tihvavy of €he trheolo^icd ^^mimty PRINCETON • NEW JERSEY PRESENTED BY Princeton University Library BS185 .Z '\mo THE BOOK OF PSALMS PUBLISHED BY HENRY FROWDE, 1 C J. CLAY AND SONS, AMEN CORNER, { AVE MARIA LANE. LONDON. I LONDON. BOOK OF PSALMS TRANSLATED OUT OF ^i]t ©tiginal ^^efireto: BEING THE VERSION SET FORTH A.D. 1611 COMPARED WITH THE MOST ANCIENT AUTHORITIES AND REVISED PRINTED FOR THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE OXFOED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1890 Lone; Primpr Crown Svo. All Rights reserved Oxfot& HORACE HART. PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY THE PSALMS, BOOK I. 1 ^ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel i Or, Happy of the wicked, 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 Loed ; And in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither ; And '^whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The wicked are not so ; But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgement, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 Por the LoKD knoweth the way of the righteous : But the way of the wicked shall perish. 2 Or, in whatsoever he doeth he shall prosper 2 Why do the nations ^ rage, And the peoples ^ imagine a vain thing 1 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 heavens shall laugh : The Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, 3 Or, tu- multuOLisly assemble 4 Or, meditate NOV -9191 THE PSALMS. 2. 5. 1 Or, trouble And ^ vex them in his sore displeasure : Yet I have set my king 6 Upon my holy hill of Zion. I will tell of the decree : 7 The Lord said unto me, Thou art my son ; This day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine 8 inheritance. And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron ; 9 Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Now therefore be wise, O ye kings : 10 Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Loed with fear, 11 And rejoice with trembling. ^ Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the 12 way, For his wrath ^ will soon be kindled. * Blessed are all they that ^ put their trust in him. A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom hia son. fl 2 Some ancient ver- sions render, Lay hold of (or, Receive) instruction others, Worship in purity. 3 Or, mai/ 4 Or, Happy 5 Or, take r^uge 6 Or, to 7 Or, salvation Lord, how are mine adversaries increased ! Many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say ^ of my soul, There is no ^ help for him in God. [Selah But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me ; My glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cry unto the Lord with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy hill. [Selah I laid me down and slept ; I awaked ; for the Lord sustaineth me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people. That have set themselves against me round about. Arise, Lord ; save me, O my God : For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone ; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked. 8 Or, Victory ^^2iWMo\-i belongeth unto the Lord : I Thy blessing be uj)on thy people. [Selah 6. 5. THE PSALMS. 4; For the Chief Musician ; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. 1 Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness ; Thou hast set me at large luhen I ivas in distress : ^ Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. i Or, Be 2 ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned untoZe into dishonour 1 Hov) long will ye love vanity, and seek after false- hood ? [Selah 3 But know that the Loed hath set aiDart ^hini that is ^ Or, one that m n 1 • 1/. hefavoureth godly for himself ; The LoKD will hear when I call unto him. 4 ^ Stand in awe, and sin not : ^Or, Be ye Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be ^^^'^ still. [Selah 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the Loed. 6 Many there be that say, Who will shew us any good % Loed, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than they have when their corn and their wine are increased. 8 In peace will I both lay me down and sleep : For thou, Loed, * alone makest me dwell in safety. ^ or, m solitude 5 For the Chief Musician ; with the ^ Nehiloth. 5 Or, ivind A Psalm of David. instruments 1 Give ear to my words, Loed, Consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: For unto thee do I pray. 3 Loed, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice ; In the morning will I order my 'prayer unto thee, and will keep watch. 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness : ^ Evil shall not sojourn with thee. ^ Or, The 5 "^ The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight : Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. evil man 7 Or, Fools THE PSALMS. 5.6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies : 6 The Lord abhorreth the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. But as for me, in the multitude of thy lovingkindness 7 will I come into thy house : In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. Lead me, Lord, in thy righteousness because of 8 J Or <;im 1 mine enemies ; wait for me Make thy way plain before my face. 2 Or, For there is no ^ faithfulness in their mouth ; 9 stedfasmess rpj^^j^, inward part is ^ very wickedness : yaiv'ning gulf Their throat is an open sepulchre ; 4 Heb. make They ^ flatter with their tonejue. smooth their ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^.^^^^ ^ ^^^^ . ^^ tongue. ^ Ox, from Let them fall ^by their own counsels : Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgres- sions ; For they have rebelled against thee. ^Orj^^o5^a« 6g^j- ig^ ^\\ those that put their trust in thee rejoice, 11 rejoice, they Let them evcr shout for joy, because thou defendest shall ever shout... and them : thou Shalt Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. they^aiso'!^!! ' For thou wilt blcss the rightcous ; 12 in'^thee'^'^^'^"^ O LoRD, thou wilt compass him with favour as with a shield. 7 Or, For the Chief Musician ; on stringed instruments, set to '' the Q ^^^^^^ Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, i Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am withered away: 2 Lo^D, heal me ; for my bones are vexed. My soul also is sore vexed : 3 And thou, O Lord, how long ? Eeturn, O Lord, deliver my soul : 4 Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake. For in death there is no remembrance of thee : 5 8 See Gen. In ^ Sheol who shall give thee thanks? xxxvu. . J ^^_^ weary with my groaning ; 6 Every night make I my bed to swim ; 1 water my couch with my tears. 7. 11. THE PSALMS. 5 7 Mine eye wasteth away because of grief ; It waxetli old because of all mine adversaries. 8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity ; For the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The Loud hath heard my supplication ; The LoED will receive my prayer. 10 All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore vexed : They shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly. •7 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. 1 O LoED my God, in thee do I ^put my trust : i Or, take Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me : ''^•'^"^^ 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion. Bending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 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 was mine adversary :) 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it ; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. [Selah 6 Arise, O Loed, in thine anger, Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries : And awake for me ; thou hast commanded judgement. 7 ^ And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee 2 or, so shall about : And over them return thou on high. 8 The Loed ministereth judgement to the peoples : Judge me, O Loed, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity ^ that is in me. ^ ^^' ^^ *'^ 9 Oh let the wickednegs of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous : For the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. 10 My shield is with God, "Which saveth the upright in heart. 11 God is a righteous judge, Yea, a God that hath indignation every day. A r. THE PSALMS. 7. 12. 1 Or, Surely he will again whet ^ If a man turn not, he will wliet his sword ; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death ; He maketh his arrows fiery shafts. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity ; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate. I will give thanks unto the Loed according to his righteousness : And will sing praise to the name of the Lokd Most High. 12 13 14 15 IG For the Chief Musician ; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. 8 2 So some ancient versions. The Hebrew is obscure. 3 Or, above O LoBD, our Lord, i How excellent is thy name in all the earth ! Who "^ hast set thy glory ^ upon the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou 2 established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, 3 The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained ; What is man, that thou art mindful of him 1 4 And the son of man, that thou visitest him % For thou hast made him but little lower than ^ God, 5 He&io^ijm. And crownest him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of 6 thy hands ; Thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, 7 Yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, 8 "Whatsoever j^asseth through the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, 9 How excellent is thy name in all the earth ! 