Psalms 130:1-150:6 A Song of the going up. Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

BBE⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A Song of the going up. Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord. ² Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer. ³ O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free? ⁴ But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared. ⁵ I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word. ⁶ My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who are watching for the morning; yes, more than the watchers for the morning. ⁷ O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation. ⁸ And he will make Israel free from all his sins. ¹³¹ ¹ A Song of the going up. Of David. Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me. ² See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child on its mother's breast; my soul is like a child on its mother's breast. ³ O Israel, have hope in the Lord, from this time and for ever. ¹³² ¹ A Song of the going up. Lord, give thought to David, and to all his troubles; ² How he made an oath to the Lord, and gave his word to the great God of Jacob, saying, ³ Truly, I will not come into my house, or go to my bed, ⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my eyeballs, ⁵ Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob. ⁶ We had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the fields of the wood. ⁷ Let us go into his tent; let us give worship at his feet. ⁸ Come back, O Lord, to your resting-place; you and the ark of your strength. ⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints give cries of joy. ¹⁰ Because of your servant David, do not give up your king. ¹¹ The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body. ¹² If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever. ¹³ For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place. ¹⁴ This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire. ¹⁵ My blessing will be on her food; and her poor will be full of bread. ¹⁶ Her priests will be clothed with salvation; and her saints will give cries of joy. ¹⁷ There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king. ¹⁸ His haters will be clothed with shame; but I will make his crown shining. ¹³³ ¹ A Song of the going up. Of David. See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony! ² It is like oil of great price on the head, flowing down over the face, even Aaron's face: coming down to the edge of his robe; ³ Like the dew of Hermon, which comes down on the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord gave orders for the blessing, even life for ever. ¹³⁴ ¹ A Song of the going up. Give praise to the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who take your places in the house of the Lord by night. ² Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his holy place. ³ May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you blessing out of Zion, ¹³⁵ ¹ Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord. ² You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God, ³ Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing. ⁴ For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel for his property. ⁵ I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is greater than all other gods. ⁶ The Lord has done whatever was pleasing to him, in heaven, and on the earth, in the seas and in all the deep waters. ⁷ He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes thunder-flames for the rain; he sends out the winds from his store-houses. ⁸ He put to death the first-fruits of Egypt, of man and of beast. ⁹ He sent signs and wonders among you, O Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants. ¹⁰ He overcame great nations, and put strong kings to death; ¹¹ Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan; ¹² And gave their land for a heritage, even for a heritage to Israel his people. ¹³ O Lord, your name is eternal; and the memory of you will have no end. ¹⁴ For the Lord will be judge of his people's cause; his feelings will be changed to his servants. ¹⁵ The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. ¹⁶ They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see; ¹⁷ They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths. ¹⁸ Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his hope in them. ¹⁹ Give praise to the Lord, O children of Israel: give praise to the Lord, O sons of Aaron: ²⁰ Give praise to the Lord, O sons of Levi: let all the worshippers of the Lord give him praise. ²¹ Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord whose house is in Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised. ¹³⁶ ¹ O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ² O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ³ O give praise to the Lord of lords: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ⁴ To him who only does great wonders: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ⁵ To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ⁶ To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ⁷ To him who made great lights: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ⁸ The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ⁹ The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ¹⁰ To him who put to death the first-fruits of Egypt: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: ¹¹ And took out Israel from among them: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: ¹² With a strong hand and an outstretched arm: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ¹³ To him who made a way through the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: ¹⁴ And let Israel go through it: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: ¹⁵ By him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the Red Sea: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ¹⁶ To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ¹⁷ To him who overcame great kings: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: ¹⁸ And put noble kings to death: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: ¹⁹ Sihon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: ²⁰ And Og, king of Bashan: for his mercy is unchanging for ever: ²¹ And gave their land to his people for a heritage: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ²² Even a heritage for his servant Israel: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ²³ Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ²⁴ And has taken us out of the hands of our haters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ²⁵ Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ²⁶ O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. ¹³⁷ ¹ By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion, ² Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside. ³ For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion. ⁴ How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land? ⁵ If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art. ⁶ If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth. ⁷ O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base. ⁸ O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us. ⁹ Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks. ¹³⁸ ¹ Of David. I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods. ² I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name. ³ When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul. ⁴ All the kings of the earth will give you praise, O Lord, when the words of your mouth come to their ears. ⁵ They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord. ⁶ Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up. ⁷ Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation. ⁸ The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands. ¹³⁹ ¹ To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets. ² You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away. ³ You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways. ⁴ For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord. ⁵ I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me. ⁶ Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it. ⁷ Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you? ⁸ If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there. ⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea; ¹⁰ Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me. ¹¹ If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night; ¹² Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you. ¹³ My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body. ¹⁴ I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious. ¹⁵ My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth. ¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being. ¹⁷ How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them! ¹⁸ If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you. ¹⁹ If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go far from me, you men of blood. ²⁰ For they go against you with evil designs, and your haters make sport of your name. ²¹ Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me? ²² My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me. ²³ O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested: ²⁴ See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way. ¹⁴⁰ ¹ To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man: ² For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war. ³ Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. Selah. ⁴ O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me safe from the violent man: for they are designing my downfall. ⁵ The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. Selah. ⁶ I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer. ⁷ O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight. ⁸ O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no help in his evil designs, or he may be uplifted in pride. Selah. ⁹ As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips. ¹⁰ Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again. ¹¹ Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow. ¹² I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled. ¹³ Truly, the upright will give praise to your name: the holy will have a place in your house. ¹⁴¹ ¹ A Psalm. Of David. Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you. ² Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering. ³ O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips. ⁴ Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things. ⁵ Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer. ⁶ When destruction comes to their judges by the side of the rock, they will give ear to my words, for they are sweet. ⁷ Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough. ⁸ But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up to death. ⁹ Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil. ¹⁰ Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free. ¹⁴² ¹ Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock. The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord. ² I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble. ³ When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go. ⁴ Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul. ⁵ I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living. ⁶ Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I. ⁷ Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise to your name: the upright will give praise because of me; for you have given me a full reward. ¹⁴³ ¹ A Psalm. Of David. Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness; ² Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes. ³ The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead. ⁴ Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear. ⁵ I keep in mind the early days of the past, giving thought to all your acts, even to the work of your hands. ⁶ My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. Selah. ⁷ Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld. ⁸ Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you. ⁹ O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters; my soul is waiting for you. ¹⁰ Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for you are my God: let your good Spirit be my guide into the land of righteousness. ¹¹ Give me life, O Lord, because of your name; in your righteousness take my soul out of trouble. ¹² And in your mercy put an end to my haters, and send destruction on all those who are against my soul; for I am your servant. ¹⁴⁴ ¹ A Psalm. Of David. Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting: ² He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my saviour; my keeper and my hope: he gives me authority over my people. ³ Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account? ⁴ Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone. ⁵ Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke. ⁶ With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction. ⁷ Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me safely out of the great waters, and out of the hands of strange men; ⁸ In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit. ⁹ I will make a new song to you, O God; I will make melody to you on an instrument of ten cords. ¹⁰ It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword. ¹¹ Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange men, in whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand is a right hand of deceit. ¹² Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house; ¹³ Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields. ¹⁴ Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places. ¹⁵ Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord. ¹⁴⁵ ¹ A Song of praise. Of David. Let me give glory to you, O God, my King; and blessing to your name for ever and ever. ² Every day will I give you blessing, praising your name for ever and ever. ³ Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his power may never be searched out. ⁴ One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength. ⁵ My thoughts will be of the honour and glory of your rule, and of the wonder of your works. ⁶ Men will be talking of the power and fear of your acts; I will give word of your glory. ⁷ Their sayings will be full of the memory of all your mercy, and they will make songs of your righteousness. ⁸ The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy. ⁹ The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works. ¹⁰ All the works of your hands give praise to you, O Lord; and your saints give you blessing. ¹¹ Their words will be of the glory of your kingdom, and their talk of your strength; ¹² So that the sons of men may have knowledge of his acts of power, and of the great glory of his kingdom. ¹³ Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your rule is through all generations. ¹⁴ The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all men are waiting for you; and you give them their food in its time. ¹⁶ By the opening of your hand, every living thing has its desire in full measure. ¹⁷ The Lord is upright in all his ways, and kind in all his works. ¹⁸ The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts. ¹⁹ To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation. ²⁰ The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners. ²¹ My mouth will give praise to the Lord; let all flesh be blessing his holy name for ever and ever. ¹⁴⁶ ¹ Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. ² While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being. ³ Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation. ⁴ Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end. ⁵ Happy is the man 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 things in them; who keeps faith for ever: ⁷ Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free; ⁸ The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright; ⁹ The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners. ¹⁰ The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion, will be King through all generations. Praise be to the Lord. ¹⁴⁷ ¹ Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful. ² The Lord is building up Jerusalem; he makes all the outlaws of Israel come together. ³ He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on their wounds. ⁴ He sees the number of the stars; he gives them all their names. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom. ⁶ The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame. ⁷ Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our God with instruments of music. ⁸ By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains. ⁹ He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens in answer to their cry. ¹⁰ He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. ¹¹ The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in those whose hope is in his mercy. ¹² Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to your God, O Zion. ¹³ He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls. ¹⁴ He gives peace in all your land, making your stores full of fat grain. ¹⁵ He sends out his orders to the earth; his word goes out quickly. ¹⁶ He gives snow like wool; he sends out ice-drops like dust. ¹⁷ He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard by his cold. ¹⁸ At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters. ¹⁹ He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions. ²⁰ He has not done these things for any other nation: and as for his laws, they have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be praised. ¹⁴⁸ ¹ Give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised from the heavens: give him praise in the skies. ² Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to him, all his armies. ³ Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light. ⁴ Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you waters which are over the heavens. ⁵ Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he gave the order, and they were made. ⁶ He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken. ⁷ Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great sea-beasts, and deep places: ⁸ Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word: ⁹ Mountains and all hills; fruit-trees and all trees of the mountains: ¹⁰ Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds: ¹¹ Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth: ¹² Young men and virgins; old men and children: ¹³ Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven. ¹⁴ He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised. ¹⁴⁹ ¹ Let the Lord be praised. Make a new song to the Lord, let his praise be in the meeting of his saints. ² Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King. ³ Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music. ⁴ For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation. ⁵ Let the saints have joy and glory: let them give cries of joy on their beds. ⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands; ⁷ To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment; ⁸ To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron; ⁹ To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord. ¹⁵⁰ ¹ Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his holy place: give him praise in the heaven of his power. ² Give him praise for his acts of power: give him praise in the measure of his great strength. ³ Give him praise with the sound of the horn: give him praise with corded instruments of music. ⁴ Give him praise with instruments of brass and in the dance: give him praise with horns and corded instruments. ⁵ Give him praise with the loud brass: give him praise with the high-sounding brass. ⁶ Let everything which has breath give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised.