~~~~~~1~~~~~ ~~~~~~1~~~~~ ~~~~~~1~~~~~ ~~~~~~1~~~~~ ~~~~~~1~~~~~ How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of Yahweh, And in His law he meditates day and night. And he will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not rise in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish.

~~~~~~2~~~~~ ~~~~~~2~~~~~ ~~~~~~2~~~~~ ~~~~~~2~~~~~ ~~~~~~2~~~~~ Why do the nations rage And the peoples meditate on a vain thing? The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against Yahweh and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!” He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord mocks them. Then He speaks to them in His anger And terrifies them in His fury, saying, “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.” “I will surely tell of the decree of Yahweh: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth as Your possession. ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like a potter’s vessel.’” So now, O kings, show insight; Take warning, O judges of the earth. Serve Yahweh with fear And rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

~~~~~~3~~~~~ ~~~~~~3~~~~~ ~~~~~~3~~~~~ ~~~~~~3~~~~~ ~~~~~~3~~~~~ A Psalm of David. When he fled from Absalom his son. O Yahweh, how my adversaries have become many! Many are rising up against me. Many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah. But You, O Yahweh, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head. I was calling to Yahweh with my voice, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah. I lay down and slept; I awoke, for Yahweh sustains me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who all around have set themselves against me. Arise, O Yahweh; save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek; You have shattered the teeth of the wicked. Salvation belongs to Yahweh; Your blessing be upon Your people! Selah.

~~~~~~4~~~~~ ~~~~~~4~~~~~ ~~~~~~4~~~~~ ~~~~~~4~~~~~ ~~~~~~4~~~~~ For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer. O sons of men, how long will my glory become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and seek falsehood? Selah. But know that Yahweh has set apart the holy one for Himself; Yahweh hears when I call to Him. Tremble, and do not sin; Ponder in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in Yahweh. Many are saying, “Who will show us good?” Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Yahweh! You have put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and new wine abound. In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O Yahweh, make me to abide in safety.

~~~~~~5~~~~~ ~~~~~~5~~~~~ ~~~~~~5~~~~~ ~~~~~~5~~~~~ ~~~~~~5~~~~~ For the choir director. For the flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Yahweh, Consider my meditation. Give heed to the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to You I pray. O Yahweh, in the morning, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch. For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; Evil does not sojourn with You. The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all workers of iniquity. You destroy those who speak falsehood; Yahweh abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit. But as for me, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness I will enter Your house, At Your holy temple I will worship in fear of You. O Yahweh, lead me in Your righteousness because of my foes; Make Your way straight before me. There is nothing reliable in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction itself. Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue. Hold them guilty, O God; By their own devices let them fall! In the abundance of their transgressions thrust them out, For they are rebellious against You. But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You. For it is You who blesses the righteous one, O Yahweh, You surround him with favor as with a large shield.

~~~~~~6~~~~~ ~~~~~~6~~~~~ ~~~~~~6~~~~~ ~~~~~~6~~~~~ ~~~~~~6~~~~~ For the choir director. With stringed instruments. According to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, do not reprove me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for I am pining away; Heal me, O Yahweh, for my bones are dismayed. And my soul is greatly dismayed; But You, O Yahweh—how long? Return, O Yahweh, rescue my soul; Save me because of Your lovingkindness. For there is no remembrance of You in death; In Sheol who will give You thanks? I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I flood my couch with my tears. My eye has wasted away with grief; It has become old because of all my adversaries. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, For Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping. Yahweh has heard my supplication, Yahweh receives my prayer. All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed; They shall turn back, they will suddenly be ashamed.

~~~~~~7~~~~~ ~~~~~~7~~~~~ ~~~~~~7~~~~~ ~~~~~~7~~~~~ ~~~~~~7~~~~~ A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Yahweh concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O Yahweh my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, Lest he tear my soul like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver. O Yahweh my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands, If I have rewarded evil to him who is at peace with me, Or have plundered my adversary without cause, Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. Selah. Arise, O Yahweh, in Your anger; Lift up Yourself against the fury of my adversaries, And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment. Let the congregation of the peoples encompass You, And over them return on high. Yahweh judges the peoples; Give justice to me, O Yahweh, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me. O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds. My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day. If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and prepared it. He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood. He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made. His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own skull. I will give thanks to Yahweh according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

~~~~~~8~~~~~ ~~~~~~8~~~~~ ~~~~~~8~~~~~ ~~~~~~8~~~~~ ~~~~~~8~~~~~ For the choir director. According to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who displays Your splendor above the heavens! From the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. When I see Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have established; What is man that You remember him, And the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You crown him with glory and majesty! You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen, And also the animals of the field, The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. O Yahweh, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

~~~~~~9~~~~~ ~~~~~~9~~~~~ ~~~~~~9~~~~~ ~~~~~~9~~~~~ ~~~~~~9~~~~~ For the choir director. Almuth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart; I will recount all Your wondrous deeds. I will be glad and exult in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You. For You have maintained my justice and my cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously. You have rebuked the nations, You have made the wicked perish; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very memory of them has perished. But Yahweh abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment, And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will render justice for the peoples with equity. Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of distress; And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek You. Sing praises to Yahweh, who abides in Zion; Declare among the peoples His acts. For He who requires blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted. Be gracious to me, O Yahweh; See my affliction from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death, That I may recount all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation. The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught. Yahweh has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah. The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God. For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever. Arise, O Yahweh, do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged before You. Put them in fear, O Yahweh; Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah.

~~~~~~10~~~~~ ~~~~~~10~~~~~ ~~~~~~10~~~~~ ~~~~~~10~~~~~ ~~~~~~10~~~~~ Why do You stand afar off, O Yahweh? Why do You hide Yourself in times of distress? In his lofty pride the wicked hotly pursues the afflicted; Let them be caught in the thoughts which they have devised. For the wicked boasts of his soul’s desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns Yahweh. The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him. All his thoughts are, “There is no God.” His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are on high, out of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them. He says in his heart, “I will not be shaken; From generation to generation I will not be in adversity.” His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness. He sits in the places of the villages where one lies in wait; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate. He lies in wait in a hiding place as a lion in his lair; He lies in wait to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net. He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones. He says in his heart, “God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it.” Arise, O Yahweh; O God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted. Why has the wicked spurned God? He has said in his heart, “You will not require it.” You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the helper of the orphan. Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find none. Yahweh is King forever and ever; Nations have perished from His land. O Yahweh, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will cause Your ear to give heed To give justice to the orphan and the oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.

~~~~~~11~~~~~ ~~~~~~11~~~~~ ~~~~~~11~~~~~ ~~~~~~11~~~~~ ~~~~~~11~~~~~ For the choir director. Of David. In Yahweh I take refuge; How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain; For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. “If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?” Yahweh is in His holy temple; Yahweh’s throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men. Yahweh tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. May He rain snares upon the wicked; Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup. For Yahweh is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face.

~~~~~~12~~~~~ ~~~~~~12~~~~~ ~~~~~~12~~~~~ ~~~~~~12~~~~~ ~~~~~~12~~~~~ For the choir director. According to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, O Yahweh, for the holy man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. They speak worthlessness to one another; With a flattering lip and with a double heart they speak. May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things; Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?” “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.” The words of Yahweh are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the ground, refined seven times. You, O Yahweh, will keep them; You will guard him from this generation forever. The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
	
~~~~~~13~~~~~ ~~~~~~13~~~~~ ~~~~~~13~~~~~ ~~~~~~13~~~~~ ~~~~~~13~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. How long, O Yahweh? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? Look and answer me, O Yahweh my God; Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, Lest my enemy says, “I have overcome him,” And my adversaries rejoice that I am shaken. But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to Yahweh, Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

~~~~~~14~~~~~ ~~~~~~14~~~~~ ~~~~~~14~~~~~ ~~~~~~14~~~~~ ~~~~~~14~~~~~ For the choir director. Of David. The wicked fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They act corruptly, they commit abominable deeds; There is no one who does good. Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is anyone who has insight, Anyone who seeks after God. They have all turned aside, altogether they have become worthless; There is no one who does good, not even one. Do all the workers of iniquity not know, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon Yahweh? There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation. You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted, But Yahweh is his refuge. Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When Yahweh restores His captive people, May Jacob rejoice, may Israel be glad.

~~~~~~15~~~~~ ~~~~~~15~~~~~ ~~~~~~15~~~~~ ~~~~~~15~~~~~ ~~~~~~15~~~~~ A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, who may sojourn in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain? He who walks blamelessly, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart. He does not slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor takes up a reproach against his friend; In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honors those who fear Yahweh; He swears to his own hurt and does not change; He does not put out his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

~~~~~~16~~~~~ ~~~~~~16~~~~~ ~~~~~~16~~~~~ ~~~~~~16~~~~~ ~~~~~~16~~~~~ A Mikhtam of David. Keep me, O God, for I take refuge in You. O my soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; I have no good without You.” As for the saints who are in the earth, They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight. The pains of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied; I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood, Nor will I take their names upon my lips. Yahweh is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me. I will bless Yahweh who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. I have set Yahweh continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely. For You will not forsake my soul to Sheol; You will not give Your Holy One over to see corruption. You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

~~~~~~17~~~~~ ~~~~~~17~~~~~ ~~~~~~17~~~~~ ~~~~~~17~~~~~ ~~~~~~17~~~~~ A Prayer of David. Hear a righteous cause, O Yahweh, give heed to my cry of lamentation; Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. May my judgment come from Your presence; May Your eyes behold what is upright. You have tested my heart; You have visited me by night; You have tried me and You find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips I have kept from the paths of the violent. My steps have held fast to Your paths. My footsteps have not stumbled. I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech. Marvelously show Your lovingkindnesses, O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand From those who rise up against them. Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings From the wicked who devastate me, My deadly enemies who surround me. They have closed their unfeeling heart, With their mouth they speak proudly. They have now surrounded us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground. He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in hiding places. Arise, O Yahweh, confront him, bring him low; Protect my soul from the wicked with Your sword, From men with Your hand, O Yahweh, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their excess to their infants. As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.

~~~~~~18~~~~~ ~~~~~~18~~~~~ ~~~~~~18~~~~~ ~~~~~~18~~~~~ ~~~~~~18~~~~~ For the choir director. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said, “I love You, O Yahweh, my strength.” Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies. The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of vileness terrified me. The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called upon Yahweh, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears. Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry. Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens and came down With thick darkness under His feet. He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He sped upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire. Yahweh also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High gave forth His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and threw them into confusion. Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But Yahweh was my support. He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me. I was also blameless with Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore Yahweh has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes. With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless; With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute. For You save an afflicted people, But eyes which are lifted up, You bring down. For You light my lamp; Yahweh my God illumines my darkness. For by You I can run upon a troop; And by my God I can leap over a wall. As for God, His way is blameless; The word of Yahweh is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. For who is God, but Yahweh? And who is a rock, except our God, The God who girds me with strength And makes my way blameless? He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, And sets me upon my high places. He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds me; And Your gentleness makes me great. You enlarge my steps under me, And my ankles have not given way. I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed. I crushed them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet. For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me. They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to Yahweh, but He did not answer them. Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets. You have delivered me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners cower before me. Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses. Yahweh lives, and blessed be my rock; And let the God of my salvation be lifted high, The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me. Who delivers me from my enemies; Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man. Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O Yahweh, And I will sing praises to Your name. He gives great salvation to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his seed forever.

~~~~~~19~~~~~ ~~~~~~19~~~~~ ~~~~~~19~~~~~ ~~~~~~19~~~~~ ~~~~~~19~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their utterances to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices as a strong man to run his course. Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat. The law of Yahweh is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of Yahweh is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of Yahweh are true; they are righteous altogether. They are more desirable than gold, even more than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Your slave is warned; In keeping them there is great reward. Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. Also keep back Your slave from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Yahweh, my rock and my Redeemer.

~~~~~~20~~~~~ ~~~~~~20~~~~~ ~~~~~~20~~~~~ ~~~~~~20~~~~~ ~~~~~~20~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. May Yahweh answer you in the day of distress! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! May He send you help from the sanctuary And uphold you from Zion! May He remember all your meal offerings And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah. May He grant you your heart’s desire And fulfill all your counsel! We will sing for joy over your salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May Yahweh fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that Yahweh saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving might of His right hand. Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of Yahweh, our God. They have bowed down and fallen, But we have risen and stood upright. Save, O Yahweh; May the King answer us in the day we call.

~~~~~~21~~~~~ ~~~~~~21~~~~~ ~~~~~~21~~~~~ ~~~~~~21~~~~~ ~~~~~~21~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, in Your strength the king will be glad, And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice! You have given him his heart’s desire, And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of fine gold on his head. He asked life of You, You gave it to him, Length of days forever and ever. His glory is great through Your salvation, Splendor and majesty You bestow upon him. For You make him most blessed forever; You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence. For the king trusts in Yahweh, And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken. Your hand will find out all your enemies; Your right hand will find out those who hate you. You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; Yahweh will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them. Their offspring You will destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the sons of men. Though they intended evil against You And devised a scheme, They will not succeed. For You will make them turn their back; You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces. Be exalted, O Yahweh, in Your strength; We will sing and praise Your might.
	
~~~~~~22~~~~~ ~~~~~~22~~~~~ ~~~~~~22~~~~~ ~~~~~~22~~~~~ ~~~~~~22~~~~~ For the choir director. According to Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my groaning. O my God, I call by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest. Yet You are holy, Enthroned upon the praises of Israel. In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You rescued them. To You they cried out and were granted escape; In You they trusted and were not disappointed. But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people. All who see me mock me; They smack their lip, they wag their head, saying, “Commit yourself to Yahweh; let Him rescue him; Let Him deliver him, because He delights in him.” Yet You are He who brought me out of the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts. Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb. Be not far from me, for distress is near; For there is none to help. Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. They open wide their mouth at me, As a lion that tears and roars. I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death. For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. I count all my bones. They look, they stare at me; They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots. But You, O Yahweh, be not far off; O my Strength, hasten to my help. Deliver my soul from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog. Save me from the mouth of the lion; From the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me. I will surely recount Your name to my brothers; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You. You who fear Yahweh, praise Him; All you seed of Jacob, glorify Him, And stand in awe of Him, all you seed of Israel. For He has not despised and He has not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; And He has not hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard. Of You is my praise in the great assembly; I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him. The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise Yahweh. May your heart live forever! All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh, And all the families of the nations will worship before You. For the kingdom is Yahweh’s And He rules over the nations. All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive. Their seed will serve Him; It will be recounted about the Lord to the coming generation. They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has done it.

~~~~~~23~~~~~ ~~~~~~23~~~~~ ~~~~~~23~~~~~ ~~~~~~23~~~~~ ~~~~~~23~~~~~ A Psalm of David. Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. Surely goodness and lovingkindness will pursue me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of Yahweh forever.

~~~~~~24~~~~~ ~~~~~~24~~~~~ ~~~~~~24~~~~~ ~~~~~~24~~~~~ ~~~~~~24~~~~~ Of David. A Psalm. The earth is Yahweh’s, as well as its fullness, The world, and those who dwell in it. For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers. Who may ascend into the mountain of Yahweh? And who may rise in His holy place? He who has innocent hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to worthlessness And has not sworn deceitfully. He shall lift up a blessing from Yahweh And righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face—pay heed O Jacob. Selah. Lift up your heads, O gates, And be lifted up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! Who is this King of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O gates, And lift yourselves up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! Who is He, this King of glory? Yahweh of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.

~~~~~~25~~~~~ ~~~~~~25~~~~~ ~~~~~~25~~~~~ ~~~~~~25~~~~~ ~~~~~~25~~~~~ Of David. To You, O Yahweh, I lift up my soul. O my God, in You I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies exult over me. Indeed, let none who hope in You be ashamed; Let those who deal treacherously without cause be ashamed. Make me know Your ways, O Yahweh; Teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; In You I hope all the day. Remember, O Yahweh, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses, For they have been from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; According to Your lovingkindness remember me, For the sake of Your goodness, O Yahweh. Good and upright is Yahweh; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way. May He lead the humble in justice, And may He teach the humble His way. All the paths of Yahweh are lovingkindness and truth To those who guard His covenant and His testimonies. For Your name’s sake, O Yahweh, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great. Who is the man who fears Yahweh? He will instruct him in the way he should choose. His soul will abide in goodness, And his seed will inherit the land. The secret of Yahweh is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant. My eyes are continually toward Yahweh, For He will bring my feet out of the net. Turn to me and be gracious to me, For I am alone and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses. See my affliction and my trouble, And forgive all my sins. See my enemies, for they are many, And they hate me with violent hatred. Keep my soul and deliver me; Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You. Let integrity and uprightness guard me, For I hope in You. Redeem Israel, O God, Out of all his troubles.

~~~~~~26~~~~~ ~~~~~~26~~~~~ ~~~~~~26~~~~~ ~~~~~~26~~~~~ ~~~~~~26~~~~~ Of David. Give justice to me, O Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in Yahweh; I will not waver. Test me, O Yahweh, and try me; Refine my mind and my heart. For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth. I do not sit with worthless men, And I will not go with pretenders. I hate the assembly of evildoers, And I will not sit with the wicked. I shall wash my hands in innocence, So I will go around Your altar, O Yahweh, In order to proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving And to recount all Your wondrous deeds. O Yahweh, I love the habitation of Your house And the place where Your glory dwells. Do not take my soul away along with sinners, Nor my life with men of bloodshed, In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes. But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; Redeem me, and be gracious to me. My foot stands on level ground; In the congregations I shall bless Yahweh.

~~~~~~27~~~~~ ~~~~~~27~~~~~ ~~~~~~27~~~~~ ~~~~~~27~~~~~ ~~~~~~27~~~~~ Of David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strong defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In this I trust. One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Yahweh And to inquire in His temple. For in the day of calamity He will conceal me in His shelter; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with loud shouts of joy; I will sing, and I will sing praises to Yahweh. Hear, O Yahweh, when I call with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me. On Your behalf my heart says, “Seek My face,” “Your face, O Yahweh, I shall seek.” Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your slave away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me and do not forsake me, O God of my salvation! For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But Yahweh will take me up. Instruct me in Your way, O Yahweh, And lead me in a level path Because of my foes. Do not give me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of Yahweh In the land of the living. Hope in Yahweh; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Hope in Yahweh.

~~~~~~28~~~~~ ~~~~~~28~~~~~ ~~~~~~28~~~~~ ~~~~~~28~~~~~ ~~~~~~28~~~~~ Of David. To You, O Yahweh, I call; My rock, do not be silent to me, Lest if You are hesitant toward me, I will become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary. Do not drag me away with the wicked And with workers of iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts. Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their actions; Give to them according to the deeds of their hands; Return their dealings upon them. Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh Nor the deeds of His hands, He will tear them down and not build them up. Blessed be Yahweh, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications. Yahweh is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. Yahweh is their strength, And He is a strong defense of salvation to His anointed. Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.

~~~~~~29~~~~~ ~~~~~~29~~~~~ ~~~~~~29~~~~~ ~~~~~~29~~~~~ ~~~~~~29~~~~~ A Psalm of David. Ascribe to Yahweh, O sons of the mighty, Ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name; Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness. The voice of Yahweh is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, Yahweh is over many waters. The voice of Yahweh is powerful, The voice of Yahweh is full of splendor. The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars; Indeed, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, And Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of Yahweh hews out flames of fire. The voice of Yahweh causes the wilderness to tremble; Yahweh causes the wilderness of Kadesh to tremble. The voice of Yahweh makes the deer to calve And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everything says, “Glory!” Yahweh sat enthroned over the flood; Indeed, Yahweh sits as King forever. Yahweh will give strength to His people; Yahweh will bless His people with peace.

~~~~~~30~~~~~ ~~~~~~30~~~~~ ~~~~~~30~~~~~ ~~~~~~30~~~~~ ~~~~~~30~~~~~ A Psalm. A Song at the Dedication of the House. Of David. I will exalt You, O Yahweh, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my enemies be glad over me. O Yahweh my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. O Yahweh, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit. Sing praise to Yahweh, you His holy ones, And give thanks for the remembrance of His holy name. For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning. Now as for me, I said in my prosperity, “I will never be shaken.” O Yahweh, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, I was dismayed. To You, O Yahweh, I called, And to the Lord I made supplication: “What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth? “Hear, O Yahweh, and be gracious to me; O Yahweh, be my helper.” You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, That my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

~~~~~~31~~~~~ ~~~~~~31~~~~~ ~~~~~~31~~~~~ ~~~~~~31~~~~~ ~~~~~~31~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness protect me. Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly; Be to me a rock of strength, A fortress to save me. For You are my high rock and my fortress; For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me. You will bring me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength. Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O Yahweh, God of truth. I hate those who regard worthless idols, But I trust in Yahweh. I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul, And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place. Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also. For my life is worn down with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, And my bones waste away. Among all my adversaries, I have become a reproach, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the street flee from me. I am forgotten like a dead man—out of mind— I am like a broken vessel. For I have heard the bad report of many, Terror is on every side; While they took counsel together against me, They schemed to take my life. But as for me, I trust in You, O Yahweh, I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me. Make Your face to shine upon Your slave; Save me in Your lovingkindness. O Yahweh, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon You; Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol. Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With lofty pride and contempt. How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have worked for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of men! You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues. Blessed be Yahweh, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city. As for me, I said in my alarm, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless, You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You for help. Oh, love Yahweh, all you His holy ones! Yahweh guards the faithful But repays fully the one who acts in lofty pride. Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who wait for Yahweh.

~~~~~~32~~~~~ ~~~~~~32~~~~~ ~~~~~~32~~~~~ ~~~~~~32~~~~~ ~~~~~~32~~~~~ Of David. A Maskil. How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! How blessed is the man whose iniquity Yahweh will not take into account, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! When I kept silent about my sin, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the heat of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not cover up; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh;” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Therefore, let every holy one pray to You at a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. You are my hiding place; You guard me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. I will give you insight and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose harness are bit and bridle to control them, Otherwise they will not come near you. Many are the sorrows of the wicked, But he who trusts in Yahweh, lovingkindness shall surround him. Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

~~~~~~33~~~~~ ~~~~~~33~~~~~ ~~~~~~33~~~~~ ~~~~~~33~~~~~ ~~~~~~33~~~~~ Sing for joy in Yahweh, O righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright. Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings. Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a loud shout. For the word of Yahweh is upright, And all His work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of Yahweh. By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; He lays up the deeps in storehouses. Let all the earth fear Yahweh; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke, and it was; He commanded, and it stood. Yahweh nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples. The counsel of Yahweh stands forever, The thoughts of His heart from generation to generation. Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. Yahweh looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men; From the place of His habitation He gazes On all the inhabitants of the earth, He who forms the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works. The king is not saved by a mighty army; A warrior is not delivered by great strength. A horse is a false hope for salvation; Nor does it provide escape to anyone by its great strength. Behold, the eye of Yahweh is on those who fear Him, On those who wait for His lovingkindness, To deliver their soul from death And to keep them alive in famine. Our soul is patient for Yahweh; He is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in Him, Because we trust in His holy name. Let Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, be upon us, As we wait for You.

~~~~~~34~~~~~ ~~~~~~34~~~~~ ~~~~~~34~~~~~ ~~~~~~34~~~~~ ~~~~~~34~~~~~ Of David. When he feigned madness before Abimelech, so that he drove him away and he departed. I will bless Yahweh at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make its boast in Yahweh; The humble will hear it and rejoice. O magnify Yahweh with me, And let us exalt His name together. I inquired of Yahweh, and He answered me, And delivered me from all that I dread. They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be humiliated. This poor man called out, and Yahweh heard him And saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of Yahweh encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them. O taste and see that Yahweh is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Oh, fear Yahweh, you His saints; For there is no want to those who fear Him. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger; But they who inquire of Yahweh shall not be in want of any good thing. Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of Yahweh. Who is the man who delights in life And loves many days that he may see good? Guard your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry for help. The face of Yahweh is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears And delivers them out of all their troubles. Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit. Many are the evils against the righteous, But Yahweh delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones, Not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will be condemned. Yahweh redeems the soul of His slaves, And all those who take refuge in Him will not be condemned.

~~~~~~35~~~~~ ~~~~~~35~~~~~ ~~~~~~35~~~~~ ~~~~~~35~~~~~ ~~~~~~35~~~~~ Of David. Contend, O Yahweh, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me. Take hold of shield and large shield And rise up for my help. Draw also the spear and the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me; Say to my soul, “I am your salvation.” Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those who devise evil against me be turned back and humiliated. Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of Yahweh driving them on. Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of Yahweh pursuing them. For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul. Let destruction, which he does not know, come upon him, And let the net, which he hid, catch him; Let him fall into it in destruction. And my soul shall rejoice in Yahweh; It shall be joyful in His salvation. All my bones will say, “Yahweh, who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?” Malicious witnesses rise up, Who ask me of things that I do not know. They repay me evil for good, It is bereavement to my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, And my prayer kept returning to my bosom. I walked about as though it were my friend or brother; I bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother. But at my stumbling they were glad and gathered themselves together; The smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me, They tore at me and never were silent. Amongst the godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth. Lord, how long will You look on? Bring back my soul from their ravages, My only life from the lions. I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among a mighty people. Let those who are wrongfully my enemies not be glad over me; Nor let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously. For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land. They opened their mouth wide against me; They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!” You have seen it, O Yahweh, do not keep silent; O Lord, do not be far from me. Stir up Yourself, and awake to my justice And to my cause, my God and my Lord. Judge me, O Yahweh my God, according to Your righteousness, And do not let them be glad over me. Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!” Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!” Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who are glad at the evil done to me; Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me. Let them shout for joy and be glad, who delight in my righteousness; And let them say continually, “Yahweh be magnified, Who delights in the peace of His slave.” And my tongue shall utter Your righteousness And Your praise all day long.

~~~~~~36~~~~~ ~~~~~~36~~~~~ ~~~~~~36~~~~~ ~~~~~~36~~~~~ ~~~~~~36~~~~~ For the choir director. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David. Transgression declares to the ungodly within his heart; There is no dread of God before his eyes. For it flatters him in his eyes For one to discover his iniquity and hate it. The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to consider to do good. He devises wickedness upon his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not despise evil. Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, is in the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; Your judgments are like a great deep. O Yahweh, You save man and beast. How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the sons of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They are satisfied from the richness of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. Continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart. Let not the foot of pride come upon me, And let not the hand of the ungodly drive me away. There the workers of wickedness have fallen; They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

~~~~~~37~~~~~ ~~~~~~37~~~~~ ~~~~~~37~~~~~ ~~~~~~37~~~~~ ~~~~~~37~~~~~ Of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward doers of unrighteousness. For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb. Trust in Yahweh and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in Yahweh; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to Yahweh, Trust in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light And your judgment as the noonday. Be still in Yahweh and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness. Cease from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing. For evildoers will be cut off, But those who hope for Yahweh, they will inherit the land. Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; You will look carefully at his place, and he will not be there. But the lowly will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant peace. The wicked schemes against the righteous And gnashes at him with his teeth. The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow To cast down the afflicted and the needy, To slay those who are upright in conduct. Their sword will enter their own heart, And their bows will be broken. Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked will be broken, But Yahweh sustains the righteous. Yahweh knows the days of the blameless, And their inheritance will be forever. They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, And in the days of famine they will be satisfied. But the wicked will perish; And the enemies of Yahweh will be like the glory of the pastures, They vanish—in smoke they vanish away. The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives. For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, But those cursed by Him will be cut off. The footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh, And He delights in his way. When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because Yahweh is the One who sustains his hand. I was young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his seed begging bread. All day long he is gracious and lends, And his seed is a blessing. Depart from evil and do good, So you will dwell forever. For Yahweh loves justice And will not forsake His holy ones; They are kept forever, But the seed of the wicked will be cut off. The righteous will inherit the land And dwell in it forever. The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice. The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip. The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to put him to death. Yahweh will not forsake him in his hand; He will not condemn him when he is judged. Hope for Yahweh and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it. I have seen a wicked, ruthless man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil. Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more; I sought for him, but he could not be found. Observe the blameless man, and behold the upright; For the man of peace will have a posterity. But transgressors will be altogether destroyed; The posterity of the wicked will be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh; He is their strength in time of distress. Yahweh helps them and protects them; He protects them from the wicked and saves them, Because they take refuge in Him.

~~~~~~38~~~~~ ~~~~~~38~~~~~ ~~~~~~38~~~~~ ~~~~~~38~~~~~ ~~~~~~38~~~~~ A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance. O Yahweh, reprove me not in Your wrath, And discipline me not in Your burning anger. For Your arrows have pressed deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down upon me. There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities go over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. My wounds stink and rot Because of my folly. I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long. For my loins are filled with burning, And there is no soundness in my flesh. I am faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart. Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. My heart throbs, my strength forsakes me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me. My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. Those who search for my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to do me evil have threatened destruction, And they meditate on deception all day long. But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth. And I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. For I wait on You, O Yahweh; You will answer, O Lord my God. For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me, Who, when my foot stumbles, magnify themselves against me.” For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin. But my enemies are vigorous and strong, And those who wrongfully hate me abound. And those who repay evil for good, They accuse me, for I pursue what is good. Do not forsake me, O Yahweh; O my God, do not be far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

~~~~~~39~~~~~ ~~~~~~39~~~~~ ~~~~~~39~~~~~ ~~~~~~39~~~~~ ~~~~~~39~~~~~ For the choir director. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will keep watch over my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep watch over my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence.” I was mute with silence, I even kept silent from speaking good, And my anguish grew worse. My heart was hot within me, While I meditated the fire was burning; Then I spoke with my tongue: “Yahweh, cause me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am. “Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing before You; Surely every man, even standing firm, is altogether vanity. Selah. “Surely every man walks about as a shadow; Surely they make an uproar in vain; He piles up riches and does not know who will gather them. “And now, Lord, what do I hope in? My expectation is in You. “Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the wicked fool. “I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it. “Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am wasting away. “With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is vanity. Selah. “Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and give ear to my cry for help; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a sojourner with You, A foreign resident like all my fathers. “Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I go and am no more.”

~~~~~~40~~~~~ ~~~~~~40~~~~~ ~~~~~~40~~~~~ ~~~~~~40~~~~~ ~~~~~~40~~~~~ For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm. I hoped earnestly for Yahweh; And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in Yahweh. How blessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who stray into falsehood. Many, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous deeds You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. I would declare and speak of them, But they are too numerous to recount. Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. “I desire to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my inner being.” I proclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly; Behold, I do not restrain my lips, O Yahweh, You know. I do not conceal Your righteousness within my heart; I speak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly. You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me. For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me. Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me; Make haste, O Yahweh, to help me. Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to sweep it away; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in evil against me. Let those be appalled because of their shame Who say to me, “Aha, aha!” Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Yahweh be magnified!” As for me, I am afflicted and needy, May the Lord think of me. You are my help and the One who rescues me; Do not delay, O my God.

~~~~~~41~~~~~ ~~~~~~41~~~~~ ~~~~~~41~~~~~ ~~~~~~41~~~~~ ~~~~~~41~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. How blessed is he who considers the poor; Yahweh will provide him escape in a day of calamity. Yahweh will keep him and keep him alive, And he shall be blessed upon the earth; And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies. Yahweh will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You restore him to health. As for me, I said, “O Yahweh, be gracious to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.” My enemies speak evil against me, “When will he die, and his name perish?” And when he comes to see me, he speaks worthlessness; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he speaks it. All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me, they devise for me calamity, saying, “A vile thing is poured out upon him, That when he lies down, he will not rise up again.” Even my close friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me. But You, O Yahweh, be gracious to me and raise me up, That I may repay them. By this I know that You delight in me, Because my enemy makes no shout in triumph over me. As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And You make me stand firm in Your presence forever. Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

~~~~~~42~~~~~ ~~~~~~42~~~~~ ~~~~~~42~~~~~ ~~~~~~42~~~~~ ~~~~~~42~~~~~ For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the sound of a shout of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, For the salvation of His presence. O my God, my soul is in despair within me; Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. By day, Yahweh will command His lovingkindness; And by night, His song will be with me, A prayer to the God of my life. I say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?” As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, The salvation of my presence and my God.

~~~~~~43~~~~~ ~~~~~~43~~~~~ ~~~~~~43~~~~~ ~~~~~~43~~~~~ ~~~~~~43~~~~~ Give justice to me, O God, and plead my case against an unholy nation; Oh protect me from the deceitful and unrighteous man! For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Oh send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy mountain And to Your dwelling places. Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God. Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Wait for God, for I shall still praise Him, The salvation of my presence and my God.

