Psalms 78:20-150:6 Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed: shall he also be able to give bread? or can he provide flesh for his people?

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed: shall he also be able to give bread? or can he provide flesh for his people? ²¹ Therefore, when the Lord heard this, he became wroth: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also ascended against Israel, ²² Because they had not believed in God, and had not trusted in his salvation. ²³ Then he ordained the skies from above, and the doors of heaven he opened; ²⁴ And he let rain down upon them manna to eat, and the corn of heaven gave he unto them. ²⁵ Angels’ bread did man eat: he sent them provision to satisfaction. ²⁶ He caused an east wind to pass along the heavens; and he led forth by his strength the south wind. ²⁷ And he let rain upon them flesh as plentiful as the dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea; ²⁸ And he let them fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. ²⁹ And they ate, and were greatly satisfied, and what they longed for he brought unto them. ³⁰ They were not estranged from their longing, yet was their food in their mouth: ³¹ When the wrath of God ascended against them, and he slew some of the fattest of them, and the young men of Israel did he strike down. ³² With all this they sinned again, and believed not in his wonders. ³³ Therefore he caused their days to come to an end in nought, and their years in dread. ³⁴ When he slew them, then did they seek him, and they returned and inquired earnestly after God. ³⁵ And they remembered that God was their rock, and the most high God their redeemer. ³⁶ Nevertheless they prayed insincerely to him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto him. ³⁷ For their heart was not firm with him, and they were not faithful in his covenant. ³⁸ But he, being merciful, forgave the iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not awaken all his fury. ³⁹ And he remembered that they are but flesh, a spirit that passeth away, and returneth not again. ⁴⁰ How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, grieve him in the desert! ⁴¹ Yea, they once more tempted God, and set limits to the Holy One of Israel. ⁴² They remembered not his hand, the day when he ransomed them from the adversary; ⁴³ When he displayed in Egypt his signs, and his wonderful tokens in the fields of Zo’an. ⁴⁴ And he changed their rivers into blood; and their running streams, that they could not drink of them. ⁴⁵ He sent out among them various wild beasts, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. ⁴⁶ And he gave unto the cricket their products, and their labor unto the locust. ⁴⁷ He slew with hail their vines, and their sycamore-trees with ice-bolts. ⁴⁸ And he surrendered to the hail their cattle, and their herds to the lightning’s flashes. ⁴⁹ He let loose against them the fierceness of his anger, wrath and indignation, and distress, a host of angels of misfortune. ⁵⁰ He leveled a path for his anger; he withheld not from death their soul, and their life he surrendered to the pestilence; ⁵¹ And he smote all the first-born in Egypt; the first of their strength in the tents of Ham; ⁵² But he caused his own people to depart like flocks, and guided them like a drove in the wilderness. ⁵³ And he led them in safety, so that they felt no dread; but the sea covered over their enemies. ⁵⁴ And he brought them to his holy territory, even to this mount, which his right hand had acquired. ⁵⁵ And he drove out from before them nations, and divided them by the measuring-line as an inheritance, and he caused to dwell in their tents the tribes of Israel. ⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and rebelled against the most high God, and his testimonies they kept not; ⁵⁷ But swerved aside, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers; they turned about like a deceitful bow. ⁵⁸ And they provoked him to anger with their high-places, and with their graven images they moved him to jealousy. ⁵⁹ God heard this, and he became wroth, and felt greatly disgusted with Israel; ⁶⁰ And he cast off the dwelling at Shiloh, the tabernacle where he had dwelt among men; ⁶¹ And he gave up his strength unto captivity, and his glory into the adversary’s hand. ⁶² And he surrendered his people unto the sword; and with his inheritance was he wroth. ⁶³ His young men the fire devoured; and his virgins were not demanded in marriage. ⁶⁴ His priests fell by the sword; and his widows did not weep. ⁶⁵ Then awoke the Lord as one that sleepeth, like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. ⁶⁶ And he smote his enemies backward: a perpetual disgrace on them. ⁶⁷ Yet was he disgusted with the tent of Joseph, and of the tribe of Ephraim he made not choice; ⁶⁸ But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. ⁶⁹ And he built like high mountains his sanctuary, like the earth which he hath founded for ever. ⁷⁰ And he made choice of David his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds: ⁷¹ From following the ewes with young he brought him, to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. ⁷² And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and by the skilfulness of his hands did he lead them. ⁷⁹ ¹ A psalm of Assaph. O God! nations have entered into thy heritage; they have profaned thy holy temple; they have rendered Jerusalem heaps of ruins. ² They have given the dead bodies of thy servants as food unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy pious ones unto the beasts of the earth. ³ They have shed their blood like water all round about Jerusalem: and there is no one to bury them. ⁴ We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those that are round about us. ⁵ How long, Lord? wilt thou be indignant for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? ⁶ Pour out thy fury over the nations that acknowledge thee not, and over the kingdoms that have not called on thy name. ⁷ For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling-place. ⁸ Oh remember not against us the iniquities of our fathers: make haste, let thy mercies come to our aid; for we are very miserable. ⁹ Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and atone for our sins, for the sake of thy name. ¹⁰ Wherefore shall the nations say, Where is their God? let there be made known among the nations before our eyes, the vengeance for the blood of thy servants which hath been shed. ¹¹ Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: according to the greatness of thy almighty power preserve thou those that are doomed to death; ¹² And recompense unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their defiance wherewith they have defied thee, O Lord. ¹³ But we thy people and the flock of thy pasture will give thanks unto thee for ever: from generation to generation will we relate thy praise. ⁸⁰ ¹ To the chief musician upon Shoshannim; an ‘Eduth by Assaph; a psalm. ^(80:2) O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. ² ^(80:3) Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Menasseh awaken thy might, and come to our help. ³ ^(80:4) O God, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved. ⁴ ^(80:5) O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke against the prayer of thy people? ⁵ ^(80:6) Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in great measure. ⁶ ^(80:7) Thou renderest us a contest unto our neighbors: and our enemies hold derision among themselves. ⁷ ^(80:8) O God of hosts, cause us to return, and let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved. ⁸ ^(80:9) A vine didst thou remove out of Egypt: thou drovest out nations, and plantedst it. ⁹ ^(80:10) Thou didst clear out a place before it, and it struck its root deeply, and it filled the land. ¹⁰ ^(80:11) Mountains were covered with its shadow, and with its boughs the cedars of God. ¹¹ ^(80:12) It sent out its tendrils as far as the sea, and unto the river its suckers. ¹² ^(80:13) Wherefore hast thou now broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way pluck the fruit from it? ¹³ ^(80:14) The boar out of the forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it. ¹⁴ ^(80:15) O God of hosts, return; I pray thee, look down from heaven, and behold, and think of this vine; ¹⁵ ^(80:16) And of the sprout which thy right hand hath planted, and of the branch that thou hast made strong for thyself. ¹⁶ ^(80:17) It is burnt with fire, it is hewn down; because of the rebuke of thy countenance do they perish. ¹⁷ ^(80:18) Let thy hand be over the man of thy right hand, over the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself. ¹⁸ ^(80:19) Then will we not swerve from thee: revive us again, and we will call on thy name. ¹⁹ ^(80:20) O Lord God of hosts, cause us to return: let thy countenance shine, that we may be saved. ⁸¹ ¹ To the chief musician upon Gittith; by Assaph. ^(81:2) Sing aloud unto God our strength: shout joyfully unto the God of Jacob. ² ^(81:3) Lift up psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. ³ ^(81:4) Blow on the new moon the cornet, at the time appointed, on the day of our feast. ⁴ ^(81:5) For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance by the God of Jacob. ⁵ ^(81:6) As a testimony in Joseph did he ordain it, when he went out over the land of Egypt. The language of one I had not known did I hear. ⁶ ^(81:7) I removed from the burden his shoulder: his hands left behind the burden-basket. ⁷ ^(81:8) In distress thou didst call, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. ⁸ ^(81:9) Hear, O my people, and I will give warning unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldst but hearken unto me! ⁹ ^(81:10) There shall not be among thee a foreign God; nor shalt thou bow thyself down to any strange God. ¹⁰ ^(81:11) I am the Lord thy God, who have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open wide thy mouth, and I will fill it. ¹¹ ^(81:12) But my people did not hearken to my voice; and Israel was not willing to follow me. ¹² ^(81:13) So I let them go in the stubbornness of their own hearts: and they walked 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) In a little while would I subdue their enemies, and against their adversaries would I turn my hand. ¹⁵ ^(81:16) The haters of the Lord should offer flattery unto him; but their time should endure for ever. ¹⁶ ^(81:17) And he would feed him with the best of wheat: and out of the rock would I satisfy thee with honey. ⁸² ¹ A psalm of Assaph. God standeth in the congregation of God, in the midst of judges doth he judge. ² How long will ye judge unjustly, and treat with favor the face of the wicked? Selah. ³ Judge uprightly the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and indigent. ⁴ Release the poor and needy: deliver them out of the power of the wicked. ⁵ They know not, nor will they understand; in darkness do they walk on: all the foundations of the earth are moved. ⁶ I have indeed said, Ye are gods; and children of the most High are all of you. ⁷ But verily like men shall ye die, and like one of the princes shall ye fall. ⁸ Arise, O God, judge the earth; for thou wilt possess all the nations. ⁸³ ¹ A song or psalm of Assaph. ^(83:2) O God, take no rest for thyself: be not silent and keep not still, O God! ² ^(83:3) For, lo, thy enemies make a tumult, and they that hate thee have lifted up their head. ³ ^(83:4) Against thy people they take crafty secret device, and they consult against those whom thou protectest. ⁴ ^(83:5) They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; and the name of Israel shall be remembered no more. ⁵ ^(83:6) For they have consulted cordially together; against thee they make a covenant: ⁶ ^(83:7) The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites: Moab, and the Hagarenes; ⁷ ^(83:8) Gebal, and ‘Ammon, and ‘Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; ⁸ ^(83:9) Also Asshur is joined with them; they have become an arm unto the children of Lot. Selah. ⁹ ^(83:10) Do unto them as unto Midian; as to Sissera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon: ¹⁰ ^(83:11) Who were annihilated at ‘En-dor; they became as dung for the ground. ¹¹ ^(83:12) Render them, their nobles, like ‘Oreb, and like Zeeb; yea, like Zebach and like Zalmunna’ all their princes; ¹² ^(83:13) Who said, Let us conquer for ourselves the dwellings of God, ¹³ ^(83:14) O my God, render them like the thistle-down, like stubble before the wind. ¹⁴ ^(83:15) As the fire burneth up a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire: ¹⁵ ^(83:16) So pursue them with thy storm, and with thy whirlwind do thou terrify them. ¹⁶ ^(83:17) Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Lord! ¹⁷ ^(83:18) Let them be made ashamed and terrified for ever and aye; yea, let them be put to the blush and perish: ¹⁸ ^(83:19) That they may know that thou, whose name is the Eternal, art by thyself alone, the Most High over all the earth. ⁸⁴ ¹ To the chief musician upon Gittith, by the sons of Korach, a psalm. ^(84:2) How lovely are thy dwelling-places, O Lord of hosts! ² ^(84:3) My soul desired, yea, it also longed for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh shout with joy unto the living God. ³ ^(84:4) Even as the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young:—have I found thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. ⁴ ^(84:5) Happy are they who dwell in thy house: they will be continually praising thee. Selah. ⁵ ^(84:6) Happy is the man whose strong confidence is in thee, all whose heart reflecteth on the paths of righteousness. ⁶ ^(84:7) Passing through the valley of weeping, they will change it into a spring: also the early rain covereth it with blessings. ⁷ ^(84:8) They go from strength to strength, each 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) Thou, our shield, behold, O God, and look upon the face of thy anointed. ¹⁰ ^(84:11) For better is a day in thy courts than a thousand elsewhere: I would rather choose to wait at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. ¹¹ ^(84:12) For a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity. ¹² ^(84:13) O Lord of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in thee. ⁸⁵ ¹ To the chief musician, by the sons of Korach, a psalm. ^(85:2) Thou hast been favorable, O Lord, unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. ² ^(85:3) Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people: thou hast covered over all their sin. Selah. ³ ^(85:4) Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast relinquished the fierceness of thy anger. ⁴ ^(85:5) Return to us, O God of our salvation, and cause thy ill-will toward us to cease. ⁵ ^(85:6) Wilt thou