1:1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of
sinners,
or take his place in
the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of
those who do not give
honour to the Lord.
1:2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose
mind
is on his law day and
night.
1:3 He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
which
gives its fruit at
the right time, whose leaves will ever be
green; and he will do
well in all his undertakings.
1:4 The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from
the
grain, which the wind
takes away.
1:5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when
they
are judged, and the
evil-doers will have no place among the
upright,
1:6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the
end of
the sinner is
destruction.
2:1 Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the
thoughts of the
people so foolish?
2:2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the
rulers are fixed in
their purpose, against the Lord, and
against the king of
his selection, saying,
2:3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from
off
us.
2:4 Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing:
the
Lord will make sport
of them.
2:5 Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his
wrath they will be
troubled:
2:6 But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.
2:7 I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to
me,
You are my son, this
day have I given you being.
2:8 Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations
for
your heritage, and
the farthest limits of the earth will be
under your hand.
2:9 They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will
be
broken like a
potter's vessel.
2:10 So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you
judges of
the earth.
2:11 Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet
and
giving him honour,
2:12 For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to
come
on you, because he is
quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all
those who put their
faith in him.
3:1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from
Absalom his
son.> Lord, how
greatly are they increased who make attacks on
me! in great numbers
they come against me.
3:2 Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no
help
for him in God.
(Selah.)
3:3 But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory
and
the lifter up of my
head.
3:4 I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives
me
an answer from his
holy hill. (Selah.)
3:5 I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for
the
Lord was my support.
3:6 I will have no fear, though ten thousand have come round
me,
putting themselves
against me.
3:7 Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have
given
all my haters blows
on their face-bones; the teeth of the
evil-doers have been
broken by you.
3:8 Salvation comes from the Lord; your blessing is on your
people. (Selah.)
4:1 <To the chief music-maker on corded instruments. A
Psalm. Of
David.> Give
answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make
me free from my
troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my
prayer.
4:2 O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my
glory
into shame? how long
will you give your love to foolish things,
going after what is
false? (Selah.)
4:3 See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the
Lord
will give ear to my
cry.
4:4 Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have
bitter
feelings on your bed,
but make no sound. (Selah.)
4:5 Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith
in
the Lord.
4:6 There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the
light of his face has
gone from us.
4:7 Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have
when
their grain and their
wine are increased.
4:8 I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you
only,
Lord, keep me safe.
5:1 <To the chief music-maker on wind instruments. A
Psalm. Of
David.> Give ear
to my words, O Lord; give thought to my
heart-searchings.
5:2 Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God;
for
to you will I make my
prayer.
5:3 My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the
morning will I send
my prayer to you, and keep watch.
5:4 For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing;
there is no evil with
you.
5:5 The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a
hater
of all workers of
evil.
5:6 You will send destruction on those whose words are
false;
the cruel man and the
man of deceit are hated by the Lord.
5:7 But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full
measure of your
mercy; and in your fear I will give worship,
turning my eyes to
your holy Temple.
5:8 Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness,
because of those who
are against me; make your way straight
before my face.
5:9 For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part
is
nothing but evil;
their throat is like an open place for the
dead; smooth are the
words of their tongues.
5:10 Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil
designs be
the cause of their
fall; let them be forced out by all their
sins; because they
have gone against your authority.
5:11 But let all those who put their faith in you be glad
with
cries of joy at all
times, and let all the lovers of your name
be glad in you.
5:12 For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man;
your grace will be
round him, and you will be his strength.
6:1 <To the chief music-maker on corded instruments, on
the
Sheminith. A Psalm.
Of David.> O Lord, do not be bitter with me
in your wrath; do not
send punishment on me in the heat of your
passion.
6:2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me
well, for even my
bones are troubled.
6:3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?
6:4 Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me
salvation
because of your
mercy.
6:5 For in death there is no memory of you; in the
underworld
who will give you
praise?
6:6 The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the
night I
make my bed wet with
weeping; it is watered by the drops
flowing from my eyes.
6:7 My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming
old
because of all those
who are against me.
6:8 Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has
given
ear to the voice of
my weeping.
6:9 The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let
my
prayer come before
him.
6:10 Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply
troubled; let them be
turned back and suddenly put to shame.
7:1 <Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the
Lord, about
the words of Cush the
Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith
in you; take me out
of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and
make me free;
7:2 So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion,
wounding it, while
there is no one to be my saviour.
7:3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have
done
any wrong;
7:4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or
have
taken anything from
him who was against me without cause;
7:5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life
be
crushed to the earth,
and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
7:6 Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my
haters; be awake, my
God, give orders for the judging.
7:7 The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your
seat, then, over
them, on high.
7:8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision
for
me, O Lord, because
of my righteousness, and let my virtue have
its reward.
7:9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give
strength to the
upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested
by the God of
righteousness.
7:10 God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my
breastplate.
7:11 God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the
evil-doers every day.
7:12 If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his
sword sharp; his bow
is bent and ready.
7:13 He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he
makes his arrows
flames of fire.
7:14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing
has
given birth to
deceit.
7:15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling
into
the hole which he has
made
7:16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent
behaviour will come
down on his head.
7:17 I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I
will make a song to
the name of the Lord Most High.
8:1 <To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of
David.> O Lord,
our Lord, whose glory is higher than the
heavens, how noble is
your name in all the earth!
8:2 You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths
of
babies at the breast,
because of those who are against you; so
that you may put to
shame the cruel and violent man.
8:3 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the
moon
and the stars, which
you have put in their places;
8:4 What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man,
that
you take him into
account?
8:5 For you have made him only a little lower than the gods,
crowning him with
glory and honour.
8:6 You have made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you
have put all things
under his feet;
8:7 All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;
8:8 The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and
whatever
goes through the deep
waters of the seas.
8:9 O Lord, our Lord, how noble is your name in all the
earth!
9:1 <To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of
David.>
I will give you
praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make
clear all the wonder
of your works.
9:2 I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a
song
of praise to your
name, O Most High.
9:3 When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and
overcome before you.
9:4 For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were
seated in your high
place judging in righteousness.
9:5 You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent
destruction on the
sinners, you have put an end to their name
for ever and ever.
9:6 You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of
them has gone; they
have become waste for ever.
9:7 But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his
high
seat for judging.
9:8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness,
giving true decisions
for the peoples.
9:9 The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed
down, a high tower in
times of trouble;
9:10 And those who have knowledge of your name will put
their
faith in you; because
you, Lord, have ever given your help to
those who were
waiting for you.
9:11 Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in
Zion:
make his doings clear
to the people.
9:12 When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory:
he is not without
thought for the cry of the poor.
9:13 Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by
my
haters; let me be
lifted up from the doors of death;
9:14 So that I may make clear all your praise in the house
of
the daughter of Zion:
I will be glad because of your salvation.
9:15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they
made:
in their secret net
is their foot taken.
9:16 The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his
judging: the
evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had
made. (Higgaion.
Selah.)
9:17 The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of
God
will be turned into
the underworld.
9:18 For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of
those
in need will not be
crushed for ever.
9:19 Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations
be
judged before you.
9:20 Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see
that
they are only men.
(Selah.)
10:1 Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be
seen in times of
trouble?
10:2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let
him be
taken by the tricks
of his invention.
10:3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose
of
his heart, and he
whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away
from the Lord, saying
evil against him.
10:4 The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a
search. All his
thoughts are, There is no God.
10:5 His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than
he
may see: as for his
haters, they are as nothing to him.
10:6 He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through
all
generations I will
never be in trouble.
10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false
words:
under his tongue are
evil purposes and dark thoughts.
10:8 He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the
secret places he puts
to death those who have done no wrong:
his eyes are secretly
turned against the poor.
10:9 He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his
hole,
waiting to put his
hands on the poor man, and pulling him into
his net.
10:10 The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble
are
overcome by his
strong ones.
10:11 He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his
face is
turned away; he will
never see it.
10:12 Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to
the
poor.
10:13 Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in
his
heart, You will not
make search for it?
10:14 You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and
grief,
to take it into your
hand: the poor man puts his faith in you;
you have been the
helper of the child who has no father.
10:15 Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken;
go
on searching for his
sin till there is no more.
10:16 The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are
gone
from his land.
10:17 Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor:
you
will make strong
their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
10:18 To give decision for the child without a father and
for
the broken-hearted,
so that the man of the earth may no longer
be feared.
11:1 <For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the
Lord put I my
faith; how will you
say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to
the mountain?
11:2 See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make
ready
their arrows on the
cord, so that they may send them secretly
against the upright
in heart.
11:3 If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man
to
do?
11:4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in
heaven; his eyes are
watching and testing the children of men.
11:5 The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test,
but
he has hate in his
soul for the lover of violent acts.
11:6 On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and
a
burning wind; with
these will their cup be full.
11:7 For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of
righteousness:
the upright will see
his face.
12:1 <For the chief music-maker on the Sheminith. A
Psalm. Of
David.> Send help,
Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is
no more faith among
the children of men.
12:2 Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their
tongues
are smooth in their
talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.
12:3 The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off
by
the Lord.
12:4 They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our
lips
are ours: who is lord
over us?
12:5 Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of
those in need, now
will I come to his help, says the Lord; I
will give him the
salvation which he is desiring.
12:6 The words of the Lord are true words: like silver
tested by
fire and burned clean
seven times.
12:7 You will keep them, O Lord, you will keep them safe
from
this generation for
ever.
12:8 The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is
honoured
among the children of
men.
13:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.>
Will you for
ever put me out of
your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever
be turned away from
me?
13:2 How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my
heart
all the day? how long
will he who is against me be given power
over me?
13:3 Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O
Lord
my God; let your
light be shining on me, so that the sleep of
death may not
overtake me;
13:4 And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome
him;
and those who are troubling
me may not be glad when I am moved.
13:5 But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be
glad
in your salvation.
13:6 I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me
my
reward.
14:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish
man has
said in his heart,
God will not do anything. They are unclean,
they have done evil
works; there is not one who does good.
14:2 The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children
of
men, to see if there
were any who had wisdom, searching after
God.
14:3 They have all gone out of the way together; they are
unclean, there is not
one who does good, no, not one.
14:4 Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my
people for food as
they would take bread; they make no prayer
to the Lord.
14:5 Then were they in great fear: for God is in the
generation
of the upright.
14:6 You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the
Lord is his support.
14:7 May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the
fate
of his people is
changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and
Israel will be glad.
15:1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, who may have a
resting-place in
your tent, a
living-place on your holy hill?
15:2 He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness,
and
saying what is true
in his heart;
15:3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his
friend,
and does not take
away the good name of his neighbour;
15:4 Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the
Lord,
turning away from him
who has not the Lord's approval. He who
takes an oath against
himself, and makes no change.
15:5 He who does not put out his money at interest, or for
payment give false
decisions against men who have done no
wrong. He who does
these things will never be moved.
16:1 <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in
you I have
put my faith.
16:2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord:
I
have no good but you.
16:3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the
noble
in whom is all my
delight.
16:4 Their sorrows will be increased who go after another
god: I
will not take drink
offerings from their hands, or take their
names on my lips.
16:5 The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are
the
supporter of my
right.
16:6 Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble
heritage.
16:7 I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide;
knowledge comes to me
from my thoughts in the night.
16:8 I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he
is
at my right hand, I
will not be moved.
16:9 Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full
of
joy: while my flesh
takes its rest in hope.
16:10 For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the
underworld; you will
not let your loved one see the place of
death.
16:11 You will make clear to me the way of life; where you
are
joy is complete; in
your right hand there are pleasures for
ever and ever.
17:1 <A Prayer. Of David.> Let my cause come to your
ears, O
Lord, give attention
to my cry; give ear to my prayer which
goes not out from
false lips.
17:2 Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right.
17:3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the
night; you have put
me to the test and seen no evil purpose in
me; I will keep my
mouth from sin.
17:4 As for the works of men, by the word of your lips I
have
kept myself from the
ways of the violent.
17:5 I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not
been
turned away.
17:6 My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an
answer,
O God: let your ear
be turned to me, and give attention to my
words.
17:7 Make clear the wonder of your mercy, O saviour of those
who
put their faith in
your right hand, from those who come out
against them.
17:8 Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the
shade of your wings,
17:9 From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from
those
who are round me,
desiring my death.
17:10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they
say
words of pride.
17:11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes
are
fixed on us, forcing
us down to the earth;
17:12 Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion
waiting in secret
places.
17:13 Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with
your
sword be my saviour
from the evil-doer.
17:14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the
world,
whose heritage is in
this life, and whom you make full with
your secret wealth:
they are full of children; after their
death their offspring
take the rest of their goods.
17:15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when
I
am awake it will be
joy enough for me to see your form.
18:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the
Lord, of
David, who said the
words of this song to the Lord on the day
when the Lord made
him free from the hand of all his haters,
and from the hand of
Saul; and he said,> I will give you my
love, O Lord, my
strength.
18:2 The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my
God, my Rock, in him
will I put my faith; my breastplate, and
the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower.
18:3 I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be
praised; so
will I be made safe
from those who are against me.
18:4 The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil
put
me in fear.
18:5 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came
on
me.
18:6 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry
to
my God: my voice came
to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my
prayer came before
him, even into his ears.
18:7 Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases
of
the mountains were
moved and shaking, because he was angry.
18:8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of
destruction from his
mouth: flames were lighted by it.
18:9 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and
it
was dark under his
feet.
18:10 And he went in flight through the air, seated on a
storm-cloud: going
quickly on the wings of the wind.
18:11 He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him
was
the dark waters and
thick clouds of the skies.
18:12 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past,
raining ice and fire.
18:13 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of
the
Highest was sounding
out: a rain of ice and fire.
18:14 He sent out his arrows, driving them in all
directions; by
his flames of fire
they were troubled.
18:15 Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the
bases
of the world were
uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O
Lord, because of the
breath from your mouth.
18:16 He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of
great
waters.
18:17 He made me free from my strong hater, and from those
who
were against me,
because they were stronger than I.
18:18 They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord
was
my support.
18:19 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour
because he had
delight in me.
18:20 The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness,
because
my hands are clean
before him.
18:21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been
turned away in sin
from my God.
18:22 For all his decisions were before me, and I did not
put
away his laws from
me.
18:23 And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from
sin.
18:24 Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my
righteousness,
because my hands are clean in his eyes.
18:25 On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the
upright
you will be upright;
18:26 He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the
man
whose way is not
straight you will be a hard judge.
18:27 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble;
but
eyes full of pride
will be made low.
18:28 You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the
dark
will be made bright
for me.
18:29 By your help I have made a way through the wall which
was
shutting me in; by
the help of my God I have gone over a wall.
18:30 As for God, his way is completely good; the word of
the
Lord is tested; he is
a breastplate for all those who put their
faith in him.
18:31 For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our
God?
18:32 God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a
straight
way.
18:33 He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high
places.
18:34 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of
brass is
bent by my arms.
18:35 You have given me the breastplate of your salvation:
your
right hand has been
my support, and your mercy has made me
great.
18:36 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet
are
kept from slipping.
18:37 I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning
back
till they are all
overcome.
18:38 I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to
get
up: they are
stretched under my feet.
18:39 For I have been armed by you with strength for the
fight:
you have made low
under me those who come out against me.
18:40 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my
haters
are cut off.
18:41 They were crying out, but there was no one to come to
their help: even to
the Lord, but he gave them no answer.
18:42 Then they were crushed as small as dust before the
wind;
they were drained out
like the waste of the streets.
18:43 You have made me free from the fightings of the
people;
you have made me the
head of the nations: a people of whom I
had no knowledge will
be my servants.
18:44 From the time when my name comes to their ears they
will
be ruled by me: men
of other countries will, with false hearts,
put themselves under
my authority.
18:45 They will be wasting away, they will come out of their
secret places shaking
with fear.
18:46 The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the
God
of my salvation be
honoured.
18:47 It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts
peoples under my
rule.
18:48 He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over
those
who come up against
me: you have made me free from the violent
man.
18:49 Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among
the
nations, and will
make a song of praise to your name.
18:50 Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy
on
the king of his
selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
19:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.>
The heavens
are sounding the
glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear
the work of his
hands.
19:2 Day after day it sends out its word, and night after
night
it gives knowledge.
19:3 There are no words or language; their voice makes no
sound.
19:4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, and
their
words to the end of
the world. In them has he put a tent for
the sun,
19:5 Who is like a newly married man coming from his
bride-tent,
and is glad like a
strong runner starting on his way.
19:6 His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his
circle
to the ends of it;
there is nothing which is not open to his
heat.
19:7 The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the
soul:
the witness of the
Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the
foolish.
19:8 The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the
heart:
the rule of the Lord
is holy, giving light to the eyes.
19:9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the
decisions of the Lord
are true and full of righteousness.
19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, even than much
shining gold; sweeter
than the dropping honey.
19:11 By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and
in
keeping them there is
great reward.
19:12 Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean
from
secret evil.
19:13 Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them
not
have rule over me:
then will I be upright and free from great
sin.
19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart
be
pleasing in your
eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.
20:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.>
May the Lord
give ear to you in
the day of trouble; may you be placed on
high by the name of
the God of Jacob;
20:2 May he send you help from the holy place, and give you
strength from Zion;
20:3 May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased
with
the fat of your
burned offerings; (Selah.)
20:4 May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your
purposes into effect.
20:5 We will be glad in your salvation, and in the name of
our
God we will put up
our flags: may the Lord give you all your
requests.
20:6 Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his
king;
he will give him an
answer from his holy heaven with the
strength of salvation
in his right hand.
20:7 Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses;
but
we will be strong in
the name of the Lord our God.
20:8 They are bent down and made low; but we have been
lifted
up.
20:9 Come to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our
cry.
21:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.>
The king
will be glad in your
strength, O Lord; how great will be his
delight in your salvation!
21:2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not
kept
back the request of
his lips. (Selah.)
21:3 For you go before him with the blessings of good
things:
you put a crown of
fair gold on his head.
21:4 He made request to you for life, and you gave it to
him,
long life for ever
and ever.
21:5 His glory is great in your salvation: honour and
authority
have you put on him.
21:6 For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have
given
him joy in the light
of your face.
21:7 For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the
mercy
of the Most High he
will not be moved.
21:8 Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your
right hand will be
hard on all those who are against you.
21:9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the
Lord
in his wrath will put
an end to them, and they will be burned
up in the fire.
21:10 Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their
seed
from among the
children of men.
21:11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had
an
evil design in their
minds, which they were not able to put
into effect.
21:12 Their backs will be turned when you make ready the
cords
of your bow against
their faces.
21:13 Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we
make
songs in praise of
your power.
22:1 <To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A
Psalm.
Of David.> My God,
my God, why are you turned away from me? why
are you so far from
helping me, and from the words of my
crying?
22:2 O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no
answer;
and in the night, and
have no rest.
22:3 But you are holy, O you who are seated among the
praises of
Israel.
22:4 Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you
were
their saviour.
22:5 They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they
put
their faith in you
and were not put to shame.
22:6 But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and
looked
down on by the
people.
22:7 I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out
their
lips and shaking
their heads they say,
22:8 He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his
saviour
now: let the Lord be
his saviour, because he had delight in
him.
22:9 But it was you who took care of me from the day of my
birth: you gave me
faith even from my mother's breasts.
22:10 I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my
God
from the time when I
was in my mother's body.
22:11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no
one
to give help.
22:12 A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the
strong oxen of
Bashan.
22:13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after
food.
22:14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out
of
place: my heart is
like wax, it has become soft in my body.
22:15 My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is
fixed
to the roof of my
mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.
22:16 Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of
evil-doers; they made
wounds in my hands and feet.
22:17 I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed
on
me:
22:18 They make a division of my robes among them, by the
decision of chance
they take my clothing.
22:19 Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come
quickly
to my help.
22:20 Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the
power
of the dog.
22:21 Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free
from
the horns of the
cruel oxen.
22:22 I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers:
I
will give you praise
among the people.
22:23 You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all
you
seed of Jacob, give
him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed
of Israel.
22:24 For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is
troubled; or kept his
face covered from him; but he has given
an answer to his cry.
22:25 My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will
make
my offerings before
his worshippers.
22:26 The poor will have a feast of good things: those who
make
search for the Lord
will give him praise: your heart will have
life for ever.
22:27 All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be
turned to the Lord:
all the families of the nations will give
him worship.
22:28 For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among
the
nations.
22:29 All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship;
all
those who go down to
the dust will make themselves low before
him, even he who has
not enough for the life of his soul.
22:30 A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord
will be
made clear to the
generation which comes after.
22:31 They will come and make his righteousness clear to a
people of the future
because he has done this.
23:1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as
his
sheep; I will not be
without any good thing.
23:2 He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he
is
my guide by the quiet
waters.
23:3 He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the
ways of
righteousness because
of his name.
23:4 Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will
have no fear of evil;
for you are with me, your rod and your
support are my
comfort.
23:5 You make ready a table for me in front of my haters:
you
put oil on my head;
my cup is overflowing.
23:6 Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of
my life; and I will
have a place in the house of the Lord all
my days.
24:1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's,
with all its
wealth; the world and
all the people living in it.
24:2 For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on
the
deep rivers.
24:3 Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may
come
into his holy place?
24:4 He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire
has
not gone out to
foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
24:5 He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness
from
the God of his
salvation.
24:6 This is the generation of those whose hearts are turned
to
you, even to your
face, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
24:7 Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; be lifted up, O
you
eternal doors: that
the King of glory may come in.
