DIVISION 26-50
Psalm#26
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> Judge me, O LORD; for
I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I
shall not slide.
2 Examine me, O
LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3 For thy
lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat
with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5 I have hated
the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6 ¶ I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I
compass thine altar, O LORD:
7 That I may
publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 LORD, I have
loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9 Gather not my
soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10 In whose hands
is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me,
I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot
standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> The LORD is my
light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the
wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they
stumbled and fell.
3 Though an host
should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise
against me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing have
I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of
the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to
enquire in his temple.
5 For in the time
of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle
shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall
mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I
offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing
praises unto the LORD.
7 ¶ Hear, O LORD, when I cry
with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When thou
saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face
far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave
me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father
and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
11 Teach me thy
way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not
over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against
me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted,
unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the
living.
14 Wait on the
LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on
the LORD.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> Unto thee will I
cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I
become like them that go down into the pit.
2 Hear the voice
of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy
holy oracle.
3 Draw me not
away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to
their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
4 Give them
according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours:
give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
5 Because they
regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall
destroy them, and not build them up.
6 ¶ Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice
of my supplications.
7 The LORD is my
strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my
heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
8 The LORD is
their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
9 Save thy
people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> Give unto the LORD,
O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
2 Give unto the
LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the
LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many
waters.
4 The voice of
the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
5 The voice of
the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them
also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7 The voice of
the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
8 The voice of
the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of
the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his
temple doth every one speak of his glory.
10 The LORD
sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
11 The LORD will
give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the
house of David.>> I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up,
and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O LORD my God,
I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
3 O LORD, thou
hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should
not go down to the pit.
4 Sing unto the
LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
5 For his anger
endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night,
but joy cometh in the morning.
6 ¶ And in my prosperity I
said, I shall never be moved.
7 LORD, by thy
favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face,
and I was troubled.
8 I cried to
thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
9 What profit is
there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall
it declare thy truth?
10 Hear, O LORD,
and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
11 Thou hast
turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded
me with gladness;
12 To the end
that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will
give thanks unto thee for ever.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.>> In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:
deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow down thine
ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence
to save me.
3 For thou art my
rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of
the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
5 Into thine hand
I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
6 I have hated
them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered
my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8 And hast not
shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9 ¶ Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine
eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10 For my life is
spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of
mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a
reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear
to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
12 I am forgotten
as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have
heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel
together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
15 My times are
in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that
persecute me.
16 Make thy face
to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
17 Let me not be
ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and
let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying
lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously
against the righteous.
19 ¶ Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid
up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee
before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt
hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep
them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous
kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said in
my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the
voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23 O love the
LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully
rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David, Maschil.>> Blessed is
he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the
man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no
guile.
3 When I kept
silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
4 For day and
night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of
summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledged
my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my
transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time
when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not
come nigh unto him.
7 ¶ Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from
trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct
thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine
eye.
9 Be ye not as
the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be
held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
10 Many sorrows
shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass
him about.
11 Be glad in the
LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in
heart.
1 ¶ Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is
comely for the upright.
2 Praise the LORD
with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto him a
new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
4 For the word of
the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
5 He loveth
righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
6 By the word of
the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his
mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth
up the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the
earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake,
and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The LORD
bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the
people of none effect.
11 The counsel of
the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 ¶ Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the
people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13 The LORD
looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the
inhabitants of the earth.
15 He fashioneth
their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
16 There is no
king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much
strength.
17 An horse is a
vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18 Behold, the
eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver
their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul
waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart
shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy,
O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David, when he changed his
behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.>> I will
bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall
make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3 O magnify the
LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the
LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked
unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man
cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,
and delivereth them.
8 O taste and see
that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9 O fear the
LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10 The young
lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want
any good thing.
11 ¶ Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you
the fear of the LORD.
12 What man is he
that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep thy
tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of
the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
16 The face of
the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from
the earth.
17 The righteous
cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18 The LORD is
nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit.
