Rotherham(i)
1 [BOOK THE FIRST]
¶ How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless,––and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat; 2 But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight,––and, in his law, doth he talk with himself day and night. 3 So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters,––that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.
4 Not so, the lawless,––but as chaff which is driven about by the wind: 5 For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment,––nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.
2 1 Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing? 2 The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together,––against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]: 3 Let us break asunder their bonds,––and cast from us their cords! 4 He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh,––My Lord, will mock at them: 5 Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them: 6 Yet, I, have installed my king,––on Zion my holy mountain.
7 Let me tell of a decree,––Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, today, have begotten thee: 8 Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth: 9 Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron,––as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
10 Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth: 11 Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling: 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger,––How happy are all who seek refuge in him!
3 1 [A Melody of David, when he fled from before Absolom his son.]
Yahweh! how have mine adversaries multiplied, Multitudes, are rising against me; 2 Multitudes, are saying of my soul,––No salvation for him in God. [Selah.] 3 But, thou, Yahweh, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
4 With my voice––unto Yahweh, do I cry, and he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. [Selah.] 5 I, laid me down and slept,––I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me! 6 I will not be afraid of myriads of people, who, round about, have set themselves against me. 7 Rise! Yahweh, Save me, my God. Surely thou hast smitten all my foes on the cheekbone, The teeth of the lawless, hast thou broken. 8 To Yahweh, belongeth Salvation! Upon thy people, be thy blessing. [Selah.]
4 1 [To the Chief Musician: with stringed instruments. A Melody of David.]
When I cry, answer me, O mine own righteous God, In a strait place, thou hast made room for me, Show me favour, and hear my prayer. 2 Ye sons of the great! how long, turning my glory to contempt, will ye love emptiness, will ye seek falsehood? [Selah.] 3 Know ye, then, that Yahweh hath set apart the man of lovingkindness for himself: Yahweh, will hear, when I cry to him. 4 Be deeply moved, but do not sin,––Ponder in your own heart upon your bed, and be silent. [Selah.] 5 Sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness; and put your trust in Yahweh.
6 Multitudes, are saying, Who will show us prosperity? Lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance, O Yahweh. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart,––beyond the season when, their corn and their new wine, have increased. 8 In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.
5 1 [To the Chief Musician. For the Flutes. A Melody of David.]
To my words, give ear, O Yahweh, Understand thou my softly murmured prayer: 2 Attend to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for, unto thee, do I pray. 3 O Yahweh! in the morning, shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning, will I set in order unto thee, and keep watch; 4 For, not a GOD finding pleasure in lawlessness, art thou, and wrong can be no guest of thine: 5 Boasters, shall not station themselves, before thine eyes,––Thou hatest all workers of iniquity: 6 Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood,––The man of bloodshed and of deceit, Yahweh abhorreth.
7 But, I, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, will enter thy house, I will bow down towards thy holy temple, in reverence of thee: 8 O Yahweh! lead me in thy righteousness, because of mine adversaries, Make even, before me, thy way: 9 For in his mouth is nothing worthy of trust, Their inward purpose, is engulfing ruin,––An opened sepulchre, is their throat, With their tongue, speak they smooth things. 10 Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall by their own counsels,––Into the throng of their own transgressions, thrust them down, For they have rebelled against thee:–– 11 That all may rejoice who seek refuge in thee, to times age–abiding, may shout in triumph, that thou wilt protect them, and they may leap for joy in thee who are lovers of thy Name. 12 For, thou, wilt bless the righteous man, O Yahweh, As with an all–covering shield––with good pleasure, wilt thou encompass him.
6 1 [To the Chief Musician, with stringed Instruments upon the eighth. A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh! do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me. 2 Show me favour, O Yahweh, for languishing am I: Heal me, O Yahweh,––for dismayed are my bones: 3 Yea, my soul, is dismayed greatly, Thou, then, O Yahweh––how long? 4 Return, O Yahweh, deliver my soul, Save me, for the sake of thy lovingkindness; 5 For, in death, is no remembrance of thee,––In hades, who shall give thanks unto thee? 6 I am weary with my sighing, I flood, through the whole night, my couch,––With my tears, I cause, my bed, to dissolve: 7 My face, is all sunken with sorrow,––it hath aged, because of all mine adversaries.
8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for Yahweh hath heard the voice of my weeping: 9 Yahweh, hath heard my supplication, Yahweh, will receive, my prayer. 10 Let all my foes, turn pale and be greatly dismayed, Again let them turn pale in a moment.
7 1 [Ode of David: which he sang unto Yahweh, on account of the words of Cush the Benjamite.]
O Yahweh my God, in thee, have I sought refuge,––Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me: 2 Lest one tear, as a lion, my soul,––and there be no deliverer to rescue. 3 O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands: 4 If I have requited my friend with wrong,––or have oppressed mine adversary without need, 5 Let an enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it, that he may tread down, to the earth, my life,––and, mine honour––in the dust, he may cause to dwell. [Selah.] 6 Rise! Yahweh! in thine anger, Lift thyself up, because of the haughty outbursts of mine adversaries, Stir up for me the justice thou hast commanded: 7 When, the assembly of peoples, gather round thee, then, above it––on high, do thou return! 8 Yahweh, will judge the peoples,––Do me justice, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity upon me, 9 Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous,––for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
10 My shield, is held by God, who is ready to save the upright in heart: 11 A God to vindicate the righteous,––And yet a God to be indignant throughout every day. 12 If he turn not, his sword, will he whet,––his bow, hath he bent, and made ready: 13 But, for himself, hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows, he, so fiery, would make: 14 Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment: 15 A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made: 16 His mischief, turneth back, on his own head,––and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth. 17 I will praise Yahweh according to his righteousness,––and will praise in song the Name of Yahweh Most High.
8 1 [To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth, Who hast set thy splendour upon the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of children and sucklings, hast thou laid a foundation of strength,––because of thine adversaries, to make foe and avenger be still.
3 When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established, 4 What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge? 5 That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him? 6 Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands,––All things, shouldst have put under his feet: 7 Sheep and oxen, all of them,––yea even the beasts of the field; 8 The bird of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea,–– the passer–by on the paths of the seas? 9 O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth.
9 1 [To the Chief Musician. On "Muthlabben." A Melody of David.]
I will praise Yahweh with all my heart, I will recount all thy wonderful doings: 2 I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, thy Name, O most High. 3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee; 4 For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously: 5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age–abiding and beyond. 6 O enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore,––even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished. 7 But, Yahweh, unto times age–abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne; 8 And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness. 9 Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution: 10 Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.
11 Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings. 12 When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed. 13 Show me favour, O Yahweh! Behold my humiliation due to them who hate me, Lift me on high out of the gates of death; 14 That I may recount all thy praises, In the gates of the daughter of Zion, may exult in thy salvation. 15 The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot. 16 To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. Selah.] 17 The lawless, shall return, to hades, all nations forgetful of God. 18 For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten,––[Nor,] the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever. 19 Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee. 20 Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them,––Let the nations know [that] they are men. [Selah.]
10 1 Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou stand afar off? [Wherefore] hide thyself, in times of destitution? 2 In the pride of the lawless one, he hotly pursueth the poor, let them be caught in the plots which they have devised! 3 For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, and, the robber, hath blasphemed Yahweh. 4 The lawless one, in the loftiness of his countenance, will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots: 5 His ways are firm at all times, On high, are thy righteous regulations, out of his sight, As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them: 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be shaken,––From generation to generation, shall I be in no misfortune. 7 With cursing, his mouth is full, and with deceptions and oppression, Under his tongue, are trouble and mischief: 8 He abideth in the lurking–place of villages, In the hiding–places, he murdereth the innocent,––His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch: 9 He lieth in wait in a hiding–place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net: 10 He croucheth, he lieth down, then falleth he with his strong claws upon the unfortunate. 11 He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten,––He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!
