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The Old Testament - Psalms
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[Psalm 1]
1:1 Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of
the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in
the seat of the scornful.
1:2 But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his
law doth he meditate day and night.
1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of
water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf
also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
1:4 The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which
the wind driveth away.
1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the
way of the ungodly shall perish.
[Psalm 2]
2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain
thing?
2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers
take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his
anointed, [saying],
2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their
cords from us.
2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord
shall have them in derision.
2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them
in his sore displeasure.
2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me,
Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for]
thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for]
thy possession.
2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash
them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye
judges of the earth.
2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the
way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all
they that put their trust in him.
[Psalm 3]
3:1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they
that rise up against me.
3:2 Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help
for him in God. Selah.
3:3 But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and
the lifter up of mine head.
3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out
of his holy hill. Selah.
3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD
sustained me.
3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that
have set [themselves] against me round about.
3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten
all mine enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the
teeth of the ungodly.
3:8 Salvation [belongeth] unto the LORD: thy blessing [is]
upon thy people. Selah.
[Psalm 4]
4:1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear
me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged
me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my
prayer.
4:2 O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into
shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after
leasing? Selah.
4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly
for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart
upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust
in the LORD.
4:6 [There be] many that say, Who will show us [any] good?
LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time
[that] their corn and their wine increased.
4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou,
LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
[Psalm 5]
5:1 To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God:
for unto thee will I pray.
5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the
morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.
5:4 For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in
wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all
workers of iniquity.
5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will
abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
5:7 But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the
multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship toward
thy holy temple.
5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine
enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
5:9 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.
5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own
counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their
transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let
them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour
wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.
[Psalm 6]
6:1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm
of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten
me in thy hot displeasure.
6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal
me; for my bones are vexed.
6:3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy
mercies' sake.
6:5 For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the
grave who shall give thee thanks?
6:6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed
to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
6:7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old
because of all mine enemies.
6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD
hath heard the voice of my weeping.
6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will
receive my prayer.
6:10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them
return [and] be ashamed suddenly.
[Psalm 7]
7:1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD,
concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in
thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute
me, and deliver me:
7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces,
while [there is] none to deliver.
7:3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity
in my hands;
7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with
me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine
enemy:)
7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let
him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in
the dust. Selah.
7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of
the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment
[that] thou hast commanded.
7:7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee
about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD,
according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity
[that is] in me.
7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and
reins.
7:10 My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in
heart.
7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the
wicked] every day.
7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his
bow, and made it ready.
7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;
he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
7:14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived
mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the
ditch [which] he made.
7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his
violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness:
and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
[Psalm 8]
8:1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O
LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou
ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest
still the enemy and the avenger.
8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the
moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of
man, that thou visitest him?
8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,
and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy
hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:
8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and
whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.
8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the
earth!
[Psalm 9]
9:1 To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.
I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show
forth all thy marvellous works.
9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to
thy name, O thou most High.
9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and
perish at thy presence.
9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou
satest in the throne judging right.
9:5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the
wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:
and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with
them.
9:7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his
throne for judgment.
9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall
minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a
refuge in times of trouble.
9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in
thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion:
declare among the people his doings.
9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth
them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
9:13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I
suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the
gates of death:
9:14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the
daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made:
in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
9:16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he
executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
Higgaion. Selah.
9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the
nations that forget God.
9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the
expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.
9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be
judged in thy sight.
9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know
themselves [to be but] men. Selah.
[Psalm 10]
10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou
[thyself] in times of trouble?
10:2 The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let
them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and
blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will
not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far
above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at
them.
10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I
shall] never [be] in adversity.
10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under
his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.
10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the
secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily
set against the poor.
10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth
in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he
draweth him into his net.
10:10 He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may
fall by his strong ones.
10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he
hideth his face; he will never see [it].
10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not
the humble.
10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in
his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].
10:14 Thou hast seen [it]: for thou beholdest mischief and
spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth
himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]:
seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.
10:16 The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are
perished out of his land.
10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou
wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man
of the earth may no more oppress.
[Psalm 11]
11:1 To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD
put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your
mountain?
11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready
their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the
upright in heart.
11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous
do?
11:4 The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is]
in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of
men.
11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him
that loveth violence his soul hateth.
11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and
brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion
of their cup.
11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his
countenance doth behold the upright.
[Psalm 12]
12:1 To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail
from among the children of men.
12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with]
flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.
