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1 A Psalm of David,
when he fled from Absalom his son. ¶ LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me. 2 There are many who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory and the lifter up of my head. 4 ¶ I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he answered me out of the mountain of his holiness. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for the LORD sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God, for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the jawbone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongs unto the LORD; thy blessing shall be upon thy people. Selah. 4 1 To the Overcomer in Neginoth,
A Psalm of David. ¶ Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after the lie? Selah. 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call unto him. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not; meditate in your heart upon your bed, and desist. Selah. 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. 6 ¶ There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart in the time that their grain and their wine multiplied. 8 I will both lay me down in peace and sleep: for thou only, O LORD, dost make me to be confident. 5 1 To the Overcomer upon Nehiloth,
A Psalm of David. ¶ Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God, for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; early will I present myself unto thee and wait. 4 For thou art not a God that loves wickedness; neither shall one who is evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish (those who are governed by carnal thoughts or desires) shall not stand in thy sight; thou dost hate all workers of iniquity. 6 Thou shalt destroy those that speak lies: the LORD will abominate the bloody and deceitful man. 7 ¶ But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear I will worship toward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no uprightness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out for the multitude of their rebellions; for they have rebelled against thee. 11 And all those that put their trust in thee shall rejoice: they shall ever be in jubilee, for thou shalt cover them; and all that love thy name shall be joyful in thee. 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 6 1 To the Overcomer in Neginoth upon Sheminith,
A Psalm of David. ¶ O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul is also greatly troubled; but thou, O LORD, how long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in Sheol who shall give thee thanks? 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night I flood my bed; I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxes old because of all mine enemies. 8 ¶ Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD has received my prayer. 10 All my enemies shall be ashamed; they shall be sorely troubled: they shall turn back and be ashamed suddenly. 7 1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. ¶ O LORD my God, in thee I have put my trust: save me from all those that persecute me, and deliver me 2 Lest they take my soul, as a lion dismembers his prey when there is none to deliver. 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this: if there is iniquity in my hands, 4 if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me, then let my persecutor escape without retribution. 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; let him tread down my life upon the earth and lay my honour in the dust. Selah. 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger; lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake the judgment in my favour that thou hast commanded. 7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about, for their sakes therefore return thou on high. 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. 9 Let wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys. 10 ¶ My shield is in God, he who saves the upright in heart. 11 God is he who judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he does not turn, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow and made it ready. 13 He has also prepared for him the weapons of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travails with iniquity and has conceived of his own work and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit and deepened it and shall fall into the ditch which he made. 16 His work shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. 8 1 To the Overcomer upon Gittith,
A Psalm of David. ¶ O LORD our Lord, how great is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy praise above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou might still the enemy and the avenger. 3 ¶ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou dost visit him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast crowned him with glory and beauty. 6 Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD our Lord, how great is thy name in all the earth! 9 1 To the Overcomer upon Muthlabben,
A Psalm of David. ¶ I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High 3 because my enemies are turned back; they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast accomplished my judgment and my cause; thou didst sit in the throne judging according to righteousness. 5 Thou hast reprehended the Gentiles, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and the cities that thou hast destroyed; their memorial is perished with them. 7 But the LORD shall endure for ever; he has prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall judge the peoples in uprightness. 9 The LORD also will be a refuge to the humble, a refuge for the time of trouble. 10 And those that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those that seek thee. 11 ¶ Sing unto the LORD, he who dwells in Zion; declare among the people his doings. 12 When he makes requirement for blood, he remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 that I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy saving health. 15 The Gentiles are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid their own foot is taken. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he has executed; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion (meditate on this for ever). Selah. 17 The wicked shall be put into Sheol, all the Gentiles that forget God. 18 For the humble shall not always be forgotten: the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever. 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight. 20 Put fear into them, O LORD: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men. Selah. 10 1 ¶ Why dost thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble? 2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he puffs at them. 6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, for I shall never be in adversity. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor. 9 He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he catches the poor when he draws him into his net. 10 He crouches and hides himself, and many are those who fall under his power. 11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; he hides his face; he will never see it. 12 ¶ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand; forget not the humble. 13 In what does the wicked irritate God? He has said in his heart, Thou wilt not require accountability. 14 Thou hast seen it, for thou dost behold mischief and spite to requite it with thy hand: the poor commits himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until thou find none. 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the Gentiles are perished out of his land. 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart; thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed that the man of the earth may no longer oppress. 11 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ I put my trust in the LORD put I: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart. 3 The foundations shall be destroyed. What has the righteous done? 4 ¶ The LORD is in the temple of his holiness, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men. 5 The LORD tries the righteous, but the wicked and he that loves violence his soul hates. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, with winds of whirlwinds: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance beholds the upright. 12 1 To the Overcomer upon Sheminith,
