KJV - Pure Cambridge Edition

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.

1:2

But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

1:3

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.

1:4

The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

1:5

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

1:6

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

2:1

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2:2

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],

2:3

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

2:4

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

2:5

Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

2:6

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

2:7

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art] my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

2:8

Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy possession.

2:9

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

2:10

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

2:11

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

2:12

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.

3:1

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me.

3:2

Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.

3:3

But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

3:4

I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

3:5

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

3:6

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set [themselves] against me round about.

3:7

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

3:8

Salvation [belongeth] unto the LORD: thy blessing [is] upon thy people. Selah.

4:1

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

4:2

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.

4:3

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

4:4

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

4:5

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

4:6

[There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

4:7

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased.

4:8

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

5:1

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

5:2

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

5:3

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.

5:4

For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5:5

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

5:6

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

5:7

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.

5:8

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

5:9

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.

5:10

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.

5:11

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.

5:12

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as [with] a shield.

6:1

To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

6:2

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

6:3

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

6:4

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

6:5

For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

6:6

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

6:7

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

6:8

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

6:9

The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

6:10

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be ashamed suddenly.

7:1

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

7:2

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver.

7:3

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

7:4

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

7:5

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.

7:6

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded.

7:7

So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

7:8

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me.

7:9

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

7:10

My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

7:11

God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day.

7:12

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

7:13

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

7:14

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

7:15

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.

7:16

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

7:17

I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

8:1

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

8:2

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.

8:3

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

8:4

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

8:5

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

8:6

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:

8:7

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8:8

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.

8:9

O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth!

9:1

To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

9:2

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

9:3

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

9:4

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

9:5

Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.

9:6

O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

9:7

But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

9:8

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

9:9

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

9:10

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

9:11

Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

9:12

When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

9:13

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

9:14

That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

9:15

The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

9:16

The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

9:17

The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.

9:18

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.

9:19

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

9:20

Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah.

10:1

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble?

10:2

The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

10:3

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

10:4

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.

10:5

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

10:6

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity.

10:7

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity.

10:8

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.

10:9

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.

10:10

He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

10:11

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].

10:12

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

10:13

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

10:14

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.

10:15

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

10:16

The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

10:17

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

10:18

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

11:1

To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain?

11:2

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.

11:3

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

11:4

The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD's throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

11:5

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

11:6

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.

11:7

For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

12:1

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

12:2

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.

12:3

The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things:

12:4

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?

12:5

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.

12:6

The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

12:7

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

12:8

The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

13:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

13:2

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

13:3

Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;

13:4

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

13:5

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

13:6

I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

14:1

To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.

14:2

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.

14:3

They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.

14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

14:5

There were they in great fear: for God [is] in the generation of the righteous.

14:6

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD [is] his refuge.

14:7

Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.

15:1

A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

15:2

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

15:3

[He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

15:4

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.

15:5

[He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.

16:1

Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

16:2

[O my soul], thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee;

16:3

[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.

16:4

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.

16:5

The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

16:6

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

16:7

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

16:8

I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

16:9

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

16:10

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

16:11

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.

17:1

A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.

17:2

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

17:3

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.

17:4

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.

17:5

Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.

17:6

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech.

17:7

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].

17:8

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

17:9

From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.

17:10

They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

17:11

They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

17:12

Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

17:13

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:

17:14

From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.

17:15

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

18:1

To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

18:2

The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.

18:3

I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

18:4

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

18:5

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

18:6

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.

18:7

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

18:8

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

18:9

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.

18:10

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

18:11

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.

18:12

At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.

18:13

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.

18:14

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

18:15

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

18:16

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

18:17

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

18:18

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

18:19

He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

18:20

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

18:21

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

18:22

For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

18:23

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

18:24

Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

18:25

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

18:26

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

18:27

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

18:28

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

18:29

For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.

18:30

[As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him.

