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1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, 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 streams of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also doth not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

5 Therefore the wicked 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 wicked shall perish.

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

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:

7 I will tell of the decree: the LORD said unto me, Thou art my son; this day have I begotten thee.

8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations 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.

12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

3 LORD, how are mine adversaries increased! many are they that rise up against me.

3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

4 I cry unto the LORD with my voice, and he answereth me out of his holy hill. Selah

6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the 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 wicked.

4 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast set me at large when I was in distress: have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

2 O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonour? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? 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

6 Many there be 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 they have when their corn and their wine are increased.

8 In peace will I both lay me down and sleep: for thou, LORD, alone makest me dwell in safety.

2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee do I pray.

3 O LORD, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: evil shall not sojourn with thee.

5 The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: the LORD abhorreth the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

7 But as for me, in the multitude of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: 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 plain 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 Hold them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: thrust 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 wilt bless the righteous; O LORD, thou wilt compass him with favour as with a shield.

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

6 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 withered away: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

6 I am weary with my groaning; every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

7 Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

10 All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore vexed: they shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly.

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD; concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite.

7 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me:

2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary:)

5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries: and awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about: and over them return thou on high.

8 The LORD ministereth judgment to the peoples: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

12 If a man 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 maketh his arrows fiery shafts.

14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

15 He hath 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 violence shall come down upon his own pate.

17 I will give thanks unto the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

8 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory upon the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, because of thine adversaries, 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 but little lower than God, and crownest 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:

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works.

2 I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging righteously.

5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

6 The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; and the cities which thou hast overthrown, their very memorial is perished.

7 But the LORD sitteth as king for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

9 The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower 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 For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; behold my affliction 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 nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

16 The LORD hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higaion. Selah

18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the nations be judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O LORD: let the nations know themselves to be but men. Selah

10 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth the LORD.

4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

5 His ways are firm at all times; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved: to all generations I shall not be in adversity.

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the covert places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the helpless.

9 He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it?

14 Thon hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to take it into thy hand: the helpless committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the nations are perished out of his land.

17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man which is of the earth may be terrible no more.

11 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 the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD, his 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 burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

7 For the LORD is righteous; he loveth righteousness: the upright shall behold his face.

12 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 lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh great things:

4 Who have said, with our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

5 For the spoiling of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety at whom they puff.

6 The words of the LORD are pure words; as silver tried in a furnace on the 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 vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

13 How long, O LORD, wilt thou forget me 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 all the day? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

3 Consider and answer 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; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

14 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, that did seek after God.

3 They are all gone aside; they are 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.

7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

15 LORD, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart.

3 He that slandereth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his friend, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

4 In whose eyes a reprobate is despised; 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.

3 As for the saints that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that exchange the LORD for another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon 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: yea, my reins 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 dwell in safety.

10 For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; 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; in thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

17 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 look upon equity.

3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

4 As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

7 Shew thy marvelous lovingkindness, O thou that savest them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them, by thy right hand.

11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

13 Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;

14 From men, by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: they are satisfied with children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said,

2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strong rock, in him will I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, 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 cords of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

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 before him came into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled, me foundations also of the mountains 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 thick darkness was under his feet.

10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly, yea, he flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind.

11 He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice; hailstones and coals of fire.

14 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

15 Then the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

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 put not away his statutes from me.

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 the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;

26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried; he is a shield unto all them that trust in him.

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.

37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them: neither will I turn again till they are consumed.

38 I will smite them through that they shall not be able to rise: they shall fall 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 made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, that I might cut off them that hate me.

41 They cried, but there was none to save: 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 mire of the streets.

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: 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 shall come trembling out of their close places.

46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of my salvation:

47 Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, and subdueth peoples under me.

48 He rescueth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me: thou deliverest me from the violent man.

49 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the nations, and will sing praises unto thy name.

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth lovingkindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.

19 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

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 his course.

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, restoring the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

8 The precepts 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: in keeping of them there is great reward.

13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be perfect, and I shall be clear from great transgression.

14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.

20 The LORD answer thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;

5 We will triumph in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfill all thy petitions.

6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he wilt answer 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 make mention of the name of the LORD our God.

21 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 fine gold on his head.

