THE HOLY BIBLE (Webster Translation) Psalms

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 to them in his wrath, and trouble 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 to me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
2:8: Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thy 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.

Chapter 3

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

Chapter 4

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 5

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.

5:1: Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
5:2: Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for to thee will I pray.
5:3: My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer to 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 falsehood: 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 towards thy holy temple.
5:8: Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of my 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 sepulcher; 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 favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

Chapter 6

To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 7

Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.

7:1: 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 is iniquity in my hands;
7:4: If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him that without cause is my enemy:)
7:5: Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
7:6: Arise, O LORD, in thy anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7:7: So shall the congregation of the people encompass thee: 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 my 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 defense is from God, who 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 hath 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.

Chapter 8

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 9

To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.

9:1: I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy wonderful 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 my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
9:4: For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou sattest on 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 hath 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, who 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 from them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
9:14: That I may show 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 always 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.

Chapter 10

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 thy hand: forget not the humble.
10:13: Why 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 to 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 shalt find none.
10:16: The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen have perished out of his land.
10:17: LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to hear:
10:18: To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

Chapter 11

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 12

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

Chapter 13

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 14

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 15

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 16

Michtam of David.

16:1: Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
16:2: O my soul, thou hast said to 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 their names into my lips.
16:5: The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
16:6: The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, 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 season.
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 thy Holy One to see corruption.
16:11: Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Chapter 17

A Prayer of David.

17:1: Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
17:2: Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thy eyes behold the things that are equal.
17:3: Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have 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: Uphold 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 thy ear to me, and hear my speech.
17:7: Show thy wonderful loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them who 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 shade of thy wings.
17:9: From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who encompass me,
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, who is thy sword:
17:14: From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who 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 shall behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

Chapter 18

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke to 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,

18:1: 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 my enemies.
18:4: The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
18:5: The sorrows of hell encompassed me: the snares of death seized me.
18:6: In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to 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 flew; yes, he flew upon the wings of the wind.
18:11: He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around 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: Yes, 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 uncovered 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 who hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18:18: They attacked me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
18:19: He brought me forth also in 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 my iniquity.
18:24: Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
18:25: With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;
18:26: With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt contend.
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 my arms.
18:35: Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held 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 my 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 have fallen under my feet.
18:39: For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
18:40: Thou hast also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
18:41: They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not.
18:42: Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I 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 to me.
18:45: The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid from 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 my enemies: yes, 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 to thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises to thy name.
18:50: He giveth great deliverance to his king; and showeth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever.

Chapter 19

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

19:1: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth the work of his hands.
19:2: Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night showeth knowledge.
19:3: There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
19:4: Their line hath 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 to the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from his heat.
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, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb.
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.

Chapter 20

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 21

To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David.

21:1: 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 withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
21:3: For thou hast met him with the blessings of goodness: thou hast set a crown of pure gold on his head.
21:4: He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it to him, even length of days for ever and ever.
21:5: His glory is great in thy salvation: honor 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: Thy hand shall find out all thy 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 thy 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 thy arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
21:13: Be thou exalted, LORD, in thy own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

Chapter 22

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.

22:1: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
22:2: O my God, I cry in the day-time, 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 to 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 by the people.
22:7: All they that see me deride me: 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 brought me forth into life: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
22:10: I was cast upon thee from my birth: thou art my God from the time I was born.
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 number 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 to 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 to 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 to 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 are 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 to a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Chapter 23

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 24

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 25

A Psalm of David.

25:1: To 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 my enemies triumph over me,
25:3: Also, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed who transgress without cause.
25:4: Show 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 loving kindnesses; 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 to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
25:11: For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon my 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 show them his covenant.
25:15: My eyes are ever towards the LORD; for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
25:16: Turn thee to 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 my affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
25:19: Consider my 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.

Chapter 26

A Psalm of David.

26:1: Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my 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 loving-kindness is before my 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 my hands in innocence: so will I compass thy 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 thy honor 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 my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me.
26:12: My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

Chapter 27

A Psalm of David.

27:1: 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 my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
27:3: Though a 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 will hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle will he hide me; he will set me up upon a rock.
27:6: And now shall my head be lifted above my enemies around me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to 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 to thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
27:9: Hide not thy face 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 my enemies.
27:12: Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses have risen 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 will strengthen thy heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Chapter 28

A Psalm of David.

28:1: To thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou shouldst be silent to me, I should become like them that go down into the pit.
28:2: Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to thee, when I lift my hands towards thy holy oracle.
28:3: Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
28:4: Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: 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 will 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 thy inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Chapter 29

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 30

A Psalm and Song, at the dedication of the house of David.

30:1: 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 to 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 to 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 favor 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 favor 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 to 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 to thee for ever.