A Psalm of David. ¶ Help, LORD; for the merciful man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 Each one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, saith the LORD; I will set in safety the one whom the wicked one has ensnared. 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked press in on every side when the vilest men are exalted. 13 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death, 4 lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6 I will sing unto the LORD because he has dealt bountifully with me. 14 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is no one that does good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is no one that does good, no, not one. 4 ¶ The workers of iniquity certainly know this; those who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the LORD. 5 There they were in great fear: for God is with the nation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor because the LORD is his hope. 7 Oh that the saving health of Israel were come out of Zion! When the LORD turns back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 15 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in the mountain of thy holiness? 2 He that walks in integrity and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. 3 He that does not backbite with his tongue nor do evil to his neighbour nor take up a reproach against his neighbour. 4 In whose eyes the vile person is not esteemed; but he honours those that fear the LORD. He that swears to his own hurt and does not change. 5 He that does not put out his money to usury nor take a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved. 16 1 Michtam of David. ¶ Preserve me, O God: for in thee I have put my trust. 2 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my goodness: I have no goodness apart from thee; 3 to the saints that are in the earth and to the excellent: all my delight is towards them. 4 The sorrows of those that hasten after another god shall be multiplied; their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; thou dost maintain my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance. 7 I will bless the LORD, who gives me counsel: my kidneys also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 ¶ I have set the LORD always before me: because when he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest secure. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in Sheol; neither wilt thou suffer thy Merciful One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; in thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 17 1 A Prayer of David. ¶ Hear righteousness, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that does not go out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold uprightness. 3 Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast refined me and hast found no iniquity; that which I thought did not pass through my mouth. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have observed the ways of the violent. 5 Sustain my steps in thy ways that my footsteps not slip. 6 I have called upon thee, because thou dost hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me and hear my speech. 7 Show thy mercy to be marvellous, O Saviour of those who put their trust in thee, from those that rise up against thy right hand. 8 ¶ Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me with the shadow of thy wings, 9 from the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are closed in with their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes upon throwing us down to the earth 12 like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, with thy sword; 14 from men, with thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life and whose belly thou dost fill with thy provision: they satisfy their sons and leave the rest to their family. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness. 18 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.
when he fled from Absalom his son. ¶ LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me. 2 There are many who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory and the lifter up of my head. 4 ¶ I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he answered me out of the mountain of his holiness. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for the LORD sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God, for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the jawbone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongs unto the LORD; thy blessing shall be upon thy people. Selah. 4 1 To the Overcomer in Neginoth,
A Psalm of David. ¶ Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after the lie? Selah. 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call unto him. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not; meditate in your heart upon your bed, and desist. Selah. 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. 6 ¶ There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart in the time that their grain and their wine multiplied. 8 I will both lay me down in peace and sleep: for thou only, O LORD, dost make me to be confident. 5 1 To the Overcomer upon Nehiloth,
A Psalm of David. ¶ Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God, for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; early will I present myself unto thee and wait. 4 For thou art not a God that loves wickedness; neither shall one who is evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish (those who are governed by carnal thoughts or desires) shall not stand in thy sight; thou dost hate all workers of iniquity. 6 Thou shalt destroy those that speak lies: the LORD will abominate the bloody and deceitful man. 7 ¶ But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear I will worship toward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no uprightness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out for the multitude of their rebellions; for they have rebelled against thee. 11 And all those that put their trust in thee shall rejoice: they shall ever be in jubilee, for thou shalt cover them; and all that love thy name shall be joyful in thee. 12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. 6 1 To the Overcomer in Neginoth upon Sheminith,
A Psalm of David. ¶ O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul is also greatly troubled; but thou, O LORD, how long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in Sheol who shall give thee thanks? 6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night I flood my bed; I water my couch with my tears. 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxes old because of all mine enemies. 8 ¶ Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD has received my prayer. 10 All my enemies shall be ashamed; they shall be sorely troubled: they shall turn back and be ashamed suddenly. 7 1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. ¶ O LORD my God, in thee I have put my trust: save me from all those that persecute me, and deliver me 2 Lest they take my soul, as a lion dismembers his prey when there is none to deliver. 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this: if there is iniquity in my hands, 4 if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me, then let my persecutor escape without retribution. 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; let him tread down my life upon the earth and lay my honour in the dust. Selah. 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger; lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake the judgment in my favour that thou hast commanded. 7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about, for their sakes therefore return thou on high. 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. 9 Let wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys. 10 ¶ My shield is in God, he who saves the upright in heart. 11 God is he who judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he does not turn, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow and made it ready. 13 He has also prepared for him the weapons of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors. 14 Behold, he travails with iniquity and has conceived of his own work and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit and deepened it and shall fall into the ditch which he made. 16 His work shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. 17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. 8 1 To the Overcomer upon Gittith,