12 Arise! Yahweh! O GOD! raise thy hand,––Do not forget the patient! 13 Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]! 14 Thou hast seen! For, thou, mischief and misery, dost discern, to requite with thine own hand, Unto thee, doth, the unfortunate one, give himself up, To the fatherless, thou thyself, hast become a helper. 15 Shatter thou the arm of the lawless one, And, as for the wrongful, wilt thou not enquire for his lawlessness––wilt thou not find [it]? 16 Yahweh, is king, to times age–abiding and beyond, The nations have perished out of his land. 17 The longing of the patient, thou hast heard, O Yahweh, Thou wilt establish their heart, Thou wilt make attentive thine ear: 18 To vindicate the fatherless and the crushed, A man of the earth, shall, no further, cause terror!
11 1 [To the Chief Musician. David’s.]
In Yahweh, have I sought refuge. How can ye say to my soul, Flee to a mountain like a little bird; 2 For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart: 3 When the pillars are overthrown, What could, a righteous man, do?
4 Yahweh, is in his holy temple As for Yahweh, in the heavens, is his throne, His eyes, behold––His eyelashes test the sons of men. 5 Yahweh, putteth, the righteous, to the test,––But the lawless one and the lover of violence, his soul doth hate. 6 He will rain upon the lawless live–coals, Fire and brimstone and a burning wind, are the portion of their cup. 7 For righteous is Yahweh Righteousness, he loveth, the upright, shall behold his face.
12 1 [To the Chief Musician. On the Octave. A Melody of David.]
O save Yahweh, for the man of lovingkindness, is no more, for the faithful, have vanished, from among the sons of men. 2 Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour,––with lips uttering smooth things––with a heart and a heart, do they speak. 3 May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things,––the tongue that speaketh swelling words; 4 Them who say––With our tongue, will we prevail, our lips, are our own, who is our master? 5 Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say,––I will place [him] in safety––let him puff at him! 6 The words of Yahweh, are words, that are pure, silver refined in a crucible of earth, purified seven times! 7 Thou, O Yahweh, wilt keep them,––Thou wilt guard him, from this generation unto times age–abiding. 8 On every side, the lawless, march about,––when worthlessness is exalted by the sons of men.
13 1 [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I lay up cares within my soul, sorrow in my heart, day by day? How long shall mine enemy lift himself up over me? 3 Have regard! answer me O Yahweh my God,––Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into death: 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed over him! and, mine adversaries, exult, that I totter. 5 But, I, in thy lovingkindness, have put my trust, My heart shall exult in thy salvation: 6 I will sing to Yahweh, for he hath dealt beautifully with me.
14 1 [To the Chief Musician. David’s.]
The impious hath said in his heart––There is no God! They have acted corruptly, they have done an abominable deed, there is none that doeth good. 2 Yahweh, out of the heavens, looked down over the sons of men,––to see whether there was one that showed wisdom, enquiring after God:–– 3 The whole, have turned aside, Together have they become tainted,––There is none that doeth good, not so much as, one!
4 Are all the workers of iniquity, without knowledge? devouring my people [as] they devour food! Upon Yahweh, have they not called. 5 There have they been in great dread, because, God, is in the circle of the righteous man. 6 The purpose of the poor, ye would put to shame, because, Yahweh, is his refuge. 7 Oh that, out of Zion, were granted the salvation of Israel! When Yahweh bringeth back the captives of his people, Jacob, shall exult, Israel, be glad.
15 1 [A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh! Who shall be a guest in thy tent? Who shall abide in thy holy mountain? 2 He that walketh without blame, and doeth what is right, and speaketh truth with his heart; 3 Hath not carried slander on his tongue, hath not done his friend a wrong, nor, a reproach, taken up against his neighbour; 4 Despised in his sight, is the reprobate, but, them who revere Yahweh, he doth honour, he hath sworn to his neighbour, and will not change; 5 His silver, hath he not put out on interest, nor, a bribe against the innocent, hath he taken. He that doeth these things, shall not be shaken unto times age–abiding.
16 1 [A Precious Psalm of David.]
Preserve me, O GOD, for I have sought refuge in thee. 2 Thou hast said unto Yahweh, My Lord, art thou! My goodness, mounteth not unto thee. 3 It belongeth unto the holy ones, whom, in his own land, Yahweh, ennobleth, In whom is all his delight 4 They multiply their idols––another, have they purchased! I will not pour out their drink–offerings of blood, nor will I take up their names on my lips. 5 Yahweh, is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou, art maintaining my lot. 6 The lines, have fallen unto me, in pleasant places, Verily an inheritance that delighteth me. 7 I will bless Yahweh, who hath counselled me,––Surely, by night, shall mine impulses admonish me.
8 I have set Yahweh before me continually, because he is on my right hand, I shall not be shaken! 9 Therefore, hath my heart rejoiced, and mine honour exulted, Yea, my flesh, shall settle down securely; 10 For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption: 11 Thou wilt cause me to know, the path of life,––Fulness of joys before thee, Pleasures at thy right hand evermore.
17 1 [A Prayer of David.]
Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive: 2 From before thee, let my sentence come forth, Thine eyes, behold with equity. 3 Thou hast tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil, my mouth should not have transgressed: 4 As for the workings of men, By the word of thy lips, have, I, taken heed of the paths of the violent one. 5 Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways, My footsteps have not been shaken: 6 I, have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O GOD,––Incline thine ear unto me, Hear thou my speech: 7 Let thy lovingkindness be distinguished, thou Saviour of such as seek refuge from them who lift themselves up against thy right hand.
8 Guard me, as the pupil of the eye,––Under the shadow of thy wings, wilt thou hide me: 9 From the face of lawless ones who have treated me with violence, the foes of my soul, who come round against me: 10 Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,––With their mouth, have they spoken proudly. 11 As for our own goings, now, have they surrounded us,––Their eyes, they fix, bending to the earth: 12 His likeness, is as a lion, that longeth to rend, and as a young lion, lurking in secret places. 13 Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one [who is] thy sword: 14 From men [who are] thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom,––They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children:–– 15 I, in righteousness, shall behold thy face, Shall be satisfied when awakened by a vision of thee.
18 1 [To the chief Musician. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David,––who spake unto Yahweh the words of this song,––in the day when Yahweh had rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul; and he said:––]
I will love thee, O Yahweh my strength! 2 Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer: My GOD, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower. 3 As one worthy to be praised, called I on Yahweh,––And, from my foes, was I saved. 4 The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition, made me afraid; 5 The meshes of hades, had surrounded me, The snares of death, had confronted me, 6 In my distress, called I on Yahweh, And, unto my God, made outcry for help, He heard, out of his temple, my voice, And my outcry for help came before him––entered into his ears! 7 Then did the earth shake and quake, Even, the foundations of the mountains, were deeply moved, Yea they did shake, because he was angry. 8 There went up smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured, Live coals, were kindled from it: 9 Then he stretched out the heaven, and came down,––and, thick gloom, was under his feet; 10 Then he rode on a cherub, and flew, and darted on the wings of the wind; 11 Made darkness his hiding–place, Round about him––his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours. 12 Out of the brightness before him, his clouds rolled along, hail, and live coals of fire. 13 Then did Yahweh thunder in the heavens, and the Highest uttered his voice,––hail, and live coals of fire. 14 And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them, yea, lightnings, he shot out, and confused them. 15 Then appeared the channels of waters, were uncovered the foundations of the world,––At thy rebuke O Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 16 He sent from on high, he took me,––he drew me out of many waters. 17 He rescued me from my foe, in his might, and from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me: 18 They confronted me, in the day of my necessity, Then became Yahweh my stay: 19 And brought me out, into a large place, he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me; 21 For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God; 22 For, all his regulations, were before me, and, his statutes, did I not put from me: 23 So became I blameless with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Yahweh therefore repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the pureness of my hands, before his eyes. 25 With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving,––With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless; 26 With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, But, with the perverse, thou didst show thyself ready to contend. 27 For, as for thee, an oppressed people, thou didst save, but, looks that were lofty, layedst thou low; 28 For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;
29 For, by thee, I ran through a troop, and, by my God, I leapt over a wall. 30 As for GOD, blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him. 31 For who is a GOD, save Yahweh? And who is a Rock, save our God? 32 The GOD who girded me with strength, and set forth, as blameless, my way: 33 Planting my feet like hinds’ [feet], yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand: 34 Teaching my hands to war,––so that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms. 35 Thus didst thou grant me, as a shield, thy salvation,––and, thy right hand, sustained me, and, thy condescension, made me great. 36 Thou didst widen my stepping–places under me, so that, mine ankles, faltered not. 37 I pursued my foes, and overtook them, and returned not, till they were consumed: 38 I crushed them, and they were unable to rise, They fell under my feet. 39 Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle, Thou subduedst mine assailants under me. 40 As for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, and, as for them who hated me, I destroyed them. 41 They cried out, but there was none to save, unto Yahweh, but he answered them not. 42 Then did I beat them in pieces, like dust on the face of the wind. Like the mire in the lanes, did I scatter them. 43 Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of a people,––didst appoint me to be the head of nations, A people I had not known, served me: 44 At the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me, the sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me: 45 The sons of the foreigner, lost heart, and came quaking out of their fortresses. 46 Yahweh liveth and, blessed, be my Rock, yea, exalted, be the God of my salvation: 47 The GOD, who hath avenged me,––and subjugated peoples under me: 48 Who hath delivered me from my foes,––Yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, From the man of violence, hast thou rescued me. 49 For this cause, will I praise thee among the nations, O Yahweh, and, to thy Name, will I sweep the strings:–– 50 Who hath made great the victories of his King,––and shown lovingkindness to his Anointed One, To David and to his Seed, Unto times age–abiding.