Chapter 31

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

31:1: In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
31:2: Bow down thy ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defense 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 thy 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 foot in a large room.
31:9: Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.
31:10: For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
31:11: I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that saw 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 my 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 showed me his wonderful kindness in a strong city.
31:22: For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thy eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried to 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 will strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Chapter 32

A Psalm of David, Maschil.

32:1: Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
32:2: Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
32:3: When I kept silence, my bones became 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 drouth of summer. Selah.
32:5: I acknowledged my sin to thee, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
32:6: For this shall every one that is godly pray to thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh to him.
32:7: Thou art my hiding place; thou wilt preserve me from trouble; thou wilt 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 my 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 to thee.
32:10: Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall encompass him.
32:11: Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Chapter 33

33:1: Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
33:2: Praise the LORD with harp: sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
33:3: Sing to him a new song; play skillfully 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 a heap: he layeth up the depth in store-houses.
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 spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
33:10: The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught: he maketh the devices of the people of no 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 a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
33:17: A 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.

Chapter 34

A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.

34:1: 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 of it 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 to 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 around 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 to 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 to 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 to them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as are 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.

Chapter 35

A Psalm of David.

35:1: 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 my help.
35:3: Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to 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 they have 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 thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, even the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
35:11: False witnesses arose; 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 my 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 my adversity they rejoiced, and assembled themselves: yes, the abjects assembled themselves 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 many people.
35:19: Let not them that are my 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: Yes, 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 to 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 my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
35:27: Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yes, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who 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.

Chapter 36

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.

36:1: 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 is found to be hateful.
36:3: The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath ceased 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 to 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 loving-kindness, 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 loving-kindness to 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.

Chapter 37

A Psalm of David.

37:1: Fret not thyself because of evil doers, 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 will give thee the desires of thy heart.
37:5: Commit thy way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he will bring it to pass.
37:6: And he will bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day.
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 evil doers 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: yes, 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 will 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 are of upright deportment.
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 showeth mercy, and giveth.
37:22: For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the earth; and they that are cursed by 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 should 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 I have 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 will 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: yes, 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 will help them, and deliver them: he will deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Chapter 38

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

38:1: O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
38:2: For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me.
38:3: There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
38:4: For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
38:5: My wounds are offensive, 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 lothsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
38:8: I am feeble and grievously 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 my eyes, that also is gone from me.
38:11: My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; 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 my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
38:19: But my 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 my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good.
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.

Chapter 39

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.

39:1: I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
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 I spoke with my tongue.
39:4: LORD, make me to know my 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 a hand-breadth; and my 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 show: 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 thy 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 to 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.

Chapter 40

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

40:1: I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.
40:2: He brought me up also out of a 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 to 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 toward us, they cannot be reckoned up in order to 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; my 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 loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
40:11: Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
40:12: For innumerable evils have encompassed me: my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my 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 to 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 delay, O my God.

Chapter 41

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

41:1: Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in the 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 to 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 to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
41:5: My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
41:6: And if he cometh 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 to him: and now that he lieth he shall rise no more.
41:9: Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
41:10: But thou, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
41:11: By this I know that thou favorest me, because my enemy doth not triumph over me.
41:12: And as for me, thou upholdest me in my 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.

Chapter 42

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.

42:1: As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after thee, O God.
42:2: My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
42:3: My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?
42:4: When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy-day.
42:5: Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
42:6: O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
42:7: Deep calleth to deep at the noise of thy water-spouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
42:8: Yet the LORD will command his loving-kindness in the day-time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer to the God of my life.
42:9: I will say to 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, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily to me, Where is thy God?
42:11: Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.

44:1: We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
44:2: How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and didst plant them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
44:3: For they obtained not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor to them.
44:4: Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
44:5: Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name we will tread them under that rise up against us.
44:6: For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
44:7: But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
44:8: In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
44:9: But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
44:10: Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us plunder for themselves.
44:11: Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
44:12: Thou sellest thy people for naught, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
44:13: Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us.
44:14: Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
44:15: My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
44:16: For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
44:17: All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
44:18: Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
44:19: Though thou hast severely broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shades of death.
44:20: If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
44:21: Will not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
44:22: Yes, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
44:23: Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
44:24: Why hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
44:25: For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
44:26: Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

Chapter 45

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.

45:1: My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
45:2: Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
45:3: Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
45:4: And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
45:5: Thy arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; by which the people fall under thee.
45:6: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of justice.
45:7: Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
45:8: All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made thee glad.
45:9: Kings daughters were among thy honorable women: upon thy right hand stood the queen in gold of Ophir.
45:10: Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thy ear; forget also thy own people, and thy father's house;
45:11: So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy lord; and worship thou him.
45:12: And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
45:13: The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
45:14: She shall be brought to the king in raiment of needle-work: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought to thee.
45:15: With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
45:16: Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
45:17: I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

Chapter 46

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.

