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