24:8 Who is the King of glory? The Lord of strength and
power,
the Lord strong in
war.
24:9 Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; let them be
lifted
up, O you eternal
doors: that the King of glory may come in.
24:10 Who is the King of glory? The Lord of armies, he is
the
King of glory.
(Selah.)
25:1 <Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.
25:2 O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be
shamed;
let not my haters be
glorying over me.
25:3 Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be
shamed who are false
without cause.
25:4 Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge
of
your ways.
25:5 Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are
the
God of my salvation;
I am waiting for your word all the day.
25:6 O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for
they
have been from the
earliest times.
25:7 Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my
wrongdoing: let your
memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord,
because of your
righteousness.
25:8 Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher
of
sinners in the way.
25:9 He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he
will
make his way clear to
them.
25:10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for
those who keep his
agreement and his witness.
25:11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness
for
my sin, which is very
great.
25:12 If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be
his
teacher in the way of
his pleasure.
25:13 His soul will be full of good things, and his seed
will
have the earth for
its heritage.
25:14 The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts
is
the fear of him; he
will make his agreement clear to them.
25:15 My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he
will
take my feet out of
the net.
25:16 Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am
troubled
and have no helper.
25:17 The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out
of
my sorrows.
25:18 Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away
all my
sins.
25:19 See how those who are against me are increased, for
bitter
is their hate of me.
25:20 O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not
be
shamed, for I have
put my faith in you.
25:21 For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my
hope is in you.
25:22 Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.
26:1 <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour
has been
upright: I have put
my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of
slipping.
26:2 Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested;
let
the fire make clean
my thoughts and my heart.
26:3 For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in
the
way of your good
faith.
26:4 I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do
not
go with false men.
26:5 I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I
will
not be seated among
sinners.
26:6 I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round
your altar, O Lord;
26:7 That I may give out the voice of praise, and make
public
all the wonders which
you have done.
26:8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the
resting-place
of your glory.
26:9 Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life
among
men of blood;
26:10 In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands
take money for
judging falsely.
26:11 But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my
saviour, and have
mercy on me.
26:12 I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give
praise to the Lord in
the meetings of the people.
27:1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my
salvation; who is
then a cause of fear
to me? the Lord is the strength of my
life; who is a danger
to me?
27:2 When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an
end
to me, they were
broken and put to shame.
27:3 Even if an army came against me with its tents, my
heart
would have no fear:
if war was made on me, my faith would not
be moved.
27:4 One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my
heart's
desire; that I may
have a place in the house of the Lord all
the days of my life,
looking on his glory, and getting wisdom
in his Temple.
27:5 For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his
tent: in the secret
place of his tent he will keep me from
men's eyes; high on a
rock he will put me.
27:6 And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters
who
are round me: because
of this I will make offerings of joy in
his tent; I will make
a song, truly I will make a song of
praise to the Lord.
27:7 O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have
mercy on me, and give
me an answer.
27:8 When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said
to
you, For your face
will I make my search.
27:9 Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away
your
servant in wrath; you
have been my help: do not give me up or
take your support
from me, O God of my salvation.
27:10 When my father and my mother are turned away from me,
then
the Lord will be my
support.
27:11 Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the
right
way, because of my
haters.
27:12 Do not give me into their hands, because false
witnesses
have come out against
me, and men breathing destruction.
27:13 I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing
of
the Lord in the land
of the living.
27:14 Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be
strong;
yes, let your hope be
in the Lord.
28:1 <Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my
Rock; do not
keep back your answer
from me, so that I may not become like
those who go down
into the underworld.
28:2 Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to
you, when my hands
are lifted up to your holy place.
28:3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of
evil, who say words
of peace to their neighbours, but evil is
in their hearts.
28:4 Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their
evil
doings: give them
punishment for the works of their hands, let
them have their full
reward.
28:5 Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord,
or
for the things which
his hands have made, they will be broken
down and not lifted
up by him.
28:6 May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to
the
voice of my prayer.
28:7 The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart
had
faith in him and I am
helped; for this cause my heart is full
of rapture, and I
will give him praise in my song.
28:8 The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of
salvation
for his king.
28:9 Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on
your
heritage: be their
guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.
29:1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Give to the Lord, you sons
of the
gods, give to the
Lord glory and strength.
29:2 Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him
worship in holy
robes.
29:3 The voice of the Lord is on the waters: the God of
glory is
thundering, the Lord
is on the great waters.
29:4 The voice of the Lord is full of power; the voice of
the
Lord has a noble
sound.
29:5 By the voice of the Lord are the cedar-trees broken,
even
the cedars of Lebanon
are broken by the Lord.
29:6 He makes them go jumping about like a young ox; Lebanon
and
Sirion like a young
mountain ox.
29:7 At the voice of the Lord flames of fire are seen.
29:8 At the voice of the Lord there is a shaking in the
waste
land, even a shaking
in the waste land of Kadesh.
29:9 At the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the
leaves
are taken from the
trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory.
29:10 The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on
the
earth; the Lord is
seated as king for ever.
29:11 The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord
will
give his people the
blessing of peace.
30:1 <A Psalm. A Song at the blessing of the House. Of
David.> I
will give you praise
and honour, O Lord, because through you I
have been lifted up;
you have not given my haters cause to be
glad over me.
30:2 O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have
made
me well.
30:3 O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the
underworld: you have
given me life and kept me from going down
among the dead.
30:4 Make songs to the Lord, O you saints of his, and give
praise to his holy
name.
30:5 For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there
is
life; weeping may be
for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
30:6 When things went well for me I said, I will never be
moved.
30:7 Lord, by your grace you have kept my mountain strong:
when
your face was turned
from me I was troubled.
30:8 My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to
the
Lord.
30:9 What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the
underworld? will the
dust give you praise, or be a witness to
your help?
30:10 Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be
my
helper.
30:11 By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have
taken
away my clothing of
grief, and given me robes of joy;
30:12 So that my glory may make songs of praise to you and
not
be quiet. O Lord my
God, I will give you praise for ever.
31:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In
you, O
Lord, have I put my
hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe
in your
righteousness.
31:2 Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of
danger; be my strong
Rock, my place of strength where I may be
safe.
31:3 For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of
me
and be my guide,
because of your name.
31:4 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me
secretly; for you are
my strength.
31:5 Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O
Lord God for ever
true.
31:6 I am full of hate for those who go after false gods;
but my
hope is in the Lord.
31:7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because
you
have seen my trouble;
you have had pity on my soul in its
sorrows;
31:8 And you have not given me into the hand of my hater;
you
have put my feet in a
wide place.
31:9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes
are
wasted with grief, I
am wasted in soul and body.
31:10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my
strength is almost
gone because of my sin, and my bones are
wasted away.
31:11 Because of all those who are against me, I have become
a
word of shame to my
neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and
a fear to my friends:
those who saw me in the street went in
flight from me.
31:12 I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead
man; I
am like a broken
vessel.
31:13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear
was
on every side: they
were talking together against me, designing
to take away my life.
31:14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my
God.
31:15 The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out
of
the hands of my
haters, and of those who go after me.
31:16 Let your servant see the light of your face; in your
mercy
be my saviour.
31:17 Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my
prayer to
you; let the sinners
be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in
the underworld.
31:18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the
upright, looking down
on him in their pride.
31:19 O how great is your grace, which you have put in store
for
your worshippers, and
which you have made clear to those who
had faith in you,
before the sons of men!
31:20 You will keep them safe in your house from the designs
of
man; in the secret of
your tent will you keep them from angry
tongues.
31:21 May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to
me
the wonder of his
grace in a strong town.
31:22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from
before
your eyes; but you
gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my
cry went up to you.
31:23 O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the
Lord
keeps safe from
danger all those who are true to him, and gives
the workers of pride
their right reward.
31:24 Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you
whose
hope is in the Lord.
32:1 <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has
forgiveness for
his wrongdoing, and
whose sin is covered.
32:2 Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in
whose spirit there is
no deceit.
32:3 When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted,
because of
my crying all through
the day.
32:4 For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my
body became dry like
the earth in summer. (Selah.)
32:5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep
back my
sin. I said, I will
put it all before the Lord; and you took
away my wrongdoing
and my sin. (Selah.)
32:6 For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you
at a
time when you are
near: then the overflowing of the great
waters will not
overtake him.
32:7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from
trouble; you will put
songs of salvation on the lips of those
who are round me.
(Selah.)
32:8 I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go;
my
eye will be your
guide.
32:9 Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...
32:10 The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be
round the man who has
faith in the Lord.
32:11 Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give
cries
of joy, all you whose
hearts are true.
33:1 Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for
praise
is beautiful for the
upright.
33:2 Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make
melody to him with
instruments of music.
33:3 Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud
noise.
33:4 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works
are
certain.
33:5 His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth
is
full of the mercy of
the Lord.
33:6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all
the
army of heaven by the
breath of his mouth.
33:7 He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass;
he
keeps the deep seas
in store-houses.
33:8 Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all
the
people of the world
be in holy fear of him.
33:9 For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it
was
fixed for ever.
33:10 The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes
the
thoughts of the
peoples without effect.
33:11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his
heart go
on through all the
generations of man.
33:12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the
people
whom he has taken for
his heritage.
33:13 The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the
sons
of men;
33:14 From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on
the
earth;
33:15 He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to
him.
33:16 A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a
strong man does not
get free by his great strength.
33:17 A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make
any
man free from danger.
33:18 See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts
is
the fear of him, on
those whose hope is in his mercy;
33:19 To keep their souls from death; and to keep them
living in
time of need.
33:20 Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and
our
salvation.
33:21 For in him our hearts have joy; in his holy name is
our
hope.
33:22 Let your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we are waiting for
you.
34:1 <Of David. When he made a change in his behaviour
before
Abimelech, who sent
him away, and he went.> I will be blessing
the Lord at all
times; his praise will be ever in my mouth.
34:2 My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in
spirit will have
knowledge of it and be glad.
34:3 O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses
together of his great
name.
34:4 I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my
voice,
and made me free from
all my fears.
34:5 Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light,
and
your faces will not
be shamed.
34:6 This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave
him
salvation from all
his troubles.
34:7 The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who
have
fear of him, to keep
them safe.
34:8 By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy
is
the man who has faith
in him.
34:9 Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his
saints; for those who
do so will have no need of anything.
34:10 The young lions are in need and have no food; but
those
who are looking to
the Lord will have every good thing.
34:11 Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your
teacher in the fear
of the Lord.
34:12 What man has a love of life, and a desire that his
days
may be increased so
that he may see good?
34:13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words
of
deceit.
34:14 Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for
peace,
desiring it with all
your heart.
34:15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears
are
open to their cry.
34:16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to
take
away the memory of
them from the earth.
34:17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he
takes
them out of all their
troubles.
34:18 The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour
of
those whose spirits
are crushed down.
34:19 Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord
takes
him safely out of
them all.
34:20 He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.
34:21 Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are
haters of
righteousness will come to destruction.
34:22 The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his
servants,
and no one who has
faith in him will be put to shame.
35:1 <Of David.> O Lord, be on my side against those
who are
judging me; be at war
with those who make war against me.
35:2 Be a breastplate to me, and give me your help.
35:3 Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to
my
soul, I am your
salvation.
35:4 Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts
to
take my soul; let
those who would do me damage be turned back
and made foolish.
35:5 Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind;
let
the angel of the Lord
send them in flight.
35:6 Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be
troubled by the angel
of the Lord.
35:7 For without cause they have put a net ready for me
secretly, in which to
take my soul.
35:8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge;
let
them be taken
themselves in their secret nets, falling into the
same destruction.
35:9 And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad
in
his salvation.
35:10 All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The
saviour
of the poor man from
the hands of the strong, of him who is
poor and in need from
him who takes his goods.
35:11 False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about
crimes of which I had
no knowledge.
35:12 They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.
35:13 But as for me, when they were ill I put on the
clothing of
sorrow: I went
without food and was sad, and my prayer came
back again to my
heart.
35:14 My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my
brother: I was bent
low in grief like one whose mother is dead.
35:15 But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came
together,
yes, low persons came
together against me without my knowledge;
they never came to an
end of wounding me.
35:16 Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of
their wrath was loud
against me.
35:17 Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul
from
their destruction, my
life from the lions.
35:18 I will give you praise in the great meeting; I will
give
you honour among a
strong people.
35:19 Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not
those who are against
me without cause make sport of me.
35:20 For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit
they
are designing evil
things against the quiet ones in the land.
35:21 Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said,
Aha, aha, our eyes
have seen it.
35:22 You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be
not
far from me.
35:23 Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God
and
my Lord.
35:24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do
not
let them be glad over
me.
35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it:
let
them not say, We have
put an end to him.
35:26 Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be
shamed
and come to nothing:
let those who are lifted up against me be
covered with shame
and have no honour.
35:27 Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let
them
ever say, The Lord be
praised, for he has pleasure in the peace
of his servant.
35:28 And my tongue will be talking of your righteousness
and of
your praise all the
day.
36:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the
Lord. Of
David.> The sin of
the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no
fear of the Lord before
his eyes.
36:2 For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will
not
be uncovered and
hated.
36:3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has
given
up being wise and
doing good.
36:4 He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which
is not good; he is
not a hater of evil.
36:5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong
purpose is as high as
the clouds.
36:6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your
judging is like the
great deep; O Lord, you give life to man
and beast.
36:7 How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of
men
take cover under the
shade of your wings.
36:8 The delights of your house will be showered on them;
you
will give them drink
from the river of your pleasures.
36:9 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we
will
see light.
36:10 O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those
who
have knowledge of
you, or of your righteousness to the upright
in heart.
36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand
of
the evil-doers put me
out of my place.
36:12 There the workers of evil have come down: they have
been
made low, and will
not be lifted up.
37:1 <Of David.> Do not be angry because of the
wrongdoers, or
have envy of the
workers of evil.
37:2 For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and
become
dry like the green
plants.
37:3 Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the
land, and go after
righteousness.
37:4 So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give
you
your heart's desires.
37:5 Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in
him
and he will do it.
37:6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the
light,
and your cause like
the shining of the sun.
37:7 Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do
not
be angry because of
the man who does well in his evil ways, and
gives effect to his
bad designs.
37:8 Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do
not
give way to angry
feeling which is a cause of sin.
37:9 For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have
faith in the Lord
will have the earth for their heritage.
37:10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you
will
go searching for his
place, and it will not be there.
37:11 But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage;
they will take their
delight in peace without measure.
37:12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright,
lifting
up the voice of wrath
against him.
37:13 He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his
day
is coming.
37:14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows
are
bent; for crushing
the poor, and to put to death those who are
upright in their
ways.
37:15 But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and
their bows will be
broken.
37:16 The little which the good man has is better than the
wealth of evil-doers.
37:17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the
Lord is the support
of the good.
37:18 The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and
their heritage will
be for ever.
37:19 They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the
days
when all are in need
of food they will have enough.
37:20 But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the
haters of the Lord
will be like the fat of lambs, they will be
burned up; they will
go up in smoke, and never again be seen.
37:21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but
the
upright man has
mercy, and gives to others.
37:22 Those who have his blessing will have the earth for
their
heritage; but those
who are cursed by him will be cut off.
37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and
he
takes delight in his
way.
37:24 Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for
the
hand of the Lord is
supporting him.
37:25 I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen
the
good man without
help, or his children looking for bread.
37:26 All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his
children are a
blessing.
37:27 Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will
be
for ever.
37:28 For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes
care
of his saints; they
will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of
the evil-doers will
be cut off.
37:29 The upright will have the earth for their heritage,
and
will go on living
there for ever.
37:30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the
talk
of his tongue is of
righteousness.
37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make
a
false step.
37:32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to
put
him to death.
37:33 The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be
against
him when he is
judged.
37:34 Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you
will be
lifted up, and have
the land for your heritage: when the
evil-doers are cut
off, you will see it.
37:35 I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the
earth like a great
tree.
37:36 But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I
made a search for him
and he was not there.
37:37 Give attention to the good man, and take note of the
upright; because the
end of that man is peace.
37:38 But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together;
the
end of the wrongdoers
is destruction.
37:39 But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is
their
strength in the time
of trouble.
37:40 And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe:
he
will take them out of
the hands of the evil-doers, and be their
saviour, because they
had faith in him.
38:1 <A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.> O Lord,
be not
bitter with me in
your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the
heat of your passion.
38:2 For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am
crushed
under the weight of
your hand.
38:3 My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is
no
peace in my bones
because of my sin.
38:4 For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a
great
weight which is more
than my strength.
38:5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my
foolish behaviour.
38:6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
38:7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is
unhealthy.
38:8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion
because of the grief
in my heart.
38:9 Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not
kept
secret from you.
38:10 My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting
away; as
for the light of my
eyes, it is gone from me.
38:11 My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my
relations keep far
away.
38:12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for
me;
those who are
designing my destruction say evil things against
me, all the day their
minds are full of deceit.
38:13 But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing;
like a
man without a voice,
never opening his mouth.
38:14 So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose
mouth there are no
sharp words.
38:15 In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an
answer, O
Lord, my God.
38:16 I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is
moved, let them not
be lifted up with pride against me.
38:17 My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever
before
me.
38:18 I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my
heart
for my sin.
38:19 But they are strong who have hate for me without
cause:
those who are against
me falsely are increased in numbers.
38:20 They give me back evil for good; they are my haters
because I go after
the thing which is right.
38:21 Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
38:22 Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
39:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of
David.>
I said, I will give
attention to my ways, so that my tongue may
do no wrong; I will
keep my mouth under control, while the
sinner is before me.
39:2 I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I
was
moved with sorrow.
39:3 My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in
thought the fire was
lighted; then I said with my tongue,
39:4 Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure
of my
days, so that I may
see how feeble I am.
39:5 You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure;
and
my years are nothing
in your eyes; truly, every man is but a
breath. (Selah.)
39:6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is
troubled for no
purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and
has no knowledge of
who will get it.
39:7 And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in
you.
39:8 Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed
by
the man of evil
behaviour.
39:9 I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had
done
it.
39:10 No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by
the
blows of your hand.
39:11 By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the
glory
of his form is wasted
away; truly every man is but a breath.
(Selah.)
39:12 Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give
attention to my cry,
make an answer to my weeping: for my time
here is short before
you, and in a little time I will be gone,
like all my fathers.
39:13 Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may
be
comforted, before I
go away from here, and become nothing.
40:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.>
When I was
waiting quietly for
the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and
he gave ear to my
cry.
40:2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the
soft
and sticky earth; he
put my feet on a rock, and made my steps
certain.
40:3 And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our
God;
numbers have seen it
with fear, and put their faith in the
Lord.
40:4 Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does
not
give honour to the
men of pride or to those who are turned away
to deceit.
40:5 O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have
done in
your thought for us;
it is not possible to put them out in
order before you;
when I would give an account of them, their
number is greater
than I may say.
40:6 You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of
the
earth; ears you made
for me: for burned offerings and sin
offerings you made no
request.
40:7 Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the
roll
of the book,
40:8 My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly,
your
law is in my heart.
40:9 I have given news of righteousness in the great
meeting; O
Lord, you have
knowledge that I have not kept back my words.
40:10 Your righteousness has not been folded away in my
heart; I
have made clear your
true word and your salvation; I have not
kept secret your
mercy or your faith from the great meeting.
40:11 Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let
your mercy and your
faith keep me safe for ever.
40:12 For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have
overtaken me, so that
I am bent down with their weight; they
are more than the
hairs of my head, my strength is gone because
of them.
40:13 Be pleased, O Lord, to take me out of danger; O Lord,
come
quickly and give me
help.
40:14 Let those who go after my soul for its destruction
have
shame and trouble
together; let them be turned back and made
foolish who take
pleasure in my trouble.
40:15 Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised
because of
their shame.
40:16 Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have
joy
in you; let the
lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord
be great.
40:17 Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind;
you
are my help and my
saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.
41:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.>
Happy is the
man who gives thought
to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour
in the time of
trouble.
41:2 The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the
Lord
will let him be a
blessing on the earth, and will not give him
into the hand of his
haters.
41:3 The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you
will all his grief be
turned to strength.
41:4 I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well,
because
my faith is in you.
41:5 My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead,
and
his name come to an
end?
41:6 If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he
keeps a
store of evil, which
he makes public in every place.
41:7 All my haters are talking secretly together against me;
they are designing my
downfall.
41:8 They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let
him
go: and now that he
is down he will not get up again.
41:9 Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took
bread
with me, is turned
against me.
41:10 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so
that
I may give them their
punishment.
41:11 By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my
hater does not
overcome me.
41:12 And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness,
giving me a place
before your face for ever.
41:13 May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal
days and for ever. So
be it. So be it.
42:1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of
Korah.>
Like the desire of
the roe for the water-streams, so is my
soul's desire for
you, O God.
42:2 My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when
may I
come and see the face
of God?
42:3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they
keep
saying to me, Where
is your God?
42:4 Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things
come back to my mind,
how I went in company to the house of
God, with the voice
of joy and praise, with the song of those
who were keeping the
feast.
42:5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you
troubled in me? put
your hope in God; for I will again give him
praise who is my help
and my God.
42:6 My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in
mind;
from the land of
Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill
Mizar.
42:7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your
waterfalls;
all your waves have
gone rolling over me.
42:8 But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in
the
night his song will
be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
42:9 I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from
your
memory? why do I go
in sorrow because of the attacks of my
haters?
42:10 The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my
bones; when they say
to me every day, Where is your God?
