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BOOK
I
Psalms 1
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 Yahweh; 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh, 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: Yahweh
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: Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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.
Psalms 3
1 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of
mine head.
4 I cried unto Yahweh with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill.
Selah.
5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Yahweh sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that
have set [themselves] against me round about.
7 Arise, O Yahweh; 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 Yahweh: Thy blessing [is] upon Thy people. Selah.
1 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 Yahweh hath set apart him that is godly for Himself: Yahweh
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 Yahweh.
6 [There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any]
good? Yahweh, 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, Yahweh, only makest me
dwell in safety.
Psalms 5
1 Give ear to my words, O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh; 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: Yahweh 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 Yahweh, 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, Yahweh, wilt bless the righteous; with
favour wilt Thou compass him as [with] a shield.
1 O Yahweh, rebuke me not in Thine anger, neither chasten me in Thy hot
displeasure.
2 Have mercy upon me, O Yahweh; for I [am] weak: O Yahweh, heal me; for my
bones are vexed.
3 My soul is also sore vexed: but Thou, O Yahweh, how long?
4 Return, O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh hath heard the voice
of my weeping.
9 Yahweh hath heard my supplication; Yahweh will receive my prayer.
10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be
ashamed suddenly.
Psalms 7
1 O Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh shall judge the people: judge me, O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh according to His righteousness: and will sing praise to
the name of Yahweh Most High.
1 O Yahweh 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 lack a little from God, 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 Yahweh our Lord, how excellent [is] Thy name in all the earth!
Psalms 9
1 I will praise [Thee], O Yahweh, 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 sattest 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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, Yahweh, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.
11 Sing praises to Yahweh, Which dwelleth in
12 When He maketh inquisition for blood, He remembereth them: He forgetteth not
the cry of the humble.
13 Have mercy upon me, O Yahweh; 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
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they
hid is their own foot taken.
16 Yahweh 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 Yahweh; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in Thy
sight.
20 Put them in fear, O Yahweh: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be
but] men. Selah.
1 Why standest Thou afar off, O Yahweh? [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 the covetous abhorreth
Yahweh.
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 Yahweh; 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 Yahweh [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of His
land.
17 Yahweh, 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 In Yahweh 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 Yahweh [is] in His holy temple, Yahweh's throne [is] in heaven: His
eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.
5 Yahweh 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 Yahweh loveth righteousness; His countenance doth behold
the upright.
Psalms 12
1 Help, Yahweh; 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.
6 The words of Yahweh [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of
earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O Yahweh, Thou shalt preserve them from this generation
for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
1 How long wilt Thou forget me, O Yahweh? 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh, because He hath dealt bountifully with me.
Psalms 14
1 The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no Yahweh. They are corrupt,
they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.
2 Yahweh looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were
any that did understand, [and] seek Yahweh.
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 Yahweh.
5 There were they in great fear: for Yahweh [is] in the generation of the
righteous.
6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because Yahweh [is] his refuge.
7 Oh that the salvation of
1 Yahweh, 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
Yahweh. [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.
Psalms 16
1 Preserve me, O God: for in Thee do I put my trust.
2 [O my soul], thou hast said unto Yahweh, 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 Yahweh [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 Yahweh, Who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in
the night seasons.
8 I have set Yahweh 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.
Psalms 17
1 Hear the right, O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the
wicked, [by] Thy sword:
14 From men [by] Thy hand, O Yahweh, 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 I will love Thee, O Yahweh, my strength.
2 Yahweh [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 Yahweh, [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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He
delighted in me.
20 Yahweh 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh 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: Yahweh 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 Yahweh is tried: He [is] a
buckler to all those that trust in Him.
31 For who [is] God save Yahweh? 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh, 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 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 Yahweh [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of Yahweh
[is] sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of Yahweh [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of
Yahweh [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of Yahweh [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of Yahweh
[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 Yahweh, my strength, and my redeemer.