be wroth with us for ever? wilt thou extend thy anger from generation to generation? ⁶ ^(85:7) Wilt thou not now revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? ⁷ ^(85:8) Show us thy kindness, 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 pious ones: only let them not turn again to folly. ⁹ ^(85:10) Surely, nigh is his salvation unto those that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land. ¹⁰ ^(85:11) Kindness and truth are met together: righteousness and peace kiss each other. ¹¹ ^(85:12) Truth will grow up out of the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven. ¹² ^(85:13) Yea, the Lord will also give the good, and our land will yield its products. ¹³ ^(85:14) Righteousness will walk firmly before him, and will make level the way by its steps. ⁸⁶ ¹ A prayer of David. Incline, O Lord, thy ear, answer me; for poor and needy am I. ² Preserve my soul; for I am pious: help thy servant, O thou my God, that trusteth in thee. ³ Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee I call all the time. ⁴ Cause to rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift my soul. ⁵ For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness unto all that call on thee. ⁶ Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications. ⁷ On the day of my distress will I call on thee; for thou wilt answer me. ⁸ There is none like unto thee among the Gods, O Lord; and there is nothing like thy works. ⁹ All the nations whom thou hast made shall come and bow themselves down before thee, O Lord; and they shall ascribe honor unto thy name. ¹⁰ For great art thou, and doing wondrous things: thou art God by thyself alone. ¹¹ Teach me, O Lord, thy way; I will walk firmly in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. ¹² I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will honor thy name for evermore. ¹³ For thy kindness is great toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the grave of the lower world. ¹⁴ O God, the presumptuous are risen up against me, and the assembly of the powerful wicked have sought after my life, and have not set thee before them. ¹⁵ But thou, O Lord, art God, full of mercy, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in kindness and truth. ¹⁶ Oh turn unto me, and be gracious unto me: give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid. ¹⁷ Display on me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be ashamed; because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me. ⁸⁷ ¹ By the sons of Korach; a psalm or song. It is founded by him on 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 those that know me; behold, here is Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: “This man was born there.” ⁵ But of Zion will it be said, “This and that man were born in her:” and the Most High himself doth establish her. ⁶ The Lord will number when he writeth down nations. “This man was born there.” Selah. ⁷ And the singers as well as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs of joy are in thee. ⁸⁸ ¹ A song or psalm of the sons of Korach, to the chief musician upon Machalath-le’annoth, a Maskil of Heman the Ezrachite. ^(88:2) O Lord the God of my salvation, by day do I cry, and at night I am before thee. ² ^(88:3) Let my prayer come unto thy presence; incline thy ear unto my entreaty. ³ ^(88:4) For my soul is sated with troubles; and my life draweth nigh unto the nether world. ⁴ ^(88:5) I am counted with those that descend into the pit; I am become as a man without vigor: ⁵ ^(88:6) Free among the dead, like the slain that dwell in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more; and those that are cut off by thy hand. ⁶ ^(88:7) Thou hast laid me in the pit of the lower world, in darkness, in the depths. ⁷ ^(88:8) Upon me lieth heavily thy fury, and with all thy billows hast thou afflicted me. Selah. ⁸ ^(88:9) Thou hast removed my acquaintances far from me; thou hast rendered me an abomination unto them: I am imprisoned, and I cannot go forth. ⁹ ^(88:10) My eye languisheth by reason of affliction: I call on thee, O Lord, every day, I stretch out unto thee my hands. ¹⁰ ^(88:11) Wilt thou display wonders to the dead? shall the departed arise and thank thee? Selah. ¹¹ ^(88:12) Shall thy kindness be related in the grave? thy faithfulness in the place of corruption? ¹² ^(88:13) Shall thy wonders be acknowledged in the darkness? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? ¹³ ^(88:14) Yet I cry indeed aloud unto thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee. ¹⁴ ^(88:15) Why, O Lord, wilt thou cast off my soul? why wilt thou hide thy face from me? ¹⁵ ^(88:16) I am afflicted and perishing from my youth up: I bear thy terrors, I am distracted. ¹⁶ ^(88:17) Over me have the fires of thy wrath passed; thy terrors have destroyed me; ¹⁷ ^(88:18) They encompass me like water all the time; they have closed in round about me together. ¹⁸ ^(88:19) Thou hast removed far from me lover and friend, my acquaintances are in darkness. ⁸⁹ ¹ A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrachite. ^(89:2) The kindnesses of the Lord will I for ever sing: from generation to generation will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth. ² ^(89:3) For I have said, To eternity will kindness be built up: the heavens—yea, in these wilt thou establish thy faithfulness. ³ ^(89:4) “I have made a covenant with my elect, I have sworn unto David my servant, ⁴ ^(89:5) Unto eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne, from generation to generation.” Selah. ⁵ ^(89:6) And the heavens praise thy wonder, O Lord: also thy faithfulness in the assembly of holy ones. ⁶ ^(89:7) For who in the sky can be compared unto the Lord? who can be likened unto the Lord among the sons of the mighty? ⁷ ^(89:8) God is greatly terrific in the secret council of the holy ones and fear-inspiring over all that are about him. ⁸ ^(89:9) O Lord God of hosts, who is powerful, like thee, Eternal! and thy faithfulness is round about thee. ⁹ ^(89:10) Thou rulest over the pride of the sea: when its waves are lifted up, thou assuagest them. ¹⁰ ^(89:11) Thou didst crush Rahab as one that is slain: with thy strong arm didst thou scatter thy enemies. ¹¹ ^(89:12) Thine are the heavens, also thine is the earth: as for the world and what filleth it, thou hast founded them. ¹² ^(89:13) The north and the south—these hast thou created: Tabor and Chermon shall rejoice in thy name. ¹³ ^(89:14) Thine is the powerful arm, with might: strong is thy hand, and exalted is thy right hand. ¹⁴ ^(89:15) Righteousness and justice are the prop of thy throne: kindness and truth precede thy presence. ¹⁵ ^(89:16) Happy is the people that know the cornet’s sound: O Lord, in the light of thy countenance will they ever walk firmly. ¹⁶ ^(89:17) In thy name will they be glad all the day, and in thy righteousness will they be exalted. ¹⁷ ^(89:18) For thou art the glory of their strength; and through thy favor will our horn be exalted. ¹⁸ ^(89:19) For of the Lord is our shield; and of the Holy One of Israel is our king. ¹⁹ ^(89:20) Then spokest thou in a vision to thy pious servant, and saidst, “I have bestowed help to one that is mighty; I have exalted a youth 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 firmly established; also my arm shall strengthen him; ²² ^(89:23) The enemy shall not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him: ²³ ^(89:24) And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague. ²⁴ ^(89:25) But my faithfulness and my kindness shall be with him: and through my name shall his horn be exalted. ²⁵ ^(89:26) And I will place on the sea his hand, and on the rivers his right hand. ²⁶ ^(89:27) He will call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. ²⁷ ^(89:28) Also I will appoint my first-born, the highest among the kings of the earth. ²⁸ ^(89:29) For evermore will I keep for him my kindness, and my covenant shall stand faithfully with him. ²⁹ ^(89:30) And I appoint for ever his seed, and his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰ ^(89:31) If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances; ³¹ ^(89:32) If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments: ³² ^(89:33) Then will I visit with the rod their transgressions, and with plagues their iniquity. ³³ ^(89:34) Nevertheless my kindness will I not make utterly void from him, and I will not act falsely against my faithfulness. ³⁴ ^(89:35) I will not profane my covenant, and what is gone out of my lips will I not alter. ³⁵ ^(89:36) One thing have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie unto David. ³⁶ ^(89:37) His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me. ³⁷ ^(89:38) Like the moon shall it be firmly established for ever, and as this faithful witness in the sky.” Selah. ³⁸ ^(89:39) And yet thou hast east off and despised, thou hast become wroth with thy anointed. ³⁹ ^(89:40) Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned, down to the ground, his crown. ⁴⁰ ^(89:41) Thou hast broken down all his fences: thou hast brought his strong-holds to terror. ⁴¹ ^(89:42) All that pass by the way plunder him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors. ⁴² ^(89:43) Thou hast raised up the right hand of his assailants: thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice. ⁴³ ^(89:44) Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not let him stand erect in the battle. ⁴⁴ ^(89:45) Thou hast made his brilliancy cease; and his throne hast thou thrown down to the ground. ⁴⁵ ^(89:46) Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. Selah. ⁴⁶ ^(89:47) How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire? ⁴⁷ ^(89:48) Remember what I am, what my duration is here, for what nothingness thou hast created all sons of men! ⁴⁸ ^(89:49) What man is there that can live, and shall not see death? that can deliver his soul from the power of the nether word? Selah. ⁴⁹ ^(89:50) Where are thy former kindnesses, O Lord, which thou hast sworn unto David by thy truth? ⁵⁰ ^(89:51) Remember, Lord, the disgrace of thy servants; that I bear in my bosom the burden of all the many nations; ⁵¹ ^(89:52) That thy enemies have defied, O Lord; that they have defied the footsteps of thy anointed. ⁵² ^(89:53) Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen. ⁹⁰ ¹ BOOK FOURTH: A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, a place of refuge hast thou been unto us in all generations. ² Before yet the mountains were brought forth, or thou hadst ever produced 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 are in thy eyes but as the 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 grow like the grass which changeth. ⁶ In the morning it blossometh, and is changed: in the evening it is mowed off, and withereth. ⁷ For thus are we consumed by thy anger, and by thy fury are we terrified. ⁸ Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we consume our years like a word that is spoken. ¹⁰ The days of our years in this life are seventy years; and if by uncommon vigor they be eighty, yet is their greatness trouble and mishap; for it soon hasteneth off, and we fly away. ¹¹ Who knoweth the strength of thy anger, and thy wrath which is like the fear of thee? ¹² Let us then know how to number our days, that we may obtain a heart endowed with wisdom. ¹³ Return, O Lord, how long yet? and bethink thee concerning thy servants. ¹⁴ O satisfy us in the morning with thy kindness, that we may be glad and rejoice throughout all our days. ¹⁵ Cause us to rejoice as many days as those wherein thou hast afflicted us, the years wherein we have seen unhappiness. ¹⁶ Let thy act be visible on thy servants, and thy majesty over their children. ¹⁷ And may the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us; and the work of our hands do thou firmly establish upon us: yea, the work of our hands—firmly establish thou it. ⁹¹ ¹ He who sitteth under the secret protection of the Most High, shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty. ² I will say of the Lord, who is my refuge and my stronghold, my God, in whom I ever trust, ³ That he will surely deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the pestilence of destruction. ⁴ With his pinions will he cover thee, and under his wings shalt thou find shelter: shield and buckler is his truth. ⁵ Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night; nor of the arrow that flieth by day; ⁶ Nor of the pestilence that stalketh in darkness; nor of the deadly disease that wasteth at noonday. ⁷ There shall fall at thy side a thousand, and ten thousand at thy right hand; unto thee however shall it not come nigh. ⁸ Only with thy eyes shalt thou behold it, and see the recompense of the wicked. ⁹ Because thou hast said, The Lord is my protection, the Most High hast thou made thy refuge: ¹⁰ No evil shall befall thee, nor shall any plague come nigh unto thy tent. ¹¹ For his angels will he give charge concerning thee, to guard thee on all thy ways. ¹² Upon their hands shall they bear thee, that thou mayest not dash against a stone thy foot. ¹³ Upon the fierce lion and asp shalt thou tread: thou shalt trample under foot the young lion and serpent. ¹⁴ Because he hath fixed his desire upon me, therefore will I release him: I will set him on high, because he knoweth my name. ¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him: with him will I be in distress; I will deliver him, and grant him honor. ¹⁶ With length of days will I satisfy him, and I will let him see my salvation. ⁹² ¹ A psalm or 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 tell in the morning of thy kindness, and of thy faithfulness in the nights. ³ ^(92:4) Upon a ten-stringed instrument, and upon the psaltery; and with the sweet sound of the harp. ⁴ ^(92:5) For thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Lord, through thy doing: because of the works of thy hands will I triumph. ⁵ ^(92:6) How great are thy works, O Lord! exceedingly profound are thy thoughts. ⁶ ^(92:7) A brutish man knoweth it not, and a fool cannot understand this. ⁷ ^(92:8) When the wicked spring up like herbs, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish; it is that they may be destroyed evermore. ⁸ ^(92:9) But thou art exalted to eternity, O Lord! ⁹ ^(92:10) For, lo, thy enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thy enemies shall perish: all the workers of wickedness shall be scattered. ¹⁰ ^(92:11) But thou exaltest my horn like that of a reem: I am anointed with fresh oil. ¹¹ ^(92:12) And my eye looketh on the punishment of those that regard me with envy: of the evildoers that rise up against me my ears shall bear it. ¹² ^(92:13) The righteous shall spring up like the palm-tree: like