Psalms 20:1-36:1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The Lord heare thee in the day of trouble: the name of ye God of Iaakob defend thee:

Geneva⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The Lord heare thee in the day of trouble: the name of ye God of Iaakob defend thee: ² Send thee helpe from the Sanctuarie, and strengthen thee out of Zion. ³ Let him remember all thine offerings, and turne thy burnt offerings into asshes. Selah: ⁴ And graunt thee according to thine heart, and fulfill all thy purpose: ⁵ That we may reioyce in thy saluation, and set vp the banner in the Name of our God, when the Lord shall performe all thy petitions. ⁶ Now know I that the Lord will helpe his anointed, and will heare him from his Sanctuarie, by the mightie helpe of his right hand. ⁷ Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the Name of ye Lord our God. ⁸ They are brought downe and fallen, but we are risen, and stand vpright. ⁹ Saue Lord: let the King heare vs in the day that we call. ²¹ ¹ To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The King shall reioyce in thy strength, O Lord: yea how greatly shall he reioyce in thy saluation! ² Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire, and hast not denyed him the request of his lips. Selah. ³ For thou diddest preuent him with liberall blessings, and didest set a crowne of pure gold vpon his head. ⁴ He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him a long life for euer and euer. ⁵ His glory is great in thy saluation: dignitie and honour hast thou laid vpon him. ⁶ For thou hast set him as blessings for euer: thou hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenance. ⁷ Because the King trusteth in the Lord, and in the mercie of the most High, he shall not slide. ⁸ Thine hand shall finde out all thine enemies, and thy right hand shall finde out them that hate thee. ⁹ Thou shalt make them like a fierie ouen in time of thine anger: the Lord shall destroy them in his wrath, and the fire shall deuoure them. ¹⁰ Their fruite shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seede from the children of men. ¹¹ For they intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile. ¹² Therefore shalt thou put them aparte, and the strings of thy bowe shalt thou make readie against their faces. ¹³ Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: so will we sing and prayse thy power. ²² ¹ To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring? ² O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience. ³ But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel. ⁴ Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them. ⁵ They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. ⁶ But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people. ⁷ All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying, ⁸ He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him. ⁹ But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts. ¹⁰ I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly. ¹¹ Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me. ¹² Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about. ¹³ They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon. ¹⁴ I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels. ¹⁵ My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. ¹⁶ For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete. ¹⁷ I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me. ¹⁸ They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture. ¹⁹ But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me. ²⁰ Deliuer my soule from the sword: my desolate soule from the power of the dogge. ²¹ Saue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes. ²² I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying, ²³ Prayse the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the seede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the seede of Israel. ²⁴ For he hath not despised nor abhorred ye affliction of the poore: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard. ²⁵ My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him. ²⁶ The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer. ²⁷ All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee. ²⁸ For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations. ²⁹ All they that be fat in the earth, shall eate and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shall bowe before him, euen he that cannot quicken his owne soule. ³⁰ Their seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation. ³¹ They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it. ²³ ¹ A Psalme of David. The Lord is my shepheard, I shall not want. ² He maketh me to rest in greene pasture, and leadeth me by the still waters. ³ He restoreth my soule, and leadeth me in the paths of righteousnesse for his Names sake. ⁴ Yea, though I should walke through the valley of the shadowe of death, I will feare no euill: for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staffe, they comfort me. ⁵ Thou doest