46:1: God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
46:2: Therefore will we not fear, though the earth shall be removed, and though the mountains shall be carried into the midst of the sea;
46:3: Though its waters shall roar and be disturbed, though the mountains shake with the swelling of it. Selah.
46:4: There is a river, the streams of which shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
46:5: God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
46:6: The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
46:7: The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
46:8: Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
46:9: He maketh wars to cease to the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear asunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
46:10: Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
46:11: The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Chapter 47

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

Chapter 48

A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.

48:1: Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
48:2: Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
48:3: God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
48:4: For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
48:5: They saw it, and so they wondered; they were troubled, and hasted away.
48:6: Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
48:7: Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
48:8: As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
48:9: We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
48:10: According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
48:11: Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
48:12: Walk about Zion, and go round her: number her towers.
48:13: Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
48:14: For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even to death.

Chapter 49

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

49:1: Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
49:2: Both low and high, rich and poor together.
49:3: My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
49:4: I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
49:5: Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall encompass me?
49:6: They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
49:7: None 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:)
49:9: That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
49:10: For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
49:11: Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
49:12: Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
49:13: This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
49:14: Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
49:15: But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
49:16: Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
49:17: For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
49:18: Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
49:19: He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
49:20: Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

Chapter 50

A Psalm of Asaph.

50:1: The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising to the setting of the sun.
50:2: Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
50:3: Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous around him.
50:4: He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
50:5: Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
50:6: And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
50:7: Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
50:8: I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt-offerings, to have been continually before me.
50:9: I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
50:10: For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
50:11: I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
50:12: If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
50:13: Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
50:14: Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows to the Most High:
50:15: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
50:16: But to the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
50:17: Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
50:18: When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
50:19: Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
50:20: Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother's son.
50:21: These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
50:22: Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
50:23: Whoever offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his deportment aright will I show the salvation of God.

Chapter 51

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

51:1: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
51:2: Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
51:3: For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
51:4: Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
51:5: Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
51:6: Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
51:7: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
51:8: Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
51:9: Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
51:10: Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
51:11: Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
51:12: Restore to 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 to thee.
51:14: Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
51:15: O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
51:16: For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt-offering.
51:17: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
51:18: Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
51:19: Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thy altar.

Chapter 52

To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.

Chapter 53

To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 54

To 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?

Chapter 55

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

55:1: Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
55:2: Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
55:3: Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
55:4: My heart is severely pained within me: and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
55:5: Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
55:6: And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away, and be at rest.
55:7: Lo, then I would wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
55:8: I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
55:9: Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
55:10: Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
55:11: Wickedness is in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
55:12: For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that magnified himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
55:13: But it was thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.
55:14: We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company.
55:15: Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
55:16: As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me.
55:17: Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice.
55:18: He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
55:19: God will hear and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
55:20: He hath put forth his hands against such as are 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.
55:22: Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
55:23: But thou, O God, wilt 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.

Chapter 56

To the chief Musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.

56:1: Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
56:2: My enemies would daily swallow me up: for they are many that fight against me, O thou Most High.
56:3: In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
56:4: In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.
56:5: Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
56:6: They assemble themselves, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
56:7: Shall they escape by iniquity; in thy anger cast down the people, O God.
56:8: Thou numberest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
56:9: When I cry to thee, then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
56:10: In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
56:11: In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do to me.
56:12: Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises to thee.
56:13: For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt thou not deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Chapter 57

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.

57:1: Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yes, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities are overpast.
57:2: I will cry to God most high; to God that performeth all things for me.
57:3: He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
57:4: My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
57:5: Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
57:6: They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst of which they have fallen themselves. Selah.
57:7: My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
57:8: Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
57:9: I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing to thee among the nations.
57:10: For thy mercy is great to the heavens, and thy truth to the clouds.
57:11: Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.

Chapter 58

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.

58:1: Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
58:2: Yes, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
58:3: The wicked are estranged from their birth: they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
58:4: Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
58:5: Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
58:6: Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
58:7: Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
58:8: As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
58:9: Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
58:10: The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
58:11: So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

Chapter 4

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 5

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 6

To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 7

Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.

Chapter 8

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 9

To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 12

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

Chapter 13

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 14

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 15

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 16

Michtam of David.

Chapter 17

A Prayer of David.

Chapter 18

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke to 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,

Chapter 19

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 20

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 21

To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David.

Chapter 22

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 23

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 24

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 25

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 26

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 27

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 28

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 29

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 30

A Psalm and Song, at the dedication of the house of David.

Chapter 31

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 32

A Psalm of David, Maschil.

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.

Chapter 35

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 36

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.

Chapter 37

A Psalm of David.

Chapter 38

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

Chapter 39

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 40

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 41

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

Chapter 42

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.