Psalms 79:1-150:6

JPS_ASV_Byz(i) 1 A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; they have defiled Thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem into heaps. 2 They have given the dead bodies of Thy servants to be food unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of Thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, with none to bury them. 4 We are become a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, O LORD, wilt Thou be angry for ever? How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire? 6 Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon Thy name. 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his habitation. 8 Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name's sake. 10 Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is their God?' Let the avenging of Thy servants' blood that is shed be made known among the nations in our sight. 11 Let the groaning of the prisoner come before Thee; according to the greatness of Thy power set free those that are appointed to death; 12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached Thee, O Lord. 13 So we that are Thy people and the flock of Thy pasture will give Thee thanks for ever; we will tell of Thy praise to all generations. 80 1 (80:1) For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph. (80:2) Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth. 2 (80:3) Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us. 3 (80:4) O God, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. 4 (80:5) O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people? 5 (80:6) Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure. 6 (80:7) Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies mock as they please. 7 (80:8) O God of hosts, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. 8 (80:9) Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it. 9 (80:10) Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land. 10 (80:11) The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof. 11 (80:12) She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River. 12 (80:13) Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her? 13 (80:14) The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it. 14 (80:15) O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine, 15 (80:16) And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself. 16 (80:17) It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance. 17 (80:18) Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself. 18 (80:19) So shall we not turn back from Thee; quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name. 19 (80:20) O LORD God of hosts, restore us; cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. 81 1 For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. (81:2) Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob. 2 (81:3) Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery. 3 (81:4) Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day. 4 (81:5) For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5 (81:6) He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear: 6 (81:7) 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket. 7 (81:8) Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah 8 (81:9) Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me! 9 (81:10) There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. 10 (81:11) I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 (81:12) But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me. 12 (81:13) So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels. 13 (81:14) Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways! 14 (81:15) I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries. 15 (81:16) The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever. 16 (81:17) They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.' 82 1 A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of God; in the midst of the judges He judgeth: 2 'How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah 3 Judge the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute. 4 Rescue the poor and needy; deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are moved. 6 I said: Ye are godlike beings, and all of you sons of the Most High. 7 Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.' 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth; for Thou shalt possess all nations. 83 1 (83:1) A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. (83:2) O God, keep not Thou silence; hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 (83:3) For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head. 3 (83:4) They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones. 4 (83:5) They have said: 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.' 5 (83:6) For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant; 6 (83:7) The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites; 7 (83:8) Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 (83:9) Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah 9 (83:10) Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon; 10 (83:11) Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth. 11 (83:12) Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes; 12 (83:13) Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.' 13 (83:14) O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind. 14 (83:15) As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze; 15 (83:16) So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm. 16 (83:17) Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD. 17 (83:18) Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed and perish; 18 (83:19) That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, the Most High over all the earth. 84 1 (84:1) For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. (84:2) How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! 2 (84:3) My soul yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy unto the living God. 3 (84:4) Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young; Thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God - . 4 (84:5) Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, they are ever praising Thee. Selah 5 (84:6) Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways. 6 (84:7) Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings. 7 (84:8) They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion. 8 (84:9) O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah 9 (84:10) Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed. 10 (84:11) For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 (84:12) For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 (84:13) O LORD of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in Thee. 85 1 (85:1) For the Leader. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. (85:2) LORD, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land, Thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob. 2 (85:3) Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast pardoned all their sin. Selah 3 (85:4) Thou hast withdrawn all Thy wrath; Thou hast turned from the fierceness of Thine anger. 4 (85:5) Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Thine indignation toward us to cease. 5 (85:6) Wilt Thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt Thou draw out Thine anger to all generations? 6 (85:7) Wilt Thou not quicken us again, that Thy people may rejoice in Thee? 7 (85:8) Show us Thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us Thy salvation. 8 (85:9) I will hear what God the LORD will speak; for He will speak peace unto His people, and to His saints; but let them not turn back to folly. 9 (85:10) Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him; that glory may dwell in our land. 10 (85:11) Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 (85:12) Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven. 12 (85:13) Yea, the LORD will give that which is good; and our land shall yield her produce. 13 (85:14) Righteousness shall go before Him, and shall make His footsteps a way. 86 1 A Prayer of David. Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and answer me; for I am poor and needy. 2 Keep my soul, for I am godly; O Thou my God, save Thy servant that trusteth in Thee. 3 Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto Thee do I cry all the day. 4 Rejoice the soul of Thy servant; for unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to pardon, and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee. 6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend unto the voice of my supplications. 7 In the day of my trouble I call upon Thee; for Thou wilt answer me. 8 There is none like unto Thee among the gods, O Lord, and there are no works like Thine. 9 All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and prostrate themselves before Thee, O Lord; and they shall glorify Thy name. 10 For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things; Thou art God alone. 11 Teach me, O LORD, Thy way, that I may walk in Thy truth; make one my heart to fear Thy name. 12 I will thank Thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify Thy name for evermore. 13 For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world. 14 O God, the proud are risen up against me, and the company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set Thee before them. 15 But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 16 O turn unto me, and be gracious unto me; give Thy strength unto Thy servant, and save the son of Thy handmaid. 17 Work in my behalf a sign for good; that they that hate me may see it, and be put to shame, because Thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me. 87 1 A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of Thee, O city of God. Selah 4 'I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know Me; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this one was born there.' 