered: the Lord is merciful and compassionate. 5 He has given food to
them that fear him: he will remember his covenant for ever. 6 He has declared
to his people the power of his works, to give them the inheritance of the
heathen. 7 The works of his hands are truth and judgment: all his commandments
are sure: 8 established for ever and ever, done in truth and uprightness. 9 He
sent redemption to his people: he commanded his covenant for ever: holy and
fearful is his name. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and
all that act accordingly have a good understanding; his praise endures for ever
and ever.
PSALM 111
1 [Alleluia.] Blessed is the man that
fears the Lord: he will delight greatly in his commandments. 2 His seed shall
be mighty in the earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3 Glory
and riches shall be in his house; and his righteousness endures for evermore. 4
To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: he is pitiful, and merciful,
and righteous. 5 The good man is he that pities and lends: he will direct his
affairs with judgment. 6 For he shall not be moved for ever; the righteous
shall be in everlasting remembrance. 7 He shall not be afraid of [any] evil
report: his heart is ready to trust in the Lord. 8 His heart is established, he
shall not fear, till he shall see [his desire] upon his enemies. 9 He has
dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for
evermore: his horn shall be exalted with honour. 10 The sinner shall see and be
angry, he shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the sinner
shall perish.
PSALM 112
1 [Alleluia.] Praise the Lord, ye
servants [of his], praise, the name of the Lord. 2 Let the name of the Lord be
blessed, from this present time and for ever. 3 From the rising of the sun to
his setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised. 4 The Lord is high above
all the nations; his glory is above the heavens. 5 Who is as the Lord our God?
who dwells in the high places, 6 and [yet] looks upon the low things in heaven,
and on the earth: 7 who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the
needy from the dunghill; 8 to set him with princes, [even] with the princes of
his people: 9 who settles the barren [woman] in a house, [as] a mother
rejoicing over children.
PSALM 113
1 [Alleluia.] At the going forth of Israel Egypt Judea became his sanctuary, [and]
Israel Jordan Israel Israel
PSALM 114
1 [Alleluia.] I am well pleased,
because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication. 2 Because he has
inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live. 3 The
pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction
and sorrow. 4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul. 5
The Lord is merciful and righteous; yea, our God has pity. 6 The Lord preserves
the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me. 7 Return to thy rest, O my
soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee. 8 For he has delivered my
soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 9 I shall be
well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living.
PSALM 115
Alleluia: 1 I believed, wherefore I
have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted. 2 And I said in mine amazement, Every
man is a liar. 3 What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he
has rewarded me? 4 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of
the Lord. 5 I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people.
6 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 7 O Lord, I am
thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast burst
by bonds asunder. 8 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise, and will call
upon the name of the Lord. 9 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the presence of
all his people, 10 in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem
PSALM 116
117:1 [Alleluia.] Praise the Lord,
all ye nations: praise him, all ye peoples. 117:2 For his mercy has been
abundant toward us: and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.
PSALM 117
1 [Alleluia.] Give thanks to the
Lord; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 2 Let now the house
of Israel
PSALM 118
1 [Alleluia.] Blessed are the
blameless in the way, who walk in te law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that
search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
3 For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways. 4 Thou hast
commanded [us] diligently to keep thy precepts. 5 O that my ways were directed
to keep thine ordinances. 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to
all thy commandments. 7 I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when
I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness. 8 I will keep thine
ordinances: O forsake me not greatly. 9 Wherewith shall a young man direct his
way? by keeping thy words. 10 With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee:
cast me not away from thy commandments. 11 I have hidden thine oracles in my
heart, that I might not sin against thee. 12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me
thine ordinances. 13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy
mouth. 14 I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, [as much] as in all
riches. 15 I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways. 16 I
will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words. 17 Render a
recompense to thy servant: [so] shall I live, and keep thy words. 18 Unveil
thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of thy law. 19 I am a
stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. 20 My soul has longed
exceedingly for thy judgments at all times. 21 Thou has rebuked the proud:
cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments. 22 Remove from me
reproach and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies. 23 For princes
sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.
24 For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my
counsellors. 25 My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to
thy word. 26 I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me: teach me thine
ordinances. 27 Instruct me in the was of thine ordinances; and I will meditate
on thy wondrous works. 28 My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me
with thy words. 29 Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by
thy law. 30 I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments.
31 I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame. 32 I ran the
way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart. 33 Teach me, O Lord,
the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually. 34 Instruct
me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart. 35
Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it. 36
Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 37 Turn away
mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way. 38 Confirm
thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee. 39 Take away my reproach
which I have feared: for thy judgments are good. 40 Behold, I have desired thy
commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness. 41 And let thy mercy come upon
me, O Lord; [even] thy salvation, according to thy word. 42 And [so] I shall
render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words. 43
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy
judgments. 44 So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever. 45 I
walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments. 46 And I spoke of thy
testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed. 47 And I meditated on thy
commandments, which I loved exceedingly. 48 And I lifted up my hands to thy
commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances. 49 Remember
thy words to thy servant, wherein thou hast made me hope. 50 This has comforted
me in mine affliction: for thine oracle has quickened me. 51 The proud have
transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from thy law. 52 I remembered thy
judgement of old, O Lord; and was comforted. 53 Despair took hold upon me,
because of the sinners who forsake thy law. 54 Thine ordinances were my sons in
the place of my sojourning. 55 I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and
kept thy law. 56 This I had, because I diligently sought thine ordinances. 57
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law. 58 I besought
thy favour with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to thy word. 59 I
thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies. 60 I prepared
myself, (and was not terrified,) to keep thy commandments. 61 The snares of
sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law. 62 At midnight I arose, to give
thanks to thee for the judgments of thy righteousness. 63 I am a companion of
all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments. 64 O Lord, the
earth is full of thy mercy: teach me thine ordinances. 65 Thou hast wrought
kindly with thy servant, o Lord, according to thy word. 66 Teach me kindness,
and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 67 Before
I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept thy word. 68 Good art
thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances. 69 The
injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out
thy commandments with all my heart. 70 Their heart has been curdled like milk;
but I have meditated on thy law. 71 [It is] good for me that thou hast
afflicted me; that I might learn thine ordinances. 72 The law of thy mouth is
better to me than thousands of gold and silver. 73 Thy hands have made me, and
fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments. 74 They that fear
thee will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in thy words. 75 I know, O Lord,
that thy judgments are righteousness, and [that] thou in truthfulness hast
afflicted me. 76 Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according t thy
word to thy servant. 77 Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for
thy law is my meditation. 78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed
against me unjustly: but I will meditate in thy commandments. 79 Let those that
fear thee, and those that know thy testimonies, turn to me. 80 Let mine heart
be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed. 81 My soul faints
for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words. 82 Mine eyes failed [in waiting]
for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83 For I am become as a bottle
in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances. 84 How many are the
days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that
persecute me? 85 Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to thy
law, O Lord. 86 All thy commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly;
help thou me. 87 They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not
thy commandments. 88 Quicken me according to thy mercy; so shall I keep the
testimonies of thy mouth. 89 Thy word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever. 90
Thy truth [endures] to all generations; thou hast founded the earth, and it
abides. 91 The day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy
servants. 92 Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should have
perished in mine affliction. 93 I will never forget thine ordinances; for with
them thou hast quickened me. 94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought out
thine ordinances. 95 Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood
thy testimonies. 96 I have seen an end of all perfection; [but] thy commandment
is very broad. 97 How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the
day. 98 Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies [in] thy commandment; for it
is mine for ever. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy
testimonies are my medication. 100 I understand more that the aged; because I
have sought out thy commandments. 101 I have kept back my feet from every evil
way, that I might keep thy words. 102 I have not declined from thy judgments;
for thou hast instructed me. 103 How sweet are thine oracles to my throat! more
so than honey to my mouth! 104 I gain understanding by thy commandments:
therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness. 105 Thy law is a lamp to
my feet, and a light to my paths. 106 I have sworn and determined to keep the
judgments of thy righteousness. 107 I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord:
quicken me, according to thy word. 108 Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the
freewill-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments. 109 My soul is
continually in thine hands; and I have not forgotten thy law. 110 Sinners
spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments. 111 I have
inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart. 112 I
have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances for ever, in return [for thy
mercies]. 113 I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law. 114 Thou
art my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in thy words. 115 Depart from me,
ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God. 116 Uphold me
according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my
expectation. 117 Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine
ordinances continually. 118 Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from
thine ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous. 119 I have reckoned
all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy
testimonies. 120 Penetrate my flesh with thy fear; for I am afraid of thy
judgments. 121 I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that
injure me. 122 Receive thy servant for good: let not the proud accuse me
falsely. 123 Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation, and for the word of thy
righteousness. 124 Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy, and teach me
thine ordinances. 125 I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy
testimonies. 126 [It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken
thy law. 127 Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the
topaz. 128 Therefore I directed myself [according] to all thy commandments: I
have hated every unjust way. 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my
soul has sought them out. 130 The manifestation of thy words will enlighten,
and instruct the simple. 131 I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I
earnestly longed after thy commandments. 132 Look upon me and have mercy upon
me, after the manner of them that love thy name. 133 Order my steps according to
thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134 Deliver me from
the false accusation of men: so will I keep thy commandments. 135 Cause thy
face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thine ordinances. 136 Mine eyes
have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not thy law. 137 Righteous
art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. 138 Thou has commanded
righteousness and perfect truth, [as] thy testimonies. 139 Thy zeal has quite
wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 140 Thy word [has
been] very fully tried; and thy servant loves it. 141 I am young and despised:
[yet] I have not forgotten thine ordinances. 142 Thy righteousness is an
everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth. 143 Afflictions and distresses
found me: [but] thy commandments [were] my meditation. 144 Thy testimonies
[are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live. 145 I cried
with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out thine ordinances. 146 I
cried to thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies. 147 I arose before the
dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words. 148 Mine eyes prevented the dawn, hat I
might meditate on thine oracles. 149 Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy
mercy; quicken me according to thy judgment. 150 They have drawn nigh who
persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from thy law. 151 Thou art
near, O Lord; and all thy ways are truth. 152 I have known of old concerning
thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever. 153 Look upon mine
affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten thy law. 154 Plead my
cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of thy word. 155 Salvation is far from
sinners: for they have not searched out thine ordinances. 156 Thy mercies, O
Lord, are many: quicken me according to thy judgment. 157 Many are they that
persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from thy testimonies.
158 I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not thine
oracles. 159 Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy
mercy. 160 The beginning of thy words is truth; and all the judgments of thy
righteousness [endure] for ever. 161 Princes persecuted me without a cause, but
my heart feared because of thy words. 162 I will exult because of thine
oracles, as one that finds much spoil. 163 I hate and abhor unrighteousness;
but I love thy law. 164 Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the
judgments of thy righteousness. 165 Great peace have they that love thy law:
and there is no stumbling-block to them. 166 I waited for thy salvation, O
Lord, and have loved thy commandments. 167 My soul has kept thy testimonies,
and loved them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy commandments and thy
testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord. 169 Let my supplication
come near before thee, o Lord; instruct me according to thine oracle. 170 Let
my petition come in before thee, O Lord; deliver me according to thine oracle.
171 Let my lips utter a hymn, when thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances.
17 Let my tongue utter thine oracles; for all thy commandments are righteous.
173 Let thine hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen thy commandments.
174 I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.
175 My soul shall live, and shall praise thee; and thy judgments shall help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I have not
forgotten thy commandments.
PSALM 119
1 [A Song of Degrees.] In mine
affliction I cried to the Lord, and he hearkened to me. 2 Deliver my soul, O
Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What should be given to
thee, and what should be added to thee, for [thy] crafty tongue? 4 Sharpened
weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert. 5 Woe is me, that my
sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar. 6 My soul
has long been a sojourner; 7 I was peaceable among them that hated peace; when
I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.
PSALM 120
1 [A Song of Degrees.] I lifted up
mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come. 2 My help [shall come]
from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth. 3 Let not thy foot be moved;
and let not thy keeper slumber. 4 Behold, he that keeps Israel
PSALM 121
1 [A Song of Degrees.] I was glad
when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. 2 Our feet stood in
thy courts, O Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem
PSALM 122
1 [A Song of Degrees:]
Unto thee who dwellest in heaven have I lifted up mine eyes. 2 Behold, as the
eyes of servants [are directed] to the hands of their masters, [and] as the
eyes of a maidservant to the hands of her mistress; so our eyes [are directed]
to the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. 3 Have pity upon us, O Lord,
have pity upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 [Yea], our
soul has been exceedingly filled [with it]: [let] the reproach [be] to them
that are at ease, and contempt to the proud.
