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1 A Psalm. ¶ O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he has done marvellous things; his right hand has gotten him the victory, even the arm of his holiness.
2 The LORD has made known his saving health; he has openly showed his righteousness in the sight of the Gentiles.
3 He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the saving health of our God.
4 ¶ Sing with joy unto the LORD, all the earth; lift up thy voice and rejoice and sing praises.
5 Sing praises unto the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice of a song.
6 With trumpets and the sound of the shofar make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea roar and the fullness thereof, the world and those that dwell therein.
8 Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains be joyful together
9 before the LORD; for he has come to judge the earth; with righteousness he shall judge the world and the peoples with equity.
99 1 ¶ The LORD reigns; the peoples shall tremble; he who sits above the cherubim reigns; the earth shall be moved.
2 The LORD is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name, for it is holy.
4 The king’s strength is that he loves judgment; thou dost establish equity; thou dost execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt ye the LORD our God and worship at the footstool of his feet, which is holy.
6 ¶ Moses and Aaron are among his priests and Samuel among those that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7 He spoke unto them in the pillar of fire; they kept his testimonies and the order that he gave them.
8 Thou didst answer them, O LORD our God; thou wast a God that didst forgive them, and an avenger for their works.
9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at the mountain of his holiness, for the LORD our God is holy.
100 1 A Psalm of praise. ¶ Make a joyful noise unto the LORD all the earth.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness; come before his presence with joy.
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God; it is he that has made us and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.
101 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ I will sing of mercy and judgment; unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
2 When thou shalt come unto me, I will walk in the way of perfection and understand. I will walk in the midst of my house in the perfection of my heart.
3 I will set nothing of Belial before my eyes: I hate the work of those that betray; it shall not cleave to me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.
5 Whosoever secretly slanders his neighbour, I will cut off; he that has a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.
6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walks in the way of perfection, he shall serve me.
7 He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that tells lies shall not tarry in my sight.
8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the LORD.
102 1 A Prayer of the poor in spirit,
when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the LORD. ¶ Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as in a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. 8 My enemies reproach me all the day, and those that are mad against me are sworn against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping, 10 because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down. 11 My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass. 12 ¶ But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, the set time, is come. 14 For thy slaves love her stones and have compassion on the dust thereof. 15 So the Gentiles shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory 16 because the LORD shall have built up Zion, and he shall be seen in his glory. 17 He shall have regarded the prayer of those who are alone and destitute and not despised their prayer. 18 This shall be written for the generation to come, and the people who shall be created shall praise JAH. 19 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens the LORD beheld the earth 20 to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death, 21 that they might declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem, 22 when the people are gathered together as one and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 23 ¶ He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. 24 I said, O my God, do not cut me off in the midst of my days; thy years are from generation to generation. 25 Of old thou hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 28 The sons of thy slaves shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. 103 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless the name of his holiness. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgives all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases; 4 who redeems thy life from destruction; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion; 5 who satisfies thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 6 ¶ The LORD executes righteousness and justice unto all that suffer violence. 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the sons of Israel. 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide, neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He has not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth so does he increase his mercy over those that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our rebellions from us. 13 Like as a father has mercy upon his children, so the LORD has mercy upon those that fear him. 14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are as grass; as an open flower of the field, so he blossoms. 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place shall know it no more. 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him, and his righteousness unto the children’s children, 18 to such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandments to do them. 19 ¶ The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, valiant and strong, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts, ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. 104 1 ¶ Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty, 2 who dost cover thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain, 3 who dost establish his chambers between the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind, 4 who makes his angels spirits, his ministers a flaming fire, 5 who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved by any age. 6 Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 8 The mountains were exposed; they descended through the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over, that they not turn again to cover the earth. 10 ¶ Thou art he who sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the mountains. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 Next to them the fowls of the heavens have their habitation; they sing among the leaves. 13 He waters the mountains from his chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causes the hay to grow for the cattle and grass for the service of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth 15 and wine that makes glad the heart of man, making his face to shine with oil and bread which sustains man’s heart. 16 The trees of the LORD are satisfied; the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted, 17 that the birds may make their nests there: the stork makes her house among the fir trees. 18 The high mountains are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the conies. 19 ¶ He appointed the moon for times and seasons; the sun knows his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest move. 21 The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. 22 The sun arises, they withdraw and lay themselves down in their dens. 23 Man goes forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. 24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom thou hast made them all; the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom thou didst make to play therein. 27 These wait all upon thee, that thou may give them their food in due season. 28 Thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their spirit, they cease to exist and return to their dust. 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth. 31 ¶ Let the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let the LORD rejoice in his works. 32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles: he touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the LORD. 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Halelu- JAH (Praise ye the LORD). 105 1 ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples. 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; speak of all his wondrous works. 3 Glory in his holy name; let the heart of those that seek the LORD rejoice. 4 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually. 5 Remember his marvellous works that he has done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth, 6 O ye seed of Abraham his slave, ye sons of Jacob his chosen. 7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 8 ¶ He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generations, 9 which covenant he made with Abraham and his oath unto Isaac 10 and confirmed the same unto Jacob by decree, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance, 12 when they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from nation to nation from one kingdom to another people, 14 he suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he chastened kings for their sakes: 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a slave, 18 whose feet they hurt with fetters; his soul was laid in iron. 19 Until the time that his word came, the spoken word of the LORD purified him. 20 The king sent and loosed him, the ruler of the people let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his substance: 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom. 23 Afterwards Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. 24 And he increased his people greatly and made them stronger than their enemies. 