4 He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him; even length of days for ever and ever.

5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty dost thou lay upon him.

6 For thou makest him most blessed for ever: thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence.

7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the lovingkindness 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 furnace 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 device, which they are not able to perform.

12 For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, O LORD, in thy strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

22 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 day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not ashamed.

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

8 Commit thyself unto the LORD; let him deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighteth in him.

9 But thou art he that took me out the womb: thou didst make me trust 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.

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 evil-doers have enclosed me; they pierced my hands and my feet.

21 Save me from the lion’s mouth; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

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 stand in awe of 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 Of thee cometh my praise 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 after him: let your heart live for ever.

27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.

31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: he guideth 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 hast anointed 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.

24 The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? and 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, and hath not sworn deceitfully.

5 He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that seek after him, that seek thy face, O God of 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 the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; yea, 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

2 O my God, in thee have I trusted, let me not be ashamed; let not mine enemies triumph over me.

3 Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.

5 Guide 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 lovingkindness remember thou me, for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.

8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he instruct sinners in the way.

10 All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.

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.

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.

26 Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD without wavering.

7 That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 LORD, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

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.

27 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 evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, even then will I be confident.

4 One thing have I asked 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 day of trouble he shall keep me secretly in his pavilion: in the covert of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall lift me up upon a rock.

6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will 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 from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

10 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but 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 adversaries: 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 strong, and let thine heart take courage; yea, wait thou on the LORD.

28 Unto thee, O LORD, will I call; my rock, be not thou deaf unto me: lest, if thou be silent unto 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 with their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: give them after the operation 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 break them down and not build them up.

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will praise him.

8 The LORD is their strength, and he is a strong hold of salvation to his anointed.

9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and bear them up for ever.

29 Give unto the LORD, O ye sons of the 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, even the LORD 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 in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.

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 strippeth the forests bare: and in his temple every thing saith, Glory.

11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

30 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast raised me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

4 Sing praise unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks to his holy name.

5 For his anger is but for a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may tarry for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.

7 Thou, LORD, of thy favour hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

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?

11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed 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.

31 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

2 Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily: be thou to me a strong rock, 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 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; for thou art my strong hold.

5 Into thine hand I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of truth.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast seen my affliction; thou hast known my soul in adversities:

8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; thou hast set my feet in a large place.

9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress: mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.

10 For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

11 Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

13 For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

17 Let me not he ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.

18 Let the lying lips be dumb; which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that put their trust in thee, before the sons of men!

20 In the covert of thy presence shalt thou hide them from the plottings 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 marvelous lovingkindness in a strong city.

22 As for me, 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: the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

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 was changed as with 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 let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

7 Thou art my hiding place; thou wilt preserve me from trouble; thou wilt 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 counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, else they will not 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.

2 Give thanks unto the LORD with harp: sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.

4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his work is done in faithfulness.

5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the lovingkindness 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 deeps in storehouses.

8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: he maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

11 The counsel of the LORD standeth fast for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

14 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

15 He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their works.

16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great power.

18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

A Psalm of David; when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

34 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 meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.

5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces shall never be confounded.

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.

10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

15 The eyes of the LORD are toward 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 cried, and the LORD heard, and delivered 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.

21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be condemned.

35 Strive thou, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight thou against them that fight against me.

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4 Let them be ashamed and brought to dishonour that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the angel of the LORD driving them on.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: with destruction let him fall therein.

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?

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

15 But when I halted they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

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 words against them that are quiet in the land.

21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

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 heart, Aha, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

26 Let them be ashamed and confounded 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, The LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

28 And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, and of thy praise all the day long.

36 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity shall not be found out and be hated.

3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise and to do good.

4 He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

5 Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.

6 Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

7 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! and the children of men take refuge 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.

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 drive me away.

12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.

37 Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

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; dwell in the land, and follow after faithfulness.

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 Add he shall make thy righteousness to go forth 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, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

9 For evil-doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the land.

10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

11 But the meek shall inherit the land; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow; to cast down the poor and needy, to slay such as be upright in the way:

15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

16 Better is a little that the righteous hath than the abundance 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 perfect: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

19 They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil: 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 excellency of the pastures: they shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.

21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the land; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

23 A man’s goings are established of 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 their bread.

26 All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

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.