42:11 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you
troubled in me? put
your hope in God; for I will again give him
praise who is my help
and my God.
43:1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a
nation
without religion; O
keep me from the false and evil man.
43:2 You are the God of my strength; why have you put me
from
you? why do I go in
sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?
43:3 O send out your light and your true word; let them be
my
guide: let them take
me to your holy hill, and to your tents.
43:4 Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my
joy; I will be glad
and give praise to you on an instrument of
music, O God, my God.
43:5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you
troubled in me? put
your hope in God, for I will again give him
praise who is my help
and my God.
44:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah
Maschil.>
It has come to our
ears, O God, our fathers have given us the
story, of the works
which you did in their days, in the old
times,
44:2 Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our
fathers in their
place; cutting down the nations, but
increasing the growth
of your people.
44:3 For they did not make the land theirs by their swords,
and
it was not their arms
which kept them safe; but your right
hand, and your arm,
and the light of your face, because you had
pleasure in them.
44:4 You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for
Jacob.
44:5 Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name
will
they be crushed under
our feet who are violent against us.
44:6 I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my
salvation.
44:7 But it is you who have been our saviour from those who
were
against us, and have
put to shame those who had hate for us.
44:8 Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give
praise for ever.
(Selah.)
44:9 But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to
shame; you do not go
out with our armies.
44:10 Because of this we are turned back by the attacker:
those
who have hate for us
take our goods for themselves.
44:11 You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat;
we
are put to flight
among the nations.
44:12 You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not
increased by their
price.
44:13 You have made us to be looked down on by our
neighbours,
we are laughed at and
shamed by those who are round about us.
44:14 Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign
for
the shaking of heads
among the peoples.
44:15 My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with
the
shame of my face;
44:16 Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter
words; because of the
hater and him who is the instrument of
punishment.
44:17 All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in
our
memory; and we have
not been false to your word.
44:18 Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not
been
turned out of your
way;
44:19 Though you have let us be crushed in the place of
jackals,
though we are covered
with darkest shade.
44:20 If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or
if
our hands have been
stretched out to a strange god,
44:21 Will not God make search for it? for he sees the
secrets
of the heart.
44:22 Truly, because of you we are put to death every day;
we
are numbered like
sheep for destruction.
44:23 Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our
help,
do not give us up for
ever.
44:24 Why is your face covered, and why do you give no
thought
to our trouble and
our cruel fate?
44:25 For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies
are
stretched out on the
earth.
44:26 Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation
because of
your mercy.
45:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the
sons
of Korah. Maschil. A
Song of loves.> My heart is flowing over
with good things; my
words are of that which I have made for a
king; my tongue is
the pen of a ready writer.
45:2 You are fairer than the children of men; grace is
flowing
through your lips;
for this cause the blessing of God is with
you for ever.
45:3 Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong
chief, with your
glory and power.
45:4 And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and
true and without
pride; and your right hand will be teaching
you things of fear.
45:5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's
haters;
because of them the
peoples are falling under you.
45:6 Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the
rod of
your kingdom is a rod
of honour.
45:7 You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of
evil:
and so God, your God,
has put the oil of joy on your head,
lifting you high over
all other kings.
45:8 Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of
perfumes
and spices; music
from the king's ivory houses has made you
glad.
45:9 Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your
right
is the queen in gold
of Ophir.
45:10 O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your
ear
be open; no longer
keep in mind your people, and your father's
house;
45:11 So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing
how
beautiful you are;
because he is your lord, give him honour.
45:12 And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an
offering;
those who have wealth
among the people will be looking for your
approval.
45:13 In the great house the king's daughter is all shining:
her
clothing is worked
with gold.
45:14 She will come before the king in robes of needlework;
the
virgins in her train
will come before you.
45:15 With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into
the
king's house.
45:16 Your children will take the place of your fathers; so
that
you may make them
rulers over all the earth.
45:17 I will keep the memory of your name living through all
generations; and
because of this the people will give you
praise for ever.
46:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put
to
Alamoth. A Song.>
God is our harbour and our strength, a very
present help in
trouble.
46:2 For this cause we will have no fear, even though the
earth
is changed, and
though the mountains are moved in the heart of
the sea;
46:3 Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though
the
mountains are shaking
with their violent motion. (Selah.)
46:4 There is a river whose streams make glad the
resting-place
of God, the holy
place of the tents of the Most High.
46:5 God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved:
he
will come to her help
at the dawn of morning.
46:6 The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the
sound of his voice
the earth became like wax.
46:7 The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our
high
tower. (Selah.)
46:8 Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which
he
has made in the
earth.
46:9 He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the
bow
is broken, and the
spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in
the fire.
46:10 Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be
lifted up among the
nations, I will be honoured through all the
earth.
46:11 The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our
high tower. (Selah.)
47:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of
Korah.>
O make a glad noise
with your hands, all you peoples; letting
your voices go up to
God with joy.
47:2 For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great
King
over all the earth.
47:3 He will put down the peoples under us, and the nations
under our feet.
47:4 He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is
dear to him. (Selah.)
47:5 God has gone up with a glad cry, the Lord with the
sound of
the horn.
47:6 Give praises to God, make songs of praise; give praises
to
our King, make songs
of praise.
47:7 For God is the King of all the earth; make songs of
praise
with knowledge.
47:8 God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high
seat
of his holy rule.
47:9 The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the
people of the God of
Abraham; because the powers of the earth
are God's: he is
lifted up on high.
48:1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Great is
the Lord
and greatly to be
praised, in the town of our God, in his holy
mountain.
48:2 Beautiful in its high position, the joy of all the
earth,
is the mountain of
Zion, the mountain of God, the town of the
great King.
48:3 In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower.
48:4 For see! the kings came together by agreement, they
were
joined together.
48:5 They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were
troubled, and went
quickly away in fear.
48:6 Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in
childbirth.
48:7 By you the ships of Tarshish are broken as by an east
wind.
48:8 As it came to our ears so have we seen it, in the town
of
the Lord of armies,
in the town of our God; God will keep it
fixed for ever.
(Selah.)
48:9 Our thoughts were of your mercy, O God, while we were
in
your Temple.
48:10 As your name is, O God, so is your praise to the ends
of
the earth; your right
hand is full of righteousness.
48:11 Let there be joy in the mountain of Zion, and let the
daughters of Judah be
glad, because of your wise decisions.
48:12 Make your way about Zion, and go round it, numbering
its
towers.
48:13 Take note of its strong walls, looking well at its
fair
buildings; so that
you may give word of it to the generation
which comes after.
48:14 Because this God is our God for ever and ever: he will
be
our guide.
49:1 <Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of
Korah. A
Psalm.> Give
attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears
be open, all you who
are living in the world.
49:2 High and low together, the poor, and those who have
wealth.
49:3 From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the
thoughts of my heart
will be knowledge.
49:4 I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my
dark
sayings clear with
music.
49:5 What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when
the
evil-doing of those
who are working for my downfall is round
about me?
49:6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose
hearts are lifted up
because of their stores.
49:7 Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or
give to
God the payment for
himself;
49:8 (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from
death, and man is not
able to give it.)
49:9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the
underworld.
49:10 For he sees that wise men come to their end, and
foolish
persons of low
behaviour come to destruction together, letting
their wealth go to
others.
49:11 The place of the dead is their house for ever, and
their
resting-place through
all generations; those who come after
them give their names
to their lands.
49:12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he
comes to an end like
the beasts.
49:13 This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for
those
who come after them,
and their children get the pleasure of
their gold. (Selah.)
49:14 Death will give them their food like sheep; the
underworld
is their fate and
they will go down into it; their flesh is
food for worms; their
form is wasted away; the underworld is
their resting-place
for ever.
49:15 But God will get back my soul; for he will take me
from
the power of death.
(Selah.)
49:16 Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory
of
his house is
increased;
49:17 For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory
will not go down
after him.
49:18 Though he might have pride in his soul in his
life-time,
and men will give you
praise if you do well for yourself,
49:19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will
not
see the light again.
49:20 Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he
comes
to an end like the
beasts.
50:1 <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> The God of gods, even the
Lord, has
sent out his voice,
and the earth is full of fear; from the
coming up of the sun
to its going down.
50:2 From Zion, most beautiful of places, God has sent out
his
light.
50:3 Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire
burning before him,
and storm-winds round him.
50:4 His voice will go out to the heavens and to the earth,
for
the judging of his
people:
50:5 Let my saints come together to me; those who have made
an
agreement with me by
offerings.
50:6 And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for
God
himself is the judge.
(Selah.)
50:7 Give ear, O my people, to my words; O Israel, I will be
a
witness against you;
I am God, even your God.
50:8 I will not take up a cause against you because of your
offerings, or because
of your burned offerings, which are ever
before me.
50:9 I will take no ox out of your house, or he-goats from
your
flocks;
50:10 For every beast of the woodland is mine, and the
cattle on
a thousand hills.
50:11 I see all the birds of the mountains, and the beasts
of
the field are mine.
50:12 If I had need of food, I would not give you word of
it;
for the earth is mine
and all its wealth.
50:13 Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the
blood
of goats for my
drink?
50:14 Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements
which you have made
with the Most High;
50:15 Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I
will
be your saviour, so
that you may give glory to me.
50:16 But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing,
talking
of my laws, or taking
the words of my agreement in your mouth?
50:17 Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching,
turning
your back on my
words.
50:18 When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him,
and
you were joined with
those who took other men's wives.
50:19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to
words of
deceit.
50:20 You say evil of your brother; you make false
statements
against your mother's
son.
50:21 These things have you done, and I said nothing; it
seemed
to you that I was
such a one as yourself; but I will make a
protest against you,
and put them in order before your eyes.
50:22 Now keep this in mind, you who have no memory of God,
for
fear that you may be
crushed under my hand, with no one to give
you help:
50:23 Whoever makes an offering of praise gives glory to me;
and
to him who is upright
in his ways I will make clear the
salvation of God.
51:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When
Nathan
the prophet came to
him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.>
Have pity on me, O
God, in your mercy; out of a full heart,
take away my sin.
51:2 Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean
from evil.
51:3 For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before
me.
51:4 Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that
which is evil in your
eyes; so that your words may be seen to
be right, and you may
be clear when you are judging.
51:5 Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother
give
me birth.
51:6 Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in
the
secrets of my soul
you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
51:7 Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed
whiter
than snow.
51:8 Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones
which
have been broken may
be glad.
51:9 Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take
away
all my sins.
51:10 Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right
spirit
again.
51:11 Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy
spirit from me.
51:12 Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free
spirit
be my support.
51:13 Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and
sinners will be
turned to you.
51:14 Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my
salvation; and my
tongue will give praise to your
righteousness.
51:15 O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make
clear your praise.
51:16 You have no desire for an offering or I would give it;
you
have no delight in
burned offerings.
51:17 The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and
sorrowing heart, O
God, you will not put from you.
51:18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the
walls of Jerusalem.
51:19 Then you will have delight in the offerings of
righteousness, in
burned offerings and offerings of beasts;
then they will make
offerings of oxen on your altar.
52:1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When
Doeg the
Edomite came to Saul
saying, David has come to the house of
Ahimelech. Why do you
take pride in wrongdoing, lifting
yourself up against
the upright man all the day?
52:2 Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is
like a
sharp blade.
52:3 You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit
than
for works of
righteousness. (Selah.)
52:4 Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.
52:5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you
out
from your tent,
uprooting you from the land of the living.
(Selah.)
52:6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say,
laughing
at you:
52:7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength,
but
had faith in his
goods and his property, and made himself
strong in his wealth.
52:8 But I am like a branching olive-tree in the house of
God; I
have put my faith in
his mercy for ever and ever.
52:9 I will give you praise without end for what you have
done;
I will give honour to
your name before your saints, for it is
good.
53:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil.
Of
David. The foolish
man has said in his heart, God will not do
anything. They are
unclean, they have done evil works; there is
not one who does
good.
53:2 God was looking down from heaven on the children of
men, to
see if there were any
who had wisdom, searching after God.
53:3 Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean:
there is
not one who does
good, no, not one.
53:4 Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my
people
for food, as they
would take bread; they make no prayer to God.
53:5 They were in great fear, where there was no cause for
fear:
for the bones of
those who make war on you have been broken by
God; you have put
them to shame, because God has no desire for
them.
53:6 May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! When the
fate
of his people is
changed by God, Jacob will have joy, and
Israel will be glad.
54:1 <To the chief music-maker; on Neginoth. Maschil. Of
David.
When the Ziphites
came and said to Saul, Is not David keeping
himself secret among
us?> Let your name be my salvation, O God;
let my cause be
judged by your strength.
54:2 Let my prayer come before you, O God; give ear to the
words
of my mouth.
54:3 For men who are going after me have come out against
me,
violent men are
purposing to take my soul; they have not put
God before their
eyes. (Selah.)
54:4 See, God is my helper: the Lord is the great supporter
of
my soul.
54:5 Let the evil works of my haters come back on them
again;
let them be cut off
by your good faith.
54:6 Freely will I make my offerings to you; I will give
praise
to your name, O Lord,
for it is good.
54:7 Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and
my
eyes have seen the
punishment of my haters.
55:1 <To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of
David.>
Give hearing to my
prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut
against my request.
55:2 Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I
have
been made low in
sorrow;
55:3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones,
because of the loud
cry of the evil-doers; for they put a
weight of evil on me,
and they are cruel in their hate for me.
55:4 My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has
come
on me.
55:5 Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am
covered.
55:6 And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I
would go in flight
from here and be at rest.
55:7 I would go wandering far away, living in the waste
land.
(Selah.)
55:8 I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and
from
the violent wind.
55:9 Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of
tongues among them:
for I have seen fighting and violent acts
in the town.
55:10 By day and night they go round the town, on the walls;
trouble and sorrow
are in the heart of it.
55:11 Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the
streets.
55:12 For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that
would
have been no grief to
me; it was not one outside the number of
my friends who made
himself strong against me, or I would have
kept myself from him
in a secret place;
55:13 But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved
friend.
55:14 We had loving talk together, and went to the house of
God
in company.
55:15 Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let
them
go down living into
the underworld; because evil is in their
houses and in their
hearts.
55:16 As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will
be my
saviour.
55:17 In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of
the
day I will make my
prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice
will come to his
ears.
55:18 He has taken my soul away from the attack which was
made
against me, and given
it peace; for great numbers were against
me.
55:19 God will give thought to me; he who from early times
is
strong will send pain
and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because
they are unchanged,
they have no fear of God.
55:20 He has put out his hand against those who were at
peace
with him; he has not
kept his agreement.
55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but
war
was in his heart; his
words were softer than oil, but they were
sharp swords.
55:22 Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your
support;
he will not let the
upright man be moved.
55:23 But you, O God, will send them down into the
underworld;
the cruel and the
false will be cut off before half their days
are ended; but I will
have faith in you.
56:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem
rehokim. Of
David. Michtam. When
the Philistines took him in Gath.> Have
mercy on me, O God,
for man is attempting my destruction; every
day he makes cruel
attacks against me.
56:2 My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great
numbers
are lifting
themselves up against me.
56:3 In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
56:4 In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I
put my
hope; I will have no
fear of what flesh may do to me.
56:5 Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their
thoughts are against
me for evil.
56:6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places,
they
take note of my
steps, they are waiting for my soul.
56:7 By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment.
In
wrath, O God, let the
peoples be made low.
56:8 You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes
into your bottle; are
they not in your record?
56:9 When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned
back; I am certain of
this, for God is with me.
56:10 In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord
will I
give praise to his
word.
56:11 In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what
man
may do to me.
56:12 I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will
give
you the offerings of
praise.
56:13 Because you have taken my soul from the power of
death;
and kept my feet from
falling, so that I may be walking before
God in the light of
life.
57:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth.
Michtam. Of
David. When he went
in flight from Saul, in the hole of the
rock.> Have mercy
on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope
of my soul is in you:
I will keep myself safely under the shade
of your wings, till
these troubles are past.
57:2 I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who
does
all things for me.
57:3 He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of
him
whose desire is for
my destruction. God will send out his mercy
and his good faith.
57:4 My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those
who
are on fire, even the
sons of men, whose teeth are spears and
arrows, and whose
tongue is a sharp sword.
57:5 O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your
glory
be over all the
earth.
57:6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is
bent
down; they have made
a great hole before me, and have gone down
into it themselves.
(Selah.)
57:7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will
make
songs, and give praise.
57:8 You are my glory; let the instruments of music be
awake; I
myself will be awake
with the dawn.
57:9 I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I
will
make songs to you
among the nations.
57:10 For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens,
and
your righteousness
goes up to the clouds.
57:11 Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your
glory be over all the
earth.
58:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam.
Of
David.> Is there
righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are
you upright judges, O
you sons of men?
58:2 The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are
full
of cruel doings on
the earth.
58:3 The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the
hour of
their birth they go
out of the true way, saying false words.
58:4 Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are
like
the adder, whose ears
are shut;
58:5 Who will not be moved by the voice of the
wonder-worker,
however great are his
powers.
58:6 O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let
the
great teeth of the
young lions be pulled out, O Lord.
58:7 Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing
waters;
let them be cut off
like the grass by the way.
58:8 Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to
water
and comes to an end;
like the fruit of a woman who gives birth
before her time, let
them not see the sun.
58:9 Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down
like
thorns; let a strong
wind take them away like waste growth.
58:10 The upright man will be glad when he sees their
punishment; his feet
will be washed in the blood of the
evil-doer.
58:11 So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for
righteousness; truly
there is a God who is judge on the earth.
59:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth.
Michtam. Of
David. When Saul
sent, and they were watching the house, to put
him to death.>
Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my
God; keep me safe
from those who come up against me.
59:2 Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and
keep
me safe from the men
of blood.
59:3 For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the
strong have come
together against me? but not because of my
sin, or my
evil-doing, O Lord.
59:4 For no sin of mine they go quickly and get themselves
ready; be awake and
come to my help, and see.
59:5 You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come
now
and give punishment
to the nations; have no mercy on any
workers of deceit.
(Selah.)
59:6 They come back in the evening; they make a noise like a
dog, and go round the
town.
59:7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on
their
tongues: they say,
Who gives attention to it?
59:8 But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make
sport
of all the nations.
59:9 O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God
is my
strong tower.
59:10 The God of my mercy will go before me: God will let me
see
my desire effected on
my haters.
59:11 Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the
memory of them: let
them be sent in all directions by your
power; make them low,
O Lord our saviour.
59:12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of
their
lips, let them even
be taken in their pride; and for their
curses and their
deceit,
59:13 Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them,
so
that they may not be
seen again; let them see that God is
ruling in Jacob and
to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)
59:14 And in the evening let them come back, and make a
noise
like a dog, and go
round the town.
59:15 Let them go wandering up and down in search of food,
and
be there all night if
they have not enough.
59:16 But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give
cries of joy for your
mercy in the morning; because you have
been my strength and
my high tower in the day of my trouble.
59:17 To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because
God is
my high tower, even
the God of my mercy.
60:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth.
Michtam.
Of David. For
teaching. When he was fighting against
Aram-naharaim and
Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put
twelve thousand of
the Edomites to death, in the Valley of
Salt. God, you have
put us away from you, you have sent us in
all directions, you
have been angry; O be turned to us again.
60:2 By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and
broken;
make it strong again,
for it is moved.
60:3 You have made the people see hard times; you have given
us
the wine of shaking
for our drink.
60:4 Give a safe place to those who have fear of you, where
they
may go in flight from
before the bow. (Selah.)
60:5 So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your
right
hand be my salvation,
and give me an answer.
60:6 God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will
make
a division of
Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be
measured out.
60:7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is
the
strength of my head;
Judah is my law-giver;
60:8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I put out my shoe;
over
Philistia will a glad
cry be sounded.
60:9 Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my
guide
into Edom?
60:10 Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone
out
with our armies.
60:11 Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in
man.
60:12 Through God we will do great things, for through him
our
haters will be
crushed under our feet.
61:1 <To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument.
Of
David.> Let my cry
come to you, O God; let your ears be open to
my prayer.
61:2 From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you,
when my heart is
overcome: take me to the rock which is
over-high for me.
61:3 For you have been my secret place, and my high tower
from
those who made war on
me.
61:4 I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will
keep myself under the
cover of your wings. (Selah.)
61:5 For you, O God, have made answer to my prayers; you
have
given me the heritage
of those who give honour to your name.
61:6 You will give the king long life; and make his years go
on
through the
generations.
61:7 May the seat of his authority be before God for ever;
may
mercy and
righteousness keep him safe.
61:8 So will I make songs in praise of your name for ever,
giving to God that
which is right day by day.
62:1 <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. A Psalm.
Of
David.> My soul,
put all your faith in God; for from him comes
my salvation.
62:2 He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high
tower; I
will not be greatly
moved.
62:3 How long will you go on designing evil against a man?
running against him
as against a broken wall, which is on the
point of falling?
62:4 Their only thought is to put him down from his place of
honour; their delight
is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths
but cursing in their
hearts. (Selah.)
62:5 My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes
my
hope.
62:6 He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high
tower; I
will not be greatly
moved.
62:7 In God is my salvation, and my glory; the Rock of my
strength, and my safe
place.
62:8 Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your
hearts
go flowing out before
him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)
62:9 Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high
position are not what
they seem; if they are put in the scales
together they are
less than a breath.
62:10 Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in
profits
wrongly made: if your
wealth is increased, do not put your
hopes on it.
62:11 Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that
power is God's:
62:12 And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man
the
reward of his work.
63:1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of
Judah.> O God, you
are my God; early will I make my search for
you: my soul is dry
for need of you, my flesh is wasted with
desire for you, as a
dry and burning land where no water is;
63:2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in
the
holy place.
63:3 Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will
give
you praise.
63:4 So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my
hands in your name.
63:5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my
mouth
will give you praise
with songs of joy;
63:6 When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when
I
give thought to you
in the night-time.
63:7 Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the
shade
of your wings.
63:8 My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my
support.
63:9 But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go
down to the lower
parts of the earth.
63:10 They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food
for
foxes.
63:11 But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes
an
oath by him will have
cause for pride; but the false mouth will
be stopped.
64:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O
God, let
the voice of my grief
come to your ear: keep my life from the
fear of those who are
against me.
64:2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers;
from
the band of the
workers of evil;
64:3 Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose
arrows
are pointed, even
bitter words;
64:4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at
the
upright, suddenly and
unseen.
64:5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they
make
holes for secret
nets; they say, Who will see it,
64:6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is
framed with care; and
the inner thought of a man, and his
heart, is deep.
64:7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they
are
wounded.
64:8 The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall;
all
those who see them
are shaking their heads at them.
64:9 And in fear men make public the works of God; and
giving
thought to his acts
they get wisdom.
64:10 The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in
him;
and all the lovers of
righteousness will give him glory.
65:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. A
Song.> It
is right for you, O
God, to have praise in Zion: to you let the
offering be made.
65:2 To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh
come.
65:3 Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will
take
them away.
65:4 Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a
resting-place in your
house; we will be full of the good things
out of your holy
place.
65:5 You will give us an answer in righteousness by great
acts
of power, O God of
our salvation; you who are the hope of all
the ends of the
earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;
65:6 The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who
is
robed with power:
65:7 Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an
end
to the sound of its
waves.
65:8 Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when
they see your signs:
the outgoings of the morning and evening
are glad because of
you.
65:9 You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it
and
making it fertile;
the river of God is full of water: and
having made it ready,
you give men grain.
65:10 You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make
smooth
the slopes: you make
the earth soft with showers, sending your
blessing on its
growth.
65:11 The year is crowned with the good you give;
life-giving
rain is dropping from
your footsteps,
65:12 Falling on the grass of the waste land: and the little
hills are glad on
every side.
65:13 The grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are
full
of grain; they give
glad cries and songs of joy.
66:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm.> Send
up a glad
cry to God, all the
earth:
66:2 Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and
glory to
him.
66:3 Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works!
because of your great
power your haters are forced to put
themselves under your
feet.
66:4 Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to
you;
let them make songs
to your name. (Selah.)
66:5 Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in
all he
does to the children
of men.
66:6 The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the
river on foot: there
did we have joy in him.
66:7 He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching
the
nations: may his
haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)
66:8 Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice
of
his praise be loud;
66:9 Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be
moved.
66:10 For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by
fire like silver.
66:11 You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our
legs.
66:12 You let men go driving over our heads; we went through
fire and through
water; but you took us out into a wide place.
66:13 I will come into your house with burned offerings, I
will
make payment of my
debt to you,
66:14 Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my
mouth said, when I
was in trouble.
66:15 I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and
the
smoke of sheep; I
will make offerings of oxen and goats.
(Selah.)
66:16 Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that
I
may make clear to you
what he has done for my soul.
66:17 My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the
underworld.
66:18 I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
66:19 But truly God's ear has been open; he has give
attention
to the voice of my
prayer.
66:20 Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith
and
his mercy from me.
67:1 <To the chief music-maker. With corded instruments.
A
Psalm. A Song.>
May God give us mercy and blessing, and let the
light of his face be
shining on us; (Selah.)
67:2 So that men may see your way on the earth, and your
salvation among all
nations.
67:3 Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the
peoples
give you praise.
67:4 O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for
you
will be the judge of
the peoples in righteousness, guiding the
nations of the earth.
(Selah.)
67:5 Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the
peoples
give you praise.
67:6 The earth has given her increase; and God, even our
God,
will give us his
blessing.
67:7 God will give us his blessing; so let all the ends of
the
earth be in fear of
him.
68:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A
Song.> Let
God be seen, and let
his haters be put to flight; let those who
are against him be
turned back before him.
68:2 Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax
turning soft before
the fire, so let them come to an end before
the power of God.
68:3 But let the upright be glad; let them have delight
before
God; let them be full
of joy.
68:4 Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name;
make a
way for him who comes
through the waste lands; his name is Jah;
be glad before him.
68:5 A father to those who have no father, a judge of the
widows, is God in his
holy place.
68:6 Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he
makes free those who
are in chains; but those who are turned
away from him are
given a dry land.
68:7 O God, when you went out before your people, wandering
through the waste
land; (Selah.)
68:8 The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming,
because God was present;
even Sinai itself was moved before
God, the God of
Israel.
68:9 You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength
to
the weariness of your
heritage.
68:10 Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor,
were
comforted by your
good things, O God.
68:11 The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the
women
who make it public.
68:12 Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in
the
houses make a
division of their goods.
68:13 Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings
of a dove covered
with silver, and its feathers with yellow
gold.
68:14 When the Most High put the kings to flight, it was as
white as snow in
Salmon.
68:15 A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high
tops
is the hill of
Bashan.
68:16 Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the
hill
desired by God as his
resting-place? truly, God will make it
his house for ever.
68:17 The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands;
the
Lord has come from
Sinai to the holy place.
68:18 You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with
you;
you have taken
offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his
place on the seat of
his power.
68:19 Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day,
even
the God of our
salvation. (Selah.)
68:20 Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways
out
of death.
68:21 The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even
the
head of him who still
goes on in his evil ways.
68:22 The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan,
and
from the deep parts
of the sea;
68:23 So that your foot may be red with blood, and the
tongues
of your dogs with the
same.
68:24 We see your going, O God: even the going of my God, my
King, into the holy
place.
68:25 The makers of songs go before, the players of music
come
after, among the
young girls playing on brass instruments.
68:26 Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the
Lord,
you who come from the
fountain of Israel.
68:27 There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of
Judah
and their army, the
rulers of Zebulun and the rulers of
Naphtali.
68:28 O God, send out your strength; the strength, O God,
with
which you have done
great things for us,
68:29 Out of your Temple in Jerusalem.
68:30 Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants,
the
band of strong ones,
with the lords of the peoples, put an end
to the people whose
delight is in war.
68:31 Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of
Egypt; from Pathros
will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia
will be stretching
out her hands to God.
68:32 Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make
songs
of praise to the
Lord; (Selah.)
68:33 To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven
which
was from earliest times;
he sends out his voice of power.
68:34 Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up
over
Israel, and his power
is in the clouds.
68:35 O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the
God of
Israel gives strength
and power to his people. Praise be to
God.
69:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of
David.> Be
my saviour, O God;
because the waters have come in, even to my
neck.
69:2 My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no
support; I have come
into deep waters, the waves are flowing
over me.
69:3 I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my
eyes
are wasted with
waiting for my God.
69:4 Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in
number than the hairs
of my head; those who are against me,
falsely desiring my
destruction, are very strong; I gave back
what I had not taken
away.
69:5 O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is
clear
to you.
69:6 Let not those who have hope in you be put to shame
because
of me, O Lord God of
armies: let not those who are waiting for
you be made low
because of me, O God of Israel.
69:7 I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my
face has been covered
with shame.
69:8 I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man
from a
far country to my
mother's children.
69:9 I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard
things which are said
about you have come on me.
69:10 My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were
turned
to my shame.
69:11 When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of
me.
69:12 I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song
to
those who are given
to strong drink.
69:13 But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord,
at a
time when you are
pleased; O God, give me an answer in your
great mercy, for your
salvation is certain.
69:14 Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I
may
not go down into it;
let me be lifted up from the deep waters.
69:15 Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not
the
deep waters go over
my head, and let me not be shut up in the
underworld.
69:16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is
good: be turned to
me, because of your great pity.
69:17 Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I
am
in trouble; quickly
give me an answer.
69:18 Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my
saviour,
because of those who
are against me.
69:19 You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made
low;
my haters are all
before you.
69:20 My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of
grief; I
made a search for
some to have pity on me, but there was no
one; I had no
comforter.
69:21 They gave me poison for my food; and bitter wine for
my
drink.
69:22 Let their table before them be for their destruction;
let
their feasts become a
net to take them.
69:23 Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let
their bodies for ever
be shaking.
69:24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your
wrath
overtake them.
69:25 Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no
one
in their tents.
69:26 Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand
is
turned; they make
bitter the grief of him who is wounded by
you.
69:27 Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into
your righteousness.
69:28 Let their names be taken from the book of the living,
let
them not be numbered
with the upright.
69:29 But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up
by
your salvation, O
Lord.
69:30 I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I
will
give glory to him for
what he has done.
69:31 This will be more pleasing to the Lord than an ox, or
a
young ox of full
growth.
69:32 The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers
of
God, let your hearts
have life.
69:33 For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he
takes thought for his
prisoners.
69:34 Let the heavens and the earth give praise to him, the
seas, and everything
moving in them.
69:35 For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder
of
the towns of Judah;
so that it may be their resting-place and
heritage.
69:36 The seed of his servants will have their part in it,
and
there the lovers of
his name will have rest.
70:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. To keep in
memory.>
Let your salvation
come quickly, O God; come quickly to my
help, O Lord.
70:2 Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble;
let
those who have evil
designs against me be turned back and made
foolish.
70:3 Let those who say Aha, aha! be turned back as a reward
of
their shame.
70:4 Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have
joy
in you; let the
lovers of your salvation ever say, May God be
great.
70:5 But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God;
you
are my help and my
saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.
71:1 In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be
shamed.
71:2 Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my
help;
give ear to my voice,
and be my saviour.
71:3 Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation;
for
you are my Rock, and
my safe place.
71:4 O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of
the
hand of the evil and
cruel man.
71:5 For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in
you
from the time when I
was young.
71:6 You have been my support from the day of my birth; you
took
me out of my mother's
body; my praise will be ever of you.
71:7 I am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.
71:8 My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the
day.
71:9 Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when
my
strength is gone.
71:10 For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those
who
are watching for my
soul are banded together in their evil
designs,
71:11 Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take
him,
for he has no helper.
71:12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, come quickly to
my
help.
71:13 Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and
put
to shame; let my
haters be made low and have no honour.
71:14 But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all
your
praise.
71:15 My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your
salvation all the
day; for they are more than may be measured.
71:16 I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my
words will be of your
righteousness, and of yours only.
71:17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I
was
young; and I have
been talking of your works of wonder even
till now.
71:18 Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not
up;
till I have made
clear your strength to this generation, and
your power to all
those to come.
71:19 Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done
great things; O God,
who is like you?
71:20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me,
will
give me life again,
lifting me up from the deep waters of the
underworld.
71:21 You will make me greater than before, and give me
comfort
on every side.
71:22 I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O
my
God, for you are
true; I will make songs to you with music, O
Holy One of Israel.
71:23 Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and
in
my soul, to which you
have given salvation.
71:24 My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all
the
day; for those whose
purpose is to do me evil have been crushed
and put to shame.
72:1 <Of Solomon.> Give the king your authority, O
God, and your
righteousness to the
king's son.
72:2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and
make
true decisions for
the poor.
72:3 May the mountains give peace to the people, and the
hills
righteousness.
72:4 May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he
give
salvation to the
children of those who are in need; by him let
the violent be
crushed.
72:5 May his life go on as long as the sun and moon, through
all
generations.
72:6 May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like
showers
watering the earth.
72:7 In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as
long as there is a
moon in heaven.
72:8 Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to
the
ends of the earth.
72:9 Let those who are against him go down before him; and
let
his haters be low in
the dust.
72:10 Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back
with offerings; let
the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their
stores.
72:11 Yes, let all kings go down before him; let all nations
be
his servants.
72:12 For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his
cry;
and to him who is in
need, without a helper.
72:13 He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of
those
who are in need.
72:14 He will keep their souls free from evil designs and
violent attacks; and
their blood will be of value in his eyes.
72:15 May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be
given to
him: may prayers be
made for him at all times; may blessings be
on him every day.
72:16 May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the
land,
shaking on the top of
the mountains, full of fruit like
Lebanon: may its
stems be unnumbered like the grass of the
earth.
72:17 May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may
men
be blessing
themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his
name.
72:18 Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only
doer of wonders.
72:19 Praise to the glory of his noble name for ever; let
all
the earth be full of
his glory. So be it, So be it.
72:20 The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.
<A
Psalm. Of Asaph.>
73:1 Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean
in
heart.
73:2 But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I
was
near to slipping;
73:3 Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the
well-being of the
wrongdoers.
73:4 For they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong.
73:5 They are not in trouble as others are; they have no
part in
the unhappy fate of
men.
73:6 For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they
are
clothed with violent
behaviour as with a robe.
73:7 Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than
their
heart's desire.
73:8 Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk
from
their seats of power
is of cruel acts.
73:9 Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking
through the earth.
73:10 For this reason they are full of bread; and water is
ever
flowing for them.
73:11 And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there
knowledge in the Most
High?
73:12 Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all
times,
and their wealth is
increased.
73:13 As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose,
washing my hands in
righteousness;
73:14 For I have been troubled all the day; every morning
have I
undergone punishment.
73:15 If I would make clear what it is like, I would say,
You
are false to the
generation of your children.
73:16 When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of
this, it
was a weariness in my
eyes;
73:17 Till I went into God's holy place, and saw the end of
the
evil-doers.
73:18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping,
so
that they go down into
destruction.
73:19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of
their
destruction.
73:20 As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are
like an image gone
out of mind when sleep is over.
73:21 My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite
of
grief:
73:22 As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was
like a beast before
you.
73:23 But still I am ever with you; you have taken me by my
right hand.
73:24 Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put
me in
a place of honour.
73:25 Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have
no
desire for anything
on earth.
73:26 My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the
Rock of my heart and
my eternal heritage.
73:27 For those who are far away from you will come to
destruction: you will
put an end to all those who have not kept
faith with you.
73:28 But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put
my
faith in the Lord
God, so that I may make clear all his works.
74:1 <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Of God, why have you put us
away from
you for ever? why is
the fire of your wrath smoking against the
sheep who are your
care?
74:2 Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you
gave
payment in the days
which are past, whom you took for yourself
as the people of your
heritage; even this mountain of Zion,
which has been your
resting-place.
74:3 Go up and see the unending destruction; all the evil
which
your haters have done
in the holy place;
74:4 Sending out their voices like lions among your
worshippers;
they have put up
their signs to be seen.
74:5 They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted
up
against the thick
trees.
74:6 Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron
blades.
74:7 They have put on fire your holy place; they have made
the
place of your name
unclean, pulling it down to the earth.
74:8 They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to
them
all together; they
have given over to the fire all God's places
of worship in the
land.
74:9 We do not see our signs: there is no longer any
prophet, or
anyone among us to
say how long.
74:10 O God, how long will those who are against us say
cruel
things? will the
hater go on looking down on your name for
ever?
74:11 Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your
right hand in your
robe?
74:12 For from the past God is my King, working salvation in
the
earth.
74:13 The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads
of
the great sea-beasts
were broken.
74:14 The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you
gave
them as food to the
fishes of the sea.
74:15 You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made
the
ever-flowing rivers
dry.
74:16 The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the
light and the sun.
74:17 By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you
have
made summer and
winter.
74:18 Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said
cruel things, and
that your name has been looked down on by a
people of evil
behaviour.
74:19 O give not the soul of your dove to the hawk; let not
the
life of the poor go
out of your memory for ever.
74:20 Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of
the
earth are full of
pride and cruel acts.
74:21 O let not the crushed be turned back in shame; let the
low
man and the poor give
praise to your name.
74:22 Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind
the
bitter things which
the man of evil behaviour says against you
every day.
74:23 Keep in mind the voice of your haters; the outcry of
those
who come against you
goes up every day.
75:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. A
Psalm. Of
Asaph. A Song.> To
you, O God, we give praise, to you we give
praise: and those who
give honour to your name make clear your
works of power.
75:2 When the right time has come, I will be the judge in
righteousness.
75:3 When the earth and all its people become feeble, I am
the
support of its
pillars. (Selah.)
75:4 I say to the men of pride, Let your pride be gone: and
to
the sinners, Let not
your horn be lifted up.
75:5 Let not your horn be lifted up: let no more words of
pride
come from your
outstretched necks.
75:6 For honour does not come from the east, or from the
west,
or uplifting from the
south;
75:7 But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up
another.
75:8 For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is
red;
it is well mixed,
overflowing from his hand: he will make all
the sinners of the
earth take of it, even to the last drop.
75:9 But I will ever be full of joy, making songs of praise
to
the God of Jacob.
75:10 By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off;
but
the horns of the
upright will be lifted up.
76:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Neginoth. A Psalm.
Of
Asaph. A Song.> In
Judah is the knowledge of God; his name is
great in Israel,
76:2 In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion.
76:3 There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put
an
end to body-cover,
sword, and fight. (Selah.)
76:4 You are shining and full of glory, more than the
eternal
mountains.
76:5 Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has
overcome them; the
men of war have become feeble.
76:6 At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep
has
overcome carriage and
horse.
76:7 You, you are to be feared; who may keep his place
before
you in the time of
your wrath?
76:8 From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its
fear,
gave no sound,
76:9 When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of
the
poor on the earth.
(Selah.)
76:10 The ... will give you praise; the rest of ...
76:11 Give to the Lord your God what is his by right; let
all
who are round him
give offerings to him who is to be feared.
76:12 He puts an end to the wrath of rulers; he is feared by
the
kings of the earth.
77:1 <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. Of Asaph.
A
Psalm.> I was
crying to God with my voice; even to God with my
voice, and he gave
ear to me.
77:2 In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the
Lord:
my hand was stretched
out in the night without resting; my soul
would not be
comforted.
77:3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my
thoughts are
troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)
77:4 You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no
words
come.
77:5 My thoughts go back to the days of the past, to the
years
which are gone.
77:6 The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my
thoughts are moving
in my heart; my spirit is searching with
care.
77:7 Will the Lord put me away for ever? will he be kind no
longer?
77:8 Is his mercy quite gone for ever? has his word come to
nothing?
77:9 Has God put away the memory of his pity? are his
mercies
shut up by his wrath?
(Selah.)
77:10 And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will
keep
in mind the years of
the right hand of the Most High.
77:11 I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the
memory of your
wonders in the past.
77:12 I will give thought to all your work, while my mind
goes
over your acts of
power.
77:13 Your way, O God, is holy: what god is so great as our
God?
77:14 You are the God who does works of power: you have made
your strength clear
to the nations.
77:15 With your arm you have made your people free, the sons
of
Jacob and Joseph.
(Selah.)
77:16 The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they
were
in fear: even the
deep was troubled.
77:17 The clouds sent out water; the skies gave out a sound;
truly, your arrows
went far and wide.
77:18 The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world
was
flaming with the
light of the storm; the earth was shaking.
77:19 Your way was in the sea, and your road in the great
waters; there was no
knowledge of your footsteps.
77:20 You were guiding your people like a flock, by the hand
of
Moses and Aaron.
78:1 <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my
law; let
your ears be bent
down to the words of my mouth.
78:2 Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark
sayings of old times;
78:3 Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as
they
were given to us by
our fathers.
78:4 We will not keep them secret from our children; we will
make clear to the
coming generation the praises of the Lord and
his strength, and the
great works of wonder which he has done.
78:5 He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel;
which he gave to our
fathers so that they might give knowledge
of them to their
children;
78:6 So that the generation to come might have knowledge of
them, even the
children of the future, who would give word of
them to their
children;
78:7 So that they might put their hope in God, and not let
God's
works go out of their
minds, but keep his laws;
78:8 And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and
uncontrolled
generation; a generation whose heart was hard,
whose spirit was not
true to God.
78:9 The children of Ephraim, armed with bows, were turned
back
on the day of the
fight.
78:10 They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not
go
in the way of his
law;
78:11 They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders
which he had made
them see.
78:12 He did great works before the eyes of their fathers,
in
the land of Egypt, in
the fields of Zoan.
78:13 The sea was cut in two so that they might go through;
the
waters were massed
together on this side and on that.
78:14 In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and
all
through the night
with a light of fire.
78:15 The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power,
and
he gave them drink as
out of the deep waters.
78:16 He made streams come out of the rock; and waters came
flowing down like
rivers.
78:17 And they went on sinning against him even more,
turning
away from the Most
High in the waste land;
78:18 Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their
desire.
78:19 They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God
able to
make ready a table in
the waste land?
78:20 See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the
water
came rushing out, and
overflowing streams; is he able to give
us bread? is he able
to get meat for his people?
78:21 So these things came to the Lord's ears, and he was
angry;
and a fire was
lighted against Jacob, and wrath came up against
Israel;
78:22 Because they had no faith in God, and no hope in his
salvation.
78:23 And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the
doors of
heaven were open;
78:24 And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and
gave
them the grain of
heaven.
78:25 Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them
meat in full measure.
78:26 He sent an east wind from heaven, driving on the south
wind by his power.
78:27 He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered
birds
like the sand of the
sea,
78:28 And he let it come down into their resting-place,
round
about their tents.
78:29 So they had food and were full; for he gave them their
desire;
78:30 But they were not turned from their desires; and while
the
food was still in
their mouths,
78:31 The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the
fattest of them, and
put an end to the young men of Israel.
