The Online Library of Liberty

A project of Liberty Fund, Inc.

• Advertisement.
• Revisers’ Preface.
• Old Testament
• The First Book of Moses, Commonly Called Genesis.
• The Second Book of Moses, Commonly Called Exodus.
• The Third Book of Moses, Commonly Called Leviticus.
• The Fourth Book of Moses, Commonly Called Numbers.
• The Fifth Book of Moses, Called Deuteronomy.
• The Book of Joshua.
• The Book of Judges.
• The Book of Ruth.
• The First Book of Samuel.
• The Second Book of Samuel.
• The First Book of the Kings.
• The Second Book of the Kings.
• The First Book of the Chronicles.
• The Second Book of the Chronicles.
• Ezra.
• The Book of Nehemiah.
• The Book of Esther.
• The Book of Job.
• The Psalms.
• Book I.
• Book II.
• Book III.
• Book IV.
• Book V.
• The Proverbs.
• Ecclesiastes; Or, the Preacher.
• The Song of Songs.
• The Book of the Prophet Isaiah.
• The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah.
• The Lamentations of Jeremiah.
• The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel.
• The Book of Daniel.
• Hosea.
• Joel.
• Amos.
• Obadiah.
• Jonah.
• Micah.
• Nahum.
• Habakkuk.
• Zephaniah.
• Haggai.
• Zechariah.
• Malachi.
• Appendix.
• Classes of Passages.

BOOK II.

42

For the Chief Musician; Maschil of the sons of Korah.

• 1

  As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
• So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

• 2

  My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
• When shall I come and appear before God?

• 3

  My tears have been my meat day and night,
• While they 1 continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

• 4

  These things I remember, and pour out my soul 2 within me,
• How I went with the throng, and 3 led them to the house of God,
• With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.

• 5

  Why art thou 4 cast down, O my soul?
• And why art thou disquieted within me?
• Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him
• 5For the 6 health of his countenance.

• 6

  O my God, my soul is cast down within me:
• Therefore do I remember thee from the land of Jordan,
• And the Hermons, from 7 the hill Mizar.

• 7

  Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy 8 waterspouts:
• All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

• 8

  Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day-time,
• And in the night his song shall be with me,
• Even a prayer unto the God of my life.

• 9

  I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?
• Why go I mourning 9 because of the oppression of the enemy?

• 10

  As with 10 a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me;
• While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

• 11

  Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
• And why art thou disquieted within me?
• Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,
• Who is the 1 health of my countenance, and my God.

43

• 1

  Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:
• O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

• 2

  For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off?
• Why go I mourning 2 because of the oppression of the enemy?

• 3

  O send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me:
• Let them bring me unto thy holy hill,
• And to thy tabernacles.

• 4

  Then will I go unto the altar of God,
• Unto God 3 my exceeding joy:
• And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.

• 5

  Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
• And why art thou disquieted within me?
• Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,
• Who is the 1 health of my countenance, and my God.

44

For the Chief Musician; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil

• • 1

    We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,
  • What work thou didst in their days, in the days of old.

  • 2

    Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in;
  • Thou didst afflict the peoples, and 4 didst spread them abroad.

  • 3

    For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword,
  • Neither did their own arm save them:
  • But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,
  • Because thou hadst a favour unto them.

  • 4

    Thou art my King, O God:
  • Command 5 deliverance for Jacob.

  • 5

    Through thee will we push down our adversaries:
  • Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

  • 6

    For I will not trust in my bow,
  • Neither shall my sword save me.

  • 7

    But thou hast saved us from our adversaries,
  • And hast put them to shame that hate us.

  • 8

    In God have we made our boast all the day long,
  • And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. [Selah

• • 9

    But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonour;
  • And goest not forth with our hosts.

  • 10

    Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary:
  • And they which hate us spoil for themselves.

  • 11

    Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;
  • And hast scattered us among the nations.

  • 12

    Thou sellest thy people for nought,
  • And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.

  • 13

    Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours,
  • A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

  • 14

    Thou makest us a byword among the nations,
  • A shaking of the head among the peoples.

  • 15

    All the day long is my dishonour before me,
  • And the shame of my face hath covered me,

  • 16

    For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth;
  • By reason of the enemy and the avenger.

  • 17

    All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,
  • Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

  • 18

    Our heart is not turned back,
  • Neither have our steps declined from thy way;

  • 19

    1 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals,
  • And covered us with the shadow of death.

  • 20

    If we have forgotten the name of our God,
  • Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

  • 21

    Shall not God search this out?
  • For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  • 22

    Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
  • We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

  • 23

    Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
  • Arise, cast us not off for ever.

  • 24

    Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
  • And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  • 25

    For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
  • Our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

  • 26

    Rise up for our help,
  • And redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.

45

For the Chief Musician; set to 2 Shoshannim; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves

• 1

  My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter:
• 3 I speak the things which I have made touching the king:
• My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

• 2

  Thou art fairer than the children of men;
• Grace is poured 4 into thy lips:
• Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

• 3

  Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one,
• Thy glory and thy majesty.

• 4

  And in thy majesty ride on prosperously,
• 5 Because of truth and meekness and righteousness:
• And 6 thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

• 5

  Thine arrows are sharp;
• The peoples fall under thee;
• They are in the heart of the king’s enemies.

• 6

  7 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:
• A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

• 7

  Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness:
• Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee
• With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

• 8

  All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia;
• Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

• 9

  Kings’ daughters are among thy honourable women:
• At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

• 10

  Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;
• Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

• 11

  So shall the king desire thy beauty:
• For he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

• 12

  And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift;
• Even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

• 13

  The king’s daughter 8 within the palace is all glorious:
• Her clothing is inwrought with gold.

• 14

  She shall be led unto the king 9 in broidered work:
• The virgins her companions that follow her
• Shall be brought unto thee.

• 15

  With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led:
• They shall enter into the king’s palace.

• 16

  Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,
• Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth.

• 17

  I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:
• Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever.

46

For the Chief Musician; a Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to Alamoth. A Song.