prepare a table before me in the sight of mine aduersaries: thou doest anoynt mine head with oyle, and my cuppe runneth ouer. ⁶ Doubtlesse kindnesse and mercie shall follow me all the dayes of my life, and I shall remaine a long season in the house of the Lord. ²⁴ ¹ A Psalme of David. The earth is the Lordes, and all that therein is: the worlde and they that dwell therein. ² For he hath founded it vpon the seas: and established it vpon the floods. ³ Who shall ascende into the mountaine of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? ⁴ Euen he that hath innocent handes, and a pure heart: which hath not lift vp his minde vnto vanitie, nor sworne deceitfully. ⁵ He shall receiue a blessing from the Lord, and righteousnesse from the God of his saluation. ⁶ This is the generation of them that seeke him, of them that seeke thy face, this is Iaakob. Selah. ⁷ Lift vp your heads ye gates, and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores, and the King of glory shall come in. ⁸ Who is this King of glorie? the Lord, strong and mightie, euen the Lord mightie in battell. ⁹ Lift vp your heads, ye gates, and lift vp your selues, ye euerlasting doores, and the King of glorie shall come in. ¹⁰ Who is this King of glory? the Lord of hostes, he is the King of glorie. Selah. ²⁵ ¹ A Psalme of David. Unto thee, O Lord, lift I vp my soule. ² My God, I trust in thee: let me not be confounded: let not mine enemies reioyce ouer mee. ³ So all that hope in thee, shall not be ashamed: but let them be confounded, that transgresse without cause. ⁴ Shew me thy waies, O Lord, and teache me thy paths. ⁵ Leade me foorth in thy trueth, and teache me: for thou art the God of my saluation: in thee doe I trust all the day. ⁶ Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy louing kindnesse: for they haue beene for euer. ⁷ Remember not the sinnes of my youth, nor my rebellions, but according to thy kindenesse remember thou me, euen for thy goodnesse sake, O Lord. ⁸ Gracious and righteous is the Lord: therefore will he teache sinners in the way. ⁹ Them that be meeke, will hee guide in iudgement, and teach the humble his way. ¹⁰ All the pathes of the Lord are mercie and trueth vnto such as keepe his couenant and his testimonies. ¹¹ For thy Names sake, O Lord, be merciful vnto mine iniquitie, for it is great. ¹² What man is he that feareth the Lord? him wil he teache the way that hee shall chuse. ¹³ His soule shall dwell at ease, and his seede shall inherite the land. ¹⁴ The secrete of the Lord is reueiled to them, that feare him: and his couenant to giue them vnderstanding. ¹⁵ Mine eyes are euer towarde the Lord: for he will bring my feete out of the net. ¹⁶ Turne thy face vnto mee, and haue mercie vpon me: for I am desolate and poore. ¹⁷ The sorowes of mine heart are enlarged: drawe me out of my troubles. ¹⁸ Looke vpon mine affliction and my trauel, and forgiue all my sinnes. ¹⁹ Beholde mine enemies, for they are manie, and they hate me with cruell hatred. ²⁰ Keepe my soule, and deliuer me: let me not be confounded, for I trust in thee. ²¹ Let mine vprightnes and equitie preserue me: for mine hope is in thee. ²² Deliuer Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. ²⁶ ¹ A Psalme of David. Judge me, O Lord, for I haue walked in mine innocency: my trust hath bene also in the Lord: therefore shall I not slide. ² Proue me, O Lord, and trie mee: examine my reines, and mine heart. ³ For thy louing kindnesse is before mine eyes: therefore haue I walked in thy trueth. ⁴ I haue not hanted with vaine persons, neither kept companie with the dissemblers. ⁵ I haue hated the assemblie of the euill, and haue not companied with the wicked. ⁶ I will wash mine handes in innocencie, O Lord, and compasse thine altar, ⁷ That I may declare with the voyce of thankesgiuing, and set foorth all thy wonderous woorkes. ⁸ O Lord, I haue loued the habitation of thine house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. ⁹ Gather not my soule with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodie men: ¹⁰ In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes. ¹¹ But I will walke in mine innocencie: redeeme me therefore, and be mercifull vnto me. ¹² My foote standeth in vprightnesse: I will praise thee, O Lord, in the Congregations. ²⁷ ¹ A Psalme of David. The Lord is my light and my saluation, whom shall I feare? the Lord is the strength of my life, of whome shall I be afraide? ² When the wicked, euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon mee to eate vp my flesh; they stumbled and fell. ³ Though an hoste pitched against me, mine heart should not be afraide: though warre be raised against me, I will trust in this. ⁴ One thing haue I desired of the Lord, that I will require, euen that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautie of the Lord, and to visite his Temple. ⁵ For in the time of trouble hee shall hide mee in his Tabernacle: in the secrete place of his pauillion shall he hide me, and set me vp vpon a rocke. ⁶ And nowe shall hee lift vp mine head aboue mine enemies rounde