CLV(i)
1 {Concerning the servant of Yahweh, concerning David, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song on the day Yahweh rescued him from the palm of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. Thus he said:{ I feel deep passion for You, O Yahweh, my Steadfastness,
2 O Yahweh, my Crag and my Fastness and my Deliverance! My El, my Rock! I take refuge in Him, My Shield and the Horn of my salvation, my Impregnable Retreat!"
3 The One being praised! I call on Yahweh, And I am being saved from my enemies."
4 The cables of death have enveloped me, And the torrents of decadence, they frighten me."
5 The cables of the unseen, they surrounded me; The traps of death have confronted me."
6 In my distress I called on Yahweh, And to my Elohim I implored. From His temple He heard my voice, And my imploring before Him, it came to His ears."
7 Then the earth reeled and quaked, And the foundations of the mountains, they were disturbed, And they reeled, for His anger grew hot."
8 Smoke ascended from His nostrils, And fire that devours from His mouth; Flashing embers blazed forth from Him."
9 He stretched out the heavens and descended, And murkiness was beneath His feet."
10 He rode on a cherub and flew; So He swooped down on the wings of the wind.
11 He set darkness as His concealment round about Him; His booth was the darkness of waters, the thick clouds of the skies."
12 Out of the brightness in front of Him His thick clouds passed With hail and flashing embers of fire.
13 Then Yahweh thundered from the heavens, And the Supreme, He gave forth His voice With hail and flashing embers of fire."
14 He sent off His arrows, with which He scattered them, And He multiplied bolts of lightning, with which He discomfited them."
15 So the channels of water were made to appear, And the foundations of the habitance were revealed, By Your rebuke, O Yahweh, By the breath of the wind of Your nostrils."
16 He sent from the height; He took me; He removed me from many waters;
17 He rescued me from my strong enemy And from those hating me; For they were tougher than I.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, Yet Yahweh became my Stay."
19 He brought me forth into a wide place; He liberated me, for He has delighted in me."
20 Yahweh requited me according to my righteousness; According to the purity of my hands He recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And I have not been wicked by turning from my Elohim."
22 For all His judgments have been in front of me, And I have not put away His statutes from me."
23 I have become flawless before Him; Let me keep myself from my depravity.
24 Yahweh recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the purity of my hands in front of His eyes."
25 With the benign one You show Yourself benign, And with a flawless master You show Yourself flawless;"
26 With the purified one You show Yourself pure, But with the perverse one You show Yourself cunning."
27 For You Yourself shall save the humbled people, But You shall abase those whose eyes are exalted."
28 Indeed You Yourself shall light up my lamp, O Yahweh; My Elohim, He shall brighten my darkness,
29 So that by You I may run over a stone dike, And by my Elohim I may leap a barricade."
30 The One, El, His way is flawless; The word of Yahweh is refined; He is a Shield to all who are taking refuge in Him."
31 For is there any Eloah apart from Yahweh? And is there any Rock except our Elohim?
32 He is the One, El, the One belting me with valor, And He spreads flawlessness on my way,
33 The One poising my feet like hinds', And on my high-places He causes me to stand."
34 He is the One teaching my hands for the battle, So that my arms may manage a bow of bronze."
35 You gave to me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand, it braced me, And Your help made me great."
36 You widened my steps beneath me, So that my limbs have not tottered."
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not return until they were finished."
38 I transfixed them, and they were not able to rise. They fell beneath my feet."
39 You belted me with valor for the battle; You bowed beneath me those rising against me.
40 As for my enemies, You gave to me the scruff of their necks, And those hating me, I effaced them."
41 They implored, yet there was no salvation; They called to Yahweh, yet He would not answer them."
42 I reduced them to powder like the soil before the face of the wind; Like the mud of the streets I pulverized them.
43 You delivered me from the disputes of the people; You placed me at the head of the nations. A people I had not known, they serve me;"
44 As soon as the ear is hearing they hearken to me. The sons of the foreigner, they cower before me;"
45 The sons of the foreigner, they disintegrate, And they come cringing from their enclosures."
46 Alive is Yahweh, and being blessed is my Rock; Let the Elohim of my salvation be exalted."
47 He is the One, El, Who is rendering vengeance for me, And He subdues the peoples under me,
48 The One delivering me from my enemies. Indeed from those rising against me have You safely set me high; From the man of violence have You rescued me.