• 1

  God is our refuge and strength,
• A very present help in trouble.

• 2

  Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change,
• And though the mountains be moved in the heart of the seas;

• 3

  Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
• Though the mountains shake with the 1 swelling thereof. [Selah

• 4

  There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God,
• The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

• 5

  God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:
• God shall help her, 2 and that right early.

• 6

  The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved:
• He uttered his voice, the earth melted.

• 7

  The Lord of hosts is with us;
• The God of Jacob is our 3 refuge. [Selah

• 8

  Come, behold the works of the Lord,
• 4 What desolations he hath made in the earth.

• 9

  He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;
• He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;
• He burneth the chariots in the fire.

• 10

  5 Be still, and know that I am God:
• I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

• 11

  The Lord of hosts is with us;
• The God of Jacob is our 3 refuge. [Selah

47

For the Chief Musician; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.

• 1

  O clap your hands, all ye peoples;
• Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

• 2

  For 6 the Lord Most High is terrible;
• He is a great King over all the earth.

• 3

  He 7 shall subdue the peoples under us,
• And the nations under our feet.

• 4

  He 8 shall choose our inheritance for us,
• The excellency of Jacob whom he 9 loved. [Selah

• 5

  God is gone up with a shout,
• The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

• 6

  Sing praises to God, sing praises:
• Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

• 7

  For God is the King of all the earth:
• Sing ye praises 10 with understanding.

• 8

  God reigneth over the nations:
• God sitteth upon his holy throne.

• 9

  The princes of the peoples are gathered together
• 11To be the people of the God of Abraham:
• For the shields of the earth belong unto God;
• He is greatly exalted.

48

A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.

• 1

  Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised,
• In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

• 2

  Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
• Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north,
• The city of the great King.

• 3

  God hath made himself known in her palaces for a 3 refuge.

• 4

  For, lo, the kings assembled themselves,
• They 12 passed by together.

• 5

  They saw it, then were they amazed;
• They were dismayed, they 13 hasted away.

• 6

  Trembling took hold of them there;
• Pain, as of a woman in travail.

• 7

  14 With the east wind
• Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

• 8

  As we have heard, so have we seen
• In the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God:
• God will establish it for ever. [Selah

• 9

  We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God,
• In the midst of thy temple.

• 10

  As is thy name, O God,
• So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth:
• Thy right hand is full of righteousness.

• 11

  Let mount Zion be glad,
• Let the daughters of Judah rejoice,
• Because of thy judgements.

• 12

  Walk about Zion, and go round about her:
• Tell the towers thereof.

• 13

  Mark ye well her bulwarks,
• 1 Consider her palaces;
• That ye may tell it to the generation following.

• 14

  For this God is our God for ever and ever:
• He will be our guide even2 unto death.

49

For the Chief Musician; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.

• 1

  Hear this, all ye peoples;
• Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

• 2

  Both low and high,
• Rich and poor together.

• 3

  My mouth shall speak wisdom;
• And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

• 4

  I will incline mine ear to a parable:
• I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

• 5

  Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,
• When 3 iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

• 6

  They that trust in their wealth,
• And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

• 7

  None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
• Nor give to God a ransom for him:

• 8

  (For the redemption of their soul is costly,
• And must be let alone for ever:)

• 9

  That he should still live alway,
• That he should not see 4 corruption.

• 10

  5 For he seeth that wise men die,
• The fool and the brutish together perish,
• And leave their wealth to others.

• 11

  6 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,
• And their dwelling places to all generations;
• They call their lands after their own names.

• 12

  But 7 man abideth not in honour:
• He is like the beasts that perish.

• 13

  8 This their way is 9 their folly:
• Yet after them men approve their sayings. [Selah

• 14

  They are appointed as a flock for Sheol;
• Death shall be their shepherd:
• And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
• And their 10 beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.

• 15

  But God will redeem my soul from the 11 power of Sheol:
• For he shall receive me. [Selah

• 16

  Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,
• When the 12 glory of his house is increased:

• 17

  For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away;
• His glory shall not descend after him.

• 18

  Though while he lived he blessed his soul,
• And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,

• 19

  13 He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
• 14 They shall never see the light.

• 20

  Man that is in honour, and understandeth not,
• Is like the beasts that perish.

50

A Psalm of Asaph.

• 1

  15 God, even God, the Lord, hath spoken,
• And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

• 2

  Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
• God hath shined forth.

• 3

  Our God 16 shall come, and shall not keep silence:
• A fire shall devour before him,
• And it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

• 4

  He shall call to the heavens above,
• And to the earth, that he may judge his people.

• 5

  Gather my saints together unto me;
• Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

• 6

  And the heavens 1 shall declare his righteousness;
• For God is judge himself. [Selah

• 7

  Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
• O Israel, and I will testify 2 unto thee:
• I am God, even thy God.

• 8

  I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices;
• 3 And thy burnt offerings are continually before me.

• 9

  I will take no bullock out of thy house,
• Nor he-goats out of thy folds.

• 10

  For every beast of the forest is mine,
• And the cattle 4 upon a thousand hills.

• 11

  I know all the fowls of the mountains:
• And the wild beasts of the field are 5 mine.

• 12

  If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:
• For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

• 13

  Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
• Or drink the blood of goats?

• 14

  Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving;
• And pay thy vows unto the Most High:

• 15

  And call upon me in the day of trouble;
• I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

• 16

  But unto the wicked God saith,
• What hast thou to do to declare my statutes,
• And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth?

• 17

  Seeing thou hatest 6 instruction,
• And castest my words behind thee.

• 18

  When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him,
• And 7 hast been partaker with adulterers.

• 19

  Thou givest thy mouth to evil,
• And thy tongue frameth deceit.

• 20

  Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother;
• Thou 8 slanderest thine own mother’s son.

• 21

  These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;
• Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself:
• But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

• 22

  Now consider this, ye that forget God,
• Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

• 23

  Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me;
• 9 And to him that ordereth his 10 conversation aright
• Will I shew the salvation of God.

51

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David: when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

• 1

  Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
• According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

• 2

  Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,
• And cleanse me from my sin.

• 3

  For I 11 acknowledge my transgressions:
• And my sin is ever before me.

• 4

  Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
• And done that which is evil in thy sight:
• That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest,
• And be clear when thou judgest.

• 5

  Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;
• And in sin did my mother conceive me.

• 6

  Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
• And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

• 7

  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
• Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

• 8

  Make me to hear joy and gladness;
• That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

• 9

  Hide thy face from my sins,
• And blot out all mine iniquities.

• 10

  Create 1 in me a clean heart, O God;
• And renew a 2 right spirit within me.

• 11

  Cast me not away from thy presence;
• And take not thy holy spirit from me.

• 12

  Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation:
• And uphold me with a 3 free spirit.

• 13

  Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
• And sinners shall 4 be converted unto thee.

• 14

  Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation;
• And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

• 15

  O Lord, open thou my lips;
• And my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

• 16

  For thou delightest not in sacrifice; 5 else would I give it:
• Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering.

• 17

  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
• A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

• 18

  Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:
• Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

• 19

  Then shalt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering:
• Then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

52

For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David: when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.

• 1

  Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?
• The mercy of God endureth continually.

• 2

  Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness;
• Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

• 3

  Thou lovest evil more than good;
• And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah

• 4

  Thou lovest all devouring words,
• 6 O thou deceitful tongue.

• 5

  God shall likewise 7 destroy thee for ever,
• He shall take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent,
• And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah

• 6

  The righteous also shall see it, and fear,
• And shall laugh at him, saying,

• 7

  Lo, this is the man that made not God his 8 strength;
• But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
• And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

• 8

  But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God:
• I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

• 9

  I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it:
• And I will wait on thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints.

53

For the Chief Musician: set to Mahalath. Maschil of David.

• 1

  9 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
• Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity;
• There is none that doeth good.

• 2

  God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
• To see if there were any that did 10 understand,
• That did seek after God.

• 3

  Every one of them is gone back; they are together become filthy;
• There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

• 4

  Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge?
• Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
• And call not upon God.

• 5

  There were they in great fear, where no fear was:
• For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee;
• Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected them.

• 6

  Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!
• When God 1 bringeth back the captivity of his people,
• Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

54

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David: when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?

• 1

  Save me, O God, by thy name,
• And judge me in thy might.

• 2

  Hear my prayer, O God;
• Give ear to the words of my mouth.

• 3

  For 2 strangers are risen up against me,
• And violent men have sought after my soul:
• They have not set God before them. [Selah

• 4

  Behold, God is mine helper:
• The Lord is 3 of them that uphold my soul.

• 5

  4 He shall requite the evil unto 5 mine enemies:
• Destroy thou them in thy truth.

• 6

  With a freewill offering will I sacrifice unto thee:
• I will give thanks unto thy name, O Lord, for it is good.

• 7

  For he hath delivered me out of all trouble;
• And mine eye hath seen my desire upon mine enemies.

55

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David.

• 1

  Give ear to my prayer, O God;
• And hide not thyself from my supplication.

• 2

  Attend unto me, and answer me:
• I am restless in my complaint, and moan;

• 3

  Because of the voice of the enemy,
• Because of the oppression of the wicked;
• For they cast iniquity upon me,
• And in anger they persecute me.

• 4

  My heart is sore pained within me:
• And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

• 5

  Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,
• And horror hath overwhelmed me.

• 6

  And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
• Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

• 7

  Lo, then would I wander far off,
• I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah

• 8

  I would 6 haste me to a shelter
• From the stormy wind and tempest.

• 9

  7 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue:
• For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

• 10

  Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:
• Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

• 11

  Wickedness is in the midst thereof:
• 8 Oppression and guile depart not from her streets.

• 12

  For it was not an enemy that reproached me;
• Then I could have borne it:
• Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me;
• Then I would have hid myself from him:

• 13

  But it was thou, a man mine equal,
• My companion, and my familiar friend.

• 14

  We took sweet counsel together,
• We walked in the house of God with the throng.

• 15

  9 Let death come suddenly upon them,
• Let them go down alive into 10 the pit:
• For wickedness is in their dwelling, in 11 the midst of them.

• 16

  As for me, I will call upon God;
• And the Lord shall save me.

• 17

  Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan:
• And he shall hear my voice.

• 18

  He hath redeemed my soul in peace 1 from the battle that was against me:
• For they were many that strove with me.

• 19

  God shall hear, and 2 answer them,
• Even he that abideth of old, [Selah
• The men who have no changes,
• And who fear not God.

• 20

  He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him:
• He hath profaned his covenant.

• 21

  His mouth was smooth as butter,
• But his heart was war:
• His words were softer than oil,
• Yet were they drawn swords.

• 22

  Cast 3 thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee:
• He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

• 23

  But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
• Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
• But I will trust in thee.

56

For the Chief Musician; set to 4 Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David: Michtam, when the Philistines took him in Gath

• 1

  Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:
• All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

• 2

  5 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long:
• For they be many that fight proudly against me.

• 3

  What time I am afraid,
• I will put my trust in thee.

• 4

  In God I will praise his word:
• In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;
• What can flesh do unto me?

• 5

  All the day long they wrest my words:
• All their thoughts are against me for evil.

• 6

  They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,
• They mark my steps,
• 6 Even as they have waited for my soul.

• 7

  7 Shall they escape by iniquity?
• In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

• 8

  Thou tellest my wanderings:
• Put thou my tears into thy bottle;
• Are they not in thy 8 book?

• 9

  Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call:
• This I know, 9 that God is for me.

• 10

  In God will I praise his word:
• In the Lord will I praise his word.

• 11

  In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;
• What can man do unto me?

• 12

  Thy vows are upon me, O God:
• I will render thank offerings unto thee.

• 13

  For thou hast delivered my soul from death:
• Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling?
• That I may walk before God
• In the light of 10 the living.

