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1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor

standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he

meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That

bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither;

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4. The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth

away.

5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in

the congregation of the righteous.

6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked

shall perish.

1. Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel

together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying],

3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.

4 He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in

derision.

5 Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore

displeasure:

6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.

7. I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This

day have I begotten thee.

8 Ask of me, and I will give [thee] the nations for thine inheritance,

And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in

pieces like a potter's vessel.

10. Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the

earth.

11 Serve Jehovah with fear, And rejoice with trembling.

12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his

wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.

1. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up

against me.

2 Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.

Selah

3 But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up

of my head.

4. I cry unto Jehovah with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy

hill. Selah

5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me.

6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people That have set

themselves against me round about.

7 Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine

enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

8 Salvation belongeth unto Jehovah: Thy blessing be upon thy people.

Selah

1. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at

large [when I was] in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

2 O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? [How

long] will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

3 But know that Jehovah hath set apart for himself him that is godly:

Jehovah 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 Jehovah.

6. Many there are that say, Who will show us [any] good? Jehovah, lift

thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than [they have] when their

grain and their new wine are increased.

8 In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone

makest me dwell in safety.

1. Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do

I pray.

3 O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will

I order [my prayer] unto thee, and will keep watch.

4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not

sojourn with thee.

5 The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of

iniquity.

6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the

blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

7. But as for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into

thy house: In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

8 Lead me, O Jehovah, 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 Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust

them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled

against thee.

11 But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice, Let them ever

shout for joy, because thou defendest them: Let them also that love thy

name be joyful in thee.

12 For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him

with favor as with a shield.

1. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot

displeasure.

2 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal

me; for my bones are troubled.

3 My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?

4 Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness'

sake.

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

thee thanks?

6 I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water

my couch with my tears.

7 Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all

mine adversaries.

8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the

voice of my weeping.

9 Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.

10 All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall

turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.

1. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that

pursue me, and deliver me,

2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there

is none to deliver.

3 O Jehovah 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 was mine adversary;)

5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my

life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of

mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.

7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over

them return thou on high.

8 Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah,

according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou

the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

10. My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

11 God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day.

12 If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and

made it ready.

13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his

arrows fiery [shafts].

14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief,

and brought forth falsehood.

15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which

he made.

16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall

come down upon his own pate.

17 I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And

will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

1. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who

hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength,

Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the

avenger.

3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the

stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that

thou visitest him?

5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with

glory and honor.

6 Thou makest 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 birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth

through the paths of the seas.

9 O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

1. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth

all thy marvellous works.

2 I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O

thou Most High.

3 When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the

throne judging righteously.

5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou

hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

6 The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the

cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is

perished.

7 But Jehovah sitteth [as king] for ever: He hath prepared his throne for

judgment;

8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment

to the peoples in uprightness.

9 Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in

times of trouble;

10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou,

Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

11. Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion: Declare among the

people his doings.

12 For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He

forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer]

of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

14 That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of

Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.

15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which

they hid is their own foot taken.

16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked

is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

17 The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that

forget God.

18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the

poor perish for ever.

19 Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in

thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O Jehovah: Let the nations know themselves to be but

men. Selah

1. Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times

of trouble?

2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken

in the devices that they have conceived.

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous

renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not

require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

5 His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his

sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

6 He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall

not be in adversity.

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his

tongue is mischief and iniquity.

8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places

doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch

the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

10 He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong

ones.

11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will

never see it.

12. Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say 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 helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast

been the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out

his wickedness till thou find none.

16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his

land.

17 Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare

their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the

earth may be terrible no more.

1. In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to

your mountain;

2 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the

string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

3 If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?

4. Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His

eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

5 Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth

violence his soul hateth.

6 Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning

wind shall be the portion of their cup.

7 For Jehovah is righteous; He loveth righteousness: The upright shall

behold his face.

1. Help, Jehovah; For the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from

among the children of men.

2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip,

and with a double heart, do they speak.

3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh

great things;

4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; Our lips are our own:

Who is lord over us?

5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the

needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he

panteth for.

6 The words of Jehovah are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on

the earth, Purified seven times.

7 Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this

generation for ever.

8 The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons

of men.

1. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou

hide thy face from me?

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all

the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

3 Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I

sleep the [sleep of] death;

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine

adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

5 But I have trusted in thy lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in thy

salvation.

