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THE

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THE

BOOK OF PSALMS

Psalm 1

BLESSED is the man thatwalketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standeth in

the way of sinners, nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful.

2

But his delight is in the law

of the Lord; and in his law
doth he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water,

that bringeth forth his fruit in

his season; his leaf also shall

not wither; and whatsoever he

doeth shall prosper.

4

The ungodly are not so : but
are like the chaff which the

wind driveth away.

5

Therefore the ungodly shall

not stand in the judgment, nor

sinners in the congregation of

the righteous.

6

For the Lord knoweth the
way of the righteous: but the
way of the ungodly shall perish.

Psalm 2

WHY do the heathen rage,and the people imagine a
vain thing?

2 The kings of the earth set
themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the

Lord, and against his Anointed,
saying,

3

Let us break their bands
asunder, and cast away their
cords from us.

4

He that sitteth in the heav-
ens shall laugh : the Lord shall

have them in derision*

5 Then shall he speak unto
them in his wrath, and vex
them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my King upon
my holy hill of Zion.
T I will declare the decree:
the Lord hath said unto me,
Thou art my Son; this day have
I begotten thee.

8 Ask of me, and I shall give
thee the heathen for thine in-
heritance, and the uttermost
parts of the earth for thy pos-

session.

9 Thou shalt break them with
a rod of iron; thou shalt dash
them in pieces like a potter’s
vessel.

10 Be wise now therefore, O
ye kings: be instructed, ye
judges of the earth.

11 Serve the Lord with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be

angry, and ye perish from the
way, when his wrath is kindled
but a little. Blessed are all they

that put their trust in him .

Psalm 3
A Psalm of David, when he fled from

Absalom his son.

they that rise up against me.
2 Many there be which say of
my soul. There is no help for
him in God. Selah.
3 But thou, O Lord, art a

shield for me; my glory, and
the lifter up of mine head*

3



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4 I cried unto the Lord with
my voice, and he heard me out
of his holy hill. Selah.

5 I laid me down and slept; I
awaked ; for theLord sustained
me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten
thousands of people, that have

set themselves againstme round
about.

7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O
my God : for thou hast smitten
all mine enemies upon the
cheek bone; thou hast broken

the teeth of the ungodly.

8 Salvation belongeth unto the

Lord : thy blessing is upon thy
people. Selah.

Psalm 4
To the chief Musician on Neginoth,

A Psalm of David.

HEAR me when I call, O Godof my righteousness: thou
hast enlarged me when I was
in distress; have mercy upon
me, and hear my prayer.

2

O ye sons of men, how long
willye tummy gloryinto shame?
how long will ye love vanity, and
seek after leasing? Selah.

3

But know that the Lord
hath set apart him that is godly
for himself : the Lord will hear
when I call unto him.

4

Stand in awe, and sin not:
commune with your own heart
upon your bed, and be still.
Selah.

5

Offer the sacrifices of right-

eousness, and put your trust in
the Lord.
6 There be many that say,
Who will show us any good?
Lord, lift thou up the light of
thy countenance upon us.

7 Thou hast put gladness in
my heart, more than in the
time that their com and their
wine increased.

8 I will both lay me down in
peace, and sleep: for thou.
Lord, only makest me dwell
in safety.

Psalm 5

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth,
A Psalm of David.

IVE ear to my words, O
Lord; consider my medi-

tation.

2 Hearken unto the voice of
my cry, my King, and my God

:

for unto thee will I pray.

3 My voice shalt thou hear in
the morning, O Lord; in the
morning will I direct my prayer
unto thee, and will look up.
4 For thou art not a God that

hath pleasure in wickedness:

neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5 The foolish shall not stand
in thy sight: thou hatest all

workers of iniquity.

6 Thou shalt destroy them
that speak leasing: the Lord
will abhor the bloody and de-
ceitful man.
7 But as for me, I will come

into thy house in the multitude

of thy mercy: and in thy fear
will I worship toward thy holy

temple.

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy
righteousness because of mine
enemies ; make thy way straight
before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness

in their mouth; their inward

part is very wickedness; their

throat is an open sepulchre;

they flatter with their tongue.

10 Destroy thou them, O God;
let them fall by their own coun-
sels; cast them out in the multi-
tude of their transgressions; for

they have rebelled against thee.

11 But let all those that put

their trust in thee rejoice: let

them ever shout for joy, be-



PSALMS, 7 5

cause thou defendest them : let

them also that love thy name
be joyful in thee.

12

For thou, Lord, wilt bless
the righteous; with favor wilt

thou compass him as with a
shield, _ „

Psalm 6
To the chief Musician on Neginoth
upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

0
LORD, rebuke me not in
thine anger, neither chas-

ten me in thy hot displeasure.

2

Have mercy upon me, O
Lord ; for I am weak : O Lord,
healme; formybones are vexed.
3 My soul is also sore vexed

:

but thou, O Lord, how long?

4

Return, O Lord, deliver my
soul ; oh save me for thy mer-
cies’ sake.

5

For in death there is no re-
membrance of thee : in the grave
who shall give thee thanks?

6

I am weary with my groan-
ing; all the night make I my
bed to swim; I water my couch
with my tears.

7

Mine eye is consumed be-
cause of grief; it waxeth old
because of all mine enemies.

8

Depart from me, all ye work-
ers of iniquity; for the Lord
hath heard the voice of my
weeping.

9

The Lord hath heard my
supplication; the Lord will re-
ceive my prayer.

10

Let all mine enemies be
ashamed and sore vexed: let
them return and be ashamed
suddenly.

Psalm 7
Shiggaion of David, which he sang

unto the Lord, concerning the

words of Cush the Benjamite.

0
LORD my God, in thee do
I put my trust: save me

from all them that persecute
me, and deliver me

:

2 Lest he tear my soul like a
lion, rending it in pieces, while

there is none to deliver.

3 O Lord my God, if I have
done this; if there be iniquity
in my hands

;

4 If I have rewarded evil
unto him that was at peace
with me; (yea, I have delivered
him that without cause is mine
enemy;)

5 Let the enemy persecute my
soul, and take it; yea, let him
tread down my life upon the
earth, and lay mine honor in
the dust. Selah.

6 Arise, O Lord, in thine
anger, lift up thyself because of
the rage of mine enemies : and
awake for me to the judgment
that thou hast commanded.
7 So shall the congregation of

the people compass thee about

:

for their sakes therefore ietum
thou on high.

8 The Lord shall judge the
people

:
judge me, O Lord, ac-

cording to my righteousness,
and according to mine integrity
that is in me.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the
wicked come to an end; but
establish the just : for the right-

eous God trieth the hearts and
reins.

10 My defense is of God,
which saveth the upright in

heart.

11 God judgeth the righteous,
and God is angry with the
wicked every day.

12 If he turn not, he will whet
his sword; he hath bent his
bow, and made it ready.
13 He hath also prepared for

him the instruments of death;
he ordaineth his arrows against
the persecutors.

14 Behold, he travaileth with
iniquity, and hath conceived



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mischief, and brought forth
falsehood.

15 He made a pit, and digged
it, and is fallen into the ditch
which he made.

16 His mischief shall return

upon his own head, and his vio-
lent dealing shall come down
upon his own pate.
17 I will praise the Lord ac-

cording to his righteousness:

and will sing praise to the name
of the LORD most high.

Psalm 8
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A

Psalm of David.

0
LORD our Lord, how excel-
lent is thy name in all the

earth! who hast set thy glory
above the heavens.

2

Out of the mouth of babes
and sucklings hast thou or-

dained strength because of

thine enemies, that thou might-

est still the enemy and the
avenger.

3

When I consider thy heavens,
the work of thy fingers, the

moon and the stars, which thou
hast ordained;

4

What is man, that thou art
mindful of him? and the son of
man, that thou visitest him?

5

For thou hast made him a
little lower than the angels, and

hast crowned him with glory
and honor.

6

Thou madest him to have
dominion over the works of thy

hands; thou hast put all things

under his feet

:

7

All sheep and oxen, yea, and

the beasts of the field

;

8

The fowl of the air, and the
fish of the sea, and whatsoever

passeth through the paths of the

seas.

9

O Lord out Lord, how excel-
lent is thy name in all the earth!

Psalm 9
To the chief Musician upon Muth-

iabben, A Psalm of David.

show forth all thy marvelous
works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in
thee: I will sing praise to thy

name, O thou Most High.
3 Wlien mine enemies are

turned back, they shall fall and
perish at thy presence.

4 For thou hast maintained my
right and my cause; thou satest
in the throne judging right.

5 Thou hast rebuked the hea-
then, thou hast destroyed the

wicked, thou hast put out their

name for ever and ever.
6 O thou enemy, destructions

are come to a perpetual end:
and thou hast destroyed cities;
their memorial is perished with
them.

7 But the Lord shall endure
for ever: he hath prepared his
throne for judgment.

8 And he shall judge the world
in righteousness, he shall min-
ister judgment to the people in
uprightness.

9 The Lord also will be a ref-
uge for the oppressed, a refuge
in times of trouble.

10 And they that know thy
name will put their trust in
thee : for thou, Lord, hast not
forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the Lord,
which dwelleth in Zion: de-

clare among the people his
doings.

12 When he maketh inquisi-
tion for blood, he remembereth
them : he forgetteth not the cry
of the humble.

13 Have mercy upon me, O
Lord; consider my trouble
which I suffer of them that



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hate me, thou that liftest me up
from the gates of death

:

14 That I may show forth all
thy praise in the gates of the

daughter of Zion : I will rejoice

in thy salvation.

15 The heathen are sunk down
in the pit that they made : in the
net which they hid is their own
foot taken.

16 The Lord is known by the
judgment which he executeth:

the wicked is snared in the work
of his own hands. Higgaion.
Selah.

17 The wicked shall be turned
into hell, and all the nations
that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not al-
ways be forgotten : the expecta-
tion of the poor shall not perish

for ever.

19 Arise, O Lord; let not man
prevail: let the heathen be

judged in thy sight.

20 Put them in fear, O Lord :
that the nations may know
themselves to be but men.
Selah. ^

Psalm 10

WHY standest thou afar off,O Lord? why hidest thou
thyself in times of trouble?

2

The wicked in his pride doth
persecute the poor : let them be
taken in the devices that they

have imagined.

3

For the wicked boasteth of
his heart’s desire, and blesseth
the covetous, whom the Lord
abhorreth.

4

The wicked, through the
pride of his countenance

?
will

not seek after God: God is not
in all his thoughts.

5

His ways are always griev-
ous; thy judgments are far
above out of his sight: as for
all his enemies, he puffeth at
them.

6 He hath said in his heart, I
shall not be moved : for I shall
never be in adversity.

7 His mouth is full of cursing
and deceit and fraud : under his
tongue is mischief and vanity.

8 He sitteth in the lurking
places of the villages: in the

secret places doth he murder
the innocent : his eyes are priv-

ily set against the poor.

9 He lieth in wait secretly as a
lion in his den : he lieth in wait
to catch the poor : he doth catch
the poor, when he draweth him
into his net.

10 He croucheth, and hum-
bleth himself, that the poor may
fall by his strong ones.
11 He hath said in his heart,
God hath forgotten: he hideth
his face; he will never see it.
12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift

up thine hand; forget not the
humble.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked
contemn God? he hath said in
his heart, Thou wilt not re-
quire it.

14 Thou hast seen it; for thou
beholdest mischief and spite, to
requite it with thy hand: the
poor committeth himself unto

thee; thou art the helper of the

fatherless.

15 Break thou the arm of the
wicked and the evil man: seek
out his wickedness till thou find

none.

16 The Lord is King for ever
and ever : the heathen are per-
ished out of his land.

17 Lord, thou hast heard the
desire of the humble : thou wilt
prepare their heart, thou wilt

cause thine ear to hear

:

18 To judge the fatherless
and the oppressed, that the
man of the earth may no more
oppress.



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Psalm 11
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David.

I
N the Lord put I my trust

:

how say ye to my soul, Flee
as a bird to your mountain?

2

For, lo, the wicked bend their

bow, they make ready their ar-
row upon the string, that they
may privily shoot at the upright
in heart.

3

If the foundations be de-

stroyed, what can the righteous

do?

4

The Lord is in his holy tem-
ple, the Lord’s throne is in

heaven: his eyes behold, his

eyelids try, the children of men.

5 The Lord trieth the right-
eous : but the wicked and him

that loveth violence his soul

hateth.

6

Upon the wicked he shall

rain snares, fire and brimstone,

and a horrible tempest: this

shall be the portion of their cup.

7 For the righteous Lord lov-
eth righteousness; his counte-

nance doth behold the upright.

Psalm 12

To the chief Musician upon Shemi-
nith, A Psalm of David.

HELP, Lord; for the godlyman ceaseth; for the faith-
ful fail from among the children
of men.

2

They speak vanity every one
with his neighbor : with flatter-

ing lips and with a double heart

do they speak.

3

The Lord shall cut off all
flattering lips, and the tongue

that speaketh proud things

:

4

Who have said, With our
tongue will we prevail; our lips
are ourown : who is lord over us?
5 For the oppression of the

poor, for the sighing of the

needy, now will I arise, saith the

Lord; I will set him in safety
from him that puffeth at him .
6 The words of the Lord are

pure words : as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven

times.

7 Thou shalt keep them, O
Lord, thou shalt preserve them
from this generation for ever.

8 The wicked walk on every
side, when the vilest men are
exalted. _

Psalm 13
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David.

HOW long wilt thou forgetme, O Lord? for ever?
how long wilt thou hidejthy face
from me?
2 How long shall I take coun-

sel in my soul, having sorrow in
my heart daily? how long shall
mine enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O
Lord my God: lighten mine
eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of

death;

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have
prevailed againsthim ; and those
that trouble me rejoice when I
am moved.

5

But I have trusted in thy

mercy; my heart shall rejoice in
thy salvation.

6

I will sing unto the Lord,
because he hath dealt bounti-

fully with me.

Psalm 14
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David.

T
HE fool hath said in his
heart, There is no God. They

are corrupt, they have done

abominable works, there is

none that doeth good.

2 The Lord looked down from
heaven upon the children of men,

to see if there were any that

did understand, and seek God.



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3 They are all gone aside, they
are all together become filthy:

there is none that doeth good,

no, not one.

4 Have all the workers of in-
iquity no knowledge? who eat
up my people as they eat bread,
and call not upon the Lord.
5 There were they in great

fear : for God is in file genera-
tion of the righteous.

6 Ye have shamed the counsel
of the poor, because the Lord
is his refuge.

7 Oh that the salvation of Is-
rael were come out of Zion!
when the Lord bringeth back
the captivity of his people, Jacob

shall rejoice, and Israel shall be

glad
* T.

Psalm 15
A Psalm of David.

I
ORD, who shall abide in thy
f tabernacle? who shall dwell

in thy holy hill?

2

He that walketh uprightly,
and worketh righteousness, and
speaketh the truth in his heart.

3 He that backbiteth not with
his tongue, nor doeth evil to

his neighbor, nor taketh up a
reproach against his neigh-

bor.

4 In whose eyes a vile person
is contemned; but he honoreth
them that fear the Lord. He
that sweareth to his own hurt,
and changeth not.
5 He that putteth not out his
money to usury, nor taketh re-
ward against the innocent. He
that doeth these things shall

never be moved.

Psalm 16
Michtam of David.

PRESERVE me, O God : forin thee do I put my trust.
2 O my soul, thou hast said

unto the Lord, Thou art my

Lord: my goodness extendeth
not to thee

;

3 But to the saints that are in
the earth, and to the excellent,
in whom is all my delight.
4 Their sorrows shall be mul-

tiplied that hasten after another

god: their drink offerings of

blood will I not offer, nor take

up their names into my lips.
5 The Lord is the portion of

mine inheritance and ofmy cup

:

thou maintainest my lot.
6 The lines are fallen unto me

in pleasant Places; yea, I have
a goodly heritage.

7 I will bless the Lord, who
hath given me counsel: my
reins also instruct me in the
night seasons.

8 I have set the Lord always
before me: because he is at
my right hand, I shall not be
moved.

9 Therefore my heart is glad,
and my glory rejoiceth: my
flesh also shall rest in hope.

10 For thou wilt not leave my
soul in hell; neither wilt thou

suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption.

11 Thou wilt show me the
path of life : in thy presence is

fulness of joy; at thy right hand
there are pleasures for ever-

more. _
Psalm 17

A Prayer of David.

HEAR the right, O Lord, at-tend unto my cry; give ear
unto my prayer, that goeth not
out of feigned lips.

2 Let my sentence come forth
from thy presence; let thine
eyes behold the things that are

equal.

3 Thou hast proved mine
heart; thou hast visited me in
the night; thou hast tried me,
and shalt find nothing: I am



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purposed that my mouth shall
not transgress.

4 Concerning the works of

men, by the word of thy lips I

have kept me from the paths
of the destroyer.

5 Hold up my goings in thy
paths, thatmy footsteps slip not.
6 I have called upon thee,

for thou wilt hear me, O God

:

incline thine ear unto me, and

hear my speech.
7 Show thy marvelous loving-

kindness, O thou that savest by
thy right hand them which put

their trust in thee from those

that rise up against them.

8 Keep me as the apple of the
eye; hide me under the shadow
of thy wings,

9 From the wicked that oppress

me, from my deadly enemies,
who compass me about.
10 They are inclosed in their

own fat : with their mouth they

speak proudly.

11 They have now compassed
us in our steps : they have set

their eyes bowing down to the
earth;

12 Like as a lion that is greedy

of his prey, and as it were a

young lion lurking in secret

places.

13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint
him, cast him down : deliver my
soul from the wicked, which is

thy sword

:

14 From men which are thy
hand, O Lord, from men of the
world, which have their portion

in this life, and whose belly

thou fillest with thyhid treasure:

they are full of children, and

leave the rest of their substance

to their habes.

15 As for me, I will behold thy

face in righteousness : I shall be

satisfied, when I awake, with
thy likeness.

Psalm 18
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David, the servant of the Lord,
who spake unto the Lord the
words of this song in the day that
the Lord delivered him from the
hand of all his enemies, and from
the hand of Saul: And he said,

I
WILL love thee, O Lord,
my strength.

2

The Lord is my rock, and
my fortress, and my deliverer;
my God, my strength, in whom
I will trust; my buckler, and
the horn of my salvation, and
my high tower.

3

I will call upon the Lord,
who is worthy to be praised:
so shall I be saved from mine
enemies.

4

The sorrows of death com-
passed me, and the floods of un-
godly men made me afraid.

5

The sorrows of hell compass-
ed me about: the snares of
death prevented me.

6

In my distress I called upon
the Lord, and cried unto my
God : he heard my voice out of
his temple, and my cry came be-
fore him, even into his ears.

7

Then the earth shook and
trembled; the foundations also

of the hills moved and were
shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out

of his nostrils, and fire out of his
mouth devoured: coals were
kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also,
and came down : and darkness
was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub,
and did fly : yea, he did fly upon
the wings of the wind.

11

He made darkness his se-
cret place; his pavilion round

about him were dark waters
and thick clouds of the skies.

12

At the brightness that was
before him his thick clouds



PSALMS. 18 11

passed, hail stones and coals of

fire.

13 The LORD also thundered
in the heavens, and the Highest

gave his voice; hail stones and

coals of fire.

14 Yea, he sent out his arrows,

and scattered them; and he

shot out lightnings, and discom-
fited them.

15 Then the channels of waters
were seen, and the foundations

of the world were discovered at

thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast
of the breath of thy nostrils.

16 He sent from above, he
took me, he drew me out of
many waters.
17 He delivered me from my

strong enemy, and from them
which hated me : for they were
too strong for me.

18 They prevented me in the
day of my calamity: but the
Lord was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also

into a large place; he delivered

me, because he delighted in me.
20 The Lord rewarded me ac-

cording to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness ofmy
hands hathhe recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of

the Lord, and have not wicked-
ly departed from my God.
22 For all his judgments were

before me, and I did not put
away his statutes from me.
23 I was also upright before

him, and I kept myself from
mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the Lord

recompensed me according to
my righteousness, according to
the cleanness of my hands in
his eyesight.

25 With the merciful thou wilt
show thyself merciful; with an
upright man thou wilt show thy-
self upright;

26 With the pure thou wilt
show thyself pure ; and with the
froward thou wilt show thyself
froward.

27 For thou wilt save the af-

flicted people; but wilt bring

down high looks.
28 For thou wilt light my

candle : the Lord my God will
enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run

through a troop; and by my
God have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is per-

fect: the word of the Lord is
tried: he is a buckler to all

those that trust in him.

31 For who is God sa^e the
Lord? or who is a rock save
our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me
with strength, and maketh my
way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like

hinds* feet, and settethme upon
my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to
war, so that a bow of steel is
broken by mine arms.
35 Thou hast also given me the

shield of thy salvation : and thy
right hand hath holden me up,
and thy gentleness hath made
me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my

steps under me, that my feet
did not slip.

37 I have pursued mine ene-
mies, and overtaken them

:

neither did I turn again till

they were consumed.

38 I have wounded them that
they were not able to rise : they

are fallen under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me
with strength unto the battle:

thou hast subdued under me
those that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also given me

the necks of mine enemies;



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that I might destroy them that
hate me.
41 They cried, but there was
none to save them: even unto
the Lord, but he answered
them not.
42 Then did I beat them small

as the dust before the wind : I
did cast them out as the dirt
in the streets.

43 Thou hast delivered me
from the strivings of the people;

and thou hast made me the
head of the heathen: a people

whom I have not known shall
serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of
me, they shall obey me: the
strangers shall submit them-

selves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade
away, and be afraid out of their
close places.

46 The Lord liveth; and
blessed he my Rock, and let
the God of my salvation be ex-
alted.

47 It is God that avengeth me,
and subdueth the people under

me.

48 He deliverethme from mine
enemies : yea, thou liftest me up
above those that rise up against

me: thou hast delivered me
from the violent man.

49 Therefore will I give thanks

unto thee, O Lord, among the
heathen, and sing praises unto

thy name.
50 Great deliverance giveth he

to his king; and showeth mercy

to his anointed, to David, and to

his seed for evermore.

Psalm 19
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David.

THE heavens declare theglory of God; and the firma-
ment showeth his handiwork.

2Dayunto dayuttereth speech,
and night unto night showeth
knowledge.

3 There is no speech nor lan-
guage, where their voice is not
heard.

4 Their line is gone out through
all the earth, and their words to
the end of the world. In them
hath he set a tabernacle for the
sun,

5 Which is as a bridegroom
coming out of his chamber, and
rejoiceth as a strong man to run
a race.

6 His going forth is from the
end of the heaven, and his cir-
cuit unto the ends of it: and
there is nothing hid from the
heat thereof.

7 The law of the Lord is per-
fect, converting the soul: the

testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the Lord are

right, rejoicing the heart: the

commandment of the Lord is
pure, enlightening the eyes.

9 The fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring for ever: the judg-

ments of the Lord are true and
righteous altogether.

10 More to be desired are they
than gold, yea, than much fine
gold: sweeter also than honey
and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy

servant warned : and in keeping
of them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his

errors? cleanse thou me from
secret faults.

13 Keep back thy servant also
from presumptuous sins; let

them not have dominion over
me : then shall I be upright, and
I shall be innocent from the
great transgression.

14 Let the words of my mouth,
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PSALMS, 22 13

be acceptable in thy sight, O
Lord, my strength, and my re-
deemer.

Psalm 20
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David.

T
HE Lord hear thee in the
day of trouble; the name of

the God of Jacob defend thee;

2

Send thee help from the sanc-

tuary, and strengthen thee out

of Zion;

3

Remember all thy offerings,
and accept thy burnt sacrifice;

Selah.

4

Grant thee according to thine

own heart, and fulfil all thy
counsel.

5

We will rejoice in thy sal-
vation, and in the name of our
God we will set up our banners

:

the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that the Lord

saveth his anointed ; he will hear

him from his holy heaven with

the saving strength of his right

hand.

7

Some trust in chariots, and
some in horses : but we will re-
member the name of the Lord
our God.

8

They are brought down and
fallen: but we are risen, and
stand upright.

9

Save, Lord: let the king
hear us when we call.

Psalm 21

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.

THE king shall joy in thystrength, O Lord; and in
thy salvation how greatly shall
he rejoice!

2

Thou hast given him his
hearts desire, and hast not
withholden the request of his

lips. Selah.

3

For thou preventest him with
the blessings of goodness : thou

settest a crown of pure gold on

his head.

4 He asked life of thee, and
thou gavest it him, even length

of days for ever and ever.

5 His glory is great in thy sal-

vation : honor and majesty hast
thou laid upon him.
6 For thou hast made him most

blessed for ever : thou hastmade
him exceeding glad with thy
countenance.

7 For the king trusteth in the

Lord, and through the mercy
of theMost High he shall not be
moved.

8 Thine hand shall find out all
thine enemies: thy right hand
shallfindoutthose thathate thee.

9 Thou shalt make them as a
fiery oven in the time of thine

anger : the Lord shall swallow
them up in his wrath, and the
fire shall devour them.

10 Their fruit shalt thou de-

stroy from the earth, and their

seed from among the children
of men.
11 For they intended evil

against thee: they imagined a

mischievous device, which they

are not able to Perform.

12 Therefore shalt thou make
them turn their back, when thou
shalt make ready thine arrows
upon thy strings against the

face of them.

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in
thine own strength: so will we
sing and praise thy power.

Psalm 22
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth

Shahar, A Psalm of David.

MY God, my God, why hastthou forsaken me? why art
thou so far from helping me, and
from the words of my roaring?
2 O my God, I cry in the day-

time, but thou hearest not; and



14 PSALMS, 22

in the night season, and am not
silent.

3 But thou art holy, O thou
that inhabitest the praises of

Israel.

4 Our fathers trusted in thee

:

they trusted, and thou didst de-
liver them.

5 They cried unto thee, and
were delivered : they trusted in

thee, and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no
man; a reproach of men, and
despised of the people.

7 All they that see me laugh
me to scorn : they shoot out the
lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the Lord that

he would deliver him: let him
deliver him, seeing he delighted
in him.

9 But thou art he that took
me out of the womb : thou didst
make me hope when I was upon
my mother’s breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from

the womb: thou art my God
from my mother’s belly.
11 Be not far from me; for

trouble is near; for there is none

to help.

12Many bulls have compassed
me : strong bulls of Bashan have
beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with

their mouths, as a ravening and

a roaring lion.

14 1 am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of
joint : my heart is like wax ; it is
meltedinthemidstofmybowels.
15My strength is dried up like

a potsherd; and my tongue
cleaveth to my jaws; and thou
hast brought me into the dust of
death.

16 For dogs have compassed
me : the assembly of the wicked
have inclosed me : they pierced
my hands and my feet

17 I may tell all my bones:
they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments
among them, and cast lots upon
my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from

me, O Lord: O my strength,
haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the
sword; my darling from the
power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s
mouth : for thou hast heard me
from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name unto
my brethren : in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.

23 Ye that fear the Lord,
praise him; all ye the seed of
Jacob, glorify him; and fear
him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24 For 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 shall be of thee in

the great congregation: I will

pay my vows before them that
fear him.

26 The meek shall eat and be
satisfied: they shall praise the

Lord that seek him : your heart
shall live for ever.

27 All the ends of the world

shall remember and turn unto
the Lord : and all the kindreds
of the nations shall worship be-

fore thee.