~~~~~~44~~~~~ ~~~~~~44~~~~~ ~~~~~~44~~~~~ ~~~~~~44~~~~~ ~~~~~~44~~~~~ For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Maskil. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have recounted to us The work that You did in their days, In the days of old. You with Your own hand dispossessed the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You cast them out. For by their own sword they did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, For You favored them. You are my King, O God; Command salvation for Jacob. Through You we will push back our adversaries; Through Your name we will tread down those who rise up against us. For I will not trust in my bow, And my sword will not save me. But You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those who hate us. In God we have boasted all day long, And we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah. Yet You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor, And do not go out with our armies. You cause us to turn back from the adversary; And those who hate us have plundered us for themselves. You give us as sheep to be eaten And have scattered us among the nations. You sell Your people for no amount, And You have not profited from their price. You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A mockery and a derision to those around us. You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples. All day long my dishonor is before me And the shame of my face has covered me, Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger. All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You, And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant. Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps deviated from Your path, Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with the shadow of death. If we had forgotten the name of our God Or spread our hands to a strange god, Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. But for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever. Why do You hide Your face And forget our affliction and our oppression? For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth. Rise up, be our help, And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

~~~~~~45~~~~~ ~~~~~~45~~~~~ ~~~~~~45~~~~~ ~~~~~~45~~~~~ ~~~~~~45~~~~~ For the choir director. According to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. A Maskil. A Song of Love. My heart overflows with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a skillful scribe. You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever. Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One, In Your splendor and Your majesty! And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; Let Your right hand teach You awesome things. Your arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under You; Your arrows are in the heart of the King’s enemies. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your companions. All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad. Kings’ daughters are among Your noble ladies; At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir. Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house; Then the King will desire your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him. The daughter of Tyre will come with a present; The rich among the people will seek your favor. The King’s daughter is all glorious within her chamber; Her clothing is interwoven with gold. She will be led to the King in embroidered work; The virgins, her companions who follow her, Will be brought to You. They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing; They will enter into the King’s palace. In place of your fathers will be your sons; You shall set them up as princes in all the earth. I will cause Your name to be remembered from generation to every generation; Therefore the peoples will give You thanks forever and ever.

~~~~~~46~~~~~ ~~~~~~46~~~~~ ~~~~~~46~~~~~ ~~~~~~46~~~~~ ~~~~~~46~~~~~ For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains shake into the heart of the sea; Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its lofty pride. Selah. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she will not be shaken; God will help her when morning dawns. The nations roar, the kingdoms shake; He gives His voice, the earth melts. Yahweh of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah. Come, behold the works of Yahweh, Who has appointed desolations in the earth. He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts up the spear; He burns the chariots with fire. “Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Yahweh of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah.

~~~~~~47~~~~~ ~~~~~~47~~~~~ ~~~~~~47~~~~~ ~~~~~~47~~~~~ ~~~~~~47~~~~~ For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. O clap your hands, all peoples; Make a loud shout to God with the sound of a shout of joy. For Yahweh Most High is fearsome, A great King over all the earth. He subdues peoples under us And nations under our feet. He chooses our inheritance for us, The pride of Jacob whom He loves. Selah. God has ascended with a loud shout, Yahweh, with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with a skillful psalm. God reigns over the nations, God sits on His holy throne. The nobles of the peoples have assembled themselves with the people of the God of Abraham, For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

~~~~~~48~~~~~ ~~~~~~48~~~~~ ~~~~~~48~~~~~ ~~~~~~48~~~~~ ~~~~~~48~~~~~ A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain. Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion in the far north, The city of the great King. God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold. For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together. They saw it, then they were astonished; They were dismayed, they fled in alarm. Panic seized them there, Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth. With the east wind You break the ships of Tarshish. As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God; God will establish her forever. Selah. We have thought on Your lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of Your temple. As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. Let Mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your judgments. Walk about Zion and go around her; Count her towers; Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, That you may recount it to the next generation. For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us over death.

~~~~~~49~~~~~ ~~~~~~49~~~~~ ~~~~~~49~~~~~ ~~~~~~49~~~~~ ~~~~~~49~~~~~ For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, Both low and high, Rich and poor together. My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be discernment. I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp. Why should I fear in days of evil, When the iniquity of my supplanters surrounds me, Even those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches? Truly, no man can redeem his brother; He cannot give to God a ransom for him— For the redemption price for their soul is costly, And it ceases forever— That he should live on eternally, That he should not see corruption. For he sees that even wise men die; The fool and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others. Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places from generation to generation; They have called their lands after their own names. But man in his honor will not endure; He is like the animals that perish. This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who are pleased with their words. Selah. As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume, Far away from his habitation. But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah. Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich, When the glory of his house increases; For when he dies he will not take any of it; His glory will not descend after him. For while he lives he blesses his soul— And men will praise you when you do well for yourself— But his soul shall go to the generation of his fathers; They will eternally not see light. Man in his honor, but who does not understand, Is like the animals that perish.

~~~~~~50~~~~~ ~~~~~~50~~~~~ ~~~~~~50~~~~~ ~~~~~~50~~~~~ ~~~~~~50~~~~~ A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth. May our God come and not be silent; Fire devours before Him, And a storm whirls around Him. He calls the heavens above, And the earth, to render justice to His people: “Gather My holy ones to Me, Those who have cut a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah. “Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God. “I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me. “I shall take no young bull out of your house Nor male goats out of your folds. “For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. “I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine. “If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, as well as its fullness. “Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats? “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High; Call upon Me in the day of distress; I shall rescue you, and you will glorify Me.” But to the wicked God says, “What right have you to recount My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth? “For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you. “When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers. “You let your mouth loose in evil And you harness your tongue for deceit. “You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son. “These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes. “Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver. “He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies Me; And he who orders his way, I shall show the salvation of God.”

~~~~~~51~~~~~ ~~~~~~51~~~~~ ~~~~~~51~~~~~ ~~~~~~51~~~~~ ~~~~~~51~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the abundance of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me. Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And pure when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. Behold, You delight in truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have crushed rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise. For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. By Your favor do good to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem. Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

~~~~~~52~~~~~ ~~~~~~52~~~~~ ~~~~~~52~~~~~ ~~~~~~52~~~~~ ~~~~~~52~~~~~ For the choir director. A Maskil of David. When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long. Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit. You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living, Selah. So that the righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying, “Behold, the man who would not set God as his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his destruction.” But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will hope on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your holy ones.

~~~~~~53~~~~~ ~~~~~~53~~~~~ ~~~~~~53~~~~~ ~~~~~~53~~~~~ ~~~~~~53~~~~~ For the choir director. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The wicked fool says in his heart, “There is no God,” They act corruptly, and commit abominable injustice; There is no one who does good. God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is anyone who has insight, Anyone who seeks after God. Every one of them has turned back; together they have become worthless; There is no one who does good, not even one. Do the workers of iniquity not know, Who eat up my people as they eat bread And do not call upon God? There they were in great dread where no dread had been; For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you; You put them to shame, because God had rejected them. Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores His captive people, May Jacob rejoice, may Israel be glad.

~~~~~~54~~~~~ ~~~~~~54~~~~~ ~~~~~~54~~~~~ ~~~~~~54~~~~~ ~~~~~~54~~~~~ For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Is not David hiding himself among us?” O God, save me by Your name, And render justice to me by Your might. O God, hear my prayer; Give ear to the words of my mouth. For strangers have risen against me And ruthless men have sought my life; They have not set God before them. Selah. Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is among those who sustain my soul. He will return the evil to my foes; Destroy them in Your truth. With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks to Your name, O Yahweh, for it is good. For He has delivered me from all distress, And my eye has looked in triumph upon my enemies.

~~~~~~55~~~~~ ~~~~~~55~~~~~ ~~~~~~55~~~~~ ~~~~~~55~~~~~ ~~~~~~55~~~~~ For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; And do not hide Yourself from my supplication. Give heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted, Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the pressure of the wicked; For they shake wickedness down upon me And in anger they bear a grudge against me. My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has covered me. I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. “Behold, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah. “I would hasten to my place of refuge From the stormy wind and tempest.” Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city. Day and night they go around her upon her walls, And wickedness and mischief are in her midst. Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets. For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who hates me who has magnified himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him. But it is you, a man my equal, My close companion and my familiar friend; We who had sweet counsel together Walked in the house of God in the throng. Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst. As for me, I shall call upon God, And Yahweh will save me. Evening and morning and at noon, I will bring my complaint and moan, And He will hear my voice. He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are many who strive with me. God will hear and answer them— Even the one who sits enthroned from of old— Selah. Because they do not change, And do not fear God. My companion has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; He has violated his covenant. His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords. Cast your burden upon Yahweh and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of corruption; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

~~~~~~56~~~~~ ~~~~~~56~~~~~ ~~~~~~56~~~~~ ~~~~~~56~~~~~ ~~~~~~56~~~~~ For the choir director. According to Jonath Elem Rehokim. A Mikhtam of David. When the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me; All day long, an attacker oppresses me. My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For many attack me proudly. When I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God, whose word I praise, In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me? All day long they distort my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil. They attack, they lurk, They watch my heels, As they have hoped to take my life. On account of their wickedness, will they have an escape? In anger, bring down the peoples, O God! You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call; This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, In Yahweh, whose word I praise, In God I trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? Your vows are binding upon me, O God; I will fulfill thank offerings to You. For You have delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living.

~~~~~~57~~~~~ ~~~~~~57~~~~~ ~~~~~~57~~~~~ ~~~~~~57~~~~~ ~~~~~~57~~~~~ For the choir director. Al-tashheth. Of David. A Mikhtam. When he fled from Saul in the cave. Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge Until destruction passes by. I will call to God Most High, To God who accomplishes all things for me. He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah. God will send His lovingkindness and His truth. My soul is among lions; I am lying down among those who breathe forth fire, Sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows And their tongue a sharp sword. Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above all the earth. They have set a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They dug a pit before me; They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah. My heart is set, O God, my heart is set; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises! Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations. For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the skies. Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above all the earth.

~~~~~~58~~~~~ ~~~~~~58~~~~~ ~~~~~~58~~~~~ ~~~~~~58~~~~~ ~~~~~~58~~~~~ For the choir director. Al-tashheth. Of David. A Mikhtam. Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge with equity, O sons of men? No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you prepare a path for the violence of your hands. The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak falsehood wander in error from birth. They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Yahweh. Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never behold the sun. Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the living and the burning alike. The righteous will be glad when he beholds the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”

~~~~~~59~~~~~ ~~~~~~59~~~~~ ~~~~~~59~~~~~ ~~~~~~59~~~~~ ~~~~~~59~~~~~ For the choir director. Al-tashheth. Of David. A Mikhtam. When Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to put him to death. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me. Deliver me from workers of iniquity And save me from men of bloodshed. For behold, they have lain in wait for my soul; Fierce men launch an attack against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Yahweh, For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me. Arouse Yourself to meet me, and see! You, O Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah. They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city. Behold, they pour forth speech with their mouth; Swords are in their lips, For, they say, “Who hears?” But You, O Yahweh, laugh at them; You mock all the nations. Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold. My God in His lovingkindness will approach me; God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes. Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Make them wander about by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. On account of the sin of their mouth and the word of their lips, Let them even be caught in their pride, And on account of curses and lies which they utter. Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more; That men may know that God rules in Jacob To the ends of the earth. Selah. They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city. They wander about for food And growl if they are not satisfied. But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; And I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, For You have been my stronghold And a refuge in the day of my distress. O my strength, I will sing praises to You; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.

~~~~~~60~~~~~ ~~~~~~60~~~~~ ~~~~~~60~~~~~ ~~~~~~60~~~~~ ~~~~~~60~~~~~ For the choir director. According to Shushan Eduth. A Mikhtam of David. For teaching. When he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, You have rejected us. You have broken us; You have been angry; Oh, restore us. You have made the land quake, You have split it open; Heal its breaches, for it shakes. You have caused Your people to see hardship; You have given us wine to drink that causes reeling. You have given a banner to those who fear You, In order to flee to it from the bow. Selah. That Your beloved may be rescued, Save with Your right hand, and answer us! God has spoken in His holiness: “I will exult, I will portion out Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth. “Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head; Judah is My scepter. “Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe; Make a loud shout, O Philistia, because of Me!” Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom? Have You Yourself, O God, not rejected us? And will You, O God, not go forth with our armies? Oh give us help against the adversary, For salvation by man is worthless. Through God we shall do valiantly, And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.

~~~~~~61~~~~~ ~~~~~~61~~~~~ ~~~~~~61~~~~~ ~~~~~~61~~~~~ ~~~~~~61~~~~~ For the choir director. On a stringed instrument. Of David. Hear my cry of lamentation, O God; Give heed to my prayer. From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength before the enemy. Let me sojourn in Your tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah. For You, O God, have heard my vows; You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name. You will add days to the king’s life; His years will be from generation to generation. He will sit enthroned before God forever; Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may guard him. So I will sing praise to Your name forever, As I pay my vows day by day.

~~~~~~62~~~~~ ~~~~~~62~~~~~ ~~~~~~62~~~~~ ~~~~~~62~~~~~ ~~~~~~62~~~~~ For the choir director. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. Surely my soul waits in silence for God; From Him is my salvation. Surely He is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken. How long will you assail a man, That you may murder him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a fence thrust down? Surely they have counseled to thrust him down from his high position; They find pleasure in falsehood; They bless with their mouth, But inwardly they curse. Selah. Surely wait in silence for God, O my soul, For my hope is from Him. Surely He is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah. Surely men of low degree are merely vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than a breath of vanity. Do not trust in oppression And do not put vain hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. Once God has spoken; Twice I have heard this: That strength belongs to God; And that to You, O Lord, belongs lovingkindness, For You repay a man according to his work.

~~~~~~63~~~~~ ~~~~~~63~~~~~ ~~~~~~63~~~~~ ~~~~~~63~~~~~ ~~~~~~63~~~~~ A Psalm of David. When he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land without water. Thus I have beheld You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will laud You. Thus I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. My soul is satisfied as with fatness and richness, And my mouth offers praises with lips of joyful songs. When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches, For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me. But those who seek my life to destroy it, Will go into the depths of the earth. They will be delivered over to the power of the sword; They will be a portion for foxes. But the king will be glad in God; Everyone who swears by Him will boast, For the mouths of those who speak lies will be closed.

~~~~~~64~~~~~ ~~~~~~64~~~~~ ~~~~~~64~~~~~ ~~~~~~64~~~~~ ~~~~~~64~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Guard my life from dread of the enemy. Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity, Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow, To shoot from places of hiding at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear. They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, “Who can see them?” They searched out unrighteousness, saying, “We have completed a diligent search”; For the inward thought of a man and his heart are deep. But God will shoot them with an arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded. So they will cause their own tongue to turn against them; All who see them will shake their head. Then all men will fear, And they will declare the work of God, And will consider what He has done. The righteous man will be glad in Yahweh and will take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will boast.

~~~~~~65~~~~~ ~~~~~~65~~~~~ ~~~~~~65~~~~~ ~~~~~~65~~~~~ ~~~~~~65~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song. To You, there will be silence and praise in Zion, O God, And to You the vow will be paid. O You who hear prayer, To You all flesh comes. Words of iniquity prevail against me; As for our transgressions, You atone for them. How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You That he would dwell in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple. By fearsome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea; Who establishes the mountains by His strength, Being girded with might; Who stills the rumbling of the seas, The rumbling of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples. They who inhabit the ends of the earth are in fear on account of Your signs; You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy. You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You establish their grain, for thus You establish the earth. You water its furrows abundantly, You smooth its ridges, You soften it with showers, You bless its growth. You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with richness. The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing. The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They make a loud shout, indeed, they sing.

