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1 Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly; And in the way of sinners doth not stand; And in the seat of scoffers doth not sit:
2 But in the law of the Lord is his delight; And in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree planted near rivers of waters, Which shall yield its fruit in its season, And whose leaf shall not fade; And all that he doeth shall prosper.
4 Not so the ungodly: But they are like the chaff, which scatter doth the wind.
5 Therefore shall not stand the ungodly in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For know doth Jehovah the way of the righteous; But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
1 Why tumultuously rise do the Gentiles, And the peoples murmur in vain?
2 Confederated have the kings of the earth, And the princes have assembled together, Against Jehovah and against his Christ.
3 “Let us break asunder their bonds, “And cast away from us their yoke.”
4 He who dwelleth in heaven shall laugh; The Lord shall deride them.
5 Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, And in his hot displeasure he shall vex them.
6 “I have anointed my king, “Upon Zion, the mountain of my holiness.”
7 I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said to me, “My Son art thou; I, this day, have begotten thee.
8 “Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy inheritance, “And for thy possession the uttermost parts of the earth.
9 “Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;” As the vessel of a potter thou shalt dash them in pieces.”
10 And now, O ye kings! understand; Be instructed, O ye judges of the earth!
11 Serve Jehovah with fear, Rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, And ye perish from the way, When shall be kindled in a short time his wrath. Blessed are all who trust in him.
A Psalm of David, when he fled from the face of Absalom his son
1 O Lord! how are my oppressors multiplied! Many rise up against me,
2 Many say to my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah.
3 And thou, O Jehovah! art a shield for me; My glory, and he that exalteth my head.
4 With my voice to the Lord have I cried, And he heard me from the mountain of his holiness. Selah.
5 I lay down and slept; I awaked, because the Lord sustains me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, Who on all sides have set their camps against me.
7 Arise, O Lord l Save me, O my God! For thou hast smitten all my enemies upon the cheekbone; The teeth of the ungodly thou hast broken.
8 To the Lord belongeth salvation; Upon thy people is thy blessing. Selah.
To the Chief Musician on Neginoth. A Psalm of David
1 When I cry, answer me, O God of my righteousness! In distress thou hast enlarged me; Have pity upon me, and hear my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men! how long my glory will ye try to put to shame? Will ye love vanity, will ye seek after lying? Selah.
3 But know that chosen hath Jehovah the merciful man for himself: Jehovah will hear when I cry unto him.
4 Tremble and ye shall not sin; Discourse in your heart upon your bed, and be silent. Selah.
5 Sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the Lord.
6 Many say, “Who will show us good?” Lift thou up on us the light of thy countenance, O Jehovah!
7 Thou hast given joy to my heart More than theirs in the time that their corn and their wine are increased.
8 In peace [as if] with a multitude I will sleep and take rest, 313 For thou, O Jehovah! in safety hast placed me, [though] alone.
To the Chief. Musician upon Nehiloth. A Psalm of David
1 My words do thou give ear to, O Jehovah! Attend to my speech.
2 Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King and my God! For to thee will I pray.
3 O Jehovah! in the morning do thou hear my voice; In the morning will I direct to thee and will watch.
4 For not a God taking pleasure in wickedness art thou; There shall not dwell with thee evil.
5 There shall not stand the foolish before thine eyes; Thou hatest all that commit iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak falsehood: The man of bloods and the deceitful man abominate shall Jehovah.
7 And I, in the multitude of thy mercy, will enter into thy house; I will worship in thy holy temple in thy fear.
8 O Jehovah! lead me in thy righteousness, because of my adversaries; Make straight before my face thy way.
9 For there is not in their mouth uprightness; Their inward part is deep depravity; A sepulcher that is open is their throat; With their tongues they deal deceitfully.
10 Cause them to err, O God! Let them fall from their counsels; In the multitude of their transgressions destroy them; For they have rebelled against thee.
11 And rejoice let all those who trust in thee, For ever let them exult; and cover thou them, And let those delight in thee that love thy name.
12 For thou shalt bless the righteous, O Jehovah! With thy good will as with a shield thou shalt encompass them.
To the Chief Musician on Neginoth, upon the Eighth. A Psalm of David
1 O Jehovah! do not in thy anger rebuke me, And do not in thy wrath chastise me.
2 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah! for I am weak; Heal me, O Jehovah! for affrighted are my bones.
3 And my soul is exceedingly afraid: And thou, O Jehovah! — how long? —
4 Return, O Lord! deliver my soul; Save me for the sake of thy mercy.
5 For there is not in death any remembrance of thee; In the grave who shall acknowledge thee?
6 I have become wearied with my groaning; I make to swim every night my bed; With my tears my couch I water.
7 Waxed dim for vexation hath mine eye; It hath become old among all my persecutors.
8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For heard hath the Lord the voice of my weeping.
9 Heard hath the Lord my supplication; The Lord my prayer will receive.
10 Put to shame and confounded greatly be all my enemies; Let them turn back, and be ashamed suddenly.
Shiggaion of David, which he sung to Jehovah, upon the words
of Cush the Benjamite
1 O Jehovah, my God! in thee do I trust: Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
2 Lest He seize, as a lion, upon my soul, And tear it in pieces while there is none to deliver it.
3 O Jehovah, my God! if I have done this, If there be iniquity in my hands,
4 If I have rewarded to him that was at peace with me evil, And have not delivered him that afflicted me without cause;
5 Pursue let the enemy my soul and take it, And let him cast down to the earth my life, And my glory in the dust let him hold down. Selah
6 Arise, O Jehovah! in thy anger; Lift up thyself against the fury of my enemies; And awake thou for me to the judgment which thou hast ordained.
7 And the congregation of peoples shall be round about thee: And on account of this, do thou on high return.
8 Jehovah shall judge the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah! according to my righteousness, And according to the integrity which is in me.
9 Let come to an end, I pray, the malice of the wicked; And direct thou the righteous man: For he proves the hearts and the reins, the righteous God.
10 My shield is in God, Who saves the upright in heart.
11 God judgeth the righteous man, And him who despiseth God, daily.
12 If he turn not, his sword he will whet; His bow he hath bent, he hath made it ready.
13 And for it he hath prepared the instruments of death; He shall make fit his arrows for the persecutors.
14 Behold! he shall travail to bring forth iniquity, And he hath conceived wickedness, And he shall bring forth falsehood.
15 A pit he hath digged, and hollowed it out; And he hath fallen into the ditch which he hath made.
16 Return shall his wickedness upon his own head, And upon his own crown his violence shall descend.
17 I will praise Jehovah, according to his righteousness; And I will sing to the name of Jehovah, Most High.
To the chief Musician upon Hagittith. A Psalm of David
1 O Jehovah, our Lord! How wonderful is thy name in all the earth, To set thy glory above the heavens!
2 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast founded thy strength, because of thy adversaries, To put to flight the enemy and the avenger.
3 When! see thy heavens, the works of thy fingers; The moon and the stars which thou hast arranged:
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 lower a little than God, And with glory and honor thou hast crowned him.
6 Thou hast set him over the works of thy hands: All things thou hast put under his feet.
7 Sheep and oxen, all of them, And also the beasts of the fields;
8 The fowl of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9 O Jehovah, our Lord! How wonderful is thy name in all the earth!
To the chief Musician upon Hagittith. Almuth Laben. A Psalm of David
1 I will praise Jehovah with my whole heart; will recount all thy marvelous works.
2 I will rejoice and exult in thee; I will celebrate in Psalms thy name, O thou Most high!
3 When turned are my enemies backward, They fall and are put to flight at thy presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause; Thou hast sat upon the throne a righteous judge.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen; Thou hast destroyed the ungodly; Their name thou hast blotted out for ever and ever.
6 O thou enemy! come to an end are desolations for ever; And cities thou hast destroyed; Perished has their memory with them.