28 For the kingdom is the
Lord’s : and he is the governor
among the nations.
29 All they that be fat upon

earth shall eat and worship : all

they that go down to the dust
shall bow before him : and none
can keep alive his own soul.
30 A seed shall serve him; it

shall be accounted to the Lord

for a generation.



PSALMS, 25 15

31 They shall come, and shall

declare his righteousness unto a

people that shall be bom, that

he hath done this.

Psalm 23
A Psalm of David.

T
HE Lord is my shepherd; I
shall not want.

2

He maketh me to lie down in
green pastures : he leadeth me
beside the still waters.

3

He restoreth my soul: he
leadeth me in the paths of right-
eousness for his name’s sake.

4

Yea, 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.

5

Thou preparest a table be-
fore me in the presence of mine
enemies : thou anointest my
head with oil; my cup runneth
over.

6

Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me all the days of
my life : and I will dwell in the
house of the Lord for ever.

Psalm 24
A Psalm of David.

T
HE earth is the Lord’s, and
the fulness thereof; the

world, and they that dwell
therein.

2

For he hath founded it upon
the seas, and established it upon
the floods.

3

Who shall ascend into the
hill of the Lord? or who shall
stand in his holy place?

4

He that hath clean hands,
and a pure heart; who hath not
lifted up his soul unto vanity,
nor sworn deceitfully.

5

He shall receive the blessing
from the Lord, and righteous-
ness from the God of his salva-
tion^

6 This is the generation of

them that seek him, that seek
thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye

gates; and be ye lifted up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King
of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
the Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye

gates ; even lift them up, ye ever-
lasting doors; and the King of
glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?

The Lord of hosts, he is the
King of glory. Selah.

Psalm 25
A Psalm of David.

UNTO thee, O Lord, do Ilift up my soul.
2 O my God, I trust in thee:

let me not be ashamed, let not
mine enemies triumph over me.
3 Yea, let none that wait on

thee be ashamed: let them be
ashamed which transgress with-
out cause.

4

Show me thy ways, O Lord ;
teach me thy paths.

5

Lead me in thy truth, and
teach me : for thou art the God
of my salvation; on thee do I
wait all the day.

6

Remember, O Lord, thy
tender mercies and thy loving-
kindnesses; for they have been
ever of old.

7

Remember not the sins ofmy
youth, nor my transgressions:
according to thy mercy remem-
ber thou me for thy goodness’
sake, O Lord.

8

Good and upright is the
Lord : therefore will he teach
sinners in the way.

9

The meek will he guide in
judgment : and the meek will he
teach his way.



16 PSALMS, 26

10 All the paths of the Lord
are mercy and truth unto such
as keep his covenant and his
testimonies.

11 For thy name’s sake, O
Lord

?
pardon mine iniquity;

for it is great.

12 What man is he that fear-
eth the Lord? him shall he
teach in the way that he shall
choose.

13 His soul shall dwell at ease

;

and his seed shall inherit the
earth.

14 The secret of the Lord is
with them that fear him ; and he
will show them his covenant.
15 Mine eyes are ever toward

the Lord ; for he shall pluck my
feet out of the net.

16 Turn thee unto me, and

have mercy upon me; for I am
desolate and afflicted.

17 The troubles of my heart
are enlarged : O bring thou me
out of my distresses.
18 Look upon mine affliction

and my pain ; and forgive all my
sins.

19 Consider mine enemies;

for they are many; and they
hate me with cruel hatred.
20 O keep my soul, and deliver
me: let me not be ashamed;
for I put my trust in thee.
21 Let integrity and upright-

ness preserve me ; for I wait on
thee.

22 Redeem Israel, O God, out
of all his troubles.

Psalm 26

A Psalm of David.

PIDGE me, O
Lord; for I

have walked in mine integ-

rity: I have trusted also in the

Lord ; therefore I shallnot slide.
2 Examine me, O Lord, and

prove me; try my reins and my
heart.

3 For thy loving-kindness is
before mine eyes: and I have
walked in thy truth.
4 1 have not sat with vain per-

sons, neither will I go in with

dissemblers.

5 I have hated the congrega-
tion of evildoers; and will not
sit with the wicked.

6 I will wash mine hands in
innocency: so will I compass
thine altar, O Lord :
7 That I may publish with the

voice of thanksgiving, and tell
of all thy wondrous works.

8 Lord, I have loved the hab-
itation of thy house, and the
place where thine honor dwell-
eth.

9 Gather not my soul with sin-
ners, nor my life with bloody
men:
10 In whose hands is mischief,
and their right hand is full of
bribes.

11 But as for me, I will walk in
mine integrity : redeem me, and
be merciful unto me.
12My foot standeth in an even

place : in the congregations will

I bless the Lord.

Psalm 27
A Psalm of David.

THE
Lord is my light and

my salvation; whom shall
I fear? the Lord is the strength
of my life; of whom shall I be
afraid?

2When the wicked, even mine
enemies and my foes, came
upon me to eat up my flesh,
they stumbled and fell.

3 Though a host should en-
camp against me, my heart shall
not fear: though war should
rise against me, in this will I he
confident.

4 One thing have I desired of
the Lord, that will I seek after;



17PSALMS, 29

that I may dwell in the house of
the Lord all the days of my
life, to behold the beauty of the

Lord, and to inquire in his
temple.

5 For in the time of trouble he
shall hide me in his pavilion : in
the secret of his tabernacle shall

he hide me; he shall set me up
upon a rock.
6 And now shall mine head be

lifted up above mine enemies
round about me : therefore will
I offer in his tabernacle sac-

rifices of joy; I will sing,

yea, I will sing praises unto the

Lord.
7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry
with my voice : have mercy also
upon me, and answer me.

8 When thou saidst, Seek ye
my face; my heart said unto
thee, Thy face, Lord, will I
seek.

9 Hide not thy face far from
me; put not thy servant away
in anger: thou hast been my
help; leave me not, neither
forsake me, O God of my salva-
tion.

10 When my father and my
mother forsake me, then the
Lord will take me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O
Lord, and lead me in a plain
path, because of mine ene-
mies.

12 Deliver me not over unto
the will of mine enemies: for
false witnesses are risen up
against me, and such as breathe
out cruelty.

13 / had fainted, unless I had
believed to see the goodness of

the Lord in the land of the liv-
ing.

14 Wait on the Lord : be of
good courage, and he shall
strengthen thine heart: wait, I

say, on the Lord.

Psalm 28
A Psalm of David.

UNTO thee will I cry, O LORDmy rock; be not silent to
me : lest, if thou be silent to me,
I become like them that go
down into the pit.

2

Hear the voice of my suppli-
cations, when I cry unto thee,
when I lift up my hands toward
thy holy oracle.

3

Draw me not away with the
wicked, and with the workers of
iniquity, which speak peace to
their neighbors, but mischief is

in their hearts.

4

Give them according to their
deeds, and according to the
wickedness of their endeavors

:

give them after the work of
their hands; render to them
their desert.

5

Because they regard not the
works of the Lord, nor the op-
eration of his hands, he shall
destroy them, and not build
them up.

6

Blessed be the Lord, be-
cause he hath heard the voice
of my supplications.

7

The Lord is my strength
and my shield ; my heart trusted
in him, and I am helped : there-
fore my heart greatly rejoiceth;
and with my song will I praise
him.

8 The Lord is their strength,
and he is the saving strength of
his anointed.

9 Save thy people, and bless
thine inheritance: feed them
also, and lift them up for ever.

Psalm 29
A Psalm of David,

unto the Lord, O ye
mighty, give unto the Lord

glory and strength.
2 Give unto the Lord the glo-

ry due unto his name; worship

G*ffi



18 PSALMS, 30

the Lord in the beauty of holi-
ness.

3 The voice of the Lord is
upon the waters: the God of
glory thundereth: the Lord is
upon many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is

powerful; the voice of the Lord
is full of majesty.

5 The voice of the Lord
breaketh the cedars; yea, the

Lord breaketh the cedars of
Lebanon.

6 He maketh them also to skip
like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion
like a young unicorn.

7 The voice of the LORD divid-
eth the flames of fire.

8 The voice of the Lord shak-
eth the wilderness; the Lord
shaketh the wilderness of Ka-
desh.

9 The voice of the LORD mak-
eth the hinds to calve, and dis-

covered the forests : and in his

temple doth every one speak of

his glory.

10 The LORD sitteth upon the
flood; yea, the Lord sitteth
King for ever.

11 The Lord will give strength
unto his people; the Lord will
bless his people with peace.

Psalm 30
A Psalm and Song at the dedication

of the house of David.

I
WILL extol thee, O Lord;
for thou hast lifted me up,

and hast not made my foes to
rejoice over me.

2

O Lord my God, I cried
unto thee, and thou hast healed
me.

3

O Lord, thou hast brought
up my soul from the grave : thou
hast kept me alive, that I should
not go down to the pit.

4

Sing unto the LORD, O ye
saints of his, and give thanks at

the remembrance of his holi-
ness.

5 For his anger endureth but a
moment; in his favor is life:
weeping may endure for a
night, but joy cometh in the
morning.

6 And in my prosperity I said,
I shall never be moved.
7 Lord, by thy favor thou

hast made my mountain to
stand strong: thou didst hide

thy face, and I was troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O Lord; and

unto the Lord I made suppli-
cation.

9 What profit is there in my
blood, when I go down to the
pit? Shall the dust praise thee?

shall it declare thy truth?

10 Hear, O Lord, and have
mercy upon me : Lord, be thou
my helper.
11 Thou hast turned for me my

mourning into dancing: thou
hast put off my sackcloth, and
girded me with gladness;
12 To the end that my glory
may sing praise to thee, and not
be silent. O Lord my God. I
will give thanks unto thee tor

Psalm 31
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David.

I
N thee, O Lord, do I put
my trust; let me never be

ashamed: deliver me in thy
righteousness.

2

Bow down thine ear to me;
deliver me speedily : be thou my
strong rock, for a house of de-

fense to save me.

3

For thou art my rock and my
fortress; therefore for thy

name’s sake lead me, and guide
me.

4

Pull me out of the net that
they have laid privily for me:
for thou art my strength.



PSALMS, 32 19

5 Into thine hand I commit my
spirit : thou hast redeemed me,

O Lord God of truth.
6 I have hated them that re-

gard lying vanities : but I trust

in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in

thy mercy: for thou hast con-

sidered my trouble; thou hast
known my soul in adversities;
8 And hast not shut me up into

the hand of the enemy: thou
hast set my feet in a large room.
9 Have mercy upon me, O
Lord, for I am in trouble : mine
eye is consumed with grief, yea,
my soul and my belly.
10 For my life is spent with

grief, and my years with sigh-
ing : my strength faileth because
of mine iniquity, and my bones
are consumed.

Ill was a reproach among all
mine enemies, but especially
among my neighbors, and a
fear to mine acquaintance : they
that did see me without fled
from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead
man out of mind: I am like a
broken vessel.

13 For I have heard the slander

of many: fear was on every
side: while they took counsel

together against me, they de-
vised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O
Lord : I said, Thou artmy God.
15 My times are in thy hand

:

deliver me from the hand of
mine enemies, and from them
that persecute me.
16Make thy face to shine upon

thy servant: save me for thy
mercies* sake.

17 Let me not be ashamed,
O Lord; for I have called
upon thee: let the wicked be
ashamed, and let them be silent
in the grave.

18 Let the lying lips be put to
silence; which speak grievous
things proudly and contemptu-
ously against the righteous.

19 Oh how great is thy good-
ness, 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!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the

secret of thy presence from the
pride of man: thou shalt keep
them secretly in a pavilion from
the strife of tongues.

21 Blessed he the Lord: for
he hath showed me his mar-
velous kindness in a strong
city.

22 For 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.

23 O love the Lord, all ye his
saints : for the Lord preserveth
the faithful, and plentifully re-
wardeth the proud doer.

24 Be of good courage, and he
shall strengthen your heart, all

ye that hope in the Lord.

Psalm 32
A Psalm of David, Maschil.

BLESSED is he whose trans-gression is forgiven, whose
sin is covered.

2

Blessed is the man unto
whom the Lord imputeth not
iniquity, and in whose spirit
there is no guile.

3

When I kept silence, my
bones waxed old through my
roaring all the day long.

4

For day and night thy hand
was heavy upon me : my moist-
ure is turned into the drought

of summer. Selah.

5

I acknowledged my sin unto
thee, and mine iniquity have I



20 PSALMS. 33

not hid. I said, I will confess my
transgressions unto the Lord;
and thou forgavest the iniquity
of my sin. Selah.
6 For this shall every one that

is godly pray unto thee in a

time when thou mayest be
found: surely in the floods of

great waters they shall not

come nigh unto him.
7 Thou art my hiding place;
thou shalt preserve me from
trouble; thou shalt compass me
about with songs of deliverance.

Selah.

8 1 will instruct thee and teach
thee in the way which thou
shalt go : I will guide thee with

mine eye.
9 Be ye not as the horse, or as

the mule, which have no under-
standing: whose mouth must
be held in with bit and bridle,
lest they come near unto thee.
10 Many sorrows shall he to

the wicked : but he that trusteth

in the Lord, mercy shall com-
pass him about.
11 Be glad in the Lord, and

rejoice, ye righteous : and shout
for joy, all ye that are upright in

heart.

Psalm 33

Rejoice in the lord, oye righteous : for praise is
comely for the upright.

2 Praise the Lord with harp

:

sing unto him with the psaltery
and an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto him a new song;

play skilfully with a loud noise.

4 For the word of the Lord is
right ; and all his works are done
in truth.

5

He loveth righteousness and
judgment: the earth is full of

the goodness of the Lord.

6

By the word of the Lord
were the heavens made; and all

the host of them by the breath
of his mouth.

7 He gathereth the waters of
the sea together as a heap : he
layeth up the depth in store-
houses.

8 Let all the earth fear the
Lord: let all the inhabitants
of the world stand in awe of
him.

9 For he spake, and it was
done

;

he commanded, and it
stood fast.

10 The LORD bringeth the
counsel of the heathen to
nought : he maketh the devices
of the people of none effect.
11 The counsel of the Lord

standeth for ever, the thoughts

of his heart to all generations.

12 Blessed is the nation whose
God is theLord ; and the people
whom he hath chosen for his
own inheritance.
13 The Lord looketh from

heaven; he beholdeth all the
sons of men.
14 From the place of his hab-

itation he looketh upon all the
inhabitants of the earth.

15 He fashioneth their hearts
alike; he considereth all their
works.

16 There is no king saved by
the multitude of a host: a

mighty man is not delivered
by much strength.
17 A horse is a vain thing for

safety : neither shall he deliver
any by his great strength.

18 Behold, the eye of the Lord
is upon them that fear him,
upon them that hope in his
mercy;

19 To deliver their soul from
death, and to keep them alive in
famine.

20 Our soul waiteth for the
Lord: he is our help and our
shield.



PSALMS, 35 21

21 For our heart shall rejoice in

him, because we have trusted
in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O Lord,
be upon us, according as we
hope in thee.

Psalm 34
A Psalm of David, when he changed

his behavior before Abimelech;

who drove him away, and he de-
parted.

I
WILL bless the Lord at all
times: his praise shall con-

tinually be in my mouth.

2

My soul shall make her boast
in the Lord : the humble shall
hear thereof

,

and be glad.

3

O magnify the Lord with
me, and let us exalt his name
together.

4

I sought the Lord, and he
heard me, and delivered me
from all my fears.

5

They looked unto him, and
were lightened : and their faces
were not ashamed.

6

This poor man cried, and the
Lord heard him

,

and saved him
out of all his troubles.

7

The angel of the Lord
encampeth round about them
that fear him, and delivereth
them.

8

O taste and see that theLord
is good: blessed is the man
that trusteth in him.

9

O fear the Lord, ye his
saints: for there is no want to
them that fear him.

10

The young lions do lack,
and suffer hunger: but they
that seek the Lord shall not
want any good thing.

11

Come, ye children, hearken
unto me : I will teach you the
fear of the Lord.
12 What man is he that de-

sireth life, and loveth many
days, that he may see good?

13 Keep thy tongue from evil,
and thy lips from speaking
guile.

14 Depart from evil, and do
good; seek peace, and pursue
it.

15 The eyes of the Lord are
upon the righteous, and his ears
are open unto their cry.
16 The face of the Lord is

against them that do evil, to cut
off the remembrance or them
from the earth.

17 The righteous cry, and the
Lord heareth, and delivereth
them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is nigh unto them

that are of a broken heart; and
saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of
the righteous : but the Lord de-
livereth him out of them all.
20 He keepeth all his bones:

not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked

:

and they that hate the righteous
shall be desolate.
22 The Lord redeemeth the

soul of his servants : and none
of them that trust in him shall
be desolate.

Psalm 35
A Psalm of David.

PLEAD my cause, O Lord,with them that strive with
me: fight against them that
fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buck-

ler, and stand up for mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and

stop the way against them that
persecute me : say untomy soul,
I am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and

put to shame that seek after my
soul: let them be turned back
and brought to confusion that
devise my hurt.



22 PSALMS, 35

5 Let them be as chaff before

the wind: and let the angel of

the Lord chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and

slippery: and let the angel of

the Lord persecute them.
7 For without cause have they

hid for me their net in a pit,
which without cause they have

digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon
him at unawares; and let his

net that he hath hid catch him-

self : into that very destruction

let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful

in the Lord : it shall rejoice in
his salvation.

10 All my bones shall say,
Lord, who is like unto thee,
which deliverest the poor from

him that is too strong for him,

yea, the poor and the needy

from him that spoileth him?

11 False witnesses did rise up;

they laid to my charge things
that I knew not.
12 They rewarded me evil

for good to the spoiling of my
soul.

13 But as for me, when they
were sick, my clothing was
sackcloth: I humbled my soul
with fasting; and my prayer re-
turned into mine own bosom.
14 1 behaved myself as though

he had been my friend or
brother : I bowed down heavily,

as one that moumeth for his
mother.

15 But in mine adversity they

rejoiced, and gathered them-

selves together: yea, the ab-

jects gathered themselves to-

gether against me, and I knew

it not; they did tear me, and

ceased not

:

16 With hypocritical mockers

in feasts, they gnashed upon me
with their teeth.

17 Lord, how long wilt thou
look on? rescue my soul from
their destructions, my darling
from the lions.

18 I will give thee thanks in

the great congregation: I will

praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine
enemies wrongfully rejoice over

me : neither let them wink with
the eye that hate me without a
cause.

20 For they speak not peace

:

but they devise deceitful mat-

ters against them that are quiet
in the land.

21 Yea, they opened their

mouth wide against me, and

said, Aha, aha, our eye hath

seen it.

22 This thou hast seen, O
Lord: keep not silence: O
Lord, be not far from me.

23 Stir up thyself, and awake

to my judgment, even unto
my cause, my God and my
Lord. ^
24 Judge me, O Lord my God,

according to thy righteousness;

and let them not rejoice over

me.
25 Let them not say m their

hearts, Ah, so would we have it

:

let them not say,We have swal-
lowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and

brought to confusion together

that rejoice at mine hurt: let

them be clothed with shame and

dishonor that magnify them-

selves against me.

27 Let them shout for joy, and

be glad, that favor my right-
eous cause: yea, let them say

continually, Let the Lord be
magnified which hath pleasure

in the prosperity of his servant.

28 And my tongue shall speak
of thy righteousness and of thy

praise all the day long.



PSALMS, 37 23

Psalm 36
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David the servant of the Lord.

THE transgression of thewicked saith within my
heart, that there is no fear of
God before his eyes.

2

For he flattereth himself in

his own eyes, until his iniquity
be found to be hateful.

3

The words of his mouth
are iniquity and deceit; he hath
left off to be wise, and to do
good.

4

He deviseth mischief upon
his bed; he setteth himself in a
way that is not good; he ab-
horreth not evil.

5

Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the
heavens; ana thy faithfulness

reacheth unto the clouds.

6

Thy righteousness is like the
great mountains ; thy judgments

are a great deep : O Lord, thou
preservest man and beast.

7

How excellent is thy loving-
kindness, O God! therefore
the children of men put their
trust under the shadow of thy
wings.

8

They shall be abundantly
satisfied with the fatness of thy

house; and thou shalt make
them drink of the river of thy
pleasures.

9

For with thee is the fountain

of life : in thy light shall we see
light.

10

O continue thy loving-kind-
ness unto them that know thee;
and thy righteousness to the
upright in heart.

11

Let not the foot of pride

come against me, and let not
the hand of the wicked remove
me.

12

There are the workers of
iniquity fallen: they are cast

down, and shall not be able to
rise.

Psalm 37
A Psalm of David.

FRET not thyself because ofevildoers, neither be thou
envious against the workers of
iniquity.

2 For they shall soon be cut

down like the grass, and wither
as the green herb.

3 Trust in the Lord, and do
good; so shalt thou dwell in the

land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the
Lord; and he shall give thee
the desires of thine heart.

5

Commit thy way unto the
Lord ; trust also in him ; and he
shall bring it to pass.

6

And he shall bring forth thy
righteousness as the light, and
thy judgment as the noonday.

7

Rest in the Lord, and wait
patiently for him : fret not thy-
self because of him who pros-
pered in his way, because of
the man who bringeth wicked
devices to pass.

8

Cease from anger, and for-
sake wrath : fret not thyself in
any wise to do evil.

9

For evildoers shall be cut
off: but those that wait upon
the Lord, they shall inherit the
earth.

10

For yet a little while, and
the wicked shall not he: yea,
thou shalt diligently consider

his place, and it shall not he.

11

But the meek shall inherit
the earth; and shall delight
themselves in the abundance of
peace.

12

The wicked plotted against
the just, and gnashed upon him
with his teed.

13

The Lord shall laugh at
him : for he seed dat his day
is coming.

14

The wicked have drawn out
the sword, and have bent their



24 PSALMS, 38

bow, to cast down the poor and
needy, and to slay such as be of
upright conversation.

15 Their sword shall enter into

their own heart, and their bows
shall be broken.

16 A little that a righteous man
hath is better than the riches of

many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked

shall be broken : but the LORD
upholdeth the righteous.

18 The Lord knoweth the
days of the upright: and their
inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not be ashamed

in the evil time : and in the days
of famine they shall be satisfied.

20 But the wicked shall perish,

and the enemies of the Lord
shall be as the fat of lambs : they

shall consume; into smoke shall
they consume away.
21 The wicked borroweth, and

payeth not again : but the right-

eous showeth mercy, and giv-

eth.

22 For such as be blessed of

him shall inherit the earth; and
they that be cursed of him shall
be cut off.

23 The steps of a goodman are
ordered by the Lord: and he
delighteth in his way.

24 Though he fall, he shall not
be utterly cast down: for the
Lord upholdeth him with his
hand.

25 1 have been young, and now
am old; yet have I not seen the
righteous forsaken, nor his seed

begging bread.

26 He is ever merciful, and
lendeth; and his seed is
blessed.

27 Depart from evil, and do
good; and dwell for evermore.
28 For the Lord loveth judg-

ment, and forsaketh not his
saints; they are preserved for

ever : but the seed of the wicked
shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit

the land, and dwell therein for
ever.

30 The mouth of the righteous
speaketh wisdom, and his
tongue talketh of judgment.

31 The law of his God is in his
heart; none of his steps shall
slide.

32 The wicked watcheth the
righteous, and seeketh to slay
him.

33 The Lord will not leave
him in his hand, nor condemn
him when he is judged.
34 Wait on the Lord, and

keep his way, and he shall exalt
thee to inherit the land : when
the wicked are cut off, thou

shalt see it.

35 I have seen the wicked in

great power, and spreading
himself like a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and,

lo, he was not: yea, I sought
him, but he could not be found.

37 Mark the perfect man, and
behold the upright : for the end
of that man is peace.
38 But the transgressors shall

be destroyed together : the end

of the wicked shall be cut off.

39 But the salvation of the

righteous is of the Lord : he is
their strength in the time of

trouble.

40 And the Lord shall help
them, and deliver them : he shall
deliver them from the wicked,
and save them, because they
trust in him.

Psalm 38
APsalm of David, to bring to remem-

brance.

0
LORD, rebuke me not in
thy wrath : neither chasten

me in thy hot displeasure.



PSALMS, 39 25

2 For thine arrows stick fast in

me, and thy hand presseth me
sore.

3 There is no soundness in my
flesh because of thine anger;

neither is there any rest in my
bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone

over mine head: as a heavy

burden they .are too heavy for

me.
5 My wounds stink and are

corrupt because of my foolish-
ness.

6 I am troubled; I am bowed
down greatly; I go mourning all
the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a

loathsome disease: and there is
no soundness in my flesh.
8 1 am feeble and sore broken

:

I have roared by reason of the
disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before

thee; and my groaning is not
hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my

strength faileth me : as for the
light of mine eyes, it also is
gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends

stand aloof from my sore; and
my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They also that seek aftermy

life lay snares for me; and they
that seek my hurt speak mis-
chievous things, and imagine
deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard

not; and I was as a dumb man
that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that

heareth not, and in whose
mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O Lord, do I

hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord
my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest

otherwise they should rejoice
over me: when my foot slip-

peth, they magnify themselves
against me.
17 For I am ready to halt, and
my sorrow is continually before
me.

18 For I will declare mine in-
iquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are

lively, and they are strong : and
they that hate me wrongfully
are multiplied.

20 They also that render evil
for good are mine adversaries;
because I follow the thing that

good is.

21 Forsake me not, O Lord : O
my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O

Lord my salvation.

Psalm 39
To the chief Musician, even 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 bridle, while the wicked

is before me.

2

I was dumb with silence, I
held my peace, even from good;
and my sorrow was stirred.

3

My heart was hot within
me; while I was musing the
fire burned: then spake I with

my tongue,

4

Lord, make me to know
mine end, and the measure of
my days, what it is; that I may
know how frail I am.

5

Behold, thou hast made my
days as a handbreadth; and
mine age is as nothing before
thee: verily every man at his
best state is altogether vanity.

Selah.

6

Surely every man walketh
in a vain show : surely they are
disquieted in vain: he heapeth
up riches, and knoweth not who
shall gather them.



26 PSALMS, 40

7 And now, Lord, what wait
I for? my hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my

transgressions: make me not
the reproach of the foolish.

9 1 was dumb, I opened not my
mouth; because thou didst it.

10 Remove thy stroke away
from me: I am consumed by
the blow of thine hand.

11 When thou with rebukes
dost correct man for iniquity,
thou makest his beauty to con-

sume away like a moth : surely
every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Lord.
and give ear unto my cry; hold
not thy peace at my tears : for I
am a stranger with thee, and a
sojourner, as all my fathers
were .
13 O spare me, that I may re-

cover strength, before I go

hence, and be no more.

Psalm 40

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.

I
WAITED patiently for the
Lord ; and he inclined unto

me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out

of a horrible pit, out of the miry

clay, and set my feet upon a
rock, and establishedmy goings.
3 And he hath put a new song

in my mouth, even praise unto
our God : many shall see it, and
fear, and shall trust in the

Lord.
4 Blessed is that man that
maketh the Lord his trust, and
respecteth not the proud, nor

such as turn aside to lies.

5 Many. O Lord my God, are
thy wonderful works which thou

hast done, and thy thoughts

which are to us-ward : they can-
not be reckoned up in order

unto thee: if I would declare

and speak of them, they are
more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou

didst not desire ; mine ears hast
thou opened : burnt offering and
sin offering hast thou not re-

quired.