6 I will sing unto Jehovah, Because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt,

they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

2 Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if

there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

3 They are all gone aside; They are together become filthy; There is none

that doeth good, no, not one.

4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people

[as] they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

5 There were they in great fear; For God is in the generation of the

righteous.

6 Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah

bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and]

Israel shall be glad.

1. Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy

holy hill?

2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh

truth in his heart;

3 He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend,

Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

4 In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honoreth them that fear

Jehovah; He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;

5 He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward

against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

1. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.

2 [O my soul], thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no

good beyond thee.

3 As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom

is all my delight.

4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another [god]:

Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon

my lips.

5 Jehovah 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 Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart

instructeth me in the night seasons.

8. I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I

shall not be moved.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall

dwell in safety.

10 For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy

holy one to see corruption.

11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy;

In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

1. Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer,

that goeth not out of feigned lips.

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon

equity.

3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast

tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not

transgress.

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

the ways of the violent.

5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine

ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.

7 Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right

hand them that take refuge [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, My deadly enemies, that 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 set their eyes to cast

[us] down to the earth.

12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young

lion lurking in secret places.

13 Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from

the wicked by thy sword;

14 From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion

is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are

satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their

babes.

15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be

satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.

1. I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock,

in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my

high tower.

3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be

saved from mine enemies.

4 The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me

afraid.

5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon

me.

6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto my God: He heard

my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears.

7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the

mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth

devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under

his feet.

10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings

of the wind.

11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him,

Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and

coals of fire.

13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his

voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

14 And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings

manifold, and discomfited them.

15 Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world

were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy

nostrils.

16 He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters.

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; For

they were too mighty for me.

18 They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

19 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because

he delighted in me.

20. Jehovah hath 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 Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed

from my God.

22 For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes

from me.

23 I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity.

24 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,

According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect

man thou wilt show thyself perfect;

26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou

wilt show thyself froward.

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou

wilt bring down.

28 For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.

29. For by thee I run upon a troop; And by my God do I leap over a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a

shield unto all them that take refuge in him.

31 For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,

32 The 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 mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

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, And my feet have not slipped.

37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; Neither will I turn

again till they are consumed.

38 I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise:

They shall fall under my feet.

39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast

subdued under me those that rose up against me.

40 Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I

might cut off them that hate me.

41 They cried, but there was none to save; Even unto Jehovah, but he

answered them not.

42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast

them out as the mire of the streets.

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast

made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve

me.

44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall

submit themselves unto me.

45 The foreigners shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their

close places.

46 Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my

salvation,

47 Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples

under me.

48 He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them

that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

49 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations,

And will sing praises unto thy name.

50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to

his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.

1. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his

handiwork.

2 Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge.

3 There is no speech nor language; 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 his course.

6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto

the ends of it; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

7. The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of

Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.

8 The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment

of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.

9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of

Jehovah 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 droppings of the honeycomb.

11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: In keeping them there is great

reward.

12 Who can discern [his] errors? Clear thou me from hidden [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 clear from great

transgression.

14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable

in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

1. Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; The name of the God of Jacob

set thee up on high;

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 thy heart's desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.

5 We will triumph in thy salvation, And in the name of our God we will

set up our banners: Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions.

6. Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed; He will answer him from

his holy heaven With the saving strength of his right hand.

7 Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention

of the name of Jehovah our God.

8 They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.

9 Save, Jehovah: Let the King answer us when we call.

1. The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah; 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 meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a

crown of fine gold on his head.

4 He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, Even length of days for ever

and ever.

5 His glory is great in thy salvation: Honor and majesty dost thou lay

upon him.

6 For thou makest him most blessed for ever: Thou makest him glad with

joy in thy presence.

7. For the king trusteth in Jehovah; And through the lovingkindness of the

Most High he shall not be moved.

8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out

those that hate thee.

9 Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger:

Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

10 Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from

among the children of men.

11 For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which

they are not able to perform.

12 For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy

bowstrings against their face.

13 Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength: So will we sing and

praise thy power.

1. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from

helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest 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 put to shame.

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 Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him,

seeing he delighteth in him.

9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust

[when I was] upon my mother's breasts.

10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother

bare me.

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 gape upon me with their mouth, [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 within me.

