Psalms Book II
42:1To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
42:2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
42:3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?
42:4When 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.
42:5Why 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.
42:6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
42:8[Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.
42:9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
42:10[As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
42:11Why 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.
43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
43:2For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
43:3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
43:4Then 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.
43:5Why 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.
44:1To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
44:2[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
44:3For 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.
44:4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
44:5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
44:6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
44:7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
44:8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
44:9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
44:10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
44:11Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
44:12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
44:14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
44:15My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
44:16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
44:17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
44:18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
44:19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
44:21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
44:26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
45:1To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
45:3Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
45:4And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
45:5Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
45:6Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre.
45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
45:8All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
45:9Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
45:10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
45:11So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy Lord; and worship thou him.
45:12And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even] the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
45:13The king's daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is] of wrought gold.
45:14She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
45:15With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
45:16Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
45:17I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
46:1To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
46:2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
46:3[Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
46:4[There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High.
46:5God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, [and that] right early.
46:6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
46:7The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
46:8Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
46:9He 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.
46:10Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
46:11The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.
47:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
47:2For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over all the earth.
47:3He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
47:4He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
47:5God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
47:6Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
47:7For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
47:8God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
47:9The 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.
48:1A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
48:2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
48:3God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
48:4For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
48:5They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
48:6Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
48:7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
48:8As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
48:9We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
48:10According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
48:11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
48:12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
48:13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
48:14For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.
49:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:
49:2Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
49:3My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.
49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
49:5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
49:6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
49:7None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
49:8(For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
49:9That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.
49:10For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
49:11Their 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.
49:12Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
49:13This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
49:14Like 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.
49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
49:16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
49:17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
49:18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
49:19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
49:20Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts [that] perish.
50:1A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
50:3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
50:4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
50:5Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
50:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.
50:7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.
50:8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
50:9I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.
50:10For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.
50:11I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.
50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof.
50:13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
50:14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
50:16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
50:17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
50:18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
50:19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
50:20Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
50:21These [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.
50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.
50:23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth [his] conversation [aright] will I shew the salvation of God.
51:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
51:2Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
51:3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
51:4Against 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.
51:5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
51:6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.
51:9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
51:11Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
51:12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.
51:13[Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
51:14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
51:15O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
51:16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
51:17The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
51:18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
51:19Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
52:1To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.
52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
52:3Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
52:4Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.
52:5God 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.
52:6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
52:7Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.
52:8But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
52:9I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done [it]: and I will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before thy saints.
53:1To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. 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.
53:2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.
53:3Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
53:4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
53:5There 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.
53:6Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
54:1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
54:2Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
54:3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
54:4Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul.
54:5He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
54:6I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for [it is] good.
54:7For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.
55:1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
55:2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
55:3Because 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.
55:4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
55:5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I fly away, and be at rest.
55:7Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.
55:8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
55:9Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
55:10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.
55:11Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
55:12For [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:
55:13But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
55:14We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of God in company.
55:15Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.
55:16As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
55:17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
55:18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.
55:19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
55:20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
55:21[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.
55:22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
55:23But 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.
56:1To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
56:2Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.
56:3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
56:4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
56:5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.
56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
56:7Shall they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast down the people, O God.
56:8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?
56:9When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.
56:10In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I praise [his] word.
56:11In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
56:12Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
56:13For 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?
57:1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. 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.
57:2I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth [all things] for me.
57:3He 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.
57:4My 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.
57:5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
57:6They 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.
57:7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
57:8Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.
57:9I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
57:10For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
57:11Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
58:1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
58:2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
58:4Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
58:5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
58:6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
58:7Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
58:8As 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.
58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
58:11So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
59:1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
59:2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
59:3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.
59:4They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to help me, and behold.
59:5Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
59:6They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?
59:8But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
59:9[Because of] his strength will I wait upon thee: for God [is] my defence.
59:10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
59:12[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.
59:13Consume [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.
59:14And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
59:15Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
59:16But 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.
59:17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God [is] my defence, [and] the God of my mercy.
60:1To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
60:2Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
60:3Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
60:4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
60:5That thy beloved may be delivered; save [with] thy right hand, and hear me.
60:6God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
60:7Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;
60:8Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
60:9Who will bring me [into] the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
60:10[Wilt] not thou, O God, [which] hadst cast us off? and [thou], O God, [which] didst not go out with our armies?
60:11Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.
60:12Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall tread down our enemies.