30 The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment.

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 tree in its native soil.

36 But one passed by, 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 latter end of that man is peace.

38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together: the latter end of the wicked shall be cut off.

39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strong hold in the time of trouble.

40 And the LORD helpeth them, and rescueth them: he rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, because they have taken refuge in him.

38 O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; neither is there any health 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.

7 For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am faint and sore bruised: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

10 My heart throbbeth, 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 plague; 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, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

19 But mine enemies are lively, and are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 They also that render evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

39 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 kindled: then spake I with my tongue:

4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how frail I am.

5 Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; and mine age is as nothing before thee: surely every man at his best estate 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.

8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

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, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

40 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 he 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 the 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 the wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be set in order unto thee; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

9 I have published righteousness in the great congregation; lo, I will not refrain 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 overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head, and my heart hath failed me.

14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it: let them be turned backward and brought to dishonour that delight in my hurt.

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.

41 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth; and deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

3 The LORD will support him upon the couch of languishing: thou makest all his bed in his sickness.

4 I said, O LORD, have mercy upon me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

5 Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, 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, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

11 By this I know that thou delightest in 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, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

42 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 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

5 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 for the health of his countenance.

6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore do I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and the Hermons, 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 day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, even a 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 adversaries reproach me; while they continually say 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.

43 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 hast 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: and 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 thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

44 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the days of old.

2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in; thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.

3 For they gat 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.

5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

7 But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

8 In God have we made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah

9 But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonour; and goest not forth with our hosts.

10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the nations.

12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and hast not increased 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 nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 All the day long is my dishonour 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 the 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 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.

45 My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter: I speak 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.

4 And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

5 Thine arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under thee; they are in the heart of the king’s enemies.

6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated 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 ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

9 Kings’ daughters are among thy honourable women: at thy right hand doth 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 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 entreat thy favour.

13 The king’s daughter within the palace is all glorious: her clothing is inwrought with gold.

14 She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: they shall enter into the king’s palace.

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.

17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.

2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, and though the mountains be moved in the heart of the seas;

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 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 nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

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 chariots in the fire.

10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

47 O clap your hands, all ye peoples; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

9 The princes of the peoples are gathered together to be the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God; he is greatly exalted.

48 Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

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

10 As is 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 be glad, let the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of thy judgments.

13 Mark ye welt 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.

3 My mouth shall speak 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 iniquity at my heels compasseth 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 costly, and must be let alone for ever:)

10 For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together 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.

13 This their way is their folly: yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah

14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd: and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.

15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: 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 praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,

19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.

20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

50 God, even God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

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 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 unto thee: I am God, even thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt offerings are continually before me.

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.

14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of 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; and that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth?

18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

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 the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

For the Chief Musician. A psalm of David: when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

51 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness; according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight: that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

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.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation: and uphold me with a 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.

16 For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

19 Then shalt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David: when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.

52 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the mercy of God endureth continually.

2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah

5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah

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 as for me, 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 give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints.

53 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 after God.

3 Every one of them is gone back; they are together 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, and call not 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 rejected them.

6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David: when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?

3 For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah

5 He shall requite the evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth.

6 With a freewill offering will I sacrifice unto thee: I will give thanks unto thy name, O LORD, for it is good.

7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath seen my desire upon mine enemies.

3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.

4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.

9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they go about upon the walls thereof: iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: oppression 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:

14 We took sweet counsel together, we walked in the house of God with the throng.

15 Let death come suddenly upon them, let them go down alive into the pit: for wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan: and he shall hear my voice.

18 He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for they were many that strove with me.

20 He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: he hath profaned his covenant.

21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war: 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: bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.

56 Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long: for they be many that fight proudly against me.

4 In God I will praise his word: in God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; what can flesh do unto me?

5 All the day long they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book?

9 Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: this I know, that God is for me.

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: hast thou not delivered my feet from falling? that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

57 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

3 He shall send from heaven, and save me, when he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah

4 My soul is among lions; I lie 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; thy soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah

7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.

9 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples: I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

58 Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out 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;

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 water that runneth apace: when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

8 Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

59 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: set me on high from them that rise up against me.

2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from the bloodthirsty men.

3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty gather themselves together against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake thou to help me, and behold.