5 But of Zion it shall be said: 'This man and that was born in her; and the Most High Himself doth establish her.' 6 The LORD shall count in the register of the peoples: 'This one was born there.' Selah 7 And whether they sing or dance, all my thoughts are in Thee. 88 1 (88:1) A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. (88:2) O LORD, God of my salvation, what time I cry in the night before Thee, 2 (88:3) Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry. 3 (88:4) For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 (88:5) I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help; 5 (88:6) Set apart 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 (88:7) Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps. 7 (88:8) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah 8 (88:9) 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 (88:10) Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee. 10 (88:11) Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah 11 (88:12) Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? or Thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 (88:13) Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 (88:14) But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry, and in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee. 14 (88:15) LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me? 15 (88:16) I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted. 16 (88:17) Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. 17 (88:18) They came round about me like water all the day; they compassed me about together. 18 (88:19) Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. 89 1 (89:1) Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. (89:2) I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; to all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth. 2 (89:3) For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; in the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness. 3 (89:4) I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant: 4 (89:5) For ever will I establish thy seed, and build up thy throne to all generations.' Selah 5 (89:6) So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O LORD, Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. 6 (89:7) For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD, who among the sons of might can be likened unto the LORD, 7 (89:8) A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that are about Him? 8 (89:9) O LORD God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O LORD? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee. 9 (89:10) Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; when the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them. 10 (89:11) Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength. 11 (89:12) Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them. 12 (89:13) The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name. 13 (89:14) Thine is an arm with might; strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand. 14 (89:15) Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; mercy and truth go before Thee. 15 (89:16) Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; they walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance. 16 (89:17) In Thy name do they rejoice all the day; and through Thy righteousness are they exalted. 17 (89:18) For Thou art the glory of their strength; and in Thy favour our horn is exalted. 18 (89:19) For of the LORD is our shield; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. 19 (89:20) Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 20 (89:21) I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him; 21 (89:22) With whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him. 22 (89:23) The enemy shall not exact from him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 (89:24) And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, and smite them that hate him. 24 (89:25) But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; and through My name shall his horn be exalted. 25 (89:26) I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. 26 (89:27) He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 (89:28) I also will appoint him first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth. 28 (89:29) For ever will I keep for him My mercy, and My covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 (89:30) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 30 (89:31) If his children forsake My law, and walk not in Mine ordinances; 31 (89:32) If they profane My statutes, and keep not My commandments; 32 (89:33) Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes. 33 (89:34) But My mercy will I not break off from him, nor will I be false to My faithfulness. 34 (89:35) My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips. 35 (89:36) Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David; 36 (89:37) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before Me. 37 (89:38) It shall be established for ever as the moon; and be stedfast as the witness in sky.' Selah 38 (89:39) But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed. 39 (89:40) Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground. 40 (89:41) Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. 41 (89:42) All that pass by the way spoil him; he is become a taunt to his neighbours. 42 (89:43) Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43 (89:44) Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. 44 (89:45) Thou hast made his brightness to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. 45 (89:46) The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah 46 (89:47) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire? 47 (89:48) O remember how short my time is; for what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men! 48 (89:49) What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, that shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah 49 (89:50) Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness? 50 (89:51) Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the taunt of so many peoples; 51 (89:52) Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed. 52 (89:53) 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 contrition; 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 by Thy wrath are we hurried away. 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 travail and vanity; for it is speedily 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 a 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, according to 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 graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; establish Thou also upon us the work of our hands; yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it. 91 1 O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty; 2 I will say of the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust, 3 That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He will 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 of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at Thy side, and ten thousand at Thy right hand; it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the recompense of the wicked. 9 For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation. 10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. 11 For He will give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee upon their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; 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 rescue him, and bring him to honour. 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and make Him to behold My salvation.' 92 1 (92:1) A Psalm, a Song. For the sabbath day. (92:2) It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O Most High; 2 (92:3) To declare Thy lovingkindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness in the night seasons, 3 (92:4) With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; with a solemn sound upon the harp. 4 (92:5) For Thou, LORD, hast made me glad through Thy work; I will exult in the works of Thy hands. 5 (92:6) How great are Thy works, O LORD! Thy thoughts are very deep. 6 (92:7) A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this. 7 (92:8) When the wicked spring up as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they may be destroyed for ever. 8 (92:9) But Thou, O LORD, art on high for evermore. 9 (92:10) For, lo, Thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, Thine enemies shall perish: all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 10 (92:11) But my horn hast Thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox; I am anointed with rich oil. 11 (92:12) Mine eye also hath gazed on them that lie in wait for me, mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me. 12 (92:13) The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 (92:14) Planted in the house of the LORD, they shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 (92:15) They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and richness; 15 (92:16) To declare that the LORD is upright, my Rock, in whom there is no unrighteousness. 93 1 The LORD reigneth; He is clothed in majesty; the LORD is clothed, He hath girded Himself with strength; yea, the world is established, 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 roaring. 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 Thy 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 recompense. 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? 4 They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily. 5 They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. 7 And they say: 'The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed.' 