19 Many are the
afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20 He keepeth all
his bones: not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall
slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22 The LORD
redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be
desolate.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> Plead my cause, O
LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
2 Take hold of
shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
3 Draw out also
the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I
am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded
and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought
to confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Let them be as
chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
6 Let their way
be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which
without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction
come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into
that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul
shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones
shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that
is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11 ¶ False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge
things that I knew not.
12 They rewarded
me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
13 But as for me,
when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting;
and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I
bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But in mine
adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects
gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me,
and ceased not:
16 With
hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 ¶ Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul
from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18 I will give
thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them
that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with
the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speak
not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the
land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha,
our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast
seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up
thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O
LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not
say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have
swallowed him up.
26 Let them be
ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them
be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27 Let them shout
for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say
continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity
of his servant.
28 And my tongue
shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the
servant of the LORD.>> The transgression of the wicked saith within my
heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For he
flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
3 The words of
his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
4 He deviseth
mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he
abhorreth not evil.
5 ¶ Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy
faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
6 Thy
righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O
LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children
of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8 They shall be
abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them
drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee
is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
10 O continue thy
lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright
in heart.
11 Let not the
foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
12 There are the
workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David.>> Fret not thyself
because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall
soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in the
LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be
fed.
4 Delight thyself
also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way
unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall
bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7 ¶ Rest in the LORD, and wait
patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because
of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8 Cease from
anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers
shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the
earth.
10 For yet a
little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider
his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek
shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of
peace.
12 The wicked
plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13 The Lord shall
laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to
cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15 Their sword
shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16 A little that
a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms
of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
18 The LORD knoweth
the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not
be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked
shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they
shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
21 ¶ The wicked borroweth, and
payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
22 For such as be
blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be
cut off.
23 The steps of a
good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
24 Though he
fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his
hand.
25 I have been
young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed
begging bread.
26 He is ever
merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
27 Depart from
evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they
are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous
shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
30 The mouth of
the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31 The law of his
God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
32 The wicked
watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
33 The LORD will
not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 ¶ Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall
exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like
a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed
away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark the perfect
man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
38 But the
transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut
off.
39 But the
salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of
trouble.
40 And the LORD
shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and
save them, because they trust in him.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of David, to bring to
remembrance.>> O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in
thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine
arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no
soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my
bones because of my sin.
4 For mine
iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for
me.
5 My wounds stink
and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled;
I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For
my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my
flesh.
8 I am feeble and
sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my
desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart
panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone
from me.
11 My lovers and
my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 ¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares for me:
and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all
the day long.
13 But I, as a
deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no
reproofs.
15 For in thee, O
LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said,
Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth,
they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready
to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will
declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine
enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that
render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good
is.
21 Forsake me
not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to
help me, O Lord my salvation.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A
Psalm of David.>> I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not
with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before
me.
2 I was dumb with
silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was
hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 LORD, make me
to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how
frail I am.
5 Behold, thou
hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee:
verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are
disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather
them.
7 ¶ And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from
all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I
opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10 Remove thy
stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11 When thou with
rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away
like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my
prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I
am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 O spare me,
that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.>> I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and
heard my cry.
2 He brought me
up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a
rock, and established my goings.
3 And he hath put
a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear,
and shall trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed is that
man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as
turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my
God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are
to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare
and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
6 ¶ Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine
ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written
of me,
8 I delight to do
thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have preached
righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O
LORD, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid
thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy
salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great
congregation.
11 ¶ Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O
LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 For
innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon
me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine
head: therefore my heart faileth me.
13 Be pleased, O
LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my
soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me
evil.
15 Let them be
desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those
that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say
continually, The LORD be magnified.
17 But I am poor
and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer;
make no tarrying, O my God.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of
David.>> Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver
him in time of trouble.
2 The LORD will
preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and
thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD will
strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his
sickness.
4 I said, LORD,
be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 ¶ Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and
his name perish?
6 And if he come
to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he
goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they
devise my hurt.