7 And Jehovah for ever sitteth: His throne for judgment lie hath prepared.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness; He shall judge the peoples in rectitude.
9 And Jehovah will be a place of defense to the poor, And a protection in seasonable times in trouble.
10 And trust in thee shall those who know thy name: For thou forsakest not those who seek thee, O Jehovah!
11 Sing psalms to Jehovah, who dwelleth in Zion, Proclaim among the peoples his doings;
12 For in requiring blood, it lie hath remembered: He hath not forgotten the cry of the poor.
13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah! See my affliction from those who persecute me, O thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
14 That I may recount all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may exult in thy salvation.
15 Sunk are the heathen into the pit which they have made; In the net which they have hid taken are their own feet.
16 Known is Jehovah by executing judgment: In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.
17 Turned shall be the wicked into hell: All the nations that forget God.
18 For not for ever shall be forgotten the poor; The hope of the humble shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, O Jehovah! let not man prevail: Let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20 Put, O Jehovah! fear in them, That the heathen may know that mortal men they are. Selah.
1 Why, O Jehovah! standest thou afar off? And winkest at seasonable times in trouble?
2 In his pride the ungodly doth persecute the poor; Let them be caught in the devices which they imagine.
3 For praise himself doth the ungodly on account of the desire of his own soul; And the violent man blesseth himself: He despiseth Jehovah.
4 The ungodly, in the pride of his countenance doth not inquire; All his devices say, “There is not a God.”
5 Prosperous are his ways at all times; High are thy judgments before him; At all his enemies he puffeth.
6 He saith in his heart, “I shall not be moved from generation to generation,” Because he is not in adversity,
7 Of cursing his mouth is full, and of deceit, and of malice: Under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
8 He will sit in the ensnaring places of the villages; In his lurking places will he murder the innocent: His eyes against the poor will take their aim.
9 He will lie in wait in secret, as a lion in his den; He will lie in wait to catch the poor; He will catch the poor by drawing him into his net.
10 He will crouch low, he will cast himself down; Then shall fall by his strengths an army of the afflicted.
11 He hath said in his heart, “Forgotten it hath God; “He hideth his face, that he may not see it for ever.”
12 Arise, O Jehovah, God! lift up thy hand: Do not forget the poor.
13 Why do the wicked despise God? He saith in his heart, “Thou wilt not require it.”
14 Thou hast seen it; For mischief and oppression thou considerest, That thou mayest take them into thy own hand: Upon thee shall the poor leave; To the orphan thou wilt be an helper.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; Thou shalt seek his wickedness, and shalt not find it.
16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever; Perished are the heathen out of his land.
17 The desire of the needy thou hast heard, O Jehovah! Thou wilt direct their heart; Hear shall thine car:
18 That thou mayest judge the fatherless and the poor, That the man who is of earth may terrify no more.
To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 In Jehovah do I put my trust: How then say ye to my soul, “Flee ye into your mountain as a bird?”
2 Surely behold! the ungodly shall bend the bow, They have made ready their arrows upon the string, shoot in secret at the upright in heart.
3 Truly, the foundations are destroyed: The righteous, what hath he done?
4 Jehovah is in the palace of his holiness; Jehovah in heaven hath his throne; His eyes behold, his eyelids consider the children of men.
5 Jehovah will approve the righteous man; But the ungodly and him who loveth iniquity, hate doth his soul.
6 He will rain upon the ungodly snares, Fire and brimstone, and a storm of whirlwinds: This is the portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous Jehovah loveth righteousness; His countenance approveth the upright.
To the Chief Musician upon the Eighth. A Psalm of David
1 Save me, O Jehovah! for failed hath the merciful man, For wasted away are the faithful from among the children of men.
2 Deceit doth every one speak with his neighbor; With lips of flatteries, with a double heart do they speak.
3 Let Jehovah cut off all lips of flatteries, The tongue that great things doth speak:
4 Those who have said, “By our tongues we will be strengthened; “Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”
5 “Because of the spoiling of the needy, “Because of the groaning of the poor, “Now will I arise,” say will Jehovah, “I will set in safety him for whom the wicked man layeth snares.”
6 The words of Jehovah are pure words; Silver melted in an excellent crucible of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou, O Jehovah! wilt keep them; Thou wilt preserve him from this generation for ever.
8 On every side the ungodly walk; When they are exalted, reproach is to the children of men.
To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 How long, O Jehovah! wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul? And have sorrow in my heart daily? How long exalted shall be my enemy over me?
3 Look upon me, answer me, O Jehovah, my God! Enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
4 Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him;” And those who afflict me rejoice if I should fall.
5 But as for me, in thy goodness I trust; Exult shall my heart in thy salvation. I will sing to the Lord because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm Of David
1 The fool hath said in his heart, “There is no God;” They have corrupted [all good order,] they have done abominable work. There is none that doeth good.
2 Jehovah from heaven looked down Upon the children of men, To see whether there were any that did understand, And seek after God.
3 Every one of them hath gone aside, Together putrid have they become: There is none that doeth good, not even one.
4 Have they no knowledge all these workers of iniquity? Who eat up my people as they eat bread. Upon the Lord they do not call.
5 There did they tremble with fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.
6 The counsel of the poor ye deride, Because Jehovah is his hope.
7 Who shall give from Zion salvation to Israel? When turn back shall Jehovah the captivity of his people, Rejoice shall Jacob, and exult shall Israel.
1 O Jehovah! who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? Who shall rest in the mountain of thy holiness?
2 He who walketh in integrity and doeth righteousness, And who speaketh truth in his heart,
3 He who detracteth not with his tongue, Who doeth not to his companion evil, And a calumnious report doth not raise up against his neighbor.
4 Despised in his eyes is the off cast; But those who fear the Lord he honoreth; When he hath sworn to his own hurt he doth not change.
5 His money he doth not put out to usury; And a present upon the innocent he doth not accept: He who doeth these things shall not be moved for ever.
1 Keep me, O God! For in thee do I trust.
2 Thou shalt say to Jehovah, “My Lord thou art; “My well doing extendeth not to thee.”
3 To the saints who are on the earth, And to the excellent; all my delight is in them.
4 Multiplied shall be their sorrows who offer to a stranger; I will not taste their libations of blood, Nor will I take their names in my lips.
5 Jehovah is the portion of my inheritance, and of my cup; Thou maintainest my lot.
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yea, an inheritance that is goodly hath fallen to me.
7 I will magnify Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; Even in the nights instruct me do my reins.
8 I have set Jehovah before me continually; Since he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore glad is my heart, rejoice doth my tongue; Also my flesh dwelleth in confidence.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave; Nor wilt thou make thy Holy One to see the pit.
11 Thou wilt make known to me the way of life; Fullness of joy is in thy countenance; Pleasures are at thy right hand for evermore.
1 Hear, O Jehovah! my righteousness; Attend to my cry; Hearken to my prayer, which is not in lips of deceit.
2 From the presence of thy countenance let my judgment go forth Let thine eyes behold uprightness.
3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited it by night; Thou hast examined it, thou shalt not find any thing in it; My thought shall not pass beyond my mouth.
4 As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have taken heed of the ways of the destroyer.
5 Uphold my steps in thy paths, That my footsteps may not slide.
6 I have called upon thee, surely thou wilt hear me, O God! Incline thy ear to me, and hear my speech.
7 Make marvelous thy mercies, O thou Preserver of those who trust [in thee,] From those that exalt themselves against thy right hand.
8 Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In the shadow of thy wings hide me,
9 From the face of the ungodly who endeavor to destroy me — Of my enemies who in my soul besiege me.
10 In their own fat they have enclosed themselves; With their mouth they have spoken haughtily.
11 In our steps they have now encompassed me; eyes they have set to east down to the ground.
12 He is like a lion, he desireth to seize his prey, And like a lion’s whelp which lurketh in secret places.
13 Arise, O Jehovah! confront him, lay him prostrate; Deliver my soul from the ungodly man by thy sword
14 From men by thy hand, O Jehovah! — From men who are of long duration, Whose portion is in life, Whose belly thou fillets with thy secret, goods: Filled to the full are their children with them, And their residue they leave to their babes.
