Psalms 100:1-150:6 A Melody for Thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth:

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ [A Melody for Thanksgiving.]
Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth: ² Serve Yahweh with rejoicing, Enter before him, with shouts of triumph. ³ Know that, Yahweh, he, is God,––He, made us, and not, we ourselves, His people, and the flock of his pasture. ⁴ Enter ye his gates, with thanksgiving, his courts, with praise, Give ye thanks to him, bless ye his Name; ⁵ For good is Yahweh, Age–abiding is his lovingkindness, And, unto generation after generation, his faithfulness.
¹⁰¹ ¹ [David’s. A Melody.]
Of lovingkindness and of justice, will I sing! Unto thee, O Yahweh, will I touch the strings! ² I will behave myself wisely in a blameless way, When wilt thou come in unto me? I will walk to and fro in the blamelessness of my heart,––in the midst of my house: ³ I will not set before mine eyes, a vile thing,––The doing of them who fall away, I hate, It shall not cleave unto me; ⁴ A perverse heart, shall depart from me, A maker of mischief, will I not acknowledge; ⁵ He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure. ⁶ Mine eyes, shall be upon the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me,––he that walketh in a blameless way, he, shall attend me. ⁷ There shall not dwell in the midst of my house, One who worketh deceit,––he that speaketh falsehoods, shall not be established before mine eyes; ⁸ Morning by morning, will I uproot, All the lawless ones of the land, That I may cut off, out of the city of Yahweh––All the workers of iniquity.
¹⁰² ¹ [A Prayer for the Humbled One when he is about to faint, and, before Yahweh, poureth out his grief.]
O Yahweh, hear thou my prayer, and let, my cry for help, unto thee, enter in. ² Do not hide thy face from me, In the day when I am in distress,––Bend down unto me thine ear, In the day when I call, speedily answer me. ³ For, consumed in smoke, are my days, And, my bones, like a burning mass, are scorched through; ⁴ Smitten like herbage, so is my heart dried up, For I have forgotten to eat my food. ⁵ At the noise of my groaning, my bone, hath cleaved, to my flesh: ⁶ I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins. ⁷ I have watched and am become, Like a bird sitting alone upon a housetop. ⁸ All the day, have mine enemies, reproached me, And, they who are mad against me, by me, have sworn. ⁹ For, ashes––like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink––with my tears, have I mingled; ¹⁰ Because of thine indignation and thy wrath, For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. ¹¹ My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.
¹² But, thou, O Yahweh, age–abidingly wilt remain, And the memorial of thee, to generation after generation. ¹³ Thou, wilt arise, wilt have compassion upon Zion, Surely it is time to favour her, Surely the time appointed, hath come; ¹⁴ Seeing that thy servants, take pleasure, in her stones, And, her dust, they favour: ¹⁵ That the nations may revere thy Name, O Yahweh, And all the kings of the earth, thy glory. ¹⁶ When Yahweh, hath built up, Zion, Hath appeared in his glory; ¹⁷ Hath turned towards the prayer of the destitute, And not despised their prayer, ¹⁸ This, shall be written, for a later generation, And, a people to be created, will give praise unto Yah:–– ¹⁹ That he looked down, out of his holy height, Yahweh, from the heavens unto the earth, directed his gaze; –– ²⁰ To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free, them who were appointed to death. ²¹ To the end the Name of Yahweh, might be celebrated in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem: ²² When the peoples, gather themselves together, And the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh.
²³ He hath prostrated, in the way, my strength,––He hath shortened my days. ²⁴ I said, O my GOD, do not remove me in the midst of my days, Throughout the generation of generations, are thy years; ²⁵ Of old––the earth, thou didst found, And, the work of thy hands, are the heavens; ²⁶ They, shall perish, But, thou, wilt abide; And, they all, like a garment, shall fall in pieces, As a vesture, wilt thou change them and they shall vanish; ²⁷ But, thou, art, the same,––And, thy years, shall have no end: ²⁸ The children of thy servants, shall continue,––And, their seed, before thee, be established.
¹⁰³ ¹ Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,––And all that is within me, his holy Name; ² Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, And forget not all his dealings:–– ³ Who forgiveth all thine iniquity, Who healeth all thy diseases; ⁴ Who redeemeth, from destruction, thy life, Who crowneth thee, with lovingkindness and compassion: ⁵ Who satisfieth, with good, thine age, Thy youth, reneweth itself like an eagle.
⁶ Yahweh is one, who executeth righteousness, Yea vindication for all the oppressed. ⁷ Who made known his ways unto Moses, unto the sons of Israel, his doings. ⁸ Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh,––Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness. ⁹ Not perpetually, will he contend, Nor age–abidingly, retain anger; ¹⁰ Not according to our sins, hath he dealt with us, Nor according to our iniquities, hath he treated us. ¹¹ For, as the heavens are exalted over the earth, His lovingkindness hath prevailed over them who revere him; ¹² As far as East from West, Hath he put far from us, our transgressions; ¹³ Like the compassion of a father for his children, Is, the compassion of Yahweh, for them who revere him; ¹⁴ For, he, knoweth how we are formed, He is mindful that, dust, we are. ¹⁵ As for man, like grass, are his days, Like the blossom of the field, so, doth he blossom; ¹⁶ For, a wind, hath passed over it, and it is gone, And its own place is acquainted with it no more. ¹⁷ But, the lovingkindness of Yahweh, is from one age even to another, Upon them who revere him, And his righteousness, to children’s children:–– ¹⁸ To such as keep his covenant, And remember his precepts, to do them.
¹⁹ Yahweh, in the heavens, hath established his throne, And, his kingdom, over all, hath dominion. ²⁰ Bless Yahweh, ye messengers of his,––Heroes of vigour, doing his word, To hearken [again] to the voice of his word; ²¹ Bless Yahweh, all ye his hosts, Attendants of his, doing his pleasure; ²² Bless Yahweh, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion, Bless, O my soul, Yahweh.
¹⁰⁴ ¹ Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,––Yahweh, my God, thou art exceedingly great, With honour and majesty, hast thou clothed thyself, ² Putting on light, as a robe, Stretching out the heavens, as a curtain; ³ Building, in the waters, his upper chambers,––Who maketh clouds his chariot, Who passeth along on the wings of the wind; ⁴ Making His messengers, winds, His attendants, a flaming fire; ⁵ He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken, to times age–abiding and beyond. ⁶ With the resounding deep––as a garment, hast thou covered it, Above the mountains, stand the waters; ⁷ At thy rebuke, they flee, At the voice of thy thunder, they hurry away; ⁸ Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them; ⁹ Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.
¹⁰ Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent–beds, Between the mountains, they flow along; ¹¹ They give drink, to every wild beast of the field, The wild asses do break their thirst. ¹² Over them, the bird of the heavens settleth down, From amidst the foliage, they utter a voice. ¹³ Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth. ¹⁴ Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle, And the herb, for the service of man, That he may bring forth food out of the earth; ¹⁵ And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well–nourished face,––And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain. ¹⁶ Satisfied are, The trees of Yahweh, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; ¹⁷ Where the birds build their nests, The stork, in the fir–trees, hath her house; ¹⁸ The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.
¹⁹ He hath made the moon for seasons, And, the sun, knoweth his place for entering in. ²⁰ Thou causest darkness, and it becometh night, Therein, creepeth forth, Every wild beast of the forest; ²¹ The young lions, roaring for prey, And seeking, from GOD, their food. ²² The sun ariseth, they withdraw themselves, And, in their lairs, lay them down. ²³ Man goeth forth to his work, And to his labour, until evening. ²⁴ How thy works abound, O Yahweh! All of them––in wisdom, hast thou made, The earth is full of thy possession:–– ²⁵ This sea here, is great and broad on both hands,––Wherein are creeping things, even without number, Living things, small with great; ²⁶ There, ships, sail along, This sea–monster, thou hast formed to sport therein; ²⁷ All of them, for thee, do wait, That thou mayest give them their food in its season; ²⁸ Thou givest unto them, they gather, Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good. ²⁹ Thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed, Thou withdrawest their spirit, They cease to breathe, And, unto their own dust, do they return: ³⁰ Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, And thou renewest the face of the ground.