25 ¶ He turned their heart to hate his people to think evil against his slaves. 26 He sent Moses his slave and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 He put the words of his signs in them and his wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not rebel against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spoke, and swarms of flies and lice came within all their borders. 32 He turned their rain into hail, into flaming fire in their land. 33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees and broke the trees within their borders. 34 He spoke, and the locusts came and caterpillars without number, 35 and ate up all the grass in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground. 36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. 37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold, and there was not one sick person among their tribes. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them fell upon them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light in the night. 40 The people asked, and he brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places and became a river. 42 For he remembered his holy word with Abraham his slave. 43 And he brought forth his people with joy and his chosen with singing 44 and gave them the lands of the Gentiles, and they inherited the labour of the nations, 45 that they might observe his statutes and keep his laws. Halelu-JAH. 106 1 ¶ Halelu-JAH. O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise? 3 Happy are those that keep judgment and he that does righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou dost bear unto thy people; O visit me with thy saving health, 5 that I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. 6 ¶ We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly. 7 Our fathers did not understand thy wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of thy mercies but rebelled by the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He reprehended the Red sea also, and it was dried up, so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. 12 Then they believed his words; they sang his praise. 13 ¶ They became rash. They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 They gave themselves over to lust in the wilderness and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. 16 Then they envied Moses in the camp and Aaron the saint of the LORD. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eats grass. 21 They forgot the God of their saving health, who had done great things in Egypt, 22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things upon the Red sea. 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath lest he should destroy them. 24 And they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his word: 25 But murmured in their tents and did not hearken unto the voice of the LORD. 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness, 27 to overthrow their seed also among the Gentiles, and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They also joined themselves unto Baalpeor and ate the sacrifices for the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions; and the plague broke in upon them. 30 Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness from generation to generation for evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his spirit to rebel, and he spoke it with his lips. 34 ¶ They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the Gentiles and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols, which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils 38 and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus they were defiled with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, and those that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 He delivered them many times, but they rebelled at his counsel and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he would look upon their affliction and hear their cry 45 and remember his covenant with them and repent according to the multitude of his mercies. 46 He also caused those that carried them captives to have mercy upon them. 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the Gentiles, that we might lift up thy holy name, that we might glory in thy praise. 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting; and let all the people say, Amen. Halelu-JAH. 107 1 ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy 3 and gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 4 They wandered lost in the wilderness, alone and out of the way; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam! 9 For he satisfies the soul that is destitute and fills the hungry soul with goodness. 10 ¶ Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons, 11 because they rebelled against the words of God and condemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was no one to help. 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their bonds asunder. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam! 16 For he has broken the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron asunder. 17 ¶ The fools, because of the way of their rebellion, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death. 19 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word and healed them and delivered them from their graves. 21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam! 22 And let them offer the sacrifices of praise and publish his works with singing. 23 ¶ Those that go down to the sea in ships that do work in many waters, 24 these have seen the works of the LORD and his wonders in the deep. 25 For he commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. 26 They mount up to the heavens; they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man, and all of their knowledge is of no avail. 28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivers them out of their afflictions. 29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. 30 Then they are glad because they are at rest; so he brings them into the haven of his will. 31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam! 32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 33 ¶ He turned rivers into a wilderness and the watersprings into dry ground; 34 the fruitful land into salt flats, because of the wickedness of those that dwell therein. 35 He turns the wilderness into reservoirs of water and dry ground into watersprings. 36 And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation 37 and sow the fields and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly and suffers not their cattle to decrease. 39 Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 40 He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. 41 Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction and makes his families like a flock. 42 The righteous shall see it and rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 43 Who is wise and will observe these things and shall understand the mercies of the LORD? 108 1 A Song or Psalm of David. ¶ O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise; this is my glory. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. 3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the peoples, and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reaches unto the heavens. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth; 6 ¶ that thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. 7 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead shall be mine; Manasseh shall be mine; Ephraim also shall be the strength of my head; Judah shall be my lawgiver; 9 Moab shall be my washpot; over Edom I will cast my shoe; over Philistia I will triumph. 10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? 11 Surely thou, O God, who had cast us off and did not, O God, go forth with our hosts. 12 Give us help from trouble; for the salvation of man is deception. 13 Through God we shall do valiantly, for he shall tread down our enemies again. 109 1 To the Overcomer, A Psalm of David. ¶ Do not hold thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken of me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause. 4 They have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 ¶ Set thou the wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few, and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds and beg; let them seek their bread out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he has, and let the strangers spoil his labour. 12 Let there be no one to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 16 Because he did not remember to show mercy but persecuted the man who is poor in spirit and destitute and broken in heart, that he might slay him. 17 As he loved the curse, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in the blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with the curse like as with his garment, and it entered into his bowels like water and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covers him and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20 Let this be the reward from the LORD of those who spoke falsely against me and of those that speak evil against my soul. 21 ¶ And thou, O GOD the Lord, do unto me for thy name’s sake; because thy mercy is good, deliver me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declines; I am tossed up and down by the wind as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails for lack of fatness. 25 I have become a reproach unto them; when they looked upon me they shook their heads. 26 Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to thy mercy, 27 that they may know that this is thy hand, that thou, O LORD, hast done it. 28 Let them curse, but bless thou; when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let thy slave rejoice. 29 Let those who speak evil against me falsely be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a mantle. 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor in spirit to save his soul from those that judge him. 110 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauty of holiness; as the dew which falls from the womb of the morning, thus shall those who are thine be born unto thee. 4 The LORD has sworn and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. 