57

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when he fled from Saul, in the cave.

• • 1

    Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me;
  • For my soul taketh refuge in thee:
  • Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge,
  • Until these11 calamities be overpast.

  • 2

    I will cry unto God Most High;
  • Unto God that performeth all things for me.

  • 3

    He shall send from heaven, and save me,
  • When he that would swallow me up reproacheth; [Selah
  • God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

  • 4

    My soul is among lions;
  • 1 I lie among them that are set on fire,
  • Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
  • And their tongue a sharp sword.

  • 5

    Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;
  • Let thy glory be above all the earth.

• • 6

    They have prepared a net for my steps;
  • My soul is bowed down:
  • They have digged a pit before me;
  • They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah

  • 7

    My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed:
  • I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

  • 8

    Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp:
  • 2 I myself will awake right early.

  • 9

    I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples:
  • I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

  • 10

    For thy mercy is great unto the heavens,
  • And thy truth unto the skies.

  • 11

    Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;
  • Let thy glory be above all the earth.

58

For the Chief Musician, set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David Michtam

• 1

  3 Do ye indeed 4 in silence speak righteousness?
• Do ye 5 judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

• 2

  Yea, in heart ye work wickedness;
• Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

• 3

  The wicked are estranged from the womb:
• They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

• 4

  Their poison is like the poison of a serpent:
• They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

• 5

  Which hearkeneth not to the voice of 6 charmers,
• Charming never so wisely.

• 6

  Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth:
• Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

• 7

  Let them melt away as water that runneth apace:
• When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

• 8

  Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away:
• Like the untimely birth of a woman, 7 that hath not seen the sun.

• 9

  Before your pots can feel the thorns,
• 8 He shall take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

• 10

  The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance:
• He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

• 11

  So that men shall say, Verily there is 9 a reward for the righteous:
• Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

59

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

• 1

  Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God:
• Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

• 2

  Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
• And save me from the bloodthirsty men.

• 3

  For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul;
• The mighty gather themselves together against me:
• Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.

• 4

  They run and prepare themselves without my fault:
• Awake thou to 10 help me, and behold.

• 5

  Even thou, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
• Arise to visit all the 11 heathen:
• Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. [Selah

• 6

  They return at evening, they make a noise like a dog,
• And go round about the city.

• 7

  Behold, they belch out with their mouth;
• Swords are in their lips:
• For who, say they, doth hear?

• 8

  But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them;
• Thou shalt have all the 1 heathen in derision.

• 9

  2 O my strength, I will wait upon thee:
• For God is my high tower.

• 10

  3 The God of my mercy shall prevent me:
• God shall let me see my desire upon 4 mine enemies.

• 11

  Slay them not, lest my people forget:
• 5 Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down,
• O Lord our shield.

• 12

  For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,
• Let them even be taken in their pride,
• And for cursing and lying which they speak.

• 13

  Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they be no more:
• And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob,
• Unto the ends of the earth. [Selah

• 14

  And at evening let them return, let them make a noise like a dog,
• And go round about the city.

• 15

  They shall wander up and down for meat,
• And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.

• 16

  But I will sing of thy strength;
• Yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning:
• For thou hast been my high tower,
• And a refuge in the day of my distress.

• 17

  Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises:
• For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.

60

1 For the Chief Musician; set to 6 Shushan Eduth: Michtam of David, to teach: when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-eobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.

• • 1

    O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down;
  • Thou hast been angry; O restore us again.

  • 2

    Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it:
  • Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

  • 3

    Thou hast shewed thy people hard things:
  • Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

  • 4

    Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee,
  • 7 That it may be displayed because of the truth. [Selah

• • 5

    That thy beloved may be delivered,
  • Save with thy right hand, and answer 8 us.

  • 6

    God hath spoken in his holiness; I will exult:
  • I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

  • 7

    Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
  • Ephraim also is the defence of mine head;
  • Judah is my 9 sceptre.

  • 8

    Moab is my washpot;
  • 10 Upon Edom will I cast my shoe:
  • Philistia, shout thou because of me.

  • 9

    Who will bring me into the strong city?
  • 11 Who hath led me unto Edom?

  • 10

    12 Hast not thou, O God, cast us off?
  • And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts.

  • 11

    Give us help against the adversary:
  • For vain is the 13 help of man.

  • 12

    Through God we shall do valiantly:
  • For he it is that shall tread down our adversaries.

61

For the Chief Musician; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.

• 1

  Hear my cry, O God;
• Attend unto my prayer.

• 2

  From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart 1 is overwhelmed:
• Lead me to 2 the rock that is higher than I.

• 3

  For thou hast been a refuge for me,
• A strong tower from the enemy.

• 4

  I will dwell in thy 3 tabernacle for ever:
• I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. [Selah

• 5

  For thou, O God, hast heard my vows:
• Thou hast 4 given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

• 6

  Thou wilt prolong the king’s life:
• His years shall be as many generations.

• 7

  He shall abide before God for ever:
• O prepare lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

• 8

  So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever,
• That I may daily perform my vows.

62

For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

• 1

  My soul 5 waiteth only upon God:
• From him cometh my salvation.

• 2

  He only is my rock and my salvation:
• He is my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.

• 3

  How long will ye set upon a man,
• 6 That ye may slay him, all of you,
• Like a bowing wall, like a tottering fence?

• 4

  They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency;
• They delight in lies:
• They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. [Selah

• 5

  My soul, 7 wait thou only upon God;
• For my expectation is from him.

• 6

  He only is my rock and my salvation:
• He is my high tower; I shall not be moved.

• 7

  With God is my salvation and my glory:
• The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

• 8

  Trust in him at all times, ye people;
• Pour out your heart before him:
• God is a refuge for us. [Selah

• 9

  Surely men of low degree are 8 vanity, and men of high degree are a lie:
• In the balances they will go up;
• They are together lighter than 8 vanity.

• 10

  Trust not in oppression,
• And become not vain in robbery:
• If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

• 11

  God hath spoken once,
• Twice have I heard this;
• That power belongeth unto God:

• 12

  Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy:
• For thou renderest to every man according to his work.