4 Or amiels 9. 15. THE PSALMS. 9 For the Chief Musician ; set to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. 1 Or, Most High; because mine ^c. 1 I will give thanks unto the Loed with my whole heart ; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and exult in thee : I will sing praise to thy name, O thou ^ Most High. 3 When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause ; Thou satest in the throne judging righteously. 5 Thou hast rebuked the ^ nations, thou hast destroyed 2 Or, heathen the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. 6 ^ The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ^ And the cities which thou hast ^ overthrown, Their very memorial is perished. 7 But the LoKD sitteth as king for ever : He hath prepared his throne for judgement. 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, He shall minister judgement to the ^ peoples in upright- ness. 9 The Loed also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble ; 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee j For thou, Loed, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. 11 Sing praises to the Loed, which dwelleth in Zion : Declare among the '^ people his doings. 12 ^ For he that maketh inquisition for blood remember- eth them : He forgetteth not the cry of the ^ poor. 13 Have mercy upon me, O Loed ; Behold my affliction vjhich I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death ; 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise : In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy ^° salvation. 15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made : In the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 3 Or, thou enemy, deso- lations are come to a per- petual end 4 Or, A7id their cities thou hast overthrown 5Heb. plucked tip. 6 Or, people 7 Or, peoples 8 Or, For when he maketh... he 'rememhereth 9 Or, meek 10 Or, saving help 8 THE PSALMS. 9. 16. The LoED hath made himself known, he hath executed 16 judgement : 1 Or, He 1 The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. snareth the r-cr- • „ o„i„'u iviched ^ [Higgaion. Selah The wicked shall return to Sheol, 17 Even all the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, 18 2 Or, iiicek ISTor the expectation of the ^ poor perish for ever. Arise, Lord ; let not man prevail : 19 Let the nations be judged in thy sight. Put them in fear, Loed : 20 Let the nations loiow themselves to be but men. [Selah Why standest thou afar off, Lord 1 10 "Why hidest thou thj'self in times of trouble ? 3 Or, he doth In the pride of the wicked ^ the poor ^ is hotly pursued ; 2 ofpoT'"' 'Let them be taken in the devices that they have 4 Heb. is set imagined. s'o'^TTi ^^^' *^^® wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, 8 an taken And ^ the covctous reuouncetli, yea, ''^ contemneth the C Or, blesseth LORD. hnt contemn. The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, 4 eth^rc. jjg ^jjj j^QJ. i-equire it. r, revie t ^^^ j^.^ thoughts are, There is no God. 8 Or, grievous His ways are ^firm at all times ; 5 Thy judgements are far above out of his sight : As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved : 6 To all generations I shall not be in adveisity. 9 Oi, fraud His moutli is full of cursing and deceit and ^ oppression : 7 Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages : 8 In the covert places doth he murder the innocent : u Oi, hajjiess His eyes are privily set against the ^° helpless. He lurketh in the covert as a lion in his den : 9 He lieth in wait to catch the poor : He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net. u Another ^' He crouchcth, he boweth down, 10 2mJ&S»5 And the ^° helpless fall by his strong ones. crushed. He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten : 11 He hideth his face ; he will never see it. 11. 7. THE PSALMS. 12 Arise, Loed ; O God, lift up thine hand : Forget not the ^ poor. i Or, meek 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it ? 14 Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest ^ mischief and 2 or, travail spite, to take it into thy hand : and grief The ^ helpless committeth Imnself unto thee ; 3 or, hapless Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked ; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none. 16 The Loed is King for ever and ever : The * nations are perished out of his land. ^ Or, 17 Loed, thou hast heard the desire of the meek : ^" ^ Thou wilt ^ prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine 5 or, ear to hear : '''''^^^^ 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man which is of the earth may be terrible no more. 11 For the Chief Musician. A Fsalm of David. 1 In the Loed put I my trust : How say ye to my soul, Flee ^ as a bird to your mountain ? ^ Ot, ye birds 2 For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. 3 "^ If the foundations be destroyed, ^ Or, For the What can the righteous do ? aredt^- *""* 4 The Loed is in his holy temple, uZfhdth The Loed, his throne is in heaven ; the righteous His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. ^'^o^'dhf^f 5 The Loed trieth the righteous : But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares ; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the l^-'JJf^J' portion of their cup. 9 or, His 7 For the Loed is righteous ; he loveth ^ righteousness : countenance doth behold ^ The upright shall behold his face. the upright 10 THE PSALMS. 12. 1. 1 Or, the eighth 2 Or, faith- fulness faileth 3 Heb. with us. 4 Or, in the safety he pantethfor For tlie Chief Musician ; set to ^ the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. 12 Help, LOKD ; for the godly man ceaseth ; 1 For ^ the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour : 2 Withflattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. The LoBD shall cut off all flattering lips, 3 The tongue that speaketh great things : Who have said. With our tongue will we prevail ; 4 Our lips are ^ our own : who is lord over us ? For the spoiling of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, 5 Now will I arise, saith the Loed ; I will set him * in safety at whom they puff. The words of the Loed are pure words ; 6 As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, Loed, 7 Thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. The wicked walk on every side, 8 When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 13 How long, O Loed, wilt thou forget me for ever 1 i How long wilt thou hide thy face from me ] How long shall I take counsel in my soul, 2 Having sorrow in my heart all the day 1 How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me ? Consider and answer me, Loed my God : 3 Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death ; Lest mine enemy say, I have j)revailed against him ; 4 Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in thy mercy ; 5 My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation : I \vill sing unto the Loed, 6 Because he hath dealt bountifully with me. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 14 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. 1 They are corrupt, they have done abominable works ; 16. 2. THE PSALMS. 11 There is none that doeth good. 2 The LoED looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did * understand, i Or, deal That did seek after God. ^^^^^ 3 They are all gone aside ; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one. 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge 1 Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon the Loed. 5 There were they in great fear : For God is in the generation of the righteous. 6 Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor, 2 Because the Loed is his refuge. a or, But 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zionl When the Loed ^brinffeth back the captivity of his 3 0r, , ° J. - returneth to people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 15 A Psalm of David. 1 Loed, who shall sojourn in thy ^ tabernacle 1 * Heb. tent. Who shall dwell in thy holy hilU 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness. And speaketh truth in his heart. 3 ^ He that slandereth not with his tongue, liank^eth Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. e Or, his 4 In ^ whose eyes a reprobate is despised ; Iweardh But he honoureth them that fear the Loed. "^ He that sweareth « to his own hurt, and changeth not. ^^^^^fj^"^' 5 ^ He that putteth not out his money to usury, to his friend. Nor taketh reward against the innocent. ISttkh'^ He that doeth these things shall never be moved. jo so the Sept., Vulg. and Syr. The 16 Michtam of David. * Hebrew text as pointed 1 Preserve me, O God : for in thee do I put my trust. hast said, o 2 '' I have said unto the Loed, Thou art " my Lord : n^^^^L I have no good beyond thee. Lord' 12 THE PSALMS. 16. 3. iOT,Unto 2 Or, And the excellent . . . delight : their ^c, 3 Or, give gifts for 4 Or. confidently 5 Or, godly Or, beloved 6 Or, the pit ^ As for the saints that are in the earth, 3 ^ They are the excellent in whom is all my delight. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that ^ exchange the 4 Lord for another god : Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips. The LoED is the portion of mine inheritance and of my 5 cup : Thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; 6 Yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the Loed, who hath given me counsel : 7 Yea, my reins instruct me in the night seasons. I have set the Loed always before me : 8 Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : 9 My flesh also shall dwell * in safety. For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol ; 10 Neither wilt thou suffer thine ^ holy one to see ^ cor- ruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : 11 In thy presence is fulness of joy ; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. A Prayer of David. 17 7 Or, Thine eyes behold with equity 8 Oi, findest no evil pur. pose in me; my mouth ^c. Hear the right, O Loed, attend unto my cry ; i Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence ; 2 ■^ Let thine eyes look upon equity. Thou hast proved mine heart ; thou hast visited me 3 in the night ; Thou hast tiled me, and ^ findest nothing ; I am purposed that my mouth shall not trans- gress. As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips 4 I have kept me from the ways of the violent. My stej)s have held fast to thy paths, 5 My feet have not slipped. 18. 5. THE PSALMS. 13 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. 7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest them which put their trust in thee ^ From those that rise up against them^ by thy right hand. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, Hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that spoil me, My deadly enemies, that 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 set their eyes to cast us down to the earth. 12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, LoED, ^ Confront him, cast him down : Deliver my soul from * the wicked by thy sword ; 14 From ^ men, by thy hand, O Loed, ^ From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure : They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, ^I shall behold thy face in righteousness : ''' I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy ^ likeness. 18 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Loed, ® 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 suid, 1 1 love thee, O Loed, my strength. 2 The Loed is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my strong rock, in him will I trust ; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Loed, who is worthy to be praised : So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The cords of death compassed me. And the floods of ^° ungodliness made me afraid. 5 The cords of Sheol were round about me : The snares of death came upon me. 1 Or, From those that rise up against thy right hand 2 Or, They have shut up their heart : 3 Or, Forestall 4 Or, the wicked, which is thy sword 5 Or, men which are thy hand 6 Or, From men whose portion in life is of the world 7 Or, let me 8 Heh.form. See Niim. xii. 8. 9 See 2 Sam. xxii. 10 Heb. Belial. 14 THE PSALMS. 18. 6. In my distress I called upon the Lord, 6 And cried unto my God : He heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry before him came into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled, 7 The foundations also of the mountains moved And were shaken, because he was wroth. I Or, in his There went up a smoke -^ out of his nostrils, 8 """'* And fire out of his mouth devoured : Coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also, and came down ; 9 And thick darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : 10 Yea, he flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round 11 about him ; Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, 12 Hailstones and coals of fire. The LoED also thundered in the heavens, 13 And the Most High uttered his voice ; Hailstones and coals of fire. And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them ; 14 •iOT, And he ^YeB,, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them. fightings "^^^^^ ^^^ channels of waters appeared, 15 And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Lord, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. He sent from on high, he took me ; 16 •iOT, great He drew me out of ^many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, 17 And from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They came upon me in the day of my calamity : 18 But the Lord was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place ; 19 He delivered me, because he delighted in me. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteous- 20 ness ; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he re- compensed me. 18. 38. THE PSALMS. 15 21 For I have kept the ways of the Loed, And have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgements were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me. 23 I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the Loed recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eye- sight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful ; With the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect ; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ; And with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself fro ward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people ; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. 28 For thou wilt light my lamj) : The Loed my God will lighten my darkness. 29 For by thee I run ^uj)on a troop ; i Ot, through And by my God do I leap over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect : The word of the Loed is tried ; He is a shield unto all them that trust in him. 31 For who is God, save the Loed 1 And who is a rock, beside our God ? 32 The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet : And setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war ; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. 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. 2 or, con- 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my ^feet have not slipped. ^B.eh. ankles. 37 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them : Neither will I turn again till they are consumed. 38 I will smite them through that they shall not be able to rise : They shall fall under my feet. 16 THE PSALMS. 18. 39. 1 Heb. caused to bow. For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle : 39 Thou hast ^subdued under me those that rose up against me. Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs 40 unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. They cried, but there was none to save : 41 Even unto the Lokd, but he answered them not. Then did I beat them small as the dust before the 42 wind : '2Keh.empti/. I did ^cast them out as the mire of the streets. Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people ; 43 Thou ^ hast made me the head of the nations : A people whom I have not known shall serve me. As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me : The strangers shall * submit themselves unto me. The strangers shall fade away, And shall come trembling out of their close places. The LoED liveth ; and blessed be my rock ; And exalted be the God of my salvation : Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And subdueth j)eoples under me. He rescueth me from mine enemies : Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me: Thou deliverest me from the violent man. Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Loed, among 49 the. nations. Arid will sing praises unto thy name. Great ^deliverance giveth he to his king; 50 And sheweth lovingkindness to his anointed. To David and to his seed, for evermore. 3 Or, wilt make 4 Or, yield feigned obedience Heb. lie. 5 Heb. salvations. 44 45 46 47 48 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 19 The heavens declare the glory of God ; 1 And the firmament sheweth his handy work. Day unto day uttereth speech, 2 And night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language ; 3 Their voice cannot be heard. 20. 4. THE PSALMS. 17 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 Habernacle for the sun, iHeb. tent. 5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course. 6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven. And his circuit unto the ends of it: And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul : The testimony of the Loed is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of the Loed are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of the Loed is pure, enlightening the eyes. 9 The fear of the LoED is clean, enduring for ever : The judgements of the Loed are true, a7id righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : Sweeter also than honey and '^the honeycomb. 2 Heb. ?fte 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned : In keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can discern his errors 1 Clear thou me from hidden faults. 13 Keep back thy servant also ^from presumptuous sins; ^ Or, from Let them not have dominion over me : then shall I be *^ ^'^^" perfect. And I shall be clear from great transgression. 