about mee: therefore wil I offer in his Tabernacle sacrifices of ioy: I wil sing and praise the Lord. ⁷ Hearken vnto my voyce, O Lord, when I crie: haue mercie also vpon mee and heare mee. ⁸ When thou saidest, Seeke ye my face, mine heart answered vnto thee, O Lord, I will seeke thy face. ⁹ Hide not therefore thy face from mee, nor cast thy seruat away in displeasure: thou hast bene my succour: leaue me not, neither forsake mee, O God of my saluation. ¹⁰ Though my father and my mother shoulde forsake me, yet the Lord will gather me vp. ¹¹ Teache mee thy way, O Lord, and leade me in a right path, because of mine enemies. ¹² Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly. ¹³ I should haue fainted, except I had beleeued to see the goodnes of the Lord in the land of the liuing. ¹⁴ Hope in the Lord: be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart, and trust in the Lord. ²⁸ ¹ A Psalme of David. Unto thee, O Lord, doe I crie: O my strength, be not deafe toward mee, lest, if thou answere me not, I be like them that goe downe into the pit. ² Heare the voyce of my petitions, when I crie vnto thee, when I holde vp mine handes towarde thine holy Oracle. ³ Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts. ⁴ Reward them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their inuentions: recompense them after the woorke of their handes: render them their reward. ⁵ For they regarde not the woorkes of the Lord, nor the operation of his handes: therefore breake them downe, and builde them not vp. ⁶ Praised be the Lord, for he hath heard the voyce of my petitions. ⁷ The Lord is my strength and my shielde: mine heart trusted in him, and I was helped: therfore mine heart shall reioyce, and with my song will I praise him. ⁸ The Lord is their strength, and he is the strength of the deliuerances of his anointed. ⁹ Saue thy people, and blesse thine inheritance: feede them also, and exalt them for euer. ²⁹ ¹ A Psalme of David. Give vnto the Lord, ye sonnes of the mightie: giue vnto the Lord glorie and strength. ² Giue vnto the Lord glorie due vnto his Name: worship the Lord in the glorious Sanctuarie. ³ The voyce of the Lord is vpon the waters: the God of glorie maketh it to thunder: the Lord is vpon the great waters. ⁴ The voyce of the Lord is mightie: the voyce of the Lord is glorious. ⁵ The voyce of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ He maketh them also to leape like a calfe: Lebanon also and Shirion like a yong vnicorne. ⁷ The voice of the Lord deuideth the flames of sire. ⁸ The voice of the Lord maketh the wildernes to tremble: the Lord maketh the wildernes of Kadesh to tremble. ⁹ The voice of the Lord maketh the hindes to calue, and discouereth the forests: therefore in his Temple doth euery man speake of his glory. ¹⁰ The Lord sitteth vpon the flood, and the Lord doeth remaine King for euer. ¹¹ The Lord shall giue strength vnto his people: the Lord shall blesse his people with peace. ³⁰ ¹ A Psalme or song of the dedication of the house of David. I will magnifie thee, O Lord: for thou hast exalted mee, and hast not made my foe to reioyce ouer me. ² O Lord my God, I cried vnto thee, and thou hast restored me. ³ O Lord, thou hast brought vp my soule out of the graue: thou hast reuiued me from them that goe downe into the pit. ⁴ Sing praises vnto the Lord, ye his Saintes, and giue thankes before the remembrance of his Holinesse. ⁵ For he endureth but a while in his anger: but in his fauour is life: weeping may abide at euening, but ioy commeth in the morning. ⁶ And in my prosperitie I sayde, I shall neuer be moued. ⁷ For thou Lord of thy goodnes hadest made my mountaine to stande strong: but thou didest hide thy face, and I was troubled. ⁸ Then cried I vnto thee, O Lord, and praied to my Lord. ⁹ What profite is there in my blood, when I go downe to the pit? shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth? ¹⁰ Heare, O Lord, and haue mercy vpon me: Lord, be thou mine helper. ¹¹ Thou hast turned my mourning into ioy: thou hast loosed my sacke and girded mee with gladnesse. ¹² Therefore shall my tongue praise thee and not cease: O Lord my God, I will giue thankes vnto thee for euer. ³¹ ¹ To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. In thee, O Lord, haue I put my trust: let mee neuer be confounded: deliuer me in thy righteousnesse. ² Bowe downe thine eare to me: make haste to deliuer mee: be vnto me a stronge rocke, and an house of defence to saue me. ³ For thou art my rocke and my fortresse: therefore for thy Names sake direct mee and guide me. ⁴ Drawe mee out of the nette, that they haue layde priuilie for mee: for thou art my strength. ⁵ Into thine hand I commend my spirit: for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of trueth. ⁶ I haue hated them that giue them selues to deceitfull vanities: for I trust in the Lord. ⁷ I wil be glad and reioyce in thy mercie: for thou hast seene my trouble: thou hast knowen my soule in aduersities, ⁸ And thou hast not shut me vp in the hand of the enemie, but hast set my feete at