Psalms 88:1-119:176 A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

ERV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: ² Let my prayer enter into thy presence; incline thine ear unto my cry: ³ For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto Sheol. ⁴ I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help: ⁵ Cast off among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more; and they are cut off from thy hand. ⁶ Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps. ⁷ Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah ⁸ Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. ⁹ Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O LORD, I have spread forth my hands unto thee. ¹⁰ Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah ¹¹ Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in Destruction? ¹² Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? ¹³ But unto thee, O LORD, have I cried, and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. ¹⁴ LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? ¹⁵ I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. ¹⁶ Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; thy terrors have cut me off. ¹⁷ They came round about me like water all the day long; they compassed me about together. ¹⁸ Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. ⁸⁹ ¹ Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. ² For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. ³ I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant; ⁴ Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah ⁵ And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD; thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. ⁶ For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty is like unto the LORD, ⁷ A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, and to be feared above all them that are round about him? ⁸ O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O JAH? and thy faithfulness is round about thee. ⁹ Thou rulest the pride of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. ¹⁰ Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. ¹¹ The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. ¹² The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. ¹³ Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. ¹⁴ Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face. ¹⁵ Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. ¹⁶ In thy name do they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness are they exalted. ¹⁷ For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. ¹⁸ For our shield belongeth unto the LORD; and our king to the Holy One of Israel. ¹⁹ Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. ²⁰ I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: ²¹ With whom my hand shall be established; mine arm also shall strengthen him. ²² The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. ²³ And I will beat down his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him. ²⁴ But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted. ²⁵ I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. ²⁶ He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. ²⁷ I also will make him [my] firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. ²⁸ My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. ²⁹ His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰ If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; ³¹ If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; ³² Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. ³³ But my mercy will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. ³⁴ My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. ³⁵ Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David; ³⁶ His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. ³⁷ It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] the faithful witness in the sky. Selah ³⁸ But thou hast cast off and rejected, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. ³⁹ Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [even] to the ground. ⁴⁰ Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to rain. ⁴¹ All that pass by the way spoil him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours. ⁴² Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. ⁴³ Yea, thou turnest back the edge his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. ⁴⁴ Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. ⁴⁵ The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah ⁴⁶ How long, O LORD, wilt thou hid thyself for ever? [how long] shall thy wrath burn like fire? ⁴⁷ O remember how short my time is: for what vanity hast thou created all the children of men! ⁴⁸ What man is he that shall live and not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah ⁴⁹ Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness? ⁵⁰ Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty peoples: ⁵¹ Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. ⁵² Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. ⁹⁰ ¹ A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. ² Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. ³ Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. ⁴ For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. ⁵ Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. ⁶ In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. ⁷ For we are consumed in thine anger, and in thy wrath are we troubled. ⁸ Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we bring our years to an end as a tale [that is told]. ¹⁰ The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years; yet is their pride but labour and sorrow; for it is soon gone, and we fly away. ¹¹ Who knoweth the power of thine anger, and thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee? ¹² So teach us to number our days, that we may get us an heart of wisdom. ¹³ Return, O LORD; how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. ¹⁴ O satisfy us in the morning with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. ¹⁵ Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. ¹⁶ Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory upon their children. ¹⁷ And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. ⁹¹ ¹ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. ² I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust. ³ For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. ⁴ He shall cover thee with his pinions, and under his wings shalt thou take refuge: his truth is a shield and a buckler. ⁵ Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day; ⁶ For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. ⁷ A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee. ⁸ Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked. ⁹ For thou, O LORD, art my refuge! thou hast made the Most High thy habitation; ¹⁰ There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. ¹¹ For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. ¹² They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. ¹³ Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet. ¹⁴ Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. ¹⁵ He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honour him. ¹⁶ With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. ⁹² ¹ A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High: ² To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, ³ With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; with a solemn sound upon the harp. ⁴ For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. ⁵ How great are thy works, O LORD! thy thoughts are very deep. ⁶ A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this: ⁷ When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: ⁸ But thou, O LORD, art on high for evermore. ⁹ For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. ¹⁰ But my horn hast thou exalted like [the horn of] the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil. ¹¹ Mine eye also hath seen [my desire] on mine enemies, mine ears have heard [my desire] of the evil-doers that rise up against me. ¹² The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ¹³ They that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. ¹⁴ They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and green: ¹⁵ To shew that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. ⁹³ ¹ The LORD reigneth; he is apparelled with majesty; the LORD is apparelled, he hath girded himself with