63

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

• 1

  O God, thou art my God; 9 early will I seek thee:
• My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee,
• In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

• 2

  So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary,
• To see thy power and thy glory.

• 3

  For thy lovingkindness is better than life;
• My lips shall praise thee.

• 4

  So will I bless thee while I live:
• I will lift up my hands in thy name.

• 5

  My soul shall be satisfied as with 10 marrow and fatness;
• And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;

• 6

  When I remember thee upon my bed,
• 11And meditate on thee in the night watches.

• 7

  For thou hast been my help,
• And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

• 8

  My soul followeth hard after thee:
• Thy right hand upholdeth me.

• 9

  But those that seek my soul, 1 to destroy it,
• Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

• 10

  They shall be 2 given over to the power of the sword:
• They shall be a portion for 3 foxes.

• 11

  But the king shall rejoice in God:
• Every one that sweareth by him shall glory;
• For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

64

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

• 1

  Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint:
• Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

• 2

  Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers;
• From the 4 tumult of the workers of iniquity:

• 3

  Who have whet their tongue like a sword,
• And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:

• 4

  That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect:
• Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

• 5

  They encourage themselves in an evil purpose;
• They commune of laying snares privily;
• They say, Who shall see them?

• 6

  They search out iniquities; 5 We have accomplished, say they, a diligent search:
• And the inward thought of every one, and the heart, is deep.

• 7

  But God shall shoot at them;
• With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.

• 8

  6 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them:
• All that see them shall 7 wag the head.

• 9

  And all men shall fear;
• And they shall declare the work of God,
• And shall wisely consider of his doing.

• 10

  The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him;
• And all the upright in heart shall glory.

65

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A Song of David.

• 1

  8 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion:
• And unto thee shall the vow be performed.

• 2

  O thou that hearest prayer,
• Unto thee shall all flesh come.

• 3

  9 Iniquities prevail against me:
• As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

• 4

  Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee,
• That he may dwell in thy courts:
• We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,
• The holy place of thy temple.

• 5

  By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness,
• O God of our salvation;
• Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
• 10 And of them that are afar off upon the sea:

• 6

  Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains;
• Being girded about with might:

• 7

  Which stilleth the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves,
• And the tumult of the peoples.

• 8

  They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:
• Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

• 9

  Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it,
• Thou greatly enrichest it;
• The river of God is full of water:
• Thou providest them corn, 11 when thou hast so prepared 12 the earth.

• 10

  Thou waterest her furrows abundantly;
• Thou 13 settlest the ridges thereof:
• Thou makest it soft with showers;
• Thou blessest the springing thereof.

• 11

  Thou crownest 14 the year with thy goodness;
• And thy paths drop fatness.

• 12

  1 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness:
• And the hills are girded with joy.

• 13

  The pastures are clothed with flocks;
• The valleys also are covered over with corn;
• They shout for joy, they also sing.

66

For the Chief Musician. A Song, a Psalm

• 1

  Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth:

• 2

  Sing forth the glory of his name:
• Make his praise glorious.

• 3

  Say unto God, How terrible are thy works!
• Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies 2 submit themselves unto thee.

• 4

  All the earth shall worship thee,
• And shall sing unto thee;
• They shall sing to thy name.

• 5

  Come, and see the works of God;
• He is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

• 6

  He turned the sea into dry land:
• They went through the river on foot:
• There 3 did we rejoice in him.

• 7

  He ruleth by his might for ever;
• His eyes observe the nations:
• Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. [Selah

• 8

  O bless our God, ye peoples,
• And make the voice of his praise to be heard:

• 9

  Which 4 holdeth our soul in life,
• And suffereth not our feet to be moved.

• 10

  For thou, O God, hast proved us:
• Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

• 11

  Thou broughtest us into the net;
• Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.

• 12

  Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads;
• We went through fire and through water;
• But thou broughtest us out into 5 a wealthy place.

• 13

  I will come into thy house with burnt offerings,
• I will pay thee my vows,

• 14

  Which my lips have uttered,
• And my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.

• 15

  I will offer unto thee burnt offerings of fatlings,
• With the incense of rams;
• I will offer bullocks with goats. [Selah

• 16

  Come, and hear, all ye that fear God,
• And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

• 17

  I cried unto him with my mouth,
• And 6 he was extolled with my tongue.

• 18

  If I 7 regard iniquity in my heart,
• The Lord 8 will not hear:

• 19

  But verily God hath heard;
• He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

• 20

  Blessed be God,
• Which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

67

For the Chief Musician, on stringed instruments A Psalm, a Song.

• 1

  God be merciful unto us, and bless us,
• And cause his face to shine 9 upon us; [Selah

• 2

  That thy way may be known upon earth,
• Thy saving health among all nations.

• 3

  Let the peoples 10 praise thee, O God;
• Let all the peoples praise thee.

• 4

  O let the nations be glad and sing for joy:
• For thou shalt judge the peoples with equity,
• And 11 govern the nations upon earth. [Selah

• 5

  Let the peoples praise thee, O God;
• Let all the peoples praise thee.

• 6

  The earth hath yielded her increase:
• God, even our own God, shall bless us.

• 7

  God shall bless us;
• And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

68

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, a Song.

• • 1

    Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered;
  • Let them also that hate him flee before him.

  • 2

    As smoke is driven away, so drive them away:
  • As wax melteth before the fire,
  • So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

  • 3

    But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God:
  • Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.

  • 4

    Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:
  • Cast up a high way for him that rideth through the deserts;
  • His name is jah; and exult ye before him.

  • 5

    A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,
  • Is God in his holy habitation.

  • 6

    God 1 setteth the solitary in families:
  • He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity:
  • But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

• • 7

    O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people,
  • When thou didst march through the wilderness; [Selah

  • 8

    The earth trembled,
  • The heavens also dropped at the presence of God:
  • Even you Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

  • 9

    Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,
  • Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

  • 10

    Thy 2 congregation dwelt therein:
  • Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.