5 Even thou, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise 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.

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 be no more: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah

14 And at evening let them return, let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

15 They shall wander up and down for meat and tarry all night if they be not satisfied.

16 But I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my high tower, and a refuge in the day of my distress.

17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: for God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth: Michtam of David, to teach: when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.

60 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; thou hast been angry; O restore us again.

2 Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent 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 staggering.

4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah

6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will exult: I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of mine head; Judah is my sceptre.

8 Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou because of me.

10 Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? and thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our adversaries.

2 From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge 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: his years shall be as many generations.

7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

2 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.

3 How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may slay him, all of you, like a bowing wall, like a tottering fence?

4 They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah

6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my high tower; I shall not be moved.

7 With 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: in the balances they will go up; they are together lighter than vanity.

10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

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.

63 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 weary land, where no water is.

2 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, to see thy power and thy glory.

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.

9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

10 They shall be given over to the power of 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; for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

64 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity:

3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:

4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

6 They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search: and the inward thought of every one, and the heart, is deep.

8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: all that see them shall wag the head.

9 And all men shall fear; and they shall declare the work of God, and 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.

65 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

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, the holy place of thy temple.

5 By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation; thou that 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 about with might:

7 Which stilleth the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.

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; the river of God is full of water: thou providest them corn, when thou hast so prepared the earth.

10 Thou waterest her furrows abundantly; thou settlest the ridges thereof: thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof.

12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the hills are girded with joy.

13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

3 Say unto God, How terrible are 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 river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

7 He ruleth by his might for ever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou layedst a sore burden 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.

14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.

15 I will offer unto thee burnt offerings 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.

20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

67 God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah

4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah

68 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 exult before God: yea, let them rejoice with gladness.

4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; his name is JAH; and exult ye 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 the prisoners into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah

8 The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

10 Thy congregation dwelt therein: thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.

11 The Lord giveth the word: the women that publish the tidings are a great host.

12 Kings of armies flee, they flee: and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

13 Will ye lie among the sheepfolds, as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold?

14 When the Almighty scattered kings therein, it was as when it snoweth in Zalmon.

15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; an high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.

16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led thy captivity captive; thou hast received gifts among men, yea, among the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell with them.

19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, even the God who is our salvation. Selah

20 God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto JEHOVAH the Lord belong the issues from death.

21 But God shall smite through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the sea:

23 That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

24 They have seen thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.

27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, trampling under foot the pieces of silver; he hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.

31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to 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 are of old; lo, he uttereth his voice, and that a mighty voice.

34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the skies.

35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

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 with 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 cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

6 Let not them that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts: let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, O God of Israel.

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 reproach thee are fallen upon me.

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, answer 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 overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

16 Answer me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.

19 Thou knowest 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 before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, 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 the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they tell of the sorrow 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 life, and not be written with the righteous.

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

31 And it shall please the LORD better than an ox, or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

32 The meek have seen it, and are glad: ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide 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.

2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward and brought to dishonour that delight in my hurt.

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.

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.

3 Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

4 Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

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.

9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

10 For mine enemies speak concerning me; and they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.

13 Let them be ashamed and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, and of thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

16 I will come with the mighty acts 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 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, thy might to every one that is to come.

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

20 Thou, which hast shewed us many and sore troubles, shalt quicken us again, and shalt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises 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 ashamed, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.

72 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.

3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, in 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 while the sun endureth, and so long as the moon, 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, till the moon be no more.

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.

12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; and the poor, that hath no helper.

13 He shall have pity on the poor and needy, and the souls of the needy he shall save.

14 He shall redeem their soul from oppression and violence; and precious shall their blood be in his sight:

15 And they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: and men shall pray for him continually; they shall bless him all the day long.

16 There shall be abundance 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 happy.

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.

5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out by them.

12 Behold, these are the wicked; and, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

15 If I had said, I will speak thus; behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: thou castest them down to destruction.

19 How are they become a desolation 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.

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 unto God: I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.

74 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, which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; and mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; they have set up their ensigns for signs.

6 And now all the carved work thereof together they break down with hatchet and hammers.

7 They have set thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of thy name even to the ground.

8 They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: 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 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

11 Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them.

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, thou gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

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 foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

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 all the day.