14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, Loed, my rock, and my redeemer. OQ For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 1 The Loed answer thee in the day of trouble ; The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high ; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary. And ^strengthen thee out of Zion ; ^Ov, support 3 Remember all thy ^offerings, oj^r/J^f^ And ^accept thy burnt sacrifice ; [Selah g ^^^ ^,^,p, 4 Grant thee thy heart's desire, «*/«^- droppinfis of the honey- comb. 18 THE PSALMS. 20. 4. And fulfil all thy counsel. 1 Or, victory We Will triumph in thy ^ salvation, 5 And in the name of our God we will set up our banners: The LoED fulfil all thy petitions. Now know I that the Loed saveth his anointed ; 6 He will answer him from his holy heaven With the saving strength of his right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : 7 But we will make mention of the name of the Loed our God. They are bowed down and fallen : 8 But we are risen, and stand upright. 2 Or, as ^ Save, Loed : 9 'rsionT'""* Let the King answer us when we call. have, LoKB, save p ^-^^ C^igf Musician. A Psalm of David. Ol thektnrj; and ^X answer Src. rpj^^ j^-^^ ^^mW joy in thy strength, O Loed ; l And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice ! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, 2 And hast not withholden the request of his lips. [Selah 3 Or, good For thou preventest him with the blessings of ^goodness .* 3 things Thou settcst a crown of fine gold on his head. He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him ; 4 Even length of days for ever and ever. His glory is great in thy salvation : 5 Honour and majesty dost thou lay upon him. 4Heb. settest For thou ''makest him most blessed for ever : 6 biesshiffs. Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence. See Gen. For the king trusteth in the Loed, 7 And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he shall not be moved. Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies : 8 Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of 9 E Or, thine ^ anger. gTse»ce rpj^g LoED shall swallow them up in his wrath, countenance. And the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, 10 And their seed from among the children of men. For they intended evil against thee : 11 They imagined a device, which they are not able to perform. 22. 14. THE PSALMS. 19 12 For thou slialt make them turn their back, Thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted, O Lokd, in thy strength : So will we sing and praise thy power. 22 ^or the Chief Musician ; set to ^ Aijeleth hash-Shahar. i That is, The A Psalm of David. hi'id of the mornitig. 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? ^ Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the 2 or Far words of my roaring ? i7!hZofls 2 my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou answerest of my roar- not; ^ _ ^"^• And in the night season, ^and am not silent. ^Or,hutfind 3 But thou art holy, "'"•^'^ O thou that ^inhabitest the praises of Israel. 4 or, arten- 4 Our fathers trusted in thee : ^^'''"^^ "^'" They trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered : They trusted in thee, and were not ashamed. 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 ^Commit thyself unto the Loed ; let him deliver him : e or, He Let him deliver him, seeing he dehghteth in him. ^the^Louo! 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb : that he would Thou didst make me trust 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. 12 Many bulls have compassed me : Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gape upon me with their mouth, ^5 a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint : My heart is like wax ; It is melted in the midst of my bowels. 20 THE PSALMS. 22. 15. My strength is dried up like a potsherd ; 15 And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws ; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me : 16 The assembly of evil-doers have inclosed me ; I So the ^ They pierced my hands and my feet. aSVr"'"* I may tell all my bones; 17 According to They look and stare upon me : other ancient rm ■ ,^ versions, ihey part my garments among them, 18 The^HeW ^^d upon my vesture do they cast lots. textaspomt- ^ut be not thou far off, Lord : 19 a lion. ' thou my succour, haste thee to help me. only one. Deliver my soul from the sword ; 20 2Heb. My ^My darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion's mouth ; 21 Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast an- swered me. I will declare thy name unto my brethren : 22 In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. Ye that fear the Loed, praise him ; 23 All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him ; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of 24 the afflicted ; Neither hath he hid his face from him ; But when he cried unto him, he heard. Of thee Cometh my jDraise in the great congregation : 25 I will pay my vows before them that fear him. The meek shall eat and be satisfied : 26 They shall praise the Lord that seek after him : Let your heart live for ever. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn 27 unto the Lord : And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's : 28 And he is the ruler over the nations. All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship : 29 All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive. 24. 7. THE PSALMS. 21 30 A seed shall serve him ; ^ It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation, i Or, it shall 31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness \niTthe'^ Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it. Lord for hii ^ *■ generation 23 A Psalm of David. 1 The LoED is my shepherd ; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : He leadeth me beside the ^ still waters. 2 Heb. «?«/«•« 3 He restoreth my soul : He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk throu2[h the valley of ^ the shadow ^ Or, deep P , ,,® ° '' darkness 01 death, (and so I will fear no evil ; for thou art with me : elsewhere) Tiiy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies : Thouhastanointedmyheadwith oil; my cup runneth over. 6 ^ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the ^ Or, Oniy days of my life : And I will dwell in the house of the Loed ^ for ever. ^ Heb. for length of _ ^ days. 24 A Psalm of David. 1 The 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 uj^on the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Loed 1 And 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, And hath not sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive a blessing from the Loed, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek after him. That seek thy face, ^O 'God of Jacob. [Selah e or, even J ' J '- Jacob 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; l^^' And be ye lift up, ye ® everlasting doors : versions. And the King of glory shall come in. " «^' ""^'^"^ 22 THE PSALMS. 24. 8. Who is the King of glory 1 8 The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, ye gates ; 9 Or, a7icient Yea, lift them up, ye ^ everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory 1 10 The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. [Selah A Psalm of David. 25 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 1 O my God, in thee have I trusted, 2 Let me not be ashamed ; Let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed : 3 They shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause. Shew me thy ways, O Lord ; 4 Teach me thy paths. Guide me in thy truth, and teach me ; 6 For thou art the God of my salvation ; On thee do I wait all the day. Remember, Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lov- 6 ingkindnesses ; For they have been ever of old. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my trans- 7 gressions ; According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, Lord. Good and upright is the Lord : 8 Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgement : 9 And the meek will he teach his way. All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth 10 Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. For thy name's sake, Lord, 11 Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great. What man is he that feareth the Lord ? 12 Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose. 26. 8. THE PSALMS. 23 13 His soul shall dwell at ease ; And his seed shall inherit the land. 14 The ^ secret of the Lokd is with them that fear him ^ And he will shew them his covenant. 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Loed ; 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 : bring thou me out of my distresses. 18 Consider mine affliction and my travail ; And forgive all my sins. 19 Consider mine enemies, for they are many ; And they hate me with cruel hatred. 20 keep my soul, and deliver me : Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait on thee. 22 Redeem Israel, O God, Out of all his troubles. 1 Or, counsel Or, friend- ship 2 Or, And Ms covenant, to make them know it 3 Or, as otherwise read, relieve thou, and bring me 4-c. 26 A Psalm of David. 1 Judge me, Lokd, for I have walked in mine in- tegrity : I have trusted also in the Lokd * without wavering. 2 Examine me, O Lokd, and prove me ; Try my reins and my heart. 3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes ; And I have walked in thy truth. 