  • 11

    The Lord giveth the word:
  • The women that publish the tidings are a great host.

  • 12

    Kings of armies flee, they flee:
  • And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

  • 13

    3 Will ye lie among the sheepfolds,
  • As the wings of a dove covered with silver,
  • And her pinions with yellow gold?

  • 14

    When the Almighty scattered kings therein,
  • 4It was as when it snoweth in Zalmon.

  • 15

    A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
  • 5 An high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.

  • 16

    Why look ye askance, ye high mountains,
  • At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode?
  • Yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

  • 17

    The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands:
  • The Lord is among them, 6as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

  • 18

    Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led thy captivity captive;
  • Thou hast received gifts among men,
  • Yea, among the rebellious also, that 7 the Lord God might 8 dwell with them.

  • 19

    9 Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden,
  • Even the God who is our salvation. [Selah

  • 20

    God is unto us a God of deliverances;
  • And unto jehovah the Lord belong the issues from death.

  • 21

    But God shall smite through the head of his enemies,
  • The hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

  • 22

    The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan,
  • I will bring them again from the depths of the sea:

  • 23

    That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood,
  • That the tongue, of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

  • 24

    They have seen thy goings, O God,
  • Even the goings of my God, my King, 10 into the sanctuary.

  • 25

    The singers went before, the minstrels followed after,
  • In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

  • 26

    Bless ye God in the congregations,
  • Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.

  • 27

    There is little Benjamin their ruler,
  • The princes of Judah and their 1 council,
  • The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

• • 28

    Thy God hath commanded thy strength:
  • 2 Strengthen, O God, that which thou 3 hast wrought for us.

  • 29

    Because of thy temple at Jerusalem
  • Kings shall bring presents unto thee.

  • 30

    Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,
  • The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples,
  • 4 Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;
  • 5 He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.

  • 31

    Princes shall come out of Egypt;
  • 6 Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.

  • 32

    Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth;
  • O sing praises unto the Lord; [Selah

  • 33

    To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which are of old;
  • Lo, he uttereth his voice, and that a mighty voice.

  • 34

    Ascribe ye strength unto God:
  • His excellency is over Israel,
  • And his strength is in the skies.

  • 35

    7 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places:
  • The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto his people.
  • Blessed be God.

69

For the Chief Musician; set to 8 Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.

• 1

  Save me, O God;
• For the waters are come in unto my soul.

• 2

  I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing:
• I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

• 3

  I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried:
• Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

• 4

  They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head:
• They that would cut me off, being mine enemies 9 wrongfully, are mighty:
• Then I 10 restored that which I took not away.

• 5

  O God, thou knowest my foolishness;
• And my 11 sins are not hid from thee.

• 6

  Let not them that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord God of hosts:
• Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, O God of Israel.

• 7

  Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;
• Shame hath covered my face.

• 8

  I am become a stranger unto my brethren,
• And an alien unto my mother’s children.

• 9

  For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;
• And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

• 10

  When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,
• That was to my reproach.

• 11

  When I made sackcloth my clothing,
• I became a proverb unto them.

• 12

  They that sit in the gate talk of me;
• And I am the song of the drunkards.

• 13

  But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time:
• O God, in the multitude of thy mercy,
• Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

• 14

  Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink:
• Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

• 15

  Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,
• Neither let the deep swallow me up;
• And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

• 16

  Answer me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good:
• According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

• 17

  And hide not thy face from thy servant;
• For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

• 18

  Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:
• Ransom me because of mine enemies.

• 19

  Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour:
• Mine adversaries are all before thee.

• 20

  Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am 1 full of heaviness:
• And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
• And for comforters, but I found none.

• 21

  They gave me also 2 gall for my meat;
• And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

• 22

  Let their table before them become a snare;
• And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.

• 23

  Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not;
• And make their loins continually to shake.

• 24

  Pour out thine indignation upon them,
• And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.

• 25

  Let their 3 habitation be desolate;
• Let none dwell in their tents.

• 26

  For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten;
• And they tell of the 4 sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.

• 27

  Add iniquity unto their iniquity:
• And let them not come into thy righteousness.

• 28

  Let them be blotted out of the book of 5 life,
• And not be written with the righteous.

• 29

  But I am poor and 6 sorrowful:
• Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

• 30

  I will praise the name of God with a song,
• And will magnify him with thanksgiving.

• 31

  And it shall please the Lord better than an ox,
• Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

• 32

  The meek have seen it, and are glad:
• Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

• 33

  For the Lord heareth the needy,
• And despiseth not his prisoners.

• 34

  Let heaven and earth praise him,
• The seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

• 35

  For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah;
• And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

• 36

  The seed also of his servants shall inherit it;
• And they that love his name shall dwell therein.

70

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; 7 to bring to remembrance.

• 1

  8Make haste, O God, to deliver me;
• Make haste to help me, O Lord.

• 2

  Let them be ashamed and confounded
• That seek after my soul:
• Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonour
• That delight in my hurt.

• 3

  Let them be turned back 9 by reason of their shame
• That say, Aha, aha.

• 4

  Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee;
• And let such as love thy salvation say continually,
• Let God be magnified.

• 5

  But I am poor and needy;
• Make haste unto me, O God:
• Thou art my help and my deliverer;
• O Lord, make no tarrying.

71

• 1

  10 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust:
• Let me never be ashamed.

• 2

  Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me:
• Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.

• 3

  Be thou to me 11 a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:
• Thou hast given commandment to save me;
• For thou art my rock and my fortress.

• 4

  Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
• Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

• 5

  For thou art my hope, O Lord God:
• Thou art my trust from my youth.

• 6

  By thee have I been holden up from the womb:
• 1 Thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels:
• My praise shall be continually of thee.

• 7

  I am as a wonder unto many;
• But thou art my strong refuge.

• 8

  My mouth shall be filled with thy praise,
• And with thy honour all the day.

• 9

  Cast me not off in the time of old age;
• Forsake me not when my strength faileth.