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye understand? 9 He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see? 10 He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? even He that teacheth man knowledge? 11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. 12 Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, and teachest out of Thy law; 13 That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, 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 right shall return unto justice, 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 If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up. 19 When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul. 20 Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn 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 will cut them off in their own evil; the LORD our God will cut them off. 95 1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD; let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, let us shout for joy unto Him with psalms. 3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods; 4 In whose hand are the depths 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 bow down and bend the knee; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; 7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the flock of His hand. To-day, if ye would but hearken to His voice! 8 'Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness; 9 When your fathers tried Me, proved Me, even though they saw My work. 10 For forty years was I wearied 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 swore 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; proclaim His salvation from day to day. 3 Declare His glory among the nations, His marvellous 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 things of nought; but the LORD made the heavens. 6 Honour and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. 7 Ascribe unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples, ascribe unto the LORD glory and strength. 8 Ascribe 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 established that it cannot be moved; He will 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 is come; for He is come to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in His faithfulness. 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 justice are the foundation of His throne. 3 A fire goeth before Him, and burneth up His adversaries round about. 4 His lightnings lighted up the world; the earth saw, and trembled. 5 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declared His righteousness, and all the peoples saw His glory. 7 Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of things of nought; bow down to 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 delivered 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. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for He hath done marvellous 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 revealed 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 Shout 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 the horn shout ye 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 mountains sing for joy together; 9 Before the LORD, for He is come to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. 99 1 The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake. 2 The LORD is great in Zion; and He is high above all the peoples. 3 Let them praise Thy name as great and awful; Holy is He. 4 The strength also of the king who loveth justice - Thou hast established equity, Thou hast executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool; Holy is He. 6 Moses and Aaron among His priests, and Samuel among them that call upon His name, did call upon the LORD, and He answered them. 7 He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud; they kept His testimonies, and the statute that He gave them. 8 O LORD our God, Thou didst answer them; a forgiving God wast Thou unto them, though Thou tookest vengeance of their misdeeds. 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. Shout unto the LORD, all the earth. 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 our His, His people, and the flock 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 justice; unto Thee, O LORD, will I sing praises. 2 I will give heed unto the way of integrity; Oh when wilt Thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. 3 I will set no base thing before mine eyes; I hate the doing of things crooked; it shall not cleave unto me. 4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil thing. 5 Whoso slandereth his neighbour in secret, him will I destroy; whoso is haughty of eye and proud of heart, him will I not suffer. 6 Mine eyes are upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a way of integrity, 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 (102:1) A Prayer of the afflicted, when he fainteth, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. (102:2) O LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto Thee. 2 (102:3) 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 (102:4) For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. 4 (102:5) My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread. 5 (102:6) By reason of the voice of my sighing my bones cleave to my flesh. 6 (102:7) I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places. 7 (102:8) I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop. 8 (102:9) Mine enemies taunt me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me. 9 (102:10) For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, 10 (102:11) Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; for Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away. 11 (102:12) My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass. 12 (102:13) But Thou, O LORD, sittest enthroned for ever; and Thy name is unto all generations. 13 (102:14) Thou wilt arise, and have compassion upon Zion; for it is time to be gracious unto her, for the appointed time is come. 14 (102:15) For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and love her dust. 15 (102:16) So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth Thy glory; 16 (102:17) When the LORD hath built up Zion, when He hath appeared in His glory; 17 (102:18) When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer. 18 (102:19) This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. 19 (102:20) For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; 20 (102:21) To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; 21 (102:22) That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem; 22 (102:23) When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 23 (102:24) He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. 24 (102:25) I say: 'O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, Thou whose years endure throughout all generations. 25 (102:26) Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. 26 (102:27) 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 pass away; 27 (102:28) But Thou art the selfsame, and Thy years shall have no end. 28 (102:29) The children of Thy servants shall dwell securely, 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 iniquity; who healeth all Thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth Thy life from the pit; who encompasseth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfieth thine old age with good things; so that Thy youth is renewed like the eagle. 6 The LORD executeth righteousness, and acts of justice 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 contend; neither will He keep His anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor requited us according to 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 hath compassion upon his children, so hath the LORD compassion upon 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 knoweth 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 fulfil 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 glory and majesty. 2 Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; 3 Who layest the beams of Thine upper chambers in the waters, who makest the clouds Thy chariot, who walkest upon the wings of the wind; 4 Who makest winds Thy messengers, the flaming fire Thy ministers. 5 Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations, that it should not be moved for ever and ever; 6 Thou didst cover 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 The mountains rose, the valleys sank down - unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them; 9 Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass over, that they might not return to cover the earth. 10 Who sendest forth springs into the valleys; they run between the mountains; 11 They give drink to every beast of the field, the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 Beside them dwell the fowl of the heaven, from among the branches they sing. 13 Who waterest the mountains from Thine upper chambers; the earth is full of the fruit of Thy works. 14 Who causeth the grass to spring up for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; to bring forth bread out of the earth, 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, making the face brighter than oil, and bread that stayeth man's heart. 16 The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, which He hath planted; 17 Wherein 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 Who appointedst 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 food from God. 22 The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens. 23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. 24 How manifold are Thy works, O LORD! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy creatures. 25 Yonder sea, great and wide, therein are creeping things innumerable, living creatures, both small and great. 