| Chapter 1 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | But his delight {is} in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | The ungodly {are} not so: but {are} like the chaff which the wind driveth away. |
| 5 | Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. |
| 6 | For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. |
| Chapter 2 |
| 1 | Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? |
| 2 | The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, {saying}, |
| 3 | Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. |
| 4 | He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. |
| 5 | Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. |
| 6 | Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. |
| 7 | I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou {art} my son; this day have I begotten thee. |
| 8 | Ask of me, and I shall give {thee} the heathen {for} thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for {thy} possession. |
| 9 | Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. |
| 10 | Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. |
| 11 | Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. |
| 12 | 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. |
| Chapter 3 |
| 1 | Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many {are} they that rise up against me. |
| 2 | Many {there be} which say of my soul, {There is} no help for him in God. Selah. |
| 3 | But thou, O Lord, {art} a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. |
| 4 | I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. |
| 5 | I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. |
| 6 | I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set {themselves} against me round about. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Salvation {belongeth} unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. |
| Chapter 4 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him. |
| 4 | Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. |
| 5 | Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord. |
| 6 | {There be} many that say, Who will shew us {any} good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. |
| 7 | Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time {that} their corn and their wine increased. |
| 8 | I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. |
| Chapter 5 |
| 1 | Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. |
| 2 | Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my king, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. |
| 3 | My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct {my prayer} unto thee, and will look up. |
| 4 | For thou {art} not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. |
| 5 | The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. |
| 6 | Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as {with} a shield. |
| Chapter 6 |
| 1 | O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. |
| 2 | Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I {am} weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. |
| 3 | My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long? |
| 4 | Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. |
| 5 | For in death {there is} no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? |
| 6 | I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. |
| 7 | Mine eye is consumed because grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. |
| 8 | Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. |
| 9 | The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer. |
| 10 | Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return {and} be ashamed suddenly. |
| Chapter 7 |
| 1 | O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: |
| 2 | Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending {it} in pieces, while {there is} none to deliver. |
| 3 | O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; |
| 4 | If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. |
| 8 | The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that {is in} me. |
| 9 | Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. |
| 10 | My defence {is} of God, which saveth the upright in heart. |
| 11 | God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry {with the wicked} every day. |
| 12 | If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. |
| 13 | He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. |
| 14 | Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. |
| 15 | He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch {which} he made. |
| 16 | His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. |
| 17 | I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high. |
| Chapter 8 |
| 1 | O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; |
| 4 | What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? |
| 5 | For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. |
| 6 | Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all {things} under his feet: |
| 7 | All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; |
| 8 | The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, {and whatsoever} passeth through the paths of the seas. |
| 9 | O Lord our Lord, how excellent {is} thy name in all the earth! |
| Chapter 9 |
| 1 | I will praise {thee}, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. |
| 2 | I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. |
| 3 | When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. |
| 4 | For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. |
| 5 | Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. |
| 6 | O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. |
| 7 | But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. |
| 8 | And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. |
| 9 | The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. |
| 10 | And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. |
| 11 | Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. |
| 12 | When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. |
| 13 | 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: |
| 14 | That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. |
| 15 | The heathen are sunk down in the pit {that} they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. |
| 16 | The Lord is known {by} the judgment {which} he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. |
| 17 | The wicked shall be turned into hell, {and} all the nations that forget God. |
| 18 | For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not {perish} for ever. |
| 19 | Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. |
| 20 | Put them in fear, O Lord: {that} the nations may know themselves {to be but} men. Selah. |
| Chapter 10 |
| 1 | Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? {why} hidest thou {thyself} in times of trouble? |
| 2 | The wicked in {his} pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. |
| 3 | For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, {whom} the Lord abhorreth. |
| 4 | The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek {after God}: God {is} not in all his thoughts. |
| 5 | His ways are always grievous; thy judgments {are} far above out of his sight: {as for} all his enemies, he puffeth at them. |
| 6 | He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for {I shall} never {be} in adversity. |
| 7 | His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and Fraud: under his tongue {is} mischief and vanity. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | He croucheth, {and} humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. |
| 11 | He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see {it}. |
| 12 | Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. |
| 13 | Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require {it}. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil {man}: seek out his wickedness {till} thou find none. |
| 16 | The Lord {is} king for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. |
| 17 | Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: |
| 18 | To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. |
| Chapter 11 |
| 1 | In the Lord put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee {as} a bird to your mountain? |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? |
| 4 | The Lord {is} in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne {is} in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. |
| 5 | The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. |
| 6 | Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: {this shall be} the portion of their cup. |
| 7 | For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. |
| Chapter 12 |
| 1 | Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. |
| 2 | They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: {with} flattering lips {and} with a double heart do they speak. |
| 3 | The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, {and} the tongue that speaketh proud things: |
| 4 | Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips {are} our own: who {is} lord over us? |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | The words of the Lord {are} pure words: {as} silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. |
| 7 | Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. |
| 8 | The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. |
| Chapter 13 |
| 1 | How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? |
| 2 | How long shall I take counsel in my soul, {having} sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? |
| 3 | Consider {and} hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the {sleep of} death; |
| 4 | Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; {and} those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. |
| 5 | But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. |
| 6 | I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. |
| Chapter 14 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, {and} seek God. |
| 3 | They are all gone aside, they are {all} together become filthy: {there is} none that doeth good, no, not one. |
| 4 | Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord. |
| 5 | There were they in great fear: for God {is} in the generation of the righteous. |
| 6 | Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord {is} his refuge. |
| 7 | 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. |
| Chapter 15 |
| 1 | Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? |
| 2 | He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. |
| 3 | {He that} backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | {He that} putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these {things} shall never be moved. |
| Chapter 16 |
| 1 | Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. |
| 2 | {O my soul}, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou {art} my Lord: my goodness {extendeth} not to thee; |
| 3 | {But} to the saints that {are} in the earth, and {to} the excellent, in whom {is} all my delight. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | The Lord {is} the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. |
| 6 | The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant {places}; yea, I have a goodly heritage. |
| 7 | I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. |
| 8 | I have set the Lord always before me: because {he is} at my right hand, I shall not be moved. |
| 9 | Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. |
| 10 | For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. |
| 11 | Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence {is} fulness of joy; at thy right hand {there are} pleasures for evermore. |
| Chapter 17 |
| 1 | Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, {that goeth} not out of feigned lips. |
| 2 | Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept {me from} the paths of the destroyer. |
| 5 | Hold up my goings in thy paths, {that} my footsteps slip not. |
| 6 | I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, {and hear} my speech. |
| 7 | 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}. |
| 8 | Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, |
| 9 | From the wicked that oppress me, {from} my deadly enemies, {who} compass me about. |
| 10 | They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. |
| 11 | They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; |
| 12 | Like as a lion {that} is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. |
| 13 | Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, {which is} thy sword: |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. |
| Chapter 18 |
| 1 | I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | I will call upon the Lord, {who is worthy} to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
| 4 | The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. |
| 5 | The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. |
| 8 | There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. |
| 9 | He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness {was} under his feet. |
| 10 | And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. |
| 11 | He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him {were} dark waters {and} thick clouds of the skies. |
| 12 | At the brightness {that was} before him his thick clouds passed, hail {stones} and coals of fire. |
| 13 | The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail {stones} and coals of fire. |
| 14 | Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. |
| 15 | 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. |
| 16 | He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. |
| 17 | He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. |
| 18 | They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. |
| 19 | He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. |
| 20 | The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. |
| 21 | For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. |
| 22 | For all his judgments {were} before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. |
| 23 | I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. |
| 24 | Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. |
| 25 | With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; |
| 26 | With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. |
| 27 | For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. |
| 28 | For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. |
| 29 | For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. |
| 30 | {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. |
| 31 | For who {is} God save the Lord? or who {is} a rock save our God? |
| 32 | {It is} God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. |
| 33 | He maketh my feet like hinds’ {feet}, and setteth me upon my high places. |
| 34 | He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. |
| 35 | 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. |
| 36 | Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. |
| 37 | I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. |
| 38 | I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. |
| 39 | For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. |
| 40 | Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. |
| 41 | They cried, but {there was} none to save {them: even} unto the Lord, but he answered them not. |
| 42 | Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. |
| 43 | 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. |
| 44 | As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. |
| 45 | The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. |
| 46 | The Lord liveth; and blessed {be} my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. |
| 47 | {It is} God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. |
| 48 | 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. |
| 49 | Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. |
| 50 | Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. |
| Chapter 19 |
| 1 | The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. |
| 2 | Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. |
| 3 | {There is} no speech nor language, {where} their voice is not heard. |
| 4 | 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, |
| 5 | Which {is} as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, {and} rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | The law of the Lord {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the {Lord} is sure, making wise the simple. |
| 8 | The statutes of the Lord {are} right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord {is} pure, enlightening the eyes. |
| 9 | The fear of the Lord {is} clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord {are} true {and} righteous altogether. |
| 10 | More to be desired {are they} than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. |
| 11 | Moreover by them is thy servant warned: {and} in keeping of them {there} is great reward. |
| 12 | Who can understand {his} errors? cleanse thou me from secret {faults}. |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. |
| Chapter 20 |
| 1 | The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; |
| 2 | Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; |
| 3 | Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. |
| 4 | Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Some {trust} in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. |
| 8 | They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. |
| 9 | Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call. |
| Chapter 21 |
| 1 | The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! |
| 2 | Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. |
| 3 | For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. |
| 4 | He asked life of thee, {and} thou gavest {it} him, {even} length of days for ever and ever. |
| 5 | His glory {is} great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. |
| 6 | For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. |
| 7 | For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. |
| 8 | Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. |
| 11 | For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}. |
| 12 | Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, {when} thou shalt make ready {thine arrows} upon thy strings against the face of them. |
| 13 | Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: {so} will we sing and praise thy power. |
| Chapter 22 |
| 1 | My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? {why art thou so} far from helping me, {and from} the words of my roaring? |
| 2 | O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. |
| 3 | But thou {art} holy, {O thou} that inhabitest the praises of Israel. |
| 4 | Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. |
| 5 | They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. |
| 6 | But I {am} a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. |
| 7 | All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, {saying}, |
| 8 | He trusted on the Lord {that} he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. |
| 9 | But thou {art} he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope {when I was} upon my mother’s breasts. |
| 10 | I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou {art} my God from my mother’s belly. |
| 11 | Be not far from me; for trouble {is} near; for {there is} none to help. |
| 12 | Many bulls have compassed me: strong {bulls} of Bashan have beset me round. |
| 13 | They gaped upon me {with} their mouths, {as} a ravening and a roaring lion. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | 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. |
| 16 | For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. |
| 17 | I may tell all my bones: they look {and} stare upon me. |
| 18 | They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. |
| 19 | But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me. |
| 20 | Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. |
| 21 | Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. |
| 22 | I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. |
| 23 | Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. |
| 24 | 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. |
| 25 | My praise {shall be} of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. |
| 26 | The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. |
| 27 | All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. |
| 28 | For the kingdom {is} the Lord’s: and he {is} the governor among the nations. |
| 29 | 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. |
| 30 | A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. |
| 31 | They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done {this}. |
| Chapter 23 |
| 1 | The Lord {is} my shepherd; I shall not want. |
| 2 | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. |
| 3 | He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup Runneth over. |
| 6 | 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. |
| Chapter 24 |
| 1 | The earth {is} the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. |
| 2 | For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. |
| 3 | Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? |
| 4 | He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. |
| 5 | He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. |
| 6 | This {is} the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. |
| 7 | Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. |
| 8 | Who {is} this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. |
| 9 | Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift {them} up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. |
| 10 | Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he {is} the King of glory. Selah. |
| Chapter 25 |