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: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;

They pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me.

18 They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast

lots.

19 But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, 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; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen

thou hast answered me.

22. I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly

will I praise thee.

23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify

him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;

Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he

heard.

25 Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows

before them that fear him.

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that

seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.

27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And

all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.

29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go

down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul

alive.

30 A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next]

generation.

31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness Unto a people that

shall be born, that he hath done it.

1. Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still

waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for

his name's sake.

4 Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear

no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou

hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my

life; And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.

1. The earth is Jehovah'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 Jehovah? And who shall stand in his

holy place?

4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his

soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.

5 He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah, And righteousness from the

God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face,

[even] Jacob. Selah

7. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting

doors: And the King of glory will come in.

8 Who is the King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in

battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting

doors: And the King of glory will come in.

10 Who is this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, He is the King of glory.

Selah

1. Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.

2 O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not

mine enemies triumph over me.

3 Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put

to shame that deal treacherously without cause.

4 Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths.

5 Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my

salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.

6 Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness; For

they have been ever of old.

7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to

thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

8. Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the

way.

9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.

10 All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth Unto such as

keep his covenant and his testimonies.

11 For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.

12 What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way

that he shall choose.

13 His soul shall dwell at ease; And his seed shall inherit the land.

14 The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him; And he will show

them his covenant.

15. Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will 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: Oh bring thou me out of my

distresses.

18 Consider mine affliction and my travail; And forgive all my sins.

19 Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel

hatred.

20 Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I

take refuge in thee.

21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.

22 Redeem Israel, O God, Out all of his troubles.

1. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have

trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.

2 Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.

3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; And I have walked in thy

truth.

4 I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with

dissemblers.

5 I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.

6. I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O

Jehovah;

7 That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all

thy wondrous works.

8 Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy

glory dwelleth.

9 Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;

10 In whose hands is wickedness, 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

Jehovah.

1. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the

strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine

adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

3 Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though

war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.

4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may

dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty

of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.

5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In

the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a

rock.

6 And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me.

And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I

will sing praises unto Jehovah.

7. Hear, O Jehovah, 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,

Jehovah, will I seek.

9 Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast

been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

10 When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of

mine enemies.

12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false

witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.

13 [I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah

In the land of the living.

14 Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, And let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait

thou for Jehovah.

1. Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me;

Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the

pit.

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift

up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity;

That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of

their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them

their desert.

5 Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his

hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

6. Blessed be Jehovah, Because he hath heard the voice of my

supplications.

7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and

I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I

praise him.

8 Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his

anointed.

9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also,

and bear them up for ever.

1. Ascribe unto Jehovah, O ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe unto Jehovah

glory and strength.

2 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name; Worship Jehovah in

holy array.

3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth,

Even Jehovah upon many waters.

4 The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of

majesty.

5 The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in

pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a

young wild-ox.

7 The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire.

8 The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the

wilderness of Kadesh.

9 The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the

forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.

10 Jehovah sat [as King] at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for

ever.

11 Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his

people with peace.

1. I will extol thee, O Jehovah; For thou hast raised me up, And hast not

made my foes to rejoice over me.

2 O Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

3 O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me

alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

4 Sing praise unto Jehovah, O ye saints of his, And give thanks to his

holy memorial [name].

5 For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time:

Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy [cometh] in the morning.

6. As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

7 Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong:

Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

8 I cried to thee, O Jehovah; And unto Jehovah 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 Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.

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

sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

12 To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.

O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

1. In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame:

Deliver me in thy righteousness.

2 Bow down thine ear unto me; Deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong

rock, A house of defence to save me.

3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name's sake

lead me and guide me.

4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou

art my stronghold.

5 Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah,

thou God of truth.

6 I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my

affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set

my feet in a large place.

9. Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth

away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.

10 For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My

strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.

11 Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, Yea, unto my

neighbors exceedingly, 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 defaming of many, Terror on every side: While

they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

14 But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: 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 in thy

lovingkindness.

17 Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; For I have called upon thee:

Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

18 Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous

insolently, With pride and contempt.

19. Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that

fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee,

Before the sons of men!

20 In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings

of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of

tongues.

21 Blessed be Jehovah; For he hath showed me his marvellous

lovingkindness in a strong city.

22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:

Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto

thee.

23 Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints: Jehovah preserveth the faithful,

And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.

24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All ye that hope in

Jehovah.

1. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

2 Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in

whose spirit there is no guile.

3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the

day long.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed

[as] with the drought of summer. Selah

5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I

said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the

iniquity of my sin. Selah

6 For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou

mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach

unto him.

7. Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt

compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah

8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I

will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding;

Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will

not come near unto thee.

10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he that trusteth in Jehovah,

lovingkindness shall compass him about.

11 Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous; And shout for joy, all

ye that are upright in heart.

1. Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous: Praise is comely for the upright.

2 Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the

psaltery of ten strings.

3 Sing unto him a new song; Play skilfully with a loud noise.

4 For the word of Jehovah is right; And all his work is [done] in

faithfulness.

5 He loveth righteousness and justice: The earth is full of the

lovingkindness of Jehovah.

6 By the word of Jehovah 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 a heap: He layeth up the

deeps in store-houses.

8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah: 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 Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the

thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

11 The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his

heart to all generations.

12. Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath

chosen for his own inheritance.

13 Jehovah looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men;

14 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the

inhabitants of the earth,

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

works.

16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not

delivered by great strength.

17 A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his

great power.

18 Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that

hope in his lovingkindness;

19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.

20 Our soul hath waited for Jehovah: 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 lovingkindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, According as we have

hoped in thee.

1. I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in

my mouth.

2 My soul shall make her boast in Jehovah: The meek shall hear thereof,

and be glad.

3 Oh magnify Jehovah with me, And let us exalt his name together.

4 I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my

fears.

5 They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be

confounded.

6 This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all

his troubles.

7 The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And

delivereth them.

8 Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh

refuge in him.

9 Oh fear Jehovah, 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 Jehovah

shall not want any good thing.

11. Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of

Jehovah.

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 Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open]

unto their cry.

16 The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the

remembrance of them from the earth.

17 [The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of

all their troubles.

18 Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such

as are of a contrite spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah 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

condemned.

22 Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; And none of them that take

refuge in him shall be condemned.

1. Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou

against them that fight against me.

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help.

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me:

Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4 Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my

soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving

[them] on.

6 Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing

them.

7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without

cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.

8 Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath

hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

9 And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah: It shall rejoice in his

salvation.

10 All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest

the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy

from him that robbeth him?

11. Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.

12 They reward me evil for good, [To] the bereaving of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I

afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I

bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:

The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not;

They did tear me, and ceased not:

16 Like the profane 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 assembly: I will praise thee

among much people.

19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither

let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

20 For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them

that are quiet in the land.

21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our

eye hath seen it.

22 Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far

from me.

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice [due] unto me, [Even] unto

my cause, my God and my Lord.

24 Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let

them not rejoice over me.

25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them

not say, We have swallowed him up.

26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my

hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves

against me.

27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause:

Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, Who hath pleasure in

the prosperity of his servant.

28 And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness [And] of thy praise all

the day long.

1. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear

of God before his eyes.

2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not

be found out and be hated.

3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be

wise [and] to do good.

4 He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is

not good; He abhorreth not evil.

5. Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness

[reacheth] unto the skies.

6 Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a

great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.

7 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take

refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And

thou wilt 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 Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee, And thy

righteousness to the upright in heart.

11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the

wicked drive me away.

12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are thrust down, and

shall not be able to rise.

1. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against

them that work unrighteousness.

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green

herb.

3 Trust in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on [his]

faithfulness.

4 Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of

thy heart.

5 Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to

pass.

6 And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy

justice as the noon-day.

7. Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because

of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked

devices to pass.

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, [it tendeth]

only to evil-doing.

9 For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they

shall inherit the land.

10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt

diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

11 But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in

the abundance of peace.

12 The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his

teeth.

13 The Lord will 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, To slay such as are upright in the way.

15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be

broken.

16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many

wicked.

17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the

righteous.

18 Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; And their inheritance shall

be for ever.

19 They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; And in the days of

famine they shall be satisfied.

20 But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as

the fat of lambs: They shall consume; In smoke shall they consume away.

21. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth

graciously, and giveth.

22 For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that

are cursed of him shall be cut off.

23 A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his

way.

24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah

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 All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is

blessed.

27 Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.

28 For Jehovah loveth justice, 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 talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh

justice.

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 Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is

judged.

34. Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he will exalt thee to inherit

the land: When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a

green tree in its native soil.