7 Then said I, Lo, I come : in
the volume of the book it is
written of me,

8 I delight to do thy will, O
my God : yea, thy law is within
my heart.
9 I have preached righteous-

ness in the great congregation

:

lo, I have not refrained my lips,
O Lord, thou knowest.
10 1 have not hid thy righteous-

ness within my heart; I have
declared thy faithfulness and
thy salvation : I have not con-

cealed thy loving-kindness and
thy truth from the great con-
gregation.

11 Withhold not thou thy ten-

der mercies from me, O Lord :
let thy loving-kindness and thy
truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have

compassed me about : mine in-
iquities have taken hold upon
me, so that I am not able to look
up ; they are more than the hairs
of mine head: therefore my
heart faileth me.
13 Be pleased, O Lord, to de-

liver me : O Lord, make haste
to help me.
14 Let them be ashamed and

confounded together that seek

after my soul to destroy it; let I
them be driven backward and
put to shame that wish me
evil.

15 Let them be desolate for a
reward of their shame that say
unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those that seek thee

rejoice and be glad in thee : let

such as love thy salvation say



PSALMS, 42 27

continually, The Lord be mag-
nified.

17 But I am poor and needy;
Vet the Lord thinketh upon me

:

thou art my help and my de-
liverer; make no tarrying, O my
God.

PSALM 41
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David.

BLESSED is he
that consider-

ed the poor : the Lord will
deliver him in time of trouble.

2

The Lord will preserve him.
and keep him alive; and he shall
be blessed upon the earth : and
thou wilt not deliver him unto
the will of his enemies.

3

The Lord will strengthen
him upon the bed of languish-
ing : thou wilt make all his bed
in his sickness.

4

I said, Lord, be merciful
unto me: heal my soul; for I
have sinned against thee.

5

Mine enemies speak evil of
me, When shall he die, and his
name perish?

6

And if he come to see me,
he speaketh vanity: his heart
gathered iniquity to itself;
when he goeth abroad, he
telleth it

7

All that hate me whisper to-
gether against me : against me
do they devise my hurt.

8

An evil disease, say they,
cleaved fast unto him: and
now that he lieth he shall rise
up no more.

9

Yea, mine own familiar
friend, in whom I trusted, which
did eat of my bread, hath lifted
up his heel against me.

10

But thou, O Lord, be mer-
ciful unto me, and raise me up,
that I may requite them.

11

By this I know that thou
favorest me, because mine en-
emy doth not triumph over me.

12 And as for me, thou uphold-
est me in mine integrity, and
settest me before dy face for
ever.

13 Blessed he the Lord God of
Israel from everlasting, and to
everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 42
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for

the sons of Korah.

AS the hart
panteth after the

. water brooks, so panteth

my soul after thee, O God.

2

My soul thirsted for God,
for the living God : when shall I
come and appear before God?

3

My tears have been my
meat day and night, while they
continually say unto me, Where
is thy God?

4

When I remember these
things, I pour outmy soul in me

:

for I had gone with the multi-
tude, I went with them to the
house of God, with the voice of

joy and praise, with a multitude
that kept holyday.

5

Why art thou cast down, O
my soul? and why art thou dis-
quieted in me? hope thou in
God : for I shall yet praise him
for the help of his counte-

nance.

6

O my God, my soul is cast
down within me : therefore will
I remember thee from de land
of Jordan, and of the Hermon-
ites, from the hill Mizar.

7

Deep called unto deep at the
noise of thy waterspouts : all thy

waves and dy billows are gone
over me.

8

Yet the Lord will command
his loving-kindness in the day-

time, and in the night his song
shall be with me, and my prayer
unto the God of my life.

9

I will say unto God my rock,
Why hast thou forgotten me?



28 PSALMS. 43

why go I mourning because of
the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my

bones, mine enemies reproach
me; while they say daily unto
me,Where is thy God?
11 Why art thou cast down, O
my soul? and why art thou dis-
quieted within me? hope thou in
God : for I shall yet praise him,
who is the health of my counte-
nance, and my God.

Psalm 43

PHDGE me, O God, and pleadmy cause against an ungod-
ly nation: O deliver me from
the deceitful and unjust man.

2

For thou art the God of my
strength: why dost thou cast
me off? why go I mourning be-
cause of the oppression of the

enemy?

3

O send out thy light and thy
truth: let them lead me; let
them bring me unto thy holy
hill, and to thy tabernacles.

4

Then will I go unto the altar

of God, unto God my exceeding
joy: yea, upon the harp will I

praise thee, O God my God.

5

Why art thou cast down, O
my soul? and why art thou dis-
quieted withinme? hope in God

:

for I shall yet praise him, who
is the health of my countenance,
and my God.

Psalm 44

To the chief Musician for the sons of
Korah, Maschil.

WE have heard with our ears,O God, our fathers have
told us, what work thou didst in

their days, in the times of old.

2

How thou didst drive out
the heathen with thy hand, and
plantedst them; how thou didst
afflict the people, and cast them
out

3 For they got not the land in
possession by their own sword,
neither did their own arm save
them: but thy right hand, and
thine arm, and the light of thy
countenance,becausethouhadst

a favor unto them.

4 Thou art my King, O God

:

command deliverances for
Jacob.

5 Through thee will we push
down our enemies : through thy
name will we tread them under
that rise up against us.

6 For I will not trust in my
bow, neither shall my sword
save me.

7 But thou hast saved us from

our enemies, and hast put them
to shame that hated us.
8 In God we boast all the day

long, and praise thy name for
ever. Selah.

9 But thou hast cast off, and

put us to shame; and goest not
forth with our armies.

10 Thou makest us to turn
back from the enemy : and they
which hate us spoil for them-

selves.

11 Thou hast given us like
sheep appointed for meat; and

hast scattered us among the
heathen.

12 Thou sellest thy people for
nought, and dost not increase

thy wealth by their price.

13 Thou makest us a reproach
to our neighbors, a scorn and a

derision to them that are round
about us.

14 Thou makest us a byword
among the heathen, a shaking
of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually

before me, and the shame of my
face hath covered me,
16 For the voice of him that re-

proacheth and blasphemeth; by

reason oftheenemyandavenger.



PSALMS. 45 29

17 All this is come upon us;

yet have we not forgotten thee,
neither have we dealt falsely in
thy covenant.

18 Our heart is not turned

back, neither have our steps

declined from thy way;

19 Though thou hast sore bro-

ken us in the place of dragons,

and covered us with the shadow
of death.

20 If we have forgotten the
name of our God, or stretched
out our hands to a strange

god;

21 Shall not God search this
out? for he knoweththe secrets

of the heart. 1

22 Yea. for thy sake are we
killed all the day long; we are
counted as sheep for the slaugh-

ter.

23 Awake, why sleepest thou,
O Lord? arise, cast us not off
for ever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy

face, and forgettest our afflic-

tion and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down

to the dust: our belly cleaveth

unto the earth.

26 Arise for our help, and re-

deem us for thy mercies’ sake.

Psalm 45
To the chief Musician upon Sho-

shannim, for the sons of Korah,

Maschil, A Song of loves.

MY heart is inditing a goodmatter: I speak of the
things which I have made
touching the King: my tongue
is the pen of a ready writer.

2

Thou art fairer than the chil-
dren of men: grace is poured
into thy lips: therefore God
hath blessed thee for ever.

3

Gird thy sword upon thy
thigh, O most Mighty, with thy
glory and thy majesty.

4 And in thy majesty ride pros-
perously, because of truth and
meekness and righteousness;
and thy right hand shall teach
thee terrible things.

5 Thine arrows are sharp in

the heart of the King’s enemies

;

whereby the people fall under
thee.

6 Thy throne, O God, is for
ever and ever: the sceptre of
thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7 Thou lovest righteousness,
and hatest wickedness: there-
fore God, thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of

gladness above thy fellows.

8 All thy garments smell of

myrrh, and aloes, and cassia,
out of the ivory palaces, where-

by they have made thee glad.
9Kings’ daughters wereamong

thy honorable women: upon
thy right hand did stand the
queen in gold of Ophir.

10 Hearken, O daughter, and
consider, and incline thine ear;
forget also thine own people,
and thy father’s house;
11 So shall the King greatly

desire thy beauty: for he is
thy Lord; and worship thou
him.

12 And the daughter of Tyre
shall be there with a gift; even

the rich among the people shall
entreat thy favor.

13 The ICing’s daughter is all
glorious within: her clothing is

of wrought gold.

14 She shall be brought unto
the King in raiment of needle-
work: the virgins her compan-
ions that follow her shall be
brought unto thee.

15 With gladness and rejoicing
shall they be brought : they shall

enter into the King’s palace.

16 Instead of thy fathers shall

be thy children, whom thou



30 PSALMS, 46

mayest make princes in all the
earth.

17 I will make thy name to be
remembered in all generations

:

therefore shall the people praise

thee for ever and ever.

Psalm 46
To the chief Musician for the sons of

Korah. A Song upon Alamoth.

GOD is our
refuge and

strength, a very present

help in trouble.

2

Therefore will not we fear,
though the earth be removed,

and though the mountains be

carried into the midst of the

sea;

3

Though the waters thereof
roar and be troubled, though the

moun tains shake with the swell-
ing thereof. Selah.

4

There is a river, the streams

whereof shall make glad the
city of God, the holy Place of

the tabernacles of the Most
High.

5

God is in the midst of her;
she shall not be moved: God
shall help her, and that right
early.

6

The heathen raged, the
kingdoms were moved: he ut-
tered his voice, the earth

melted.

7

The Lord of hosts is with
us; the God of Jacob is our
refuge. Selah.

8

Come, behold the works of
the Lord, what desolations he
hath made in the earth.

9

He maketh wars to cease
unto the end of the earth; he

breaketh the bow, and cutteth

the spear in sunder; he bumeth
the chariot in the fire.

10

Be still, and know that I am
God: I will be exalted among
the heathen, I will be exalted

in the earth.

11

The Lord of hosts is with
us; the God of Jacob is our
refuge. Selah.

Psalm 47
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for

the sons of Korah.

O
CLAP your hands, all ye
people; shout unto God

with the voice of triumph.

2

For the Lord most high is
terrible; he is a great King over
all the earth.

3

He shall subdue the people
under us, and the nations under
our feet.

4

He shall choose our inherit-
ance for us, the excellency of

Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

5

God is gone up with a shout,
the Lord with the sound of a
trumpet.

6

Sing praises to God, sing

praises: sing praises unto our

King, sing praises.

7

For God is the King of all
the earth : sing ye praises with

understanding.

8

God reigneth over the hea-
then: God sitteth upon the
throne of his holiness.

9

The princes of the people
are gathered together, even the

people of the God of Abraham

:

for the shields of the earth

belong unto God : he is greatly
exalted. ^

Psalm 48
A Song and Psalm for the sons of

Korah.

rjJREAT is the Lord, and
\J greatly to be praised in the
city of our God, in the mountain

of his holiness.

2 Beautiful for situation, the

joy of the whole earth, is mount
Zion, on the sides of the north,

the city of the great King.

3 God is known in her palaces
for a refuge.



PSALMS, 49 31

4 For. lo, the kings were

assembled, they passed by to-

gether.

5 They saw it, and so they
marveled; they were troubled,

and hasted away.

6 Fear took hold upon them

there, and pain, as of a woman
in travail.

7 Thou breakest the ships of
Tarshish with an east wind.

8 As we have heard, so have we
seen in the city of the Lord of
hosts, in the city of our God : God
will establish it for ever. Selah.

9 We have thought of thy lov-
ing-kindness, O God, in the
midst of thy temple.

10 According to thy name, O
God, so is thy praise unto the

ends of the earth ; thy right hand

is full of righteousness.

11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let

the daughters of Judah be glad,

because of thy judgments.

12 Walk about Zion, and go
round about her : tell the towers

thereof.

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks,
consider her palaces; that ye

may tell it to the generation
following.

14 For this God is our God for
ever and ever: he will be our

guide even unto death.

Psalm 49
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for

the sons of Korah.

HEAR this, all ye people;give ear, all ye inhabitants
of the world:

2 Both low and high, rich and
poor, together.

3My mouth shall speak of wis-
dom; and the meditation of my
heart shall be of understanding.

4 I will incline mine ear to a
parable: I will open my dark
saying upon the harp.

5 Wherefore should I fear in
the days of evil, when the iniq-
uity of my heels shall compass
me about?
6 They that trust in their
wealth, and boast themselves in
the multitude of their riches;

7 None of them can by any
means redeem his brother, nor
give to God a ransom for him

:

8 (For the redemption of their

soul is precious, and it ceaseth
for ever :)

9 That he should still live for
ever, and not see corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men

die, likewise the fool and the
brutish person perish, and leave
their wealth to others.

1 1 Their inward thought is, that

their houses shall continue for

ever, and their dwelling places
to all generations ; they call their

lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man being in

honor abideth not; he is like

the beasts that perish.

13 This their way is thei r folly

:

yet their posterity appro\ e their

sayings. Selah.

14 Like sheep they are laid in

the grave; death shall feed on

them ; and the upright shall have
dominion over them in the
morning; and their beauty shall
consume in the grave from
their dwelling.

15 But God willredeemmy soul
from the power of the grave:
for he shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when
one is made rich, when the
glory of his house is increased;

17 For when he dieth he shall
carry nothing away: his glory
shall not descend after him.

18 Though while he lived he
blessed his soul, (and men will
praise thee, when thou doest
well to thyself,)



32 PSALMS. 50

19 He shall go to the genera-
tion of his fathers; they shall

never see light.

20 Man that is in honor, and
understandeth not, is like the

beasts that perish.

Psalm 50
A Psalm of Asaph.

THE mighty God, even
the

Lord, hath spoken, and
called the earth from the rising

of the sun unto the going down
thereof.

2

Out of Zion, the perfection
of beauty, God hath shined.

3

Our God shall come, and
shall not keep silence: a fire

shall devour before him, and it
shall be very tempestuous
round about him.

4

He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that he may judge his people.

5

Gather my saints together
unto me; those that have made
a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall de-

clare his righteousness : for God
is judge himself. Selah.

7

Hear, O my people, and I
will speak; O Israel, and I will
testify against thee : I am God,
even thy God.

8

I will not reprove thee for

thy sacrifices or thy burnt offer-

ings, to have been continually

before me.

9

I will take no bullock out of

thy house, nor he goats out of

thy folds

:

10

For every beast of the for-

est is mine, and the cattle upon

a thousand hills.

11

I know all the fowls of the
mountains : and the wild beasts

of the field are mine.

12

If I were hungry, I would

not tell thee: for the world is

mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls,

or drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God thanksgiv-
ing; and pay thy vows unto the
Most High

:

15 And call upon me in the
day of trouble: I will deliver
thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked God

saith, What hast thou to do to
declaremy statutes, or that thou
shouldest take my covenant in
thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruc-

tion, and easiest my words be-
hind thee.

18 When thou sawest a thief,
then thou consentedst with him,

and hast been partaker with
adulterers.

19 Thou givestthymouthto evil,
and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest

against thy brother; thou slan-

derest thine own mother’s son.
21 These things hast thou

done, and I kept silence; thou
thoughtest that I was altogether
such a one as thyself : but I will

reprove thee, and set them in
order before thine eyes.

22 Now consider this, ye that
forget God, lest I tear you in

pieces, and there be none to de-
liver.

23Whoso offereth praise glori-
fieth me : and to him that order-
eth his conversation aright will

I show the salvation of God.

Psalm 51
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David, when Nathan the prophet
came unto him, after he had gone

in to Bath-sheba.

HAVE mercy upon me, OGod, according to thy lov-
ing-kindness : according unto

the multitude of thy tender mer-

cies blot out my transgressions.



PSALMS. 62 33

2 Wash me thoroughly from
mine iniquity, and cleanse me
from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my trans-

gressions: and my sin is ever
before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have

I sinned, and done this evil in

thy sight : that thou mightest be

justified when thou speakest,
and be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in

iniquity; and in sin did my
mother conceive me.

6 Behold, thou desirest truth

in the inward parts : and in the
hidden Part thou shalt make me
to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I

shall be clean : wash me, and I
shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and
gladness ; that the bones which

thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my si as,
and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart,
O God; and renew a right spirit
within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy

presence; and take not thy
Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of

thy salvation; and uphold me
with thy free Spirit.

13 Then will I teach trans-
gressors thy ways; and sinners
shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from bloodguilt-
iness, O God, thou God of my
salvation : ana my tongue shall
sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15 O Lord, open thou my
lips; and my mouth shall show
forth thy praise.

16 For thou desirest not sac-

rifice ; else would I give it: thou
delightest not in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a
broken spirit: a broken and a

contrite heart, O God, thou wilt
not despise.

18 Do good in thy good pleas-
ure unto Zion: build thou the

walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased
with the sacrifices of righteous-

ness, with burnt offering and
whole burnt offering : then shall

they offer bullocks upon thine
altar.

Psalm 52
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A
Psalm of David, when Doeg the
Edomite came and told Saul, and
said unto him, David is come to the
house of Ahimelech.

WHY boastest thou thyselfin mischief, O mighty
man? the goodness of God en-
dureth continually.

2

Thy tongue deviseth mis-
chiefs; like a sharp razor, work-

ing deceitfully.

3

Thou lovest evil more than
good; and lying rather than to
speak righteousness. Selah.

4

Thou lovest all devouring
words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy

thee for ever, he shall take thee

away, and pluck thee out of thy
dwelling place, and root thee
out of the land of the living.

Selah.

6 The righteous also shall see,
and fear, and shall laugh at him

:

7 Lo, this is the man that made
not God his strength; but
trusted in the abundance of his

riches, and strengthened him-
self in his wickedness.

8 But I am like a green olive
tree in the house of God: I
trust in the mercy of God for
ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever,

because thou hast done it: and
I will wait on thy name; for it
is good before thy saints



34 PSALMS, 53

Psalm 53
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath,

Maschil, A Psalm of David.

T
HE fool hath said in his
heart, There is no God.

Corrupt are they, and have

done abominable iniquity : there

is none that doeth good.

2

God looked down from heav-
en upon the children of men, to
see if there were any that did

understand, that did seek God.

3

Every one of them is gone
back: they are altogether be-

come filthy; there is none that
doeth good, no, not one.

4

Have the workers of iniquity
no knowledge? who eat up my
people as they eat bread : they

have not called upon God.

5

There were they in great fear,

where no fear was : for God hath
scattered the bones of him that
encampeth against thee: thou

hast put them to shame, be-
cause God hath despised them.
6 Oh that the salvation of

Israel were come out of Zion!
When God bringeth back the
captivity of his people, Jacob

shall rejoice, and Israel shall be
glad.

Psalm 54
To the chief Musician on Neginoth,

Maschil, A Psalm of David, when
the Ziphim came and said to Saul,
Doth not David hide himself with

us?

S
AVE me, O God, by thy
name, and judge me by

thy strength.

2

Hearmy prayer, O God; give
ear to the words of my mouth.

3

For strangers are risen up
against me, and oppressors seek
after my soul : they have not set
God before them. Selah.

4

Behold, God is mine helper

:

the Lord is with them that up-
hold my soul.

5 He shall reward evil unto
mine enemies : cut them off in
thy truth.

6 I will freely sacrifice unto

thee: I will praise thy name,
O Lord ; for it is good.
7 For he hath delivered me out

of all trouble: and mine eye
hath seen his desire upon mine
enemies. _

Psalm 55
To the chief Musician on Neginoth,

Maschil, A Psalm of David.

G
IVE ear to my prayer, O
God; and hide not thyself

from my supplication.

2

Attend unto me, and hear
me: I mourn in my complaint,
and make a noise;

3

Because of the voice of the
enemy, because of the oppres-
sion of the wicked : for they cast

iniquity upon me, and in wrath
they hate me.

4

My heart is sore pained with-
in me : and the terrors of death
are fallen upon me.

5

Fearfulness and trembling
are come upon me, and horror
hath overwhelmed me.

6

And I said, Oh that I had
wings like a dove! for then

would I fly away, and be at
rest.

7

Lo, then would I wander far
off, and remain in the wilder-
ness. Selah.

8

I would hasten my escape
from the windy storm and tem-
pest.

9

Destroy, O Lord, and divide
their tongues: for I have seen

violence and strife in the city.

10

Day and night they go
about it upon the walls thereof

:

mischief also and sorrow are in

the midst of it.

11

Wickedness is in the midst

thereof : deceit and guile depart

not from her streets.



PSALMS. 56 35

12 For it was not an enemy
that reproached me; then I
could have borne it: neither was
it he that hated me that did
magnify himself against me;
then I would have hid myself
from him

:

13 But it was thou, a man mine
equal, my guide, and mine ac-
quaintance.

14 We took sweet counsel to-
gether, and walked unto the
house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them,
and let them go down quick
into hell; for wickedness is in
their dwellings, and among
them.

16 As for me, I will call upon
God; and the Lord shall save
me.
17 Evening, and morning, and

at noon, will I pray, and cry
aloud: and he shall hear my
voice.

18 He hath delivered my soul
in peace from the battle that was
against me: for there were
many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict

them, even he that abideth of
old. Selah. Because they have
no changes, therefore they fear
not God.

20 He hath put forth his hands
against such as be at peace with
him: he hath broken his cove-
nant.

21 The words of his mouth
were smoother than butter, but
war was in his heart : his words
were softer than oil, yet were
they drawn swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon the
Lord, and he shall sustain
thee : he shall never suffer the
righteous to be moved.
23 But thou, O God, shalt

bring them down into the pit of
destruction : bloody and deceit-

ful men shall not live out half
their days; but I will trust in

thee. ^
Psalm 56

To the chief Musician upon Tonath-
elein-rechokim, Michtam of David,
when the Philistines took him in
Gath.

BE merciful unto me, O God

:

for man would swallow me
up; he fighting daily oppresseth
me.

2

Mine enemies would daily
swallow me up: for they he
many that fight against me, O
thou Most High.

3

What time I am afraid, I will
trust in thee.

4

In God I will praise his word,
in God I have put my trust; I
will not fear what flesh can do
unto me.

5

Every day they wrest my
words: all their thoughts are

against me for evil.

6

They gather themselves to-
gether, they hide themselves,

they mark my steps, when they
wait for my soul.

7

Shall they escape by iniquity?
in thine anger cast down the
people, O God.

8

Thou tellest my wanderings

:

put thou my tears into thy bot-
tle : are they not in thy book?

9 When I cry unto thee, then
shall mine enemies turn back:
this I know; for God is for
me.

10

In God will I praise his
word : in the Lord will I praise
his word.

11

In God have I put my
trust : I will not be afraid what
man can do unto me.

12

Thy vows are upon me, O
God : I will render praises unto
thee.

13

For thou hast delivered my
soul from death : wilt not thou



36

deliver my feet from falling, that
I may walk before God in the
light of the living?

PSALMS, 57

11 Be thou exalted, O God,
above the heavens let thy
glory be above all the earth.

Psalm 57
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,
Michtam of David, when he fled
from Saul in the cave.

BE merciful unto me, O God,be merciful untome : for my
soul trusteth in thee : yea, in the

shadow of thy wings will I make
my refuge, until these calamities
be overpast.

2

I will cry unto God most
high; unto God that performeth
all things for me.

3

He shall send from heaven,
and save me from the reproach
of him that would swallow me
up. Selah. God shall send forth
his mercy and his truth.

4

My soul is among lions : and
[ lie even among them that are
set on fire, even the sons of men,
whose teeth are spears and ar-
rows, and their tongue a sharp
sword.

5

Be thou exalted, O God,
above the heavens; let thy

glory be above all the earth.

6

They have prepared a net for
my steps; my soul is bowed
down: they have digged a pit
before me, into the midst where-

of they are fallen themselves .

Selah.

7

My heart is fixed, O God, my
heart is fixed: I will sing and
give praise.

8

Awake up, my glory; awake,
psaltery and harp : I myself will
awake early.

9

I will praise thee, O Lord,
among the people: I will sing
unto thee among the na-
tions.

10

For thy mercy is great unto
the heavens, and thy truth unto
the clouds.

Psalm 58
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,

Michtam of David.

DO ye indeed speak righteous-ness, O congregation? do
ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of
men?

2

Yea, in heart ye work wick-
edness; ye weigh the violence

of your hands in the earth.

3

The wicked are estranged
from the womb : they go astray
as soon as they be bom, speak-
ing lies.

4

Their poison is like the poi-

son of a serpent : they are like the

deaf adder that stoppethher ear

;

5 Which will not hearken to
the voice of charmers, charming

never so wisely.

6

Break their teeth, O God, in
their mouth : break out the
great teeth of the young lions,

O Lord.

7

Let them melt away as wa-
ters which run continually

:

when he bendeth his bow to
shoot his arrows, let them be as
cut in pieces.

8

As a snail which melteth, let
every one of them pass away:
like the untimely birth of a

woman, that they may not see
the sun.

9

Before your pots can feel the

thorns, he shall take them away
as with a whirlwind, both liv-

ing, and in his wrath.

10

The righteous shall rejoice
when he seeth the vengeance:
he shall wash his feet in the
blood of the wicked.

11

So that a man shall say,
Verily there is a reward for the

righteous: verily he is a God
that judgeth in the earth.



PSALMS, 60 37

Psalm 59

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,
Michtam of David; when Saul
sent, and they watched the house

to kill him.

D
ELIVER me from mine
enemies, Omy God : defend

me from them that rise up
against me.

2

Deliver me from the workers
of iniquity, and save me from
bloody men.

3

For, lo, they lie in wait for

my soul: the mighty are gath-
ered against me; not for my
transgression, nor for my sin, O
Lord.

4

They run and prepare them-
selves without my fault : awake
to help me, and behold.

5

Thou therefore, O Lord
God of hosts, the God of Israel,
awake to visit all the heathen

:

be not merciful to any wicked

transgressors. Selah.

6

They return at evening : they
make a noise like a dog, and go
round about the city.

7

Behold, they belch out with

their mouth : swords are in their
lips: for who, say they , doth

hear?

8

But thou, O Lord, shalt
laugh at them; thou shalt have

all the heathen in derision.

9 Because of his strength will

I wait upon thee : for God is my
defense.

10 The God of my mercy shall
preventme : God shall letme see
my desire upon mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my peo-

ple forget : scatter them by thy
power; and bring them down,
O Lord our shield.

12

For the sin of their mouth
and the words of their lips let
them even be taken in their
pride : and for cursing and lying
which they speak.

13 Consume them in wrath,
consume them , that they may
not he: and let them know that
God ruleth in Jacob unto the
ends of the earth. Selah.

14 And at evening let them
return; and let them make a
noise like a dog, and go round
about the city.

15 Let them wander up and
down for meat, and grudge if
they be not satisfied.

16 But I will sing of thy power;

yea, I will sing aloud of thy

mercy in the morning : for thou

hast been my defense and ref-
uge in the day of my trouble.
17 Unto thee, O my strength,

will I sing: for God is my de-
fense, and the God of my mercy.

Psalm 60
To the chief Musician upon Shushan-

eduth, Michtam of David, to t^ach;
when he strove with Aram-naha-
raim and with Aram-zobah, when
Toab returned, and smote of Edom
in the valley of salt twelve thousand.

0
GOD, thou hast cast us off,
thou hast scattered us, thou

hast been displeased; O turn
thyself to us again.

2

Thou hast made the earth to
tremble; thou hast broken it:

heal the breaches thereof; for

it shaketh.

3

Thou hast showed thy people
hard things : thou hast made us
to drink the wine of astonish-

ment.

4

Thou hast given a banner to
them that fear thee, that it may
be displayed because of the

truth. Selah.

5

That thy beloved may be
delivered; save with thy right

hand, and hear me.