49 Therefore, I shall acclaim You among the nations, O Yahweh, And to Your Name shall I make melody."
50 He is the One magnifying the salvations of His king, And showing benignity to His anointed, To David, and to his seed for the eon. {Permanent{ "
19 1 {A Davidic Psalm{ The heavens are recounting the glory of El, And the atmosphere is telling the work of His hands."
2 Day after day is uttering a saying, And night after night is disclosing knowledge."
3 There is no audible saying, and there are no words; Their voice is unheard."
4 Yet into the entire earth their voice goes forth, And into the ends of the habitance their declarations. For the sun, He has placed a tent in them,
5 So it is like a bridegroom going forth from his canopy; It is elated like a master, to run its path."
6 From the end of the heavens is its going forth, And its circling around goes on to their ends, So that nothing is being concealed from its warm penetration."
7 The law of Yahweh is flawless, restoring the soul; The testimony of Yahweh is faithful, making wise the simple;"
8 The precepts of Yahweh are upright, rejoicing the heart; The instruction of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes;"
9 The fear of Yahweh is clean, standing unto the future; The judgments of Yahweh are truth; they are righteous altogether:"
10 Coveted more than gold, and more than much glittering gold, And sweeter than honey and drips of the combs."
11 Moreover, Your servant is being warned by them; In the keeping of them is a great consequence."
12 Who can detect inadvertent errors? From those concealed to me, hold me innocent."
13 Moreover, keep back Your servant from arrogancies; Let them not rule over me. Then I shall be flawless, And I will be innocent of great transgression."
14 May the sayings of my mouth be acceptable And the soliloquy of my heart be pleasing before You, O Yahweh, my Rock and my Redeemer! {Permanent{ "
20 1 {A Davidic Psalm{ May Yahweh answer you in a day of distress; May the Name of Jacob's Elohim be your impregnable retreat.
2 May He send to your help from the Sanctuary, And from Zion, may He brace you."
3 May He remember all your approach presents, And upon your ascent offerings, may He confer richness. {Interlude{ "
4 May He give to you according to your heart, And all your counsel, may He fulfill."
5 Let us be jubilant in your salvation, And in the Name of Elohim, may we raise a standard. May Yahweh fulfill all your requests."
6 Now I know that Yahweh will save His anointed; He shall answer him from His holy heavens By the saving masterful deeds of His right hand.
7 These boast in chariots, and those in horses, But as for us, concerning the Name of Yahweh our Elohim, we are ever mindful."
8 They, indeed they will bow down and fall, But as for us, we will rise and shall become attested."
9 O Yahweh, save the king, And answer us on the day we call. {Permanent{ "
21 1 {A Davidic Psalm{ O Yahweh, in Your strength is the king rejoicing, And in Your salvation, how exceedingly is he exulting!"
2 The yearning of his heart, You will give to him, And the proposal of his lips You will not withhold at all. {Interlude{ "
3 For You shall succor him with blessings of good; You shall set a glittering gold crown on his head.
4 He asked life from You; You will give it to him:Length of days for an eon and further.
5 Great is his glory through Your salvation; Splendor and honor shall You poise on him.
6 For You are setting him for blessings for the future; You are exhilarating him with the rejoicing of Your presence.
7 For the king is trusting in Yahweh, And in the benignity of the Supreme he shall not slip at all."
8 Your hand shall find all Your enemies; Your right hand, it shall find those hating You."
9 You shall make them like a fiery stove in the era of Your presence. Yahweh shall swallow them up in His anger, And fire shall devour them."