26 There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein. 27 All of them wait for Thee, that Thou mayest give them their food in due season. 28 Thou givest it unto them, they gather it; Thou openest Thy hand, they are satisfied with good. 29 Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish; Thou withdrawest their breath, they perish, and return to their dust. 30 Thou sendest forth Thy spirit, they are created; and Thou renewest the face of the earth. 31 May 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 musing be sweet unto Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD. 35 Let sinners cease out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah. 105 1 O give thanks unto the LORD, call upon His name; make known His doings among the peoples. 2 Sing unto Him, sing praises unto Him; speak ye of all His marvellous 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 continually. 5 Remember His marvellous 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 He established it 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 when they went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people, 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong, yea, for their sake He reproved kings: 15 'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.' 16 And He called a famine upon the land; He broke 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, his person was laid in iron; 19 Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him. 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the peoples, and set him free. 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions; 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his elders 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 too mighty for their adversaries. 25 He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants. 26 He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron whom He had chosen. 27 They wrought among them His manifold signs, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and it was dark; and they rebelled not against His word. 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 spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats 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 broke the trees of their borders. 34 He spoke, and the locust came, and the canker-worm 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 first-born in their land, the first-fruits of all their strength. 37 And He brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was none that stumbled 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 screen; and fire to give light in the night. 40 They asked, and He brought quails, and gave them in plenty the bread of heaven. 41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out; they ran, a river in the dry places. 42 For He remembered His holy word unto Abraham His servant; 43 And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones 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. Hallelujah. 106 1 Hallelujah. O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever. 2 Who can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard? 3 Happy are they that keep justice, that do righteousness at all times. 4 Remember me, O LORD, when Thou favourest Thy people; O think of me at Thy salvation; 5 That I may behold 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 done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly. 7 Our fathers in Egypt gave no heed unto Thy wonders; 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 And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and 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 forgot His works; they waited not for His counsel; 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tried God in the desert. 15 And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They were jealous also of Moses in the camp, and of Aaron the holy one 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 exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass. 21 They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt; 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, 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 back His wrath, lest He should destroy them. 24 Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word; 25 And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. 26 Therefore He swore concerning them, that He would overthrow them in the wilderness; 27 And that He would cast out their seed among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves also unto Baal of Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them. 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and wrought judgment, and so the plague was stayed. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever. 32 They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them; 33 For they embittered his spirit, and he spoke rashly 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 astray 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 subdued under their hand. 43 Many times did He deliver them; but they were rebellious in their counsel, and sank low through their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless He looked upon 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 captive. 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks unto Thy holy name, that we may triumph in Thy praise. 48 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting, and let all the people say: 'Amen.' Hallelujah. 107 1 'O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.' 2 So let the redeemed of the LORD say, 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 sea. 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 And He led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation. 8 Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled 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 humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help - 13 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 bands in sunder. 15 Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, 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 Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities - 18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death - 19 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 Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, 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 saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep; 25 For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof; 26 They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble; 27 They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up - 28 They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses. 29 He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still. 30 Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven. 31 Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, 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 waste, 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, and they establish a city of habitation; 37 And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase. 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 39 Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil 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 his families like a flock. 42 The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 43 Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of the LORD. 108 1 (108:1) A Song, a Psalm of David. (108:2) My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory. 2 (108:3) Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn. 3 (108:4) I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the peoples; and I will sing praises unto Thee among the nations. 4 (108:5) For Thy mercy is great above the heavens, and Thy truth reacheth unto the skies. 5 (108:6) Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Thy glory be above all the earth. 6 (108:7) That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me. 7 (108:8) God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 8 (108:9) Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre. 9 (108:10) Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; over Philistia do I cry aloud. 10 (108:11) Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom? 11 (108:12) Hast not Thou cast us off, O God? and Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts? 12 (108:13) Give us help against the adversary; for vain is the help of man. 13 (108:14) Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries. 109 1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, keep not silence; 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 In return for my love they are my adversaries; but I am all prayer. 5 And they have laid upon 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 go forth condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin. 8 Let his days be few; let another take his charge. 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 creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour. 12 Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto 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 brought to remembrance unto 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 do kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart he was ready to slay. 17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it is far from him. 18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his raiment, and it is come into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which he putteth on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.' 