15 As for me in righteousness I shall behold thy face; I shall be satisfied when I shall awake with thy likeness.
To the Chief Musician. Of the servant of Jehovah, David, who spake to Jehovah the words of this song, in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he said,
1 I will love thee, O Jehovah! my strength;
2 Jehovah my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, I will hope in him: My shield and the horn of my salvation, my refuge.
3 Upon the praised Jehovah will I call; And from my enemies I shall be saved.
4 Encompassed me had the cords of death. The torrents of ungodliness had affrighted me.
5 The cords of the grave had encompassed me; Prevented me had the snares of death.
6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And to my God I cried: And he heard from his temple my voice, And my cry before him came, [even] into his ears.
7 Then shake and tremble did the earth; And the foundations of the mountains were troubled and shaken, Because he was wroth.
8 There ascended smoke out of his nostrils, And fire proceeding from his mouth consumed; Coals were kindled by it.
9 And he bowed the heavens and descended; And thick darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub and flew; And was carried upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his hiding place; Round about him his pavilion was dark waters, And the clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness which was before him his clouds passed away, [There were] hail-storm, and coals of fire.
13 And thunder in the heavens did Jehovah, And the Most High sent forth his voice; [There were] hailstorm and coals of fire.
14 And he sent out his army and scattered them; And lightnings he multiplied, and put them into confusion.
15 And seen were the abysses of the waters, And disclosed were the foundations of the world, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah! At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me from waters great.
17 He delivered me from my enemy [that was] strong, And from my adversary; Because they were stronger than I.
18 They had prevented me in the day of my calamity; And Jehovah was a support for me.
19 And he brought me forth into a wide place; He rescued me because he wished well to me.
20 Rewarded me hath Jehovah according to my righteousness; According to the purity of my hands he hath repaid me;
21 Because I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not impiously departed from my God;
22 Because all his judgments I have had before me, And his statutes I have not removed from me.
23 And I have been upright with him, And have kept me from my iniquity.
24 And repaid me hath Jehovah according to my righteousness According to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
25 With the merciful thou wilt deal mercifully, With a man of uprightness thou wilt show thyself upright.
26 With the pure thou wilt be pure, And with the perverse thou wilt deal perversely.
27 For thou the afflicted people wilt save, And the haughty eyes thou wilt east down.
28 For thou shalt light my lamp, O Jehovah! My God shall enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I shall break through the wedge of a troop, And by my God I shall leap over a wall.
30 As for God perfect is his way; The word of Jehovah [is] refined; A shield is He to all who confide in him.
31 For who is God besides Jehovah? And who is strong except our God?
32 It is God who hath girded me with strength, And hath made perfect my way.
33 He maketh my feet like those of hinds, And upon my high places he hath set me.
34 He traineth my hands to the battle, And broken will be a bow of steel by my arms.
35 And thou hast given me the shield of thy salvation, And thy right hand hath sustained me, And thy clemency hath increased me.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my ankles shall not totter.
37 I will pursue my enemies and will seize them; Nor will I return until I have consumed them.
38 I have afflicted them, and they were not able to rise; They have fallen under my feet.
39 Thou hast girded me with might for the battle; Thou hast bowed down my enemies under me.
40 And of my enemies thou hast given me the neck, And [as for] my haters I will destroy them.
41 They shall cry aloud, and there shall be no Savior for them; To Jehovah, but he shall not answer them.
42 And I will bruise them to powder as dust before the wind; As the mire of the streets I will tread upon them.
43 Thou shalt deliver me from the contentions of the people; Thou shalt make me head of the nations; A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 At the hearing of the ear they shall obey me; The children of strangers shall lie to me;
45 The children of strangers shall lose courage, And tremble from within their places of concealment.
46 Let Jehovah live and blessed be my strength, And let the God of my salvation be exalted:
47 The God who giveth vengeance for me, And subdueth peoples under me.
48 My deliverer from my enemies: Yea, from those who had risen up against me thou hast lifted me up: From the man of violence thou hast rescued me.
49 Therefore will I praise thee, O Jehovah! among the Gentiles, And to thy name will I sing.
50 Who worketh great deliverances for his king, And showeth mercy to his anointed, [even to] David, And to his seed for ever.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 The heavens recount the glory of God; And the works of his hands proclaim doth the expanse.
2 Day unto day poureth forth speech; And night unto night publisheth knowledge.
3 There is no speech and no language, Where is not heard their voice.
4 Through all the earth hath gone forth their writing, And to the extremity of the world their words: For the sun he hath set a tabernacle in them,
5 And he as a bridegroom goeth forth from his chamber; He exulteth as a strong man to run his course.
6 From one extremity of the heavens is his going forth, And his circuit to the utmost limits thereof, And no person is hidden from his heat.
7 The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of Jehovah is faithful, instructing in wisdom the babes;
8 The statutes of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever; The judgments of Jehovah are truth, they are justified together.
10 More desirable [are they] than gold, and much fine gold; And sweeter than honey, and the dropping of honeycombs.
11 Moreover, thy servant is made circumspect by them; And in their observance the reward is great.
12 His errors who can understand? From my hidden sins cleanse thou me.
13 Likewise from presumptuous sins restrain thou thy servant, That they may not have dominion over me; Then upright shall I be and clean from much wickedness.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be acceptable Before thee, O Jehovah! my strength and my Redeemer.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm Of David
1 May Jehovah hear thee in the day of trouble!
2 May he send help to thee from the sanctuary! And out of Zion sustain thee!
3 May he be mindful of all thy offerings! And thy holocaust may he make flit! Selah.
4 May he give to thee according to thy heart! And all thy counsel may he fulfill!
5 That we may exult in thy salvation, And in the name of our God erect a banner, When Jehovah shall fulfill all thy petitions.
6 Now I have known that Jehovah hath saved his anointed; He will hear him from the heavens of his sanctuary, In the mightiness of the salvation of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But the name of Jehovah our God we will remember.
8 They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen up and stand erect.
9 O Jehovah! do thou save; Let the King hear us in the day that we call upon him.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm Of David
1 O Jehovah! in thy strength rejoice shall the king, And in thy salvation how greatly shall he exult!
2 The desire of his heart thou hast given him, And what he uttered with his lips, thou hast not denied him. Selah.
3 For thou shalt prevent him with blessings of good; Thou shalt place upon his head a crown of gold.
4 Life he asked from thee; Thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.
5 Great is his glory in thy salvation: Splendor and beauty thou hast put upon him.
6 For thou hast set him [to be] blessings for ever: Thou hast gladdened him with joy before thy countenance.
7 For the king trusteth in Jehovah; And through the goodness of the Most High, he shall not be moved
8 Find out shall thy hand all thy enemies; Thy right hand shall find out thy haters.
9 Thou shalt put them as in a furnace of fire in the time of thy wrath, O Jehova! In his wrath he shall overwhelm them, And consume them shall the fire.
10 Their fruit from the earth thou wilt destroy, And their seed from among the sons of men.
11 For they have spread out against thee evil; They have devised against thee a stratagem which they could not accomplish.
12 For thou wilt set them as a butt; On thy strings thou shalt make ready thy arrows against their faces.
13 Be thou exalted, O Jehovah! in thy strength, Then we will sing and celebrate in psalms thy power.
To the Chief Musician. Upon the hind of the morning. A Psalm Of David
1 My God! my God! why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou] far from my help, from the words of my roaring?
2 O my God! I cry by day, and thou dost not hear: And in the night, and am not silent.
3 Yet thou art holy, Inhabiting the praises of Israel.
4 In thee trust did our fathers: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 To thee they cried, and were saved: In thee they trusted, and were not put to shame.