large. ⁹ Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: for I am in trouble: mine eye, my soule and my bellie are consumed with griefe. ¹⁰ For my life is wasted with heauinesse, and my yeeres with mourning: my strength faileth for my paine, and my bones are consumed. ¹¹ I was a reproch among all mine enemies, but specially among my neighbours: and a feare to mine acquaintance, who seeing me in the streete, fled from me. ¹² I am forgotten, as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell. ¹³ For I haue heard the rayling of great men: feare was on euery side, while they conspired together against mee, and consulted to take my life. ¹⁴ But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God. ¹⁵ My times are in thine hande: deliuer mee from the hande of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. ¹⁶ Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant, and saue me through thy mercie. ¹⁷ Let me not be confounded, O Lord: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked bee put to confusion, and to silence in the graue. ¹⁸ Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous. ¹⁹ Howe great is thy goodnesse, which thou hast layde vp for them, that feare thee! and done to them, that trust in thee, euen before the sonnes of men! ²⁰ Thou doest hide them priuily in thy presence from the pride of men: thou keepest them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife of tongues. ²¹ Blessed be the Lord: for hee hath shewed his marueilous kindenesse toward me in a strong citie. ²² Though I said in mine haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet thou heardest the voyce of my prayer, when I cryed vnto thee. ²³ Loue ye the Lord all his Saintes: for the Lord preserueth the faithfull, and rewardeth abundantly the proud doer. ²⁴ All ye that trust in the Lord, be strong, and he shall establish your heart. ³² ¹ A Psalme of David to give instruction. Blessed is he whose wickednes is forgiuen, and whose sinne is couered. ² Blessed is the man, vnto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquitie, and in whose spirite there is no guile. ³ When I helde my tongue, my bones consumed, or when I roared all the day, ⁴ (For thine hand is heauie vpon me, day and night: and my moysture is turned into ye drought of summer. Selah) ⁵ Then I acknowledged my sinne vnto thee, neither hid I mine iniquitie: for I thought, I will confesse against my selfe my wickednesse vnto the Lord, and thou forgauest the punishment of my sinne. Selah. ⁶ Therefore shall euery one, that is godly, make his prayer vnto thee in a time, when thou mayest be founde: surely in the flood of great waters they shall not come neere him. ⁷ Thou art my secret place: thou preseruest me from trouble: thou compassest me about with ioyfull deliuerance. Selah. ⁸ I will instruct thee, and teache thee in the way that thou shalt goe, and I will guide thee with mine eye. ⁹ Be ye not like an horse, or like a mule, which vnderstand not: whose mouthes thou doest binde with bit and bridle, least they come neere thee. ¹⁰ Many sorowes shall come to the wicked: but he, that trusteth in the Lord, mercie shall compasse him. ¹¹ Be glad ye righteous, and reioyce in the Lord, and be ioyfull all ye, that are vpright in heart. ³³ ¹ Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for it becommeth vpright men to be thankefull. ² Prayse the Lord with harpe: sing vnto him with viole and instrument of ten strings. ³ Sing vnto him a newe song: sing cheerefully with a loude voyce. ⁴ For the word of the Lord is righteous, and all his workes are faithfull. ⁵ He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement: the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord. ⁶ By the worde of the Lord were the heauens made, and all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth. ⁷ He gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures. ⁸ Let all the earth feare the Lord: let al them that dwell in the world, feare him. ⁹ For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it stood. ¹⁰ The Lord breaketh the counsell of the heathen, and bringeth to nought the deuices of the people. ¹¹ The counsell of the Lord shall stand for euer, and the thoughts of his heart throughout all ages. ¹² Blessed is that nation, whose God is the Lord: euen the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance. ¹³ The Lord looketh downe from heauen, and beholdeth all the children of men. ¹⁴ From the habitation of his dwelling he beholdeth all them that dwell in the earth. ¹⁵ He facioneth their hearts euery one, and vnderstandeth all their workes. ¹⁶ The King is not saued by the multitude of an hoste, neither is the mightie man deliuered by great strength. ¹⁷ A horse is a vaine helpe, and shall not deliuer any by his great strength. ¹⁸ Beholde, the eye of the Lord is vpon them that feare him, and vpon them, that trust in his mercie, ¹⁹ To deliuer their soules from death, and to preserue them in famine. ²⁰ Our soule waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helpe and our shielde. ²¹ Surely our heart shall reioyce