23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

75 We give thanks unto thee, O God; we give thanks, for thy name is near: men tell of thy wondrous works.

3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it. Selah

4 I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

6 For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up.

8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine foameth; it is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

3 There he brake the arrows of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah

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 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 sentence to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

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.

77 I will cry unto God with my voice; even unto God with my voice, and he wilt give ear unto me.

2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.

3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah

6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; and my spirit made diligent search.

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 make mention of the deeds of the LORD; for I will remember thy wonders of old.

14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples.

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 trembled.

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 whirlwind; the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

19 Thy way was in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters, and thy footsteps were not known.

78 Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wondrous 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 tell 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.

11 And they forgat his doings, and his wondrous works that he had shewed them.

12 Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

13 He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

14 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

15 He clave rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

17 Yet went they on still to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.

19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

20 Behold, he smote the rock, that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; can he give bread also? will he provide flesh for his people?

21 Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also went up against Israel;

24 And he rained down manna upon them to eat, and gave them of the corn of heaven.

26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he guided the south wind.

27 He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas:

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; and he gave them that they lusted after.

30 They were not estranged from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,

31 When the anger of God went up against them, and slew of the fattest of them, and smote down the young men of Israel.

34 When he slew them, then they inquired after him: and they returned and sought God early.

35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.

36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue.

37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful 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 And he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

40 How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

41 And they turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary.

44 And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, that they could not drink.

45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

48 He gave over 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, a band of angels of evil.

50 He made a path for 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 tents of Ham:

52 But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

53 And he led them safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

55 He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and kept not his testimonies;

57 But turned back, and dealt treacherously 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.

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 adversary’s hand.

62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

66 And he smote his adversaries backward: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

67 Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim;

69 And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

71 From following the ewes that give suck 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.

79 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, O LORD, wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

8 Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: 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 the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed be known among the heathen in our sight.

11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;

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.

80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest upon the cherubim, shine forth.

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, and come to save us.

4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large 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 broughtest a vine out of Egypt: thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

10 The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.

12 Why hast thou broken down her fences, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

13 The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

15 And the stock 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 shall we not go back from thee: quicken thou 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.

81 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2 Take up the psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn feast day.

5 He appointed it in Joseph for testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I knew not.

6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were freed from the basket.

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and 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 wouldest 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 up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

13 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

14 I should soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their adversaries.

15 The haters of the LORD should submit themselves unto him: but their time should endure for ever.

16 He should feed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I satisfy thee.

2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah

5 They know not, neither do they understand; they walk to and fro in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved.

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

3 They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult together 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; against thee do they make a covenant:

8 Assyria also is joined with them; they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah

9 Do thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon:

11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna:

14 As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire;

17 Let them be ashamed and dismayed for ever; yea, let them be confounded and perish:

18 That they may know that thou alone, whose name is JEHOVAH, art the Most High over all the earth.

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her 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 highways to Zion.

6 Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

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 a shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

85 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 indignation toward us to cease.

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

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 springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked 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 make his footsteps a way to walk in.

2 Preserve my soul; for I am godly: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

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 hearken unto the voice of my supplications.

8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, 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 they shall glorify thy name.

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 my whole 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 pit.

14 O God, the proud are risen up against me, and the congregation 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, slow to anger, 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,

4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this one was born there.

5 Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; and the Most High himself shall establish her.

6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the peoples, this one was born there. Selah

7 They that sing as well as they that dance shall say, All my fountains are in thee.

A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help:

5 Cast off among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more; and they are cut off from thy hand.

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah

8 Thou hast put 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 wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O LORD, I have spread forth my hands unto thee.

10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall they that are deceased 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, O LORD, have I cried, and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

17 They came round about me like water all the day long; they compassed me about together.

18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

89 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.

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 assembly of the holy ones.

6 For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty is like unto the LORD,

7 A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all them that are round about him?

8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O JAH? and thy faithfulness is round about thee.

9 Thou rulest the pride 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 the arm of thy strength.

11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.

14 Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face.

15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

16 In thy name do they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

18 For our shield belongeth unto the LORD; and our king to the Holy One of Israel.

19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

21 With whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall strengthen him.

23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him.

24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

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.

32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

33 But my mercy 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.

37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as the faithful witness in the sky. Selah

38 But thou hast cast off and rejected, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

39 Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to rain.