6

God hath spoken in his holi-
ness; I will rejoice, I will divide

Shechem, and mete out the
valley of Succoth.



38 PSALMS, 61

7 Gilead is mine, and Manas-
seh is mine ; Ephraim also is the
strength of mine head ; Judah is
my lawgiver;
8 Moab is my washpot; over
Edom will I cast out my shoe

:

Philistia, triumph thou because

of me.

9 Who will bring me into the
strong city? who will lead me
into Edom?
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which

hadst cast us off? and thou, O
God, which didst not go out

with our armies?

11 Give us help from trouble:

for vain is the help of man.
12 Through God we shall do

valiantly : for he it is that shall

tread down our enemies.

Psalm 61
To the chief Musician upon Neginah,

A Psalm of David.

HEAR my cry, O God; at-tend unto my prayer.

2

From the end of the earth
will I cry unto thee, when my
heart is overwhelmed : lead me
to the rock that is higher than I.

3 For thou hast been a shelter

for me, and a strong tower from

the enemy.

4 1 will abide in thy tabernacle

for ever: I will trust in the

covert of thy wings. Selah.

5

For thou, O God, hast heard
my vows: thou hast given me
the heritage of those that fear

thy name.

6

Thou wilt prolong the king’s
life : and his years as many gen-
erations.

7

He shall abide before God
for ever : O prepare mercy
and truth, which may preserve
him.

8

So will I sing praise unto thy

name for ever, that I may daily
perform my vows.

Psalm 62
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun,

A Psalm of David.

TRULY my soul waiteth uponGod : from him cometh my
salvation.

2 He only is my rock and
my salvation : he is my de-
fense; I shall not be greatly
moved.

3

How long will ye imagine
mischief against a man? ye shall
be slain all of you : as a bowing
wall shall ye he, and as a totter-
ing fence.

4

They only consult to cast him
down from his excellency : they
delight in lies : they bless with

their mouth, but they curse in-

wardly. Selah.

5

My soul, wait thou only upon
God; for my expectation is from
him.

6

He only is my rock and my
salvation: he is my defense; I
shall not be moved.

7

In God is my salvation and
my glory : the rock of my
strength, and my refuge, is in
God.

8

Trust in him at all times; ye
people, pour out your heart be-

fore him : God is a refuge for us.
Selah.

9

Surely men of low degree are
vanity, and men of high degree
are a lie : to be laid in the bal-

ance, they are altogether lighter

than vanity.

10

Trust not in oppression, and

become not vain in robbery:
if riches increase, set not your

heart upon them.

11

God hath spoken once;
twice have I heard this; that

power belongeth unto God.

12

Also unto thee, O Lord, be-
longeth mercy : for thou render-

est to every man according to
his work*



PSALMS, 65 39

Psalm 63
A Psalm of David, when he was in the

wilderness of Judah.

0
GOD, thou art my God;
early will I seek thee : my

soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh
longeth for thee in a dry and

thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy

glory, so as I have seen thee in

the sanctuary.

3

Because thy loving-kindness

is better than life, my lips shall
praise thee.

4

Thus will I bless thee while
I live : I will lift up my hands in
thy name.

5

My soul shall be satisfied as
with marrow and fatness; and
my mouth shall praise thee
with joyful lips

:

6

When I remember thee upon
my bed, and meditate on thee
in the night watches.

7

Because thou hast been my
help, therefore in the shadow of
thy wings will I rejoice.

8

My soul folioweth hard after
thee : thy right hand upholdeth
me.

9

But those that seek my soul,
to destroy it, shall go into the

lower parts of the earth.

10

They shall fall by the
sword; they shall be a portion

for foxes.

11

But the king shall rejoice in

God; every one that sweareth

by him shall glory: but the
mouth of them that speak lies
shall be stopped.

Psalm 64
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David.

HEAR my voice, O God, inmy prayer: preserve my
life from fear of the enemy.

2

Hide me from the secret
counsel of the wicked; from

the insurrection of the workers

of iniquity

:

3 Who whet their tongue like
a sword, and bend their bows to
shoot their arrows, even bitter
words

:

4 That theymay shoot in secret
at the perfect : suddenly do they

shoot at him, and fear not.

5 They encourage themselves

in an evil matter: they com-

mune of laying snares privily;
they say, Who shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities;
they accomplish a diligent
search : both the inward thought

of every one of them, and the

heart, is deep.

7 But God shall shoot at them
with an arrow; suddenly shall

they be wounded.

8 So they shall make their
own tongue to fall upon them-
selves : all that see them shall
flee away.

9 And all men shall fear, and
shall declare the work of God;
for they shall wisely consider of

his doing.

10 The righteous shall be glad
in the Lord, and shall trust in
him; and all the upright in

heart shall glory.

Psalm 65
To the chief Musician, A Psalm and

Song of David.

P
RAISE waiteth for thee, O
God, in Zion : and unto thee

shall the vow be performed.

2

O thou that hearest prayer,
unto thee shall all flesh come.

3

Iniquities prevail against me

:

as for our transgressions, thou

shalt purge them away.

4

Blessed is the man whom
thou choosest, and causest to

approach unto thee, that he

may dwell in thy courts: we
shall be satisfied with the good-



40 PSALMS, 66

ness of thy house, even of thy

holy temple.

5 By terrible things in right-
eousness wilt thou answer us, O
God of our salvation; who art
the confidence of all the ends of

the earth, and of them that are
afar off upon the sea

:

6Which by his strength setteth
fast the mountains; being girded

with power

:

7Which stilleth the noise of the

seas, the noise of their waves,

and the tumult of the people.

8 They also that dwell in the
uttermost parts are afraid at thy

tokens : thou makest the outgo-

ings of the morning and evening

to rejoice.

9 Thou visitest the earth, and
waterest it : thou greatly enrich-

est it with the river of God,

which is full of water : thou pre-

parest them com, when thou
hast so provided for it.

10 Thou waterest the ridges
thereof abundantly: thou set-

tlest the furrows thereof : thou

makest it soft with showers:

thou blessest the springing

thereof.

11 Thou crownest the year
with thy goodness; and thy

paths drop fatness.

12 They drop upon the pastures
of the wilderness : and the little

hills rejoice on every side.

13 The pastures are clothed
with flocks; the valleys also are

covered over with com; they

shout for joy, they also sing.

Psalm 66
To the chief Musician, A Song or

Psalm.

MAKE a joyful noise untoGod, all ye lands

:

2

Sing forth the honor of his

name: make his praise glori-
ous.

3 Say unto God, How terrible
art thou in thy works! through

the greatness of thy power shall
thine enemies submit them-
selves unto thee.

4 All the earth shall worship

thee, and shall sing unto thee;
they shall sing to thy name.
Selah.

5 Come and see the works of
God : he is terrible in his doing
toward the children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry

land: they went through the
flood on foot : there did we re-
joice in him.

7 He ruleth by his power for
ever; his eyes behold the na-

tions: let not the rebellious

exalt themselves. Selah.

8 O bless our God, ye people,
and make the voice of his praise
to be heard

:

9 Which holdeth our soul in
life, and suffereth not our feet

to be moved.

10 For thou, O God. hast
proved us : thou hast tried us, as

silver is tried.

11 Thou broughtest us into the
net; thou laidst affliction upon

our loins.

12 Thou hast caused men to
ride over our heads; we went
through fire and through water

:

but thou broughtest us out into

a wealthy place .

13 1 will go into thy house with

burnt offerings : I will pay thee

my vows.
14Which my lips have uttered,

and my mouth hath spoken,
when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer unto thee burnt

sacrifices of fatlings, with the

incense of rams: I will offer
bullocks with goats. Selah.

16 Come and hear, all ye that
fear God, and I will declare

what he hath done for my soul.



PSALMS, 68 41

17 I cried unto him with my
mouth, and he was extolled

with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my

heart, the Lord will not hear

me:
19 But verily God hath heard
me: he hath attended to the
voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, which hath

not turned away my prayer, nor
his mercy from me.

PSALM 67
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A

Psalm or Song.

GOD be merciful imto us, andbless us; and cause his face
to shine upon us ; Selah.

2

That thy way may be known
upon earth, thy saving health
among all nations.

3

Let the people praise thee, O
God; let all the people praise
thee.

4

O let the nations be glad
and sing for joy ; for thou shalt
judge the people righteously,

and govern the nations upon
earth. Selah.

5

Let the people praise thee, O
God; let all the people praise
thee.

6

Then shall the earth yield her
increase; and God, even our
own God, shall bless us.

7

God shall bless us; and all
the ends of the earth shall fear
him.

Psalm 68
To the chief Musician, A Psalm or

Song of David.

I
ET God arise, let his ene-
i mies be scattered : let them

also that hate him flee before
him.

2

As smoke is driven away, so
drive them away ; as waxmelteth
before the fire, so let the wicked

perish at the presence of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad

;

letthem rejoice before God : yea,
let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises

to his name: extol him that
rideth upon the heavens by his

name JAH, and rejoice before
him.

5 A father of the fatherless,
and a judge of the widows, is
God in his holy habitation.
6 God setteth the solitary in

families : he bringeth out those

which are bound with chains:
but the rebellious dwell in a dry

land.

7 O God, when thou wentest
forth before thy people, when
thou didst march through the
wilderness; Selah:

8 The earth shook, the heavens
also dropped at the presence of

God : even Sinai itself was
moved at the presence of God,
the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send
a plentiful rain, whereby thou

didst confirm thine inheritance,

when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt

therein : thou, O God, hast pre-
pared of thy goodness for the

poor.

11 The Lord gave the word:
great was the company of those
that published it

12 Kings of armies did flee

apace: and she that tarried at
home divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lain among

the pots, yet shall ye be as the

wings of a dove covered with

silver, and her feathers with

yellow gold.

14 When the Almighty scat-
tered kings in it, it was white
as snow in Salmon.
15 The hill of God is as the hill

of Bashan ; a high hill as the hill
of Bashan.



42 PSALMS, 69

16 Why leap ye, ye high hills?
this is the hill which God de-
sireth to dwell in; yea, the

Lord will dwell in it for ever.
17 The chariots of God are

twenty thousand, even thou-

sands of angels: the Lord is
among them, as in Sinai, in the
holy Place.

18 Thou hast ascended on
high, thou hast led captivity

captive : thou hast received gifts

for men; yea, for the rebellious
also, that the Lord God might
dwell among them.
19 Blessed he the Lord, who

daily loadeth us with benefits

,

even the God of our salvation.
Selah.

20 He that is our God is the
God of salvation ; and unto God
the Lord belong the issues from

death.

21 But God shall wound the
head of his enemies, and the
hairy scalp of such a one as

goeth on still in his trespasses.

22 The Lord said, I will bring
again from Bashan, 1 will bring

my people again from the depths
of the sea

:

23 That thy footmay be dipped
in the blood of thine enemies,

and the tongue of thy dogs in

the same.

24 They have seen thy goings,
O God; even the goings of my
God, my King, in the sanc-
tuary.

25 The singers went before,
the players on instruments fol-

lowed after; among them were
the damsels playing with tim-

brels.

26 Bless ye God in the congre-
gations, even the Lord, from

the fountain of Israel.

27 There is little Benjamin
with their ruler, the princes of

Judah and their council, the

princes of Zebulun, and the
princes of Naphtali.

28 Thy God hath commanded
thy strength : strengthen, O
God, that which thou hast
wrought for us.

29 Because of thy temple at
Jerusalem shall kings bring
presents unto thee.

30 Rebuke the company of
spearmen, the multitude of the
bulls, with the calves of the peo-

ple, till every one submit him-
self with pieces of silver : scat-

ter thou the people that delight

in war.

31 Princes shall come out of
Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon

stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, ye king-

doms of the earth; O sing
praises unto the Lord; Selah:

33 To him that rideth upon the
heavens of heavens, which were

of old; lo, he doth send out his

voice, ana that a mighty voice.

34 Ascribe ye strength unto

God : his excellency is over Is-
rael, and his strength is in the

clouds.

35 O God, thou art terrible out
of thy holy places: the God of
Israel is he that giveth strength

and power unto his people.

Blessed be God.

Psalm 69

To the chief Musician upon Sho-
shannim, A Psalm of David.

S
AVEme,O God ; forthewaters
> are come in unto my soul.

2 I sink in deep mire, where

there is no standing : I am come
into deep waters, where the

floods overflow me.

31am weary of my crying : my
throat is dried: mine eyes fail

while I wait for my God.
4 They that hate me without a

cause are more than the hairs



PSALMS, 69 43

of mine head : they that would
destroy me, being mine enemies
wrongfully, are mighty: then I

restored that which I took not

away.

5 O God, thou knowest my
foolishness; and my sins are
not hid from thee.

6 Let not them that wait on
thee, O Lord God of hosts, be
ashamed for my sake: let not
those that seek thee be con-
founded for my sake, O God of
Israel.

7 Because for thy sake I have

borne reproach; shame hath
covered my face.
8 1 am become a stranger unto
my brethren, and an alien unto
my mother’s children.
9 For the zeal of thine house

hath eaten me up; and the re-
proaches of them that re-
proached thee are fallen upon
me.
10When I wept, and chastened
my soul with fasting, that was
to my reproach.
11 I made sackcloth also my

garment; and I became a prov-
erb to them.

12 They that sit in the gate
speak againstme ; and I was the
song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is
unto thee, O Lord, in an ac-
ceptable time: O God, in the
multitude of thy mercy hear
me, in the truth of thy salva-
tion.

14 Deliver me out of the mire,
and let me not sink : let me be
delivered from them that hate
me, and out of the deep waters.
lo Let not the waterflood over-

flow me, neither let the deep
swallow me up, and let not the
pit shut her mouth upon me.

16

Hear me, O Lord; for thy
loving-kindness is good; turn

unto me according to the multi-
tude of thy tender mercies.

17 And hide not thy face from
thy servant; for I am in trouble

:

hear me speedily.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul,
and redeem it : deliver me be-
cause of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my re-

proach, and my shame, and my
dishonor : mine adversaries are
all before thee.

20 Reproach hath broken my
heart; and I am full of heavi-
ness : and I looked for some to
take pity, but there was none;
and for comforters, but I found
none.

21 They gave me also gall for
my meat; and in my thirst they
gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a

snare before them: and that

which should have been for

their welfare, let it becomeatrap.

23 Let their eyes be darkened,

that they see not; and make
their loins continually to shake.

24 Pour out thine indignation

upon them, and let thy wrathful

anger take hold of them.

25 Let their habitation be deso-

late; and let none dwell in their

tents.

26 For they persecute him
whom thou hast smitten; and
they talk to the grief of those

whom thou hast wounded.
27 Add iniquity unto their in-

iquity: and let them not come
into thy righteousness.

28 Let them be blotted out of

the book of the living, and not

be written with the righteous.

29 But I am poor and sorrow-
ful: let thy salvation, O God,
set me up on high.
30 I will praise the name of
God with a song, and will mag-
nify him with thanksgiving.



44 PSALMS, 70

31 This also shall please the

Lord better than an ox or bull-
ock that hath horns and hoofs.

32 The humble shall see this,
and be glad: and your heart
shall live that seek God.

33 For the Lord heareth the
poor, and despiseth not his pris-
oners.

34 Let the heaven and earth
praise him. the seas, and every
thing that moveth therein.
35 For God will save Zion, and

will build the cities of Judah:

that they may dwell there, and
have it in possession.

36 The seed also of his serv-
ants shall inherit it: and they
that love his name shall dwell
therein. _

Psalm 70
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David, to bring to remembrance.

Make haste

,

O God, to de-
liver me; make haste to

help me, O Lord.

2

Let them be ashamed and
confounded that seek after my
soul : let them be turned back-
ward, and put to confusion, that
desire my hurt.

3

Let them be turned back for
a reward of their shame that
say, Aha, aha.

4

Let all those that seek thee

rejoice and be glad in thee : and
let such as love thy salvation

say continually, Let God be
magnified.

5

But I am poor and needy;
make haste unto me, O God:
thou art my help and my deliv-
erer; O Lord, make no tarry-

I
N thee, O Lord, do I put my
trust : let me never be put to

confusion.

2

Deliver me in thy righteous-
ness, and cause me to escape:

incline thine ear unto me, and
save me.
3 Be thou my strong habi-

tation. whereunto I may con-
tinually resort : thou hast given

commandment to save me; for
thou art my rock and my for-
tress.

4 Deliver me, O my God, out
of the hand of the wicked, out
of the hand of the unrighteous
and cruel man.
5 For thou art my hope, O

Lord God : thou art my trust
from my youth.
6 By thee have I been holden
up from the womb : thou art he
that took me out of my mother’s
bowels : my praise shall he con-
tinually of thee.

7 1 am as a wonder unto many;
but thou art my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth be filled with

thy praise and with thy honor

all the day.

9 Cast me not off in the time of
old age; forsake me not when
my strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak

against me; and they that lay
wait for my soul take counsel
together,

11 Saying, God hath forsaken
him: persecute and take him;

for there is none to deliver him.

12 O God, be not far from me

:

O my God, make haste for my
help.

13 Let them be confounded
and consumed that are adver-
saries to my soul; let them be
covered with reproach and dis-
honor that seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually,

and will yet praise thee more

and more.
15 My mouth shall show forth

thy righteousness and thy salva-

tion all the day; for I know not
the numbers thereof?



PSALMS. 72 45

16 I will go in the strength of

the Lord God : I will makemen-
tion of thy righteousness, even

of thine only.

17 O God, thou hast taught me
from my youth: and hitherto
have I declared thy wondrous

works.

18 Now also when I am old and
grayheaded, O God, forsake me
not; until I have showed thy
strength unto this generation,

and thy power to every one that

is to come.

19 Thy righteousness also, O
God, is very high, who hast
done great things : O God, who
is like unto thee

!

20 Thou, which hast showed
me great and sore troubles,
shalt quicken me again, and
shalt bring me up again from
the depths of the earth.

21 Thou shalt increase my
greatness, and comfort me on
every side.

22 I will also praise thee with

the psaltery, even thy truth, O
my God: unto thee will I sing
with the harp, O thou Holy One
of Israel.

23My lips shall greatly rejoice
when I sing unto thee; and my
soul, which thou hast re-
deemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk

of thy righteousness all the day
long: for they are confounded,

for they are brought unto shame,

that seek my hurt.

Psalm 72
A Psalm for Solomon.

XVE the king thy judg-
ments, O God, and thy

righteousness unto the king’s

son.

2

He shall judge thy people
with righteousness, and thy
poor with judgment.

3 The mountains shall bring
peace to the people, and the lit-
tle hills, by righteousness.

4 He shall judge the poor of
the people, he shall save the
children of the needy, and
shall break in pieces the op-

pressor.

5 They shall fear thee as long
as the sun and moon endure,
throughout all generations.

6 He shall come down like
rain upon the mown grass: as
showers that water the earth.

7 In his days shall the righteous

flourish; and abundance of
peace so long as the moon
endureth.

8 He shall have dominion also
from sea to sea, and from the
river unto the ends of the earth.

9 They that dwell in the wil-
derness shall bow before him;
and his enemies shall lick the
dust.

10 The kings of Tarshisli and
of the isles shall bring presents

:

the kings of Sheba and Seba
shall offer gifts.

11 Yea, all kings shall fall

down before him: all nations
shall serve him.

12 For he shall deliver the

needy when he crieth; the poor
also, and him that hath no
helper.

13 He shall spare the poor and
needy, and shall save the souls
of the needy.

14 He shall redeem their soul
from deceit and violence: and
precious shall their blood be in

his sight.

15 And he shall live, and to
him shall be given of the gold
of Sheba: prayer also shall be
made for him continually; and
daily shall he be praised.
16 There shall be a handful of

com in the earth upon the top



46 PSALMS, 73

of the mountains; the fruit

thereof shall shake like Leba-

non : and they of the city shall
flourish like grass of the earth.

17 His name shall endure for
ever: his name shall be con-
tinued as long as the sun

:

and men shall be blessed in
him : all nations shall call him
blessed

18 Blessed be the Lord God,
the God of Israel, who only do-
eth wondrous things.

19 And blessed be his glorious
name for ever : and let the whole
earth be filled with his glory.

Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the

son of Jesse are ended.

Psalm 73
A Psalm of Asaph.

T
RULY God is good to Israel,
even to such as are of a

clean heart.

2

But as for me, my feet were
almost gone; my steps had well
nigh slipped.

3

For I was envious at the fool-
ish, when I saw the prosperity
of the wicked.

4

For there are no bands in

their death: but their strength

is firm.

5

They are not in trouble as
other men; neither are they
plagued like other men.

6

Therefore pride compasseth

them about as a chain; vio-
lence covereth them as a gar-
ment.

7

Their eyes stand out with fat-

ness : they have more than
heart could wish.

8

They are corrupt, and speak
wickedly concerning oppres-

sion : they speak loftily.

9

They set their mouth against
the heavens, and thoir tongue
walketb through the earth.

10 Therefore his people return

hither : and waters of a full cup
are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth
God know? and is there knowl-
edge in the Most High?
12 Behold, these are the un-

godly
,
who prosper in the world

;

they increase in riches.

13 Verily I have cleansed my
heart in vain, and washed my
hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have

I been plagued, and chastened
every morning.

15 If I say, I will speak thus;

behold, I should offend against

the generation of thy children.

16 When I thought to know
this, it was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanc-

tuary of God; then understood I
their end.

18 Surely thou didst set them
in slippery places . thou castedst

them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into

desolation, as in a moment!
they are utterly consumed with
terrors.

20 As a dream when one
awaketh; so, O Lord, when
thou awakest, thou shaft de-

spise theii image.

21 Thus my heart was grieved,
and I was pricked in my
reins.

22 So foolish was I, and igno-
rant: I was as a beast before
thee.

23 Nevertheless I am continu-
ally with thee : thou hast holden

me by my right hand
24 Thou shaft guide me with

thy counsel, and afterward re-

ceive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven

but thee? and there is none up-

on earth that I desire besides

thee



PSALMS. 74 47

26My flesh and my heart fail-
eth : but God is the strength of
my heart, and my portion for
ever.

27 For, lo, they that are far

from thee shall perish: thou

hast destroyed all them that go
a whoring from thee.

28 But it is good for me to draw
near to God: I have put my
trust in the Lord God, that I
may declare all thy works.

Psalm 74
Maschil of Asaph.

0
GOD

,
why hast thou cast us

off tor ever? why doth
thine anger smoke against the
sheep of thy pasture?

2

Remember thy congregation,
which thou hast purchased of

old ; the rod of thine inheritance,

which thou hast redeemed; this

mount Zion, wherein thou hast
dwelt.

3

Lift up thy feet unto the per-

petual desolations; even all

that the enemy hath done wick-
edly in the sanctuary.

4

Thine enemies roar in the
midst of thy congregations ; they

set up their ensigns for signs.

5

A man was famous according
as he had lifted up axes upon
the thick trees.

6

But now they break down the
carved work thereof at once
with axes and hammers.

7

They have cast fire into thy
sanctuary, they have defiled by
casting down the dwelling place
of thy name to the ground.

8

They said in their hearts,
Let us destroy them together:
they have burned up all the syn-
agogues of God in the land.

9

We see not our signs : there is
no more any prophet : neither is
there among us any that know-
eth how long.

10 O God, how long shall the
adversary reproach? shall the

enemy blaspheme thy name for
ever?

11 Why withdrawest thou thy
hand, even thy right hand?

pluck it out of thy bosom.

12 For God is my King of old.
working salvation in the midst

of the earth.

13 Thou didst divide the sea
by thy strength: thou brakest

the heads of the dragons in the

waters.

14 Thou brakest the heads of
leviathan in pieces, and gavest
him to be meat to the people
inhabiting the wilderness.

15 Thou didst cleave the foun-
tain and the flood : thou driedst
up mighty rivers.

16 The day is thine, the night
also is thine : thou hast prepared

the light and the sun.
17 Thouhast set all the borders

of the earth: thou hast made
summer and winter.
18Remember this, that the en-
emy hath reproached, O Lord,
and that the foolish people have
blasphemed thy name.
19 0 deliver not the soul of thy

turtledove unto the multitude of

the wicked: forget not the con-

gregation of thy poor for ever.

20 Have respect unto the cov-
enant : for the dark places of the

earth are full of the habitations

of cruelty.

21 O let not the oppressed re-
turn ashamed : let the poor and
needy praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine
own cause : remember how the
foolish man reproacheth thee
daily.

23 Forget not the voice of thine

enemies: the tumult of those

that rise up against thee in-

creaseth continually.



48 PSALMS, 75

Psalm 75
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,

A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

UNTO thee, O God, do wegive thanks, unto thee do
we give thanks: for that thy
name is near thy wondrous
works declare.

2

When I shall receive the
congregation I will judge up-

rightly.

3

The earth and all the inhabit-
ants thereof are dissolved: I

bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

4 I said unto the fools, Deal

not foolishly : and to the wicked,
Lift not up the horn

:

5

Lift not up your horn on high

:

speak not with a stiff neck.

6

For promotion cometh neither

from the east, nor from the
west, nor from the south.

7

But God is the judge: he
putteth down one, and setteth
up another.

8

For in the hand of the Lord
there is a cup, and the wine is
red ; it is full of mixture ; and he
poureth out of the same: but
the dregs thereof, all the wicked

of the earth shall wring them
out, and drink them .

9

But I will declare for ever; I
will sing praises to the God of
Jacob.

10

All the horns of the wicked

also will I cut off; hut the horns

of the righteous shall be ex-

To the chief Musician on Neginofh,
A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

I
N Judah is God known: his
name is great in Israel.

2 In Salem also is his taber-
nacle, and his dwelling place in
Zion.

3 There brake he the arrows
of the bow, the shield, and the
sword, and the battle. Selah.

4 Thou art more glorious and
excellent than the mountains of
prey.

5 The stouthearted are spoiled,
they have slept their sleep : and
none of the men of might have
found their hands.

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Ja-
cob, both the chariot and horse
are cast into a dead sleep.

7 Thou, even thou, art to be
feared : and who may stand in
thy sight when once thou art
angry?

8 Thou didst cause judgment
to be heard from heaven; the

earth feared, and was still,
9 When God arose to judg-

ment, to save all the meek of
the earth. Selah.

10 Surely the wrath of man
shall praise thee : the remainder

of wrath shalt thou restrain.

11 Vow, and pay unto the
Lord your God: let all that
be round about him bring pres-
ents unto him that ought to be
feared.

12 He shall cut off the spirit
of princes : he is terrible to the

kings of the earth.

Psalm 77
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun,

A Psalm of Asaph.

I
CRIED unto God with my
voice, even unto God withmy

voice; and he gave ear unto me.

2 In the day of my trouble I
sought the Lord : my sore ran in
the night, and ceased not: my
soul refused to be comforted.

3 1 remembered God, and was
troubled : I complained, and my
spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
4 Thou holdest mine eyes wak-

ing : I am so troubled that I can-
not speak.

5 1 have considered the days of

old, the years of ancient times.



49PSALMS. 78

6 I call to remembrance my
song in the night: I commune
with mine own heart: and my
spirit made diligent search.
7 Will the Lord cast off for

ever? and will he be favorable

no more?

8 Is his mercy clean gone for

ever? doth his promise fail for

evermore?

9 Hath God forgotten to be
gracious? hath he in anger shut

up his tender mercies? Selah.

10 And I said, This is my in-
firmity: but I will remember
the years of the right hand of
the Most High.
Ill will remember the works

of the Lord: surely I will re-
member thy wonders of old.
12 I will meditate also of all

thy work, and talk of thy doings.