1 Yahweh 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: Yahweh fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that Yahweh 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 Yahweh our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
9 Save, Yahweh: let the king hear us when we call.
Psalms 21
1 The king shall joy in Thy strength, O Yahweh; 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 Yahweh, 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: Yahweh 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, Yahweh, in Thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise
Thy power.
1 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
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 Yahweh [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
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 Yahweh: 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 Yahweh, praise Him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify Him; and
fear Him, all ye the seed of
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 Yahweh that seek Him:
your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto Yahweh: and all the
kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee.
28 For the kingdom [is] Yahweh'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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh [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 Yahweh for ever.
Psalms 24
1 The earth [is] Yahweh'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 Yahweh? 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 Yahweh, and righteousness from the God of
his salvation.
6 This [is] the generation of them that seek Him, that seek Thy face, O [God
of] 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? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh 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? Yahweh of hosts, He [is] the King of glory.
Selah.
1 Unto Thee, O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh; 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh.
8 Good and upright [is] Yahweh: 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 Yahweh [are] mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant
and His testimonies.
11 For Thy name's sake, O Yahweh, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great.
12 What man [is] he that feareth Yahweh? 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 Yahweh [is] with them that fear Him; and He will shew them His
covenant.
15 Mine eyes [are] ever toward Yahweh; 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
1 Judge me, O Yahweh; for I have
walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Yahweh; [therefore] I shall
not slide.
2 Examine me, O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh:
7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all Thy
wondrous works.
8 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh.
Psalms 27
1 Yahweh [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh [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 Yahweh, that will I seek after; that I may
dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of
Yahweh, 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 Yahweh.
7 Hear, O Yahweh, [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,
Yahweh, 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 Yahweh will take me up.
11 Teach me Thy way, O Yahweh, 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 have believed that I shall see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the
living.
14 Wait on Yahweh: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart:
wait, I say, on Yahweh.
1 Unto Thee will I cry, O Yahweh 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 Yahweh, nor the operation of His hands,
He shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6 Blessed [be] Yahweh, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 Yahweh [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 Yahweh [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.
Psalms 29
1 Give unto Yahweh, O ye mighty, give unto Yahweh glory and strength.
2 Give unto Yahweh the glory due unto His name; worship Yahweh in the beauty of
holiness.
3 The voice of Yahweh [is] upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: Yahweh
[is] upon many waters.
4 The voice of Yahweh [is] powerful; the voice of Yahweh [is] full of majesty.
5 The voice of Yahweh breaketh the cedars; yea, Yahweh breaketh the cedars of
Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf;
7 The voice of Yahweh divideth the flames of fire.
8 The voice of Yahweh shaketh the wilderness; Yahweh shaketh the wilderness of
Kadesh.
9 The voice of Yahweh maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests:
and in His temple doth every one speak of [His] glory.
10 Yahweh sitteth upon the flood; yea, Yahweh sitteth King for ever.
11 Yahweh will give strength unto His people; Yahweh will bless His people with
peace.
1 I will extol Thee, O Yahweh; for
Thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O Yahweh my God, I cried unto Thee, and Thou hast healed me.
3 O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh; and unto Yahweh 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 Yahweh, and have mercy upon me: Yahweh, 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
Yahweh my God, I will give thanks unto Thee for ever.
Psalms 31
1 In Thee, O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, God of
truth.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in Yahweh.
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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh: 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 Yahweh; 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] Yahweh: for He hath shewed me His marvelous 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 Yahweh, all ye His saints: [for] Yahweh 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
Yahweh.
1 Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is]
covered.
2 Blessed [is] the man unto whom Yahweh 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 Yahweh; 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 Yahweh, mercy
shall compass him about.
11 Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye
that are] upright in heart.
Psalms 33
1 Rejoice in Yahweh, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright.
2 Praise Yahweh 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 Yahweh [is] right; and all His works [are done] in truth.