³¹ Be thy glory, O Yahweh, to times age–abiding, Let Yahweh rejoice in his own works: ³² Who looketh at the earth, and it trembleth, He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke. ³³ I will sing to Yahweh, as long as I live! Yea I will touch the strings to my God, while I continue; ³⁴ Pleasing unto him, be my meditation, I, will rejoice in Yahweh. ³⁵ Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth And, the lawless, no more, shall exist,––Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, Praise ye Yah!
¹⁰⁵ ¹ Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known, among the peoples, his doings; ² Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders. ³ Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh. ⁴ Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times. ⁵ Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents, and the just decisions of his mouth. ⁶ O ye Seed of Abraham––his servants, Sons of Jacob––his chosen ones: ⁷ Yahweh himself, is our God, Through all the land, are his just decision.
⁸ He hath remembered, unto times age–abiding, his covenant, The word he commanded, to a thousand generations; ⁹ Which he solemnised with Abraham, and his oath, to Isaac; ¹⁰ And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel, as a covenant age–abiding; ¹¹ Saying, To thee, will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion; ¹² While as yet they were men easily counted,––A very few, and sojourners therein; ¹³ And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people. ¹⁴ He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved––for their sakes––[even] kings! ¹⁵ Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And, to my Prophets, may ye do no wrong. ¹⁶ Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread, he brake; ¹⁷ He sent before them a man, For a slave, was he sold––[even] Joseph; ¹⁸ They forced, into a fetter, his foot, Into the iron, entered his soul; ¹⁹ Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh, proved him; ²⁰ The king sent, and set him free, One having dominion over peoples, yet loosed he his bonds; ²¹ He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed; ²² That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And, his elders, he might embue with wisdom. ²³ So Israel came into Egypt, And, Jacob, sojourned in the land of Ham; ²⁴ And he made his people exceeding fruitful,––And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
²⁵ He let them turn their heart––To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants; ²⁶ He sent Moses his servant, Aaron, whom he had chosen. ²⁷ He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders, in the land of Ham; ²⁸ He sent darkness, and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words; ²⁹ He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die; ³⁰ Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings! ³¹ He spake, and there came in the gad–fly, Gnats, in all their bounds; ³² He made their showers––hail, A fire flaming throughout their land; ³³ And he smote their vines, and their fig–trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds; ³⁴ He spake––then came the swarming locust,––The devouring locust, and that without number; ³⁵ And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground. ³⁶ Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength; ³⁷ Thus brought he them forth, with silver and gold, Nor was there, throughout his tribes, one that faltered; ³⁸ Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them. ³⁹ He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire, to give light by night, ⁴⁰ They asked, and he brought in the quail,––And, with the bread of the heavens, he satisfied them; ⁴¹ He opened the rock, and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along, through parched places, as a river; ⁴² For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant. ⁴³ Thus brought he forth his people with gladness,––With shouts of triumph, his chosen ones; ⁴⁴ And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they possession: ⁴⁵ In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.
¹⁰⁶ ¹ Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ² Who can relate the mighty deeds of Yahweh? can cause to be heard, all his praise? ³ How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times. ⁴ Remember me, O Yahweh, when thou acceptest thy people, Visit me, with thy salvation; ⁵ That I may look upon the welfare of thy chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, That I may glory, with thine inheritance.
⁶ We have sinned––with our fathers, We have acted perversely, we have committed lawlessness; ⁷ Our fathers, in Egypt, understood not thy wonders, They remembered not the abounding of thy lovingkindnesses, but rebelled by the sea––at the Red Sea. ⁸ Yet he saved them, for the sake of his Name, to make known his mighty power; ⁹ So he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up, And he led them through deeps, as pasture–land; ¹⁰ And saved them from the hand of one full of hatred, And redeemed them out of the hand of the foe; ¹¹ So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them, was left. ¹² They believed therefore in his words, They sang his praise.
¹³ Soon forgat they his works,––They waited not for his counsel; ¹⁴ But lusted a lust in the desert, and tested GOD in the waste. ¹⁵ So he gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. ¹⁶ And they became jealous of Moses in the camp,––of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh; ¹⁷ The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, and covered up the assembly of Abiram; ¹⁸ Then was kindled a fire in their assembly,––a flame, consumed the lawless ones. ¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb,––and bowed down to a molten image; ²⁰ Thus changed they my glory, for the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. ²¹ They forgat GOD their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt: ²² Wonders in the land of Ham, Terrible things by the Red Sea. ²³ Then would he have bidden to destroy them,––had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying. ²⁴ And they refused the delightful land, They believed not his word; ²⁵ But murmured in their tents,––They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh. ²⁶ So he lifted up his hand unto them, that he would let them fall in the desert; ²⁷ And would disperse their seed among the nations, and would scatter them throughout the lands. ²⁸ Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal–peor,––and did eat sacrifices to the dead: ²⁹ So they provoked to anger by their doings, and a plague, made a breach among them. ³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague: ³¹ So it was counted unto him, for righteousness, To generation after generation, unto times age abiding. ³² And they provoked by the waters of Meribah,––And it fared ill with Moses, for their sakes; ³³ For they embittered his spirit, and he spake rashly with his lips.
³⁴ They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them; ³⁵ But had fellowship with the nations, and learned their doings; ³⁶ Yea they served their idols, and they became to them a snare: ³⁷ Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons; ³⁸ And poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood–shed; ³⁹ And they became unclean by their works, and became unchaste in their doings. ⁴⁰ Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance. ⁴¹ So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them, had dominion over them; ⁴² And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand. ⁴³ Many times, did he rescue them,––But, they, rebelled by their counsel, and sank low in their iniquity. ⁴⁴ Then looked he on the distress which befell them,––when he heard their loud cry; ⁴⁵ Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses; ⁴⁶ And granted them compassion before all their captors. ⁴⁷ Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud in thy praise. ⁴⁸ Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, from one age even unto another, And all the people, shall say, Amen! Praise ye Yah! ¹⁰⁷ ¹ [BOOK THE FIFTH]
¶ O give thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ² Let the redeemed of Yahweh say, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary; ³ And, out of the lands, hath gathered them––From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. ⁴ They wandered about in the desert––in a waste, Way to a city to dwell in, found they none; ⁵ Hungry––yea thirsty, their soul, within them, fainted: ⁶ Then made they outcry to Yahweh, in their peril, Out of their distresses, he rescued them; ⁷ And led them by a straight road, That they might journey to a city to dwell in. ⁸ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men; ⁹ For he hath satisfied the longing soul, and, the famished soul, hath he filled with good.
¹⁰ The dwellers in darkness and death–shade, bound with oppression and iron; ¹¹ Because they had rebelled against the sayings of GOD,––and, the counsel of the Most High, they had spurned; ¹² And he bowed down, with labour, their heart, They staggered, with no one to help, ¹³ Then made they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, Out of their distresses, he saved them; ¹⁴ He brought them forth out of darkness and death–shade, and, their fetters, he tare off. ¹⁵ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! ¹⁶ For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And, the bars of iron, he hewed asunder.
¹⁷ The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted; ¹⁸ All manner of food, their soul abhorreth, and so they draw near unto the gates of death, ¹⁹ Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he saveth them. ²⁰ He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their graves. ²¹ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! ²² Yea let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount his works with a shout.
²³ Men who go down to the sea, in ships, doing business through mighty waters; ²⁴ They, see the works of Yahweh, and his wonders in the deep; ²⁵ And he speaketh, and there ariseth a tempestuous wind, which lifteth on high its rolling waves; ²⁶ They mount the heavens, they descend the roaring deeps, their soul, by trouble, dissolveth; ²⁷ They reel and stagger, like a drunken man, and, all their wisdom, is engulfed, ²⁸ Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, and, out of their distresses, he bringeth them forth, ²⁹ He calmeth the storm to a whisper, and silent are their rolling waves: ³⁰ Then are they glad, because they are hushed, And he guideth them unto their desired haven. ³¹ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! ³² Yea let them extol him in the convocation of the people, and, in the seated company of elders, let them praise him.
³³ He turneth Rivers into a desert, and, Springs of Water, into thirsty ground, ³⁴ A Land of Fruit, into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein. ³⁵ He turneth A Desert, into a pool of water, and, A Parched Land into springs of water; ³⁶ And hath caused the famished to dwell there, And they have built them a city to dwell in; ³⁷ And have sown fields, and planted vineyards, and made them fruits of increase: ³⁸ Thus hath he blessed them, and they have multiplied greatly, And, their cattle, he maketh not few. ³⁹ So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow; ⁴⁰ He poureth contempt upon nobles, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste; ⁴¹ But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock:–– ⁴² The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth. ⁴³ Who is wise? then let him observe these things! and diligently consider the lovingkindness of Yahweh.