13 Thy way, O God, is in the
sanctuary: who is so great a
God as our God?
14 Thou art the God that doest
wonders: thou hast declared

thy strength among the people.
15 Thou hast with thine arm

redeemed thy people, the sons

of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

16 The waters saw thee, O
God, the waters saw thee ; they
were afraid: the depths also

were troubled.

17 The clouds poured out
water: the skies sent out a

sound: thine arrows also went
abroad.

18 The voice of thy thunder
was in the heaven: the light-
nings lightened the world: the

earth trembled and shook.
19 Thy way is in the sea,
and thy path in the great wa-
ters, and thy footsteps are not
known.
20 Thou leddest thy people

like a flock by the hand of
Moses and Aaron.

Psalm 78
Maschil of Asaph.

GIVE ear, O my people, tomy law: incline your ears
to the words of my mouth.

2

I will open my mouth in a
parable: I will utter dark say-

ings of old

:

3

Which we have heard and
known, and our fathers have
told us.

4

We will not hide them from
their children, showing to the

generation to come the praises
of the Lord, and his strength,
and his wonderful works that he
hath done.

5

For he established a testi-
mony in Jacob, and appointed a
law in Israel, which he com-
manded our fathers, that they
should make them known to
their children

:

6

That the generation to come
might know them, even the
children which should be bom;
who should arise and declare
them to their children

:

7

That they might set their

hope in God, and not forget the
works of God, but keep his com-
mandments :

8

And might not be as their
fathers, a stubborn and rebel-
lious generation; a generation

that set not their heart aright,

and whose spirit was not stead-
fast with God.

9

The children of Ephraim, be-

ing armed, and carrying bows,
turned back in the day of battle.

10

They kept not the covenant
of God, and refused to walk in
his law;

11

And forgat his works, and
his wonders that he had showed
them.

12

Marvelous things did he in
the sight of their fathers, in the

land ofEgypt, inthefield ofZoan.



50 PSALMS, 78

13 He divided the sea, and
caused them to pass through;
and he made the waters to
stand as a heap.

14 In the daytime also he led
them with a cloud, and all the
night with a light of fire.

15 He clave the rocks in the
wilderness, and gave them
drink as out of the great depths.

16 He brought streams also
out of the rock, and caused
waters to run down like rivers.
17 And they sinned yet more

against him by provoking the
Most High in the wilderness.
18 And they tempted God in

their heart by asking meat for
their lust.

19 Yea, they spake against

God; they said, Can God fur-
nish a table in the wilderness?

20 Behold, he smote the rock,
that the waters gushed out, and
the streams overflowed; can he
give bread also? can he provide
flesh for his people?

21 Therefore the Lord heard
this, and was wroth; so a fire
was kindled against Jacob, and
anger also came up against Is-
rael;

22 Because they believed not

in God, and trusted not in his
salvation

:

23 Though he had commanded
the clouds from above, and
opened the doors of heaven,

24 And had rained down man-
na upon them to eat, and had
given them of the com of
heaven.

25 Man did eat angels’ food

:

he sent them meat to the full.
26 He caused an east wind to

blow in the heaven : and by his
power he brought in the south
wind.

27 He rained flesh also upon
them as dust, and feathered

fowls like as the sand of the
sea:

28 And he let it fall in the
midst of their camp, round
about their habitations.

29 So they did eat, and were
well filled: for he gave them
their own desire;
30 They were not estranged
from their lust : but while their
meat was yet in their mouths,
31 The wrath of God came
upon them, and slew the fattest
of them, and smote down the
chosen men of Israel.
32 For all this they sinned

still, and believed not for his
wondrous works.

33 Therefore their days did he
consume in vanity, and their
years in trouble.

34 When he slew them, then
they sought him : and they re-
turned and inquired early after
God.

35 And they remembered that
God was their rock, and the
high God their redeemer.
36Nevertheless they did flatter
him with their mouth, and they
lied unto him with their tongues.
37 For their heart was not

right with him, neither were

they steadfast in his covenant.

38 But he, beino full of com-
passion, forgave their iniquity,

and destroyed them not: yea,
many a time turned he his
anger away, and did not stir up
all his wrath.

39 For he remembered that
they were but flesh; a wind

that passeth away, and cometh
not again.

40 How oft did they provoke
him in the wilderness, and
grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea, they turned back and

tempted God, and limited the

Holy One of Israel



PSALMS, 78 51

42 They remembered not his
hand, nor the day when he
delivered them from the en-
emy:
43 How he had wrought his

signs in Egypt, and his wonders

in the field of Zoan

:

44 And had turned their rivers
into blood; and their floods,

that they could not drink.

45 He sent divers sorts of flies
among them, which devoured
them; and frogs, which de-

stroyed them.

46 He gave also their increase
unto the caterpillar, and their

labor unto the locust.

47 He destroyed their vines
with hail, and their sycamore

trees with frost.

48 He gave up their cattle also
to the hail, and their flocks to

hot thunderbolts

49 He cast upon them the
fierceness of his anger, wrath,

and indignation, and trouble, by

sending evil angels among
them,

50 He made a way to his an-
ger. he spared not their soul

from death, but gave their life

over to the pestilence;

51 And smote all the firstborn
in Egypt, the chief of their

strength in the tabernacles of

Ham:
52 But made his own people to
go forth like sheep, and guided
them in the wilderness like a
flock.

53 And he led them on safely,
so that they feared non but
the sea overwhelmed their en-
emies

54 And he brought them to the
border of his sanctuary, even to

this mountain, which his right

hand had purchased.
55 He cast out the heathen al-

so before them, and divided

them an inheritance by line, and
made the tribes of Israel to
dwell in their tents.

56 Yet they tempted and pro-
voked the most high God, and
kept not his testimonies

:

57 But turned back, and dealt
unfaithfully like their fathers:

they were turned aside like a
deceitful bow.

58 For they provoked him to
anger with theii high places,

and moved him to jealousy with
their graven images.

59 When God heard this

,

he
was wroth, and greatly ab-
horred Israel:

60 So that he forsook the
tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent

which he placed among men

;

61 And delivered his strength
into captivity, and his glory into
the enemy’s hand.

62 He gave his people over also
unto the sword; and was wroth
with his inheritance.

63 The fire consumed their
young men; and their maidens
were not given to marriage.

64 Their priests fell by the
sword; and their widows made
no lamentation.

65 Then the Lord awaked as
one out of sleep, and like a
mighty man that shouteth by
reason of wine.

66 And he smote his en-
emies in the hinder parts: he
put them to a perpetual re-
proach.

67 Moreover he refused the
tabernacle of Joseph, and chose
not the tribe of Ephraim

:

68 But chose the tribe of

Judah, the mount Zion which he
loved.

69 And he built his sanctuary
like high palaces, like the earth

which he hath established for
ever.



52 PSALMS, 79

70 He chose David also his
servant, and took him from the
sheepfolds

:

71 From following the ewes
great with young he brought
him to feed Jacob his people,
and Israel his inheritance.
72 So he fed them according

to the integrity of his heart; and
guided them by the skilfulness
of his hands.

Psalm 79
A Psalm of Asaph.

0
GOD, the heathen are come
into thine inheritance; thy

holy temple have they defiled;
they have laid Jerusalem on
heaps.

2

The dead bodies of thy serv-
ants have they given to be meat
unto the fowls of the heaven,
the flesh of thy saints unto the
beasts of the earth.

3

Their blood have they shed
like water round about Jeru-
salem; and there was none to
bury them.

4

We are become a reproach
to our neighbors, a scorn and
derision to them that are round
about us.

5

How long, Lord? wilt thou
be angry for ever? shall thy
jealousy bum like fire?

6

Pour out thy wrath upon the
heathen that have not known
thee

,
anduponthekingdomsthat

have not called upon thy name.
7 For they have devoured Ja-

cob, and laid waste his dwelling
place.

8

O remember not against us
former iniquities : let thy tender
mercies speedily prevent us; for
we are brought very low.

9

Help us, O God of our salva-
tion, for the glory of thy name

:

and deliver us, and purge away
our sins, for thy name’s sake.

10 Wherefore should the hea-
then say. Where is their God?
let him be known among the
heathen in our sight by the
revenging of the blood of thy
servants which is shed.

11 Let the sighing of the pris-
oner come before thee ; accord-
ing to the greatness of thy

power preserve thou those that
are appointed to die;

12 And render unto our neigh-
bors sevenfold into their bosom
their reproach, wherewith they
have reproached thee, O Lord.
13 So we thy people and sheep

of thy pasture will give thee
thanks for ever: we will show
forth thy praise to all genera-

tions.

Psalm 80
To the chief Musician upon Shoshan-

nim-Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.

GIVE ear, O Shepherd ofIsrael, thou that leadest
Joseph like a flock; thou that
dwellest between the cherubim,
shine forth.

2 Before Ephraim and Benja-
min and Manasseh stir up thy
strength, and come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and

cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved.
4 O Lord God of hosts, how

long wilt thou be angry against
the prayer of thy people?

5 Thou feedest them with the
bread of tears; and givest them
tears to drink in great measure.

6 Thou makest us a strife unto
our neighbors : and our enemies
laugh among themselves.

7

Turn us again, O God of
hosts, and cause thy face to
shine; and we shall be saved.

8

Thou hast brought a vine out
of Egypt : thou hast cast out the
heathen, and planted it.



PSALMS. 81 53

9 Thou preparedst room be-
fore it, and didst cause it to
take deep root, and it filled the
land.

10 The hills were covered with
the shadow of it, and the boughs
thereof were like the goodly ce-
dars.

11 She sent out her boughs un-
to the sea, and her branches
unto the river.

12 Why hast thou then broken
down her hedges, so that all
they which pass by the way do
pluck her?

13 The boar out of the wood
doth waste it, and the wild
beast of the field doth de-

vour it.

14 Return, we beseech thee, O
God of hosts: look down from
heaven, and behold, and visit
this vine;

15 And the vineyard which thy
right hand hath planted, and the
branch that thou madest strong
for thyself.

16 It is burned with fire, it is
cut down: they perish at the
rebuke of thy countenance.

17 Let thy hand be upon the
man of thy right hand, upon the
son of man whom thou madest
strong for thyself.

18 So will not we go back from
thee: quicken us, and we will
call upon thy name.
19 Turn us again, O Lord God

of hosts, cause thy face to

shine; and we shall be saved.

Psalm 81
To the chief Musician upon Gittith,

A Psalm of Asaph.

S
ING aloud unto God our
strength : make a joyful

noise unto the God of Jacob.

2

Take a psalm, and bring
hither the timbrel, the pleasant

harp with the psaltery.

3 Blow up the trumpet in the
new moon, in the time appoint-
ed, on our solemn feast day.
4 For this was a statute for

Israel, and a law of the God of
Jacob.

5 This he ordained in Joseph
for a testimony, when he went
out through the land of Egypt

:

where I heard a language that I
understood not.

6 I removed his shoulder from
the burden : his hands were de-
livered from the pots.

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and
I delivered thee; I answered
thee in the secret place of thun-

der : I proved thee at the waters

ofMeribah. Selah.

8 Hear, O my people, and I
will testify unto thee : O Israel,
if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9 There shall no strange god

be in thee; neither shait thou

worship any strange god.

10 I am the Lord thy God,
which brought thee out of the

land of Egypt : open thy mouth
wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not

hearken to my voice; and Israel
would none of me.
12 So I gave them up unto their
own hearts* lust : and they
walked in their own counsels.
13 Oh that my people had

hearkened unto me, and Israel

had walked in my ways!
14 1 should soon have subdued

their enemies, and turned my
hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the Lord

should have submitted them-

selves unto him : but their time
should have endured for ever.

16 He should have fed them
also with the finest of the

wheat: and with honey out of
the rock should I have satisfied

thee.



54 PSALMS, 82

Psalm 82
A Psalm of Asaph.

GOD standeth in the congre-gation of the mighty; he
judgeth among the gods.

2

How long will ye judge un-
justly, and accept the persons of
the wicked? Selah.

3

Defend the poor and father-

less : do justice to the afflicted

and needy.

4

Deliver the poor and needy

:

rid them out of the hand of the
wicked.

5

They know not, neither will
they understand; they walk on

in darkness : all the foundations

of the earth are out of course.

6 1 have said, Ye are gods; and
all of you are children of the

Most High.
7 But ye shall die like men,

and fall like one of the princes.

8 Arise, O God, judge the
earth : for thou shalt inherit all

nations. _
Psalm 83

A Song or Psalm of Asaph.

KEEP not thou silence, OGod: hold not thy peace,
and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make

a tumult: and they that hate

thee have lifted up the head.

3 They have taken crafty coun-
sel against thy people, and con-

sulted against thy hidden ones.

4 Theyhave said, Come, and let

us cut them off from being a na-

tion ; that thename of Israelmay
be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted to-

gether with one consent: they

are confederate against thee

:

6

The tabernacles of Edom,
and the Ishmaelites; of Moab,
and the Hagarenes;

7

Gebal, and Ammon, and
Amalek; the Philistines with

the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Assur also is joined with

them: they have helped the
children of Lot. Selah.

9 Do unto them as unto the
Midianites; as to Sisera, as to

Jabin, at the brook of Kison

:

10 Which perished at En-dor:
they became as dung for the
earth.

1 1Make their nobles like Oreb,
and like Zeeb: yea, all their
princes as Zebah, and as Zal-
munna

:

12 Who said. Let us take to
ourselves the houses of God in
possession.

13 O my God, make them like
a wheel; as the stubble before

the wind.

14 As the fire bumeth a wood,
and as the flame setteth the
mountains on fire;

15 So persecute them with thy
tempest, and make them afraid
with thy storm.

16 Fill their faces with shame;

that they may seek thy name,
O Lord.
17 Let them be confounded

and troubled for ever; yea, let
them be put to shame, and
perish

:

18 That men may know that
thou, whose name alone is JE-
HOVAH, art the Most High
over all the earth.

Psalm 84
To the chief Musician upon Gittith,
A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

HOW amiable are thy taber-nacles, O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even

fainteth for the courts of the

Lord: my heart and my flesh
crieth out for the living God.

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a

house,andthe swallowa nest for
herself, where she may lay her
young, even thine altars, O



PSALMS, 86 55

Lord of hosts, my King, and
my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell

in thy house : they will be still

praising thee. Selah.

5 Blessed is the man whose
strength is in thee; in whose

heart are the ways of them.

6 Who passing through the
valley of Baca make it a well;
the rain also filleth the pools.

7 They go from strength to

strength, every one of them in

Zion appeareth before God.

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear
my prayer: give ear, O God of
Jacob. Selah.

9 Behold, O God our shield,
and look upon the face of thine

anointed.

10 For a day in thy courts is

better than a thousand. I had

rather be a doorkeeper in the

house of my God, than to dwell
in the tents of wickedness.

11 For the Lord God is a sun
and shield : the Lord will give
grace and glory: no good thing

will he withhold from them that
walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is
the man that trusteth in thee.

Psalm 85
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for

the sons of Korah.

I
ORD, thou hast been favor-
i able unto thy land: thou

hast brought back the captivity

of Jacob.

2

Thou hast forgiven the in-
iquity of thy people; thou hast

covered all their sin. Selah.

3

Thou hast taken away all
thy wrath: thou hast turned

thyself from the fierceness of

thine anger.

4

Turn us, O God of our sal-
vation, and cause thine anger
toward us to cease.

5 Wilt thou be angry with us

for ever? wilt thou draw out
thine anger to all generations?

6Wilt thou not revive us again

:

that thy people may rejoice in
thee?

7 Show us thy mercy, O Lord,
and grant us thy salvation.

8 I will hear what God the
Lord will speak: for he will
speak peace unto his people, and

to his saints: but let them not
turn again to folly.

9 Surely his salvation is nigh

them that fear him; that glory
may dwell in our land.
10 Mercy and truth are met to-

gether; righteousness and peace

have kissed each other.

11 Truth shall spring out of the

earth; and righteousness shall

look down from heaven.
12 Yea, the Lord shah give

that which is good; and our land
shall yield her increase.

13 Righteousness shall go be-

fore him; and shall set us ia the

way of his steps.

Psalm 86
A Prayer of David.

BOW
down thine ear, O Lord,

hearme : for I am poor and
needy.

2

Preserve my soul; for I am
holy : O thou my God, save thy
servant that trusteth in thee.

3

Be merciful unto me, O
Lord: for I cry unto thee

daily.

4

Rejoice the soul of thy serv-

ant : for unto thee, O Lord, do 1
lift up my soul.

5

For thou, Lord, art good, and

ready to forgive ; and plenteous

in mercy unto all them that call

upon thee.

6

Give ear, O Lord, unto my
prayer; and attend to the voice

i of my supplications



56 PSALMS, 87

7 In the day of my trouble I
will call upon thee : for thou wilt

answer me.

8 Among the gods there is none
like unto thee, O Lord; neither
are there any works like unto

thy works.

9 All nations whom thou hast
made shall come and worship
before thee, O Lord; and shall
glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great, and

doest wondrous things: thou
art God alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O Lord;

I will walk in thy truth: unite
my heart to fear thy name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord
my God, with all my heart : and
I will glorify thy name for ever-
more.

13 For great is thy mercy to-
wardme : and thou hast deliver-
ed my soul from the lowest hell.
14 O God, the proud are risen

against me, and the assemblies
of violent men have sought after
my soul : and have not set thee
before them.

15 But thou, O Lord, art a God
full of compassion, and gracious,
long-suffering, and plenteous in
mercy and truth.
16 O turn unto me, and have

mercy upon me; give thy
strength unto thy servant, and

save the son of thine handmaid.

17 Show me a token for good;
that they which hate me may
see it, and be ashamed: be-
cause thou, Lord, hast helped
me, and comforted me.

Psalm 87
A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.

HIS foundation is in the holymountains.
2 The Lord loveth the gates of

Zion more than all the dwellings
of Jacob.

3 Glorious things are spoken !
of thee, O city of God. Selah.
4 1 will make mention ofRahab
and Babylon to them that know
me : behold Philistia, and Tyre, -
with Ethiopia; this man was
bom there.
5 And of Zion it shall be said,

This and that man was bom in
her: and the Highest himself
shall establish her.

6 The Lord shall count, when
he writeth up the people, that
this man was bom there. Selah.
7 As well the singers as the

players on instruments shall be

there: all my springs are in
thee.

Psalm 88
A Song or Psalm for the sons of

Korah, to the chief Musician upon

Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of

Heman the Ezrahite.

0
LORD God of my salvation,
I have cried day and night

before thee

:

2 Let my prayer come before
thee : incline thine ear unto my
cry;

3 For my soul is full of trou-
bles : and my life draweth nigh
unto the grave.

4 1 am counted with them that t
go down into the pit : I am as a i
man that hath no strength

:

5 Free among the dead, like
the slain that lie in the grave,

whom thou rememberest no
more : and they are cut off from
thy hand.

6 Thou hast laidme in the low-
est pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon
me, and thou hast afflicted me
with all thy waves. Selah.

8 Thou hast put away mine
acquaintance far from me; thou
hast made me an abomination
unto them : I am shut up, and I
cannot come forth.



PSALMS, 89 57

9 Mine eye moumeth by rea-
son of affliction: Lord, I have
called daily upon thee, I have
stretched out my hands unto
thee.

10 Wilt thou show wonders to
the dead? shall the dead arise
and praise thee? Selah.
11 Shall thy loving-kindness

be declared in the grave? or thy
faithfulness in destruction?

12 Shall thy wonders be known
in the dark? and thy righteous-
ness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But unto thee have I cried,
O Lord; and in the morning
shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 Lord, why castest thou off
my soul? why hidest thou thy
face from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to

die from my youth up : while I
suffer thy terrors I am dis-
tracted.

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over
me; thy terrors have cut me
off.

17 They came round about me
daily like water; they com-
passed me about together.
18 Lover and friend hast thou

put far from me, and mine ac-
quaintance into darkness.

Psalm 89
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I
WILL sing of the mercies of
the Lord for ever : with my

mouth will I make known thy
faithfulness to all generations.

2 For I have said, Mercy shall
be built up for ever : thy faith-
fulness shalt thou establish in

the very heavens.

3 1 have made a covenant with
my chosen, I have sworn unto
David my servant,

4

Thy seed will I establish for
ever, and build up thy throne to
all generations. Selah

5 And the heavens shall praise
thy wonders, O Lord : thy
faithfulness also in the congre-

gation of the saints.

6 For who in the heaven can
be compared unto the Lord?
who among the sons of the
mighty can be likened unto
the Lord?
7 God is greatly to be feared in

the assembly of the saints, and

to be had in reverence of all
them that are about him.

8 O Lord God of hosts, who is
a strong Lord like unto thee?
or to thy faithfulness round

about thee?

9 Thou rulest the raging of the
sea: when the waves thereof
arise, thou stillest them.

10 Thou hast broken Rahab in
pieces, as one that is slain ; thou

hast scattered thine enemies

with thy strong arm.

11 The heavens are thine, the
earth also is thine: as for the

world and the fulness thereof,

thou hast founded them.

12 The north and the south
thou hast created them : Tabor
and Hermon shall rejoice in thy
name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm :

strong is thy hand, and high is

thy right hand.

14 Justice and judgment are

the habitation of thy throne:

mercy and truth shall go before
thy face.

15 Blessed is the people that

know the joyful sound: they
shall walk, O Lord, in the light
of thy countenance.

16 In thy name shall they re-
joice all the day: and in thy
righteousness shall they be ex-

alted.

17 For thou art the glory of

their strength : and in thy favor
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18 For the Lord is our de-
fense; and the Holy One of
Israel is our King.

19 Then thou spakest in vision
to thy holy one, and saidst, I
have laid help upon one that is
mighty; I have exalted one
chosen out of the people.

20 I have found David my
servant; with my holy oil have I
anointed him

:

21 With whom my hand shall
be established: mine arm also
shall strengthen him.

22 The enemy shall not exact
upon him; nor the son of wick-
edness afflict him.

23 And I will beat down his
foes before his face, and plague
them that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my

mercy shall be with him : and in
my name shall his horn be
exalted.

25 I will set his hand also in
the sea, and his right hand in
the rivers.

26 He shall cry unto me, Thou
art my father, my God, and the
rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my

firstborn, higher than the kings

of the earth.

28 My mercy will I keep for
him for evermore, and my cove-
nant shall stand fast with him.

29 His seed also will I make to
endure for ever, and his throne

as the days of heaven.

30 If his children forsake my
law, and walk not in my judg-
ments;

31 If they break my statutes,
and keep not my command-
ments;

32 Then will I visit their trans-
gression with the rod, and their
iniquity with stripes.

33 Nevertheless my loving-
kindness will I not utterly take

from him, nor suffer my faith-
fulness to fail.

34 My covenant will I not
break, nor alter the thing that

is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my

holiness that I will not lie unto
David.

36 His seed shall endure for
ever, and his throne as the sun
before me.
37 It shall be established for
ever as the moon, and as a
faithful witness in heaven.

Selah.

38 But thou hast cast off and
abhorred, thou hast been wroth
with thine anointed.

39 Thou hast made void the
covenant of thy servant: thou

hast profaned his crown by
casting it to the ground.

49 Thou hast broken down all
his hedges; thou hast brought

his strongholds to ruin.

41 All that pass by the way
spoil him: he is a reproach to
his neighbors.

42 Thou hast set up the right
hand of his adversaries; thou
hast made all his enemies to re-
joice.

43 Thou hast also turned the
edge of his sword, and hastt

not made him to stand in the
battle.

44 Thou hast made his glory to
cease, and cast his throne down
to the ground.

45 The days of his youth hast t
thou shortened : thou hast cov-

ered him with shame. Selah.
46 How long, Lord? wilt thou

hide thyself for ever? shall thy

wrath bum like fire?
47 Remember how short my

time is : wherefore hast thou

made all men in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth,
and shall not see death? shall 1



PSALMS. 91 59

he deliver his soul from the

hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former

loving-kindnesses, which thou

swarest unto David in thy

truth?

50 Remember, Lord, the re-
proach of thy servants ; howl do
bear in my bosom the reproach
of all the mighty people

;

51 Wherewith thine enemies
have reproached, O Lord;
wherewith theyhave reproached

the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 Blessed he the Lord for
evermore. Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 90
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

L
ORD, thou hast been our
t dwelling place in all gener-

ations.

2

Before the mountains were

brought forth, or ever thou

hadst formed the earth and the

world, even from everlasting to

everlasting, thou art God.

3

Thou turnest man to de-
struction; and sayest, Return,
ye children of men.

4

For a thousand years in thy

sight are but as yesterday when
it is past, and as a watch in the
night.

5

Thou earnest them away as
with a flood; they are as a

sleep : in the morning they are

like grass which groweth up.

6

In the morning it flourisheth,

and groweth up ; in the evening
it is cut down, and withereth.

7

For we are consumed by
thine anger, and by thy wrath

are we troubled.

8

Thou hast set our iniquities
before thee, our secret sins in

the light of thy countenance.

9

For all our days are passed

away in thy wrath: we spend
our years as a tale that is told .

10 The days of our years are
threescore years and ten , and if
by reason of strength they be
fourscore years, yet is their

strength labor and sorrow;
for it is soon cut off, and we fly
away.

1 1 Who knoweth the power of
thine anger? even according to

thy fear, so is thy wrath.

12 So teach us to number our
days, that we may apply our
hearts unto wisdom.

13 Return, O Lord, how long?
and let it repent thee concern-
ing thy servants.

14 O satisfy us early with thy
mercy; that we may rejoice and
be glad all our days.

15 Make us glad according to
the days wherein thou hast

afflicted us, and the years

wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto

thy servants, and thy glory unto
their children.

17 And let the beauty of the
Lord our God be upon us : and
establish thou the work of our

hands upon us; yea, the work

of our hands establish thou it.

Psalm 91

HE that dwelletb in the se-cret place of the Most High
shall abide under the shadow of
the Almighty.

2 1 will say of the Lord, He is
my refuge and my fortress : my
God; in him will I trust.

3 Surely he shall deliver thee

from the snare of the fowler,

and from the noisome pestilence.

4 He shall cover thee with his
feathers, and under his wings

shalt thou trust : his truth shall

be thy shield and buckler.

5 Thou shalt nol be afraid for

the terror by night; nor for the

arrow that flieth by day:



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6 Nor for the pestilence that
walketh in darkness; nor for

the destruction that wasteth at

noonday.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy
side, and ten thousand at thy
right hand ; hut it shall not come
nigh thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt

thou behold and see the reward
of the wicked.

9 Because thou hast made the
Lord, which is my refuge, even
the Most High, thy habitation

;

10 There shall no evil befall

thee, neither shall any plague

come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels

charge over thee, to keep thee in

all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in
their hands, lest thou dash thy

foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the
lion and adder: the young lion

and the dragon shalt thou

trample under feet.

14 E>ecause he hath set his

love upon me, therefore will I
deliver him: I will set him on
high, because he hath known
my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I

will answer him : I will be with
him in trouble; I will deliver
him, and honor him.
16 With long life will I satisfy

him, and show him my salva-
tion. ^

Psalm 92
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.

/
t is a good thing to give thanks

unto the Lord, and to sing
praises unto thy name, O Most
High:

2

To show forth thy loving-
kindness in the morning, and

thy faithfulness every night,

3

Upon an instrument of ten
strings, and uoon the psaltery;

upon the harp with a solemn
sound.

4 For thou, Lord, hast made
me glad through thy work: I
will triumph in the works of
thy hands.

5 O Lord, how great are thy
works! and thy thoughts are
very deep.

6 A brutish man knoweth not;
neither doth a fool understand

this.