PSALM 123
1 [A Song of Degrees:] If it had not been that the
Lord was among us, let Israel now say; 2 if it had not been that the Lord was
among us, when men rose up against us; 3 verily they would have swallowed us up
alive, when their wrath was kindled against us: 4 verily the water would have
drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent. 5 Yea, our soul would
have gone under the overwhelming water. 6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not
given us for a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow
from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered. 8 Our
help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
PSALM 124
1 [A Song of Degrees.] They that trust in the Lord
[shall be] as mount Sion Jerusalem Israel
PSALM 125
1 [A Song of Degrees.] When the Lord turned the
captivity of Sion, we became as comforted ones. 2 Then was our mouth filled
with joy, and our tongue with exultation: then would they say among the
Gentiles, The Lord has done great things among them. 3 The Lord has done great
things for us, we became joyful. 4 Turn, O Lord, our captivity, as the steams
in the south. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 They went on and
wept as they cast their seeds; but they shall surely come with exultation,
bringing their sheaves [with them].
PSALM 126
1 [A Song of Degrees.] Except the Lord build the
house, they that build labour in vain: except the Lord keep the city, the
watchman watches in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise early: ye rise up after
resting, ye that eat the bread of grief; while he gives sleep to his beloved. 3
Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children, the reward of the fruit of the
womb. 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of those who
were outcasts. 5 Blessed is the man who shall satisfy his desire with them:
they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak to their enemies in the gates.
PSALM 127
1 [A Song of Degrees.] Blessed are all they that fear
the Lord; who walk in his ways. 2 Thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands:
blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy wife shall be as a
fruitful vine on the sides of thy house: thy children as young olive-plants round
about thy table. 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord. 5
May the Lord bless thee out of Sion; and mayest thou see the prosperity of Jerusalem Israel
PSALM 128
1 [A Song of Degrees.] Many a time have they warred
against me from my youth, let Israel
PSALM 129
1 [A Song of Degrees.] Out of the depths have I cried
to thee, O Lord. 2 O Lord, hearken to my voice; let thine ears be attentive to
the voice of my supplication. 3 If thou, O Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O
Lord, who shall stand? 4 For with thee is forgiveness: 5 for thy name's sake
have I waited for thee, O Lord, my soul has waited for thy word. 6 My soul has
hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night. 7 Let Israel
PSALM 130
1 [A Song of Degrees.] O Lord, my heart is not
exalted, neither have mine eyes been [haughtily] raised: neither have I
exercised myself in great [matters], nor in things too wonderful for me. 2 [I
shall have sinned] if I have not been humble, but have exulted my soul:
according to [the relation of] a weaned child to his mother, so wilt thou
recompense my soul. 3 Let Israel
PSALM 131
1 [A Song of Degrees.] Lord, remember David, and all
his meekness: 2 how he sware to the Lord, [and] vowed to the God of Jacob,
[saying], 3 I will not go into the tabernacle of my house; I will not go up to
the couch of my bed; 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine
eyelids, nor rest to my temples, 5 until I find a place for the Lord, a
tabernacle for the God of Jacob. 6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephratha; we found
it in the fields of the wood. 7 Let us enter into his tabernacles: let us
worship at the place where his feet stood. 8 Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou,
and the ark of thine holiness. 9 Thy priests shall clothe themselves with
righteousness; and thy saints shall exult. 10 For the sake of thy servant David
turn not away the face of thine anointed. 11 The Lord sware [in] truth to
David, and he will not annul it, [saying], Of the fruit of thy body will I set
[a king] upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will deep my covenant, and these
my testimonies which I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon thy
throne for ever. 13 For the Lord has elected Sion, he has chosen her for a
habitation for himself, [saying], 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I
dwell; for I have chosen it. 15 I will surely bless her provision: I will
satisfy her poor with bread. 16 I will clothe her priests with salvation; and
her saints shall greatly exult. 17 There will I cause to spring up a horn to
David: I have prepared a lamp for mine anointed. 18 His enemies will I clothe
with a shame; but upon himself shall my holiness flourish.