A Psalm of David. ¶ O LORD our Lord, how great is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy praise above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou might still the enemy and the avenger. 3 ¶ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou dost visit him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast crowned him with glory and beauty. 6 Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD our Lord, how great is thy name in all the earth! 9 1 To the Overcomer upon Muthlabben,
A Psalm of David. ¶ I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High 3 because my enemies are turned back; they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast accomplished my judgment and my cause; thou didst sit in the throne judging according to righteousness. 5 Thou hast reprehended the Gentiles, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and the cities that thou hast destroyed; their memorial is perished with them. 7 But the LORD shall endure for ever; he has prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall judge the peoples in uprightness. 9 The LORD also will be a refuge to the humble, a refuge for the time of trouble. 10 And those that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those that seek thee. 11 ¶ Sing unto the LORD, he who dwells in Zion; declare among the people his doings. 12 When he makes requirement for blood, he remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the humble. 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 that I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy saving health. 15 The Gentiles are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid their own foot is taken. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he has executed; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion (meditate on this for ever). Selah. 17 The wicked shall be put into Sheol, all the Gentiles that forget God. 18 For the humble shall not always be forgotten: the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever. 19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the Gentiles be judged in thy sight. 20 Put fear into them, O LORD: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men. Selah. 10 1 ¶ Why dost thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble? 2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he puffs at them. 6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, for I shall never be in adversity. 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. 8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor. 9 He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he catches the poor when he draws him into his net. 10 He crouches and hides himself, and many are those who fall under his power. 11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; he hides his face; he will never see it. 12 ¶ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand; forget not the humble. 13 In what does the wicked irritate God? He has said in his heart, Thou wilt not require accountability. 14 Thou hast seen it, for thou dost behold mischief and spite to requite it with thy hand: the poor commits himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until thou find none. 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever; the Gentiles are perished out of his land. 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart; thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 to judge the fatherless and the oppressed that the man of the earth may no longer oppress. 11 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ I put my trust in the LORD put I: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart. 3 The foundations shall be destroyed. What has the righteous done? 4 ¶ The LORD is in the temple of his holiness, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men. 5 The LORD tries the righteous, but the wicked and he that loves violence his soul hates. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, with winds of whirlwinds: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance beholds the upright. 12 1 To the Overcomer upon Sheminith,
A Psalm of David. ¶ Help, LORD; for the merciful man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 Each one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart. 3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks proud things: 4 Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, saith the LORD; I will set in safety the one whom the wicked one has ensnared. 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. 8 The wicked press in on every side when the vilest men are exalted. 13 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death, 4 lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6 I will sing unto the LORD because he has dealt bountifully with me. 14 1 To the Overcomer,
A Psalm of David. ¶ The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is no one that does good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is no one that does good, no, not one. 4 ¶ The workers of iniquity certainly know this; those who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the LORD. 5 There they were in great fear: for God is with the nation of the righteous. 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor because the LORD is his hope. 7 Oh that the saving health of Israel were come out of Zion! When the LORD turns back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 15 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in the mountain of thy holiness? 2 He that walks in integrity and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. 3 He that does not backbite with his tongue nor do evil to his neighbour nor take up a reproach against his neighbour. 4 In whose eyes the vile person is not esteemed; but he honours those that fear the LORD. He that swears to his own hurt and does not change. 5 He that does not put out his money to usury nor take a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved. 16 1 Michtam of David. ¶ Preserve me, O God: for in thee I have put my trust. 2 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my goodness: I have no goodness apart from thee; 3 to the saints that are in the earth and to the excellent: all my delight is towards them. 4 The sorrows of those that hasten after another god shall be multiplied; their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; thou dost maintain my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance. 7 I will bless the LORD, who gives me counsel: my kidneys also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 ¶ I have set the LORD always before me: because when he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest secure. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in Sheol; neither wilt thou suffer thy Merciful One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; in thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 17 1 A Prayer of David. ¶ Hear righteousness, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that does not go out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold uprightness. 3 Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast refined me and hast found no iniquity; that which I thought did not pass through my mouth. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have observed the ways of the violent. 5 Sustain my steps in thy ways that my footsteps not slip. 6 I have called upon thee, because thou dost hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me and hear my speech. 7 Show thy mercy to be marvellous, O Saviour of those who put their trust in thee, from those that rise up against thy right hand. 8 ¶ Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me with the shadow of thy wings, 9 from the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are closed in with their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes upon throwing us down to the earth 12 like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, with thy sword; 14 from men, with thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life and whose belly thou dost fill with thy provision: they satisfy their sons and leave the rest to their family. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness. 18 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.