7 When the wicked spring as
the grass, and when all the
workers of iniquity do flourish

;

it is that they shall be destroyed
for ever

:

8 But thou, Lord, art most
high for evermore.

9 For, lo, thine enemies, O
Lord, for, lo, thine enemies
shall perish; all the workers of

iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my horn shalt thou

exalt like the horn of a unicorn

:

I shall be anointed with fresh
oil.

11 Mine eye also shall see my
desire on mine enemies, and
mine ears shall hear my desire
of the wicked that rise up
against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish

like the palm tree: he shall

grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13 Those that be planted in the

house of the Lord shall flourish
in the courts of our God.

14 They shall still bring forth
fruit in old age; they shall be fat

and flourishing

;

15 To show that the Lord is
upright: he is my rock, and
there is no unrighteousness in

him.
Psalm 93

T
HE Lord reigneth, he is
clothed with majesty; the

Lord is clothed with strength,
wherewith he hath girded him-



PSALMS, 95 61

self: the world also is stab-

lished, that it cannot be moved.

2 Thy throne is established of
old : thou art from everlasting.

3 The floods have lifted up, O
Lord, the floods have lifted up
their voice; the floods lift up

their waves.

4 The Lord on high is mightier
than the noise of many waters,
yea, than the mighty waves of
the sea.

5 Thy testimonies are very
sure: holiness becometh thine

house, O Lord, for ever.

Psalm 94

0
LORD God, to whom ven-
geance belongeth; O God,

to whom vengeance belongeth,
show thyself.

2

Lift up thyself, thou judge
of the earth: render a reward
to the proud.

3

Lord, how long shall the
wicked, how long shall the
wicked triumph?

4

How long shall they utter
and speak hard things? and all
the workers of iniquity boast

themselves?

5

They break in pieces thy
people, O Lord, and afflict
thine heritage.

6

They slay the widow and the
stranger, and murder the father-
less.

7

Yet they say, The Lord shall
not see, neither shall the God of
Jacob regard it

8 Understand, ye brutish
among the people : and ye fools,
when will ye be wise?

9

He that planted the ear, shall
he not hear? he that formed the
eye, shall he not see?

10

He that chastiseih the hea-
then, shall not he correct? he
that teacheth man knowledge,
shall not he know

?

11 The Lord knoweth the
thoughts of man, that they are
vanity.

12 Blessed is the man whom
thou chastenest. O Lord, and
teachest him out of thy law

;

13 That thou mayest give him
rest from the days of adversity,

until the pit be digged for the

wicked.

14 For the Lord will not cast
off his people, neither will he

forsake his inheritance.

15 But judgment shall return
unto righteousness : and all the
upright in heart shall follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me
against the evildoers? or who
will stand up for me against the
workers of iniquity?

17 Unless the Lord had been
my help, my soul had almost
dwelt in silence.

18 When I said, My foot slip-
peth; thy mercy, O Lore, held
me up.
19 In the multitude of my

thoughts within me thy com-
forts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity

have fellowship with thee,
whichframethmischiefby alaw?

21 They gather themselves to-
gether against the soul of the

righteous, and condemn the in-
nocent blood.

22 But the LORD is my de-
fense; and my God is the rock
of my refuge.
23 And he shall bring upon
them their own iniquity, and
shall cut them off in their own
wickedness ; yea, the Lord our
God shall cut them off.

Psalm 95

0
COME, let us sing unto the
Lord : let us make a joyful

noise to the rock of our salva-

tion.



'

62 PSALMS, 96

2 Let us come before his pres-
ence with thanksgiving, and
make a joyful noise unto him
with psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all
gods.

4 In his hand are the deep
places of the earth : the strength

of the hills is his also.

5 The sea is his, and he made
it: and his hands formed the
dry land.

6 O come, let us worship and
bow down : let us kneel before
the Lord out maker.
7 For he is our God; and
we are the people of his pas-
ture, and the sheep of his
hand. To-day if ye will hear

his voice,

8 Harden not your heart, as in
the provocation, and as in the
day of temptation in the wilder-

ness:

9 When your fathers tempted
me, proved me, and saw my
work.

10 Forty years long was I
grieved with this generation,

and said, It is a people that do

err in their heart, and they have

not known my ways

:

11 Unto whom I sware in my
wrath that they should not

enter into my rest.

Psalm 96

O
SING unto the Lord a new
song : sing unto the Lord,

all the earth.

2

Sing unto the Lord, bless
his name; show forth his salva-
tion from day to day.

3

Declare his glory among the
heathen, his wonders among all
people.

4

For the Lord is great, and
greatly to be praised : he is to be
feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the na-
tions are idols: but the Lord
made the heavens.
6 Honor and majesty are be-

fore him: strength and beauty.
are in his sanctuary.

7 Give unto the Lord, O ye
;

kindreds of the people, give un-

to the Lord glory and strength.
8 Give unto the Lord the

glory due unto his name : bring
an offering, and come into his
courts.

9 O worship the Lord in the
beauty of holiness : fear before

him, all the earth.

10 Say among the heathen
that the Lord reigneth: the
world also shall be established
that it shall not be moved: he
shall judge the people right-

eously.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and
let the earth be glad; let the sea

roar, and the fulness thereof.
12 Let the field be joyful, and

all that is therein : then shall all

the trees of the wood rejoice
13 Before the Lord: for he

cometh, for he cometh to judge
the earth: he shall judge the
world with righteousness, and
the people with his truth.

Psalm 97

T
HE Lord reigneth; let the
earth rejoice; let the mul-

titude of isles be glad thereof.

2

Clouds and darkness are
round about him : righteousness
and judgment are the habita-
tion of his throne.

3

A fire goeth before him, and
bumeth up his enemies round
about.

4

His lightnings enlightened

the world: the earth saw, and

trembled.

5

The hills melted like wax at
the presence of the Lord, at the



PSALMS, 99 63

presence of the Lord of the

whole earth.

6 The heavens declare his
righteousness, and all the people

see his glory.

7 Confounded be all they that

serve graven images, that boast

themselves of idols: worship

him, all ye gods.

8 Zion heard, and was glad;
and the daughters of Judah re-

joiced because of thy judg-

ments, O Lord.
9 For thou, Lord, art high
above all the earth: thou art

exalted far above all gods.

10 Ye that love the Lord, hate
evil : he preserveth the souls of

his saints; he delivereth them

out of the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown for the right-

eous, and gladness for the up-

right in heart.

12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye
righteous; and give thanks at

the remembrance of his holi-

ness.
Psalm 98
A Psalm.

O
SING unto the Lord a new
song ; for he hath done mar-

velous things: his right hand,

and his holy arm, hath gotten
him the victory.

2

The Lord hath made known
his salvation : his righteousness

hath he openly showed in the
sight of the heathen.

3

He hath remembered his
mercy and his truth toward the
house of Israel : all the ends of

the earth have seen the salva-

tion of our God.

4

Make a joyful noise unto the
Lord, all the earth: make a
loud noise, and rejoice, and
sing praise.

5

Sing unto the Lord with the
harp; with the harp, and the
voice of a psalm.

6 With trumpets and sound of
cornet make a joyful noise be-
fore the Lord, the King.
7 Let the sea roar, and the ful-

ness thereof; the world, and
they that dwell therein.

8 Let the floods clap their

hands: let the hills be joyful

together

9 Before the Lord; for he
cometh to judge the earth : with
righteousness shall he judge
the world, and the people with
equity.

PSALM 99

T
HE Lord reigneth; let the
people tremble: he sitteth

between the cherubim; let the
earth be moved.

2

The Lord is great in Zion;
and he is high above all the
people.

3

Let them praise thy great
and terrible name; for it is
holy.

4

The king’s strength also lov-
eth judgment; thou dost es-

tablish equity, thou executest

judgment and righteousness in
Jacob.

5

Exalt ye the Lord our God,
and worship at his footstool; for
he is holy.

6

Moses and Aaron among his
priests, and Samuel among them
that call upon his name; they
called upon the Lord, and he
answered them.

7

He spake unto them in the
cloudy pillar : they kept his tes-

timonies, and the ordinance that
he gave them.

8

Thou answeredst them, O
Lord our God: thou wast a
God that forgavest them, though
thou tookest vengeance of their

inventions.

9

Exalt the Lord our God, and
worship at his holy hill; for the

Lord our God is holy.



64 PSALMS. 100

Psalm 100
A Psalm of praise.

MAKE a joyful noise untothe Lord, all ye lands.
2

Serve the Lord with glad-
ness : come before his presence
with singing.

3

Know ye that the Lord he
is God : it is he that hath made
us, and not we ourselves; we
are his people, and the sheep of
his pasture.

4

Enter into his gates with

thanksgiving, and into his
courts with praise: be thank-

ful unto him, and bless his
name.

5

For the Lord is good; his
mercy is everlasting; and his
truth endureth to all genera-

tions.

Psalm 101
A Psalm of David.

I
WILL sing of mercy and
judgment : unto thee, O

Lord, will I sing.

2

I will behave myself wisely

in a perfect way. O when wilt
thou come unto me? I will walk
within my house with a perfect
heart.

3 1 will set no wicked thing be-
fore mine eyes : I hate the work

of them that turn aside ; it shall
not cleave to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart
from me: I will not know a
wicked Person .

5 Whoso privily slandereth his
neighbor, him will I cut off:
him that hath a high look and
a proud heart will not T suffer.

6

Mine eyes shall be upon the
faithful of the land, that they

may dwell with me: he that
walketh in a perfect way, he

shall serve me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall

not dwell within my house : he

that telleth lies shall not tarry

in my sight.

8

I will early destroy all the

wicked of the land; that I may
cut off all wicked doers from
the city of the Lord.

Psalm 102
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is
overwhelmed, and poureth out his
complaint before the Lord.

HEAR my prayer, O Lord,and let my cry come unto
thee.

2 Hide not thy face from me in
the day when I am in trouble;
incline thine ear unto me: in
the day when I call answer me
speedily.

3

For my days are consumed
like smoke, and my bones are
burned as a hearth.

4

My heart is smitten, and
withered like grass; so that I

forget to eat my bread.

5

By reason of the voice of my
groaning my bones cleave to my
skin.

6

I am like a pelican of the
wilderness : I am like an owl of
the desert.

7 1 watch, and am as a sparrow
alone upon the housetop.

8 Mine enemies reproach me
all the day; and they that are

mad against me are sworn
against me.

9

For I have eaten ashes like

bread, and mingled my drink
with weeping,

10

Because of thine indigna-

tion and thy wrath: for thou
hast lifted me up, and cast me
down.

11

My days are like a shadow
that declineth: and I am wither-
ed like grass.

12

But thou, O Lord, shalt en-
dure for ever; and thy remem-
brance unto all generations.



PSALMS, 103 65

13 Thou shalt arise, and have
mercy upon Zion : for the time

to favor her, yea, the set time,

is come.

14 For thy servants take pleas-

ure in her stones, and favor the
dust thereof.

15 So the heathen shall fear

the name of the Lord, and all
the kings of the earth thy

glory.

16 When the Lord shall build
up Zion, he shall appear in his

glory.

17 He will regard the prayer of
the destitute, and not despise
their prayer.

18 This shall be written for the

generation to come: and the
people which shall be created

shall praise the Lord.
19 For he hath looked down

from the height of his sanctu-

ary; from heaven did the Lord
behold the earth;

20 To hear the groaning of the
prisoner; to loose those that are

appointed to death;

21 To declare the name of the
Lord in Zion, and his praise in
Jerusalem;

22When the people are gather-
ed together, and the kingdoms,

to serve the LORD.
23 He weakened my strength

in the way; he shortened my
days.

24 I said, O my God, take me
not away in the midst of my
days : thy years are throughout

all generations.

25 Of old hast thou laid the

foundation of the earth : and the
heavens are the work of thy
hands.

26 They shall perish, but thou
shalt endure: yea, all of them
shall wax old like a garment;
as a vesture shalt thou change

them, andthey shallbe changed

:

27 But thou art the same, and
thy years shall have no end.
28 The children of thy servants

shall continue, and their seed
shall be established before thee.

Psalm 103
A Psalm of David.

BLESS the Lord, O my soul

:

and all that is within me,
bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all nis benefits

:

3 Who forgiveth all thine in-
iquities; who healeth all thy
diseases;

4

Who redeemeth thy life from
destruction; who crowneth thee
with loving-kindness and tender
mercies;

5

Who satisfieth thymouth with
good things; so that thy youth

is renewed like the eagle’s.

6

The Lord executeth right-
eousness and judgment for all
that are oppressed.

7

He made known his ways
unto Moses, his acts unto the
children of Israel.

8

The Lord is merciful and
gracious, slow to anger, and
plenteous in mercy.

9

He will not always chide:
neither will he keep his anger
for ever.

10

He hath not dealt with us
after our sins; nor rewarded us
according to our iniquities.

11

For as the heaven is high
above the earth, so great is his

mercytowardthem that fearhim.

12

As far as the east is from
the west, so far hath he removed
our transgressions from us.

13

Like as a father pitieth his

children, so the LORD pitieth
them that fear him.

14

For he knoweth our frame;
he remembereth that we are
dust.



66 PSALMS, 104

15 As for man, his days are as
grass : as a flower of the field,

so he flourisheth.

16 For the wind passeth over
it, and it is gone; and the place
thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord

is from everlasting to everlast-

ing upon them that fear him,
and his righteousness unto chil-
dren’s children;

18 To such as keep his cove-
nant, and to those that remem-
ber his commandments to do
them.

19 The Lord hath prepared
his throne in the heavens; and

his kingdom ruleth over all.

20 Bless the Lord, ye his an-
gels, that excel in strength, that

do hiscommandments
,
hearken-

ing unto the voice of his word.

21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye
his hosts; ye ministers of his,

that do his pleasure.

22 Bless the Lord, all his
works in all places of his do-

minion : bless the Lord, O my
soul.

Psalm 104

BLESS the Lord, O
my soul.

O Lord my God, thou art
very great; thou art clothed with

honor and majesty:

2

Who coverest thyself with
light as with a garment: who
stretchest out the heavens like

a curtain:

3

Who layeth the beams of his
chambers in the waters: who
maketh the clouds his chariot

:

who walketh upon the wings of
the wind:

4

Who maketh his angels
spirits; his ministers a flaming

fire:

5

Who laid the foundations of
the earth, that it should not be

removed for ever.

6 Thou coveredst it with the
deep as with a garment: the
waters stood above the moun-
tains.

7 At thy rebuke they fled; at
the voice of thy thunder they

hasted away.

8 They go up by the moun-
tains; they go down by the
valleys unto the place which

thou hast founded for them.

9 Thou hast set a bound that
they may not pass over; that
they turn not again to cover

the earth.

10 He sendeth the springs into
the valleys, which run among
the hills.

11 They give drink to every
beast of the field : the wild asses

quench their thirst.

12 By them shall the fowls of
the heaven have their habi-

tation, which sing among the
branches.

13 He watereth the hills from
his chambers : the earth is satis-

fied with the fruit of thy works.

14 He causeth the grass to
grow for the cattle, and herb for
the service of man: that he
may bring forth food out of the
earth;

15 And wine that maketh glad
the heart of man, and oil to
make his face to shine, and
bread which strengthened

man’s heart.

16 The trees of the Lord are
full of sap; the cedars of Leb-

anon, which he hath planted;

17 Where the birds make their
nests: as for the stork, the fir

trees are her house.

18 The high hills are a refuge
for the wild goats; and the

rocks for the conies.

19 He appointed the moon for
seasons: the sun knoweth his

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20 Thou makest darkness, and
it is night : wherein all the beasts

of the forest do creep forth .

21 The young lions roar after
their prey, and seek their meat
from God.

22 The sun ariseth, they gather
themselves together, and lay
them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his
work and to his labor until the
evening.

24 O Lord, how manifold are
thy works! in wisdom hast thou
made them all : the earth is full
of thy riches.

25 So is this great and wide
sea

?
wherein are things creep-

ing innumerable, both small and

great beasts.

26 There go the ships : there is

that leviathan, whom thou hast
made to play therein.
27 These wait all upon thee;

that thou mayest give them
their meat in due season.
28 That thou givest them they

gather : thou openest thine

hand, they are filled with good.

29 Thou hidest thy face, they
are troubled : thou takest away
their breath, they die, and re-
turn to their dust.

30 Thou sendest forth thy spir-
it, they are created: and thou
renewest the face of the earth.

31 The glory of the Lord shall
endure for ever : the Lord shall
rejoice in his works.

32 He looketh on the earth,
and it trembleth: he toucheth
the hills, and they smoke.
33 1 will sing unto the LORD as

long as I live : I will singpraise to

my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall
be sweet : I will be glad in the
Lord.
35 Let the sinners be con-

sumed out of the earth, and let

the wicked be no more. Bless
thou the Lord, O my soul.
Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 105

O
GIVE thanks unto the
Lord; call upon his name

:

make known his deeds among
the people.

2

Sing unto him, sing psalms
unto him : talk ye of all his won-
drous works.

3

Glory ye in his holy name

:

let the heart of them rejoice that
seek the Lord.

4

Seek the Lord, and his
strength: seek his face ever-
more.

5

Remember his marvelous
works that he hath done; his
wonders, and the judgments of
his mouth;

6

O ye seed of Abrahim his
servant, ye children of Jacob
his chosen.

7

He is the Lord our God : his
judgments are in all the earth.

8

He hath remembered his
covenant for ever, the word
which he commanded to a thou-
sand generations.

9

Which covenant he made
withAbraham, and his oath unto
Isaac;

10

And confirmed the same
unto Jacob for a law, and to
Israel for an everlasting cove-
nant:

11

Saying, Unto thee will I
give the land of Canaan, the lot
of your inheritance

:

12

When they were but a few
men in number; yea, very few,
and strangers in it.

13

When they went from one
nation to another, from one
kingdom to another people;

14

He suffered no man to do
them wrong: yea, he reproved
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15 Saying, Touch not mine
anointed, and do my prophets
no harm.
16 Moreover he called for a

famine upon the land : he brake

the whole staff of bread.

17 He sent aman before them,
even Joseph, who was sold for a
servant

:

18 Whose feet they hurt with
fetters : he was laid in iron

:

19 Until the time that his word

came: the word of the Lord
tried him.

20 The king sent and loosed
him; even the ruler of the

people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his

house, and ruler of all his sub-

stance :

22 To bind his princes at his
pleasure ; and teach his senators

wisdom.

23 Israel also came into Egypt;
and Jacob sojourned in the land

of Ham.
24 And he increased his people

greatly ; andmadethemstronger
than their enemies.

25 He turned their heart to
hate his people, to deal sub-

tilely with his servants.

26 He sent Moses his servant;
and Aaron whom hehad chosen.
27 They showed his signs

among them, and wonders in
the land of Ham.
28He sent darkness, andmade

it dark; and they rebelled not

against his word.

29 He turned their waters into
blood, and slew their fish.

30 Their land brought forth

frogs in abundance, in the cham-

bers of their kings.

31 He spake, and there came
divers sorts or flies, and lice in
all their coasts.

32 He gave them hail for rain,
and flaming fire in their land.

33 He smote their vines also
and their fig trees ; and brake the
trees of their coasts.

34 He spake, and the locusts
came, and caterpillars, and that
without number,

35 And did eat up all the herbs
in their land, and devoured the
fruit of their ground.

36 He smote also all the first-
born in their land, the chief of
all their strength.

37 He brought them forth also
with silver and gold : and there
was not one feeble Person
among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they
departed : for the fear of them
fell upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a

covering; and fire to give light
in the night.

40 The people asked, and he
brought quails, and satisfied
them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and

the waters gushed out; they
ran in the dry places like a
river.

42 For he remembered his
holy promise, and Abraham his
servant.

43 And he brought forth his
people with joy, and his chosen
with gladness

:

44 And gave them the lands of
the heathen : and they in-
herited the labor of the people;

45 That they might observe his
statutes, and keep his laws.
Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 106

PRAISE ye the Lord. O givethanks unto the Lord; for
he is good : for his mercy
endureth for ever.

2 Who can utter the mighty
acts of the Lord? who can show
forth all his praise?



PSALMS. 106 69

3 Blessed are they that keep

judgment, and he that doeth
righteousness at all times.

4 Remember me. O LORD,
with the favor that thou bearest

unto thy people : O visitme with
thy salvation

;

5 That I may see the good of
thy chosen, that I may rejoice in
the gladness of thy nation, that

I may glory with thine inherit-
ance.

6 We have sinned with our
fathers, we have committed in-
iquity, we have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers understood not

thy wonders in Egypt; they

remembered not the multitude
of thy mercies; but provoked

him at the sea, even at the Red
sea.

8 Nevertheless he saved them
for his name’s sake, that he

might make his mighty power
to be known. (
9 He rebuked the Red sea

also, and it was dried up ; so he
led them through the depths, as
through the wilderness.

10 And he saved them from the
hand of him that hated them,
and redeemed them from the
hand of the enemy.
11 And the waters covered

their enemies: there was not
one of them left.
12 Then believed they his

words; they sang his praise.

13 They soon forgat his works;
they waited not for his coun-

sel:

14 But lusted exceedingly in

the wilderness, and tempted
God in the desert.
15 And he gave them their

request; but sent leanness into

their soul.

16 They envied Moses also in
the camp, and Aaron the saint

of the Lord.

17 The earth opened and swal-
lowed up Dathan, and covered
the company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in

their company; the flame burn-
ed up the wicked.

19 They made a calf in Ho-
reb, and worshipped the molten
image.

20 Thus they changed their
glory into the similitude of an
ox that eateth grass.

21 They forgat God their sav-
iour, which had done great
things in Egypt;

22Wondrous works in the land
of Ham, and terrible things by
the Red sea.
23 Therefore he said that he
would destroy them, had not
Moses his chosen stood before
him in the breach, to turn away
his wrath, lest he should de-
stroy them.

24 Yea, they despised the

pleasant land, they believed

not his word

:

25 But murmured in their
tents, and hearkened not unto
the voice of the Lord.
26 Therefore he lifted up his
hand against them, to over-
throw them in the wilder-
ness:

27 To overthrow their seed
also among the nations, and to
scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves

also unto Baal-peor, and ate the
sacrifices of the dead.

29 Thus they provoked him to
anger with their inventions

:

and the plague brake in upon
them.

30 Then stood up Phinehas,
and executed judgment : and so
the plague was stayed.
31 And that was counted unto
him for righteousness unto all
generations for evermore.



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32 They angered him also at
the waters of strife, so that it

went ill with Moses for their
sakes :

33 Because they provoked his

spirit, so that he spake unadvis-

edly with his lips.

34 They did not destroy the
nations, concerning whom the
Lord commanded them

:

35 But were mingled among
the heathen, and learned their
works.

36 And they served their idols

:

which were a snare unto them.

37 Yea, they sacrificed their

sons and their daughters unto
devils,

38 And shed innocent blood,
even the blood of their sons and

of their daughters, whom they
sacrificed unto the idols of Ca-

naan : and the land was polluted
with blood.

39 Thus were they defiled with
their own works, and went a
whoring with their own inven-
tions.

40 Therefore was the wrath of
the Lord kindled against his
people, insomuch that he abhor-

red his own inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the
hand of the heathen; and they
that hatedthem ruled overthem.
42 Their enemies also op-

pressed them, and they were

brought into subjection under

their hand.

43 Many times did he deliver
them; but they provoked him
with their counsel, and were

brought low for their iniquity.

44 Nevertheless he regarded

their affliction, when he heard
their cry

:

45 And he remembered for
them his covenant* and repent-
ed according to the multitude

of his mercies.

46 He made them also to be
pitied of all those that carried

them captives.
47 Save us, O Lord our God,
and gather us from among the
heathen, to give thanks unto thy
holy name, and to triumph in
thy praise.

48 Blessed he the Lord God of
Israel from everlasting to ever-
lasting: and let all the people
say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 107

O
GIVE thanks unto the
Lord, for he is good: for

his mercy endureth for ever.

2

Let the redeemed of the
Lord say so, whom he hath
redeemed from the hand of the
enemy;

3

And gathered them out of
the lands, from the east, and
from the west, from the north,
and from the south.

4

They wandered in the wil-
derness in a solitary way; they
found no city to dwell in.

5

Hungry and thirsty, their
soul fainted in them.

6

Then they cried unto the
Lord in their trouble, and he
delivered them out of their dis-
tresses.

7

And he led them forth by the
right way, that they might go to

a city of habitation.

8

Oh that men would praise the
Lord for his goodness, and for
his wonderful works to the chil-
dren of men

!

9

For he satisfieth the longing
soul, and filleth the hungry soul
with goodness.

10

Such as sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
being bound in affliction and
iron;

11

Because they rebelled
against the words of God, and



PSALMS. 107 71

contemned the counsel of the
Most High

:

12 Therefore he brought down
their heart with labor; they fell

down, and there was none to
help.

13 Then they cried unto the
Lord in their trouble, and he
saved them out of their dis-
tresses.

14 He brought them out of
darkness and the shadow of
death, and brake their bands in
sunder.

15 Oh that men would praise
the Lord for his goodness, and
for his wonderful works to the
children of men

!

16 For he hath broken the
gates of brass, and cut the bars
of iron in sunder.

17 Fools, because of their

transgression, and because of
their iniquities, are afflicted.

18 Their soul abhorreth all

manner of meat; and they draw
near unto the gates of death.

19 Then they cry unto the
Lord in their trouble, and he
saveth them out of their dis-
tresses.

20 He sent his word, and
healed them, and delivered
them from their destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise

the Lord for his goodness, and
for his wonderful works to the
children of men

!

22 And let them sacrifice the
sacrifices of thanksgiving, and
declare his works with rejoicing.
23 They that go down to the

sea in ships, that do business in

great waters;

24 These see the works of the
Lord, and his wonders in the
deep.

25 For he commandeth, and
raiseth the stormy wind, which

lifteth up the waves thereof.

26 They mount up to the
heaven, they go down again to
the depths : their soul is melted

because of trouble.

27 They reel to and fro, and
stagger like a drunken man, and
are at their wit’s end.

28 Then they cry unto the
Lord in their trouble, and he
bringeth them out of their dis-
tresses.

29 He maketh the storm a
calm, so that the waves thereof
are still.

30 Then are they glad be-
cause they be quiet; so he
bringeth them unto their de-
sired haven.

31 Oh that men would praise
the Lord for his goodness, and
for his wonderful works to the
children of men

!

32 Let them exalt him ulso in
the congregation of the people,

and praise him in the assembly
of the elders.

33 He tumeth rivers into a wil-
derness, and the watersprings
into dry ground;

34 A fruitful land into barren-
ness, for the wickedness of them
that dwell therein.

35 He tumeth the wilderness
into a standing water, and dry
ground into watersprings.

36 And there he maketh the
hungry to dwell, that they may
prepare a city for habitation

;

37 And sow the fields, and
plant vineyards, which may
yield fruits of increase.

38 He blesseth them also, so
that they are multiplied greatly;

and suffereth not their cattle to
decrease.

39 Again, they are minished

and brought low through op-
pression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon

princes, and causeth them to



72 PSALMS, 108

wander in the wilderness,
where there is no way.
41 Yet setteth he the poor on

high from affliction, and maketh
him families like a flock.
42 The righteous shall see it,
and rejoice: and all iniquity
shall stop her mouth.

43 Whoso is wise, and will ob-
serve these things, even they

shall understand the loving-

kindness of the Lord.

Psalm 108
A Song or Psalm of David.