• 10

  For mine enemies speak concerning me;
• And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

• 11

  Saying, God hath forsaken him:
• Pursue and take him; for there is none to deliver.

• 12

  O God, be not far from me:
• O my God, make haste to help me.

• 13

  Let them be ashamed and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
• Let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

• 14

  But I will hope continually,
• And will praise thee yet more and more.

• 15

  My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness,
• And of thy salvation all the day;
• For I know not the numbers thereof.

• 16

  I will come 2 with the mighty acts of the Lord God:
• I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

• 17

  O God, thou hast taught me from my youth;
• And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

• 18

  Yea, even 3 when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not;
• Until I have declared 4 thy strength unto the next generation,
• Thy might to every one that is to come.

• 19

  Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high;
• Thou who hast done great things,
• O God, who is like unto thee?

• 20

  Thou, which hast shewed 5 us many and sore troubles,
• Shalt quicken 5 us again,
• And shalt bring 5 us up again from the depths of the earth.

• 21

  Increase thou my greatness,
• And turn again and comfort me.

• 22

  I will also praise thee with the psaltery,
• Even thy truth, O my God:
• Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp,
• O thou Holy One of Israel.

• 23

  My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises unto thee;
• And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

• 24

  My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long:
• For they are ashamed, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.

72

A Psalm of Solomon.

• • 1

    Give the king thy judgements, O God,
  • And thy righteousness unto the king’s son.

  • 2

    6 He shall judge thy people with righteousness,
  • And thy poor with judgement.

  • 3

    The mountains shall bring peace to the people,
  • And the hills, in righteousness.

  • 4

    He shall judge the poor of the people,
  • He shall save the children of the needy,
  • And shall break in pieces the oppressor.

  • 5

    They shall fear thee while the sun endureth,
  • And 7 so long as the moon, throughout all generations.

  • 6

    He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass:
  • As showers that water the earth.

  • 7

    In his days shall the righteous flourish;
  • And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.

  • 8

    He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
  • And from 1 the River unto the ends of the earth.

  • 9

    They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him;
  • And his enemies shall lick the dust.

  • 10

    The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall 2 bring presents:
  • The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

  • 11

    Yea, all kings shall fall down before him:
  • All nations shall serve him.

  • 12

    For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth;
  • And the poor, 3 that hath no helper.

  • 13

    He shall have pity on the 4 poor and needy,
  • And the souls of the needy he shall save.

  • 14

    He shall redeem their soul from 5 oppression and violence;
  • And precious shall their blood be in his sight:

  • 15

    And 6 they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba:
  • And men shall pray for him continually;
  • 6 They shall bless him all the day long.

  • 16

    There shall be 7 abundance of corn in the 8 earth upon the top of the mountains;
  • The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon:
  • And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

  • 17

    His name shall endure for ever;
  • His name shall 9 be continued 10 as long as the sun:
  • And men shall 11 be blessed in him;
  • All nations shall call him happy.

• • 18

    Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,
  • Who only doeth wondrous things:

  • 19

    And blessed be his glorious name for ever;
  • And let the whole earth be filled with his glory.
  • Amen, and Amen.

• • 20

    The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

[1 ]Heb. all the day.

[2 ]Heb. upon.

[3 ]Or, went in procession with them

[4 ]Heb. bowed down.

[5 ]According to some ancient authorities, Who is the health of my countenance, and my God. My soul &c.

[6 ]Or, help

[7 ]Or, the little mountain.

[8 ]Or, cataracts

[9 ]Or, while the enemy oppresseth

[10 ]Or, crushing

[1 ]Or, help

[2 ]Or, while the enemy oppresseth

[3 ]Heb. the gladness of my joy.

[4 ]Or, cast them forth

[5 ]Or, victories

[1 ]Or, Though

[2 ]That is, Lilies.

[3 ]Or, I speak; my work is for a king

[4 ]Or, upon

[5 ]Or, In behalf of

[6 ]Or, let thy right hand teach

[7 ]Or, Thy throne is the throne of God &c.

[8 ]Or, in the inner part of the palace

[9 ]Or, upon

[1 ]Or, pride

[2 ]Heb. at the dawn of morning.

[3 ]Or, high tower

[4 ]Or, Who hath made desolations &c.

[5 ]Or, Let be

[6 ]Or, the Lord is most high and terrible

[7 ]Or, subdueth

[8 ]Or, chooseth

[9 ]Or, loveth

[10 ]Or, in a skilful psalm Heb. Maschil.

[11 ]Or, Unto the people

[12 ]Or, passed away

[13 ]Or, were stricken with terror

[14 ]Or, As with the east wind that breaketh

[1 ]Or, Traverse

[2 ]Or, according to some ancient authorities, for evermore

[3 ]Or, the iniquity of them that would supplant me compasseth me about, even of them that trust . . . riches?

[4 ]Or, the pit

[5 ]Or, Yea, he shall see it wise men &c.

[6 ]Some ancient versions read, Their graves are their houses for ever.

[7 ]Or, man being in honour abideth not

[8 ]Or, This is the way of them that are foolish

[9 ]Or, their confidence: and after &c.

[10 ]Or, form

[11 ]Heb. hand.

[12 ]Or, wealth

[13 ]Heb. Thou shalt go, or, It shall go

[14 ]Or, Which never more see

[15 ]Or, The God of gods Heb El Elohim.

[16 ]Or, cometh . . . devoureth . . . is &c

[1 ]Or, declare

[2 ]Or, against

[3 ]Or, Nor for thy burnt offerings, which are &c.

[4 ]Or, upon the mountains where thousands are

[5 ]Or, in my mind Heb. with me.

[6 ]Or, correction

[7 ]Heb. thy portion was with adulterers.

[8 ]Or, givest a thrust against

[9 ]Or, And prepareth a way that I may shew him

[10 ]Heb. way.

[11 ]Heb know.