20 This would mine adversaries effect from the LORD, and they that speak evil against my soul. 21 But Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal with me 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 lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust. 24 My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness. 25 I am become also a taunt 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 put to shame, but Thy servant shall rejoice. 29 Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe. 30 I will give great thanks unto the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise Him among the multitude; 31 Because He standeth 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 rod of Thy strength the LORD will send out of Zion: 'Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.' 3 Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy warfare; in adornments of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, thine is the dew of thy youth. 4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent: 'Thou art a priest for ever after the manner of Melchizedek.' 5 The Lord at thy right hand doth crush kings in the day of His wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations; He filleth it with dead bodies, He crusheth the head over a wide land. 7 He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore will he lift up the head. 111 1 Hallelujah. 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 delight therein. 3 His work is glory and majesty; and His righteousness endureth for ever. 4 He hath made a memorial for His wonderful works; the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. 5 He hath given food unto them that fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant. 6 He hath declared to His people the power of His works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. 7 The works of His hands are truth and justice; 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 awful 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 Hallelujah. Happy 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 merit endureth for ever. 4 Unto the upright He shineth as a light in the darkness, gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. 5 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth, that ordereth his affairs rightfully. 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 stedfast, trusting in the LORD. 8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he gaze upon his adversaries. 9 He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted in honour. 10 The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish. 113 1 Hallelujah. 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 ever. 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof the LORD'S name is to be praised. 4 The LORD is high above all nations, His glory is above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, that is enthroned on high, 6 That looketh down low upon heaven and upon the earth? 7 Who raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the needy out of the dunghill; 8 That He may set him with princes, even with the princes of His people. 9 Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in her house as a joyful mother of children. Hallelujah. 114 1 When Israel came 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; the Jordan turned backward. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep. 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye hills, like young sheep? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8 Who 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; whatsoever pleased Him He hath done. 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 with 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 - 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 be ye of the LORD who 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 ever. Hallelujah. 116 1 I love that the LORD should hear my voice and my supplications. 2 Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him all my days. 3 The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow. 4 But I called upon the name of the LORD: 'I beseech thee, O LORD, deliver my soul.' 5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is compassionate. 6 The LORD preserveth the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me. 7 Return, O my soul, unto Thy rest; 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 stumbling. 9 I shall walk before the LORD in the lands of the living. 10 I trusted even when I spoke: 'I am greatly afflicted.' 11 I said in my haste: 'All men are liars.' 12 How can I repay unto the LORD all His bountiful dealings toward me? 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. 14 My vows will I pay 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 I beseech Thee, O LORD, for I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bands. 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. Hallelujah. 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. Hallelujah. 118 1 'O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.' 2 So let Israel now say, for His mercy endureth for ever, 3 So let the house of Aaron now say, for His mercy endureth for ever. 4 So let them now that fear the LORD say, for His mercy endureth for ever. 5 Out of my straits I called upon the LORD; He answered me with great enlargement. 6 The LORD is for me; I will not fear; what can man do unto me? 7 The LORD is for me as my helper; and I shall gaze upon them that hate me. 8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes. 10 All nations compass me about; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. 11 They compass me about, yea, they compass me about; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off. 12 They compass me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns; verily, 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 chief corner-stone. 23 This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. 25 We beseech Thee, O LORD, save now! We beseech Thee, O LORD, make us now to prosper! 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD; we bless you out of the house of the LORD. 27 The LORD is God, and hath given us light; order the festival procession with boughs, 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 ALEPH. Happy are they that are upright in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. 2 Happy 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 ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently. 5 Oh that my ways were directed to observe Thy statutes! 6 Then should I not be ashamed, when I have regard unto all Thy commandments. 7 I will give thanks unto Thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn Thy righteous ordinances. 8 I will observe Thy statutes; O forsake me not utterly. 9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man keep his way pure? By taking heed thereto according to Thy word. 10 With my whole heart have I sought Thee; O let me not err from Thy commandments. 11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee. 12 Blessed art Thou, O LORD; teach me Thy statutes. 13 With my lips have I told all the ordinances 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 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with Thy servant that I may live, and I will 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 Thine ordinances at all times. 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, that do err from Thy commandments. 22 Take away from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept Thy testimonies. 23 Even though princes sit and talk against me, thy servant doth meditate in Thy statutes. 24 Yea, Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counsellors. 25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust; quicken Thou me according to Thy word. 26 I told of my ways, and Thou didst answer me; teach me Thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts, that I may talk of Thy wondrous works. 28 My soul melteth away for heaviness; sustain 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; Thine ordinances 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, for Thou dost enlarge my heart. 33 HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of Thy statutes; and I will keep it at every step. 34 Give me understanding, that I keep Thy law and observe it with my whole heart. 35 Make me to tread 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 pertaineth unto the fear of Thee. 39 Turn away my reproach which I dread; for Thine ordinances are good. 40 Behold, I have longed after Thy precepts; quicken me in Thy righteousness. 41 VAV. Let Thy mercies also come unto me, O LORD, even Thy salvation, according to Thy word; 42 That I may have an answer for him that taunteth me; for I trust in Thy word. 43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I hope in Thine ordinances; 44 So shall I observe Thy law continually for ever and ever; 45 And I will walk at ease, 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 ZAIN. Remember the word unto Thy servant, because Thou hast made me to hope. 50 This is my comfort in my affliction, that Thy word hath quickened me. 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not turned aside from Thy law. 52 I have remembered Thine ordinances which are of old, O LORD, and have comforted myself. 53 Burning 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, that I have kept Thy precepts. 57 HETH. My portion is the LORD, I have said that I would observe Thy words. 58 I have entreated Thy favour with my whole heart; be gracious unto me according to Thy word. 59 I considered my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and delayed not, to observe Thy commandments. 61 The bands of the wicked have enclosed me; but I have not forgotten Thy law. 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto Thee because of Thy righteous ordinances. 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 TETH. Thou hast dealt well with Thy servant, O LORD, according unto Thy word. 66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed Thy commandments. 