{7:3} O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; {7:4} If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) {7:5} Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it;] yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. {7:6} Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded. {7:7} So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. {7:8} The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me. {7:9} Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. {7:10} My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in heart. {7:11} God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day. {7:12} If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. {7:13} He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. {7:14} Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. {7:15} He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made. {7:16} His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. {7:17} I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. Psalm 8 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. {8:1} O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. {8:2} Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained Psalms Page 312 strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. {8:3} When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; {8:4} What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? {8:5} For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. {8:6} Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet: {8:7} All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; {8:8} The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas. {8:9} O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Psalm 9 To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. {9:1} I will praise [thee,] O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. {9:2} I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. {9:3} When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. {9:4} For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. {9:5} Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. {9:6} O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. {9:7} But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. {9:8} And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. {9:9} The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. {9:10} And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. {9:11} Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. {9:12} When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. {9:13} Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: {9:14} That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. {9:15} The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. {9:16} The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. {9:17} The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God. {9:18} For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever. {9:19} Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. {9:20} Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah. Psalm 10 {10:1} Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in times of trouble? {10:2} The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. Page 313 Psalms {10:3} For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth. {10:4} The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God:] God [is] not in all his thoughts. {10:5} His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them. {10:6} He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] never [be] in adversity. {10:7} His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue [is] mischief and vanity. {10:8} He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. {10:9} He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. {10:10} He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. {10:11} He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it. ]{10:12} Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. {10:13} Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it. ]{10:14} Thou hast seen [it;] for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. {10:15} Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man:] seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none. {10:16} The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. {10:17} LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: {10:18} To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. Psalm 11 To the chief Musician, A [Psalm] of David. {11:1} In the LORD put I my trust: How say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain? {11:2} For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. {11:3} If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? {11:4} The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. {11:5} The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. {11:6} Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup. {11:7} For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. Psalm 12 To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. {12:1} Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. {12:2} They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with] flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak. {12:3} The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue that speaketh proud things: {12:4} Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us? Psalms Page 314 {12:5} For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him. {12:6} The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. {12:7} Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. {12:8} The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. Psalm 13 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. {13:1} How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? {13:2} How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? {13:3} Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death; {13:4} Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. {13:5} But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. {13:6} I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. Psalm 14 To the chief Musician, A [Psalm] of David. {14:1} The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good. {14:2} The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God. {14:3} They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one. {14:4} Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. {14:5} There were they in great fear: for God [is] in the generation of the righteous. {14:6} Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD [is] his refuge. {14:7} Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad. Psalm 15 A Psalm of David. {15:1} LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? {15:2} He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. {15:3} [He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. {15:4} In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not. {15:5} [He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved. Psalm 16 Page 315 Psalms Michtam of David. {16:1} Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. {16:2} [O my soul,] thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee; {16:3} [But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight. {16:4} Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god:] their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. {16:5} The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. {16:6} The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places;] yea, I have a goodly heritage. {16:7} I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. {16:8} I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved. {16:9} Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. {16:10} For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. {16:11} Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore. Psalm 17 A Prayer of David. {17:1} Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips. {17:2} Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. {17:3} Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress. {17:4} Concerning the words of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer. {17:5} Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not. {17:6} I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech. {17:7} Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them. ]{17:8} Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, {17:9} From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about. {17:10} They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. {17:11} They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; {17:12} Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. {17:13} Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword: {17:14} From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure:] they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes. {17:15} As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. Psalm 18 To the chief Musician, A [Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who Psalms Page 316 spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, {18:1} I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. {18:2} The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower. {18:3} I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. {18:4} The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. {18:5} The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. {18:6} In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears. {18:7} Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. {18:8} There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. {18:9} He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet. {18:10} And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. {18:11} He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies. {18:12} At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire. {18:13} The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire. {18:14} Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. {18:15} Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. {18:16} He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. {18:17} He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. {18:18} They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. {18:19} He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. {18:20} The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. {18:21} For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. {18:22} For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. {18:23} I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. {18:24} Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. {18:25} With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; {18:26} With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. {18:27} For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. {18:28} For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. {18:29} For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. {18:30} [As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him. {18:31} For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God? {18:32} [It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. Page 317 Psalms {18:33} He maketh my feet like hinds’ [feet,] and setteth me upon my high