5 ¶ The Lord at thy right hand shall smite the kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the Gentiles; he shall fill their places with dead bodies; he shall wound the head over much of the earth. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore he shall lift up his head. 111 1 ¶ Aleph Halelu-JAH. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, Beth in the company and in the congregation of the upright. 2 Gimel The works of the LORD are great, Daleth sought out by all those that have pleasure therein. 3 He Honor and beauty are his work; Vau and his righteousness endures for ever. 4 Zain He has made his wonderful works to be remembered; Cheth The LORD is gracious and merciful. 5 Teth He has given sustenance unto those that fear him; Jod He will ever be mindful of his covenant. 6 ¶ Caph He has shown his people the power of his works, Lamed by giving them the inheritance of the Gentiles. 7 Mem The works of his hands are truth and judgment; Nun all his commandments are sure. 8 Samech They stand fast from age to age Ain and are made in truth and uprightness. 9 Pe He sent redemption unto his people; Tzaddi he has commanded his covenant for ever: Koph Holy and reverend is his name. 10 Resh The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; Schin A good understanding have all those that do his will; Tau His praise endures for ever. 112 1 ¶ Aleph Halelu-JAH. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, Beth that delights greatly in his commandments. 2 Gimel His seed shall be mighty upon earth; Daleth the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3 He Wealth and riches shall be in his house; Vau and his righteousness endures for ever. 4 Zain A light has shined in the darkness upon the upright: Cheth Gracious and merciful and righteous. 5 Teth A good man has mercy and lends; Jod He will govern his affairs with good judgment. 6 ¶ Caph Surely he shall not be moved for ever; Lamed the righteous shall be in eternal remembrance. 7 Mem He shall not be afraid of evil rumours; Nun his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. 8 Samech His heart is established; he shall not be afraid, Ain until he sees his desire upon his enemies. 9 Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory. 10 Resh The wicked shall see it and be furious; Schin he shall gnash with his teeth and waste away: Tau The desire of the wicked shall perish. 113 1 ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise, O ye slaves of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. 2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the LORD’s name is to be praised. 4 The LORD is high above all Gentiles and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwells on high, 6 who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth! 7 He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts the destitute out of the dunghill; 8 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 9 He makes the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of sons. Halelu-JAH. 114 1 ¶ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 2 Judah was his holiness, and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it and fled; Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like lambs. 5 What came upon thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee? And thou O Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, why didst ye skip like rams and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 At the presence of the Lord, the earth trembles, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8 who turned the rock into a reservoir of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. 115 1 ¶ Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and for thy truth. 2 Why should the Gentiles say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens; he has made whatever he has desired. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 5 They have mouths, but they shall never speak; they have eyes, but they shall never see: 6 They have ears, but they shall never hear; they have noses, but they shall never smell; 7 they have hands, but they shall never touch; they have feet, but they shall never walk; they shall never speak through their throat. 8 Let those that make them become like unto them, and every one that trusts in them. 9 ¶ O Israel, trust thou in the LORD; he is your help and your shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; he is your help and your shield. 11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; he is your help and your shield. 12 The LORD has been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will greatly bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless those that fear the LORD, both small and great. 14 The LORD shall increase his blessing upon you more and more, upon you and your sons. 15 Ye are blessed of the LORD who made the heavens and earth. 16 The heavens are the heavens of the LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of Adam. 17 The dead shall not praise JAH, neither any that go down into silence. 18 But we will bless JAH from this time forth and for evermore. Halelu-JAH. 116 1 ¶ I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore I will call upon him all of my days. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of Sheol found me; I encountered trouble and sorrow. 4 Then I called upon the name of the LORD, saying, O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and he saved me. 7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with thee. 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 10 ¶ I believed, therefore I spoke, and was greatly afflicted; 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? 13 I will take the cup of saving health and invoke the name of the LORD. 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his merciful ones. 16 This is so, O LORD, because I am thy slave; I am thy slave, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer unto thee the sacrifice of praise and will invoke the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, 19 in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Halelu-JAH. 117 1 ¶ O praise the LORD, all ye Gentiles; praise him, all ye peoples. 2 For he has greatly increased his mercy upon us; and the truth of the LORD endures for ever. Halelu-JAH. 118 1 ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good because his mercy endures for ever. 2 Let Israel now say that his mercy endures for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endures for ever. 4 Let those that fear the LORD say now, that his mercy is eternal. 5 From a tight place I called upon JAH; and JAH answered me and set me in a wide place. 6 The LORD is for me; I will not fear what man can do unto me. 7 The LORD takes my part with those that help me; therefore I shall see my desire upon those that hate me. 8 It is better to wait upon the LORD than to wait upon man. 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. 10 All the nations compassed me about; but in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they laid hold of me; but in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. 12 They compassed me about like bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. 13 Thou hast thrust at me with violence that I might fall, but the LORD helped me. 14 JAH is my strength and song and is become my saving health. 15 The voice of singing and saving health is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. 17 I shall not die, but live and declare the works of JAH. 18 JAH has chastened me sore, but he has not given me over unto death. 19 ¶ Open unto me the gates of righteousness; I will go in through them; I will praise JAH. 20 This gate is of the LORD; the righteous shall enter in. 21 I will praise thee; for thou hast heard me and art become my saving health. 22 The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner. 23 This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, cause us now to prosper. 26 Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD; from the house of the LORD we bless you. 27 God is the LORD, who has shined on us; bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. 28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee; thou art my God, I will exalt thee. 29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever. 119 1 ¶ ALEPH. Blessed are those who walk in the perfect way, who walk in the law of the LORD. 2 Blessed are those that keep his testimonies and that seek him with their whole heart. 3 For those who do no iniquity walk in his ways. 4 ¶ Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were ordered to keep thy statutes! 6 Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have insight unto all thy commandments. 7 ¶ I will praise thee with uprightness of heart when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 8 I will keep thy statutes; O do not utterly forsake me. 9 ¶ BETH. With what shall a young man cleanse his way? when he shall keep thy word. 10 ¶ With my whole heart I have sought thee; O let me not err from thy commandments. 11 ¶ Thy spoken word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee. 12 ¶ Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. 13 ¶ With my lips I have declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as above all riches. 15 I will meditate in thy precepts and consider thy ways. 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy words. 17 ¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy slave that I may live and keep thy word. 18 ¶ Open my eyes, and I shall behold the wonders of thy law. 19 ¶ I am a stranger in the earth; hide not thy commandments from me. 20 ¶ My soul is broken from desiring thy judgments at all times. 21 ¶ Thou hast reprehended the proud; cursed are those who err from thy commandments. 22 ¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies. 23 ¶ Princes also sat and spoke against me as thy slave spoke according to thy statutes. 24 ¶ For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors. 25 ¶ DALETH. My soul cleaves unto the dust; quicken me according to thy word. 26 ¶ I have declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; so I shall meditate of thy wondrous works. 