5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of
Yahweh.
6 By the word of Yahweh 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 Yahweh: 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 Yahweh bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: He maketh the devices
of the people of none effect.
11 The counsel of Yahweh standeth for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all
generations.
12 Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] Yahweh; [and] the people [whom] He
hath chosen for His own inheritance.
13 Yahweh 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 Yahweh [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 Yahweh: 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 Yahweh, be upon us, according as we hope in Thee.
1 I will bless Yahweh at all times: His praise [shall] continually [be] in
my mouth.
2 My soul shall make her boast in Yahweh: the humble shall hear [thereof], and
be glad.
3 O magnify Yahweh with me, and let us exalt His name together.
4 I sought Yahweh, 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 Yahweh heard [him], and saved him out of all his
troubles.
7 The angel of Yahweh encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth
them.
8 O taste and see that Yahweh [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth
in Him.
9 O fear Yahweh, 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 Yahweh shall
not want any good [thing].
11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.
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 Yahweh [are] upon the righteous, and His ears [are open] unto
their cry.
16 The face of Yahweh [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth.
17 [The righteous] cry, and Yahweh heareth, and delivereth them out of all
their troubles.
18 Yahweh [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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh redeemeth the soul of His servants: and none of them that trust in
Him shall be desolate.
1 Plead [my cause], O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh chase
[them].
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of Yahweh 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 Yahweh: it shall rejoice in His salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh: keep not silence: O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 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 Yahweh, [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 Yahweh, 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.
Psalms 37
1 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 Yahweh, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily
thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in Yahweh; and He shall give thee the desires of thine
heart.
5 Commit thy way unto Yahweh; 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh upholdeth the
righteous.
18 Yahweh 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 Yahweh [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 Yahweh: and he delighteth in His
way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
34 Wait on Yahweh, 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 Yahweh: [He is] their strength in
the time of trouble.
40 And Yahweh shall help them, and deliver them: He shall deliver them from the
wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him.
1 O Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, do I hope: Thou wilt hear, O Yahweh 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 Yahweh: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Yahweh my salvation.
1 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 Yahweh, 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, Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, 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.
Psalms 40
1 I waited patiently for Yahweh; 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 Yahweh.
4 Blessed [is] that man that maketh Yahweh his trust, and respecteth not the
proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O Yahweh 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 Yahweh, 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 Yahweh: 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 Yahweh, to deliver me: O Yahweh, 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, Yahweh be magnified.
17 But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] Yahweh thinketh upon me: Thou [art] my help
and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
1 Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: Yahweh will deliver him in time
of trouble.
2 Yahweh 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 Yahweh will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: Thou wilt make all
his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, 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.
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13 Blessed [be] Yahweh, God of Israel, from everlasting - and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
BOOK
II
1 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
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of Thy waterspouts: all Thy waves and thy
billows are gone over me.
8 [Yet] Yahweh 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.
Psalms 43
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 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 Yahweh? 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 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
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 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 Yahweh of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of Yahweh, 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 Yahweh of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 47
1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of
triumph.
2 For Yahweh 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, Yahweh 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 Great [is] Yahweh, 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]
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
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
12 Walk about
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.
Psalms 49
1 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 The mighty God, [even] Yahweh,
hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going
down thereof.
2 Out of
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, Oh 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
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.
1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness: according unto
the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
4 Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in Thy sight:
that Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest, [and] be clear when Thou
judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part]
Thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter
than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] Thou hast broken
may rejoice.
9 Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from Thy presence; and take not Thy holy spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and uphold me [with Thy] free
spirit.
13 [Then] will I teach transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall be converted
unto Thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation: [and] my
tongue shall sing aloud of Thy righteousness.
15 O Yahweh, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth Thy praise.
16 For Thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: Thou delightest not
in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, Thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in Thy good pleasure unto
19 Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt
offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine
altar.
1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God
[endureth] continually.
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak
righteousness. Selah.