6 But I am a worm, and not a man; The reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7 All who see me scoff at me: They thrust out the lip, they shake the head.
8 “He hath devolved,” say they, “upon Jehovah, his cause, let him rescue him, “Let him deliver him, since he hath a favor for him.”
9 Surely it is thou who didst take me out of the womb, Causing me to confide upon the breasts of my mother.
10 Upon thee I was cast from the womb: From the belly of my mother my God art thou.
11 Depart not far from me, for trouble is near, For there is no helper.
12 Encompassed me have bulls [that are] strong, The bulls of Bashan have beset me.
13 They have opened upon me their mouth, As a lion ravening and roaring.
14 Like water I have flowed, 314 And disjointed have been 315 all my bones: My heart hath been 316 like wax, It hath been 317 melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 Dried up as a potsherd hath been 318 my strength, And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And to the dust of death thou hast brought me.
16 For encompassed me have dogs; The assembly of the wicked have surrounded me: They have pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I will count all my bones; As for them they look and gaze upon me.
18 They divide my garments among them; Upon my vesture they cast the lot.
19 And thou, O Jehovah! be not far from me; Thou who art my strength, to my aid hasten.
20 Rescue from the sword my soul; From the hand of the dog my only one.
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion, And from the horns of unicorns do thou hear me.
22 I will declare thy name to my brethren; In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.
23 Saying, “Ye who fear Jehovah praise him: “All ye the seed of Jacob glorify him: “And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 “For he hath not despised nor disdained the poor; “Nor hath he hidden his face from him; “And when he cried to him, he heard him.”
25 From thee shall proceed my praise in the congregation great; My vows will I pay before them that fear him.
26 Eat shall the poor, and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah who seek him; Your heart shall live for ever.
27 Remember and turn to Jehovah shall all the ends of the earth; And prostrate themselves before his face shall all the tribes of the Gentiles.
28 For Jehovah’s is the kingdom, That he may have dominion among the Gentiles.
29 Eat and worship shall all the fat ones of the earth: Before his face shall bow all who are going down to the dust; And he who his own soul doth not quicken.
30 Their seed shall serve him, It shall be registered to the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness, To a people that shall be born, because he hath done [this.],
1 Jehovah is my shepherd, therefore I shall not want any thing.
2 In pastures of grass he maketh me to lie down; To waters gently flowing he leadeth me.
3 My soul he restoreth: He leadeth me by the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Though I should walk in the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear evil, because thou art with me; Thy staff and thy crook they comfort me.
5 Thou wilt prepare before me a table in the presence of my persecutors; Thou wilt anoint with oil my head; My cup overfloweth.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for a length of days.
1 Jehovah’s is the earth, and the fullness thereof; The world, and those who dwell therein.
2 For he upon the seas hath founded it, And upon the floods he hath arranged it.
3 Who shall ascend into the mountain of Jehovah? Who shall stand in the place of his holiness?
4 He who is clean in hands and pure in heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, And hath not sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive blessing from Jehovah, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of those who seek him, Of those who seek thy face, O Jacob! Selah.
7 Lift up, O ye gates! your heads, And be ye lifted up, ye doors everlasting! And enter shall the King of Glory.
8 Who is this King of Glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in power. 319
9 Lift up, O ye gates! your heads, Lift up, I say, ye doors everlasting! And enter shall the King of Glory.
10 Who is this King of Glory? Jehovah of armies — He is the King of Glory. Selah.
1 To thee, O Jehovah! my soul have I lifted up.
2 O my God! in thee have I hoped: Let me not be put to shame, Let not my enemies rejoice over me.
3 Yea none who wait on thee shall be put to shame: They shall be ashamed who deal perfidiously without cause.
4 Thy ways, O Jehovah! make me to know, Thy paths teach thou me.
5 Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee I have waited all the day.
6 Remember thy compassions, O Jehovah! And thy loving-kindnesses; for they have been from everlasting.
7 The transgressions of my youth, and my iniquities do not thou remember According to thy clemency remember thou me, For the sake of thy goodness, O Jehovah!
8 Good and upright is Jehovah, Therefore he will teach sinners in the way.
9 He will guide the poor in judgment, And will teach the poor his way.
10 All the ways of Jehovah are mercy and truth, To those who keep his covenant and his testimony.
11 For the sake of thy name, O Jehovah! Be merciful to my iniquity, for great is it.
12 Who is the man that feareth Jehovah? He will teach him in the way which he should choose.
13 His soul in good shall dwell, And his seed shall inherit the land.
14 The counsel of Jehovah is to those who fear him, That he may make known to them his covenant.
15 My eyes are continually towards Jehovah, For he will bring out of the net my feet.
16 Have respect to me, take pity upon me, For solitary and poor am I.
17 The afflictions of my heart are enlarged; Out of my distresses do thou bring me.
18 Behold my affliction and my travail, And take away all my sins.
19 Behold my enemies, for they are multiplied; And with a violent hatred they hate me.
20 Guard my soul, and rescue me, That I may not be ashamed; For I have trusted in thee.
21 Let integrity and rectitude preserve me; Because I have waited for thee.
22 Redeem O God! Israel from all his troubles.
1 Judge me, O Jehovah: Because in my integrity I have walked, And in Jehovah have trusted, I shall not stumble.
2 Prove me, O Jehovah! and try me, Examine my reins and my heart.
3 For thy goodness is before my eyes; Therefore I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with men of vanity, And with crafty men I will not go in.
5 I hate the assembly of transgressors, And with the wicked I will not sit.
6 I will wash in purity my hands, And will encompass thy altar, O Jehovah!
7 To cause to be heard the voice of praise, And to tell of all thy marvelous deeds.
8 O Jehovah! I have loved the habitation of thy house, And the place of the dwelling of thy glory.
9 Gather not with ungodly men, my soul, Nor with men of bloods my life.
10 For in their hands is maliciousness, And their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me in my integrity I will walk: Redeem me, and have mercy upon me.
12 My foot hath stood in uprightness: In the congregations will I bless thee, O Jehovah!
1 Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When approach against me did the wicked, To devour my flesh — My oppressors and my enemies against me — They stumbled and fell.
3 If there should encamp against me a camp, My heart shall not fear: If there should rise against me war, In this shall I have confidence.
4 One thing have I requested from Jehovah — This will I follow after — That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, To survey his temple.
5 For he shall hide me in his pavilion in the day of evil; He shall conceal me in the secret [recess] of his tent, Upon a rock he will set me.
6 And now he shall exalt my head Above my enemies who surround me: And I will sacrifice in his tabernacle sacrifices of triumph; I will sing and will celebrate in psalms Jehovah.
7 Hear, O Jehovah! my voice with which I cry; Have mercy upon me and answer me.
8 To thee my heart hath said, “Seek ye my face;” Therefore thy face, O Jehovah! will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face from me; Cast not away in wrath thy servant: My strength thou hast been, do not desert me, And do not forsake me, O God of my salvation!
10 When my father and my mother shall forsake me, Jehovah shall receive me.
11 Teach me, O Jehovah! thy way, And lead me in the path of rectitude because of my enemies.
12 Do not deliver me to the desire of my oppressors, For risen up against me have false witnesses, And he who uttereth violence.
13 Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah, in the land of the living —.
14 Wait thou on Jehovah; Be strong, and he will comfort thy heart, And wait thou on Jehovah.
1 Unto thee, O Jehovah! will I cry; O my strength! hold not thy peace from me Lest if thou shouldst be silent to me, I then become like those who descend into the grave.
2 Hear the voice of my prayers when I cry to thee, When I lift up my hands to the sanctuary of thy holiness.
3 Draw me not away with ungodly men, And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace 320 with their neighbors, When in their hearts is malice.
4 Give them according to their works, And according to the wickedness of their doings: According to the work of their hands give them, Render their reward to them.