strength: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. ² Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. ³ The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. ⁴ Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty. ⁵ Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for evermore. ⁹⁴ ¹ O LORD, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. ² Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render to the proud [their] desert. ³ LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? ⁴ They prate, they speak arrogantly: all the workers of iniquity boast themselves. ⁵ They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. ⁶ They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. ⁷ And they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob consider. ⁸ Consider, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? ⁹ He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? ¹⁰ He that chastiseth the nations, shall not he correct, [even] he that teacheth man knowledge? ¹¹ The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. ¹² Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest out of thy law; ¹³ That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. ¹⁴ For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. ¹⁵ For judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. ¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? ¹⁷ Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence. ¹⁸ When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. ¹⁹ In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. ²⁰ Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by statute? ²¹ They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. ²² But the LORD hath been my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge. ²³ And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God shall cut them off. ⁹⁵ ¹ O COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. ² Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. ³ For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. ⁴ In his hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. ⁵ The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands formed the dry land. ⁶ O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker: ⁷ For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, Oh that ye would hear his voice! ⁸ Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness: ⁹ When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. ¹⁰ Forty years long was I grieved with [that] generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: ¹¹ Wherefore I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest. ⁹⁶ ¹ O SING unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. ² Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. ³ Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples. ⁴ For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. ⁵ For all the gods of the peoples are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. ⁶ Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. ⁷ Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples, give unto the LORD glory and strength. ⁸ Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. ⁹ O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: tremble before him, all the earth. ¹⁰ Say among the nations, The LORD reigneth: the world also is stablished that it cannot be moved: he shall judge the peoples with equity. ¹¹ Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; ¹² Let the field exult, and all that is therein; then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy; ¹³ Before the LORD, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth. ⁹⁷ ¹ The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad. ² Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne. ³ A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about. ⁴ His lightnings lightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. ⁵ The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth; ⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples have seen his glory. ⁷ Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. ⁸ Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced; because of thy judgments, O LORD. ⁹ For thou, LORD, art most high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. ¹⁰ O ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. ¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. ¹² Be glad in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks to his holy name. ⁹⁸ ¹ A Psalm. Sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him. ² The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the nations. ³ He hath remembered his mercy and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴ Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises. ⁵ Sing praises unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp and the voice of melody: ⁶ With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD. ⁷ Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein; ⁸ Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together; ⁹ Before the LORD, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. ⁹⁹ ¹ The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble: he sitteth upon the cherubim; let the earth 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: holy is he. ⁴ The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. ⁵ Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool: holy is he. ⁶ Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call on his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. ⁷ He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: they kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them. ⁸ Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their doings. ⁹ Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. ¹⁰⁰ ¹ A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. ² Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. ³ Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. ⁴ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: give thanks unto him, and bless his name. ⁵ For the LORD is good; his mercy [endureth] for ever; and his faithfulness unto all generations. ¹⁰¹ ¹ A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing praises. ² I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. ³ I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave unto me. ⁴ A froward heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing. ⁵ Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will I not suffer. ⁶ Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me. ⁷ He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes. ⁸ Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the LORD. ¹⁰² ¹ A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth 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 of my distress: incline thine ear unto me; in the day when I call answer me speedily. ³ For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand. ⁴ My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread. ⁵ By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my flesh. ⁶ I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places. ⁷ I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop. ⁸ Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by 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 taken me up, and cast me away. ¹¹ My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. ¹² But thou, O LORD, shalt abide for ever; and thy memorial unto all generations. ¹³ Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time is come. ¹⁴ For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity upon her dust. ¹⁵ So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory: ¹⁶ For the LORD hath built up Zion, he hath appeared in his glory; ¹⁷ He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer. ¹⁸ This shall be written for the generation to come: and a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. ¹⁹ For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; ²⁰ To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; ²¹ That men may declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; ²² When the peoples are gathered together, 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, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. ²⁵ Of old hast thou 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 shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: ²⁷ But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. ²⁸ The children of thy servants 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] his holy name. ² Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: ³ Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; ⁴ Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies: ⁵ Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; [so that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle. ⁶ The LORD executeth righteous acts, and judgments for all that are oppressed. ⁷ He made known his ways unto Moses, his doings unto the children of Israel. ⁸ The LORD is full of compassion 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 hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us after our iniquities. ¹¹ For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. ¹³ Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. ¹⁴ For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. ¹⁵ As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. ¹⁶ For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. ¹⁷ But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children; ¹⁸ To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his precepts to do them. ¹⁹ The LORD hath established his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. ²⁰ Bless the LORD, ye angels of his: ye mighty in strength, that fulfill his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word. ²¹ Bless the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. ²² Bless the LORD, all ye 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 coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: ³ Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind: ⁴ Who maketh winds his messengers; his ministers a flaming fire: ⁵ Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved for ever. ⁶ Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains. ⁷ At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away; ⁸ They went up by the mountains, they went down by the valleys, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them. ⁹ Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. ¹⁰ He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; they run among the mountains: ¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst. ¹² By them the fowl of the heaven have their habitation, they sing among the branches. ¹³ He watereth the mountains from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. ¹⁴ He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; that he may bring forth food out of the earth: ¹⁵ And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengtheneth man’s heart. ¹⁶ The trees of the LORD are satisfied; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; ¹⁷ Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies. ¹⁹ He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. ²⁰ Thou makest darkness, and it is night; Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. ²¹ The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. ²² The sun ariseth, they get them away, and lay them down in their dens. ²³ Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. ²⁴ O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. ²⁵ Yonder is the sea, great and wide, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. ²⁶ There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to take his pastime therein. ²⁷ These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. ²⁸ That thou givest unto them they gather; thou openest thine hand, they are satisfied with good. ²⁹ Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath they die, and return to their dust. ³⁰ Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground. ³¹ Let the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let the LORD rejoice in his works: ³² Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth 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 any being. ³⁴ Let my meditation be sweet unto him: I will rejoice in the LORD. ³⁵ Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. ¹⁰⁵ ¹ Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name; make known his doings among the peoples. ² Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; talk ye of all his marvelous works. ³ Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. ⁴ Seek ye the LORD and his strength; seek his face evermore. ⁵ Remember his marvelous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; ⁶ O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. ⁷ He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. ⁸ He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; ⁹ [The covenant] which he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; ¹⁰ And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, 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 sojourners in it; ¹³ And they went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. ¹⁴ He suffered no man to do them wrong; yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; ¹⁵ [Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm. ¹⁶ And he called for a famine upon the land; he brake the whole staff of bread. ¹⁷ He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a servant: ¹⁸ His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in [chains of] iron: ¹⁹ Until the time that his word came to pass; the word of the LORD tried him. ²⁰ The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of peoples, and 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 senators wisdom. ²³ Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. ²⁴ And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. ²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. ²⁶ He sent Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen. ²⁷ They set among them his signs, and wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his words. ²⁹ He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. ³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings. ³¹ He spake, and there came swarms of flies, and lice in all their borders. ³² He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land. ³³ He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their borders. ³⁴ He spake, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, and that without number, ³⁵ And did eat up every herb in their land, and did eat up 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 feeble person among his tribes. ³⁸ Egypt was glad when they departed; for the fear of them had fallen upon them. ³⁹ He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. ⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. ⁴¹ He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places [like] a river. ⁴² For he remembered his holy word, [and] Abraham his servant. ⁴³ And he brought forth his people with joy, [and] his chosen with singing. ⁴⁴ And he gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the labour of the peoples in possession: ⁴⁵ That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise ye the LORD. ¹⁰⁶ ¹ Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. ² Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or shew forth all his praise? ³ Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. ⁴ Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people; O visit me with thy salvation: ⁵ That I may see the prosperity 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 understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but were rebellious at 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 rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through a 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 adversaries: there was not one of them left. ¹² Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. ¹³ They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: ¹⁴ But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. ¹⁵ And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. ¹⁶ They envied Moses also 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 a molten image. ²⁰ Thus they changed their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass. ²¹ They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; ²² Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] terrible things by 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 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word; ²⁵ But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. ²⁶ Therefore he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would overthrow them in the wilderness: ²⁷ And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. ²⁸ They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. ²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; and the plague