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, He shall take thee away, and pluck
thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living.
Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
7 Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance
of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.
8 But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy
of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise Thee for ever, because Thou hast done [it]: and I will wait on
Thy name; for [it is] good before Thy saints.
Psalms 53
1 The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt are they, and
have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that doeth good.
2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were
[any] that did understand, that did seek God.
3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is]
none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up My people [as] they eat
bread: they have not called upon God.
5 There were they in great fear, [where] no fear was: for God hath scattered
the bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou hast put [them] to shame,
because God hath despised them.
6 Oh that the salvation of
1 Save me, O God, by Thy name, and judge me by Thy strength.
2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul:
they have not set God before them. Selah.
4 Behold, God [is] mine helper: Yahweh [is] with them that uphold my soul.
5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in Thy truth.
6 I will freely sacrifice unto Thee: I will praise Thy name, O Yahweh; for [it
is] good.
7 For He hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen [his
desire] upon mine enemies.
Psalms 55
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Thyself from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked:
for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon
me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and
be at rest.
7 Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
9 Destroy, O Yahweh, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and
strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and
sorrow [are] in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her
streets.
12 For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne
[it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did magnify [himself] against
me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13 But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of God in
company.
15 Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for
wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and Yahweh shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall
hear my voice.
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me:
for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even He That abideth of old. Selah.
Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath
broken his covenant.
21 [The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war [was] in his
heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were] they drawn swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon Yahweh, and He shall sustain thee: He shall never
suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But Thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody
and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in Thee.
1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily
oppresseth me.
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight
against me, O Thou Most High.
3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee.
4 In God I will praise His word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear
what flesh can do unto me.
5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps,
when they wait for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in [Thine] anger cast down the people, O God.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put Thou my tears into Thy bottle: [are they] not
in Thy book?
9 When I cry [unto Thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for
God [is] for me.
10 In God will I praise [His] word: in Yahweh will I praise [His] word.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto Thee.
13 For Thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt] not [Thou deliver] my
feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Psalms 57
1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in
Thee: yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these]
calamities be overpast.
2 I will cry unto God Most High; unto God That performeth [all things] for me.
3 He shall send from heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him that would
swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.
4 My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire,
[even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a
sharp sword.
5 Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] Thy glory [be] above all the
earth.
6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have
digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves].
Selah.
7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.
9 I will praise Thee, O Yahweh, among the people: I will sing unto Thee among
the nations.
10 For Thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens, and Thy truth unto the clouds.
11 Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] Thy glory [be] above all
the earth.
1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness,
O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the
earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be
born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf
adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the
young lions, O Yahweh.
7 Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his
bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the
untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the
thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and burning.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his
feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous:
verily He is a God That judgeth in the earth.
Psalms 59
1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up
against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me;
not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O Yahweh.
4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to help me, and
behold.
5 Thou therefore, O Yahweh, God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all
the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the
city.
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who,
[say they], doth hear?
8 But Thou, O Yahweh, shalt laugh at them; Thou shalt have all the heathen in
derision.
9 [Because of] his strength will I wait upon Thee: for God [is] my defence.
10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see [my desire] upon
mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by Thy power; and bring
them down, O Yahweh our shield.
12 [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let them even be
taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying [which] they speak.
13 Consume [them] in wrath, consume [them], that they [may] not [be]: and let
them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
14 And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and
go round about the city.
15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of Thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the
morning: for Thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 Unto Thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God [is] my defence, [and] the
God of my mercy.
1 O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast scattered us, Thou hast been
displeased; O turn Thyself to us again.
2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; Thou hast broken it: heal the breaches
thereof; for it shaketh.
3 Thou hast shewed Thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine
of astonishment.
4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed
because of the truth. Selah.
