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The Praying Psalms Psalm 1 Blessed, prosperous & highly favoured your promise in God {1:3} And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither And whatsoe!er he doeth shall prosper. Psalm " Taking the limits off your God ask big {":#} Ask of me, and $ will gi!e %thee& the nations for thine inheritan'e, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession(

Psalm 3 Help & promotion in the midst of opposition let God help you {3:1} )eho!ah, how are mine ad!ersaries in'reased* +any are they that rise up against me( {3:"} +any there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in ,od( {3:3} -ut thou, . )eho!ah, art a shield about me My glory and the lifter up of my head. {3:/} $ 'ry unto )eho!ah with my !oi'e, And he answereth me out of his holy hill( 0ef: "3(1 Peace & serenity the covenant of protection is real {3:1} $ laid me down and slept $ awaked for )eho!ah sustaineth me( Ref: /(#, 2(13, Pro 1(33, 1"1 {3:4} $ will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people that ha!e set themsel!es against me round about(

Psalm / Your destiny of distinction am set apart! {/:3} -ut know that )eho!ah hath set apart for himself him that is godly: )eho!ah will hear when $ 'all unto him( Ref: "5hr 14(6, +al 3(1#, 1Pet "(6, "Pet "(11, 78 1(1", ,en "6(31, 0om #("# (

{/:4} +any there are that say, Who will show us %any& good9 )eho!ah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Ref: "5hr 14(6

Psalm 1 Pray "ithout ceasing prayer carries po"er {1:3} . )eho!ah, in the morning shalt thou hear my !oi'e $n the morning will $ order %my prayer& unto thee, and will keep wat'h( Grace in your "alk "ith God tap it {1:#} :ead me, . )eho!ah, in thy righteousness be'ause of mine enemies +ake thy way straight before my fa'e( 0ef: ;eb /(14, "5or 6(# {1:1"} <or thou wilt bless the righteous . )eho!ah, thou wilt 'ompass him with favor as with a shield( Ref: 63(1/ :uke 4(3#, =eu /(32, 7'' 6(11, 0om 6(14

Psalm 4 #hame is the portion of #atan$s agents do not "orry {4:13} All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn ba'k, they shall be put to shame suddenly(

Psalm 2 %rise in my favour, oh &ord 'pray {2:4} Arise, . )eho!ah, in thine anger :ift up thyself against the rage of mine ad!ersaries, and awake for me thou hast 'ommanded >udgment( Ref: 13(1", "5hr 14(6, Back to the sender God$s decree over you {2:11} ;e hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the dit'h whi'h he made( {2:14} ;is mis'hief shall return upon his own head, And his !iolen'e shall 'ome down upon his own pate(

Psalm # Youthful & useful arise to divine mandate {#:"} Out of the mouth of babes and su'klings hast thou established strength, -e'ause of thine ad!ersaries, that thou mightest still the enemy and the a!enger( Ref: :uke 13(16, Pro! 1#("1, +ark 11("3 Honour & favour this is you as destined by God, demand! {#:/} What is man, that thou art mindful of him9 And the son of man, that thou !isitest him9 {#:1} <or thou hast made him but little lower than ,od, And crownest him with glory and honor( {#:4} Thou makest him to ha!e dominion o!er the works of thy hands Thou hast put all things under his feet: 0ef:

Psalm 6 (holehearted praise touch on praise'sensitive God {6:1} $ will gi!e thanks unto )eho!ah with my whole heart $ will show forth all thy mar!ellous works( {6:"} $ will be glad and e8ult in thee $ will sing praise to thy name, . thou +ost ;igh( Ref: ""(3 Your enemies are doomed take advantage of God$s presence in prayers {6:3} When mine enemies turn ba'k, they stumble and perish at thy presen'e( {6:/} <or thou hast maintained my right and my 'ause Thou sittest in the throne >udging righteously( 0ef: 6(12, 111 You "ill be remembered )ust be positive {6:1#} <or the needy shall not always be forgotten, ?or the e8pe'tation of the poor perishes for e!er(

Psalm 13 You may feel it, but God is not far stay conscious {13:1} Why standest thou afar off, . )eho!ah9 Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble9 Ref: A'ts 12("2@"#, $sa 16(1@", )am /(# Help for the helpless commit God in prayers {13:1/} The helpless 'ommitteth %himself& unto thee Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless(

Psalm 11 #ome frustrations are traceable to your foundations purge & purify {11:3} $f the foundations be destroyed, What 'an the righteous do9

Ref: $sa 32(31, "Aings "(16, )ob "6(16, 15hr /(6@13,

Psalm 1" Help &ord in such like this {1":1} ;elp, )eho!ah for the godly man 'easeth for the faithful fail from among the 'hildren of men( The pure & sure "ord e*press your confidence in Him {1":4} The words of )eho!ah are pure words as sil!er tried in a furna'e on the earth, Purified se!en times( Ref: 16( 2@6, 116(#6, +at 1(1#, $sa 11(13@11, )ohn 13(31, ;eb /(" {1":2} Thou wilt keep them, . )eho!ah, Thou wilt preser!e them from this generation for e!er(

Psalm 13 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {13:1} ;ow long, . )eho!ah9 wilt thou forget me for e!er9 ;ow long wilt thou hide thy fa'e from me9 {13:"} ;ow long shall $ take 'ounsel in my soul, ;a!ing sorrow in my heart all the day9 ;ow long shall mine enemy be e8alted o!er me9 {13:3} 5onsider %and& answer me, . )eho!ah my ,od: :ighten mine eyes, lest $ sleep the %sleep of& death {13:/} :est mine enemy say, $ ha!e pre!ailed against him %:est& mine ad!ersaries re>oi'e when $ am mo!ed( {13:1} -ut $ ha!e trusted in thy lo!ingkindness +y heart shall re>oi'e in thy sal!ation( {13:4} $ will sing unto )eho!ah, -e'ause he hath dealt bountifully with me(

Psalm 1/ <or the 5hief +usi'ian( %A Psalm& of =a!id(

{1/:1} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no ,od( They are 'orrupt, they ha!e done abominable works There is none that doeth good( {1/:"} )eho!ah looked down from hea!en upon the 'hildren of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after ,od( {1/:3} They are all gone aside they are together be'ome filthy There is none that doeth good, no, not one( {1/:/} ;a!e all the workers of iniBuity no knowledge, Who eat up my people %as& they eat bread, And 'all not upon )eho!ah9 {1/:1} There were they in great fear <or ,od is in the generation of the righteous( {1/:4} Ce put to shame the 'ounsel of the poor, -e'ause )eho!ah is his refuge( {1/:2} .h that the sal!ation of $srael were 'ome out of Dion* When )eho!ah bringeth ba'k the 'apti!ity of his people, Then shall )a'ob re>oi'e, %and& $srael shall be glad(

Psalm 11 A Psalm of =a!id( {11:1} )eho!ah, who shall so>ourn in thy taberna'le9 Who shall dwell in thy holy hill9 {11:"} ;e that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart {11:3} ;e that slandereth not with his tongue, ?or doeth e!il to his friend, ?or taketh up a reproa'h against his neighbor {11:/} $n whose eyes a reprobate is despised, -ut who honoreth them that fear )eho!ah ;e that sweareth to his own hurt, and 'hangeth not {11:1} ;e that putteth not out his money to interest, ?or taketh reward against the inno'ent( ;e that doeth these things shall ne!er be mo!ed(

Psalm 14

+i'htam of =a!id( {14:1} Preser!e me, . ,od for in thee do $ take refuge( {14:"} %. my soul&, thou hast said unto )eho!ah, Thou art my :ord: $ ha!e no good beyond thee( {14:3} As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the e8'ellent in whom is all my delight( {14:/} Their sorrows shall be multiplied that gi!e gifts for another %god&: Their drink@offerings of blood will $ not offer, ?or take their names upon my lips( {14:1} )eho!ah is the portion of mine inheritan'e and of my 'up: Thou maintainest my lot( {14:4} The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant pla'es Cea, $ ha!e a goodly heritage( {14:2} $ will bless )eho!ah, who hath gi!en me 'ounsel Cea, my heart instru'teth me in the night seasons( {14:#} $ ha!e set )eho!ah always before me: -e'ause he is at my right hand, $ shall not be mo!ed( {14:6} Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory re>oi'eth +y flesh also shall dwell in safety( {14:13} <or thou wilt not lea!e my soul to Eheol ?either wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see 'orruption( {14:11} Thou wilt show me the path of life: $n thy presen'e is fulness of >oy $n thy right hand there are pleasures for e!ermore(

Psalm 12 A Prayer of =a!id( {12:1} ;ear the right, . )eho!ah, attend unto my 'ry ,i!e ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips( {12:"} :et my senten'e 'ome forth from thy presen'e :et thine eyes look upon eBuity( {12:3} Thou hast pro!ed my heart thou hast !isited me in the night Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing $ am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress( {12:/} As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips $ ha!e kept me from the ways of the !iolent( {12:1} +y steps ha!e held fast to thy paths,

+y feet ha!e not slipped( {12:4} $ ha!e 'alled upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, . ,od: $n'line thine ear unto me, %and& hear my spee'h( {12:2} Ehow thy mar!ellous lo!ingkindness, . thou that sa!est by thy right hand them that take refuge %in thee& <rom those that rise up %against them&( {12:#} Aeep me as the apple of the eye ;ide me under the shadow of thy wings, {12:6} <rom the wi'ked that oppress me, +y deadly enemies, that 'ompass me about( {12:13} They are in'losed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly( {12:11} They ha!e now 'ompassed us in our steps They set their eyes to 'ast %us& down to the earth( {12:1"} ;e is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in se'ret pla'es( {12:13} Arise, . )eho!ah, 5onfront him, 'ast him down: =eli!er my soul from the wi'ked by thy sword {12:1/} <rom men by thy hand, . )eho!ah, <rom men of the world, whose portion is in %this& life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with 'hildren, And lea!e the rest of their substan'e to their babes( {12:11} As for me, $ shall behold thy fa'e in righteousness $ shall be satisfied, when $ awake, with %beholding& thy form(

Psalm 1# <or the 5hief +usi'ian( %A Psalm& of =a!id the ser!ant of )eho!ah, who spake unto )eho!ah the words of this song in the day that )eho!ah deli!ered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Eaul: and he said, {1#:1} $ lo!e thee, . )eho!ah, my strength( {1#:"} )eho!ah is my ro'k, and my fortress, and my deli!erer +y ,od, my ro'k, in whom $ will take refuge +y shield, and the horn of my sal!ation, my high tower( {1#:3} $ will 'all upon )eho!ah, who is worthy to be praised: Eo shall $ be sa!ed from mine enemies( {1#:/} The 'ords of death 'ompassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid(