¹⁰⁸ ¹ [A Song, a Melody: David’s.]
Fixed, is my heart, O God, I will sing and touch the strings, even mine honour. ² Awake, O harp and lyre, I will awaken the dawn! ³ I will thank thee among the peoples, O Yahweh, and will sing praise unto thee, among the tribes of men. ⁴ For, great, above the heavens, is thy lovingkindness, and, as far as the skies, thy faithfulness. ⁵ Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And, above all the earth, be thy glory.
⁶ To the end thy beloved ones may be delivered, Oh save thou with thy right hand and answer me! ⁷ God, hath spoken in his holiness, I will exult! I will apportion Shechem! And, the Vale of Succoth, will I measure out; ⁸ Mine, is Gilead––mine, Manasseh, but, Ephraim, is the defence of my head, Judah, is my commander’s staff; ⁹ Moab, is my wash–bowl, Upon Edom, will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia, raise a shout of triumph. ¹⁰ Who will conduct me to a fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom? ¹¹ Hast not thou, O God, rejected us? and wilt not go forth, O God, with our hosts. ¹² Grant us help out of distress, for, vain, is the deliverance of man: ¹³ In God, shall we do valiantly, He himself, therefore, shall tread down our adversaries.
¹⁰⁹ ¹ [To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody.]
O God of my praise, do not be silent; ² For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue; ³ And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause: ⁴ For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer: ⁵ Yea they have returned unto me––Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.
⁶ Set in charge over him, one who is lawless, and let, an accuser, stand at his right hand; ⁷ When he is judged, let him go out condemned, and let, his own petition, become a sin; ⁸ Let his days become few, his overseership, let another take; ⁹ Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow; ¹⁰ Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins; ¹¹ Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, and let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil; ¹² Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, and there be none to favour his fatherless children; ¹³ Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation, let their name be wiped out; ¹⁴ Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, and, the sin of his mother, let it not be wiped out; ¹⁵ Let them be before Yahweh continually, and let the memory of them, be cut off out of the earth. ¹⁶ Because that he remembered not to show lovingkindness, but pursued the man that was oppressed and needy, that, the downhearted, he might slay. ¹⁷ Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him; ¹⁸ Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment, therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, and like oil into his bones; ¹⁹ Be it his, as a garment he shall wrap round him, and for a girdle he shall, at all times, gird on: ²⁰ This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.
²¹ But, thou, Yahweh, Adonay, deal effectually with me, for the sake of thy Name, Since good is thy lovingkindness, O rescue me; ²² For, oppressed and needy, I am, and, my heart, is wounded within me. ²³ As a shadow when it stretcheth out, I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust; ²⁴ My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness: ²⁵ So, I, am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head. ²⁶ Help me! O Yahweh my God, Save me, according to thy lovingkindness: ²⁷ That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it. ²⁸ They, may curse if, thou, wilt bless,––Mine assailants, shall be ashamed, but, thy servant, shall rejoice; ²⁹ Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, and shall wrap about them, like a cloak, their own shame. ³⁰ I will thank Yahweh loudly with my mouth, Yea, in the midst of multitudes, will I praise him; ³¹ Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save, from them who would pass sentence on his life.
¹¹⁰ ¹ [David’s. A Melody.]
The declaration of Yahweh to my Lord––Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool. ² Thy sceptre of strength, will Yahweh extend out of Zion, Tread thou down, in the midst of thy foes. ³ Thy people, will freely offer themselves, in the day of thine army,––in the splendours of holiness, out of the womb of the dawn, To thee, [shall spring forth] the dew of thy youth. ⁴ Yahweh, hath sworn––and will not repent, Thou, [shalt be] a priest unto times age–abiding, after the manner of Melchizedek.
⁵ My Lord, on thy right hand,––hath shattered––in the day of his anger––kings; ⁶ He will judge among the nations––full of dead bodies! He hath shattered the head over a land far extended: ⁷ Of the torrent in the way, will he drink; ––For this cause, will he lift up [his] head.
¹¹¹ ¹ Praise ye Yah! I will give thanks unto Yahweh, with a whole heart, in the circle of the upright and the assembly. ² Great are the works of Yahweh, sought out, by all who find pleasure therein. ³ Honourable and majestic, is his doing, and, his righteousness, standeth for aye. ⁴ A memorial, hath he made by his wonders, Gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh. ⁵ Food, hath he given to them who revere him, He will remember, age–abidingly, his covenant.
⁶ The might of his works, hath he declared to his people, that he may give them the inheritance of the nations. ⁷ The works of his hands, are faithful and just, Firm are all his precepts; ⁸ Upheld to futurity, to times age–abiding, done in faithfulness and equity. ⁹ Ransom, hath he sent to his people, He hath commanded, to times age–abiding, his covenant, Holy and reverend, is his Name. ¹⁰ The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, Good discretion, have all that do them, His praise, endureth for aye.
¹¹² ¹ Praise ye Yah! How happy is the man who revereth Yahweh, In his commandments, delighteth he greatly; ² Mighty in the earth, shall be his seed, The generation of the upright, shall be blessed; ³ Wealth and riches, shall be in his house, and, his righteousness, standeth for aye. ⁴ Risen––in darkness, is light to the upright, The gracious and compassionate and righteous. ⁵ Well for a man showing favour and lending! He shall sustain his affairs with justice.
⁶ Surely, unto times age–abiding, shall he not be shaken, In remembrance, age–abiding, shall the righteous one remain; ⁷ Of evil tidings, shall he not be afraid, Established is his heart, led to trust in Yahweh; ⁸ Upheld is his heart, he shall not be afraid, until that he gazeth on his foes. ⁹ He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy, His righteousness, standeth for aye, His horn, shall be exalted in honour. ¹⁰ The lawless one, shall see, and be indignant, his teeth, will he gnash and melt away, The craving of the lawless, shall vanish.
¹¹³ ¹ Praise ye Yah! Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh, Praise the Name of Yahweh; ² Be the Name of Yahweh blessed, henceforth, even to times age–abiding. ³ From the rising of the sun unto the going in thereof, Worthy to be praised, is the Name of Yahweh: ⁴ High above all nations, is Yahweh, Above the heavens, his glory. ⁵ Who is like Yahweh our God? that goeth on high to dwell, ⁶ That cometh down low to look, through the heavens and through the earth; ⁷ That raiseth, out of the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy; ⁸ To give a seat with nobles, with the nobles of his people! ⁹ Causing the barren woman to dwell in a household, A mother of sons in her joy! Praise ye Yah.
¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue, ² Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm: ³ The sea, beheld, and fled, The Jordan, turned back; ⁴ The mountains, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock? ⁵ What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest back? ⁶ Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock? ⁷ Before the Lord, be in anguish, O earth, Before the GOD of Jacob: ⁸ Who turneth The Rock into a pool of water, The Flint into springs of water.
¹¹⁵ ¹ Not unto us, O Yahweh, not unto us,––but, unto thine own Name, give glory, concerning thy lovingkindness, concerning thy faithfulness. ² Wherefore should the nations say, Pray where is their God? ³ When, our God, is in the heavens, Whatsoever he pleased, hath he done. ⁴ Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men,–– ⁵ A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; ⁶ Ears, have they, but they hear not, A nose, have they, but they smell not: ⁷ Their hands! but they feel not, Their feet! but they walk not, No sound make they in their throat. ⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.
⁹ O Israel! trust thou in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! ¹⁰ O house of Aaron! trust ye in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! ¹¹ Ye that revere Yahweh! trust in Yahweh, Their help and their shield, is he! ¹² Yahweh, hath remembered us, he will bless––He will bless the house of Israel, He will bless the house of Aaron; ¹³ He will bless them who revere Yahweh, the small with the great. ¹⁴ Yahweh multiply you, You, and your children. ¹⁵ Blessed are ye of Yahweh, who made the heavens and the earth: ¹⁶ As for the heavens, the heavens, belong to Yahweh, but the earth, hath he given to the sons of men. ¹⁷ The dead, cannot praise Yah, nor any that go down into silence; ¹⁸ But, we, will bless Yah, from henceforth even unto times age–abiding. Praise ye Yah.