~~~~~~66~~~~~ ~~~~~~66~~~~~ ~~~~~~66~~~~~ ~~~~~~66~~~~~ ~~~~~~66~~~~~ For the choir director. A Song. A Psalm. Make a loud shout to God, all the earth; Sing praise for the glory of His name; Establish His praise as glorious. Say to God, “How fearsome are Your works! Because of the abundance of Your strength Your enemies will cower before You. “All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; They will sing praises to Your name.” Selah. Come and see the works of God, Who is fearsome in His deeds toward the sons of men. He turned the sea into dry land; They passed through the river on foot; There let us be glad in Him! He rules by His might forever; His eyes keep watch on the nations; Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. Bless our God, O peoples, And make the sound of His praise heard, Who establishes us among the living And does not allow our feet to stumble. For You have tested us, O God; You have refined us as silver is refined. You brought us into the net; You established an oppressive burden upon our loins. You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance. I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings; I shall pay You my vows, Which my lips uttered And my mouth spoke when I was in distress. I shall offer to You burnt offerings of fat beasts, With the smoke of rams; I shall make an offering of bulls with male goats. Selah. Come and hear, all who fear God, And I will recount what He has done for my soul. I called out to Him with my mouth, And He was exalted with my tongue. If I see wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear; But certainly God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me.

~~~~~~67~~~~~ ~~~~~~67~~~~~ ~~~~~~67~~~~~ ~~~~~~67~~~~~ ~~~~~~67~~~~~ For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song. God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us— Selah. That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations. Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with uprightness And lead the nations on the earth. Selah. Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us. God blesses us, That all the ends of the earth may fear Him.

~~~~~~68~~~~~ ~~~~~~68~~~~~ ~~~~~~68~~~~~ ~~~~~~68~~~~~ ~~~~~~68~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song. Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered, And let those who hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God. But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God; And let them rejoice with gladness. Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is Yah, and exult before Him. A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy habitation. God causes the lonely to inhabit a home; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land. O God, when You went forth before Your people, When You marched through the wasteland, Selah. The earth quaked; The heavens also dripped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. You caused abundant rain to sprinkle down, O God; You established Your inheritance when it was parched. Your creatures inhabited it; You established it in Your goodness for the poor, O God. The Lord gives the word; The women who proclaim the good news are a great host: “Kings of armies retreat, they retreat, And she who remains at home will divide the spoil!” If you men lie down among the sheepfolds, You all would be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold. When the Almighty dispersed the kings there, It was snowing in Zalmon. A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan. Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, At the mountain which God has prized for His habitation? Surely Yahweh will dwell there forever. The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness. You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious also, that Yah—God—may dwell there. Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah. God is to us a God of salvation; And to Yahweh the Lord belong escapes from death. Surely God will crush the head of His enemies, The hairy skull of him who goes on in his guilty deeds. The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea; That your foot may crush them in blood, The tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies.” They have seen Your procession, O God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. The singers went on, the musicians after them, In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines. Bless God in the congregations, Yahweh, the fountain of Israel. There is Benjamin, the youngest, having dominion over them, The princes of Judah in their throng, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. Your God has commanded your strength; Show Yourself strong, O God, who has worked on our behalf. Because of Your temple at Jerusalem Kings will bring gifts to You. Rebuke the beast in the reeds, The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver; He has cast out the peoples who delight in war. Envoys will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God. Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, Sing praises to the Lord, Selah. To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times; Behold, He gives forth His voice, a voice that is strong. Ascribe strength to God; His majesty is over Israel And His strength is in the skies. O God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and might to the people. Blessed be God!

~~~~~~69~~~~~ ~~~~~~69~~~~~ ~~~~~~69~~~~~ ~~~~~~69~~~~~ ~~~~~~69~~~~~ For the choir director. According to Shoshannim. Of David. Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life. I have sunk in deep clay, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. I am weary with my calling out; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God. Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore. O God, it is You who knows my folly, And all my guilt is not hidden from You. May those who hope for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord Yahweh of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel, Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face. I have become estranged from my brothers And a foreigner to my mother’s sons. For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach. When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. Those who dwell at the gate moan about me, And I am the drunkards’ songs. But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Yahweh, at an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with the truth of Your salvation. Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters. May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me. Answer me, O Yahweh, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the abundance of Your compassion, turn to me, And do not hide Your face from Your slave, For I am in distress; answer me quickly. Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies! You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You. Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none. They also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, may it become a trap. May their eyes darken so that they cannot see, And make their loins quake continually. Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them. May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents. For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have struck down, And they recount the pain of those whom You have wounded. Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness. May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous. But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high. I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving. And this will please Yahweh better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. The humble see it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive. For Yahweh hears the needy And does not despise His who are prisoners. Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them. For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. The seed of His slaves will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it.

~~~~~~70~~~~~ ~~~~~~70~~~~~ ~~~~~~70~~~~~ ~~~~~~70~~~~~ ~~~~~~70~~~~~ For the choir director. Of David. To bring to remembrance. O God, hasten to deliver me; O Yahweh, hasten to my help! Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in evil against me. Let those turn back because of their shame Who say, “Aha, aha!” Let those be joyful and glad in You All who seek You And let them say continually, “Let God be magnified,” Those who love Your salvation. But I am afflicted and needy; Hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my protector; O Yahweh, do not delay.

~~~~~~71~~~~~ ~~~~~~71~~~~~ ~~~~~~71~~~~~ ~~~~~~71~~~~~ ~~~~~~71~~~~~ In You, O Yahweh, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed. In Your righteousness deliver me and protect me; Incline Your ear to me and save me. Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given the command to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress. Protect me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man, For You are my hope; O Lord Yahweh, You are my trust from my youth. By You I have been sustained from my birth; You are He who took me from my mother’s womb; My praise is continually of You. I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge. My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your beauty all day long. Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails. For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch my life have counseled together, Saying, “God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver.” O God, do not be far from me; O my God, hasten to my help! Let those who accuse my soul be ashamed and consumed; Let them be wrapped up with reproach and dishonor, who seek to do me evil. But as for me, I will wait continually, And will praise You yet more and more. My mouth shall recount Your righteousness And Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the sum of them. I will come with the mighty deeds of Lord Yahweh; I will bring to remembrance Your righteousness, Yours alone. O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous deeds. And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your might to all who are to come. For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You? You, who have shown me many troubles and evils, Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth. May You increase my greatness And turn to comfort me. I will also praise You with a harp, Even Your truth, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed. My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long; For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek to do me evil.

~~~~~~72~~~~~ ~~~~~~72~~~~~ ~~~~~~72~~~~~ ~~~~~~72~~~~~ ~~~~~~72~~~~~ Of Solomon. O God, give the king Your judgments, And Your righteousness to the king’s son. May he render judgment to Your people with righteousness And Your afflicted with justice. Let the mountains lift up peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. May he give justice to the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy, And crush the oppressor. Let them fear You while the sun endures, And as long as the moon, from generation to all generations. May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth. May the righteous flourish in his days, And abundance of peace until the moon is no more. May he also have dominion from sea to sea And from the River to the ends of the earth. Let the desert creatures kneel before him, And his enemies lick the dust. Let the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands bring a present; The kings of Sheba and Seba offer tribute. And let all kings bow down to him, All nations serve him. For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper. He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And the lives of the needy he will save. He will redeem their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight; So may he live! And may they give to him the gold of Sheba; And let each pray for him continually; Let each bless him all day long. May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains; May its fruit wave like the cedars of Lebanon; And may those from the city blossom like vegetation of the earth. May his name endure forever; May his name increase as long as the sun shines; Let all nations be blessed in him; Let all nations call him blessed. Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wondrous deeds. And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen. The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are completed.

~~~~~~73~~~~~ ~~~~~~73~~~~~ ~~~~~~73~~~~~ ~~~~~~73~~~~~ ~~~~~~73~~~~~ A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, My steps had almost slipped. For I was envious of the boastful, I saw the peace of the wicked. For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat. They are not in trouble as other men, And they are not stricken along with the rest of mankind. Therefore lofty pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. Their eye bulges from fatness; The delusions of their heart overflow. They scoff and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high. They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue goes through the earth. Therefore his people return here, to his place, And waters of fullness are drunk by them. They say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?” Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth. Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence; For I have been stricken all day long And reproved every morning. If I had said, “I will recount thus,” Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children. When I gave thought to know this, It was trouble in my sight Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end. Surely You set them in slippery places; You cause them to fall to destruction. How they become desolate in a moment! They are completely swept away by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form. When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within, Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like an animal before You. Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand. With Your counsel You will lead me, And afterward take me in glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart fail, But God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever. For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed everyone who is unfaithful to You. But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have set Lord Yahweh as my refuge, That I may recount all Your works.

~~~~~~74~~~~~ ~~~~~~74~~~~~ ~~~~~~74~~~~~ ~~~~~~74~~~~~ ~~~~~~74~~~~~ A Maskil of Asaph. Why, O God? Have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. Lift up Your steps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary. Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own signs for signs. Each seems like one who lifts up An axe against the undergrowth of trees. And now its carved work altogether They smash with hatchet and hammers. They have set Your sanctuary on fire; By bringing it to the ground, they have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. They said in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.” They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land. We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there any among us who knows how long. How long, O God, will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy spurn Your name forever? Why do You turn back Your hand, even Your right hand? From within Your bosom, destroy them! Yet God is my King from of old, Who works deeds of salvation in the midst of the earth. You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the desert. You split open spring and river; You dried up ever-flowing rivers. Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; You have established the light and the sun. You have caused all the boundaries of the earth to stand firm; You have formed summer and winter. Remember this, O Yahweh, that the enemy has reproached, And a wickedly foolish people has spurned Your name. Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. Look to the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence. Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name. Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause; Remember how the wicked fool reproaches You all day long. Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, The rumbling of those who rise against You which ascends continually.

~~~~~~75~~~~~ ~~~~~~75~~~~~ ~~~~~~75~~~~~ ~~~~~~75~~~~~ ~~~~~~75~~~~~ For the choir director. Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks, For Your name is near; Men recount Your wondrous deeds. “For I select an appointed time, It is I who judge with equity. “The earth and all who dwell in it melt; It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah. “I said to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ And to the wicked, ‘Do not raise up the horn; Do not raise up your horn on high, Nor speak with insolent pride.’” For one’s rising up does not come from the east, nor from the west, And not from the desert; But God is the Judge; He puts down one and raises up another. For a cup is in the hand of Yahweh, and the wine foams; It is full of His mixture, and He pours from this; Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs. But as for me, I will declare it forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. And all the horns of the wicked I will cut off, But the horns of the righteous will be raised up.

~~~~~~76~~~~~ ~~~~~~76~~~~~ ~~~~~~76~~~~~ ~~~~~~76~~~~~ ~~~~~~76~~~~~ For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel. So His tabernacle is in Salem; His dwelling place is in Zion. There He broke the flaming arrows, The shield and the sword and the battle. Selah. You are shining, Majestic from the mountains of prey. The stouthearted were plundered, They sank into sleep; And none of the warriors could use his hands. At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot rider and horse slumbered into a deep sleep. But You, You are fearsome; And who can stand in Your presence when once You are angry? You made Your cause to be heard from heaven; The earth feared and was quiet When God arose to judgment, To save all the humble of the earth. Selah. For the wrath of man shall praise You; With a remnant of wrath You will gird Yourself. Make vows to Yahweh your God and pay them; Let all who are around Him bring gifts to the Fearsome One. He will cut off the spirit of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.

~~~~~~77~~~~~ ~~~~~~77~~~~~ ~~~~~~77~~~~~ ~~~~~~77~~~~~ ~~~~~~77~~~~~ For the choir director. According to Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm. My voice rises to God, and I must cry aloud; My voice rises to God, and He will hear me. In the day of my distress I sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness; My soul refused to be comforted. I remember God and I am disturbed; I muse and my spirit faints. Selah. You have held my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I give thought to the days of old, The years of long ago. I remember my music in the night; I am musing with my heart, And my spirit is searching: Will the Lord reject evermore? And will He not be favorable again? Has His lovingkindness ceased forever? Has His word ended from generation to generation? Has God forgotten to be gracious, Or has He in anger shut up His compassion? Selah. Then I said, “It is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed.” I shall remember the deeds of Yah; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. I will meditate on all Your work And muse on Your deeds. O God, Your way is holy; What god is great like God? You are the God who works wonders; You have made known Your strength among the peoples. You have by Your arm redeemed Your people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled. The clouds poured out water; The skies gave forth a sound; Your arrows went here and there. The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook. Your way was in the sea And Your paths in the mighty waters, But Your footprints were not known. You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

~~~~~~78~~~~~ ~~~~~~78~~~~~ ~~~~~~78~~~~~ ~~~~~~78~~~~~ ~~~~~~78~~~~~ A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will pour forth dark sayings of old, Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have recounted to us. We will not conceal them from their children, But recount to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, And His strength and His wondrous deeds that He has done. For He established a testimony in Jacob And set a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children, That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, That they may arise and recount them to their children, That they should set their confidence in God And not forget the deeds of God, But observe His commandments, And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God. The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, Yet they turned back in the day of battle. They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law; So they forgot His acts And His wondrous deeds that He had shown them. He did wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. He split the sea and caused them to pass through, And He made the waters stand up like a heap. Then He led them with the cloud by day And all the night with a light of fire. He was splitting the rocks in the wilderness And so gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths. He brought forth streams also from the cliff face And caused waters to run down like rivers. Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert. And in their heart they put God to the test By asking for food according to their desire. Then they spoke against God; They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? “Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out, And streams were overflowing; Can He give bread also? Will He prepare meat for His people?” Therefore Yahweh heard and was full of wrath; And a fire was kindled against Jacob And anger also mounted against Israel, Because they did not believe in God And did not trust in His salvation. Yet He commanded the skies above And opened the doors of heaven; He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them grain from heaven. Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them provision to satisfy. He led forth the east wind in the heavens And by His strength He guided the south wind. Then He rained meat upon them like the dust, Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas, He caused them to fall in the midst of His camp, All around His dwelling places. So they ate and were very satisfied, And their desire He brought to them. Before they had satisfied their desire, While their food was in their mouths, The anger of God rose against them And killed some of their stoutest ones, And subdued the choice men of Israel. In spite of all this they still sinned And did not believe in His wondrous deeds. So He brought their days to an end in futility And their years in sudden terror. When He killed them, then they sought Him, And returned and sought earnestly for God; And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer. But they deceived Him with their mouth And lied to Him with their tongue. For their heart was not prepared to remain with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant. But He, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; And He abounded in turning back His anger And did not arouse all His wrath. Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that goes and does not return. How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the wasteland! Again and again they tested God, And pained the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power, The day when He redeemed them from the adversary, When He performed His signs in Egypt And His miracles in the field of Zoan, And turned their rivers to blood, And their streams, they could not drink. He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed them. He gave also their crops to the grasshopper And the fruit of their labor to the locust. He killed their vines with hailstones And their sycamore trees with frost. He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones And their herds to bolts of lightning. He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and distress, A band of destroying angels. He leveled a path for His anger; He did not hold back their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague, So He struck all the firstborn in Egypt, The first of their vigor in the tents of Ham. But He led forth His own people like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like a flock; He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea covered their enemies. So He brought them to His holy land, To this hill country which His right hand had acquired. He also drove out the nations before them And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents. Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies, But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow. For they provoked Him with their high places And aroused His jealousy with their graven images. God heard and was filled with wrath And greatly rejected Israel; So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, The tent which He caused to dwell among men, And gave up His strength to captivity And His beauty into the hand of the adversary. He also gave over His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance. Fire devoured His choice men, And His virgins had no wedding songs. His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep. Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, As if He were a warrior overcome by wine. He struck His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting reproach. He also rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved. And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has founded forever. He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds; From following the nursing ewes He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance. So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And led them with his skillful hands.

~~~~~~79~~~~~ ~~~~~~79~~~~~ ~~~~~~79~~~~~ ~~~~~~79~~~~~ ~~~~~~79~~~~~ A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have come into Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins. They have given the dead bodies of Your slaves for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your holy ones to the beasts of the earth. They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them. We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A mockery and derision to those around us. How long, O Yahweh? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name. For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his abode. Do not remember our former iniquities against us; Let Your compassion quickly approach us, For we are brought very low. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and atone for our sins for Your name’s sake. Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let it be known among the nations before our eyes: Vengeance for the blood of Your slaves which has been poured out. Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die. And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord. But as for us, as Your people and the sheep of Your pasture, We will give thanks to You forever; From generation to generation we will recount Your praise.