4 I have not sat with vain persons ; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I hate the congregation of evil-doers, 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 ^ make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, And tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 Lokd, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place ^ where thy glory dwelleth. 4 Or, I shall not slide 5 Or, publish ivilh the voice of thanks- giving 6Heb. of the tabernacle of thy glory. 24 THE PSALMS. 26. 9. 1 Or, Take not away 2 Or, strong hold 3 Or, In this 4 Or, the pleasantness bOx, consider his temple 6 Heb. tent. 7 Or, shoutinp Or, trumpet- sound ^ Gather not my soul with sinners, 9 Nor my life with men of blood : In whose hands is mischief, 10 And their right hand is full of bribes. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity : 11 Redeem me, and be merciful unto me. My foot standeth in an even place : 12 In the congregations will I bless the Loed. A Fsalm of David. 27 The LoED is my light and my salvation ; whom shall 1 I fear 1 The LoED is the ^ strength of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid 1 "When evil-doers came ui^on me to eat up my flesh, 2 Uven mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, 3 My heart shall not fear : Though war should rise against me, ^ Even then will I be confident. One thing have I asked of the Loed, that will I seek 4 after ; That I may dwell in the house of the Loed all the days of my life, To behold - the beauty of the Loed, and to ° inquire in his temple. For in the day of trouble he shall keep me secretly in 5 his pavilion : In the covert of his ^ tabernacle shall he hide me ; He shall lift me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine 6 enemies round about me; And I will offer in his ^tabernacle sacrifices of '^joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Loed. Hear, Loed, when I cry with my voice : 7 Have mercy also u^Jon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face ; my heart said 8 unto thee, Thy face, Loed, will I seek. 28. 6. THE PSALMS. 25 9 Hide not thy face from me ; Put not thy servant away in anger : Thou hast been my help; . Cast me not off, neither forsake me, God of my sal- vation. 10 ^ For my father and my mother have forsaken me, i Or, When But the LoED will take me up. aUdm/mo- 11 Teach me thy way, Loed ; ther forsake And lead me m a plain path, 4-c. Because of ^ mine enemies. 2 or, them 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries : wait/or me 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 Loed In the land of the living. 14 Wait on the Loed : Be strong, and let thine heart take courage ; Yea, wait thou on the Loed. 28 A Fsalm of David. 1 Unto thee, O Loed, will I call ; My rock, be not thou deaf unto me : Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands ^ toward thy holy oracle. 3 or, toicard 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, piace'i/thy'^ And with the workers of iniquity ; sanctuary Which speak peace with their neighbours, But mischief is in their hearts. 4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings : Give them after the operation of their hands ; Render to them their desert. 5 Because they regard not the works of the Lord, Nor the operation of his hands, He shall break them down and not build them up. 6 Blessed be the Lord, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. 26 THE PSALMS. 28. 7. 1 According to some ancient versions, a strength itnto Ids people. The LoED is my strength and my shield ; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped : Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth ; And with my song will I praise him. The LoED is ^ their strength, And he is a strong hold of salvation to his anointed. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance : Feed them also, and bear them up for ever. A Psalm of David. 29 2 Or, sons of God 3 Or, pods See Ex. xv. 11. 4 Or, in holy array 6 Or, great 6 Or, heweth out flames of iire Give unto the Loed, O ye ^ sons of the ' mighty, 1 Give unto the Loed glory and strength. Give unto the Loed the glory due unto his name ; 2 Worship the Loed * in the beauty of holiness. The voice of the Loed is upon the waters : 3 The God of glory thundereth. Even the Loed upon ^ many waters. The voice of the Loed is powerful ; - 4 The voice of the Loed is full of majesty. The voice of the Loed breaketh the cedars ; 5 Yea, the Loed breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; 6 Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox. The voice of the Loed ^ cleaveth the flames of fire. 7 The voice of the Loed shaketh the wilderness ; 8 The Loed shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Loed maketh the hinds to calve, 9 And strippeth the forests bare : And in his temple every thing saith. Glory. The Loed sat as king at the Flood ; 10 Yea, the Loed sitteth as king for ever. The Loed will give strength unto his people ; 11 The Loed will bless his people with peace. A Psalm a Song at the Dedication of the House ; a Fsalm of David. 30 7 Or, drau-n J ^yill extol thee, O Loed ; for thou hast '^ raised me up, 1 And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. 31. 3. THE PSALMS. 27 2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. 3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol : Thou hast kept me alive, ^ that I should not go down i Another to the pit. ^ ^ ftom^ammg 4 Sinff praise unto the Lord, ye saints of his, ^j^«"« ^^°ifo And give thanks to his holy ^ name. pu. 5 For his anojer is but for a moment : 2 Heb. o -r 1 . r • TP memorial. ^ in his favour is iiie : gee ex. m. Weeping * may tarry for the night, '^^• But joy cometh in the morning. f^lurit/or 6 As for me, I said in my prosperity, a ^'/« ^'»»e I shall never be moved. ISS'inlo^ 7 Thou, Lord, of thy favour hadst made my mountain to lodge at even. stand strong : Thou didst hide thy face ; I was troubled. 8 I cried to thee, O Lord ; And unto the Lord I made supplication : 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 1 10 Hear, Lord, and have mercy upon me : Lord, be thou my helper. 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing ; Thou hast loosed 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 G-od, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. 31 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ; let me never be ashamed : Deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear unto me ; deliver me speedily : Be thou to me a strong rock, an house of '^ defence to ^ Heb, save me. -^'^'•"'^''^^^• 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress ; Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me. 28 THE PSALMS. 31. 4. Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily 4 for me ; For thou art my strong hold. Into thine hand I commend my spirit : 5 Thou hast redeemed me, O Loed, thou God of truth. I hate them that regard lying vanities : 6 But I trust in the Loed. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : 7 For thou hast seen my affliction ; 1 Or, the Thou hast known ^ my soul in adversities : my7oui^^ And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the 8 enemy ; Thou hast set my feet in a large place. Have mercy upon me, O Loed, for I am in distress : 9 Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with 10 sighing : My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away. Because of all mine adversaries I am become a re- 11 proach, Yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a fear to mine acquaintance : They that did see me without fled from me. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind : 12 I am like a broken vessel. For I have heard the defaming of many, 13 Terror on every side : While they took counsel together against me. They devised to take away my life. But I trusted in thee, O Loed : 14 I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand : 15 Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant : 16 Save me in thy lovingkindness. Let me not be ashamed, Loed ; for I have called 17 upon thee : Let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol. 32. 5. THE PSALMS. 29 18 Let the lying lips be dumb ; Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt. 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee. Which thou hast wrought for them that put their trust in thee, before the sons of men ! 20 In the covert of thy presence shalt thou hide them from the plottings of man : Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. 21 Blessed be the Lobd : For he hath shewed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city. 22 As for me, I said in my ^ haste, I am cut off from ^ Ov, alarm before thine eyes : Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplica- tions when I cried unto thee. 23 love the Loed, all ye his saints : The Lord preserveth ^ the faithful, 2 or, /am- And plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. 24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage. All ye that ^ hope in the Loed. uSi'/or 32 A Fsalm of David. Maschil. 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Loed 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 moisture was changed ^as with the drought of *0r, into summer. [Selah 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid : I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Loed ; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. [Selah B 30 THE PSALMS. 32. 6. 