78:32 For all this they went on sinning even more, and had
no
faith in his great
wonders.
78:33 So their days were wasted like a breath, and their
years
in trouble.
78:34 When he sent death on them, then they made search for
him;
turning to him and
looking for him with care;
78:35 In the memory that God was their Rock, and the Most
High
God their saviour.
78:36 But their lips were false to him, and their tongues
were
untrue to him;
78:37 And their hearts were not right with him, and they did
not
keep their agreement
with him.
78:38 But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin,
and
does not put an end
to man: frequently turning back his wrath,
and not being
violently angry.
78:39 So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath
which is quickly
gone, and will not come again.
78:40 How frequently did they go against him in the waste
land,
and give him cause
for grief in the dry places!
78:41 Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the
Holy
One of Israel.
78:42 They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the
day
when he took them
from the power of their haters;
78:43 How he had done his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in
the
field of Zoan;
78:44 So that their rivers were turned to blood, and they
were
not able to get drink
from their streams.
78:45 He sent different sorts of flies among them, poisoning
their flesh; and
frogs for their destruction.
78:46 He gave the increase of their fields to worms, the
fruits
of their industry to
the locusts.
78:47 He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their
trees were damaged by
the bitter cold.
78:48 Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms
sent
destruction among the
flocks.
78:49 He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter
disgust,
letting loose evil
angels among them.
78:50 He let his wrath have its way; he did not keep back
their
soul from death, but
gave their life to disease.
78:51 He gave to destruction all the first sons of Egypt;
the
first-fruits of their
strength in the tents of Ham;
78:52 But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in
the
waste land like a
flock.
78:53 He took them on safely so that they had no fear; but
their
haters were covered
by the sea.
78:54 And he was their guide to his holy land, even to the
mountain, which his
right hand had made his;
78:55 Driving out nations before them, marking out the line
of
their heritage, and
giving the people of Israel their tents for
a resting-place.
78:56 But they were bitter against the Most High God,
testing
him, and not keeping
his laws;
78:57 Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their
fathers; they were
turned to one side like a twisted bow.
78:58 They made him angry with their high places; moving him
to
wrath with their
images.
78:59 When this came to God's ears he was very angry, and
gave
up Israel completely;
78:60 So that he went away from the holy place in Shiloh,
the
tent which he had put
among men;
78:61 And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave
his
glory into the hands
of his hater.
78:62 He gave his people up to the sword, and was angry with
his
heritage.
78:63 Their young men were burned in the fire; and their
virgins
were not praised in
the bride-song.
78:64 Their priests were put to death by the sword, and
their
widows made no
weeping for them.
78:65 Then was the Lord like one awaking from sleep, and
like a
strong man crying out
because of wine.
78:66 His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed
for
ever.
78:67 And he put the tent of Joseph on one side, and took
not
the tribe of Ephraim;
78:68 But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the
mountain of Zion, in
which he had pleasure.
78:69 And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like
the
earth which is fixed
by him for ever.
78:70 He took David to be his servant, taking him from the
place
of the flocks;
78:71 From looking after the sheep which were giving milk,
he
took him to give food
to Jacob his people, and to Israel his
heritage.
78:72 So he gave them food with an upright heart, guiding
them
by the wisdom of his
hands.
79:1 <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, the nations have come
into your
heritage; they have
made your holy Temple unclean; they have
made Jerusalem a mass
of broken walls.
79:2 They have given the bodies of your servants as food to
the
birds of the air, and
the flesh of your saints to the beasts of
the earth.
79:3 Their blood has been flowing like water round about
Jerusalem; there was
no one to put them in their last
resting-place.
79:4 We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed
at
and made sport of by
those who are round us.
79:5 How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? will your
wrath go on burning
like fire?
79:6 Let your wrath be on the nations who have no knowledge
of
you, and on the
kingdoms who have not made prayer to your name.
79:7 For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made
waste
his house.
79:8 Do not keep in mind against us the sins of our fathers;
let
your mercy come to us
quickly, for we have been made very low.
79:9 Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of
your
name; take us out of
danger and give us forgiveness for our
sins, because of your
name.
79:10 Why may the nations say, Where is their God? Let
payment
for the blood of your
servants be made openly among the nations
before our eyes.
79:11 Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your
strong arm make free
the children of death;
79:12 And give punishment seven times over into the breast
of
our neighbours for
the bitter words which they have said
against you, O Lord.
79:13 So we your people, and the sheep of your flock, will
give
you glory for ever:
we will go on praising you through all
generations.
80:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth.
Of
Asaph. A Psalm.>
Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph
like a flock; you who
have your seat on the winged ones, let
your glory be seen.
80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your
strength
be awake from sleep,
and come as our salvation.
80:3 Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of
your
face, and let us be
safe.
80:4 O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be
burning
against the rest of
your people?
80:5 You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for
their drink you have
given them sorrow in great measure.
80:6 You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our
haters
are laughing at us
among themselves.
80:7 Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the
shining
of your face, and let
us be safe.
80:8 You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations,
and
planting it in their
land.
80:9 You made ready a place for it, so that it might take
deep
root, and it sent out
its branches over all the land.
80:10 The mountains were covered with its shade, and the
great
trees with its
branches.
80:11 It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to
the
River.
80:12 Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that
all
who go by may take
its fruit?
80:13 It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts
of
the field get their
food from it.
80:14 Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes
be
turned to this vine,
and give your mind to it,
80:15 Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand,
and
to the branch which
you made strong for yourself.
80:16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made
waste by the wrath of
your face.
80:17 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the
son
of man whom you made
strong for yourself.
80:18 So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in
life,
and we will give
praise to your name.
80:19 Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the
shining
of your face, and let
us be safe.
81:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of
Asaph.>
Make a song to God
our strength: make a glad cry to the God of
Jacob.
81:2 Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music,
even
on corded
instruments.
81:3 Let the horn be sounded in the time of the new moon, at
the
full moon, on our
holy feast-day:
81:4 For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of
Jacob.
81:5 He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out
over
the land of Egypt;
then the words of a strange tongue were
sounding in my ears.
81:6 I took the weight from his back; his hands were made
free
from the baskets.
81:7 You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I
gave
you an answer in the
secret place of the thunder; I put you to
the test at the
waters of Meribah. (Selah.)
81:8 Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O
Israel, if you will
only do as I say!
81:9 There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to
give worship to any
other god.
81:10 I am the Lord your God, who took you up from the land
of
Egypt: let your mouth
be open wide, so that I may give you
food.
81:11 But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel
would
have nothing to do
with me.
81:12 So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that
they might go after
their evil purposes.
81:13 If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my
ways!
81:14 I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would
be
turned against those
who make war on them.
81:15 The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their
destruction would be
eternal.
81:16 I would give them the best grain for food; you would
be
full of honey from
the rock.
82:1 <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> God is in the meeting-place
of God; he
is judging among the
gods.
82:2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect
for
the persons of
evil-doers? (Selah.)
82:3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children
without
fathers; let those
who are troubled and in need have their
rights.
82:4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing:
take
them out of the hand
of the evil-doers.
82:5 They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the
dark:
all the bases of the
earth are moved.
82:6 I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the
Most
High:
82:7 But you will come to death like men, falling like one
of
the rulers of the
earth.
82:8 Up! O God, come as judge of the earth; for all the
nations
are your heritage.
83:1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, do not keep
quiet: let
your lips be open and
take no rest, O God.
83:2 For see! those who make war on you are out of control;
your
haters are lifting up
their heads.
83:3 They have made wise designs against your people,
talking
together against
those whom you keep in a secret place.
83:4 They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a
nation; so that the
name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
83:5 For they have all come to an agreement; they are all
joined
together against you:
83:6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the
Hagarites;
83:7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; the Philistines and the
people
of Tyre;
83:8 Assur is joined with them; they have become the support
of
the children of Lot.
(Selah.)
83:9 Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did
to
Sisera and Jabin, at
the stream of Kishon:
83:10 Who came to destruction at En-dor; their bodies became
dust and waste.
83:11 Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; and all their
rulers
like Zebah and
Zalmunna:
83:12 Who have said, Let us take for our heritage the
resting-place of God.
83:13 O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry
stems
before the wind.
83:14 As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on
the
mountains,
83:15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them
be
full of fear because
of your storm.
83:16 Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may
give
honour to your name,
O Lord.
83:17 Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them
be
put to shame and come
to destruction;
83:18 So that men may see that you only, whose name is
Yahweh,
are Most High over
all the earth.
84:1 <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A
Psalm. Of
the sons of
Korah.> How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!
84:2 The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the
Lord; my heart and my
flesh are crying out for the living God.
84:3 The little birds have places for themselves, where they
may
put their young, even
your altars, O Lord of armies, my King
and my God.
84:4 Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house:
they
will still be
praising you. (Selah.)
84:5 Happy is the man whose strength is in you; in whose
heart
are the highways to
Zion.
84:6 Going through the valley of balsam-trees, they make it
a
place of springs; it
is clothed with blessings by the early
rain.
84:7 They go from strength to strength; every one of them
comes
before God in Zion.
84:8 O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give
ear,
O God of Jacob.
(Selah.)
84:9 O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover,
and
let your heart be
turned to your king.
84:10 For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It
is
better to be a
door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be
living in the tents
of sin.
84:11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord
will
give grace and glory:
he will not keep back any good thing from
those whose ways are
upright.
84:12 O Lord of armies, happy is the man whose hope is in
you.
85:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of
Korah.>
Lord, you were good
to your land: changing the fate of Jacob.
85:2 The wrongdoing of your people had forgiveness; all
their
sin had been covered.
(Selah.)
85:3 You were no longer angry: you were turned from the heat
of
your wrath.
85:4 Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry
with
us no longer.
85:5 Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you
keep
your wrath against us
through all the long generations?
85:6 Will you not give us life again, so that your people
may be
glad in you?
85:7 Let us see your mercy, O Lord, and give us your
salvation.
85:8 I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will
say
words of peace to his
people and to his saints; but let them
not go back to their
foolish ways.
85:9 Truly, his salvation is near to his worshippers; so
that
glory may be in our
land.
85:10 Mercy and faith have come together; righteousness and
peace have given one
another a kiss.
85:11 Faith comes up from the earth like a plant;
righteousness
is looking down from
heaven.
85:12 The Lord will give what is good; and our land will
give
its increase.
85:13 Righteousness will go before him, making a way for his
footsteps.
86:1 <A Prayer. Of David.> Let your ears be open to my
voice, O
Lord, and give me an
answer; for I am poor and in need.
86:2 Keep my soul, for I am true to you; O my God, give
salvation to your
servant, whose hope is in you.
86:3 Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all
the
day.
86:4 Make glad the soul of your servant; for it is lifted up
to
you, O Lord.
86:5 You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your
mercy
is great to all who
make their cry to you.
86:6 O Lord, give ear to my prayer; and take note of the
sound
of my requests.
86:7 In the day of my trouble I send up my cry to you; for
you
will give me an
answer.
86:8 There is no god like you, O Lord; there are no works
like
your works.
86:9 Let all the nations whom you have made come and give
worship to you, O
Lord, giving glory to your name.
86:10 For you are great, and do great works of wonder; you
only
are God.
86:11 Make your way clear to me, O Lord; I will go on my way
in
your faith: let my
heart be glad in the fear of your name.
86:12 I will give you praise, O Lord my God, with all my
heart;
I will give glory to
your name for ever.
86:13 For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul
up
from the deep places
of the underworld.
86:14 O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the
army
of violent men would
take my life; they have not put you before
them.
86:15 But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and
forgiveness,
slow to get angry,
great in mercy and wisdom.
86:16 O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your
strength
to your servant, and
your salvation to the son of her who is
your servant.
86:17 Give me a sign for good; so that my haters may see it
and
be shamed; because
you, Lord, have been my help and comfort.
87:1 <Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.> This
house is
resting on the holy
mountain.
87:2 The Lord has more love for the doors of Zion than for
all
the tents of Jacob.
87:3 Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)
87:4 Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have
knowledge of me; see,
Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this
man had his birth
there.
87:5 And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his
birth
there; and the Most
High will make her strong.
87:6 The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the
records
of the people, that
this man had his birth there. (Selah.)
87:7 The players on instruments will be there, and the
dancers
will say, All my
springs are in you.
88:1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief
music-maker; put to
Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the
Ezrahite. O Lord, God
of my salvation, I have been crying to
you for help by day
and by night:
88:2 Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:
88:3 For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near
to
the underworld.
88:4 I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I
have become like a
man for whom there is no help:
88:5 My soul is among the dead, like those in the
underworld, to
whom you give no more
thought; for they are cut off from your
care.
88:6 You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark
places.
88:7 The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves
have overcome me.
(Selah.)
88:8 You have sent my friends far away from me; you have
made me
a disgusting thing in
their eyes: I am shut up, and not able to
come out.
88:9 My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord,
my
cry has gone up to
you every day, my hands are stretched out to
you.
88:10 Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the
shades
come back to give you
praise? (Selah.)
88:11 Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of
the
dead? will news of
your faith come to the place of destruction?
88:12 May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or
of
your righteousness
where memory is dead?
88:13 But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the
morning my
prayer came before
you.
88:14 Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face
covered from me?
88:15 I have been troubled and in fear of death from the
time
when I was young;
your wrath is hard on me, and I have no
strength.
88:16 The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken
by
your cruel
punishments.
88:17 They are round me all the day like water; they have
made a
circle about me.
88:18 You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am
gone
from the memory of
those who are dear to me.
89:1 <Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be
of the
mercies of the Lord
for ever: with my mouth will I make his
faith clear to all
generations.
89:2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever;
my
faith will be
unchanging in the heavens.
89:3 I have made an agreement with the man of my selection,
I
have made an oath to
David my servant;
89:4 I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will
be
strong through all
generations. (Selah.)
89:5 In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O
Lord;
and your unchanging
faith among the saints.
89:6 For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the
Lord? who is like the
Lord among the sons of the gods?
89:7 God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be
honoured over all
those who are about him.
89:8 O Lord God of armies, who is strong like you, O Jah?
and
your unchanging faith
is round about you.
89:9 You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are
troubled, you make
them calm.
89:10 Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death;
with
your strong arm you
put to flight all your haters.
89:11 Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you
have
made the world, and
everything which is in it.
89:12 You have made the north and the south; Tabor and
Hermon
are sounding with joy
at your name.
89:13 Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high
your right hand.
89:14 The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness
and
right judging: mercy
and good faith come before your face.
89:15 Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy
cry:
the light of your
face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
89:16 In your name will they have joy all the day: in your
righteousness will
they be lifted up.
89:17 For you are the glory of their strength; in your
pleasure
will our horn be
lifted up.
89:18 For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the
Holy
One of Israel's.
89:19 Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision,
saying,
I have put the crown
on a strong one, lifting up one taken from
among the people.
89:20 I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put
my
holy oil on his head.
89:21 My hand will be his support; my arm will give him
strength.
89:22 The deceit of those who are against him will not
overcome
him; he will not be
troubled by the sons of evil.
89:23 I will have those who are against him broken before
his
face, and his haters
will be crushed under my blows.
89:24 But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my
name
will his horn be
lifted up.
89:25 I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in
the
rivers.
89:26 He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the
Rock
of my salvation.
89:27 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high
over
the kings of the
earth.
89:28 I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement
with
him will not be
changed.
89:29 His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom
will
be eternal, like the
heavens.
89:30 If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by
my
decisions;
89:31 If my rules are broken, and my orders are not kept;
89:32 Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my
rod
will be the reward of
their evil-doing.
89:33 But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will
not
be false to my faith.
89:34 I will be true to my agreement; the things which have
gone
out of my lips will
not be changed.
89:35 I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will
not
be false to David.
89:36 His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of
his
kingdom will be like
the sun before me.
89:37 It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the
witness
in heaven is true.
(Selah.)
89:38 But you have put him away in disgust; you have been
angry
with the king of your
selection.
89:39 You have made your agreement with your servant of no
effect: you have had
no respect for his crown, it has come down
even to the earth.
89:40 All his walls are broken down; you have given his
strong
towers to
destruction.
89:41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is
laughed
at by his neighbours.
89:42 You have given power to the right hand of his haters;
you
have made glad all
those who are against him.
89:43 His sword is turned back; you have not been his
support in
the fight.
89:44 You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his
kingdom
has been levelled to
the earth.
89:45 You have made him old before his time; he is covered
with
shame. (Selah.)
89:46 How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from
our
eyes? how long will
your wrath be burning like fire?
89:47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men
for no
purpose?
89:48 What man now living will not see death? will he be
able to
keep back his soul
from the underworld? (Selah.)
89:49 Lord, where are your earlier mercies? where is the
oath
which you made to
David in unchanging faith?
89:50 Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and
how
the bitter words of
all the people have come into my heart;
89:51 The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the
footsteps of your
king.
89:52 Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.
90:1 <A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.> Lord, you
have been
our resting-place in
all generations.
90:2 Before the mountains were made, before you had given
birth
to the earth and the
world, before time was, and for ever, you
are God.
90:3 You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you
children of men.
90:4 For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday
when
it is past, and like
a watch in the night.
90:5 ...
90:6 In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut
down,
and becomes dry.
90:7 We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and
troubled
by your wrath.
90:8 You have put our evil doings before you, our secret
sins in
the light of your
face.
90:9 For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years
come
to an end like a
breath.
90:10 The measure of our life is seventy years; and if
through
strength it may be
eighty years, its pride is only trouble and
sorrow, for it comes
to an end and we are quickly gone.
90:11 Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who
takes
note of the weight of
your passion?
90:12 So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that
we
may get a heart of
wisdom.
90:13 Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your
servants be changed.
90:14 In the morning give us your mercy in full measure; so
that
we may have joy and
delight all our days.
90:15 Make us glad in reward for the days of our sorrow, and
for
the years in which we
have seen evil.
90:16 Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory
to
their children.
90:17 Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord,
give strength to the
work of our hands.
91:1 Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the
Lord, and under the
shade of the wings of the Most High;
91:2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower
of
strength: he is my
God, in whom is my hope.
91:3 He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe
from wasting disease.
91:4 You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings
you
will be safe: his
good faith will be your salvation.
91:5 You will have no fear of the evil things of the night,
or
of the arrow in
flight by day,
91:6 Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of
the
destruction which
makes waste when the sun is high.
91:7 You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten
thousand at your
right hand; but it will not come near you.
91:8 Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the
evil-doers.
91:9 Because you have said, I am in the hands of the Lord,
the
Most High is my safe
resting-place;
91:10 No evil will come on you, and no disease will come
near
your tent.
91:11 For he will give you into the care of his angels to
keep
you wherever you go.
91:12 In their hands they will keep you up, so that your
foot
may not be crushed
against a stone.
91:13 You will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the
young lion and the
great snake will be crushed under your feet.
91:14 Because he has given me his love, I will take him out
of
danger: I will put
him in a place of honour, because he has
kept my name in his
heart.
91:15 When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an
answer: I
will be with him in
trouble; I will make him free from danger
and give him honour.
91:16 With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him
see
my salvation.
92:1 <A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good
thing to
give praise to the
Lord, and to make melody to your name, O
Most High;
92:2 To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your
unchanging faith
every night;
92:3 On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of
music
with a quiet sound.
92:4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I
will have joy in the
works of your hands.
92:5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are
very deep.
92:6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a
foolish
man may not take it
in.
92:7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the
workers of evil do
well for themselves, it is so that their end
may be eternal
destruction.
92:8 But you, O Lord, are on high for ever.
92:9 For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all
the
workers of evil will
be put to flight;
92:10 But my horn is lifted up like the horn of the ox: the
best
oil is flowing on my
head.
92:11 My eyes have seen trouble come on my haters; my ears
have
news of the fate of
the evil-doers who have come up against me.
92:12 The good man will be like a tall tree in his strength;
his
growth will be as the
wide-stretching trees of Lebanon.
92:13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will
come
up tall and strong in
his gardens.
92:14 They will give fruit even when they are old; they will
be
fertile and full of
growth;
92:15 For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock,
there
is no deceit in him.
93:1 The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is
clothed with
strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world
is fixed, so that it
may not be moved.
93:2 The seat of your power has been from the past; you are
eternal.
93:3 The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their
voices; they send
them up with a loud cry.
93:4 The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great
waters, yes, he is
stronger than the great waves of the sea.
93:5 Your witness is most certain; it is right for your
house to
be holy, O Lord, for
ever.
94:1 O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of
punishment,
let your shining face
be seen.
94:2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward
come
to the men of pride.
94:3 How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners
have
joy over us?
94:4 Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of
evil say great things
of themselves.
94:5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage
is
troubled,
94:6 They put to death the widow and the guest, they take
the
lives of children who
have no father;
94:7 And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob
will
not give thought to
it.
94:8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom
among the people; you
foolish men, when will you be wise?
94:9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is
he
blind by whom your
eyes were formed?
94:10 He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give
men
the reward of their
acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
94:11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for
they
are only a breath.
94:12 Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to
whom
you give teaching out
of your law;
94:13 So that you may give him rest from the days of evil,
till
a hole is made ready
for the destruction of the sinners.
94:14 The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his
support from his
heritage;
94:15 But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and
they will be kept by
all whose hearts are true.
94:16 Who will give me help against the sinners? and who
will be
my support against
the workers of evil?
94:17 If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would
quickly
have gone down into
death.
94:18 If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is
my
support.
94:19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the
delight of my soul.
94:20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes
evil
into a law?
