Psalms 87:1-150:6 A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.

NHEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ [A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.] His foundation is in the holy mountains. ² The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. ³ Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah. ⁴ I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me. Look, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia: "This one was born there." ⁵ Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;" the Most High himself will establish her. ⁶ The LORD will count, when he writes up the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah. ⁷ And those who sing as well as the pipers: "My whole source of joy is in you." ⁸⁸ ¹ [A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.] LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you. ² Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry. ³ For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol. ⁴ I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help, ⁵ set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand. ⁶ You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. ⁷ Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. ⁸ You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape. ⁹ My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you. ¹⁰ Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah. ¹¹ Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? ¹² Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? ¹³ But to you, LORD, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you. ¹⁴ LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me? ¹⁵ I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted. ¹⁶ Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off. ¹⁷ They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me. ¹⁸ You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. ⁸⁹ ¹ [A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.] I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. ² I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them." ³ "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant, ⁴ 'I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne for all generations.'" Selah. ⁵ The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. ⁶ For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of God is like the LORD, ⁷ a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him? ⁸ LORD, God of hosts, who is a mighty one like you, LORD? Your faithfulness is around you. ⁹ You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them. ¹⁰ You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. ¹¹ The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them. ¹² The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. ¹³ You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted. ¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face. ¹⁵ Blessed are the people who know the joyful shout. They walk in the light of your presence, LORD. ¹⁶ In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted. ¹⁷ For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted. ¹⁸ For our shield belongs to the LORD; our king to the Holy One of Israel. ¹⁹ Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful ones, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people. ²⁰ I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil, ²¹ with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him. ²² No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. ²³ I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him. ²⁴ But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted. ²⁵ I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. ²⁶ He will call to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.' ²⁷ I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. ²⁸ I will keep my loving kindness for him forevermore. My covenant will stand firm with him. ²⁹ And I will establish his descendants forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰ If his children forsake my Law, and do not walk in my ordinances; ³¹ if they break my statutes, and do not keep my commandments; ³² then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. ³³ But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. ³⁴ I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered. ³⁵ Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David. ³⁶ His descendants will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. ³⁷ It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky." Selah. ³⁸ But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed. ³⁹ You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust. ⁴⁰ You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin. ⁴¹ All who pass by the way rob him. He has become an object of ridicule to his neighbors. ⁴² You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice. ⁴³ Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle. ⁴⁴ You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground. ⁴⁵ You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah. ⁴⁶ How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire? ⁴⁷ Remember how short my time is. Have you created the descendants of Adam for no reason? ⁴⁸ What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. ⁴⁹ Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness? ⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the ridicule of all the many peoples against your servants I have borne in my heart, ⁵¹ how your enemies have ridiculed, LORD, how they have ridiculed the footsteps of your anointed one. ⁵² Blessed be the LORD forevermore. Amen, and Amen. ⁹⁰ ¹ [A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.] Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. ² Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. ³ You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you descendants of Adam." ⁴ For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night. ⁵ You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass. ⁶ In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry. ⁷ For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath. ⁸ You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. ⁹ For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh. ¹⁰ The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away. ¹¹ Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you? ¹² So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. ¹³ Relent, LORD. How long? Have compassion on your servants. ¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. ¹⁵ Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil. ¹⁶ Let your work appear to your servants; your glory to their children. ¹⁷ Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands. ⁹¹ ¹ He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of Shaddai. ² I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust." ³ For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence. ⁴ He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His truth is an encompassing shield. ⁵ You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day; ⁶ nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday. ⁷ A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. ⁸ You will only look with your eyes, and see the recompense of the wicked. ⁹ Because you have made the LORD, my refuge, the Most High, your dwelling place, ¹⁰ no evil shall overtake you; no plague shall come near your dwelling. ¹¹ For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways. ¹² In their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. ¹³ You will tread upon the lion and the viper. You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot. ¹⁴ "Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name. ¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him. ¹⁶ I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation." ⁹² ¹ [A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.] It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, Most High; ² to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night, ³ with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre. ⁴ For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands. ⁵ How great are your works, LORD. Your thoughts are very deep. ⁶ A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this: ⁷ though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. ⁸ But you, LORD, are on high forevermore. ⁹ For, look, your enemies, LORD, for, look, your enemies shall perish. All the evildoers will be scattered. ¹⁰ But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil. ¹¹ My eye has also seen my enemies. My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me. ¹² The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ¹³ They are planted in the LORD's house. They will flourish in our God's courts. ¹⁴ They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green, ¹⁵ to show that the LORD is upright. He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. ⁹³ ¹ The LORD reigns. He is clothed with majesty. The LORD is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can't be moved. ² Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting. ³ The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves. ⁴ More majestic than the sounds of many waters, more majestic than the breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is majestic. ⁵ Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, LORD, forevermore. ⁹⁴ ¹ LORD, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth. ² Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve. ³ LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph? ⁴ They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast. ⁵ They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage. ⁶ They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless. ⁷ They say, "The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider." ⁸ Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise? ⁹ He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see? ¹⁰ He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows. ¹¹ The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile. ¹² Blessed is the man whom you discipline, LORD, and teach out of your Law; ¹³ that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked. ¹⁴ For the LORD won't reject his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. ¹⁵ For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it. ¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? ¹⁷ Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence. ¹⁸ When I said, "My foot is slipping." Your loving kindness, LORD, held me up. ¹⁹ In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul. ²⁰ Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute? ²¹ They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. ²² But the LORD has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge. ²³ He has brought on them their own iniquity, and will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off. ⁹⁵ ¹ Oh come, let's sing to the LORD. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation. ² Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let's extol him with songs. ³ For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods. ⁴ In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his. ⁵ The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land. ⁶ Oh come, let's worship and bow down. Let's kneel before the LORD, our Maker, ⁷ for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, if you would hear his voice. ⁸ Do not harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness, ⁹ when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work. ¹⁰ For forty years I loathed that generation, and said, "It is a people who go astray in their heart, and they do not know my ways." ¹¹ Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest." ⁹⁶ ¹ Sing to the LORD a new song. Sing to the LORD, all the earth. ² Sing to the LORD. Bless his name. Proclaim his salvation from day to day. ³ Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples. ⁴ For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared above all gods. ⁵ For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. ⁶ Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. ⁷ Ascribe to the LORD, you families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. ⁸ Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts. ⁹ Worship the LORD in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth. ¹⁰ Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity. ¹¹ Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness. ¹² Let the field and all that is in it exult. Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy ¹³ before the LORD; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth. ⁹⁷ ¹ The LORD reigns. Let the earth rejoice. Let the multitude of islands be glad. ² Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. ³ A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side. ⁴ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles. ⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. ⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory. ⁷ Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods. ⁸ Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, because of your judgments, LORD. ⁹ For you, LORD, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods. ¹⁰ You who love the LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his faithful ones. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. ¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. ¹² Be glad in the LORD, you righteous people. Give thanks to his holy Name. ⁹⁸ ¹ [A Psalm.] Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him. ² The LORD has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations. ³ He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. Every part of the earth has seen the salvation of our God. ⁴ Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises. ⁵ Sing praises to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody. ⁶ With trumpets and sound of the ram's horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD. ⁷ Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it. ⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together. ⁹ Let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. ⁹⁹ ¹ The LORD reigns. Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim; the earth shakes. ² The LORD is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples. ³ Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy. ⁴ The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob. ⁵ Exalt the LORD our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy. ⁶ Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his name; they called on the LORD, and he answered them. ⁷ He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them. ⁸ You answered them, LORD our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings. ⁹ Exalt the LORD, our God. Worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD, our God, is holy. ¹⁰⁰ ¹ [A Psalm of thanksgiving.] Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands. ² Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. ³ Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we belong to him. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. ⁴ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name. ⁵ For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. ¹⁰¹ ¹ [A Psalm by David.] I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, LORD, I will sing praises. ² I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart. ³ I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me. ⁴ A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil. ⁵ I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited. ⁶ My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me. ⁷ He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes. ⁸ Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all evildoers from the LORD's city. ¹⁰² ¹ [A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before the LORD.] Hear my prayer, LORD. Let my cry come to you. ² Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call. ³ For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned like a hearth. ⁴ My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. ⁵ By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin. ⁶ I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places. ⁷ I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop. ⁸ My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse. ⁹ For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears, ¹⁰ Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away. ¹¹ My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass. ¹² But you, LORD, will abide forever; your renown endures to all generations. ¹³ You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come. ¹⁴ For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity on her dust. ¹⁵ So the nations will fear the name of the LORD; all the kings of the earth your glory. ¹⁶ For the LORD has built up Zion. He has appeared in his glory. ¹⁷ He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer. ¹⁸ This will be written for the generation to come, that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD. ¹⁹ For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, the LORD looked at the earth; ²⁰ to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death; ²¹ that men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; ²² when the peoples are gathered together, the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. ²³ He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days. ²⁴ I said, "My God, do not take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations. ²⁵ In the beginning, LORD, you established the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands. ²⁶ They will perish, but you remain; and they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed. ²⁷ But you are the same. Your years will have no end. ²⁸ The children of your servants will continue, and their descendants will be established before you." ¹⁰³ ¹ [By David.] Praise the LORD, my soul, and all that is within me, praise his holy name. ² Praise the LORD, my soul, and do not forget all his benefits; ³ who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases; ⁴ who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies; ⁵ who satisfies your desire with good things; your youth is renewed like the eagle's. ⁶ The LORD executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. ⁷ He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel. ⁸ The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. ⁹ He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever. ¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities. ¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. ¹³ Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him. ¹⁴ For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. ¹⁵ As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. ¹⁶ For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. ¹⁷ But the LORD's loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children's children; ¹⁸ to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts. ¹⁹ The LORD has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all. ²⁰ Praise the LORD, all you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word. ²¹ Praise the LORD, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure. ²² Praise the LORD, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul. ¹⁰⁴ ¹ Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with splendor and majesty. ² He covers himself with light as with a garment. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. ³ He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind. ⁴ He makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire. ⁵ He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever and ever. ⁶ You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away. ⁸ The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them. ⁹ You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they do not turn again to cover the earth. ¹⁰ He sends forth springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains. ¹¹ They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst. ¹² The birds of the sky nest by them; among the branches they give forth a sound. ¹³ He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. ¹⁴ He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth: ¹⁵ wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart. ¹⁶ The LORD's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted; ¹⁷ where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. ¹⁹ He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set. ²⁰ You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl. ²¹ The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. ²² The sun rises, and they steal away, and lie down in their dens. ²³ Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening. ²⁴ LORD, how many are your works. In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches. ²⁵ There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. ²⁶ There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. ²⁷ All of them look to you to give them their food at the proper time. ²⁸ You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good. ²⁹ You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust. ³⁰ You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground. ³¹ Let the glory of the LORD endure forever. Let the LORD rejoice in his works. ³² He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. ³³ I will sing to the LORD all my life. I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist. ³⁴ Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in the LORD. ³⁵ Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul. Praise the LORD. ¹⁰⁵ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD. Call on his name. Make his deeds known among the peoples. ² Sing to him, sing praises to him. Tell of all his marvelous works. ³ Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice. ⁴ Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more. ⁵ Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, ⁶ you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones. ⁷ He is the LORD, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. ⁸ He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, ⁹ the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, ¹⁰ and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant, ¹¹ saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;" ¹² when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it. ¹³ They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. ¹⁴ He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, ¹⁵ "Do not touch my anointed ones. Do my prophets no harm." ¹⁶ He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. ¹⁷ He sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, sold as a slave. ¹⁸ They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, ¹⁹ until the time that his word happened, and the LORD's word proved him true. ²⁰ The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. ²¹ He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions; ²² to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. ²³ Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. ²⁴ He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. ²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. ²⁶ He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. ²⁷ They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark, but they rebelled against his words. ²⁹ He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. ³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings. ³¹ He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and gnats in all their territory. ³² He gave them hail for rain, flaming fire in their land. ³³ He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country. ³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number, ³⁵ ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground. ³⁶ He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood. ³⁷ And he brought them out with silver and gold, and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled. ³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them. ³⁹ He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night. ⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky. ⁴¹ He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places. ⁴² For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant. ⁴³ He brought forth his people with joy, his chosen with singing. ⁴⁴ He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession, ⁴⁵ that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the LORD. ¹⁰⁶ ¹ Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ² Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or fully declare all his praise? ³ Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times. ⁴ Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation, ⁵ that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance. ⁶ We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly. ⁷ Our fathers did not understand your wonders in Egypt. They did not remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Sea at the End. ⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power known. ⁹ He rebuked the Sea at the End also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert. ¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ¹¹ The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left. ¹² Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. ¹³ They soon forgot his works. They did not wait for his counsel, ¹⁴ but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland. ¹⁵ He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. ¹⁶ They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, the LORD's holy one. ¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. ¹⁸ A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked. ¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image. ²⁰ Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass. ²¹ They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, ²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Sea at the End. ²³ Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them. ²⁴ Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They did not believe his word, ²⁵ but murmured in their tents, and did not listen to the LORD's voice. ²⁶ Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness, ²⁷ and that he would make their offspring fall among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. ²⁸ They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. ²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them. ³⁰ Then Phinehas stood up, and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped. ³¹ That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come. ³² They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes; ³³ because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips. ³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them, ³⁵ but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works. ³⁶ They served their idols, which became a snare to them. ³⁷ Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. ³⁸ They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood. ³⁹ Thus were they defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds. ⁴⁰ Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance. ⁴¹ He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them. ⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand. ⁴³ Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry. ⁴⁵ He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. ⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive. ⁴⁷ Save us, LORD, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen." Praise the LORD. ¹⁰⁷ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ² Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary, ³ And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. ⁴ They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in. ⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. ⁶ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses, ⁷ he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in. ⁸ Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the descendants of Adam. ⁹ For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good. ¹⁰ Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron, ¹¹ because they rebelled against the words of