Psa. 22:1‑69:36• 1To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My *God, my *God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?
2My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me:
3And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel.
4Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them.
5They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded.
6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people.
7All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying:
8Commit it to Jehovah--let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him!
9But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother's breasts.
10I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my *God from my mother's belly.
11Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
12Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan's strong ones have beset me round.
13They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.
16For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me;
18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19But thou, Jehovah, be not far from me; O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog;
21Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.
22I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.
25My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee:
28For the kingdom is Jehovah's, and he ruleth among the nations.
29All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.
30A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.
1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.
3He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6Surely, goodness and loving-kindness shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of the days.
1Of David. A Psalm. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
2For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.
3Who shall ascend into the mount of Jehovah? and who shall stand in his holy place?
4He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:
5He shall receive blessing from Jehovah, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6This is the generation of them that seek unto him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
8Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.
9Lift up your heads, ye gates; yea, lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
10Who is he, this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
1A Psalm of David. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.
2My God, I confide in thee; let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
3Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.
4Make me to know thy ways, O Jehovah; teach me thy paths.
5Make me to walk in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
6Remember, Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they are from everlasting.
7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy loving-kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, Jehovah.
8Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way:
9The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way.
10All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness and truth for such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
12What man is he that feareth Jehovah? him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
13His soul shall dwell in prosperity, and his seed shall inherit the earth.
14The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.
15Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; for he will bring my feet out of the net.
16Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.
17The troubles of my heart are increased: bring me out of my distresses;
18Consider mine affliction and my travail, and forgive all my sins.
19Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.
20Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I trust in thee.
21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
22Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip.
2Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart:
3For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.
4I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
5I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.
6I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,
7That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works.
8Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.
9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood;
10In whose hands are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me.
12My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.
1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire of him in his temple.
5For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock.
6And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices of shouts of joy: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms unto Jehovah.
7Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.
8My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, will I seek.
9Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10For had my father and my mother forsaken me, then had Jehovah taken me up.
11Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even path, because of mine enemies.
12Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.
13Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living …!
14Wait for Jehovah; be strong and let thy heart take courage: yea, wait for Jehovah.
1A Psalm of David. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.
3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.
4Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.
5For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.
6Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him.
8Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.
9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever.
1A Psalm of David. Give unto Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty ones, give unto Jehovah glory and strength;
2Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name; worship Jehovah in holy splendour.
3The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: the *God of glory thundereth,--Jehovah upon great waters.
4The voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah is full of majesty.
5The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon:
6And he maketh them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young buffalo.
7The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire.
8The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!
10Jehovah sitteth upon the flood; yea, Jehovah sitteth as king for ever.
11Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
1A Psalm of David: dedication-song of the house. I will extol thee, Jehovah; for thou hast delivered me, and hast not made mine enemies to rejoice over me.
2Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
3Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, thou hast quickened me from among those that go down to the pit.
4Sing psalms unto Jehovah, ye saints of his, and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness.
5For a moment is passed in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.
6As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.
7Jehovah, by thy favour thou hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
8I called to thee, Jehovah, and unto the Lord did I make supplication:
9What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10Hear, O Jehovah, and be gracious unto me; Jehovah, be my helper.
11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
12That my glory may sing psalms of thee, and not be silent. Jehovah my God, I will praise thee for ever.
1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, Jehovah, do I trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2Incline thine ear to me, deliver me speedily; be a strong rock to me, a house of defence to save me.
3For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me.
4Draw me out of the net that they have hidden for me; for thou art my strength.
5Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, thou *God of truth.
6I have hated them that observe lying vanities; and as for me, I have confided in Jehovah.
7I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,
8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place.
9Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.
10For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted.
11More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.
12I am forgotten in their heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel.
13For I have heard the slander of many--terror on every side--when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.
14But I confided in thee, Jehovah; I said, thou art my God.
15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors.
16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy loving-kindness.
17Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.
18Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.
19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!
20Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city.
22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23Love Jehovah, all ye his saints. Jehovah preserveth the faithful, and plentifully requiteth the proud doer.
24Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah.
1Of David. Instruction. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered!
2Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile!
3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.
4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and *thou* forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.
7Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
9Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.
10Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.
11Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.
1Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright.
2Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.
3Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud sound.
4For the word of Jehovah is right, and all his work is in faithfulness.
5He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the loving-kindness of Jehovah.
6By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.
8Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9For *he* spoke, and it was done; *he* commanded, and it stood fast.
10Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect.
11The counsel of Jehovah standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.
12Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!
13Jehovah looketh from the heavens; he beholdeth all the sons of men:
14From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;
15He who fashioneth the hearts of them all, who considereth all their works.
16The king is not saved by the multitude of his forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.
18Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness,
19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20Our soul waiteth for Jehovah: he is our help and our shield.
21For in him shall our heart rejoice, because we have confided in his holy name.
22Let thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.
1A Psalm of David; when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless Jehovah at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2My soul shall make its boast in Jehovah: the meek shall hear, and rejoice.
3Magnify Jehovah with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5They looked unto him, and were enlightened, and their faces were not confounded.
6This afflicted one called, and Jehovah heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8Taste and see that Jehovah is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him!
9Fear Jehovah, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him.
10The young lions are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.
11Come, ye sons, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth days, that he may see good?
13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile;
14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15The eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous, and his ears are toward their cry;
16The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth:
17The righteous cry, and Jehovah heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit.
19Many are the adversities of the righteous, but Jehovah delivereth him out of them all:
20He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.
21Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt.
22Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall bear guilt.
1A Psalm of David. Strive, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me:
2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help;
3And draw out the spear, and stop the way against my pursuers: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:
5Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive them away;
6Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.
7For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul.
8Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.
9And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the afflicted from one stronger than he, yea, the afflicted and the needy from him that spoileth him!
11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.
12They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:
14I behaved myself as though he had been a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth for a mother.
15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.
18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people.
19Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.
20For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.
21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it.
22Thou hast seen it, Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
23Stir up thyself, and awake for my right, for my cause, my God and Lord!
24Judge me, Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.
25Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27Let them exult and rejoice that delight in my righteousness; and let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant.
28And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, and of thy praise, all the day.
1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of the servant of Jehovah; of David. The transgression of the wicked uttereth within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful.
3The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.
4He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.
5Jehovah, thy loving-kindness is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
6Thy righteousness is like the high mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: thou, Jehovah, preservest man and beast.
7How precious is thy loving-kindness, O God! So the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
10Continue thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart;
11Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and are not able to rise.
1A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of them that work unrighteousness;
2for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.
3Confide in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness;
4and delight thyself in Jehovah, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
5Commit thy way unto Jehovah, and rely upon him: he will bring it to pass;
6and he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him that prospereth in his way, because of the man that bringeth mischievous devices to pass.
8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; fret not thyself: it would be only to do evil.
9For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait on Jehovah, they shall possess the land.
10For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.
11But the meek shall possess the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of prosperity.
12The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
13The Lord laugheth at him; for he seeth that his day is coming.
14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the afflicted and needy, to slay those that are upright in the way:
15their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;
17for the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.
18Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever:
19they shall not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume, like smoke shall they consume away.
21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth:
22for those blessed of him shall possess the land, and they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
23The steps of a man are established by Jehovah, and he delighteth in his way:
24though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for Jehovah upholdeth his hand.
25I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:
26all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing.
27Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore;
28for Jehovah loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: They are preserved for ever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29The righteous shall possess the land, and dwell therein for ever.
30The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment;
31the law of his God is in his heart; his goings shall not slide.
32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:
33Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
34Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to possess the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil:
36but he passed away, and behold, he was not; and I sought him, but he was not found.
37Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace;
38but the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.
39But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
40And Jehovah will help them and deliver them: he will deliver them from the wicked, and save them; for they trust in him.
1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.
4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
6I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.
7For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.
10My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.
11My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12And they that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: *thou* wilt answer, O Lord my God.
16For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me.
17For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.
18For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin.
19But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:
20And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.
21Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.
22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
1To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,
4Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.
5Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
6Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7And now, what wait I for, Lord? my hope is in thee.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; for *thou* hast done it.
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
11When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.
12Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
13Look away from me, and let me recover strength, before I go hence and be no more.