12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the
tongue that speaketh proud things:
12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips
[are] our own: who [is] lord over us?
12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the
needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in
safety [from him that] puffeth at him.
12:6 The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them
from this generation for ever.
12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are
exalted.
[Psalm 13]
13:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt
thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy
face from me?
13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having]
sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted
over me?
13:3 Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine
eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and]
those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice
in thy salvation.
13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt
bountifully with me.
[Psalm 14]
14:1 To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath
said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they
have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of
men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek
God.
14:3 They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become
filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat
up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
14:5 There were they in great fear: for God [is] in the
generation of the righteous.
14:6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD
[is] his refuge.
14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion!
when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob
shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
[Psalm 15]
15:1 A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy
tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,
and speaketh the truth in his heart.
15:3 [He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil
to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his
neighbour.
15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he
honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his
own] hurt, and changeth not.
15:5 [He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh
reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall
never be moved.
[Psalm 16]
16:1 Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I
put my trust.
16:2 [O my soul], thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my
Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee;
16:3 [But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to]
the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.
16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after]
another [god]: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer,
nor take up their names into my lips.
16:5 The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my
cup: thou maintainest my lot.
16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea,
I have a goodly heritage.
16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my
reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at
my right hand, I shall not be moved.
16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my
flesh also shall rest in hope.
16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt
thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
16:11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence
[is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures
for evermore.
[Psalm 17]
17:1 A prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto
my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of
feigned lips.
17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine
eyes behold the things that are equal.
17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in
the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am
purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.
17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I
have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.
17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip
not.
17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:
incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech.
17:7 Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest
by thy right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from
those that rise up [against them].
17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the
shadow of thy wings,
17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly
enemies, [who] compass me about.
17:10 They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth
they speak proudly.
17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set
their eyes bowing down to the earth;
17:12 Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it
were a young lion lurking in secret places.
17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver
my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
17:14 From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the
world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose
belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of
children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their
babes.
17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I
shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
[Psalm 18]
18:1 To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant
of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in
the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his
enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love
thee, O LORD, my strength.
18:2 The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my
buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
18:3 I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be
praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of
ungodly men made me afraid.
18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of
death prevented me.
18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my
God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came
before him, [even] into his ears.
18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also
of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out
of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness
[was] under his feet.
18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly
upon the wings of the wind.
18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round
about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
18:12 At the brightness [that was] before him his thick
clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.
18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest
gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.
18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he
shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the
foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD,
at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many
waters.
18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them
which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the
LORD was my stay.
18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he
delivered me, because he delighted in me.
18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not
wickedly departed from my God.
18:22 For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not
put away his statutes from me.
18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from
mine iniquity.
18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my
righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his
eyesight.
18:25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with
an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;
18:26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the
froward thou wilt show thyself froward.
18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring
down high looks.
18:28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will
enlighten my darkness.
18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God
have I leaped over a wall.
18:30 [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the
LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in
him.
18:31 For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save
our God?
18:32 [It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh
my way perfect.
18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me
upon my high places.
18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is
broken by mine arms.
18:35 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.
18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did
not slip.
18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them:
neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise:
they are fallen under my feet.
18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:
thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that
I might destroy them that hate me.
18:41 They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even]
unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind:
I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the
people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a
people [whom] I have not known shall serve me.
18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the
strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of
their close places.
18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the
God of my salvation be exalted.
18:47 [It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people
under me.
18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest
me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered
me from the violent man.
18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among
the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and showeth
mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
[Psalm 19]
19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens
declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his
handiwork.
19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night
showeth knowledge.
19:3 [There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice
is not heard.
19:4 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,
19:5 Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
[and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
19:6 His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his
circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the
heat thereof.
19:7 The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul:
the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.
19:8 The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the
heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the
eyes.
19:9 The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the
judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.
19:10 More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much
fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in
keeping of them [there is] great reward.
19:12 Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from
secret [faults].
19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins];
let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright,
and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my
heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my
redeemer.
[Psalm 20]
20:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear
thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend
thee;
20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee
out of Zion;
20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt
sacrifice; Selah.
20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all
thy counsel.
20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our
God we will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy
petitions.
20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will
hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his
right hand.
20:7 Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we
will remember the name of the LORD our God.
20:8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and
stand upright.
20:9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
[Psalm 21]
21:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall
joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly
shall he rejoice!
21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not
withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness:
thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
21:4 He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him,
[even] length of days for ever and ever.