a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow high. ¹³ ^(92:14) Planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God shall they spring up. ¹⁴ ^(92:15) They shall still flourish in high old age; they shall be vigorous and covered with foliage; ¹⁵ ^(92:16) To declare that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no faultiness in him. ⁹³ ¹ The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with excellency; the Lord is clothed, he hath girded himself with strength: therefore also the world is firmly established, that it cannot be moved. ² Firmly established is thy throne from the beginning: from everlasting art thou God. ³ The rivers have lifted up, O Lord, the rivers have lifted up their voice; the rivers lift up their waves. ⁴ But more than the noise of great waters, than the mighty billows of the sea, is the Lord excellent on high. ⁵ Thy testimonies are exceedingly steadfast: in thy house abideth holiness, O Lord! to the utmost length of days. ⁹⁴ ¹ O God, of vengeance, Lord! O God of vengeance, shine forth. ² Lift up thyself, O judge of the Earth! bring a recompense upon the proud. ³ How long shall the wicked, O Lord—how long shall the wicked exult? ⁴ They sputter, they speak hard things: all the workers of wickedness boast themselves. ⁵ Thy people, O Lord! they crush, and thy heritage they afflict. ⁶ The widow and the stranger they slay, and the fatherless they murder. ⁷ And they say, The Lord will not see, and the God of Jacob will not take notice of it. ⁸ Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent! ⁹ He that hath planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that hath formed the eye, shall he not see? ¹⁰ He that admonisheth nations, shall he not correct? is it not he that teacheth man knowledge! ¹¹ The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought. ¹² Happy is the man whom thou admonisheth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law: ¹³ That thou mayest grant him repose from the days of evil, until the pot be dug for the wicked. ¹⁴ For the Lord will not cast off his people, and his inheritance will he not forsake. ¹⁵ For unto righteousness will justice return; and it shall be followed by all the upright in heart. ¹⁶ Who will rise up for me against evil-doers? or who will stand forward for me against the workers of wickedness? ¹⁷ Unless the Lord had been a help unto me, but a little would have been wanting that my soul had dwelt in the silence of death. ¹⁸ When I said, My foot hath slipped: thy kindness, O Lord, sustained me. ¹⁹ In the multitude of my painful thoughts within me, thy consolations delight my soul. ²⁰ Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law? ²¹ They band themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and innocent blood do they condemn. ²² But the Lord is become my defence, and my God, the rock of my refuge. ²³ And he will bring back upon them their own injustice, and in their own wickedness will he destroy them: yea, he will destroy them—the Lord our God. ⁹⁵ ¹ O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. ² Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and shout joyfully unto him with psalms. ³ For a great God is the Lord, and a great King above all Gods; ⁴ In whose hand are the deep places of the earth; and whose are the heights of mountains; ⁵ Whose is the sea, and who hath made it; and whose hands have formed the dry land. ⁶ Oh come, let us prostrate ourselves and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. ⁷ For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the flock of his hand: yea, this day, if ye will hearken to his voice, ⁸ Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as on the day of the temptation in the wilderness: ⁹ When your fathers tempted me, proved me, although they had seen my doing. ¹⁰ Forty years long did I feel loathing on that generation, and I said, It is a people of an erring heart; and they truly acknowledged not my ways: ¹¹ So that I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest. ⁹⁶ ¹ Oh sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the lands. ² Sing unto the Lord, bless his name: announce from day to day his salvation. ³ Relate among the nations his honor, among all the people his wonders. ⁴ For the Lord is great, and greatly praised: he is to be feared above all gods. ⁵ For all the gods of the nations are idols; but the Lord hath made the heavens. ⁶ Glory and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. ⁷ Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye families of the people, ascribe unto the Lord honor and strength. ⁸ Ascribe unto the Lord the honor due unto his name: bear hither a present, and come unto his courts. ⁹ Bow down unto the Lord in the beauty of holiness: tremble before him, all ye lands. ¹⁰ Say among the nations, “The Lord reigneth;” therefore also the world is ever firmly established that it shall hot be moved: he will judge the people in equity. ¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad: let the sea roar, with all that filleth it. ¹² Let the field exult, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy, ¹³ Before the Lord; for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and people in his truth. ⁹⁷ ¹ The Lord reigneth: let the earth be glad; let the multitude of isles rejoice. ² Clouds and thick darkness are round about him: righteousness and justice are the support of his throne. ³ A fire goeth before him, and burneth up round about his adversaries. ⁴ His lightnings give light to the world: the earth seeth it, and trembleth. ⁵ The mountains melt away like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of all the earth. ⁶ The heavens tell of his righteousness, and all the people his glory. ⁷ Made ashamed shall be all that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: unto him bow down all the gods. ⁸ Zion heareth it, and rejoiceth; and glad are the daughters of Judah, because of thy decrees, O Lord. ⁹ For thou, O Lord, art the most high above all the earth: thou art greatly exalted above all gods. ¹⁰ Ye that love the Lord, hate ye the evil: he preserveth the souls of his pious ones; out of the hand of the wicked he ever delivereth them. ¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. ¹² Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord, and give thanks to his holy memorial. ⁹⁸ ¹ A psalm. Oh sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done wonderful things: his right hand and his holy arm have gotten him the victory. ² The Lord hath made known his salvation: before the eyes of the nations hath he revealed his righteousness. ³ He hath remembered his kindness and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. ⁴ Shout joyfully unto the Lord, all the lands: break forth, and rejoice, and sing praises. ⁵ Sing praises unto the Lord with the harp,—with the harp, and the voice of psalmody. ⁶ With trumpets and the sound of cornet shout joyfully before the King, the Lord. ⁷ Let the sea roar, with all that filleth it; the world, with those that dwell therein. ⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains be joyful together, ⁹ Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and people with equity. ⁹⁹ ¹ The Lord reigneth; people tremble: he sitteth enthroned over the cherubim; the earth is moved. ² The Lord is great in Zion; and he is exalted above all the people. ³ They will give thanks to thy name, great, and terrible, and holy it is. ⁴ And to the power of the king who loveth justice and righteousness hast thou truly executed in Jacob. ⁵ Exalt ye the Lord our God, and bow yourselves down before his footstool: he is holy.— ⁶ Moses and Aaron were among his priests, and Samuel among those that call on his name; they called on the Lord, and he answered them. ⁷ In the pillar of cloud he used to speak unto them: they kept his testimonies, and the statutes which he had given unto them. ⁸ O Lord, our God, thou didst answer them: thou wast a forgiving God unto them, yet also an avenger for their wrong doings. ⁹ Exalt the Lord our God, and bow yourselves down before his holy mount; for holy is the Lord our God. ¹⁰⁰ ¹ A psalm of thanksgiving. Shout joyfully unto the Lord, all ye lands. ² Serve the Lord with joy; come before his presence with triumphal song. ³ Know, that the Lord is God indeed: it is he that hath made us, and his are we—his people and the flock of his pasture. ⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise: give thanks unto him, bless his name. ⁵ For the Lord is good; to eternity endureth his kindness; and unto the latest generation his truth. ¹⁰¹ ¹ By David, a psalm. Of kindness and justice will I sing: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing praises. ² I will carefully regard the way of the perfect: oh when will thou come unto me? I will walk in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house. ³ I will not set before my eyes a godless thing; to commit a departure from righteousness do I hate; it shall not cleave to me. ⁴ A perverse heart shall depart from me: evil will I not know. ⁵ Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor, him will I destroy: whoso hath proud eyes and a haughty heart, him will I not suffer. ⁶ My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me: he that walketh in the way of the perfect, he it is that shall serve me. ⁷ He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehoods shall not succeed before my eyes. ⁸ Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off from the city of the Lord all the wrong-doers. ¹⁰² ¹ A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out before the Lord his complaint. ^(102:2) O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. ² ^(102:3) Hide not thy face from me on the day when I am distressed; incline unto me thy ear; on the day when I call, answer me speedily. ³ ^(102:4) For my days vanish in smoke, and my bones are burning like a hearth. ⁴ ^(102:5) Struck by heat like the herb and dried up is my heart; for I forget to eat my bread. ⁵ ^(102:6) Because of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my flesh. ⁶ ^(102:7) I am like the pelican of the wilderness: I am become like the owl amid ruins. ⁷ ^(102:8) I watch, and I am become like a night-bird sitting alone upon the housetop. ⁸ ^(102:9) All the day my enemies reproach me: they that mock me swear by me. ⁹ ^(102:10) For ashes do I eat like bread, and my drink I mingle with weeping; ¹⁰ ^(102:11) Because of thy indignation and thy wrath; for thou hadst lifted me up, and hast cast me down. ¹¹ ^(102:12) My days are like a shadow that declineth; and like the herb I wither. ¹² ^(102:13) But thou, O Lord, wilt sit enthroned for ever; and thy memorial is unto all generations. ¹³ ^(102:14) Thou wilt indeed arise; thou wilt have mercy upon Zion; for it is time to favor her, for the appointed time is coming. ¹⁴ ^(102:15) For thy servants hold dear her stones, and her very dust they cherish. ¹⁵ ^(102:16) Then shall nations fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory: ¹⁶ ^(102:17) When the Lord shalt have built up Zion, he appeareth in his glory; ¹⁷ ^(102:18) When he hath regarded the prayer of the forsaken, and doth not despise their prayer. ¹⁸ ^(102:19) This shall be written down for the latest generation; and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord. ¹⁹ ^(102:20) For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord hath cast from heaven his view to the earth: ²⁰ ^(102:21) To hear the sighing of the prisoner; to loosen those that are doomed to death: ²¹ ^(102:22) That men may proclaim in Zion the name of the Lord, and his praise in Jerusalem; ²² ^(102:23) When people are gathered together, and kingdoms, to serve the Lord.— ²³ ^(102:24) He hath weakened on the way my strength; he hath shortened my days. ²⁴ ^(102:25) I will say, O my God! take me not away in the midst of my days: throughout all generations are thy years. ²⁵ ^(102:26) In olden times didst thou lay the foundations of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. ²⁶ ^(102:27) These will indeed perish, but thou wilt ever exist: yea, all of them will wear out like a garment; as a vesture wilt thou change them, and they will be changed; ²⁷ ^(102:28) But thou art ever the same, and thy years will have no end. ²⁸ ^(102:29) The children of thy servants will dwell securely, and their seed will be firmly established before thee. ¹⁰³ ¹ Of David. Bless, O my soul, the Lord, and all that is within me, his holy name. ² Bless, O my soul, the Lord, and forget not all his benefits: ³ Who forgiveth all thy iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; ⁴ Who redeemeth from the pit thy life; who crowneth thee with kindness and mercies; ⁵ Who satisfieth with happiness thy spirit, so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s plumage. ⁶ The Lord executeth righteousness, and justice for all that are oppressed. ⁷ He made known his ways unto Moses, unto the children of Israel his acts. ⁸ Merciful and gracious is the Lord, long-suffering and abundant in kindness. ⁹ Not for all eternity will he contend; nor will he for ever retain his anger. ¹⁰ Not in accordance with our sins hath he dealt with us; nor according to our iniquities hath he requited us. ¹¹ For as high as heaven is above the earth, so mighty is his kindness toward those that fear him. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed from us our transgressions. ¹³ As a father hath mercy on his children, so hath the Lord mercy on those that fear him. ¹⁴ For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. ¹⁵ As for man, like the grass are his days: as the blossom of the field, so doth he bloom. ¹⁶ When a wind but passeth over it, it is gone, and its place will recognize it no more. ¹⁷ But the kindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting over those that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children, ¹⁸ To such as keep his covenant, and to those who remember his precepts to execute them. ¹⁹ The Lord hath established in the heavens his throne; and his kingdom ruleth over all. ²⁰ Bless the Lord, ye his angels, mighty in strength, that execute his word, hearkening unto the voice of his word. ²¹ Bless ye the Lord, all his hosts, ye his ministers, that execute his will. ²² Bless the Lord, all his works, in all the places of his dominion; bless, O my soul, the Lord. ¹⁰⁴ ¹ Bless, O my soul, the Lord. O Lord my God, thou art very great; with glory and majesty art thou clothed. ² Thou art he who wrappeth himself in light as with a garment; who stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain; ³ Who frameth of the waters the beams of his upper-chambers; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh along upon the wings of the wind: ⁴ Who maketh the winds his messengers; the flaming fire his ministers; ⁵ Who hath founded the earth upon her bases, that she should not be moved to all eternity. ⁶ Thou hadst covered the deep as with a garment: above the mountains stood the waters. ⁷ At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hastened away. ⁸ They ascended mountains; they went down valleys, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them. ⁹ Bounds hast thou set which they cannot pass over, that they return not again to cover the earth. ¹⁰ Thou art he who sendeth springs into the valleys, between mountains they run along. ¹¹ They give drink to all the beasts of the field: the wild asses quench thereon their thirst. ¹² By them have the fowls of the heaven ever their habitation, from between the branches they send forth their voice. ¹³ Who watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: from the fruit of thy works is the earth satisfied. ¹⁴ Thou art he who causeth grass to grow for the cattle, and herbs by the service of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth; ¹⁵ And wine that maketh joyful the heart of man, and oil to brighten his face, and bread which strengtheneth the heart of man. ¹⁶ Full of sap are the trees of the Lord, the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted; ¹⁷ Where the birds make their nests: the stork—fir-trees are her house. ¹⁸ The high mountains are for the wild goats: the rocks are a shelter for the conies. ¹⁹ He hath made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. ²⁰ Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, wherein creep forth all the beasts of the forest. ²¹ The young lions roar after their prey, and ask from God their food. ²² The sun ariseth, they withdraw to their lairs, and lie down in their dens. ²³ Man goeth then forth unto his work, and to his labor until the evening. ²⁴ How manifold are thy works, O Lord! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. ²⁵ Here is this great and wide-extended sea; therein are moving things without number, living creatures both small and great. ²⁶ There the ships make their way: there also is the leviathan, whom thou hast made to sport therein. ²⁷ All of these wait upon thee, to give them their food in its due season. ²⁸ What thou givest them they gather: thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good. ²⁹ Thou hidest thy face, they suddenly vanish: thou takest away their spirit, they perish, and to their dust they return. ³⁰ Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth. ³¹ The glory of the Lord will endure for ever; the Lord will rejoice in his works: ³² He who looketh down on the earth, and she trembleth; who toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. ³³ I will sing unto the Lord while I live: I will sing praises to my God while I exist. ³⁴ May my speech be agreeable to him: I will indeed rejoice in the Lord. ³⁵ May the sinners cease from off the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless, O my soul, the Lord. Hallelujah. ¹⁰⁵ ¹ O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name: make known among the people his deeds. ² Sing unto, him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works. ³ Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord. ⁴ Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore. ⁵ Remember his wonderful works which he hath done; his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth; ⁶ O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect. ⁷ He is the Lord our God: over all the earth are his decrees. ⁸ He remembereth his covenant for ever, the word which he hath commanded, to the thousandth generation. ⁹ Which he covenanted with Abraham; and his oath unto Isaac; ¹⁰ And which he established unto Jacob as a statute, unto Israel as an everlasting covenant: ¹¹ Saying, “Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, as the portion of your inheritance.” ¹² When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it; ¹³ And when they wandered from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people: ¹⁴ He suffered no man to oppress them; yea, he reproved kings for their sake; ¹⁵ Saying, “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”— ¹⁶ And he called for a famine over the land; every staff of bread he broke. ¹⁷ He sent a man before them; for a servant was Joseph sold; ¹⁸ They forced into fetters his feet; in iron was his body put: ¹⁹ Until the time that his word came to pass, when the saying of the Lord had purified him. ²⁰ The king sent and unfettered him; the ruler of people, and let him go free. ²¹ He appointed him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possession: ²² That he might bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his ancients wisdom. ²³ Then came Israel into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. ²⁴ And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. ²⁵ He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilely with his servants. ²⁶ He sent Moses his servant, Aaron also whom he had made choice of. ²⁷ They displayed among them his effective signs, and wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. ²⁹ He changed their waters into blood, and slew their fish. ³⁰ Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the very chambers of their kings. ³¹ He spoke, and there came various wild beasts, lice also within all their boundary. ³² He gave them as their rain hail, and flames of fire in their land. ³³ And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, and broke the trees within their boundary. ³⁴ He spoke, and the locusts came, and crickets, and that without number; ³⁵ And they ate up all the herbs in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground. ³⁶ And he smote all the first-born in their land, the first of all their strength. ³⁷ And he brought them forth with silver and gold: and there was not one that stumbled among his tribes. ³⁸ Egypt rejoiced when they departed; for the dread of them was fallen upon them. ³⁹ He spread out a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night. ⁴⁰ The people asked, and he brought quails, and with heavenly bread he satisfied them. ⁴¹ He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out: they ran in the dry places like a river. ⁴² For he remembered his holy word given to Abraham his servant. ⁴³ And he brought forth his people with gladness, with joyful song his elect. ⁴⁴ And he gave them the lands of nations; and the labor of people they obtained as an inheritance: ⁴⁵ So that they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Hallelujah. ¹⁰⁶ ¹ Hallelujah. Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for to eternity endureth his kindness. ² Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can publish all his praise? ³ Happy are those that observe justice, that execute righteousness at all times. ⁴ Remember me, O Lord, when thou favorest thy people: oh visit me with thy salvation; ⁵ That I may look on the happiness of thy elect, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glorify myself with thy inheritance. ⁶ We have sinned together with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. ⁷ Our fathers did not reflect on thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy kindnesses; but rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea. ⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name, to make known his might. ⁹ He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; and he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. ¹⁰ And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ¹¹ And the waters covered their adversaries: not one of them was left. ¹² Then believed they in his words, they sang his praise. ¹³ Speedily they forgot his works, they waited not for his counsel; ¹⁴ And they felt a lustful longing in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. ¹⁵ And he gave them what they had asked; but sent dryness into their soul. ¹⁶ Moreover they envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord. ¹⁷ The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered over the company of Abiram. ¹⁸ And a fire was kindled in their company: the flame burnt up the wicked. ¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed themselves down to a molten image. ²⁰ And they exchanged their glory for the similitude of an ox that eateth herbs. ²¹ They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt, ²² Wonders in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea. ²³ He therefore spoke of destroying them: had not Moses his elect stood in the breach before him, to turn away his fury, that he might not destroy. ²⁴ And they despised the pleasant land, they believed not in his word; ²⁵ But they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. ²⁶ He therefore lifted up his hand against them, to cause them to fall in the wilderness; ²⁷ And to let their seed fall among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. ²⁸ And they joined themselves unto Ba’al-pe’or, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. ²⁹ And they provoked him to anger with their deeds: and there broke in among them the plague. ³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and the plague was stayed. ³¹ And it was accounted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for evermore. ³² They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, and evil happened to Moses for their sake; ³³ Because they had embittered his spirit, and so he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips. ³⁴ They did not exterminate the nations, that the Lord had indicated to them; ³⁵ But they mingled themselves among the nations, and learned their doings. ³⁶ And they served their idols, and these became unto them a snare. ³⁷ Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto the evil spirits; ³⁸ And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood-guiltiness. ³⁹ Thus were they made unclean through their own doings, and went astray with their own deeds. ⁴⁰ therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and be felt disgust for his own inheritance. ⁴¹ And he gave them up into the hand of the nations: and there ruled over them those that hated them. ⁴² And their enemies also oppressed them: and they were subdued under their hand. ⁴³ Many times did he deliver them; but they rebelled with their counsel, and they were brought low through their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress, when he heard their entreaty. ⁴⁵ And he remembered unto them his covenant, and he bethought himself according to the abundance of his kindnesses; ⁴⁶ And be caused them to find mercy before all those that had carried them away captive. ⁴⁷ Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, to 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 BOOK FIFTH: Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for unto eternity endureth his kindness. ² Thus let the Lord’s redeemed say, even those whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary; ³ And whom he hath gathered out of the various lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the sea. ⁴ They wandered about in the wilderness, in the desert path; they could not find an inhabited city: ⁵ Hungry and thirsty, their soul within them fainted. ⁶ Then they cried unto the Lord when they were in distress, and out of their afflictions he delivered them. ⁷ And he led them forth on the right way, that they might go to an inhabited city. ⁸ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ⁹ For he satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul he filled with good.— ¹⁰ Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, bound in misery and fetters of iron;— ¹¹ Because they have rebelled against the words of God, and have contemned the counsel of the Most High; ¹² And he humbled with trouble their heart; they stumbled, and there was none to help; ¹³ But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress, he saveth them out of their afflictions; ¹⁴ He bringeth them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and teareth their bands asunder. ¹⁵ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ¹⁶ For he hath broken the doors of copper, and the bolts of iron hath he hewn asunder.— ¹⁷ Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. ¹⁸ All manner of food their soul abhorreth; and they draw near unto the gates of death; ¹⁹ But when they cry unto the Lord when they are in distress, he saveth them out of their afflictions. ²⁰ He sendeth his word and healeth them, and delivereth them from their graves. ²¹ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ²² They shall also sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and relate his deeds with joyful song.— ²³ They who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters;— ²⁴ These have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders on the deep. ²⁵ For he spoke, and he raised the stormy wind, which lifteth up its waves. ²⁶ They would mount up to heaven, they would go down to the depths: their soul was melted because of their danger. ²⁷ They would reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was exhausted. ²⁸ And they cried unto the Lord when they were in distress, and he brought them out of their afflictions. ²⁹ He calmed the storm into a whisper, and stilled were the waves of the sea. ³⁰ And they were rejoiced because they were silent: and then he guided them unto their desired haven. ³¹ They therefore shall give thanks unto the Lord for his kindness, and proclaim his wonders to the children of men! ³² And they must exalt him in the congregation of the people, and in the assembly of the elders must they praise him.— ³³ He changeth rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into parched ground; ³⁴ A fruitful land into a salty waste, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein. ³⁵ He changeth the wilderness into a pool of water, and desert land into water-springs. ³⁶ And there he causeth to dwell the hungry, that they may found an inhabited city; ³⁷ And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, that they may yield the fruits of the annual product. ³⁸ He also blesseth them, and they multiply greatly, and he suffereth not their cattle to diminish. ³⁹ They were also diminished and bowed low through oppression, misfortune, and sorrow: ⁴⁰ He then poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in a pathless wilderness. ⁴¹ And he exalteth the needy from misery, and maketh his families like flocks. ⁴² The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; but all wickedness shall stop her mouth. ⁴³ Whoever is wise, let him observe these things, and let all understand the kindness of the Lord. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ A song or psalm of David. ^(108:2) My heart is firm, O God; I will sing and give praise, even with my spirit. ² ^(108:3) Awake, psaltery and harp: I will wake up the morning-dawn. ³ ^(108:4) I will give thee thanks among the people, O Lord: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. ⁴ ^(108:5) For great above the heavens is thy kindness, and thy truth reacheth even unto the skies. ⁵ ^(108:6) Exalt thyself above the heavens, O God; and above all the earth thy glory. ⁶ ^(108:7) In order that thy beloved may be delivered: help with thy right hand, and answer me. ⁷ ^(108:8) God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will I measure out. ⁸ ^(108:9) Mine id Gil’ad, and mine is Menasseh; Ephraim also is the strong-hold of my head; of Judah are my chiefs. ⁹ ^(108:10) Moab is my washpot; upon Edom will I cast my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. ¹⁰ ^(108:11) Who will bring me into the fortified city? who will lead me as far as Edom? ¹¹ ^(108:12) Behold, it is thou, O God, who hast cast us off; and thou, O God, goest not forth with our armies. ¹² ^(108:13) Give us help against the assailant; for vain is the help of man. ¹³ ^(108:14) Through God shall we do valiantly; for he it is that will tread down our adversaries. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ To the chief musician, by David, a psalm. O God of my praise, do not keep silence. ² For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken with me with the tongue of falsehood. ³ Also with words of hatred have they encompassed me, and they fight against me without a cause. ⁴ In recompense for my love are they my accusers, while I have nothing but prayer. ⁵ And they impose evil on me in recompense for good, and hatred in lieu of my love. ⁶ Appoint thou a wicked man over him: and let an accuser stand at his right hand. ⁷ When he is to be judged, let him go forth guilty, and let his prayer become sin. ⁸ Let his days be few, and let another take his office. ⁹ Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. ¹⁰ Let his children be continually moving about, and beg, and let them seek their bread out of their ruined places. ¹¹ Let the creditor lay snares after all that he hath, and let strangers plunder his labor. ¹² Let him have none that extendeth kindness, and let there be none that is gracious to his fatherless children. ¹³ Let his posterity be cut off: in another generation let their name be blotted out. ¹⁴ Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord, and let the sin of his mother not be blotted out. ¹⁵ Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off from the earth their memory. ¹⁶ For the reason that he remembered not to show kindness; but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the grieved in heart to put him to death. ¹⁷ As he loved cursing, so let it come over him: and as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. ¹⁸ And he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, and it cometh like water within him, and like oil into his bones. ¹⁹ Let it be unto him as a garment in which he wrappeth himself, and for a girdle let him be continually girded with it. ²⁰ Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, and of those that speak evil against my soul. ²¹ But thou, O Eternal Lord, deal with me for the sake of thy name: because thy kindness is good, deliver thou me. ²² For poor and needy am I, and my heart is deeply wounded within me. ²³ Like the shadow when it declineth do I hasten away: I am driven suddenly off like the locusts. ²⁴ My knees stumble through fasting, and my flesh faileth of fatness. ²⁵ And I am become a reproach unto them: when they see me, they shake their head. ²⁶ Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy kindness: ²⁷ That they may know that this is thy hand: that thou, Lord, hast truly done it. ²⁸ Let them then curse, but do thou bless: when they arise, let them be made ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. ²⁹ Let my accusers be clothed with confusion, and let them wrap themselves, as with a mantle, in their own shame. ³⁰ I will thank the Lord greatly with my mouth, and in the midst of many will I praise him. ³¹ For he ever standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul. ¹¹⁰ ¹ By David, a psalm. The Eternal saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I place thy enemies as a stool for thy feet. ² The staff of thy strength will the Eternal stretch forth out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies. ³ Thy people will bring freewill-gifts on the day of thy power, in the ornaments of holiness: as out of the bosom of the morning-dawn so is thine the dew of thy youth. ⁴ The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent of it, Thou shalt be a priest for ever after the order of Malki-zedek. ⁵ The Lord at thy right hand crusheth kings on the day of his wrath. ⁶ He will judge among the nations—there shall be a fulness of corpses—he crusheth heads on a wide-spread land. ⁷ From the brook will he drink on the way: therefore will he lift up the head. ¹¹¹ ¹ Hallelujah. I will thank the Lord with all my heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. ² Great are the works of the Lord, they are sought for by them in all their desires. ³ Glorious and majestic is his doing, and his righteousness endureth for ever. ⁴ He hath made a memorial for his wonderful works: gracious and merciful is the Lord. ⁵ He hath given sustenance unto those that fear him: he will for ever be mindful of his covenant. ⁶ The power of his works hath he told unto his people, that he might give them the heritage of nations. ⁷ The works of his hands are truth and justice: faultless are all his precepts. ⁸ They are well supported for ever and eternally: they are framed in truth and uprightness. ⁹ Redemption hath he sent unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and to be feared is his name. ¹⁰ The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; a good understanding have all that fulfill his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. ¹¹² ¹ Hallelujah. Happy is the man that feareth the Lord, that greatly delighteth in his commandments. ² His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. ³ Plenty and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness shall endure for ever. ⁴ There ariseth in the darkness a light to the upright: he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous. ⁵ Well will it be with the man who is kind, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with justice. ⁶ Surely unto eternity shall he not be moved: in everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be held. ⁷ Of an evil report shall he not be afraid: his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. ⁸ Well supported is his heart, he shall not be afraid, until he looketh on the punishment of his assailants. ⁹ He distributeth, he giveth to the needy: his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted in honor. ¹⁰ The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he will gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the longing of the wicked shall perish. ¹¹³ ¹ Hallelujah. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise ye the name of the Lord. ² Let the name of the Lord be blessed from this time forth and for evermore. ³ From the rising of the sun unto his going down the name of the Lord is praised. ⁴ High above all nations is the Lord, above the heavens is his glory. ⁵ Who is like the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high? ⁶ Who condescendeth to view what is done in the heavens, and on the earth? ⁷ He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy: ⁸ That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. ⁹ He causeth the barren woman to dwell in the midst of her household, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of a strange language: ² Judah became his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. ³ The sea beheld it, and fled: the Jordan was driven backward. ⁴ The mountains skipped like wethers, the hills like lambs. ⁵ What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? thou, O Jordan, that thou art driven backward? ⁶ Ye mountains, that ye skip like wethers? ye hills, like lambs? ⁷ At the presence of the Lord tremble, O earth, at the presence of the God of Jacob; ⁸ Who changeth the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of water. ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not for our sake, O Lord, not for our sake, but unto thy name give glory, for the sake of thy kindness, for the sake of thy truth. ² Wherefore should the nations say, Where now is their God? ³ Whereas our God is in the heavens: whatsoever he desireth hath he done. ⁴ Their idols are sliver and gold, the work of the hands of man. ⁵ A mouth they have, but speak not; eyes they have, but see not; ⁶ Ears they have, but hear not; a nose they have, but smell not. ⁷ They have hands, but they touch not; they have feet, but they walk not: nor do they give any utterance by their throat. ⁸ Like them are those that make them, 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 ye in the Lord—he is their help and their shield. ¹² The Lord hath even been mindful of us, he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron; ¹³ He will bless those that fear the Lord, the small together with the great. ¹⁴ May the Lord increase you more and more, you and your children. ¹⁵ Blessed are 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 Not the dead can praise the Lord, nor all those that go down into the silence of death. ¹⁸ But as for us, we will bless the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁶ ¹ It is lovely to me that the Lord heareth my voice, my supplications. ² For he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore throughout all my days will I call on him. ³ The bands of death had compassed me, and the pangs of the nether world had overtaken me; I had met with distress and sorrow: ⁴ I then called on the name of the Lord, I beseech thee, O Lord, release my soul. ⁵ Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; and our God is merciful. ⁶ The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he helped 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, my eyes from tears, my feet from falling. ⁹ I will walk before the Lord in the land of life. ¹⁰ I believe, therefore will I speak: I was greatly afflicted; ¹¹ I indeed said in my despondency, Every man is a liar. ¹² What shall I give in return unto the Lord for all his bounties toward me? ¹³ The cup of salvation will I lift up, and on the name of the Lord will I call. ¹⁴ My vows will I pay unto the Lord, yea, in the presence of all his people. ¹⁵ Grievous in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his pious ones. ¹⁶ O Lord, truly am I thy servant, I am thy servant,—the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosened my fetters. ¹⁷ Unto thee will I offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and on the name of the Lord will I call. ¹⁸ My vows will I pay unto the Lord, yea, in the presence of all his people, ¹⁹ In the courts of the house of the Lord, in thy midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁷ ¹ Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. ² For mighty is his kindness over us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Hallelujah. ¹¹⁸ ¹ O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; because unto eternity endureth his kindness. ² Let Israel then say so; because to eternity endureth his kindness. ³ Let the house of Aaron then say so; because to eternity endureth his kindness. ⁴ Let those who fear the Lord then say so; because to eternity endureth his kindness. ⁵ From the midst of distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me with enlargement. ⁶ The Lord is for me; I will not fear: what can a man do unto me? ⁷ The Lord is for me, among those that help me: therefore shall I indeed look on the punishment of those that hate me. ⁸ It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in man. ⁹ It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in princes. ¹⁰ All nations encompassed me about; but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹¹ They encompassed me about: yea, they compassed about, but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹² They encompassed me about like bees; they blazed up like the fire of thorns; but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹³ Thou hast thrust violently at me that I might fall; but the Lord assisted me. ¹⁴ My strength and song is the Lord, 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 doth valiantly. ¹⁶ The right hand of the Lord is exalted: the right hand of the Lord doth valiantly. ¹⁷ I shall not die, but I shall live, and relate the works of the Lord. ¹⁸ Severely hath the Lord chastised me; but unto death hath he not given me up. 