brake in upon them. ³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. ³¹ And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for evermore. ³² They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: ³³ Because they were rebellious against his spirit, and he spake unadvisedly with his lips. ³⁴ They did not destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them; ³⁵ But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works: ³⁶ And they served their idols; which became a snare unto them: ³⁷ Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons, 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 were they defiled with their works, and went a whoring in their doings. ⁴⁰ Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance. ⁴¹ And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them. ⁴² Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. ⁴³ Many times did he deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry: ⁴⁵ And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. ⁴⁶ He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. ⁴⁷ Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORD, the God or Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. ¹⁰⁷ ¹ O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. ² Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary; 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 in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation. 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 He led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation. ⁸ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! ⁹ For he satisfieth the longing soul, and the hungry soul he filleth with good. ¹⁰ Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; ¹¹ Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High: ¹² Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. ¹³ Then they cried unto the LORD hi their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. ¹⁴ He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. ¹⁵ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! ¹⁶ For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. ¹⁷ Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. ¹⁸ Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. ¹⁹ Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. ²⁰ He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth [them] from their destructions. ²¹ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! ²² And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing. ²³ They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; ²⁴ These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. ²⁵ For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. ²⁶ They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul melteth away because of trouble. ²⁷ They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. ²⁸ Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. ²⁹ He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. ³⁰ Then are they glad because they be quiet: so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. ³¹ Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! ³² Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders. ³³ He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground; ³⁴ A fruitful land into a salt desert, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. ³⁵ He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings. ³⁶ And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city of habitation; ³⁷ And sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get them fruits of increase. ³⁸ He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease. ³⁹ Again, they are minished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow. ⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way. ⁴¹ Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock. ⁴² The upright shall see it, and be glad; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. ⁴³ Whoso is wise shall give heed to these things, and they shall consider the mercies of the LORD. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ A Song, a Psalm Of David. My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory. ² Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early. ³ I will give thanks unto 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 [reacheth] unto the skies. 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 us. ⁷ God hath spoken in his holiness; I will exult: I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. ⁸ Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of mine head; Judah is my sceptre. ⁹ Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast my shoe: over Philistia will I shout. ¹⁰ Who will bring me into the fenced city? who hath led me unto Edom? ¹¹ Hast not thou cast us off, O God? and thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts. ¹² Give us help against the adversary: for vain is the help of man. ¹³ Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our adversaries. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; ² For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue. ³ They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. ⁴ For my love they are 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 a wicked man over him: and let an adversary stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; and let his prayer be turned into 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 vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places. ¹¹ Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour. ¹² Let there be none to extend mercy unto him; neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his posterity be cut off; 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 that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay [them]. ¹⁷ Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. ¹⁸ He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it came into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones. Let it be unto him as the raiment ¹⁹ wherewith he covereth himself, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually. ²⁰ This is the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. ²¹ But deal thou with me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me, ²² For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. ²³ I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. ²⁴ My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. ²⁵ I am become also a reproach unto them: when they see me, they shake their head. 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, LORD, hast done it. ²⁸ Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, they shall be ashamed, but thy servant shall rejoice. ²⁹ Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonour, and let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a mantle. ³⁰ I will give great thanks unto the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. ³¹ For he shall stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from them that judge his soul. ¹¹⁰ ¹ A Psalm of David. The LORD saith unto my lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. ² The LORD shall send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. ³ Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy power: in the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, thou hast the dew of thy youth. ⁴ The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. ⁵ The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. ⁶ He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill [the places] with dead bodies; he shall strike through the head in many countries. ⁷ He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. ¹¹¹ ¹ Praise ye the LORD. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. ² The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. ³ His work is honour and majesty: and his righteousness endureth for ever. ⁴ He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. ⁵ He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. ⁶ He hath shewed his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. ⁷ The works of his hands are truth and judgment; all his precepts are sure. ⁸ They are established for ever and ever, they are done in truth and uprightness. ⁹ He hath sent redemption unto his people; he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. ¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do thereafter: his praise endureth for ever. ¹¹² ¹ Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. ² His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. ³ Wealth and riches are in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. ⁴ Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. ⁵ Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; he shall maintain his cause in judgment. ⁶ For he shall never be moved; the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. ⁷ He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. ⁸ His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see [his desire] upon his adversaries. ⁹ He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; his righteousness endureth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour. ¹⁰ The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. ¹¹³ ¹ Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants 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 nations, and his glory above the heavens. ⁵ Who is like unto the LORD our God, that hath his seat on high, ⁶ That humbleth himself to behold [the things that are] in heaven and in the earth? ⁷ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the needy from the dunghill; ⁸ That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. ⁹ He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; ² Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. ³ The sea saw it, and fled; Jordan was driven back. ⁴ The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like young sheep. ⁵ What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest back? ⁶ Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye little hills, like young sheep? ⁷ Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; ⁸ Which turned the rock into a pool 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’s sake. ² Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God? ³ But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he pleased. ⁴ Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. ⁵ They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; ⁶ They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not; ⁷ They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they through their throat. ⁸ They that make them shall be like unto them; yea, every one that trusteth in them. ⁹ O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. ¹⁰ O house of Aaron, trust ye in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. ¹¹ Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. ¹² The LORD hath been mindful of us; he will bless [us]: he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. ¹³ He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. ¹⁴ The LORD increase you more and more, you and your children. ¹⁵ Blessed are ye of the LORD, which made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ The heavens are the heavens of the LORD; but the earth hath he given to the children of men. ¹⁷ The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence; ¹⁸ But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise ye the LORD. ¹¹⁶ ¹ I LOVE the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. ² Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call [upon him] as long as I live. ³ The cords of death compassed me, and the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. ⁴ Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. ⁵ Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. ⁶ The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me. ⁷ Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath 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 believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted: ¹¹ I said in my haste, All men are a lie. ¹² What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? ¹³ I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. ¹⁴ I will pay my vows unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. ¹⁶ O LORD, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds. ¹⁷ I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. ¹⁸ I will pay my vows unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all his people. ¹⁹ In the courts of the LORD’S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. ¹¹⁷ ¹ O PRAISE the LORD, all ye nations; laud him, all ye peoples. ² For his mercy is great toward us; and the truth of the LORD [endureth] for ever. Praise ye the LORD. ¹¹⁸ ¹ O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. ² Let Israel now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever. ³ Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever. ⁴ Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever. ⁵ Out of my distress I called upon the LORD: the LORD answered me [and set me] in a large place. ⁶ The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? ⁷ The LORD is on my side among them that help me: therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me. ⁸ It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. ⁹ It is better to trust in the LORD, than to put confidence in princes. ¹⁰ All nations compassed me about: in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. ¹¹ They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. ¹² They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. ¹³ Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. ¹⁴ The LORD is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation. ¹⁵ The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. ¹⁶ The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. ¹⁷ I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. ¹⁸ The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. ¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto the LORD. ²⁰ This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter into it. ²¹ I will give thanks unto thee, for thou hast answered me, and art become my salvation. ²² The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner. ²³ This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ²⁵ Save now, we beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, we beseech thee, send now prosperity. ²⁶ Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. ²⁷ The LORD is God, and he hath given us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. ²⁸ Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. ²⁹ O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever. ¹¹⁹ ¹ Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. ² Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart. ³ Yea, they do no unrighteousness; they walk in his ways. ⁴ Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently. ⁵ Oh that my ways were established to observe thy statutes! ⁶ Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. ⁷ I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn thy righteous judgments. ⁸ I will observe thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. ⁹ Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word. ¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. ¹¹ Thy word have I laid up in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. ¹² Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. ¹³ With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. ¹⁴ I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. ¹⁵ I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. ¹⁶ I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. ¹⁷ Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; so will I observe thy word. ¹⁸ Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. ¹⁹ I am a sojourner in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. ²⁰ My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. ²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do wander from thy commandments. ²² Take away from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. ²³ Princes also sat and talked against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. ²⁴ Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors. ²⁵ My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. ²⁶ I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: teach me thy statutes. ²⁷ Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I meditate of thy wondrous works. ²⁸ My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. ²⁹ Remove from me the way of falsehood: and grant me thy law graciously. ³⁰ I have chosen the way of faithfulness: thy judgments have I set [before me]. ³¹ I cleave 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 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 mine eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken me in thy ways. ³⁸ Confirm thy word unto thy servant, which [belongeth] unto the fear of thee. ³⁹ Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; for thy judgments are good. ⁴⁰ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. ⁴¹ Let thy mercies also come unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. ⁴² So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; for I trust in thy word. ⁴³ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. ⁴⁴ So shall I observe thy law continually for ever and ever. ⁴⁵ And I will walk at liberty; for I have sought thy precepts. ⁴⁶ I will also speak of thy testimonies 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 also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. ⁴⁹ Remember the word unto thy servant, because thou hast made me to hope. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. ⁵¹ The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not swerved from thy law. ⁵² I have remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD, and have comforted myself. ⁵³ Hot indignation hath 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 observed thy law. ⁵⁶ This I have had, because I kept thy precepts. ⁵⁷ The LORD is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words. ⁵⁸ I entreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. ⁵⁹ I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I made haste, and delayed not, to observe thy commandments. ⁶¹ The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [but] I have not forgotten thy law. ⁶² At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. ⁶³ I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that observe thy precepts. ⁶⁴ The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁵ Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. ⁶⁶ Teach me good judgment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I observe thy word. ⁶⁸ Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁹ The proud have forged a lie against me: with my whole heart will I keep thy precepts. ⁷⁰ Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. ⁷¹ It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. ⁷² The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. ⁷³ Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. ⁷⁴ They that fear thee shall see me and be glad; because I have hoped in thy word. ⁷⁵ I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. ⁷⁶ Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. ⁷⁷ Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Let the proud be ashamed; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and they shall know thy testimonies. ⁸⁰ Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. ⁸¹ My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word. ⁸² Mine eyes fail for thy word, while I say, When wilt thou comfort me? ⁸³ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? ⁸⁵ The proud have digged pits for me, who are not after thy law. ⁸⁶ All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. ⁸⁷ They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. ⁸⁸ Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth. ⁸⁹ For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. ⁹⁰ Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. ⁹¹ They abide this day according to thine ordinances; for all things are thy servants. ⁹² Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction. ⁹³ I will never forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast quickened me. ⁹⁴ I am thine, save 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 Oh how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. ⁹⁸ Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me. ⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged, because I have kept thy precepts. ¹⁰¹ I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might observe thy word. ¹⁰² I have not turned aside from thy judgments; for thou hast taught me. ¹⁰³ How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. ¹⁰⁵ Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and light unto my path, ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will observe thy righteous judgments. ¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto 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 do I not forget thy law. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet went I not astray from thy precepts. ¹¹¹ Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes, for ever, even unto the end. ¹¹³ I hate them that are of a double mind; but thy law do I love. ¹¹⁴ Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evil-doers; that I may keep the commandments of my God. ¹¹⁶ Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, and shall have respect unto thy statutes continually. ¹¹⁸ Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood. ¹¹⁹ Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. ¹²¹ I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. ¹²² Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. ¹²³ Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for thy righteous word. ¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. ¹²⁵ I am thy servant, give me understanding; that I may know thy testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time for the LORD to work; [for] they have made void thy law. ¹²⁷ Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [and] I hate every false way. ¹²⁹ Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. ¹³⁰ The opening of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. ¹³¹ I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for thy commandments. ¹³² Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. ¹³³ Order my footsteps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. ¹³⁴ Redeem me from the oppression of man: so will I observe thy precepts. ¹³⁵ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. ¹³⁶ Mine eyes run down with rivers of water, because they observe not thy law. ¹³⁷ Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. ¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and very faithfulness. ¹³⁹ My zeal hath consumed me, because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words. ¹⁴⁰ Thy word is very pure; therefore thy servant loveth it. ¹⁴¹ I am small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts. ¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth. ¹⁴³ Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments are my delight. ¹⁴⁴ Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live. ¹⁴⁵ I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. ¹⁴⁶ I have called unto thee; save me, and I shall observe thy testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words. ¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes prevented the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy judgments. ¹⁵⁰ They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; they are far from thy law. ¹⁵¹ Thou art nigh, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. ¹⁵² Of old have I known from thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever. ¹⁵³ Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; for I do not forget thy law. ¹⁵⁴ Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word. ¹⁵⁵ Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. ¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [yet] have I not swerved from they testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ I beheld the treacherous dealers, and was grieved; because they observed not thy word. ¹⁵⁹ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. ¹⁶⁰ The sum of thy word is truth; and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever. ¹⁶¹ Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy words. ¹⁶² I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. ¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood; [but] thy law do I love. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments. ¹⁶⁵ Great peace have they which love thy law; and they have none occasion of stumbling. ¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for thy salvation, O LORD, and have done thy commandments. ¹⁶⁷ My soul hath observed thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee. ¹⁶⁹ 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 word. ¹⁷¹ Let my lips utter praise; for thou teachest me thy statutes. ¹⁷² Let my tongue sing of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness. ¹⁷³ Let thine hand be ready to help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, 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 servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.