21:5 His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and
majesty hast thou laid upon him.
21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast
made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy
of the most High he shall not be moved.
21:8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right
hand shall find out those that hate thee.
21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of
thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and
the fire shall devour them.
21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and
their seed from among the children of men.
21:11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a
mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when]
thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against
the face of them.
21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will
we sing and praise thy power.
[Psalm 22]
22:1 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of
David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou
so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?
22:2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not;
and in the night season, and am not silent.
22:3 But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the
praises of Israel.
22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou
didst deliver them.
22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted
in thee, and were not confounded.
22:6 But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and
despised of the people.
22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out
the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
22:8 He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let
him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
22:9 But thou [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou
didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.
22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God
from my mother's belly.
22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there
is] none to help.
22:12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan
have beset me round.
22:13 They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening
and a roaring lion.
22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of
joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my
bowels.
22:15 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.
22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked
have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
22:17 I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.
22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture.
22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength,
haste thee to help me.
22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the
power of the dog.
22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me
from the horns of the unicorns.
22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst
of the congregation will I praise thee.
22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of
Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
22:24 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.
22:25 My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation:
I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise
the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto
the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship
before thee.
22:28 For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the
governor among the nations.
22:29 All [they that be] fat upon earth shall eat and
worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before
him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the
Lord for a generation.
22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness
unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [this].
[Psalm 23]
23:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not
want.
23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth
me beside the still waters.
23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness for his name's sake.
23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and
thy staff they comfort me.
23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine
enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days
of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
[Psalm 24]
24:1 A Psalm of David. The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the
fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it
upon the floods.
24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall
stand in his holy place?
24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not
lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and
righteousness from the God of his salvation.
24:6 This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that
seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
24:8 Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty,
the LORD mighty in battle.
24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is]
the King of glory. Selah.
[Psalm 25]
25:1 [A Psalm] of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my
soul.
25:2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let
not mine enemies triumph over me.
25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be
ashamed which transgress without cause.
25:4 Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the
God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy
lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.
25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my
transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy
goodness' sake, O LORD.
25:8 Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach
sinners in the way.
25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he
teach his way.
25:10 All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto
such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for
it [is] great.
25:12 What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he
teach in the way [that] he shall choose.
25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall
inherit the earth.
25:14 The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him;
and he will show them his covenant.
25:15 Mine eyes [are] ever toward the LORD; for he shall
pluck my feet out of the net.
25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am]
desolate and afflicted.
25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: [O] bring thou
me out of my distresses.
25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all
my sins.
25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate
me with cruel hatred.
25:20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed;
for I put my trust in thee.
25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait
on thee.
25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
[Psalm 26]
26:1 [A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked
in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore]
I shall not slide.
26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my
heart.
26:3 For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have
walked in thy truth.
26:4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in
with dissemblers.
26:5 I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not
sit with the wicked.
26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass
thine altar, O LORD:
26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and
tell of all thy wondrous works.
26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the
place where thine honour dwelleth.
26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody
men:
26:10 In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is
full of bribes.
26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem
me, and be merciful unto me.
26:12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations
will I bless the LORD.
[Psalm 27]
27:1 [A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my
salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my
life; of whom shall I be afraid?
27:2 When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came
upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall
not fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I
[be] confident.
27:4 One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek
after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days
of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in
his temple.
27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he
shall set me up upon a rock.
27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies
round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle
sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto
the LORD.
27:7 Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy
also upon me, and answer me.
27:8 [When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto
thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
27:9 Hide not thy face [far] from me; put not thy servant
away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither
forsake me, O God of my salvation.
27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD
will take me up.
27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path,
because of mine enemies.
27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for
false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe
out cruelty.
27:13 [I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the
goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall
strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
[Psalm 28]
28:1 [A Psalm] of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my
rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I
become like them that go down into the pit.
28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto
thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers
of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but
mischief [is] in their hearts.
28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the
wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of
their hands; render to them their desert.
28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the
operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build
them up.
28:6 Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice
of my supplications.
28:7 The LORD [is] my strength and my shield; my heart
trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly
rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
28:8 The LORD [is] their strength, and he [is] the saving
strength of his anointed.
28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them
also, and lift them up for ever.
[Psalm 29]
29:1 A Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give
unto the LORD glory and strength.
29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship
the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
29:3 The voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of
glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters.
29:4 The voice of the LORD [is] powerful; the voice of the
LORD [is] full of majesty.