~~~~~~80~~~~~ ~~~~~~80~~~~~ ~~~~~~80~~~~~ ~~~~~~80~~~~~ ~~~~~~80~~~~~ For the choir director. El Shoshannim. Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, You who guide Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth! Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your might And come to save us! O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, that we would be saved. O Yahweh God of hosts, How long will You smolder against the prayer of Your people? You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure. You set us as an object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock us among themselves. O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved. You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and then You planted it. You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land. The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs. It sent out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River. Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit? A boar from the forest devours it And whatever moves in the field feeds on it. O God of hosts, return now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and visit this vine, Even the sapling which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself. It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your face. Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself. Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name. O Yahweh God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, that we might be saved.

~~~~~~81~~~~~ ~~~~~~81~~~~~ ~~~~~~81~~~~~ ~~~~~~81~~~~~ ~~~~~~81~~~~~ For the choir director. According to the Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; Make a loud shout to the God of Jacob. Lift up a song of praise, strike the tambourine, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. For it is a statute for Israel, A judgment of the God of Jacob. He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went forth over the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know: “I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket. “You called in distress and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. “Hear, O My people, and I will testify against you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! “Let there be no strange god among you; And you shall not worship a foreign god. “I am Yahweh your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. “But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel was not willing to obey Me. “So I released them over to the stubbornness of their heart, That they would walk in their own devices. “Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways! “I would quickly subdue their enemies And I would turn My hand against their adversaries. “Those who hate Yahweh would cower before Him, And their time of punishment would be forever. “But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

~~~~~~82~~~~~ ~~~~~~82~~~~~ ~~~~~~82~~~~~ ~~~~~~82~~~~~ ~~~~~~82~~~~~ A Psalm of Asaph. God takes His stand in the congregation of God; He judges in the midst of gods. How long will you judge unrighteously And show partiality to the wicked? Selah. Give justice to the poor and the orphan; Justify the afflicted and destitute. Protect the poor and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. They do not know and do not understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken. I said, “You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High. “Nevertheless you will die like men And you will fall like any one of the princes.” Arise, O God, judge the earth! For it is You who will inherit all the nations.

~~~~~~83~~~~~ ~~~~~~83~~~~~ ~~~~~~83~~~~~ ~~~~~~83~~~~~ ~~~~~~83~~~~~ A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, do not remain at rest; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be quiet. For behold, Your enemies roar, And those who hate You have lifted up their heads. They make shrewd plans against Your people, And conspire together against Your treasured ones. They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more.” For they have conspired together with one heart; Against You they cut a covenant: The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites; Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assyria also has joined with them; They have become the power of the children of Lot. Selah. Do to them as to Midian, As to Sisera, and Jabin at the river of Kishon, Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who were as dung for the ground. Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, Who said, “Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God.” O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind. Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that burns up the mountains, So pursue them with Your tempest And dismay them with Your storm. Fill their faces with disgrace, That they may seek Your name, O Yahweh. Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever, And let them be humiliated and perish, That they may know that You alone—Your name is Yahweh— Are the Most High over all the earth.

~~~~~~84~~~~~ ~~~~~~84~~~~~ ~~~~~~84~~~~~ ~~~~~~84~~~~~ ~~~~~~84~~~~~ For the choir director. According to the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. How lovely are Your dwelling places, O Yahweh of hosts! My soul has longed and even fainted for the courts of Yahweh; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. Even the bird has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she sets her young, At Your altars, O Yahweh of hosts, My King and my God. How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah. How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion! Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also wraps it up with blessings. They go from strength to strength, Each one of them appears before God in Zion. O Yahweh God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah. See our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed. For better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For Yahweh God is a sun and shield; Yahweh gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk blamelessly. O Yahweh of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You!

~~~~~~85~~~~~ ~~~~~~85~~~~~ ~~~~~~85~~~~~ ~~~~~~85~~~~~ ~~~~~~85~~~~~ For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. O Yahweh, You showed favor to Your land; You returned the fortunes of Jacob. You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah. You withdrew all Your fury; You turned back from Your burning anger. Turn us back, O God of our salvation, And cause Your vexation toward us to cease. Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger from generation to generation? Will You not Yourself return to revive us, That Your people may be glad in You? Show us, O Yahweh, Your lovingkindness, And give us Your salvation. Let me hear what the God, Yahweh, will speak; For He will speak peace to His people, to His holy ones; But let them not turn back to folly. Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land. Lovingkindness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth springs up from the earth, And righteousness looks down from heaven. Indeed, Yahweh will give what is good, And our land will yield its produce. Righteousness will go before Him And will establish the way of His steps.

~~~~~~86~~~~~ ~~~~~~86~~~~~ ~~~~~~86~~~~~ ~~~~~~86~~~~~ ~~~~~~86~~~~~ A Prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and answer me; For I am afflicted and needy. Keep my soul, for I am a holy one; O You my God, save Your slave who trusts in You. Be gracious to me, O Lord, For to You I call all day long. Make glad the soul of Your slave, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. For You, Lord, are good, and by nature forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You. Give ear, O Yahweh, to my prayer; And give heed to the voice of my supplications! In the day of my distress I shall call upon You, For You will answer me. There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, Nor are there any works like Yours. All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And they shall glorify Your name. For You are great and do wondrous deeds; You alone are God. Teach me Your way, O Yahweh; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And will glorify Your name forever. For Your lovingkindness toward me is great, And You have delivered my soul from Sheol below. O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, And a band of ruthless men have sought my life, And they have not set You before them. But You, O Lord, are a God compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth. Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Oh grant Your strength to Your slave, And save the son of Your maidservant. Show me a sign for good, That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, Because You, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.

~~~~~~87~~~~~ ~~~~~~87~~~~~ ~~~~~~87~~~~~ ~~~~~~87~~~~~ ~~~~~~87~~~~~ Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains. Yahweh loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwelling places of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah. “I shall mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me; Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia: ‘This one was born there.’” But of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her”; And the Most High Himself will establish her. Yahweh will count when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah. And singers, just like the dancers, will all say, “All my springs are in you.”

~~~~~~88~~~~~ ~~~~~~88~~~~~ ~~~~~~88~~~~~ ~~~~~~88~~~~~ ~~~~~~88~~~~~ A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and throughout the night before You. Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry of lamentation! For my soul has been saturated with calamities, And my life has reached Sheol. I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength, Released among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And they are cut off from Your hand. You have put me in the pit far below, In dark places, in the depths. Your wrath lies upon me, And You afflict me with all Your breaking waves. Selah. You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have set me as an abomination to them; I am shut up and cannot go out. My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon You every day, O Yahweh; I have spread out my hands to You. Will You do wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah. Will Your lovingkindness be recounted in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? Will Your wonders be known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? But as for me, O Yahweh, I have cried out to You for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before You. O Yahweh, why do You reject my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me? I have been afflicted and about to breathe my last from my youth on; I bear Your terrors; I am overcome. Your burning anger has passed over me; Your horrors have destroyed me. They have surrounded me like water all day long; They have encompassed me altogether. You have removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are in darkness.

~~~~~~89~~~~~ ~~~~~~89~~~~~ ~~~~~~89~~~~~ ~~~~~~89~~~~~ ~~~~~~89~~~~~ A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh forever; From generation to generation I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth. For I have said, “Lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.” “I have cut a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant, I will establish your seed forever And build up your throne from generation to generation.” Selah. The heavens will praise Your wonders, O Yahweh; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. For who in the sky is comparable to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the mighty is like Yahweh, A God greatly dreaded in the council of the holy ones, And fearsome above all those who are around Him? O Yahweh God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Yah? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them. You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your strong arm. The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and its fullness, You have founded them. The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon sing with joy at Your name. You have a mighty arm; Your hand is strong, Your right hand is exalted. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You. How blessed are the people who know the loud shout of joy! O Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your face. In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted. For You are the beauty of their strength, And by Your favor our horn is exalted. For our shield belongs to Yahweh, And our king to the Holy One of Israel. Formerly You spoke in vision to Your holy ones, And said, “I have bestowed help to a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen from the people. “I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him, With whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him. “The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of unrighteousness afflict him. “But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him. “My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in My name his horn will be exalted. “I shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers. “He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.’ “I also shall make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. “My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him. “So I will set up his seed to endure forever And his throne as the days of heaven. “If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments, If they profane My statutes And do not keep My commandments, Then I will punish their transgression with the rod And their iniquity with striking. “But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. “My covenant I will not profane, Nor will I alter what comes forth from My lips. “Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. “His seed shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me. “It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is faithful.” Selah. But You have cast off and rejected, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. You have spurned the covenant of Your slave; You have profaned his crown to the ground. You have broken down all his walls; You have beset his strongholds with ruin. All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a reproach to his neighbors. You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies be glad. You also turn back the edge of his sword And have not made him arise in battle. You have made his splendor to cease And cast his throne to the ground. You have shortened the days of his youth; You have wrapped him up with shame. Selah. How long, O Yahweh? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? Remember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men! What man can live and not see death? Can he provide his soul escape from the power of Sheol? Selah. Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your slaves; How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples, With which Your enemies have reproached, O Yahweh, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. Blessed be Yahweh forever! Amen and Amen.

~~~~~~90~~~~~ ~~~~~~90~~~~~ ~~~~~~90~~~~~ ~~~~~~90~~~~~ ~~~~~~90~~~~~ A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place from generation to generation. Before the mountains were born Or You brought forth the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. You turn man back into dust And say, “Return, O sons of men.” For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night. You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew. In the morning it blossoms and sprouts anew; Toward evening it withers away and dries up. For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed. You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence. For all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh. As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to might, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and wickedness; For soon it is gone and we fly away. Who knows the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom. Return, O Yahweh; how long will it be? And be sorry for Your slaves. O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we have seen evil. Let Your work appear to Your slaves And Your majesty to their sons. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish for us the work of our hands; Establish the work of our hands.

~~~~~~91~~~~~ ~~~~~~91~~~~~ ~~~~~~91~~~~~ ~~~~~~91~~~~~ ~~~~~~91~~~~~ He who abides in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to Yahweh, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper And from the destructive pestilence. He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you will take refuge; His truth is a large shield and bulwark. You will not be afraid of terror by night, Or arrow that flies by day; Of pestilence that moves in darkness, Or of destruction that devastates at noon. A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But it shall not approach you. You will only look on with your eyes And see the recompense of the wicked. For you have made Yahweh—my refuge, The Most High—your dwelling place. No evil will befall you, And no plague will come near your tent. For He will command His angels concerning you, To guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, Lest you strike your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the fierce lion and cobra, The young lion and the serpent you will trample down. “Because he has loved Me, therefore I will protect him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. “He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in his distress; I will rescue him and honor him. “With a long life I will satisfy him And I will show him My salvation.”

~~~~~~92~~~~~ ~~~~~~92~~~~~ ~~~~~~92~~~~~ ~~~~~~92~~~~~ ~~~~~~92~~~~~ A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to Yahweh And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre. For You, O Yahweh, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands. How great are Your works, O Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep. A senseless man does not know, And a fool does not understand this: That when the wicked flourished like grass And all the workers of iniquity blossomed, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore. But You are on high forever, O Yahweh. For, behold, Your enemies, O Yahweh, For, behold, Your enemies will perish; All the workers of iniquity will be scattered. But You have raised up my horn like that of the wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil. And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me. The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of Yahweh, They will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be rich and fresh, To declare that Yahweh is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

~~~~~~93~~~~~ ~~~~~~93~~~~~ ~~~~~~93~~~~~ ~~~~~~93~~~~~ ~~~~~~93~~~~~ Yahweh reigns, He is clothed with majesty; Yahweh has clothed and girded Himself with strength; Indeed, the world is established, it will not be shaken. Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. The rivers have lifted up, O Yahweh, The rivers have lifted up their voice, The rivers lift up their pounding waves. More than the voices of many waters, Than the mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty. Your testimonies are very faithful; Holiness befits Your house, O Yahweh, forevermore.

~~~~~~94~~~~~ ~~~~~~94~~~~~ ~~~~~~94~~~~~ ~~~~~~94~~~~~ ~~~~~~94~~~~~ O Yahweh, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth! Be lifted up, O Judge of the earth, Render recompense to the proud. How long shall the wicked, O Yahweh, How long shall the wicked exult? They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly; All workers of iniquity vaunt themselves. They crush Your people, O Yahweh, And afflict Your inheritance. They slay the widow and the sojourner And murder the orphans. They have said, “Yah does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob discern.” Discern, you senseless among the people; And when will you have insight, you fools? He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see? He who disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke, Even He who teaches man knowledge? Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, That they are vanity. Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O Yah, And whom You teach out of Your law; That You may grant him calm from the days of calamity, Until a pit is dug for the wicked. For Yahweh will not abandon His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance. For judgment will again be righteous, And all the upright in heart will follow it. Who will arise for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against workers of iniquity? If Yahweh had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. If I should say, “My foot has stumbled,” Your lovingkindness, O Yahweh, will hold me up. When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul. Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which forms trouble by statute? They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death. But Yahweh has been my stronghold, And my God the rock of my refuge. He has brought back their iniquity upon them And will destroy them in their evil; Yahweh our God will destroy them.

~~~~~~95~~~~~ ~~~~~~95~~~~~ ~~~~~~95~~~~~ ~~~~~~95~~~~~ ~~~~~~95~~~~~ Oh come, let us sing for joy to Yahweh, Let us make a loud shout to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us make a loud shout to Him with songs of praise. For Yahweh is a great God And a great King above all gods, In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are His also. The sea is His, for it was He who made it, And His hands formed the dry land. Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before Yahweh our Maker. For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness, “When your fathers tried Me, They tested Me, though they had seen My work. “For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who wander in their heart, And they do not know My ways. “Therefore I swore in My anger, They shall never enter into My rest.”

~~~~~~96~~~~~ ~~~~~~96~~~~~ ~~~~~~96~~~~~ ~~~~~~96~~~~~ ~~~~~~96~~~~~ Sing to Yahweh a new song; Sing to Yahweh, all the earth. Sing to Yahweh, bless His name; Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day. Recount His glory among the nations, His wondrous deeds among all the peoples. For great is Yahweh and greatly to be praised; He is more fearsome than all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But Yahweh made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. Ascribe to Yahweh, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength. Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name; Lift up an offering and come into His courts. Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness; Tremble before Him, all the earth. Say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns; Indeed, the world is established, it will not be shaken; He will render justice to the peoples with equity.” Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, as well as its fullness; Let the field exult, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy Before Yahweh, for He is coming, For He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness And the peoples in His faithfulness.

~~~~~~97~~~~~ ~~~~~~97~~~~~ ~~~~~~97~~~~~ ~~~~~~97~~~~~ ~~~~~~97~~~~~ Yahweh reigns, let the earth rejoice; Let the many coastlands be glad. Clouds and thick darkness are all around Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him And burns up His adversaries all around. His lightnings light up the world; The earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, At the presence of the Lord of all the earth. The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory. Let all those be ashamed who serve graven images, Who boast of idols; Worship Him, all you gods! Zion heard this and was glad, And the daughters of Judah have rejoiced Because of Your judgments, O Yahweh. For You are Yahweh Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods. Hate evil, you who love Yahweh, Who keeps the souls of His holy ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Light is sown for the righteous And gladness for the upright in heart. Be glad in Yahweh, you righteous ones, And give thanks for the remembrance of His holy name.