28 ¶ My soul melts for heaviness; strengthen me according to thy word. 29 Remove from me the way of lying, and from thy law grant me mercy. 30 ¶ I have chosen the way of truth; I have laid thy judgments before me. 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame. 32 I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 33 ¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 35 ¶ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness. 37 ¶ Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way. 38 ¶ Confirm thy word unto thy slave, who is devoted to thy fear. 39 ¶ Turn away my reproach which I have feared, for thy judgments are good. 40 ¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts; cause me to live in thy righteousness. 41 ¶ VAU. Let thy mercy come unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy spoken word. 42 And I shall answer him that reproaches me, by saying that I trust in thy word. 43 ¶ And take not at any time the word of truth out of my mouth; for I wait for thy judgment. 44 So shall I keep thy law continually from age to age. 45 ¶ And I will walk at liberty, for I sought thy commandments. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 48 I will lift up My hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes. 49 ¶ ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy slave, in which thou hast caused me to wait. 50 ¶ This is my comfort in my affliction; for thy spoken word has caused me to live. 51 ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet I have not deviated from thy law. 52 ¶ I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD, and have consoled myself. 53 ¶ Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. 54 ¶ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 55 ¶ I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. 57 ¶ CHETH My portion, O LORD, I have said, will be to keep thy words. 58 ¶ I intreated thy presence with my whole heart; be merciful unto me according to thy word. 59 ¶ I considered my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste and did not delay to keep thy commandments. 61 ¶ The company of the wicked have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law. 62 ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness. 63 ¶ I am a companion of all those that fear thee and of those that keep thy precepts. 64 ¶ The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy and teaches me thy statutes. 65 ¶ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy slave, O LORD, according unto thy word, 66 which teaches me discernment and knowledge, for I have believed thy commandments. 67 ¶ Before I was humbled, I went into error, but now I keep thy spoken word. 68 ¶ Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes. 69 ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart became fat like grease, but I delight in thy law. 71 ¶ It was good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes. 72 ¶ The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. 73 ¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I shall learn thy commandments. 74 ¶ Those that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have waited on thy word. 75 ¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 76 ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy spoken word unto thy slave. 77 Let thy mercy come unto me, that I may live, for thy law is my delight. 78 ¶ Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause, but I will meditate in thy precepts. 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me and those that have known thy testimonies. 80 ¶ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I not be ashamed. 81 ¶ CAPH. My soul faints with desire for thy salvation as I await thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy spoken word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83 ¶ For I am become like a wine skin in the smoke; yet I have not forgotten thy statutes. 84 ¶ How many are the days of thy slave? When wilt thou execute judgment on those that persecute me? 85 ¶ The proud have dug pits for me, but they do not proceed according to thy law. 86 All thy commandments are of the same truth; they persecute me wrongfully; help me. 87 They have almost consumed me upon earth, but I have not forsaken thy precepts. 88 ¶ Cause me to live according to thy mercy, so I shall keep the testimony of thy mouth. 89 ¶ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in the heavens. 90 Thy truth is from generation to generation; thou hast established the earth, and it perseveres. 91 They persevere unto this day by thy ordinance; for they are all thy slaves. 92 ¶ Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction. 93 ¶ I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast caused me to live. 94 ¶ I am thine, keep me; for I have sought thy precepts. 95 ¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me, but I will consider thy testimonies. 96 ¶ I have seen an end of all perfection, but thy commandment is exceeding broad. 97 ¶ MEM. O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 98 ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies, for they are eternal unto me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies have been my meditation. 100 I understand more than the elders because I keep thy precepts. 101 ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. 102 ¶ I have not departed from thy judgments, for thou hast taught me. 103 ¶ How sweet have been thy spoken words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 Through thy precepts I have obtained understanding; therefore I have hated every false way. 105 ¶ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my way. 106 ¶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep the judgments of thy righteousness. 107 ¶ I am afflicted very much; cause me to live, O LORD, according to thy word. 108 ¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. 109 ¶ My soul is continually in my hand; yet I do not forget thy law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet did not I err from thy precepts. 111 ¶ I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end. 113 ¶ SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts; but I love thy law. 114 ¶ Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I have waited for thy word. 115 ¶ Depart from me, ye evildoers; for I will keep the commandments of my God. 116 ¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, and I shall live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold me up, and I shall be saved, and I shall delight in thy statutes continually. 118 ¶ Thou hast trodden down all those that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood. 119 Thou dost cause all the wicked of the earth to come undone like dross; therefore I have loved thy testimonies. 120 My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments. 121 ¶ AIN. I have complied with judgment and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors. 122 Be surety for thy slave for good; do not let the proud do violence unto me. 123 ¶ Mine eyes fail for thy saving health and for the spoken word of thy righteousness. 124 ¶ Deal with thy slave according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 125 I am thy slave; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. 126 ¶ It is time for thee, O LORD, to act; for they have dissipated thy law. 127 ¶ Therefore I have loved thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold. 128 Therefore I have esteemed all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I have hated every false way. 129 ¶ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore does my soul keep them. 130 ¶ The exposition of thy words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple. 131 ¶ I opened my mouth and panted; for I longed for thy commandments. 132 ¶ Look thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou didst use to do unto those that love thy name. 133 ¶ Order my steps with thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134 ¶ Ransom me from the violence of men, and I will keep thy precepts. 135 ¶ Make thy face to shine upon thy slave and teach me thy statutes. 136 ¶ Rivers of waters ran down my eyes because they did not keep thy law. 137 ¶ TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. 138 Thou hast commanded righteousness, which consists of thy testimonies and thy truth. 139 ¶ My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten thy words. 140 ¶ Thy word is very pure; therefore thy slave loves it. 141 ¶ I am small and despised; yet I have not forgotten thy precepts. 142 ¶ Thy righteousness is eternal righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 143 ¶ Trouble and anguish found me; but thy commandments were my delights. 144 Thy testimonies are eternal righteousness; give me understanding, and I shall live. 145 ¶ KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD, and I will keep thy statutes. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. 147 ¶ I arose before the dawning of the morning and cried: I waited in thy word. 148 My eyes anticipate the night watches that I might meditate in thy spoken word. 149 ¶ Hear my voice according to thy mercy; O LORD, cause me to live according to thy judgment. 150 ¶ Those that persecute me draw near unto evil; they have strayed from thy law. 151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. 152 ¶ Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. 153 ¶ RESH. Consider my affliction and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law. 154 Plead my cause and redeem me; quicken me according to thy spoken word. 155 ¶ Saving health is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes. 156 ¶ Many are thy tender mercies, O LORD: cause me to live according to thy judgments. 157 ¶ Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not deviate from thy testimonies. 158 ¶ I beheld the transgressors and was grieved because they did not keep thy words. 159 ¶ Consider, O LORD, that I love thy precepts; cause me to live according to thy mercy. 160 ¶ The beginning of thy word is truth, and every one of the judgments of thy righteousness is eternal. 161 ¶ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words. 