19 1 [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
The heavens, are telling the glory of GOD, And, the work of his hands, the expanse is declaring; 2 Day, unto day, doth pour forth speech, and, night, unto night, doth breathe out knowledge. 3 There is no speech, and there are no words,––Unheard is their voice! 4 [Yet] through all the earth, hath gone forth their voice,––and, to the end of the world, their sayings,––For the sun, hath he set up a tent therein; 5 And, he, is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, he rejoiceth as a hero to run a race: 6 From one end of the heavens, is his going forth, and, his circuit, to the other end thereof––and, nothing, is hid from his glowing heat.
7 The, law of Yahweh, is complete, Bringing back the soul, The, testimony of Yahweh, is confirmed, Making wise the simple; 8 The precepts of Yahweh, are right, Rejoicing the heart, The, commandment of Yahweh, is pure, Enlightening the eyes; 9 The, reverence of Yahweh, is clean, Enduring evermore,––The, decisions of Yahweh, are faithful, They are righteous, altogether: 10 More desirable, than gold, yea than much fine gold, Sweeter, also than honey, or than droppings from the comb. 11 Even thine own servant, taketh warning by them, In the keeping of them, great is the reward. 12 Mistakes, who perceiveth? From things that are hidden, acquit me: 13 Even from the presumptuous, keep back thy servant, May they not have dominion over me, Then, shall I be blameless, and shall be acquitted from great transgression: 14 The words of my mouth, and the soft utterance of my heart, shall come with acceptance, before thee, O Yahweh, my Rock and my Redeemer!
20 1 [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
Yahweh answer thee, in the day of distress, The Name of the God of Jacob give thee safety; 2 Send thy help out of the sanctuary, and, out of Zion, sustain thee; 3 Remember every present of thine, and, thine ascending–sacrifice, esteem. [Selah.] 4 Give thee according to thy heart, and, all thy purposes, fulfill. 5 We will shout aloud in thy salvation, and, in the Name of our God, shall we become great, Yahweh fulfill all thy petitions.
6 Now, do I know that Yahweh, hath saved, his Anointed One,––He answereth him out of his holy heavens, by the mighty saving deeds of his own right hand. 7 These, by chariots, and, those, by horses, but, we, by the Name of Yahweh our God, will prevail. 8 They, have bowed down and fallen, but, we, have arisen, and stand upright. 9 Yahweh, hath saved the king. Answer us, then, on the day when we call.
21 1 [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh, in thy strength, will the king rejoice, and, in thy salvation, how greatly will he exult! 2 The longing of his heart, hast thou given him, and, the request of his lips, hast thou not withheld. [Selah.] 3 For thou wilt come to meet him, with the blessings of goodness, Thou wilt set on his head, a crown of pure gold. 4 Life, he asked of thee, Thou hast given it him, length of days, to times age–abiding and beyond. 5 Great is his glory, in thy salvation, Honour and majesty, wilt thou lay upon him; 6 For thou wilt appoint him blessings evermore, wilt cheer him with joy by thy countenance;
7 For, the king, is trusting in Yahweh, and, in the lovingkindness of the Highest, shall he not be shaken. 8 Thy hand, will find out, all thy foes, Thine own right hand, will find out them who hate thee. 9 Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire, at the time of thy presence,––Yahweh, in his anger, will swallow them up, and there shall consume them a fire: 10 Their fruit––out of the earth, wilt thou destroy, and their seed, from among the sons of men; 11 For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish. 12 For thou wilt cause them to turn their back, Upon thy bow–strings, wilt thou make ready against their face. 13 Be exalted, O Yahweh, in thy strength! With song and with string will we sound forth thy power.
22 1 [To the Chief Musician. On "the Hind of the Dawn." A Melody of David.]
My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation? 2 My God! I keep crying––By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me. 3 But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them; 5 Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale. 6 But, I, am a worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people; 7 All that see me, laugh at me,––They open wide the mouth, They shake the head:–– 8 He should trust in Yahweh––let him deliver him,––Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. 9 For, thou, art he that severed me from the womb, he that caused me to trust, upon the breasts of my mother; 10 Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.
11 Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me; 13 They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring. 14 Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones,––My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body; 15 Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me. 16 For dogs have surrounded me,––An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet, 17 I may tell all my bones, They, look for––they behold me! 18 They part my garments among them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots. 19 But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste; 20 Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self: 21 Save me from the mouth of the lion,––Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.
22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren,––In the midst of the convocation, will I praise thee. 23 Ye that revere Yahweh, praise him, All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him, And, stand in awe of him, all ye seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto him, he heard. 25 Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him. 26 The patient wronged–ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh, who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye. 27 All the ends of the earth, will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee, 28 For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations. 29 All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul! 30 My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come: 31 That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!
23 1 [A Melody of David.]
Yahweh, is my shepherd––I shall not want: 2 In pastures of tender grass, he maketh me lie down, Unto restful waters, he leadeth me; 3 My life, he restoreth, He guideth me in right paths, for the sake of his Name. 4 Yea, though I walk through a valley death–shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me. 5 Thou spreadest before me a table, in face of mine adversaries, Thou hast anointed, with oil, my head, My cup, hath run over. 6 Surely, goodness and lovingkindness, will pursue me, all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of Yahweh, evermore.
24 1 [David’s. A Melody.]
To Yahweh, belongeth, The earth and the fulness thereof, The world, and they who dwell therein; 2 For, he, upon the seas, hath founded it, and upon the currents, doth make it firm.
3 Who shall ascend the mountain of Yahweh? And who shall stand in his holy place? 4 The clean of hands, and pure of heart,––who hath not uplifted, to falsehood, his soul, nor sworn deceitfully, 5 Shall bear away a blessing from Yahweh, and righteousness, from his delivering God. 6 This, is the generation of them who inquire of him, who seek thy face, O God of Jacob. [Selah.]
7 Lift up, O ye gates, your heads, and lift yourselves up, ye age–abiding doors, That the king of glory may come in. 8 Who is the king of glory? Yahweh, strong and mighty, Yahweh, mighty in war. 9 Lift up, O ye gates, your heads, yea lift [them] up, ye age–abiding doors, That the king of glory may come in. 10 Who then is the king of glory? Yahweh of hosts, He, is the king of glory. [Selah.]
25 1 [David’s. [An Alphabetical Psalm.]]