{1#:1} The 'ords of Eheol were round about me The snares of death 'ame upon me( {1#:4} $n my distress $ 'alled upon )eho!ah, And 'ried unto my ,od: ;e heard my !oi'e out of his temple, And my 'ry before him 'ame into his ears( {1#:2} Then the earth shook and trembled The foundations also of the mountains Buaked And were shaken, be'ause he was wroth( {1#:#} There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth de!oured: 5oals were kindled by it( {1#:6} ;e bowed the hea!ens also, and 'ame down And thi'k darkness was under his feet( {1#:13} And he rode upon a 'herub, and did fly Cea, he soared upon the wings of the wind( {1#:11} ;e made darkness his hiding@pla'e, his pa!ilion round about him, =arkness of waters, thi'k 'louds of the skies( {1#:1"} At the brightness before him his thi'k 'louds passed, ;ailstones and 'oals of fire( {1#:13} )eho!ah also thundered in the hea!ens, And the +ost ;igh uttered his !oi'e, ;ailstones and 'oals of fire( {1#:1/} And he sent out his arrows, and s'attered them Cea, lightnings manifold, and dis'omfited them( {1#:11} Then the 'hannels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, . )eho!ah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils( {1#:14} ;e sent from on high, he took me ;e drew me out of many waters( {1#:12} ;e deli!ered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me for they were too mighty for me( {1#:1#} They 'ame upon me in the day of my 'alamity -ut )eho!ah was my stay( {1#:16} ;e brought me forth also into a large pla'e ;e deli!ered me, be'ause he delighted in me( {1#:"3} )eho!ah hath rewarded me a''ording to my righteousness A''ording to the 'leanness of my hands hath he re'ompensed me( {1#:"1} <or $ ha!e kept the ways of )eho!ah, And ha!e not wi'kedly departed from my ,od( {1#:""} <or all his ordinan'es were before me, And $ put not away his statutes from me( {1#:"3} $ was also perfe't with him, And $ kept myself from mine iniBuity( {1#:"/} Therefore hath )eho!ah re'ompensed me a''ording to my

righteousness, A''ording to the 'leanness of my hands in his eyesight( {1#:"1} With the mer'iful thou wilt show thyself mer'iful With the perfe't man thou wilt show thyself perfe't {1#:"4} With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure And with the per!erse thou wilt show thyself froward( {1#:"2} <or thou wilt sa!e the affli'ted people -ut the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down( {1#:"#} <or thou wilt light my lamp: )eho!ah my ,od will lighten my darkness( {1#:"6} <or by thee $ run upon a troop And by my ,od do $ leap o!er a wall( {1#:33} As for ,od, his way is perfe't: The word of )eho!ah is tried ;e is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him( {1#:31} <or who is ,od, sa!e )eho!ah9 And who is a ro'k, besides our ,od, {1#:3"} The ,od that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfe't9 {1#:33} ;e maketh my feet like hindsF %feet&: And setteth me upon my high pla'es( {1#:3/} ;e tea'heth my hands to war Eo that mine arms do bend a bow of brass( {1#:31} Thou hast also gi!en me the shield of thy sal!ation And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great( {1#:34} Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet ha!e not slipped( {1#:32} $ will pursue mine enemies, and o!ertake them ?either will $ turn again till they are 'onsumed( {1#:3#} $ will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet( {1#:36} <or thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me( {1#:/3} Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their ba'ks unto me, That $ might 'ut off them that hate me( {1#:/1} They 'ried, but there was none to sa!e 7!en unto )eho!ah, but he answered them not( {1#:/"} Then did $ beat them small as the dust before the wind $ did 'ast them out as the mire of the streets( {1#:/3} Thou hast deli!ered me from the stri!ings of the people Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom $ ha!e not known shall ser!e me( {1#://} As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me The foreigners shall submit themsel!es unto me(

{1#:/1} The foreigners shall fade away, And shall 'ome trembling out of their 'lose pla'es( {1#:/4} )eho!ah li!eth and blessed be my ro'k And e8alted be the ,od of my sal!ation, {1#:/2} 7!en the ,od that e8e'uteth !engean'e for me, And subdueth peoples under me( {1#:/#} ;e res'ueth me from mine enemies Cea, thou liftest me up abo!e them that rise up against me Thou deli!erest me from the !iolent man( {1#:/6} Therefore $ will gi!e thanks unto thee, . )eho!ah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name( {1#:13} ,reat deli!eran'e gi!eth he to his king, And showeth lo!ingkindness to his anointed, To =a!id and to his seed, for e!ermore(

Psalm 16 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {16:1} The hea!ens de'lare the glory of ,od And the firmament showeth his handiwork( {16:"} =ay unto day uttereth spee'h, And night unto night showeth knowledge( {16:3} There is no spee'h nor language Their !oi'e is not heard( {16:/} Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world( $n them hath he set a taberna'le for the sun, {16:1} Whi'h is as a bridegroom 'oming out of his 'hamber, And re>oi'eth as a strong man to run his 'ourse( {16:4} ;is going forth is from the end of the hea!ens, And his 'ir'uit unto the ends of it And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof( {16:2} The law of )eho!ah is perfe't, restoring the soul: The testimony of )eho!ah is sure, making wise the simple( {16:#} The pre'epts of )eho!ah are right, re>oi'ing the heart: The 'ommandment of )eho!ah is pure, enlightening the eyes( {16:6} The fear of )eho!ah is 'lean, enduring for e!er: The ordinan'es of )eho!ah are true, %and& righteous altogether(

{16:13} +ore to be desired are they than gold, yea, than mu'h fine gold Eweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honey'omb( {16:11} +oreo!er by them is thy ser!ant warned: $n keeping them there is great reward( {16:1"} Who 'an dis'ern %his& errors9 5lear thou me from hidden %faults&( {16:13} Aeep ba'k thy ser!ant also from presumptuous %sins& :et them not ha!e dominion o!er me: Then shall $ be upright, And $ shall be 'lear from great transgression( {16:1/} :et the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart -e a''eptable in thy sight, . )eho!ah, my ro'k, and my redeemer(

Psalm "3 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {"3:1} )eho!ah answer thee in the day of trouble The name of the ,od of )a'ob set thee up on high {"3:"} Eend thee help from the san'tuary, And strengthen thee out of Dion {"3:3} 0emember all thy offerings, And a''ept thy burnt@sa'rifi'e Eelah {"3:/} ,rant thee thy heartFs desire, And fulfil all thy 'ounsel( {"3:1} We will triumph in thy sal!ation, And in the name of our ,od we will set up our banners: )eho!ah fulfil all thy petitions( {"3:4} ?ow know $ that )eho!ah sa!eth his anointed ;e will answer him from his holy hea!en With the sa!ing strength of his right hand( {"3:2} Eome %trust& in 'hariots, and some in horses -ut we will make mention of the name of )eho!ah our ,od( {"3:#} They are bowed down and fallen -ut we are risen, and stand upright( {"3:6} Ea!e, )eho!ah: :et the Aing answer us when we 'all(