1 Or, iti the For tliis let every one that is godly pray unto thee ^ in 6 ingout sfn ' ^ time when thou mayest be found : Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him. Thou art my hiding place ; thou wilt preserve me 7 from trouble ; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliver- ance. [Selah I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which 8 thou shalt go : I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no 9 understanding : Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, 2 Or, That ^ Else they will not come near unto thee. thcy^come not ^^^^^ sorrows shall be to the wicked : 10 But he that trusteth in the Loed, mercy shall compass him about. Be glad in the Loed, and rejoice, ye righteous : 11 And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. Kejoice in the Loed, ye righteous : 33 Praise is comely for the upright. Give thanks unto the Loed with harp : 2 Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song ; 3 Play skilfully with a loud noise. For the word of the Loed is right ; 4 And all his work is done in faithfulness. He loveth righteousness and judgement : 5 The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Loed. By the word of the Loed were the heavens made ; 6 And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap : 7 He layeth up the deeps in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Loed : 8 Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done ; 9 He commanded, and it stood fast. The Loed bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: 10 34. 5. THE PSALMS. 31 He maketli the thoughts of the peoples to be of none eft'ect. 11 The counsel of the Loed standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations. 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Loed ; The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 13 The Loed looketh from heaven ; He beholdeth all the sons of men ; 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth ; 15 He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That considereth all their works. 16 There is no king saved by ^ the multitude of an host : ^ Or, a great A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. ^'^"''^'' 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety : Neither shall he deliver any by his great power. 18 Behold, the eye of the Loed is upon them that fear him, Upon them that ^hope in his mercy; ^ or, wait m 19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine. 20 Our soul hath waited for the Loed : He is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, Because we have trusted in his holy name. 22 Let thy mercy, O Loed, be upon us, According as we ^ have hoped in thee. 34 ^ Psalm of David ; when he ^ changed his behaviour before ^ Or, feigned Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. 1 I will bless the Loed at all times : His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Loed : The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O magnify the Loed with me, And let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the Loed, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened : And their faces shall never be confounded. 32 THE PSALMS. 34. 6. This poor man cried, and the Loed heard him, 6 And saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Loed encampeth round about them 7 that fear him, And delivereth them. O taste and see that the Loed is good : 8 Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. fear the Loed, ye his saints : 9 For there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : lo But they that seek the Loed shall not want any good thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto me : 11 1 will teach you the fear of the Loed. What man is he that desireth life, 12 And loveth many days, that he may see good 1 Keep thy tongue from evil, 13 And thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good ; 14 Seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Loed are toward the righteous, 15 And his ears are open unto their cry. The face of the Loed is against them that do evil, 16 To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Loed heard, 17 And delivered them out of all their troubles. The Loed is nigh unto them that are of a broken heait, 18 And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous : 19 But the Loed delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones : 20 Not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked : 21 And they that hate the righteous shall be ^ condemned. The Loed redeemeth the soul of his servants : 22 And none of them that trust in him shall be ^ con- demned. A Psalm of David. 35 Strive thou, O Loed, with them that strive with me : 1 Fight thou against them that fight against me. 35. 15. THE PSALMS. 33 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, ^ and stop the way against i Or, and the them that pursue me : ]faimfl Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be ashamed and brought to dishonour that seek after my soul : Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of the Loed driving them on. 6 Let their way be ^ dark and slippery, 2 Heb. And the angel of the Lokd pursuing them. X!^^ "'*'' 7 For without cause have they hid for me ^ their net in ^^«^^*- a riif ^ Or, the pit f P-^*^' . 0/ their net Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares ; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: ^ With destruction let him fall therein. ■* Or, into 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Loed : destruction It shall rejoice in his salvation. let Mm fail 10 All my bones shall say, Loed, 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 ^ Unrighteous witnesses rise up ; °^^"'. . They ask me of things that I know not. See 12 They reward me evil for good, ^^- ^^^^- ^• To the bereaving of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth : I afflicted my soul with fasting ; And my prayer ^ returned into mine own bosom. ^ Or, shall 14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother : I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother. 15 But when I halted they rejoiced, and gathered them- selves together : return 34 THE PSALMS. 35. 15. 1 Or, smitert 2 Or, those wliora / knew not 3 Or, Among ■i Heb. My only one. 5 Or, a mighty people 6 Heb. /idsely. 7 Heb, Aha, our desire. 8 Heb. have pleasure in my righteous- ness. The ^ abjects gathered themselves together against me, and ^ I knew it not ; They did tear me, and ceased not : ^ Like the profane mockers in feasts, 16 They gnashed upon me with their teeth. Lord, how long wilt thou look on ? 17 Eescue my soul from their destructions, * My darling from the lions. I will give thee thanks in the great congregation : 18 I will praise thee among ^ much people. Let not them that are mine enemies ^wrongfully rejoice 19 over me : Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me with- out a cause. For they speak not peace : 20 But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land. Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me ; 21 They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. Thou hast seen it, O Loed ; keep not silence : 22 O Lord, be not far from me. Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgement, 23 Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy right- 24 eousness ; And let them not rejoice over me. Let them not say in their heart, "^ Aha, so would we 25 have it : Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up. Let them be ashamed and confounded together that 26 rejoice at mine hurt : Let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that ^ favour my 27 righteous cause : Yea, let them say continually. The Loed be mag- nified. Which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his ser- vant. And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, 28 Arid oi thy praise all the day long. 37. 1. THE PSALMS. 35 36 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. 1 ^ The transgression of the wicked ^ saith within ^ my i or, Trans- ■U p„ ^,f grcssion saith iieciiL, P ^ T , <, 1 . ' to the wicked There is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 ov,uttcrcth 2 For ^ he flattereth himself in his own eyes, ^'* ^''"^^^ ^ That his iniquity shall not be found out and be hated, according 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit : anden? He hath left off to be wise and to do good. versions, Ms 4 He deviseth iniquity upon his bed ; h?)jiattireth He setteth himself in a way that is not good ; Mm in Ms He abhorreth not evil. f^^^ ^^^^^ 5 Thy lovingkindness, O Loed, is in the heavens; he found and Thy faithfulness reaclieth unto the skies. gj{,^'*^^ 6 Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God ; Concerning Thy judgements are a great deep : out of S O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. tlun^t^'^ 7 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God ! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings. 8 They shall be ^ abundantly satisfied with the fatness of e Heb. 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 continue thy lovingkindness 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 drive me away. 12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen : They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise. giy A Psalm of David. 1 Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work un- righteousness. 36 THE PSALMS. 37.2. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, 2 And wither as the green herb. Trust in the Loed, and do good ; 3 1 Ov, So Shalt 1 Dwell in the land, and ^follow after faithfulness. S'e"«n7a«d ' Delight thyself also in the Loed ; 4 feed securely ^^d he shall give thee the * desires of thine heart. 2 Heb./eed 5 Commit thy way unto the Loed ; 5 3 Or, So Shalt Trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass. thou have thy ^j^j i^q g}iall make thy righteousness to go forth as 6 delight in ^c. .t ^^ ^ , ./ o o 4Heb. the light, petitions. And thy judgement as the noonday. 6 Heb. Roll 6 j^gg^ jjj ^i^Q LoKD, and wait patiently for him : 7 theLoBD?^^ Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his 6 Or, Be still Way, *f£lo^Se Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to ^0^^ pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : 8 Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing. For evil-doers shall be cut oif : 9 But those that wait upon the LoKD, they shall inherit ISih (and so ^ *^® ^^^^' in'vv. 11, 22° For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : 10 29, 34) Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and ® he '^''^■' shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the land ; 11 And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked plotteth against the just, 12 And gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him : 13 For he seeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent 14 their bow ; To cast down the poor and needy. To slay such as be upright in the way : Their sword shall enter into their own heart, 15 And their bows shall be broken. Better is a little that the righteous hath 16 Than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : 17 But the Loed upholdeth the righteous. The Loed knoweth the days of the perfect : 18 37. 35. THE PSALMS. 37 And their inheritance shall be for ever. 19 They shall not be ashamed in the time of evil : And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of the Loed shall be as ^ the excel- ^ Or, the fat 1 o l^ 1 of lambs lency oi the pastures : They shall consume ; ^ in smoke shall they consume 2 or, me away. '''''^' 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again : But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth. 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the land ; And they that be cursed of him shall be cut ofP. 23 A man's goings are established of the Loed ; And he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : For the Loed ^upholdeth him with his hand. ■^Ov.upiwid- 25 I have been young, and now am old ; '"' '"* '*"'"' Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging their bread. 26 All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth ; And his seed is blessed. 27 Depart from evil, and do good ; And dwell for evermore. 28 For the Loed loveth judgement, 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 talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgement. 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 Loed will not leave him in his hand. Nor condemn him when he is judged. 34 "Wait on the Loed, 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, B 3 38 THE PSALMS. 37. 35. And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 1 Or, Yet he 1 But ^ onc passed by, and, lo, he was not : 36 2 or^ accord- Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. ing to some Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : 37 siinTj"^^^" For ^ the latter end of that man is peace. 2)assed hy ^g f^j, transgressors, they shall be destroyed together : 38 is a reward The latter end of the wicked shall be cut off. (or, futtire ;g^ ^j^^ salvatiou of the righteous is of the Loed : 39 for the man He is their strong hold in the time of trouble. of peace ^^^ ^^^ LoED helpeth them, and rescueth them : 40 He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him. 4 Or, to maJie A Psalm of David, * to bring to remembrance. gg memorial LoED, rebuke me not in thy wrath : 1 Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 6 Heb. For thine arrows ** stick fast in me, 2 igie onmc. j^^^ ^^^^ hand ^ prcsscth me sore. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine 3 indignation ; 6 Or, rest Neither is there any ^ health in my bones because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head : 4 As an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds stink and are corrupt, 5 Because of my foolishness. T Heb. bent. I am "^ pained and bowed down greatly : 6 1 go mourning all the day long. For my loins are filled with burning ; 7 And there is no soundness in my flesh. I am faint and sore bruised : 8 I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. Lord, all my desire is before thee ; 9 And my groaning is not hid from thee. My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me : 10 As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague ; 11 And my kinsmen stand afar ofl". 39. 4. THE PSALMS. 39 12 Tliey also that seek after my life lay snares for me ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not ; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth, li Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no ^ reproofs. "^(^^mmts 15 For in thee, Loed, do I hope : '^"'" Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me : When my foot slippeth, 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 iniquity ; I will be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies are lively, awcZ are strong : And they that hate me ^ wrongfully are multiplied. ^Q'o.faisdiu 20 They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good. 21 Forsake me not, O Loed : O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste to help me, Lord my salvation. 39 For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 1 1 said, I will take heed to my ways. That I sin not with my tongue : 1 will keep ^ my mouth with a bridle, ^ Heb. a While the wicked is before me. muzzU)}or 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, ^ even from »'^ mouth. - •> ^ ' * Or, and had good ; no comfort And my sorrow was stirred. ^^mgood! 3 My heart was hot within me ; While I was musing the fire kindled : Then spake I with my tongue : 4 Loed, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is ; Let me know how frail I am. 40 THE PSALMS. 39. 5. 1 Heb. stand- wg firm. 2 Heb. a breath. 3 Or, as a shadow 4 Or, /or vaiiity 5 Heb. conflict. 6 Or, con- sumest like a moth his delights 7 Or, Look away from me 8 Heb. hrighten up. Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths ; 5 And mine age is as nothing before thee : Surely every man ^at his best estate is altogether ^ vanity. [Selah Surely every man walketh ^ in a vain shew : 6 Surely they are disquieted ^ in vain : He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And now. Lord, what wait I for ? 7 My hope is in thee. Deliver me from all my transgressions ; 8 Make me not the reproach of the foolish. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; 9 Because thou didst it. Kemove thy stroke away from me : 10 I am consumed by the ^ blow of thine hand. When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, 11 Thou ^ makest his beauty to consume away like a moth : Surely every man is ^ vanity. [Selah Hear my prayer, O Loed, and give ear unto my cry ; 12 Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were. "^ O spare me, that I may ^ recover strength, 13 Before I go hence, and be no more. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 40 9 Heb. a pit of tumult or destruction. 10 Ot, fall away treach- erously I waited patiently for the Loed ; 1 And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of ^ an horrible pit, out of 2 the miry clay ; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise 3 unto our God : Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in the Loed. Blessed is the man that maketh the Loed his trust, 4 And respecteth not the proud, nor such as ^® turn aside to lies. 40. 16. THE PSALMS. 41 5 Many, Loed my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward : ^ They cannot be set in order unto thee ; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered. 6 Sacrifice and ^ offering thou hast no delight in ; Mine ears hast thou opened : Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I am come ; In the roll of the book it is * written of me : 8 I delight to do thy will, my God ; Yea, thy law is within my heart. 9 I have ^ published righteousness in the great congre- gation ; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, Loed, thou knowest. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart ; 1 have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation : I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Loed: Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually pre- serve me. 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about, Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up ; They are more than the hairs of mine head, and my heart hath ^ failed me. 13 Be pleased, Loed, to deliver me : Make haste to help me, Loed. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it : Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonour That delight in my hurt. 15 Let them be '' desolate ^ by reason 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 continually, The Loed be magnified. 