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1 To the Overcomer, A Psalm of David, the slave of the LORD, who spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, ¶ I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, so shall I be saved from my enemies.
4 The pain of death compassed me, and the rivers of Belial made me afraid.
5 The pain of Sheol compassed me about: the snares of death came before me.
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried unto my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains collapsed and were removed because he was wroth.
8 Smoke went up out of his nostrils, and fire devoured out of his mouth; coals were kindled by it.
9 He lowered the heavens and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub and flew: yea, he flew upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his hiding place; in his tabernacle round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the heavens.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
13 The LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
14 He sent out his arrows and scattered them; he shot out lightnings and destroyed them.
15 Then the depths of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, even though they were too strong for me.
18 They were ready for me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my staff.
19 He brought me forth also into a wide place; he delivered me because he delighted in me.
20 ¶ The LORD will reward me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he shall recompense me.
21 Because I have kept the ways of the LORD and did not become wicked departing in apostasy from my God.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 I was perfect before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with a perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
26 with the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt show thyself adversary.
27 Therefore thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down high looks.
28 For thou wilt light my fire: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 ¶ For with thee I have scattered armies; and in my God I have overcome walled defenses.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is precise: a shield to all those that wait in him.
31 For who is God except the LORD? or who is a refuge except our God?
32 It is God that girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.
33 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and sets me upon my high places.
34 He trains my hands for the battle, so that a bow of bronze shall be broken by my arms.
35 In the same manner thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand will hold me up, and thy meekness shall multiply me.
36 Thou shall enlarge my steps under me, and my knees shall not tremble.
37 I shall pursue my enemies and overtake them: neither shall I turn again until they are consumed.
38 I shall smite them, and they will not be able to rise: they shall fall under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued my enemies under me.
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies that I might destroy those that hate me.
41 They cried out, but there was no one to save them: even unto the LORD, but he did not answer them.
42 Then I beat them as small as the dust before the wind: I scattered them as the dirt in the streets.
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the Gentiles: a people whom I did not know served me.
44 As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me: the sons of strangers submitted themselves unto me even against their will.
45 The strangers fell away and were afraid in their close places.
46 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is God that avenges me and subdues the peoples under me.
48 He delivers me from my enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the one who would betray me.
49 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles and sing praises unto thy name.
50 He gives great deliverance to his king and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
19 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows the work of his hands. 2 One day provides a word for the next day, and one night declares wisdom unto the next night. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 ¶ The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; the rights of the LORD are true, they are all just. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 11 Moreover by them is thy slave warned, and in keeping them there is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy slave also from pride and arrogance; let them not have dominion over me; then I shall be perfect, and I shall be innocent of the great rebellion. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. 20 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ Let the LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; let the name of the God of Jacob lift thee up 2 and send thee help from the sanctuary and strengthen thee out of Zion 3 and remember all thy offerings and reduce thy burnt sacrifice to the ashes of burnt fat, Selah. 4 Grant thee according to thine heart and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 We will rejoice in thy saving health, and in the name of our God we will be standard-bearers: let the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. 6 ¶ Now know I that the LORD has kept his anointed; he will hear him from the heavens of his holiness with the saving valour of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 8 They are brought down and fallen, but we are risen and stand upright. 9 The LORD saves the king; let him hear us on the day when we call. 21 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy saving health how greatly shall he rejoice! 2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. 3 For thou givest him beforehand the blessings of goodness; thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou didst give him length of days for ever and ever. 5 His glory is great in thy saving health; honour and beauty hast thou laid upon him. 6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever; thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 7 ¶ For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger; the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth and their seed from among the children of men. 11 For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a wicked device, but they did not prevail. 12 Therefore shalt thou separate them; thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy valour. 22 1 To the Overcomer upon Aijeleth Shahar,
A Psalm of David. ¶ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me and from the words of my cry? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest in the midst of the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee and were delivered: they trusted in thee and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men and despised of the people. 7 All those that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 Turn him over to the LORD, let him deliver him, let him save him, seeing he delighted in him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou hast made me wait upon thee since I was upon my mother’s breasts. 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother’s belly. 11 ¶ Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is no one to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round about. 13 They opened their mouth upon me as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may count all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my life from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion’s mouth and from the horns of the unicorns. 22 ¶ I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee. 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor in spirit; neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before those that fear him. 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied: those that seek him shall praise the LORD; your heart shall live for ever. 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD; and all the families of the Gentiles shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s, and he shall have dominion over the Gentiles. 29 All those that are fat upon earth shall eat and worship; all those that go down to the dust shall bow before him; and no one can keep his own soul alive. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he has done this. 23 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff shall comfort me. 5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup is running over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will rest in the house of the LORD for ever. 24 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein. 2 For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. 3 ¶ Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in the place of his holiness? 