162 ¶ I rejoice at thy spoken word, as one that finds great spoil. 163 ¶ I hate and abhor lying, but I love thy law. 164 ¶ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness. 165 ¶ Those who love thy law have great peace, and nothing shall cause them to stumble. 166 ¶ LORD, I have waited for thy saving health and done thy commandments. 167 ¶ My soul has kept thy testimonies, and I have loved them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways are before thee. 169 ¶ TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD; give me understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before thee; deliver me according to thy spoken word. 171 ¶ My lips shall overflow with praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 172 ¶ My tongue shall speak thy words; for all thy commandments are righteousness. 173 ¶ Let thine hand help me, for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy saving health, O LORD, and thy law is my delight. 175 ¶ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee, and let thy judgments help me. 176 ¶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy slave; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the LORD. ¶ Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as in a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. 8 My enemies reproach me all the day, and those that are mad against me are sworn against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping, 10 because of thine indignation and thy wrath; for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down. 11 My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass. 12 ¶ But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance unto all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, the set time, is come. 14 For thy slaves love her stones and have compassion on the dust thereof. 15 So the Gentiles shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory 16 because the LORD shall have built up Zion, and he shall be seen in his glory. 17 He shall have regarded the prayer of those who are alone and destitute and not despised their prayer. 18 This shall be written for the generation to come, and the people who shall be created shall praise JAH. 19 For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from the heavens the LORD beheld the earth 20 to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death, 21 that they might declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem, 22 when the people are gathered together as one and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 23 ¶ He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. 24 I said, O my God, do not cut me off in the midst of my days; thy years are from generation to generation. 25 Of old thou hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 28 The sons of thy slaves shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. 103 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless the name of his holiness. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgives all thine iniquities; who heals all thy diseases; 4 who redeems thy life from destruction; who crowns thee with mercy and compassion; 5 who satisfies thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 6 ¶ The LORD executes righteousness and justice unto all that suffer violence. 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the sons of Israel. 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide, neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He has not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth so does he increase his mercy over those that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our rebellions from us. 13 Like as a father has mercy upon his children, so the LORD has mercy upon those that fear him. 14 For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are as grass; as an open flower of the field, so he blossoms. 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place shall know it no more. 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him, and his righteousness unto the children’s children, 18 to such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandments to do them. 19 ¶ The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, valiant and strong, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts, ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. 104 1 ¶ Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty, 2 who dost cover thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain, 3 who dost establish his chambers between the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind, 4 who makes his angels spirits, his ministers a flaming fire, 5 who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved by any age. 6 Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 8 The mountains were exposed; they descended through the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over, that they not turn again to cover the earth. 10 ¶ Thou art he who sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the mountains. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 Next to them the fowls of the heavens have their habitation; they sing among the leaves. 13 He waters the mountains from his chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causes the hay to grow for the cattle and grass for the service of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth 15 and wine that makes glad the heart of man, making his face to shine with oil and bread which sustains man’s heart. 16 The trees of the LORD are satisfied; the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted, 17 that the birds may make their nests there: the stork makes her house among the fir trees. 18 The high mountains are a refuge for the wild goats, and the rocks for the conies. 19 ¶ He appointed the moon for times and seasons; the sun knows his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest move. 21 The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. 22 The sun arises, they withdraw and lay themselves down in their dens. 23 Man goes forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. 24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom thou hast made them all; the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts. 26 There go the ships; there is that leviathan, whom thou didst make to play therein. 27 These wait all upon thee, that thou may give them their food in due season. 28 Thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their spirit, they cease to exist and return to their dust. 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth. 31 ¶ Let the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let the LORD rejoice in his works. 32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles: he touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the LORD. 35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Halelu- JAH (Praise ye the LORD). 105 1 ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples. 2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; speak of all his wondrous works. 3 Glory in his holy name; let the heart of those that seek the LORD rejoice. 4 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually. 5 Remember his marvellous works that he has done, his wonders and the judgments of his mouth, 6 O ye seed of Abraham his slave, ye sons of Jacob his chosen. 7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 8 ¶ He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generations, 9 which covenant he made with Abraham and his oath unto Isaac 10 and confirmed the same unto Jacob by decree, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance, 12 when they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from nation to nation from one kingdom to another people, 14 he suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he chastened kings for their sakes: 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a slave, 18 whose feet they hurt with fetters; his soul was laid in iron. 19 Until the time that his word came, the spoken word of the LORD purified him. 20 The king sent and loosed him, the ruler of the people let him go free. 21 He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his substance: 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom. 23 Afterwards Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. 24 And he increased his people greatly and made them stronger than their enemies. 25 ¶ He turned their heart to hate his people to think evil against his slaves. 26 He sent Moses his slave and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 He put the words of his signs in them and his wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness and made it dark, and they did not rebel against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spoke, and swarms of flies and lice came within all their borders. 32 He turned their rain into hail, into flaming fire in their land. 33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees and broke the trees within their borders. 34 He spoke, and the locusts came and caterpillars without number, 35 and ate up all the grass in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground. 36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. 37 And he brought them forth with silver and gold, and there was not one sick person among their tribes. 38 Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them fell upon them. 39 He spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light in the night. 40 The people asked, and he brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places and became a river. 42 For he remembered his holy word with Abraham his slave. 43 And he brought forth his people with joy and his chosen with singing 44 and gave them the lands of the Gentiles, and they inherited the labour of the nations, 45 that they might observe his statutes and keep his laws. Halelu-JAH. 106 1 ¶ Halelu-JAH. O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever. 2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise? 3 Happy are those that keep judgment and he that does righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou dost bear unto thy people; O visit me with thy saving health, 5 that I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. 