5 That Thy beloved may be delivered; save [with] Thy right hand, and hear me.
6 God hath spoken in His holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and
mete out the
7 Gilead [is] Mine, and Manasseh [is] Mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of
Mine head; Judah [is] My lawgiver;
8 Moab [is] My washpot; over Edom will I cast out My shoe: Philistia, triumph
thou because of Me.
9 Who will bring me [into] the strong city? who will lead me into
10 [Wilt] not Thou, O God, [Which] hadst cast us off? And [Thou], O God, [Which]
didst not go out with our armies?
11 Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.
12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for He [it is That] shall tread down our
enemies.
Psalms 61
1 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed:
lead me to the rock [that] is higher than
3 For Thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of Thy
wings. Selah.
5 For Thou, O God, hast heard my vows: Thou hast given [me] the heritage of
those that fear Thy name.
6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: [and] his years as many generations.
7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, [which] may
preserve him.
8 So will I sing praise unto Thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my
vows.
1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God:
from Him [cometh] my salvation.
2 He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [He is] my defence; I shall not be
greatly moved.
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of
you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in
lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God;
for my expectation [is] from Him.
6 He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [He is] my defence; I shall not be
moved.
7 In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my
refuge, [is] in God.
8 Trust in Him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart before Him: God
[is] a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie:
to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase,
set not your heart [upon them].
11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto
God.
12 Also unto Thee, O Yahweh, [belongeth] mercy: for Thou renderest to every man
according to his work.
Psalms 63
1 O God, Thou [art] my God; early will I seek Thee: my soul thirsteth for
Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see Thy power and Thy glory, so [as] I have seen Thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because Thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise Thee.
4 Thus will I bless Thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in Thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall
praise [Thee] with joyful lips:
6 When I remember Thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on Thee in the [night]
watches.
7 Because Thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of Thy wings will I
rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after Thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But those [that] seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts
of the earth.
10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by Him shall
glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the
enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the
workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their
arrows, [even] bitter words:
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him,
and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares
privily; they say, Who shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the
inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.
7 But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see
them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall
wisely consider of His doing.
10 The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall trust in Him; and all the
upright in heart shall glory.
Psalms 65
1 Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Sion: and unto Thee shall the vow be
performed.
2 O Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come.
3 Iniquities prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, Thou shalt purge
them away.
4 Blessed [is the man whom] Thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto Thee,
that] he may dwell in Thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of
Thy house, [even] of Thy holy temple.
5 [By] terrible things in righteousness wilt Thou answer us, O God of our
salvation; [Who art] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them
that are afar off [upon] the sea:
6 Which by His strength setteth fast the mountains; [being] girded with power:
7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the
tumult of the people.
8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at Thy tokens: Thou
makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: Thou greatly enrichest it with the
10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: Thou settlest the furrows
thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers: Thou blessest the springing thereof.
11 Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness.
12 They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills
rejoice on every side.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with
corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing forth the honour of His name: make His praise glorious.
3 Say unto God, How terrible [art Thou in] Thy works! Through the greatness of
Thy power shall Thine enemies submit themselves unto Thee.
4 All the earth shall worship Thee, and shall sing unto Thee; they shall sing
[to] Thy name. Selah.
5 Come and see the works of God: [He is] terrible [in His] doing toward the
children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry [land]: they went through the flood on foot: there
did we rejoice in Him.
7 He ruleth by His power for ever; His eyes behold the nations: let not the
rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of His praise to be heard:
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10 For Thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11 Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and
through water: but Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy [place].
13 I will go into Thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay Thee my vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer unto Thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of
rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
16 Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what He hath done
for my soul.
17 I cried unto Him with my mouth, and He was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, Yahweh will not hear [me]:
19 [But] verily God hath heard [me]; He hath attended to the voice of my
prayer.
20 Blessed [be] God, Which hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from
me.
1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] cause His face to shine upon
us; Selah.
2 That Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise Thee, O God; let all the people praise Thee.
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for Thou shalt judge the people
right