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 which belongeth unto the Lord, the righteous shall enter thereby. ²¹ I will thank thee: for thou but answered me, and art become my salvation. ²² The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone. ²³ From the Lord is this come to pass, it is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will be glad and rejoice thereon. ²⁵ We beseech thee, O Lord, save us now: we beseech thee, O Lord, send us now prosperity. ²⁶ Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we bless you out of the house of the Lord. ²⁷ God is the Lord, and he giveth us light: bind the festive sacrifice with cords, leading it up to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ Thou art my God, and I will thank thee: my God, I will exalt thee. ²⁹ Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; because to eternity endureth his kindness. ¹¹⁹ ¹ ALEPH. Happy are they whose way is perfect, who walk in the law of the Lord. ² Happy are they who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart. ³ They also commit no injustice; in his ways do they walk. ⁴ Thou thyself hast commanded us thy precepts, that we might keep them diligently. ⁵ Oh that my ways were firmly directed to observe thy statutes! ⁶ Then would I not be made ashamed, while I look at all thy commandments. ⁷ I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn thy righteous ordinances. ⁸ Thy statutes will I observe: oh forsake me not too greatly. ⁹ BETH. Wherewithal shall a youth keep his way pure? by guarding it according to thy word. ¹⁰ With all my heart have I sought thee: oh let me not wander astray from thy commandments. ¹¹ In my heart have I treasured up thy saying, in order that I may not sin against thee. ¹² Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes. ¹³ With my lips have I related all the ordinances of thy mouth. ¹⁴ On the way of thy testimonies have I been glad, as over all wealth. ¹⁵ On thy precepts will I meditate, and direct my look unto thy paths. ¹⁶ In thy statutes will I seek my delight: I will not forget thy word. ¹⁷ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant: let me live, that I may observe thy word. ¹⁸ Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. ¹⁹ A stranger am I on the earth: hide not from me thy commandments. ²⁰ My soul is broken from longing for thy ordinances at all times. ²¹ Thou hast rebuked the accursed proud, who go erringly astray from thy commandments. ²² Roll away from me reproach and contempt; for thy testimonies have I kept. ²³ Although even princes should sit and speak against me, thy servant would still meditate on thy statutes. ²⁴ Also thy testimonies are my delight, my counsellors. ²⁵ DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: revive thou me according to thy word. ²⁶ My ways do I relate to thee, and thou answerest me: teach me thy statutes. ²⁷ Cause me to understand the way of thy precepts, that I may meditate on thy wonders. ²⁸ My soul droppeth away from grief: sustain me according to thy word. ²⁹ The way of falsehood do thou remove from me, and grant me graciously thy law. ³⁰ The way of truth have I chosen: thy ordinances have I set before me. ³¹ I have adhered unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame. ³² The way of thy commandments will I run; for thou wilt enlarge my heart. ³³ HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it in all its windings. ³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law, and I will observe it with all my heart. ³⁵ Guide me on the path of thy commandments; for therein do I find my delight. ³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to desire for gain. ³⁷ Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity: on thy way do thou give me life. ³⁸ Fulfill unto thy servant thy promise for those who are devoted to thy fear. ³⁹ Cause to pass away my disgrace of which I have dread; for thy ordinances are good. ⁴⁰ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: through thy righteousness do thou give my life. ⁴¹ VAV. And let thy kindness come unto me, O Lord, thy salvation, according to thy promise. ⁴² Then shall I have a word to answer the one that reproacheth me; for I trust in thy word. ⁴³ And snatch not the word of truth out of my mouth too greatly; for I wait for thy ordinances. ⁴⁴ So shall I observe thy law continually for ever and ever. ⁴⁵ And I will walk in an open space; for thy precepts have I sought. ⁴⁶ And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love. ⁴⁸ And so will I lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on thy statutes. ⁴⁹ ZAYIN. Remember thy word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to wait. ⁵⁰ This is my comfort in my affliction, that thy promise hath revived me. ⁵¹ The presumptuous have held me too greatly in derision: yet have I not departed away from thy law. ⁵² I remembered thy decrees which were from olden times, O Lord, and thus comforted myself. ⁵³ Horror seized on me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. ⁵⁴ Songs have thy statutes been unto me in the house of my pilgrimage. ⁵⁵ I remembered in the night thy name, O Lord, and observed thy law. ⁵⁶ This came to pass unto me, because I had kept thy precepts. ⁵⁷ CHETH. My portion is the Lord, have I said, that I might observe thy words. ⁵⁸ I make entreaty before thee with all my heart: be gracious unto me according to thy promise. ⁵⁹ I have thought over my ways, and made my feet return unto thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I hastened, and delayed not to observe thy commandments. ⁶¹ Companies of wicked men have surrounded me; but I have not forgotten thy law. ⁶² At midnights do I constantly rise to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous decrees. ⁶³ An associate am I unto all that fear thee, and unto those that keep thy precepts. ⁶⁴ Of thy kindness, O Lord, is the earth full: teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁵ TETH. Thou hast shown goodness on thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word. ⁶⁶ The best of discernment and knowledge do thou teach me; for in thy commandments do I believe. ⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted I was in error; but now I observe thy saying. ⁶⁸ Thou art good, and doing good: teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁹ The presumptuous have invented falsehoods against me; but I will with all my heart indeed keep thy precepts. ⁷⁰ Gross as fat is their heart; but I take truly delight in thy law. ⁷¹ It is well for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn thy statutes. ⁷² Better is unto me the law of thy mouth than thousands of gold and silver. ⁷³ YOD. Thy hands have made me and established me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. ⁷⁴ Those that fear thee will see me and be rejoiced; because I have waited for thy word. ⁷⁵ I know, O Lord, that thy decrees are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me. ⁷⁶ Let, I pray thee, thy kindness come to comfort me, according to thy promise unto thy servant. ⁷⁷ Let thy mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight. ⁷⁸ Let the presumptuous be made ashamed; because they have without a cause dealt perversely with me; but I will indeed meditate on thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Let those that fear thee return unto me, and those that know thy testimonies. ⁸⁰ Let my heart be entire in thy statutes, in order that I may not be put to shame. ⁸¹ CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait. ⁸² My eyes look eagerly for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? ⁸³ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet do I not forget thy statutes. ⁸⁴ How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute justice on my persecutors? ⁸⁵ The presumptuous have dug pits for me, which is not in accordance with thy law. ⁸⁶ All thy commandments are founded on truth: without cause they persecute me; help thou me. ⁸⁷ But little was wanting that they had consumed me upon earth; but I have truly not forsaken thy precepts. ⁸⁸ According to thy kindness give me life, that I may observe the testimony of thy mouth. ⁸⁹ LAMED. To eternity, O Lord, standeth firm thy word with the heavens. ⁹⁰ Unto all generations endureth thy faithfulness: thou hast established the earth, and she standeth. ⁹¹ According to thy ordinances they exist this day: for all are thy servants. ⁹² Unless thy law had been my delights, I should long since have been lost in my affliction. ⁹³ Never will I forget thy precepts; for with them thou hast kept me alive. ⁹⁴ Thine am I, save me; for thy precepts have I sought. ⁹⁵ Wicked men have waited for me to destroy me; but I will reflect on thy testimonies. ⁹⁶ Of all perfection have I seen the end; but thy commandment is exceedingly extended. ⁹⁷ MEM. Oh how do I love thy law! all the day is it my meditation. ⁹⁸ Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me. ⁹⁹ Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence; for thy testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ More than the elders do I possess understanding; because thy precepts do I keep. ¹⁰¹ From every evil path have I withholden my feet, in order that I might observe thy word. ¹⁰² From thy ordinances have I not departed; for thou hast instructed me. ¹⁰³ How much sweeter are to my palate thy sayings than honey to my mouth! ¹⁰⁴ Through thy precepts shall I obtain understanding: therefore do I hate every path of falsehood. ¹⁰⁵ NUN. A lamp unto my feet is thy word, and a light unto my path. ¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I will perform it, to observe thy righteous ordinances. ¹⁰⁷ I am afflicted exceedingly much: O Lord, revive me, according to thy word. ¹⁰⁸ Receive in favor the freewill-offerings of my mouth, I beseech thee, O Lord, and teach me thy ordinances. ¹⁰⁹ My life is in my hand continually: yet thy law do I not forget. ¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet have I not erred from thy precepts. ¹¹¹ I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage to eternity; for they are the joy of my heart. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes always, in all their ways. ¹¹³ SAMECH. Those of divided thoughts I hate; but thy law do I love. ¹¹⁴ My shelter and my shield art thou: for thy word do I wait. ¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of God. ¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy promise, that I may live, and let me not be made ashamed of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Support me that I may be placed in safety, and I will direct my regard unto thy statutes continually. ¹¹⁸ Thou hast trodden down all that erringly stray from thy statutes; for falsehood is their deceit. ¹¹⁹ Like dross dost thou put away all the wicked of the earth: therefore do I love thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid. ¹²¹ ‘AYIN. I have executed justice and righteousness: leave me not to those who oppress me. ¹²² Protect thy servant for good: let not the presumptuous oppress me. ¹²³ My eyes look eagerly for thy salvation, and for thy righteous promise. ¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy kindness, and thy statutes do thou teach me. ¹²⁵ I am thy servant: give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is time to act for the Lord: they have broken thy law. ¹²⁷ Therefore do I love thy commandments more than gold, and more than fine gold. ¹²⁸ Therefore do I esteem all thy precepts in all things as right: every path of falsehood do I hate. ¹²⁹ PE. Wonderful are thy testimonies: therefore doth my soul keep them. ¹³⁰ The opening of thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding unto the simple. ¹³¹ I opened my mouth, and panted for breath; because for thy commandments did I long. ¹³² Turn thou unto me, and be gracious unto me, as is thy wont unto those that love thy name. ¹³³ My steps establish thou through thy promise, and suffer not any wrong to have dominion over me. ¹³⁴ Deliver me from the oppression of man, and I will observe thy precepts. ¹³⁵ Let thy face shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes. ¹³⁶ Streams of water have run down my eyes; because they had not observed thy law. ¹³⁷ TZADDE. Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy decrees. ¹³⁸ Thou hast commanded thy testimonies, as righteous and faithful exceedingly. ¹³⁹ My zeal destroyeth me; because my assailants have forgotten thy words. ¹⁴⁰ Thy promise is greatly refined, and thy servant loveth it. ¹⁴¹ I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten. ¹⁴² Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. ¹⁴³ Distress and trouble have overtaken me: yet are thy commandments my delights. ¹⁴⁴ Righteous are thy testimonies for everlasting: give me understanding, that I may live. ¹⁴⁵ KOPH. I have called with all my heart: answer me, O Lord: thy statutes will I keep. ¹⁴⁶ I have called on thee, save me, and I will observe thy testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ I come before thee in the dawn of morning, and cry: for thy word do I wait. ¹⁴⁸ My eyes are awake before the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy saying. ¹⁴⁹ Hear my voice according to thy kindness: O Lord, according to thy decree do thou grant me life. ¹⁵⁰ They that pursue mischievous devices draw nigh: from thy law are they far. ¹⁵¹ Near art thou, O Lord; and all thy commandments are the truth. ¹⁵² Of old already I knew of thy testimonies; because for eternity hast thou founded them. ¹⁵³ RESH. Look on my affliction, and release me; for thy law have I not forgotten. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and deliver me: according to thy promise do thou revive me. ¹⁵⁵ Far from the wicked is salvation; because thy statutes have they not sought for. ¹⁵⁶ Thy mercies are abundant, O Lord; according to thy decrees do thou revive me. ¹⁵⁷ Many are my persecutors and my assailants: yet from thy testimonies do I not turn away. ¹⁵⁸ I beheld the treacherous, and felt disgust; because they observed not thy saying. ¹⁵⁹ Behold that I love thy precepts: O Lord, according to thy kindness do thou revive me. ¹⁶⁰ The summit of thy word is truth: and the whole of thy righteous judgment endureth for ever. ¹⁶¹ SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but of thy word standeth my heart in dread. ¹⁶² I am rejoiced over thy promise, as one that findeth great spoil. ¹⁶³ Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love. ¹⁶⁴ Seven times in the day do I praise thee because of thy righteous decrees. ¹⁶⁵ Abundant peace have they who love thy law; and thee is nothing that causeth them to stumble. ¹⁶⁶ I have hoped for thy salvation, O Lord, and thy commandments have I fulfilled. ¹⁶⁷ My soul hath observed thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly. ¹⁶⁸ I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; because all my ways are before thee. ¹⁶⁹ TAV. Let my entreaty come near before thee, O Lord: according to thy word grant me understanding. ¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come before thee: according to thy promise do thou deliver me. ¹⁷¹ My lips shall utter praise; because thou wilt teach me thy statutes. ¹⁷² My tongue shall speak loudly of thy promise; for all thy commandments are righteous. ¹⁷³ Let thy hand be ready to help me; for thy precepts have I chosen. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delights. ¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee: and let thy decrees help me. ¹⁷⁶ I have gone erringly astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for thy commandments have I not forgotten. ¹²⁰ ¹ A song of the degrees. Unto the Lord, when I was in distress, did I call, and he hath answered me. ² O Lord, deliver my soul from lips of falsehood, and from a tongue of deceit. ³ What will God give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit? ⁴ Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush. ⁵ Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! ⁶ Too long for herself hath my soul dwelt with him that hateth peace. ⁷ I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. ¹²¹ ¹ A song for the degrees. I lift up my eyes unto the mountains: whence shall come my help? ² My help is from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. ³ He will not suffer thy foot to slip: thy keeper doth not slumber. ⁴ Behold, he slumbereth not, and he sleepeth not—the keeper of Israel. ⁵ The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade, he is on thy right hand. ⁶ By day the sun shall not strike thee, nor the moon by night. ⁷ The Lord will guard thee against all evil: he will guard thy soul. ⁸ The Lord will guard thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore. ¹²² ¹ A song of the degrees by David. I was rejoiced when they said unto me, Unto the house of the Lord let us go. ² Our feet are now standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem! ³ Jerusalem, which art built as a city wherein all associate together. ⁴ For thither go up the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. ⁵ For there are placed chairs for giving judgment, the chairs for the house of David.