29:5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD
breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and
Sirion like a young unicorn.
29:7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD
shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and
discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak
of [his] glory.
29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth
King for ever.
29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD
will bless his people with peace.
[Psalm 30]
30:1 A Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the house of
David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up,
and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed
me.
30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave:
thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks
at the remembrance of his holiness.
30:5 For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour
[is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in
the morning.
30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand
strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was troubled.
30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made
supplication.
30:9 What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to
the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy
truth?
30:10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my
helper.
30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou
hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
30:12 To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and
not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for
ever.
[Psalm 31]
31:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O
LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in
thy righteousness.
31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou
my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
31:3 For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for
thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for
me: for thou [art] my strength.
31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed
me, O LORD God of truth.
31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I
trust in the LORD.
31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast
considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou
hast set my feet in a large room.
31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine
eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly.
31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with
sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my
bones are consumed.
31:11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially
among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that
did see me without fled from me.
31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a
broken vessel.
31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on
every side: while they took counsel together against me, they
devised to take away my life.
31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my
God.
31:15 My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of
mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for
thy mercies' sake.
31:17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon
thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in
the grave.
31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak
grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the
righteous.
31:19 [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid
up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them
that trust in thee before the sons of men!
31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from
the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion
from the strife of tongues.
31:21 Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath showed me his
marvellous kindness in a strong city.
31:22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine
eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications
when I cried unto thee.
31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD
preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud
doer.
31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,
all ye that hope in the LORD.
[Psalm 32]
32:1 [A Psalm] of David, Maschil. Blessed [is he whose]
transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered.
32:2 Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not
iniquity, and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.
32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my
roaring all the day long.
32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my
moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have
I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the
LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in
a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great
waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
32:7 Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from
trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
Selah.
32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which
thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
32:9 Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have
no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and
bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
32:10 Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that
trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and
shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.
[Psalm 33]
33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is
comely for the upright.
33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the
psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.
33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud
noise.
33:4 For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works
[are done] in truth.
33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full
of the goodness of the LORD.
33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all
the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap:
he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants
of the world stand in awe of him.
33:9 For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it
stood fast.
33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought:
he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts
of his heart to all generations.
33:12 Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and]
the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
33:13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons
of men.
33:14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all
the inhabitants of the earth.
33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all
their works.
33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a
mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
33:17 An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he
deliver [any] by his great strength.
33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear
him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them
alive in famine.
33:20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our
shield.
33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have
trusted in his holy name.
33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope
in thee.
[Psalm 34]
34:1 [A Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before
Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless
the LORD at all times: his praise [shall] continually [be] in
my mouth.
34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble
shall hear [thereof], and be glad.
34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name
together.
34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me
from all my fears.
34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their
faces were not ashamed.
34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved
him out of all his troubles.
34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that
fear him, and delivereth them.
34:8 O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is]
the man [that] trusteth in him.
34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want
to them that fear him.
34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they
that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].
34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you
the fear of the LORD.
34:12 What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth
[many] days, that he may see good?
34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking
guile.
34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue
it.
34:15 The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his
ears [are open] unto their cry.
34:16 The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to
cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
34:17 [The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and
delivereth them out of all their troubles.
34:18 The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken
heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
34:19 Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the
LORD delivereth him out of them all.
34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the
righteous shall be desolate.
34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none
of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
[Psalm 35]
35:1 [A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them
that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine
help.
35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them
that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.
35:4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after
my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that
devise my hurt.
35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel
of the LORD chase [them].
35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of
the LORD persecute them.
35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a
pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his
net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction
let him fall.
35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall
rejoice in his salvation.
35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee,
which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him,
yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge
[things] that I knew not.
35:12 They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my
soul.
35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was]
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer
returned into mine own bosom.
35:14 I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or]
brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his]
mother.
35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered
themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves
together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me],
and ceased not:
35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon
me with their teeth.
35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from
their destructions, my darling from the lions.
35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I
will praise thee among much people.
35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice
over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me
without a cause.
35:20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful
matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.
35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and]
said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].
35:22 [This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O
LORD, be not far from me.
35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto
my cause, my God and my Lord.
35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy
righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have
it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together
that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and
dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.
35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my
righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be
magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his
servant.
35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of
thy praise all the day long.
[Psalm 36]
36:1 To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of
the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my
heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.
36:2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his
iniquity be found to be hateful.
36:3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he
hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in
a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.