10 You shall destroy their fruit from the earth And their seed from among the sons of humanity.
11 Though they have intended evil against You, And they have devised a scheme, They shall not prevail at all."
12 For You shall make them turn their backs; With Your bowcords You shall be ready against their faces.
13 Be exalted, O Yahweh, in Your strength; We will sing and make melody concerning Your masterful deeds. {Permanent{ {Concerning the Hind of the Dawn{ "
22 1 {A Davidic Psalm{ My El! My El! Why have You forsaken me? Far from my salvation are these words of my roaring.
2 My Elohim, I am calling by day, yet You are not answering, And by night, yet there is no stillness for me."
3 But You are holy, The One dwelling among the praises of Israel."
4 In You our fathers trusted; They trusted, and You delivered them."
5 To You they cried out, and they escaped; In You they trusted, and they were not put to shame."
6 But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach to humanity and despised by the people."
7 All those seeing me deride me; They open up their lip in sneering; They wag their head, saying,
8 He exults in Yahweh; let Him deliver him! Let Him rescue him, since He delights in him!"
9 Indeed You were the One rushing me forth from the belly, Causing me to trust on my mother's breasts."
10 On You was I flung from the womb; From my mother's belly, You have been my El."
11 O do not be far from me, For distress is near, Because there is no one helping."
12 Many young bulls surround me; Sturdy ones of Bashan, they compass me about."
13 They open their mouth wide against me Like a lion, ravening and roaring."
14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are disjointed. My heart has become like wax; It is melted in the midst of my bowels."
15 My vigor is dried up like earthenware, And my tongue clings to my jaws; You bring me low to the soil of death."
16 For curs have surrounded me; The crowd of evildoers has encompassed me; They dig into my hands and my feet.
17 I number all my bones; They look; they stare at me.
18 They apportion my garments among themselves, And they cast the lot for my clothing."
19 Yet You, O Yahweh, do not be far away! My Fortitude, do hurry to my help!"
20 Do rescue my soul from the sword, My only one from the paw of the cur."
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion And from the horns of the wild bulls-- You have answered me!
22 Let me recount Your Name to my brothers; In the midst of the assembly shall I praise You.
23 Those fearing Yahweh, praise Him! All the seed of Jacob, glorify Him! And revere Him, all the seed of Israel!"
24 For He has neither despised Nor abominated the humiliation of the humbled, And He has not concealed His face from him. But when he implored to Him, He hearkened."
25 From You comes my praise in the vast assembly; I shall pay my vows in front of those fearing Him.
26 The humbled shall eat and shall be satisfied; And those seeking after Him shall praise Yahweh. May their hearts live for the future.
27 All the limits of the earth shall remember and return to Yahweh, And all the families of the nations shall bow down before Him."
28 For Yahweh's is the kingdom, And He is the One ruling among the nations."
29 Yea, to Him shall bow down All those about to be sleeping in the earth; Before Him shall crouch All those descending to the soil. And he who did not keep his soul alive--"
30 His seed shall serve Him; It shall be recounted about Yahweh To the generation that is coming.
31 And they shall tell of His righteousness To a people about to be born. Declaring that He has done this.
23 1 {A Davidic Psalm{ Yahweh is my Shepherd; Nothing shall I lack.
2 In verdant oases, He is making me recline; Beside restful waters, He is conducting me."
3 He is restoring my soul; He is guiding me in the routes of righteousness, on account of His Name."
4 Even though I should walk in the ravine of blackest shadow, I shall not fear evil, For You are with me; Your club and Your staff, they are comforting me."
5 You are arranging a table before me in front of my foes; You have sleeked my head with oil; My cup is satiated.
6 Yea, goodness and benignity, they shall pursue me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the House of Yahweh for the length of my days."
24 1 {A Davidic Psalm{ Yahweh's is the earth and its fullness, The habitance and those dwelling in it."
2 For He, on the seas He has founded it, And on the streams He has established it."
3 Who shall ascend into the mountain of Yahweh, And who shall rise in His holy place?
4 The innocent of palms and pure of heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to mere idols, And has not sworn by what is deceitful."