| 1 | Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. |
| 2 | O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. |
| 3 | Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. |
| 4 | Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. |
| 5 | Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou {art} the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. |
| 6 | Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they {have been} ever of old. |
| 7 | Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord. |
| 8 | Good and upright {is} the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. |
| 9 | The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. |
| 10 | All the paths of the Lord {are} mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. |
| 11 | For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it {is} great. |
| 12 | What man {is} he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way {that} he shall choose. |
| 13 | His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. |
| 14 | The secret of the Lord {is} with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. |
| 15 | Mine eyes {are} ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. |
| 16 | Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I {am} desolate and afflicted. |
| 17 | The troubles of my heart are enlarged: {O} bring thou me out of my distresses. |
| 18 | Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. |
| 19 | Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. |
| 20 | O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. |
| 21 | Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. |
| 22 | Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. |
| Chapter 26 |
| 1 | Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; {therefore} I shall not slide. |
| 2 | Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. |
| 3 | For thy lovingkindness {is} before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. |
| 4 | I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. |
| 5 | I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. |
| 6 | I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord: |
| 7 | That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. |
| 8 | Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. |
| 9 | Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: |
| 10 | In whose hands {is} mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. |
| 11 | But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. |
| 12 | My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the Lord. |
| Chapter 27 |
| 1 | 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? |
| 2 | When the wicked, {even} mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. |
| 3 | Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this {will} I {be} confident. |
| 4 | 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 inquire in his temple. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Hear, O Lord, {when} I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. |
| 8 | {When thou saidst}, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. |
| 11 | Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. |
| 12 | Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. |
| 13 | {I had fainted}, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. |
| 14 | Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. |
| Chapter 28 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. |
| 6 | Blessed {be} the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | The Lord {is} their strength, and he {is} the saving strength of his anointed. |
| 9 | Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. |
| Chapter 29 |
| 1 | Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. |
| 2 | Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. |
| 3 | The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord {is} upon many waters. |
| 4 | The voice of the Lord {is} powerful; the voice of the Lord {is} full of majesty. |
| 5 | The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. |
| 6 | He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. |
| 7 | The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire. |
| 8 | The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth king for ever. |
| 11 | The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. |
| Chapter 30 |
| 1 | I Will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. |
| 2 | O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. |
| 5 | For his anger {endureth but} a moment; in his favour {is} life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy {cometh} in the morning. |
| 6 | And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. |
| 7 | Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, {and} I was troubled. |
| 8 | I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication. |
| 9 | What profit {is there} in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? |
| 10 | Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper. |
| 11 | Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; |
| 12 | 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. |
| Chapter 31 |
| 1 | In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. |
| 2 | Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. |
| 3 | For thou {art} my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me. |
| 4 | Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou {art} my strength. |
| 5 | Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. |
| 6 | I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord. |
| 7 | I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; |
| 8 | And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. |
| 9 | Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, {yea}, my soul and my belly. |
| 10 | For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou {art} my God. |
| 15 | My times {are} in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. |
| 16 | Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake. |
| 17 | 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. |
| 18 | Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. |
| 19 | {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! |
| 20 | 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. |
| 21 | Blessed {be} the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. |
| 22 | 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. |
| 23 | O love the Lord, all ye his saints: {for} the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. |
| 24 | Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. |
| Chapter 32 |
| 1 | Blessed {is he whose} transgression {is} forgiven, {whose} sin {is} covered. |
| 2 | Blessed {is} the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit {there is} no guile. |
| 3 | When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. |
| 4 | For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Thou {art} my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. |
| 8 | I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | Many sorrows {shall be} to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. |
| 11 | Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all {ye that are} upright in heart. |
| Chapter 33 |
| 1 | Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: {for} praise is comely for the upright. |
| 2 | Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and {an} instrument of ten strings. |
| 3 | Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. |
| 4 | For the word of the Lord {is} right; and all his works {are done} in truth. |
| 5 | He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. |
| 6 | By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. |
| 7 | He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. |
| 8 | Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. |
| 9 | For he spake, and it was {done}; he commanded, and it stood fast. |
| 10 | The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. |
| 11 | The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. |
| 12 | Blessed {is} the nation whose God {is} the Lord; {and} the people {whom} he hath chosen for his own inheritance. |
| 13 | The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. |
| 14 | From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. |
| 15 | He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. |
| 16 | There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. |
| 17 | An horse {is} a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver {any} by his great strength. |
| 18 | Behold, the eye of the Lord {is} upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; |
| 19 | To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. |
| 20 | Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he {is} our help and our shield. |
| 21 | For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. |
| 22 | Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. |
| Chapter 34 |
| 1 | I Will bless the Lord at all times: his praise {shall} continually {be} in my mouth. |
| 2 | My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear {thereof}, and be glad. |
| 3 | O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. |
| 4 | I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. |
| 5 | They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. |
| 6 | This poor man cried, and the Lord heard {him}, and saved him out of all his troubles. |
| 7 | The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. |
| 8 | O taste and see that the Lord {is} good: blessed {is} the man {that} trusteth in him. |
| 9 | O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for {there is} no want to them that fear him. |
| 10 | The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good {thing}. |
| 11 | Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. |
| 12 | What man {is he that} desireth life, {and} loveth {many} days, that he may see good? |
| 13 | Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. |
| 14 | Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. |
| 15 | The eyes of the Lord {are} upon the righteous, and his ears {are open} unto their cry. |
| 16 | The face of the Lord {is} against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. |
| 17 | {The righteous} cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. |
| 18 | The Lord {is} nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. |
| 19 | Many {are} the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. |
| 20 | He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. |
| 21 | Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. |
| 22 | The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. |
| Chapter 35 |
| 1 | Plead {my cause}, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. |
| 2 | Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. |
| 3 | Draw out also the spear, and stop {the way} against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I {am} thy salvation. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase {them}. |
| 6 | Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them. |
| 7 | For without cause have they hid for me their net {in} a pit, {which} without cause they have digged for my soul. |
| 8 | Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. |
| 9 | And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation. |
| 10 | 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? |
| 11 | False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge {things} that I knew not. |
| 12 | They rewarded me evil for good {to} the spoiling of my soul. |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | I behaved myself as though {he had been} my friend {or} brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth {for his} mother. |
| 15 | 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: |
| 16 | With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. |
| 17 | Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. |
| 18 | I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. |
| 19 | Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: {neither} let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. |
| 20 | For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against {them that are} quiet in the land. |
| 21 | Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, {and} said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen {it}. |
| 22 | {This} thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. |
| 23 | Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, {even} unto my cause, my God and my Lord. |
| 24 | Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. |
| 25 | Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. |
| 26 | 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. |
| 27 | 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. |
| 28 | And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness {and} of thy praise all the day long. |
| Chapter 36 |
| 1 | The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, {that there is} no fear of God before his eyes. |
| 2 | For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. |
| 3 | The words of his mouth {are} iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, {and} to do good. |
| 4 | He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way {that is} not good; he abhorreth not evil. |
| 5 | Thy mercy, O Lord, {is} in the heavens; {and} thy faithfulness {reacheth} unto the clouds. |
| 6 | Thy righteousness {is} like the great mountains; thy judgments {are} a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. |
| 7 | How excellent {is} thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. |
| 8 | They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. |
| 9 | For with thee {is} the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. |
| 10 | O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. |
| 11 | Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. |
| 12 | There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. |
| Chapter 37 |
| 1 | Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. |
| 2 | For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. |
| 3 | Trust in the Lord, and do good; {so} shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. |
| 4 | Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. |
| 5 | Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring {it} to pass. |
| 6 | And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. |
| 9 | For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. |
| 10 | For yet a little while, and the wicked {shall} not {be}: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it {shall} not {be}. |
| 11 | But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. |
| 12 | The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. |
| 13 | The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. |
| 16 | A little that a righteous man hath {is} better than the riches of many wicked. |
| 17 | For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. |
| 18 | The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. |
| 19 | They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. |
| 20 | 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. |
| 21 | The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. |
| 22 | For {such as be} blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and {they that be} cursed of him shall be cut off. |
| 23 | The steps of a {good} man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. |
| 24 | Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth {him with} his hand. |
| 25 | I have been young, and {now} am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. |
| 26 | {He is} ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed {is} blessed. |
| 27 | Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. |
| 28 | 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. |
| 29 | The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. |
| 30 | The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. |
| 31 | The law of his God {is} in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. |
| 32 | The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. |
| 33 | The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. |
| 34 | Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see {it}. |
| 35 | I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. |
| 36 | Yet he passed away, and, lo, he {was} not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. |
| 37 | Mark the perfect {man}, and behold the upright: for the end of {that} man {is} peace. |
| 38 | But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. |
| 39 | But the salvation of the righteous {is} of the Lord: {he is} their strength in the time of trouble. |
| 40 | And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. |
| Chapter 38 |
| 1 | O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. |
| 2 | For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. |
| 3 | {There is} no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither {is there any} rest in my bones because of my sin. |
| 4 | For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. |
| 5 | My wounds stink {and} are corrupt because of my foolishness. |
| 6 | I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. |
| 7 | For my loins are filled with a loathsome {disease}: and {there is} no soundness in my flesh. |
| 8 | I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. |
| 9 | Lord, all my desire {is} before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. |
| 10 | My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. |
| 11 | My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | But I, as a deaf {man}, heard not; and {I was} as a dumb man {that} openeth not his mouth. |
| 14 | Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth {are} no reproofs. |
| 15 | For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. |
| 16 | For I said, {Hear me}, lest {otherwise} they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify {themselves} against me. |
| 17 | For I {am} ready to halt, and my sorrow {is} continually before me. |
| 18 | For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. |
| 19 | But mine enemies {are} lively, {and} they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. |
| 20 | They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow {the thing that} good {is}. |
| 21 | Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me. |
| 22 | Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. |
| Chapter 39 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, {even} from good; and my sorrow was stirred. |
| 3 | My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: {then} spake I with my tongue, |
| 4 | Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it {is: that} I may know how frail I {am}. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee. |
| 8 | Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. |
| 9 | I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}. |
| 10 | Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | 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}. |
| 13 | O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. |
| Chapter 40 |
| 1 | I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Blessed {is} that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. |
| 7 | Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book {it is} written of me, |
| 8 | I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. |
| 9 | I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. |
| 16 | Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. |
| 17 | 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. |
| Chapter 41 |
| 1 | Blessed {is} he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. |
| 4 | I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. |
| 5 | Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? |
| 6 | And if he come to see {me}, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; {when} he goeth abroad, he telleth {it}. |
| 7 | All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. |
| 8 | An evil disease, {say they}, cleaveth fast unto him: and {now} that he lieth he shall rise up no more. |
| 9 | Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up {his} heel against me. |
| 10 | But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. |
| 11 | By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. |
| 12 | And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. |
| 13 | Blessed {be} the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. |
| Chapter 42 |
| 1 | As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. |
| 2 | My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? |
| 3 | My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where {is} thy God? |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. |
| 8 | {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. |
| 9 | I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? |
| 10 | {As} with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where {is} thy God? |
| 11 | 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. |
| Chapter 43 |
| 1 | Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. |
| 2 | 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? |
| 3 | O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | 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. |
| Chapter 44 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | {How} thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; {how} thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. |
| 5 | Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. |
| 6 | For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. |
| 7 | But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. |
| 8 | In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. |
| 9 | But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. |
| 10 | Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. |
| 11 | Thou hast given us like sheep {appointed} for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. |
| 12 | Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase {thy wealth} by their price. |