Psalm "1 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {"1:1} The king shall >oy in thy strength, . )eho!ah And in thy sal!ation how greatly shall he re>oi'e* {"1:"} Thou hast gi!en him his heartFs desire, And hast not withholden the reBuest of his lips( Eelah {"1:3} <or thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a 'rown of fine gold on his head( {"1:/} ;e asked life of thee, thou ga!est it him, 7!en length of days for e!er and e!er( {"1:1} ;is glory is great in thy sal!ation: ;onor and ma>esty dost thou lay upon him( {"1:4} <or thou makest him most blessed for e!er: Thou makest him glad with >oy in thy presen'e( {"1:2} <or the king trusteth in )eho!ah And through the lo!ingkindness of the +ost ;igh he shall not be mo!ed( {"1:#} Thy hand will find out all thine enemies Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee( {"1:6} Thou wilt make them as a fiery furna'e in the time of thine anger: )eho!ah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall de!our them( {"1:13} Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the 'hildren of men( {"1:11} <or they intended e!il against thee They 'on'ei!ed a de!i'e whi'h they are not able to perform( {"1:1"} <or thou wilt make them turn their ba'k Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their fa'e( {"1:13} -e thou e8alted, . )eho!ah, in thy strength: Eo will we sing and praise thy power(

Psalm "" <or the 5hief +usi'ian set to Ai>aleth hash@Ehahar( A Psalm of =a!id(

{"":1} +y ,od, my ,od, why hast thou forsaken me9 %Why art thou so& far from helping me, %and from& the words of my groaning9 {"":"} . my ,od, $ 'ry in the daytime, but thou answerest not And in the night season, and am not silent( {"":3} -ut thou art holy, . thou that inhabitest the praises of $srael( {"":/} .ur fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deli!er them( {"":1} They 'ried unto thee, and were deli!ered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame( {"":4} -ut $ am a worm, and no man A reproa'h of men, and despised of the people( {"":2} All they that see me laugh me to s'orn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, %saying&, {"":#} 5ommit %thyself& unto )eho!ah :et him deli!er him: :et him res'ue him, seeing he delighteth in him( {"":6} -ut thou art he that took me out of the womb Thou didst make me trust %when $ was& upon my motherFs breasts( {"":13} $ was 'ast upon thee from the womb Thou art my ,od sin'e my mother bare me( {"":11} -e not far from me for trouble is near <or there is none to help( {"":1"} +any bulls ha!e 'ompassed me Etrong bulls of -ashan ha!e beset me round( {"":13} They gape upon me with their mouth, %As& a ra!ening and a roaring lion( {"":1/} $ am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of >oint: +y heart is like wa8 $t is melted within me( {"":11} +y strength is dried up like a potsherd And my tongue 'lea!eth to my >aws And thou hast brought me into the dust of death( {"":14} <or dogs ha!e 'ompassed me: A 'ompany of e!il@doers ha!e in'losed me They pier'ed my hands and my feet( {"":12} $ may 'ount all my bones They look and stare upon me( {"":1#} They part my garments among them, And upon my !esture do they 'ast lots( {"":16} -ut be not thou far off, . )eho!ah: . thou my su''or, haste thee to help me( {"":"3} =eli!er my soul from the sword, +y darling from the power of the dog(

{"":"1} Ea!e me from the lionFs mouth Cea, from the horns of the wild@o8en thou hast answered me( {"":""} $ will de'lare thy name unto my brethren: $n the midst of the assembly will $ praise thee( {"":"3} Ce that fear )eho!ah, praise him All ye the seed of )a'ob, glorify him And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of $srael( {"":"/} <or he hath not despised nor abhorred the affli'tion of the affli'ted ?either hath he hid his fa'e from him -ut when he 'ried unto him, he heard( {"":"1} .f thee 'ometh my praise in the great assembly: $ will pay my !ows before them that fear him( {"":"4} The meek shall eat and be satisfied They shall praise )eho!ah that seek after him: :et your heart li!e for e!er( {"":"2} All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto )eho!ah And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee( {"":"#} <or the kingdom is )eho!ahFs And he is the ruler o!er the nations( {"":"6} All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, 7!en he that 'annot keep his soul ali!e( {"":33} A seed shall ser!e him $t shall be told of the :ord unto the %ne8t& generation( {"":31} They shall 'ome and shall de'lare his righteousness Gnto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it(

Psalm "3 A Psalm of =a!id( {"3:1} )eho!ah is my shepherd $ shall not want( {"3:"} ;e maketh me to lie down in green pastures ;e leadeth me beside still waters( {"3:3} ;e restoreth my soul: ;e guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his nameFs sake( {"3:/} Cea, though $ walk through the !alley of the shadow of death, $ will fear no e!il for thou art with me Thy rod and thy staff, they 'omfort me(

{"3:1} Thou preparest a table before me in the presen'e of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil +y 'up runneth o!er( {"3:4} Eurely goodness and lo!ingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life And $ shall dwell in the house of )eho!ah for e!er(

Psalm "/ A Psalm of =a!id( {"/:1} The earth is )eho!ahFs, and the fulness thereof The world, and they that dwell therein( {"/:"} <or he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods( {"/:3} Who shall as'end into the hill of )eho!ah9 And who shall stand in his holy pla'e9 {"/:/} ;e that hath 'lean hands, and a pure heart Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn de'eitfully( {"/:1} ;e shall re'ei!e a blessing from )eho!ah, And righteousness from the ,od of his sal!ation( {"/:4} This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy fa'e, %e!en& )a'ob( Eelah {"/:2} :ift up your heads, . ye gates And be ye lifted up, ye e!erlasting doors: And the Aing of glory will 'ome in( {"/:#} Who is the Aing of glory9 )eho!ah strong and mighty, )eho!ah mighty in battle( {"/:6} :ift up your heads, . ye gates Cea, lift them up, ye e!erlasting doors: And the Aing of glory will 'ome in( {"/:13} Who is this Aing of glory9 )eho!ah of hosts, ;e is the Aing of glory( Eelah