— ⁶ Pray ye for the peace of Jerusalem; may those that love thee prosper. ⁷ May there be peace within thy walls, prosperity within thy palaces, ⁸ For the sake of my brethren and my friends, let me now speak, Peace be within thee. ⁹ For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, will I seek thy good. ¹²³ ¹ A song of the degrees. Unto thee do I lift up my eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. ² Behold, as the eyes of servants are directed unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress: thus are our eyes directed 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 overburdened with contempt. ⁴ Our soul is overburdened with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud oppressors. ¹²⁴ ¹ A song of the degrees by David. If it had not been the Lord who was for us, so should Israel say; ² If it had not been the Lord who was for us, when men rose up against us: ³ Then would they have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; ⁴ Then would the waters have overwhelmed us, the stream would have passed over our soul; ⁵ Then would have passed over our soul the presumptuous waters. ⁶ Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us up as a prey to their teeth. ⁷ Our soul is escaped like 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, the maker of heaven and earth. ¹²⁵ ¹ A song of the degrees. Those who trust in the Lord are like mount Zion, which will not he moved, which endureth for ever. ² Jerusalem hath mountains round about her: and so is the Lord round about his people, from this time forth and for evermore. ³ For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous: in order that the righteous may not stretch forth their hands unto wrong-doing. ⁴ Do good, O Lord, unto the good, and to those that are upright in their hearts. ⁵ But as for those who turn aside unto their crooked ways, them will the Lord drive away with the workers of wickedness; but peace shall be upon Israel. ¹²⁶ ¹ A song of the degrees. When the Lord bringeth back again the captivity of Zion, then shall we be like dreamers. ² Then shall our mouth be filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then shall they say among the nations, Great things hath the Lord done for these. ³ Great things would the Lord have done for us, whereat we should be joyful. ⁴ Bring back again, O Lord, our captivity, like rivulets in arid land. ⁵ Those that sow in tears shall reap with joyful song. ⁶ He goeth forth indeed and weepeth, that beareth the seed for sowing; but he will surely come with joyful song when he beareth home his sheaves. ¹²⁷ ¹ A song of the degrees for Solomon. Unless the Lord do build the house, in vain labor they that build on it: unless the Lord guard the city, in vain is the watchman wakeful. ² It is in vain for you to be early in rising, to be late in sitting up, eating the bread of painful toils; for so doth he give unto his beloved during sleep. ³ Lo, children are an inheritance from the Lord: a reward is the fruit of the body. ⁴ Like arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth. ⁵ Happy is the man that hath his quiver filled with them: they shall not be put to shame, when they do speak with the enemies in the gate. ¹²⁸ ¹ A song of the degrees. Happy is every one that feareth the Lord, that walketh in his ways. ² When thou eatest the labor of thy hands: then wilt thou be happy, and it shall be well with thee. ³ Thy wife is then as a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house: thy children, like olive-plants round about thy table. ⁴ Behold, truly thus shall be blessed the man that feareth the Lord. ⁵ May the Lord bless thee out of Zion: and see thou the happiness of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. ⁶ And see thou thy children’s children: may there be peace upon Israel. ¹²⁹ ¹ A song of the degrees. Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say; ² Many a time have they assailed me from my youth: yet have they not prevailed against me. ³ Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows: ⁴ Yet the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. ⁵ May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion; ⁶ May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up; ⁷ Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor his arm he that bindeth sheaves. ⁸ Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord. ¹³⁰ ¹ A song of the degrees. Out of the depths have I called thee, O Lord. ² Lord, listen to my voice: let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. ³ If thou, Lord, shouldst treasure up iniquities, O Lord, who would be able to stand? ⁴ But with thee there is forgiveness, in order that thou mayest be feared. ⁵ I hope for the Lord, my soul doth hope, and for his word do I wait. ⁶ My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than they that watch for the morning expect the morning. ⁷ Let Israel wait for the Lord; for with the Lord there is kindness, and with him is redemption in abundance; ⁸ And he wilt surely redeem Israel from all his iniquities. ¹³¹ ¹ A song of the degrees by David. O Lord, my heart was not haughty, nor were my eyes lofty: neither have I walked after matters too great, or those too wonderful for me. ² Surely I have pacified and stilled my soul, like the suckling on its mother’s breast: like a suckling is in me my soul. ³ Let Israel wait for the Lord from this time forth and for ever more. ¹³² ¹ A song of the degrees. Remember, O Lord, unto David all his afflictions; ² How he swore unto the Lord; how he vowed unto the mighty One of Jacob: ³ Surely, I will not enter into the tent of my house, nor ascend the couch of my repose; ⁴ I will not grant any sleep to my eyes, nor to my eyelids any slumber: ⁵ Until I shall have found out a place for the Lord, a dwelling-place for the mighty One of Jacob. ⁶ “Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we met with it in the fields of the forest: ⁷ let us then go into his dwelling: let us prostrate ourselves before 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 pious servants shout for joy. ¹⁰ For the sake of David thy servant turn not away the face of thy anointed. ¹¹ The Lord hath sworn unto David in truth; he will not turn from it: “From the fruit of thy body will I set some one on the throne to succeed thee. ¹² If thy children will observe my covenant and this my testimony which I teach them: then also shall their children sit for evermore upon the throne to succeed thee.” ¹³ For the Lord hath made choice of Zion: he hath desired it as a habitation for himself. ¹⁴ This is my resting-place for evermore: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. ¹⁵ Her provision will I bless abundantly: her needy ones will I satisfy with bread. ¹⁶ And her priests will I clothe with salvation: and her pious ones shall shout aloud for joy. ¹⁷ There will I cause to grow a horn unto David: I arrange a lamp for my anointed. ¹⁸ His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown shine brilliantly. ¹³³ ¹ A song of the degrees by David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is when brethren dwell closely together in union! ² It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, yea, Aaron’s beard, which runneth down upon the upper border of his garments; ³ Like the dew of Chermon, running down upon the mountains of Zion; for there hath the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. ¹³⁴ ¹ A song of the degrees. Arise! bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord that stand in the house of the Lord in the nights. ² Lift up your hands toward the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. ³ May the Lord bless thee out of Zion, he that is the maker of heaven and earth. ¹³⁵ ¹ Hallelujah. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, 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 Hallelujah; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is lovely. ⁴ For Jacob hath the Lord chosen unto himself, Israel, as his peculiar treasure. ⁵ For I well know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. ⁶ Whatsoever the Lord willeth, hath he done in the heavens, and on the earth, in the seas, and in all the deeps. ⁷ He causeth clouds to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with the rain; he bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries. ⁸ He it is who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and of cattle; ⁹ Who sent signs and wonderful tokens into the midst of thee, O Egypt, against Pharaoh, and against all his servants; ¹⁰ Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings; ¹¹ Sichon the king of the Emorites, and ‘Og the king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan; ¹² And gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance unto Israel his people. ¹³ O Lord, thy name endureth for ever: O Lord, thy memorial is throughout all generations. ¹⁴ For the Lord will espouse the cause of his people, and concerning his servants will he bethink himself. ¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men. ¹⁶ Mouths they have, but they speak not; eyes they have, but they see not; ¹⁷ Ears they have, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouth. ¹⁸ Like them are those that make them, 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 the Lord. ²¹ Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, even he that resideth at Jerusalem. Hallelujah. ¹³⁶ ¹ O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ² O give thanks unto the God of gods; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ³ O give thanks to the Lord of lords; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ⁴ To him who doth great wonders alone; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ⁵ To him that made the heavens with understanding; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ⁶ To him that stretched out the earth above the waters; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ⁷ To him that made great lights; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ⁸ The sun for the rule by day; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ⁹ The moon and stars for the rule by night; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ¹⁰ To him that smote Egypt in their first-born; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ¹¹ And brought out Israel from the midst of them; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ¹² With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ¹³ To him who divided the Red Sea into parts; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ¹⁴ And caused Israel to pass through the midst of it; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ¹⁵ But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ¹⁶ To him who led his people through the wilderness; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ¹⁷ To him who smote great kings; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ¹⁸ And slew mighty kings; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ¹⁹ Even Sichon the king of the Emorites; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ²⁰ And ‘Og the king of Bashan; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ²¹ And gave their land as an inheritance; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ²² As an inheritance unto Israel his servant; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ²³ Who hath in our low estate remembered us; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ²⁴ And hath freed us from our assailants; for to eternity endureth his kindness; ²⁵ Who giveth food unto all flesh; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ²⁶ O give thanks unto the God of the heavens; for to eternity endureth his kindness. ¹³⁷ ¹ By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, and we also wept when we remembered Zion. ² Upon the willows in her midst had we hung up our harps. ³ For there our captors demanded of us the words of song; and those that mocked us, joy, saying, Sing for us one of the songs of Zion. ⁴ How should we sing the song of the Lord on the soil of the stranger? ⁵ If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget—. ⁶ May my tongue cleave to my palate if I do not remember thee: if I recall not Jerusalem at the head of my joy. ⁷ Remember, O Lord, unto the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to her very foundation. ⁸ O daughter of Babylon, who art wasted: happy he, that repayeth thee thy recompense for what thou hast done to us. ⁹ Happy he, that seizeth and dasheth thy babes against the rock. ¹³⁸ ¹ By David. I will praise thee with my whole heart: before thee, O God, will I sing praise unto thee. ² I will bow myself down before thy holy temple, and I will thank thy name for thy kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified above all thy name thy promise. ³ On the day when I called didst thou answer me, and raise me up with strength in my soul. ⁴ All the kings of the earth will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, when they hear the promises of thy mouth. ⁵ And they will sing on the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord. ⁶ For exalted is the Lord, yet doth he regard the lowly; but the proud he punisheth from afar. ⁷ If I should walk in the midst of distress, thou wilt revive me: against the wrath of my enemies wilt thou stretch forth thy hand, and thy right hand will save me. ⁸ The Lord will accomplish all in my behalf; O Lord, thy kindness endureth for ever: the works of thy own hands do not abandon. ¹³⁹ ¹ To the chief musician, by David, a psalm. O Lord! thou hast searched me through, and thou knowest me. ² Thou indeed knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou understandest my thinking while yet afar off. ³ My walking and my lying down hast thou limited, and with all my ways art thou acquainted. ⁴ For, while there is not a word on my tongue, lo, thou, O Lord, knowest it entirely. ⁵ Behind and before hast thou hedged me in, and thou placest upon me thy hand. ⁶ Too wonderful