67 Before I was afflicted, I did err; 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; but I with my whole heart will keep Thy precepts. 70 Their heart is gross like fat; but I delight in Thy law. 71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, in order 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, that I may learn Thy commandments. 74 They that fear Thee shall see me and be glad, because I have hope 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 ready to comfort me, according to Thy promise 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 put to shame, for they have distorted my cause with falsehood; but I will meditate in Thy precepts. 79 Let those that fear Thee return unto me, and they that know Thy testimonies. 80 Let my heart be undivided in Thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame. 81 CAPH. My soul pineth for Thy salvation; in Thy word do I hope. 82 Mine eyes fail for Thy word, saying: 'When wilt Thou comfort me?' 83 For I am become like a wine-skin 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, which is not according to Thy law. 86 All Thy commandments are faithful; they persecute me for nought; help Thou me. 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but as for me, I forsook not Thy precepts. 88 Quicken me after Thy lovingkindness, and I will observe the testimony of Thy mouth. 89 LAMED. For ever, O LORD, Thy word standeth fast in heaven. 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations; Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth. 91 They stand 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 to every purpose; but Thy commandment is exceeding broad. 97 MEM. O 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 mine elders, because I have keep Thy precepts. 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, in order that I might observe Thy word. 102 I have not turned aside from Thine ordinances; for Thou hast instructed me. 103 How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 From Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, to observe Thy righteous ordinances. 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 Thine ordinances. 109 My soul is continually in my hand; yet have I not forgotten 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 a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes, for ever, at every step. 113 SAMECH. I hate them that are of a double mind; but Thy law do I love. 114 Thou art my covert and my shield; in Thy word do I hope. 115 Depart from me, ye evildoers; that I may keep the commandments of my God. 116 Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope. 117 Support Thou me, and I shall be saved; and I will occupy myself with Thy statutes continually. 118 Thou hast made light of all them that err from Thy statutes; for their deceit is vain. 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross; therefore I love Thy testimonies. 120 My flesh shuddereth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments. 121 AIN. I have done justice and righteousness; 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; 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; every false way I hate. 129 PE. 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 towards me, and be gracious unto me, as is Thy wont to do unto those that love Thy name. 133 Order my footsteps by Thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134 Redeem me from the oppression of man, and I will 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 TZADE. Righteous art Thou, O LORD, and upright are Thy judgments. 138 Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness. 139 My zeal hath undone me, because mine adversaries have forgotten Thy words. 140 Thy word is tried to the uttermost, and Thy servant loveth it. 141 I am small and despised; yet have I not forgotten Thy precepts. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy law is the truth. 143 Trouble and anguish have overtaken me; yet Thy commandments are my delight. 144 Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding, and I shall live. 145 KOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD; I will keep Thy statutes. 146 I have called Thee, save me, and I will observe Thy testimonies. 147 I rose early at dawn, and cried; I hoped in Thy word. 148 Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word. 149 Hear my voice according unto Thy lovingkindness; quicken me, O LORD, as Thou art wont. 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 RESH. O see mine affliction, and rescue 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 compassions, O LORD; quicken me as Thou art wont. 157 Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; yet have I not turned aside from Thy testimonies. 158 I beheld them that were faithless, and strove with them; because they observed not Thy word. 159 O see how I love Thy precepts; quicken me, O LORD, according to Thy lovingkindness. 160 The beginning of Thy word is truth; and all Thy righteous ordinance endureth for ever. 161 SCHIN. 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; Thy law do I love. 164 Seven times a day do I praise Thee, because of Thy righteous ordinances. 165 Great peace have they that love Thy law; and there is no stumbling for them. 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 TAV. 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: because Thou teachest me Thy statutes. 172 Let my tongue sing of Thy word; for all Thy commandments are righteousness. 173 Let Thy 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 Thine ordinances help me. 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant; for I have not forgotten Thy commandments. 120 1 A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called unto the LORD, and He answered me. 2 O LORD, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, thou deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom. 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul hath full long had her dwelling with him that hateth peace. 7 I am all peace; but when I speak, they are for war. 121 1 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come? 2 My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is thy keeper; the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD shall keep thee from all evil; He shall keep thy soul. 8 The LORD shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for ever. 122 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. I rejoiced when they said unto me: 'Let us go unto the house of the LORD.' 2 Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem; 3 Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together; 4 Whither the tribes went up, even the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. 5 For there were set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say: 'Peace be within thee.' 9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. 123 1 A Song of Ascents. Unto Thee I lift up mine eyes, O Thou that art enthroned in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look unto the LORD our God, until He be gracious unto us. 3 Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; for we are full sated with contempt. 4 Our soul is full sated with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud oppressors. 124 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say; 2 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us, 3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul; 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.' 6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 125 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in the LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about His people, from this time forth and for ever. 3 For the rod of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; that the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do good, O LORD, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel. 126 1 A Song of Ascents. When the LORD brought back those that returned to Zion, we were like unto them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing; then said they among the nations: 'The LORD hath done great things with these.' 3 The LORD hath done great things with us; we are rejoiced. 4 Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the dry land. 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure of seed, he shall come home with joy, bearing his sheaves. 127 1 A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it; except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you that ye rise early, and sit up late, ye that eat the bread of toil; so He giveth unto His beloved in sleep. 3 Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD; the fruit of the womb is a reward. 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of one's youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be put to shame, when they speak with their enemies in the gate. 128 1 A Song of Ascents. Happy is every one that feareth the LORD, that walketh in His ways. 2 When thou eatest the labour of thy hands, happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of thy house; thy children like olive plants, round about thy table. 4 Behold, surely thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. 5 The LORD bless thee out of Zion; and see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life; 6 And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel! 129 1 A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say; 2 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. 4 The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.' 5 Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion. 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up; 7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.' 