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