¹¹⁶ ¹ I love Yahweh––because he heareth my voice, my supplications; ² Because he hath bowed down his ear unto me, therefore, throughout my days, will I call. ³ The meshes of death encompassed me, and the distresses of hades, came upon me, Peril and sorrow, I found; ⁴ But, on the Name of Yahweh, I called––I beseech thee, Yahweh, deliver my soul. ⁵ Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and, our God, is full of compassion. ⁶ Yahweh, preserveth the simple, I was brought low, when, to me, he granted salvation. ⁷ Return, O my soul, to thy rest, For, Yahweh, hath dealt bountifully with thee. ⁸ For thou hast rescued my soul from death,––mine eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. ⁹ I will walk to and fro before Yahweh, in the lands of life.
¹⁰ I believed that I should speak, I, was greatly depressed. ¹¹ I, said in mine alarm, All men, are false! ¹² How shall I give back to Yahweh, All his benefits unto me? ¹³ The cup of salvation, will I lift, and, on the Name of Yahweh, will I call: ¹⁴ My vows––to Yahweh, will I pay, Might it be in presence of all his people! ¹⁵ Costly in the eyes of Yahweh, is, death, for his men of lovingkindness. ¹⁶ I beseech thee, O Yahweh––for, I, am thy servant,––I, am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid, Thou hast loosened my bonds. ¹⁷ To thee, will I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and, on the Name of Yahweh, will I call: ¹⁸ My vows––to Yahweh, will I pay, Might it be in the presence of all his people; –– ¹⁹ In the courts of the house of Yahweh, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Yah!
¹¹⁷ ¹ Praise Yahweh, all ye nations, Laud him, all ye tribes of men; ² For his lovingkindness, hath prevailed over us, and, the faithfulness of Yahweh, is to times age–abiding. Praise ye Yah!
¹¹⁸ ¹ Give ye thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ² I pray you! let Israel, say, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ³ I pray you! let the house of Aaron, say, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁴ I pray you! let them who revere Yahweh, say, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁵ Out of a strait, called I on Yah, He answered me with enlargement. ⁶ Yahweh, is on my side, I will not fear, What can man, do unto me? ⁷ Yahweh, is on my side, with them who help me, I, therefore shall gaze upon them who hate me. ⁸ It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man: ⁹ It is, better to seek refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in nobles. ¹⁰ All nations, have compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised; ¹¹ They have compassed me about––yea compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised; ¹² They have compassed me about like wax bees, they have blazed up like the fire of thorns, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised. ¹³ Thou didst, thrust sore, at me that I might fall, But, Yahweh, hath helped me. ¹⁴ My might and melody, is Yah, and he hath become mine by salvation. ¹⁵ The voice of shouting and salvation, is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Yahweh, is doing valiantly: ¹⁶ The right hand of Yahweh, is exalted, The right hand of Yahweh, is doing valiantly. ¹⁷ I shall not die, but live, That I may recount the doings of Yah. ¹⁸ Yah, chastened me sore, But, unto death, did not deliver me.
¹⁹ Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will enter therein, I will give thanks unto Yah. ²⁰ This, is the gate for Yahweh, Such as are righteous, shall enter therein. ²¹ I will thank thee, because thou hast answered me, And hast become mine, by salvation. ²² A stone the builders refused, hath become the head of the corner: ²³ From Yahweh, hath this come to pass, The same, is marvelous in our eyes. ²⁴ This is the day, which Yahweh hath made, We will exult, and be glad therein. ²⁵ Ah now, Yahweh, do save, we beseech thee, Ah now, Yahweh, do send success, we beseech thee! ²⁶ Blessed be he that entereth, In the Name of Yahweh, we have blessed you, out of the house of Yahweh. ²⁷ Yahweh is GOD, and hath shed on us light,––Bind ye the festal sacrifice with cords, Up to the horns of the altar. ²⁸ My GOD, thou art, and I will thank thee,––My Elohim, I will exalt thee. ²⁹ Give ye thanks to Yahweh––For he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.
¹¹⁹ ¹ [ALEPH.] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh. ² How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him. ³ Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.
⁴ Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept. ⁵ Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes. ⁶ Then, shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
⁷ I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, when I have learned thy righteous regulations. ⁸ Thy statutes, will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly.
⁹ [BETH.] Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed, according to thy word.
¹⁰ With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.
¹¹ In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.
¹² Blessed art thou, O Yahweh––Teach me thy statutes.
¹³ With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth. ¹⁴ In the way of thy testimonies, have I rejoiced, Like as over all riches. ¹⁵ In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths. ¹⁶ In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.
¹⁷ [GIMEL.] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant––let me live, That I may observe thy word.
¹⁸ Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.
¹⁹ A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.
²⁰ My soul is crushed with longing for thy just decisions at all times.
²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.
²² Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.
²³ Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.
²⁴ Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counselors.
²⁵ [DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
²⁶ My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes. ²⁷ The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.
²⁸ My soul weepeth itself away, for grief, Confirm thou me, according to thy word. ²⁹ The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.
³⁰ The way of faithfulness, have I chosen, Thy regulations, have I deemed right. ³¹ I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame. ³² The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart.
³³ [HE.] Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto the end. ³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, that I may keep it with a whole heart.
³⁵ Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure. ³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not unto unjust gain.
³⁷ Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
³⁸ Establish, unto thy servant, thy word, which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.
³⁹ Cause to pass away my reproach, that I have feared, for, thy regulations, are good.
⁴⁰ Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness, give me life.
⁴¹ [WAW.] And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, thy salvation, according to thy word. ⁴² So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.
⁴³ And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited. ⁴⁴ That I may keep thy law continually, to times age–abiding and beyond.
⁴⁵ That I may walk to and fro in a large place, because, thy precepts, have I sought. ⁴⁶ That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, and not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved. ⁴⁸ That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.
⁴⁹ [ZAYIN.] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
⁵⁰ This, is my comfort in mine affliction, that, thy word, hath given me life.
⁵¹ Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.
⁵² I have remembered thy regulations, [which have come down] from age–past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.
⁵³ A raging heat, hath seized me, by reason of the lawless, who forsake thy law.
⁵⁴ Songs, have thy statutes become to me, in my house of sojourn.
⁵⁵ I have remembered, in the night, thy Name, O Yahweh, and have kept thy law. ⁵⁶ This, have I had, because, thy precepts, have I observed.
⁵⁷ [HETH.] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.
⁵⁸ I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Show me favour, according to thy word.
⁵⁹ I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
⁶¹ The meshes of the lawless, have surrounded me, Thy law, have I not forgotten.
⁶² At midnight, I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.
⁶³ Companion, am I, to all who revere thee, and to them who keep thy precepts.
⁶⁴ Of thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, the earth, is full, Thy statutes, teach thou me.
⁶⁵ [TETH.] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word. ⁶⁶ Good judgment and knowledge, teach thou me, For, in thy commandments, have I trusted.
⁶⁷ Before I was afflicted, I myself was going astray, but, now, thy word, have I kept.
⁶⁸ Good, thou art, and doing good, Teach me thy statutes.
⁶⁹ Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I, with a whole heart, will observe thy precepts. ⁷⁰ Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.
⁷¹ It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
⁷² Better to me, is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver.
⁷³ [YODH.] Thine own hands, have made me, and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
⁷⁴ They who revere thee, shall see me and rejoice, that, for thy word, I waited.
⁷⁵ I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, and, in faithfulness, didst thou afflict me.
⁷⁶ Let thy lovingkindness, I beseech thee, serve to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant. ⁷⁷ Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.
⁷⁸ Let insolent men, be ashamed, because, by means of falsehood, they have dealt with me perversely, I, will meditate in thy precepts. ⁷⁹ Let them who revere thee, turn unto me, even they who know thy testimonies.
⁸⁰ Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, that I may not be ashamed.
⁸¹ [KAPH.] My soul, hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word, have I hoped. ⁸² Mine eyes have failed for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
⁸³ Though I have been like a wineskin in the smoke, thy statutes, have I not forgotten.
⁸⁴ How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?
⁸⁵ Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law. ⁸⁶ All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me! ⁸⁷ A little more, and they had consumed me in the earth, but, I, forsake not thy precepts.
⁸⁸ According to thy lovingkindness, give thou me life, so will I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
⁸⁹ [LAMED.] Age–abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens. ⁹⁰ To generation after generation, is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth. ⁹¹ By thy regulations, do they stand today, for, all, are thy servants.