Unto thee, O Yahweh, my soul, would I lift: 2 O my God, in thee, have I put my trust, Let me not be put to shame, Let not my foe exult over me: 3 Yea let, none who wait for thee, be put to shame, Let them be put to shame who act covertly without cause! 4 Thy ways, O Yahweh, let me know, Thy paths, teach thou me: 5 Guide me into thy truth and teach me, for, thou, art my delivering God, For thee, have I waited all the day: 6 Remember thy compassions, O Yahweh, and thy lovingkindnesses, For, from age–past times, have they been. 7 The sins of my youth, and my transgressions, do not thou call to mind,––According to thine own lovingkindness, remember thou me, for the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.
8 Good and upright, is Yahweh, For this cause, will he direct sinners into the way. 9 May he guide patient wronged–ones to be righted, and teach such oppressed–ones his way. 10 All the paths of Yahweh, are lovingkindness and faithfulness, to such as keep his covenant, and his testimonies. 11 For the sake of thy Name, O Yahweh, Therefore wilt thou pardon mine iniquity, for great it is. 12 Who then is the man that revereth Yahweh? Let him direct him into the way he should choose. 13 His soul, with prosperity, shall tarry, and, his seed, shall possess the land. 14 Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.
15 Mine eyes, are continually unto Yahweh,––for, he, bringeth, out of the net, my feet. 16 Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, for, alone and oppressed, I am. 17 The distresses of my heart, hath he relieved,––and, out of my straits, brought me forth. 18 Behold my humiliation and my pain, and take away all my sins. 19 Behold my foes, for they abound,––and, with the hatred of violence, do they hate me. 20 Oh keep my soul, and rescue me, Let me not be put to shame, for I have sought refuge in thee. 21 Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for thee. 22 Redeem Israel, O God,––out of all his distresses.
26 1 [David’s.]
Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver. 2 Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart:–– 3 For, thy lovingkindness, hath been before mine eyes, and I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness; 4 I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter; 5 I have hated the convocation of evil–doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;
6 I will bathe, in pureness, my hands,––so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh; 7 To sound aloud a song, and to recount all thy wonderful doings. 8 O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, even the place of the habitation of thy glory! 9 Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life; 10 In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe. 11 But, I, in my blamelessness, will walk, Redeem me and show me favour. 12 My foot standeth in a level place, In the convocations, will I bless Yahweh.
27 1 [David’s.]
Yahweh, is my light and my salvation, Of whom shall I be afraid? Yahweh, is the refuge of my life, Of whom shall I be in dread? 2 When there drew near against me evil–doers to devour my flesh, mine adversaries, and mine enemies––mine!––they, stumbled and fell! 3 Though there pitch against me––a camp, my heart shall not fear,––Though there come up against me––a battle, still, am I confident. 4 One thing, have I asked of Yahweh, That, will I seek to secure,––That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh, all the days of my life, To view the delightfulness of Yahweh, And to contemplate in his temple. 5 For he will hide me in his pavilion, in the day of calamity,––He will conceal me, in the secrecy of his tent, Within a rock, will he set me on high. 6 Now, therefore, shall my head be raised high above my foes round about me, and I will sacrifice in his tent the sacrifices of triumphant joy, I will sing and touch the strings, to Yahweh.
7 Hear, O Yahweh, With my voice, do I cry, Oh then show me favour and answer me. 8 To thee, said my heart––[When thou saidst] Seek ye my face––Thy face, O Yahweh, will I seek! 9 Do not hide thy face from me, Do not repulse, in thine anger, thine own servant,––My help, thou hast been, Do not send me away nor forsake me, O my saving God! 10 When, my own father and mother, had forsaken me, Then, Yahweh, took me up! 11 Point out to me, O Yahweh, thy way,––And guide me in a level path, because of mine adversaries. 12 Do not give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, for there have risen up against me witnesses that are false, and he that fanneth up violence. 13 I believe that I shall see––The goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living, 14 Wait thou for Yahweh,––Be strong, and let thy heart be bold, Wait, then, for Yahweh!
28 1 [David’s.]
Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me,––lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee for help, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy shrine. 3 Do not drag me away––with the lawless, or with the workers of iniquity,––who speak peaceably with their neighbours, but, wrong, is in their heart. 4 Give them, according to their deed, and, according to the wrong of their practices,––According to the work of their own hands, give thou unto them, Bring back their own dealing to themselves. 5 Because they heed not The Deeds of Yahweh, or the Work of his hands, he will pull them down, and not build them.
6 Blessed be Yahweh, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplication. 7 Yahweh, is my strength and my shield, In him, hath trusted my heart, and I have found help,––Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, and, with my song, do I praise him. 8 Yahweh, is strength to his people,––And, the all–saving refuge of his Anointed One, is he! 9 Oh save thy people, and bless thine inheritance, Tend them also, and carry them, Unto times age–abiding.
29 1 [A Melody of David.]
Give to Yahweh, ye sons of the mighty,––Give to Yahweh, [both] glory and strength: 2 Give to Yahweh, the glory of his Name, Bow down to Yahweh, in the adornment of holiness. 3 The voice of Yahweh, is upon the waters,––The GOD of glory, hath thundered, Yahweh, is upon mighty waters; 4 The voice of Yahweh, is with power, The voice of Yahweh, is with majesty; 5 The voice of Yahweh, is breaking cedars, Now hath Yahweh, broken down, the cedars of Lebanon! 6 And hath made them leap like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion, like the bull–calf of wild–oxen; 7 The voice of Yahweh, is cleaving out flames of fire; 8 The voice of Yahweh, bringeth birth–pains upon the wilderness; Yahweh bringeth birth–pains upon the wilderness of Kadesh! 9 The voice of Yahweh, causeth the gazelles to bring forth, and hath stript forests; and, in his own temple, every one there, is saying, Glory! 10 Yahweh, at the Flood, was seated, And Yahweh hath taken his seat, as king, unto times age–abiding. 11 Yahweh, will give, strength to his people,––Yahweh, will bless his people with prosperity.
30 1 [A Melody. A Song for the Dedication of the House. David’s.]
I will extol thee, O Yahweh, for thou hast drawn me up,––and not suffered my foes to rejoice over me. 2 O Yahweh, my God, I cried for help unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 O Yahweh! thou hast lifted, out of hades, my soul, Thou hast brought me back to life, from among those who were going down to the pit. 4 Sweep the strings to Yahweh, ye his men of lovingkindness, and give ye praise at the mention of his holiness. 5 For there is, a Moment, in his anger, a Life–time, in his good–pleasure, In the evening, cometh Weeping to lodge, But, by the morning, ‘tis a Shout of Triumph!
6 But, I, said, in my tranquility, I shall not be shaken to times age–abiding! 7 O Yahweh, in thy good–pleasure, hadst thou caused my mountain to stand, strong,––Thou didst hide thy face––I was dismayed! 8 Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry,––and, unto My Lord, do I make supplication: 9 What profit in my blood? in my going down into the pit? Can dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness? 10 Hear, O Yahweh, and show me favour, O Yahweh! become thou a helper unto me. 11 Thou hast turned my lamentation, into a dance for me,––Thou hast torn off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness: 12 To the end that mine honour should make melody unto thee, and not be silent. O Yahweh, my God! Unto times age–abiding, will I praise thee.
¶ How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless,––and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat; 2 But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight,––and, in his law, doth he talk with himself day and night. 3 So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters,––that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.
4 Not so, the lawless,––but as chaff which is driven about by the wind: 5 For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment,––nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.
2 1 Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing? 2 The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together,––against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One [saying]: 3 Let us break asunder their bonds,––and cast from us their cords! 4 He that sitteth in the heavens, will laugh,––My Lord, will mock at them: 5 Then, will he speak unto them in his anger, and, in his wrath, confound them: 6 Yet, I, have installed my king,––on Zion my holy mountain.
7 Let me tell of a decree,––Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, today, have begotten thee: 8 Ask of me, and let me give nations as thine inheritance, and, as thy possession, the ends of the earth: 9 Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron,––as a potter’s vessel, shalt thou dash them in pieces.
10 Now, therefore, ye kings, show your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth: 11 Serve Yahweh with reverence, and exult with trembling: 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish by the way, for soon might be kindled his anger,––How happy are all who seek refuge in him!
3 1 [A Melody of David, when he fled from before Absolom his son.]
Yahweh! how have mine adversaries multiplied, Multitudes, are rising against me; 2 Multitudes, are saying of my soul,––No salvation for him in God. [Selah.] 3 But, thou, Yahweh, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
4 With my voice––unto Yahweh, do I cry, and he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. [Selah.] 5 I, laid me down and slept,––I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me! 6 I will not be afraid of myriads of people, who, round about, have set themselves against me. 7 Rise! Yahweh, Save me, my God. Surely thou hast smitten all my foes on the cheekbone, The teeth of the lawless, hast thou broken. 8 To Yahweh, belongeth Salvation! Upon thy people, be thy blessing. [Selah.]
4 1 [To the Chief Musician: with stringed instruments. A Melody of David.]
When I cry, answer me, O mine own righteous God, In a strait place, thou hast made room for me, Show me favour, and hear my prayer. 2 Ye sons of the great! how long, turning my glory to contempt, will ye love emptiness, will ye seek falsehood? [Selah.] 3 Know ye, then, that Yahweh hath set apart the man of lovingkindness for himself: Yahweh, will hear, when I cry to him. 4 Be deeply moved, but do not sin,––Ponder in your own heart upon your bed, and be silent. [Selah.] 5 Sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness; and put your trust in Yahweh.
6 Multitudes, are saying, Who will show us prosperity? Lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance, O Yahweh. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart,––beyond the season when, their corn and their new wine, have increased. 8 In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.
5 1 [To the Chief Musician. For the Flutes. A Melody of David.]
To my words, give ear, O Yahweh, Understand thou my softly murmured prayer: 2 Attend to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for, unto thee, do I pray. 3 O Yahweh! in the morning, shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning, will I set in order unto thee, and keep watch; 4 For, not a GOD finding pleasure in lawlessness, art thou, and wrong can be no guest of thine: 5 Boasters, shall not station themselves, before thine eyes,––Thou hatest all workers of iniquity: 6 Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood,––The man of bloodshed and of deceit, Yahweh abhorreth.
7 But, I, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, will enter thy house, I will bow down towards thy holy temple, in reverence of thee: 8 O Yahweh! lead me in thy righteousness, because of mine adversaries, Make even, before me, thy way: 9 For in his mouth is nothing worthy of trust, Their inward purpose, is engulfing ruin,––An opened sepulchre, is their throat, With their tongue, speak they smooth things. 10 Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall by their own counsels,––Into the throng of their own transgressions, thrust them down, For they have rebelled against thee:–– 11 That all may rejoice who seek refuge in thee, to times age–abiding, may shout in triumph, that thou wilt protect them, and they may leap for joy in thee who are lovers of thy Name. 12 For, thou, wilt bless the righteous man, O Yahweh, As with an all–covering shield––with good pleasure, wilt thou encompass him.
6 1 [To the Chief Musician, with stringed Instruments upon the eighth. A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh! do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me. 2 Show me favour, O Yahweh, for languishing am I: Heal me, O Yahweh,––for dismayed are my bones: 3 Yea, my soul, is dismayed greatly, Thou, then, O Yahweh––how long? 4 Return, O Yahweh, deliver my soul, Save me, for the sake of thy lovingkindness; 5 For, in death, is no remembrance of thee,––In hades, who shall give thanks unto thee? 6 I am weary with my sighing, I flood, through the whole night, my couch,––With my tears, I cause, my bed, to dissolve: 7 My face, is all sunken with sorrow,––it hath aged, because of all mine adversaries.
8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for Yahweh hath heard the voice of my weeping: 9 Yahweh, hath heard my supplication, Yahweh, will receive, my prayer. 10 Let all my foes, turn pale and be greatly dismayed, Again let them turn pale in a moment.
7 1 [Ode of David: which he sang unto Yahweh, on account of the words of Cush the Benjamite.]
O Yahweh my God, in thee, have I sought refuge,––Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me: 2 Lest one tear, as a lion, my soul,––and there be no deliverer to rescue. 3 O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands: 4 If I have requited my friend with wrong,––or have oppressed mine adversary without need, 5 Let an enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it, that he may tread down, to the earth, my life,––and, mine honour––in the dust, he may cause to dwell. [Selah.] 6 Rise! Yahweh! in thine anger, Lift thyself up, because of the haughty outbursts of mine adversaries, Stir up for me the justice thou hast commanded: 7 When, the assembly of peoples, gather round thee, then, above it––on high, do thou return! 8 Yahweh, will judge the peoples,––Do me justice, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity upon me, 9 Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous,––for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.
10 My shield, is held by God, who is ready to save the upright in heart: 11 A God to vindicate the righteous,––And yet a God to be indignant throughout every day. 12 If he turn not, his sword, will he whet,––his bow, hath he bent, and made ready: 13 But, for himself, hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows, he, so fiery, would make: 14 Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment: 15 A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made: 16 His mischief, turneth back, on his own head,––and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth. 17 I will praise Yahweh according to his righteousness,––and will praise in song the Name of Yahweh Most High.
8 1 [To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth, Who hast set thy splendour upon the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of children and sucklings, hast thou laid a foundation of strength,––because of thine adversaries, to make foe and avenger be still.
3 When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established, 4 What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge? 5 That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him? 6 Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands,––All things, shouldst have put under his feet: 7 Sheep and oxen, all of them,––yea even the beasts of the field; 8 The bird of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea,–– the passer–by on the paths of the seas? 9 O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth.
9 1 [To the Chief Musician. On "Muthlabben." A Melody of David.]
I will praise Yahweh with all my heart, I will recount all thy wonderful doings: 2 I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, thy Name, O most High. 3 When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee; 4 For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously: 5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name, hast thou wiped out, to times age–abiding and beyond. 6 O enemy! complete are the desolations, evermore,––even cities, hast thou uprooted, The memory of, them, hath perished. 7 But, Yahweh, unto times age–abiding, will sit, Ready for judgment, is his throne; 8 And, he, will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples, in uprightness. 9 Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, a refuge for times of destitution: 10 Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.
11 Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings. 12 When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed. 13 Show me favour, O Yahweh! Behold my humiliation due to them who hate me, Lift me on high out of the gates of death; 14 That I may recount all thy praises, In the gates of the daughter of Zion, may exult in thy salvation. 15 The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot. 16 To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. Selah.] 17 The lawless, shall return, to hades, all nations forgetful of God. 18 For, not always, shall the needy, be forgotten,––[Nor,] the hope of the oppressed, perish for ever. 19 Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee. 20 Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them,––Let the nations know [that] they are men. [Selah.]
10 1 Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou stand afar off? [Wherefore] hide thyself, in times of destitution? 2 In the pride of the lawless one, he hotly pursueth the poor, let them be caught in the plots which they have devised! 3 For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, and, the robber, hath blasphemed Yahweh. 4 The lawless one, in the loftiness of his countenance, will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots: 5 His ways are firm at all times, On high, are thy righteous regulations, out of his sight, As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them: 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be shaken,––From generation to generation, shall I be in no misfortune. 7 With cursing, his mouth is full, and with deceptions and oppression, Under his tongue, are trouble and mischief: 8 He abideth in the lurking–place of villages, In the hiding–places, he murdereth the innocent,––His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch: 9 He lieth in wait in a hiding–place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net: 10 He croucheth, he lieth down, then falleth he with his strong claws upon the unfortunate. 11 He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten,––He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!
12 Arise! Yahweh! O GOD! raise thy hand,––Do not forget the patient! 13 Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]! 14 Thou hast seen! For, thou, mischief and misery, dost discern, to requite with thine own hand, Unto thee, doth, the unfortunate one, give himself up, To the fatherless, thou thyself, hast become a helper. 15 Shatter thou the arm of the lawless one, And, as for the wrongful, wilt thou not enquire for his lawlessness––wilt thou not find [it]? 16 Yahweh, is king, to times age–abiding and beyond, The nations have perished out of his land. 17 The longing of the patient, thou hast heard, O Yahweh, Thou wilt establish their heart, Thou wilt make attentive thine ear: 18 To vindicate the fatherless and the crushed, A man of the earth, shall, no further, cause terror!
11 1 [To the Chief Musician. David’s.]
In Yahweh, have I sought refuge. How can ye say to my soul, Flee to a mountain like a little bird; 2 For lo! the lawless, bend the bow They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart: 3 When the pillars are overthrown, What could, a righteous man, do?
4 Yahweh, is in his holy temple As for Yahweh, in the heavens, is his throne, His eyes, behold––His eyelashes test the sons of men. 5 Yahweh, putteth, the righteous, to the test,––But the lawless one and the lover of violence, his soul doth hate. 6 He will rain upon the lawless live–coals, Fire and brimstone and a burning wind, are the portion of their cup. 7 For righteous is Yahweh Righteousness, he loveth, the upright, shall behold his face.
12 1 [To the Chief Musician. On the Octave. A Melody of David.]
O save Yahweh, for the man of lovingkindness, is no more, for the faithful, have vanished, from among the sons of men. 2 Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour,––with lips uttering smooth things––with a heart and a heart, do they speak. 3 May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things,––the tongue that speaketh swelling words; 4 Them who say––With our tongue, will we prevail, our lips, are our own, who is our master? 5 Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say,––I will place [him] in safety––let him puff at him! 6 The words of Yahweh, are words, that are pure, silver refined in a crucible of earth, purified seven times! 7 Thou, O Yahweh, wilt keep them,––Thou wilt guard him, from this generation unto times age–abiding. 8 On every side, the lawless, march about,––when worthlessness is exalted by the sons of men.
13 1 [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I lay up cares within my soul, sorrow in my heart, day by day? How long shall mine enemy lift himself up over me? 3 Have regard! answer me O Yahweh my God,––Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into death: 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed over him! and, mine adversaries, exult, that I totter. 5 But, I, in thy lovingkindness, have put my trust, My heart shall exult in thy salvation: 6 I will sing to Yahweh, for he hath dealt beautifully with me.
14 1 [To the Chief Musician. David’s.]
The impious hath said in his heart––There is no God! They have acted corruptly, they have done an abominable deed, there is none that doeth good. 2 Yahweh, out of the heavens, looked down over the sons of men,––to see whether there was one that showed wisdom, enquiring after God:–– 3 The whole, have turned aside, Together have they become tainted,––There is none that doeth good, not so much as, one!
4 Are all the workers of iniquity, without knowledge? devouring my people [as] they devour food! Upon Yahweh, have they not called. 5 There have they been in great dread, because, God, is in the circle of the righteous man. 6 The purpose of the poor, ye would put to shame, because, Yahweh, is his refuge. 7 Oh that, out of Zion, were granted the salvation of Israel! When Yahweh bringeth back the captives of his people, Jacob, shall exult, Israel, be glad.
15 1 [A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh! Who shall be a guest in thy tent? Who shall abide in thy holy mountain? 2 He that walketh without blame, and doeth what is right, and speaketh truth with his heart; 3 Hath not carried slander on his tongue, hath not done his friend a wrong, nor, a reproach, taken up against his neighbour; 4 Despised in his sight, is the reprobate, but, them who revere Yahweh, he doth honour, he hath sworn to his neighbour, and will not change; 5 His silver, hath he not put out on interest, nor, a bribe against the innocent, hath he taken. He that doeth these things, shall not be shaken unto times age–abiding.
16 1 [A Precious Psalm of David.]
Preserve me, O GOD, for I have sought refuge in thee. 2 Thou hast said unto Yahweh, My Lord, art thou! My goodness, mounteth not unto thee. 3 It belongeth unto the holy ones, whom, in his own land, Yahweh, ennobleth, In whom is all his delight 4 They multiply their idols––another, have they purchased! I will not pour out their drink–offerings of blood, nor will I take up their names on my lips. 5 Yahweh, is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou, art maintaining my lot. 6 The lines, have fallen unto me, in pleasant places, Verily an inheritance that delighteth me. 7 I will bless Yahweh, who hath counselled me,––Surely, by night, shall mine impulses admonish me.
8 I have set Yahweh before me continually, because he is on my right hand, I shall not be shaken! 9 Therefore, hath my heart rejoiced, and mine honour exulted, Yea, my flesh, shall settle down securely; 10 For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness, to see corruption: 11 Thou wilt cause me to know, the path of life,––Fulness of joys before thee, Pleasures at thy right hand evermore.
17 1 [A Prayer of David.]
Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive: 2 From before thee, let my sentence come forth, Thine eyes, behold with equity. 3 Thou hast tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil, my mouth should not have transgressed: 4 As for the workings of men, By the word of thy lips, have, I, taken heed of the paths of the violent one. 5 Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways, My footsteps have not been shaken: 6 I, have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O GOD,––Incline thine ear unto me, Hear thou my speech: 7 Let thy lovingkindness be distinguished, thou Saviour of such as seek refuge from them who lift themselves up against thy right hand.
8 Guard me, as the pupil of the eye,––Under the shadow of thy wings, wilt thou hide me: 9 From the face of lawless ones who have treated me with violence, the foes of my soul, who come round against me: 10 Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,––With their mouth, have they spoken proudly. 11 As for our own goings, now, have they surrounded us,––Their eyes, they fix, bending to the earth: 12 His likeness, is as a lion, that longeth to rend, and as a young lion, lurking in secret places. 13 Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one [who is] thy sword: 14 From men [who are] thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age, whose portion, is among the living, and, with thy treasure, thou fillest their bosom,––They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children:–– 15 I, in righteousness, shall behold thy face, Shall be satisfied when awakened by a vision of thee.
18 1 [To the chief Musician. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David,––who spake unto Yahweh the words of this song,––in the day when Yahweh had rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul; and he said:––]
I will love thee, O Yahweh my strength! 2 Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer: My GOD, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower. 3 As one worthy to be praised, called I on Yahweh,––And, from my foes, was I saved. 4 The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition, made me afraid; 5 The meshes of hades, had surrounded me, The snares of death, had confronted me, 6 In my distress, called I on Yahweh, And, unto my God, made outcry for help, He heard, out of his temple, my voice, And my outcry for help came before him––entered into his ears! 7 Then did the earth shake and quake, Even, the foundations of the mountains, were deeply moved, Yea they did shake, because he was angry. 8 There went up smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured, Live coals, were kindled from it: 9 Then he stretched out the heaven, and came down,––and, thick gloom, was under his feet; 10 Then he rode on a cherub, and flew, and darted on the wings of the wind; 11 Made darkness his hiding–place, Round about him––his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours. 12 Out of the brightness before him, his clouds rolled along, hail, and live coals of fire. 13 Then did Yahweh thunder in the heavens, and the Highest uttered his voice,––hail, and live coals of fire. 14 And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them, yea, lightnings, he shot out, and confused them. 15 Then appeared the channels of waters, were uncovered the foundations of the world,––At thy rebuke O Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 16 He sent from on high, he took me,––he drew me out of many waters. 17 He rescued me from my foe, in his might, and from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me: 18 They confronted me, in the day of my necessity, Then became Yahweh my stay: 19 And brought me out, into a large place, he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, he repaid me; 21 For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, and not broken away from my God; 22 For, all his regulations, were before me, and, his statutes, did I not put from me: 23 So became I blameless with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Yahweh therefore repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the pureness of my hands, before his eyes. 25 With the loving, thou didst show thyself loving,––With the blameless man, thou didst show thyself blameless; 26 With the pure, thou didst show thyself pure, But, with the perverse, thou didst show thyself ready to contend. 27 For, as for thee, an oppressed people, thou didst save, but, looks that were lofty, layedst thou low; 28 For, thou, didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God, enlightened my darkness;
29 For, by thee, I ran through a troop, and, by my God, I leapt over a wall. 30 As for GOD, blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield, he is to all who seek refuge in him. 31 For who is a GOD, save Yahweh? And who is a Rock, save our God? 32 The GOD who girded me with strength, and set forth, as blameless, my way: 33 Planting my feet like hinds’ [feet], yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand: 34 Teaching my hands to war,––so that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms. 35 Thus didst thou grant me, as a shield, thy salvation,––and, thy right hand, sustained me, and, thy condescension, made me great. 36 Thou didst widen my stepping–places under me, so that, mine ankles, faltered not. 37 I pursued my foes, and overtook them, and returned not, till they were consumed: 38 I crushed them, and they were unable to rise, They fell under my feet. 39 Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle, Thou subduedst mine assailants under me. 40 As for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, and, as for them who hated me, I destroyed them. 41 They cried out, but there was none to save, unto Yahweh, but he answered them not. 42 Then did I beat them in pieces, like dust on the face of the wind. Like the mire in the lanes, did I scatter them. 43 Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of a people,––didst appoint me to be the head of nations, A people I had not known, served me: 44 At the hearing of the ear, they submitted to me, the sons of the foreigner, came cringing unto me: 45 The sons of the foreigner, lost heart, and came quaking out of their fortresses. 46 Yahweh liveth and, blessed, be my Rock, yea, exalted, be the God of my salvation: 47 The GOD, who hath avenged me,––and subjugated peoples under me: 48 Who hath delivered me from my foes,––Yea, from mine assailants, hast thou set me on high, From the man of violence, hast thou rescued me. 49 For this cause, will I praise thee among the nations, O Yahweh, and, to thy Name, will I sweep the strings:–– 50 Who hath made great the victories of his King,––and shown lovingkindness to his Anointed One, To David and to his Seed, Unto times age–abiding.