36 But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he

could not be found.

37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright; For there is a [happy]

end to the man of peace.

38 As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the

wicked shall be cut off.

39 But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah; He is their

stronghold in the time of trouble.

40 And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the

wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him.

1. O Jehovah, 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 indignation; Neither

is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are

too heavy for me.

5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my

flesh.

8 I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned 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 throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine

eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen

stand afar off.

12. They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that

seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day

long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth

not his mouth.

14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no

reproofs.

15 For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they

magnify themselves against me.

17 For I am ready to fall, 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] are strong; And they that hate me

wrongfully are multiplied.

20 They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I

follow the thing that is good.

21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

1. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I

will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow

was stirred.

3 My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: [Then]

spake I with my tongue:

4 Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it

is; Let me know how frail I am.

5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is

as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether

vanity. Selah

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show; 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 thy 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 Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy

peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my

fathers were.

13 Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no

more.

1. I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my

cry.

2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And

he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many

shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah.

4 Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not

the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done,

And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto

thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be

numbered.

6. Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou

opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.

7 Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll 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 proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly;

Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Jehovah, 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 assembly.

11. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy

lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have

overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the

hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

13 Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O

Jehovah.

14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my

soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor

That delight in my hurt.

15 Let them be desolate by reason 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, Jehovah 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.

1. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in

the day of evil.

2 Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed

upon the earth; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies.

3 Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing: Thou makest all

his bed in his sickness.

4 I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; For I have sinned

against thee.

5. Mine enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his

name perish?

6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; 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, Who did eat of my

bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

10 But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may

requite them.

11 By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not

triumph over me.

12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me

before thy face for ever.

13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to

everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

1. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after

thee, O God.

2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and

appear before God?

3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say

unto me, Where is thy God?

4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went

with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy

and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within

me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his

countenance.

6. O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee

from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves

and thy billows are gone over me.

8 [Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in

the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my

life.

9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I

mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

10 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they

continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within

me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my

countenance, and my God.

1. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh

deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

2 For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go

I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

3 Oh send out thy light and thy truth; Let them lead me: Let them bring

me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles.

4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And

upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within

me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my

countenance, and my God.

1. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work

thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst

plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.

3 For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did

their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light

of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.

4 Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.

5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries: 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 adversaries, And hast put them to shame

that hate us.

8 In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks

unto thy name for ever. Selah

9. But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest

not forth with our hosts.

10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us

take spoil for themselves.

11 Thou hast made us like sheep [appointed] for food, And hast scattered

us among the nations.

12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy

wealth] by their price.

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision

to them that are round about us.

14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among

the peoples.

15 All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face

hath covered me,

16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of

the enemy and the avenger.

17. All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have

we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

18 Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy

way,

19 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us

with the shadow of death.

20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to

a strange god;

21 Will 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 accounted 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 body cleaveth unto the

earth.

26 Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.

1. My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I

have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

2 Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy

lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.

4 And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness

[and] righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

5 Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the

heart of the king's enemies.

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

sceptre of thy kingdom.

7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy

God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

8 All thy garments [smell of] myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia; Out of

ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

9 Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth

stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

10. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also

thine own people, and thy father's house:

11 So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; And reverence

thou him.

12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; The rich among

the people shall entreat thy favor.

13 The king's daughter within [the palace] is all glorious: Her clothing

is inwrought with gold.

14 She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her

companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.

15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into

the king's palace.

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make

princes in all the earth.

17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore

shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.

1. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the

mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;

3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains

tremble with the swelling thereof. Selah

4 There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The

holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

5 God is in the midst of her; She shall not be moved: God will help her,

and that right early.

6. The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the

earth melted.

7 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

8 Come, behold the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath made in the

earth.

9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow,

and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.

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

I will be exalted in the earth.

11 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Psalms 47

1. Oh clap your hands, all ye peoples; Shout unto God with the voice of

triumph.

2 For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the

earth.

3 He subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet.

4 He chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved.

Selah

5. God is gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Sing praise 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 nations: God sitteth upon his holy throne.

9 The princes of the peoples are gathered together [To be] the people of

the God of Abraham: For the shields of the earth belong unto God; He is

greatly exalted.

1. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in

his holy mountain.