Psalm "1 %A Psalm& of =a!id( {"1:1} Gnto thee, . )eho!ah, do $ lift up my soul( {"1:"} . my ,od, in thee ha!e $ trusted, :et me not be put to shame :et not mine enemies triumph o!er me( {"1:3} Cea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal trea'herously without 'ause( {"1:/} Ehow me thy ways, . )eho!ah Tea'h me thy paths( {"1:1} ,uide me in thy truth, and tea'h me <or thou art the ,od of my sal!ation <or thee do $ wait all the day( {"1:4} 0emember, . )eho!ah, thy tender mer'ies and thy lo!ingkindness <or they ha!e been e!er of old( {"1:2} 0emember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: A''ording to thy lo!ingkindness remember thou me, <or thy goodnessF sake, . )eho!ah( {"1:#} ,ood and upright is )eho!ah: Therefore will he instru't sinners in the way( {"1:6} The meek will he guide in >usti'e And the meek will he tea'h his way( {"1:13} All the paths of )eho!ah are lo!ingkindness and truth Gnto su'h as keep his 'o!enant and his testimonies( {"1:11} <or thy nameFs sake, . )eho!ah, Pardon mine iniBuity, for it is great( {"1:1"} What man is he that feareth )eho!ah9 ;im shall he instru't in the way that he shall 'hoose( {"1:13} ;is soul shall dwell at ease And his seed shall inherit the land( {"1:1/} The friendship of )eho!ah is with them that fear him And he will show them his 'o!enant( {"1:11} +ine eyes are e!er toward )eho!ah <or he will plu'k my feet out of the net( {"1:14} Turn thee unto me, and ha!e mer'y upon me <or $ am desolate and affli'ted( {"1:12} The troubles of my heart are enlarged: .h bring thou me out of my distresses( {"1:1#} 5onsider mine affli'tion and my tra!ail And forgi!e all my sins(

{"1:16} 5onsider mine enemies, for they are many And they hate me with 'ruel hatred( {"1:"3} .h keep my soul, and deli!er me: :et me not be put to shame, for $ take refuge in thee( {"1:"1} :et integrity and uprightness preser!e me, <or $ wait for thee( {"1:""} 0edeem $srael, . ,od, .ut all of his troubles(

Psalm "4 %A Psalm& of =a!id( {"4:1} )udge me, . )eho!ah, for $ ha!e walked in mine integrity: $ ha!e trusted also in )eho!ah without wa!ering( {"4:"} 78amine me, . )eho!ah, and pro!e me Try my heart and my mind( {"4:3} <or thy lo!ingkindness is before mine eyes And $ ha!e walked in thy truth( {"4:/} $ ha!e not sat with men of falsehood ?either will $ go in with dissemblers( {"4:1} $ hate the assembly of e!il@doers, And will not sit with the wi'ked( {"4:4} $ will wash my hands in inno'en'y: Eo will $ 'ompass thine altar, . )eho!ah {"4:2} That $ may make the !oi'e of thanksgi!ing to be heard, And tell of all thy wondrous works( {"4:#} )eho!ah, $ lo!e the habitation of thy house, And the pla'e where thy glory dwelleth( {"4:6} ,ather not my soul with sinners, ?or my life with men of blood {"4:13} $n whose hands is wi'kedness, And their right hand is full of bribes( {"4:11} -ut as for me, $ will walk in mine integrity: 0edeem me, and be mer'iful unto me( {"4:1"} +y foot standeth in an e!en pla'e: $n the 'ongregations will $ bless )eho!ah(

Psalm "2

%A Psalm& of =a!id( {"2:1} )eho!ah is my light and my sal!ation Whom shall $ fear9 )eho!ah is the strength of my life .f whom shall $ be afraid9 {"2:"} When e!il@doers 'ame upon me to eat up my flesh, %7!en& mine ad!ersaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell( {"2:3} Though a host should en'amp against me, +y heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, 7!en then will $ be 'onfident( {"2:/} .ne thing ha!e $ asked of )eho!ah, that will $ seek after That $ may dwell in the house of )eho!ah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of )eho!ah, And to inBuire in his temple( {"2:1} <or in the day of trouble he will keep me se'retly in his pa!ilion: $n the 'o!ert of his taberna'le will he hide me ;e will lift me up upon a ro'k( {"2:4} And now shall my head be lifted up abo!e mine enemies round about me( And $ will offer in his taberna'le sa'rifi'es of >oy $ will sing, yea, $ will sing praises unto )eho!ah( {"2:2} ;ear, . )eho!ah, when $ 'ry with my !oi'e: ;a!e mer'y also upon me, and answer me( {"2:#} %When thou saidst&, Eeek ye my fa'e +y heart said unto thee, Thy fa'e, )eho!ah, will $ seek( {"2:6} ;ide not thy fa'e from me Put not thy ser!ant away in anger: Thou hast been my help 5ast me not off, neither forsake me, . ,od of my sal!ation( {"2:13} When my father and my mother forsake me, Then )eho!ah will take me up( {"2:11} Tea'h me thy way, . )eho!ah And lead me in a plain path, -e'ause of mine enemies( {"2:1"} =eli!er me not o!er unto the will of mine ad!ersaries: <or false witnesses are risen up against me, And su'h as breathe out 'ruelty( {"2:13} %$ had fainted&, unless $ had belie!ed to see the goodness of