41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

42 Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

43 Yea, thou turnest back the edge his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44 Thou hast made his brightness 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, O LORD, wilt thou hid thyself for ever? how long shall thy wrath burn like fire?

47 O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

49 Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples:

51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

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.

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.

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 bring our years to an end as a tale that is told.

10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years; yet is their pride but labour and sorrow; for it is soon gone, and we fly away.

11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger, and thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?

14 O satisfy us in the morning 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.

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.

91 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 whom I trust.

3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

4 He shall cover thee with his pinions, and under his wings shalt thou take refuge: his truth is a shield and a buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6 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.

9 For thou, O LORD, art my refuge! thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

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 serpent 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.

92 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 With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; with a solemn sound upon the harp.

4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

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:

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 hast thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.

11 Mine eye also hath seen my desire on mine enemies, mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me.

12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13 They that are 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 full of sap and green:

15 To shew that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

93 The LORD reigneth; he is apparelled with majesty; the LORD is apparelled, he hath girded himself with strength: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

4 Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty.

5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for evermore.

94 O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.

4 They prate, they speak arrogantly: all the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

7 And they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob consider.

9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

10 He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, even he that teacheth man knowledge?

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest 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 For judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by statute?

21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

23 And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God shall cut them off.

95 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, let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.

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. Today, Oh that ye would hear his voice!

8 Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness:

10 Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.

4 For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples, 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: tremble before him, all the earth.

10 Say among the nations, The LORD reigneth: the world also is stablished that it cannot be moved: he shall judge the peoples with equity.

11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;

12 Let the field exult, and all that is therein; then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy;

13 Before the LORD, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.

97 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad.

2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

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 peoples have seen his glory.

7 Ashamed 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 most high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

10 O ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

98 Sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him.

2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the nations.

3 He hath remembered his mercy and his faithfulness 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: break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises.

5 Sing praises unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp and the voice of melody:

6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.

7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;

9 Before the LORD, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

99 The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble: he sitteth upon the cherubim; let the earth be moved.

4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call on his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

7 He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: they kept his testimonies, and the statute 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 doings.

9 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: give thanks unto him, and bless his name.

5 For the LORD is good; his mercy endureth for ever; and his faithfulness unto all generations.

101 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing praises.

2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

3 I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave unto me.

5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will I not 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 minister unto me.

7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

8 Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the LORD.

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.

2 Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call answer me speedily.

3 For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.

6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me.

10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

12 But thou, O LORD, shalt abide for ever; and thy memorial unto all generations.

13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time is come.

15 So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory:

17 He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer.

18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and a 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 sighing of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

21 That men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

22 When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

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:

28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

103 Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

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.

6 The LORD executeth righteous acts, and judgments for all that are oppressed.

8 The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us after 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.

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 precepts to do them.

19 The LORD hath established his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

20 Bless the LORD, ye angels of his: ye mighty in strength, that fulfill his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

21 Bless the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

22 Bless the LORD, all ye his works, in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

104 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:

5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved for ever.

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains.

8 They went up by the mountains, they went down by the valleys, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.

12 By them the fowl of the heaven have their habitation, they sing among the branches.

13 He watereth the mountains 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 that strengtheneth man’s heart.

16 The trees of the LORD are satisfied; 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 mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.

20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night; Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

26 There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to take his pastime therein.

27 These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

28 That thou givest unto them they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are satisfied 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 ground.

31 Let the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let the LORD rejoice in his works:

32 Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, 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 any being.

35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

105 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name; make known his doings among the peoples.

3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

5 Remember his marvelous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, 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 sojourners in it;

13 And they went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

14 He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

16 And he called for a famine upon the land; he brake the whole staff of bread.

20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.

24 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries.

25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his words.

33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their borders.

34 He spake, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, and that without number,

35 And did eat up every herb in their land, and did eat up the fruit of their ground.

36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among his tribes.

38 Egypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them had fallen upon them.

40 They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

44 And he gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the labour of the peoples in possession:

45 That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

106 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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 prosperity 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 were rebellious 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 a wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

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.

26 Therefore he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would overthrow them in the wilderness:

27 And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands.

28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; 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 Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

33 Because they were rebellious against his spirit, and he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

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 works, and went a whoring in their doings.