61:1To the chief Musician upon Neginah, [A Psalm] of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
61:2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.
61:3For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from the enemy.
61:4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
61:5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name.
61:6Thou wilt prolong the king's life: [and] his years as many generations.
61:7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, [which] may preserve him.
61:8So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
62:1To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my salvation.
62:2He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
62:3How 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.
62:4They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
62:5My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from him.
62:6He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved.
62:7In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God.
62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.
62:9Surely 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.
62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
62:11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God.
62:12Also unto thee, O Lord, [belongeth] mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 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;
63:2To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
63:3Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
63:4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
63:5My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips:
63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches.
63:7Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
63:8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
63:9But those [that] seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
63:10They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
63:11But 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.
64:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
64:2Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
64:3Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
64:4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
64:5They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
64:6They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward [thought] of every one [of them], and the heart, [is] deep.
64:7But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
64:8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
64:9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
64:10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
65:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm [and] Song of David. Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
65:2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
65:3Iniquities prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
65:4Blessed [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.
65:5[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:
65:6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; [being] girded with power:
65:7Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
65:8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
65:9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, [which] is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
65:10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
65:11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
65:12They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
65:13The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
66:1To the chief Musician, A Song [or] Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
66:2Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
66:3Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
66:4All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing [to] thy name. Selah.
66:5Come and see the works of God: [he is] terrible [in his] doing toward the children of men.
66:6He turned the sea into dry [land]: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
66:7He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
66:8O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
66:9Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
66:11Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
66:12Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy [place].
66:13I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
66:14Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
66:15I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
66:16Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
66:17I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
66:18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]:
66:19[But] verily God hath heard [me]; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
66:20Blessed [be] God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
67:1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
67:2That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
67:3Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
67:4O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
67:5Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
67:6[Then] shall the earth yield her increase; [and] God, [even] our own God, shall bless us.
67:7God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
68:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
68:2As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wax melteth before the fire, [so] let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
68:3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
68:4Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God in his holy habitation.
68:6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry [land].
68:7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
68:8The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: [even] Sinai itself [was moved] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
68:9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
68:10Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
68:11The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that published [it].
68:12Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
68:13Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
68:14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was [white] as snow in Salmon.
68:15The hill of God [is as] the hill of Bashan; an high hill [as] the hill of Bashan.
68:16Why leap ye, ye high hills? [this is] the hill [which] God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.
68:17The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy [place].
68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among them].
68:19Blessed [be] the Lord, [who] daily loadeth us [with benefits, even] the God of our salvation. Selah.
68:20[He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the issues from death.
68:21But God shall wound the head of his enemies, [and] the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
68:22The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [my people] again from the depths of the sea:
68:23That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
68:24They have seen thy goings, O God; [even] the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
68:25The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.
68:26Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
68:27There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the princes of Naphtali.
68:28Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
68:29Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
68:30Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, [till every one] submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people [that] delight in war.
68:31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
68:32Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
68:33To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, [which were] of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, [and that] a mighty voice.
68:34Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency [is] over Israel, and his strength [is] in the clouds.
68:35O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel [is] he that giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed [be] God.
69:1To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.
69:2I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
69:3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
69:4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.
69:5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
69:6Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
69:7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
69:8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
69:9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
69:10When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
69:11I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
69:12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.
69:13But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
69:14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
69:15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
69:16Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
69:18Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
69:19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.
69:20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.
69:21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
69:22Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.
69:23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
69:24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
69:25Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents.
69:26For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
69:27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
69:28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
69:29But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
69:30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
69:31[This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
69:32The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
69:33For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
69:34Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
69:35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
69:36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
70:1To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
70:2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
70:3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
70:4Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
70:5But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
71:1In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
71:2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
71:3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress.
71:4Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
71:5For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.
71:6By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise [shall be] continually of thee.
71:7I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.
71:8Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour all the day.
71:9Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
71:10For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
71:11Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].
71:12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
71:13Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
71:14But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
71:15My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof].
71:16I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.
71:17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
71:18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.
71:19Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!
71:20[Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
71:21Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
71:22I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
71:23My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
71:24My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
72:1[A Psalm] for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
72:2He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
72:3The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
72:4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
72:5They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.
72:7In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
72:8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
72:11Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
72:12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.
72:13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
72:14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
72:15And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; [and] daily shall he be praised.
72:16There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
72:17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
72:18Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
72:19And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen.
72:20The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.