| 13 | Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. |
| 14 | Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. |
| 15 | My confusion {is} continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, |
| 16 | For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. |
| 17 | All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. |
| 18 | Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; |
| 19 | Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. |
| 20 | If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange God; |
| 21 | Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. |
| 22 | Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. |
| 23 | Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast {us} not off for ever. |
| 24 | Wherefore hidest thou thy face, {and} forgettest our affliction and our oppression? |
| 25 | For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. |
| 26 | Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake. |
| Chapter 45 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. |
| 3 | Gird thy sword upon {thy} thigh, O {most} mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. |
| 4 | And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness {and} righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. |
| 5 | Thine arrows {are} sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; {whereby} the people fall under thee. |
| 6 | Thy throne, O God, {is} for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom {is} a right sceptre. |
| 7 | Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. |
| 8 | All thy garments {smell} of myrrh, and aloes, {and} cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. |
| 9 | Kings’ daughters {were} among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. |
| 10 | Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house; |
| 11 | So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he {is} thy Lord; and worship thou him. |
| 12 | And the daughter of Tyre {shall be there} with a gift; {even} the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. |
| 13 | The king’s daughter {is} all glorious within: her clothing {is} of wrought gold. |
| 14 | She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. |
| 15 | With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace. |
| 16 | Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. |
| 17 | I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. |
| Chapter 46 |
| 1 | God {is} our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. |
| 2 | Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; |
| 3 | {Though} the waters thereof roar {and} be troubled, {though} the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. |
| 4 | {There is} a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy {place} of the tabernacles of the most High. |
| 5 | God {is} in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, {and that} right early. |
| 6 | The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. |
| 7 | The Lord of hosts {is} with us; the God of Jacob {is} our refuge. Selah. |
| 8 | Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | Be still, and know that I {am} God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. |
| 11 | The Lord of hosts {is} with us; the God of Jacob {is} our refuge. Selah. |
| Chapter 47 |
| 1 | O Clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. |
| 2 | For the Lord most high {is} terrible; {he is} a great King over all the earth. |
| 3 | He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. |
| 4 | He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. |
| 5 | God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. |
| 6 | Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. |
| 7 | For God {is} the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. |
| 8 | God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. |
| 9 | 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. |
| Chapter 48 |
| 1 | Great {is} the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, {in} the mountain of his holiness. |
| 2 | Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, {is} mount Zion, {on} the sides of the north, the city of the great King. |
| 3 | God is known in her palaces for a refuge. |
| 4 | For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. |
| 5 | They saw {it, and} so they marvelled; they were troubled, {and} hasted away. |
| 6 | Fear took hold upon them there, {and} pain, as of a woman in travail. |
| 7 | Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. |
| 10 | According to thy name, O God, so {is} thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. |
| 11 | Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. |
| 12 | Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. |
| 13 | Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell {it} to the generation following. |
| 14 | For this God {is} our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide {even} unto death. |
| Chapter 49 |
| 1 | Hear this, all {ye} people; give ear, all {ye} inhabitants of the world: |
| 2 | Both low and high, rich and poor, together. |
| 3 | My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart {shall be} of understanding. |
| 4 | I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. |
| 5 | Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, {when} the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? |
| 6 | They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; |
| 7 | None {of them} can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: |
| 8 | (For the redemption of their soul {is} precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) |
| 9 | That he should still live for ever, {and} not see corruption. |
| 10 | For he seeth {that} wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | Nevertheless man {being} in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts {that} perish. |
| 13 | This their way {is} their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. |
| 16 | Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; |
| 17 | For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. |
| 18 | Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and {men} will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. |
| 19 | He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. |
| 20 | Man {that is} in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts {that} perish. |
| Chapter 50 |
| 1 | The mighty God, {even} the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. |
| 2 | Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. |
| 3 | Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. |
| 4 | He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. |
| 5 | Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. |
| 6 | And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is {judge} himself. Selah. |
| 7 | Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I {am} God, {even} thy God. |
| 8 | I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings {to have been} continually before me. |
| 9 | I will take no bullock out of thy house, {nor} he goats out of thy folds. |
| 10 | For every beast of the forest {is} mine, {and} the cattle upon a thousand hills. |
| 11 | I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field {are} mine. |
| 12 | If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world {is} mine, and the fulness thereof. |
| 13 | Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? |
| 14 | Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: |
| 15 | And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. |
| 16 | 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? |
| 17 | Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. |
| 18 | When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. |
| 19 | Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. |
| 20 | Thou sittest {and} speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son. |
| 21 | 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. |
| 22 | Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear {you} in pieces, and {there be} none to deliver. |
| 23 | Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation {aright} will {I} shew the salvation of God. |
| Chapter 51 |
| 1 | Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. |
| 2 | Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. |
| 3 | For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin {is} ever before me. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. |
| 6 | Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden {part} thou shalt make me to know wisdom. |
| 7 | Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. |
| 8 | Make me to hear joy and gladness; {that} the bones {which} thou hast broken may rejoice. |
| 9 | Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. |
| 10 | Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. |
| 11 | Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. |
| 12 | Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me {with thy} free spirit. |
| 13 | {Then} will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. |
| 14 | Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: {and} my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. |
| 15 | O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. |
| 16 | For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give {it}: thou delightest not in burnt offering. |
| 17 | The sacrifices of God {are} a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. |
| 18 | Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 19 | 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. |
| Chapter 52 |
| 1 | Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God {endureth} continually. |
| 2 | Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully. |
| 3 | Thou lovest evil more than good; {and} lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. |
| 4 | Thou lovest all devouring words, O {thou} deceitful tongue. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | But I {am} like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. |
| 9 | 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. |
| Chapter 53 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were {any} that did understand, that did seek God. |
| 3 | Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; {there is} none that doeth good, no, not one. |
| 4 | Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread: they have not called upon God. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| Chapter 54 |
| 1 | Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. |
| 2 | Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. |
| 3 | For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. |
| 4 | Behold, God {is} mine helper: the Lord {is} with them that uphold my soul. |
| 5 | He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. |
| 6 | I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for {it is} good. |
| 7 | For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen {his desire} upon mine enemies. |
| Chapter 55 |
| 1 | Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. |
| 2 | Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. |
| 5 | Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. |
| 6 | And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! {for then} would I fly away, and be at rest. |
| 7 | Lo, {then} would I wander far off, {and} remain in the wilderness. Selah. |
| 8 | I would hasten my escape from the windy storm {and} tempest. |
| 9 | Destroy, O Lord, {and} divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. |
| 10 | Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow {are} in the midst of it. |
| 11 | Wickedness {is} in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. |
| 12 | 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: |
| 13 | But {it was} thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. |
| 14 | We took sweet counsel together, {and} walked unto the house of God in company. |
| 15 | Let death seize upon them, {and} let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness {is} in their dwellings, {and} among them. |
| 16 | As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. |
| 17 | Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. |
| 18 | He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle {that was} against me: for there were many with me. |
| 19 | God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. |
| 20 | He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. |
| 21 | {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. |
| 22 | Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. |
| 23 | But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. |
| Chapter 56 |
| 1 | Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. |
| 2 | Mine enemies would daily swallow {me} up: for {they be} many that fight against me, O thou most High. |
| 3 | What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. |
| 4 | In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. |
| 5 | Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts {are} against me for evil. |
| 6 | They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. |
| 7 | Shall they escape by iniquity? in {thine} anger cast down the people, O God. |
| 8 | Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: {are they} not in thy book? |
| 9 | When I cry {unto thee}, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God {is} for me. |
| 10 | In God will I praise {his} word: in the Lord will I praise {his} word. |
| 11 | In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. |
| 12 | Thy vows {are} upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. |
| 13 | 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? |
| Chapter 57 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth {all things} for me. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; {let} thy glory {be} above all the earth. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. |
| 8 | Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I {myself} will awake early. |
| 9 | I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. |
| 10 | For thy mercy {is} great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. |
| 11 | Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: {let} thy glory {be} above all the earth. |
| Chapter 58 |
| 1 | Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? |
| 2 | Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. |
| 3 | The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. |
| 4 | Their poison {is} like the poison of a serpent: {they are} like the deaf adder {that} stoppeth her ear; |
| 5 | Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. |
| 6 | Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in {his} wrath. |
| 10 | The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| 11 | So that a man shall say, Verily {there is} a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. |
| Chapter 59 |
| 1 | Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. |
| 2 | Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | They run and prepare themselves without {my} fault: awake to help me, and behold. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. |
| 7 | Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords {are} in their lips: for who, {say they}, doth hear? |
| 8 | But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. |
| 9 | {Because of} his strength will I wait upon thee: for God {is} my defence. |
| 10 | The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see {my desire} upon mine enemies. |
| 11 | Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. |
| 12 | {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. |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | And at evening let them return; {and} let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. |
| 15 | Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 | Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God {is} my defence, and {the} God of my mercy. |
| Chapter 60 |
| 1 | O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. |
| 2 | Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. |
| 3 | Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. |
| 4 | Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. |
| 5 | That thy beloved may be delivered; save {with} thy right hand, and hear me. |
| 6 | God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. |
| 7 | Gilead {is} mine, and Manasseh {is} mine; Ephraim also is {the} strength of mine head; Judah {is} my lawgiver; |
| 8 | Moab {is} my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. |
| 9 | Who will bring me {into} the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? |
| 10 | {Wilt} not thou, O God, {which} hadst cast us off? and {thou}, O God, {which} didst not go out with our armies? |
| 11 | Give us help from trouble: for vain {is} the help of man. |
| 12 | Through God we shall do valiantly: for he {it is that} shall tread down our enemies. |
| Chapter 61 |
| 1 | Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | For thou hast been a shelter for me, {and} a strong tower from the enemy. |
| 4 | I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. |
| 5 | For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given {me} the heritage of those that fear thy name. |
| 6 | Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: {and} his years as many generations. |
| 7 | He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, {which} may preserve him. |
| 8 | So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. |
| Chapter 62 |
| 1 | Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him {cometh} my salvation. |
| 2 | He only {is} my rock and my salvation; {he is} my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | They only consult to cast {him} down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. |
| 5 | My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation {is} from him. |
| 6 | He only {is} my rock and my salvation: {he is} my defence; I shall not be moved. |
| 7 | In God {is} my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, {and} my refuge, {is} in God. |
| 8 | Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God {is} a refuge for us. Selah. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart {upon them}. |
| 11 | God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power {belongeth} unto God. |
| 12 | Also unto thee, O Lord, {belongeth} mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work. |
| Chapter 63 |
| 1 | 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; |
| 2 | To see thy power and thy glory, so {as} I have seen thee in the sanctuary. |
| 3 | Because thy lovingkindness {is} better than life, my lips shall praise thee. |
| 4 | Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. |
| 5 | My soul shall be satisfied as {with} marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise {thee} with joyful lips: |
| 6 | When I remember thee upon my bed, {and} meditate on thee in the {night} watches. |
| 7 | Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. |
| 8 | My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. |
| 9 | But those {that} seek my soul, to destroy {it}, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. |
| 10 | They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. |
| 11 | 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. |
| Chapter 64 |
| 1 | Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. |
| 2 | Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: |
| 3 | Who whet their tongue like a sword, {and} bend {their bows to shoot} their arrows, {even} bitter words: |
| 4 | That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. |
| 5 | They encourage themselves {in} an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? |
| 6 | They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward {thought} of every one {of them}, and the heart, {is} deep. |
| 7 | But God shall shoot at them {with} an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. |
| 8 | So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. |
| 9 | And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. |
| 10 | The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. |
| Chapter 65 |
| 1 | Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. |
| 2 | O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. |
| 3 | Iniquities prevail against me: {as for} our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | {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: |
| 6 | Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; {being} girded with power: |
| 7 | Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. |
| 8 | They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. |
| 11 | Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. |
| 12 | They drop {upon} the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. |
| 13 | The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. |
| Chapter 66 |
| 1 | Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: |
| 2 | Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. |
| 3 | Say unto God, How terrible {art thou in} thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. |
| 4 | All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing {to} thy name. Selah. |
| 5 | Come and see the works of God: {he is} terrible {in his} doing toward the children of men. |
| 6 | He turned the sea into dry {land}: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. |
| 7 | He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. |
| 8 | O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: |
| 9 | Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. |
| 10 | For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. |
| 11 | Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. |
| 12 | 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}. |
| 13 | I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, |
| 14 | Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. |
| 15 | I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. |
| 16 | Come {and} hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. |
| 17 | I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. |
| 18 | If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear {me}: |
| 19 | {But} verily God hath heard {me}; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. |
| 20 | Blessed {be} God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. |
| Chapter 67 |
| 1 | God be merciful unto us, and bless us; {and} cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. |
| 2 | That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. |
| 3 | Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. |
| 4 | O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. |
| 5 | Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. |
| 6 | {Then} shall the earth yield her increase; {and} God, {even} our own God, shall bless us. |
| 7 | God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. |
| Chapter 68 |
| 1 | Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. |
| 4 | Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. |
| 5 | A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, {is} God in his holy habitation. |
| 6 | God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry {land}. |
| 7 | O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. |
| 10 | Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. |
| 11 | The Lord gave the word: great {was} the company of those that published {it}. |
| 12 | Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was {white} as snow in Salmon. |
| 15 | The hill of God {is as} the hill of Bashan; an high hill {as} the hill of Bashan. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 | The chariots of God {are} twenty thousand, {even} thousands of angels: the Lord {is} among them, {as in} Sinai, in the holy {place}. |
| 18 | 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}. |
| 19 | Blessed {be} the Lord, {who} daily loadeth us {with benefits, even} the God of our salvation. Selah. |
| 20 | {He that is} our God {is} the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord {belong} the issues from death. |
| 21 | But God shall wound the head of his enemies, {and} the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. |
| 22 | The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring {my people} again from the depths of the sea: |
| 23 | That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of {thine} enemies, {and} the tongue of thy dogs in the same. |
| 24 | They have seen thy goings, O God; {even} the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. |
| 25 | The singers went before, the players on instruments {followed} after; among {them were} the damsels playing with timbrels. |
| 26 | Bless ye God in the congregations, {even} the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. |
| 27 | There {is} little Benjamin {with} their ruler, the princes of Judah {and} their council, the princes of Zebulun, {and} the princes of Naphtali. |
| 28 | Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. |
| 29 | Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee. |
| 30 | 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. |
| 31 | Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. |
| 32 | Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: |
| 33 | 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. |
| 34 | Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency {is} over Israel, and his strength is {in} the clouds. |
| 35 | 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. |
| Chapter 69 |
| 1 | Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto {my} soul. |
| 2 | I sink in deep mire, where {there is} no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. |
| 3 | I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. |
| 8 | I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children. |
| 9 | For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. |
| 10 | When I wept, {and chastened} my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. |
| 11 | I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. |
| 12 | They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I {was} the song of the drunkards. |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. |
| 16 | Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness {is} good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. |
| 17 | And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. |
| 18 | Draw nigh unto my soul, {and} redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. |
| 19 | Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries {are} all before thee. |
| 20 | 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. |
| 21 | They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. |
| 22 | Let their table become a snare before them: and {that which should have been} for {their} welfare, {let it become} a trap. |
| 23 | Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. |
| 24 | Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. |
| 25 | Let their habitation be desolate; {and} let none dwell in their tents. |
| 26 | For they persecute {him} whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. |
| 27 | Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. |
| 28 | Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. |
| 29 | But I {am} poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. |
| 30 | I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. |
| 31 | {This} also shall please the Lord better than an ox {or} bullock that hath horns and hoofs. |
| 32 | The humble shall see {this, and} be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. |
| 33 | For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. |
| 34 | Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. |
| 35 | For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. |
| 36 | The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. |
| Chapter 70 |
| 1 | {Make haste}, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. |
| 2 | Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. |
| 3 | Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | But I {am} poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou {art} my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying. |
| Chapter 71 |
| 1 | In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. |
| 2 | Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. |
| 5 | For thou {art} my hope, O Lord God: {thou art} my trust from my youth. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | I am as a wonder unto many; but thou {art} my strong refuge. |
| 8 | Let my mouth be filled {with} thy praise {and with} thy honour all the day. |
| 9 | Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. |
| 10 | For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, |
| 11 | Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for {there is} none to deliver {him}. |
| 12 | O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. |
| 13 | Let them be confounded {and} consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with {reproach} and dishonour that seek my hurt. |
| 14 | But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. |
| 15 | My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness {and} thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers {thereof}. |
| 16 | I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even {of} thine only. |
| 17 | O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. |
| 18 | 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. |
| 19 | Thy righteousness also, O God, {is} very high, who hast done great things: O God, who {is} like unto thee! |
| 20 | {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. |
| 21 | Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. |
| 22 | 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. |
| 23 | My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. |
| 24 | 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. |
| Chapter 72 |
| 1 | Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. |
| 2 | He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. |
| 3 | The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. |
| 4 | He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. |
| 5 | They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. |
| 6 | He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers {that} water the earth. |
| 7 | In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. |
| 8 | He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. |
| 9 | They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. |
| 10 | The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. |
| 11 | Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. |
| 12 | For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and {him} that hath no helper. |
| 13 | He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. |
| 14 | He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. |
| 15 | 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. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 | 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. |
| 18 | Blessed {be} the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. |
| 19 | And blessed {be} his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled {with} his glory; Amen, and Amen. |
| 20 | The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. |
| Chapter 73 |
| 1 | Truly God {is} good to Israel, {even} to such as are of a clean heart. |
| 2 | But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. |
| 3 | For I was envious at the foolish, {when} I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
| 4 | For {there are} no bands in their death: but their strength {is} firm. |
| 5 | They {are} not in trouble {as other} men; neither are they plagued like {other} men. |
| 6 | Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them {as} a garment. |
| 7 | Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. |
| 8 | They are corrupt, and speak wickedly {concerning} oppression: they speak loftily. |
| 9 | They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. |
| 10 | Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full {cup} are wrung out to them. |
| 11 | And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? |
| 12 | Behold, these {are} the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase {in} riches. |
| 13 | Verily I have cleansed my heart {in} vain, and washed my hands in innocency. |
| 14 | For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. |
| 15 | If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend {against} the generation of thy children. |
| 16 | When I thought to know this, it {was} too painful for me; |
| 17 | Until I went into the sanctuary of God; {then} understood I their end. |
| 18 | Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. |
| 19 | How are they {brought} into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. |
| 20 | As a dream when {one} awaketh; {so}, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. |
| 21 | Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. |
| 22 | So foolish {was} I, and ignorant: I was {as} a beast before thee. |
| 23 | Nevertheless I {am} continually with thee: thou hast holden {me} by my right hand. |
| 24 | Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me {to} glory. |
| 25 | Whom have I in heaven {but thee}? and {there is} none upon earth {that} I desire beside thee. |
| 26 | My flesh and my heart faileth: {but} God {is} the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. |
| 27 | For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. |
| 28 | 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. |
| Chapter 74 |
| 1 | O God, why hast thou cast {us} off for ever? {why} doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; {even} all {that} the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. |
| 4 | Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns {for} signs. |
| 5 | {A man} was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. |
| 6 | But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. |
| 7 | They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled {by casting down} the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. |
| 8 | They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. |
| 9 | We see not our signs: {there is} no more any prophet: neither {is there} among us any that knoweth how long. |
| 10 | O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? |
| 11 | Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck {it} out of thy bosom. |
| 12 | For God {is} my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. |
| 13 | Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. |
| 14 | Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, {and} gavest him {to be} meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. |
| 15 | Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. |
| 16 | The day {is} thine, the night also {is} thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. |
| 17 | Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. |
| 18 | Remember this, {that} the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and {that} the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. |
| 19 | O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude {of the wicked}: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. |
| 20 | Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. |
| 21 | O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. |
| 22 | Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. |
| 23 | Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. |
| Chapter 75 |
| 1 | Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, {unto thee} do we give thanks: for {that} thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. |
| 2 | When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. |
| 3 | The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. |
| 4 | I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: |
| 5 | Lift not up your horn on high: speak {not with} a stiff neck. |
| 6 | For promotion {cometh} neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. |
| 7 | But God {is} the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. |
| 8 | 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}. |
| 9 | But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. |
| 10 | All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; {but} the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. |
| Chapter 76 |
| 1 | In Judah {is} God known: his name {is} great in Israel. |
| 2 | In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. |
| 3 | There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. |
| 4 | Thou {art} more glorious {and} excellent than the mountains of prey. |
| 5 | The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. |
| 6 | At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. |
| 7 | Thou, {even} thou, {art} to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? |
| 8 | Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, |
| 9 | When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. |
| 10 | Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. |
| 11 | Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. |
| 12 | He shall cut off the spirit of princes: {he is} terrible to the kings of the earth. |
| Chapter 77 |
| 1 | I cried unto God with my voice, {even} unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. |
| 4 | Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. |
| 5 | I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. |
| 6 | I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. |
| 7 | Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? |
| 8 | Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth {his} promise fail for evermore? |
| 9 | Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. |
| 10 | And I said, This {is} my infirmity: {but I will remember} the years of the right hand of the most High. |
| 11 | I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. |
| 12 | I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. |
| 13 | Thy way, O God, {is} in the sanctuary: who {is so} great a God as {our} God? |
| 14 | Thou {art} the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. |
| 15 | Thou hast with {thine} arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. |
| 16 | The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. |
| 17 | The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. |
| 18 | The voice of thy thunder {was} in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. |
| 19 | Thy way {is} in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. |
| 20 | Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. |
| Chapter 78 |
| 1 | Give ear, O my people, {to} my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. |
| 2 | I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: |
| 3 | Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | 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: |
| 6 | That the generation to come might know {them, even} the children {which} should be born; {who} should arise and declare {them} to their children: |
| 7 | That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | The children of Ephraim, {being} armed, {and} carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. |
| 10 | They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; |
| 11 | And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. |
| 12 | Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, {in} the field of Zoan. |
| 13 | He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. |
| 14 | In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. |
| 15 | He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave {them} drink as {out of} the great depths. |
| 16 | He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. |
| 17 | And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. |
| 18 | And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. |
| 19 | Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? |
| 20 | 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? |
| 21 | Therefore the Lord heard {this}, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; |
| 22 | Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: |
| 23 | Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, |
| 24 | And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. |
| 25 | Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full. |
| 26 | He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. |
| 27 | He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: |
| 28 | And he let {it} fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. |
| 29 | So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; |
| 30 | They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat {was} yet in their mouths, |
| 31 | The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen {men} of Israel. |
| 32 | For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. |
| 33 | Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. |
| 34 | When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God. |
| 35 | And they remembered that God {was} their rock, and the high God their redeemer. |
| 36 | Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. |
| 37 | For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. |
| 38 | 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. |
| 39 | For he remembered that they {were but} flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. |
| 40 | How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, {and} grieve him in the desert! |
| 41 | Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. |
| 42 | They remembered not his hand, {nor} the day when he delivered them from the enemy. |
| 43 | How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan. |
| 44 | And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. |
| 45 | He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. |
| 46 | He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. |
| 47 | He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. |
| 48 | He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. |
| 49 | He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels {among them}. |
| 50 | He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; |
| 51 | And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of {their} strength in the tabernacles of Ham: |
| 52 | But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. |
| 53 | And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. |
| 54 | And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, {even to} this mountain, {which} his right hand had purchased. |
| 55 | 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. |
| 56 | Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: |
| 57 | But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. |
| 58 | For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. |
| 59 | When God heard {this}, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: |
| 60 | So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent {which} he placed among men; |
| 61 | And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand. |
| 62 | He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. |
| 63 | The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. |
| 64 | Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. |
| 65 | Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, {and} like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. |
| 66 | And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. |
| 67 | Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: |
| 68 | But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. |
| 69 | And he built his sanctuary like high {palaces}, like the earth which he hath established for ever. |
| 70 | He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: |
| 71 | From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. |
| 72 | So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. |
| Chapter 79 |
| 1 | O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and {there was} none to bury {them}. |