⁹² Had not thy law been my dear delight, then, had I perished in mine affliction.
⁹³ Unto times age–abiding, will I not forget thy precepts, For, by them, hast thou given me life.
⁹⁴ Thine, am I,––oh save me! For, thy precepts, have I sought.
⁹⁵ For me, have the lawless waited, to destroy me, Thy testimonies, will I diligently consider.
⁹⁶ To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.
⁹⁷ [MEM.] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my meditation.
⁹⁸ Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age–abidingly, shall it be mine. ⁹⁹ Beyond all my teachers, have I shown discretion, for, thy testimonies, are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.
¹⁰¹ From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.
¹⁰² From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.
¹⁰³ How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.
¹⁰⁵ [NUN.] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶ I sware, and have fulfilled, To keep thy righteous regulations.
¹⁰⁷ I have been afflicted exceedingly,––O Yahweh, give me life according to thy word.
¹⁰⁸ The freewill offerings of my mouth, accept, I pray thee, O Yahweh, And, thy regulations, teach thou me.
¹⁰⁹ My life, is in my hand continually, Yet, thy law, have I not forgotten. ¹¹⁰ The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet, from thy precepts, have I not strayed.
¹¹¹ As an inheritance have I taken thy testimonies unto times age–abiding, for, the joy of my heart, they are. ¹¹² I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Age–abidingly, to the end.
¹¹³ [SAMECH.] Half–hearted ones, do I hate, but, thy law, do I love.
¹¹⁴ My hiding–place and my buckler, thou art, For thy word, have I waited.
¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evil–doers,––that I may observe the commandments of my God.
¹¹⁶ Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, and do not shame me out of my hope! ¹¹⁷ Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.
¹¹⁸ Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood. ¹¹⁹ Dross, have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, therefore do I love thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
¹²¹ [AYIN.] I have done justice and righteousness,––Do not leave me to mine oppressors. ¹²² Be thou surety for thy servant for good, Let not insolent men oppress me.
¹²³ Mine eyes, have become dim for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.
¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according to thy lovingkindness, And, thy statutes, teach thou me. ¹²⁵ Thy servant, I am––give me understanding, So shall I get to know thy testimonies.
¹²⁶ It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!
¹²⁷ For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold! ¹²⁸ For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.
¹²⁹ [PE.] Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause, hath my soul observed them.
¹³⁰ The opening of thy words, sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.
¹³¹ My mouth, have I opened wide, and panted, Because, for thy commandments, have I longed.
¹³² Turn thyself unto me, and show me favour,––As is befitting, to the lovers of thy Name.
¹³³ My steps, direct thou by thy word, And let no iniquity, have dominion over me.
¹³⁴ Set me free from the oppression of man, So will I keep thy precepts.
¹³⁵ Thy face, light thou up on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes.
¹³⁶ Streams of water, have run down mine eyes, Because men have not kept thy law.
¹³⁷ [ZADHE.] Righteous art thou, O Yahweh,––And, equitable, are thy regulations. ¹³⁸ Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, Yea in great faithfulness.
¹³⁹ My zeal, hath put an end to me, For mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
¹⁴⁰ Refined is thy word, to the uttermost, And, thy servant loveth it.
¹⁴¹ Small, am I, and despised, Thy precepts, have I not forgotten.
¹⁴² Thy righteousness, is righteous to times age–abiding, And, thy law, is truth.
¹⁴³ Straitness and distress, have befallen me, Thy commandments, are my dear delights. ¹⁴⁴ Righteous are thy testimonies, unto times age–abiding, Give me understanding, that I may live.
¹⁴⁵ [KOPH.] I have cried out with all my heart, answer me, O Yahweh; Thy statutes, will I observe. ¹⁴⁶ I have cried out unto thee, oh save me, That I may keep thy testimonies.
¹⁴⁷ I forestalled the twilight, and cried for help, For thy word, I waited. ¹⁴⁸ Mine eyes forestalled the night–watches, To meditate in thy word.
¹⁴⁹ My voice, O hear, according to thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh! according to thy wont, give me life.
¹⁵⁰ They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away. ¹⁵¹ Near art thou, O Yahweh, and, all thy commandments, are truth.
¹⁵² Long, have I known, from thy testimonies, That, to times age–abiding, thou didst establish them.
¹⁵³ [RESH.] Behold mine affliction, and rescue me, For, thy law, have I not forgotten. ¹⁵⁴ Plead my cause, and redeem me, By thy word, give me life.
¹⁵⁵ Far from the lawless, is salvation, For, thy statutes, have they not sought.
¹⁵⁶ Thy compassions, are great, O Yahweh, According to thy regulations, give me life.
¹⁵⁷ Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.
¹⁵⁸ I have seen traitors, and felt loathing, Because, thy word, they kept not.
¹⁵⁹ See thou that, thy precepts, I have loved, O Yahweh, according to thy lovingkindness, give me life.
¹⁶⁰ The sum of thy word, is truth, and, age–abiding, is every one of thy righteous regulations.
¹⁶¹ [SHIN.] Rulers, have persecuted me, without cause, But, of thy word, hath my heart stood in awe.
¹⁶² Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.
¹⁶³ Falsehood, I hate and abhor, Thy law, do I love.
¹⁶⁴ Seven times in the day, have I praised thee, For thy righteous regulations.
¹⁶⁵ Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.
¹⁶⁶ I have looked for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy commandments, have I done.
¹⁶⁷ My soul hath kept thy testimonies, yea I have loved them greatly. ¹⁶⁸ I have kept thy precepts, and thy testimonies, For, all my ways, are before thee.
¹⁶⁹ [TAU] Let my shouting come near before thee, O Yahweh, According to thy word, give me understanding. ¹⁷⁰ Let my supplication come in before thee, According to thy word, deliver me.
¹⁷¹ My lips, shall pour out, praise, When thou shalt teach me thy statutes.
¹⁷² My tongue, shall respond, with thy word, For, all thy commandments, are righteous.
¹⁷³ Be thy hand ready to help me, For, thy statutes, have I chosen. ¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy law, is my dear delight.
¹⁷⁵ Let my soul live, that it may praise thee, So shall thy regulation help me.
¹⁷⁶ I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.
¹²⁰ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
Unto Yahweh, in the distress that befell me, I cried––and he answered me. ² O Yahweh! rescue thou my soul––from the false lip, from the deceitful tongue. ³ What shall be given to thee, and what shall be added to thee, thou deceitful tongue? ⁴ The arrows of the hero sharpened, with burning coals of broom.
⁵ Woe is me, That I sojourn in Meshek,––That I abide near the tents of Kedar! ⁶ Long, hath my soul had her dwelling with him that hateth peace: ⁷ I, am for peace, and verily I speak, They, are for war!
¹²¹ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
I will lift up mine eyes, unto the mountains, From whence cometh my help! ² My help, is from Yahweh, who made heavens and earth. ³ May he not suffer thy foot, to slip, May thy keeper, not slumber! ⁴ Lo! neither will slumber nor sleep, The keeper of Israel. ⁵ Yahweh, is thy keeper, Yahweh, is thy shade, on thy right hand: ⁶ By day, the sun, shall not smite, nor, the moon, by night. ⁷ Yahweh, will keep thee from all harm, He will keep thy life. ⁸ Yahweh, will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth, even unto times age–abiding.
¹²² ¹ [A Song of Ascents. David’s.]
I was glad, when they were saying unto me, Unto the house of Yahweh, let us go! ² Standing are our feet, within thy gates, O Jerusalem! ³ Jerusalem! that hath been builded, A true city, all joined together as one: ⁴ Whither have come up the tribes, The tribes of Yah, A testimony to Israel, To give thanks unto the Name of Yahweh: ⁵ For there are set––Thrones for justice, Thrones for the house David.
⁶ Ask ye for the peace of Jerusalem, They shall prosper, who love thee! ⁷ Peace be within thy walls, prosperity within thy palaces: ⁸ For the sake of my brethren and friends, Oh, might I speak [saying], Peace be within thee! ⁹ For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, will I seek blessing for thee.
¹²³ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
Unto thee, have I lifted up mine eyes, O thou who art enthroned in the heavens. ² Lo! as the eyes of men–servants are unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid–servant, unto the hand of her mistress, so, are our eyes, unto Yahweh our God, until that he show us favour. ³ Show us favour, O Yahweh, show us favour, for, exceedingly, are we sated with contempt: ⁴ Exceeding sated therewith, is our soul,––The scorn of the careless, The contempt of the proud.