4 He that has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken my name in vain, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his saving health. 6 This is the generation of those that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. 7 ¶ Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of the hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. 25 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ Aleph Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 2 Beth O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me. 3 Gimel Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed; those which rebel without cause shall be ashamed. 4 Daleth Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 5 He Cause me to walk in thy truth and teach me: for thou art the God of my saving health; I have waited for thee all the day. 6 Vau Remember, O LORD, thy compassion and thy mercies, for they have been ever of old. 7 Zain Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions; according to thy mercy remember me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD. 8 ¶ Cheth Good and upright is the LORD: therefore he will teach sinners in the way. 9 Teth He will cause the humble to pass through the judgment, and the meek he will teach his way. 10 Jod All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11 Caph For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great. 12 Lamed Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 Mem His soul shall rest in that which is good; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14 Nun The secret of the LORD is for those that fear him, and he will show them his covenant. 15 ¶ Samech Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 16 Ain Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted. 17 Tzaddi The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring thou me out of my distresses. 18 Resh Look upon my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins. 19 Resh Consider my enemies, for they are multiplied; and they hate me with cruel hatred. 20 Schin O keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee. 21 Tau Integrity and uprightness shall preserve me, for I have waited for thee. 22 Pe Ransom Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. 26 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. 2 Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart. 3 For thy mercy is before my eyes, and I walk in thy truth. 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with hypocrites. 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers and will not sit with the wicked. 6 ¶ I will wash my hands in innocency, so I will walk near unto thine altar, O LORD: 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory. 9 Gather not my soul with the sinners, nor my life with those who have blood on their hands: 10 In whose hands are wicked devices, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; ransom me and be merciful unto me. 12 I have walked uprightly; in the congregations I will bless the LORD. 27 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the LORD and to enquire in his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; in the secret of his tent shall he hide me; he shall set me high upon a rock. 6 And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tabernacle; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. 7 ¶ Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me and answer me. 8 My heart has spoken unto me from thee, Seek my face. Thy face, O LORD, will I seek. 9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy slave away in anger: thou hast been my help; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my saving health. 10 For my father and my mother have left me, and the LORD has taken me up. 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a right path because of my enemies. 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty. 13 I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, for the LORD. 28 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent unto me lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like those that go down into the grave. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness. 3 Do not catch me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts. 4 Give them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render unto them their desert. 5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them and not build them up. 6 ¶ Blessed be the LORD because he has heard the voice of my supplications. 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song I will praise him. 8 The LORD is the strength of his people, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. 9 Save thy people and bless thine inheritance; feed them also and lift them up for ever. 29 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is upon many waters. 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. 5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; yea, the LORD broke the cedars of Lebanon. 6 And He made them skip like a calves; Lebanon and Sirion like the sons of the unicorns. 7 The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire. 8 The voice of the LORD that shall shake the wilderness; the LORD shall shake the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of the LORD shall make the hinds to calve and shall uncover the forests: and in his temple every one speaks to his glory. 10 The LORD sits upon the flood; yea, the LORD sat down as King for ever. 11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people in peace. 30 1 A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. ¶ I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; thou gavest me life from my descent into the grave. 4 Let his merciful ones sing unto the LORD, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 5 For his anger endures but a moment; in his will is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 6 ¶ And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. 8 I will cry unto thee, O GOD; and unto the Lord will I make supplication. 9 What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth? 10 Hear, O LORD and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. 11 Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness; 12 to the end that I may sing glory unto thee and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
A Psalm of David. ¶ The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows the work of his hands. 2 One day provides a word for the next day, and one night declares wisdom unto the next night. 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tabernacle for the sun, 5 which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heavens, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 ¶ The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; the rights of the LORD are true, they are all just. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. 11 Moreover by them is thy slave warned, and in keeping them there is great reward. 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. 13 Keep back thy slave also from pride and arrogance; let them not have dominion over me; then I shall be perfect, and I shall be innocent of the great rebellion. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. 20 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ Let the LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; let the name of the God of Jacob lift thee up 2 and send thee help from the sanctuary and strengthen thee out of Zion 3 and remember all thy offerings and reduce thy burnt sacrifice to the ashes of burnt fat, Selah. 4 Grant thee according to thine heart and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 We will rejoice in thy saving health, and in the name of our God we will be standard-bearers: let the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. 6 ¶ Now know I that the LORD has kept his anointed; he will hear him from the heavens of his holiness with the saving valour of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 8 They are brought down and fallen, but we are risen and stand upright. 9 The LORD saves the king; let him hear us on the day when we call. 21 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy saving health how greatly shall he rejoice! 2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. 3 For thou givest him beforehand the blessings of goodness; thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. 4 He asked life of thee, and thou didst give him length of days for ever and ever. 5 His glory is great in thy saving health; honour and beauty hast thou laid upon him. 6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever; thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. 7 ¶ For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger; the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth and their seed from among the children of men. 11 For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a wicked device, but they did not prevail. 12 Therefore shalt thou separate them; thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy valour. 22 1 To the Overcomer upon Aijeleth Shahar,