94:21 They are banded together against the soul of the
upright,
to give decisions
against those who have done no wrong.
94:22 But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the
Rock
where I am safe.
94:23 And he has made their evil designs come back on
themselves, cutting
them off in their sin; the Lord our God
will put an end to
them.
95:1 O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad
voices to the Rock of
our salvation.
95:2 Let us come before his face with praises; and make
melody
with holy songs.
95:3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all
gods.
95:4 The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the
tops
of the mountains are
his.
95:5 The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was
formed
by his hands.
95:6 O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees
before the Lord our
Maker.
95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he
gives
food, and the sheep
of his flock. Today, if you would only give
ear to his voice!
95:8 Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the
day
of Massah in the
waste land;
95:9 When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power
and
my work.
95:10 For forty years I was angry with this generation, and
said, They are a
people whose hearts are turned away from me,
for they have no
knowledge of my ways;
95:11 And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not
come
into my place of
rest.
96:1 O make a new song to the Lord; let all the earth make
melody to the Lord.
96:2 Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the
good
news of his salvation
day by day.
96:3 Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to
all
the peoples.
96:4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is
more to be feared
than all other gods.
96:5 For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the
Lord made the
heavens.
96:6 Honour and glory are before him: strong and fair is his
holy place.
96:7 Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give
to
the Lord glory and
strength.
96:8 Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you
an
offering and come
into his house.
96:9 O give worship to the Lord in holy robes; be in fear
before
him, all the earth.
96:10 Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the
world is
ordered so that it
may not be moved; he will be an upright
judge of the peoples.
96:11 Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let
the
sea be thundering
with all its waters;
96:12 Let the field be glad, and everything which is in it;
yes,
let all the trees of
the wood be sounding with joy,
96:13 Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the
judge of the earth;
the earth will be judged in righteousness,
and the peoples with
unchanging faith.
97:1 The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the
sea-lands be glad.
97:2 Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on
righteousness and
right judging.
97:3 Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are
against
him round about.
97:4 His bright flames give light to the world; the earth
saw it
with fear.
97:5 The mountains became like wax at the coming of the
Lord, at
the coming of the
Lord of all the earth.
97:6 The heavens gave out the news of his righteousness, and
all
the people saw his
glory.
97:7 Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and
take
pride in false gods;
give him worship, all you gods.
97:8 Zion gave ear and was glad; and the daughters of Judah
were
full of joy, because
of your decisions, O Lord.
97:9 For you, Lord, are most high over the earth; you are
lifted
up over all other
gods.
97:10 You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he
keeps the souls of
his saints; he takes them out of the hand of
sinners.
97:11 Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and
for
the upright in heart
there is joy.
97:12 Be glad in the Lord, you upright men; praising the
memory
of his holy name.
98:1 <A Psalm.> O make a new song to the Lord, because
he has
done works of wonder;
with his right hand, and with his holy
arm, he has overcome.
98:2 The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his
salvation;
he has made clear his
righteousness in the eyes of the nations.
98:3 He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith
to
the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth have seen the
salvation of our God.
98:4 Let all the earth send out a glad cry to the Lord;
sounding
with a loud voice,
and praising him with songs of joy.
98:5 Make melody to the Lord with instruments of music; with
a
corded instrument and
the voice of song.
98:6 With wind instruments and the sound of the horn, make a
glad cry before the
Lord, the King.
98:7 Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the
world,
and all who are
living in it;
98:8 Let the streams make sounds of joy with their hands;
let
the mountains be glad
together,
98:9 Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth;
judging the world in
righteousness, and giving true decisions
for the peoples.
99:1 The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat
is
on the winged ones;
let the earth be moved.
99:2 The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the
nations.
99:3 Let them give praise to your name, for it is great and
to
be feared; holy is he.
99:4 The king's power is used for righteousness; you give
true
decisions, judging
rightly in the land of Jacob.
99:5 Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at
his
feet; holy is he.
99:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those
who gave honour to
his name; they made prayers to the Lord, and
he gave answers to
them.
99:7 His voice came to them from the pillar of cloud; they
kept
his witness, and the
law which he gave them.
99:8 You gave them an answer, O Lord our God; you took away
their sin, though you
gave them punishment for their
wrongdoing.
99:9 Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping with
your
faces turned to his
holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.
100:1 <A Psalm of Praise.> Make a glad sound to the Lord,
all
the earth.
100:2 Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him
with a
song.
100:3 Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made
us,
and we are his; we
are his people, and the sheep to whom he
gives food.
100:4 Come into his doors with joy, and into his house with
praise; give him
honour, blessing his name.
100:5 For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending;
his
faith is unchanging
through all generations.
101:1 <A Psalm. Of David.> I will make a song of mercy
and
righteousness; to
you, O Lord, will I make melody.
101:2 I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when
will
you come to me? I
will be walking in my house with a true
heart.
101:3 I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am
against
all turning to one
side; I will not have it near me.
101:4 The false heart I will send away from me: I will not
have
an evil-doer for a
friend.
101:5 I will put to death anyone who says evil of his
neighbour
secretly; the man
with a high look and a heart of pride is
disgusting to me.
101:6 My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so
that they may be
living in my house; he who is walking in the
right way will be my
servant.
101:7 The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the
false man will have
no place before my eyes.
101:8 Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners
in
the land, so that all
evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.
102:1 <A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is
overcome, and puts
his grief before the Lord.> Give ear to my
prayer, O Lord, and
let my cry come to you.
102:2 Let not your face be veiled from me in the day of my
trouble; give ear to
me, and let my cry be answered quickly.
102:3 My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned
up
as in a fire.
102:4 My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like
grass,
so that I give no
thought to food.
102:5 Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted
to
the bone.
102:6 I am like a bird living by itself in the waste places;
like the night-bird
in a waste of sand.
102:7 I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top.
102:8 My haters say evil of me all day; those who are
violent
against me make use
of my name as a curse.
102:9 I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed
with
weeping:
102:10 Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have
been
lifted up and then
made low by you.
102:11 My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am
dry
like the grass.
102:12 But you, O Lord, are eternal; and your name will
never
come to an end.
102:13 You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the
time has come for her
to be comforted.
102:14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones,
looking
with love on her
dust.
102:15 So the nations will give honour to the name of the
Lord,
and all the kings of
the earth will be in fear of his glory:
102:16 When the Lord has put up the walls of Zion, and has
been
been in his glory;
102:17 When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and
has
not put his request
on one side.
102:18 This will be put in writing for the coming
generation,
and the people of the
future will give praise to the Lord.
102:19 For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking
down
on the earth from
heaven;
102:20 Hearing the cry of the prisoner, making free those
for
whom death is
ordered;
102:21 So that they may give out the name of the Lord in
Zion,
and his praise in
Jerusalem;
102:22 When the peoples are come together, and the kingdoms,
to
give worship to the
Lord.
102:23 He has taken my strength from me in the way; he has
made
short my days.
102:24 I will say, O my God, take me not away before my
time;
your years go on
through all generations:
102:25 In the past you put the earth on its base, and the
heavens are the work
of your hands.
102:26 They will come to an end, but you will still go on;
they
all will become old
like a coat, and like a robe they will be
changed:
102:27 But you are the unchanging One, and your years will
have
no end.
102:28 The children of your servants will have a safe
resting-place, and
their seed will be ever before you.
103:1 <Of David.> Give praise to the Lord, O my soul;
let
everything in me give
praise to his holy name.
103:2 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his
blessings go from
your memory.
103:3 He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away
all
your diseases;
103:4 He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you
with mercy and grace.
103:5 He makes your mouth full of good things, so that your
strength is made new
again like the eagle's.
103:6 The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who
are
in trouble.
103:7 He gave knowledge of his way to Moses, and made his
acts
clear to the children
of Israel.
103:8 The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made
angry,
but ever ready to
have mercy.
103:9 His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep
his
wrath for ever.
103:10 He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or
the
reward of our
wrongdoing.
103:11 For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is
his
mercy to his
worshippers.
103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he
put
our sins from us.
103:13 As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has
pity on his
worshippers.
103:14 For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees
that we
are only dust.
103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful
growth
is like the flower of
the field.
103:16 The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place
sees
it no longer.
103:17 But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his
worshippers,
and their children's
children will see his righteousness;
103:18 If they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind
to
do them.
103:19 The Lord has made ready his high seat in the heavens;
his
kingdom is ruling
over all.
103:20 Give praise to the Lord, you his angels, who are
great in
strength, doing his
orders, and waiting for his voice.
103:21 Give praise to the Lord, all you his armies; and you
his
servants who do his
pleasure.
103:22 Give praise to the Lord, all his works, in all places
under his rule: give
praise to the Lord, O my soul.
104:1 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you
are
very great; you are
robed with honour and power.
104:2 You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching
out
the heavens like a
curtain:
104:3 The arch of your house is based on the waters; you
make
the clouds your
carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:
104:4 He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his
servants.
104:5 He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it
may
not be moved for ever
and ever;
104:6 Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters
were
high over the
mountains;
104:7 At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the
sound of your thunder
they went away in fear;
104:8 The mountains came up and the valleys went down into
the
place which you had
made ready for them.
104:9 You made a limit over which they might not go, so that
the
earth would never
again be covered by them.
104:10 You sent the springs into the valleys; they are
flowing
between the hills.
104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the
mountain
asses come to them
for water.
104:12 The birds of the air have their resting-places by
them,
and make their song
among the branches.
104:13 He sends down rain from his store-houses on the
hills:
the earth is full of
the fruit of his works.
104:14 He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants
for
the use of man; so
that bread may come out of the earth;
104:15 And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to
make
his face shining, and
bread giving strength to his heart.
104:16 The trees of the Lord are full of growth, the cedars
of
Lebanon of his
planting;
104:17 Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the
stork, the tall trees
are her house.
104:18 The high hills are a safe place for the mountain
goats,
and the rocks for the
small beasts.
104:19 He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the
year;
teaching the sun the
time of its going down.
104:20 When you make it dark, it is night, when all the
beasts
of the woods come
quietly out of their secret places.
104:21 The young lions go thundering after their food;
searching
for their meat from
God.
104:22 The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back
to
their secret places
to take their rest.
104:23 Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till
the
evening.
104:24 O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in
wisdom
you have made them
all; the earth is full of the things you
have made.
104:25 There is the great, wide sea, where there are living
things, great and
small, more than may be numbered.
104:26 There go the ships; there is that great beast, which
you
have made as a
plaything.
104:27 All of them are waiting for you, to give them their
food
in its time.
104:28 They take what you give them; they are full of the
good
things which come
from your open hand.
104:29 If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you
take
away their breath,
they come to an end, and go back to the
dust.
104:30 If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you
make new the face of
the earth.
104:31 Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord
have
joy in his works:
104:32 At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch
the
mountains send out
smoke.
104:33 I will make songs to the Lord all my life; I will
make
melody to my God
while I have my being.
104:34 Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in
the
Lord.
104:35 Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all
evil-doers come to an
end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
Give praise to the
Lord.
105:1 O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name,
talking of his doings
among the peoples.
105:2 Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let
all
your thoughts be of
the wonder of his works.
105:3 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those
who
are searching after
the Lord be glad.
105:4 Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength;
let
your hearts ever be
turned to him.
105:5 Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his
wonders, and the
decisions of his mouth;
105:6 O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of
Jacob,
his loved ones.
105:7 He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.
105:8 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word
which
he gave for a
thousand generations;
105:9 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath
to
Isaac;
105:10 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for
an
eternal agreement;
105:11 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the
measured line of your
heritage:
105:12 When they were still small in number, and strange in
the
land;
105:13 When they went about from one nation to another, and
from
one kingdom to
another people.
105:14 He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept
back
kings because of
them,
105:15 Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been
marked
with my holy oil, and
do my prophets no wrong.
105:16 And he took away all food from the land, so that the
people were without
bread.
105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given
as
a servant for a
price:
105:18 His feet were fixed in chains; his neck was put in
iron
bands;
105:19 Till the time when his word came true; he was tested
by
the word of the Lord.
105:20 The king sent men to take off his chains; even the
ruler
of the people, who
let him go free.
105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler over
everything
he had;
105:22 To give his chiefs teaching at his pleasure, and so
that
his law-givers might
get wisdom from him.
105:23 Then Israel came into Egypt, and Jacob was living in
the
land of Ham.
105:24 And his people were greatly increased, and became
stronger than those
who were against them.
105:25 Their hearts were turned to hate against his people,
so
that they made secret
designs against them.
105:26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, the man of his
selection.
105:27 He let his signs be seen among the people, and his
wonders in the land
of Ham.
105:28 He sent black night and made it dark; and they did
not go
against his word.
105:29 At his word their waters were turned to blood, and he
sent death on all
their fish.
105:30 Their land was full of frogs, even in the rooms of
the
king.
105:31 He gave the word, and there came the dog-fly, and
insects
over all the land.
105:32 He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their
land.
105:33 He gave their vines and their fig-trees to
destruction,
and the trees of
their land were broken down.
105:34 At his word the locusts came, and young locusts more
than
might be numbered,
105:35 And put an end to all the plants of their land,
taking
all the fruit of the
earth for food.
105:36 He put to death the first child of every family in
the
land, the
first-fruits of their strength.
105:37 He took his people out with silver and gold: there
was
not one feeble person
among them.
105:38 Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them
had
come down on them.
105:39 A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he
sent
fire to give light in
the night.
105:40 At the people's request he sent birds, and gave them
the
bread of heaven for
food.
105:41 His hand made the rock open, and the waters came
streaming out; they
went down through the dry places like a
river.
105:42 For he kept in mind his holy word, and Abraham, his
servant.
105:43 And he took his people out with joy, the men of his
selection with glad
cries:
105:44 And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took
the
work of the peoples
for a heritage;
105:45 So that they might keep his orders, and be true to
his
laws. Give praise to
the Lord.
106:1 Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord,
for he
is good: for his
mercy is unchanging for ever.
106:2 Who is able to give an account of the great acts of
the
Lord, or to make
clear all his praise?
106:3 Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who
does righteousness at
all times.
106:4 Keep me in mind, O Lord, when you are good to your
people;
O let your salvation
come to me;
106:5 So that I may see the well-being of the people of your
selection, and have a
part in the joy of your nation, and take
pride in your
heritage.
106:6 We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong,
our
acts are evil.
106:7 Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in
Egypt;
they did not keep in
memory the great number of your mercies,
but gave you cause
for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
106:8 But he was their saviour because of his name, so that
men
might see his great
power.
106:9 By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them
through the deep
waters as through the waste land.
106:10 And he took them safely out of the hands of their
haters,
and kept them from
the attacks of those who were against them.
106:11 And the waters went over their haters; all of them
came
to an end.
106:12 Then they had faith in his words; they gave him songs
of
praise.
106:13 But their memory of his works was short; not waiting
to
be guided by him,
106:14 They gave way to their evil desires in the waste
land,
and put God to the
test in the dry places.
106:15 And he gave them their request, but sent a wasting
disease into their
souls.
106:16 They were full of envy against Moses among the tents,
and
against Aaron, the
holy one of the Lord.
106:17 The earth opening put an end to Dathan, covering up
Abiram and his band.
106:18 And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners
were burned up by the
flames.
106:19 They made a young ox in Horeb, and gave worship to an
image of gold.
106:20 And their glory was changed into the image of an ox,
whose food is grass.
106:21 They had no memory of God their saviour, who had done
great things in
Egypt;
106:22 Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of
fear by
the Red Sea.
106:23 And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses,
his
special servant, had
not gone up before him, between him and
his people, turning
back his wrath, to keep them from
destruction.
106:24 They were disgusted with the good land; they had no
belief in his word;
106:25 Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did
not
give ear to the voice
of the Lord.
106:26 So he made an oath against them, to put an end to
them in
the waste land:
106:27 That their children might be mixed among the nations,
and
sent away into other
lands.
106:28 And they were joined to Baal-peor, and took part in
the
offerings to the
dead.
106:29 So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he
sent
disease on them.
106:30 Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and
the
disease went no
farther.
106:31 And all the generations coming after him kept the
memory
of his righteousness
for ever.
106:32 They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah,
so
that Moses was
troubled because of them;
106:33 For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise
things.
106:34 They did not put an end to the peoples, as the Lord
had
said;
106:35 But they were joined to the nations, learning their
works.
106:36 And they gave worship to images; which were a danger
to
them:
106:37 They even made offerings of their sons and their
daughters to evil
spirits,
106:38 And gave the blood of their sons and their daughters
who
had done no wrong,
offering them to the images of Canaan; and
the land was made
unclean with blood.
106:39 So they became unclean through their works, going
after
their evil desires.
106:40 Then the wrath of the Lord was burning against his
people, and he was
angry with his heritage.
106:41 And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and
they
were ruled by their
haters.
106:42 By them they were crushed, and made low under their
hands.
106:43 Again and again he made them free; but their hearts
were
turned against his
purpose, and they were overcome by their
sins.
106:44 But when their cry came to his ears, he had pity on
their
trouble:
106:45 And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his
great mercy gave them
forgiveness.
106:46 He put pity into the hearts of those who made them
prisoners.
106:47 Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back
together from among
the nations, so that we may give honour to
your holy name, and
have glory in your praise.
106:48 Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for
ever; and let all the
people say, So be it. Give praise to the
Lord.
107:1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his
mercy
is unchanging for
ever.
107:2 Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so,
his
people whom he has
taken out of the hands of their haters;
107:3 Making them come together out of all the lands, from
the
east and from the
west, from the north and from the south.
107:4 They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no
way
to a resting-place.
107:5 Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.
107:6 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their
sorrow,
and he gave them
salvation out of all their troubles;
107:7 Guiding them in the right way, so that they might come
into the town of
their resting-place.
107:8 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for
the
wonders which he does
for the children of men!
107:9 He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it
is
full of good things.
107:10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in
chains
of sorrow and iron;
107:11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave
no
thought to the laws
of the Most High:
107:12 So that he made their hearts weighted down with
grief;
they were falling,
and had no helper.
107:13 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their
sorrow,
and he gave them
salvation out of all their troubles.
107:14 He took them out of the dark and the black night, and
all
their chains were
broken.
107:15 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and
for
the wonders which he
does for the children of men!
107:16 The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the
bands
of iron are cut in
two.
107:17 Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of
their
wrongdoing, are
troubled;
107:18 They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to
the
doors of death.
107:19 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their
sorrow,
and he gives them
salvation out of all their troubles.
107:20 He sent his word and made them well, and kept them
safe
from the underworld.
107:21 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and
for
the wonders which he
does for the children of men!
107:22 Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his
works with cries of
joy.
107:23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do
business in
the great waters;
107:24 They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in
the
deep.
107:25 For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high
the
waves.
107:26 The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep;
their souls are
wasted because of their trouble.
107:27 They are turned here and there, rolling like a man
who is
full of wine; and all
their wisdom comes to nothing.
107:28 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their
sorrow,
and he gives them
salvation out of all their troubles.
107:29 He makes the storm into a calm, so that the waves are
at
peace.
107:30 Then they are glad, because the sea is quiet, and he
takes them to the
harbour of their desire.
107:31 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and
for
the wonders which he
does for the children of men!
107:32 Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the
people,
and praise among the
chiefs.
107:33 He makes rivers into waste places, and springs of
water
into a dry land;
107:34 He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because
of
the sins of those who
are living there.
107:35 He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a
dry
land into
water-springs.
107:36 And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that
they
may make themselves a
town;
107:37 And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to
give
them fruit.
107:38 He gives them his blessing so that they are increased
greatly, and their
cattle do not become less.
107:39 And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble
and
sorrow,
107:40 He puts an end to the pride of kings, and sends them
wandering in the
waste lands where there is no way.
107:41 But he puts the poor man on high from his troubles,
and
gives him families
like a flock.
107:42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the
sinner
is stopped.
107:43 Let the wise give thought to these things, and see
the
mercies of the Lord.
108:1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, my heart is
fixed; I
will make songs and
melody, even with my glory.
108:2 Give out your sounds, O corded instruments: the dawn
will
be awaking with my
song.
108:3 I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I
will
make melody to you
among the nations.
108:4 For your mercy is higher than the heavens: and your
unchanging faith than
the clouds.
108:5 Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens; let your
glory be over all the
earth.
108:6 Let your right hand be stretched out for salvation,
and
give me an answer, so
that your loved ones may be safe from
danger.
108:7 This is the word of the holy God: I will be glad; I
will
make Shechem a
heritage, measuring out the valley of Succoth.
108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the
strength
of my head; Judah is
my law-giver;
108:9 Moab is my washpot; on Edom is the resting-place of my
shoe; over Philistia
will I send out a glad cry.
108:10 Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my
guide into Edom?
108:11 Have you not sent us away from you, O God? and you go
not
out with our armies.
108:12 Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in
man.
108:13 With God we will do great things; for by him will our
haters be crushed
underfoot.
109:1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.>
God of my
praise, let my prayer
be answered;
109:2 For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in
deceit:
his tongue has said
false things against me.
109:3 Words of hate are round about me; they have made war
against me without
cause.
109:4 For my love they give me back hate; but I have given
myself to prayer.
109:5 They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange
for my
love.
109:6 Put an evil man over him; and let one be placed at his
right hand to say evil
of him.
109:7 When he is judged, let the decision go against him;
and
may his prayer become
sin.
109:8 Let his life be short; let another take his position
of
authority.
109:9 Let his children have no father, and his wife be made
a
widow.