18:31

For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?

18:32

[It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

18:33

He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], and setteth me upon my high places.

18:34

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

18:35

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.

18:36

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

18:37

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

18:38

I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.

18:39

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

18:40

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

18:41

They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

18:42

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

18:43

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.

18:44

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

18:45

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

18:46

The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

18:47

[It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

18:48

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.

18:49

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

18:50

Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

19:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

19:2

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

19:3

[There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard.

19:4

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,

19:5

Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

19:6

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.

19:7

The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.

19:8

The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.

19:9

The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.

19:10

More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

19:11

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of them [there is] great reward.

19:12

Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults].

19:13

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.

19:14

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

20:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

20:2

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

20:3

Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

20:4

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

20:5

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

20:6

Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

20:7

Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

20:8

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

20:9

Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

21:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

21:2

Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

21:3

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

21:4

He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever.

21:5

His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

21:6

For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

21:7

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

21:8

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

21:9

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

21:10

Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

21:11

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

21:12

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.

21:13

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.

22:1

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?

22:2

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

22:3

But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

22:4

Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

22:5

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

22:6

But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

22:7

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],

22:8

He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

22:9

But thou [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.

22:10

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother's belly.

22:11

Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help.

22:12

Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.

22:13

They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

22:14

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.

22:15

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.

22:16

For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

22:17

I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.

22:18

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

22:19

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

22:20

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

22:21

Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

22:22

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

22:23

Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

22:24

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.

22:25

My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

22:26

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

22:27

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

22:28

For the kingdom [is] the LORD's: and he [is] the governor among the nations.

22:29

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.

22:30

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

22:31

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [this].

23:1

A Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.

23:2

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

23:3

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

23:4

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.

23:5

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

23:6

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

24:1

A Psalm of David. The earth [is] the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

24:2

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

24:3

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

24:4

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

24:5

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

24:6

This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

24:7

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

24:8

Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

24:9

Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

24:10

Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah.

25:1

[A Psalm] of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

25:2

O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

25:3

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

25:4

Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

25:5

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

25:6

Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old.

25:7

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

25:8

Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

25:9

The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

25:10

All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

25:11

For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great.

25:12

What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose.

25:13

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

25:14

The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

25:15

Mine eyes [are] ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

25:16

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate and afflicted.

25:17

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: [O] bring thou me out of my distresses.

25:18

Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

25:19

Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

25:20

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

25:22

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

26:1

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.

26:2

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

26:3

For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

26:4

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

26:5

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

26:6

I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

26:7

That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

26:8

LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

26:9

Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

26:10

In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

26:11

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

26:12

My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

27:1

[A Psalm] of David. The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

27:2

When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

27:3

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be] confident.

27:4

One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

27:5

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.

27:6

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

27:7

Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

27:8

[When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

27:9

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.

27:10

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

27:11

Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

27:13

[I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

27:14

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

28:1

[A Psalm] of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

28:2

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

28:3

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.

28:4

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.

28:5

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

28:6

Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

28:7

The LORD [is] my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

28:8

The LORD [is] their strength, and he [is] the saving strength of his anointed.

28:9

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

29:1

A Psalm of David. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

29:2

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

29:3

The voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters.

29:4

The voice of the LORD [is] powerful; the voice of the LORD [is] full of majesty.

29:5

The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

29:6

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

29:7

The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.

29:8

The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

29:9

The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of [his] glory.

29:10

The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.

29:11

The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

30:1

A Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the house of David. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

30:2

O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

30:3

O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

30:4

Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

30:5

For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.

30:6

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

30:7

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was troubled.

30:8

I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.

30:9

What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

30:10

Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

30:11

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

30:12

To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

31:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

31:2

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

31:3

For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

31:4

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.

31:5

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

31:6

I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

31:8

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

31:9

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly.

31:10

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

31:11

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.

31:12

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

31:13

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.

31:14

But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.

31:15

My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

31:16

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

31:17

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave.