5 He shall obtain blessing from Yahweh, And righteousness from the Elohim of his salvation."
6 This is the generation of those seeking after Him, Those seeking Your face, O Elohim of Jacob. {Interlude{ "
7 Lift up your heads, O gateways, And be lifted up, O portals eonian, That the King of glory may come in!"
8 Who is this King of glory? Yahweh, strong and masterful! Yahweh, masterful in battle!"
9 Lift up your heads, O gateways, And be lifted up, O portals eonian, That the King of glory may come in!"
10 Who is He, this King of glory? Yahweh of hosts, He is the King of glory! {Interlude{ "
25 1 {A Davidic Psalm{ To You, O Yahweh, am I lifting up my soul;"
2 In You, my Elohim, have I trusted. Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies be glad over me."
3 Indeed, all expecting You shall not be ashamed; They shall be ashamed who are being treacherous without excuse."
4 Acquaint me with Your ways, O Yahweh; Teach me Your paths."
5 Cause me to tread in Your truth, and teach me, For You are the Elohim of my salvation, And I expect You the entire day."
6 Remember Your compassions, O Yahweh, And Your benignities, For they are from the eon."
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth and my transgressions; According to Your benignity, remember me, I pray You, On account of Your goodness, O Yahweh."
8 Good and upright is Yahweh; Therefore, He shall direct sinners in the way;"
9 He shall cause the humble to tread in right judgment, And He shall teach the humble His way."
10 All the paths of Yahweh are benignity and truth For those preserving His covenant and His testimonies.
11 On account of Your Name, O Yahweh, Thus pardon my depravity, though it be great."
12 Whatever man this is who is fearing Yahweh, He shall direct him in the way he should choose;"
13 His soul shall lodge in good, And his seed shall tenant the land."
14 The intimacy of Yahweh is for those fearing Him, And His covenant, to give them knowledge."
15 My eyes are continually toward Yahweh, For He shall bring forth my feet from the net."
16 Turn toward me, and be gracious to me, For I am lonely and humbled;"
17 In the distresses of my heart make a wideness for me, And bring me forth from my constraints."
18 Meet my humiliation and my toil, And bear away all my sins."
19 See my enemies, how they multiply And hate me with violent hatred."
20 Do guard my soul, and rescue me; Do not let me be ashamed, for I have taken refuge in You."
21 May integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I expect You."
22 O Elohim, ransom Israel from all their distresses."
26 1 {Davidic{ Judge me, O Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in Yahweh; I shall not totter."
2 Test me, O Yahweh, and try me; Do refine my innermost being and my heart."
3 For Your benignity is in front of my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth."
4 I have not sat with men of hypocrisy, And with dissemblers I shall not enter."
5 I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And with the wicked I shall not sit."
6 I shall wash my palms in innocency, And I will go around Your altar, O Yahweh,
7 To announce with the voice of acclamation, And to recount all Your marvelous works."
8 O Yahweh, I have loved the pleasantness of Your House And the Place where Your glory is tabernacling."
9 Do not gather up my soul with sinners Or my life with bloodthirsty men,
10 In whose hands is scheming, And their right hand is full of bribes."
11 As for me, I shall walk in my integrity. Ransom me, and be gracious to me."
12 My foot has stood on level ground; In the assemblies, I shall bless You, O Yahweh."
27 1 {Davidic{ Yahweh is my Light and my Salvation; Whom should I fear? Yahweh is the Stronghold of my life; Of whom should I be afraid?
2 When evildoers drew near against me To devour my flesh, They who were to me my foes and my enemies, They stumbled and fell."
3 Though an armed force should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war should rise up against me, In spite of this I am trusting."
4 One thing I have asked from Yahweh-- Only it am I seeking:That I may dwell in the House of Yahweh all the days of my life, To perceive the pleasantness of Yahweh, And to make my quest in His Temple."
5 For He shall seclude me in His booth in the day of evil; He shall conceal me in the secrecy of His tent; He shall safely set me high on a rock.
6 Even now my head is being raised high over my enemies round about me, And I will sacrifice in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy. I will sing and make melody to Yahweh."