2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, [on]

the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

3 God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.

4 For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.

5 They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted

away.

6 Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.

7 With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

8. As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in

the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah

9 We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of thy

temple.

10 As is thy name, O God, So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth:

Thy right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Let mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of

thy judgments.

12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number 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.

1. Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

2 Both low and high, Rich and poor together.

3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of

understanding.

4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon

the harp.

5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels

compasseth me about?

6. They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude

of their riches;

7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a

ransom for him;

8 (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)

9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike

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 But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that

perish.

13 This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their

sayings. Selah

14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their

shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And

their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for

it.

15. But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will

receive me. Selah

16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house

is increased.

17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not

descend after him.

18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when

thou doest well to thyself,)

19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the

light.

20 Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that

perish.

1. The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, 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 forth.

3 Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him,

And it is very tempestuous round about him.

4 He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge

his people:

5 Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with

me by sacrifice.

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge

himself. Selah

7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto

thee: I am God, [even] thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are

continually before me.

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 birds 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 the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto

the Most High:

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou

shalt glorify me.

16. But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my

statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth?

17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?

18 When thou sawest a thief, 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 a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set

[them] in order before thine eyes.

22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and

there be none to deliver:

23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; And to him

that ordereth his way [aright] Will I show the salvation of God.

1. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According

to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in

thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear

when thou judgest.

5 Behold, I was brought forth 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 wilt make me to know wisdom.

7. Purify 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 a willing

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 show forth thy praise.

16 For thou delightest not in sacrifice; Else would I give it: Thou hast

no pleasure in burnt-offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and 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 will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In

burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks

upon thine altar.

1. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness

of God [endureth] continually.

2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working

deceitfully.

3 Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak

righteousness. Selah

4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and

pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living.

Selah

6. The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him,

[saying],

7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the

abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

8 But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I

trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.

9 I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it; And I will

hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints.

1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and

have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.

2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there

were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

3 Every one of them is gone back; They are together become filthy; There

is none that doeth good, no, not one.

4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as]

they eat bread, And call not upon God?

5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath

scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them

to shame, because of God hath rejected them.

6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God

bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and]

Israel shall be glad.

1. Save me, O God, by thy name, And judge me in thy might.

2 Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.

3 For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought

after my soul: They have not set God before them. Selah

4. Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.

5 He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy

truth.

6 With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto thee: I will give thanks

unto thy name, O Jehovah, for it is good.

7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; And mine eye hath seen [my

desire] upon mine enemies.

1. Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my

supplication.

2 Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the

wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

4 My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen

upon me.

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! Then would I fly away, and

be at rest.

7 Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah

8 I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.

9. Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence

and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also

and mischief are in the midst of it.

11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not

from its 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 companion, and my familiar

friend.

14 We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the

throng.

15 Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol;

For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

16. As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.

17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And

he will hear my voice.

18 He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me;

For they were many [that strove] with me.

19 God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah

[The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God.

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

hath profaned his covenant.

21 His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were

softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

22 Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never

suffer the righteous to be moved.

23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction:

Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I

will trust in thee.

1. Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day

long he fighting oppresseth me.

2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many

that fight proudly against me.

3 What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

4 In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not

be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

5 All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me

for evil.

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my

steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

8. Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are

they not in thy book?

9 Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know,

that God is for me.

10 In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his]

word),

11 In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto

me?

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not

[delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light

of the living?

1. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh

refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until

[these] calamities be overpast.

2 I will cry unto God Most High, Unto God that performeth [all things]

for me.

3 He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me

up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the

sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp

sword.

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above

all the earth.

6 They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have

digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves.

Selah

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

sing praises.

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

early.

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

praises unto thee among the nations.

10 For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, And thy truth unto

the skies.

11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above

all the earth.

1. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O

ye sons of men?

2 Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your

hands in the earth.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they

are 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 hearkeneth not 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 Jehovah.

7 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his

arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

8 [Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the

untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a

whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash

his feet in the blood of the wicked;

11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:

Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

1. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that

rise up against me.

2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the

bloodthirsty men.

3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves

together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help

me, and behold.

5 Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit

all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah

6 They return at evening, they howl 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 Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations

in derision.

9 [Because of] his strength I will give heed unto thee; For God is my

high tower.