places. {18:34} He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. {18:35} Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. {18:36} Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. {18:37} I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. {18:38} I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. {18:39} For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. {18:40} Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. {18:41} They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not. {18:42} Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. {18:43} Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me. {18:44} As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. {18:45} The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. {18:46} The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. {18:47} [It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. {18:48} He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. {18:49} Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. {18:50} Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. Psalm 19 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. {19:1} The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. {19:2} Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. {19:3} [There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard. {19:4} Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, {19:5} Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and] rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. {19:6} His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. {19:7} The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple. {19:8} The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes. {19:9} The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether. {19:10} More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. {19:11} Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of them [there is] great reward. {19:12} Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret [faults. Psalms Page 318 ]{19:13} Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins;] let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. {19:14} Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalm 20 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. {20:1} The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; {20:2} Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; {20:3} Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. {20:4} Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. {20:5} We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. {20:6} Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. {20:7} Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. {20:8} They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. {20:9} Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. Psalm 21 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. {21:1} The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! {21:2} Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. {21:3} For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. {21:4} He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length of days for ever and ever. {21:5} His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. {21:6} For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. {21:7} For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. {21:8} Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. {21:9} Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. {21:10} Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. {21:11} For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform. ]{21:12} Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them. {21:13} Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power. Psalm 22 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. {22:1} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far Page 319 Psalms from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring? {22:2} O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. {22:3} But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of Israel. {22:4} Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. {22:5} They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. {22:6} But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. {22:7} All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head [saying, ]{22:8} He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. {22:9} But thou [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother’s breasts. {22:10} I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother’s belly. {22:11} Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help. {22:12} Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round. {22:13} They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion. {22:14} I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. {22:15} My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. {22:16} For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. {22:17} I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me. {22:18} They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. {22:19} But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. {22:20} Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. {22:21} Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. {22:22} I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. {22:23} Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. {22:24} For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. {22:25} My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. {22:26} The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. {22:27} All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. {22:28} For the kingdom [is] the LORD’S: and he [is] the governor among the nations. {22:29} All [they that be] fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. {22:30} A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. {22:31} They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [this. ] Psalm 23 A Psalm of David. {23:1} The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalms Page 320 {23:2} He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. {23:3} He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. {23:4} Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. {23:5} Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. {23:6} Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. Psalm 24 A Psalm of David. {24:1} The earth [is] the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. {24:2} For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. {24:3} Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? {24:4} He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. {24:5} He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. {24:6} This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. {24:7} Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. {24:8} Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. {24:9} Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. {24:10} Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King of glory. Selah. Psalm 25 A [Psalm] of David. {25:1} Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. {25:2} O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. {25:3} Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. {25:4} Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. {25:5} Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. {25:6} Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they [have been] ever of old. {25:7} Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD. {25:8} Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. {25:9} The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. {25:10} All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. {25:11} For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great. {25:12} What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose. {25:13} His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. {25:14} The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he Page 321 Psalms will shew them his covenant. {25:15} Mine eyes [are] ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. {25:16} Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate and afflicted. {25:17} The troubles of my heart are enlarged: [O[ bring thou me out of my distresses. {25:18} Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. {25:19} Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. {25:20} O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. {25:21} Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. {25:22} Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Psalm 26 A [Psalm] of David. {26:1} Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide. {26:2} Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. {26:3} For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. {26:4} I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. {26:5} I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the wicked. {26:6} I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: {26:7} That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. {26:8} LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. {26:9} Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: {26:10} In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. {26:11} But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. {26:12} My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. Psalm 27 A [Psalm] of David. {27:1} The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? {27:2} When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. {27:3} Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be] confident. {27:4} One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. {27:5} For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. {27:6} And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. {27:7} Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. {27:8} [When thou saidst,] Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. Psalms Page 322 {27:9} Hide not thy face [far] from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. {27:10} When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. {27:11} Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. {27:12} Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. {27:13} [I had fainted,] unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. {27:14} Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Psalm 28 A [Psalm] of David. {28:1} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. {28:2} Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. {28:3} Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts. {28:4} Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. {28:5} Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. {28:6} Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. {28:7} The LORD [is] my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. {28:8} The LORD [is] their strength, and he [is] the saving strength of his anointed. {28:9} Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. Psalm 29 A Psalm of David. {29:1} Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. {29:2} Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. {29:3} The voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters. {29:4} The voice of the LORD [is] powerful; the voice of the LORD [is] full of majesty. {29:5} The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. {29:6} He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. {29:7} The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. {29:8} The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. {29:9} The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of [his] glory. {29:10} The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. {29:11} The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will Page 323 Psalms bless his people with peace. Psalm 30 A Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the house of David. {30:1} I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. {30:2} O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. {30:3} O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. {30:4} Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. {30:5} For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.
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