19 1 [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
The heavens, are telling the glory of GOD, And, the work of his hands, the expanse is declaring; 2 Day, unto day, doth pour forth speech, and, night, unto night, doth breathe out knowledge. 3 There is no speech, and there are no words,––Unheard is their voice! 4 [Yet] through all the earth, hath gone forth their voice,––and, to the end of the world, their sayings,––For the sun, hath he set up a tent therein; 5 And, he, is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, he rejoiceth as a hero to run a race: 6 From one end of the heavens, is his going forth, and, his circuit, to the other end thereof––and, nothing, is hid from his glowing heat.
7 The, law of Yahweh, is complete, Bringing back the soul, The, testimony of Yahweh, is confirmed, Making wise the simple; 8 The precepts of Yahweh, are right, Rejoicing the heart, The, commandment of Yahweh, is pure, Enlightening the eyes; 9 The, reverence of Yahweh, is clean, Enduring evermore,––The, decisions of Yahweh, are faithful, They are righteous, altogether: 10 More desirable, than gold, yea than much fine gold, Sweeter, also than honey, or than droppings from the comb. 11 Even thine own servant, taketh warning by them, In the keeping of them, great is the reward. 12 Mistakes, who perceiveth? From things that are hidden, acquit me: 13 Even from the presumptuous, keep back thy servant, May they not have dominion over me, Then, shall I be blameless, and shall be acquitted from great transgression: 14 The words of my mouth, and the soft utterance of my heart, shall come with acceptance, before thee, O Yahweh, my Rock and my Redeemer!
20 1 [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
Yahweh answer thee, in the day of distress, The Name of the God of Jacob give thee safety; 2 Send thy help out of the sanctuary, and, out of Zion, sustain thee; 3 Remember every present of thine, and, thine ascending–sacrifice, esteem. [Selah.] 4 Give thee according to thy heart, and, all thy purposes, fulfill. 5 We will shout aloud in thy salvation, and, in the Name of our God, shall we become great, Yahweh fulfill all thy petitions.
6 Now, do I know that Yahweh, hath saved, his Anointed One,––He answereth him out of his holy heavens, by the mighty saving deeds of his own right hand. 7 These, by chariots, and, those, by horses, but, we, by the Name of Yahweh our God, will prevail. 8 They, have bowed down and fallen, but, we, have arisen, and stand upright. 9 Yahweh, hath saved the king. Answer us, then, on the day when we call.
21 1 [To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]
O Yahweh, in thy strength, will the king rejoice, and, in thy salvation, how greatly will he exult! 2 The longing of his heart, hast thou given him, and, the request of his lips, hast thou not withheld. [Selah.] 3 For thou wilt come to meet him, with the blessings of goodness, Thou wilt set on his head, a crown of pure gold. 4 Life, he asked of thee, Thou hast given it him, length of days, to times age–abiding and beyond. 5 Great is his glory, in thy salvation, Honour and majesty, wilt thou lay upon him; 6 For thou wilt appoint him blessings evermore, wilt cheer him with joy by thy countenance;
7 For, the king, is trusting in Yahweh, and, in the lovingkindness of the Highest, shall he not be shaken. 8 Thy hand, will find out, all thy foes, Thine own right hand, will find out them who hate thee. 9 Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire, at the time of thy presence,––Yahweh, in his anger, will swallow them up, and there shall consume them a fire: 10 Their fruit––out of the earth, wilt thou destroy, and their seed, from among the sons of men; 11 For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish. 12 For thou wilt cause them to turn their back, Upon thy bow–strings, wilt thou make ready against their face. 13 Be exalted, O Yahweh, in thy strength! With song and with string will we sound forth thy power.
22 1 [To the Chief Musician. On "the Hind of the Dawn." A Melody of David.]
My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation? 2 My God! I keep crying––By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me. 3 But, thou, art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them; 5 Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale. 6 But, I, am a worm and no one, a reproach of men, and despised of a people; 7 All that see me, laugh at me,––They open wide the mouth, They shake the head:–– 8 He should trust in Yahweh––let him deliver him,––Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. 9 For, thou, art he that severed me from the womb, he that caused me to trust, upon the breasts of my mother; 10 Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.
11 Be not far from me, for, distress, is near, For there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan, have enclosed me; 13 They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring. 14 Like water, am I poured out, and, put out of joint, are all my bones,––My heart, hath become, like wax, it is melted in the midst of my body; 15 Dried as a potsherd, is my strength, And, my tongue, is made to cleave to my gums, And, in the dust of death, wilt thou lay me. 16 For dogs have surrounded me,––An assembly of evil doers, have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet, 17 I may tell all my bones, They, look for––they behold me! 18 They part my garments among them, and, for my vestment, they cast lots. 19 But, thou, O Yahweh, be not far off, O my help! to aid me, make haste; 20 Rescue, from the sword, my life, from the power of the dog, my solitary self: 21 Save me from the mouth of the lion,––Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.
22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren,––In the midst of the convocation, will I praise thee. 23 Ye that revere Yahweh, praise him, All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him, And, stand in awe of him, all ye seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto him, he heard. 25 Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him. 26 The patient wronged–ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh, who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye. 27 All the ends of the earth, will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee, 28 For, to Yahweh, belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations. 29 All the great ones of the earth, shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel, all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive, his own soul! 30 My seed, shall serve him, It shall be recounted, of the Lord, to a generation that shall come: 31 That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!
23 1 [A Melody of David.]
Yahweh, is my shepherd––I shall not want: 2 In pastures of tender grass, he maketh me lie down, Unto restful waters, he leadeth me; 3 My life, he restoreth, He guideth me in right paths, for the sake of his Name. 4 Yea, though I walk through a valley death–shadowed, I will fear no harm, for, thou, art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they, comfort me. 5 Thou spreadest before me a table, in face of mine adversaries, Thou hast anointed, with oil, my head, My cup, hath run over. 6 Surely, goodness and lovingkindness, will pursue me, all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of Yahweh, evermore.
24 1 [David’s. A Melody.]
To Yahweh, belongeth, The earth and the fulness thereof, The world, and they who dwell therein; 2 For, he, upon the seas, hath founded it, and upon the currents, doth make it firm.
3 Who shall ascend the mountain of Yahweh? And who shall stand in his holy place? 4 The clean of hands, and pure of heart,––who hath not uplifted, to falsehood, his soul, nor sworn deceitfully, 5 Shall bear away a blessing from Yahweh, and righteousness, from his delivering God. 6 This, is the generation of them who inquire of him, who seek thy face, O God of Jacob. [Selah.]
7 Lift up, O ye gates, your heads, and lift yourselves up, ye age–abiding doors, That the king of glory may come in. 8 Who is the king of glory? Yahweh, strong and mighty, Yahweh, mighty in war. 9 Lift up, O ye gates, your heads, yea lift [them] up, ye age–abiding doors, That the king of glory may come in. 10 Who then is the king of glory? Yahweh of hosts, He, is the king of glory. [Selah.]
25 1 [David’s. [An Alphabetical Psalm.]]
Unto thee, O Yahweh, my soul, would I lift: 2 O my God, in thee, have I put my trust, Let me not be put to shame, Let not my foe exult over me: 3 Yea let, none who wait for thee, be put to shame, Let them be put to shame who act covertly without cause! 4 Thy ways, O Yahweh, let me know, Thy paths, teach thou me: 5 Guide me into thy truth and teach me, for, thou, art my delivering God, For thee, have I waited all the day: 6 Remember thy compassions, O Yahweh, and thy lovingkindnesses, For, from age–past times, have they been. 7 The sins of my youth, and my transgressions, do not thou call to mind,––According to thine own lovingkindness, remember thou me, for the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.
8 Good and upright, is Yahweh, For this cause, will he direct sinners into the way. 9 May he guide patient wronged–ones to be righted, and teach such oppressed–ones his way. 10 All the paths of Yahweh, are lovingkindness and faithfulness, to such as keep his covenant, and his testimonies. 11 For the sake of thy Name, O Yahweh, Therefore wilt thou pardon mine iniquity, for great it is. 12 Who then is the man that revereth Yahweh? Let him direct him into the way he should choose. 13 His soul, with prosperity, shall tarry, and, his seed, shall possess the land. 14 Intimacy with Yahweh, have they who revere him, His covenant also, he letteth them know.
15 Mine eyes, are continually unto Yahweh,––for, he, bringeth, out of the net, my feet. 16 Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, for, alone and oppressed, I am. 17 The distresses of my heart, hath he relieved,––and, out of my straits, brought me forth. 18 Behold my humiliation and my pain, and take away all my sins. 19 Behold my foes, for they abound,––and, with the hatred of violence, do they hate me. 20 Oh keep my soul, and rescue me, Let me not be put to shame, for I have sought refuge in thee. 21 Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for thee. 22 Redeem Israel, O God,––out of all his distresses.
26 1 [David’s.]
Do me justice, O Yahweh, For, I, in my blamelessness, have walked, and, in Yahweh, have I trusted, I will not waver. 2 Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart:–– 3 For, thy lovingkindness, hath been before mine eyes, and I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness; 4 I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter; 5 I have hated the convocation of evil–doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;
6 I will bathe, in pureness, my hands,––so will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh; 7 To sound aloud a song, and to recount all thy wonderful doings. 8 O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, even the place of the habitation of thy glory! 9 Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life; 10 In whose hands is a plot, and, their right hand, is filled with a bribe. 11 But, I, in my blamelessness, will walk, Redeem me and show me favour. 12 My foot standeth in a level place, In the convocations, will I bless Yahweh.
27 1 [David’s.]
Yahweh, is my light and my salvation, Of whom shall I be afraid? Yahweh, is the refuge of my life, Of whom shall I be in dread? 2 When there drew near against me evil–doers to devour my flesh, mine adversaries, and mine enemies––mine!––they, stumbled and fell! 3 Though there pitch against me––a camp, my heart shall not fear,––Though there come up against me––a battle, still, am I confident. 4 One thing, have I asked of Yahweh, That, will I seek to secure,––That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh, all the days of my life, To view the delightfulness of Yahweh, And to contemplate in his temple. 5 For he will hide me in his pavilion, in the day of calamity,––He will conceal me, in the secrecy of his tent, Within a rock, will he set me on high. 6 Now, therefore, shall my head be raised high above my foes round about me, and I will sacrifice in his tent the sacrifices of triumphant joy, I will sing and touch the strings, to Yahweh.
7 Hear, O Yahweh, With my voice, do I cry, Oh then show me favour and answer me. 8 To thee, said my heart––[When thou saidst] Seek ye my face––Thy face, O Yahweh, will I seek! 9 Do not hide thy face from me, Do not repulse, in thine anger, thine own servant,––My help, thou hast been, Do not send me away nor forsake me, O my saving God! 10 When, my own father and mother, had forsaken me, Then, Yahweh, took me up! 11 Point out to me, O Yahweh, thy way,––And guide me in a level path, because of mine adversaries. 12 Do not give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, for there have risen up against me witnesses that are false, and he that fanneth up violence. 13 I believe that I shall see––The goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living, 14 Wait thou for Yahweh,––Be strong, and let thy heart be bold, Wait, then, for Yahweh!
28 1 [David’s.]
Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me,––lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee for help, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy shrine. 3 Do not drag me away––with the lawless, or with the workers of iniquity,––who speak peaceably with their neighbours, but, wrong, is in their heart. 4 Give them, according to their deed, and, according to the wrong of their practices,––According to the work of their own hands, give thou unto them, Bring back their own dealing to themselves. 5 Because they heed not The Deeds of Yahweh, or the Work of his hands, he will pull them down, and not build them.
6 Blessed be Yahweh, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplication. 7 Yahweh, is my strength and my shield, In him, hath trusted my heart, and I have found help,––Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, and, with my song, do I praise him. 8 Yahweh, is strength to his people,––And, the all–saving refuge of his Anointed One, is he! 9 Oh save thy people, and bless thine inheritance, Tend them also, and carry them, Unto times age–abiding.
29 1 [A Melody of David.]
Give to Yahweh, ye sons of the mighty,––Give to Yahweh, [both] glory and strength: 2 Give to Yahweh, the glory of his Name, Bow down to Yahweh, in the adornment of holiness. 3 The voice of Yahweh, is upon the waters,––The GOD of glory, hath thundered, Yahweh, is upon mighty waters; 4 The voice of Yahweh, is with power, The voice of Yahweh, is with majesty; 5 The voice of Yahweh, is breaking cedars, Now hath Yahweh, broken down, the cedars of Lebanon! 6 And hath made them leap like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion, like the bull–calf of wild–oxen; 7 The voice of Yahweh, is cleaving out flames of fire; 8 The voice of Yahweh, bringeth birth–pains upon the wilderness; Yahweh bringeth birth–pains upon the wilderness of Kadesh! 9 The voice of Yahweh, causeth the gazelles to bring forth, and hath stript forests; and, in his own temple, every one there, is saying, Glory! 10 Yahweh, at the Flood, was seated, And Yahweh hath taken his seat, as king, unto times age–abiding. 11 Yahweh, will give, strength to his people,––Yahweh, will bless his people with prosperity.
30 1 [A Melody. A Song for the Dedication of the House. David’s.]
I will extol thee, O Yahweh, for thou hast drawn me up,––and not suffered my foes to rejoice over me. 2 O Yahweh, my God, I cried for help unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 O Yahweh! thou hast lifted, out of hades, my soul, Thou hast brought me back to life, from among those who were going down to the pit. 4 Sweep the strings to Yahweh, ye his men of lovingkindness, and give ye praise at the mention of his holiness. 5 For there is, a Moment, in his anger, a Life–time, in his good–pleasure, In the evening, cometh Weeping to lodge, But, by the morning, ‘tis a Shout of Triumph!
6 But, I, said, in my tranquility, I shall not be shaken to times age–abiding! 7 O Yahweh, in thy good–pleasure, hadst thou caused my mountain to stand, strong,––Thou didst hide thy face––I was dismayed! 8 Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry,––and, unto My Lord, do I make supplication: 9 What profit in my blood? in my going down into the pit? Can dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness? 10 Hear, O Yahweh, and show me favour, O Yahweh! become thou a helper unto me. 11 Thou hast turned my lamentation, into a dance for me,––Thou hast torn off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness: 12 To the end that mine honour should make melody unto thee, and not be silent. O Yahweh, my God! Unto times age–abiding, will I praise thee.