31:18

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

31:19

[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!

31:20

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.

31:21

Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

31:22

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.

31:23

O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

31:24

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

32:1

[A Psalm] of David, Maschil. Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered.

32:2

Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.

32:3

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

32:4

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

32:5

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

32:6

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.

32:7

Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

32:8

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

32:9

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.

32:10

Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

32:11

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.

33:1

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for the upright.

33:2

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.

33:3

Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

33:4

For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are done] in truth.

33:5

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

33:6

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

33:7

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

33:8

Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

33:9

For he spake, and it was [done]; he commanded, and it stood fast.

33:10

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

33:11

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

33:12

Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

33:13

The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

33:14

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

33:15

He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

33:16

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

33:17

An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.

33:18

Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

33:19

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

33:20

Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.

33:21

For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

33:22

Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

34:1

[A Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall] continually [be] in my mouth.

34:2

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.

34:3

O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

34:4

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

34:5

They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

34:6

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.

34:7

The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

34:8

O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.

34:9

O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them that fear him.

34:10

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].

34:11

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

34:12

What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days, that he may see good?

34:13

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

34:15

The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their cry.

34:16

The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

34:17

[The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

34:18

The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

34:19

Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

34:20

He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

34:21

Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

34:22

The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

35:1

[A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

35:2

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

35:3

Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.

35:4

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.

35:5

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].

35:6

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

35:7

For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.

35:8

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

35:9

And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

35:10

All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

35:11

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not.

35:12

They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.

35:13

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.

35:14

I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.

35:15

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:

35:16

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

35:17

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

35:18

I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

35:19

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

35:20

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

35:21

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].

35:22

[This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

35:23

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

35:24

Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

35:25

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

35:26

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.

35:27

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

35:28

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy praise all the day long.

36:1

To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.

36:2

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

36:3

The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

36:4

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.

36:5

Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.

36:6

Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

36:7

How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

36:8

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

36:9

For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

36:10

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

36:11

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

36:12

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

37:1

[A Psalm] of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

37:2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

37:3

Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

37:4

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

37:5

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.

37:6

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

37:7

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

37:8

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

37:9

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

37:10

For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be]: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be].

37:11

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

37:12

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

37:13

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

37:14

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.

37:15

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

37:16

A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches of many wicked.

37:17

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

37:18

The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

37:19

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

37:20

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD [shall be] as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

37:21

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

37:22

For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.

37:23

The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

37:24

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.

37:25

I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

37:26

[He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.

37:27

Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

37:28

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

37:29

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

37:30

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

37:31

The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

37:32

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

37:33

The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

37:34

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see [it].

37:35

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

37:36

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

37:37

Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.

37:38

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

37:39

But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble.

37:40

And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

38:1

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

38:2

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

38:3

[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.

38:4

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

38:5

My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.

38:6

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

38:7

For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.

38:8

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

38:9

Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

38:10

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

38:11

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

38:12

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.

38:13

But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

38:14

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.

38:15

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

38:16

For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

38:17

For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.

38:18

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

38:19

But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

38:20

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].

38:21

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

38:22

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

39:1

To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

39:2

I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

39:3

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: [then] spake I with my tongue,

39:4

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].

39:5

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.

39:6

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.

39:7

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.

39:8

Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

39:9

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it].

39:10

Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

39:11

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.

39:12

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a sojourner, as all my fathers [were].

39:13

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

40:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

40:2

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.

40:3

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

40:4

Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

40:5

Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.

40:6

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

40:7

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,

40:8

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.

40:9

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

40:10

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.

40:11

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

40:12

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.

40:13

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

40:14

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.

40:15

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

40:16

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

40:17

But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

41:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

41:2

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

41:3

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

41:4

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

41:5

Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

41:6

And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

41:7

All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

41:8

An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him: and [now] that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

41:9

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.

41:10

But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

41:11

By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

41:12

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

41:13

Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.