)eho!ah $n the land of the li!ing( {"2:1/} Wait for )eho!ah: -e strong, and let thy heart take 'ourage Cea, wait thou for )eho!ah(

Psalm "# %A Psalm& of =a!id( {"#:1} Gnto thee, . )eho!ah, will $ 'all: +y ro'k, be not thou deaf unto me :est, if thou be silent unto me, $ be'ome like them that go down into the pit( {"#:"} ;ear the !oi'e of my suppli'ations, when $ 'ry unto thee, When $ lift up my hands toward thy holy ora'le( {"#:3} =raw me not away with the wi'ked, And with the workers of iniBuity That speak pea'e with their neighbors, -ut mis'hief is in their hearts( {"#:/} ,i!e them a''ording to their work, and a''ording to the wi'kedness of their doings: ,i!e them after the operation of their hands 0ender to them their desert( {"#:1} -e'ause they regard not the works of )eho!ah, ?or the operation of his hands, ;e will break them down and not build them up( {"#:4} -lessed be )eho!ah, -e'ause he hath heard the !oi'e of my suppli'ations( {"#:2} )eho!ah is my strength and my shield +y heart hath trusted in him, and $ am helped: Therefore my heart greatly re>oi'eth And with my song will $ praise him( {"#:#} )eho!ah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of sal!ation to his anointed( {"#:6} Ea!e thy people, and bless thine inheritan'e: -e their shepherd also, and bear them up for e!er(

Psalm "6 A Psalm of =a!id( {"6:1} As'ribe unto )eho!ah, . ye sons of the mighty, As'ribe unto )eho!ah glory and strength( {"6:"} As'ribe unto )eho!ah the glory due unto his name Worship )eho!ah in holy array( {"6:3} The !oi'e of )eho!ah is upon the waters: The ,od of glory thundereth, 7!en )eho!ah upon many waters( {"6:/} The !oi'e of )eho!ah is powerful The !oi'e of )eho!ah is full of ma>esty( {"6:1} The !oi'e of )eho!ah breaketh the 'edars Cea, )eho!ah breaketh in pie'es the 'edars of :ebanon( {"6:4} ;e maketh them also to skip like a 'alf :ebanon and Eirion like a young wild@o8( {"6:2} The !oi'e of )eho!ah 'lea!eth the flames of fire( {"6:#} The !oi'e of )eho!ah shaketh the wilderness )eho!ah shaketh the wilderness of Aadesh( {"6:6} The !oi'e of )eho!ah maketh the hinds to 'al!e, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple e!erything saith, ,lory( {"6:13} )eho!ah sat %as Aing& at the <lood Cea, )eho!ah sitteth as Aing for e!er( {"6:11} )eho!ah will gi!e strength unto his people )eho!ah will bless his people with pea'e(

Psalm 33 A Psalm a Eong at the =edi'ation of the ;ouse( %A Psalm& of =a!id( {33:1} $ will e8tol thee, . )eho!ah for thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to re>oi'e o!er me( {33:"} . )eho!ah my ,od, $ 'ried unto thee, and thou hast healed me( {33:3} . )eho!ah, thou hast brought up my soul from Eheol Thou hast kept me ali!e, that $ should not go down to the pit(

{33:/} Eing praise unto )eho!ah, . ye saints of his, And gi!e thanks to his holy memorial %name&( {33:1} <or his anger is but for a moment ;is fa!or is for a life@time: Weeping may tarry for the night, -ut >oy %'ometh& in the morning( {33:4} As for me, $ said in my prosperity, $ shall ne!er be mo!ed( {33:2} Thou, )eho!ah, of thy fa!or hadst made my mountain to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy fa'e $ was troubled( {33:#} $ 'ried to thee, . )eho!ah And unto )eho!ah $ made suppli'ation: {33:6} What profit is there in my blood, when $ go down to the pit9 Ehall the dust praise thee9 shall it de'lare thy truth9 {33:13} ;ear, . )eho!ah, and ha!e mer'y upon me: )eho!ah, be thou my helper( {33:11} Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dan'ing Thou hast loosed my sa'k'loth, and girded me with gladness {33:1"} To the end that %my& glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent( . )eho!ah my ,od, $ will gi!e thanks unto thee for e!er(

Psalm 31 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {31:1} $n thee, . )eho!ah, do $ take refuge :et me ne!er be put to shame: =eli!er me in thy righteousness( {31:"} -ow down thine ear unto me deli!er me speedily: -e thou to me a strong ro'k, A house of defen'e to sa!e me( {31:3} <or thou art my ro'k and my fortress Therefore for thy nameFs sake lead me and guide me( {31:/} Plu'k me out of the net that they ha!e laid pri!ily for me <or thou art my stronghold( {31:1} $nto thy hand $ 'ommend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, . )eho!ah, thou ,od of truth( {31:4} $ hate them that regard lying !anities -ut $ trust in )eho!ah( {31:2} $ will be glad and re>oi'e in thy lo!ingkindness

<or thou hast seen my affli'tion: Thou hast known my soul in ad!ersities {31:#} And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy Thou hast set my feet in a large pla'e( {31:6} ;a!e mer'y upon me, . )eho!ah, for $ am in distress: +ine eye wasteth away with grief, %yea&, my soul and my body( {31:13} <or my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: +y strength faileth be'ause of mine iniBuity, And my bones are wasted away( {31:11} -e'ause of all mine ad!ersaries $ am be'ome a reproa'h, Cea, unto my neighbors e8'eedingly, And a fear to mine a'Buaintan'e: They that did see me without fled from me( {31:1"} $ am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: $ am like a broken !essel( {31:13} <or $ ha!e heard the defaming of many, Terror on e!ery side: While they took 'ounsel together against me, They de!ised to take away my life( {31:1/} -ut $ trusted in thee, . )eho!ah: $ said, Thou art my ,od( {31:11} +y times are in thy hand: =eli!er me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that perse'ute me( {31:14} +ake thy fa'e to shine upon thy ser!ant: Ea!e me in thy lo!ingkindness( {31:12} :et me not be put to shame, . )eho!ah for $ ha!e 'alled upon thee: :et the wi'ked be put to shame, let them be silent in Eheol( {31:1#} :et the lying lips be dumb, Whi'h speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and 'ontempt( {31:16} .h how great is thy goodness, Whi'h thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Whi'h thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, -efore the sons of men* {31:"3} $n the 'o!ert of thy presen'e wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them se'retly in a pa!ilion from the strife of tongues( {31:"1} -lessed be )eho!ah <or he hath showed me his mar!ellous lo!ingkindness in a strong 'ity( {31:""} As for me, $ said in my haste, $ am 'ut off from before thine eyes: ?e!ertheless thou heardest the !oi'e of my suppli'ations When $ 'ried unto thee(