40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.

41 And he gave them into the hand of the nations; 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 were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity.

45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

48 Blessed be the LORD, the God or Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.

107 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 adversary;

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 desert way; they found no city of habitation.

6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

7 He led them also by a straight 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 the hungry soul he filleth with good.

10 Such as sat 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 hi 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!

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 sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth 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 offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.

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 melteth away because of trouble.

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end.

28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

30 Then are they glad because they be quiet: so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

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 assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.

33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

34 A fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

35 He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.

36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation;

38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

39 Again, they are minished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

42 The upright shall see it, and be glad; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

43 Whoso is wise shall give heed to these things, and they shall consider the mercies of the LORD.

108 My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.

3 I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the peoples: 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 skies.

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.

7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will exult: I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of mine head; Judah is my sceptre.

9 Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast my shoe: over Philistia will I shout.

11 Hast not thou cast us off, O God? and thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our adversaries.

2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let an adversary stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; and let his prayer be turned into sin.

10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.

12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him; neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

13 Let his posterity be cut off; 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, and the broken in heart, to slay them.

17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it came into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones. Let it be unto him as the raiment

19 wherewith he covereth himself, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

20 This is the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

21 But deal thou with me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me,

23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

25 I am become also a reproach unto them: when they see me, they shake their head.

28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, they shall be ashamed, but thy servant shall rejoice.

29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonour, and let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a mantle.

30 I will give great thanks unto the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from them that judge his soul.

110 The LORD saith unto my lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

2 The LORD shall send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

3 Thy people offer themselves willingly 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 nations, he shall fill the places with dead bodies; he shall strike through the head in many countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

111 Praise ye the LORD. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

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, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

8 They are established for ever and ever, they are done in truth and uprightness.

9 He hath 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 thereafter: his praise endureth for ever.

112 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 are 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 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; he shall maintain his cause in judgment.

6 For he shall never be moved; the righteous shall be had 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 adversaries.

9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; 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.

113 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.

3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’S name is to be praised.

6 That 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 up the needy from the dunghill;

9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

114 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

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 pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

115 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.

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 shall be like unto them; yea, every one that trusteth in them.

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.

16 The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise ye the LORD.

2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

3 The cords of death compassed me, and the pains of Sheol 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.

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.

16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, 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.

19 In the courts of the LORD’S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

2 For his mercy is great toward us; and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.

118 O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

5 Out of my distress I called upon the LORD: the LORD answered me and set me in a large place.

7 The LORD is on my side among them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.

10 All nations compassed me about: in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.

11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.

12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.

15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents 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.

19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto the LORD.

21 I will give thanks unto thee, for thou hast answered me, and art become my salvation.

24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

25 Save now, we beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, we 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 The LORD is God, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

28 Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto 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.

TAU.

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 Let my lips utter praise; for thou teachest me thy statutes.

172 Let my tongue sing of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.

173 Let thine hand be ready to 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.

A Song of Ascents.

120 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he answered me.

2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

3 What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue?

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

6 My soul hath long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace.

7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

A Song of Ascents.

121 I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?

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 keep thee from all evil; he shall keep thy soul.

8 The LORD shall keep thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for evermore.

A Song of Ascents; of David.

122 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of the LORD.

2 Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem;

3 Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together:

4 Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD for a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks into the name of the LORD.

5 For there are set thrones for 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 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

A Song of Ascents.

123 Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look unto the LORD our God, until 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.

A Song of Ascents; of David.

124 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now 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 alive, 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.

A Song of Ascents.

125 They that trust in the LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.

2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people, from this time forth and for evermore.

3 For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; that the righteous put not 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 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.

A Song of Ascents.

126 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like unto them that dream.

2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the nations, 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 Though he goeth on his way weeping, bearing forth the seed; he shall come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

A Song of Ascents; of Solomon.

127 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 that ye rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of toil: for so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.

5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

A Song of Ascents.

128 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, in the innermost parts 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. Peace be upon Israel.

A Song of Ascents.

129 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, let Israel now say;

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: 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 be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

7 Wherewith the reaper 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.

A Song of Ascents.

130 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 looketh for the Lord, more than watchmen look for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

7 O 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.

A Song of Ascents; of David.