5 Because they do not consider the doing of Jehovah, Nor the work of his hands, Let him destroy them and not build them up.
6 Blessed be Jehovah! For he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; In him trusted hath my heart, and I have been helped: Therefore exult shall my heart, And with my song will I celebrate him.
8 Jehovah is strength to them, And the strength of the salvations of his Anointed is He.
9 Save thy people, and bless thy inheritance; Feed them and exalt them for ever.
1 Ascribe to Jehovah: ye sons of the mighty — Ascribe to Jehovah glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to Jehovah the glory of his name; Worship before Jehovah in the brightness of his sanctuary.
3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters; The God of glory thundereth; Jehovah is upon the waters great.
4 The voice of Jehovah is in strength, The voice of Jehovah is in majesty.
5 The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Break, I say, doth Jehovah the cedars of Lebanon.
6 And he maketh Lebanon to leap like a calf, And Sirion like the son of the unicorns.
7 The voice of Jehovah striketh out flames of fire.
8 The voice of Jehovah maketh the desert to tremble. Jehovah maketh to tremble the desert of Kadesh.
9 The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to bring forth, And discovereth the forests, And all meanwhile in his temple speak his praise.
10 Jehovah over the flood presideth, Preside, I say, doth Jehovah [as] King for ever.
11 Jehovah strength to his people will give; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
A Psalm of a Song at the dedication of the house of David
1 I will exalt thee, O Jehovah! for thou hast raised me up, And hast not made glad my enemies over me.
2 O Jehovah, my God! I have cried to thee, And thou hast healed me.
3 O Jehovah! thou hast brought up from the grove my soul; Thou hast quickened me from among those who descend into the pit.
4 Sing to Jehovah, O ye his meek ones! And acknowledge the memorial of his holiness.
5 For there is only a moment in his anger, But life in his favor: In the evening will lodge weeping, And in the morning shall come exultation.
6 But as for me I had said in my tranquillity, “I shall not be moved for ever.”
7 O Jehovah! in thy good pleasure Thou hast established strength to my mountain; Thou didst hide thy face, I was confounded.
8 O Jehovah! to thee I cried, And to my Lord I made supplication.
9 What profit shall there be in my blood, When I descend into the pit? Celebrate thee shall the dust? Shall it proclaim thy truth?
10 Hear, O Jehovah! and have mercy upon me; O Jehovah! be thou a helper to me.
11 Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing for me; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girded me with gladness.
12 That celebrate thee in psalms may my glory, and not be silent: O Jehovah, my God! for ever will I celebrate thee.
To the Chief Musician,. A Psalm of David
1 In thee, O Jehovah! have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame for ever: In thy righteousness deliver me.
2 Incline to me thy ear, Speedily do thou rescue me; Be to me for a rock of strength, For a house of defense to save me.
3 For my rock, and my fortress art thou: And for the sake of thy name thou wilt direct and guide me.
4 Extricate me from the net, which they have hidden for me, For thou art my strength.
5 Into thy hand I will commend my spirit; For thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah! God of truth.
6 I hate all those who regard lying vanities; But as for me in Jehovah I have trusted.
7 I will exult and rejoice in thy goodness; Because thou hast looked upon my affliction: Thou hast known in distresses my soul:
8 And thou hast not shut me up in the hand of the enemy: But thou hast set at large my feet.
9 Have pity upon me, O Jehovah! for trouble is to me: My eye hath consumed away for vexation; my soul and my belly.
10 My life hath riffled through grid; And my years with groaning: My strength hath sunk through my sorrow, And my bones have moldered away.
11 On account of all my enemies I was a reproach, Yea to my neighbors exceedingly, And a terror to my acquaintances; And those who saw me abroad fled from me.
12 I was forgotten as a dead man from the heart; I became like a vessel [that is] broken.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: Fear hath seized me on every side, While they consult together against me, And to take away my life do devise.
14 But as for me, in thee have I trusted, O Jehovah! I have said, “My God art thou.”
15 In thy hand are my times; Rescue me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.
16 Cause to shine upon thy servant thy face, Save me in thy goodness.
17 O Jehovah! let me not be put to shame, For I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, Let Gem be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lips of lying be put to shame, Which speak against the righteous a hard thing in pride and scorn.
19 How great is thy goodness, Which thou hast hidden for those who fear thee! Which thou hast performed for those who confide in thee, Before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the hidden place of thy presence, From the prides of man; Thou shalt conceal them as in a tent, From the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be Jehovah! For he hath made wonderful his goodness towards me, As in a city fortified.
22 But as for me, I had said in my fear, “I am cast away from before thy eyes:” Yet truly thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, When I cried unto thee.
23 Love Jehovah, all ye meek ones of his! The faithful preserve doth Jehovah, And he repayeth plentifully him who behaveth proudly.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, All ye who hope in Jehovah.
1 Blessed are those to whom is remitted iniquity, And whose transgression is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom Jehovah doth not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is not guile.
3 When I kept silence, waste away did my bones, And when I wailed all the day.
4 For by day and night heavy upon me was thy hand; Turned into the drought of summer was my greenness. Selah.
5 My sin I have acknowledged to thee, And my iniquity I have not hid. I said, “I will confess against myself my wickedness to Jehovah;” And thou didst remit the guilt of my sin. Selah.
6 On this account, pray to thee shall every man, that is meek, In the time of finding thee: So that in a flood of many waters, To him they shall not come near.
7 Thou art a hiding-place to me; From trouble thou shalt preserve me; With songs of deliverance thou shalt encompass me. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee, And teach thee the way wherein thou shouldest walk: I will counsel thee with mine eye.
9 Be ye not like a horse, or like a mule, Which have not understanding: With bit and bridle his jaws thou shalt bind, Lest they kick against thee.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: But the man who hopeth in Jehovah goodness shall encompass.
11 Rejoice in Jehovah, and exult, ye righteous! Sing all ye who are upright in heart.
1 Exult, ye righteous! in Jehovah: For to the upright comely is praise.
2 Celebrate Jehovah upon the harp; Upon the nablure, 321 and instrument of ten strings, sing psalms to him
3 Sing to him a song that is new; Ardently sing with shouting.
4 For right is the word of Jehovah, And all his works are in faithfulness.
5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: Of the goodness of Jehovah fill is the earth.
6 By the word of Jehovah the heavens were established, And by the breath of his mouth all their host.
7 He gathered together as an heap the waters of the sea; He laid up as in treasure houses the deeps.
8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah; Of him let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe.
9 For he spake, and it was; He commanded, and it stood.
10 Jehovah scattereth the counsel of the Gentiles, He rendereth fruitless the imaginations of the peoples.
11 The counsel of Jehovah for ever shall stand, The thoughts of his heart from age to age.
12 Blessed is the people to whom Jehovah is their God, The people whom he hath chosen for: in inheritance to himself.
13 From heavens looked down hath Jehovah, He hath beheld all the sons of Adam.
14 From the dwelling place of His throne, He hath looked on all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He who hath fashioned together their hearts, Who understandeth all their works.
16 There is not a king saved by the multitude of an host, Nor a giant rescued by greatness of strength.
17 Fallacious is a horse for safety, And by the greatness of his strength he will not deliver.
18 Behold! the eye of Jehovah is upon those who fear him, [Upon those] who hope in his mercy;
19 To rescue from death their souls, To keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for Jehovah: Our help and our shield is he.
21 Surely in him rejoice shall our heart, Because in his holy name we will trust.
22 Let thy mercy be upon us, O Jehovah! According as we have trusted in thee.
Of David when he changed his countenance before Abimelech, who expelled him, and he departed
1 I will bless Jehovah at all times: Continually his praise shall be in my mouth.
2 In Jehovah make her boast shall my soul: Hear shall the humble and be glad.
3 Magnify? Jehovah with me, And let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought. Jehovah, and he answered me, And from all my fears he delivered me.
5 They shall look to him, and shall flow to him, And their faces shall not he ashamed.
6 This poor man cried,: and Jehovah heard him, And from all his distresses saved him.
7 Encamp doth the angel of Jehovah about those who fear him, And will deliver them.
8 Taste ye and see that good is Jehovah: Blessed is the man who trusteth in him.
9 Fear Jehovah, ye saints of his; For nothing is lacking to those who fear him.
10 The young lions suffer want and are famished: But those who fear Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
11 Come ye children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I will teach you.
12 Who is the man that desireth life, Loving days in which he may see good?
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.
14 Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous, And his ears [are open] to their cry.
16 The face of Jehovah is upon those who do evil, To blot out from the earth their remembrance.
17 They cried, and Jehovah heard them, And from all their distresses he delivered them.
18 Near is Jehovah to the broken in heart; The contrite in spirit he will save.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But from them all deliver him will Jehovah.
20 He keepeth all his bones: One of them is not broken.
21 That malice shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous shall be destroyed.
22 Redeem doth, Jehovah the soul of his servants, And they shall not perish who confide in him.
1 Plead, O Jehovah! with those who plead with me, Fight against those who fight against me.
2 Lay hold on shield and buckler, And rise up to my aid.
3 Draw out the spear, and stop my ears against my persecutors: Say to my soul, “Thy salvation am I.”
4 Let those be confounded and put to shame Who seek my soul, Let those be turned back and be abashed Who devise my hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind? And let the angel of Jehovah drive them.
6 Let their way be darkness and slipperiness; And let the angel of Jehovah pursue them:
7 For without a cause they have hid for me the pitfall of their net, 322 Without a cause they have digged a pit for my soul.
8 Let there come upon him confusion of which he is not aware; And let the net which he hath hidden catch him; With confusion let him fall into it.
9 And my soul hath exulted in Jehovah, It shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, “O Jehovah! who is like to thee, “Rescuing the poor from him who is too strong for him, “The poor and wretched from his spoiler?”
11 Rise up do witnesses [that are] violent; Things which I have not known they ask me.
12 They repay me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.
13 But as for me, in their sickness my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted by fasting my soul; And my prayer upon my own bosom was turned.
14 As if he had been a friend, as if a brother to me, I behaved myself towards him: As he who mourneth heavily for his mother I humbled myself.
15 But they at my halting rejoiced, they were assembled together: Assembled together, I say, against me, were the abjects whom I had not known: They have torn with their lips and have not been silent.
16 Among perfidious jesters at feasts, They gnash upon me with their teeth.
17 O Lord! how long wilt thou behold it? Rescue my soul from their violence, From the lions my only one.
18 I will celebrate thee in the congregation great: Among people many I will praise thee.
19 Let not those rejoice over me, who unjustly are my enemies; Nor let those who hate me without a cause wink with the eye.
21 They have opened against me their mouth; They have said, “Aha! aha! seen it hath our eye.”
22 Thou hast seen it also, O Jehovah: Be not silent, O Lord! be not far from me.
23 Arouse thyself, and awake for my judgment, My God! and my Lord! to my cause.
24 Judge me according to thy righteousness, O Jehovah, my God! And let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their heart, “Aha! our soul!” Let them not say “We have destroyed him.”
26 Let those be ashamed and confounded together, Who rejoice at my calamity; Let those be clothed with shame and ignominy, Who magnify themselves against me.
27 But let those shout and rejoice, who favor my righteousness: And let them say continually, “Magnified be Jehovah! “Who loveth the peace of his servant.”
28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness; All the day of thy praise.
To the Chief Musician. Of the servant of Jehovah, [even] of David
1 Ungodliness saith to the wicked man in the midst of my heart, 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 teaseth to understand that he may do good.
4 Iniquity he meditates upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way not good; Evil he doth not abhor.
5 O Jehovah! unto the heavens is thy mercy, Thy truth even unto the clouds.
6 Thy justice is like the great mountains, Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast, thou preservest, O Jehovah!
7 How precious is thy loving-kindness, O God! Therefore the sons of men in the shadow of thy wings shall trust.
8 They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And of the river of thy pleasures thou shalt cause them to drink.
9 For with thee is the fountain of life, And in thy light shall we see light.
10 Extend thy mercy to those who know thee, And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come upon me; And the hand of the ungodly let it not remove me.
12 There fallen are the workers of iniquity; They are thrust down and shall not be able to stand. 323
1 Vex not thyself because of the wicked, Nor be envious on account of the workers of iniquity.
2 For like the grass quickly shall they be cut down; And as the green herb they shall wither.
3 Trust thou in Jehovah, and do good; Dwell in the land, and be fed in truth.
4 And delight in Jehovah, And he will grant thee the request of thy heart.
5 Devolve upon Jehovah thy ways, And trust in him, and he will bring it to pass.
6 And he will bring forth as the light thy righteousness, And thy judgments as the noonday.
7 Be silent to Jehovah, and wait for him; Vex not thyself at him who prospereth in his way, At the man who committeth wickedness.
8 Cease from anger, forsake wrath, Vex not thyself so as to commit sin.
9 For the wicked shall be cut off; But those who wait for Jehovah shall inherit the earth.
10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall not be; And thou shalt give attention to his place, and shalt not find him
11 But the meek ones shall inherit the earth, And shall be delighted in the abundance of peace.
12 Plot doth the ungodly against the righteous, And gnasheth against him with his teeth.
13 The Lord shall laugh at him, For he seeth that coming is his day.
14 Their sword draw do the ungodly, And their bow they bend, To lay prostrate the poor and needy, To slay those who are upright in the way.
15 But their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bow shall be broken.
16 Better is a little to the righteous man, Than the wealth of the ungodly who are great.
17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken; But Jehovah sustaineth the righteous.
18 Know doth Jehovah the days of the upright, And their inheritance for ever shall be.
19 They shall not be put to shame in the time of adversity; And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 For the ungodly shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah like the fattest of lambs shall be consumed; Into smoke they shall be consumed.;
21 Borrow doth the ungodly man, and doth not repay; But the righteous man is compassionate and giveth.
22 For those who are blessed of him shall inherit the earth, And those who are cursed of him shall be cut off.
23 By Jehovah the steps of a man are directed, And his way he will love.
24 When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, For Jehovah putteth under [him] his hand.
25 Young I have been, I have also grown old; And yet I have not seen the righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging for bread.
26 Daily he is compassionate and lendeth, And his seed is for blessing.
27 Depart from evil and do good, And dwell for ever.
28 For Jehovah loveth judgment, And doth not forsake his meek ones; For ever shall they be preserved: And the seed of the ungodly shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the earth, And shall dwell for ever upon it.
30 The mouth of the righteous shall speak wisdom;
31 The law of his God is in his heart; Slide not shall his steps.
32 Watch doth the ungodly the righteous man, And seeketh to put him to death.
33 Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he shall exalt thee to inherit the earth: When the ungodly shall be cut off thou shalt see it.
35 I have seen the ungodly man robust, 324 And spreading himself like a green bay tree;
36 And he passed away, and to I he was not; And I sought for his place, and he was not found.
37 Mark the perfect man, and consider the upright; For the end of such a man is peace.
38 But transgressors shall be destroyed together: The end of the ungodly shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah: He will be their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And help them shall Jehovah, and deliver them: He shall deliver them from the wicked: He shall save them, because they trust in him.
A Psalm of David: to bring to remembrance
1 O Jehovah! do not in thy fury rebuke me, And in thy wrath do not chasten me.
2 For thy arrows go down in me, And descend upon me doth thy hand.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thy wrath, Nor peace in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have passed over my head, Like a burden that is weighty, they are too heavy for me.
5 Putrid [and] corrupt have my wounds become, Because of my foolishness.
6 I am bowed down, I am brought low exceedingly; Day by day a mourner I do walk:
7 For my reins are filled with a burning heat; Nor is there soundness in my flesh.
8 I am enfeebled and broken exceedingly: I have roared through the disquietude of my heart.
9 O Lord! before thee is all my desire, And my groaning from thee is not hidden,
10 My heart hath throbbed, forsaken me hath my strength; And the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My friends and my companions aloof from my stroke have stood, And my kinsmen afar off have stood.
12 And they have laid snares who sought for my soul; Arid those who sought my hurt have threatened mischiefs; And deceits daily do they meditate.
13 But as for me, like a deaf man I hear not; And I am like a dumb man who openeth not his mouth.
14 And I was as a man who doth not hear, And in whose mouth there are no reproofs.
15 For on thee, O Jehovah! do I wait: Thou wilt answer me, O Lord, my God!
16 For I said, “Lest they should rejoice over me:” At the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves,
17 Surely as for me I am ready to halt; And my sorrow is before me continually.
18 Surely my iniquity I declare; I am in consternation because of my sin.
19 But my enemies are living; 325 they are strong; And those are become mighty who hate me wrongfully.
20 And they who requite me evil for good are against me, Because I follow [what is] good.
21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah, my God! Be not far from me.
22 Hasten to my help, O Lord, my salvation!
To the Chief Musician, Jeduthun. A Psalm of David
1 I said “I will take heed to my ways, “That I sin not with my tongue: “I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, “While the ungodly man standeth before me.”
2 I was dumb not uttering a word; I held my peace [even] from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart became hot within me; In my musing a fire did burn; I spake with my tongue.
4 Cause me to know, O Jehovah! my end, And the number of my days, That I may know of what duration I am.
5 Behold! as an handbreadth thou hast made my days, And my duration is as nothing before thee: Surely altogether vanity is every mart while he standeth.
6 Surely in a shadow man walketh; [Selah. Surely in vain is he disquieted: They heap together, and know not who shall gather.
7 And now what do I wait for, O Lord? My hope is towards thee.
8 From all my sins deliver thou me: The reproach of the foolish make me not.
9 I was dumb; I will not open my mouth, Because thou hast done it.
10 Remove from me thy stroke: By the blow of thy hand I have failed.
11 With rebukes for iniquity thou chastisest man; And causest to waste away as a moth his beauty: Surely vanity is every man. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah! And to my cry give ear; At my tears be not silent; For a stranger am I before thee, A sojourner like all my fathers.
13 Let me alone, that I may recover strength, Before I depart and be no more.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 I have patiently waited for Jehovah, And he inclined to me, and heard my cry.
2 And he drew me out of the roaring pit, Out of the mire of clay, And set upon a rock my feet; He hath established my steps.
3 And he hath put in my mouth a song [that is] new, Even praise to our God: See shall many and shall fear, And shall trust in Jehovah.
4 Blessed is the man who maketh Jehovah his confidence, And hath not respected the proud, Nor those who turn aside to lying.
5 Many, O Jehovah, my God! are thy wonderful works which thou hast done; And thy thoughts towards us it is impossible to reckon up in order to thee: I will declare and speak [of them;] [But] they are more than can be told.
6 Sacrifice and oblation thou hast not taken pleasure in: But my ears hast thou made fit: 326 Burnt-offering and sin-offering thou hast not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold! I come; “In the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 “That I may do thy pleasure, O my God! “I have desired to do it, “And thy law is in the midst of my bowels.”
9 I have proclaimed thy righteousness in the assembly great: Behold my lips I will not restrain; O Jehovah! thou knowest it.
10 Thy righteousness I have not hidden within my heart; Thy truth and thy salvation I have declared: I have not concealed thy goodness and thy truth in the assembly great.
11 O thou, Jehovah! withhold not thy compassions from me; Let thy goodness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 For encompassed me have evils innumerable; Laid hold upon me have my iniquities, yea in so great number that I cannot see them: They are more in number than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.
13 Let it please thee, O Jehovah! to deliver me; O Jehovah! to my aid make haste.
14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together Who seek after my soul to destroy it; Let them be turned backward and put to shame Who seek after my hurt.
15 Let them be destroyed for a reward of their shame, Who have said to me, “Aha! aha!”
16 Let all those exult and rejoice in thee who seek thee; And let those say continually, “May Jehovah be magnified” — “Those who love thy salvation.
17 But as for me I am poor and needy. Jehovah hath regarded me; My help and my deliverer art thou: O thou, my God! delay not.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 Blessed is he who judgeth wisely of the poor: In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.
2 Jehovah will keep him, and preserve him alive: He shall be blessed upon the earth: And thou will not give him up to the desire of his enemies.
3 Jehovah will support him upon the bed of sorrow: All his bed thou hast turned in his sickness.
4 I have said, “O Jehovah! have mercy upon me; ” “Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.”
5 My enemies have spoken evil of me, “When will he die, and perish shall his name?“
6 And if he come to see me falsely doth he speak; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself’: When he goeth abroad he speaketh [it.]
7 Together against me do all my haters whisper; Against me do they devise evil for me, [saying,]
8 “An evil deed of Belial cleaveth fast to him; “And he who lieth shall not rise again.”
9 Even the man of my peace in whom I trusted, Who eateth of my bread, hath lifted up against me the heel.
10 Do thou then, O Jehovah! have mercy upon me; Raise me up, and I will recompense them.
11 By this I have known that I have been acceptable to thee, Because my enemy shall not triumph over me.
12 And as for me, in my integrity thou wilt uphold me, And wilt establish me before thy face for ever.
13 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, For ever and ever. Amen and Amen.
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To the Chief Musician. A lesson of instruction to the Sons of Korah
1 As the hart crieth for the fountains of waters, So my soul crieth for thee, O God!
2 Thirsted hath my soul for God, for the living God: When shall I come to appear before the face of God?
3 To me have my tears been for bread, by day and night, While it is said to me daily, “Where is thy God?“
4 When these things I remember, I pour out within me my soul, Because I had gone with the procession, Leading them even to the house of God, With the voice of exultation and praise, — The multitude dancing for joy.
5 ‘Why art thou cast down, O my soul! And why art thou disquieted within me? Wait thou for God; for I shall yet give him thanks, [For] the salvations of his countenance.
6 O my God! my soul within me is cast down, When I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of Hermonim, From the mountain Mizar.
7 Deep unto deep calleth at the noise of thy waterspouts: All thy waves and all thy billows over me have gone.
8 By day command will Jehovah his loving-kindness, And by night his song shall be with me, And prayer to the God of my life.
9 I will say to God, my Rock, “Why hast thou forgotten me? “Why mourning do I go because of the oppression of my enemy?”
10 [It is as] a wound in my bones when my enemies reproach me, Saying to me daily, “Where is thy God?“
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet give thanks to him, The salvations of my countenance, and my God.
1 Judge me, O God! and plead my cause: From a people without mercy, from a man deceitful and wicked deliver me.
2 For thou art the God of my strength; Why art thou estranged from me? Why mourning do I go because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 Send forth thy light and thy truth; Let them direct me, let them conduct me, To the mountain of thy holiness, and to thy tabernacles.
4 And I will go to the altar of God, To the God of the joy of my rejoicing; And I will celebrate thee upon the harp, O God, my God!
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul! And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet celebrate him, Who is the salvation of my countenance and my God.
To the Chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. Giving instruction
1 O God! with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have told us, The work which thou hast done in their days, In the days of old.
2 Thou with thy hand hast expelled the heathen, and planted them: Thou hast wasted the peoples and multiplied them:
3 For not by their own sword acquired they the land, And their own arm did not save them; But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable to them.
4 Thou, even thou, art my King; O God! command salvations for Jacob.
5 Through thee our adversaries with the horn we have pushed; In thy name we have trampled under foot those who rise up against us.
6 For not in my bow will I trust, And my sword will not save me.
7 Surely thou hast saved us from our enemies, And our haters thou hast put to shame.
8 In God we will boast all the day, And thy name for ever shall we praise. Selah.
9 Nevertheless thou hast abhorred us and put us to shame, And thou goest not forth any more with our armies.
10 Thou hast made us to turn back from him that afflicteth us, And our haters have spoiled us for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us as sheep for food; And among the heathen thou hast scattered us.
12 Thou hast sold thy people, and not become rich, And thou hast not increased the price of them.
13 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to those who are round about us.
14 Thou hast made us a byword among the heathen, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Daily is my reproach before me, And the shame of my face hath quite covered me,
16 Because of the voice of him who reproacheth and revileth, Because of the face of the adversary and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us, and we have not forgotten thee, Nor dealt perfidiously in thy covenant;
18 Not turned back hath our heart, Nor declined have our steps from thy path.
19 Although thou hast crushed us in the place of dragons, And covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, And have spread forth our hands to a God that is strange;
21 Shall not God search out this? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Surely for thy sake we are killed daily; We are accounted as sheep [appointed] for slaughter.
23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Awake, do not forget us for ever.
24 Wherefore thy face dost thou hide? Wilt thou forget our misery and our affliction?
25 For humbled to the dust is our soul; Cleave to the earth doth our belly.
26 Arise for our help, And redeem us for the sake of thy loving-kindness.
To the Chief Musician. Upon the lilies. Of the sons of Korah. Giving instruction. A Song of loves
1 Boiling over is my heart to speak a goodly theme, Speak shall I myself of my works concerning the King: My tongue is as the pen of a swift writer.
2 Thou art fair above the sons of men; Diffused is grace on thy lips; Because God hath blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one! With majesty and glory.
4 And in thy majesty prosper thou; Ride forth upon the word of truth, and meekness and righteousness; And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things:
5 Thy arrows are sharp (so that the people fall under thee) In the hearts of the enemies of the king.
6 Thy throne, O God! is for ever and ever; The scepter of rectitude is the scepter of thy kingdom.
7 Thou lovest righteousness and hatest impiety; Because anointed thee hath God, thy God, With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 Myrrh, and aloes and cassia [are] in all thy garments, Out of the ivory palaces, whence they have made thee glad.
9 The daughters of kings [were] among thy maids of honor; Stand did thy consort at thy right hand in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter! and consider and incline thy ear; And forget thy people, and the house of thy father.
11 And enamored shall be the King with thy beauty; For he is thy Lord, and thou shalt worship him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre [shall come] with a present; Thy favor entreat shall the rich among the people.
13 All glorious is the daughter of the King within; Of garments embroidered with gold is her clothing.
14 In raiment of needle-work she shall be brought to the King; Her virgins that follow her, her companions shall be brought to thee.
15 They shall be brought with joy and exultation; They shall enter into the palace of the King.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children; Thou shalt make them princes in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to be remembered throughout all generation; Therefore celebrate thee shall the peoples for ever and ever.
To the Chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. Upon Alamoth. A Song
1 God is to us a protection and strength; A help in troubles he is found exceedingly.
2 Therefore we will not fear when moved shall be the earth, And fall shall the mountains into the heart of the sea.
3 [When] roar and rage tempestuously shall the waters thereof; [When] shake shall the mountains with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 The streams of her river shall make glad the city of God, The Sanctuary of the tabernacles of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: Help her will God at the dawn of the morning.
6 Rage did the peoples, moved were the kingdoms: He uttered his voice, melt did the earth.
7 Jehovah of armies is with us; A fortress for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.
8 Come ye, consider the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath wrought in the earth.
9 He maketh to cease battles, even to the ends of the earth; He breaketh the bow, he shattereth in pieces the arms; The chariot he burneth with 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 Jehovah of armies is with us; A fortress for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.
To the Chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. Upon Alamoth. A Song
1 O all ye peoples! clap the hand; Shout unto God with the voice of exultation;
2 For Jehovah is high, terrible, A great king over all the earth.
3 He hath put in order the people under us, And the nations under our feet.
4 He hath chosen for us our inheritance, The glory of Jacob, whom he hath loved. Selah.
5 Gone up is God with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing psalms to God, sing psalms; Sing psalms to our King, sing psalms;
7 For king of all the earth is God; Sing praises, all ye who understand!
8 The kingdom he hath obtained over the heathen; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
9 The princes of the peoples are assembled together To the people of the God of Abraham: For to God belong the shields of the earth: He is greatly exalted.
A Song of a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah
1 Great is Jehovah and to be praised greatly In the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, The mountain of Zion, on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
3 God in her palaces is known for a defense.
4 For behold! the kings assembled, They passed away together.
5 They themselves saw, so they marveled; They were frightened, they fled precipitately,
6 Fear seized upon them there, Pain as of one in travail.
7 By the east wind thou breakest in pieces the ships of Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Jehovah of Hosts, In the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah
9 We have waited, O God! for thy mercy In the midst of thy temple,
10 As is thy name, O God! So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Of righteousness full is thy right hand.
11 Rejoice shall Mount Zion, Exult shall the daughters of Judah, Because of thy judgments.
12 Encompass Zion, and walk round about her. Number the towers thereof,
13 Set your heart to her walls, Exalt her towers, That ye may make report to the generations to come.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.
To the Chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm
1 Hear this all ye peoples; Give ear all ye inhabitants of the world:
2 Both ye sons of Adam, and ye sons of men, Rich and poor together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdoms, And the meditation of my heart is of understanding.
4 I will incline to a parable my ear: I will open upon the harp my enigma.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil? The iniquity of my heel shall compass me about.
6 They trust in their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches do glory.
7 The brother shall not be able to redeem; None shall give to God the price of his redemption.
8 And precious shall be the redemption of their soul, And their continuance for ever:
9 That he should still live for ever, And not see the grave.
10 For he shall see that wise men die, Together the fool and the brutish person shall perish, And leave to strangers their wealth.
11 Their inward thought is [how to make] their houses [to continue] for ever, Their dwelling-places from generation to generation: They have called out their names upon the earth.
12 And man in honor shall not abide; He hath become like the beasts: they perish.
13 This their way is foolishness in them, And their posterity in their saying will acquiesce. Selah.
14 Like sleep in the grave they are laid; Death shall feed them; And have dominion over them shall the upright in the morning, And their strength shall wax old; The grave shall receive them from their dwelling.
15 But God shall redeem my soul from the hand of the grave; For he hath taken me up. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when a man shall become rich, When increased shall be the glory of his house;
17 For he shall not at his death carry all away: Descend not after him shall his glory:
18 For his soul in his lifetime he will bless, And they shall praise thee when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall come to the age of his fathers, Even for ever he shall not see the light.
20 Man is in honor, and will not understand: He hath become like the beasts: they shall perish.
1 The God of gods, Jehovah 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 Come shall our God, and shall not keep silence; A fire before him shall devour, And round about him a tempest shall rage exceedingly.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, And to the earth, to judge his people.
5 “Gather together to me my meek ones, (will he say), “Those who strike a covenant with me over sacrifices.”
6 And declare shall the heavens his righteousness: For God is judge himself. Selah.
7 “Hear, O my people! and I will speak; “O Israel! and I will announce to thee: “God, [even] thy God am I.
8 “Not for thy sacrifices will I reprove thee; “And thy burnt-offerings are before me continually.
9 “I will not take out of thy house a calf, “Nor out of thy folds he-goats:
10 “For mine are all the beasts of the forest, “The cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 “I know all the birds of the mountains; “And the wild beasts of the field are at my command.
12 “If I am hungry, I will not tell thee: “For mine is the world and the fullness thereof.
13 “Will I eat the flesh of bulls, “And the blood of goats will I drink?
14 “Sacrifice unto God praise, “And pay unto the Most High thy vows.
15 “Call upon me in the day of trouble; “I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.