| 4 | We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. |
| 5 | How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? |
| 6 | Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. |
| 7 | For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. |
| 8 | O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; |
| 12 | And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. |
| 13 | So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. |
| Chapter 80 |
| 1 | Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest {between} the cherubims, shine forth. |
| 2 | Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and {save} us. |
| 3 | Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. |
| 4 | O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? |
| 5 | Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. |
| 6 | Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. |
| 7 | Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. |
| 8 | Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. |
| 9 | Thou preparedst {room} before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. |
| 10 | The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof {were like} the goodly cedars. |
| 11 | She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. |
| 12 | Why hast thou {then} broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? |
| 13 | The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. |
| 14 | Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; |
| 15 | And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch {that} thou madest strong for thyself. |
| 16 | {It is} burned with fire, it {is} cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. |
| 17 | Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man {whom} thou madest strong for thyself. |
| 18 | So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. |
| 19 | Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. |
| Chapter 81 |
| 1 | Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. |
| 2 | Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. |
| 3 | Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. |
| 4 | For this {was} a statute for Israel, {and} a law of the God of Jacob. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; |
| 9 | There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. |
| 10 | I {am} the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
| 11 | But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. |
| 12 | So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: {and} they walked in their own counsels. |
| 13 | Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, {and} Israel had walked in my ways! |
| 14 | I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. |
| 15 | The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. |
| 16 | He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. |
| Chapter 82 |
| 1 | God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. |
| 2 | How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. |
| 3 | Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. |
| 4 | Deliver the poor and needy: rid {them} out of the hand of the wicked. |
| 5 | They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. |
| 6 | I have said, Ye {are} gods; and all of you {are} children of the most High. |
| 7 | But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. |
| 8 | Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. |
| Chapter 83 |
| 1 | Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. |
| 2 | For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. |
| 3 | They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: |
| 6 | The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; |
| 7 | Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; |
| 8 | Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of lot. Selah. |
| 9 | Do unto them as {unto} the Midianites; as {to} Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: |
| 10 | {Which} perished at Endor: they became {as} dung for the earth. |
| 11 | Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: |
| 12 | Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. |
| 13 | O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. |
| 14 | As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; |
| 15 | So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. |
| 16 | Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord. |
| 17 | Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: |
| 18 | That {men} may know that thou, whose name alone {is} Jehovah, {art} the most high over all the earth. |
| Chapter 84 |
| 1 | How amiable {are} thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! |
| 2 | My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Blessed {are} they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. |
| 5 | Blessed {is} the man whose strength {is} in thee; in whose heart {are} the ways {of them}. |
| 6 | {Who} passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. |
| 7 | They go from strength to strength, {every one of them} in Zion appeareth before God. |
| 8 | O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. |
| 9 | Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | O Lord of hosts, blessed {is} the man that trusteth in thee. |
| Chapter 85 |
| 1 | Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. |
| 2 | Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. |
| 3 | Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned {thyself} from the fierceness of thine anger. |
| 4 | Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. |
| 5 | Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? |
| 6 | Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? |
| 7 | Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | Surely his salvation {is} nigh them that fear him; that glory {may dwell} in our land. |
| 10 | Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. |
| 11 | Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. |
| 12 | Yea, the Lord shall give {that which is} good; and our land shall yield her increase. |
| 13 | Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us {in} the way of his steps. |
| Chapter 86 |
| 1 | Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I {am} poor and needy. |
| 2 | Preserve my soul; for I {am} holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. |
| 3 | Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. |
| 4 | Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. |
| 5 | For thou, Lord, {art} good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. |
| 6 | Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. |
| 7 | In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. |
| 8 | Among the gods {there is} none like unto thee, O Lord; neither {are there any works} like unto thy works. |
| 9 | All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. |
| 10 | For thou {art} great, and doest wondrous things: thou {art} God alone. |
| 11 | Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. |
| 12 | I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. |
| 13 | For great {is} thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | But thou, O Lord, {art} a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. |
| 16 | O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. |
| 17 | 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. |
| Chapter 87 |
| 1 | His foundation {is} in the holy mountains. |
| 2 | The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. |
| 3 | Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. |
| 4 | I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man {was} born there. |
| 5 | And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. |
| 6 | The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, {that} this {man} was born there. Selah. |
| 7 | As well the singers as the players on instruments {shall be there}: all my {springs} are in thee. |
| Chapter 88 |
| 1 | O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day {and} night before thee: |
| 2 | Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; |
| 3 | For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. |
| 4 | I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man {that hath} no strength: |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. |
| 7 | Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted {me} with all thy waves. Selah. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. |
| 10 | Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise {and} praise thee? Selah. |
| 11 | Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? {or} thy faithfulness in destruction? |
| 12 | Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? |
| 13 | But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. |
| 14 | Lord, why castest thou off my soul? {why} hidest thou thy face from me? |
| 15 | I {am} afflicted and ready to die from {my} youth up: {while} I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. |
| 16 | Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. |
| 17 | They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. |
| 18 | Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, {and} mine acquaintance into darkness. |
| Chapter 89 |
| 1 | I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. |
| 2 | For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. |
| 3 | I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, |
| 4 | Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. |
| 5 | And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. |
| 6 | For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? {who} among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | O Lord God of hosts, who {is} a strong Lord like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? |
| 9 | Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. |
| 10 | Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. |
| 11 | The heavens {are} thine, the earth also {is} thine: {as for} the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. |
| 12 | The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. |
| 13 | Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, {and} high is thy right hand. |
| 14 | Justice and judgment {are} the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. |
| 15 | Blessed {is} the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. |
| 16 | In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. |
| 17 | For thou {art} the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. |
| 18 | For the Lord {is} our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is {our} king. |
| 19 | 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. |
| 20 | I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: |
| 21 | With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. |
| 22 | The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. |
| 23 | And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. |
| 24 | But my faithfulness and my mercy {shall be} with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. |
| 25 | I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. |
| 26 | He shall cry unto me, thou {art} my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. |
| 27 | Also I will make him {my} firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. |
| 28 | My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. |
| 29 | His seed also will I make {to endure} for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. |
| 30 | If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; |
| 31 | If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; |
| 32 | Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. |
| 33 | Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. |
| 34 | My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. |
| 35 | Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. |
| 36 | His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. |
| 37 | It shall be established for ever as the moon, and {as} a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. |
| 38 | But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. |
| 39 | Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown {by casting it} to the ground. |
| 40 | Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. |
| 41 | All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. |
| 42 | Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. |
| 43 | Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. |
| 44 | Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. |
| 45 | The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. |
| 46 | How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? |
| 47 | Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? |
| 48 | What man {is he that} liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. |
| 49 | Lord, where {are} thy former lovingkindnesses, {which} thou swarest unto David in thy truth? |
| 50 | Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how {I} do bear in my bosom the {reproach of all} the mighty people; |
| 51 | Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. |
| 52 | Blessed {be} the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen. |
| Chapter 90 |
| 1 | Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. |
| 2 | Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou {art} God. |
| 3 | Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. |
| 4 | For a thousand years in thy sight {are but} as yesterday when it is past, and {as} a watch in the night. |
| 5 | Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are {as} a sleep: in the morning {they are} like grass {which} groweth up. |
| 6 | In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. |
| 7 | For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. |
| 8 | Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret {sins} in the light of thy countenance. |
| 9 | For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale {that is told}. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, {so is} thy wrath. |
| 12 | So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. |
| 13 | Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. |
| 14 | O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. |
| 15 | Make us glad according to the days {wherein} thou hast afflicted us, {and} the years {wherein} we have seen evil. |
| 16 | Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. |
| 17 | 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. |
| Chapter 91 |
| 1 | He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. |
| 2 | I will say of the Lord, {He is} my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. |
| 3 | Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, {and} from the noisome pestilence. |
| 4 | He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth {shall be thy} shield and buckler. |
| 5 | Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; {nor} for the arrow {that} flieth by day; |
| 6 | {Nor} for the pestilence {that} walketh in darkness; {nor} for the destruction {that} wasteth at noonday. |
| 7 | A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; {but} it shall not come nigh thee. |
| 8 | Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. |
| 9 | Because thou hast made the Lord, {which is} my refuge, {even} the most High, thy habitation; |
| 10 | There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. |
| 11 | For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. |
| 12 | They shall bear thee up in {their} hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. |
| 13 | Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 15 | He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I {will be} with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. |
| 16 | With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. |
| Chapter 92 |
| 1 | {It is a} good {thing} to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: |
| 2 | To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, |
| 3 | Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. |
| 4 | For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. |
| 5 | O Lord, how great are thy works! {and} thy thoughts are very deep. |
| 6 | A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. |
| 7 | 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: |
| 8 | But thou, Lord, {art most} high for evermore. |
| 9 | For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. |
| 10 | But my horn shalt thou exalt like {the horn of} an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. |
| 13 | Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. |
| 14 | They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; |
| 15 | To shew that the Lord {is} upright: {he is} my rock, and {there is} no unrighteousness in him. |
| Chapter 93 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | Thy throne {is} established of old: thou {art} from everlasting. |
| 3 | The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. |
| 4 | The Lord on high {is} mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, {than} the mighty waves of the sea. |
| 5 | Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever. |
| Chapter 94 |
| 1 | O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. |
| 2 | Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. |
| 3 | Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? |
| 4 | {How long} shall they utter {and} speak hard things? {and} all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? |
| 5 | They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage. |
| 6 | They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. |
| 7 | Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard {it}. |
| 8 | Understand, ye brutish among the people: and {ye fools}, when will ye be wise? |
| 9 | He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? |
| 10 | He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, {shall not he know}? |
| 11 | The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they {are} vanity. |
| 12 | Blessed {is} the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; |
| 13 | That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. |
| 14 | For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. |
| 15 | But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. |
| 16 | Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? {or} who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? |
| 17 | Unless the Lord {had been} my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. |
| 18 | When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. |
| 19 | In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. |
| 20 | Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? |
| 21 | They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. |
| 22 | But the Lord is my defence; and my God {is} the rock of my refuge. |
| 23 | 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. |
| Chapter 95 |
| 1 | O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. |
| 2 | Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. |
| 3 | For the Lord {is} a great God, and a great King above all gods. |
| 4 | In his hand {are} the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills {is} his also. |
| 5 | The sea {is} his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry {land}. |
| 6 | O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. |
| 7 | 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, |
| 8 | Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, {and} as {in} the day of temptation in the wilderness: |
| 9 | When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. |
| 10 | 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: |
| 11 | Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. |
| Chapter 96 |
| 1 | O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth. |
| 2 | Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. |
| 3 | Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. |
| 4 | For the Lord {is} great, and greatly to be praised: he {is} to be feared above all gods. |
| 5 | For all the gods of the nations {are} idols: but the Lord made the heavens. |
| 6 | Honour and majesty {are} before him: strength and beauty {are} in his sanctuary. |
| 7 | Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. |
| 8 | Give unto the Lord the glory {due unto} his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. |
| 9 | O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. |
| 12 | Let the field be joyful, and all that {is} therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice |
| 13 | 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. |
| Chapter 97 |
| 1 | The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad {thereof}. |
| 2 | Clouds and darkness {are} round about him: righteousness and judgment {are} the habitation of his throne. |
| 3 | A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. |
| 4 | His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. |
| 5 | The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. |
| 6 | The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. |
| 7 | Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all {ye} gods. |
| 8 | Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord. |
| 9 | For thou, Lord, {art} high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. |
| 10 | Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. |
| 11 | Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. |
| 12 | Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. |
| Chapter 98 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. |
| 5 | Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. |
| 6 | With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King. |
| 7 | Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. |
| 8 | Let the floods clap {their} hands: let the hills be joyful together |
| 9 | Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. |
| Chapter 99 |
| 1 | The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth {between} the Cherubims; let the earth be moved. |
| 2 | The Lord {is} great in Zion; and he {is} high above all the people. |
| 3 | Let them praise thy great and terrible name; {for} it {is} holy. |
| 4 | The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. |
| 5 | Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; {for} he {is} holy. |
| 6 | Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them. |
| 7 | He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance {that} he gave them. |
| 8 | Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. |
| 9 | Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God {is} holy. |
| Chapter 100 |
| 1 | Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. |
| 2 | Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, {and} into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, {and} bless his name. |
| 5 | For the Lord {is} good; his mercy {is} everlasting; and his truth {endureth} to all generations. |
| Chapter 101 |
| 1 | I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; {it} shall not cleave to me. |
| 4 | A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked {person}. |
| 5 | Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. |
| 8 | I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. |
| Chapter 102 |
| 1 | Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. |
| 4 | My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. |
| 5 | By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. |
| 6 | I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. |
| 7 | I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. |
| 8 | Mine enemies reproach me all the day; {and} they that are mad against me are sworn against me. |
| 9 | For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. |
| 10 | Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. |
| 11 | My days {are} like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. |
| 12 | But thou, O Lord, shalt endure forever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. |
| 13 | Thou shalt arise, {and} have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. |
| 14 | For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. |
| 15 | So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. |
| 16 | When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. |
| 17 | He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. |
| 18 | This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. |
| 19 | For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; |
| 20 | To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; |
| 21 | To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; |
| 22 | When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. |
| 23 | He Weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. |
| 24 | I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years {are} throughout all generations. |
| 25 | Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens {are} the work of thy hands. |
| 26 | 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: |
| 27 | But thou {art} the same, and thy years shall have no end. |
| 28 | The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. |
| Chapter 103 |
| 1 | Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, {bless} his holy name. |
| 2 | Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: |
| 3 | Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; |
| 4 | Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; |
| 5 | Who satisfieth thy mouth with good {things; so that} thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. |
| 6 | The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. |
| 7 | He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. |
| 8 | The Lord {is} merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. |
| 9 | He will not always chide: neither will he keep {his anger} for ever. |
| 10 | He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. |
| 11 | For as the heaven is high above the earth, {so} great is his mercy toward them that fear him. |
| 12 | As far as the east is from the west, {so} far hath he removed our transgressions from us. |
| 13 | Like as a father pitieth {his} children, {so} the Lord pitieth them that fear him. |
| 14 | For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we {are} dust. |
| 15 | {As for} man, his days {are} as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. |
| 16 | For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. |
| 17 | But the mercy of the Lord {is} from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; |
| 18 | To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. |
| 19 | The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. |
| 20 | Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. |
| 21 | Bless ye the Lord, all {ye} his hosts; {ye} ministers of his, that do his pleasure. |
| 22 | Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. |
| Chapter 104 |
| 1 | Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. |
| 2 | Who coverest {thyself} with light as {with} a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: |
| 3 | Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: |
| 4 | Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: |
| 5 | {Who} laid the foundations of the earth, {that} it should not be removed for ever. |
| 6 | Thou coveredst it with the deep as {with} a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. |
| 7 | At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. |
| 8 | They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. |
| 9 | Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. |
| 10 | He sendeth the springs into the valleys, {which} run among the hills. |
| 11 | They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. |
| 12 | By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, {which} sing among the branches. |
| 13 | He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. |
| 14 | 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; |
| 15 | And wine {that} maketh glad the heart of man, {and} oil to make {his} face to shine, and bread {which} strengtheneth man’s heart. |
| 16 | The trees of the Lord are full {of sap}; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; |
| 17 | Where the birds make their nests: {as for} the stork, the fir trees {are} her house. |
| 18 | The high hills {are} a refuge for the wild goats; {and} the rocks for the conies. |
| 19 | He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. |
| 20 | Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep {forth}. |
| 21 | The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. |
| 22 | The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. |
| 23 | Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. |
| 24 | O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. |
| 25 | {So is} this great and wide sea, wherein {are} things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. |
| 26 | There go the ships: {there is} that leviathan, {whom} thou hast made to play therein. |
| 27 | These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give {them} their meat in due season. |
| 28 | {That} thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. |
| 29 | Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. |
| 30 | Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. |
| 31 | The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works. |
| 32 | He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. |
| 33 | I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. |
| 34 | My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord. |
| 35 | 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. |
| Chapter 105 |
| 1 | O Give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. |
| 2 | Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. |
| 3 | Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. |
| 4 | Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore. |
| 5 | Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; |
| 6 | O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. |
| 7 | He {is} the Lord our God: his judgments {are} in all the earth. |
| 8 | He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word {which} he commanded to a thousand generations. |
| 9 | Which {covenant} he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; |
| 10 | And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, {and} to Israel {for} an everlasting covenant: |
| 11 | Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: |
| 12 | When they were {but} a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. |
| 13 | When they went from one nation to another, from {one} kingdom to another people; |
| 14 | He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; |
| 15 | {Saying}, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. |
| 16 | Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. |
| 17 | He sent a man before them, {even} Joseph, {who} was sold for a servant: |
| 18 | Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: |
| 19 | Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him. |
| 20 | The king sent and loosed him; {even} the ruler of the people, and let him go free. |
| 21 | He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: |
| 22 | To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. |
| 23 | Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. |
| 24 | And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. |
| 25 | He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. |
| 26 | He sent Moses his servant; {and} Aaron whom he had chosen. |
| 27 | They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. |
| 28 | He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. |
| 29 | He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. |
| 30 | Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. |
| 31 | He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, {and} lice in all their coasts. |
| 32 | He gave them hail for rain, {and} flaming fire in their land. |
| 33 | He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. |
| 34 | He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, |
| 35 | And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. |
| 36 | He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. |
| 37 | He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and {there was} not one feeble {person} among their tribes. |
| 38 | Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. |
| 39 | He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. |
| 40 | {The people} asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. |
| 41 | He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places {like} a river. |
| 42 | For he remembered his holy promise, {and} Abraham his servant. |
| 43 | And he brought forth his people with joy, {and} his chosen with gladness: |
| 44 | And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; |
| 45 | That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord. |
| Chapter 106 |
| 1 | Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for {he is} good: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 2 | Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? {who} can shew forth all his praise? |
| 3 | Blessed {are} they that keep judgment, {and} he that doeth righteousness at all times. |
| 4 | Remember me, O Lord, with the favour {that thou bearest unto} thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. |
| 9 | He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. |
| 10 | And he saved them from the hand of him that hated {them}, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. |
| 11 | And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. |
| 12 | Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. |
| 13 | They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: |
| 14 | But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. |
| 15 | And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. |
| 16 | They envied Moses also in the camp, {and} Aaron the saint of the Lord. |
| 17 | The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram. |
| 18 | And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. |
| 19 | They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. |
| 20 | Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. |
| 21 | They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; |
| 22 | Wondrous works in the land of Ham, {and} terrible things by the Red sea. |
| 23 | 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}. |
| 24 | Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: |
| 25 | But murmured in their tents, {and} hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. |
| 26 | Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: |
| 27 | To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. |
| 28 | They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. |
| 29 | Thus they provoked {him} to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. |
| 30 | Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and {so} the plague was stayed. |
| 31 | And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. |
| 32 | They angered {him} also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: |
| 33 | Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. |
| 34 | They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the Lord commanded them: |
| 35 | But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. |
| 36 | And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. |
| 37 | Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, |
| 38 | 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. |
| 39 | Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. |
| 40 | Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. |
| 41 | And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. |
| 42 | Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. |
| 43 | Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked {him} with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. |
| 44 | Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: |
| 45 | And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. |
| 46 | He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. |
| 47 | 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. |
| 48 | Blessed {be} the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord. |
| Chapter 107 |
| 1 | O give thanks unto the Lord, for {he is} good: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 2 | Let the redeemed of the Lord say {so}, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; |
| 3 | And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. |
| 4 | They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. |
| 5 | Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. |
| 6 | Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, {and} he delivered them out of their distresses. |
| 7 | And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. |
| 8 | Oh that {men} would praise the {Lord} for his goodness, and {for} his wonderful works to the children of men! |
| 9 | For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. |
| 10 | Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, {being} bound in affliction and iron; |
| 11 | Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: |
| 12 | Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and {there was} none to help. |
| 13 | Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, {and} he saved them out of their distresses. |
| 14 | He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. |
| 15 | Oh that {men} would praise the Lord {for} his goodness, and {for} his wonderful works to the children of men! |
| 16 | For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. |
| 17 | Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. |
| 18 | Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. |
| 19 | Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, {and} he saveth them out of their distresses. |
| 20 | He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered {them} from their destructions. |
| 21 | Oh that {men} would praise the Lord {for} his goodness, and {for} his wonderful works to the children of men! |
| 22 | And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. |
| 23 | They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; |
| 24 | These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. |
| 25 | For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. |
| 26 | They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. |
| 27 | They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end. |
| 28 | Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. |
| 29 | He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. |
| 30 | Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. |
| 31 | Oh that {men} would praise the Lord {for} his goodness, and {for} his wonderful works to the children of men! |
| 32 | Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. |
| 33 | He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; |
| 34 | A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. |
| 35 | He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. |
| 36 | And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; |
| 37 | And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. |
| 38 | He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. |
| 39 | Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. |
| 40 | He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, {where there is} no way. |
| 41 | Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh {him} families like a flock. |
| 42 | The righteous shall see {it}, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. |
| 43 | Whoso {is} wise, and will observe these {things}, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. |
| Chapter 108 |
| 1 | O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. |
| 2 | Awake, psaltery and harp: I {myself} will awake early. |
| 3 | I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. |
| 4 | For thy mercy {is} great above the heavens: and thy truth {reacheth} unto the clouds. |
| 5 | Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; |
| 6 | That thy beloved may be delivered: save {with} thy right hand, and answer me. |
| 7 | God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. |
| 8 | Gilead {is} mine; Manasseh {is} mine; Ephraim also {is} the strength of mine head; Judah {is} my lawgiver; |
| 9 | Moab {is} my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. |
| 10 | Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? |
| 11 | {Wilt} not {thou}, O God, {who} hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? |
| 12 | Give us help from trouble: for vain {is} the help of man. |
| 13 | Through God we shall do valiantly: for he {it is that} shall tread down our enemies. |
| Chapter 109 |
| 1 | Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. |
| 4 | For my love they are my adversaries: but I {give myself unto} prayer. |
| 5 | And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. |
| 6 | Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. |
| 7 | When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. |
| 8 | Let his days be few; {and} let another take his office. |
| 9 | Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. |
| 10 | Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek {their bread} also out of their desolate places. |
| 11 | Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. |
| 12 | Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. |
| 13 | Let his posterity be cut off; {and} in the generation following let their name be blotted out. |
| 14 | Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. |
| 15 | Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. |
| 16 | Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. |
| 17 | As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. |
| 18 | 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. |
| 19 | Let it be unto him as the garment {which} covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. |
| 20 | {Let} this {be} the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul. |
| 21 | But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy {is} good, deliver thou me. |
| 22 | For I {am} poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. |
| 23 | I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. |
| 24 | My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. |
| 25 | I became also a reproach unto them: {when} they looked upon me they shaked their heads. |
| 26 | Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy: |
| 27 | That they may know that this {is} thy hand; {that} thou, Lord, hast done it. |
| 28 | Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. |
| 29 | Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. |
| 30 | I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. |
| 31 | For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save {him} from those that condemn his soul. |
| Chapter 110 |
| 1 | The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. |
| 2 | The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. |
| 5 | The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. |
| 6 | He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill {the places} with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. |
| 7 | He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. |
| Chapter 111 |
| 1 | Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with {my} whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and {in} the congregation. |
| 2 | The works of the Lord {are} great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. |
| 3 | His work {is} honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever. |
| 4 | He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord {is} gracious and full of compassion. |
| 5 | He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. |
| 6 | He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. |
| 7 | The works of his hands {are} verity and judgment; all his commandments {are} sure. |
| 8 | They stand fast for ever and ever, {and are} done in truth and uprightness. |
| 9 | He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend {is} his name. |
| 10 | 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. |