131 LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too wonderful for me.

2 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, my soul is with me like a weaned child.

3 O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.

A Song of Ascents.

132 LORD, remember for David all his affliction;

2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the Mighty One 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, a tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.

6 Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: we found it in the field of the wood.

7 We will go into his tabernacles; we will worship at his footstool.

8 Arise, O LORD, into thy resting place; 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 unto David in truth; 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 also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.

13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

14 This is my resting place 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 Her priests also will I clothe 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.

A Song of Ascents; of David.

133 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard; that came down upon the skirt of his garments;

3 Like the dew of Hermon, that cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

A Song of Ascents.

134 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 to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD.

3 The LORD bless thee out of Zion; even he that made heaven and earth.

135 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 ye 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 hath he done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.

8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

9 He sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.

10 Who smote many 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; thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.

14 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself concerning his servants.

15 The idols of the nations 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 shall be like unto them; yea, every one that trusteth in them.

19 O house of Israel, bless ye the LORD: O house of Aaron, bless ye the LORD:

20 O house of Levi, bless ye the LORD: ye that fear the LORD, bless ye the LORD.

21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

136 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 unto 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 understanding made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

6 To him that spread forth 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 in sunder: 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 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 delivered us from our adversaries: for his mercy endureth for ever.

25 He 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.

137 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs, 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 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

8 O daughter of Babylon, that 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 rock.

A Psalm of David.

138 I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.

2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

3 In the day that I called thou answeredst me, thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.

4 All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of thy mouth.

5 Yea, they shall sing of the ways of the LORD; for great is the glory of the LORD.

6 For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the haughty he knoweth from afar.

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.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

139 LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

3 Thou searchest out 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 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 Sheol, 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 overwhelm me, and the light about me shall be night;

12 Even 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 give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see mine unperfect substance, and in thy book were all my members written, which day by day 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 bloodthirsty 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 way of wickedness in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

140 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man:

2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually do they gather themselves together for war.

3 They have sharpened their tongue 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 thrust aside my steps.

5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side; they have set gins for me. Selah

6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: give ear unto 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 evil 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 An evil speaker shall not 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 needy.

13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

A Psalm of David.

141 LORD, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my tips.

4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied in deeds of wickedness 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 as oil upon the head; let not my head refuse it: for even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; and they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7 As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth.

8 For mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee do I put my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.

142 I cry with my voice unto the LORD; with my voice unto the LORD do I make supplication.

2 I pour out my complaint before him; I shew before him my trouble.

3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me.

4 Look on my right hand, and see; for there is no man that knoweth me: refuge hath failed me; no man careth for my soul.

5 I cried unto thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my refuge, 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 give thanks unto thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

A Psalm of David.

143 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 dark places, 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 doings: I muse on the work of thy hands.

6 I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah

7 Make haste to answer me, O LORD; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me; lest I become like 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 in the land of uprightness.

11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: in thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

12 And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.

A Psalm off David.

144 Blessed be the LORD my rock, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

2 My lovingkindness, 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; send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.

7 Stretch forth thine hand from above; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strangers;

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 of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who rescueth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

12 When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth; and our daughters as corner stones hewn after the fashion of a palace;

13 When our garners are full, affording all manner of store; and our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

14 When our oxen are well laden; when there is no breaking in, and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets;

15 Happy is the people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is the people, whose God is the LORD.

A Psalm of praise; of David.

145 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 highly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

4 One generation shall laud thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

5 Of the glorious majesty of thine honour, and of thy wondrous works, will I meditate.

6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; and I will declare thy greatness.

7 They shall 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 give thanks unto 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 glory of the 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 gracious 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 fulfill 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.

146 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 in them 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 up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous;

9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he upholdeth the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

10 The LORD shall reign for ever, thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.

147 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 giveth them all their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; his understanding is infinite.

6 The LORD upholdeth the meek: he bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praises 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 no 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; he filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

15 He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; his word runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar frost 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.

148 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 host.

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 away.

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 peoples; 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 exalted: his glory is above the earth and heaven.

14 And he hath lifted up 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.

149 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the assembly of the 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 exult in glory: let them sing for joy 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 nations, and punishments upon the peoples;

8 To bind their king’s 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.

150 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 the pipe.

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.