A Psalm of David. ¶ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me and from the words of my cry? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest in the midst of the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee and were delivered: they trusted in thee and were not confounded. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men and despised of the people. 7 All those that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 Turn him over to the LORD, let him deliver him, let him save him, seeing he delighted in him. 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou hast made me wait upon thee since I was upon my mother’s breasts. 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother’s belly. 11 ¶ Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is no one to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round about. 13 They opened their mouth upon me as a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may count all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture. 19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my life from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion’s mouth and from the horns of the unicorns. 22 ¶ I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee. 23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor in spirit; neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before those that fear him. 26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied: those that seek him shall praise the LORD; your heart shall live for ever. 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD; and all the families of the Gentiles shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s, and he shall have dominion over the Gentiles. 29 All those that are fat upon earth shall eat and worship; all those that go down to the dust shall bow before him; and no one can keep his own soul alive. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he has done this. 23 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff shall comfort me. 5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup is running over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will rest in the house of the LORD for ever. 24 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein. 2 For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. 3 ¶ Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in the place of his holiness? 4 He that has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken my name in vain, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his saving health. 6 This is the generation of those that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. 7 ¶ Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of the hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. 25 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ Aleph Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 2 Beth O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me. 3 Gimel Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed; those which rebel without cause shall be ashamed. 4 Daleth Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 5 He Cause me to walk in thy truth and teach me: for thou art the God of my saving health; I have waited for thee all the day. 6 Vau Remember, O LORD, thy compassion and thy mercies, for they have been ever of old. 7 Zain Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions; according to thy mercy remember me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD. 8 ¶ Cheth Good and upright is the LORD: therefore he will teach sinners in the way. 9 Teth He will cause the humble to pass through the judgment, and the meek he will teach his way. 10 Jod All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11 Caph For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great. 12 Lamed Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 Mem His soul shall rest in that which is good; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14 Nun The secret of the LORD is for those that fear him, and he will show them his covenant. 15 ¶ Samech Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 16 Ain Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted. 17 Tzaddi The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring thou me out of my distresses. 18 Resh Look upon my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins. 19 Resh Consider my enemies, for they are multiplied; and they hate me with cruel hatred. 20 Schin O keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee. 21 Tau Integrity and uprightness shall preserve me, for I have waited for thee. 22 Pe Ransom Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. 26 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. 2 Examine me, O LORD and prove me; melt my kidneys and my heart. 3 For thy mercy is before my eyes, and I walk in thy truth. 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with hypocrites. 5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers and will not sit with the wicked. 6 ¶ I will wash my hands in innocency, so I will walk near unto thine altar, O LORD: 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory. 9 Gather not my soul with the sinners, nor my life with those who have blood on their hands: 10 In whose hands are wicked devices, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; ransom me and be merciful unto me. 12 I have walked uprightly; in the congregations I will bless the LORD. 27 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the LORD and to enquire in his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; in the secret of his tent shall he hide me; he shall set me high upon a rock. 6 And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tabernacle; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. 7 ¶ Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me and answer me. 8 My heart has spoken unto me from thee, Seek my face. Thy face, O LORD, will I seek. 9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy slave away in anger: thou hast been my help; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my saving health. 10 For my father and my mother have left me, and the LORD has taken me up. 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a right path because of my enemies. 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty. 13 I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait for the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, for the LORD. 28 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent unto me lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like those that go down into the grave. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness. 3 Do not catch me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts. 4 Give them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render unto them their desert. 5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them and not build them up. 6 ¶ Blessed be the LORD because he has heard the voice of my supplications. 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song I will praise him. 8 The LORD is the strength of his people, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. 9 Save thy people and bless thine inheritance; feed them also and lift them up for ever. 29 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is upon many waters. 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. 5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; yea, the LORD broke the cedars of Lebanon. 6 And He made them skip like a calves; Lebanon and Sirion like the sons of the unicorns. 7 The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire. 8 The voice of the LORD that shall shake the wilderness; the LORD shall shake the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of the LORD shall make the hinds to calve and shall uncover the forests: and in his temple every one speaks to his glory. 10 The LORD sits upon the flood; yea, the LORD sat down as King for ever. 11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people in peace. 30 1 A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. ¶ I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; thou gavest me life from my descent into the grave. 4 Let his merciful ones sing unto the LORD, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 5 For his anger endures but a moment; in his will is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 6 ¶ And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. 8 I will cry unto thee, O GOD; and unto the Lord will I make supplication. 9 What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth? 10 Hear, O LORD and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. 11 Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness; 12 to the end that I may sing glory unto thee and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.