{31:"3} .h lo!e )eho!ah, all ye his saints: )eho!ah preser!eth the faithful, And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly( {31:"/} -e strong, and let your heart take 'ourage, All ye that hope in )eho!ah(

Psalm 3" %A Psalm& of =a!id( +as'hil( {3":1} -lessed is he whose transgression is forgi!en, Whose sin is 'o!ered( {3":"} -lessed is the man unto whom )eho!ah imputeth not iniBuity, And in whose spirit there is no guile( {3":3} When $ kept silen'e, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long( {3":/} <or day and night thy hand was hea!y upon me: +y moisture was 'hanged %as& with the drought of summer( Eelah {3":1} $ a'knowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniBuity did $ not hide: $ said, $ will 'onfess my transgressions unto )eho!ah And thou forga!est the iniBuity of my sin( Eelah {3":4} <or this let e!ery one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Eurely when the great waters o!erflow they shall not rea'h unto him( {3":2} Thou art my hiding@pla'e thou wilt preser!e me from trouble Thou wilt 'ompass me about with songs of deli!eran'e( Eelah {3":#} $ will instru't thee and tea'h thee in the way whi'h thou shalt go: $ will 'ounsel thee with mine eye upon thee( {3":6} -e ye not as the horse, or as the mule, whi'h ha!e no understanding Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, %7lse& they will not 'ome near unto thee( {3":13} +any sorrows shall be to the wi'ked -ut he that trusteth in )eho!ah, lo!ingkindness shall 'ompass him about(

{3":11} -e glad in )eho!ah, and re>oi'e, ye righteous And shout for >oy, all ye that are upright in heart(

Psalm 33 {33:1} 0e>oi'e in )eho!ah, . ye righteous: Praise is 'omely for the upright( {33:"} ,i!e thanks unto )eho!ah with the harp: Eing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings( {33:3} Eing unto him a new song Play skilfully with a loud noise( {33:/} <or the word of )eho!ah is right And all his work is %done& in faithfulness( {33:1} ;e lo!eth righteousness and >usti'e: The earth is full of the lo!ingkindness of )eho!ah( {33:4} -y the word of )eho!ah were the hea!ens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth( {33:2} ;e gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: ;e layeth up the deeps in store@houses( {33:#} :et all the earth fear )eho!ah: :et all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him( {33:6} <or he spake, and it was done ;e 'ommanded, and it stood fast( {33:13} )eho!ah bringeth the 'ounsel of the nations to nought ;e maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effe't( {33:11} The 'ounsel of )eho!ah standeth fast for e!er, The thoughts of his heart to all generations( {33:1"} -lessed is the nation whose ,od is )eho!ah, The people whom he hath 'hosen for his own inheritan'e( {33:13} )eho!ah looketh from hea!en ;e beholdeth all the sons of men {33:1/} <rom the pla'e of his habitation he looketh forth Gpon all the inhabitants of the earth, {33:11} ;e that fashioneth the hearts of them all, That 'onsidereth all their works( {33:14} There is no king sa!ed by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not deli!ered by great strength( {33:12} A horse is a !ain thing for safety ?either doth he deli!er any by his great power( {33:1#} -ehold, the eye of )eho!ah is upon them that fear him, Gpon them that hope in his lo!ingkindness {33:16} To deli!er their soul from death,

And to keep them ali!e in famine( {33:"3} .ur soul hath waited for )eho!ah: ;e is our help and our shield( {33:"1} <or our heart shall re>oi'e in him, -e'ause we ha!e trusted in his holy name( {33:""} :et thy lo!ingkindness, . )eho!ah, be upon us, A''ording as we ha!e hoped in thee(

Psalm 3/ A Psalm of =a!id when he 'hanged his beha!ior before Abimele'h, who dro!e him away, and he departed( {3/:1} $ will bless )eho!ah at all times: ;is praise shall 'ontinually be in my mouth( {3/:"} +y soul shall make her boast in )eho!ah: The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad( {3/:3} .h magnify )eho!ah with me, And let us e8alt his name together( {3/:/} $ sought )eho!ah, and he answered me, And deli!ered me from all my fears( {3/:1} They looked unto him, and were radiant And their fa'es shall ne!er be 'onfounded( {3/:4} This poor man 'ried, and )eho!ah heard him, And sa!ed him out of all his troubles( {3/:2} The angel of )eho!ah en'ampeth round about them that fear him, And deli!ereth them( {3/:#} .h taste and see that )eho!ah is good: -lessed is the man that taketh refuge in him( {3/:6} .h fear )eho!ah, ye his saints <or there is no want to them that fear him( {3/:13} The young lions do la'k, and suffer hunger -ut they that seek )eho!ah shall not want any good thing( {3/:11} 5ome, ye 'hildren, hearken unto me: $ will tea'h you the fear of )eho!ah( {3/:1"} What man is he that desireth life, And lo!eth %many& days, that he may see good9 {3/:13} Aeep thy tongue from e!il, And thy lips from speaking guile( {3/:1/} =epart from e!il, and do good Eeek pea'e, and pursue it( {3/:11} The eyes of )eho!ah are toward the righteous, And his ears are %open& unto their 'ry(