PSALM 132
1 [A Song of Degrees.] See now! what is so good, or
what so pleasant, as for brethren to dwell together? 2 [It is] as ointment on
the head, that ran down to the beard, [even] the beard of Aaron; that ran down
to the fringe of his clothing. 3 As the dew of Aermon, that comes down on the
mountains of Sion: for there, the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for
ever.
PSALM 133
1 [A Song of Degrees.] Behold now, bless ye the Lord,
all the servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts
of the house of our God. 2 Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries, and
bless the Lord. 3 May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless thee out of
Sion.
PSALM 134
1 [Alleluia.] Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise
the Lord, [ye his] servants, 2 who stand in the house of the Lord, in the
courts of the house of our God. 3 Praise ye the Lord; for the Lord is good:
sing praises to his name; for [it is] good. 4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for
himself, [and] Israel Egypt Egypt Israel Jerusalem
PSALM 135
1 [Alleluia.] Give thanks to the Lord: for he is good:
for his mercy [endures] for ever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods; for his
mercy [endures] for ever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy
[endures] for ever. 4 To him who along has wrought great wonders: for his mercy
[endures] for ever. 5 To him who made the heavens by understanding; for his
mercy [endures] for ever. 6 To him who established the earth on the waters; for
his mercy [endures] for ever. 7 To him who alone made great lights; for his
mercy [endures] for ever. 8 The sun to rule by day; for his mercy [endures] for
ever. 9 The moon and the stars to rule the night; for his mercy [endures] for
ever. 10 To him who smote Egypt Israel Red Sea into parts: for his mercy [endures]
for ever: 14 and brought Israel Red Sea : for his mercy endures for ever. 16
To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy [endures] for
ever. 17 To him who smote great kings: for his mercy [endures] for ever: 18 and
slew mighty kings; for his mercy [endures] for ever: 19 Seon king of the
Amorites: for his mercy [endures] for ever: 20 and Og king of Basan: for his
mercy [endures] for ever: 21 and gave their land [for] an inheritance: for his
mercy [endures] for ever: 22 even an inheritance to Israel his servant: for his
mercy [endures] for ever. 23 For the Lord remembered us in our low estate; for
his mercy [endures] for ever: 24 and redeemed us from our enemies; for his
mercy [endures] for ever. 25 Who gives food to all flesh; for his mercy
[endures] for ever. 26 Give thanks to the God of heaven; for his mercy
[endures] for ever.
PSALM 136
1 [For David, [a Psalm] of Jeremias.] By the rivers of
Babylon Jerusalem Jerusalem Babylon
PSALM 137
1 [A Psalm for David, of Aegis and Zacharias.] I will
give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to thee
before the angels; for thou hast heard all the words of my mouth. 2 I will
worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name, on account of thy
mercy and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy holy name above every thing. 3
In whatsoever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily; thou shalt
abundantly provide me with thy power in my soul. 4 Let all the kings of the
earth, o Lord, give thanks unto thee; for they have heard all the words of thy
mouth. 5 And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of
the Lord. 6 For the Lord is high, and [yet] regards the lowly; and he knows
high things from afar off. 7 Though I should walk in the midst of affliction,
thou wilt quicken me; thou hast stretched forth thine hands against the wrath
of mine enemies, and thy right hand has saved me. 8 O Lord, thou shalt
recompense [them] on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, [endures] for ever: overlook
not the works of thine hands.
PSALM 138
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David.] O Lord, thou hast
proved me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: tho
understandest my thoughts long before. 3 Thou hast traced my path and my bed,
and hast foreseen all my ways. 4 For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue:
behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, 5 the last and the first: thou hast
fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 The knowledge of thee is too
wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot [attain] to it. 7 Whither
shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence? 8 If I
should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art
present. 9 If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn
at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain], 10 for even there thy hand
would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me. 11 When I said, Surely the
darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury. 12 For
darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its
darkness, so shall its light [be to thee]. 13 For thou, O Lord, hast possessed
my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb. 14 I will give thee
thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul
knows [it] well. 15 My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from
thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes saw my
unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in thy book; they shall
be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one among them. 17 But
thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been
greatly strengthened. 18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied
beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee. 19 Oh that thou wouldest slay
the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood. 20 For thou wilt say
concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take thy cities in vain. 21 Have
I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine
enemies? 22 I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my
enemies. 23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
24 and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an
everlasting way.