7 Hear my voice, O Yahweh, when I call; Be gracious to me, and answer me."
8 To You my heart has said, I have sought Your face; Your face, O Yahweh, am I seeking."
9 O do not conceal Your face from me, O do not turn aside Your servant in anger, You Who have become my Help! O do not abandon me, And do not forsake me, O Elohim of my salvation."
10 For my father and my mother, they have forsaken me, Yet Yahweh shall gather me in."
11 Direct me, O Yahweh, in Your way, And guide me in a straight path on account of those lying in wait for me."
12 O do not give me up to the soul's desire of my foes, For false witnesses have risen against me, Even malicious calumniators."
13 I believe that I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.
14 Be expectant toward Yahweh; Be steadfast, and let your heart be resolute. Yea, be expectant toward Yahweh."
28 1 {Davidic{ To You, O Yahweh, am I calling out; My Rock, O do not turn from me in silence. Lest, if You should hush to me, I would become comparable with descenders to the crypt."
2 Hear the voice of my supplications When I implore to You, When I lift up my hands toward Your Innermost Sanctuary."
3 O do not draw me away with the wicked Or with contrivers of lawlessness, Those speaking peace with their associates But evil in their heart."
4 Give to them according to their contriving And according to the evil of their actions; According to the work of their hands, give to them; Reverse their dealing upon them."
5 For they do not understand Yahweh's wise deeds Or the work of His hands. He shall pull them down and not build them up again.
6 Blessed be Yahweh, For He has heard the voice of my supplications."
7 Yahweh is my Strength and my Shield; In Him has my heart trusted, And I have been helped So that my heart is joyous, And with my song am I acclaiming Him."
8 Yahweh is the Strength of His people, And He is the Stronghold of salvation for His anointed."
9 Do save Your people, And bless Your allotment; Shepherd them, And lift them up for the eon."
29 1 {A Davidic Psalm{ Grant to Yahweh, O sons of the elim, Grant to Yahweh glory and strength."
2 Grant to Yahweh the glory of His Name; Worship Yahweh in His holy effulgence.
3 The voice of Yahweh is over the waters; The El of glory, He thunders; Yahweh is over the abundant waters."
4 The voice of Yahweh sounds with vigor; The voice of Yahweh is filled with honor.
5 The voice of Yahweh is breaking cedars, And Yahweh is breaking the cedars of Lebanon;"
6 He is causing them to dance like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild bull."
7 The voice of Yahweh is hewing with blazes of fire.
8 The voice of Yahweh, it is causing the wilderness to travail; Yahweh is causing the wilderness of Kadesh to travail."
9 The voice of Yahweh makes the hinds travail in birth, And He is stripping the wildwood bare. In His Temple everyone is saying, Glory."
10 Yahweh sat enthroned above the deluge, And Yahweh shall sit enthroned as King for the eon."
11 Yahweh, strength shall He give to His people; Yahweh, He shall bless His people with peace."
30 1 {A Psalm{ {Dedication Song of the House{ {Davidic{ I am exalting You, O Yahweh, for You have drawn me out, And You have not let my enemies rejoice over me."
2 O Yahweh my Elohim, I implored to You, And You healed me."
3 O Yahweh, You have brought my soul up from the unseen; You have preserved me alive from descending to the crypt."
4 Make melody to Yahweh, His benign ones, And give acclamation to His holy Name."
5 For there is only a moment under His anger But a lifetime under His benevolence. In the evening, lamentation may lodge, But in the morning there is jubilant song."
6 Yet I, I have said in my ease, I shall not slip at all for the eon."
7 O Yahweh, in Your benevolence, You have made my mountain to stand in strength. If You conceal Your face, I become flustered;"
8 To You, O Yahweh, am I calling, And to my Lord am I supplicating."
9 What gain is there in my blood poured out, In my descending to the grave? Does soil acclaim You? Does it tell Your faithfulness?
10 Hear, O Yahweh, and be gracious to me; O Yahweh, be my Help!"
11 You have turned my wailing into fluting for me. You have unloosed my sackcloth And are belting me with rejoicing,
12 So that one may make melody to You, O my Glory, And may not be still. O Yahweh my Elohim, for the eon shall I acclaim You. {Permanent{ "