¹²⁴ ¹ [A Song of Ascents. David’s.]
If it had not been, Yahweh, who was on our side, oh might Israel say: ² If it had not been, Yahweh, who was on our side, when men rose up against us, ³ Then, alive, had they swallowed us up, in the glow of their anger against us; ⁴ Then, the waters, had whelmed us, the torrent, gone over our soul; ⁵ Then, had gone over our soul the waters so proud!
⁶ Blessed, be Yahweh, who gave us not as prey to their teeth. ⁷ Our soul, as a bird, hath escaped from the snare of the fowlers, The snare, is broken, and, we, are escaped: ⁸ Our help, is in the Name of Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.
¹²⁵ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
They who trust in Yahweh, [are] like Mount Zion, which shall not be shaken, Age–abidingly, shall it remain. ² Jerusalem! mountains, are round about her; and Yahweh, is round about his people, from henceforth even unto times age–abiding. ³ For the sceptre of lawlessness shall not remain over the allotment of the righteous,––lest the righteous put forth––unto perversity––their hands.
⁴ Do good, O Yahweh, unto such as are good, even unto such as are upright in their hearts. ⁵ As for them who turn aside unto their crooked ways, Yahweh, will lead them forth, with the workers of iniquity, Prosperity on Israel!
¹²⁶ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream: ² Then, was our mouth, filled with laughter, and our tongue with a shout of triumph,––Then, said they among the nations, Yahweh, hath done great things, with these! ³ Yahweh, hath done great things with us, we are full of joy!
⁴ Bring thou back, O Yahweh, our captives, like channels in the South. ⁵ They who are sowing with tears, with shouting, shall reap: ⁶ He that, doth indeed go forth, and weep, bearing seed enough to trail along, doth, surely come in, with shouting, bringing his sheaves.
¹²⁷ ¹ [A Song of Ascents. Solomon’s.]
If, Yahweh, build not the house, in vain, have the builders of it toiled thereon, If, Yahweh, watch not the city, in vain, hath the watchman kept awake: ² Vain for you,––to be early in rising, to be late in lying down, to be eating the bread of wearisome toil, So, would he give his beloved one sleep. ³ Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb: ⁴ As arrows in the hand of a warrior, so, are the children of young men. ⁵ How happy the man who hath filled his quiver with them! They will not be ashamed, but will speak with enemies in the gate.
¹²⁸ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
How happy is every one that revereth Yahweh, who walketh in his ways! ² The labour of thine own hands, surely thou shalt eat. How happy thou, and well for thine! ³ Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house,––Thy children, like plantings of olive–trees, round about thy table. ⁴ Lo! thus, shall be blessed the man who revereth Yahweh. ⁵ Yahweh will bless thee, out of Zion,––and behold thou the welfare of Jerusalem, all the days of thy life! ⁶ And behold thou thy children’s children,––Prosperity on Israel!
¹²⁹ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say: ² Many a time, have they harassed me from youth, yet have they not prevailed against me. ³ Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow! ⁴ Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.
⁵ Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back: ⁶ Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered; ⁷ Wherewith no reaper, hath filled his hand, nor binder, his bosom: ⁸ Neither have the passers–by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh, be unto you,––We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.
¹³⁰ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
Out of the depths, have I cried unto thee, O Yahweh. ² O My Lord! hearken thou unto my voice,––Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. ³ If, iniquities, thou shouldest mark, O Yah, O My Lord, who could stand? ⁴ But, with thee, is forgiveness, that thou mayest be revered.
⁵ I have waited for Yahweh, My soul hath waited for his word; ⁶ I have hoped, O my soul, for My Lord, more than they who watch for the morning, who watch for the morning. ⁷ Wait, O Israel, for Yahweh,––for, with Yahweh, is lovingkindness, and there aboundeth with him––redemption. ⁸ He, therefore, will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
¹³¹ ¹ [A Song of Ascents. David’s.]
O Yahweh, my heart, is not haughty, nor are mine eyes, lofty, neither have I moved among great matters, or among affairs too wonderful for me. ² Surely I have soothed and silenced my soul,––like a weaned child, concerning his mother, like a weaned child, concerning myself––mine own soul. ³ Wait, O Israel, for Yahweh, from this time forth, even to times age–abiding.
¹³² ¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
Remember, O Yahweh, unto David, all his humiliations! ² What he Sware to Yahweh,––Vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: ³ Surely I will not enter the home of my own house, nor ascend my curtained couch; ⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor, to mine eye–lashes, slumber: ⁵ Until I find a place for Yahweh, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob. ⁶ Lo! we heard of it at Ephrathah, we found it in the fields of the wood. ⁷ We would enter his habitations, we would bow down at his footstool. ⁸ Arise! O Yahweh, unto thy place of rest, Thou, and the ark of thy strength. ⁹ Thy priests, let them be clothed with righteousness, Thy men of lovingkindness, let them shout for joy! ¹⁰ For the sake of David thy servant, do not turn away the face of thine Anointed One.
¹¹ Yahweh hath sworn unto David, in faithfulness, will he not turn from it,––Of the fruit of thy body, will I seat on thy throne. ¹² If thy sons keep my covenant, and my testimony which I will teach them, even their sons, unto futurity, shall sit on thy throne. ¹³ For Yahweh hath chosen Zion,––He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself: ¹⁴ This, is my place of rest unto futurity, Here, will I dwell, for I have desired it; ¹⁵ Her provision, will I abundantly bless, Her needy ones, will I satisfy with bread; ¹⁶ And, her priests, will I clothe with salvation, and, her men of lovingkindness, shall, shout aloud, for joy; ¹⁷ There, will I cause to bud a horn to David, I have prepared a lamp for mine Anointed One; ¹⁸ His enemies, will I clothe with shame, but, upon himself, shall his crown be resplendent.
¹³³ ¹ [A Song of Ascents. David’s.]
Lo! how good and how delightful, for brethren, to dwell together even as one. ² Like the precious oil upon the head, descending upon the beard; the beard of Aaron,––which descended unto the opening of his robe: ³ Like the dew of Hermon, which descended upon the mountains of Zion,––for, there, did Yahweh command the blessing, Life, unto times age–abiding.
¹³⁴ ¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
Lo! bless Yahweh, all ye servants of Yahweh, who stand in the house of Yahweh, by night: ² Lift up your hand in holiness, and bless Yahweh. ³ May Yahweh, bless thee, out of Zion, even he that made heaven and earth.
¹³⁵ ¹ Praise ye Yah, Praise ye the Name of Yahweh, Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh; ² Who stand In the house of Yahweh, In the courts of the house of our God. ³ Praise ye Yah, For good is Yahweh, Sing praises to his Name, For it is full of delight; ⁴ For, Jacob, hath Yah chosen for himself, Israel, for his own treasure.
⁵ For, I, know that great is Yahweh, yea, our Lord, is beyond all gods. ⁶ Whatsoever Yahweh hath pleased, he hath done,––in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas, and all resounding deeps: ⁷ Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth,––Lightnings for the rain, hath he made, bringing forth wind out of his treasuries. ⁸ Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man, and of beast; ⁹ Sent signs and wonders into thy midst, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. ¹⁰ Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings: ¹¹ Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan; ¹² And gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel his people. ¹³ O Yahweh! thy Name, is age–abiding,––O Yahweh! thy memorial, is to generation after generation. ¹⁴ For Yahweh will vindicate his people,––and, on his servants, have compassion.
¹⁵ The idols of the nations, are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men: ¹⁶ A mouth, have they, but they speak not, Eyes, have they, but they see not; ¹⁷ Ears, have they, but they hear not, Nose,––there is no breath in their mouth. ¹⁸ Like unto them, shall be they who make them, every one who trusteth in them. ¹⁹ O house of Israel! bless Yahweh, O house of Aaron! bless Yahweh; ²⁰ O house of Levi! bless Yahweh, Ye that revere Yahweh! bless Yahweh. ²¹ Blessed be Yahweh out of Zion, Who inhabiteth Jerusalem, Praise ye Yah!
¹³⁶ ¹ Give ye thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ² Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ³ Give ye thanks to the Lord of lords, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁴ To him that doeth great wonders, by himself alone, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁵ To him that made the heavens with understanding, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁶ To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁷ To him that made great lights, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁸ The sun to rule the day, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ⁹ The moon and stars to rule the night, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.