PSALM 139
1 [For the end, a Psalm of David.] Rescue me, O Lord,
from the evil man; deliver me from the unjust man. 2 Who have devised injustice
in their hearts; all the day they prepared war. 3 They have sharpened their
tongue as [the tongue] of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips.
Pause. 4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; rescue me from unjust
men; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have hid a snare for
me, and have stretched out ropes [for] snares for my feet; they set a
stumbling-block for me near the path. Pause. 6 I said to the Lord, Thou art my
God; hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication. 7 O Lord God, the
strength of my salvation; thou hast screened my head in the day of battle. 8
Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have
devised [mischief] against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted.
Pause. 9 [As for] the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips
shall cover them. 10 Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and thou
shalt cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up [under them]. 11 A
talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous
man to destruction. 12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the
poor, and the right of the needy ones. 13 Surely the righteous shall give
thanks to thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
PSALM 140
1 [A Psalm of David.] O Lord, I have cried to thee;
hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee. 2 Let my
prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an
evening sacrifice. 3 Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about
by lips. 4 Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins,
with me who work iniquity: and let me not unite with their choice ones. 5 The
righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of
the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
6 Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my
words, for they are sweet. 7 As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our
bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. 8 For mine eyes are to
thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life. 9 Keep me from
the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them
that work iniquity. 10 Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I
shall escape.
PSALM 141
1 [[A Psalm] of instruction for David, when he was in
the cave,-- a Prayer.] I cried to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I made
supplication to the Lord. 2 I will pour out before him my supplication: I will
declare before him mine affliction. 3 When my spirit was fainting within me,
then thou knewest my paths; in the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a
snare for me. 4 I looked on [my] right hand, and behold, for there was none
that noticed me; refuge failed me; and there was none that cared for my soul. 5
I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, my portion in the land
of the living. 6 Attend to my supplication, for I am brought very low; deliver
me from them that persecute me; for they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul
out of prison, that I may give thanks to thy name, O Lord; the righteous shall
wait for me, until thou recompense me.
PSALM 142
1 [A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him.] O
Lord, attend to my prayer: hearken to my supplication in thy truth; hear me in
thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant, for in thy
sight shall no [man] living be justified. 3 For the enemy has persecuted my
soul; he has brought m life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a
dark [place], as those that have been long dead. 4 Therefore my spirit was
grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me. 5 I remembered the days of old;
and I meditated on all thy doings: [yea], I meditated on the works of thine
hands. 6 I spread forth my hands to thee; my soul [thirsts] for thee, as a dry
land. Pause. 7 Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; turn not away
thy face from me, else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit. 8 Cause
me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for I have hoped in thee; make known to
me, O Lord, the way wherein I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to
thee. 9 Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord; for I have fled to thee for
refuge. 10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God; thy good Spirit shall
guide me in the straight [way]. 11 Thou shalt quicken me, O Lord, for thy
name's sake; in thy righteousness thou shalt bring my soul out of affliction.
12 And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy mine enemies, and wilt destroy all those
that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.
PSALM 143
1 [[A Psalm] of David concerning Goliad.] Blessed [be]
the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, [and] my fingers for war. 2
My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I
have trusted; who subdues my people under me. 3 Lord, what is man, that thou
art made known to him? or the son of man, that thou takest account of him? 4
Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow. 5 O Lord, bow thy heavens,
and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 6 Send lightning, and
thou shalt scatter them: send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit
them. 7 Send forth thine hand from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of
great waters, out of the hand of strange children; 8 whose mouth has spoken
vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity. 9 O God, I will sing
a new song to thee: I will play to thee on a psaltery of ten strings. 10 [Even]
to him who gives salvation to kings: who redeems his servant David from the
hurtful sword. 11 Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children,
whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
iniquity; 12 whose children are as plants, strengthened in their youth: their
daughters are beautiful, sumptuously adorned after the similitude of a temple.