is such knowledge for me: it is too exalted, I cannot attain unto it. ⁷ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee away from thy presence? ⁸ If I should ascend into heaven, thou art there; and if I should make my bed in the nether world, behold, thou art there. ⁹ If I should lift up the wings of the morning-dawn, if I should dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: ¹⁰ Even there would thy hand lead me, and thy right hand would seize hold of me. ¹¹ If I said, Surely darkness shall enshroud me, and into night be turned the light about me: ¹² Yet even darkness can obscure nothing from thee; but the night will shine like the day; both the darkness and the light are alike to thee. ¹³ For thou possessest my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴ I will thank thee therefore, that I am so fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. ¹⁵ My being was not concealed from thee, when I was made in secret, when I was so to say embroidered in the lowest parts of the earth. ¹⁶ My undeveloped substance did thy eyes see; and in thy book were all of them written down—the days which have been formed, while yet not one of them was here. ¹⁷ And how precious are unto me thy thoughts, O God! how mightily great is their sum! ¹⁸ Should I count them, they would be more numerous than the sand: I awake, and I am still with thee. ¹⁹ If thou wouldst but slay the wicked, O God! and ye men of blood, depart from me. ²⁰ Who speak of thee for a wicked end, thy enemies, that bear thy name for a vain purpose. ²¹ Behold, those that hate thee I ever hate, O Lord; and for those that rise up against thee do I feel loathing. ²² With the utmost hatred do I hate them: enemies are they become unto me. ²³ Search me through, O God, and know my heart; probe me, and know my thoughts: ²⁴ And see if there be a way of perverseness in me, and lead me on the way of eternity. ¹⁴⁰ ¹ To the chief musician, a psalm of David. ^(140:2) Deliver me, O Lord, from an evil man; from a man of violence do thou keep me; ² ^(140:3) Who think over evil resolves in their heart, who every day are gathered together for war. ³ ^(140:4) They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the poison of the adder is under their lips. Selah. ⁴ ^(140:5) Preserve me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked, from the man of violence do thou keep me, who think of overthrowing my steps. ⁵ ^(140:6) The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the side of my track; traps have they set for me. Selah. ⁶ ^(140:7) I have said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplications. ⁷ ^(140:8) O thou Eternal Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head on the day of battle. ⁸ ^(140:9) Grant not, O Lord, the longings of the wicked; suffer not his wicked device to succeed: lest they exalt themselves. Selah. ⁹ ^(140:10) As for the heads of those that encompass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. ¹⁰ ^(140:11) Let burning coals be cast upon them: let them be thrown into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. ¹¹ ^(140:12) Let not the man of an evil tongue be established on the earth: may evil hunt down the violent man to his downfall. ¹² ^(140:13) I know that the Lord will procure right for the afflicted, and justice for the needy. ¹³ ^(140:14) Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell before thy presence. ¹⁴¹ ¹ A psalm of David. O Lord, I call thee, hasten unto me: give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee. ² May my prayer be valued as incense before thee, the lifting up of my hands, as the evening offering. ³ Set, O Lord, a watch unto my mouth: keep a guard at the door of my lips. ⁴ Permit not my heart to incline after any evil thing, to practise deeds in wickedness with men that are doers of wrong: and let me not eat of their dainties. ⁵ If the righteous strike me, it is a kindness; and if he reprove me, it is as oil poured on the head, my head shall not refuse it; for yet my prayer also is offered in their sufferings. ⁶ Are their judges fallen down through means of a rock: then will they listen to my words; for they are pleasant. ⁷ As when one cutteth in and splitteth open the earth: so are our bones scattered for the mouth of the grave. ⁸ For unto thee, O Eternal Lord, are my eyes directed; in thee do I trust: pour not out my life. ⁹ Guard me from the power of the snare which they have laid for me, and the traps of the wrong-doers. ¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their own nets, altogether—while I pass safely by. ¹⁴² ¹ A Maskil 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 before him my grief: my distress I recite before him. ³ ^(142:4) When my spirit was overwhelmed within me—and thou knowest well my path—on the way whereon I desired to walk they had secretly laid a snare for me. ⁴ ^(142:5) Look to the right, and behold, yea, there is no man that recognizeth me: every refuge is lost to me; there is no one that careth for my soul. ⁵ ^(142:6) I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of life. ⁶ ^(142:7) Listen unto my entreaty; for I am very miserable: deliver me from my pursuers; for they are too mighty for me. ⁷ ^(142:8) Bring forth out of prison my soul, that I may thank thy name: with me shall the righteous crown themselves, when 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, in thy righteousness. ² And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for no living man can be regarded righteous before thee. ³ For the enemy hath pursued my soul; he hath crushed to the ground my life; he hath made me dwell in darkness, as those that are dead eternally. ⁴ And my spirit within me is overwhelmed: in my bosom is my heart astounded. ⁵ I remember the days of olden times: I meditate on all thy doings: on the work of thy hands do I reflect. ⁶ I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul longeth for thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. ⁷ Hasten, answer me, O Lord, my spirit falleth: hide not thy face from me, that I may not become like those that go down into the pit. ⁸ Cause me to hear in the morning thy kindness; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way whereon I should walk; for unto thee do I lift up my soul. ⁹ Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies: by thee do I seek shelter. ¹⁰ Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; guide me on a level land. ¹¹ For thy sake, O Lord, revive me: in thy righteousness bring forth out of distress my soul. ¹² And in thy kindness destroy my enemies, and annihilate all the adversaries of my soul; far I am thy servant. ¹⁴⁴ ¹ By David. Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who exerciseth my hands for the battle, my fingers for the war: ² My kindness, and my strong-hold; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. ³ Lord, what is man, that thou takest cognizance of him: the son of a mortal, that thou regardest him! ⁴ Man is like the breath: his days are like a passing shadow. ⁵ O Lord, bend thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, that they may smoke. ⁶ Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: send out thy arrows, and confound them. ⁷ Stretch out thy hands from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of the children of the stranger. ⁸ Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood. ⁹ O God, a new song will I sing unto thee: upon the ten-stringed psaltery will I sing praises unto thee. ¹⁰ Thou art he that giveth victory unto kings: who riddeth David his servant from the evil-bringing sword. ¹¹ Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of the children of the stranger, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and whose right hand is the right hand of falsehood. ¹² So that our sons may be like plants, grown up in their youth: our daughters, like corner-pillars, sculptured in the model of a palace. ¹³ May our garners be full, furnishing all manner of store: our sheep bringing forth thousands and ten thousands in our open pastures. ¹⁴ May our oxen be strong to labor: may there be no breach, nor migration, nor loud complaint in our streets. ¹⁵ Happy the people, that fare thus: happy the people, whose God is the Lord. ¹⁴⁵ ¹ A hymn of praise by 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 greatly praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. ⁴ One generation shall praise thy works to the other, and thy mighty acts shall they declare. ⁵ On the majestic glory of thy excellence, and on thy wondrous deeds will I meditate. ⁶ And of the might of thy terrible acts shall men converse: and thy greatness will I relate. ⁷ The memorial of thy abundant goodness shall they loudly proclaim, and they shall sing joyfully of thy righteousness. ⁸ Gracious and merciful is the Lord, long-suffering, and great in kindness. ⁹ The Lord is good to all, and his mercies are over all his works. ¹⁰ All thy works shall thank thee, O Lord; and thy pious servants shall bless thee. ¹¹ Of the glory of thy kingdom shall they converse, and of thy might shall they speak: ¹² To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. ¹³ Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all eternities, and thy dominion subsisteth throughout all generations. ¹⁴ The Lord upholdeth all who are falling, and raiseth up all those who are bowed down. ¹⁵ The eyes of all wait hopefully upon thee, and thou givest them their food in its due season. ¹⁶ Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. ¹⁷ Righteous is the Lord in all his ways, and beneficent in all his works. ¹⁸ The Lord is nigh unto all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. ¹⁹ The desire of those who fear him will he fulfill, and their cry will he hear, and save them. ²⁰ The Lord preserveth all those who love him; but all the wicked will he destroy. ²¹ The praise of the Lord shall my mouth speak: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. ¹⁴⁶ ¹ Hallelujah. Praise, O my soul, the Lord. ² I will praise the Lord throughout my life: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. ³ Put not your trust in princes, in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation. ⁴ When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his native earth: on that very day perish his thoughts. ⁵ But happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is on the Lord his God; ⁶ Who hath made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever; ⁷ Who executeth justice for the oppressed: who giveth bread to the hungry: the Lord looseneth the prisoners; ⁸ The Lord causeth the blind to see; the Lord raiseth up those who are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous: ⁹ The Lord guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked. ¹⁰ The Lord will reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah. ¹⁴⁷ ¹ Hallelujah; for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is comely; him becometh praise. ² The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: the outcasts of Israel will he gather together; ³ He that healeth the broken-hearted, and bindeth up their hurts; ⁴ Who counteth the number of the stars; who calleth them all by their names. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and abundant in power: his understanding is immeasurable. ⁶ The Lord helpeth up the meek: he bringeth down the wicked to the ground. ⁷ Lift up a song unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises unto our God with the harp; ⁸ Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who causeth grass to grow upon the mountains; ⁹ Who giveth to the beast its food, to the young ravens which cry. ¹⁰ Not in the strength of the horse hath he delight: nor in the swiftness of the legs of man taketh he pleasure. ¹¹ The Lord taketh pleasure in those that fear him, that wait for his kindness. ¹² Glorify, O Jerusalem, the Lord: praise thy God, O Zion. ¹³ For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children in the midst of thee; ¹⁴ He who bestoweth peace in thy borders, who satisfieth thee with the best of wheat; ¹⁵ He who sendeth forth his decree unto the earth: how swiftly speedeth his word along! ¹⁶ He who dispenseth snow like wool; who streweth about the hoarfrost like ashes; ¹⁷ He who casteth down his ice like pieces: before his cold who can stand? ¹⁸ He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and waters run along. ¹⁹ He declareth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances unto Israel. ²⁰ He hath not done so unto any nation: and his ordinances—these they know not. 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 And he established them for ever and to eternity: he gave a decree which none shall transgress. ⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth, ye sea-monsters, and all deeps; ⁸ Fire, and hail, snow, and vapor; thou storm-wind that fulfillest his word; ⁹ Ye mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars; ¹⁰ Ye beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and winged birds; ¹¹ Ye kings of the earth, and all nations; ye princes, and all judges of the earth; ¹² Young men and also virgins; old men, together with boys:— ¹³ Let them praise the name of the Lord; for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. ¹⁴ He also exalteth the horn of his people, a praise unto all his pious servants, even unto the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Hallelujah. ¹⁴⁹ ¹ Hallelujah. Sing unto the Lord a new song, his praise in the congregation of the pious. ² Let Israel rejoice in his Maker: let the children of Zion exult in their King. ³ Let them praise his name in the dance: with the timbrel and harp let them sing praises unto him. ⁴ For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people; he will adorn the meek with salvation. ⁵ Let the pious be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their couches. ⁶ The exalted praises of God are in their mouth, and a two-edged sword is in their hand; ⁷ To execute vengeance on the nations, and chastisements on the people: ⁸ To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron: ⁹ To execute upon them the judgment which is written: this is an honor for all his pious servants. Hallelujah. ¹⁵⁰ ¹ Hallelujah. Praise ye God in his sanctuary: praise him in the expansion of his power. ² Praise him for his acts of might: praise him according to the abundance of his greatness. ³ Praise him with the blowing of the cornet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. ⁴ Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and pipe. ⁵ Praise him upon the clear-ringing cymbals: praise him upon the high-sounding cymbals. ⁶ Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah.