THE PSALMS
King James Version
1 ¶ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of
the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law
doth he meditate day and night.
3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of
water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 ¶ The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which
the wind driveth away.
5
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6
For the LORD knoweth the way of
the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
1 ¶ Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a
vain thing?
2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their
cords from us.
4
He that sitteth in the heavens
shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them
in his sore displeasure.
6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 ¶ I will declare the decree:
the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash
them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 ¶ Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye
judges of the earth.
11
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry,
and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom
his son.>> LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they
that rise up against me.
2
Many there be which say of my soul, There
is no help for him in God. Selah.
3
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the
lifter up of mine head.
4 ¶ I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me
out of his holy hill. Selah.
5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained
me.
6
I will not be afraid of ten thousands
of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
7
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten
all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
8
Salvation belongeth unto the
LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of
David.>> Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast
enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
2
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into
shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly
for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart
upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust
in the LORD.
6 ¶ There be many that say, Who
will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time
that their corn and their wine increased.
8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou,
LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.>> Give ear to my words, O
LORD, consider my meditation.
2
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for
unto thee will I pray.
3
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the
morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:
neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will
abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
7 ¶ But as for me, I will come
into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship
toward thy holy temple.
8
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
9
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward
part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre;
they flatter with their tongue.
10
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own
counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have
rebelled against thee.
11
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest
them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
12
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon
Sheminith, A Psalm of David.>> O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger,
neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal
me; for my bones are vexed.
3
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
4
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh
save me for thy mercies' sake.
5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave
who shall give thee thanks?
6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
7
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
8 ¶ Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the
LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
9
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive
my prayer.
10
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them
return and be ashamed suddenly.
1 ¶ <<Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the
LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.>> O LORD my God, in
thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver
me:
2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces,
while there is none to deliver.
3
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity
in my hands;
4
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with
me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him
tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour
in the dust. Selah.
6
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of
the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the
judgment that thou hast commanded.
7
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee
about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8 The
LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the
hearts and reins.
10 ¶ My defence is of God,
which saveth the upright in heart.
11
God judgeth the righteous, and
God is angry with the wicked every day.
12
If he turn not, he will whet his
sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14
Behold, he travaileth with
iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15
He made a pit, and digged it,
and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his
violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and
will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.>> O LORD our Lord, how
excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the
heavens.
2
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3 ¶ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of
man, that thou visitest him?
5
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and
hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6
Thou madest him to have dominion
over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and
whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the
earth!
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.>> I will praise thee, O
LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous
works.
2
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to
thy name, O thou most High.
3
When mine enemies are turned back,
they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
5
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the
wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:
and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 But
the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his
throne for judgment.
8
And he shall judge the world in righteousness,
he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge
in times of trouble.
10
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:
for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 ¶ Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion:
declare among the people his doings.
12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth
not the cry of the humble.
13
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I
suffer of them that 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 heathen are sunk down in the
pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own
hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations
that forget God.
18
For the needy shall not alway be
forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for
ever.
19
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be
judged in thy sight.
20
Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know
themselves to be but men. Selah.
1 ¶ Why standest thou afar off,
O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them
be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3
For the wicked boasteth of his
heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the
LORD abhorreth.
4
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not
seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above
out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth
at them.
6
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I
shall never be in adversity.
7 His
mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and
vanity.
8
He sitteth in the lurking places
of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder
the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
9
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth
in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his
net.
10
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong
ones.
11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 ¶ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not
the humble.
13
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his
heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:
the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek
out his wickedness till thou find none.
16
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
17
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of
the earth may no more oppress.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.>> In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye
to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
2
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their
arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
3
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous
do?
4 ¶ The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is
in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5
The LORD 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 an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of
their cup.
7
For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his
countenance doth behold the upright.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm
of David.>> Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth;
for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour:
with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue
that speaketh proud things:
4
Who have said, With our tongue
will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the
needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that
puffeth at him.
6
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them
from this generation for ever.
8
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are
exalted.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.>> How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for
ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in
my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes,
lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and
those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in
thy salvation.
6
I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt
bountifully with me.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.>> The fool hath said in his heart, There
is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none
that doeth good.
2
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3
They are all gone aside, they are all together become
filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 ¶ Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who
eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
5
There were they in great fear: for God is in the
generation of the righteous.
6
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD
is his refuge.
7
Oh that the salvation of Israel were
come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people,
Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> LORD, who shall
abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
2
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
3
He that backbiteth not with his
tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh
up a reproach against his neighbour.
4
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth
not.
5
He that putteth not out his
money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these
things shall never be moved.
1 ¶ <<Michtam of David.>> Preserve me, O God:
for in thee do I put my trust.
2
O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord:
my goodness extendeth not to thee;
3
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the
excellent, in whom is all my delight.
4
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after
another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their
names into my lips.
5
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:
thou maintainest my lot.
6
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I
have a goodly heritage.
7
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins
also instruct me in the night seasons.
8 ¶ I have set the LORD always before me: because he is
at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is
fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
1 ¶ <<A Prayer of David.>> Hear the right, O
LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth
not out of feigned lips.
2
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine
eyes behold the things that are equal.
3
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou
hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am
purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I
have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip
not.
6
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear
me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7 Shew
thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee
from those that rise up against them.
8 ¶ Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the
shadow of thy wings,
9
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies,
who compass me about.
10
They are inclosed in their own
fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
11
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set
their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12
Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were
a young lion lurking in secret places.
13
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my
soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
14
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the
world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children,
and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I
shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the
servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the
words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all
his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,>> I will love thee,
O LORD, my strength.
2
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my
God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower.
3
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine
enemies.
4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of
ungodly men made me afraid.
5
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of
death prevented me.
6
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my
God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into
his ears.
7 Then
the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were
shaken, because he was wroth.
8
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of
his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
9
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was
under his feet.
10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly
upon the wings of the wind.
11
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round
about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds
passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
13
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest
gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows,
and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations
of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath
of thy nostrils.
16
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many
waters.
17
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which
hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD
was my stay.
19
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered
me, because he delighted in me.
20 ¶ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the
LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put
away his statutes from me.
23
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my
righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an
upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring
down high looks.
28 For thou wilt light my candle:
the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 ¶ For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my
God have I leaped over a wall.
30
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is
tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31
For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our
God?
32
It is God that girdeth me with
strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
34
He teacheth my hands to war, so
that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
35 Thou hast also given me the
shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy
gentleness hath made me great.
36
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not
slip.
37
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither
did I turn again till they were consumed.
38
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they
are fallen under my feet.
39
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:
thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine
enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
41
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the
LORD, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as
the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;
and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known
shall serve me.
44
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the
strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their
close places.
46
The LORD liveth; and blessed be
my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
48
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me
up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent
man.
49
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the
heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
50
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed
for evermore.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.>> The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2
Day unto day uttereth speech,
and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not
heard.
4
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their
words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his
circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7 ¶ The law of the LORD is
perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise
the simple.
8
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart:
the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous
altogether.
10
More to be desired are they than
gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of
them there is great reward.
12
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret
faults.
13
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let
them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be
innocent from the great transgression.
14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart,
be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.>> The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of
Jacob defend thee;
2
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out
of Zion;
3
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt
sacrifice; Selah.
4
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all
thy counsel.
5
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our
God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
6 ¶ Now know I that the LORD saveth
his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of
his right hand.
7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will
remember the name of the LORD our God.
8
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and
stand upright.
9
Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.>> The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation
how greatly shall he rejoice!
2
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not
withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3
For thou preventest him with the
blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure
gold on his head.
4
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest
it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
5
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour
and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6
For thou hast made him most blessed for
ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 ¶ For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right
hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine
anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour
them.
10
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their
seed from among the children of men.
11
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a
mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou
shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A
Psalm of David.>> My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou
so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
3
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest
the praises of Israel.
4
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst
deliver them.
5
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in
thee, and were not confounded.
6
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and
despised of the people.
7 All
they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the
head, saying,
8
He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him
deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst
make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
10
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from
my mother's belly.
11 ¶ Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there
is none to help.
12
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have
beset me round.
13
They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a
roaring lion.
14 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.
15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust
of death.
16
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked
have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17
I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture.
19
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste
thee to help me.
20
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power
of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth:
for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
22 ¶ I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the
midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of
Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of
the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto
him, he heard.
25
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I
will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the
LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the
LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S:
and he is the governor among the nations.
29
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all
they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his
own soul.
30
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord
for a generation.
31
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto
a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> The LORD is my
shepherd; I shall not want.
2
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me
beside the still waters.
3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness for his name's sake.
4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they
comfort me.
5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my
head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of
my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> 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
upon the floods.
3 ¶ Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who
shall stand in his holy place?
4
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not
lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5
He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and
righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek
thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 ¶ Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8
Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the
LORD mighty in battle.
9
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10
Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the
King of glory. Selah.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> Unto thee, O LORD,
do I lift up my soul.
2
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not
mine enemies triumph over me.
3
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be
ashamed which transgress without cause.
4
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
5
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God
of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
6
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
7 Remember
not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy
remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
8 ¶ Good and upright is the LORD: therefore
will he teach sinners in the way.
9
The meek will he guide in
judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
10
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as
keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine
iniquity; for it is great.
12
What man is he that feareth the
LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
13
His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit
the earth.
14 The secret of the LORD is with
them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
15 ¶ Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall
pluck my feet out of the net.
16
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am
desolate and afflicted.
17
The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out
of my distresses.
18
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my
sins.
19
Consider mine enemies; for they
are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
20
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for
I put my trust in thee.
21
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on
thee.
22
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.