8 An evil
disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise
up no more.
9 Yea, mine own
familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up
his heel against me.
10 But thou, O
LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
11 By this I know
that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 And as for me,
thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Blessed be the
LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons
of Korah.>> As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my
soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul
thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have
been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy
God?
4 When I remember
these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I
went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a
multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why art thou
cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for
I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6 ¶ O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore
will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the
hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy
waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet the LORD
will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall
be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9 I will say unto
God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the
oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a
sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me,
Where is thy God?
11 Why art thou
cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God:
for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
1 ¶ Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an
ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art
the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of
the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out thy
light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill,
and to thy tabernacles.
4 Then will I go
unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I
praise thee, O God my God.
5 Why art thou
cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I
shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah,
Maschil.>> We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,
what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2 How thou didst
drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict
the people, and cast them out.
3 For they got
not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save
them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,
because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 Thou art my
King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through thee
will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that
rise up against us.
6 For I will not
trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to
shame that hated us.
8 In God we boast
all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9 ¶ But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and
goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest us
to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast
given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the
heathen.
12 Thou sellest
thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us
a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round
about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head
among the people.
15 My confusion
is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 For the voice
of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 ¶ All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten
thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is
not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19 Though thou
hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of
death.
20 If we have
forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the
heart.
22 Yea, for thy
sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why
sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Wherefore
hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul
is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our
help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for
the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.>> My heart is inditing a
good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my
tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2 Thou art fairer
than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath
blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword
upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
4 And in thy
majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and
thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Thine arrows
are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under
thee.
6 ¶ Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre
of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7 Thou
lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 All thy garments
smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they
have made thee glad.
9 Kings'
daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the
queen in gold of Ophir.
10 ¶ Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine
ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
11 So shall the
king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
12 And the
daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people
shall intreat thy favour.
13 The king's
daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the
virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
15 With gladness
and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
16 Instead of thy
fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
17 I will make
thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise
thee for ever and ever.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah,
A Song upon Alamoth.>> God is our refuge and strength, a very present
help in trouble.
2 Therefore will
not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried
into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the
waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the
swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a
river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of
the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the
midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6 ¶ The heathen raged, the
kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of
hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold
the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 He maketh wars
to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear
in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and
know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in
the earth.
11 The LORD of
hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons
of Korah.>> O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the
voice of triumph.
2 For the LORD
most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
3 He shall subdue
the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
4 He shall choose
our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 ¶ God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound
of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to
God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the
King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
8 God reigneth
over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
9 The princes of
the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for
the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
1 ¶ <<A Song and Psalm for the sons of
Korah.>> Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our
God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for
situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the
north, the city of the great King.
3 God is known in
her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the
kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it,
and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold
upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 ¶ As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the
LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought
of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 According to
thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is
full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion
rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about
Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well
her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation
following.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever:
he will be our guide even unto death.
1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons
of Korah.>> Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the
world:
2 Both low and
high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall
speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline
mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Wherefore
should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass
me about?
6 ¶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves
in the multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God
a ransom for him:
8 (For the
redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
9 That he should
still live for ever, and not see corruption.
10 For he seeth
that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave
their wealth to others.
11 Their inward
thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling
places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless
man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way
is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them;
and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty
shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15 ¶ But God will redeem my soul from the power of the
grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not thou
afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dieth
he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while
he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to
thyself.
19 He shall go to
the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man that is in
honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
1 ¶ <<A Psalm of Asaph.>> The mighty God,
even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun
unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion,
the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3 Our God shall
come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall
be very tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call
to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my
saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens
shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7 ¶ Hear, O my people, and I
will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove
thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before
me.
9 I will take no
bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10 For every
beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the
fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were
hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the
flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15 And call upon
me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 ¶ But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do
to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou
hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18 When thou
sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with
adulterers.
19 Thou givest
thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest
and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest
that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set
them in order before thine eyes.
22 Now consider
this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to
deliver.
23 Whoso offereth
praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I
shew the salvation of God.