~~~~~~98~~~~~ ~~~~~~98~~~~~ ~~~~~~98~~~~~ ~~~~~~98~~~~~ ~~~~~~98~~~~~ A Psalm. Sing to Yahweh a new song, For He has done wondrous deeds, His right hand and His holy arm have worked out His salvation. Yahweh has made known His salvation; He has revealed His righteousness in the eyes of the nations. He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a loud shout to Yahweh, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises. Sing praises to Yahweh with the lyre, With the lyre and the sound of singing. With trumpets and the sound of the horn Make a loud shout before King Yahweh. Let the sea roar, as well as its fullness, The world and those who dwell in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, Let the mountains sing together for joy Before Yahweh, for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness And the peoples with equity.

~~~~~~99~~~~~ ~~~~~~99~~~~~ ~~~~~~99~~~~~ ~~~~~~99~~~~~ ~~~~~~99~~~~~ Yahweh reigns, let the peoples tremble; He sits enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth quake! Yahweh is great in Zion, And He is exalted above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name; Holy is He. The strength of the King loves justice; You have established equity; You have done justice and righteousness in Jacob. Exalt Yahweh our God And worship at the footstool of His feet; Holy is He. Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was among those who called on His name; They would call upon Yahweh and He would answer them. He would speak to them in the pillar of cloud; They kept His testimonies And the statute that He gave them. O Yahweh our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving God to them, And yet an avenger of their evil deeds. Exalt Yahweh our God And worship at His holy mountain, For holy is Yahweh our God.

~~~~~~100~~~~~ ~~~~~~100~~~~~ ~~~~~~100~~~~~ ~~~~~~100~~~~~ ~~~~~~100~~~~~ A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Make a loud shout to Yahweh, all the earth. Serve Yahweh with gladness; Come before Him with joyful songs. Know that Yahweh, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. For Yahweh is good; His lovingkindness endures forever And His faithfulness, generation unto generation.

~~~~~~101~~~~~ ~~~~~~101~~~~~ ~~~~~~101~~~~~ ~~~~~~101~~~~~ ~~~~~~101~~~~~ Of David. A Psalm. I will sing of lovingkindness and justice, To You, O Yahweh, I will sing praises. I will consider the way of the blameless. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. I will set no vile thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me. A crooked heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil. Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart, I will not endure. My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me; He who walks in the way of the blameless is the one who will minister to me. He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who speaks lies shall not be established before my eyes. Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Yahweh all the workers of iniquity.

~~~~~~102~~~~~ ~~~~~~102~~~~~ ~~~~~~102~~~~~ ~~~~~~102~~~~~ ~~~~~~102~~~~~ A Prayer of the afflicted when he is faint and pours out his complaint before Yahweh. O Yahweh, hear my prayer! And let my cry for help come to You. Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly. For my days have vanished in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth. My heart has been stricken like grass and it has dried up, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread. Because of the sound of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh. I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places. I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a roof. My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who ridicule me swear against me. For I have eaten ashes like bread And mixed my drinks with weeping Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away. My days are like an outstretched shadow, And as for me, I dry up like grass. But You, O Yahweh, abide forever, And the remembrance of Your name from generation to generation. You will arise and have compassion on Zion— For it is time to be gracious to it, For the appointed time has come. For Your slaves find pleasure in its stones And show grace to its dust— So the nations will fear the name of Yahweh And all the kings of the earth Your glory. For Yahweh has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory. He has turned toward the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer. This will be written for the generation to come, And a people yet to be created will praise Yah. For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven Yahweh gazed upon the earth, To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death, To recount the name of Yahweh in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem, When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve Yahweh. He has afflicted my strength in the way; He has shortened my days. I say, “O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are from generation to all generations. “Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. “Even they will perish, but You will remain; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. “But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end. “The children of Your slaves will dwell securely, And their seed will be established before You.”

~~~~~~103~~~~~ ~~~~~~103~~~~~ ~~~~~~103~~~~~ ~~~~~~103~~~~~ ~~~~~~103~~~~~ Of David. Bless Yahweh, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless Yahweh, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle. Yahweh performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed. He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. Yahweh is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. He will not always contend with us, And He will not keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, So Yahweh has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our form; He remembers that we are but dust. As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flowers. When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer. But the lovingkindness of Yahweh is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children, To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them. Yahweh has established His throne in the heavens, And His kingdom rules over all. Bless Yahweh, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word! Bless Yahweh, all you His hosts, You who serve Him, doing His will. Bless Yahweh, all you works of His, In all places of His rule; Bless Yahweh, O my soul!

~~~~~~104~~~~~ ~~~~~~104~~~~~ ~~~~~~104~~~~~ ~~~~~~104~~~~~ ~~~~~~104~~~~~ Bless Yahweh, O my soul! O Yahweh my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty, Wrapping Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He sets up the clouds to be His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind; He makes His angels the winds, His ministers flaming fire. He founded the earth upon its place, So that it will not shake forever and ever. You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away in alarm. The mountains went up; the valleys went down To the place which You founded for them. You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth. He sends forth springs in the valleys; They flow between the mountains; They give water to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst. Above them the birds of the heavens dwell; They give forth their voices among the branches. He gives water to the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for man’s cultivation, To bring forth food from the earth, And wine which makes man’s heart glad, To make his face glisten more than oil, And food which sustains man’s heart. The trees of Yahweh are satisfied, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted, Where the birds build their nests, The stork’s home is in the fir trees. The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim. He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting. You appoint darkness so that it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about. The young lions roar to go after their prey And to seek their food from God. When the sun rises they gather together And lie down in their dens. Man goes forth to his work And to his labor until evening. How numerous are Your works, O Yahweh! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions. This is the sea, great and broad, There the creeping things are without number, Creatures both small and great. There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to play in it. They all wait for You To give them their food in due season. You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good. You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they breathe their last And return to their dust. You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground. Let the glory of Yahweh endure forever; Let Yahweh be glad in His works; He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke. I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. Let my musing be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in Yahweh. Let sinners be consumed from the earth And let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, O my soul. Praise Yah!

~~~~~~105~~~~~ ~~~~~~105~~~~~ ~~~~~~105~~~~~ ~~~~~~105~~~~~ ~~~~~~105~~~~~ Oh give thanks to Yahweh, call upon His name; Make known His acts among the peoples. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Muse on all His wondrous deeds. Boast in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh be glad. Inquire of Yahweh and His strength; Seek His face continually. Remember His wondrous deeds which He has done, His miracles and the judgments uttered by His mouth, O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones! He is Yahweh our God; His judgments are in all the earth. He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded for a thousand generations, Which He cut with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac. Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance,” When they were only a few men in number, Of little account, and sojourners in it. And they wandered about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes: “Do not touch My anointed ones, And to My prophets do no evil.” And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread. He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. They afflicted his feet with fetters, He himself was laid in irons; Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Yahweh refined him. The king sent and released him, The ruler of peoples sent and set him free. He set him up as lord of his house And ruler over all his possessions, To imprison his princes at will, And that he might teach his elders wisdom. Then Israel came to Egypt; And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. And He caused His people to be very fruitful, And He caused them to be stronger than their adversaries. He turned their heart to hate His people, To deal craftily with His slaves. He sent Moses His servant, And Aaron, whom He had chosen. They set forth the words of His signs among them, And miracles in the land of Ham. He sent darkness and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His words. He turned their waters into blood And caused their fish to die. Their land swarmed with frogs Even in the chambers of their kings. He spoke, and there came a swarm of flies And gnats in all their territory. He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land. He also struck down their vines and their fig trees, And He shattered the trees of their territory. He spoke, and locusts came, And creeping locusts, without number, And they ate up all vegetation in their land, And they ate up the fruit of their ground. He also struck down all the firstborn in their land, The first of all their vigor. Then He brought them out with silver and gold, And there was none among His tribes who stumbled. Egypt was glad when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them. He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to give light by night. They asked, and He brought quail, And He satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places like a river. For He remembered His holy word With Abraham His servant; And He brought His people out with joy, His chosen ones with a shout of joy. He gave them also the lands of the nations, That they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor, So that they might keep His statutes And observe His laws, Praise Yah!

~~~~~~106~~~~~ ~~~~~~106~~~~~ ~~~~~~106~~~~~ ~~~~~~106~~~~~ ~~~~~~106~~~~~ Praise Yah! Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good; For His lovingkindness endures forever. Who can speak of the mighty deeds of Yahweh, Or can make all His praise to be heard? How blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times! Remember me, O Yahweh, in Your favor toward Your people; Visit me with Your salvation, That I may see the goodness of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may boast with Your inheritance. We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly. Our fathers in Egypt did not consider Your wondrous deeds; They did not remember Your abundant lovingkindnesses, But they rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His might known. Thus He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, And He led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness. So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. The waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left. Then they believed His words; They sang His praise. They quickly forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel, But craved intensely in the wilderness, And put God to the test in the wasteland. So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease against their lives. Then they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of Yahweh, The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered up the company of Abiram. And a fire burned up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked. They made a calf in Horeb And worshiped a molten image. Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass. They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, Wondrous deeds in the land of Ham And awesome things by the Red Sea. Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from eradicating them. Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word, But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of Yahweh. So He swore to them To make them fall in the wilderness, And to make their seed fall among the nations And to scatter them in the lands. They then joined themselves to Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead. Thus they provoked Him to anger with their actions, And the plague broke out among them. Then Phinehas stood up and interceded, And so the plague was checked. And it was counted to him for righteousness, From generation to generation forever. They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it went badly with Moses on their account; Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips. They did not destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them, But they mingled with the nations And learned their works, And served their idols, Which became a snare to them. They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons, And they shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood. Thus they became unclean in their works, And played the harlot in their actions. So the anger of Yahweh was kindled against His people And He abhorred His inheritance. Then He gave them into the hand of the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them. Their enemies oppressed them, And they were subdued under their hand. Many times He would deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And so they sank down in their iniquity. Nevertheless He looked upon their distress When He heard their cry of lamentation; And He remembered for them His covenant, And relented according to the abundance of His lovingkindness. He also made them objects of compassion In the presence of all their captors. Save us, O Yahweh our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name And revel in Your praise. Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise Yah!

~~~~~~107~~~~~ ~~~~~~107~~~~~ ~~~~~~107~~~~~ ~~~~~~107~~~~~ ~~~~~~107~~~~~ Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good, For His lovingkindness endures forever. Let the redeemed of Yahweh say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. They wandered in the wilderness along the way of the wasteland; They did not find an inhabited city. Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted within them. Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses. He led them by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city. Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men! For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good. There were those who inhabited darkness and the shadow of death, Prisoners in affliction and irons, Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High. So He subdued their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart. Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men! For He has shattered the doors of bronze And cut through the bars of iron. Ignorant fools, because of their way of transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted. Their soul abhorred all kinds of food, And they reached the gates of death. Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. He sent His word and healed them, And provided them escape from their destructions. Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men! Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with joyful singing. Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on many waters; They have seen the works of Yahweh, And His wondrous deeds in the deep. He spoke and set up a stormy wind, Which raised up the waves of the sea. They went up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in the calamity. They staggered and swayed like a drunken man, And all their wisdom was swallowed up. Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses. He caused the storm to stand still, So that its waves were hushed. Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He led them to their desired haven. Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness, And for His wondrous deeds to the sons of men! Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders. He makes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground; A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the evil of those who inhabited it. He makes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water; And there He causes the hungry to inhabit, So that they may establish an inhabited city, And sow fields and plant vineyards, And produce a fruitful harvest. Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease. But when they decrease and are bowed down Through oppression, evil, and sorrow, He pours contempt upon nobles And makes them wander in a pathless void. But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock. The upright see it and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth. Who is wise? Let him keep these things, And carefully consider the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh.

~~~~~~108~~~~~ ~~~~~~108~~~~~ ~~~~~~108~~~~~ ~~~~~~108~~~~~ ~~~~~~108~~~~~ A Song. A Psalm of David. My heart is set, O God; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my glory. Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn! I will give thanks to You, O Yahweh, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations. For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the skies. Be exalted above the heavens, O God, And Your glory above all the earth. That Your beloved may be rescued, Save with Your right hand, and answer me! God has spoken in His holiness: “I will exult, I will portion out Shechem And measure out the valley of Succoth. “Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head; Judah is My scepter. “Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe; Over Philistia I will make a loud shout.” Who will bring me into the well-defended city? Who will lead me to Edom? Have You, O God, not rejected us? And will You, O God, not go forth with our armies? Oh give us help against the adversary, For salvation by man is worthless. Through God we shall do valiantly, And it is He who will tread down our adversaries.

~~~~~~109~~~~~ ~~~~~~109~~~~~ ~~~~~~109~~~~~ ~~~~~~109~~~~~ ~~~~~~109~~~~~ For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, Do not be silent! For they have opened a wicked mouth and a deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me; But I am in prayer. Thus they have set upon me evil for good And hatred for my love. Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand. When he is judged, let him come forth a wicked man, And let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; Let another take his office. Let his sons be orphans And his wife a widow. Let his sons wander aimlessly and beg; And let them search for food from their ruined homes. Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, And let there be none to be gracious to his orphans. Let those who follow him be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out. Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before Yahweh, And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. Let them be before Yahweh continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth; Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted, the needy man, And the disheartened to put them to death. He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him. But he clothed himself with cursing as his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water And like oil into his bones. Let it be to him as a garment with which he wraps himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself. This is the reward of my accusers from Yahweh, And of those who speak evil against my soul. But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me for Your name’s sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me; For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is pierced within me. I am passing like a shadow when it is stretched out; I am shaken off like the locust. My knees are feeble from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness. As for me, I have become a reproach to them; They see me, they wag their head. Help me, O Yahweh my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness. And let them know that this is Your hand; You, O Yahweh, have done it. Let them curse, but You bless; They arise and will be put to shame, But Your slave shall be glad. Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them wrap themselves with their own shame as with a robe. With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to Yahweh; And in the midst of many I will praise Him. For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.

~~~~~~110~~~~~ ~~~~~~110~~~~~ ~~~~~~110~~~~~ ~~~~~~110~~~~~ ~~~~~~110~~~~~ Of David. A Psalm. Yahweh says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I put Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.” Yahweh will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “Have dominion in the midst of Your enemies.” Your people will offer themselves freely in the day of Your power; In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, The dew of Your youthfulness will be Yours. Yahweh has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.” The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His anger. He will render justice among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will crush the head that is over the wide earth. He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head.

~~~~~~111~~~~~ ~~~~~~111~~~~~ ~~~~~~111~~~~~ ~~~~~~111~~~~~ ~~~~~~111~~~~~ Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart, In the council of the upright and in the congregation. Great are the works of Yahweh; They are sought by all who delight in them. Splendid and majestic is His work, And His righteousness stands forever. He has made His wondrous deeds to be remembered; Yahweh is gracious and compassionate. He has given food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever. He has declared to His people the power of His works, In giving them an inheritance of the nations. The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are faithful. They are upheld forever and ever; They are done in truth and uprightness. He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever; Holy and fearsome is His name. The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom; Good insight belongs to all those who do His commandments; His praise stands forever.

~~~~~~112~~~~~ ~~~~~~112~~~~~ ~~~~~~112~~~~~ ~~~~~~112~~~~~ ~~~~~~112~~~~~ Praise Yah! How blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, Who greatly delights in His commandments. His seed will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house, And his righteousness stands forever. Light arises in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious and compassionate and righteous. It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; Who sustains his works with justice. For he will never be shaken; The righteous will be remembered forever. He will not fear an evil report; His heart is set, trusting in Yahweh. His heart is upheld, he will not fear, Until he looks in triumph on his adversaries. He has given freely to the needy, His righteousness stands forever; His horn will be raised in glory. The wicked will see it and be vexed, He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked will perish.

~~~~~~113~~~~~ ~~~~~~113~~~~~ ~~~~~~113~~~~~ ~~~~~~113~~~~~ ~~~~~~113~~~~~ Praise Yah! Praise, O slaves of Yahweh, Praise the name of Yahweh. May the name of Yahweh be blessed From now until forever. From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of Yahweh is to be praised. Yahweh is high above all nations; His glory is above the heavens. Who is like Yahweh our God, The One who sits on high, The One who brings Himself low to see The things in heaven and on the earth? Who raises the poor from the dust And lifts high the needy from the ash heap, To make them sit with nobles, With the nobles of His people. He makes the barren woman of the house sit As a glad mother of children. Praise Yah!