36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy
faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.
36:6 Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy
judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and
beast.
36:7 How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore
the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy
wings.
36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of
thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy
pleasures.
36:9 For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light
shall we see light.
36:10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee;
and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not
the hand of the wicked remove me.
36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast
down, and shall not be able to rise.
[Psalm 37]
37:1 [A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of
evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of
iniquity.
37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and
wither as the green herb.
37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in
the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee
the desires of thine heart.
37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he
shall bring [it] to pass.
37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,
and thy judgment as the noonday.
37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not
thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of
the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in
any wise to do evil.
37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon
the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not
[be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it
[shall] not [be].
37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight
themselves in the abundance of peace.
37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon
him with his teeth.
37:13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day
is coming.
37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent
their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such
as be of upright conversation.
37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their
bows shall be broken.
37:16 A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the
riches of many wicked.
37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the
LORD upholdeth the righteous.
37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their
inheritance shall be for ever.
37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the
days of famine they shall be satisfied.
37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the
LORD [shall be] as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into
smoke shall they consume away.
37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the
righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.
37:22 For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the
earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.
37:23 The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and
he delighteth in his way.
37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for
the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.
37:25 I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not
seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
37:26 [He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is]
blessed.
37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his
saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked
shall be cut off.
37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein
for ever.
37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his
tongue talketh of judgment.
37:31 The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps
shall slide.
37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay
him.
37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn
him when he is judged.
37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt
thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou
shalt see [it].
37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading
himself like a green bay tree.
37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I
sought him, but he could not be found.
37:37 Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the
end of [that] man [is] peace.
37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the
end of the wicked shall be cut off.
37:39 But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD:
[he is] their strength in the time of trouble.
37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he
shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they
trust in him.
[Psalm 38]
38:1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD,
rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasure.
38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth
me sore.
38:3 [There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine
anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my
sin.
38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy
burden they are too heavy for me.
38:5 My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my
foolishness.
38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning
all the day long.
38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and
[there is] no soundness in my flesh.
38:8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of
the disquietness of my heart.
38:9 Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is
not hid from thee.
38:10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the
light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and
my kinsmen stand afar off.
38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]:
and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and
imagine deceits all the day long.
38:13 But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a
dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
38:14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose
mouth [are] no reproofs.
38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord
my God.
38:16 For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should
rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify
[themselves] against me.
38:17 For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is]
continually before me.
38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for
my sin.
38:19 But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong:
and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
38:20 They also that render evil for good are mine
adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
[Psalm 39]
39:1 To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of
David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with
my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked
is before me.
39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from
good; and my sorrow was stirred.
39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire
burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,
39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my
days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].
39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and
mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his
best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
39:6 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.
39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.
39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the
reproach of the foolish.
39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst
[it].
39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the
blow of thine hand.
39:11 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.
39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold
not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee,
[and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].
39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go
hence, and be no more.
[Psalm 40]
40:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited
patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my
cry.
40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the
miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my
goings.
40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise
unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in
the LORD.
40:4 Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust,
and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
40:5 Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which]
thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they
cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare
and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.
40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears
hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not
required.
40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it
is] written of me,
40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is]
within my heart.
40:9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation:
lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
40:10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I
have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not
concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great
congregation.
40:11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD:
let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine
iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to
look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore
my heart faileth me.
40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste
to help me.
40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek
after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and
put to shame that wish me evil.
40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that
say unto me, Aha, aha.
40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in
thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD
be magnified.
40:17 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.
[Psalm 41]
41:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he
that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of
trouble.
41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he
shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him
unto the will of his enemies.
41:3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of
languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I
have sinned against thee.
41:5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and
his name perish?
41:6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his
heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he
telleth [it].
41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me
do they devise my hurt.
41:8 An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and
[now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which
did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
41:10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up,
that I may requite them.
41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine
enemy doth not triumph over me.
41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and
settest me before thy face for ever.
41:13 Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting,
and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
[Psalm 42]
42:1 To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul
after thee, O God.
42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when
shall I come and appear before God?
42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they
continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?
42:4 When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in
me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the
house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a
multitude that kept holyday.
42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou
disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him
[for] the help of his countenance.
42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will
I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites,
from the hill Mizar.
42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts:
all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
42:8 [Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the
daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my
prayer unto the God of my life.
42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?
why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
42:10 [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach
me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise
him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
[Psalm 43]
43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly
nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
43:2 For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou
cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the
enemy?