1To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. I waited patiently for Jehovah; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:
3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, praise unto our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall confide in Jehovah.
4Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.
5Thou, O Jehovah my God, hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak them, they are more than can be numbered.
6Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;
7Then said I, Behold, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me--
8To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.
9I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, *thou* knowest.
10I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11Withhold not thou, Jehovah, thy tender mercies from me; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me.
13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help.
14Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;
15Let them be desolate, because of their shame, that say unto me, Aha! Aha!
16Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified!
17But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.
1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
2Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
3Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness.
4As for me, I said, Jehovah, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?
6And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.
8A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.
9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity! Amen, and Amen.
1To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living *God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
4These things I remember and have poured out my soul within me: how I passed along with the multitude, how I went on with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a festive multitude.
5Why art thou cast down, my soul, and art disquieted in me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, for the health of his countenance.
6My God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from mount Mizar.
7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy cataracts; all thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
8In the day-time will Jehovah command his loving-kindness, and in the night his song shall be with me, a prayer unto the *God of my life.
9I will say unto *God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10As with a crushing in my bones mine adversaries reproach me, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
11Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man.
2For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou cast me off? why go I about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3Send out thy light and thy truth: *they* shall lead me, *they* shall bring me to thy holy mount, and unto thy habitations.
4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto the *God of the gladness of my joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
5Why art thou cast down, my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction. O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
2Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
3For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.
4Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
5Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
8In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
10Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
11Thou hast given us over like sheep appointed for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
12Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased thy wealth by their price;
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
19Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange *god,
21Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.
1To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction;--a song of the Beloved. My heart is welling forth with a good matter: I say what I have composed touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2Thou art fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, in thy majesty and thy splendour;
4And in thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5Thine arrows are sharp--peoples fall under thee--in the heart of the king's enemies.
6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom:
7Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
8Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
9Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10Hearken, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget thine own people and thy father's house:
11And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him.
12And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shall court thy favour.
13All glorious is the king's daughter within; her clothing is of wrought gold:
14She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of embroidery; the virgins behind her, her companions, shall be brought in unto thee:
15With joy and gladness shall they be brought; they shall enter into the king's palace.
16Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons; princes shalt thou make them in all the earth.
17I will make thy name to be remembered throughout all generations; therefore shall the peoples praise thee for ever and ever.
1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. On Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, a help in distresses, very readily found.
2Therefore will we not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the heart of the seas;
3Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4There is a river the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the sanctuary of the habitations of the Most High.
5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her at the dawn of the morning.
6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.
8Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he hath made in the earth:
9He hath made wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariots in the fire.
10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
11Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.
1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph!
2For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.
3He subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.
4He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet.
6Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms!
7For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding.
8God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
9The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered together, with the people of the God of Abraham. For unto God belong the shields of the earth: he is greatly exalted.
1A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness.
2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.
4For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;
5They saw,--so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation:
6Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.
7With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.
8As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah.
9We have thought, O God, of thy loving-kindness, in the midst of thy temple.
10According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: count the towers thereof;
13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide until death.
1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:
2Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike.
3My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding:
4I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.
5Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, when the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me?--
6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. …
7None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,
8(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,)
9That he should still live perpetually, and not see corruption.
10For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
11Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
12Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.
14Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he will receive me. Selah.
16Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
17For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.
18Though he blessed his soul in his lifetime,--and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself,--
19It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.
20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
1A Psalm. Of Asaph. *God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
3Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!
6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah.
7Hear, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, thy God.
8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, continually before me;
9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds:
10For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;
11I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:
12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?
14Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;
15And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,
17Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?
18When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;
19Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:
21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22Now consider this, ye that forget +God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his way will I shew the salvation of God.
1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
2Wash me fully from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.
4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.
5Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8Make me to hear gladness and joy; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not the spirit of thy holiness from me.
12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me.
13I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall return unto thee.
14Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.
19Then shalt thou have sacrifices of righteousness, burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering; then shall they offer up bullocks upon thine altar.
1To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of *God abideth continually.
2Thy tongue deviseth mischievous things, like a sharp razor, practising deceit.
3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!
5*God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
7Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice.
8But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever.
9I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it; and I will wait on thy name, before thy godly ones, for it is good.
1To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
2God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
3Every one of them is gone back, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.
4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? they call not upon God.
5There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put them to shame, for God hath despised them.
6Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.
1To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David; when the Ziphites came, and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us? O God, by thy name save me, and by thy strength do me justice.
2O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3For strangers are risen up against me, and the violent seek after my life: they have not set God before them. Selah.
4Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is among them that uphold my soul.
5He will requite evil to mine enemies: in thy truth cut them off.
6I will freely sacrifice unto thee; I will praise thy name, O Jehovah, because it is good.
7For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath seen its desire upon mine enemies.
1To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2Attend unto me, and answer me: I wander about in my plaint, and I moan aloud,
3Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
4My heart is writhing within me, and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;
7Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;
8I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.
9Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.
11Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
12For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me--then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me--then would I have hidden myself from him;
13But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. …
14We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng.
15Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.
16As for me, unto God will I call; and Jehovah will save me.
17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.
18He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me: for there were many about me.
19*God will hear, and afflict them: he that is seated of old, (Selah) … because there is no change in them, and they fear not God.
20He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
21Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.
22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and *he* will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
1To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.
2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.
3In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.
4In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me?
5All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.
7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
8*Thou* countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.
10In God will I praise his word; in Jehovah will I praise his word.
11In God have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me?
12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thanks unto thee.
13For thou hast delivered my soul from death; wilt thou not keep my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
1To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.
2I will call unto God, the Most High; unto *God that performeth all for me.
3He will send from the heavens and save me; he hath covered with reproach him that would swallow me up. Selah. God hath sent forth his loving-kindness and his truth.
4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!
6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.
7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms.
8Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.
9I will give thee thanks among the peoples, O Lord; of thee will I sing psalms among the nations:
10For thy loving-kindness is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
11Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!
1To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam. Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?
2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;
5Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.
6O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
7Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:
8Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; like the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.
9Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning,--they shall be whirled away.
10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:
11And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
1To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.
2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
3For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
4They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to meet me, and behold.
5Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.
6They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:
7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?
8But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
9Their strength! … I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.
10God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me,--God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
11Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
12Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.
13Make an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more; that they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
14And in the evening they shall return, they shall howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
15They shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied.
16But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.
17Unto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms; for God is my high fortress, the God of my mercy.
1To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.
2Thou hast made the earth to tremble, thou hast rent it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
3Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment.
4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth, (Selah,)
5That thy beloved ones may be delivered. Save with thy right hand, and answer me.
6God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;
8Moab is my wash-pot; upon Edom will I cast my sandal; Philistia, shout aloud because of me.
9Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me unto Edom?
10Wilt not thou, O God, who didst cast us off? and didst not go forth, O God, with our armies?
11Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
12Through God we shall do valiantly; and he it is that will tread down our adversaries.
1To the chief Musician. On a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my cry; attend unto my prayer.
2From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me.
3For thou hast been a refuge for me, a strong tower from before the enemy.
4I will sojourn in thy tent for ever; I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows; thou hast given me the inheritance of those that fear thy name.
6Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years shall be as many generations.
7He shall abide before God for ever: bestow loving-kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
8So will I sing forth thy name for ever, performing my vows from day to day.
1To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Upon God alone doth my soul rest peacefully; from him is my salvation.
2He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be greatly moved.
3How long will ye assail a man; will ye seek, all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?
4They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah.
5Upon God alone, O my soul, rest peacefully; for my expectation is from him.
6He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be moved.
7With God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.
8Confide in him at all times, ye people; pour out your heart before him: God is our refuge. Selah.
9Men of low degree are only vanity; men of high degree, a lie: laid in the balance, they go up together lighter than vanity.
10Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.
11Once hath God spoken, twice have I heard this, that strength belongeth unto God.
12And unto thee, O Lord, belongeth loving-kindness; for *thou* renderest to every man according to his work.
1A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my *God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:
2To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary;
3For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.
4So will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.
6When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:
7For thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings will I sing for joy.
8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth;
10They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be the portion of foxes.
11But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:
2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?
6They devise iniquities: We have it ready, the plan is diligently sought out. And each one's inward thought and heart is deep.
7But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
8By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
9And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work.
10The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David: a Song. Praise waiteth for thee in silence, O God, in Zion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
3Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.
4Blessed is he whom thou choosest and causest to approach: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, of thy holy temple.
5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. …
6Who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with power;
7Who stilleth the raging of the seas, the raging of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.
8And they that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens; thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it:
10Thou dost satiate its furrows, thou smoothest its clods, thou makest it soft with showers; thou blessest the springing thereof.
11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness:
12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the hills are girded with gladness.
13The meadows are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing.
1To the chief Musician. A Song: a Psalm. Shout aloud unto God, all the earth:
2Sing forth the glory of his name, make his praise glorious;
3Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee.
4All the earth shall worship thee, and sing psalms unto thee: they shall sing forth thy name. Selah.
5Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doings toward the children of men.
6He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
7He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;
9Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11Thou broughtest us into a net, thou didst lay a heavy burden upon our loins;
12Thou didst cause men to ride over our head; we went through fire and through water: but thou hast brought us out into abundance.
13I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will perform my vows to thee,
14Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
15I will offer up unto thee burnt-offerings of fatted beasts, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
16Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
17I called unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
18Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.
19But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his loving-kindness from me!
1To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song. God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,
2That thy way may be known upon earth, thy salvation among all nations.
3Let the peoples praise thee, O God, let all the peoples praise thee.
4Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy: for thou wilt judge the peoples equitably; and the nations upon earth, thou wilt guide them. Selah.
5Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee.
6The earth will yield her increase; God, our God, will bless us:
7God will bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
1To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm: a Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before him.
2As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.
3But the righteous shall rejoice: they shall exult before God and be glad with joy.
4Sing unto God, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice before him.
5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness--(Selah)--
8The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9Thou, O God, didst pour a plentiful rain upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.
10Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, O God!
11The Lord gives the word: great the host of the publishers.
12Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
13Though ye have lain among the sheepfolds, ye shall be as wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with green gold.
14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.
15As mount Bashan is the mount of God, a many-peaked mountain, as mount Bashan.
16Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever.
17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.
18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Man, and even for the rebellious, for the dwelling there of Jah Elohim.
19Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us with good, the *God who is our salvation. Selah.
20Our *God is the *God of salvation; and with Jehovah, the Lord, are the goings forth even from death.
21Verily God will smite the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth on still in his trespasses.
22The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depth of the sea;
23That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood: the tongue of thy dogs has its portion from enemies.
24They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my *God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
26In the congregations bless ye God, the Lord,--ye from the fountain of Israel.
27There is little Benjamin, their ruler; the princes of Judah, their company; the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the assembly of the strong, with the calves of the peoples: every one submitteth himself with pieces of silver. Scatter the peoples that delight in war.
31Great ones shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall quickly stretch out her hands unto God.
32Ye kingdoms of the earth, sing unto God; sing psalms of the Lord, (Selah,)
33Of him that rideth upon the heavens, the heavens which are of old: lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.
34Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
35Terrible art thou, O God, out of thy sanctuaries,--the *God of Israel! He it is that giveth strength and might unto the people. Blessed be God!
1To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.
3I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.
6Let not them that wait on thee, Lord, Jehovah of hosts, be ashamed through me; let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O God of Israel.
7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.
8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons;
9For the zeal of thy house hath devoured me, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee have fallen upon me.
10And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach;--
11And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.
12They that sit in the gate talk of me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:
14Deliver me out of the mire, let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the depths of waters.
15Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;
17And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.
18Draw nigh unto my soul, be its redeemer; ransom me because of mine enemies.
19*Thou* knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.
25Let their habitation be desolate; let there be no dweller in their tents.
26For they persecute him whom *thou* hast smitten, and they talk for the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
27Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
29But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.
30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving;
31And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox,--a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.
32The meek shall see it, they shall be glad; ye that seek God, your heart shall live.
33For Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34Let heavens and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moveth therein.
35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:
36And the seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein. (Psa. 22:1‑69:36)