13 Their garners are full, and bursting with one kind of store after another;
their sheep are prolific, multiplying in their streets. 14 Their oxen are fat:
there is no falling down of a hedge, nor going out, nor cry in their folds. 15
Men bless the people to whom this lot belongs, [but] blessed is the people
whose God is the Lord.
PSALM 144
1 [David's [Psalm of] praise.] I will exalt thee, my
God, my king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I
bless thee, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 3 The Lord is great,
and greatly to be praised; and there is no end to his greatness. 4 Generation
after generation shall praise thy works, and tell of thy power. 5 And they
shall speak of the glorious majesty of thy holiness, and recount thy wonders. 6
And they shall speak of the power of thy terrible [acts]; and recount thy greatness.
7 They shall utter the memory of the abundance of thy goodness, and shall exult
in thy righteousness. 8 The Lord is compassionate, and merciful; long
suffering, and abundant in mercy. 9 The Lord is good to those that wait [on
him]; and his compassions are over all his works. 10 Let all thy works, O Lord,
give thanks to thee; and let thy saints bless thee. 11 They shall speak of the
glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy dominion; 12 to make known to the sons of
men thy power, and the glorious majesty of thy kingdom. 13 Thy kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion [endures] through all generations. The
Lord is faithful in his words, and holy in all his works. 14 The Lord supports
all that are falling, and sets up all that are broken down. 15 The eyes of all
wait upon thee; and thou givest [them] their food in due season. 16 Thou
openest thine hands, and fillest every living thing with pleasure. 17 The Lord
is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. 18 The Lord is near to
all that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will perform
the desire of them that fear him: and he will hear their supplication, and save
them. 20 The Lord preserves all that love him: but all sinners he will utterly
destroy. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh
bless his holy name for ever and ever.
PSALM 145
1 [Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aegis and Zacharias.] My
soul, praise the Lord. 2 While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing
praises to my God as long as I exist. 3 Trust not in princes, nor in the
children of men, in whom there is no safety. 4 His breath shall go forth, and
he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish. 5
Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his
God: 6 who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps
truth for ever: 7 who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the
hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones: 8 the Lord gives wisdom to the blind:
The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord
preserves the strangers; 9 he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will
utterly remove the way of sinners. 10 The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] thy
God, O Sion, to all generations.
PSALM 146
1 [Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aegis and Zacharias.] Praise
ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our
God. 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem Israel
PSALM 147
1 [Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aegis and Zacharias.] Praise
the Lord, O Jerusalem Israel
PSALM 148
1 [Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aegis and Zacharias.] Praise
ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the highest. 2 Praise ye him, all
his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. 3 Praise him, sun and moon; praise
him, all ye stars and light. 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and the water
that is above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he
spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. 6 He has
established them for ever, even for ever and ever: he has made an ordinance,
and it shall not pass away. 7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye serpents, and
all deeps. 8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his
word. 9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: 10 wild
beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds: 11 kings of the earth, and
all peoples; princes, and all judges of the earth: 12 young men and virgins,
old men with youths: 13 let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only
is exalted; his praise is above the earth and heaven, 14 and he shall exalt the
horn of his people, [there is] a hymn for all his saints, [even] of the
children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.
PSALM 149
1 [Alleluia.] Sing to the Lord a new song: his praise
is in the assembly of the saints. 2 Let Israel
PSALM 150
1 [Alleluia.] Praise God in his holy places: praise
him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him on [account of] his mighty
acts: praise him according to his abundant greatness. 3 Praise him with the
sound of a trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with
timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and the organ. 5 Praise
him with melodious cymbals: praise him with loud cymbals. 6 Let every thing
that has breath praise the Lord. ___________ 1 [This Psalm is a genuine one of
David, though supernumerary, composed when he fought in single combat with
Goliad] I was small among my brethren, and youngest in my father's house: I
tended my father's sheep. 2 My hands formed a musical instrument, and my
fingers tuned a psaltery. 3 And who shall tell my Lord? The Lord himself, he
himself hears. 4 He sent forth his angel, and took me from my father's sheep,
and he anointed me with the oil of his anointing. 5 My brothers were handsome
and tall; but the Lord did not take pleasure in them. 6 I went forth to meet
the Philistine; and he cursed me by his idols. 7 But I drew his own sword, and
beheaded him, and removed reproach from the children of Israel
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