| Chapter 112 |
| 1 | Praise ye the Lord. Blessed {is} the man {that} feareth the Lord, {that} delighteth greatly in his commandments. |
| 2 | His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. |
| 3 | Wealth and riches {shall be} in his house: and {his righteousness} endureth for ever. |
| 4 | Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: {he is} gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. |
| 5 | A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. |
| 6 | Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. |
| 7 | He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. |
| 8 | His heart {is} established, he shall not be afraid, until he see {his desire} upon his enemies. |
| 9 | He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. |
| 10 | The wicked shall see {it}, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. |
| Chapter 113 |
| 1 | Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. |
| 2 | Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. |
| 3 | From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name {is} to be praised. |
| 4 | The Lord {is} high above all nations, {and} his glory above the heavens. |
| 5 | Who {is} like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, |
| 6 | Who humbleth {himself} to behold {the things that are} in heaven, and in the earth! |
| 7 | He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and} lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; |
| 8 | That he may set {him} with princes, {even} with the princes of his people. |
| 9 | He maketh the barren woman to keep house, {and to be} a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord. |
| Chapter 114 |
| 1 | When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; |
| 2 | Judah was his sanctuary, {and} Israel his dominion. |
| 3 | The sea saw {it}, and fled: Jordan was driven back. |
| 4 | The mountains skipped like rams, {and} the little hills like lambs. |
| 5 | What {ailed} thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, {that} thou wast driven back? |
| 6 | Ye mountains, {that} ye skipped like rams; {and} ye little hills, like lambs? |
| 7 | Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; |
| 8 | Which turned the rock {into} a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. |
| Chapter 115 |
| 1 | Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, {and} for thy truth’s sake. |
| 2 | Wherefore should the heathen say, Where {is} now their God? |
| 3 | But our God {is} in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. |
| 4 | Their idols {are} silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. |
| 5 | They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: |
| 6 | They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: |
| 7 | They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. |
| 8 | They that make them are like unto them; {so is} every one that trusteth in them. |
| 9 | O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he {is} their help and their shield. |
| 10 | O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord: he {is} their help and their shield. |
| 11 | Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he {is} their help and their shield. |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | He will bless them that fear the Lord, {both} small and great. |
| 14 | The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children. |
| 15 | Ye {are} blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth. |
| 16 | The heaven, {even} the heavens, {are} the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. |
| 17 | The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence. |
| 18 | But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord. |
| Chapter 116 |
| 1 | I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice {and} my supplications. |
| 2 | Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon {him} as long as I live. |
| 3 | The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. |
| 4 | Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. |
| 5 | Gracious {is} the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God {is} merciful. |
| 6 | The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. |
| 7 | Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. |
| 8 | For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, {and} my feet from falling. |
| 9 | I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. |
| 10 | I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: |
| 11 | I said in my haste, All men {are} liars. |
| 12 | What shall I render unto the Lord {for} all his benefits toward me? |
| 13 | I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. |
| 14 | I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. |
| 15 | Precious in the sight of the Lord {is} the death of his saints. |
| 16 | O Lord, truly I {am} thy servant; I {am} thy servant, {and} the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. |
| 17 | I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. |
| 18 | I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. |
| 19 | In the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. |
| Chapter 117 |
| 1 | O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. |
| 2 | For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord {endureth} for ever. Praise ye the Lord. |
| Chapter 118 |
| 1 | O give thanks unto the Lord; for {he is} good: because his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 2 | Let Israel now say, that his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 3 | Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 4 | Let them now that fear the Lord say, that his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 5 | I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, {and set me} in a large place. |
| 6 | The Lord {is} on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? |
| 7 | The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see {my desire} upon them that hate me. |
| 8 | {It is} better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. |
| 9 | {It is} better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. |
| 10 | All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them. |
| 11 | They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. |
| 14 | The Lord {is} my strength and song, and is become my salvation. |
| 15 | The voice of rejoicing and salvation {is} in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. |
| 16 | The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. |
| 17 | I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. |
| 18 | The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. |
| 19 | Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, {and} I will praise the Lord: |
| 20 | This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. |
| 21 | I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. |
| 22 | The stone {which} the builders refused is become the head {stone} of the corner. |
| 23 | This is the Lord’s doing; it {is} marvellous in our eyes. |
| 24 | This {is} the day {which} the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. |
| 25 | Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. |
| 26 | Blessed {be} he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. |
| 27 | God {is} the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, {even} unto the horns of the altar. |
| 28 | Thou {art} my God, and I will praise thee: {thou art} my God, I will exalt thee. |
| 29 | O give thanks unto the Lord; for {he is} good: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| Chapter 119 |
| 1 | Blessed {are} the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. |
| 2 | Blessed {are} they that keep his testimonies, {and that} seek him with the whole heart. |
| 3 | They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. |
| 4 | Thou hast commanded {us} to keep thy precepts diligently. |
| 5 | O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! |
| 6 | Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. |
| 7 | I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. |
| 8 | I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. |
| 9 | Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed {thereto} according to thy word. |
| 10 | With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. |
| 11 | Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. |
| 12 | Blessed {art} thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. |
| 13 | With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. |
| 14 | I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as {much as} in all riches. |
| 15 | I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. |
| 16 | I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. |
| 17 | Deal bountifully with thy servant, {that} I may live, and keep thy word. |
| 18 | Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. |
| 19 | I {am} a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. |
| 20 | My soul breaketh for the longing {that it hath} unto thy judgments at all times. |
| 21 | Thou hast rebuked the proud {that are} cursed, which do err from thy commandments. |
| 22 | Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. |
| 23 | Princes also did sit {and} speak against me: {but} thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. |
| 24 | Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellers. |
| 25 | My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. |
| 26 | I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. |
| 27 | Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. |
| 28 | My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. |
| 29 | Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. |
| 30 | I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid {before me}. |
| 31 | I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame. |
| 32 | I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. |
| 33 | Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it {unto} the end. |
| 34 | Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with {my} whole heart. |
| 35 | Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. |
| 36 | Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. |
| 37 | Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; {and} quicken thou me in thy way. |
| 38 | Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who {is devoted} to thy fear. |
| 39 | Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments {are} good. |
| 40 | Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. |
| 41 | Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, {even} thy salvation, according to thy word. |
| 42 | So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. |
| 43 | And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. |
| 44 | So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. |
| 45 | And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. |
| 46 | I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. |
| 47 | And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. |
| 48 | My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. |
| 49 | Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. |
| 50 | This {is} my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. |
| 51 | The proud have had me greatly in derision: {yet} have I not declined from thy law. |
| 52 | I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself. |
| 53 | Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. |
| 54 | Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. |
| 55 | I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law. |
| 56 | This I had, because I kept thy precepts. |
| 57 | {Thou art} my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words. |
| 58 | I intreated thy favour with {my} whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. |
| 59 | I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. |
| 60 | I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. |
| 61 | The bands of the wicked have robbed me: {but} I have not forgotten thy law. |
| 62 | At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. |
| 63 | I {am} a companion of all {them} that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. |
| 64 | The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. |
| 65 | Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word. |
| 66 | Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. |
| 67 | Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. |
| 68 | Thou {art} good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. |
| 69 | The proud have forged a lie against me: {but} I will keep thy precepts with {my} whole heart. |
| 70 | Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} I delight in thy law. |
| 71 | {It is} good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. |
| 72 | The law of thy mouth {is} better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. |
| 73 | Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. |
| 74 | They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. |
| 75 | I know, O Lord, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. |
| 76 | Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. |
| 77 | Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law {is} my delight. |
| 78 | Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: {but} I will meditate in thy precepts. |
| 79 | Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. |
| 80 | Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. |
| 81 | My soul fainteth for thy salvation: {but} I hope in thy word. |
| 82 | Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? |
| 83 | For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; {yet} do I not forget thy statutes. |
| 84 | How many {are} the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? |
| 85 | The proud have digged pits for me, which {are} not after thy law. |
| 86 | All thy commandments {are} faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. |
| 87 | They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. |
| 88 | Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. |
| 89 | For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. |
| 90 | Thy faithfulness {is} unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. |
| 91 | They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all {are} thy servants. |
| 92 | Unless thy law {had been} my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. |
| 93 | I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. |
| 94 | I {am} thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts. |
| 95 | The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: {but} I will consider thy testimonies. |
| 96 | I have seen an end of all perfection: {but} thy commandment {is} exceeding broad. |
| 97 | O how love I thy law! it {is} my meditation all the day. |
| 98 | Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they {are} ever with me. |
| 99 | I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies {are} my meditation. |
| 100 | I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. |
| 101 | I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. |
| 102 | I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. |
| 103 | How sweet are thy words unto my taste! {yea, sweeter} than honey to my mouth! |
| 104 | Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. |
| 105 | Thy word {is} a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. |
| 106 | I have sworn, and I will perform {it}, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. |
| 107 | I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word. |
| 108 | Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments. |
| 109 | My soul {is} continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. |
| 110 | The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. |
| 111 | Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they {are} the rejoicing of my heart. |
| 112 | I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, {even unto} the end. |
| 113 | I hate {vain} thoughts: but thy law do I love. |
| 114 | Thou {art} my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. |
| 115 | Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. |
| 116 | Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. |
| 117 | Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. |
| 118 | Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit {is} falsehood. |
| 119 | Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth {like} dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. |
| 120 | My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. |
| 121 | I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. |
| 122 | Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. |
| 123 | Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. |
| 124 | Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. |
| 125 | I {am} thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. |
| 126 | {It is} time for {thee}, Lord, to work: {for} they have made void thy law. |
| 127 | Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. |
| 128 | Therefore I esteem all {thy} precepts {concerning} all {things to be} right; {and} I hate every false way. |
| 129 | Thy testimonies {are} wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. |
| 130 | The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. |
| 131 | I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. |
| 132 | Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. |
| 133 | Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. |
| 134 | Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. |
| 135 | Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. |
| 136 | Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. |
| 137 | Righteous {art} thou, O Lord, and upright {are} thy judgments. |
| 138 | Thy testimonies {that} thou hast commanded {are} righteous and very faithful. |
| 139 | My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. |
| 140 | Thy word {is} very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. |
| 141 | I {am} small and despised: {yet} do not I forget thy precepts. |
| 142 | Thy righteousness {is} an everlasting righteousness, and thy law {is} the truth. |
| 143 | Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: {yet} thy commandments {are} my delights. |
| 144 | The righteousness of thy testimonies {is} everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. |
| 145 | I cried with {my} whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes. |
| 146 | I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. |
| 147 | I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. |
| 148 | Mine eyes prevent the {night} watches, that I might meditate in thy word. |
| 149 | Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment. |
| 150 | They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. |
| 151 | Thou {art} near, O Lord; and all thy commandments {are} truth. |
| 152 | Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. |
| 153 | Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. |
| 154 | Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. |
| 155 | Salvation {is} far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. |
| 156 | Great {are} thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments. |
| 157 | Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies. |
| 158 | I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. |
| 159 | Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness. |
| 160 | Thy word {is} true {from} the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments {endureth} for ever. |
| 161 | Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. |
| 162 | I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. |
| 163 | I hate and abhor lying: {but} thy law do I love. |
| 164 | Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. |
| 165 | Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. |
| 166 | Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. |
| 167 | My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. |
| 168 | I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways {are} before thee. |
| 169 | Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word. |
| 170 | Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. |
| 171 | My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. |
| 172 | My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments {are} righteousness. |
| 173 | Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. |
| 174 | I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law {is} my delight. |
| 175 | Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. |
| 176 | I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. |
| Chapter 120 |
| 1 | In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. |
| 2 | Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, {and} from a deceitful tongue. |
| 3 | What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? |
| 4 | Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. |
| 5 | Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, {that} I dwell in the tents of Kedar! |
| 6 | My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. |
| 7 | I {am for} peace: but when I speak, they {are} for war. |
| Chapter 121 |
| 1 | I Will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. |
| 2 | My help {cometh} from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. |
| 3 | He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. |
| 4 | Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. |
| 5 | The Lord {is} thy keeper: the Lord {is} thy shade upon thy right hand. |
| 6 | The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. |
| 7 | The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. |
| 8 | The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. |
| Chapter 122 |
| 1 | I Was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. |
| 2 | Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. |
| 3 | Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: |
| 4 | Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. |