109:10 Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for
their food; let them
be sent away from the company of their
friends.
109:11 Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others
have
the profit of his
work.
109:12 Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his
children
when he is dead.
109:13 Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let
their name go out of
memory.
109:14 Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his
fathers;
and may the sin of
his mother have no forgiveness.
109:15 Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that
the
memory of them may be
cut off from the earth.
109:16 Because he had no mercy, but was cruel to the low and
the
poor, designing the
death of the broken-hearted.
109:17 As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on
him;
and as he had no
delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
109:18 He put on cursing like a robe, and it has come into
his
body like water, and
into his bones like oil.
109:19 Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it
be
like a band which is
round him at all times.
109:20 Let this be the reward given to my haters from the
Lord,
and to those who say
evil of my soul.
109:21 But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your
name;
take me out of
danger, because your mercy is good.
109:22 For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in
me.
109:23 I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I
am
forced out of my
place like a locust.
109:24 My knees are feeble for need of food; there is no fat
on
my bones.
109:25 As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads
when they see me.
109:26 Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my
saviour;
109:27 So that they may see that it is the work of your
hand;
that you, Lord, have
done it.
109:28 They may give curses but you give blessing; when they
come up against me,
put them to shame; but let your servant be
glad.
109:29 Let my haters be clothed with shame, covering
themselves
with shame as with a
robe.
109:30 I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes,
I
will give praise to
him among all the people.
109:31 For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take
him
out of the hands of
those who go after his soul.
110:1 <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord said to my lord,
Be seated
at my right hand,
till I put all those who are against you
under your feet.
110:2 The Lord will send out the rod of your strength from
Zion;
be king over your
haters.
110:3 Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your
power; like the dew
of the morning on the holy mountains is the
army of your young
men.
110:4 The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back.
You
are a priest for
ever, after the order of Melchizedek.
110:5 In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the
Lord
at your right hand.
110:6 He will be judge among the nations, the valleys will
be
full of dead bodies;
the head over a great country will be
wounded by him.
110:7 He will take of the stream by the way; so his head
will be
lifted up.
111:1 Let the Lord be praised. I will give praise to the
Lord
with all my heart,
among the upright, and in the meeting of the
people.
111:2 The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all
those
who have delight in
them.
111:3 His work is full of honour and glory; and his
righteousness is
unchanging for ever.
111:4 Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the
Lord is
full of pity and
mercy.
111:5 He has given food to his worshippers; he will keep his
agreement in mind for
ever.
111:6 He has made clear to his people the power of his
works,
giving them the
heritage of the nations.
111:7 The works of his hands are faith and righteousness;
all
his laws are
unchanging.
111:8 They are fixed for ever and ever, they are done in
faith
and righteousness.
111:9 He has sent salvation to his people; he has given his
word
for ever: holy is his
name and greatly to be feared.
111:10 The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all
those who keep his
laws are wise: his praise is eternal.
112:1 Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives
honour
to the Lord, and has
great delight in his laws.
112:2 His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will
be on
the generation of the
upright.
112:3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his
righteousness will be
for ever.
112:4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark;
he
is full of grace and
pity.
112:5 All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely
to
others; he will make
good his cause when he is judged.
112:6 He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright
will
be living for ever.
112:7 He will have no fear of evil news; his heart is fixed,
for
his hope is in the
Lord.
112:8 His heart is resting safely, he will have no fear,
till he
sees trouble come on
his haters.
112:9 He has given with open hands to the poor; his
righteousness is for
ever; his horn will be lifted up with
honour.
112:10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted
away
with envy; the desire
of the evil-doers will come to nothing.
113:1 Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord,
give
praise to the name of
the Lord.
113:2 Let blessing be on the name of the Lord, from this
time
and for ever.
113:3 From the coming up of the sun to its going down, the
Lord's name is to be
praised.
113:4 The Lord is high over all nations, and his glory is
higher
than the heavens.
113:5 Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,
113:6 Looking down on the heavens, and on the earth?
113:7 He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up
from
his low position;
113:8 To give him a place among the rulers, even with the
rulers
of his people.
113:9 He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a
happy
mother of children.
Give praise to the Lord.
114:1 When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob
from
a people whose
language was strange to them;
114:2 Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.
114:3 The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned
back.
114:4 The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little
hills like lambs.
114:5 What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in
flight? O
Jordan, that you were
turned back?
114:6 You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and
you
little hills like
lambs?
114:7 Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God
of
Jacob;
114:8 Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard
stone
into a fountain.
115:1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let
glory
be given, because of
your mercy and your unchanging faith.
115:2 Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?
115:3 But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was
pleasing to him.
115:4 Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's
hands.
115:5 They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but
they
see not;
115:6 They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but
no
sense of smell;
115:7 They have hands without feeling, and feet without
power of
walking; and no sound
comes from their throat.
115:8 Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone
who
puts his faith in
them.
115:9 O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and
their breastplate.
115:10 O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their
help and their
breastplate.
115:11 You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord:
he
is their help and
their breastplate.
115:12 The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his
blessing; he will
send blessings on the house of Israel and on
the house of Aaron.
115:13 He will send blessings on the worshippers of the
Lord, on
the small and on the
great.
115:14 May the Lord give you and your children still greater
increase.
115:15 May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made
heaven
and earth.
115:16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has
given to
the children of men.
115:17 The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who
go
down to the
underworld.
115:18 But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever.
Praise be to the
Lord.
116:1 I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given
ear
to the voice of my
cry and my prayer.
116:2 He has let my request come before him, and I will make
my
prayer to him all my
days.
116:3 The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the
underworld had me in
their grip; I was full of trouble and
sorrow.
116:4 Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord,
take my
soul out of trouble.
116:5 The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he
is
a God of mercy.
116:6 The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was
my
saviour.
116:7 Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has
given
you your reward.
116:8 You have taken my soul from the power of death,
keeping my
eyes from weeping,
and my feet from falling.
116:9 I will go before the Lord in the land of the living.
116:10 I still had faith, though I said, I am in great
trouble;
116:11 Though I said in my fear, All men are false.
116:12 What may I give to the Lord for all the good things
which
he has done for me?
116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and give praise to
the
name of the Lord.
116:14 I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even
before all his
people.
116:15 Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his
saints.
116:16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant,
the
son of her who is
your servant; by you have my cords been
broken.
116:17 I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my
prayer in the name of
the Lord.
116:18 I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all
his
people;
116:19 In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to
the
Lord.
117:1 Let all the nations give praise to the Lord: let all
the
people give him
praise.
117:2 For great is his mercy to us, and his faith is
unchanging
for ever. Praise be
to the Lord.
118:1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his
mercy
is unchanging for
ever.
118:2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for
ever.
118:3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy is
unchanging for ever.
118:4 Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his
mercy is
unchanging for ever.
118:5 I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the
Lord
gave me an answer,
and put me in a wide place.
118:6 The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is
man
able to do to me?
118:7 The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire
against
my haters.
118:8 It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put
one's
hope in man.
118:9 It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put
one's
hope in rulers.
118:10 All the nations have come round me; but in the name
of
the Lord I will have
them cut down.
118:11 They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in
the
name of the Lord I
will have them cut down.
118:12 They are round me like bees; but they are put out
like a
fire among thorns;
for in the name of the Lord I will have them
cut down.
118:13 I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have
a
fall: but the Lord
was my helper.
118:14 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my
salvation.
118:15 The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the
upright; the right
hand of the Lord does works of power.
118:16 The right hand of the Lord is lifted up; the right
hand
of the Lord does
works of power.
118:17 Life and not death will be my part, and I will give
out
the story of the
works of the Lord.
118:18 The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not
given
me up to death.
118:19 Let the doors of righteousness be open to me; I will
go
in and give praise to
the Lord.
118:20 This is the door of the Lord's house; the workers of
righteousness will go
in through it.
118:21 I will give you praise, for you have given me an
answer,
and have become my
salvation.
118:22 The stone which the builders put on one side has
become
the chief stone of
the building.
118:23 This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes.
118:24 This is the day which the Lord has made; we will be
full
of joy and delight in
it.
118:25 Send salvation now, O Lord; Lord, send us your
blessing.
118:26 A blessing be on him who comes in the name of the
Lord;
we give you blessing
from the house of the Lord.
118:27 The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy
dance be ordered with
branches, even up to the horns of the
altar.
118:28 You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God,
and I
will give honour to
your name.
118:29 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his
mercy
is unchanging for
ever.
119:1 <ALEPH> Happy are they who are without sin in
their ways,
walking in the law of
the Lord.
119:2 Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching
after him with all
their heart.
119:3 They do no evil; they go in his ways.
119:4 You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we
might
keep them with care.
119:5 If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your
rules!
119:6 Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have
respect for all your
teaching.
119:7 I will give you praise with an upright heart in
learning
your right decisions.
119:8 I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely.
119:9 <BETH> How may a young man make his way clean?
by guiding
it after your word.
119:10 I have made search for you with all my heart: O let
me
not go wandering far
from your teaching.
119:11 I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so
that I
might do no sin
against you.
119:12 Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your
rules.
119:13 With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of
your
mouth.
119:14 I have taken as much delight in the way of your
unchanging word, as
in all wealth.
119:15 I will give thought to your orders, and have respect
for
your ways.
119:16 I will have delight in your rules; I will not let
your
word go out of my
mind.
119:17 <GIMEL> Give me, your servant, the reward of
life, so
that I may keep your
word;
119:18 Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
119:19 I am living in a strange land: do not let your
teachings
be kept secret from
me.
119:20 My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at
all
times.
119:21 Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse
is
on those who go
wandering out of your way.
119:22 Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have
kept
your unchanging word
in my heart.
119:23 Rulers make evil designs against me; but your servant
gives thought to your
rules.
119:24 Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of
my
footsteps.
119:25 <DALETH> My soul is joined to the dust: O give
me life,
in keeping with your
word.
119:26 I put the record of my ways before you, and you gave
me
an answer: O give me
knowledge of your rules.
119:27 Make the way of your orders clear to me; then my
thoughts
will be ever on your
wonders.
119:28 My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again
in
keeping with your
word
119:29 Take from me every false way; and in mercy give me
your
law.
119:30 I have taken the way of faith: I have kept your
decisions
before me.
119:31 I have been true to your unchanging word; O Lord, do
not
put me to shame.
119:32 I will go quickly in the way of your teaching,
because
you have given me a
free heart.
119:33 <HE> O Lord, let me see the way of your rules,
and I will
keep it to the end.
119:34 Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going
after
it with all my heart.
119:35 Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are
my
delight.
119:36 Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and
not
to evil desire.
119:37 Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give
me
life in your ways.
119:38 Give effect to your word to your servant, in whose
heart
is the fear of you.
119:39 Take away the shame which is my fear; for your
decisions
are good.
119:40 See how great is my desire for your orders: give me
life
in your
righteousness.
119:41 <VAU> Let your mercies come to me, O Lord, even
your
salvation, as you
have said.
119:42 So that I may have an answer for the man who would
put me
to shame; for I have
faith in your word.
119:43 Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I
have
put my hope in your
decisions.
119:44 So that I may keep your law for ever and ever;
119:45 So that my way may be in a wide place: because my
search
has been for your
orders.
119:46 So that I may give knowledge of your unchanging word
before kings, and not
be put to shame.
119:47 And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to
which I have given my
love.
119:48 And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and
I
will give thought to
your rules.
119:49 <ZAIN> Keep in mind your word to your servant,
for on it
has my hope been
fixed.
119:50 This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings
have
given me life.
119:51 The men of pride have made great sport of me; but I
have
not been turned from
your law.
119:52 I have kept the memory of your decisions from times
past,
O Lord; and they have
been my comfort.
119:53 I am burning with wrath, because of the sinners who
have
given up your law.
119:54 Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have
been
living in strange
lands.
119:55 I have given thought to your name in the night, O
Lord,
and have kept your
law.
119:56 This has been true of me, that I have kept your
orders in
my heart.
119:57 <CHETH> The Lord is my heritage: I have said
that I would
be ruled by your
words.
119:58 I have given my mind to do your pleasure with all my
heart; have mercy on
me, as you have said.
119:59 I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned
into
the way of your
unchanging word.
119:60 I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be
wasted.
119:61 The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept
in
mind your law.
119:62 In the middle of the night I will get up to give you
praise, because of
all your right decisions.
119:63 I keep company with all your worshippers, and those
who
have your orders in
their memory.
119:64 The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy: give me
knowledge of your
rules.
119:65 <TETH> You have done good to your servant, O
Lord, in
keeping with your
word.
119:66 Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my
faith
in your teachings.
119:67 Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but
now I
keep your word.
119:68 You are good, and your works are good; give me
knowledge
of your rules.
119:69 The men of pride have said false things about me; but
I
will keep your orders
in my heart.
119:70 Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is
in
your law.
119:71 It is good for me to have been through trouble; so
that I
might come to the
knowledge of your rules.
119:72 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands
of
gold and silver.
119:73 <JOD> Your hands have made me, and given me
form: give me
wisdom, so that I may
have knowledge of your teaching.
119:74 Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my
hope
has been in your
word.
119:75 I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right,
and
that in unchanging
faith you have sent trouble on me.
119:76 Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to
your servant.
119:77 Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may
have
life; for your law is
my delight.
119:78 Let the men of pride be shamed; because they have
falsely
given decision
against me; but I will give thought to your
orders.
119:79 Let your worshippers be turned to me, and those who
have
knowledge of your
words.
119:80 Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may
not be put to shame.
119:81 <CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your
salvation:
but I have hope in
your word.
119:82 My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your
word, saying, When
will you give me comfort?
119:83 For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke;
but
I still keep the
memory of your rules.
119:84 How short is the life of your servant! when will you
give
your decision against
those who are attacking me?
119:85 The men of pride, who are turned away from your law,
have
put nets for me.
119:86 All your teachings are certain; they go after me with
evil design; give me
your help.
119:87 They had almost put an end to me on earth; but I did
not
give up your orders.
119:88 Give me life in your mercy; so that I may be ruled by
the
unchanging word of
your mouth.
119:89 <LAMED> For ever, O Lord, your word is fixed in
heaven.
119:90 Your faith is unchanging from generation to
generation:
you have put the
earth in its place, and it is not moved.
119:91 They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all
things
are your servants.
119:92 If your law had not been my delight, my troubles
would
have put an end to
me.
119:93 I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I
have
life.
119:94 I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been
for
your rules.
119:95 The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to
destruction; but I
will give all my mind to your unchanging
ward.
119:96 I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but
your
teaching is very
wide.
119:97 <MEM> O what love I have for your law! I give
thought to
it all the day.
119:98 Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for
it is
mine for ever.
119:99 I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I
give thought to your
unchanging word.
119:100 I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept
your orders.
119:101 I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that
I
might be true to your
word.
119:102 My heart has not been turned away from your
decisions;
for you have been my
teacher.
119:103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they
are
sweeter than honey in
my mouth!
119:104 Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I
am a
hater of every false
way.
119:105 <NUN> Your word is a light for my feet, ever
shining on
my way.
119:106 I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by
your
upright decisions.
119:107 I am greatly troubled, O Lord, give me life in
keeping
with your word.
119:108 Take, O Lord, the free offerings of my mouth, and
give
me knowledge of your
decisions.
119:109 My soul is ever in danger; but I still keep the
memory
of your law.
119:110 Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to
your orders.
119:111 I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal
heritage; for it is
the joy of my heart.
119:112 My heart is ever ready to keep your rules, even to
the
end.
119:113 <SAMECH> I am a hater of men of doubting mind;
but I am
a lover of your law.
119:114 You are my secret place and my breastplate against
danger; my hope is in
your word.
119:115 Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep
the
teachings of my God.
119:116 Be my support as you have said, and give me life;
let
not my hope be turned
to shame.
119:117 Let me not be moved, and I will be safe, and ever
take
delight in your
rules.
119:118 You have overcome all those who are wandering from
your
rules; for all their
thoughts are false.
119:119 All the sinners of the earth are like waste metal in
your eyes; and for
this cause I give my love to your unchanging
word.
119:120 My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to
your
decisions.
119:121 <AIN> I have done what is good and right: you
will not
give me into the
hands of those who are working against me.
119:122 Take your servant's interests into your keeping; let
me
not be crushed by the
men of pride.
119:123 My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation,
and
for the word of your
righteousness.
119:124 Be good to your servant in your mercy, and give me
teaching in your
rules.
119:125 I am your servant; give me wisdom, so that I may
have
knowledge of your
unchanging word.
119:126 It is time, O Lord, for you to let your work be
seen;
for they have made
your law without effect.
119:127 For this reason I have greater love far your
teachings
than for gold, even
for shining gold.
119:128 Because of it I keep straight in all things by your
orders; and I am a
hater of every false way.
119:129 <PE> Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for
this
reason my soul keeps
it.
119:130 The opening of your words gives light; it gives good
sense to the simple.
119:131 My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire
for
your teachings.
119:132 Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me,
as
it is right for you
to do to those who are lovers of your name.
119:133 Let my steps be guided by your word; and let not sin
have control over me.
119:134 Make me free from the cruel rule of man; then I will
keep your orders.
119:135 Let your servant see the shining of your face; give
me
knowledge of your
rules.
119:136 Rivers of water are flowing from my eyes, because
men do
not keep your law.
119:137 <TZADE> O Lord, great is your righteousness,
and upright
are your decisions.
119:138 You have given your unchanging word in
righteousness,
and it is for ever.
119:139 My passion has overcome me; because my haters are
turned
away from your words.
119:140 Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your
servant.
119:141 I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders
in
mind.
119:142 Your righteousness is an unchanging righteousness,
and
your law is certain.
119:143 Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your
teachings
are my delight.
119:144 The righteousness of your unchanging word is
eternal;
give me wisdom so
that I may have life.
119:145 <KOPH> I have made my prayer with all my
heart; give
answer to me, O Lord:
I will keep your rules.
119:146 My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble,
and I
will be guided by
your unchanging word.
119:147 Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your
ear;
my hope is in your
words.
119:148 In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give
thought to your
saying.
119:149 Let my voice come to you, in your mercy; O Lord, by
your
decisions give me
life.
119:150 Those who have evil designs against me come near;
they
are far from your
law.
119:151 You are near, O Lord; and all your teachings are
true.
119:152 I have long had knowledge that your unchanging word
is
for ever.
119:153 <RESH> O see my trouble, and be my saviour;
for I keep
your law in my mind,
119:154 Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me
life,
as you have said.
119:155 Salvation is far from evil-doers; for they have made
no
search for your
rules.
119:156 Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me
life in keeping with
your decisions.
119:157 Great is the number of those who are against me; but
I
have not been turned
away from your unchanging word.
119:158 I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for
they
did not keep your
saying.
119:159 See how great is my love for your orders: give me
life,
O Lord, in keeping
with your mercy.
119:160 Your word is true from the first; and your upright
decision is
unchanging for ever.
119:161 <SHIN> Rulers have been cruel to me without
cause; but I
have the fear of your
word in my heart.
119:162 I am delighted by your saying, like a man who makes
discovery of great
wealth.
119:163 I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I
am
a lover of your law.
119:164 Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of
your
upright decisions.
119:165 Great peace have lovers of your law; they have no cause
for falling.
119:166 Lord, my hope has been in your salvation; and I have
kept your teachings.
119:167 My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my
love
for it.
119:168 I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways
are
before you.
119:169 <TAU> Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give
me wisdom
in keeping with your
word.
119:170 Let my prayer come before you; take me out of
trouble,
as you have said.
119:171 Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have
given me knowledge of
your rules.
119:172 Let my tongue make songs in praise of your word; for
all
your teachings are
righteousness.
119:173 Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given
my
heart to your orders.
119:174 All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and
your law is my
delight.
119:175 Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise;
and
let your decisions be
my support.
119:176 I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep;
make
search for your
servant; for I keep your teachings ever in
mind.
120:1 <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry
went up to
the Lord, and he gave
me an answer.
120:2 O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and
from the tongue of
deceit.
120:3 What punishment will he give you? what more will he do
to
you, you false
tongue?
120:4 Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.
120:5 Sorrow is mine because I am strange in Meshech, and
living
in the tents of
Kedar.
120:6 My soul has long been living with the haters of peace.
120:7 I am for peace: but when I say so, they are for war.
121:1 <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up
to the
hills: O where will
my help come from?
121:2 Your help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and
earth.
121:3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep
has he
who keeps you.
121:4 See, the eyes of Israel's keeper will not be shut in
sleep.
121:5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on
your
right hand.
121:6 You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by
the
moon at night.
121:7 The Lord will keep you safe from all evil; he will
take
care of your soul.
121:8 The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your
coming in, from this
time and for ever.
122:1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad
because
they said to me, We
will go into the house of the Lord.
122:2 At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem.
122:3 O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined
together;
122:4 To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the
Lord,
for a witness to
Israel, to give praise to the name of the
Lord.
122:5 For there seats for the judges were placed, even the
rulers' seats of the
line of David.
122:6 O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they
whose
love is given to you
do well.
122:7 May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your
noble
houses.
122:8 Because of my brothers and friends, I will now say,
Let
peace be with you.
122:9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be
working for your
good.
123:1 <A Song of the going up.> To you my eyes are
lifted up,
even to you whose
seat is in the heavens.
123:2 See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands
of
their masters, and
the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so
our eyes are waiting
for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on
us.
123:3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all
men
are looking down on
us.
123:4 For long enough have men of pride made sport of our
soul.