6 ¶ We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly. 7 Our fathers did not understand thy wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of thy mercies but rebelled by the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 9 He reprehended the Red sea also, and it was dried up, so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. 12 Then they believed his words; they sang his praise. 13 ¶ They became rash. They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 They gave themselves over to lust in the wilderness and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. 16 Then they envied Moses in the camp and Aaron the saint of the LORD. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eats grass. 21 They forgot the God of their saving health, who had done great things in Egypt, 22 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things upon the Red sea. 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath lest he should destroy them. 24 And they despised the pleasant land; they did not believe his word: 25 But murmured in their tents and did not hearken unto the voice of the LORD. 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness, 27 to overthrow their seed also among the Gentiles, and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They also joined themselves unto Baalpeor and ate the sacrifices for the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions; and the plague broke in upon them. 30 Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness from generation to generation for evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his spirit to rebel, and he spoke it with his lips. 34 ¶ They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the Gentiles and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols, which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils 38 and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus they were defiled with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the Gentiles, and those that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 He delivered them many times, but they rebelled at his counsel and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he would look upon their affliction and hear their cry 45 and remember his covenant with them and repent according to the multitude of his mercies. 46 He also caused those that carried them captives to have mercy upon them. 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the Gentiles, that we might lift up thy holy name, that we might glory in thy praise. 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting; and let all the people say, Amen. Halelu-JAH. 107 1 ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy 3 and gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. 4 They wandered lost in the wilderness, alone and out of the way; they found no city to dwell in. 5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam! 9 For he satisfies the soul that is destitute and fills the hungry soul with goodness. 10 ¶ Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons, 11 because they rebelled against the words of God and condemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was no one to help. 13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their bonds asunder. 15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam! 16 For he has broken the gates of brass and cut the bars of iron asunder. 17 ¶ The fools, because of the way of their rebellion, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted. 18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death. 19 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. 20 He sent his word and healed them and delivered them from their graves. 21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam! 22 And let them offer the sacrifices of praise and publish his works with singing. 23 ¶ Those that go down to the sea in ships that do work in many waters, 24 these have seen the works of the LORD and his wonders in the deep. 25 For he commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up its waves. 26 They mount up to the heavens; they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man, and all of their knowledge is of no avail. 28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivers them out of their afflictions. 29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still. 30 Then they are glad because they are at rest; so he brings them into the haven of his will. 31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam! 32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the assembly of the elders. 33 ¶ He turned rivers into a wilderness and the watersprings into dry ground; 34 the fruitful land into salt flats, because of the wickedness of those that dwell therein. 35 He turns the wilderness into reservoirs of water and dry ground into watersprings. 36 And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation 37 and sow the fields and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. 38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly and suffers not their cattle to decrease. 39 Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. 40 He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. 41 Yet he sets the poor on high from affliction and makes his families like a flock. 42 The righteous shall see it and rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 43 Who is wise and will observe these things and shall understand the mercies of the LORD? 108 1 A Song or Psalm of David. ¶ O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise; this is my glory. 2 Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. 3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the peoples, and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reaches unto the heavens. 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth; 6 ¶ that thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. 7 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 Gilead shall be mine; Manasseh shall be mine; Ephraim also shall be the strength of my head; Judah shall be my lawgiver; 9 Moab shall be my washpot; over Edom I will cast my shoe; over Philistia I will triumph. 10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? 11 Surely thou, O God, who had cast us off and did not, O God, go forth with our hosts. 12 Give us help from trouble; for the salvation of man is deception. 13 Through God we shall do valiantly, for he shall tread down our enemies again. 109 1 To the Overcomer, A Psalm of David. ¶ Do not hold thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me; they have spoken of me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about with words of hatred and fought against me without a cause. 4 They have responded to my love by becoming my adversaries, but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 ¶ Set thou the wicked man over him, and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few, and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds and beg; let them seek their bread out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he has, and let the strangers spoil his labour. 12 Let there be no one to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 16 Because he did not remember to show mercy but persecuted the man who is poor in spirit and destitute and broken in heart, that he might slay him. 17 As he loved the curse, so let it come unto him; as he delighted not in the blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with the curse like as with his garment, and it entered into his bowels like water and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covers him and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20 Let this be the reward from the LORD of those who spoke falsely against me and of those that speak evil against my soul. 21 ¶ And thou, O GOD the Lord, do unto me for thy name’s sake; because thy mercy is good, deliver me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declines; I am tossed up and down by the wind as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails for lack of fatness. 25 I have become a reproach unto them; when they looked upon me they shook their heads. 26 Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to thy mercy, 27 that they may know that this is thy hand, that thou, O LORD, hast done it. 28 Let them curse, but bless thou; when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let thy slave rejoice. 29 Let those who speak evil against me falsely be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a mantle. 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor in spirit to save his soul from those that judge him. 110 1 A Psalm of David. ¶ The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauty of holiness; as the dew which falls from the womb of the morning, thus shall those who are thine be born unto thee. 4 The LORD has sworn and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. 5 ¶ The Lord at thy right hand shall smite the kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the Gentiles; he shall fill their places with dead bodies; he shall wound the head over much of the earth. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore he shall lift up his head. 111 1 ¶ Aleph Halelu-JAH. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, Beth in the company and in the congregation of the upright. 2 Gimel The works of the LORD are great, Daleth sought out by all those that have pleasure therein. 3 He Honor and beauty are his work; Vau and his righteousness endures for ever. 4 Zain He has made his wonderful works to be remembered; Cheth The LORD is gracious and merciful. 5 Teth He has given sustenance unto those that fear him; Jod He will ever be mindful of his covenant. 6 ¶ Caph He has shown his people the power of his works, Lamed by giving them the inheritance of the Gentiles. 7 Mem The works of his hands are truth and judgment; Nun all his commandments are sure. 8 Samech They stand fast from age to age Ain and are made in truth and uprightness. 9 Pe He sent redemption unto his people; Tzaddi he has commanded his covenant for ever: Koph Holy and reverend is his name. 10 Resh The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; Schin A good understanding have all those that do his will; Tau His praise endures for ever. 112 1 ¶ Aleph Halelu-JAH. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, Beth that delights greatly in his commandments. 2 Gimel His seed shall be mighty upon earth; Daleth the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3 He Wealth and riches shall be in his house; Vau and his righteousness endures for ever. 4 Zain A light has shined in the darkness upon the upright: Cheth Gracious and merciful and righteous. 5 Teth A good man has mercy and lends; Jod He will govern his affairs with good judgment. 6 ¶ Caph Surely he shall not be moved for ever; Lamed the righteous shall be in eternal remembrance. 7 Mem He shall not be afraid of evil rumours; Nun his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. 8 Samech His heart is established; he shall not be afraid, Ain until he sees his desire upon his enemies. 9 Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory. 10 Resh The wicked shall see it and be furious; Schin he shall gnash with his teeth and waste away: Tau The desire of the wicked shall perish. 113 1 ¶ Halelu-JAH. Praise, O ye slaves of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. 2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the LORD’s name is to be praised. 4 The LORD is high above all Gentiles and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwells on high, 6 who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth! 7 He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts the destitute out of the dunghill; 8 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 9 He makes the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of sons. Halelu-JAH. 114 1 ¶ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 2 Judah was his holiness, and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it and fled; Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like lambs. 5 What came upon thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee? And thou O Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, why didst ye skip like rams and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 At the presence of the Lord, the earth trembles, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8 who turned the rock into a reservoir of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. 115 1 ¶ Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and for thy truth. 2 Why should the Gentiles say, Where is now their God? 3 But our God is in the heavens; he has made whatever he has desired. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 5 They have mouths, but they shall never speak; they have eyes, but they shall never see: 6 They have ears, but they shall never hear; they have noses, but they shall never smell; 7 they have hands, but they shall never touch; they have feet, but they shall never walk; they shall never speak through their throat. 8 Let those that make them become like unto them, and every one that trusts in them. 9 ¶ O Israel, trust thou in the LORD; he is your help and your shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; he is your help and your shield. 11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; he is your help and your shield. 12 The LORD has been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will greatly bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless those that fear the LORD, both small and great. 14 The LORD shall increase his blessing upon you more and more, upon you and your sons. 15 Ye are blessed of the LORD who made the heavens and earth. 16 The heavens are the heavens of the LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of Adam. 17 The dead shall not praise JAH, neither any that go down into silence. 18 But we will bless JAH from this time forth and for evermore. Halelu-JAH. 116 1 ¶ I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore I will call upon him all of my days. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of Sheol found me; I encountered trouble and sorrow. 4 Then I called upon the name of the LORD, saying, O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and he saved me. 7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with thee. 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 10 ¶ I believed, therefore I spoke, and was greatly afflicted; 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? 13 I will take the cup of saving health and invoke the name of the LORD. 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his merciful ones. 16 This is so, O LORD, because I am thy slave; I am thy slave, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer unto thee the sacrifice of praise and will invoke the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, 19 in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Halelu-JAH. 117 1 ¶ O praise the LORD, all ye Gentiles; praise him, all ye peoples. 2 For he has greatly increased his mercy upon us; and the truth of the LORD endures for ever. Halelu-JAH. 118 1 ¶ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good because his mercy endures for ever. 2 Let Israel now say that his mercy endures for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endures for ever. 4 Let those that fear the LORD say now, that his mercy is eternal. 5 From a tight place I called upon JAH; and JAH answered me and set me in a wide place. 6 The LORD is for me; I will not fear what man can do unto me. 7 The LORD takes my part with those that help me; therefore I shall see my desire upon those that hate me. 8 It is better to wait upon the LORD than to wait upon man. 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. 10 All the nations compassed me about; but in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they laid hold of me; but in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. 12 They compassed me about like bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. 13 Thou hast thrust at me with violence that I might fall, but the LORD helped me. 14 JAH is my strength and song and is become my saving health. 15 The voice of singing and saving health is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. 17 I shall not die, but live and declare the works of JAH. 18 JAH has chastened me sore, but he has not given me over unto death. 19 ¶ Open unto me the gates of righteousness; I will go in through them; I will praise JAH. 20 This gate is of the LORD; the righteous shall enter in. 21 I will praise thee; for thou hast heard me and art become my saving health. 22 The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner. 23 This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, cause us now to prosper. 26 Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD; from the house of the LORD we bless you. 27 God is the LORD, who has shined on us; bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. 28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee; thou art my God, I will exalt thee. 29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever. 119 1 ¶ ALEPH. Blessed are those who walk in the perfect way, who walk in the law of the LORD. 2 Blessed are those that keep his testimonies and that seek him with their whole heart. 3 For those who do no iniquity walk in his ways. 4 ¶ Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were ordered to keep thy statutes! 6 Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have insight unto all thy commandments. 7 ¶ I will praise thee with uprightness of heart when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 8 I will keep thy statutes; O do not utterly forsake me. 9 ¶ BETH. With what shall a young man cleanse his way? when he shall keep thy word. 10 ¶ With my whole heart I have sought thee; O let me not err from thy commandments. 11 ¶ Thy spoken word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee. 12 ¶ Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. 13 ¶ With my lips I have declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies as above all riches. 15 I will meditate in thy precepts and consider thy ways. 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy words. 17 ¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy slave that I may live and keep thy word. 18 ¶ Open my eyes, and I shall behold the wonders of thy law. 19 ¶ I am a stranger in the earth; hide not thy commandments from me. 20 ¶ My soul is broken from desiring thy judgments at all times. 21 ¶ Thou hast reprehended the proud; cursed are those who err from thy commandments. 22 ¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies. 23 ¶ Princes also sat and spoke against me as thy slave spoke according to thy statutes. 24 ¶ For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors. 25 ¶ DALETH. My soul cleaves unto the dust; quicken me according to thy word. 26 ¶ I have declared my ways, and thou didst hear me; teach me thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts; so I shall meditate of thy wondrous works. 28 ¶ My soul melts for heaviness; strengthen me according to thy word. 29 Remove from me the way of lying, and from thy law grant me mercy. 30 ¶ I have chosen the way of truth; I have laid thy judgments before me. 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies; O LORD, put me not to shame. 32 I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 33 ¶ HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 35 ¶ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and not to covetousness. 37 ¶ Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way. 38 ¶ Confirm thy word unto thy slave, who is devoted to thy fear. 39 ¶ Turn away my reproach which I have feared, for thy judgments are good. 40 ¶ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts; cause me to live in thy righteousness. 41 ¶ VAU. Let thy mercy come unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy spoken word. 42 And I shall answer him that reproaches me, by saying that I trust in thy word. 43 ¶ And take not at any time the word of truth out of my mouth; for I wait for thy judgment. 44 So shall I keep thy law continually from age to age. 45 ¶ And I will walk at liberty, for I sought thy commandments. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 48 I will lift up My hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes. 49 ¶ ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy slave, in which thou hast caused me to wait. 50 ¶ This is my comfort in my affliction; for thy spoken word has caused me to live. 51 ¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet I have not deviated from thy law. 52 ¶ I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD, and have consoled myself. 53 ¶ Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. 54 ¶ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. 55 ¶ I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. 57 ¶ CHETH My portion, O LORD, I have said, will be to keep thy words. 58 ¶ I intreated thy presence with my whole heart; be merciful unto me according to thy word. 59 ¶ I considered my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste and did not delay to keep thy commandments. 61 ¶ The company of the wicked have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law. 62 ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness. 63 ¶ I am a companion of all those that fear thee and of those that keep thy precepts. 64 ¶ The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy and teaches me thy statutes. 65 ¶ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy slave, O LORD, according unto thy word, 66 which teaches me discernment and knowledge, for I have believed thy commandments. 67 ¶ Before I was humbled, I went into error, but now I keep thy spoken word. 68 ¶ Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes. 69 ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart became fat like grease, but I delight in thy law. 71 ¶ It was good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes. 72 ¶ The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. 73 ¶ JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I shall learn thy commandments. 74 ¶ Those that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have waited on thy word. 75 ¶ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 76 ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy spoken word unto thy slave. 77 Let thy mercy come unto me, that I may live, for thy law is my delight. 78 ¶ Let the proud be ashamed, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause, but I will meditate in thy precepts. 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me and those that have known thy testimonies. 80 ¶ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I not be ashamed. 81 ¶ CAPH. My soul faints with desire for thy salvation as I await thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy spoken word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83 ¶ For I am become like a wine skin in the smoke; yet I have not forgotten thy statutes. 84 ¶ How many are the days of thy slave? When wilt thou execute judgment on those that persecute me? 85 ¶ The proud have dug pits for me, but they do not proceed according to thy law. 86 All thy commandments are of the same truth; they persecute me wrongfully; help me. 87 They have almost consumed me upon earth, but I have not forsaken thy precepts. 88 ¶ Cause me to live according to thy mercy, so I shall keep the testimony of thy mouth. 89 ¶ LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in the heavens. 90 Thy truth is from generation to generation; thou hast established the earth, and it perseveres. 91 They persevere unto this day by thy ordinance; for they are all thy slaves. 92 ¶ Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction. 93 ¶ I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast caused me to live. 94 ¶ I am thine, keep me; for I have sought thy precepts. 95 ¶ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me, but I will consider thy testimonies. 96 ¶ I have seen an end of all perfection, but thy commandment is exceeding broad. 97 ¶ MEM. O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 98 ¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies, for they are eternal unto me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies have been my meditation. 100 I understand more than the elders because I keep thy precepts. 101 ¶ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. 102 ¶ I have not departed from thy judgments, for thou hast taught me. 103 ¶ How sweet have been thy spoken words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 Through thy precepts I have obtained understanding; therefore I have hated every false way. 105 ¶ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my way. 106 ¶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep the judgments of thy righteousness. 107 ¶ I am afflicted very much; cause me to live, O LORD, according to thy word. 108 ¶ Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. 109 ¶ My soul is continually in my hand; yet I do not forget thy law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet did not I err from thy precepts. 111 ¶ I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, even unto the end. 113 ¶ SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts; but I love thy law. 114 ¶ Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I have waited for thy word. 115 ¶ Depart from me, ye evildoers; for I will keep the commandments of my God. 116 ¶ Uphold me according unto thy word, and I shall live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold me up, and I shall be saved, and I shall delight in thy statutes continually. 118 ¶ Thou hast trodden down all those that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood. 119 Thou dost cause all the wicked of the earth to come undone like dross; therefore I have loved thy testimonies. 120 My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments. 121 ¶ AIN. I have complied with judgment and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors. 122 Be surety for thy slave for good; do not let the proud do violence unto me. 123 ¶ Mine eyes fail for thy saving health and for the spoken word of thy righteousness. 124 ¶ Deal with thy slave according to thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 125 I am thy slave; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. 126 ¶ It is time for thee, O LORD, to act; for they have dissipated thy law. 127 ¶ Therefore I have loved thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold. 128 Therefore I have esteemed all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I have hated every false way. 129 ¶ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore does my soul keep them. 130 ¶ The exposition of thy words gives light; it gives understanding unto the simple. 131 ¶ I opened my mouth and panted; for I longed for thy commandments. 132 ¶ Look thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou didst use to do unto those that love thy name. 133 ¶ Order my steps with thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134 ¶ Ransom me from the violence of men, and I will keep thy precepts. 135 ¶ Make thy face to shine upon thy slave and teach me thy statutes. 136 ¶ Rivers of waters ran down my eyes because they did not keep thy law. 137 ¶ TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. 138 Thou hast commanded righteousness, which consists of thy testimonies and thy truth. 139 ¶ My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten thy words. 140 ¶ Thy word is very pure; therefore thy slave loves it. 141 ¶ I am small and despised; yet I have not forgotten thy precepts. 142 ¶ Thy righteousness is eternal righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 143 ¶ Trouble and anguish found me; but thy commandments were my delights. 144 Thy testimonies are eternal righteousness; give me understanding, and I shall live. 145 ¶ KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD, and I will keep thy statutes. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. 147 ¶ I arose before the dawning of the morning and cried: I waited in thy word. 148 My eyes anticipate the night watches that I might meditate in thy spoken word. 149 ¶ Hear my voice according to thy mercy; O LORD, cause me to live according to thy judgment. 150 ¶ Those that persecute me draw near unto evil; they have strayed from thy law. 151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. 152 ¶ Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. 153 ¶ RESH. Consider my affliction and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law. 154 Plead my cause and redeem me; quicken me according to thy spoken word. 155 ¶ Saving health is far from the wicked, for they do not seek thy statutes. 156 ¶ Many are thy tender mercies, O LORD: cause me to live according to thy judgments. 157 ¶ Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not deviate from thy testimonies. 158 ¶ I beheld the transgressors and was grieved because they did not keep thy words. 159 ¶ Consider, O LORD, that I love thy precepts; cause me to live according to thy mercy. 160 ¶ The beginning of thy word is truth, and every one of the judgments of thy righteousness is eternal. 161 ¶ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words. 162 ¶ I rejoice at thy spoken word, as one that finds great spoil. 163 ¶ I hate and abhor lying, but I love thy law. 164 ¶ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness. 165 ¶ Those who love thy law have great peace, and nothing shall cause them to stumble. 166 ¶ LORD, I have waited for thy saving health and done thy commandments. 167 ¶ My soul has kept thy testimonies, and I have loved them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways are before thee. 169 ¶ TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD; give me understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before thee; deliver me according to thy spoken word. 171 ¶ My lips shall overflow with praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 172 ¶ My tongue shall speak thy words; for all thy commandments are righteousness. 173 ¶ Let thine hand help me, for I have chosen thy precepts. 174 I have longed for thy saving health, O LORD, and thy law is my delight. 175 ¶ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee, and let thy judgments help me. 176 ¶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy slave; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.