| 5 | For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. |
| 6 | Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. |
| 7 | Peace be within thy walls, {and} prosperity within thy palaces. |
| 8 | For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace {be} within thee. |
| 9 | Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good. |
| Chapter 123 |
| 1 | Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. |
| 4 | Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, {and} with the contempt of the proud. |
| Chapter 124 |
| 1 | If {it had} not {been} the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; |
| 2 | If {it had} not {been} the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: |
| 3 | Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: |
| 4 | Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: |
| 5 | Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. |
| 6 | Blessed {be} the Lord, who hath not given us {as} a prey to their teeth. |
| 7 | Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. |
| 8 | Our help {is} in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. |
| Chapter 125 |
| 1 | They that trust in the Lord {shall be} as mount Zion, {which} cannot be removed, {but} abideth for ever. |
| 2 | {As} the mountains {are} round about Jerusalem, so the Lord {is} round about his people from henceforth even for ever. |
| 3 | For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. |
| 4 | Do good, O Lord, unto {those that be} good, and to {them that are} upright in their hearts. |
| 5 | 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. |
| Chapter 126 |
| 1 | When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | The Lord hath done great things for us; {whereof} we are glad. |
| 4 | Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south. |
| 5 | They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. |
| 6 | He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves {with him}. |
| Chapter 127 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | {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. |
| 3 | Lo, children {are} an heritage of the Lord: {and} the fruit of the womb {is his} reward. |
| 4 | As arrows {are} in the hand of a mighty man; so {are} children of the youth. |
| 5 | 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. |
| Chapter 128 |
| 1 | Blessed {is} every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. |
| 2 | For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy {shalt} thou {be}, and {it shall be} well with thee. |
| 3 | Thy wife {shall be} as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. |
| 4 | Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. |
| 5 | The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. |
| 6 | Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, {and} peace upon Israel. |
| Chapter 129 |
| 1 | Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: |
| 2 | Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3 | The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. |
| 4 | The Lord {is} righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. |
| 5 | Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. |
| 6 | Let them be as the grass {upon} the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: |
| 7 | Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. |
| 8 | Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord {be} upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord. |
| Chapter 130 |
| 1 | Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. |
| 2 | Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. |
| 3 | If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? |
| 4 | But {there is} forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. |
| 5 | I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. |
| 6 | My soul {waiteth} for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: {I say, more than} they that watch for the morning. |
| 7 | Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord {there is} mercy, and with him {is} plenteous redemption. |
| 8 | And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. |
| Chapter 131 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul {is} even as a weaned child. |
| 3 | Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for ever. |
| Chapter 132 |
| 1 | Lord, remember David, {and} all his afflictions: |
| 2 | How he sware unto the Lord, {and} vowed unto the mighty {God} of Jacob; |
| 3 | Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; |
| 4 | I will not give sleep to mine eyes, {or} slumber to mine eyelids, |
| 5 | Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty {God} of Jacob. |
| 6 | Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. |
| 7 | We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. |
| 8 | Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. |
| 9 | Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. |
| 10 | For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired {it} for his habitation. |
| 14 | This {is} my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. |
| 15 | I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. |
| 16 | I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. |
| 17 | There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. |
| 18 | His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. |
| Chapter 133 |
| 1 | Behold, how good and how pleasant {it is} for brethren to dwell together in unity! |
| 2 | {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; |
| 3 | 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. |
| Chapter 134 |
| 1 | Behold, bless ye the Lord, all {ye} servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord. |
| 2 | Lift up your hands {in} the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. |
| 3 | The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. |
| Chapter 135 |
| 1 | Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise {him}, O ye servants of the Lord. |
| 2 | Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. |
| 3 | Praise the Lord; for the Lord {is} good: sing praises unto his name; for {it is} pleasant. |
| 4 | For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, {and} Israel for his peculiar treasure. |
| 5 | For I know that the Lord {is} great, and {that} our Lord {is} above all gods. |
| 6 | Whatsoever the Lord pleased, {that} did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. |
| 9 | {Who} sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. |
| 10 | Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; |
| 11 | Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: |
| 12 | And gave their land {for} an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people. |
| 13 | Thy name, O Lord, {endureth} for ever; {and} thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generations. |
| 14 | For the Lord will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. |
| 15 | The idols of the heathen {are} silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. |
| 16 | They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; |
| 17 | They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there {any} breath in their mouths. |
| 18 | They that make them are like unto them: {so is} every one that trusteth in them. |
| 19 | Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron: |
| 20 | Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. |
| 21 | Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. |
| Chapter 136 |
| 1 | O give thanks unto the Lord; for {he is} good: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 2 | O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 3 | O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 4 | To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 5 | To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 6 | To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 7 | To him that made great lights: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 8 | The sun to rule by day: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 9 | The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 10 | To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 11 | And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 12 | With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 13 | To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 14 | And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 15 | But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 16 | To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 17 | To him which smote great kings: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 18 | And slew famous kings: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 19 | Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 20 | And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 21 | And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 22 | {Even} an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 23 | Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy {endureth} for ever: |
| 24 | And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 25 | Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| 26 | O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy {endureth} for ever. |
| Chapter 137 |
| 1 | By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. |
| 2 | We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? |
| 5 | If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget {her cunning}. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase {it}, rase {it, even} to the foundation thereof. |
| 8 | O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy {shall he be}, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. |
| 9 | Happy {shall he be}, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. |
| Chapter 138 |
| 1 | I Will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, {and} strengthenedst me {with} strength in my soul. |
| 4 | All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth. |
| 5 | Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord: for great {is} the glory of the Lord. |
| 6 | Though the Lord {be} high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | The Lord will perfect {that which} concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, {endureth} for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. |
| Chapter 139 |
| 1 | O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known {me}. |
| 2 | Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. |
| 3 | Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted {with} all my ways. |
| 4 | For {there is} not a word in my tongue, {but}, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. |
| 5 | Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. |
| 6 | {Such} knowledge {is} too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot {attain} unto it. |
| 7 | Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
| 8 | If I ascend up into heaven, thou {art} there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou {art there}. |
| 9 | {If} I take the wings of the morning, {and} dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; |
| 10 | Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
| 11 | If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. |
| 12 | Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light {are} both alike {to thee}. |
| 13 | For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. |
| 14 | I will praise thee; for I am fearfully {and} wonderfully made: marvellous {are} thy works; and {that} my soul knoweth right well. |
| 15 | My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, {and} curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 | How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! |
| 18 | {If} I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. |
| 19 | Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. |
| 20 | For they speak against thee wickedly, {and} thine enemies take {thy name} in vain. |
| 21 | Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? |
| 22 | I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. |
| 23 | Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: |
| 24 | And see if {there be any} wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
| Chapter 140 |
| 1 | Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; |
| 2 | Which imagine mischiefs in {their} heart; continually are they gathered together {for} war. |
| 3 | They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison {is} under their lips. Selah. |
| 4 | Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | I said unto the Lord, Thou {art} my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord. |
| 7 | O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. |
| 8 | Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; {lest} they exalt themselves. Selah. |
| 9 | {As for} the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. |
| 10 | Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. |
| 11 | Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow {him}. |
| 12 | I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, {and} the right of the poor. |
| 13 | Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. |
| Chapter 141 |
| 1 | Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. |
| 2 | Let my prayer be set forth before thee {as} incense; {and} the lifting up of my hands {as} the evening sacrifice. |
| 3 | Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. |
| 7 | Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth {wood} upon the earth. |
| 8 | But mine eyes {are} unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. |
| 9 | Keep me from the snares {which} they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. |
| 10 | Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. |
| Chapter 142 |
| 1 | I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication. |
| 2 | I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou {art} my refuge {and} my portion in the land of the living. |
| 6 | Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. |
| 7 | 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. |
| Chapter 143 |
| 1 | Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, {and} in thy righteousness. |
| 2 | And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. |
| 3 | For the enemy 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. |
| 4 | Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. |
| 5 | I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. |
| 6 | I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul {thirsteth} after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. |
| 10 | Teach me to do thy will; for thou {art} my God: thy spirit {is} good; lead me into the land of uprightness. |
| 11 | Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble. |
| 12 | And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I {am} thy servant. |
| Chapter 144 |
| 1 | Blessed {be} the Lord my strength which teacheth my hands to war, {and} my fingers to fight: |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | Lord, what {is} man, that thou takest knowledge of him! {or} the son of man, that thou makest account of him! |
| 4 | Man is like to vanity: his days {are} as a shadow that passeth away. |
| 5 | Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. |
| 6 | Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. |
| 7 | Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; |
| 8 | Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand {is} a right hand of falsehood. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | {It is he} that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. |
| 11 | 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: |
| 12 | 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: |
| 13 | {That} our garners {may be} full, affording all manner of store: {that} our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: |
| 14 | {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. |
| 15 | Happy {is that} people, that is in such a case: {yea}, happy {is that} people, whose God {is} the Lord. |
| Chapter 145 |
| 1 | I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. |
| 2 | Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. |
| 3 | Great {is} the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness {is} unsearchable. |
| 4 | One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. |
| 5 | I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. |
| 6 | And {men} shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. |
| 7 | They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. |
| 8 | The Lord {is} gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. |
| 9 | The Lord {is} good to all: and his tender mercies {are} over all his works. |
| 10 | All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee. |
| 11 | They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; |
| 12 | To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. |
| 13 | Thy kingdom {is} an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion {endureth} throughout all generations. |
| 14 | The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all {those that be} bowed down. |
| 15 | The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. |
| 16 | Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. |
| 17 | The Lord {is} righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. |
| 18 | The Lord {is} nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. |
| 19 | He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. |
| 20 | The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. |
| 21 | My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. |
| Chapter 146 |
| 1 | Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. |
| 2 | While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. |
| 3 | Put not your trust in princes, {nor} in the son of man, in whom {there is} no help. |
| 4 | His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. |
| 5 | Happy {is he} that {hath} the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope {is} in the Lord his God: |
| 6 | Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein {is}: which keepeth truth for ever: |
| 7 | Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners: |
| 8 | The Lord openeth {the eyes of} the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous: |
| 9 | The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. |
| 10 | The Lord shall reign for ever, {even} thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord. |
| Chapter 147 |
| 1 | Praise ye the Lord: for {it is} good to sing praises unto our God; for {it is} pleasant; {and} praise is comely. |
| 2 | The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. |
| 3 | He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. |
| 4 | He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by {their} names. |
| 5 | Great {is} our Lord, and of great power: his understanding {is} infinite. |
| 6 | The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. |
| 7 | Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: |
| 8 | Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. |
| 9 | He giveth to the beast his food, {and} to the young ravens which cry. |
| 10 | He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. |
| 11 | The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. |
| 12 | Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. |
| 13 | For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. |
| 14 | He maketh peace {in} thy borders, {and} filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. |
| 15 | He sendeth forth his commandment upon {earth}: his word runneth very swiftly. |
| 16 | He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. |
| 17 | He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? |
| 18 | He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, {and} the waters flow. |
| 19 | He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. |
| 20 | He hath not dealt so with any nation: and {as for his} judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. |
| Chapter 148 |
| 1 | Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. |
| 2 | Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. |
| 3 | Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. |
| 4 | Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that {be} above the heavens. |
| 5 | Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. |
| 6 | He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. |
| 7 | Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: |
| 8 | Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word: |
| 9 | Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: |
| 10 | Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: |
| 11 | Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: |
| 12 | Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: |
| 13 | Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory {is} above the earth and heaven. |
| 14 | 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. |
| Chapter 149 |
| 1 | Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, {and} his praise in the congregation of saints. |
| 2 | Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. |
| 3 | Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. |
| 4 | For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. |
| 5 | Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. |
| 6 | {Let} the high {praises} of God {be} in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; |
| 7 | To execute vengeance upon the heathen, {and} punishments upon the people; |
| 8 | To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; |
| 9 | To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord. |
| Chapter 150 |
| 1 | Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. |
| 2 | Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. |
| 3 | Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. |
| 4 | Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. |
| 5 | Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. |
| 6 | Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. |