130 1 A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I called Thee, O LORD. 2 Lord, hearken unto my voice; let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 3 If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 For with Thee there is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope. 6 My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning. 7 O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption. 8 And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 131 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in things too great, or in things too wonderful for me. 2 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother; my soul is with me like a weaned child. 3 O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and for ever. 132 1 A Song of Ascents. LORD, remember unto David all his affliction; 2 How he swore unto the LORD, and vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob: 3 'Surely I will not come into the tent of my house, nor go up into the bed that is spread for me; 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids; 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.' 6 Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; we found it in the field of the wood. 7 Let us go into His dwelling-place; let us worship at His footstool. 8 Arise, O LORD, unto Thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength. 9 Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Thy saints shout for joy. 10 For Thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of Thine anointed. 11 The LORD swore unto David in truth; He will not turn back from it: 'Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also for ever shall sit upon thy throne.' 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation: 14 'This is My resting-place for ever; here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provision; I will give her needy bread in plenty. 16 Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 17 There will I make a horn to shoot up unto David, there have I ordered a lamp for Mine anointed. 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown shine.' 133 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard; even Aaron's beard, that cometh down upon the collar of his garments; 3 Like the dew of Hermon, that cometh down upon the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for ever. 134 1 A Song of Ascents. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, that stand in the house of the LORD in the night seasons. 2 Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD. 3 The LORD bless thee out of Zion; even He that made heaven and earth. 135 1 Hallelujah. Praise ye the name of the LORD; give praise, O ye servants of the LORD, 2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. 3 Praise ye the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praises unto His name, for it is pleasant. 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His own treasure. 5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that hath He done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps; 7 Who causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings for the rain; He bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries. 8 Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast. 9 He sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. 10 Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings: 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan; 12 And gave their land for a heritage, a heritage unto Israel His people. 13 O LORD, Thy name endureth for ever; thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. 14 For the LORD will judge His people, and repent Himself for His servants. 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them shall be like unto them; yea, every one that trusteth in them. 19 O house of Israel, bless ye the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless ye the LORD; 20 O house of Levi, bless ye the LORD; ye that fear the LORD, bless ye the LORD. 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Hallelujah. 136 1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever. 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods, for His mercy endureth for ever. 3 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords, for His mercy endureth for ever. 4 To Him who alone doeth great wonders, for His mercy endureth for ever. 5 To Him that by understanding made the heavens, for His mercy endureth for ever. 6 To Him that spread forth the earth above the waters, for His mercy endureth for ever. 7 To Him that made great lights, for His mercy endureth for ever; 8 The sun to rule by day, for His mercy endureth for ever; 9 The moon and stars to rule by night, for His mercy endureth for ever. 10 To Him that smote Egypt in their first-born, for His mercy endureth for ever; 11 And brought out Israel from among them, for His mercy endureth for ever; 12 With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, for His mercy endureth for ever. 13 To Him who divided the Red Sea in sunder, for His mercy endureth for ever; 14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for His mercy endureth for ever; 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for His mercy endureth for ever. 16 To Him that led His people through the wilderness, for His mercy endureth for ever. 17 To Him that smote great kings; for His mercy endureth for ever; 18 And slew mighty kings, for His mercy endureth for ever. 19 Sihon king of the Amorites, for His mercy endureth for ever; 20 And Og king of Bashan, for His mercy endureth for ever; 21 And gave their land for a heritage, for His mercy endureth for ever; 22 Even a heritage unto Israel His servant, for His mercy endureth for ever. 23 Who remembered us in our low estate, for His mercy endureth for ever; 24 And hath delivered us from our adversaries, for His mercy endureth for ever. 25 Who giveth food to all flesh, for His mercy endureth for ever. 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven, for His mercy endureth for ever. 137 1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps. 3 For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.' 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I set not Jerusalem above my chiefest joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said: 'Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.' 8 O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that repayeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock. 138 1 A Psalm of David. I will give Thee thanks with my whole heart, in the presence of the mighty will I sing praises unto Thee. 2 I will bow down toward Thy holy temple, and give thanks unto Thy name for Thy mercy and for Thy truth; for Thou hast magnified Thy word above all Thy name. 3 In the day that I called, Thou didst answer me; Thou didst encourage me in my soul with strength. 4 All the kings of the earth shall give Thee thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of Thy mouth. 5 Yea, they shall sing of the ways of the LORD; for great is the glory of the LORD. 6 For though the LORD be high, yet regardeth He the lowly, and the haughty He knoweth from afar. 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou quickenest me; Thou stretchest forth Thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand doth save me. 8 The LORD will accomplish that which concerneth me; Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever; forsake not the work of Thine own hands. 139 1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it. 7 Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there would Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand would hold me. 11 And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night'; 12 Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light. 13 For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 15 My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written - even the days that were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 17 How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee. 19 If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God - depart from me therefore, ye men of blood; 20 Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies - 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee? 22 I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts; 24 And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in the way everlasting. 140 1 (140:1) For the Leader. A Psalm of David. (140:2) Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man; 2 (140:3) Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars. 3 (140:4) They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips. Selah 4 (140:5) Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to make my steps slip. 5 (140:6) The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah 6 (140:7) I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my God'; give ear, O LORD, unto the voice of my supplications. 7 (140:8) O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, who hast screened my head in the day of battle, 8 (140:9) Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. Selah 9 (140:10) As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 (140:11) Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11 (140:12) A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust. 12 (140:13) I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy. 13 (140:14) Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto Thy name; the upright shall dwell in Thy presence. 141 1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I have called Thee; make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto Thee. 2 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before Thee, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 3 Set a guard, O LORD, to my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties. 5 Let the righteous smite me in kindness, and correct me; oil so choice let not my head refuse; for still is my prayer because of their wickedness. 