124:1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> If it had
not been the
Lord who was on our
side (let Israel now say);
124:2 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when
men
came up against us;
124:3 They would have made a meal of us while still living,
in
the heat of their
wrath against us:
124:4 We would have been covered by the waters; the streams
would have gone over
our soul;
124:5 Yes, the waters of pride would have gone over our
soul.
124:6 Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded
by
their teeth.
124:7 Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of
those
who would take her:
the net is broken, and we are free.
124:8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of
heaven
and earth.
125:1 <A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in
the Lord
are like the mountain
of Zion, which may not be moved, but
keeps its place for
ever.
125:2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the
Lord is
round about his
people, from this time and for ever.
125:3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the
heritage
of the upright; so
that the upright may not put out their hands
to evil.
125:4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those
who
are upright in heart.
125:5 But as for such as are turned out of the straight way,
the
Lord will take them
away with the workers of evil. Let peace be
on Israel.
126:1 <A Song of the going up.> When the Lord made a
change in
Zion's fate, we were
like men in a dream.
126:2 Then our mouths were full of laughing, and our tongues
gave a glad cry; they
said among the nations, The Lord has done
great things for
them.
126:3 The Lord has done great things for us; because of
which we
are glad.
126:4 Let our fate be changed, O Lord, like the streams in
the
South.
126:5 Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the
grain
with cries of joy.
126:6 Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of
seed
with him; he will
come again in joy, with the corded stems of
grain in his arms.
127:1 <A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the
Lord is not
helping the builders,
then the building of a house is to no
purpose: if the Lord
does not keep the town, the watchman keeps
his watch for
nothing.
127:2 It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go
late to
your rest, with the
bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord
gives to his loved
ones in sleep.
127:3 See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of
the
body is his reward.
127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the
children
of the young.
127:5 Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will
not
be put to shame, but
his cause will be supported by them
against his haters.
128:1 <A Song of the going up.> Happy is the
worshipper of the
Lord, who is walking
in his ways.
128:2 You will have the fruit of the work of your hands:
happy
will you be, and all
will be well for you.
128:3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost
parts
of your house: your
children will be like olive plants round
your table.
128:4 See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the
Lord.
128:5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you
see
the good of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
128:6 May you see your children's children. Peace be on
Israel.
129:1 <A Song of the going up.> Great have been my
troubles from
the time when I was
young (let Israel now say);
129:2 Great have been my troubles from the time when I was
young, but my
troubles have not overcome me.
129:3 The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the
wounds they made.
129:4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are
broken
in two.
129:5 Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
129:6 Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is
dry
before it comes to
full growth.
129:7 He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they
do
not make bands of it
for the grain-stems.
129:8 And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the
Lord
be on you; we give
you blessing in the name of the Lord.
130:1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I
sent up
my cry to you, O
Lord.
130:2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be
awake
to the voice of my
prayer.
130:3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go
free?
130:4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be
feared.
130:5 I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him,
and
my hope is in his
word.
130:6 My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who
are
watching for the
morning; yes, more than the watchers for the
morning.
130:7 O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is
mercy and full
salvation.
130:8 And he will make Israel free from all his sins.
131:1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there
is no
pride in my heart and
my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not
taken part in great
undertakings, or in things over-hard for
me.
131:2 See, I have made my soul calm and quiet, like a child
on
its mother's breast;
my soul is like a child on its mother's
breast.
131:3 O Israel, have hope in the Lord, from this time and
for
ever.
132:1 <A Song of the going up.> Lord, give thought to
David, and
to all his troubles;
132:2 How he made an oath to the Lord, and gave his word to
the
great God of Jacob,
saying,
132:3 Truly, I will not come into my house, or go to my bed,
132:4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my
eyeballs,
132:5 Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place
for
the great God of
Jacob.
132:6 We had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the
fields of the wood.
132:7 Let us go into his tent; let us give worship at his
feet.
132:8 Come back, O Lord, to your resting-place; you and the
ark
of your strength.
132:9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and
let
your saints give
cries of joy.
132:10 Because of your servant David, do not give up your
king.
132:11 The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not
take back, saying, I
will give your kingdom to the fruit of
your body.
132:12 If your children keep my word, and the teachings which
I
will give them, their
children will be rulers of your kingdom
for ever.
132:13 For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his
resting-place.
132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for
this
is my desire.
132:15 My blessing will be on her food; and her poor will be
full of bread.
132:16 Her priests will be clothed with salvation; and her
saints will give
cries of joy.
132:17 There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have
made
ready a light for my
king.
132:18 His haters will be clothed with shame; but I will
make
his crown shining.
133:1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> See how good
and how
pleasing it is for
brothers to be living together in harmony!
133:2 It is like oil of great price on the head, flowing
down
over the face, even
Aaron's face: coming down to the edge of
his robe;
133:3 Like the dew of Hermon, which comes down on the
mountains
of Zion: for there
the Lord gave orders for the blessing, even
life for ever.
134:1 <A Song of the going up.> Give praise to the
Lord, all you
servants of the Lord,
who take your places in the house of the
Lord by night.
134:2 Give praise to the Lord, lifting up your hands in his
holy
place.
134:3 May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, send you
blessing
out of Zion,
135:1 Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord,
give
praise to the name of
the Lord.
135:2 You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open
spaces of the house
of our God,
135:3 Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his
name, for it is
pleasing.
135:4 For the Lord has taken Jacob for himself, and Israel
for
his property.
135:5 I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is
greater than all
other gods.
135:6 The Lord has done whatever was pleasing to him, in
heaven,
and on the earth, in
the seas and in all the deep waters.
135:7 He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth;
he
makes thunder-flames
for the rain; he sends out the winds from
his store-houses.
135:8 He put to death the first-fruits of Egypt, of man and
of
beast.
135:9 He sent signs and wonders among you, O Egypt, on
Pharaoh,
and on all his
servants.
135:10 He overcame great nations, and put strong kings to
death;
135:11 Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan,
and
all the kingdoms of
Canaan;
135:12 And gave their land for a heritage, even for a
heritage
to Israel his people.
135:13 O Lord, your name is eternal; and the memory of you
will
have no end.
135:14 For the Lord will be judge of his people's cause; his
feelings will be
changed to his servants.
135:15 The images of the nations are silver and gold, the
work
of men's hands.
135:16 They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but
they
do not see;
135:17 They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no
breath in
their mouths.
135:18 Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone
who
puts his hope in
them.
135:19 Give praise to the Lord, O children of Israel: give
praise to the Lord, O
sons of Aaron:
135:20 Give praise to the Lord, O sons of Levi: let all the
worshippers of the
Lord give him praise.
135:21 Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord
whose
house is in
Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised.
136:1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his
mercy
is unchanging for
ever.
136:2 O give praise to the God of gods: for his mercy is
unchanging for ever.
136:3 O give praise to the Lord of lords: for his mercy is
unchanging for ever.
136:4 To him who only does great wonders: for his mercy is
unchanging for ever.
136:5 To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy
is
unchanging for ever.
136:6 To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the
waters: for his mercy
is unchanging for ever.
136:7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy is
unchanging
for ever.
136:8 The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is
unchanging
for ever.
136:9 The moon and the stars to have rule by night: for his
mercy is unchanging
for ever.
136:10 To him who put to death the first-fruits of Egypt:
for
his mercy is
unchanging for ever:
136:11 And took out Israel from among them: for his mercy is
unchanging for ever:
136:12 With a strong hand and an outstretched arm: for his
mercy
is unchanging for
ever.
136:13 To him who made a way through the Red Sea: for his
mercy
is unchanging for
ever:
136:14 And let Israel go through it: for his mercy is
unchanging
for ever:
136:15 By him Pharaoh and his army were overturned in the
Red
Sea: for his mercy is
unchanging for ever.
136:16 To him who took his people through the waste land:
for
his mercy is
unchanging for ever.
136:17 To him who overcame great kings: for his mercy is
unchanging for ever:
136:18 And put noble kings to death: for his mercy is
unchanging
for ever:
136:19 Sihon, king of the Amorites: for his mercy is
unchanging
for ever:
136:20 And Og, king of Bashan: for his mercy is unchanging
for
ever:
136:21 And gave their land to his people for a heritage: for
his
mercy is unchanging
for ever.
136:22 Even a heritage for his servant Israel: for his mercy
is
unchanging for ever.
136:23 Who kept us in mind when we were in trouble: for his
mercy is unchanging
for ever.
136:24 And has taken us out of the hands of our haters: for
his
mercy is unchanging
for ever.
136:25 Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy is
unchanging
for ever.
136:26 O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is
unchanging for ever.
137:1 By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at
the
memory of Zion,
137:2 Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the
waterside.
137:3 For there those who had taken us prisoners made
request
for a song; and those
who had taken away all we had gave us
orders to be glad,
saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.
137:4 How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?
137:5 If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my
right
hand keep the memory
of its art.
137:6 If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not
put
Jerusalem before my
greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the
roof of my mouth.
137:7 O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the
day
of Jerusalem; how
they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered
even to its base.
137:8 O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction;
happy is
the man who does to
you what you have done to us.
137:9 Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing
them
against the rocks.
138:1 <Of David.> I will give you praise with all my
heart: I
will make melody to
you before the gods.
138:2 I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising
your
name for your mercy
and for your unchanging faith: for you have
made your word
greater than all your name.
138:3 When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer,
and
made me great with
strength in my soul.
138:4 All the kings of the earth will give you praise, O
Lord,
when the words of
your mouth come to their ears.
138:5 They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for
great
is the glory of the
Lord.
138:6 Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low;
and he
has knowledge from
far off of those who are lifted up.
138:7 Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life;
your
hand will be
stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and
your right hand will
be my salvation.
138:8 The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord,
your mercy is
eternal; do not give up the works of your hands.
139:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O
Lord, you
have knowledge of me,
searching out all my secrets.
139:2 You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up,
you
see my thoughts from
far away.
139:3 You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have
knowledge of all my
ways.
139:4 For there is not a word on my tongue which is not
clear to
you, O Lord.
139:5 I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put
your
hand on me.
139:6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it
is
so high that I may
not come near it.
139:7 Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in
flight
from you?
139:8 If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my
bed
in the underworld,
you are there.
139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the
farthest
parts of the sea;
139:10 Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your
right
hand will keep me.
139:11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the
light about me be
night;
139:12 Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as
bright
as the day: for dark
and light are the same to you.
139:13 My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined
together in
my mother's body.
139:14 I will give you praise, for I am strangely and
delicately
formed; your works
are great wonders, and of this my soul is
fully conscious.
139:15 My frame was not unseen by you when I was made
secretly,
and strangely formed
in the lowest parts of the earth.
139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all
my
days were recorded,
even those which were purposed before they
had come into being.
139:17 How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is
the
number of them!
139:18 If I made up their number, it would be more than the
grains of sand; when
I am awake, I am still with you.
139:19 If only you would put the sinners to death, O God; go
far
from me, you men of
blood.
139:20 For they go against you with evil designs, and your
haters make sport of
your name.
139:21 Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not
those
who are lifted up
against you a cause of grief to me?
139:22 My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are
as
if they were making
war on me.
139:23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and
let
my wandering thoughts
be tested:
139:24 See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my
guide
in the eternal way.
140:1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O
Lord,
take me out of the
power of the evil man; keep me safe from the
violent man:
140:2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they
are
ever making ready
causes of war.
140:3 Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake;
the
poison of snakes is
under their lips. (Selah.)
140:4 O Lord, take me out of the hands of sinners; keep me
safe
from the violent man:
for they are designing my downfall.
140:5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet;
stretching nets in my
way, so that they may take me with their
tricks. (Selah.)
140:6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O
Lord,
to the voice of my
prayer.
140:7 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have
been a
cover over my head in
the day of the fight.
140:8 O Lord, give not the wrongdoer his desire; give him no
help in his evil
designs, or he may be uplifted in pride.
(Selah.)
140:9 As for those who come round me, let their heads be
covered
by the evil of their
lips.
140:10 Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put
into the fire, and
into deep waters, so that they may not get
up again.
140:11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let
destruction overtake
the violent man with blow on blow.
140:12 I am certain that the Lord will take care of the
cause of
the poor, and of the
rights of those who are troubled.
140:13 Truly, the upright will give praise to your name: the
holy will have a
place in your house.
141:1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, I have made my cry to
you; come
to me quickly; give
ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.
141:2 Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet
smell;
and let the lifting
up of my hands be like the evening
offering.
141:3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of
my
lips.
141:4 Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from
taking
part in the sins of
the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and
let me have no part
in their good things.
141:5 Let the upright give me punishment; and let the
god-fearing man put
me in the right way; but I will not let the
oil of sinners come
on my head: when they do evil I will give
myself to prayer.
141:6 When destruction comes to their judges by the side of
the
rock, they will give
ear to my words, for they are sweet.
141:7 Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the
underworld, as
the earth is broken
by the plough.
141:8 But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is
in
you; let not my soul
be given up to death.
141:9 Keep me from the net which they have put down for me,
and
from the designs of
the workers of evil.
141:10 Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they
themselves have put
down, while I go free.
142:1 <Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the
hole of
the rock.> The
sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my
voice I made my
prayer for grace to the Lord.
142:2 I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him
all
my trouble.
142:3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my
goings;
nets have been
secretly placed in the way in which I go.
142:4 Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my
friend:
I had no safe place;
no one had any care for my soul.
142:5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You
are my
safe place, and my
heritage in the land of the living.
142:6 Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me
out of
the hands of my
haters, for they are stronger than I.
142:7 Take my soul out of prison, so that I may give praise
to
your name: the
upright will give praise because of me; for you
have given me a full
reward.
143:1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you,
O Lord;
give ear to my
requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and
give me an answer in
your righteousness;
143:2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for
no
man living is upright
in your eyes.
143:3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is
crushed
down to the earth: he
has put me in the dark, like those who
have long been dead.
143:4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is
full of fear.
143:5 I keep in mind the early days of the past, giving
thought
to all your acts,
even to the work of your hands.
143:6 My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned
to
you, like a land in
need of water. (Selah.)
143:7 Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of
my
spirit is gone: let
me see your face, so that I may not be like
those who go down
into the underworld.
143:8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning,
for
my hope is in you:
give me knowledge of the way in which I am
to go; for my soul is
lifted up to you.
143:9 O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters; my soul
is
waiting for you.
143:10 Give me teaching so that I may do your pleasure; for
you
are my God: let your
good Spirit be my guide into the land of
righteousness.
143:11 Give me life, O Lord, because of your name; in your
righteousness take my
soul out of trouble.
143:12 And in your mercy put an end to my haters, and send
destruction on all
those who are against my soul; for I am your
servant.
144:1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Praise be to the God of my
strength,
teaching my hands the
use of the sword, and my fingers the art
of fighting:
144:2 He is my strength, and my Rock; my high tower, and my
saviour; my keeper
and my hope: he gives me authority over my
people.
144:3 Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the
son
of man that you take
him into account?
144:4 Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which
is
quickly gone.
144:5 Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch
let
the mountains give
out smoke.
144:6 With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out
your
arrows for their
destruction.
144:7 Put out your hand from on high; make me free, take me
safely out of the
great waters, and out of the hands of strange
men;
144:8 In whose mouths are false words, and whose right hand
is a
right hand of deceit.
144:9 I will make a new song to you, O God; I will make
melody
to you on an
instrument of ten cords.
144:10 It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept
his
servant David from
the wounding sword.
144:11 Make me free, and take me out of the hands of strange
men, in whose mouths
are false words, and whose right hand is a
right hand of deceit.
144:12 Our sons are like tall young plants; and our
daughters
like the shining
stones of a king's house;
144:13 Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our
sheep give birth to
thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
144:14 Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth
safely; there is no
going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in
our open places.
144:15 Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes,
happy
is the nation whose
God is the Lord.
145:1 <A Song of praise. Of David.> Let me give glory
to you, O
God, my King; and
blessing to your name for ever and ever.
145:2 Every day will I give you blessing, praising your name
for
ever and ever.
145:3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his
power
may never be searched
out.
145:4 One generation after another will give praise to your
great acts, and make
clear the operation of your strength.
145:5 My thoughts will be of the honour and glory of your
rule,
and of the wonder of
your works.
145:6 Men will be talking of the power and fear of your
acts; I
will give word of
your glory.
145:7 Their sayings will be full of the memory of all your
mercy, and they will
make songs of your righteousness.
145:8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry,
but
great in mercy.
145:9 The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over
all
his works.
145:10 All the works of your hands give praise to you, O
Lord;
and your saints give
you blessing.
145:11 Their words will be of the glory of your kingdom, and
their talk of your
strength;
145:12 So that the sons of men may have knowledge of his
acts of
power, and of the
great glory of his kingdom.
145:13 Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your rule is
through all
generations.
145:14 The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and
the
lifter up of all who
are bent down.
145:15 The eyes of all men are waiting for you; and you give
them their food in
its time.
145:16 By the opening of your hand, every living thing has
its
desire in full
measure.
145:17 The Lord is upright in all his ways, and kind in all
his
works.
145:18 The Lord is near all those who give honour to his
name;
even to all who give
honour to him with true hearts.
145:19 To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their
cry
comes to his ears,
and he gives them salvation.
145:20 The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger;
but
he will send
destruction on all sinners.
145:21 My mouth will give praise to the Lord; let all flesh
be
blessing his holy
name for ever and ever.
146:1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my
soul.
146:2 While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I
will
make melody to my God
while I have my being.
146:3 Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in
whom there is no
salvation.
146:4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to
dust; in
that day all his purposes
come to an end.
146:5 Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his
help,
whose hope is in the
Lord his God:
146:6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in
them; who keeps faith
for ever:
146:7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down;
and
gives food to those
who are in need of it: the Lord makes the
prisoners free;
146:8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is
the
lifter up of those
who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of
the upright;
146:9 The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange
land; he
gives help to the
widow and to the child who has no father; but
he sends destruction
on the way of sinners.
146:10 The Lord will be King for ever; your God, O Zion,
will be
King through all
generations. Praise be to the Lord.
147:1 Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody
to
our God; praise is
pleasing and beautiful.
147:2 The Lord is building up Jerusalem; he makes all the
outlaws of Israel
come together.
147:3 He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on
their
wounds.
147:4 He sees the number of the stars; he gives them all
their
names.
147:5 Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no
limit
to his wisdom.
147:6 The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he
sends
sinners down in
shame.
147:7 Make songs of praise to the Lord; make melody to our
God
with instruments of
music.
147:8 By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain
is
stored up for the
earth; he makes the grass tall on the
mountains.
147:9 He gives food to every beast, and to the young ravens
in
answer to their cry.
147:10 He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he
takes no
pleasure in the legs
of a man.
147:11 The Lord takes pleasure in his worshippers, and in
those
whose hope is in his
mercy.
147:12 Give praise to the Lord, O Jerusalem; give praise to
your
God, O Zion.
147:13 He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he
has
sent blessings on
your children inside your walls.
147:14 He gives peace in all your land, making your stores
full
of fat grain.
147:15 He sends out his orders to the earth; his word goes
out
quickly.
147:16 He gives snow like wool; he sends out ice-drops like
dust.
147:17 He sends down ice like raindrops: water is made hard
by
his cold.
147:18 At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to
water;
when he sends out his
wind, there is a flowing of waters.
147:19 He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his
laws and his
decisions.
147:20 He has not done these things for any other nation:
and as
for his laws, they
have no knowledge of them. Let the Lord be
praised.
148:1 Give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised from
the
heavens: give him
praise in the skies.
148:2 Give praise to him, all you his angels: give praise to
him, all his armies.
148:3 Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to
him,
all you stars of
light.
148:4 Give praise to him, you highest heavens, and you
waters
which are over the
heavens.
148:5 Let them give praise to the name of the Lord: for he
gave
the order, and they
were made.
148:6 He has put them in their places for ever; he has given
them their limits
which may not be broken.
148:7 Give praise to the Lord from the earth, you great
sea-beasts, and deep
places:
148:8 Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind,
doing
his word:
148:9 Mountains and all hills; fruit-trees and all trees of
the
mountains:
148:10 Beasts and all cattle; insects and winged birds:
148:11 Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all
judges of the earth:
148:12 Young men and virgins; old men and children:
148:13 Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his
name
only is to be
praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the
heaven.
148:14 He has put on high the horn of his people, for the
praise
of all his saints;
even the children of Israel, a people which
is near to him. Let
the Lord be praised.
149:1 Let the Lord be praised. Make a new song to the Lord,
let
his praise be in the
meeting of his saints.
149:2 Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of
Zion
be glad in their
King.
149:3 Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let
them
make melody to him
with instruments of brass and corded
instruments of music.
149:4 For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the
poor
in spirit a crown of
salvation.
149:5 Let the saints have joy and glory: let them give cries
of
joy on their beds.
149:6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a
two-edged sword in
their hands;
149:7 To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the
peoples their
punishment;
149:8 To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in
bands of
iron;
149:9 To give them the punishment which is in the holy writings:
this honour is given
to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.
150:1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to God in his
holy
place: give him
praise in the heaven of his power.
150:2 Give him praise for his acts of power: give him praise
in
the measure of his
great strength.
150:3 Give him praise with the sound of the horn: give him
praise with corded
instruments of music.
150:4 Give him praise with instruments of brass and in the
dance: give him
praise with horns and corded instruments.
150:5 Give him praise with the loud brass: give him praise
with
the high-sounding
brass.
150:6 Let everything which has breath give praise to the
Lord.
Let the Lord be praised.