GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.kingjames:19urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.kingjames:19Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly , nor standeth in the way of sinners , nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful . But his delight is in the law of the LORD ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night . And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water , that bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; his leaf also shall not wither ; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper . The ungodly are not so : but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away . Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment , nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous . For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous : but the way of the ungodly shall perish . Why do the heathen rage , and the people imagine a vain thing ? The kings of the earth set themselves , and the rulers take counsel together , against the LORD , and against his anointed , saying , Let us break their bands asunder , and cast away their cords from us . He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : the Lord shall have them in derision . Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath , and vex them in his sore displeasure . Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion . I will declare the decree : the LORD hath said unto me , Thou art my Son ; this day have I begotten thee . Ask of me , and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance , and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession . Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron ; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel . Be wise now therefore , O ye kings : be instructed , ye judges of the earth . Serve the LORD with fear , and rejoice with trembling . Kiss the Son , lest he be angry , and ye perish from the way , when his wrath is kindled but a little . Blessed are all they that put their trust in him . LORD , how are they increased that trouble me ! many are they that rise up against me . Many there be which say of my soul , There is no help for him in God . Selah . But thou , O LORD , art a shield for me ; my glory , and the lifter up of mine head . I cried unto the LORD with my voice , and he heard me out of his holy hill . Selah . I laid me down and slept ; I awaked ; for the LORD sustained me . I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people , that have set themselves against me round about . Arise , O LORD ; save me , O my God : for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone ; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly . Salvation belongeth unto the LORD : thy blessing is upon thy people . Selah . Hear me when I call , O God of my righteousness : thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress ; have mercy upon me , and hear my prayer . O ye sons of men , how long will ye turn my glory into shame ? how long will ye love vanity , and seek after leasing ? Selah . But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself : the LORD will hear when I call unto him . Stand in awe , and sin not : commune with your own heart upon your bed , and be still . Selah . Offer the sacrifices of righteousness , and put your trust in the LORD . There be many that say , Who will shew us any good ? LORD , lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us . Thou hast put gladness in my heart , more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased . I will both lay me down in peace , and sleep : for thou , LORD , only makest me dwell in safety . Give ear to my words , O LORD , consider my meditation . Hearken unto the voice of my cry , my King , and my God : for unto thee will I pray . My voice shalt thou hear in the morning , O LORD ; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee , and will look up . For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness : neither shall evil dwell with thee . The foolish shall not stand in thy sight : thou hatest all workers of iniquity . Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing : the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man . But as for me , I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple . Lead me , O LORD , in thy righteousness because of mine enemies ; make thy way straight before my face . For there is no faithfulness in their mouth ; their inward part is very wickedness ; their throat is an open sepulchre ; they flatter with their tongue . Destroy thou them , O God ; let them fall by their own counsels ; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions ; for they have rebelled against thee . But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice : let them ever shout for joy , because thou defendest them : let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee . For thou , LORD , wilt bless the righteous ; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield . O LORD , rebuke me not in thine anger , neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure . Have mercy upon me , O LORD ; for I am weak : O LORD , heal me ; for my bones are vexed . My soul is also sore vexed : but thou , O LORD , how long ? Return , O LORD , deliver my soul : oh save me for thy mercies' sake . For in death there is no remembrance of thee : in the grave who shall give thee thanks ? I am weary with my groaning ; all the night make I my bed to swim ; I water my couch with my tears . Mine eye is consumed because of grief ; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies . Depart from me , all ye workers of iniquity ; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping . The LORD hath heard my supplication ; the LORD will receive my prayer . Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed : let them return and be ashamed suddenly . O Lord my God , in thee do I put my trust : save me from all them that persecute me , and deliver me : Lest he tear my soul like a lion , rending it in pieces , while there is none to deliver . O LORD my God , if I have done this ; if there be iniquity in my hands ; If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me ; ( yea , I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy : ) Let the enemy persecute my soul , and take it ; yea , let him tread down my life upon the earth , and lay mine honour in the dust . Selah . Arise , O LORD , in thine anger , lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies : and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded . So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about : for their sakes therefore return thou on high . The LORD shall judge the people : judge me , O LORD , according to my righteousness , and according to mine integrity that is in me . Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end ; but establish the just : for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins . My defence is of God , which saveth the upright in heart . God judgeth the righteous , and God is angry with the wicked every day . If he turn not , he will whet his sword ; he hath bent his bow , and made it ready . He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death ; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors . Behold , he travaileth with iniquity , and hath conceived mischief , and brought forth falsehood . He made a pit , and digged it , and is fallen into the ditch which he made . His mischief shall return upon his own head , and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate . I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness : and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high . O LORD our Lord , how excellent is thy name in all the earth ! who hast set thy glory above the heavens . Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies , that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger . When I consider thy heavens , the work of thy fingers , the moon and the stars , which thou hast ordained ; What is man , that thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man , that thou visitest him ? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels , and hast crowned him with glory and honour . Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen , yea , and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air , and the fish of the sea , and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas . O LORD our Lord , how excellent is thy name in all the earth ! I will praise thee , O LORD , with my whole heart ; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works . I will be glad and rejoice in thee : I will sing praise to thy name , O thou most High . When mine enemies are turned back , they shall fall and perish at thy presence . For thou hast maintained my right and my cause ; thou satest in the throne judging right . Thou hast rebuked the heathen , thou hast destroyed the wicked , thou hast put out their name for ever and ever . O thou enemy , destructions are come to a perpetual end : and thou hast destroyed cities ; their memorial is perished with them . But the LORD shall endure for ever : he hath prepared his throne for judgment . And he shall judge the world in righteousness , he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness . The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed , a refuge in times of trouble . And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee : for thou , LORD , hast not forsaken them that seek thee . Sing praises to the LORD , which dwelleth in Zion : declare among the people his doings . When he maketh inquisition for blood , he remembereth them : he forgetteth not the cry of the humble . Have mercy upon me , O LORD ; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me , thou that liftest me up from the gates of death : That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion : I will rejoice in thy salvation . The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made : in the net which they hid is their own foot taken . The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth : the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands . Higgaion . Selah . The wicked shall be turned into hell , and all the nations that forget God . For the needy shall not alway be forgotten : the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever . Arise , O LORD ; let not man prevail : let the heathen be judged in thy sight . Put them in fear , O LORD : that the nations may know themselves to be but men . Selah . Why standest thou afar off , O LORD ? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble ? The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor : let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined . For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire , and blesseth the covetous , whom the LORD abhorreth . The wicked , through the pride of his countenance , will not seek after God : God is not in all his thoughts . His ways are always grievous ; thy judgments are far above out of his sight : as for all his enemies , he puffeth at them . He hath said in his heart , I shall not be moved : for I shall never be in adversity . His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud : under his tongue is mischief and vanity . He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages : in the secret places doth he murder the innocent : his eyes are privily set against the poor . He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den : he lieth in wait to catch the poor : he doth catch the poor , when he draweth him into his net . He croucheth , and humbleth himself , that the poor may fall by his strong ones . He hath said in his heart , God hath forgotten : he hideth his face ; he will never see it . Arise , O LORD ; O God , lift up thine hand : forget not the humble . Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God ? he hath said in his heart , Thou wilt not require it . Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite , to requite it with thy hand : the poor committeth himself unto thee ; thou art the helper of the fatherless . Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man : seek out his wickedness till thou find none . The LORD is King for ever and ever : the heathen are perished out of his land . LORD , thou hast heard the desire of the humble : thou wilt prepare their heart , thou wilt cause thine ear to hear : To judge the fatherless and the oppressed , that the man of the earth may no more oppress . In the LORD put I my trust : How say ye to my soul , Flee as a bird to your mountain ? For , lo , the wicked bend their bow , they make ready their arrow upon the string , that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart . If the foundations be destroyed , what can the righteous do ? The LORD is in his holy temple , the LORD's throne is in heaven : his eyes behold , his eyelids try , the children of men . The LORD trieth the righteous : but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth . Upon the wicked he shall rain snares , fire and brimstone , and an horrible tempest : this shall be the portion of their cup . For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness ; his countenance doth behold the upright . Help , LORD ; for the godly man ceaseth ; for the faithful fail from among the children of men . They speak vanity every one with his neighbour : with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak . The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips , and the tongue that speaketh proud things : Who have said , With our tongue will we prevail ; our lips are our own : who is lord over us ? For the oppression of the poor , for the sighing of the needy , now will I arise , saith the LORD ; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him . The words of the LORD are pure words : as silver tried in a furnace of earth , purified seven times . Thou shalt keep them , O LORD , thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever . The wicked walk on every side , when the vilest men are exalted . How long wilt thou forget me , O LORD ? for ever ? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me ? How long shall I take counsel in my soul , having sorrow in my heart daily ? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me ? Consider and hear me , O LORD my God : lighten mine eyes , lest I sleep the sleep of death ; Lest mine enemy say , I have prevailed against him ; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved . But I have trusted in thy mercy ; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation . I will sing unto the LORD , because he hath dealt bountifully with me . The fool hath said in his heart , There is no God . They are corrupt , they have done abominable works , there is none that doeth good . The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men , to see if there were any that did understand , and seek God . They are all gone aside , they are all together become filthy : there is none that doeth good , no , not one . Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? who eat up my people as they eat bread , and call not upon the LORD . There were they in great fear : for God is in the generation of the righteous . Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor , because the LORD is his refuge . Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion ! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people , Jacob shall rejoice , and Israel shall be glad . LORD , who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? He that walketh uprightly , and worketh righteousness , and speaketh the truth in his heart . He that backbiteth not with his tongue , nor doeth evil to his neighbour , nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour . In whose eyes a vile person is contemned ; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD . He that sweareth to his own hurt , and changeth not . He that putteth not out his money to usury , nor taketh reward against the innocent . He that doeth these things shall never be moved . Preserve me , O God : for in thee do I put my trust . O my soul , thou hast said unto the LORD , Thou art my Lord : my goodness extendeth not to thee ; But to the saints that are in the earth , and to the excellent , in whom is all my delight . Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god : their drink offerings of blood will I not offer , nor take up their names into my lips . The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot . The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; yea , I have a goodly heritage . I will bless the LORD , who hath given me counsel : my reins also instruct me in the night seasons . I have set the LORD always before me : because he is at my right hand , I shall not be moved . Therefore my heart is glad , and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope . For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption . Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore . Hear the right , O LORD , attend unto my cry , give ear unto my prayer , that goeth not out of feigned lips . Let my sentence come forth from thy presence ; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal . Thou has proved mine heart ; thou hast visited me in the night ; thou has tried me , and shalt find nothing ; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress . Concerning the works of men , by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer . Hold up my goings in thy paths , that my footsteps slip not . I have called upon thee , for thou wilt hear me , O God : incline thine ear unto me , and hear my speech . Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness , O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them . Keep me as the apple of the eye , hide me under the shadow of thy wings , From the wicked that oppress me , from my deadly enemies , who compass me about . They are inclosed in their own fat : with their mouth they speak proudly . They have now compassed us in our steps : they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth ; Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey , and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places . Arise , O LORD , disappoint him , cast him down : deliver my soul from the wicked , which is thy sword : From men which are thy hand , O LORD , from men of the world , which have their portion in this life , and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure : they are full of children , and leave the rest of their substance to their babes . As for me , I will behold thy face in righteousness : I shall be satisfied , when I awake , with thy likeness . I will love thee , O LORD , my strength . The LORD is my rock , and my fortress , and my deliverer ; my God , my strength , in whom I will trust ; my buckler , and the horn of my salvation , and my high tower . I will call upon the LORD , who is worthy to be praised : so shall I be saved from mine enemies . The sorrows of death compassed me , and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid . The sorrows of hell compassed me about : the snares of death prevented me . In my distress I called upon the LORD , and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple , and my cry came before him , even into his ears . Then the earth shook and trembled ; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken , because he was wroth . There went up a smoke out of his nostrils , and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it . He bowed the heavens also , and came down : and darkness was under his feet . And he rode upon a cherub , and did fly : yea , he did fly upon the wings of the wind . He made darkness his secret place ; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies . At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed , hail stones and coals of fire . The LORD also thundered in the heavens , and the Highest gave his voice ; hail stones and coals of fire . Yea , he sent out his arrows , and scattered them ; and he shot out lightnings , and discomfited them . Then the channels of waters were seen , and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke , O LORD , at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils . He sent from above , he took me , he drew me out of many waters . He delivered me from my strong enemy , and from them which hated me : for they were too strong for me . They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but the LORD was my stay . He brought me forth also into a large place ; he delivered me , because he delighted in me . The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness ; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me . For I have kept the ways of the LORD , 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 upright before him , and I kept myself from mine iniquity . Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness , according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight . With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful ; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright ; With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward . For thou wilt save the afflicted people ; but wilt bring down high looks . For thou wilt light my candle : the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness . For by thee I have run through a troop ; and by my God have I leaped over a wall . As for God , his way is perfect : the word of the LORD is tried : he is a buckler to all those that trust in him . For who is God save the LORD ? or who is a rock save our God ? It is God that girdeth me with strength , and maketh my way perfect . He maketh my feet like hinds' feet , and setteth me upon my high places . He teacheth my hands to war , so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms . Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : and thy right hand hath holden me up , and thy gentleness hath made me great . Thou hast enlarged my steps under me , that my feet did not slip . I have pursued mine enemies , and overtaken them : neither did I turn again till they were consumed . I have wounded them that they were not able to rise : they are fallen under my feet . For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle : thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me . Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies ; that I might destroy them that hate me . They cried , but there was none to save them : even unto the LORD , but he answered them not . Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind : I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets . Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people ; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen : a people whom I have not known shall serve me . As soon as they hear of me , they shall obey me : the strangers shall submit themselves unto me . The strangers shall fade away , and be afraid out of their close places . The LORD liveth ; and blessed be my rock ; and let the God of my salvation be exalted . It is God that avengeth me , and subdueth the people under me . He delivereth me from mine enemies : yea , thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me : thou hast delivered me from the violent man . Therefore will I give thanks unto thee , O LORD , among the heathen , and sing praises unto thy name . Great deliverance giveth he to his king ; and sheweth mercy to his anointed , to David , and to his seed for evermore . The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the firmament sheweth his handywork . Day unto day uttereth speech , and night unto night sheweth knowledge . There is no speech nor language , where their voice is not heard . Their line is gone out through all the earth , and their words to the end of the world . In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun , Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber , and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race . His going forth is from the end of the heaven , and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof . The law of the LORD is perfect , converting the soul : the testimony of the LORD is sure , making wise the simple . The statutes of the LORD are right , rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the LORD is pure , enlightening the eyes . The fear of the LORD is clean , enduring for ever : the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether . More to be desired are they than gold , yea , than much fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb . Moreover by them is thy servant warned : and in keeping of them there is great reward . Who can understand his errors ? cleanse thou me from secret faults . Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins ; let them not have dominion over me : then shall I be upright , and I shall be innocent from the great transgression . Let the words of my mouth , and the meditation of my heart , be acceptable in thy sight , O LORD , my strength , and my redeemer . The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble ; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee ; Send thee help from the sanctuary , and strengthen thee out of Zion ; Remember all thy offerings , and accept thy burnt sacrifice ; Selah . Grant thee according to thine own heart , and fulfil all thy counsel . We will rejoice in thy salvation , and in the name of our God we will set up our banners : the LORD fulfil all thy petitions . Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed ; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand . Some trust in chariots , and some in horses : but we will remember the name of the LORD our God . They are brought down and fallen : but we are risen , and stand upright . Save , LORD : let the king hear us when we call . The king shall joy in thy strength , O LORD ; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice ! Thou hast given him his heart's desire , and hast not withholden the request of his lips . Selah . For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness : thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head . He asked life of thee , and thou gavest it him , even length of days for ever and ever . His glory is great in thy salvation : honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him . For thou hast made him most blessed for ever : thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance . For the king trusteth in the LORD , and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved . Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies : thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee . Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger : the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath , and the fire shall devour them . Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth , and their seed from among the children of men . For they intended evil against thee : they imagined a mischievous device , which they are not able to perform . Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back , when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them . Be thou exalted , LORD , in thine own strength : so will we sing and praise thy power . My God , my God , why hast thou forsaken me ? why art thou so far from helping me , and from the words of my roaring ? O my God , I cry in the daytime , but thou hearest not ; and in the night season , and am not silent . But thou art holy , O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel . Our fathers trusted in thee : they trusted , and thou didst deliver them . They cried unto thee , and were delivered : they trusted in thee , and were not confounded . But I am a worm , and no man ; a reproach of men , and despised of the people . All they that see me laugh me to scorn : they shoot out the lip , they shake the head saying , He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him : let him deliver him , seeing he delighted in him . But thou art he that took me out of the womb : thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts . I was cast upon thee from the womb : thou art my God from my mother's belly . Be not far from me ; for trouble is near ; for there is none to help . Many bulls have compassed me : strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round . They gaped upon me with their mouths , as a ravening and a roaring lion . I am poured out like water , and all my bones are out of joint : my heart is like wax ; it is melted in the midst of my bowels . My strength is dried up like a potsherd ; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws ; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death . For dogs have compassed me : the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me : they pierced my hands and my feet . I may tell all my bones : they look and stare upon me . They part my garments among them , and cast lots upon my vesture . But be not thou far from me , O LORD : O my strength , haste thee to help me . Deliver my soul from the sword ; my darling from the power of the dog . Save me from the lion's mouth : for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns . I will declare thy name unto my brethren : in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee . Ye that fear the LORD , praise him ; all ye the seed of Jacob , glorify him ; and fear him , all ye the seed of Israel . For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted ; neither hath he hid his face from him ; but when he cried unto him , he heard . My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation : I will pay my vows before them that fear him . The meek shall eat and be satisfied : they shall praise the LORD that seek him : your heart shall live for ever . All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD : and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee . For the kingdom is the LORD's : and he is the governor among the nations . All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship : all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him : and none can keep alive his own soul . A seed shall serve him ; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation . They shall come , and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born , that he hath done this . The LORD is my shepherd ; I shall not want . He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters . He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake . Yea , though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me . Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies : thou anointest my head with oil ; my cup runneth over . Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever . The earth is the LORD's , and the fulness thereof ; the world , and they that dwell therein . For he hath founded it upon the seas , and established it upon the floods . Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD ? or who shall stand in his holy place ? He that hath clean hands , and a pure heart ; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity , nor sworn deceitfully . He shall receive the blessing from the LORD , and righteousness from the God of his salvation . This is the generation of them that seek him , that seek thy face , O Jacob . Selah . Lift up your head , O ye gates ; and be ye lift up , ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in . Who is this King of glory ? The LORD strong and mighty , the LORD mighty in battle . Lift up your heads , O ye gates ; even lift them up , ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in . Who is this King of glory ? The LORD of hosts , he is the King of glory . Selah . Unto thee , O LORD , do I lift up my soul . O my God , I trust in thee : let me not be ashamed , let not mine enemies triumph over me . Yea , let none that wait on thee be ashamed : let them be ashamed which transgress without cause . Shew me thy ways , O LORD ; teach me thy paths . Lead me in thy truth , and teach me : for thou art the God of my salvation ; on thee do I wait all the day . Remember , O LORD , thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses ; for they have been ever of old . Remember not the sins of my youth , nor my transgressions : according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake , O LORD . Good and upright is the LORD : therefore will he teach sinners in the way . The meek will he guide in judgment : and the meek will he teach his way . All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies . For thy name's sake , O LORD , pardon mine iniquity ; for it is great . What man is he that feareth the LORD ? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose . His soul shall dwell at ease ; and his seed shall inherit the earth . The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him ; and he will shew them his covenant . Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD ; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net . Turn thee unto me , and have mercy upon me ; for I am desolate and afflicted . The troubles of my heart are enlarged : O bring thou me out of my distresses . Look upon mine affliction and my pain ; and forgive all my sins . Consider mine enemies ; for they are many ; and they hate me with cruel hatred . O keep my soul , and deliver me : let me not be ashamed ; for I put my trust in thee . Let integrity and uprightness preserve me ; for I wait on thee . Redeem Israel , O God , out of all his troubles . Judge me , O LORD ; for I have walked in mine integrity : I have trusted also in the LORD ; therefore I shall not slide . Examine me , O LORD , and prove me ; try my reins and my heart . For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes : and I have walked in thy truth . I have not sat with vain persons , neither will I go in with dissemblers . I have hated the congregation of evil doers ; and will not sit with the wicked . I will wash mine hands in innocency : so will I compass thine altar , O LORD : That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving , and tell of all thy wondrous works . LORD , I have loved the habitation of thy house , and the place where thine honour dwelleth . Gather not my soul with sinners , nor my life with bloody men : In whose hands is mischief , and their right hand is full of bribes . But as for me , I will walk in mine integrity : redeem me , and be merciful unto me . My foot standeth in an even place : in the congregations will I bless the LORD . The LORD is my light and my salvation ; whom shall I fear ? the LORD is the strength of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? When the wicked , even mine enemies and my foes , came upon me to eat up my flesh , they stumbled and fell . Though an host should encamp against me , my heart shall not fear : though war should rise against me , in this will I be confident . One thing have I desired of the LORD , that will I seek after ; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life , to behold the beauty of the LORD , and to inquire in his temple . For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion : in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me ; he shall set me up upon a rock . And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me : therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy ; I will sing , yea , I will sing praises unto the LORD . Hear , O LORD , when I cry with my voice : have mercy also upon me , and answer me . When thou saidst , Seek ye my face ; my heart said unto thee , Thy face , LORD , will I seek . Hide not thy face far from me ; put not thy servant away in anger : thou hast been my help ; leave me not , neither forsake me , O God of my salvation . When my father and my mother forsake me , then the LORD will take me up . Teach me thy way , O LORD , and lead me in a plain path , because of mine enemies . Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies : for false witnesses are risen up against me , and such as breathe out cruelty . I had fainted , unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living . Wait on the LORD : be of good courage , and he shall strengthen thine heart : wait , I say , on the LORD . Unto thee will I cry , O LORD my rock ; be not silent to me : lest , if thou be silent to me , I become like them that go down into the pit . Hear the voice of my supplications , when I cry unto thee , when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle . Draw me not away with the wicked , and with the workers of iniquity , which speak peace to their neighbours , but mischief is in their hearts . Give them according to their deeds , and according to the wickedness of their endeavours : give them after the work of their hands ; render to them their desert . Because they regard not the works of the LORD , nor the operation of his hands , he shall destroy them , and not build them up . Blessed be the LORD , because he hath heard the voice of my supplications . The LORD is my strength and my shield ; my heart trusted in him , and I am helped : therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth ; and with my song will I praise him . The LORD is their strength , and he is the saving strength of his anointed . Save thy people , and bless thine inheritance : feed them also , and lift them up for ever . Give unto the LORD , O ye mighty , give unto the LORD glory and strength . Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name ; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness . The voice of the LORD is upon the waters : the God of glory thundereth : the LORD is upon many waters . The voice of the LORD is powerful ; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty . The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars ; yea , the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon . He maketh them also to skip like a calf ; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn . The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire . The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness ; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh . The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve , and discovereth the forests : and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory . The LORD sitteth upon the flood ; yea , the LORD sitteth King for ever . The LORD will give strength unto his people ; the LORD will bless his people with peace . I will extol thee , O LORD ; for thou hast lifted me up , and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me . O LORD my God , I cried unto thee , and thou hast healed me . O LORD , thou hast brought up my soul from the grave : thou hast kept me alive , that I should not go down to the pit . Sing unto the LORD , O ye saints of his , and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness . For his anger endureth but a moment ; in his favour is life : weeping may endure for a night , but joy cometh in the morning . And in my prosperity I said , I shall never be moved . LORD , by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong : thou didst hide thy face , and I was troubled . I cried to thee , O LORD ; and unto the LORD I made supplication . What profit is there in my blood , when I go down to the pit ? Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it declare thy truth ? Hear , O LORD , and have mercy upon me : LORD , be thou my helper . Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing : thou hast put off my sackcloth , and girded me with gladness ; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee , and not be silent . O LORD my God , I will give thanks unto thee for ever . In thee , O LORD , do I put my trust ; let me never be ashamed : deliver me in thy righteousness . Bow down thine ear to me ; deliver me speedily : be thou my strong rock , for an house of defence to save me . For thou art my rock and my fortress ; therefore for thy name's sake lead me , and guide me . Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me : for thou art my strength . Into thine hand I commit my spirit : thou hast redeemed me , O LORD God of truth . I have hated them that regard lying vanities : but I trust in the LORD . I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast considered my trouble ; thou hast known my soul in adversities ; And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy : thou hast set my feet in a large room . Have mercy upon me , O LORD , for I am in trouble : mine eye is consumed with grief , yea , my soul and my belly . For my life is spent with grief , and my years with sighing : my strength faileth because of mine iniquity , and my bones are consumed . I was a reproach among all mine enemies , but especially among my neighbours , and a fear to mine acquaintance : they that did see me without fled from me . I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind : I am like a broken vessel . For I have heard the slander of many : fear was on every side : while they took counsel together against me , they devised to take away my life . But I trusted in thee , O LORD : I said , Thou art my God . My times are in thy hand : deliver me from the hand of mine enemies , and from them that persecute me . Make thy face to shine upon thy servant : save me for thy mercies' sake . Let me not be ashamed , O LORD ; for I have called upon thee : let the wicked be ashamed , and let them be silent in the grave . Let the lying lips be put to silence ; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous . Oh how great is thy goodness , which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men ! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man : thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues . Blessed be the LORD : for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city . For I said in my haste , I am cut off from before thine eyes : nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee . O love the LORD , all ye his saints : for the LORD preserveth the faithful , and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer . Be of good courage , and he shall strengthen your heart , all ye that hope in the LORD . Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven , whose sin is covered . Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity , and in whose spirit there is no guile . When I kept silence , my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long . For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me : my moisture is turned into the drought of summer . Selah . I acknowledged my sin unto thee , and mine iniquity have I not hid . I said , I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD ; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin . Selah . For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found : surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him . Thou art my hiding place ; thou shalt preserve me from trouble ; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance . Selah . I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go : I will guide thee with mine eye . Be ye not as the horse , or as the mule , which have no understanding : whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle , lest they come near unto thee . Many sorrows shall be to the wicked : but he that trusteth in the LORD , mercy shall compass him about . Be glad in the LORD , and rejoice , ye righteous : and shout for joy , all ye that are upright in heart . Rejoice in the LORD , O ye righteous : for praise is comely for the upright . Praise the LORD with harp : sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings . Sing unto him a new song ; play skilfully with a loud noise . For the word of the LORD is right ; and all his works are done in truth . He loveth righteousness and judgment : the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD . By the word of the LORD were the heavens made ; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth . He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap : he layeth up the depth in storehouses . Let all the earth fear the LORD : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him . For he spake , and it was done ; he commanded , and it stood fast . The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought : he maketh the devices of the people of none effect . The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever , the thoughts of his heart to all generations . Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD : and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance . The LORD looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth all the sons of men . From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth . He fashioneth their hearts alike ; he considereth all their works . There is no king saved by the multitude of an host : a mighty man is not delivered by much strength . An horse is a vain thing for safety : neither shall he deliver any by his great strength . Behold , the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him , upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death , and to keep them alive in famine . Our soul waiteth for the LORD : he is our help and our shield . For our heart shall rejoice in him , because we have trusted in his holy name . Let thy mercy , O LORD , be upon us , according as we hope in thee . I will bless the LORD at all times : his praise shall continually be in my mouth . My soul shall make her boast in the LORD : the humble shall hear thereof , and be glad . O magnify the LORD with me , and let us exalt his name together . I sought the LORD , and he heard me , and delivered me from all my fears . They looked unto him , and were lightened : and their faces were not ashamed . This poor man cried , and the LORD heard him , and saved him out of all his troubles . The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him , and delivereth them . O taste and see that the LORD is good : blessed is the man that trusteth in him . O fear the LORD , ye his saints : for there is no want to them that fear him . The young lions do lack , and suffer hunger : but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing . Come , ye children , hearken unto me : I will teach you the fear of the LORD . What man is he that desireth life , and loveth many days , that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue from evil , and thy lips from speaking guile . Depart from evil , and do good ; seek peace , and pursue it . The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous , and his ears are open unto their cry . The face of the LORD is against them that do evil , to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth . The righteous cry , and the LORD heareth , and delivereth them out of all their troubles . The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit . Many are the afflictions of the righteous : but the LORD delivereth him out of them all . He keepeth all his bones : not one of them is broken . Evil shall slay the wicked : and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate . The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants : and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate . Plead my cause , O LORD , with them that strive with me : fight against them that fight against me . Take hold of shield and buckler , and stand up for mine help . Draw out also the spear , and stop the way against them that persecute me : say unto my soul , I am thy salvation . Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul : let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt . Let them be as chaff before the wind : and let the angel of the LORD chase them . Let their way be dark and slippery : and let the angel of the LORD persecute them . For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit , which without cause they have digged for my soul . Let destruction come upon him at unawares ; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself : into that very destruction let him fall . And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD : it shall rejoice in his salvation . All my bones shall say , LORD , who is like unto thee , which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him , yea , the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him ? False witnesses did rise up ; they laid to my charge things that I knew not . They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul . But as for me , when they were sick , my clothing was sackcloth : I humbled my soul with fasting ; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom . I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother : I bowed down heavily , as one that mourneth for his mother . But in mine adversity they rejoiced , and gathered themselves together : yea , the abjects gathered themselves together against me , and I knew it not ; they did tear me , and ceased not : With hypocritical mockers in feasts , they gnashed upon me with their teeth . Lord , how long wilt thou look on ? rescue my soul from their destructions , my darling from the lions . I will give thee thanks in the great congregation : I will praise thee among much people . Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me : neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause . For they speak not peace : but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land . Yea , they opened their mouth wide against me , and said , Aha , aha , our eye hath seen it . This thou hast seen , O LORD : keep not silence : O Lord , be not far from me . Stir up thyself , and awake to my judgment , even unto my cause , my God and my Lord . Judge me , O LORD my God , according to thy righteousness ; and let them not rejoice over me . Let them not say in their hearts , Ah , so would we have it : let them not say , We have swallowed him up . Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt : let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me . Let them shout for joy , and be glad , that favour my righteous cause : yea , let them say continually , Let the LORD be magnified , which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant . And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long . The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart , that there is no fear of God before his eyes . For he flattereth himself in his own eyes , until his iniquity be found to be hateful . The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit : he hath left off to be wise , and to do good . He deviseth mischief upon his bed ; he setteth himself in a way that is not good ; he abhorreth not evil . Thy mercy , O LORD , is in the heavens ; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds . Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; thy judgments are a great deep : O LORD , thou preservest man and beast . How excellent is thy lovingkindness , O God ! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings . They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures . For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light shall we see light . O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee ; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart . Let not the foot of pride come against me , and let not the hand of the wicked remove me . There are the workers of iniquity fallen : they are cast down , and shall not be able to rise . Fret not thyself because of evildoers , neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity . For they shall soon be cut down like the grass , and wither as the green herb . Trust in the LORD , and do good ; so shalt thou dwell in the land , and verily thou shalt be fed . Delight thyself also in the LORD ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart . Commit thy way unto the LORD ; trust also in him ; and he shall bring it to pass . And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light , and thy judgment as the noonday . Rest in the LORD , and wait patiently for him : fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way , because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass . Cease from anger , and forsake wrath : fret not thyself in any wise to do evil . For evildoers shall be cut off : but those that wait upon the LORD , they shall inherit the earth . For yet a little while , and the wicked shall not be : yea , thou shalt diligently consider his place , and it shall not be . But the meek shall inherit the earth ; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace . The wicked plotteth against the just , and gnasheth upon him with his teeth . The Lord shall laugh at him : for he seeth that his day is coming . The wicked have drawn out the sword , and have bent their bow , to cast down the poor and needy , and to slay such as be of upright conversation . Their sword shall enter into their own heart , and their bows shall be broken . A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked . For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : but the LORD upholdeth the righteous . The LORD knoweth the days of the upright : and their inheritance shall be for ever . They shall not be ashamed in the evil time : and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied . But the wicked shall perish , and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs : they shall consume ; into smoke shall they consume away . The wicked borroweth , and payeth not again : but the righteous sheweth mercy , and giveth . For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth ; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off . The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD : and he delighteth in his way . Though he fall , he shall not be utterly cast down : for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand . I have been young , and now am old ; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken , nor his seed begging bread . He is ever merciful , and lendeth ; and his seed is blessed . Depart from evil , and do good ; and dwell for evermore . For the LORD loveth judgment , and forsaketh not his saints ; they are preserved for ever : but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off . The righteous shall inherit the land , and dwell therein for ever . The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom , and his tongue talketh of judgment . The law of his God is in his heart ; none of his steps shall slide . The wicked watcheth the righteous , and seeketh to slay him . The LORD will not leave him in his hand , nor condemn him when he is judged . Wait on the LORD , and keep his way , and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off , thou shalt see it . I have seen the wicked in great power , and spreading himself like a green bay tree . Yet he passed away , and , lo , he was not : yea , I sought him , but he could not be found . Mark the perfect man , and behold the upright : for the end of that man is peace . But the transgressors shall be destroyed together : the end of the wicked shall be cut off . But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD : he is their strength in the time of trouble . And the LORD shall help them and deliver them : he shall deliver them from the wicked , and save them , because they trust in him . O LORD , rebuke me not in thy wrath : neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure . For thine arrows stick fast in me , and thy hand presseth me sore . There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger ; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin . For mine iniquities are gone over mine head : as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me . My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness . I am troubled ; I am bowed down greatly ; I go mourning all the day long . For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease : and there is no soundness in my flesh . I am feeble and sore broken : I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart . Lord , all my desire is before thee ; and my groaning is not hid from thee . My heart panteth , my strength faileth me : as for the light of mine eyes , it also is gone from me . My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore ; and my kinsmen stand afar off . They also that seek after my life lay snares for me : and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things , and imagine deceits all the day long . But I , as a deaf man , heard not ; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth . Thus I was as a man that heareth not , and in whose mouth are no reproofs . For in thee , O LORD , do I hope : thou wilt hear , O Lord my God . For I said , Hear me , lest otherwise they should rejoice over me : when my foot slippeth , they magnify themselves against me . For I am ready to halt , and my sorrow is continually before me . For I will declare mine iniquity ; I will be sorry for my sin . But mine enemies are lively , and they are strong : and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied . They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries ; because I follow the thing that good is . Forsake me not , O LORD : O my God , be not far from me . Make haste to help me , O Lord my salvation . I said , I will take heed to my ways , that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle , while the wicked is before me . I was dumb with silence , I held my peace , even from good ; and my sorrow was stirred . My heart was hot within me , while I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue , LORD , make me to know mine end , and the measure of my days , what it is ; that I may know how frail I am . Behold , thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity . Selah . Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches , and knoweth not who shall gather them . And now , Lord , what wait I for ? my hope is in thee . Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me not the reproach of the foolish . I was dumb , I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it . Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand . When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity , thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth : surely every man is vanity . Selah . Hear my prayer , O LORD , and give ear unto my cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears : for I am a stranger with thee , and a sojourner , as all my fathers were . O spare me , that I may recover strength , before I go hence , and be no more . I waited patiently for the LORD ; and he inclined unto me , and heard my cry . He brought me up also out of an horrible pit , out of the miry clay , and set my feet upon a rock , and established my goings . And he hath put a new song in my mouth , even praise unto our God : many shall see it , and fear , and shall trust in the LORD . Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust , and respecteth not the proud , nor such as turn aside to lies . Many , O LORD my God , are thy wonderful works which thou hast done , and thy thoughts which are to us-ward : they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee : if I would declare and speak of them , they are more than can be numbered . Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ; mine ears hast thou opened : burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required . Then said I , Lo , I come : in the volume of the book it is written of me , I delight to do thy will , O my God : yea , thy law is within my heart . I have preached righteousness in the great congregation : lo , I have not refrained my lips , O LORD , thou knowest . I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart ; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation : I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation . Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me , O LORD : let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me . For innumerable evils have compassed me about : mine iniquities have taken hold upon me , so that I am not able to look up ; they are more than the hairs of mine head : therefore my heart faileth me . Be pleased , O LORD , to deliver me : O LORD , make haste to help me . Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it ; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil . Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me , Aha , aha . Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : let such as love thy salvation say continually , The LORD be magnified . But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord thinketh upon me : thou art my help and my deliverer ; make no tarrying , O my God . Blessed is he that considereth the poor : the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble . The LORD will preserve him , and keep him alive ; and he shall be blessed upon the earth : and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies . The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing : thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness . I said , LORD , be merciful unto me : heal my soul ; for I have sinned against thee . Mine enemies speak evil of me , When shall he die , and his name perish ? And if he come to see me , he speaketh vanity : his heart gathereth iniquity to itself ; when he goeth abroad , he telleth it . All that hate me whisper together against me : against me do they devise my hurt . An evil disease , say they , cleaveth fast unto him : and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more . Yea , mine own familiar friend , in whom I trusted , which did eat of my bread , hath lifted up his heel against me . But thou , O LORD , be merciful unto me , and raise me up , that I may requite them . By this I know that thou favourest me , because mine enemy doth not triumph over me . And as for me , thou upholdest me in mine integrity , and settest me before thy face for ever . Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting , and to everlasting . Amen , and Amen . As the hart panteth after the water brooks , so panteth my soul after thee , O God . My soul thirsteth for God , for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God ? My tears have been my meat day and night , while they continually say unto me , Where is thy God ? When I remember these things , I pour out my soul in me : for I had gone with the multitude , I went with them to the house of God , with the voice of joy and praise , with a multitude that kept holyday . Why art thou cast down , O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted in me ? hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance . O my God , my soul is cast down within me : therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan , and of the Hermonites , from the hill Mizar . Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts : all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me . Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime , and in the night his song shall be with me , and my prayer unto the God of my life . I will say unto God my rock , Why hast thou forgotten me ? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy ? As with a sword in my bones , mine enemies reproach me ; while they say daily unto me , Where is thy God ? Why art thou cast down , O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me ? hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him , who is the health of my countenance , and my God . Judge me , O God , and plead my cause against an ungodly nation : O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man . For thou art the God of my strength : why dost thou cast me off ? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy ? O send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill , and to thy tabernacles . Then will I go unto the altar of God , unto God my exceeding joy : yea , upon the harp will I praise thee , O God my God . Why art thou cast down , O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me ? hope in God : for I shall yet praise him , who is the health of my countenance , and my God . We have heard with our ears , O God , our fathers have told us , what work thou didst in their days , in the times of old . How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand , and plantedst them ; how thou didst afflict the people , and cast them out . For they got not the land in possession by their own sword , neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand , and thine arm , and the light of thy countenance , because thou hadst a favour unto them . Thou art my King , O God : command deliverances for Jacob . Through thee will we push down our enemies : through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us . For I will not trust in my bow , neither shall my sword save me . But thou hast saved us from our enemies , and hast put them to shame that hated us . In God we boast all the day long , and praise thy name for ever . Selah . But thou hast cast off , and put us to shame ; and goest not forth with our armies . Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy : and they which hate us spoil for themselves . Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat ; and hast scattered us among the heathen . Thou sellest thy people for nought , and dost not increase thy wealth by their price . Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours , a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us . Thou makest us a byword among the heathen , a shaking of the head among the people . My confusion is continually before me , and the shame of my face hath covered me , For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth ; by reason of the enemy and avenger . All this is come upon us ; yet have we not forgotten thee , neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant . Our heart is not turned back , neither have our steps declined from thy way ; Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons , and covered us with the shadow of death . If we have forgotten the name of our God , or stretched out our hands to a strange god ; Shall not God search this out ? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart . Yea , for thy sake are we killed all the day long ; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter . Awake , why sleepest thou , O Lord ? arise , cast us not off for ever . Wherefore hidest thou thy face , and forgettest our affliction and our oppression ? For our soul is bowed down to the dust : our belly cleaveth unto the earth . Arise for our help , and redeem us for thy mercies' sake . My heart is inditing a good matter : I speak of the things which I have made touching the king : my tongue is the pen of a ready writer . Thou art fairer than the children of men : grace is poured into thy lips : therefore God hath blessed thee for ever . Gird thy sword upon thy thigh , O most mighty , with thy glory and thy majesty . And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness ; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things . Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies ; whereby the people fall under thee . Thy throne , O God , is for ever and ever : the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre . Thou lovest righteousness , and hatest wickedness : therefore God , thy God , hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows . All thy garments smell of myrrh , and aloes , and cassia , out of the ivory palaces , whereby they have made thee glad . Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women : upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir . Hearken , O daughter , and consider , and incline thine ear ; forget also thine own people , and thy father's house ; So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty : for he is thy Lord ; and worship thou him . And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift ; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour . The king's daughter is all glorious within : her clothing is of wrought gold . She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework : the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee . With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought : they shall enter into the king's palace . Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children , whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth . I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations : therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever . God is our refuge and strength , a very present help in trouble . Therefore will not we fear , though the earth be removed , and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled , though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof . Selah . There is a river , the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God , the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High . God is in the midst of her ; she shall not be moved : God shall help her , and that right early . The heathen raged , the kingdoms were moved : he uttered his voice , the earth melted . The LORD of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob is our refuge . Selah . Come , behold the works of the LORD , what desolations he hath made in the earth . He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth ; he breaketh the bow , and cutteth the spear in sunder ; he burneth the chariot in the fire . Be still , and know that I am God : I will be exalted among the heathen , I will be exalted in the earth . The LORD of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob is our refuge . Selah . O clap your hands , all ye people ; shout unto God with the voice of triumph . For the LORD most high is terrible ; he is a great King over all the earth . He shall subdue the people under us , and the nations under our feet . He shall choose our inheritance for us , the excellency of Jacob whom he loved . Selah . God is gone up with a shout , the LORD with the sound of a trumpet . Sing praises to God , sing praises : sing praises unto our King , sing praises . For God is the King of all the earth : sing ye praises with understanding . God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness . The princes of the people are gathered together , even the people of the God of Abraham : for the shields of the earth belong unto God : he is greatly exalted . Great is the LORD , and greatly to be praised in the city of our God , in the mountain of his holiness . Beautiful for situation , the joy of the whole earth , is mount Zion , on the sides of the north , the city of the great King . God is known in her palaces for a refuge . For , lo , the kings were assembled , they passed by together . They saw it , and so they marvelled ; they were troubled , and hasted away . Fear took hold upon them there , and pain , as of a woman in travail . Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind . As we have heard , so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts , in the city of our God : God will establish it for ever . Selah . We have thought of thy lovingkindness , O God , in the midst of thy temple . According to thy name , O God , so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full of righteousness . Let mount Zion rejoice , let the daughters of Judah be glad , because of thy judgments . Walk about Zion , and go round about her : tell the towers thereof . Mark ye well her bulwarks , consider her palaces ; that ye may tell it to the generation following . For this God is our God for ever and ever : he will be our guide even unto death . Hear this , all ye people ; give ear , all ye inhabitants of the world : Both low and high , rich and poor , together . My mouth shall speak of wisdom ; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding . I will incline mine ear to a parable : I will open my dark saying upon the harp . Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil , when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about ? They that trust in their wealth , and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches ; None of them can by any means redeem his brother , nor give to God a ransom for him : ( For the redemption of their soul is precious , and it ceaseth for ever : ) That he should still live for ever , and not see corruption . For he seeth that wise men die , likewise the fool and the brutish person perish , and leave their wealth to others . Their inward thought is , that their houses shall continue for ever , and their dwelling places to all generations ; they call their lands after their own names . Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not : he is like the beasts that perish . This their way is their folly : yet their posterity approve their sayings . Selah . Like sheep they are laid in the grave ; death shall feed on them ; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning ; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling . But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave : for he shall receive me . Selah . Be not thou afraid when one is made rich , when the glory of his house is increased ; For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away : his glory shall not descend after him . Though while he lived he blessed his soul : and men will praise thee , when thou doest well to thyself . He shall go to the generation of his fathers ; they shall never see light . Man that is in honour , and understandeth not , is like the beasts that perish . The mighty God , even the LORD , hath spoken , and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof . Out of Zion , the perfection of beauty , God hath shined . Our God shall come , and shall not keep silence : a fire shall devour before him , and it shall be very tempestuous round about him . He shall call to the heavens from above , and to the earth , that he may judge his people . Gather my saints together unto me ; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice . And the heavens shall declare his righteousness : for God is judge himself . Selah . Hear , O my people , and I will speak ; O Israel , and I will testify against thee : I am God , even thy God . I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings , to have been continually before me . I will take no bullock out of thy house , nor he goats out of thy folds . For every beast of the forest is mine , and the cattle upon a thousand hills . I know all the fowls of the mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are mine . If I were hungry , I would not tell thee : for the world is mine , and the fulness thereof . Will I eat the flesh of bulls , or drink the blood of goats ? Offer unto God thanksgiving ; and pay thy vows unto the most High : And call upon me in the day of trouble : I will deliver thee , and thou shalt glorify me . But unto the wicked God saith , What hast thou to do to declare my statutes , or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth ? Seeing thou hatest instruction , and castest my words behind thee . When thou sawest a thief , then thou consentedst with him , and hast been partaker with adulterers . Thou givest thy mouth to evil , and thy tongue frameth deceit . Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother ; thou slanderest thine own mother's son . These things hast thou done , and I kept silence ; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : but I will reprove thee , and set them in order before thine eyes . Now consider this , ye that forget God , lest I tear you in pieces , and there be none to deliver . Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me : and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God . Have mercy upon me , O God , according to thy lovingkindness : according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions . Wash me throughly from mine iniquity , and cleanse me from my sin . For I acknowledge my transgressions : and my sin is ever before me . Against thee , thee only , have I sinned , and done this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest , and be clear when thou judgest . Behold , I was shapen in iniquity ; and in sin did my mother conceive me . Behold , thou desirest truth in the inward parts : and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom . Purge me with hyssop , and I shall be clean : wash me , and I shall be whiter than snow . Make me to hear joy and gladness ; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice . Hide thy face from my sins , and blot out all mine iniquities . Create in me a clean heart , O God ; and renew a right spirit within me . Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not thy holy spirit from me . Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free spirit . Then will I teach transgressors thy ways ; and sinners shall be converted unto thee . Deliver me from bloodguiltiness , O God , thou God of my salvation : and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness . O Lord , open thou my lips ; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise . For thou desirest not sacrifice ; else would I give it : thou delightest not in burnt offering . The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart , O God , thou wilt not despise . Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion : build thou the walls of Jerusalem . Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness , with burnt offering and whole burnt offering : then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar . Why boastest thou thyself in mischief , O mighty man ? the goodness of God endureth continually . Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs ; like a sharp rasor , working deceitfully . Thou lovest evil more than good ; and lying rather than to speak righteousness . Selah . Thou lovest all devouring words , O thou deceitful tongue . God shall likewise destroy thee for ever , he shall take thee away , and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place , and root thee out of the land of the living . Selah . The righteous also shall see , and fear , and shall laugh at him : Lo , this is the man that made not God his strength ; but trusted in the abundance of his riches , and strengthened himself in his wickedness . But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God : I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever . I will praise thee for ever , because thou hast done it : and I will wait on thy name ; for it is good before thy saints . The fool hath said in his heart , There is no God . Corrupt are they , and have done abominable iniquity : there is none that doeth good . God looked down from heaven upon the children of men , to see if there were any that did understand , that did seek God . Every one of them is gone back : they are altogether become filthy ; there is none that doeth good , no , not one . Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? who eat up my people as they eat bread : they have not called upon God . There were they in great fear , where no fear was : for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee : thou hast put them to shame , because God hath despised them . Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion ! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people , Jacob shall rejoice , and Israel shall be glad . Save me , O God , by thy name , and judge me by thy strength . Hear my prayer , O God ; give ear to the words of my mouth . For strangers are risen up against me , and oppressors seek after my soul : they have not set God before them . Selah . Behold , God is mine helper : the Lord is with them that uphold my soul . He shall reward evil unto mine enemies : cut them off in thy truth . I will freely sacrifice unto thee : I will praise thy name , O LORD ; for it is good . For he hath delivered me out of all trouble : and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies . Give ear to my prayer , O God ; and hide not thyself from my supplication . Attend unto me , and hear me : I mourn in my complaint , and make a noise ; Because of the voice of the enemy , because of the oppression of the wicked : for they cast iniquity upon me , and in wrath they hate me . My heart is sore pained within me : and the terrors of death are fallen upon me . Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me , and horror hath overwhelmed me . And I said , Oh that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I fly away , and be at rest . Lo , then would I wander far off , and remain in the wilderness . Selah . I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest . Destroy , O Lord , and divide their tongues : for I have seen violence and strife in the city . Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof : mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it . Wickedness is in the midst thereof : deceit and guile depart not from her streets . For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; then I could have borne it : neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou , a man mine equal , my guide , and mine acquaintance . We took sweet counsel together , and walked unto the house of God in company . Let death seize upon them , and let them go down quick into hell : for wickedness is in their dwellings , and among them . As for me , I will call upon God ; and the LORD shall save me . Evening , and morning , and at noon , will I pray , and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice . He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me : for there were many with me . God shall hear , and afflict them , even he that abideth of old . Selah . Because they have no changes , therefore they fear not God . He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him : he hath broken his covenant . The words of his mouth were smoother than butter , but war was in his heart : his words were softer than oil , yet were they drawn swords . Cast thy burden upon the LORD , and he shall sustain thee : he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved . But thou , O God , shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction : bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days ; but I will trust in thee . Be merciful unto me , O God : for man would swallow me up ; he fighting daily oppresseth me . Mine enemies would daily swallow me up : for they be many that fight against me , O thou most High . What time I am afraid , I will trust in thee . In God I will praise his word , in God I have put my trust ; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me . Every day they wrest my words : all their thoughts are against me for evil . They gather themselves together , they hide themselves , they mark my steps , when they wait for my soul . Shall they escape by iniquity ? in thine anger cast down the people , O God . Thou tellest my wanderings : put thou my tears into thy bottle : are they not in thy book ? When I cry unto thee , then shall mine enemies turn back : this I know ; for God is for me . In God will I praise his word : in the LORD will I praise his word . In God have I put my trust : I will not be afraid what man can do unto me . Thy vows are upon me , O God : I will render praises unto thee . For thou hast delivered my soul from death : wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling , that I may walk before God in the light of the living ? Be merciful unto me , O God , be merciful unto me : for my soul trusteth in thee : yea , in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge , until these calamities be overpast . I will cry unto God most high ; unto God that performeth all things for me . He shall send from heaven , and save from the reproach of him that would swallow me up . Selah . God shall send forth his mercy and his truth . My soul is among lions : and I lie even among them that are set on fire , even the sons of men , whose teeth are spears and arrows , and their tongue a sharp sword . Be thou exalted , O God , above the heavens ; let thy glory be above all the earth . They have prepared a net for my steps ; my soul is bowed down : they have digged a pit before me , into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves . Selah . My heart is fixed , O God , my heart is fixed : I will sing and give praise . Awake up , my glory ; awake , psaltery and harp : I myself will awake early . I will praise thee , O Lord , among the people : I will sing unto thee among the nations . For thy mercy is great unto the heavens , and thy truth unto the clouds . Be thou exalted , O God , above the heavens : let thy glory be above all the earth . Do ye indeed speak righteousness , O congregation ? do ye judge uprightly , O ye sons of men ? Yea , in heart ye work wickedness ; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth . The wicked are estranged from the womb : they go astray as soon as they be born , speaking lies . Their poison is like the poison of a serpent : they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers , charming never so wisely . Break their teeth , O God , in their mouth : break out the great teeth of the young lions , O LORD . Let them melt away as waters which run continually : when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows , let them be as cut in pieces . As a snail which melteth , let every one of them pass away : like the untimely birth of a woman , that they may not see the sun . Before your pots can feel the thorns , he shall take them away as with a whirlwind , both living , and in his wrath . The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked . So that a man shall say , Verily there is a reward for the righteous : verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth . Deliver me from mine enemies , O my God : defend me from them that rise up against me . Deliver me from the workers of iniquity , and save me from bloody men . For , lo , they lie in wait for my soul : the mighty are gathered against me ; not for my transgression , nor for my sin , O LORD . They run and prepare themselves without my fault : awake to help me , and behold . Thou therefore , O LORD God of hosts , the God of Israel , awake to visit all the heathen : be not merciful to any wicked transgressors . Selah . They return at evening : they make a noise like a dog , and go round about the city . Behold , they belch out with their mouth : swords are in their lips : for who , say they , doth hear ? But thou , O LORD , shalt laugh at them ; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision . Because of his strength will I wait upon thee : for God is my defence . The God of my mercy shall prevent me : God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies . Slay them not , lest my people forget : scatter them by thy power ; and bring them down , O Lord our shield . For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride : and for cursing and lying which they speak . Consume them in wrath , consume them , that they may not be : and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth . Selah . And at evening let them return ; and let them make a noise like a dog , and go round about the city . Let them wander up and down for meat , and grudge if they be not satisfied . But I will sing of thy power ; yea , I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning : for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble . Unto thee , O my strength , will I sing : for God is my defence , and the God of my mercy . O God , thou hast cast us off , thou hast scattered us , thou hast been displeased ; O turn thyself to us again . Thou hast made the earth to tremble ; thou hast broken it : heal the breaches thereof ; for it shaketh . Thou hast shewed thy people hard things : thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment . Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee , that it may be displayed because of the truth . Selah . That thy beloved may be delivered ; save with thy right hand , and hear me . God hath spoken in his holiness ; I will rejoice , I will divide Shechem , and mete out the valley of Succoth . Gilead is mine , and Manasseh is mine ; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head ; Judah is my lawgiver ; Moab is my washpot ; over Edom will I cast out my shoe : Philistia , triumph thou because of me . Who will bring me into the strong city ? who will lead me into Edom ? Wilt not thou , O God , which hadst cast us off ? and thou , O God , which didst not go out with our armies ? Give us help from trouble : for vain is the help of man . Through God we shall do valiantly : for he it is that shall tread down our enemies . Hear my cry , O God ; attend unto my prayer . From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee , when my heart is overwhelmed : lead me to the rock that is higher than I . For thou hast been a shelter for me , and a strong tower from the enemy . I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever : I will trust in the covert of thy wings . Selah . For thou , O God , hast heard my vows : thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name . Thou wilt prolong the king's life : and his years as many generations . He shall abide before God for ever : O prepare mercy and truth , which may preserve him . So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever , that I may daily perform my vows . Truly my soul waiteth upon God : from him cometh my salvation . He only is my rock and my salvation ; he is my defence ; I shall not be greatly moved . How long will ye imagine mischief against a man ? ye shall be slain all of you : as a bowing wall shall ye be , and as a tottering fence . They only consult to cast him down from his excellency : they delight in lies : they bless with their mouth , but they curse inwardly . Selah . My soul , wait thou only upon God ; for my expectation is from him . He only is my rock and my salvation : he is my defence ; I shall not be moved . In God is my salvation and my glory : the rock of my strength , and my refuge , is in God . Trust in him at all times ; ye people , pour out your heart before him : God is a refuge for us . Selah . Surely men of low degree are vanity , and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance , they are altogether lighter than vanity . Trust not in oppression , and become not vain in robbery : if riches increase , set not your heart upon them . God hath spoken once ; twice have I heard this ; that power belongeth unto God . Also unto thee , O Lord , belongeth mercy : for thou renderest to every man according to his work . O God , thou art my God ; early will I seek thee : my soul thirsteth for thee , my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land , where no water is ; To see thy power and thy glory , so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary . Because thy lovingkindness is better than life , my lips shall praise thee . Thus will I bless thee while I live : I will lift up my hands in thy name . My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed , and meditate on thee in the night watches . Because thou hast been my help , therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice . My soul followeth hard after thee : thy right hand upholdeth me . But those that seek my soul , to destroy it , shall go into the lower parts of the earth . They shall fall by the sword : they shall be a portion for foxes . But the king shall rejoice in God ; every one that sweareth by him shall glory : but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped . Hear my voice , O God , in my prayer : preserve my life from fear of the enemy . Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked ; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity : Who whet their tongue like a sword , and bend their bows to shoot their arrows , even bitter words : That they may shoot in secret at the perfect : suddenly do they shoot at him , and fear not . They encourage themselves in an evil matter : they commune of laying snares privily ; they say , Who shall see them ? They search out iniquities ; they accomplish a diligent search : both the inward thought of every one of them , and the heart , is deep . But God shall shoot at them with an arrow ; suddenly shall they be wounded . So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves : all that see them shall flee away . And all men shall fear , and shall declare the work of God ; for they shall wisely consider of his doing . The righteous shall be glad in the LORD , and shall trust in him ; and all the upright in heart shall glory . Praise waiteth for thee , O God , in Sion : and unto thee shall the vow be performed . O thou that hearest prayer , unto thee shall all flesh come . Iniquities prevail against me : as for our transgressions , thou shalt purge them away . Blessed is the man whom thou choosest , and causest to approach unto thee , that he may dwell in thy courts : we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house , even of thy holy temple . By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us , O God of our salvation ; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth , and of them that are afar off upon the sea : Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains ; being girded with power : Which stilleth the noise of the seas , the noise of their waves , and the tumult of the people . They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens : thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice . Thou visitest the earth , and waterest it : thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God , which is full of water : thou preparest them corn , when thou hast so provided for it . Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : thou settlest the furrows thereof : thou makest it soft with showers : thou blessest the springing thereof . Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness . They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side . The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy , they also sing . Make a joyful noise unto God , all ye lands : Sing forth the honour of his name : make his praise glorious . Say unto God , How terrible art thou in thy works ! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee . All the earth shall worship thee , and shall sing unto thee ; they shall sing to thy name . Selah . Come and see the works of God : he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men . He turned the sea into dry land : they went through the flood on foot : there did we rejoice in him . He ruleth by his power for ever ; his eyes behold the nations : let not the rebellious exalt themselves . Selah . O bless our God , ye people , and make the voice of his praise to be heard : Which holdeth our soul in life , and suffereth not our feet to be moved . For thou , O God , hast proved us : thou hast tried us , as silver is tried . Thou broughtest us into the net ; thou laidst affliction upon our loins . Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads ; we went through fire and through water : but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place . I will go into thy house with burnt offerings : I will pay thee my vows , Which my lips have uttered , and my mouth hath spoken , when I was in trouble . I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings , with the incense of rams ; I will offer bullocks with goats . Selah . Come and hear , all ye that fear God , and I will declare what he hath done for my soul . I cried unto him with my mouth , and he was extolled with my tongue . If I regard iniquity in my heart , the Lord will not hear me : But verily God hath heard me ; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer . Blessed be God , which hath not turned away my prayer , nor his mercy from me . God be merciful unto us , and bless us ; and cause his face to shine upon us ; Selah . That thy way may be known upon earth , thy saving health among all nations . Let the people praise thee , O God ; let all the people praise thee . O let the nations be glad and sing for joy : for thou shalt judge the people righteously , and govern the nations upon earth . Selah . Let the people praise thee , O God ; let all the people praise thee . Then shall the earth yield her increase ; and God , even our own God , shall bless us . God shall bless us ; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him . Let God arise , let his enemies be scattered : let them also that hate him flee before him . As smoke is driven away , so drive them away : as wax melteth before the fire , so let the wicked perish at the presence of God . But let the righteous be glad ; let them rejoice before God : yea , let them exceedingly rejoice . Sing unto God , sing praises to his name : extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH , and rejoice before him . A father of the fatherless , and a judge of the widows , is God in his holy habitation . God setteth the solitary in families : he bringeth out those which are bound with chains : but the rebellious dwell in a dry land . O God , when thou wentest forth before thy people , when thou didst march through the wilderness ; Selah : The earth shook , the heavens also dropped at the presence of God : even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God , the God of Israel . Thou , O God , didst send a plentiful rain , whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance , when it was weary . Thy congregation hath dwelt therein : thou , O God , hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor . The Lord gave the word : great was the company of those that published it . Kings of armies did flee apace : and she that tarried at home divided the spoil . Though ye have lien among the pots , yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver , and her feathers with yellow gold . When the Almighty scattered kings in it , it was white as snow in Salmon . The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan ; an high hill as the hill of Bashan . Why leap ye , ye high hills ? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in ; yea , the LORD will dwell in it for ever . The chariots of God are twenty thousand , even thousands of angels : the Lord is among them , as in Sinai , in the holy place . Thou hast ascended on high , thou hast led captivity captive : thou hast received gifts for men ; yea , for the rebellious also , that the LORD God might dwell among them . Blessed be the Lord , who daily loadeth us with benefits , even the God of our salvation . Selah . He that is our God is the God of salvation ; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death . But God shall wound the head of his enemies , and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses . The Lord said , I will bring again from Bashan , I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea : That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies , and the tongue of thy dogs in the same . They have seen thy goings , O God ; even the goings of my God , my King , in the sanctuary . The singers went before , the players on instruments followed after ; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels . Bless ye God in the congregations , even the Lord , from the fountain of Israel . There is little Benjamin with their ruler , the princes of Judah and their council , the princes of Zebulun , and the princes of Naphtali . Thy God hath commanded thy strength : strengthen , O God , that which thou hast wrought for us . Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee . Rebuke the company of spearmen , the multitude of the bulls , with the calves of the people , till every one submit himself with pieces of silver : scatter thou the people that delight in war . Princes shall come out of Egypt ; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God . Sing unto God , ye kingdoms of the earth ; O sing praises unto the Lord ; Selah : To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens , which were of old ; lo , he doth send out his voice , and that a mighty voice . Ascribe ye strength unto God : his excellency is over Israel , and his strength is in the clouds . O God , thou art terrible out of thy holy places : the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people . Blessed be God . Save me , O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul . I sink in deep mire , where there is no standing : I am come into deep waters , where the floods overflow me . I am weary of my crying : my throat is dried : mine eyes fail while I wait for my God . They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head : they that would destroy me , being mine enemies wrongfully , are mighty : then I restored that which I took not away . O God , thou knowest my foolishness ; and my sins are not hid from thee . Let not them that wait on thee , O Lord GOD of hosts , be ashamed for my sake : let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake , O God of Israel . Because for thy sake I have borne reproach ; shame hath covered my face . I am become a stranger unto my brethren , and an alien unto my mother's children . For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up ; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me . When I wept , and chastened my soul with fasting , that was to my reproach . I made sackcloth also my garment ; and I became a proverb to them . They that sit in the gate speak against me ; and I was the song of the drunkards . But as for me , my prayer is unto thee , O LORD , in an acceptable time : O God , in the multitude of thy mercy hear me , in the truth of thy salvation . Deliver me out of the mire , and let me not sink : let me be delivered from them that hate me , and out of the deep waters . Let not the waterflood overflow me , neither let the deep swallow me up , and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me . Hear me , O LORD ; for thy lovingkindness is good : turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies . And hide not thy face from thy servant ; for I am in trouble : hear me speedily . Draw nigh unto my soul , and redeem it : deliver me because of mine enemies . Thou hast known my reproach , and my shame , and my dishonour : mine adversaries are all before thee . Reproach hath broken my heart ; and I am full of heaviness : and I looked for some to take pity , but there was none ; and for comforters , but I found none . They gave me also gall for my meat ; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink . Let their table become a snare before them : and that which should have been for their welfare , let it become a trap . Let their eyes be darkened , that they see not ; and make their loins continually to shake . Pour out thine indignation upon them , and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them . Let their habitation be desolate ; and let none dwell in their tents . For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten ; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded . Add iniquity unto their iniquity : and let them not come into thy righteousness . Let them be blotted out of the book of the living , and not be written with the righteous . But I am poor and sorrowful : let thy salvation , O God , set me up on high . I will praise the name of God with a song , and will magnify him with thanksgiving . This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs . The humble shall see this , and be glad : and your heart shall live that seek God . For the LORD heareth the poor , and despiseth not his prisoners . Let the heaven and earth praise him , the seas , and everything that moveth therein . For God will save Zion , and will build the cities of Judah : that they may dwell there , and have it in possession . The seed also of his servants shall inherit it : and they that love his name shall dwell therein . Make haste , O God , to deliver me ; make haste to help me , O LORD . Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul : let them be turned backward , and put to confusion , that desire my hurt . Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say , Aha , aha . Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say continually , Let God be magnified . But I am poor and needy : make haste unto me , O God : thou art my help and my deliverer ; O LORD , make no tarrying . In thee , O LORD , do I put my trust : let me never be put to confusion . Deliver me in thy righteousness , and cause me to escape : incline thine ear unto me , and save me . Be thou my strong habitation , whereunto I may continually resort : thou hast given commandment to save me ; for thou art my rock and my fortress . Deliver me , O my God , out of the hand of the wicked , out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man . For thou art my hope , O Lord GOD : thou art my trust from my youth . By thee have I been holden up from the womb : thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels : my praise shall be continually of thee . I am as a wonder unto many ; but thou art my strong refuge . Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day . Cast me not off in the time of old age ; forsake me not when my strength faileth . For mine enemies speak against me ; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together , Saying , God hath forsaken him : persecute and take him ; for there is none to deliver him . O God , be not far from me : O my God , make haste for my help . Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul ; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt . But I will hope continually , and will yet praise thee more and more . My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day ; for I know not the numbers thereof . I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD : I will make mention of thy righteousness , even of thine only . O God , thou hast taught me from my youth : and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works . Now also when I am old and grayheaded , O God , forsake me not ; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation , and thy power to every one that is to come . Thy righteousness also , O God , is very high , who hast done great things : O God , who is like unto thee ! Thou , which hast shewed me great and sore troubles , shalt quicken me again , and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth . Thou shalt increase my greatness , and comfort me on every side . I will also praise thee with the psaltery , even thy truth , O my God : unto thee will I sing with the harp , O thou Holy One of Israel . My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee ; and my soul , which thou hast redeemed . My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long : for they are confounded , for they are brought unto shame , that seek my hurt . Give the king thy judgments , O God , and thy righteousness unto the king's son . He shall judge thy people with righteousness , and thy poor with judgment . The mountains shall bring peace to the people , and the little hills , by righteousness . He shall judge the poor of the people , he shall save the children of the needy , and shall break in pieces the oppressor . They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure , throughout all generations . He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass : as showers that water the earth . In his days shall the righteous flourish ; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth . He shall have dominion also from sea to sea , and from the river unto the ends of the earth . They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him ; and his enemies shall lick the dust . The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents : the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts . Yea , all kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall serve him . For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth ; the poor also , and him that hath no helper . He shall spare the poor and needy , and shall save the souls of the needy . He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence : and precious shall their blood be in his sight . And he shall live , and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually ; and daily shall he be praised . There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth . His name shall endure for ever : his name shall be continued as long as the sun : and men shall be blessed in him : all nations shall call him blessed . Blessed be the LORD God , the God of Israel , who only doeth wondrous things . And blessed be his glorious name for ever : and let the whole earth be filled with his glory ; Amen , and Amen . The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended . Truly God is good to Israel , even to such as are of a clean heart . But as for me , my feet were almost gone ; my steps had well nigh slipped . For I was envious at the foolish , when I saw the prosperity of the wicked . For there are no bands in their death : but their strength is firm . They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men . Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment . Their eyes stand out with fatness : they have more than heart could wish . They are corrupt , and speak wickedly concerning oppression : they speak loftily . They set their mouth against the heavens , and their tongue walketh through the earth . Therefore his people return hither : and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them . And they say , How doth God know ? and is there knowledge in the most High ? Behold , these are the ungodly , who prosper in the world ; they increase in riches . Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain , and washed my hands in innocency . For all the day long have I been plagued , and chastened every morning . If I say , I will speak thus ; behold , I should offend against the generation of thy children . When I thought to know this , it was too painful for me ; Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end . Surely thou didst set them in slippery places : thou castedst them down into destruction . How are they brought into desolation , as in a moment ! they are utterly consumed with terrors . As a dream when one awaketh ; so , O Lord , when thou awakest , thou shalt despise their image . Thus my heart was grieved , and I was pricked in my reins . So foolish was I , and ignorant : I was as a beast before thee . Nevertheless I am continually with thee : thou hast holden me by my right hand . Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel , and afterward receive me to glory . Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee . My flesh and my heart faileth : but God is the strength of my heart , and my portion for ever . For , lo , they that are far from thee shall perish : thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee . But it is good for me to draw near to God : I have put my trust in the Lord GOD , that I may declare all thy works . O God , why hast thou cast us off for ever ? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture ? Remember thy congregation , which thou hast purchased of old ; the rod of thine inheritance , which thou hast redeemed ; this mount Zion , wherein thou hast dwelt . Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations ; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary . Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations ; they set up their ensigns for signs . A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees . But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers . They have cast fire into thy sanctuary , they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground . They said in their hearts , Let us destroy them together : they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land . We see not our signs : there is no more any prophet : neither is there among us any that knoweth how long . O God , how long shall the adversary reproach ? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever ? Why withdrawest thou thy hand , even thy right hand ? pluck it out of thy bosom . For God is my King of old , working salvation in the midst of the earth . Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength : thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters . Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces , and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness . Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood : thou driedst up mighty rivers . The day is thine , the night also is thine : thou hast prepared the light and the sun . Thou hast set all the borders of the earth : thou hast made summer and winter . Remember this , that the enemy hath reproached , O LORD , and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name . O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked : forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever . Have respect unto the covenant : for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty . O let not the oppressed return ashamed : let the poor and needy praise thy name . Arise , O God , plead thine own cause : remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily . Forget not the voice of thine enemies : the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually . Unto thee , O God , do we give thanks , unto thee do we give thanks : for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare . When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly . The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved : I bear up the pillars of it . Selah . I said unto the fools , Deal not foolishly : and to the wicked , Lift not up the horn : Lift not up your horn on high : speak not with a stiff neck . For promotion cometh neither from the east , nor from the west , nor from the south . But God is the judge : he putteth down one , and setteth up another . For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup , and the wine is red ; it is full of mixture ; and he poureth out of the same : but the dregs thereof , all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out , and drink them . But I will declare for ever ; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob . All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off ; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted . In Judah is God known : his name is great in Israel . In Salem also is his tabernacle , and his dwelling place in Zion . There brake he the arrows of the bow , the shield , and the sword , and the battle . Selah . Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey . The stouthearted are spoiled , they have slept their sleep : and none of the men of might have found their hands . At thy rebuke , O God of Jacob , both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep . Thou , even thou , art to be feared : and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry ? Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven ; the earth feared , and was still , When God arose to judgment , to save all the meek of the earth . Selah . Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee : the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain . Vow , and pay unto the LORD your God : let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared . He shall cut off the spirit of princes : he is terrible to the kings of the earth . I cried unto God with my voice , even unto God with my voice ; and he gave ear unto me . In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord : my sore ran in the night , and ceased not : my soul refused to be comforted . I remembered God , and was troubled : I complained , and my spirit was overwhelmed . Selah . Thou holdest mine eyes waking : I am so troubled that I cannot speak . I have considered the days of old , the years of ancient times . I call to remembrance my song in the night : I commune with mine own heart : and my spirit made diligent search . Will the Lord cast off for ever ? and will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? doth his promise fail for evermore ? Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies ? Selah . And I said , This is my infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High . I will remember the works of the LORD : surely I will remember thy wonders of old . I will meditate also of all thy work , and talk of thy doings . Thy way , O God , is in the sanctuary : who is so great a God as our God ? Thou art the God that doest wonders : thou hast declared thy strength among the people . Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people , the sons of Jacob and Joseph . Selah . The waters saw thee , O God , the waters saw thee ; they were afraid : the depths also were troubled . The clouds poured out water : the skies sent out a sound : thine arrows also went abroad . The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven : the lightnings lightened the world : the earth trembled and shook . Thy way is in the sea , and thy path in the great waters , and thy footsteps are not known . Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron . Give ear , O my people , to my law : incline your ears to the words of my mouth . I will open my mouth in a parable : I will utter dark sayings of old : Which we have heard and known , and our fathers have told us . We will not hide them from their children , shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD , and his strength , and his wonderful works that he hath done . For he established a testimony in Jacob , and appointed a law in Israel , which he commanded our fathers , that they should make them known to their children : That the generation to come might know them , even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children : That they might set their hope in God , and not forget the works of God , but keep his commandments : And might not be as their fathers , a stubborn and rebellious generation ; a generation that set not their heart aright , and whose spirit was not stedfast with God . The children of Ephraim , being armed , and carrying bows , turned back in the day of battle . They kept not the covenant of God , and refused to walk in his law ; And forgat his works , and his wonders that he had shewed them . Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers , in the land of Egypt , in the field of Zoan . He divided the sea , and caused them to pass through ; and he made the waters to stand as an heap . In the daytime also he led them with a cloud , and all the night with a light of fire . He clave the rocks in the wilderness , and gave them drink as out of the great depths . He brought streams also out of the rock , and caused waters to run down like rivers . And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness . And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust . Yea , they spake against God ; they said , Can God furnish a table in the wilderness ? Behold , he smote the rock , that the waters gushed out , and the streams overflowed ; can he give bread also ? can he provide flesh for his people ? Therefore the LORD heard this , and was wroth : so a fire was kindled against Jacob , and anger also came up against Israel ; Because they believed not in God , and trusted not in his salvation : Though he had commanded the clouds from above , and opened the doors of heaven , And had rained down manna upon them to eat , and had given them of the corn of heaven . Man did eat angels' food : he sent them meat to the full . He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven : and by his power he brought in the south wind . He rained flesh also upon them as dust , and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea : And he let it fall in the midst of their camp , round about their habitations . So they did eat , and were well filled : for he gave them their own desire ; They were not estranged from their lust . But while their meat was yet in their mouths , The wrath of God came upon them , and slew the fattest of them , and smote down the chosen men of Israel . For all this they sinned still , and believed not for his wondrous works . Therefore their days did he consume in vanity , and their years in trouble . When he slew them , then they sought him : and they returned and inquired early after God . And they remembered that God was their rock , and the high God their redeemer . Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth , and they lied unto him with their tongues . For their heart was not right with him , neither were they stedfast in his covenant . But he , being full of compassion , forgave their iniquity , and destroyed them not : yea , many a time turned he his anger away , and did not stir up all his wrath . For he remembered that they were but flesh ; a wind that passeth away , and cometh not again . How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness , and grieve him in the desert ! Yea , they turned back and tempted God , and limited the Holy One of Israel . They remembered not his hand , nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy . How he had wrought his signs in Egypt , and his wonders in the field of Zoan : And had turned their rivers into blood ; and their floods , that they could not drink . He sent divers sorts of flies among them , which devoured them ; and frogs , which destroyed them . He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller , and their labour unto the locust . He destroyed their vines with hail , and their sycomore trees with frost . He gave up their cattle also to the hail , and their flocks to hot thunderbolts . He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger , wrath , and indignation , and trouble , by sending evil angels among them . He made a way to his anger ; he spared not their soul from death , but gave their life over to the pestilence ; And smote all the firstborn in Egypt ; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham : But made his own people to go forth like sheep , and guided them in the wilderness like a flock . And he led them on safely , so that they feared not : but the sea overwhelmed their enemies . And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary , even to this mountain , which his right hand had purchased . He cast out the heathen also before them , and divided them an inheritance by line , and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents . Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God , and kept not his testimonies : But turned back , and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers : they were turned aside like a deceitful bow . For they provoked him to anger with their high places , and moved him to jealousy with their graven images . When God heard this , he was wroth , and greatly abhorred Israel : So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh , the tent which he placed among men ; And delivered his strength into captivity , and his glory into the enemy's hand . He gave his people over also unto the sword ; and was wroth with his inheritance . The fire consumed their young men ; and their maidens were not given to marriage . Their priests fell by the sword ; and their widows made no lamentation . Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep , and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine . And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts : he put them to a perpetual reproach . Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph , and chose not the tribe of Ephraim : But chose the tribe of Judah , the mount Zion which he loved . And he built his sanctuary like high palaces , like the earth which he hath established for ever . He chose David also his servant , and took him from the sheepfolds : From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people , and Israel his inheritance . So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart ; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands . O God , the heathen are come into thine inheritance ; thy holy temple have they defiled ; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps . The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven , the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth . Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem ; and there was none to bury them . We are become a reproach to our neighbours , a scorn and derision to them that are round about us . How long , LORD ? wilt thou be angry for ever ? shall thy jealousy burn like fire ? Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee , and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name . For they have devoured Jacob , and laid waste his dwelling place . O remember not against us former iniquities : let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us : for we are brought very low . Help us , O God of our salvation , for the glory of thy name : and deliver us , and purge away our sins , for thy name's sake . Wherefore should the heathen say , Where is their God ? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed . Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee ; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die ; And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach , wherewith they have reproached thee , O Lord . So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever : we will shew forth thy praise to all generations . Give ear , O Shepherd of Israel , thou that leadest Joseph like a flock ; thou that dwellest between the cherubims , shine forth . Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength , and come and save us . Turn us again , O God , and cause thy face to shine ; and we shall be saved . O LORD God of hosts , how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people ? Thou feedest them with the bread of tears ; and givest them tears to drink in great measure . Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours : and our enemies laugh among themselves . Turn us again , O God of hosts , and cause thy face to shine ; and we shall be saved . Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen , and planted it . Thou preparedst room before it , and didst cause it to take deep root , and it filled the land . The hills were covered with the shadow of it , and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars . She sent out her boughs unto the sea , and her branches unto the river . Why hast thou then broken down her hedges , so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it , and the wild beast of the field doth devour it . Return , we beseech thee , O God of hosts : look down from heaven , and behold , and visit this vine ; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted , and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself . It is burned with fire , it is cut down : they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance . Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand , upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself . So will not we go back from thee : quicken us , and we will call upon thy name . Turn us again , O LORD God of hosts , cause thy face to shine ; and we shall be saved . Sing aloud unto God our strength : make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob . Take a psalm , and bring hither the timbrel , the pleasant harp with the psaltery . Blow up the trumpet in the new moon , in the time appointed , on our solemn feast day . For this was a statute for Israel , and a law of the God of Jacob . This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony , when he went out through the land of Egypt : where I heard a language that I understood not . I removed his shoulder from the burden : his hands were delivered from the pots . Thou calledst in trouble , and I delivered thee ; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder : I proved thee at the waters of Meribah . Selah . Hear , O my people , and I will testify unto thee : O Israel , if thou wilt hearken unto me ; There shall no strange god be in thee ; neither shalt thou worship any strange god . I am the LORD thy God , which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide , and I will fill it . But my people would not hearken to my voice ; and Israel would none of me . So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust : and they walked in their own counsels . Oh that my people had hearkened unto me , and Israel had walked in my ways ! I should soon have subdued their enemies , and turned my hand against their adversaries . The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him : but their time should have endured for ever . He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat : and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee . God standeth in the congregation of the mighty ; he judgeth among the gods . How long will ye judge unjustly , and accept the persons of the wicked ? Selah . Defend the poor and fatherless : do justice to the afflicted and needy . Deliver the poor and needy : rid them out of the hand of the wicked . They know not , neither will they understand ; they walk on in darkness : all the foundations of the earth are out of course . I have said , Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most High . But ye shall die like men , and fall like one of the princes . Arise , O God , judge the earth : for thou shalt inherit all nations . Keep not thou silence , O God : hold not thy peace , and be not still , O God . For , lo , thine enemies make a tumult : and they that hate thee have lifted up the head . They have taken crafty counsel against thy people , and consulted against thy hidden ones . They have said , Come , and let us cut them off from being a nation ; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance . For they have consulted together with one consent : they are confederate against thee : The tabernacles of Edom , and the Ishmaelites ; of Moab , and the Hagarenes ; Gebal , and Ammon , and Amalek ; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre ; Assur also is joined with them : they have holpen the children of Lot . Selah . Do unto them as unto the Midianites ; as to Sisera , as to Jabin , at the brook of Kison : Which perished at Endor : they became as dung for the earth . Make their nobles like Oreb , and like Zeeb : yea , all their princes as Zebah , and as Zalmunna : Who said , Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession . O my God , make them like a wheel ; as the stubble before the wind . As the fire burneth a wood , and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire ; So persecute them with thy tempest , and make them afraid with thy storm . Fill their faces with shame ; that they may seek thy name , O LORD . Let them be confounded and troubled for ever ; yea , let them be put to shame , and perish : That men may know that thou , whose name alone is JEHOVAH , art the most high over all the earth . How amiable are thy tabernacles , O LORD of hosts ! My soul longeth , yea , even fainteth for the courts of the LORD : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God . Yea , the sparrow hath found an house , and the swallow a nest for herself , where she may lay her young , even thine altars , O LORD of hosts , my King , and my God . Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be still praising thee . Selah . Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee ; in whose heart are the ways of them . Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well ; the rain also filleth the pools . They go from strength to strength , every one of them in Zion appeareth before God . O LORD God of hosts , hear my prayer : give ear , O God of Jacob . Selah . Behold , O God our shield , and look upon the face of thine anointed . For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand . I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God , than to dwell in the tents of wickedness . For the LORD God is a sun and shield : the LORD will give grace and glory : no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly . O LORD of hosts , blessed is the man that trusteth in thee . LORD , thou hast been favourable unto thy land : thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob . Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people , thou hast covered all their sin . Selah . Thou hast taken away all thy wrath : thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger . Turn us , O God of our salvation , and cause thine anger toward us to cease . Wilt thou be angry with us for ever ? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations ? Wilt thou not revive us again : that thy people may rejoice in thee ? Shew us thy mercy , O LORD , and grant us thy salvation . I will hear what God the LORD will speak : for he will speak peace unto his people , and to his saints : but let them not turn again to folly . Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him ; that glory may dwell in our land . Mercy and truth are met together ; righteousness and peace have kissed each other . Truth shall spring out of the earth ; and righteousness shall look down from heaven . Yea , the LORD shall give that which is good ; and our land shall yield her increase . Righteousness shall go before him ; and shall set us in the way of his steps . Bow down thine ear , O LORD , hear me : for I am poor and needy . Preserve my soul ; for I am holy : O thou my God , save thy servant that trusteth in thee . Be merciful unto me , O Lord : for I cry unto thee daily . Rejoice the soul of thy servant : for unto thee , O Lord , do I lift up my soul . For thou , Lord , art good , and ready to forgive ; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee . Give ear , O LORD , unto my prayer ; and attend to the voice of my supplications . In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee : for thou wilt answer me . Among the gods there is none like unto thee , O Lord ; neither are there any works like unto thy works . All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee , O Lord ; and shall glorify thy name . For thou art great , and doest wondrous things : thou art God alone . Teach me thy way , O LORD ; I will walk in thy truth : unite my heart to fear thy name . I will praise thee , O Lord my God , with all my heart : and I will glorify thy name for evermore . For great is thy mercy toward me : and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell . O God , the proud are risen against me , and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul ; and have not set thee before them . But thou , O Lord , art a God full of compassion , and gracious , longsuffering , and plenteous in mercy and truth . O turn unto me , and have mercy upon me ; give thy strength unto thy servant , and save the son of thine handmaid . Shew me a token for good ; that they which hate me may see it , and be ashamed : because thou , LORD , hast holpen me , and comforted me . His foundation is in the holy mountains . The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob . Glorious things are spoken of thee , O city of God . Selah . I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me : behold Philistia , and Tyre , with Ethiopia ; this man was born there . And of Zion it shall be said , This and that man was born in her : and the highest himself shall establish her . The LORD shall count , when he writeth up the people , that this man was born there . Selah . As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there : all my springs are in thee . O LORD God of my salvation , I have cried day and night before thee : Let my prayer come before thee : incline thine ear unto my cry ; For my soul is full of troubles : and my life draweth nigh unto the grave . I am counted with them that go down into the pit : I am as a man that hath no strength : Free among the dead , like the slain that lie in the grave , whom thou rememberest no more : and they are cut off from thy hand . Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit , in darkness , in the deeps . Thy wrath lieth hard upon me , and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves . Selah . Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me ; thou hast made me an abomination unto them : I am shut up , and I cannot come forth . Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction : LORD , I have called daily upon thee , I have stretched out my hands unto thee . Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead ? shall the dead arise and praise thee ? Selah . Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave ? or thy faithfulness in destruction ? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark ? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness ? But unto thee have I cried , O LORD ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee . LORD , why castest thou off my soul ? why hidest thou thy face from me ? I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up : while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted . Thy fierce wrath goeth over me ; thy terrors have cut me off . They came round about me daily like water ; they compassed me about together . Lover and friend hast thou put far from me , and mine acquaintance into darkness . I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever : with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations . For I have said , Mercy shall be built up for ever : thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens . I have made a covenant with my chosen , I have sworn unto David my servant , Thy seed will I establish for ever , and build up thy throne to all generations . Selah . And the heavens shall praise thy wonders , O LORD : thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints . For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD ? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD ? God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints , and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him . O LORD God of hosts , who is a strong LORD like unto thee ? or to thy faithfulness round about thee ? Thou rulest the raging of the sea : when the waves thereof arise , thou stillest them . Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces , as one that is slain ; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm . The heavens are thine , the earth also is thine : as for the world and the fulness thereof , thou hast founded them . The north and the south thou hast created them : Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name . Thou hast a mighty arm : strong is thy hand , and high is thy right hand . Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face . Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound : they shall walk , O LORD , in the light of thy countenance . In thy name shall they rejoice all the day : and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted . For thou art the glory of their strength : and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted . For the LORD is our defence ; and the Holy One of Israel is our king . Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one , and saidst , I have laid help upon one that is mighty ; I have exalted one chosen out of the people . I have found David my servant ; with my holy oil have I anointed him : With whom my hand shall be established : mine arm also shall strengthen him . The enemy shall not exact upon him ; nor the son of wickedness afflict him . And I will beat down his foes before his face , and plague them that hate him . But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him : and in my name shall his horn be exalted . I will set his hand also in the sea , and his right hand in the rivers . He shall cry unto me , Thou art my father , my God , and the rock of my salvation . Also I will make him my firstborn , higher than the kings of the earth . My mercy will I keep for him for evermore , and my covenant shall stand fast with him . His seed also will I make to endure for ever , and his throne as the days of heaven . If his children forsake my law , and walk not in my judgments ; If they break my statutes , and keep not my commandments ; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod , and their iniquity with stripes . Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him , nor suffer my faithfulness to fail . My covenant will I not break , nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips . Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David . His seed shall endure forever , and his throne as the sun before me . It shall be established for ever as the moon , and as a faithful witness in heaven . Selah . But thou hast cast off and abhorred , thou hast been wroth with thine anointed . Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant : thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground . Thou hast broken down all his hedges ; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin . All that pass by the way spoil him : he is a reproach to his neighbours . Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries ; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice . Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword , and hast not made him to stand in the battle . Thou hast made his glory to cease , and cast his throne down to the ground . The days of his youth hast thou shortened : thou hast covered him with shame . Selah . How long , LORD ? wilt thou hide thyself for ever ? shall thy wrath burn like fire ? Remember how short my time is : wherefore hast thou made all men in vain ? What man is he that liveth , and shall not see death ? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave ? Selah . Lord , where are thy former lovingkindnesses , which thou swarest unto David in thy truth ? Remember , Lord , the reproach of thy servants ; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people ; Wherewith thine enemies have reproached , O LORD ; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed . Blessed be the LORD for evermore . Amen , and Amen . LORD , thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations . Before the mountains were brought forth , or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world , even from everlasting to everlasting , thou art God . Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest , Return , ye children of men . For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past , and as a watch in the night . Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up . In the morning it flourisheth , and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down , and withereth . For we are consumed by thine anger , and by thy wrath are we troubled . Thou hast set our iniquities before thee , our secret sins in the light of thy countenance . For all our days are passed away in thy wrath : we spend our years as a tale that is told . The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years , yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off , and we fly away . Who knoweth the power of thine anger ? even according to thy fear , so is thy wrath . So teach us to number our days , that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom . Return , O LORD , how long ? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants . O satisfy us early with thy mercy ; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days . Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us , and the years wherein we have seen evil . Let thy work appear unto thy servants , and thy glory unto their children . And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us : and establish thou the work of our hands upon us ; yea , the work of our hands establish thou it . He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty . I will say of the LORD , He is my refuge and my fortress : my God ; in him will I trust . Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler , and from the noisome pestilence . He shall cover thee with his feathers , and under his wings shalt thou trust : his truth shall be thy shield and buckler . Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday . A thousand shall fall at thy side , and ten thousand at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee . Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked . Because thou hast made the LORD , which is my refuge , even the most High , thy habitation ; There shall no evil befall thee , neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling . For he shall give his angels charge over thee , to keep thee in all thy ways . They shall bear thee up in their hands , lest thou dash thy foot against a stone . Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder : the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet . Because he hath set his love upon me , therefore will I deliver him : I will set him on high , because he hath known my name . He shall call upon me , and I will answer him : I will be with him in trouble ; I will deliver him , and honour him . With long life will I satisfy him , and shew him my salvation . It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD , and to sing praises unto thy name , O most High : To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning , and thy faithfulness every night , Upon an instrument of ten strings , and upon the psaltery ; upon the harp with a solemn sound . For thou , LORD , hast made me glad through thy work : I will triumph in the works of thy hands . O LORD , how great are thy works ! and thy thoughts are very deep . A brutish man knoweth not ; neither doth a fool understand this . When the wicked spring as the grass , and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish ; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever : But thou , LORD , art most high for evermore . For , lo , thine enemies , O LORD , for , lo , thine enemies shall perish ; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered . But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn : I shall be anointed with fresh oil . Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies , and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me . The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree : he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon . Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God . They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; they shall be fat and flourishing ; To shew that the LORD is upright : he is my rock , and there is no unrighteousness in him . The LORD reigneth , he is clothed with majesty ; the LORD is clothed with strength , wherewith he hath girded himself : the world also is stablished , that it cannot be moved . Thy throne is established of old : thou art from everlasting . The floods have lifted up , O LORD , the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves . The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters , yea , than the mighty waves of the sea . Thy testimonies are very sure : holiness becometh thine house , O LORD , for ever . O LORD God , to whom vengeance belongeth ; O God , to whom vengeance belongeth , shew thyself . Lift up thyself , thou judge of the earth : render a reward to the proud . LORD , how long shall the wicked , how long shall the wicked triumph ? How long shall they utter and speak hard things ? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves ? They break in pieces thy people , O LORD , and afflict thine heritage . They slay the widow and the stranger , and murder the fatherless . Yet they say , The LORD shall not see , neither shall the God of Jacob regard it . Understand , ye brutish among the people : and ye fools , when will ye be wise ? He that planted the ear , shall he not hear ? he that formed the eye , shall he not see ? He that chastiseth the heathen , shall not he correct ? he that teacheth man knowledge , shall not he know ? The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man , that they are vanity . Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest , O LORD , and teachest him out of thy law ; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity , until the pit be digged for the wicked . For the LORD will not cast off his people , neither will he forsake his inheritance . But judgment shall return unto righteousness : and all the upright in heart shall follow it . Who will rise up for me against the evildoers ? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity ? Unless the LORD had been my help , my soul had almost dwelt in silence . When I said , My foot slippeth ; thy mercy , O LORD , held me up . In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul . Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee , which frameth mischief by a law ? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous , and condemn the innocent blood . But the LORD is my defence ; and my God is the rock of my refuge . And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity , and shall cut them off in their own wickedness ; yea , the LORD our God shall cut them off . O come , let us sing unto the LORD : let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation . Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving , and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms . For the LORD is a great God , and a great King above all gods . In his hand are the deep places of the earth : the strength of the hills is his also . The sea is his , and he made it : and his hands formed the dry land . O come , let us worship and bow down : let us kneel before the LORD our maker . For he is our God ; and we are the people of his pasture , and the sheep of his hand . To day if ye will hear his voice , Harden not your heart , as in the provocation , and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness : When your fathers tempted me , proved me , and saw my work . Forty years long was I grieved with this generation , and said , It is a people that do err in their heart , and they have not known my ways : Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest . O sing unto the LORD a new song : sing unto the LORD , all the earth . Sing unto the LORD , bless his name ; shew forth his salvation from day to day . Declare his glory among the heathen , his wonders among all people . For the LORD is great , and greatly to be praised : he is to be feared above all gods . For all the gods of the nations are idols : but the LORD made the heavens . Honour and majesty are before him : strength and beauty are in his sanctuary . Give unto the LORD , O ye kindreds of the people , give unto the LORD glory and strength . Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering , and come into his courts . O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him , all the earth . Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth : the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved : he shall judge the people righteously . Let the heavens rejoice , and let the earth be glad ; let the sea roar , and the fulness thereof . Let the field be joyful , and all that is therein : then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Before the LORD : for he cometh , for he cometh to judge the earth : he shall judge the world with righteousness , and the people with his truth . The LORD reigneth ; let the earth rejoice ; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof . Clouds and darkness are round about him : righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne . A fire goeth before him , and burneth up his enemies round about . His lightnings enlightened the world : the earth saw , and trembled . The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD , at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth . The heavens declare his righteousness , and all the people see his glory . Confounded be all they that serve graven images , that boast themselves of idols : worship him , all ye gods . Zion heard , and was glad ; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments , O LORD . For thou , LORD , art high above all the earth : thou art exalted far above all gods . Ye that love the LORD , hate evil : he preserveth the souls of his saints ; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked . Light is sown for the righteous , and gladness for the upright in heart . Rejoice in the LORD , ye righteous ; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness . O sing unto the LORD a new song ; for he hath done marvellous things : his right hand , and his holy arm , hath gotten him the victory . The LORD hath made known his salvation : his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen . He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel : all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God . Make a joyful noise unto the LORD , all the earth : make a loud noise , and rejoice , and sing praise . Sing unto the LORD with the harp ; with the harp , and the voice of a psalm . With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD , the King . Let the sea roar , and the fulness thereof ; the world , and they that dwell therein . Let the floods clap their hands : let the hills be joyful together Before the LORD ; for he cometh to judge the earth : with righteousness shall he judge the world , and the people with equity . The LORD reigneth ; let the people tremble : he sitteth between the cherubims ; let the earth be moved . The LORD is great in Zion ; and he is high above all the people . Let them praise thy great and terrible name ; for it is holy . The king's strength also loveth judgment ; thou dost establish equity , thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob . Exalt ye the LORD our God , and worship at his footstool ; for he is holy . Moses and Aaron among his priests , and Samuel among them that call upon his name ; they called upon the LORD , and he answered them . He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar : they kept his testimonies , and the ordinance that he gave them . Thou answeredst them , O LORD our God : thou wast a God that forgavest them , though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions . Exalt the LORD our God , and worship at his holy hill ; for the LORD our God is holy . Make a joyful noise unto the LORD , all ye lands . Serve the LORD with gladness : come before his presence with singing . Know ye that the LORD he is God : it is he that hath made us , and not we ourselves ; we are his people , and the sheep of his pasture . Enter into his gates with thanksgiving , and into his courts with praise : be thankful unto him , and bless his name . For the LORD is good ; his mercy is everlasting ; and his truth endureth to all generations . I will sing of mercy and judgment : unto thee , O LORD , will I sing . I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way . O when wilt thou come unto me ? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart . I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes : I hate the work of them that turn aside ; it shall not cleave to me . A froward heart shall depart from me : I will not know a wicked person . Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour , him will I cut off : him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer . Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land , that they may dwell with me : he that walketh in a perfect way , he shall serve me . He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house : he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight . I will early destroy all the wicked of the land ; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD . Hear my prayer , O LORD , and let my cry come unto thee . Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble ; incline thine ear unto me : in the day when I call answer me speedily . For my days are consumed like smoke , and my bones are burned as an hearth . My heart is smitten , and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread . By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin . I am like a pelican of the wilderness : I am like an owl of the desert . I watch , and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top . Mine enemies reproach me all the day ; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me . For I have eaten ashes like bread , and mingled my drink with weeping , Because of thine indignation and thy wrath : for thou hast lifted me up , and cast me down . My days are like a shadow that declineth ; and I am withered like grass . But thou , O LORD , shalt endure for ever ; and thy remembrance unto all generations . Thou shalt arise , and have mercy upon Zion : for the time to favour her , yea , the set time , is come . For thy servants take pleasure in her stones , and favour the dust thereof . So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD , and all the kings of the earth thy glory . When the LORD shall build up Zion , he shall appear in his glory . He will regard the prayer of the destitute , and not despise their prayer . This shall be written for the generation to come : and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD . For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary ; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth ; To hear the groaning of the prisoner ; to loose those that are appointed to death ; To declare the name of the LORD in Zion , and his praise in Jerusalem ; When the people are gathered together , and the kingdoms , to serve the LORD . He weakened my strength in the way ; he shortened my days . I said , O my God , take me not away in the midst of my days : thy years are throughout all generations . Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth : and the heavens are the work of thy hands . They shall perish , but thou shalt endure : yea , all of them shall wax old like a garment ; as a vesture shalt thou change them , and they shall be changed : But thou art the same , and thy years shall have no end . The children of thy servants shall continue , and their seed shall be established before thee . Bless the LORD , O my soul : and all that is within me , bless his holy name . Bless the LORD , O my soul , and forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; who healeth all thy diseases ; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's . The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed . He made known his ways unto Moses , his acts unto the children of Israel . The LORD is merciful and gracious , slow to anger , and plenteous in mercy . He will not always chide : neither will he keep his anger for ever . He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities . For as the heaven is high above the earth , so great is his mercy toward them that fear him . As far as the east is from the west , so far hath he removed our transgressions from us . Like as a father pitieth his children , so the LORD pitieth them that fear him . For he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust . As for man , his days are as grass : as a flower of the field , so he flourisheth . For the wind passeth over it , and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more . But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him , and his righteousness unto children's children ; To such as keep his covenant , and to those that remember his commandments to do them . The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens ; and his kingdom ruleth over all . Bless the LORD , ye his angels , that excel in strength , that do his commandments , hearkening unto the voice of his word . Bless ye the LORD , all ye his hosts ; ye ministers of his , that do his pleasure . Bless the LORD , all his works in all places of his dominion : bless the LORD , O my soul . Bless the LORD , O my soul . O LORD my God , thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty . Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind : Who maketh his angels spirits ; his ministers a flaming fire : Who laid the foundations of the earth , that it should not be removed for ever . Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment : the waters stood above the mountains . At thy rebuke they fled ; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away . They go up by the mountains ; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them . Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over ; that they turn not again to cover the earth . He sendeth the springs into the valleys , which run among the hills . They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst . By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation , which sing among the branches . He watereth the hills from his chambers : the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works . He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle , and herb for the service of man : that he may bring forth food out of the earth ; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man , and oil to make his face to shine , and bread which strengtheneth man's heart . The trees of the LORD are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon , which he hath planted ; Where the birds make their nests : as for the stork , the fir trees are her house . The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats ; and the rocks for the conies . He appointed the moon for seasons : the sun knoweth his going down . Thou makest darkness , and it is night : wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth . The young lions roar after their prey , and seek their meat from God . The sun ariseth , they gather themselves together , and lay them down in their dens . Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening . O LORD , how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches . So is this great and wide sea , wherein are things creeping innumerable , both small and great beasts . There go the ships : there is that leviathan , whom thou hast made to play therein . These wait all upon thee ; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season . That thou givest them they gather : thou openest thine hand , they are filled with good . Thou hidest thy face , they are troubled : thou takest away their breath , they die , and return to their dust . Thou sendest forth thy spirit , they are created : and thou renewest the face of the earth . The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever : the LORD shall rejoice in his works . He looketh on the earth , and it trembleth : he toucheth the hills , and they smoke . I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live : I will sing praise to my God while I have my being . My meditation of him shall be sweet : I will be glad in the LORD . Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth , and let the wicked be no more . Bless thou the LORD , O my soul . Praise ye the LORD . O give thanks unto the LORD ; call upon his name : make known his deeds among the people . Sing unto him , sing psalms unto him : talk ye of all his wondrous works . Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD . Seek the LORD , and his strength : seek his face evermore . Remember his marvellous works that he hath done ; his wonders , and the judgments of his mouth ; O ye seed of Abraham his servant , ye children of Jacob his chosen . He is the LORD our God : his judgments are in all the earth . He hath remembered his covenant for ever , the word which he commanded to a thousand generations . Which covenant he made with Abraham , and his oath unto Isaac ; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law , and to Israel for an everlasting covenant : Saying , Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan , the lot of your inheritance : When they were but a few men in number ; yea , very few , and strangers in it . When they went from one nation to another , from one kingdom to another people ; He suffered no man to do them wrong : yea , he reproved kings for their sakes ; Saying , Touch not mine anointed , and do my prophets no harm . Moreover he called for a famine upon the land : he brake the whole staff of bread . He sent a man before them , even Joseph , who was sold for a servant : Whose feet they hurt with fetters : he was laid in iron : Until the time that his word came : the word of the LORD tried him . The king sent and loosed him ; even the ruler of the people , and let him go free . He made him lord of his house , and ruler of all his substance : To bind his princes at his pleasure ; and teach his senators wisdom . Israel also came into Egypt ; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham . And he increased his people greatly ; and made them stronger than their enemies . He turned their heart to hate his people , to deal subtilly with his servants . He sent Moses his servant ; and Aaron whom he had chosen . They shewed his signs among them , and wonders in the land of Ham . He sent darkness , and made it dark ; and they rebelled not against his word . He turned their waters into blood , and slew their fish . Their land brought forth frogs in abundance , in the chambers of their kings . He spake , and there came divers sorts of flies , and lice in all their coasts . He gave them hail for rain , and flaming fire in their land . He smote their vines also and their fig trees ; and brake the trees of their coasts . He spake , and the locusts came , and caterpillers , and that without number , And did eat up all the herbs in their land , and devoured the fruit of their ground . He smote also all the firstborn in their land , the chief of all their strength . He brought them forth also with silver and gold : and there was not one feeble person among their tribes . Egypt was glad when they departed : for the fear of them fell upon them . He spread a cloud for a covering ; and fire to give light in the night . The people asked , and he brought quails , and satisfied them with the bread of heaven . He opened the rock , and the waters gushed out ; they ran in the dry places like a river . For he remembered his holy promise , and Abraham his servant . And he brought forth his people with joy , and his chosen with gladness : And gave them the lands of the heathen : and they inherited the labour of the people ; That they might observe his statutes , and keep his laws . Praise ye the LORD . Praise ye the LORD . O give thanks unto the LORD ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever . Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD ? who can shew forth all his praise ? Blessed are they that keep judgment , and he that doeth righteousness at all times . Remember me , O LORD , with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people : O visit me with thy salvation ; That I may see the good of thy chosen , that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation , that I may glory with thine inheritance . We have sinned with our fathers , we have committed iniquity , we have done wickedly . Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt ; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies ; but provoked him at the sea , even at the Red sea . Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake , that he might make his mighty power to be known . He rebuked the Red sea also , and it was dried up : so he led them through the depths , as through the wilderness . And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them , and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy . And the waters covered their enemies : there was not one of them left . Then believed they his words ; they sang his praise . They soon forgat his works ; they waited not for his counsel : But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness , and tempted God in the desert . And he gave them their request ; but sent leanness into their soul . They envied Moses also in the camp , and Aaron the saint of the LORD . The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan , and covered the company of Abiram . And a fire was kindled in their company ; the flame burned up the wicked . They made a calf in Horeb , and worshipped the molten image . Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass . They forgat God their saviour , which had done great things in Egypt ; Wondrous works in the land of Ham , and terrible things by the Red sea . Therefore he said that he would destroy them , had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach , to turn away his wrath , lest he should destroy them . Yea , they despised the pleasant land , they believed not his word : But murmured in their tents , and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD . Therefore he lifted up his hand against them , to overthrow them in the wilderness : To overthrow their seed also among the nations , and to scatter them in the lands . They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor , and ate the sacrifices of the dead . Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions : and the plague brake in upon them . Then stood up Phinehas , and executed judgment : and so the plague was stayed . And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore . They angered him also at the waters of strife , so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes : Because they provoked his spirit , so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips . They did not destroy the nations , concerning whom the LORD commanded them : But were mingled among the heathen , and learned their works . And they served their idols : which were a snare unto them . Yea , they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils , And shed innocent blood , even the blood of their sons and of their daughters , whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and the land was polluted with blood . Thus were they defiled with their own works , and went a whoring with their own inventions . Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people , insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance . And he gave them into the hand of the heathen ; and they that hated them ruled over them . Their enemies also oppressed them , and they were brought into subjection under their hand . Many times did he deliver them ; but they provoked him with their counsel , and were brought low for their iniquity . Nevertheless he regarded their affliction , when he heard their cry : And he remembered for them his covenant , and repented according to the multitude of his mercies . He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives . Save us , O LORD our God , and gather us from among the heathen , to give thanks unto thy holy name , and to triumph in thy praise . Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting : and let all the people say , Amen . Praise ye the LORD . O give thanks unto the LORD , for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever . Let the redeemed of the LORD say so , whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy ; And gathered them out of the lands , from the east , and from the west , from the north , and from the south . They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way ; they found no city to dwell in . Hungry and thirsty , their soul fainted in them . Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble , and he delivered them out of their distresses . And he led them forth by the right way , that they might go to a city of habitation . Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness , and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! For he satisfieth the longing soul , and filleth the hungry soul with goodness . Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death , being bound in affliction and iron ; Because they rebelled against the words of God , and contemned the counsel of the most High : Therefore he brought down their heart with labour ; they fell down , and there was none to help . Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble , and he saved them out of their distresses . He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death , and brake their bands in sunder . Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness , and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! For he hath broken the gates of brass , and cut the bars of iron in sunder . Fools because of their transgression , and because of their iniquities , are afflicted . Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat ; and they draw near unto the gates of death . Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble , and he saveth them out of their distresses . He sent his word , and healed them , and delivered them from their destructions . Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness , and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving , and declare his works with rejoicing . They that go down to the sea in ships , that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the LORD , and his wonders in the deep . For he commandeth , and raiseth the stormy wind , which lifteth up the waves thereof . They mount up to the heaven , they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble . They reel to and fro , and stagger like a drunken man , and are at their wits' end . Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble , and he bringeth them out of their distresses . He maketh the storm a calm , so that the waves thereof are still . Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven . Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness , and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people , and praise him in the assembly of the elders . He turneth rivers into a wilderness , and the watersprings into dry ground ; A fruitful land into barrenness , for the wickedness of them that dwell therein . He turneth the wilderness into a standing water , and dry ground into watersprings . And there he maketh the hungry to dwell , that they may prepare a city for habitation ; And sow the fields , and plant vineyards , which may yield fruits of increase . He blesseth them also , so that they are multiplied greatly ; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease . Again , they are minished and brought low through oppression , affliction , and sorrow . He poureth contempt upon princes , and causeth them to wander in the wilderness , where there is no way . Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction , and maketh him families like a flock . The righteous shall see it , and rejoice : and all iniquity shall stop her mouth . Whoso is wise , and will observe these things , even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD . O God , my heart is fixed ; I will sing and give praise , even with my glory . Awake , psaltery and harp : I myself will awake early . I will praise thee , O LORD , among the people : and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations . For thy mercy is great above the heavens : and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds . Be thou exalted , O God , above the heavens : and thy glory above all the earth ; That thy beloved may be delivered : save with thy right hand , and answer me . God hath spoken in his holiness ; I will rejoice , I will divide Shechem , and mete out the valley of Succoth . Gilead is mine ; Manasseh is mine ; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head ; Judah is my lawgiver ; Moab is my washpot ; over Edom will I cast out my shoe ; over Philistia will I triumph . Who will bring me into the strong city ? who will lead me into Edom ? Wilt not thou , O God , who hast cast us off ? and wilt not thou , O God , go forth with our hosts ? Give us help from trouble : for vain is the help of man . Through God we shall do valiantly : for he it is that shall tread down our enemies . Hold not thy peace , O God of my praise ; For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me : they have spoken against me with a lying tongue . They compassed me about also with words of hatred ; and fought against me without a cause . For my love they are my adversaries : but I give myself unto prayer . And they have rewarded me evil for good , and hatred for my love . Set thou a wicked man over him : and let Satan stand at his right hand . When he shall be judged , let him be condemned : and let his prayer become sin . Let his days be few ; and let another take his office . Let his children be fatherless , and his wife a widow . Let his children be continually vagabonds , and beg : let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places . Let the extortioner catch all that he hath ; and let the strangers spoil his labour . Let there be none to extend mercy unto him : neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children . Let his posterity be cut off ; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out . Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD ; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out . Let them be before the LORD continually , that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth . Because that he remembered not to shew mercy , but persecuted the poor and needy man , that he might even slay the broken in heart . As he loved cursing , so let it come unto him : as he delighted not in blessing , so let it be far from him . As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment , so let it come into his bowels like water , and like oil into his bones . Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him , and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually . Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD , and of them that speak evil against my soul . But do thou for me , O GOD the Lord , for thy name's sake : because thy mercy is good , deliver thou me . For I am poor and needy , and my heart is wounded within me . I am gone like the shadow when it declineth : I am tossed up and down as the locust . My knees are weak through fasting ; and my flesh faileth of fatness . I became also a reproach unto them : when they looked upon me they shaked their heads . Help me , O LORD my God : O save me according to thy mercy : That they may know that this is thy hand ; that thou , LORD , hast done it . Let them curse , but bless thou : when they arise , let them be ashamed ; but let thy servant rejoice . Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame , and let them cover themselves with their own confusion , as with a mantle . I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth ; yea , I will praise him among the multitude . For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor , to save him from those that condemn his soul . The LORD said unto my Lord , Sit thou at my right hand , until I make thine enemies thy footstool . The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion : rule thou in the midst of thine enemies . Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power , in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning : thou hast the dew of thy youth . The LORD hath sworn , and will not repent , Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek . The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath . He shall judge among the heathen , he shall fill the places with the dead bodies ; he shall wound the heads over many countries . He shall drink of the brook in the way : therefore shall he lift up the head . Praise ye the LORD . I will praise the LORD with my whole heart , in the assembly of the upright , and in the congregation . The works of the LORD are great , sought out of all them that have pleasure therein . His work is honourable and glorious : and his righteousness endureth for ever . He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered : the LORD is gracious and full of compassion . He hath given meat unto them that fear him : he will ever be mindful of his covenant . He hath shewed his people the power of his works , that he may give them the heritage of the heathen . The works of his hands are verity and judgment ; all his commandments are sure . They stand fast for ever and ever , and are done in truth and uprightness . He sent redemption unto his people : he hath commanded his covenant for ever : holy and reverend is his name . The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments : his praise endureth for ever . Praise ye the LORD . Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD , that delighteth greatly in his commandments . His seed shall be mighty upon earth : the generation of the upright shall be blessed . Wealth and riches shall be in his house : and his righteousness endureth for ever . Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness : he is gracious , and full of compassion , and righteous . A good man sheweth favour , and lendeth : he will guide his affairs with discretion . Surely he shall not be moved for ever : the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance . He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : his heart is fixed , trusting in the LORD . His heart is established , he shall not be afraid , until he see his desire upon his enemies . He hath dispersed , he hath given to the poor ; his righteousness endureth for ever ; his horn shall be exalted with honour . The wicked shall see it , and be grieved ; he shall gnash with his teeth , and melt away : the desire of the wicked shall perish . Praise ye the LORD . Praise , O ye servants of the LORD , praise the name of the LORD . Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore . From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised . The LORD is high above all nations , and his glory above the heavens . Who is like unto the LORD our God , who dwelleth on high , Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven , and in the earth ! He raiseth up the poor out of the dust , and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill ; That he may set him with princes , even with the princes of his people . He maketh the barren woman to keep house , and to be a joyful mother of children . Praise ye the LORD . When Israel went out of Egypt , the house of Jacob from a people of strange language ; Judah was his sanctuary , and Israel his dominion . The sea saw it , and fled : Jordan was driven back . The mountains skipped like rams , and the little hills like lambs . What ailed thee , O thou sea , that thou fleddest ? thou Jordan , that thou wast driven back ? Ye mountains , that ye skipped like rams ; and ye little hills , like lambs ? Tremble , thou earth , at the presence of the Lord , at the presence of the God of Jacob ; Which turned the rock into a standing water , the flint into a fountain of waters . Not unto us , O LORD , not unto us , but unto thy name give glory , for thy mercy , and for thy truth's sake . Wherefore should the heathen say , Where is now their God ? But our God is in the heavens : he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased . Their idols are silver and gold , the work of men's hands . They have mouths , but they speak not : eyes have they , but they see not : They have ears , but they hear not : noses have they , but they smell not : They have hands , but they handle not : feet have they , but they walk not : neither speak they through their throat . They that make them are like unto them ; so is every one that trusteth in them . O Israel , trust thou in the LORD : he is their help and their shield . O house of Aaron , trust in the LORD : he is their help and their shield . Ye that fear the LORD , trust in the LORD : he is their help and their shield . The LORD hath been mindful of us : he will bless us ; he will bless the house of Israel ; he will bless the house of Aaron . He will bless them that fear the LORD , both small and great . The LORD shall increase you more and more , you and your children . Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth . The heaven , even the heavens , are the LORD's : but the earth hath he given to the children of men . The dead praise not the LORD , neither any that go down into silence . But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore . Praise the LORD . I love the LORD , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications . Because he hath inclined his ear unto me , therefore will I call upon him as long as I live . The sorrows of death compassed me , and the pains of hell gat hold upon me : I found trouble and sorrow . Then called I upon the name of the LORD ; O LORD , I beseech thee , deliver my soul . Gracious is the LORD , and righteous ; yea , our God is merciful . The LORD preserveth the simple : I was brought low , and he helped me . Return unto thy rest , O my soul ; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee . For thou hast delivered my soul from death , mine eyes from tears , and my feet from falling . I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living . I believed , therefore have I spoken : I was greatly afflicted : I said in my haste , All men are liars . What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me ? I will take the cup of salvation , and call upon the name of the LORD . I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people . Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints . O LORD , truly I am thy servant ; I am thy servant , and the son of thine handmaid : thou hast loosed my bonds . I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving , and will call upon the name of the LORD . I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people , In the courts of the LORD's house , in the midst of thee , O Jerusalem . Praise ye the LORD . O praise the LORD , all ye nations : praise him , all ye people . For his merciful kindness is great toward us : and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever . Praise ye the LORD . O give thanks unto the LORD ; for he is good : because his mercy endureth for ever . Let Israel now say , that his mercy endureth for ever . Let the house of Aaron now say , that his mercy endureth for ever . Let them now that fear the LORD say , that his mercy endureth for ever . I called upon the LORD in distress : the LORD answered me , and set me in a large place . The LORD is on my side ; I will not fear : what can man do unto me ? The LORD taketh my part with them that help me : therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me . It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man . It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes . All nations compassed me about : but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them . They compassed me about ; yea , they compassed me about : but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them . They compassed me about like bees ; they are quenched as the fire of thorns : for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them . Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall : but the LORD helped me . The LORD is my strength and song , and is become my salvation . The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous : the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly . The right hand of the LORD is exalted : the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly . I shall not die , but live , and declare the works of the LORD . The LORD hath chastened me sore : but he hath not given me over unto death . Open to me the gates of righteousness : I will go into them , and I will praise the LORD : This gate of the LORD , into which the righteous shall enter . I will praise thee : for thou hast heard me , and art become my salvation . The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner . This is the LORD's doing ; it is marvellous in our eyes . This is the day which the LORD hath made ; we will rejoice and be glad in it . Save now , I beseech thee , O LORD : O LORD , I beseech thee , send now prosperity . Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD : we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD . God is the LORD , which hath shewed us light : bind the sacrifice with cords , even unto the horns of the altar . Thou art my God , and I will praise thee : thou art my God , I will exalt thee . O give thanks unto the LORD ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever . Blessed are the undefiled in the way , who walk in the law of the LORD . Blessed are they that keep his testimonies , and that seek him with the whole heart . They also do no iniquity : they walk in his ways . Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently . O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes ! Then shall I not be ashamed , when I have respect unto all thy commandments . I will praise thee with uprightness of heart , when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments . I will keep thy statutes : O forsake me not utterly . Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way ? by taking heed thereto according to thy word . With my whole heart have I sought thee : O let me not wander from thy commandments . Thy word have I hid in mine heart , that I might not sin against thee . Blessed art thou , O LORD : teach me thy statutes . With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth . I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies , as much as in all riches . I will meditate in thy precepts , and have respect unto thy ways . I will delight myself in thy statutes : I will not forget thy word . Deal bountifully with thy servant , that I may live , and keep thy word . Open thou mine eyes , that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law . I am a stranger in the earth : hide not thy commandments from me . My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times . Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed , which do err from thy commandments . Remove from me reproach and contempt ; for I have kept thy testimonies . Princes also did sit and speak against me : but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes . Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors . My soul cleaveth unto the dust : quicken thou me according to thy word . I have declared my ways , and thou heardest me : teach me thy statutes . Make me to understand the way of thy precepts : so shall I talk of thy wondrous works . My soul melteth for heaviness : strengthen thou me according unto thy word . Remove from me the way of lying : and grant me thy law graciously . I have chosen the way of truth : thy judgments have I laid before me . I have stuck unto thy testimonies : O LORD , put me not to shame . I will run the way of thy commandments , when thou shalt enlarge my heart . Teach me , O LORD , the way of thy statutes ; and I shall keep it unto the end . Give me understanding , and I shall keep thy law ; yea , I shall observe it with my whole heart . Make me to go in the path of thy commandments ; for therein do I delight . Incline my heart unto thy testimonies , and not to covetousness . Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity ; and quicken thou me in thy way . Stablish thy word unto thy servant , who is devoted to thy fear . Turn away my reproach which I fear : for thy judgments are good . Behold , I have longed after thy precepts : quicken me in thy righteousness . Let thy mercies come also unto me , O LORD , even thy salvation , according to thy word . So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me : for I trust in thy word . And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth ; for I have hoped in thy judgments . So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever . And I will walk at liberty : for I seek thy precepts . I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings , and will not be ashamed . And I will delight myself in thy commandments , which I have loved . My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments , which I have loved ; and I will meditate in thy statutes . Remember the word unto thy servant , upon which thou hast caused me to hope . This is my comfort in my affliction : for thy word hath quickened me . The proud have had me greatly in derision : yet have I not declined from thy law . I remembered thy judgments of old , O LORD ; and have comforted myself . Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law . Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage . I have remembered thy name , O LORD , in the night , and have kept thy law . This I had , because I kept thy precepts . Thou art my portion , O LORD : I have said that I would keep thy words . I intreated thy favour with my whole heart : be merciful unto me according to thy word . I thought on my ways , and turned my feet unto thy testimonies . I made haste , and delayed not to keep thy commandments . The bands of the wicked have robbed me : but I have not forgotten thy law . At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments . I am a companion of all them that fear thee , and of them that keep thy precepts . The earth , O LORD , is full of thy mercy : teach me thy statutes . Thou hast dealt well with thy servant , O LORD , according unto thy word . Teach me good judgment and knowledge : for I have believed thy commandments . Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have I kept thy word . Thou art good , and doest good ; teach me thy statutes . The proud have forged a lie against me : but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart . Their heart is as fat as grease ; but I delight in thy law . It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes . The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver . Thy hands have made me and fashioned me : give me understanding , that I may learn thy commandments . They that fear thee will be glad when they see me ; because I have hoped in thy word . I know , O LORD , that thy judgments are right , and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me . Let , I pray thee , thy merciful kindness be for my comfort , according to thy word unto thy servant . Let thy tender mercies come unto me , that I may live : for thy law is my delight . Let the proud be ashamed ; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause : but I will meditate in thy precepts . Let those that fear thee turn unto me , and those that have known thy testimonies . Let my heart be sound in thy statutes ; that I be not ashamed . My soul fainteth for thy salvation : but I hope in thy word . Mine eyes fail for thy word , saying , When wilt thou comfort me ? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke ; yet do I not forget thy statutes . How many are the days of thy servant ? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me ? The proud have digged pits for me , which are not after thy law . All thy commandments are faithful : they persecute me wrongfully ; help thou me . They had almost consumed me upon earth ; but I forsook not thy precepts . Quicken me after thy lovingkindness ; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth . For ever , O LORD , thy word is settled in heaven . Thy faithfulness is unto all generations : thou hast established the earth , and it abideth . They continue this day according to thine ordinances : for all are thy servants . Unless thy law had been my delights , I should then have perished in mine affliction . I will never forget thy precepts : for with them thou hast quickened me . I am thine , save me ; for I have sought thy precepts . The wicked have waited for me to destroy me : but I will consider thy testimonies . I have seen an end of all perfection : but thy commandment is exceeding broad . O how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day . Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies : for they are ever with me . I have more understanding than all my teachers : for thy testimonies are my meditation . I understand more than the ancients , because I keep thy precepts . I have refrained my feet from every evil way , that I might keep thy word . I have not departed from thy judgments : for thou hast taught me . How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! yea , sweeter than honey to my mouth ! Through thy precepts I get understanding : therefore I hate every false way . Thy word is a lamp unto my feet , and a light unto my path . I have sworn , and I will perform it , that I will keep thy righteous judgments . I am afflicted very much : quicken me , O LORD , according unto thy word . Accept , I beseech thee , the freewill offerings of my mouth , O LORD , and teach me thy judgments . My soul is continually in my hand : yet do I not forget thy law . The wicked have laid a snare for me : yet I erred not from thy precepts . Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever : for they are the rejoicing of my heart . I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway , even unto the end . I hate vain thoughts : but thy law do I love . Thou art my hiding place and my shield : I hope in thy word . Depart from me , ye evildoers : for I will keep the commandments of my God . Uphold me according unto thy word , that I may live : and let me not be ashamed of my hope . Hold thou me up , and I shall be safe : and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually . Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes : for their deceit is falsehood . Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross : therefore I love thy testimonies . My flesh trembleth for fear of thee ; and I am afraid of thy judgments . I have done judgment and justice : leave me not to mine oppressors . Be surety for thy servant for good : let not the proud oppress me . Mine eyes fail for thy salvation , and for the word of thy righteousness . Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy , and teach me thy statutes . I am thy servant ; give me understanding , that I may know thy testimonies . It is time for thee , LORD , to work : for they have made void thy law . Therefore I love thy commandments above gold ; yea , above fine gold . Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right ; and I hate every false way . Thy testimonies are wonderful : therefore doth my soul keep them . The entrance of thy words giveth light ; it giveth understanding unto the simple . I opened my mouth , and panted : for I longed for thy commandments . Look thou upon me , and be merciful unto me , as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name . Order my steps in thy word : and let not any iniquity have dominion over me . Deliver me from the oppression of man : so will I keep thy precepts . Make thy face to shine upon thy servant ; and teach me thy statutes . Rivers of waters run down mine eyes , because they keep not thy law . Righteous art thou , O LORD , and upright are thy judgments . Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful . My zeal hath consumed me , because mine enemies have forgotten thy words . Thy word is very pure : therefore thy servant loveth it . I am small and despised : yet do not I forget thy precepts . Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness , and thy law is the truth . Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me : yet thy commandments are my delights . The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting : give me understanding , and I shall live . I cried with my whole heart ; hear me , O LORD : I will keep thy statutes . I cried unto thee ; save me , and I shall keep thy testimonies . I prevented the dawning of the morning , and cried : I hoped in thy word . Mine eyes prevent the night watches , that I might meditate in thy word . Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness : O LORD , quicken me according to thy judgment . They draw nigh that follow after mischief : they are far from thy law . Thou art near , O LORD ; and all thy commandments are truth . Concerning thy testimonies , I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever . Consider mine affliction , and deliver me : for I do not forget thy law . Plead my cause , and deliver me : quicken me according to thy word . Salvation is far from the wicked : for they seek not thy statutes . Great are thy tender mercies , O LORD : quicken me according to thy judgments . Many are my persecutors and mine enemies ; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies . I beheld the transgressors , and was grieved ; because they kept not thy word . Consider how I love thy precepts : quicken me , O LORD , according to thy lovingkindness . Thy word is true from the beginning : and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever . Princes have persecuted me without a cause : but my heart standeth in awe of thy word . I rejoice at thy word , as one that findeth great spoil . I hate and abhor lying : but thy law do I love . Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments . Great peace have they which love thy law : and nothing shall offend them . LORD , I have hoped for thy salvation , and done thy commandments . My soul hath kept thy testimonies ; and I love them exceedingly . I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies : for all my ways are before thee . Let my cry come near before thee , O LORD : give me understanding according to thy word . Let my supplication come before thee : deliver me according to thy word . My lips shall utter praise , when thou hast taught me thy statutes . My tongue shall speak of thy word : for all thy commandments are righteousness . Let thine hand help me ; for I have chosen thy precepts . I have longed for thy salvation , O LORD ; and thy law is my delight . Let my soul live , and it shall praise thee ; and let thy judgments help me . I have gone astray like a lost sheep ; seek thy servant ; for I do not forget thy commandments . In my distress I cried unto the LORD , and he heard me . Deliver my soul , O LORD , from lying lips , and from a deceitful tongue . What shall be given unto thee ? or what shall be done unto thee , thou false tongue ? Sharp arrows of the mighty , with coals of juniper . Woe is me , that I sojourn in Mesech , that I dwell in the tents of Kedar ! My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace . I am for peace : but when I speak , they are for war . I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills , from whence cometh my help . My help cometh from the LORD , which made heaven and earth . He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he that keepeth thee will not slumber . Behold , he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep . The LORD is thy keeper : the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand . The sun shall not smite thee by day , nor the moon by night . The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil : he shall preserve thy soul . The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth , and even for evermore . I was glad when they said unto me , Let us go into the house of the LORD . Our feet shall stand within thy gates , O Jerusalem . Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together : Whither the tribes go up , the tribes of the LORD , unto the testimony of Israel , to give thanks unto the name of the LORD . For there are set thrones of judgment , the thrones of the house of David . Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love thee . Peace be within thy walls , and prosperity within thy palaces . For my brethren and companions' sakes , I will now say , Peace be within thee . Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good . Unto thee lift I up mine eyes , O thou that dwellest in the heavens . Behold , as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters , and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress ; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God , until that he have mercy upon us . Have mercy upon us , O LORD , have mercy upon us : for we are exceedingly filled with contempt . Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease , and with the contempt of the proud . If it had not been the LORD who was on our side , now may Israel say ; If it had not been the LORD who was on our side , when men rose up against us : Then they had swallowed us up quick , when their wrath was kindled against us : Then the waters had overwhelmed us , the stream had gone over our soul : Then the proud waters had gone over our soul . Blessed be the LORD , who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth . Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers : the snare is broken , and we are escaped . Our help is in the name of the LORD , who made heaven and earth . They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion , which cannot be removed , but abideth for ever . As the mountains are round about Jerusalem , so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever . For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous ; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity . Do good , O LORD , unto those that be good , and to them that are upright in their hearts . As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways , the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity : but peace shall be upon Israel . When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion , we were like them that dream . Then was our mouth filled with laughter , and our tongue with singing : then said they among the heathen , The LORD hath done great things for them . The LORD hath done great things for us ; whereof we are glad . Turn again our captivity , O LORD , as the streams in the south . They that sow in tears shall reap in joy . He that goeth forth and weepeth , bearing precious seed , shall doubtless come again with rejoicing , bringing his sheaves with him . Except the LORD build the house , they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city , the watchman waketh but in vain . It is vain for you to rise up early , to sit up late , to eat the bread of sorrows : for so he giveth his beloved sleep . Lo , children are an heritage of the LORD : and the fruit of the womb is his reward . As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth . Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed , but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate . Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD ; that walketh in his ways . For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands : happy shalt thou be , and it shall be well with thee . Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house : thy children like olive plants round about thy table . Behold , that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD . The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion : and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life . Yea , thou shalt see thy children's children , and peace upon Israel . Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth , may Israel now say : Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth : yet they have not prevailed against me . The plowers plowed upon my back : they made long their furrows . The LORD is righteous : he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked . Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion . Let them be as the grass upon the housetops , which withereth afore it groweth up : Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand ; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom . Neither do they which go by say , The blessing of the LORD be upon you : we bless you in the name of the LORD . Out of the depths have I cried unto thee , O LORD . Lord , hear my voice : let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications . If thou , LORD , shouldest mark iniquities , O Lord , who shall stand ? But there is forgiveness with thee , that thou mayest be feared . I wait for the LORD , my soul doth wait , and in his word do I hope . My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning : I say , more than they that watch for the morning . Let Israel hope in the LORD : for with the LORD there is mercy , and with him is plenteous redemption . And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities . LORD , my heart is not haughty , nor mine eyes lofty : neither do I exercise myself in great matters , or in things too high for me . Surely I have behaved and quieted myself , as a child that is weaned of his mother : my soul is even as a weaned child . Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever . LORD , remember David , and all his afflictions : How he sware unto the LORD , and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob ; Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house , nor go up into my bed ; I will not give sleep to mine eyes , or slumber to mine eyelids , Until I find out a place for the LORD , an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob . Lo , we heard of it at Ephratah : we found it in the fields of the wood . We will go into his tabernacles : we will worship at his footstool . Arise , O LORD , into thy rest ; thou , and the ark of thy strength . Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness ; and let thy saints shout for joy . For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed . The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David ; he will not turn from it ; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne . If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them , their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore . For the LORD hath chosen Zion ; he hath desired it for his habitation . This is my rest for ever : here will I dwell ; for I have desired it . I will abundantly bless her provision : I will satisfy her poor with bread . I will also clothe her priests with salvation : and her saints shall shout aloud for joy . There will I make the horn of David to bud : I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed . His enemies will I clothe with shame : but upon himself shall his crown flourish . Behold , how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like the precious ointment upon the head , that ran down upon the beard , even Aaron's beard : that went down to the skirts of his garments ; As the dew of Hermon , and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion : for there the LORD commanded the blessing , even life for evermore . Behold , bless ye the LORD , all ye servants of the LORD , which by night stand in the house of the LORD . Lift up your hands in the sanctuary , and bless the LORD . The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion . Praise ye the LORD . Praise ye the name of the LORD ; praise him , O ye servants of the LORD . Ye that stand in the house of the LORD , in the courts of the house of our God , Praise the LORD ; for the LORD is good : sing praises unto his name ; for it is pleasant . For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself , and Israel for his peculiar treasure . For I know that the LORD is great , and that our Lord is above all gods . Whatsoever the LORD pleased , that did he in heaven , and in earth , in the seas , and all deep places . He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth ; he maketh lightnings for the rain ; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries . Who smote the firstborn of Egypt , both of man and beast . Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee , O Egypt , upon Pharaoh , and upon all his servants . Who smote great nations , and slew mighty kings ; Sihon king of the Amorites , and Og king of Bashan , and all the kingdoms of Canaan : And gave their land for an heritage , an heritage unto Israel his people . Thy name , O LORD , endureth for ever ; and thy memorial , O LORD , throughout all generations . For the LORD will judge his people , and he will repent himself concerning his servants . The idols of the heathen are silver and gold , the work of men's hands . They have mouths , but they speak not ; eyes have they , but they see not ; They have ears , but they hear not ; neither is there any breath in their mouths . They that make them are like unto them : so is every one that trusteth in them . Bless the LORD , O house of Israel : bless the LORD , O house of Aaron : Bless the LORD , O house of Levi : ye that fear the LORD , bless the LORD . Blessed be the LORD out of Zion , which dwelleth at Jerusalem . Praise ye the LORD . O give thanks unto the LORD ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth for ever . O give thanks unto the God of gods : for his mercy endureth for ever . O give thanks to the Lord of lords : for his mercy endureth for ever . To him who alone doeth great wonders : for his mercy endureth for ever . To him that by wisdom made the heavens : for his mercy endureth for ever . To him that stretched out the earth above the waters : for his mercy endureth for ever . To him that made great lights : for his mercy endureth for ever : The sun to rule by day : for his mercy endureth for ever : The moon and stars to rule by night : for his mercy endureth for ever . To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn : for his mercy endureth for ever : And brought out Israel from among them : for his mercy endureth for ever : With a strong hand , and with a stretched out arm : for his mercy endureth for ever . To him which divided the Red sea into parts : for his mercy endureth for ever : And made Israel to pass through the midst of it : for his mercy endureth for ever : But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea : for his mercy endureth for ever . To him which led his people through the wilderness : for his mercy endureth for ever . To him which smote great kings : for his mercy endureth for ever : And slew famous kings : for his mercy endureth for ever : Sihon king of the Amorites : for his mercy endureth for ever : And Og the king of Bashan : for his mercy endureth for ever : And gave their land for an heritage : for his mercy endureth for ever : Even an heritage unto Israel his servant : for his mercy endureth for ever . Who remembered us in our low estate : for his mercy endureth for ever : And hath redeemed us from our enemies : for his mercy endureth for ever . Who giveth food to all flesh : for his mercy endureth for ever . O give thanks unto the God of heaven : for his mercy endureth for ever . By the rivers of Babylon , there we sat down , yea , we wept , when we remembered Zion . We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof . For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth , saying , Sing us one of the songs of Zion . How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land ? If I forget thee , O Jerusalem , let my right hand forget her cunning . If I do not remember thee , let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy . Remember , O LORD , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem ; who said , Rase it , rase it , even to the foundation thereof . O daughter of Babylon , who art to be destroyed ; happy shall he be , that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us . Happy shall he be , that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones . I will praise thee with my whole heart : before the gods will I sing praise unto thee . I will worship toward thy holy temple , and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth : for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name . In the day when I cried thou answeredst me , and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul . All the kings of the earth shall praise thee , O LORD , when they hear the words of thy mouth . Yea , they shall sing in the ways of the LORD : for great is the glory of the LORD . Though the LORD be high , yet hath he respect unto the lowly : but the proud he knoweth afar off . Though I walk in the midst of trouble , thou wilt revive me : thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies , and thy right hand shall save me . The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me : thy mercy , O LORD , endureth for ever : forsake not the works of thine own hands . O LORD , thou hast searched me , and known me . Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising , thou understandest my thought afar off . Thou compassest my path and my lying down , and art acquainted with all my ways . For there is not a word in my tongue , but , lo , O LORD , thou knowest it altogether . Thou hast beset me behind and before , and laid thine hand upon me . Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is high , I cannot attain unto it . Whither shall I go from thy spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven , thou art there : if I make my bed in hell , behold , thou art there . If I take the wings of the morning , and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me , and thy right hand shall hold me . If I say , Surely the darkness shall cover me ; even the night shall be light about me . Yea , the darkness hideth not from thee ; but the night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light are both alike to thee . For thou hast possessed my reins : thou hast covered me in my mother's womb . I will praise thee ; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works ; and that my soul knoweth right well . My substance was not hid from thee , when I was made in secret , and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth . Thine eyes did see my substance , yet being unperfect ; and in thy book all my members were written , which in continuance were fashioned , when as yet there was none of them . How precious also are thy thoughts unto me , O God ! how great is the sum of them ! If I should count them , they are more in number than the sand : when I awake , I am still with thee . Surely thou wilt slay the wicked , O God : depart from me therefore , ye bloody men . For they speak against thee wickedly , and thine enemies take thy name in vain . Do not I hate them , O LORD , that hate thee ? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee ? I hate them with perfect hatred : I count them mine enemies . Search me , O God , and know my heart : try me , and know my thoughts : And see if there be any wicked way in me , and lead me in the way everlasting . Deliver me , O LORD , from the evil man : preserve me from the violent man ; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart ; continually are they gathered together for war . They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent ; adders' poison is under their lips . Selah . Keep me , O LORD , from the hands of the wicked ; preserve me from the violent man ; who have purposed to overthrow my goings . The proud have hid a snare for me , and cords ; they have spread a net by the wayside ; they have set gins for me . Selah . I said unto the LORD , Thou art my God : hear the voice of my supplications , O LORD . O GOD the Lord , the strength of my salvation , thou hast covered my head in the day of battle . Grant not , O LORD , the desires of the wicked : further not his wicked device ; lest they exalt themselves . Selah . As for the head of those that compass me about , let the mischief of their own lips cover them . Let burning coals fall upon them : let them be cast into the fire ; into deep pits , that they rise not up again . Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth : evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him . I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted , and the right of the poor . Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name : the upright shall dwell in thy presence . LORD , I cry unto thee : make haste unto me ; give ear unto my voice , when I cry unto thee . Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense ; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice . Set a watch , O LORD , before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips . Incline not my heart to any evil thing , to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity : and let me not eat of their dainties . Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness : and let him reprove me ; it shall be an excellent oil , which shall not break my head : for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities . When their judges are overthrown in stony places , they shall hear my words ; for they are sweet . Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth , as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth . But mine eyes are unto thee , O GOD the Lord : in thee is my trust ; leave not my soul destitute . Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me , and the gins of the workers of iniquity . Let the wicked fall into their own nets , whilst that I withal escape . I cried unto the LORD with my voice ; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication . I poured out my complaint before him ; I shewed before him my trouble . When my spirit was overwhelmed within me , then thou knewest my path . In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me . I looked on my right hand , and beheld , but there was no man that would know me : refuge failed me ; no man cared for my soul . I cried unto thee , O LORD : I said , Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living . Attend unto my cry ; for I am brought very low : deliver me from my persecutors ; for they are stronger than I . Bring my soul out of prison , that I may praise thy name : the righteous shall compass me about ; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me . Hear my prayer , O LORD , give ear to my supplications : in thy faithfulness answer me , and in thy righteousness . And enter not into judgment with thy servant : for in thy sight shall no man living be justified . For the enemy hath persecuted my soul ; he hath smitten my life down to the ground ; he hath made me to dwell in darkness , as those that have been long dead . Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me ; my heart within me is desolate . I remember the days of old ; I meditate on all thy works ; I muse on the work of thy hands . I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul thirsteth after thee , as a thirsty land . Selah . Hear me speedily , O LORD : my spirit faileth : hide not thy face from me , lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit . Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning ; for in thee do I trust : cause me to know the way wherein I should walk ; for I lift up my soul unto thee . Deliver me , O LORD , from mine enemies : I flee unto thee to hide me . Teach me to do thy will ; for thou art my God : thy spirit is good ; lead me into the land of uprightness . Quicken me , O LORD , for thy name's sake : for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble . And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies , and destroy all them that afflict my soul : for I am thy servant . Blessed be the LORD my strength , which teacheth my hands to war , and my fingers to fight : My goodness , and my fortress ; my high tower , and my deliverer ; my shield , and he in whom I trust ; who subdueth my people under me . LORD , what is man , that thou takest knowledge of him ! or the son of man , that thou makest account of him ! Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth away . Bow thy heavens , O LORD , and come down : touch the mountains , and they shall smoke . Cast forth lightning , and scatter them : shoot out thine arrows , and destroy them . Send thine hand from above ; rid me , and deliver me out of great waters , from the hand of strange children ; Whose mouth speaketh vanity , and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood . I will sing a new song unto thee , O God : upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee . It is he that giveth salvation unto kings : who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword . Rid me , and deliver me from the hand of strange children , whose mouth speaketh vanity , and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood : That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth ; that our daughters may be as corner stones , polished after the similitude of a palace : That our garners may be full , affording all manner of store : that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets : That our oxen may be strong to labour ; that there be no breaking in , nor going out ; that there be no complaining in our streets . Happy is that people , that is in such a case : yea , happy is that people , whose God is the LORD . I will extol thee , my God , O king ; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever . Every day will I bless thee ; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever . Great is the LORD , and greatly to be praised ; and his greatness is unsearchable . One generation shall praise thy works to another , and shall declare thy mighty acts . I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty , and of thy wondrous works . And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts : and I will declare thy greatness . They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness , and shall sing of thy righteousness . The LORD is gracious , and full of compassion ; slow to anger , and of great mercy . The LORD is good to all : and his tender mercies are over all his works . All thy works shall praise thee , O LORD ; and thy saints shall bless thee . They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom , and talk of thy power ; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts , and the glorious majesty of his kingdom . Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom , and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations . The LORD upholdeth all that fall , and raiseth up all those that be bowed down . The eyes of all wait upon thee ; and thou givest them their meat in due season . Thou openest thine hand , and satisfiest the desire of every living thing . The LORD is righteous in all his ways , and holy in all his works . The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him , to all that call upon him in truth . He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him : he also will hear their cry , and will save them . The LORD preserveth all them that love him : but all the wicked will he destroy . My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD : and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever . Praise ye the LORD . Praise the LORD , O my soul . While I live will I praise the LORD : I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being . Put not your trust in princes , nor in the son of man , in whom there is no help . His breath goeth forth , he returneth to his earth ; in that very day his thoughts perish . Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help , whose hope is in the LORD his God : Which made heaven , and earth , the sea , and all that therein is : which keepeth truth for ever : Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : which giveth food to the hungry . The LORD looseth the prisoners : The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind : the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down : the LORD loveth the righteous : The LORD preserveth the strangers ; he relieveth the fatherless and widow : but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down . The LORD shall reign for ever , even thy God , O Zion , unto all generations . Praise ye the LORD . Praise ye the LORD : for it is good to sing praises unto our God ; for it is pleasant ; and praise is comely . The LORD doth build up Jerusalem : he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel . He healeth the broken in heart , and bindeth up their wounds . He telleth the number of the stars ; he calleth them all by their names . Great is our Lord , and of great power : his understanding is infinite . The LORD lifteth up the meek : he casteth the wicked down to the ground . Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving ; sing praise upon the harp unto our God : Who covereth the heaven with clouds , who prepareth rain for the earth , who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains . He giveth to the beast his food , and to the young ravens which cry . He delighteth not in the strength of the horse : he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man . The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him , in those that hope in his mercy . Praise the LORD , O Jerusalem ; praise thy God , O Zion . For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ; he hath blessed thy children within thee . He maketh peace in thy borders , and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat . He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth : his word runneth very swiftly . He giveth snow like wool : he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes . He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who can stand before his cold ? He sendeth out his word , and melteth them : he causeth his wind to blow , and the waters flow . He sheweth his word unto Jacob , his statutes and his judgments unto Israel . He hath not dealt so with any nation : and as for his judgments , they have not known them . Praise ye the LORD . Praise ye the LORD . Praise ye the LORD from the heavens : praise him in the heights . Praise ye him , all his angels : praise ye him , all his hosts . Praise ye him , sun and moon : praise him , all ye stars of light . Praise him , ye heavens of heavens , and ye waters that be above the heavens . Let them praise the name of the LORD : for he commanded , and they were created . He hath also stablished them for ever and ever : he hath made a decree which shall not pass . Praise the LORD from the earth , ye dragons , and all deeps : Fire , and hail ; snow , and vapour ; stormy wind fulfilling his word : Mountains , and all hills ; fruitful trees , and all cedars : Beasts , and all cattle ; creeping things , and flying fowl : Kings of the earth , and all people ; princes , and all judges of the earth : Both young men , and maidens ; old men , and children : Let them praise the name of the LORD : for his name alone is excellent ; his glory is above the earth and heaven . He also exalteth the horn of his people , the praise of all his saints ; even of the children of Israel , a people near unto him . Praise ye the LORD . Praise ye the LORD . Sing unto the LORD a new song , and his praise in the congregation of saints . Let Israel rejoice in him that made him : let the children of Zion be joyful in their King . Let them praise his name in the dance : let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp . For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people : he will beautify the meek with salvation . Let the saints be joyful in glory : let them sing aloud upon their beds . Let the high praises of God be in their mouth , and a twoedged sword in their hand ; To execute vengeance upon the heathen , and punishments upon the people ; To bind their kings with chains , and their nobles with fetters of iron ; To execute upon them the judgment written : this honour have all his saints . Praise ye the LORD . Praise ye the LORD . Praise God in his sanctuary : praise him in the firmament of his power . Praise him for his mighty acts : praise him according to his excellent greatness . Praise him with the sound of the trumpet : praise him with the psaltery and harp . Praise him with the timbrel and dance : praise him with stringed instruments and organs . Praise him upon the loud cymbals : praise him upon the high sounding cymbals . Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD . Praise ye the LORD .