in him, because we trusted in his holy Name. ²² Let thy mercie, O Lord, be vpon vs, as we trust in thee. ³⁴ ¹ A Psalme of Dauid, when he changed his behauiour before Abimelech, who droue him away, and he departed. I will alway giue thankes vnto the Lord: his praise shalbe in my mouth continually. ² My soule shall glory in the Lord: the humble shall heare it, and be glad. ³ Praise ye the Lord with me, and let vs magnifie his Name together. ⁴ I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he deliuered me out of all my feare. ⁵ They shall looke vnto him, and runne to him: and their faces shall not be ashamed, saying, ⁶ This poore man cryed, and the Lord heard him, and saued him out of all his troubles. ⁷ The Angel of the Lord pitcheth round about them, that feare him, and deliuereth them. ⁸ Taste ye and see, howe gratious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. ⁹ Feare the Lord, ye his Saintes: for nothing wanteth to them that feare him. ¹⁰ The lyons doe lacke and suffer hunger, but they, which seeke the Lord, shall want nothing that is good. ¹¹ Come children, hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of the Lord. ¹² What man is he, that desireth life, and loueth long dayes for to see good? ¹³ Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile. ¹⁴ Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and follow after it. ¹⁵ The eyes of the Lord are vpon the righteous, and his eares are open vnto their crie. ¹⁶ But the face of the Lord is against them that doe euill, to cut off their remembrance from the earth. ¹⁷ The righteous crie, and the Lord heareth them, and deliuereth them out of all their troubles. ¹⁸ The Lord is neere vnto them that are of a contrite heart, and will saue such as be afflicted in Spirite. ¹⁹ Great are the troubles of the righteous: but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all. ²⁰ He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. ²¹ But malice shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish. ²² The Lord redeemeth the soules of his seruants: and none, that trust in him, shall perish. ³⁵ ¹ A Psalme of Dauid. Pleade thou my cause, O Lord, with them that striue with me: fight thou against them, that fight against me. ² Lay hand vpon the shielde and buckler, and stand vp for mine helpe. ³ Bring out also the speare and stop the way against them, that persecute me: say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation. ⁴ Let them be confounded and put to shame, that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mine hurt. ⁵ Let them be as chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them. ⁶ Let their way be darke and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them. ⁷ For without cause they haue hid the pit and their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule. ⁸ Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction. ⁹ Then my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: it shall reioyce in his saluation. ¹⁰ All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him! ¹¹ Cruell witnesses did rise vp: they asked of me things that I knewe not. ¹² They rewarded me euill for good, to haue spoyled my soule. ¹³ Yet I, when they were sicke, I was clothed with a sacke: I humbled my soule with fasting: and my praier was turned vpon my bosome. ¹⁴ I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother. ¹⁵ But in mine aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered them selues together: the abiects assembled themselues against me, and knewe not: they tare me and ceased not, ¹⁶ With the false skoffers at bankets, gnashing their teeth against me. ¹⁷ Lord, how long wilt thou beholde this? deliuer my soule from their tumult, euen my desolate soule from the lions. ¹⁸ So will I giue thee thankes in a great Congregation: I will praise thee among much people. ¹⁹ Let not them that are mine enemies, vniustly reioyce ouer mee, neyther let them winke with the eye, that hate mee without a cause. ²⁰ For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the quiet of the lande. ²¹ And they gaped on mee with their mouthes, saying, Aha, aha, our eye hath seene. ²² Thou hast seene it, O Lord: keepe not silence: be not farre from me, O Lord. ²³ Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord. ²⁴ Iudge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousnesse, and let them not reioyce ouer mee. ²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him. ²⁶ Let them bee confounded, and put to shame together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee clothed with confusion and shame, that lift vp themselues against me. ²⁷ But let them be ioyful and glad, that loue my righteousnesse: yea, let them say alway, Let the Lord be magnified, which loueth the prosperitie of his seruant. ²⁸ And my tongue shall vtter thy righteousnesse, and thy praise euery day. ³⁶ ¹ To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid, the servant of the Lord. Wickedness sayeth to the wicked man, euen in mine heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.