6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock; and they shall hear my words, that they are sweet. 7 As when one cleaveth and breaketh up the earth, our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth. 8 For mine eyes are unto Thee, O GOD the Lord; in Thee have I taken refuge, O pour not out my soul. 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the gins of the workers of iniquity. 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I withal escape. 142 1 (142:1) Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer. (142:2) With my voice I cry unto the LORD; with my voice I make supplication unto the LORD. 2 (142:3) I pour out my complaint before Him, I declare before Him my trouble; 3 (142:4) When my spirit fainteth within me - Thou knowest my path - in the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me. 4 (142:5) Look on my right hand, and see, for there is no man that knoweth me; I have no way to flee; no man careth for my soul. 5 (142:6) I have cried unto Thee, O LORD; I have said: 'Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.' 6 (142:7) Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me. 7 (142:8) Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto Thy name; the righteous shall crown themselves because of me; for Thou wilt deal bountifully with me. 143 1 A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer, give ear to my supplications; in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with Thy servant; for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath crushed my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 4 And my spirit fainteth within me; my heart within me is appalled. 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy doing; I muse on the work of Thy hands. 6 I spread forth my hands unto Thee; my soul thirsteth after Thee, as a weary land. Selah 7 Answer me speedily, O LORD, my spirit faileth; hide not Thy face from me; lest I become like them that go down into the pit. 8 Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning, for in Thee do I trust; cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for unto Thee have I lifted up my soul. 9 Deliver me from mine enemies, O LORD; with Thee have I hidden myself. 10 Teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God; let Thy good spirit lead me in an even land. 11 For Thy name's sake, O LORD, quicken me; in Thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. 12 And in Thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that harass my soul; for I am Thy servant. 144 1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my Rock, who traineth my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; 2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I take refuge; who subdueth my people under me. 3 LORD, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him? 4 Man is like unto a breath; his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 O LORD, bow Thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. 6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them. 7 Stretch forth Thy hands from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of many waters, out of the hand of strangers; 8 Whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying. 9 O God, I will sing a new song unto Thee, upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto Thee; 10 Who givest salvation unto kings, who rescuest David Thy servant from the hurtful sword. 11 Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of strangers, whose mouth speaketh falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of lying. 12 We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace; 13 Whose garners are full, affording all manner of store; whose sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our fields; 14 Whose oxen are well laden; with no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our broad places; 15 Happy is the people that is in such a case. Yea, happy is the people whose God is the LORD. 145 1 A Psalm of praise; of David. I will extol Thee, my God, O King; and I will bless Thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless Thee; and I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable. 4 One generation shall laud Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts. 5 The glorious splendour of Thy majesty, and Thy wondrous works, will I rehearse. 6 And men shall speak of the might of Thy tremendous acts; and I will tell of Thy greatness. 7 They shall utter the fame of Thy great goodness, and shall sing of Thy righteousness. 8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 9 The LORD is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works. 10 All Thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; and Thy saints shall bless Thee. 11 They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy might; 12 To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glory of the majesty of His kingdom. 13 Thy kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and Thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. 14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that are bowed down. 15 The eyes of all wait for Thee, and Thou givest them their food in due season. 16 Thou openest Thy hand, and satisfiest every living thing with favour. 17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways, and gracious in all His works. 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him; He also will hear their cry, and will save them. 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love Him; but all the wicked will He destroy. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD; and let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever. 146 1 Hallelujah. Praise the LORD, O my soul. 2 I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his dust; in that very day his thoughts perish. 5 Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, 6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; who keepeth truth for ever; 7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed; who giveth bread to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners; 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous; 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked He maketh crooked. 10 The LORD will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah. 147 1 Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely. 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem, He gathereth together the dispersed of Israel; 3 Who healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 4 He counteth the number of the stars; He giveth them all their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. 6 The LORD upholdeth the humble; He bringeth the wicked down to the ground. 7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving, sing praises upon the harp unto our God; 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh the mountains to spring with grass. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse; He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that wait for His mercy. 12 Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. 13 For He hath made strong the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee. 14 He maketh thy borders peace; He giveth thee in plenty the fat of wheat. 15 He sendeth out His commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly. 16 He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? 18 He sendeth forth His word, and melteth them; He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow. 19 He declareth His word unto Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; and as for His ordinances, they have not known them. Hallelujah. 148 1 Hallelujah. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the heights. 2 Praise ye Him, all His angels; praise ye Him, all His hosts. 3 Praise ye Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all ye stars of light. 4 Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD; for He commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also established them for ever and ever; He hath made a decree which shall not be transgressed. 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps; 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word; 9 Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars; 10 Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl; 11 Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all judges of the earth; 12 Both young men and maidens, old men and children; 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven. 14 And He hath lifted up a horn for His people, a praise for all His saints, even for the children of Israel, a people near unto Him. Hallelujah. 149 1 Hallelujah. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and His praise in the assembly of the saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 3 Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people; He adorneth the humble with salvation. 5 Let the saints exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their beds. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, and chastisements upon the peoples; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written; He is the glory of all His saints. Hallelujah. 150 1 Hallelujah. Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the firmament of His power. 2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to His abundant greatness. 3 Praise Him with the blast of the horn; praise Him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe. 5 Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals; praise Him with the clanging cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Hallelujah.