¹⁰ To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹¹ And brought forth Israel out of their midst, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹² With a firm hand, and a stretched–out arm, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹³ To him that divided the Red Sea into division, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁴ And caused Israel to pass through the midst thereof, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁵ And shook off Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁶ To him that led his people through the desert, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁷ To him that smote great kings, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁸ And slew majestic kings, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ¹⁹ Even Sihon, king of the Amorites, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ²⁰ Also Og, king of Bashan, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ²¹ And gave their land for an inheritance, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ²² An inheritance to Israel his servant, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.
²³ Who in our low estate, remembered us, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ²⁴ And freed us with force from our adversaries, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ²⁵ Who giveth food to all flesh, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness. ²⁶ Give ye thanks unto the GOD of the heavens, For, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness.
¹³⁷ ¹ By the rivers of Babylon, there, we sat down, yea we wept––when we remembered Zion: ² Upon the willows––in the midst thereof, hanged we our lyres: ³ For, there, our captors asked of us words of song, and our plunderers––gladness,––Sing us of the songs of Zion! ⁴ How shall we sing the song of Yahweh, on a foreign soil? ⁵ If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right–hand forget: ⁶ Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember thee! if I do not lift up Jerusalem above the head of mine own gladness.
⁷ Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem,––how they continued to say––Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it. ⁸ O ruined daughter of Babylon,––how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us! ⁹ How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.
¹³⁸ ¹ [David’s.]
I will give thee thanks with all my heart, Before the messengers of God, will I praise thee in song: ² I will bow down towards thy holy temple, and thank thy Name, for thy lovingkindness and for thy faithfulness, For thou hast magnified, above all thy Name, thy word! ³ In the day I cried unto thee, then didst thou answer me, and didst excite me, in my soul, mightily. ⁴ All the kings of the earth, will thank thee, O Yahweh, when they have heard the sayings of thy mouth; ⁵ And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, That great is the glory of Yahweh:
⁶ Though lofty is Yahweh, yet, the lowly, he regardeth, but, the haughty––afar off, doth he acknowledge. ⁷ Though I walk in the midst of distress, thou wilt give me life,––Because of the anger of my foes, thou wilt thrust forth thy hand, and thy right hand, will save me: ⁸ Yahweh, will carry through my cause,––O Yahweh! thy lovingkindness, is age–abiding, The works of thine own hands, do not thou desert.
¹³⁹ ¹ [To the Chief Musician, David’s. A Melody.]
O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed: ² Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar: ³ My path and my couch, hast thou examined, and, all my ways, thou well knowest. ⁴ Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, [but] behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side. ⁵ Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand:–– ⁶ Knowledge, too wonderful, for me! high, I cannot attain to it!
⁷ Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee? ⁸ If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee! ⁹ If I mount the wings of the dawn, settle down in the region beyond the sea, ¹⁰ Even there, thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. ¹¹ If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me. ¹² Even darkness, will not conceal from thee,––but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light! ¹³ For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother. ¹⁴ I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing [them] intently! ¹⁵ My substance was not hid from thee,––when I was made in secret, when I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth. ¹⁶ Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written,––the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them.
¹⁷ To me, then, how precious have thy desires become, O GOD! How numerous, the heads of them! ¹⁸ I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself––and am still with thee. ¹⁹ Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me! ²⁰ For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up [their hand] unto falsehood. ²¹ Do I not hate, them who hate thee, O Yahweh? And loathe, them who rise up against thee? ²² With completeness of hatred, I hate them, As enemies, have they become to me. ²³ Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares; ²⁴ And see if there be any idol–way in me, and lead me in a way age–abiding.
¹⁴⁰ ¹ [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
Rescue me, O Yahweh, from the men of mischief, From the men of violence, wilt thou preserve me: ² Who have devised mischiefs in their [heart], Every day, do they stir up wars: ³ They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent,––The poison of the asp, is under their lips. [Selah.] ⁴ Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the lawless one, From the man of violence, wilt thou preserve me,––who have devised, to thrust at my steps: ⁵ The proud have hidden a snare for me, and, cords, have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares, have they set for me. [Selah.] ⁶ I have said unto Yahweh, My GOD, thou art! Give ear, O Yahweh, unto the voice of my supplications. ⁷ O Yahweh, My Lord, my saving strength, thou hast screened my head in the day of battle.
⁸ Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the lawless one, his device, do not promote, They would exalt themselves. [Selah.] ⁹ As for the head of them who surround me, Let the mischief of their lips cover them: ¹⁰ May there be dropped on them live coals,––Into the fire, may they be let fall, into watery pits [from which] they shall not rise. ¹¹ As for the slanderer, let him not be established in the earth,––As for the man of wrongful violence, let misfortune hunt him with thrust upon thrust. ¹² I know that Yahweh will execute, the right of the oppressed one, the vindication of the needy. ¹³ Surely, the righteous, shall give thanks to thy Name, the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
¹⁴¹ ¹ [A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh, I have cried unto thee, Make thou haste to me, Give ear unto my voice, when I cry to thee. ² Let my prayer be set in order like incense before thee,––the lifting up of my hands, as the evening gift. ³ Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over the door of my lips. ⁴ Let not my heart incline to a matter of wrong, that I should busy myself with practices in lawlessness, with men working iniquity, and let me not eat of their dainties.
⁵ Let a righteous man smite me––a lovingkindness, that he should correct me, an oil for the head [which] let not my head refuse! For, yet, even my prayer, shall be in their calamities. ⁶ Their judges, have been hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings, for they have become sweet. ⁷ As when one plougheth and furroweth the earth, Scattered about, are our bones at the mouth of hades! ⁸ Surely, unto thee, O Yahweh, My Lord, are mine eyes, In thee, have I sought refuge, Do not pour out my life. ⁹ Keep me out of the clutches of the trap they have set for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity. ¹⁰ They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.
¹⁴² ¹ [An Instructive Psalm of David. When he was in the Cave. A Prayer.]
With my voice––to Yahweh, make I outcry, With my voice––to Yahweh, make I supplication: ² I pour out before him my complaint, My distress––before him, I tell. ³ When my spirit fainted concerning myself, then, thou, didst take note of my path,––In the course which I was about to take, they had hidden a snare for me.
⁴ Look to the right hand and see, that there is none that, for me, hath regard,––Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life. ⁵ I have made outcry unto thee, O Yahweh,––I have said, Thou, art my refuge, my portion, in the land of the living. ⁶ Attend thou unto my loud cry, for I am brought very low,––Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I. ⁷ O bring forth, out of prison, my soul, That I may give thanks unto thy Name,––About me, let the righteous gather round, for thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
¹⁴³ ¹ [A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh, hear my prayer, Give ear to my supplications, In thy faithfulness, answer me, in thy righteousness. ² Do not then enter into judgment with thy servant, for no one living, can appear just before thee. ³ For an enemy hath pursued my soul, hath crushed, to the earth, my life, hath made me dwell in dark places, like the ancient dead. ⁴ Therefore hath my spirit, fainted concerning myself, Within me, hath, my heart, been confounded. ⁵ I have remembered the days of aforetime, I have talked with myself of every deed of thine, Of the work of thy hands, I would speak: ⁶ I have spread out my hands unto thee, My soul, is as a thirsty land, for thee. [Selah.]
⁷ Speedily answer me, O Yahweh, My spirit faileth,––Do not hide thy face from me, or I shall be made like unto them who go down into the pit. ⁸ Let me hear, in the morning, thy lovingkindness, for, in thee, have, I trusted,––Let me know the way in which I should walk, for, unto thee, have I uplifted my soul. ⁹ Rescue me from my foes, O Yahweh, Unto thee, have I come seeking refuge. ¹⁰ Teach me to do thy good pleasure, for, thou, art my God,––Thy spirit, is good, thou wilt set me down to rest in a level land. ¹¹ For the sake of thy Name, O Yahweh, wilt thou give unto me life, In thy righteousness, wilt thou bring forth, out of distress, my soul; ¹² And, in thy lovingkindness, wilt thou exterminate my foes,––and destroy all the adversaries of my soul, because, I, am thy servant.
¹⁴⁴ ¹ [David’s.]
