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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.