43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me;
let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my
exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my
God.
43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him,
[who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
[Psalm 44]
44:1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We
have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,
[what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
44:2 [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand,
and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and
cast them out.
44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own
sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand,
and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou
hadst a favour unto them.
44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy
name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword
save me.
44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put
them to shame that hated us.
44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name
for ever. Selah.
44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest
not forth with our armies.
44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they
which hate us spoil for themselves.
44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and
hast scattered us among the heathen.
44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not
increase [thy wealth] by their price.
44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn
and a derision to them that are round about us.
44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of
the head among the people.
44:15 My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame
of my face hath covered me,
44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth;
by reason of the enemy and avenger.
44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten
thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps
declined from thy way;
44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of
dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched
out our hands to a strange god;
44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the
secrets of the heart.
44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we
are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not
off for ever.
44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our
affliction and our oppression?
44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly
cleaveth unto the earth.
44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies'
sake.
[Psalm 45]
45:1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of
Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good
matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the
king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is
poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
45:3 Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with
thy glory and thy majesty.
45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth
and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall
teach thee terrible things.
45:5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's
enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
45:6 Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre
of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows.
45:8 All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and]
cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee
glad.
45:9 Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon
thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine
ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he
[is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.
45:12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift;
[even] the rich among the people shall entreat thy favour.
45:13 The king's daughter [is] all glorious within: her
clothing [is] of wrought gold.
45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of
needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be
brought unto thee.
45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they
shall enter into the king's palace.
45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou
mayest make princes in all the earth.
45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all
generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever
and ever.
[Psalm 46]
46:1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon
Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help
in trouble.
46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,
and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
46:3 [Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled,
[though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
46:4 [There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad
the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the
most High.
46:5 God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:
God shall help her, [and that] right early.
46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered
his voice, the earth melted.
46:7 The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is]
our refuge. Selah.
46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he
hath made in the earth.
46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he
breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth
the chariot in the fire.
46:10 Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted
among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
46:11 The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is]
our refuge. Selah.
[Psalm 47]
47:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O
clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice
of triumph.
47:2 For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great
King over all the earth.
47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations
under our feet.
47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency
of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of
a trumpet.
47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our
King, sing praises.
47:7 For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises
with understanding.
47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the
throne of his holiness.
47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, [even]
the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth
[belong] unto God: he is greatly exalted.
[Psalm 48]
48:1 A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the
LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in]
the mountain of his holiness.
48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth,
[is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the
great King.
48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
48:4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by
together.
48:5 They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were
troubled, [and] hasted away.
48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a
woman in travail.
48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the
LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it
for ever. Selah.
48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the
midst of thy temple.
48:10 According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto
the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be
glad, because of thy judgments.
48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the
towers thereof.
48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that
ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
48:14 For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be
our guide [even] unto death.
[Psalm 49]
49:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of
the world:
49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my
heart [shall be] of understanding.
49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my
dark saying upon the harp.
49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the
iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in
the multitude of their riches;
49:7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor
give to God a ransom for him:
49:8 (For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it
ceaseth for ever:)
49:9 That he should still live for ever, [and] not see
corruption.
49:10 For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and
the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
49:11 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.
49:12 Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is
like the beasts [that] perish.
49:13 This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity
approve their sayings. Selah.
49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed
on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the
morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their
dwelling.
49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the
grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the
glory of his house is increased;
49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his
glory shall not descend after him.
49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men]
will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they
shall never see light.
49:20 Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like
the beasts [that] perish.
[Psalm 50]
50:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath
spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto
the going down thereof.
50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire
shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round
about him.
50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the
earth, that he may judge his people.
50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made
a covenant with me by sacrifice.
50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God
[is] judge himself. Selah.
50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I
will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.
50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt
offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats
out of thy folds.
50:10 For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the
cattle upon a thousand hills.
50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild
beasts of the field [are] mine.
50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world
[is] mine, and the fulness thereof.
50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of
goats?
50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the
most High:
50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver
thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to
declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant
in thy mouth?
50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words
behind thee.
50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with
him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth
deceit.
50:20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou
slanderest thine own mother's son.
50:21 These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou
thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself:
[but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine
eyes.
50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear
[you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.
50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that
ordereth [his] conversation [aright] will I show the salvation
of God.
[Psalm 51]
51:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the
prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have
mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my
transgressions.
51:2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me
from my sin.
51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is]
ever before me.