[1 ]Or, for me

[2 ]Or, stedfast

[3 ]Or, willing

[4 ]Or, return

[5 ]Or, that I should give it

[6 ]Or, And the deceitful tongue

[7 ]Or, break thee down

[8 ]Or, strong hold

[9 ]See Ps. xiv.

[10 ]Or, deal wisely

[1 ]Or, returneth to

[2 ]See Ps. lxxxvi. 14.

[3 ]Or, with

[4 ]Another reading is, The evil shall return.

[5 ]Or, them that lie in wait for me

[6 ]Or, hasten my escape

[7 ]Heb. Swallow up.

[8 ]Or, Fraud

[9 ]Or, as otherwise read. Desolations be upon them!

[10 ]Heb. Sheol.

[11 ]Or, their inward part

[1 ]Or, so that none came nigh me

[2 ]Or, afflict

[3 ]Heb that he hath given thee.

[4 ]That is, The silent dove of them that are afar off or, as otherwise read, The dove of the distant terebinths

[5 ]Or, They that lie in wait for me

[6 ]Or, Inasmuch as

[7 ]Or, They think to escape

[8 ]Or, record

[9 ]Or, for

[10 ]Or, life

[11 ]Or, wickednesses

[1 ]Or, I must lie

[2 ]Or, I will awake the dawn

[3 ]Or, Is the righteousness ye should speak dumb?

[4 ]Or, as otherwise read, O ye gods or, O ye mighty ones

[5 ]Or, judge uprightly the sons of men

[6 ]Or, enchanters

[7 ]Or, like them that have not seen the sun

[8 ]Or, Even as raw flesh, even so, shall fury sweep them away

[9 ]Heb. fruit.

[10 ]Heb. meet.

[11 ]Or, nations

[1 ]Or, nations

[2 ]So some ancient authorities. The Hebrew text has, His strength.

[3 ]According to some ancient authorities, My God with his mercy.

[4 ]Or, them that lie in wait for me

[5 ]Or, Make them wander to and fro

[6 ]That is, The lily of testimony.

[7 ]Many ancient authorities render, That they may flee from before the bow.

[8 ]Another reading is, me.

[9 ]Or, lawgiver

[10 ]Or, Unto

[11 ]Or, Who will lead me &c.

[12 ]Or, Will not thou, O God, which hast cast us off, and goest ... hasts?

[13 ]Heb. salvation.

[1 ]Or, fainteth

[2 ]Or, a rock that is too high for me

[3 ]Heb. tent.

[4 ]Or, given an heritage unto those & c.

[5 ]Heb. is silent unto God.

[6 ]Or, as otherwise read, Ye shall be slain &c.

[7 ]Heb. be thou silent unto God.

[8 ]Heb. a breath.

[9 ]Or, earnestly

[10 ]Heb. fat.

[11 ]Or, I meditate

[1 ]Or, shall be destroyed; they shall &c.

[2 ]Or, poured out by

[3 ]Or, jackals

[4 ]Or, throng

[5 ]Or, as otherwise read, they hape accomplished or have hidden

[6 ]Or, So shall they against whom their tongue was make them to stumble

[7 ]Or, flee away

[8 ]Or, There shall be silence before thee, and praise, O God &c.

[9 ]Heb. Words (or, Matters) of iniquities.

[10 ]Or, And of the sea, afar off

[11 ]Or, for so preparest thou

[12 ]Heb. her.

[13 ]Heb. lowerest.

[14 ]Heb. the year of thy goodness.

[1 ]Or, The pastures . . do drop

[2 ]Or, yield feigned obedience Heb. lie.

[3 ]Or, let us rejoice

[4 ]Heb. putteth.

[5 ]Heb. abundance.

[6 ]Or, as otherwise read, high praise was under my tongue

[7 ]Or, had regarded

[8 ]Or, would

[9 ]Heb. with us

[10 ]Or, give thanks unto

[11 ]Heb. lead

[1 ]Heb. maketh the solitary to dwell in a house.

[2 ]Or, troop

[3 ]Or, When ye lie among the sheepfolds, it is as the wings ... gold.

[4 ]Or, It snowed

[5 ]Heb. A mountain of summits.

[6 ]Or, Sinai is in the sanctuary

[7 ]Heb. Jah. See ver. 4.

[8 ]Or, dwell there

[9 ]Or, Blessed be the Lord day by day: if one oppresseth us, God is our salvation

[10 ]Or, in the sanctuary Or, in holiness

[1 ]Or, company

[2 ]Or, Be strong, O God, thou that hast &c.

[3 ]Or, hast wrought for us out of thy temple. Unto Jerusalem &c.

[4 ]Or, Every one submitting himself with pieces of silver

[5 ]Or, as otherwise read, Scatter thou

[6 ]Heb. Cush.

[7 ]Or, Terrible is God

[8 ]That is, Lilies.

[9 ]Heb. falsely.

[10 ]Or, had to restore

[11 ]Heb. guiltinesses.

[1 ]Or, sore sick

[2 ]See Deut. xxix. 18

[3 ]Or, encampment

[4 ]Or, pain

[5 ]Or, the living

[6 ]Or, in pain

[7 ]Or, to make memorial

[8 ]See Ps xl. 13—17.

[9 ]Or, for a reward of

[10 ]See Ps. xxxi. 1—3.

[11 ]According to some ancient authorities, a strong rock, whereunto &c

[1 ]Or, Thou hast been my benefactor from &c

[2 ]Or, in the strength

[3 ]Heb. unto old age and gray hairs.

[4 ]Heb. thine arm.

[5 ]Another reading is, me.

[6 ]Or, Let him and so throughout the Psalm.

[7 ]Heb. before the moon.

[1 ]See Exod. xxiii. 31

[2 ]Or, render tribute

[3 ]Or, and him that hath

[4 ]Or, weak

[5 ]Or, fraud

[6 ]Or, he

[7 ]Or, an handful

[8 ]Or, land

[9 ]Or, have issue

[10 ]Heb. before the sun.

[11 ]Or, bless themselves