1 Or, There is none to be compared unto thee 2 Or, meal offering 3 Heb. Ears hast thou digged (or, pierced) for me. 4 Or, prescribed to 5 Or, pro- claimed glad tidings of 6 Heb. forsaken. 7 Or, astonished 8 Or, for a reward of 42 THE PSALMS. 40. 17. But I am poor and needy ; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me : Thou art my help and my deliverer ; Make no tarrying, O my God. 17 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. 41 I0r,.'/ie weak 2 Or, The Loud pre- serve 3 Or, in the land 4 Or, The Loud support 5Heb. turnest, or, changed. 7 Or, Some wicked thing 8 Or, is pour- ed out upon him Blessed is he that considereth ^ the poor : 1 The LoED will deliver liim in the day of evil. ^ The LoED will preserve him, and keep him alive, and 2 he shall be blessed ^ upon the earth ; And deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies. " The LoED will support him upon the couch of Ian- 3 guishing : Thou ^ makest all his bed in his sickness. I said, O LoED, have mercy upon me : 4 Heal my soul ; for I have sinned against thee. Mine enemies speak evil against me, saying, 5 When shall he die, and his name perish ? And if he come to see me, he speaketh ^ vanity ; 6 His heart gathereth iniquity to itself : When he goeth abroad, he telleth it. All that hate me whisper together against me : 7 Against me do they devise my hurt. "^ An evil disease, say they, ^ cleaveth fast unto him : 8 And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, 9 which did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me. But thou, LoED, have mercy upon me, me up, That I may requite them. By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity; And settest me before thy face for ever. and raise 10 11 12 Blessed be the Loed, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. 13 bowed douii. BOOK II. 42 ^^^^ *^® Chief Musician ; Maschil of the sons of Korah. 1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soiil after thee, God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : When shall I come and appear before God 1 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, While they ^ continually say unto me. Where is thy i Heb. all the God 1 '^^'y- 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul ^within me, -Heb.«j9on. How I went with the throng, and ^ led them to the 3 or, went in house of God procession With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday. 5 Why art thou ^cast down, O my soul] 4 Heb, And ivhy art thou disquieted within me 1 Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him ^ For the ^ health of his countenance. ^ According to some 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me : autSities, Therefore do I remember thee from the land of Jordan, "''^« «* the ' And the Hermons, from ^ the hill Mizar. counteiiaUce, 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy ^ water- JJ^^'J^^^f spouts: • ^ Ox, help All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 7 ot, the little 8 Yet the Loed will command his lovingkindness in the ^q"" "^" day-time, cataracts And in the night his song shall be with me, Fven a prayer unto the God of my life. 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning ^ because of the oppression of the ^Or, whue enemy 1 oppreSh 10 As with ^^ a sword in my bones, mine adversaries re- lo Or, proach me ; crushiuQ 44 THE PSALMS. 42. 10. 1 Or, help 2 Or, while the enemy oppresseth 3 Heb. the gladness of my joy. While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? 11 And why art thou disquieted within me % Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him, Who is the ^ health of my countenance, and my God. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an 43 ungodly nation : O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art the God of my strength ; why hast thou 2 cast me off? Why go I mourning ^ because of the oppression of the enemy ? O send out thy light and thy truth ; let them lead me : 3 Let them bring me unto thy holy hill. And to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, 4 Unto God ^ my exceeding joy : And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God. Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? 5 And why art thou disquieted within me 1 Hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him, Who is the ^ health of my countenance, and my God. For the Chief Musician ; a Psalm of the sons of ^^ Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have 1 told us, What work thou didst in their days, in the days of old. Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and 2 plantedst them in ; * Or, cast Thou didst afflict the peoples, and * didst spread them them forth , , ^ -^ abroad. For they gat not the land in possession by their own 3 sword, Neither did their own arm save them : But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou hadst a favour unto them. 44. 22. THE PSALMS. 45 4 Thou art my King, O Grod : Command ^deliverance for Jacob. ^ Or, victories 5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries : 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 adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us. 8 In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. [Selah 9 But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dis- honour ; And goest not forth with our hosts. 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary : And they which hate us sj)oil for themselves. 11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat ; And hast scattered us among the nations. 12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased thy vjealth by their price. 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. 14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. 15 All the day long is my dishonour before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me, 16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; By reason of the enemy and the avenger. 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 ^ That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, 2 or, Though And covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god ; 21 Shall not God search this out 1 For he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long ; 46 THE PSALMS. 44. 22. 1 That is, Lilies. "^ Ox, I speak i my work is for a king 3 Or, upon 4 Or, In behalf of 6 Or, let thy right hand teach 6 Or, Thy throne is the throne of God 4-c. We are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord 1 23 Arise, cast us not off for ever. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, 24 And forgettest our affliction and our oppression 1 For our soul is bowed down to the dust : 25 Our belly cleaveth unto the earth. Kise up for our help, 26 And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake. For the Chief Musician ; set to ^ Shosliannim ; a Psalm of 4:5 the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves. My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter : 1 ■^I speak the things which I have made touching the king : My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men ; 2 Grace is poured ^ into thy lips : Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, mighty one, 3 Thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride on prosperously. 4 * Because of truth and meekness and righteousness : And ^ thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp ; 5 The peoples fall under thee ; They are in the heart of the king's enemies. ^ Thy throne, God, is for ever and ever : 6 A scej^tre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Tliou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness : 7 Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy -fellows. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia ; 8 Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad. Kings' daughters are among thy honourable women : 9 At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of OiDhir. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine 10 ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house ; 46.8. THE PSALMS. 47 11 So shall the king desire thy beauty : For he is thy Lord ; and worship thou him. 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall he there with a gift ; Even the rich among the people shall intreat thy • favour. 13 The king's daughter ^ within the jycdace is all glorious : Her clothing is inwrought with gold. 14 She shall be led unto the king ^ in broidered work ; The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led : They shall enter into the king's palace. 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, AVhom thou shalt make princes in all the earth. 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all genera- tions : Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever. 1 Or, in the inner part of the palace 2 Or, ttpon ^Q For the Chief Musician ; a Psalm of the sons of Korah ; set to Alamoth. A Song. 1 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change. And though the mountains be moved in the heart of the seas ; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the ^swelling zqx. pride thereof. [Selah 4 There is a river, the streams whereof 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 nations raged, the kingdoms were moved : He uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us ; The God of Jacob is our ^ refuge. [Selah s or, h-cjh 8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, ■i Hab.