51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this]
evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou
speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.
51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my
mother conceive me.
51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in
the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and
I shall be whiter than snow.
51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones
[which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine
iniquities.
51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right
spirit within me.
51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy
holy spirit from me.
51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me
[with thy] free spirit.
51:13 [Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners
shall be converted unto thee.
51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my
salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy
righteousness.
51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show
forth thy praise.
51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give
[it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
51:17 The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the
walls of Jerusalem.
51:19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of
righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering:
then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
[Psalm 52]
52:1 To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when
Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David
is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in
mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth]
continually.
52:2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor,
working deceitfully.
52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than
to speak righteousness. Selah.
52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful
tongue.
52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take
thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root
thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh
at him:
52:7 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.
52:8 But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God:
I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
52:9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done
[it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before thy
saints.
[Psalm 53]
53:1 To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm]
of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God.
Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is]
none that doeth good.
53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to
see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.
53:3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether
become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my
people [as] they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
53:5 There were they in great fear, [where] no fear was: for
God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth [against]
thee: thou hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised
them.
53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion!
When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall
rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
[Psalm 54]
54:1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of
David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David
hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me
by thy strength.
54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my
mouth.
54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors
seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
54:4 Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them
that uphold my soul.
54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in
thy truth.
54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy
name, O LORD; for [it is] good.
54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine
eye hath seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.
[Psalm 55]
55:1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of
David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from
my supplication.
55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint,
and make a noise;
55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the
oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and
in wrath they hate me.
55:4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of
death are fallen upon me.
55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror
hath overwhelmed me.
55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then]
would I fly away, and be at rest.
55:7 Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the
wilderness. Selah.
55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and]
tempest.
55:9 Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have
seen violence and strife in the city.
55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:
mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.
55:11 Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile
depart not from her streets.
55:12 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:
55:13 But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine
acquaintance.
55:14 We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the
house of God in company.
55:15 Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick
into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among
them.
55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall
save me.
55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry
aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle
[that was] against me: for there were many with me.
55:19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth
of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they
fear not God.
55:20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace
with him: he hath broken his covenant.
55:21 [The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but
war [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet
[were] they drawn swords.
55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain
thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of
destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half
their days; but I will trust in thee.
[Psalm 56]
56:1 To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam
of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful
unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily
oppresseth me.
56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be]
many that fight against me, O thou most High.
56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my
trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
56:5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are]
against me for evil.
56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,
they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast
down the people, O God.
56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy
bottle: [are they] not in thy book?
56:9 When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn
back: this I know; for God [is] for me.
56:10 In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I
praise [his] word.
56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what
man can do unto me.
56:12 Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises
unto thee.
56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt] not
[thou deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God
in the light of the living?
[Psalm 57]
57:1 To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David,
when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God,
be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the
shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these]
calamities be overpast.
57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth
[all things] for me.
57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me [from] the
reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send
forth his mercy and his truth.
57:4 My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them
that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are]
spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
57:5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] thy
glory [be] above all the earth.
57:6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed
down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof
they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.
57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing
and give praise.
57:8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself]
will awake early.
57:9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will
sing unto thee among the nations.
57:10 For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens, and thy
truth unto the clouds.
57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy
glory [be] above all the earth.
[Psalm 58]
58:1 To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do
ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge
uprightly, O ye sons of men?
58:2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence
of your hands in the earth.
58:3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray
as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
58:4 Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they
are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
58:5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers,
charming never so wisely.
58:6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the
great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
58:7 Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually:
[when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as
cut in pieces.
58:8 As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass
away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not
see the sun.
58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them
away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
58:10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the
vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for
the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
[Psalm 59]
59:1 To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David;
when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver
me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise
up against me.
59:2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me
from bloody men.
59:3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are
gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my
sin, O LORD.
59:4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault:
awake to help me, and behold.
59:5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,
awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked
transgressors. Selah.
59:6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog,
and go round about the city.
59:7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in
their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?
59:8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have
all the heathen in derision.
59:9 [Because of] his strength will I wait upon thee: for God
[is] my defence.
59:10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me
see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by
thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
59:12 [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.
59:13 Consume [them] in wrath, consume [them], that they
[may] not [be]: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto
the ends of the earth. Selah.
59:14 And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a
noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if
they be not satisfied.
59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of
thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and
refuge in the day of my trouble.
59:17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God [is] my
defence, [and] the God of my mercy.
[Psalm 60]
60:1 To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of
David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with
Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley
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