God, and condemned the counsel of the Most High. ¹² Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help. ¹³ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder. ¹⁵ Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the descendants of Adam. ¹⁶ For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut through bars of iron. ¹⁷ Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, and because of their iniquities. ¹⁸ Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death. ¹⁹ Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble; he saved them out of their distresses. ²⁰ He sent his word and healed them; he delivered them from their traps. ²¹ Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the descendants of Adam. ²² Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing. ²³ Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business in great waters; ²⁴ These see the LORD's works, and his wonders in the deep. ²⁵ For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. ²⁶ They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble. ²⁷ They reel back and forth, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. ²⁸ Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress. ²⁹ He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. ³⁰ Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven. ³¹ Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful works for the descendants of Adam. ³² Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders. ³³ He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, ³⁴ and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it. ³⁵ He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs. ³⁶ There he makes the hungry live, that they may prepare a city to live in, ³⁷ sow fields, plant vineyards, and reap the fruits of increase. ³⁸ He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease. ³⁹ Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. ⁴⁰ He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste. ⁴¹ Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock. ⁴² The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths. ⁴³ Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of the LORD. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ [A Song. A Psalm by David.] My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul. ² Wake up, harp and lyre. I will wake up the dawn. ³ I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples. ⁴ For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. ⁵ Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. ⁶ That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us. ⁷ God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the Valley of Succoth. ⁸ Gilead is mine. Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is my helmet. Judah is my scepter. ⁹ Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout in triumph over Philistia." ¹⁰ Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom? ¹¹ Haven't you rejected us, God? You do not go forth, God, with our armies. ¹² Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain. ¹³ Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will trample down our enemies. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] God of my praise, do not remain silent, ² for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. ³ They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. ⁴ In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. ⁵ They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ⁶ Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. ⁸ Let his days be few. Let another take his office. ⁹ Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. ¹¹ Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. ¹² Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. ¹⁴ Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD. Do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out. ¹⁵ Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth; ¹⁶ because he did not remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them. ¹⁷ Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him. ¹⁸ He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones. ¹⁹ Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him. ²⁰ This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul. ²¹ But deal with me, the LORD the Lord, for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me; ²² for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. ²³ I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust. ²⁴ My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat. ²⁵ I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head. ²⁶ Help me, LORD, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness; ²⁷ that they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it. ²⁸ They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice. ²⁹ Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. ³⁰ I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. ³¹ For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. ¹¹⁰ ¹ [A Psalm by David.] The LORD says to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." ² The LORD will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies. ³ Your people offer themselves willingly on the day of your power. On the holy mountains at sunrise the dew of your youth will be yours. ⁴ The LORD has sworn, and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek." ⁵ The LORD is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath. ⁶ He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will shatter the head throughout a vast territory. ⁷ He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore he will lift up his head. ¹¹¹ ¹ Praise the LORD. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. ² The LORD's works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them. ³ His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever. ⁴ He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. The LORD is gracious and merciful. ⁵ He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant. ⁶ He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. ⁷ The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure. ⁸ They are established forever and ever. They are done in truth and uprightness. ⁹ He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome. ¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever. ¹¹² ¹ Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments. ² His descendants will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed. ³ Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever. ⁴ Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous. ⁵ It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. ⁶ For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever. ⁷ He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. ⁸ His heart is secure, he has no fears; in the end he will look in triumph on his adversaries. ⁹ He has scattered, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor. ¹⁰ The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish. ¹¹³ ¹ Praise the LORD. Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. ² Blessed be the name of the LORD, from this time forth and forevermore. ³ From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, The LORD's name is to be praised. ⁴ The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens. ⁵ Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high, ⁶ Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth? ⁷ He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap; ⁸ that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. ⁹ He settles the barren woman in her home, as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD. ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language; ² Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. ³ The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back. ⁴ The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. ⁵ What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back? ⁶ You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs? ⁷ Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, ⁸ who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters. ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name be the glory, for your loving kindness and for your faithfulness. ² Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?" ³ But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. ⁵ They have mouths, but they do not speak. They have eyes, but they do not see. ⁶ They have ears, but they do not hear. They have noses, but they do not smell. ⁷ They have hands, but they do not feel. They have feet, but they do not walk, neither do they speak through their throat. ⁸ Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them. ⁹ Israel, trust in the LORD. He is their help and their shield. ¹⁰ House of Aaron, trust in the LORD. He is their help and their shield. ¹¹ You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD. He is their help and their shield. ¹² The LORD remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron. ¹³ He will bless those who fear the LORD, both small and great. ¹⁴ May the LORD increase you more and more, you and your children. ¹⁵ Blessed are you by the LORD, who made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; but the earth has he given to the descendants of Adam. ¹⁷ The dead do not praise the LORD, neither any who go down into silence; ¹⁸ But we will bless the LORD, from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the LORD. ¹¹⁶ ¹ I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. ² Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. ³ The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. ⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD: "LORD, I beg you, deliver my soul." ⁵ The LORD is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. ⁶ The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. ⁷ Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. ⁸ For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. ⁹ I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. ¹⁰ I believed, therefore I said, "I am greatly afflicted." ¹¹ I said in my haste, "All men are liars." ¹² What will I give to the LORD for all his benefits toward me? ¹³ I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the LORD, yes, in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful ones. ¹⁶ LORD, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains. ¹⁷ I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of the LORD. ¹⁸ I will pay my vows to the LORD, yes, in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹ in the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem. Praise the LORD. ¹¹⁷ ¹ Praise the LORD, all you nations. Praise him, all you peoples. ² For his loving kindness is great toward us. The LORD's faithfulness endures forever. Praise the LORD. ¹¹⁸ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ² Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever. ³ Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever. ⁴ Now let those who fear the LORD say that his loving kindness endures forever. ⁵ Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom. ⁶ The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can humans do to me? ⁷ The LORD is my helper; and I will look in triumph on those who hate me. ⁸ It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in man. ⁹ It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes. ¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD, I cut them off. ¹¹ They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of the LORD I indeed cut them off. ¹² They surrounded me like bees. They blazed like a fire among thorns. In the name of the LORD I cut them off. ¹³ I was pushed hard, to make me fall, but the LORD helped me. ¹⁴ The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. ¹⁵ The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. ¹⁶ The right hand of the LORD is exalted. The right hand of the LORD does valiantly." ¹⁷ I will not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. ¹⁸ The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death. ¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them and praise the LORD. ²⁰ This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous will enter into it. ²¹ I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation. ²² The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. ²³ This is the LORD's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day that the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. ²⁵ Save us now, we beg you, LORD. LORD, we beg you, send prosperity now. ²⁶ Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. We have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. ²⁷ The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you. ²⁹ Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ¹¹⁹ ¹ ALEPH. Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. ² Blessed are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart. ³ Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways. ⁴ You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them. ⁵ Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes. ⁶ Then I wouldn't be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments. ⁷ I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments. ⁸ I will observe your statutes. Do not utterly forsake me. ⁹ BET. How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. ¹⁰ With my whole heart, I have sought you. Do not let me wander from your commandments. ¹¹ In my heart I have hidden your word, that I might not sin against you. ¹² Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes. ¹³ With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth. ¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways. ¹⁶ I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. ¹⁷ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. ¹⁸ Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your Law. ¹⁹ I am a stranger on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me. ²⁰ My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times. ²¹ You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments. ²² Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes. ²³ Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. ²⁴ Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. ²⁵ DALET. My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word. ²⁶ I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes. ²⁷ Let me understand the teaching of your precepts. Then I will meditate on your wondrous works. ²⁸ My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word. ²⁹ Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your Law graciously. ³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me. ³¹ I cling to your statutes, LORD. Do not let me be disappointed. ³² I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. ³³ HEY Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding, and I will keep your Law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart. ³⁵ Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them. ³⁶ Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. ³⁷ Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. ³⁸ Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared. ³⁹ Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good. ⁴⁰ Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me in your righteousness. ⁴¹ WAW. Let your loving kindness also come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your word. ⁴² So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word. ⁴³ Do not snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances. ⁴⁴ So I will obey your Law continually, forever and ever. ⁴⁵ I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. ⁴⁶ I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed. ⁴⁷ I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them. ⁴⁸ I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ⁴⁹ ZAYIN. Remember your word to your servant, because you gave me hope. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me. ⁵¹ The arrogant mock me excessively, but I do not swerve from your Law. ⁵² I remember your ordinances of old, LORD, and have comforted myself. ⁵³ Indignation has taken hold on me, because of the wicked who forsake your Law. ⁵⁴ Your statutes have been my songs, in the house where I live. ⁵⁵ I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your Law. ⁵⁶ This is my way, that I keep your precepts. ⁵⁷ HET. The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words. ⁵⁸ I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word. ⁵⁹ I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes. ⁶⁰ I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. ⁶¹ The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won't forget your Law. ⁶² At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances. ⁶³ I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts. ⁶⁴ The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes. ⁶⁵ TET. Do good to your servant, according to your word, LORD. ⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word. ⁶⁸ You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes. ⁶⁹ The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts. ⁷⁰ Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your Law. ⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes. ⁷² The Law you have spoken is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ⁷³ YOD Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. ⁷⁴ Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word. ⁷⁵ LORD, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have humbled me. ⁷⁶ Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant. ⁷⁷ Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your Law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts. ⁷⁹ Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes. ⁸⁰ Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. ⁸¹ KAPH. My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word. ⁸² My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?" ⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I do not forget your statutes. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me? ⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your Law. ⁸⁶ All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me. ⁸⁷ They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I did not forsake your precepts. ⁸⁸ Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. ⁸⁹ LAMED. LORD, your word is settled in heaven forever. ⁹⁰ Your faithfulness is to all generations. You have established the earth, and it remains. ⁹¹ Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you. ⁹² Unless your Law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. ⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. ⁹⁴ I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts. ⁹⁵ The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. ⁹⁶ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. ⁹⁷ MEM. How I love your Law. It is my meditation all day. ⁹⁸ Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. ⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts. ¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil way, that I might observe your word. ¹⁰² I have not turned aside from your ordinances, for you have taught me. ¹⁰³ How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. ¹⁰⁵ NUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances. ¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word. ¹⁰⁸ Please accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, LORD, and teach me your ordinances. ¹⁰⁹ My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won't forget your Law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven't gone astray from your precepts. ¹¹¹ I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. ¹¹³ SAMEKH. I hate double-minded men, but I love your Law. ¹¹⁴ You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually. ¹¹⁸ You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain. ¹¹⁹ You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. ¹²¹ AYIN. I have done what is just and righteous. Do not leave me to my oppressors. ¹²² Ensure your servant's well-being. Do not let the proud oppress me. ¹²³ My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word. ¹²⁴ Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes. ¹²⁵ I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time to act, LORD, for they break your Law. ¹²⁷ Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. ¹²⁹ PEY. Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them. ¹³⁰ The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. ¹³¹ I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments. ¹³² Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. ¹³³ Establish my footsteps in your word. Do not let any iniquity have dominion over me. ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts. ¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes. ¹³⁶ Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they do not observe your Law. ¹³⁷ TZADE. You are righteous, LORD. Your judgments are upright. ¹³⁸ You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy. ¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore your words. ¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. ¹⁴¹ I am small and despised. I do not forget your precepts. ¹⁴² Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your Law is truth. ¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight. ¹⁴⁴ Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. ¹⁴⁵ QOPH. I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, LORD. I will keep your statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I have called to you. Save me. I will obey your statutes. ¹⁴⁷ I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words. ¹⁴⁸ My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, LORD, according to your ordinances. ¹⁵⁰ They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your Law. ¹⁵¹ You are near, LORD. All your commandments are truth. ¹⁵² Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. ¹⁵³ RESH. Consider my affliction, and deliver me, for I do not forget your Law. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me. Revive me according to your promise. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek your statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Great are your tender mercies, LORD. Revive me according to your ordinances. ¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ I look at the faithless with loathing, because they do not observe your word. ¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, LORD, according to your loving kindness. ¹⁶⁰ All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. ¹⁶¹ SIN and SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. ¹⁶² I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great spoil. ¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your Law. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances. ¹⁶⁵ Those who love your Law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. ¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments. ¹⁶⁷ My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you. ¹⁶⁹ TAW. Let my cry come before you, LORD. Give me understanding according to your word. ¹⁷⁰ Let my petition come before you. Deliver me according to your word. ¹⁷¹ Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes. ¹⁷² Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness. ¹⁷³ Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for your salvation, LORD. Your Law is my delight. ¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me. ¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments. ¹²⁰ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.] In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me. ² Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. ³ What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue? ⁴ Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. ⁵ Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar. ⁶ My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace. ⁷ I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. ¹²¹ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.] I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? ² My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. ³ He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. ⁴ Look, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. ⁵ The LORD is your keeper. The LORD is your shade on your right hand. ⁶ The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. ⁷ The LORD will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. ⁸ The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth, and forevermore. ¹²² ¹ [A Song of Ascents. By David.] I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to the LORD's house." ² Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem; ³ Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is joined together; ⁴ where the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. ⁵ For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David's house. ⁶ Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper. ⁷ Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. ⁸ For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you." ⁹ For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. ¹²³ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.] To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens. ² Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to the LORD, our God, until he has mercy on us. ³ Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt. ⁴ Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. ¹²⁴ ¹ [A Song of Ascents. By David.] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say, ² if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us; ³ then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; ⁴ then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul; ⁵ then the proud waters would have gone over our soul. ⁶ Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth. ⁷ Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler's snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped. ⁸ Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. ¹²⁵ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.] Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but remains forever. ² As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore. ³ For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil. ⁴ Do good, LORD, to those who are good, to those who are upright in their hearts. ⁵ But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with evildoers. Peace be on Israel. ¹²⁶ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.] When the LORD brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream. ² Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them." ³ The LORD has done great things for us, and we are glad. ⁴ Restore our fortunes again, LORD, like the streams in the Negev. ⁵ Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. ⁶ He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves. ¹²⁷ ¹ [A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.] Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. ² It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones. ³ Look, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is a reward. ⁴ As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. ⁵ Blessed is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. ¹²⁸ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.] Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways. ² For you will eat the labor of your hands; you will be blessed, and it will be well with you. ³ Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table. ⁴ Look, thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. ⁵ May the LORD bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. ⁶ Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel. ¹²⁹ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.] Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say, ² many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. ³ The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long. ⁴ The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked. ⁵ Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion. ⁶ Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up; ⁷ with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom. ⁸ Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD." ¹³⁰ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.] Out of the depths I have cried to you, LORD. ² Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. ³ If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? ⁴ But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. ⁵ I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word. ⁶ My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning. ⁷ Israel, hope in the LORD, for with the LORD there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption. ⁸ He will redeem Israel from all their sins. ¹³¹ ¹ [A Song of Ascents. By David.] LORD, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me. ² Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. ³ Israel, hope in the LORD, from this time forth and forevermore. ¹³² ¹ [A Song of Ascents.] LORD, remember David and all his affliction, ² how he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: ³ "Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed; ⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids; ⁵ until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob." ⁶ Look, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar: ⁷ "We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool. ⁸ Arise, LORD, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength. ⁹ Let your priest be clothed with righteousness. Let your faithful ones shout for joy." ¹⁰ For your servant David's sake, do not turn away the face of your anointed one. ¹¹ The LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne. ¹² If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forevermore." ¹³ For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling. ¹⁴ "This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it. ¹⁵ I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread. ¹⁶ Her priests I will also clothe with salvation. Her faithful ones will shout aloud for joy. ¹⁷ There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed. ¹⁸ I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent." ¹³³ ¹ [A Song of Ascents. By David.] See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity. ² It is like the precious oil on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron's beard; that came down on the edge of his robes; ³ like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there the LORD gives the blessing, even life forevermore. ¹³⁴ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.] Look. Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the LORD's house. ² Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise the LORD. ³ May the LORD bless you from Zion; even he who made heaven and earth. ¹³⁵ ¹ Praise the LORD. Praise the name of the LORD. Praise him, you servants of the LORD, ² you who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of our God's house. ³ Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good. Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant. ⁴ For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession. ⁵ For I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is above all gods. ⁶ Whatever the LORD pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps; ⁷ who causes the clouds to rise from the farthest parts of the earth; who makes lightnings with the rain; who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries; ⁸ Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal; ⁹ Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants; ¹⁰ who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings, ¹¹ Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan, ¹² and gave their land for a heritage, a heritage to Israel, his people. ¹³ Your name, LORD, endures forever; your renown, LORD, throughout all generations. ¹⁴ For the LORD will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants. ¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. ¹⁶ They have mouths, but they can't speak. They have eyes, but they can't see. ¹⁷ They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths. ¹⁸ Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them. ¹⁹ House of Israel, praise the LORD. House of Aaron, praise the LORD. ²⁰ House of Levi, praise the LORD. You who fear the LORD, praise the LORD. ²¹ Blessed be the LORD from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise the LORD. ¹³⁶ ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever. ² Give thanks to the God of gods; for his loving kindness endures forever. ³ Give thanks to the Lord of lords; for his loving kindness endures forever: ⁴ To him who alone does great wonders; for his loving kindness endures forever: ⁵ To him who by understanding made the heavens; for his loving kindness endures forever: ⁶ To him who spread out the earth above the waters; for his loving kindness endures forever: ⁷ To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever: ⁸ The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever; ⁹ The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever: ¹⁰ To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever; ¹¹ And brought out Israel from among them; for his loving kindness endures forever; ¹² With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for his loving kindness endures forever: ¹³ To him who divided the Sea at the End apart; for his loving kindness endures forever; ¹⁴ And made Israel to pass through its midst; for his loving kindness endures forever; ¹⁵ But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Sea at the End; for his loving kindness endures forever: ¹⁶ To him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever: ¹⁷ To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever; ¹⁸ And killed mighty kings; for his loving kindness endures forever: ¹⁹ Sihon king of the Amorites; for his loving kindness endures forever; ²⁰ Og king of Bashan; for his loving kindness endures forever; ²¹ And gave their land as an inheritance; for his loving kindness endures forever; ²² Even a heritage to Israel his servant; for his loving kindness endures forever: ²³ Who remembered us in our low estate; for his loving kindness endures forever; ²⁴ And has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving kindness endures forever: ²⁵ Who gives food to every creature; for his loving kindness endures forever. ²⁶ Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; for his loving kindness endures forever. ¹³⁷ ¹ By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. ² On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps. ³ For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." ⁴ How can we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land? ⁵ If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. ⁶ Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy. ⁷ Remember, LORD, against the descendants of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, "Raze it. Raze it even to its foundation." ⁸ Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be blessed who rewards you, as you have served us. ⁹ Blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock. ¹³⁸ ¹ [By David.] I will give you thanks, LORD, with my whole heart. Before the gods I will sing praises to you. ² I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; for you have exalted your Name and your word above all. ³ In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul. ⁴ All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth. ⁵ Yes, they will sing of the ways of the LORD; for great is the LORD's glory. ⁶ For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar. ⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me. ⁸ The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the works of your own hands. ¹³⁹ ¹ [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] LORD, you have searched me, and you know me. ² You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. ³ You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. ⁴ For there is not a word on my tongue, but, look, LORD, you know it altogether. ⁵ You encircle me behind and in front, and you place your hand upon me. ⁶ This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it. ⁷ Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? ⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, look, you are there. ⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; ¹⁰ Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. ¹¹ If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;" ¹² even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you. ¹³ For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. ¹⁴ I will give thanks to you, for I am awesomely and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and my soul knows that very well. ¹⁵ My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. ¹⁶ Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them. ¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts, God. How vast is the sum of them. ¹⁸ If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. ¹⁹ If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men. ²⁰ For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. ²¹ LORD, do I not hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? ²² I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies. ²³ Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. ²⁴ See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. ¹⁴⁰ ¹ [For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] Deliver me, LORD, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man; ² those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war. ³ They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah. ⁴ LORD, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet. ⁵ The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah. ⁶ I said to the LORD, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, LORD. ⁷ LORD, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. ⁸ LORD, do not grant the desires of the wicked. Do not let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah. ⁹ As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. ¹⁰ Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise. ¹¹ An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. ¹² I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy. ¹³ Surely the righteous will give thanks to your name. The upright will dwell in your presence. ¹⁴¹ ¹ [A Psalm by David.] LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly. Listen to my voice when I call to you. ² Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. ³ Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. ⁴ Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Do not let me eat of their delicacies. ⁵ Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; do not let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds. ⁶ Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. ⁷ "As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol." ⁸ For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Do not leave my soul destitute. ⁹ Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of evildoers. ¹⁰ Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by. ¹⁴² ¹ [A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.] I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy. ² I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles. ³ When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my path. In the way in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me. ⁴ Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul. ⁵ I cried to you, LORD. I said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." ⁶ Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than me. ⁷ Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me. ¹⁴³ ¹ [A Psalm by David.] Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. ² Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous. ³ For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead. ⁴ Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart within me is desolate. ⁵ I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands. ⁶ I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah. ⁷ Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, so that I do not become like those who go down into the pit. ⁸ Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you. ⁹ Deliver me, LORD, from my enemies. I run to you for refuge. ¹⁰ Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. ¹¹ Revive me, LORD, for your name's sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble. ¹² In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant. ¹⁴⁴ ¹ [By David.] Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle: ² my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues peoples under me. ³ LORD, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him? ⁴ Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away. ⁵ Part your heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke. ⁶ Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them. ⁷ Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners; ⁸ whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. ⁹ I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you. ¹⁰ You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword. ¹¹ Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. ¹² Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace. ¹³ Our storehouses are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields. ¹⁴ Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets. ¹⁵ Blessed are the people who are in such a situation. Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD. ¹⁴⁵ ¹ [A praise psalm by David.] I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. ² Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever. ³ Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. His greatness is unsearchable. ⁴ One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts. ⁵ Of the glorious splendor of your majesty they will speak, of your wondrous works, I will meditate. ⁶ Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness. ⁷ They will utter the memory of your great goodness, and will sing of your righteousness. ⁸ The LORD is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness. ⁹ The LORD is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works. ¹⁰ All your works will give thanks to you, LORD. And your faithful ones will bless you. ¹¹ They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power; ¹² to make known to the descendants of Adam his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. ¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. The LORD is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds. ¹⁴ The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season. ¹⁶ You yourself open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. ¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and faithful in all his deeds. ¹⁸ The LORD is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. ¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them. ²⁰ The LORD preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy. ²¹ My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD. Let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. ¹⁴⁶ ¹ Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, my soul. ² While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. ³ Do not put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help. ⁴ His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish. ⁵ Blessed is the one who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God, ⁶ who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever; ⁷ who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD frees the prisoners. ⁸ The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous. ⁹ The LORD preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. ¹⁰ The LORD will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD. ¹⁴⁷ ¹ Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him. ² The LORD builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. ³ He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. ⁴ He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. ⁶ The LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground. ⁷ Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God, ⁸ who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains. ⁹ He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call. ¹⁰ He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. ¹¹ The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness. ¹² Praise the LORD, Jerusalem. Praise your God, Zion. ¹³ For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you. ¹⁴ He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat. ¹⁵ He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly. ¹⁶ He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes. ¹⁷ He hurls down his hail like pebbles. Who can stand before his cold? ¹⁸ He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow. ¹⁹ He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel. ²⁰ He has not done this for just any nation. They do not know his ordinances. Praise the LORD. ¹⁴⁸ ¹ Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD from the heavens. Praise him in the heights. ² Praise him, all his angels. Praise him, all his army. ³ Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all you shining stars. ⁴ Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens. ⁵ Let them praise the name of the LORD, For he commanded, and they were created. ⁶ He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away. ⁷ Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths. ⁸ Lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word; ⁹ mountains and all hills; fruit trees and all cedars; ¹⁰ wild animals and all livestock; small creatures and flying birds; ¹¹ kings of the earth and all peoples; princes and all judges of the earth; ¹² both young men and maidens; old men and children: ¹³ let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens. ¹⁴ He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his faithful ones; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise the LORD. ¹⁴⁹ ¹ Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful ones. ² Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the people of Zion be joyful in their King. ³ Let them praise his name in the dance. Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp. ⁴ For the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation. ⁵ Let the faithful ones rejoice in glory. Let them sing for joy on their beds. ⁶ May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand; ⁷ To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; ⁸ To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; ⁹ to execute on them the written judgment. All his faithful ones have this honor. Praise the LORD. ¹⁵⁰ ¹ Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary. Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power. ² Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. ³ Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet. Praise him with harp and lyre. ⁴ Praise him with tambourine and dancing. Praise him with stringed instruments and flute. ⁵ Praise him with loud cymbals. Praise him with resounding cymbals. ⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.