0
GOD, my heart is fixed; I
will sing and give praise,

even withmy glory.

2

Awake, psaltery and harp : I
myself will awake early.

3

I will praise thee, O Lord.
among the people: and I will
sing praises unto thee among
the nations.

4

For thy mercy is great above
the heavens: and thy truth
reacheth unto the clouds.

5

Be thou exalted, O God,
above the heavens: and thy
glory above all the earth;

6

That thy beloved may be
delivered: save with thy right

hand, and answer me.

7

God hath spoken in his holi-
ness; I will rejoice, I will divide

Shechem, and mete out the val-
ley of Succoth.

8

Gilead is mine; Manasseh is
mine; Ephraim also is the
strength of mine head; Judah is
my lawgiver;

9

Moab is my washpot; over
Edom will I cast out my shoe;
over Philistia will I triumph.

10

Who will bring me into the
strong city? who will lead me
into Edom?

11

Wilt not thou

,

O God, who
hast castus off?and wiltnotthou,

O God, go forth with our hosts?

12 Give us help from trouble

:

for vain is the help of man.
13 Through God we shall do

valiantly : for he it is that shall
tread down our enemies.

Psalm 109
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David.

HOLD not thy peace, O Godof my praise;

2

For the mouth of the wicked
and the mouth of the deceitful
are opened against me: they
have spoken against me with a
lying tongue.

3

They compassed me about
also with words of hatred; and
fought against me without a
cause.

4

For my love they are my ad-
versaries: but I give myself
unto prayer.

5

And they have rewarded me
evil for good, and hatred for my
love.

6

Set thou a wicked man over
him : and let Satan stand at his
right hand.

7

When he shall be judged, let
him be condemned : and let his
prayer become sin.

8

Let his days be few; and let
another take his office.

9

Let his children be father-
less, and his wife a widow.

10

Let his children be contin-
ually vagabonds, and beg: let
them seek their bread also out
of their desolate places.

11

Let the extortioner catch all

that he hath; and let the stran-
gers spoil his labor.

12

Let there be none to extend
mercy unto him: neither let
there be any to favor his father-
less children.

13

Let his posterity be cut off;

and in the generation following
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14 Let the iniquity of his

fathers be remembered with
the Lord; and let not the sin
of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before the
Lord continually, that he may
cut off the memory of them from
the earth.

16 Because that he remember
ed not to show mercy, but per-
secuted the poor and needy
man, that he might even slay
the broken in heart.

17 As he loved cursing, so let
it come unto him : as he delight-
ed not in blessing, so let it be
far from him.

18 As he clothed himself with
cursing like as with his gar-

ment, so let it come into his
bowels like water, and like oil
into his bones.

19 Let it be unto him as the
garment which covereth him,

and for a girdle wherewith he
is girded continually.

20 Let this be the reward of
mine adversaries from the
Lord, and of them that speak
evil against my soul.
21 But do thou for me, O God

the Lord, for thy name’s sake

:

because thy mercy is good, de-
liver thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is wounded with-
in me.
23 I am gone like the shadow
when it declineth : I am tossed
up and down as the locust.
24My knees are weak through

fasting; and my flesh faileth of
fatness.

25 I became also a reproach
unto them: when they looked
upon me they shook their
heads

26 Help me, O Lord my God

:

O save me according to thy
mercy:

73

27 That they may know that
this is thy hand; that thou,
Lord, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless

thou : when they arise, let them
be ashamed; but let thy servant
rejoice.

29 Let mine adversaries be
clothed with shame; and let
them cover themselves with
their own confusion, as with a
mantle.

30 I will greatly praise the

Lord with my mouth; yea, I
will praise him among the mul-
titude.

31 For he shall stand at the
right hand of the poor, to save
him from those that condemn
his soul. ^

Psalm 110
A Psalm of David.

T
HE Lord said unto my
Lord, Sit thou at my right

hand, until I make thine ene-
mies thy footstool.

2 The Lord shall send the rod
of thy strength out of Zion : rule

thou in the midst of thine ene-

mies.

3 Thy people shall be willing in
the day of thy power, in the

beauties of holiness from the

womb of the morning : thou hast
the dew of thy youth.
4 The Lord hath sworn, and

will not repent, Thou art a
priest for ever after the order of

Melchizedek.

5 The Lord at thy right hand
shall strike through kings in the

day of his wrath.

6 He shall judge among the
heathen, he shall fill the places
with the dead bodies; he shall

wound the heads over many
countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook
in the way: therefore shall he
lift up the head.



74 PSALMS, 111

Psalm 111

PRAISE ye the
Lord. I will

praise the Lord with my
whole heart, in the assembly of

the upright, and in the congre-
gation.

2

The works of the Lord are
great, sought out of all them
that have pleasure therein.

3

His work is honorable and
glorious : and his righteousness
endureth for ever.

4

He hath made his wonderful
works to be remembered: the
Lord is gracious and full of
compassion.

5

He hath given meat unto
them that fear him : he will ever
be mindful of his covenant.

6

He hath showed his people
the power of his works, that he

may give them the heritage of
the heathen.

7

The works of his hands are
verity and judgment; all his

commandments are sure.

8

They stand fast for ever and

ever, and are done in truth and

uprightness.

9

He sent redemption unto his
people : he hath commanded his
covenant for ever: holy and

reverend is his name.

10

The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom: a good

understanding have all they

that do hik commandments: his

praise endureth for ever.

Psalm 112

P
RAISE ye the Lord. Bless-
ed is the man that feareth

the Lord, that delighteth great-
ly in his commandments.

2

His seed shall be mighty

upon earth: the generation of

the upright shall be blessed.

3

Wealth and riches shall he in

his house : and his righteousness

endureth for ever.

4 Unto the upright there
ariseth light in the darkness : he
is gracious, and full of com-
passion, and righteous.
5 A good man showeth favor,
and lendeth: he will guide his
affairs with discretion.

6 Surely he shall not be moved
for ever : the righteous shall be
in everlasting remembrance.
7 He shall not be afraid of

evil tidings: his heart is fixed,

trusting in the Lord.
8 His heart is established, he

shaft not be afraid, until he see
his desire upon his enemies.
9 He hath dispersed, he hath

given to the poor; his righteous-

ness endureth for ever; his horn
shall be exalted with honor.
10 The wicked shall see if, and

be grieved; he shall gnash with
his teeth, and melt away: the
desire of the wicked shall

perish.

Psalm 113

P
RAISE ye the Lord. Praise,
O ye servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord.

2

Blessed be the name of the
Lord from this time forth and
for evermore.

3

From the rising of the sun
unto the going down of the
same the Lord’s name is to be
praised.

4

The Lord is high above all
nations, and his glory above the
heavens.

5

Who is like unto the Lord
our God, who dwelleth on high,
6 Who humbleth himself to

behold the things that are in

heaven, and in the earth!

7 He raiseth up the poor out of
the dust, and lifteth the needy
out of the dunghill;

8 That he may set him with
princes, even with the princes

of his people.



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He maketh the barren
woman to keep house, and to be
a joyful mother of children.

Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 114

WHEN Israel went out ofEgypt, the house of Jacob
from a people of strange lan-

guage;

2

Judah was his sanctuary, and
Israel his dominion.

3

The sea saw if, and fled:
Jordan was driven back.

4

The mountains skipped like
rams, and the little hills like
lambs.

5

What ailed thee, O thou
sea, that thou fleddest? thou

Jordan, that thou wast driven

back?

6

Ye mountains, that ye skip-
ped like rams; and ye little
hills, like lambs?

7

Tremble, thou earth, at the

presence of the Lord, at the

presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Which turned the rock into

a standing water, the flint into

a fountain of waters.

Psalm 115

NOT unto us, O Lord, notunto us, but unto thy name
give glory, for thy mercy, and
for thy truths sake.

2

Wherefore should the hea-

then say, Where is now their
God?

3

But our God is in the heav-
ens: he hath done whatsoever
he hath pleased.

4

Their idols are silver and
gold, the work of men’s hands.

5

They have mouths, but they
speak not : eyes have they, but

they see not

:

6

They have ears, but they
hear not : noses have they, but

they smell not:

7 They have hands, but they
handle not : feet have they, but

they walk not: neither speak
they through their throat.

8 They that make them are
like unto them; so is every one
that trusteth in them.

9 O Israel, trust thou in the
Lord: he is their help and
their shield.

10 O house of Aaron, trust in
the Lord : he is their help and
their shield.

1 1 Ye that fear the Lord, trust
in the Lord: he is their help
and their shield.
12 The Lord hath been mind-

ful of us: he will bless us; he
will bless the house of Israel;

he will bless the house of Aaron.

13 He will bless them that
fear the Lord, both small and
great.

14 The Lord shall increase
you more and more, you and
your children.

15 Ye are blessed of the Lord
which made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven, even the heav-

ens, are the Lord’s: but the
earth hath he given to the chil-

dren of men.
17 The dead praise not the

Lord, neither any that go
down into silence.
18 But we will bless the Lord

from this time forth and for
evermore. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 116

I
LOVE the Lord, because he
hath heardmy voice and my

supplications.

2

Because he hath inclined his

ear unto me, therefore will I call
upon him as long as I live.

3

The sorrows of death com-
passed me, and the pains of
hell gat hold upon me : I found
trouble and sorrow.



76 PSALMS, 117

4 Then called I upon the name
of the Lord; O Lord, I be-
seech thee, deliver my soul.
5 Gracious is the Lord, and

righteous; yea, our God is mer-
ciful.

6 The Lord preserveth the
simple : I was brought low, and
he helped me.
7 Return unto thy rest, O my

soul; for the Lord hath dealt
bountifully with thee.

8 For thou hast delivered my
soul from death, mine eyes from
tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD

in the land of the living.

10 1 believed, therefore have I
spoken : I was greatly afflicted

:

111 said in my haste, All men
are liars.

12 What shall I render unto
the Lord for all his benefits
toward me?
13 I will take the cup of sal-

ration, and call upon the name
of the Lord.
14 1 will pay my vows unto the
Lord now in the presence of all
his people.

15 Precious in the sight of the

Lord is the death of his saints.
16 O Lord, truly I am thy

servant; I am thy servant, and
the son of thine handmaid:

thou hast loosed my bonds.
17 1 will offer to thee the sacri-

fice of thanksgiving, and will

call upon the name of the Lord.
18 1 will pay my vows unto the
Lord now in the presence of all
his people,

19 In the courts of the Lord’s

house, in the midst of thee, O
Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 117

0
PRAISE the Lord, all ye
nations: praise him, all ye

people.

2

For his merciful kindness is
great toward us: and the truth
of the Lord endureth for ever.
Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 118

O
GIVE thanks unto the
Lord; for he is good: be-

cause his mercy endureth for
ever.

2 Let Israel now say, that his
mercy endureth for ever.

3

Let the house of Aaron now
say, that his mercy endureth for
ever.

4

Let them now that fear the
Lord say, that his mercy
endureth for ever.

5

I called upon the Lord in
distress: the Lord answered
me, and set me in a large
place.

6

The Lord Vs on my side; I
will not fear: what can man do
unto me?

7

The Lord taketh my part
with them that help me : there-
fore shall I see my desire upon
them that hate me.

8

It is better to trust in the

Lord than to put confidence in
man.

9

It is better to trust in the

Lord than to put confidence in
princes.

10

All nations compassed me
about: but in the name of the
Lord will I destroy them.

11

They compassed me about;
yea, they compassed me about

:

but in the name of the Lord I
will destroy them.

12

They compassed me about
like bees; they are quenched as

the fire of thorns: for in the

name of the Lord I will destroy
them.

13

Thou hast thrust sore at me
that I might fall : but the Lord
helped me.



77PSALMS. 119

14 The LORD is my strength
and song, and is become my
salvation.

15 The voice of rejoicing and
salvation is in the tabernacles

of the righteous : the right hand
of the Lord doeth valiantly.
16 The right hand of the Lord

is exalted : the right hand of the
Lord doeth valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live,

and declare the works of the
Lord.
18 The Lord hath chastened
me sore : but he hath not given
me over unto death.
19 Open to me the gates of

righteousness: I will go into

them, and I will praise the
Lord:
20 This gate of the Lord, into
which the righteous shall enter.

21 I will praise thee : for thou

hast heard me, and art become
my salvation.
22 The stone which the build-

ers refused is become the head
stone of the comer.

23 This is the Lord’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.

24 This is the day which the

Lord hath made; we will re-
joice and be glad in it.
25 Save now, I beseech thee,
O Lord: O Lord, I beseech
thee, send now prosperity.
26 Blessed be he that cometh

in the name of the Lord: we
have blessed you out of the

house of the Lord.
27 God is the Lord, which

hath showed us light : bind the
sacrifice with cords, even unto

the horns of the altar.

28 Thou art my God, and I will
praise thee : thou art my God, I
will exalt thee.

29 O give thanks unto the
Lord; for he is good: for his
mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 119
ALEPH

BLESSED are the undefiledin the way, who walk in
the law of the Lord.

2

Blessed are they that keep

his testimonies, and that seek
him with the whole heart.

3

They also do no iniquity:
they walk in his ways.

4

Thou hast commanded us to
keep thy precepts diligently.

5

O that my ways were di-
rected to keep thy statutes!

6

Then shall I not be ashamed,
when I have respect unto all thy
commandments.

7

I will praise thee with up-

rightness of heart, when I shall
have learned thy righteous

judgments.

8

I will keep thy statutes: O
forsake me not utterly.

BETH

9

Wherewithal shall a young

man cleanse his way? by taking
heed thereto according to thy

word.

10

With my whole heart have
I sought thee: O let me not
wander from thy command-
ments.

11

Thy word have I hid in
mine heart, that I might not
sin against thee.

12

Blessed art thou, O Lord :
teach me thy statutes.

13

With my lips have I de-
clared all the judgments of thy

mouth.

14

I have rejoiced in the way
of thy testimonies, as much as
in all riches.

15

I will meditate in thy pre-

cepts, and have respect unto thy
ways.

16

I will delight myself in thy

statutes: I will not forget thy

word.



78 PSALMS, 119

GIMEL

17 Deal botmtifully with thy

servant, hat I may live, and
keep thy word.

18 Open thou mine eyes, that
I may behold wondrous things
out of thy law.

19 I am a stranger in the
earth: hide not thy command-
ments from me.
20 My soul breaketh for the

longing that it hath unto thy

judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the

proud that are cursed, which do

err from thy commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach
and contempt; for I have kept
thy testimonies.

23 Princes also did sit and
speak against me : hut thy serv-
ant did meditate in thy statutes.

24 Thy testimonies also are
my delight, and my counselors.

DALETH

25 My soul cleaveth unto the
dust : quicken thou me accord-
ing to thy word.

26 I have declared my ways,
and thou heardest me: teach
me thy statutes.
27 Make me to understand the
way of thy precepts : so shall I
talk of thy wondrous works.

28 My soul melteth for heavi-
ness: strengthen thou me ac-
cording unto thy word.

29 Remove from me the way
of lying : and grant me thy law
graciously.

30 I have chosen the way of
truth: thy judgments have I

laid before me.
31 1 have stuck unto thy testi-

monies : O Lord, put me not to
shame.
32 I will run the way of thy
commandments, when thou
shalt enlarge my heart.

HE
33 Teach me, O Lord, the way

of thy statutes; and I shall keep
it unto the end.

34 Give me understanding,
and I shall keep thy law; yea, I
shall observe it with my whole
heart.

35 Make me to go in the path
of thy commandments; for
therein do I delight.

36 Incline my heart unto thy
testimonies, and not to covet-
ousness.

37 Turn away mine eyes from
beholding vanity; and quicken
thou me in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word unto thy

servant, who is devoted to thy
fear.

39 Turn away my reproach
which I fear : for thy judgments
are good.

40 Behold, I have longed after
thy precepts : quicken me in thy
righteousness.

VAU

41 Let thy mercies come also
unto me, O Lord, even thy sal-
vation, according to thy word.

42 So shall I have wherewith

to answer him that reproacheth
me : for I trust in thy word.
43 And take not the word of

truth utterly out of my mouth;
for I have hoped in thy judg-
ments.

44 So shall I keep thy law con-
tinually for ever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty

:

for I seek thy precepts.

46 I will speak of thy testi-

monies also before kings, and
will not be ashamed.

47 And I will delight myself
in thy commandments, which I
have loved.

48 My hands also will I lift up
unto thy commandments, which



PSALMS. 119 79

I have loved; and I will medi-
tate in thy statutes.

ZAIN

49 Remember the word unto
thy servant, upon which thou
hast caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my

affliction: for thy word hath
quickened me.
51 The proud have had me

greatly in derision: yet have I

not declined from thy law.

52 I remembered thy judg-
ments of old, O Lord; and have
comforted myself.

53 Horror hath taken hold

upon me because of the wicked
that forsake thy law.

54 Thy statutes have been my
songs in the house of my pil-
grimage.

55 I have remembered thy
name, O Lord, in the night,
and have kept thy law.
56 This I had, because I kept

thy precepts.

CHETH

57 Thou art my portion, O
Lord : I have said that I would
keep thy words.

58 I entreated thy favor with

my whole heart: be merciful
unto me according to thy word.
59 I thought on my ways, and

turned my feet unto thy testi-
monies.

60 I made haste, and delayed
not to keep thy command-
ments.

61 The bands of the wicked
have robbed me : hut I have not
forgotten thy law.

62 At midnight I will rise to

give thanks unto thee because

of thy righteous judgments.

63 I am a companion of all
them that fear thee, and of
them that keep thy precepts.

64 The earth, O Lord, is full
of thy mercy: teach me thy
statutes.

TETH
65 Thou hast dealt well with

thy servant, O Lord, according
unto thy word.

66 Teach me good judgment
and knowledge : for I have be-
lieved thy commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went

astray : but now have I kept thy
word.

68 Thou art good, and doest
good : teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie

against me : hut I will keep thy
precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as

grease : but I delight in thy law.

71 It is good for me that I have
been afflicted; that I might
learn thy statutes.

72 The law of thy mouth is
better unto me than thousands
of gold and silver.

JOD

73 Thy hands have made me
and fashioned me : give me un-
derstanding, that I may learn
thy commandments.
74 They that fear thee will be

glad when they see me; because
I have hoped in thy word.
75 I know, O Lord, that thy
judgments are right, and that
thou in faithfulness hast afflict-

ed me.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy mer-

ciful kindness be for my com-
fort, according to thy word unto
thy servant.

77 Let thy tender mercies

come unto me, that I may live

:

for thy law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed;

for they dealt perversely with

me without a cause : but I will
meditate in thy precepts.



80 PSALMS, 119

79 Let those that fear thee turn

unto me, and those that have
known thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in

thy statutes; that I be not

ashamed.

95 The wicked have waited for
me to destroy me: but I will
consider thy testimonies.

96 I have seen an end of all
perfection: but thy command-
ment is exceeding broad.

CAPH

81My soul fainteth for thy sal-
vation : but I hope in thy word.

82 Mine eyes fail for thy word,
saying, When wilt thou comfort
me?
83 For I am become like a

bottle in the smoke; yet do I
not forget thy statutes.

84 How many are the days of
thy servant? when wilt thou
execute judgment on them that
persecute me?
85 The proud have digged pits

for me, which are not after thy
law.

86 All thy commandments are
faithful : they persecute me
wrongfully; help thou me.

87 They had almost consumed
me upon earth; but I forsook
not thy precepts.

88 Quicken me after thy lov-
ing-kindness ; so shall I keep the

testimony of thy mouth.

MEM
97 O how love I thy law! it is
my meditation all the day.
98 Thou through thy com-
mandments hastmademe wiser
than mine enemies: for they
are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding

than all my teachers: for thy
testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than

the ancients, because I keep thy

precepts.

101 I have refrained my feet
from every evil way, that I
might keep thy word.

102 I have not departed from
thy judgments: for thou hast

taught me.
103 How sweet are thy words

unto my taste! yea, sweeter
than honey to my mouth.
104 Through thy precepts I get

understanding: therefore I hate

every false way.

LAMED

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word
is settled in heaven.

90 Thy faithfulness is unto all
generations: thou hast estab-

lished the earth, and it abideth.

91 They continue this day ac-
cording to thine ordinances : for

all are thy servants.

92 Unless thy law had been
my delights, I should then have
perished in mine affliction.

93 I will never forget thy pre-

cepts : for with them thou hast
quickened me.

94 I am thine, save me; for I
have sought thy precepts.

NUN

105 Thy word is a lamp unto
my feet, and a light unto my
path.

106 I have sworn, and I will
perform it, that I will keep thy
righteous judgments.

107 I am afflicted very much

:

quicken me, O Lord, according
unto thy word.

108 Accept, I beseech thee, the

freewill offerings of my mouth,
O Lord, and teach me thy
judgments.

109 My soul is continually in
my hand: yet do I not forget
thy law.



PSALMS, 119 81

110 The wicked have laid a
snare for me: yet I erred not
from thy precepts.

111 Thy testimonies have I
taken as a heritage for ever:

for they are the rejoicing of my
heart.

112 1 have inclined mine heart

to perform thy statutes always,

even unto the end.

SAMECH

113 I hate vain thoughts: but

thy law do I love.

114 Thou art my hiding place
and my shield: I hope in thy
word.

115 Depart from me, ye evil-

doers : for I will keep the com-
mandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according unto

thy word, that Imay live : and let
me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold thou me up, and I

shall be safe: and I will have

respect unto thy statutes con-

tinually.

118 Thou hast trodden down
all them that err from thy stat-
utes: for their deceit is false-

hood.

119 Thou puttest away all the
wicked of the earth like dross

:

therefore I love thy testimonies.

120My flesh trembleth for fear
of thee; and I am afraid of thy
judgments.

AIN

121 1 have done judgment and

justice: leave me not to mine
oppressors.

122 Be surety for thy servant
for good : let not the proud op-

press me.
123 Mine eyes fail for thy sal-

vation, and for the word of thy

righteousness.

124 Deal with thy servant ac-

cording unto thy mercy, and
teach me thy statutes.

125 I am thy servant; give me
understanding, that I may know
thy testimonies.

126 It is time for thee. Lord,
to work: for they have made
void thy law.

127 Therefore I love thy com-
mandments above gold; yea,
above fine gold.

128 Therefore I esteem all thy

precepts concerning all things to

he right; and I hate every false
way.

PE

129 Thy testimonies are won-
derful : therefore doth my soul
keep them.

130 The entrance of thy words
giveth light; it giveth under-

standing unto the simple.

131 I opened my mouth, and
panted: for I longed for thy

commandments.
132 Look thou upon me, and be

merciful unto me, as thou usest

to do unto those that love thy

name.
133 Order my steps in thy
word: and let not any iniquity
have dominion over me.

134 Deliver me from the op-
pression of man : so will I keep
thy precepts.

135 Make thy face to shine
upon thy servant; and teach me
thy statutes.

136 Rivers of waters run down
mine eyes, because they keep

not thy law.

TZADDI

137 Righteous art thou, O
Lord, and upright are thy
judgments.

138 Thy testimonies that thou
hast commanded are righteous
and very faithful.

139 My zeal hath consumed
me, because mine enemies have

forgotten thy words.



82 PSALMS, 119

140 Thy word is very pure:
therefore thy servant loveth it.

141 I am small and despised:
yet do not I forget thy precepts.

142 Thy righteousness is an
everlasting righteousness, and
thy law is the truth.

143 Trouble and anguish have
taken hold on me : yet thy com-
mandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of thy

testimonies is everlasting: give

me understanding, and I shall
live.

KOPH
145 I cried with my whole

heart; hear me, O Lord: I will
keep thy statutes.

146 1 cried unto thee ; save me,
and I shall keep thy testimonies.
147 ![ prevented the dawning of

the morning, and cried : I hoped
in thy word.

148 Mine eyes prevent the
night watches, that I might

meditate in thy word.

149 Hear my voice according
unto thy loving-kindness : O
Lord, quicken me according to
thy judgment.

150 They draw nigh that follow
after mischief: they are far

from thy law.

151 Thou art near, O Lord;
and all thy commandments are
truth.

152 Concerning thy testimo-

nies, I have known of old that
thou hast founded them for

153 Consider mine affliction,

and deliver me: for I do not
forget thy law.

154 Plead my cause, and de-
liver me : quicken me according
to thy word.

155 Salvation is far from the

wicked: for they seek not thy

statutesc

156 Great are thy tender mer-
cies, O Lord: quicken me ac-
cording to thy judgments.

157 Many are my persecutors
and mine enemies; yet do I not
decline from thy testimonies.
158 1 beheld the transgressors,

and was grieved; because they
kept not thy word.

159 Consider how I love thy
precepts : quicken me, O Lord,
according to thy loving-kind-

ness.

160 Thy word is true from the
beginning : and every one of thy
righteous judgments endureth
for ever.

SCHIN

161 Princes have persecuted
me without a cause: but my
heart standeth in awe of thy
word.

162 I rejoice at thy word, as

one that findeth great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor lying:

but thy law do I love.
164 Seven times a day do I

praise thee, because of thy

righteous judgments.

165 Great peace have they
which love thy law : and nothing
shall offend them.

166 Lord, I have hoped for thy
salvation, and done thy com-
mandments.
167 My soul hath kept thy

testimonies; and I love them
exceedingly.

168 I have kept thy precepts
and thy testimonies : for all my
ways are before thee.

TAU

169 Let my cry come near be-
fore thee, O Lord: give me
understanding according to thy

word.

170 Let my supplication come
before thee : deliver me accord-
ing to thy word.



PSALMS, 123 83

171 My lips shall utter praise,
when thou hast taught me thy
statutes.

172 My tongue shall speak of
thy word : for all thy command-
ments are righteousness.
173 Let thine hand help me;

for I have chosen thy pre-

cepts.

174 I have longed for thy sal-

vation, O Lord; and thy law is
my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it

shall praise thee; and let thy
judgments help me.

176 I have gone astray like a

lost sheep : seek thy servant ; for

I do not forget thy command-
ments. _

Psalm 120
A Song of degrees.

I
N my distress I cried unto
the Lord, and he heard me.

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord,
from lying lips, and from a de-
ceitful tongue.

3

What shall be given unto
thee? or what shall be done

unto thee, thou false tongue?

4

Sharp arrows of the mighty,

with coals of juniper.

5

Woe is me, that I sojourn in
Mesech, that I dwell in the tents

of Kedar!

6

My soul hath long dwelt with
him that hateth peace.
1 l am for peace : but when I

speak, they are for war.

Psalm 121
A Song of degrees.

I
WILL lift up mine eyes unto
the hills, from whence com-

eth my help.
2 My help cometh from the
Lord, which made heaven and
earth.

3 He will not suffer thy foot to
be moved : he that keepeth thee
will not slumber.

4Behold,he that keepethIsrael
shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord is thy keeper : the
Lord is thy shade upon thy
right hand.

6 The sun shall not smite thee
by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve

thee from all evil : he shall pre-
serve thy soul.

8 The Lord shall preserve thy
going out and thy coming in
from this time forth, and even
for evermore.

Psalm 122
A Song of degrees of David.

I
WAS glad when they said
unto me, Let us go into the

house of the Lord.

2

Our feet shall stand within
thy gates, O Jerusalem.

3

Jerusalem is builded as a
city that is compact together

:

4

Whither the tribes go up, the

tribes of the Lord, unto the
testimony of Israel, to give

thanks unto the name of the
Lord.

5

For there are set thrones of

judgment, the thrones of the

house of David.

6

Pray for the peace of Jeru-
salem: they shall prosper that

love thee.