~~~~~~114~~~~~ ~~~~~~114~~~~~ ~~~~~~114~~~~~ ~~~~~~114~~~~~ ~~~~~~114~~~~~ When Israel went out from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became His sanctuary, Israel, His dominion. The sea looked and fled; The Jordan turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs. What disturbs you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs? Tremble, O earth, before the Lord, Before the God of Jacob, Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a spring of water.

~~~~~~115~~~~~ ~~~~~~115~~~~~ ~~~~~~115~~~~~ ~~~~~~115~~~~~ ~~~~~~115~~~~~ Not to us, O Yahweh, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth. Why should the nations say, “Where, now, is their God?” But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, The work of man’s hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see; They have ears, but they do not hear; They have noses, but they do not smell; As for their hands, they do not feel; As for their feet, they do not walk; They do not make a sound with their throat. Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them. O Israel, trust in Yahweh; He is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in Yahweh; He is their help and their shield. You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh; He is their help and their shield. Yahweh remembered us; He will bless! He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless those who fear Yahweh, The small together with the great. May Yahweh give you increase, You and your children. May you be blessed of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth. The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh, But the earth He has given to the sons of men. It is not the dead that praise Yah, And it is none of those who go down to silence; But as for us, we will bless Yah From now until forever. Praise Yah!

~~~~~~116~~~~~ ~~~~~~116~~~~~ ~~~~~~116~~~~~ ~~~~~~116~~~~~ ~~~~~~116~~~~~ I love Yahweh, because He hears My voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, So I shall call upon Him in all my days. The cords of death encompassed me And the distresses of Sheol found me; I found distress and sorrow. Then I called upon the name of Yahweh: “O Yahweh, I beseech You, provide my soul escape!” Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; And our God is compassionate. Yahweh keeps the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me. Return to your rest, O my soul, For Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you. For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling. I shall walk before Yahweh In the land of the living. I believed when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” I said in my alarm, “All men are liars.” What shall I give to Yahweh in return For all His bountiful dealings with me? I shall lift up the cup of salvation And call upon the name of Yahweh. I shall pay my vows to Yahweh, Oh may it be in the presence of all His people. Precious in the sight of Yahweh Is the death of His holy ones. O Yahweh, surely I am Your slave, I am Your slave, the son of Your maidservant, You have loosed my bonds. To You I shall offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And call upon the name of Yahweh. I shall pay my vows to Yahweh, Oh may it be in the presence of all His people, In the courts of the house of Yahweh, In the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

~~~~~~117~~~~~ ~~~~~~117~~~~~ ~~~~~~117~~~~~ ~~~~~~117~~~~~ ~~~~~~117~~~~~ Praise Yahweh, all nations; Laud Him, all peoples! For His lovingkindness prevails over us, And the truth of Yahweh is everlasting. Praise Yah!

~~~~~~118~~~~~ ~~~~~~118~~~~~ ~~~~~~118~~~~~ ~~~~~~118~~~~~ ~~~~~~118~~~~~ Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good; For His lovingkindness endures forever. Oh let Israel say, “His lovingkindness endures forever.” Oh let the house of Aaron say, “His lovingkindness endures forever.” Oh let those who fear Yahweh say, “His lovingkindness endures forever.” From my distress I called upon Yah; Yah answered me and set me in a large place. Yahweh is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me? Yahweh is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will look in triumph on those who hate me. It is better to take refuge in Yahweh Than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in Yahweh Than to trust in nobles. All nations surrounded me; In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off. They surrounded me, indeed, they surrounded me; In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off. They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished as a fire of thorns; In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off. You pushed me down violently to make me fall, But Yahweh helped me. Yah is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly. The right hand of Yahweh is exalted; The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly. I will not die; indeed I will live, And recount the works of Yah. Yah has disciplined me severely, But He has not given me over to death. Open to me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to Yah. This is the gate of Yahweh; The righteous will enter through it. I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me, And You have become my salvation. The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone. This is from Yahweh; It is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day which Yahweh has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. O Yahweh, save! O Yahweh, succeed! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of Yahweh; We have blessed you from the house of Yahweh. Yahweh is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I give thanks to You; You are my God, I exalt You. Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good; For His lovingkindness endures forever.

~~~~~~119~~~~~ ~~~~~~119~~~~~ ~~~~~~119~~~~~ ~~~~~~119~~~~~ ~~~~~~119~~~~~ How blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of Yahweh. How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, They seek Him with all their heart. They also do not work unrighteousness; They walk in His ways. You have commanded us, To keep Your precepts diligently. Oh may my ways be established To keep Your statutes! Then I shall not be ashamed When I look upon all Your commandments. I shall give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. I shall keep Your statutes; Do not forsake me utterly! How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word. With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me stray from Your commandments. Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. Blessed are You, O Yahweh; Teach me Your statutes. With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. I will muse upon Your precepts And look upon Your ways. I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word. Deal bountifully with Your slave, That I may live and keep Your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law. I am a sojourner in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me. My soul is crushed with longing For Your judgments at all times. You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who stray from Your commandments. Take away reproach and contempt from me, For I observe Your testimonies. Even though princes sit and talk against me, Your slave muses on Your statutes. Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors. My soul clings to the dust; Revive me according to Your word. I have recounted my ways, and You have answered me; Teach me Your statutes. Make me understand the way of Your precepts, So I will muse on Your wondrous deeds. My soul weeps because of grief; Raise me up according to Your word. Remove the false way from me, And graciously grant me Your law. I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Your judgments before me. I cling to Your testimonies; O Yahweh, do not put me to shame! I shall run the way of Your commandments, For You will enlarge my heart. Instruct me, O Yahweh, in the way of Your statutes, That I may observe it to the end. Cause me to understand, that I may observe Your law And keep it with all my heart. Cause me to walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. Cause my heart to incline to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain. Cause my eyes to turn away from looking at worthlessness, And revive me in Your ways. Cause Your word to be established for Your slave, As that which produces fear for You. Cause my reproach which I dread to pass away, For Your judgments are good. Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness. May Your lovingkindnesses also come to me, O Yahweh, Your salvation according to Your word; So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word. And do not take away the word of truth utterly from my mouth, For I wait for Your judgments. So I will keep Your law continually, Forever and ever. And I will walk in a wide place, For I seek Your precepts. I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings And I shall not be ashamed. I shall delight in Your commandments, Which I love. And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments, Which I love; And I will muse on Your statutes. Remember the word to Your slave, In which You have made me wait. This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me. The arrogant utterly scoff at me, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law. I have remembered Your judgments from of old, O Yahweh, And comfort myself. Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who forsake Your law. Your statutes have become my songs In the house of my sojourning. I remember in the night Your name, O Yahweh, So I keep Your law. This has become mine, That I observe Your precepts. Yahweh is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. I have sought to please Your face with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your word. I thought upon my ways And I turned my feet to Your testimonies. I hastened and did not delay To keep Your commandments. The cords of the wicked have encircled me, But I have not forgotten Your law. At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You Because of Your righteous judgments. I am a companion of all those who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts. The earth, O Yahweh, is full of Your lovingkindness; Teach me Your statutes. You have dealt well with Your slave, O Yahweh, according to Your word. Teach me good discernment and knowledge, For I believe in Your commandments. Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word. You are good and do good; Teach me Your statutes. The arrogant have smeared me with lying; With all my heart I will observe Your precepts. Their heart is covered with fat, But I delight in Your law. It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes. The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces. Your hands made me and established me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. May those who fear You see me and be glad, Because I wait for Your word. I know, O Yahweh, that Your judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. Oh may Your lovingkindness comfort me, According to Your word to Your slave. May Your compassion come to me that I may live, For Your law is my delight. May the arrogant be ashamed, for they wrong me with lying; But I shall muse on Your precepts. May those who fear You turn to me, And those who know Your testimonies. May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, So that I will not be ashamed. My soul fails with longing for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. My eyes fail with longing for Your word, Saying, “When will You comfort me?” For I am like a wineskin in the smoke, But I do not forget Your statutes. How many are the days of Your slave? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me? The arrogant have dug pits for me, Men who are not in accord with Your law. All Your commandments are faithful; They have persecuted me with lying; help me! They almost made an end of me on the earth, But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts. Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth. Forever, O Yahweh, Your word stands firm in heaven. Your faithfulness endures from generation to generation; You established the earth, and it stands. They stand this day according to Your judgments, For all things are Your slaves. If Your law had not been my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction. I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have revived me. I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts. The wicked hope for me—to destroy me; I shall perceive Your testimonies. I have seen a limit to all perfection; Your commandment is exceedingly broad. Oh how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are mine forever. I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. I perceive more than the aged, Because I have observed Your precepts. I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word. I have not turned aside from Your judgments, For You Yourself have taught me. How sweet is Your word to my taste! Sweeter than honey to my mouth! From Your precepts I get perception; Therefore I hate every false way. Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. I have sworn and I have confirmed, To keep Your righteous judgments. I am exceedingly afflicted; O Yahweh, revive me according to Your word. Oh be pleased with the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Yahweh, And teach me Your judgments. My soul is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law. The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not wandered from Your precepts. I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart. I have inclined my heart to do Your statutes Forever, to the end. I hate those who are double-minded, But I love Your law. You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word. Depart from me, evildoers, That I may observe the commandments of my God. Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not put me to shame because of my hope. Uphold me that I may be saved, That I may have regard for Your statutes continually. You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is a lie. You remove all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Your testimonies. My flesh quakes for dread of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments. I have done justice and righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors. Be for Your slave a guarantee for good; Do not let the arrogant oppress me. My eyes fail with longing for Your salvation And for Your righteous word. Deal with Your slave according to Your lovingkindness And teach me Your statutes. I am Your slave; give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies. It is time for Yahweh to act, For they have broken Your law. Therefore I love Your commandments Above gold, even above fine gold. Therefore I deem all Your precepts concerning everything to be right, I hate every false way. Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul observes them. The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for Your commandments. Turn to me and be gracious to me, According to Your judgment for those who love Your name. Establish my steps in Your word, And do not let any wickedness overpower me. Redeem me from the oppression of man, That I may keep Your precepts. Make Your face shine upon Your slave, And teach me Your statutes. My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your law. Righteous are You, O Yahweh, And upright are Your judgments. In righteousness, You have commanded Your testimonies And in exceeding faithfulness. My zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words. Your word is exceedingly refined, Therefore Your slave loves it. I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth. Trouble and anguish have found me, Yet Your commandments are my delight. Righteous are Your testimonies forever; Give me understanding that I may live. I called with all my heart; answer me, O Yahweh! I will observe Your statutes. I called to You; save me And I shall keep Your testimonies. I eagerly greet the dawn and cry for help; I wait for Your words. My eyes eagerly greet the night watches, That I may muse on Your word. Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness; O Yahweh, revive me, according to Your judgments. Near are those who pursue wickedness; They are far from Your law. Near are You, O Yahweh, And all Your commandments are truth. Of old I have known from Your testimonies That You have founded them forever. See my affliction and rescue me, For I do not forget Your law. Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word. Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes. Many are Your compassions, O Yahweh; Revive me according to Your judgments. Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies. I see the treacherous and loathe them, Those who do not keep Your word. See how I love Your precepts; O Yahweh, revive me according to Your lovingkindness. The sum of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments is everlasting. Princes persecute me without cause, But my heart is in dread of Your words. I rejoice at Your word, As one who finds much spoil. I hate and abhor lying, But I love Your law. Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous judgments. Those who love Your law have much peace, And nothing causes them to stumble. I hope for Your salvation, O Yahweh, And I do Your commandments. My soul keeps Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly. I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You. Let my cry of lamentation come near before You, O Yahweh; Give me understanding according to Your word. Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word. Let my lips pour forth praise, For You teach me Your statutes. Let my tongue answer with Your word, For all Your commandments are righteous. Let Your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen Your precepts. I long for Your salvation, O Yahweh, And Your law is my delight. Let my soul live that it may praise You, And let Your judgments help me. I have wandered off like a lost sheep; search for Your slave, For I have not forgotten Your commandments.

~~~~~~120~~~~~ ~~~~~~120~~~~~ ~~~~~~120~~~~~ ~~~~~~120~~~~~ ~~~~~~120~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. In my distress I called to Yahweh, And He answered me. O Yahweh, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue. What shall He give to you, and what shall He add to you, O deceitful tongue? Sharp arrows of the warrior, With the burning coals of the broom tree. Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech, For I dwell among the tents of Kedar! Too long has my soul had its dwelling With those who hate peace. I am for peace, but when I speak, They are for war.

~~~~~~121~~~~~ ~~~~~~121~~~~~ ~~~~~~121~~~~~ ~~~~~~121~~~~~ ~~~~~~121~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to stumble; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Will not slumber and will not sleep. Yahweh is your keeper; Yahweh is your shade on your right hand. The sun will not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. Yahweh will keep you from all evil; He will keep your soul. Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in From now until forever.

~~~~~~122~~~~~ ~~~~~~122~~~~~ ~~~~~~122~~~~~ ~~~~~~122~~~~~ ~~~~~~122~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of Yahweh.” Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which is built As a city joined altogether; To which the tribes, the tribes of Yah, go up— A testimony for Israel— To give thanks to the name of Yahweh. For there, thrones sit for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. “May peace be within your walls, And tranquility within your palaces.” For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, “May peace be within you.” For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

~~~~~~123~~~~~ ~~~~~~123~~~~~ ~~~~~~123~~~~~ ~~~~~~123~~~~~ ~~~~~~123~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. To You I lift up my eyes, The One enthroned in the heavens! Behold, as the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a servant-girl to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to Yahweh our God, Until He is gracious to us. Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, For we are greatly saturated with contempt. Our soul is greatly saturated With the mockery of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.

~~~~~~124~~~~~ ~~~~~~124~~~~~ ~~~~~~124~~~~~ ~~~~~~124~~~~~ ~~~~~~124~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. Of David. “Had it not been Yahweh who was on our side,” Let Israel now say, “Had it not been Yahweh who was on our side When men rose up against us, Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us; Then the waters would have flowed over us, The stream would have swept over our soul; Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul.” Blessed be Yahweh, Who has not given us to be prey for their teeth. Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper; The snare is broken and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.

~~~~~~125~~~~~ ~~~~~~125~~~~~ ~~~~~~125~~~~~ ~~~~~~125~~~~~ ~~~~~~125~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Yahweh Are as Mount Zion, which will not be shaken but will abide forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So Yahweh surrounds His people From now until forever. For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous, So that the righteous would not send forth their hands in unrighteousness. Do good, O Yahweh, to those who are good And to those who are upright in their hearts. But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.

~~~~~~126~~~~~ ~~~~~~126~~~~~ ~~~~~~126~~~~~ ~~~~~~126~~~~~ ~~~~~~126~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. When Yahweh returned the captive ones of Zion, We were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with shouts of joy; Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.” Yahweh has done great things for us; We are glad. Restore our captivity, O Yahweh, As the streams in the Negev. Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy. He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves with him.

~~~~~~127~~~~~ ~~~~~~127~~~~~ ~~~~~~127~~~~~ ~~~~~~127~~~~~ ~~~~~~127~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless Yahweh watches the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early, That you sit out late, O you who eat the bread of painful labors; For in this manner, He gives sleep to His beloved. Behold, children are an inheritance of Yahweh, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with enemies in the gate.

~~~~~~128~~~~~ ~~~~~~128~~~~~ ~~~~~~128~~~~~ ~~~~~~128~~~~~ ~~~~~~128~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. How blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, Who walks in His ways. When you shall eat of the fruit of the labor of your hands, How blessed will you be and how well will it be for you. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the innermost parts of your house, Your children like olive plants All around your table. Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed Who fears Yahweh. May Yahweh bless you from Zion, That you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. Indeed, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!

~~~~~~129~~~~~ ~~~~~~129~~~~~ ~~~~~~129~~~~~ ~~~~~~129~~~~~ ~~~~~~129~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. “Many times they have assailed me from my youth up,” Let Israel now say, “Many times they have assailed me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me. “The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.” Yahweh is righteous; He has cut up the cords of the wicked. Let all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward; Let them be like grass upon the rooftops, Which dries up before it grows up; With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor the binder of sheaves the fold of his garment; And those who pass by will not say, “The blessing of Yahweh be upon you; We bless you in the name of Yahweh.”

~~~~~~130~~~~~ ~~~~~~130~~~~~ ~~~~~~130~~~~~ ~~~~~~130~~~~~ ~~~~~~130~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I called to You, O Yahweh. O Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. If You should keep iniquities, O Yah, O Lord, who could stand? But with You there is forgiveness, That You may be feared. I hope for Yahweh, my soul does hope, And for His word do I wait. My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning, The watchmen for the morning. O Israel, wait for Yahweh; For with Yahweh there is lovingkindness, And with Him is abundant redemption. And it is He who will redeem Israel From all his iniquities.

~~~~~~131~~~~~ ~~~~~~131~~~~~ ~~~~~~131~~~~~ ~~~~~~131~~~~~ ~~~~~~131~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. Of David. O Yahweh, my heart is not exalted, and my eyes are not raised high; And I do not involve myself in great matters, Or in matters too marvelous for me. Surely I have soothed and quieted my soul, Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, wait for Yahweh From now until forever.

~~~~~~132~~~~~ ~~~~~~132~~~~~ ~~~~~~132~~~~~ ~~~~~~132~~~~~ ~~~~~~132~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. Remember, O Yahweh, on David’s behalf, All his affliction; How he swore to Yahweh And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, “Surely I will not come into my house, Nor lie in the comfort of my bed; I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids, Until I find a place for Yahweh, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.” Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah, We found it in the fields of Jaar. Let us come into His dwelling place; Let us worship at the footstool of His feet. Arise, O Yahweh, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And let Your holy ones sing for joy. For the sake of David Your servant, Do not turn away the face of Your anointed. Yahweh has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: “Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. “If your sons keep My covenant And My testimony which I will teach them, Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever.” For Yahweh has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. “This is My resting place forever; Here I will inhabit, for I have desired it. “I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her needy with bread. “Her priests also I will clothe with salvation, And her holy ones will sing loudly for joy. “There I will cause the horn of David to spring up; I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed. “His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon him, his crown shall blossom.”

~~~~~~133~~~~~ ~~~~~~133~~~~~ ~~~~~~133~~~~~ ~~~~~~133~~~~~ ~~~~~~133~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! It is like the good oil upon the head, Coming down upon the beard, Aaron’s beard, Coming down upon the edge of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there, Yahweh commanded the blessing—life forever.

~~~~~~134~~~~~ ~~~~~~134~~~~~ ~~~~~~134~~~~~ ~~~~~~134~~~~~ ~~~~~~134~~~~~ A Song of Ascents. Behold, bless Yahweh, all you slaves of Yahweh, Who stand in the house of Yahweh by night! Lift up your hands to the sanctuary And bless Yahweh. May Yahweh bless you from Zion, Who made heaven and earth.

~~~~~~135~~~~~ ~~~~~~135~~~~~ ~~~~~~135~~~~~ ~~~~~~135~~~~~ ~~~~~~135~~~~~ Praise Yah! Praise the name of Yahweh; Praise Him, O slaves of Yahweh, You who stand in the house of Yahweh, In the courts of the house of our God! Praise Yah, for Yahweh is good; Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely. For Yah has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His treasured possession. For I know that Yahweh is great And that our Lord is greater than all gods. Whatever Yahweh pleases, He does, In heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all deeps. The One who causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; Who makes lightnings for the rain, Who brings forth the wind from His storehouses. He struck the firstborn of Egypt, From man to beast. He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, Amongst Pharaoh and all his slaves. He struck many nations And slew mighty kings, Sihon, king of the Amorites, And Og, king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan; And He gave their land as an inheritance, An inheritance to Israel His people. O Yahweh, Your name is everlasting, O Yahweh, Your remembrance is from generation to generation. For Yahweh will render justice for His people And will give comfort to His slaves. The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of man’s hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see; They have ears, but they do not hear, Surely, there is not any breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, All who trust in them. O house of Israel, bless Yahweh; O house of Aaron, bless Yahweh; O house of Levi, bless Yahweh; You who fear Yahweh, bless Yahweh. Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise Yah!

~~~~~~136~~~~~ ~~~~~~136~~~~~ ~~~~~~136~~~~~ ~~~~~~136~~~~~ ~~~~~~136~~~~~ Give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good, For His lovingkindness endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, For His lovingkindness endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, For His lovingkindness endures forever. To Him who alone does great wonders, For His lovingkindness endures forever; To Him who made the heavens with skill, For His lovingkindness endures forever; To Him who spread out the earth above the waters, For His lovingkindness endures forever; To Him who made the great lights, For His lovingkindness endures forever: The sun to rule by day, For His lovingkindness endures forever, The moon and stars to rule by night, For His lovingkindness endures forever. To Him who struck the Egyptians through their firstborn, For His lovingkindness endures forever, Then brought Israel out from their midst, For His lovingkindness endures forever, With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, For His lovingkindness endures forever. To Him who divided the Red Sea in two, For His lovingkindness endures forever, And made Israel pass through the midst of it, For His lovingkindness endures forever, But He overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His lovingkindness endures forever. To Him who led His people through the wilderness, For His lovingkindness endures forever; To Him who struck great kings, For His lovingkindness endures forever, And killed mighty kings, For His lovingkindness endures forever: Sihon, king of the Amorites, For His lovingkindness endures forever, And Og, king of Bashan, For His lovingkindness endures forever, And gave their land as an inheritance, For His lovingkindness endures forever, Even an inheritance to Israel His servant, For His lovingkindness endures forever. Who remembered us in our low estate, For His lovingkindness endures forever, And has snatched us from our adversaries, For His lovingkindness endures forever; Who gives food to all flesh, For His lovingkindness endures forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven, For His lovingkindness endures forever.

~~~~~~137~~~~~ ~~~~~~137~~~~~ ~~~~~~137~~~~~ ~~~~~~137~~~~~ ~~~~~~137~~~~~ By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat and also wept, When we remembered Zion. Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our lyres. For there our captors asked us about the words of a song, And our tormentors asked joyfully, saying, “Sing for us one of the songs of Zion.” How can we sing a song of Yahweh In a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy. Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, “Tear it down! Tear it down To its very foundation.” O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have recompensed us. How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your infants Against the cliff.

~~~~~~138~~~~~ ~~~~~~138~~~~~ ~~~~~~138~~~~~ ~~~~~~138~~~~~ ~~~~~~138~~~~~ Of David. I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods. I will worship toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. On the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold with strength in my soul. All the kings of the earth, O Yahweh, will give You thanks, When they hear the words of Your mouth. And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, For great is the glory of Yahweh. For Yahweh is high, Yet He sees the lowly, But the one who exalts himself He knows from afar. Though I walk in the midst of distress, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me. Yahweh will accomplish what concerns me; O Yahweh, Your lovingkindness endures forever; Do not fail the works of Your hands.

~~~~~~139~~~~~ ~~~~~~139~~~~~ ~~~~~~139~~~~~ ~~~~~~139~~~~~ ~~~~~~139~~~~~ For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm. O Yahweh, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O Yahweh, You know it all. You have enclosed me behind and before, And You have put Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I lift up the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. If I say, “Surely the darkness will bruise me, And the light around me will be night,” Even the darkness is not too dark for You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You. For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And intricately woven in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unshaped substance; And in Your book all of them were written The days that were formed for me, When as yet there was not one of them. How precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. Oh that You would slay the wicked, O God! O men of bloodshed, depart from me. For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain. Do I not hate those who hate You, O Yahweh? And do I not revile those who rise up against You? I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

~~~~~~140~~~~~ ~~~~~~140~~~~~ ~~~~~~140~~~~~ ~~~~~~140~~~~~ ~~~~~~140~~~~~ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O Yahweh, from evil men; Guard me from violent men Who think up evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars. They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of an asp is under their lips. Selah. Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the wicked; Guard me from violent men Who give thought to trip up my steps. The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah. I said to Yahweh, “You are my God; Give ear, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications. “O Yahweh, O Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle. “Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil scheme, that they not be exalted. Selah. “As for the head of those who surround me, May the trouble from their lips cover them. “May burning coals be shaken out upon them; May He cause them to fall into the fire, Into bottomless pits from which they can never rise. “May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.” I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause for the afflicted And judgment for the needy. Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will abide in Your presence.

~~~~~~141~~~~~ ~~~~~~141~~~~~ ~~~~~~141~~~~~ ~~~~~~141~~~~~ ~~~~~~141~~~~~ A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You! May my prayer be established as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering. Set a guard, O Yahweh, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds in wickedness With men who are workers of iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies. Let the righteous smite me in lovingkindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their evil deeds. Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the cliff, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant. As when one plows and splits open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. For my eyes are toward You, O Yahweh, O Lord; In You I take refuge; do not pour out my soul to death. Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of workers of iniquity. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, As for myself—meanwhile, I am passing by.

~~~~~~142~~~~~ ~~~~~~142~~~~~ ~~~~~~142~~~~~ ~~~~~~142~~~~~ ~~~~~~142~~~~~ A Maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A Prayer. With my voice to Yahweh, I cry aloud; With my voice to Yahweh, I make supplication. I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my distress before Him. When my spirit was faint within me, You knew my path. In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me. Look to the right and see; That there is no one who regards me; A way of escape has been destroyed from me; No one cares for my soul. I cried out to You, O Yahweh; I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. “Give heed to my cry of lamentation, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me. “Bring my soul out of prison, To give thanks to Your name; The righteous will encircle me, For You will deal bountifully with me.”

~~~~~~143~~~~~ ~~~~~~143~~~~~ ~~~~~~143~~~~~ ~~~~~~143~~~~~ ~~~~~~143~~~~~ A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, hear my prayer, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness! And do not enter into judgment with Your slave, For no one living is righteous in Your sight. For the enemy has pursued my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me inhabit dark places, like those who have long been dead. Therefore my spirit was faint within me; My heart was appalled within me. I remember the days of old; I meditate on all You have done; I muse on the work of Your hands. I stretch out my hands to You; My soul reaches for You like a weary land. Selah. Answer me quickly, O Yahweh, my spirit wastes away; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit. Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. Deliver me from my enemies, O Yahweh, I have concealed myself in You. Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground. For the sake of Your name, O Yahweh, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of distress. And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies And cause all those who assail my soul to perish, For I am Your slave.

~~~~~~144~~~~~ ~~~~~~144~~~~~ ~~~~~~144~~~~~ ~~~~~~144~~~~~ ~~~~~~144~~~~~ Of David. Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, My fingers for battle; My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me. O Yahweh, what is man, that You know him? Or the son of man, that You think of him? Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow. O Yahweh, bow Your heavens, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke. Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Send out Your arrows and confuse them. Send forth Your hand from on high; Set me free and deliver me out of many waters, Out of the hand of foreigners Whose mouth speaks worthlessness, And whose right hand is a right hand of lying. O God, I will sing a new song to You; Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You, Who gives salvation to kings, Who sets David His servant free from the evil sword. Set me free and deliver me out of the hand of the sons of a foreigner, Whose mouth speaks worthlessness And whose right hand is a right hand of lying. That our sons would be as grown-up plants in their youth, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace; That our granaries would be full, furnishing every kind of produce, And our flocks would bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields outside; That our cattle would bear Without mishap and without loss, And without outcry in our streets! How blessed are the people for whom this is so; How blessed are the people for whom God is Yahweh!

~~~~~~145~~~~~ ~~~~~~145~~~~~ ~~~~~~145~~~~~ ~~~~~~145~~~~~ ~~~~~~145~~~~~ A Praise of David. I will exalt You, my God, O King, And I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever. Great is Yahweh, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall laud Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty deeds. On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on the words of Your wondrous deeds, I will muse. Men shall speak of the strength of Your fearsome acts, And I will recount Your greatness. They shall pour forth the memory of Your abundant goodness And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness. Yahweh is gracious and compassionate; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness. Yahweh is good to all, And His compassions are over all His works. All Your works, O Yahweh, shall give thanks to You, And Your holy ones shall bless You. They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom And talk of Your might; To make known to the sons of men His mighty deeds And the glory of the majesty of His kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures from generation to every generation. Yahweh sustains all who fall And raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all wait on You, And You give them their food in due time. You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing. Yahweh is righteous in all His ways And holy in all His works. Yahweh is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. He will work out the desire of those who fear Him; He will hear their cry for help and He will save them. Yahweh keeps all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy. My mouth will speak the praise of Yahweh, And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.

~~~~~~146~~~~~ ~~~~~~146~~~~~ ~~~~~~146~~~~~ ~~~~~~146~~~~~ ~~~~~~146~~~~~ Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, O my soul! I will praise Yahweh throughout my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. Do not trust in nobles, In merely a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his plans perish. How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in Yahweh his God, Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever; Who does justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh sets the prisoners free. Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous; Yahweh keeps the sojourners; He helps up the orphan and the widow, But He bends the way of the wicked. Yahweh will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Praise Yah!

~~~~~~147~~~~~ ~~~~~~147~~~~~ ~~~~~~147~~~~~ ~~~~~~147~~~~~ ~~~~~~147~~~~~ Praise Yah! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming. Yahweh builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. He is the One who heals the brokenhearted And who binds up their wounds, Who counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. Great is our Lord and abundant in power; His discernment is infinite. Yahweh helps up the afflicted; He brings down the wicked to the ground. Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre. He is the One who covers the heavens with clouds, The One who provides rain for the earth, The One who makes grass to sprout on the mountains, Who gives to the animal its food, And to the young ravens which call out. He does not delight in the might of the horse; He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man. Yahweh is pleased with those who fear Him, Those who wait for His lovingkindness. Laud Yahweh, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! For He strengthened the bars of your gates; He blessed your sons within you. He is the One who sets peace in your borders, He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat, The One who sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly, The One who gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes, Who casts forth His ice as fragments; Who can stand before His cold? He sends forth His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow and so the waters flow, Who declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel. He has not done so with any nation; So as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise Yah!

~~~~~~148~~~~~ ~~~~~~148~~~~~ ~~~~~~148~~~~~ ~~~~~~148~~~~~ ~~~~~~148~~~~~ Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light! Praise Him, heavens of heavens, And the waters that are above the heavens! Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For He commanded and they were created. He caused them to stand forever and ever; He gave a statute and it will never pass away. Praise Yahweh from the earth, Sea monsters and all deeps; Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, doing His word; Mountains and all hills; Fruit trees and all cedars; Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and winged bird; Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; Both choice men as well as virgins; The old with the young. Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For His name alone is set on high; His splendor is above earth and heaven. And He has raised up a horn for His people, Praise for all His holy ones; For the sons of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise Yah!

~~~~~~149~~~~~ ~~~~~~149~~~~~ ~~~~~~149~~~~~ ~~~~~~149~~~~~ ~~~~~~149~~~~~ Praise Yah! Sing to Yahweh a new song, His praise in the assembly of the holy ones. Let Israel be glad in his Maker; Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King. Let them praise His name with dancing; With tambourine and lyre let them sing praises to Him. For Yahweh takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. Let the holy ones exult in glory; Let them sing for joy on their beds. Let the exaltations of God be in their throats, And a two-edged sword in their hand, To execute vengeance on the nations And punishments on the peoples, To bind their kings with chains And their honored men with fetters of iron, To execute on them the judgment written; This is the majesty of all His holy ones. Praise Yah!

~~~~~~150~~~~~ ~~~~~~150~~~~~ ~~~~~~150~~~~~ ~~~~~~150~~~~~ ~~~~~~150~~~~~ Praise Yah! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse. Praise Him for His mighty deeds; Praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness. Praise Him with trumpet blast; Praise Him with harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe. Praise Him with resounding cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise Yah. Praise Yah!