Blessed be Yahweh, my Rock, who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight: ² My lovingkindness and my stronghold, my high tower and my deliverer––mine! My buckler, and he in whom I have sought refuge,––He that subdueth my people under me. ³ O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him,––the son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him: ⁴ The earthborn, resembleth, a vapour, his days, are like a passing shadow. ⁵ O Yahweh! bow thy heavens and come down, Touch the mountains, that they smoke: ⁶ Flash forth lightning, that thou mayest scatter them, Send out thine arrows, that thou mayest confound them: ⁷ Put forth thy hands from on high:––Snatch me away and rescue me out of mighty waters, out of the hand of the sons of the alien, ⁸ Whose mouth, hath spoken deceit, and, whose right hand, is a right hand of falsehood.
⁹ O God! a new song, will I sing unto thee,––On a harp of ten strings, will I make music to thee: ¹⁰ Who giveth victory unto kings––Who snatcheth away David his servant, from the calamitous sword. ¹¹ Snatch me away and rescue me out of he hand of the sons of the alien,––whose mouth hath spoken deceit, and, whose right hand, is a right hand of falsehood:–– ¹² That, our sons, may be like plants well grown while yet young,––Our daughters, like corner pillars,––carved, in the construction of a palace: ¹³ Our garners, full, pouring out from one kind to another; Our flocks, multiplying by thousands––by myriads, in our open fields: ¹⁴ Our oxen, well–laden; no breaking in and no departing,––and no loud lament in our places of concourse:–– ¹⁵ How happy the people that is in such a case! How happy the people that hath Yahweh for its God!
¹⁴⁵ ¹ [A Psalm of Praise. David’s.]
I will extol thee, my God, O King, and will bless thy Name, to times age–abiding and beyond: ² Every day, will I bless thee, and praise thy Name, to times age–abiding and beyond. ³ Great is Yahweh––and worthy to be heartily praised, And, his greatness, is unsearchable. ⁴ Generation unto generation, shall celebrate thy works, and, thy mighty deeds, shall they tell: ⁵ The splendour of the glory of thy majesty, shall they speak, and, thy wonders, will I utter. ⁶ And, the might of thy terrible acts, shall men speak, and, as for thy greatness, I will recount it. ⁷ The memory of thy great goodness, shall men pour forth, and, thy righteousness, shall they shout aloud. ⁸ Gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh,––slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness. ⁹ Good is Yahweh to all, and, his tender compassions, are over all his works.
¹⁰ All thy works, O Yahweh, will give thanks unto thee,––and, thy men of lovingkindness, will bless thee: ¹¹ The glory of thy kingdom, will they tell,––and, thy power, will they speak. ¹² To make known to the sons of men, his mighty deeds, and the splendid glory of his kingdom. ¹³ Thy kingdom, is a kingdom of all ages,––and, thy dominion, is over generation after generation. ¹⁴ Yahweh is ready to uphold all who are falling, and to raise all who are laid prostrate. ¹⁵ The eyes of all, for thee, do wait, and, thou, givest them their food in its season. ¹⁶ Thou, openest thy hand, and fillest every living thing with gladness. ¹⁷ Righteous is Yahweh in all his ways, and kind in all his works. ¹⁸ Near is Yahweh to all who call upon him,––to all them who call upon him in faithfulness. ¹⁹ The desire of them who revere him, will he fulfill, and, their cry, will he hear, and will save them. ²⁰ Yahweh preserveth all who love him, but, all the lawless, will he destroy. ²¹ The praise of Yahweh, my mouth shall speak, That all flesh may bless his holy Name, Unto times age–abiding and beyond.
¹⁴⁶ ¹ Praise ye Yah, Praise, O my soul, Yahweh. ² I will praise Yahweh while I live! I will make melody to my God while I continue! ³ Do not ye trust in nobles, in a son of man who hath no deliverance: ⁴ His spirit, goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day, his thoughts perish.
⁵ How happy is he that hath the GOD of Jacob as his help, whose hope, is on Yahweh his God:–– ⁶ Who made The heavens and the earth, The sea and all that is therein, Who keepeth faithfulness to times age–abiding: ⁷ Who executeth justice for the oppressed, who giveth food to the famishing, Yahweh, who liberateth prisoners; ⁸ Yahweh, who opened [the eyes of] the blind, Yahweh, who raiseth the prostrate, Yahweh, who loveth the righteous; ⁹ Yahweh, who preserveth sojourners, The fatherless and widows, he relieveth,––but, the way of the lawless, he overturneth. ¹⁰ Yahweh, will reign, to times age–abiding, Thy God, O Zion, to generation after generation. Praise ye Yah!
¹⁴⁷ ¹ Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD,––For it is delightful, seemly is praise! ² Yahweh, is building Jerusalem, The outcasts of Israel, will he gather together. ³ He is healing the broken in heart,––and binding up their hurts. ⁴ Counting the number of the stars, To all of them––names, he giveth. ⁵ Great is our Lord, and of abounding strength, And, his knowledge, cannot be expressed. ⁶ Yahweh, relieveth the humbled! casting the lawless down to the earth. ⁷ Respond to Yahweh with thanksgiving, Make melody to our God with the lyre. ⁸ Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass: ⁹ Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry. ¹⁰ Not in the strength of the horse, doth he delight, Not in the legs of a man, hath he pleasure: ¹¹ Yahweh, hath pleasure, in them who revere him, in them who wait for his lovingkindness.
¹² Laud thou, O Jerusalem, Yahweh, Praise thy God, O Zion: ¹³ For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy children in thy midst: ¹⁴ Who maketh thy boundaries to be peace, With the marrow of wheat, doth he satisfy thee: ¹⁵ Who sendeth his utterance to the earth, How swiftly, runneth his word! ¹⁶ Who giveth snow like wool, Hoar–frost––like ashes, he scattereth: ¹⁷ Casting forth his ice like crumbs, Before his cold, who can stand? ¹⁸ He sendeth forth his word and melteth them, He causeth his wind to blow, the waters, stream along: ¹⁹ Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel. ²⁰ He hath not dealt so with any nation, and, his regulations, he maketh not known to them. Praise ye Yah!
¹⁴⁸ ¹ Praise ye Yah, Praise Yahweh, out of the heavens, Praise him, in the heights; ² Praise him, all his messengers, Praise him, all his host; ³ Praise him, sun and moon, Praise him, all ye stars of light; ⁴ Praise him, O ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens; ⁵ Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for, he, commanded, and they were created; ⁶ So caused he them to stand perpetually––age–abidingly, A decree, hath he given, and it passeth not beyond.
⁷ Praise Yahweh, out of the earth, sea monsters, and all resounding deeps; ⁸ Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling his word; ⁹ Ye mountains, and all hills, fruit trees, and all cedars; ¹⁰ Thou wild–beast, and all ye cattle, crawling creature, and bird of wing; ¹¹ Kings of earth, and all peoples, Rulers, and all judges of earth; ¹² Young men, yea even virgins, elders, and children. ¹³ Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for lofty is his Name alone, His splendour is over earth and heavens. ¹⁴ Therefore hath he exalted a horn for his people, a praise for all his men of lovingkindness, for the sons of Israel––a people near him, Praise ye Yah!
¹⁴⁹ ¹ Praise ye Yah, Sing to Yahweh a song that is new, his praise in the convocation of the men of lovingkindness. ² Let Israel rejoice in him that made him, Let the sons of Zion exult in their king; ³ Let them praise his Name in the dance, with timbrel and lyre, Let them make music to him. ⁴ For Yahweh is taking pleasure in his people, He will beautify humbled ones with victory. ⁵ Let the men of lovingkindness exult as they glory, Let them shout aloud upon their beds:
⁶ The high songs of GOD be in their throat, and a two–edged sword in their hand: ⁷ To execute an avenging among the nations, rebukes among the peoples: ⁸ To bind their kings with fetters, and their honoured ones with iron bands: ⁹ To execute upon them the sentence written, An honour, shall it be to all his men of lovingkindness. Praise ye Yah!
¹⁵⁰ ¹ Praise ye Yah, Praise ye GOD in his sanctuary, Praise him, in his strong expanse: ² Praise him, for his mighty deeds, Praise him, according to his exceeding greatness: ³ Praise him, with the blast of a horn, Praise him, with the harp and lyre: ⁴ Praise him, with timbrel and dance,––Praise him, with stringed instrument and flute, ⁵ Praise him, with cymbals of clear tone,––Praise him, with cymbals of loud clang: ⁶ Let, every breathing thing, praise Yah, Praise ye Yah!