7

Peacebe within thy walls, and
prosperity within thy palaces.

8

For my brethren and com-
panions’ sakes, I will now say,
Peace he within thee.

9

Because of the house of the
Lord our God I will seek thy
good. ^

Psalm 123
A Song of degrees.

UNTO thee lift I up mineeyes, O thou that dwellest
in the heavens.

2 Behold, as the eyes of

servants look unto the hand of



84 PSALMS, 124

their masters, and as the eyes
of a maiden unto the hand
of her mistress; so our eyes

wait upon the Lord our God,
until that he have mercy upon
us.

3 Have mercy upon us, O
Lord, have mercy upon us : for
we are exceedingly filled with
contempt.

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
with the scorning of those that

are at ease, and with the con-
tempt of the proud.

Psalm 124

A Song of degrees of David.

I
F it had not been the Lord
who was on our side, now

may Israel say;

2

If it had not been the Lord
who was on our side, when men
rose up against us

:

3

Then they had swallowed us
up quick, when their wrath was
kindled against us

:

4

Then the waters had over-
whelmed us, the stream had
gone over our soul

:

5

Then the proud waters had
gone over our soul.

6

Blessed be the Lord, who
hath not given us as a prey to

their teeth.

7

Our soul is escaped as a bird
out of the snare of the fowlers

;

the snare is broken, and we are
escaped.

8

Our help is in the name of
the Lord, who made heaven
and earth.

Psalm 125
A Song of degrees.

THEY that
trust in the Lord

shall be as mount Zion,
which cannot be removed, but

abideth for ever.

2

As the mountains are round
about Jerusalem, so the Lord

is round about his people from
henceforth even for ever.
3 For the rod of the wicked

shall not rest upon the lot of the
righteous; lest the righteous put

forth their hands unto iniquity.
4 Do good, O Lord, unto those

that be good, and to them that
are upright in their hearts.

5 As for such as turn aside un-
to their crooked ways, the Lord
shall lead them forth with the
workers of iniquity; but peace
shall be upon Israel.

Psalm 126
A Song of degrees.

WHEN the Lord turnedagain the captivity of Zion,
we were like them that dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled
with laughter, and our tongue
with singing: then said they

among the heathen, The Lord
hath done great things for them.
3 The Lord hath done great

things for us; whereof we are
glad.

4 Turn again our captivity, O
Lord, as the streams in the
south.

5

They that sow in tears shall
reap in joy.

6

He that goeth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed,

shall doubtless come again with
rejoicing, bringing his sheaves

with him .

Psalm 127
A Song of degrees for Solomon.

XCEPT the Lord build the
house, they labor in vain

that build it: except the Lord
keep the city, the watchman
waketh but in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up

early, to sit up late, to eat the
bread of sorrows: for so he
giveth his beloved sleep.



PSALMS, 131 85

3 Lo, children are a heritage

of the Lord: and the fruit of
the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of

a mighty man; so are children
of the youth.

5 Happy is the man that hath
his quiver full of them: they

shall not be ashamed, but they

shall speak with the enemies in

the gate. ^
Psalm 128

A Song of degrees.

BLESSED is every one
that

feareth the Lord; that
walketh in his ways.

2

For thou shalt eat the labor

of thine hands : happy shalt thou

be, and it shall be well with

thee.

3

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful
vine by the sides of thine house

:

thy children like olive plants

round about thy table.

4

Behold, that thus shall the

man be blessed that feareth the
Lord.

5

The Lord shall bless thee
out of Zion : and thou shalt see
the good of Jerusalem all the

days of thy life.

6

Yea, thou shalt see thy chil-

dren^ children, and peace upon
Israel. ^

Psalm 129
A Song of degrees.

MANY a time have theyafflictedme frommy youth,
may Israel now say

:

2

Many a time have they afflict-
ed me from my youth : yet they
have not prevailed against me.

3

The plowers plowed upon
my back : they made long their
furrows.

4

The Lord is righteous: he
hath cut asunder the .cords of

the wicked.

5

Let them all be confounded
and turned back that hate Zion.

6 Let them be as the grass
upon the housetops, which with-
ereth afore it groweth up

:

7 Wherewith the mower filleth
not his hand ; nor he that bind-
eth sheaves his bosom.

8 Neither do they which go by

say, The blessing of the LORD
be upon you: we bless you in
the name of the Lord.

Psalm 130
A Song of degrees.

O
UT of the depths have I
cried unto thee, O Lord.

2

Lord, hear my voice: let
thine ears be attentive to the

voice of my supplications.

3

If thou, Lord, shouldest
mark iniquities, O Lord, who
shall stand?

4

But there is forgiveness with

thee, that thoumayest be feared.

5 1 wait for the Lord, my soul
doth wait, and in his word do I
hope.

6

My soul waiteth for the Lord
more than they that watch for
the morning : I say, more than
they that watch for the morning.

7 Let Israel hope in the Lord :
for with the Lord there is mer-
cy, and with him is plenteous
redemption.

8 And he shall redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.

Psalm 131
A Song of degrees of David.

I
ORD, my heart is not
i haughty, nor mine eyes

lofty : neither do I exercise my-
self in great matters, or in

things too high for me.
2 Surely I have behaved and

quieted myself, as a child that

is weaned of his mother: my
soul is even as a weaned child.
3 Let Israel hope in the Lord
from henceforth and for ever.



86 PSALMS. 132

Psalm 132
A Song of degrees*

I
ORD. remember David, and
t all his afflictions

:

2

How he sware unto the
Lord, and vowed unto the
mighty God of Jacob;

3

Surely I will not come into
the tabernacle of my house, nor
go up into my bed;

4

I will not give sleep to mine
eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
5 Until I find out a place for

the Lord, a habitation for the
mighty God of Jacob.

6

Lo, we heard of it at Ephra-
tah : we found it in the fields of
the wood.

7

We will go into his taber-
nacles : we will worship at his
footstool.

8

Arise, O LORD, into thy rest;
thou, ana the ark of thy strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed
with righteousness; and let thy
saints shout for joy.

10 For thy servant David’s

sake turn not away the face of
thine anointed.

11 The Lord hath sworn in
truth unto David; he will not
turn from it; Of the fruit of thy
body will I set upon thy throne.
12 If thy children will keepmy

covenant and my testimony that
I shall teach them, their chil-

dren shall also sit upon thy
throne for evermore.

13

For the Lord hath chosen
Zion; he hath desired it for his
habitation.

14

This is my rest for ever:
here will I dwell; for I have

desired it.

15

I will abundantly bless her

provision : I will satisfy her poor

with bread.

16 1 will also clothe her priests

with salvation: and her saints
shall shout aloud for joy.

17 There will I make the horn
of David to bud: I have or-
dained a lamp formine anointed.
18 His enemies will I clothe

with shame : but upon himself
shall his crown flourish.

Psalm 133
A Song of degrees of David.

BEHOLD, how good and howpleasant it is for brethren
to dwell together in unity!

2

It is like the precious oint-

ment upon the head, that ran
down upon the beard, even
Aaron’s beard : that went
down to the skirts of his gar-
ments;

3

As the dew of Hermon, and
as the dew that descended upon
the mountains of Zion : for there
theLord commanded the bless-
ing, even life for evermore.

Psalm 134
A Song of degrees.

BEHOLD, bless ye the Lord,all ye servants of the Lord,
which by night stand in the
house of the Lord.
2 Lift up your hands in the

sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
3 The Lord that made heaven
and earth bless thee out of
Zion. ^

Psalm 135

PRAISE ye the
Lord. Praise

ye the name of the Lord;
praise him, O ye servants of the
Lord.
2 Ye that stand in the house

of the Lord, in the courts of the
house of our God,

3 Praise the Lord; for the
Lord is good: sing praises
unto his name; for it is pleas-
ant.

4

For the Lord hath chosen
Jacob unto himself, and Israel
for his peculiar treasure.



PSALMS, 136 87

5 For I know that the Lord
is great, and that our Lord is

above all gods.

6 Whatsoever the Lord
pleased, that did he in heaven,

and in earth, in the seas, and
all deep places.

7 He causeth the vapors to
ascend

,
from the ends of the

earth; he maketh lightnings for
the rain; he bringeth the wind

out of his treasuries.

8 Who smote the firstborn of
Egypt, both of man and beast.
9 Who sent tokens and won-

ders into the midst of thee, O
Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon
all his servants.

10 Who smote great nations,
and slew mighty kings;

11 Sihon king of the Amo-
rites, and Og king of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms of Ca-
naan:

12 And gave their land for a
heritage, a heritage unto Israel

his people.

13 Thy name, O Lord, endur-
eth for ever; and thy memorial,
O Lord, throughout all genera-
tions.

14 For the Lord will judge
his people, and he will repent
himself concerning his serv-

ants.

15 The idols of the heathen
are silver and gold, the work
of men’s hands.

16 They have mouths, but they
speak not; eyes have they, but
they see not;

17 They have ears, but they
hear not; neither is there any
breath in their mouths.

18 They that make them are
like unto them : so is every one
that trusteth in them.

19 Bless the Lord, O house of
Israel : bless the Lord, O house
of Aaron

:

20 Bless the Lord, O house of
Levi: ye that fear the Lord,
bless the Lord.
21 Blessed be the Lord out of

Zion, which dwelleth at Jeru-

salem. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 136

O
GIVE thanks unto the
Lord; for he is good: for

his mercy endureth for ever.

2

O give thanks unto the God
of gods : for his mercy endureth
for ever.

3

O give thanks to the Lord
of lords : for his mercy endureth
for ever.

4

To him who alone doeth
great wonders: for his mercy
endureth for ever.

5

To him that by wisdom made
the heavens : for his mercy
endureth for ever.

6

To him that stretched out the
earth above the waters : for his

mercy endureth for ever.

7

To him that made great
lights: for his mercy endureth
for ever

:

8

The sun to rule by day

:

for his mercy endureth for
ever:

9

The moon and stars to rule
by night : for his mercy endur-
eth for ever.

10

To him that smote Egypt in
their firstborn: for his mercy
endureth for ever

:

11

And brought out Israel from
among them: for his mercy
endureth for ever.

12

With a strong hand, and
with a stretched out arm: for
his mercy endureth for ever.

13

To him which divided the
Red sea into parts: for his
mercy endureth for ever

:

14

And made Israel to pass
through the midst of it : for his

mercy endureth for ever

:



88 PSALMS, 137

15 But overthrew Pharaoh and
his host in the Red sea : for his
mercy endureth for ever.
16 To him which led his people

through the wilderness : for his

mercy endureth for ever.
17 To him which smote great

kings: for his mercy endureth
for ever

:

18 And slew famous kings : for
his mercy endureth for ever

:

19 Sihon king of the Amorites

:

for his mercy endureth for ever

:

20 And Og the king of Bashan

:

for his mercy endureth for ever

:

21 And gave their land for a
heritage : for his mercy endur-
eth for ever

:

22 Even a heritage unto Israel
his servant : for his mercy
endureth for ever.

23Who remembered us in our
low estate : for his mercy endur-
eth for ever

:

24 And hath redeemed us from
our enemies : for his mercy en-
dureth for ever.

25Who giveth food to all flesh

:

for his mercy endureth for ever.
26 O give thanks unto the God

of heaven : for his mercy endur-
eth for ever.

Psalm 137

BY the rivers of Babylon,there we sat down, yea, we
wept, when we remembered
Zion.

2

We hanged our harps upon
the willows in the midst thereof.

3 For there they that carried

us away captive required of us a
song; and they that wasted us
required of us mirth, saying

,

Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4 How shall we sing the
Lord’s song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,

let my right hand forget her
cunning .

6 If I do not remember thee,
let my tongue cleave to the
roof of my mouth; if I prefer
not Jerusalem above my chief
joy.

7 Remember, O Lord, the
children of Edom in the day of
Jerusalem; who said, Rase it,
rase it, even to the foundation
thereof.

8 O daughter of Babylon, who
art to be destroyed; happy shall
he he, that rewardeth thee as
thou hast served us.

9 Happy shall he he, that
taketh and dasheth thy little
ones against the stones.

Psalm 138
A Psalm of David.

I
WILL praise thee with my
whole heart : before the gods

will I sing praise unto thee.

2 I will worship toward thy
holy temple, and praise thy
name for thy loving-kindness
and for thy truth: for thou
hast magnified thy word above
all thy name.

3

In the day when I cried thou
answeredst me, and strength-
enedst me with strength in my
soul.

4

All the kings of the earth

shall praise thee, O Lord, when
they hear the words of thy
mouth.

5

Yea, they shall sing in the

ways of the Lord : for great is
the glory of the Lord.

6

Though the Lord be high,
yet hath he respect unto the

lowly : but the proud he know-
eth afar off.

7

Though I walk in the midst
of trouble, thou wilt revive me

:

thou shalt stretch forth thine

hand against the wrath of mine
enemies, and thy right hand
shall save me.



PSALMS* 140 898

The Lord will perfect that
which concemeth me : thy mer-
cy, O Lord, endureth for ever

:

forsake not the works of thine

own hands.

Psalm 139
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of

David.

0
LORD, thou hast searched
me, and known me.

2 Thou knowest my downsit-
ting and mine uprising ; thou un-

derstandestmy thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path
and my lying down, and art
acquainted with all my ways.

4

For there is not a word in my
tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou
knowest it altogether.

5

Thou hast beset me behind
and before, and laid thine hand
upon me.

6

Such knowledge is too won-
derful for me; it is high, I can-
not attain unto it.

7

Whither shall I go from thy

Spirit? or whither shall I flee

from thy presence?

8

If I ascend up into heaven,

thou art there: if I make my
bed in hell, behold, thou art

there.

9

If I take the wings of the

morning, and dwell in the utter-

most parts of the sea;

10

Even there shall thy hand
lead me, and thy right hand
shall hold me.

11

If I say, Surely the darkness

shall cover me; even the night
shall be light about me.

12

Yea, the darkness hideth

not from thee; but the night

shineth as the day: the dark-

ness and the light are both alike

to thee.

13

For thou hast possessed my
reins : thou hast covered me in
my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am
fearfully and wonderfullymade

:

marvelous are thy works; and

that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid

from thee, when I was made in
secret, ana curiously wrought in

the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my sub-
stance, yet being imperfect; and

in thy book all my members
were written, which in contin-

uance were fashioned, when as
yet there was none of them.

17 How precious also are thy
thoughts unto me, O God! how
great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they

are more in number than the

sand : when I awake, I am still
with thee.

19 Surely thou wilt slay the

wicked, O God : depart from me
therefore, ye bloody men.

20 For they speak against thee

wickedly, and thine enemies

take thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O
Lord, that hate thee? and am
not I grieved with those that

rise up against thee?

22 I hate them with perfect

hatred : I count them mine ene-
mies.

23 Search me, O God, and
know my heart: try me, and
know my thoughts

:

24 And see if there be any
wicked way in me, and lead me
in the way everlasting.

Psalm 140

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.

D
eliver me, o lord, from
the evil man : preserve me

from the violent man;
2 Which imagine mischiefs in

their heart; continually are they

gathered together for war.



90 PSALMS. 141

3 They have sharpened their
tongues like a serpent; adders*
poison is under their lips. Selah.

4 Keep me, O Lord, from the
hands of the wicked; preserve
me from the violent man; who
have purposed to overthrow my
goings.

5 The proud have hid a snare
for me, and cords; they have
spread a net by the wayside;
they have set gins for me.
Selah.

6 I said unto the Lord, Thou
art my God : hear the voice of
my supplications, O Lord.
7 O God the Lord, the strength

of my salvation, thou hast cov-
ered my head in the day of
battle.

8 Grant not, O Lord, the de-
sires of the wicked : further not

his wicked device; lest they

exalt themselves. Selah.

9 As for the head of those that
compass me about, let the mis-
chief of their own lips cover
them.

10 Let burning coals fall upon
them : let them be cast into the
fire; into deep pits, that they

rise not up again.
11 Let not an evil speaker be

established in the earth: evil

shall hunt the violent man to
overthrow him .
12 I know that the Lord will

maintain the cause of the af-

flicted, and the right of the
poor.

13 Surely the righteous shall

give thanks unto thy name : the
upright shall dwell in thy pres-

ence.

Psalm 141
A Psalm of David.

I
ORD, I cry unto thee : make
t haste unto me; give ear

unto my voice, when I cry unto
thee.

2 Let my prayer be set forth
before thee as incense; and the
lifting up of my hands as the
evening sacrifice.

3 Set a watch, O Lord, before
my mouth; keep the door of my
lips.

4 Incline not my heart to any
evil thing, to practise wicked

works with men that work in-
iquity: and let me not eat of
their dainties.

5 Let the righteous smite me;
it shall be a kindness : and let
him reprove me; it shall be an
excellent oil, which shall not

break my head: for yet my
prayer also shall be in their

calamities.

6 When their judges are over-
thrown in stony places, they
shall hear my words; for they
are sweet.

7 Our bones are scattered at
the grave’s mouth, as when one
cutteth and cleaveth wood upon
the earth.

8 But mine eyes are unto thee,
O God the Lord : in thee is my
trust; leave not my soul desti-
tute.

9 Keep me from the snares
which they have laid for me,
and the gins of the workers of
iniquity.

10 Let the wicked fall into their

own nets, whilst that I withal
escape. _

Psalm 142
Maschil of David; A Prayer when he

was in the cave.

I
CRIED unto the Lord with
my voice ; withmy voice unto

the Lord did I make my suppli-
cation.

2

I poured out my complaint
beforehim ; I showed beforehim
my trouble.

3

When my spirit was over-
whelmed within me, then thou



PSALMS. 144 91

knewest my path. In the way
wherein I walked have they
privily laid a snare for me.

4

I looked on my right hand,
and beheld, but there was no
man that would know me : ref-
uge failed me; no man cared for
my soul.
5 1 cried unto thee, O Lord : I

said, Thou art my refuge and
my portion in the land of the
living.

6 Attend unto my cry; for I
am brought very low: deliver
me from my persecutors; for
they are stronger than I.

7 Bring my soul out of prison,
that I may praise thy name:
the righteous shall compass me
about; for thou shalt deal boun-

tifully with me.

Psalm 143
A Psalm of David.

HEAR my prayer, O Lord,give ear to my supplica-
tions: in thy faithfulness an-

swer me, and in thy righteous-
ness.

2

And enter not into judgment
with thy servant: for in thy

sight shall no man living be
justified.

3

For the enemy hath perse-
cuted my soul; he hath smitten
my life down to the ground; he
hath made me to dwell in dark-
ness, as those that have been
long dead.

4

Therefore is my spirit over-
whelmed within me; my heart
within me is desolate.

5

I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all thy works; I

muse on the work of thy hands.
6 1 stretch forthmy hands unto

thee: my soul thirsteth after
thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

7 Hear me speedily, O Lord;
my spirit faileth: hide not thy

face from me, lest I be like unto
them that go down into the
pit.

8 Cause me to hear thy loving-
kindness in the morning; for in

thee do I trust: cause me to
know the way wherein I should
walk; for I lift up my soul unto
thee.

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from
mine enemies : I flee unto thee
to hide me.

10 Teach me to do thy will; for
thou art my God : thy Spirit is
good; lead me into the land of
uprightness.

11 Quicken me, O Lord, for
thy name’s sake : for thy right-
eousness

,

sake bringmy soul out
of trouble.

12 And of thy mercy cut off
mine enemies, and destroy all
them that afflict my soul, for I
am thy servant.

Psalm 144
A Psalm of David.

BLESSED be the Lord mystrength, which teacheth
my hands to war, and my fin-
gers to fight

:

2

My goodness, and my for-
tress; my high tower, and my
deliverer; my shield, and he in
whom I trust; who subdueth
my people under me.

3

Lord, what is man, that
thou takest knowledge of him!

or the son of man, that thou
makest account of him!

4

Man is like to vanity: his
days are as a shadow that
passeth away.

5

Bow thy heavens, O Lord,
and come down : touch the
mountains, and they shall
smoke.

6

Cast forth lightning, and
scatter them: shoot out thine

arrows, and destroy them.



92 PSALMS, 145

7 Send thine hand from above

;

rid me, and deliver me out of
great waters, from the hand of
strange children;

8 Whose mouth speaketh van-
ity, and their right hand is a
right hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing a new song unto

thee, O God: upon a psaltery
and an instrument of ten strings
will I sing praises unto thee.

10 It is he that giveth salvation

unto kings : who delivereth Da-
vid his servant from the hurtful

sword.

11 Rid me, and deliver me
from the hand of strange chil-
dren, whose mouth speaketh
vanity, and their right hand is a
right hand of falsehood

:

12 That our sons may be as
plants grown up in their youth;

that our daughters may be as
comer stones, polished after the
similitude of a palace

:

13 Thai our gamers may be
full, affording all manner of
store; that our sheep may bring
forth thousands and ten thou-

sands in our streets

:

14 That our oxen may be
strong to labor; that there be no

breaking in, nor going out; that

there be no complaining in our

streets.

15 Happy is that people, that is
in such a case: yea, happy is

that people, whose God is the
Lord. _ ....

Psalm 145
David’s Psalm of praise.

I
WILL extol thee, my God, O
King; and I will bless thy

name for ever and ever.

2

Every day will I bless thee;

and I will praise thy name for
ever and ever.

3

Great is the Lord, and
greatly to be praised; and his

greatness is unsearchable.

4 One generation shall praise
thy works to another, and shall
declare thy mighty acts.
5 I will speak of the glorious

honor of thy majesty, and of
thy wondrous works.
6 And men shall speak of the

might of thy terrible acts: and
I will declare thy greatness.

7 They shall abundantly utter
the memory of thy great good-
ness, and shall sing of thy right-
eousness.

8 The Lord is gracious, and
full of compassion; slow to an-

ger, and of great mercy.
9 The Lord is good to all : and

his tender mercies are over all

his works.

10 All thy works shall praise
thee, O Lord; and thy saints
shall bless thee.

11 They shall speak of the
glory of thy kingdom, and talk
of thy power;

12 To make known to the sons
of men his mighty acts, and the
glorious majesty of his kingdom.

13 Thy kingdom is an ever-
lasting kingdom, and thy do-
minion endureth throughout all

generations.

14 The Lord upholdeth all
that fall, and raiseth up all
those that be bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon

thee ; and thou givest them their
meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand,
and satisfiest the desire of every
living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous in all
his ways, and holy in all his
works.

18 The Lord is nigh unto all
them that call upon him, to all
that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of

them that fear him : he also will
heartheir cry,andwillsavethem.



PSALMS. 147 93

20 The Lord preserveth all
them that love him : but all the
wicked will he destroy.

21 My mouth shall speak the
praise of the Lord : and let all
flesh bless his holy name for
ever and ever.

Psalm 146

P
RAISE ye the Lord. Praise
the Lord, O my soul.

2

While I live will I praise the

Lord : I will sing praises unto
my God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes,

nor in the son of man, in whom
there is no help.

4

His breath goeth forth, he

retumeth to his earth; in that

very day his thoughts perish.

5

Happy is he that hath the
God of Jacob for his help, whose
hope is in the Lord his God

:

6

Which made heaven, and
earth, the sea. and all that
therein is: which keepeth truth

for ever

:

7

Which executeth judgment
for the oppressed : which giveth

food to the hungry. The Lord
looseth the prisoners

:

8

The Lord openeth the eyes
of the blind : the Lord raiseth
them that are bowed down : the
Lord loveth the righteous

:

9

The Lord preserveth the
strangers; he relieveth the fa-
therless and widow: but the
way of the wicked he tumeth
upside down.

10

The Lord shall reign for
ever, even thy God, O Zion, un-
to all generations. Praise ye

the Lord.

Psalm 147

PRAISE ye the Lord: for itis good to sing praises unto
our God; for it is pleasant; and
praise is comely.

2 The Lord doth build up Je-
rusalem : he gathereth together

the outcasts of Israel.

3 He healeth the broken in
heart, and bindeth up their
wounds.

4 He telleth the number of
the stars; he calleth them all
by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and of
great power : his understanding
is infinite.

6 The Lord lifteth up the
meek: he casteth the wicked
down to the ground.
7 Sing unto the Lord with

thanksgiving; sing praise upon
the harp unto our God

:

8 Who covereth the heaven
with clouds, who prepare ;h rain
for the earth, who maketh grass
to grow upon the mountains.
9 He giveth to the beast his

food, and to the young ravens
which cry.
10 He delighteth not in the

strength of the horse: he tak-
eth not pleasure in the kgs of
a man.
11 The Lord taketh pleasure

in them that fear him, in those
that hope in his mercy.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusa-
lem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened

the bars of thy gates; he hath
blessed thy children within

thee.

14 He maketh peace in thy
borders, and filleth thee with
the finest of the wheat.

15 He sendeth forth his com-
mandment upon earth : his word
runneth very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool

:

he scattereth the hoar frost like
ashes.

17 He casteth forth his ice like
morsels : who can stand before
his cold?



94 PSALMS, 148

18 He sendeth out his word,
and melteth them: he causeth

his wind to blow, and the waters

flow.

19 He showeth his word unto
Jacob, his statutes and his
judgments unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with
any nation : and as for his judg-
ments, they have not known
them. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 148

PRAISE ye
the Lord. Praise

ye the Lord from the heav-
ens : praise him in the heights.
2 Praise ye him, all his an-

gels: praise ye him, all his
hosts.

3

Praise ye him, sun and
moon : praise him, all ye stars
of light.

4

Praise him, ye heavens of
heavens, and ye waters that be
above the heavens.

5

Let them praise the name of
the Lord : for he commanded,
and they were created.

6

He hath also stablished
them for ever and ever: he hath
made a decree which shall not
pass.

7

Praise the Lord from the
earth, ye dragons, and all
d

8

Fire, and hail; snow, and
vapor; stormy wind fulfilling

his word

:

9

Mountains, and all hills;
fruitful trees, and all cedars:

10

Beasts, and all cattle;
creeping things, and flying
fowl

:

11

Kings of the earth, and all
people; princes, and all judges
of the earth

:

12

Both young men, and maid-
ens; old men, and children

:

13

Let them praise the name of
the Lord ; for hisname alone is

excellent; his glory is above the
earth and heaven.
14

He also exalteth the horn of
his people, the praise of all his

saints; even of the children of
Israel, a people near unto him.

Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 149

PRAISE ye the Lord. Singunto the Lord a new song,
and his praise in the congrega-
tion of saints.

2

Let Israel rejoice in him
that made him: let the chil-
dren of Zion be joyful in their
King.

3

Let them praise his name in
the dance : let them sing praises
unto him with the timbrel and
harp.

4

For the Lord taketh pleas-
ure in his people : he will
beautify the meek with salva-
tion.

5

Let the saints be joyful in
glory : let them sing aloud upon
their beds.

6

Let the high Praises of God
be in their mouth, and a two-
edged sword in their hand;

7

To execute vengeance upon
the heathen, and punishments
upon the people;

8

To bind their kings with
chains, and their nobles with
fetters of iron;

9

To execute upon them the
judgment written: this honor
have all his saints. Praise ye
the Lord.

Psalm 150

PRAISE ye the Lord. PraiseGod in his sanctuary : praise
him in the firmament of his
power.

2 Praise him for his mighty
acts: praise him according to
his excellent greatness.



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3 Praise him with the sound
of the trumpet : praise him with
the psaltery and harp.

4 Praise him with the tim-
brel and dance : praise him with
stringedinstrumentsandorgans.

5 Praise him upon the loud
cymbals: praise him upon the
high sounding cymbals.

6 Let every thing that hath

breath praise the Lord. Praise
ye the Lord.

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