10 My God with his lovingkindness will meet me: God will 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, so that they shall be no more:

And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth.

Selah

14 And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog, And go round

about the city.

15 They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be

not satisfied.

16 But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy

lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a

refuge in the day of my distress.

17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: For God is my high

tower, the God of my mercy.

1. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been

angry; oh restore us again.

2 Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the

breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the

wine of staggering.

4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be

displayed because of the truth. Selah

5 That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer

us.

6. God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem,

and mete out the valley of Succoth.

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my

head; Judah is my sceptre.

8 Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout

thou because of me.

9 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who hath led me unto Edom?

10 Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God,

with our hosts.

11 Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.

12 Through God we shall do valiantly; For he it is that will tread down

our adversaries.

1. Hear my cry, O God; Attend unto my prayer.

2 From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is

overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

3 For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy.

4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the

covert of thy wings. Selah

5. For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: Thou hast given [me] the heritage

of those that fear thy name.

6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life; His years shall be as many

generations.

7 He shall abide before God for ever: Oh prepare lovingkindness and

truth, that they may preserve him.

8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, That I may daily perform

my vows.

1. My soul waiteth in silence for God only: From him [cometh] my

salvation.

2 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not

be greatly moved.

3 How long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay [him], all of you,

Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

4 They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in

lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah

5 My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from

him.

6 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not

be moved.

7 With God is my salvation and my glory: The rock of my strength, and my

refuge, is in God.

8. Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him:

God is a refuge for us. Selah

9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie:

In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches

increase, set not your heart [thereon].

11 God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongeth

unto God.

12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth lovingkindness; For thou renderest

to every man according to his work.

1. O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth

for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no

water is.

2 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy

glory.

3. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise

thee.

4 So 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. For thou hast been my help, And 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 be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a

portion for foxes.

11 But the king shall rejoice in God: Every one that sweareth by him

shall glory; For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

1. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of

the enemy.

2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the

workers of iniquity;

3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows,

even bitter words,

4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they

shoot at him, and fear not.

5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying

snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

6 They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a

diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

7. But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be

wounded.

8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them:

All that see them shall wag the head.

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

shall wisely consider of his doing.

10 The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall take refuge in him;

And all the upright in heart shall glory.

1. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion; 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 wilt

forgive them.

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, Thy holy temple.

5 By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, Oh God of our

salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And

of them that are afar off upon the sea:

6. Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with

might;

7 Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And

the tumult of the peoples.

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:

Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it;

The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou

hast so prepared the earth.

10 Thou waterest its furrows abundantly; Thou settlest the ridges

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 hills are

girded with joy.

13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered

over with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.

1. Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth:

2 Sing forth the glory of his name: Make his praise glorious.

3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy

power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

4 All the earth shall worship thee, And shall sing unto thee; They shall

sing to thy name. Selah

5 Come, and see the works of God; [He is] terrible in his doing toward

the children of men.

6 He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot:

There did we rejoice in him.

7 He ruleth by his might for ever; His eyes observe the nations: Let not

the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

8. Oh bless our God, ye peoples, And make the voice of his praise to be

heard;

9 Who 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 layedst a sore burden upon our

loins.

12 Thou didst cause 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 come into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my

vows,

14 Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.

15 I will offer unto thee burnt-offerings of fatlings, With the incense

of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah

16 Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath

done for my soul.

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:

19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

20 Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his

lovingkindness from me.

1. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, [And] cause his face to shine

upon us; Selah

2 That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy salvation among all nations.

3 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee.

4 Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For thou wilt judge the

peoples with equity, And govern the nations upon earth. Selah

5 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee.

6 The earth hath yielded its increase: God, even our own God, will bless

us.

7 God will bless us; And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

1. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate

him flee before him.

2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the

fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: Yea, let them

rejoice with gladness.

4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that

rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him.

5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, Is God in his

holy habitation.

6 God setteth the solitary in families: He bringeth out the prisoners

into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

7. O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march

through the wilderness; Selah

8 The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped [rain] at the presence of

God: Yon Sinai [trembled] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst confirm thine

inheritance, when it was weary.

10 Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy

goodness for the poor.

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

great host.

12 Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home

divideth the spoil.

13 When ye lie among the sheepfolds, [It is as] the wings of a dove

covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

14 When the Almighty scattered kings therein, [It was as when] it snoweth