{3/:14} The fa'e of )eho!ah is against them that do e!il, To 'ut off the remembran'e of them from the earth( {3/:12} %The righteous& 'ried, and )eho!ah heard, And deli!ered them out of all their troubles( {3/:1#} )eho!ah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And sa!eth su'h as are of a 'ontrite spirit( {3/:16} +any are the affli'tions of the righteous -ut )eho!ah deli!ereth him out of them all( {3/:"3} ;e keepeth all his bones: ?ot one of them is broken( {3/:"1} 7!il shall slay the wi'ked And they that hate the righteous shall be 'ondemned( {3/:""} )eho!ah redeemeth the soul of his ser!ants And none of them that take refuge in him shall be 'ondemned(

Psalm 31 %A Psalm& of =a!id( {31:1} Etri!e thou, . )eho!ah, with them that stri!e with me: <ight thou against them that fight against me( {31:"} Take hold of shield and bu'kler, And stand up for my help( {31:3} =raw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: Eay unto my soul, $ am thy sal!ation( {31:/} :et them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: :et them be turned ba'k and 'onfounded that de!ise my hurt( {31:1} :et them be as 'haff before the wind, And the angel of )eho!ah dri!ing %them& on( {31:4} :et their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of )eho!ah pursuing them( {31:2} <or without 'ause ha!e they hid for me their net %in& a pit Without 'ause ha!e they digged %a pit& for my soul( {31:#} :et destru'tion 'ome upon him unawares And let his net that he hath hid 'at'h himself: With destru'tion let him fall therein( {31:6} And my soul shall be >oyful in )eho!ah: $t shall re>oi'e in his sal!ation( {31:13} All my bones shall say, )eho!ah, who is like unto thee, Who deli!erest the poor from him that is too strong for him,

Cea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him9 {31:11} Gnrighteous witnesses rise up They ask me of things that $ know not( {31:1"} They reward me e!il for good, %To& the berea!ing of my soul( {31:13} -ut as for me, when they were si'k, my 'lothing was sa'k'loth: $ affli'ted my soul with fasting And my prayer returned into mine own bosom( {31:1/} $ beha!ed myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: $ bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother( {31:11} -ut in mine ad!ersity they re>oi'ed, and gathered themsel!es together: The ab>e'ts gathered themsel!es together against me, and $ knew %it& not They did tear me, and 'eased not: {31:14} :ike the profane mo'kers in feasts, They gnashed upon me with their teeth( {31:12} :ord, how long wilt thou look on9 0es'ue my soul from their destru'tions, +y darling from the lions( {31:1#} $ will gi!e thee thanks in the great assembly: $ will praise thee among mu'h people( {31:16} :et not them that are mine enemies wrongfully re>oi'e o!er me ?either let them wink with the eye that hate me without a 'ause( {31:"3} <or they speak not pea'e -ut they de!ise de'eitful words against them that are Buiet in the land( {31:"1} Cea, they opened their mouth wide against me They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it( {31:""} Thou hast seen it, . )eho!ah keep not silen'e: . :ord, be not far from me( {31:"3} Etir up thyself, and awake to the >usti'e %due& unto me, %7!en& unto my 'ause, my ,od and my :ord( {31:"/} )udge me, . )eho!ah my ,od, a''ording to thy righteousness And let them not re>oi'e o!er me( {31:"1} :et them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we ha!e it: :et them not say, We ha!e swallowed him up( {31:"4} :et them be put to shame and 'onfounded together that re>oi'e at my hurt: :et them be 'lothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themsel!es against me( {31:"2} :et them shout for >oy, and be glad, that fa!or my righteous 'ause: Cea, let them say 'ontinually, )eho!ah be magnified, Who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his ser!ant( {31:"#} And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness %And& of thy praise all the day long(

Psalm 34 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( %A Psalm& of =a!id the ser!ant of )eho!ah( {34:1} The transgression of the wi'ked saith within my heart, There is no fear of ,od before his eyes( {34:"} <or he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniBuity will not be found out and be hated( {34:3} The words of his mouth are iniBuity and de'eit: ;e hath 'eased to be wise %and& to do good( {34:/} ;e de!iseth iniBuity upon his bed ;e setteth himself in a way that is not good ;e abhorreth not e!il( {34:1} Thy lo!ingkindness, . )eho!ah, is in the hea!ens Thy faithfulness %rea'heth& unto the skies( {34:4} Thy righteousness is like the mountains of ,od Thy >udgments are a great deep: . )eho!ah, thou preser!est man and beast( {34:2} ;ow pre'ious is thy lo!ingkindness, . ,od* And the 'hildren of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings( {34:#} They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house And thou wilt make them drink of the ri!er of thy pleasures( {34:6} <or with thee is the fountain of life: $n thy light shall we see light( {34:13} .h 'ontinue thy lo!ingkindness unto them that know thee, And thy righteousness to the upright in heart( {34:11} :et not the foot of pride 'ome against me, And let not the hand of the wi'ked dri!e me away( {34:1"} There are the workers of iniBuity fallen: They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise(

Psalm 32 %A Psalm& of =a!id(

{32:1} <ret not thyself be'ause of e!il@doers, ?either be thou en!ious against them that work unrighteousness( {32:"} <or they shall soon be 'ut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb( {32:3} Trust in )eho!ah, and do good =well in the land, and feed on %his& faithfulness( {32:/} =elight thyself also in )eho!ah And he will gi!e thee the desires of thy heart( {32:1} 5ommit thy way unto )eho!ah Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass( {32:4} And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy >usti'e as the noon@day( {32:2} 0est in )eho!ah, and wait patiently for him: <ret not thyself be'ause of him who prospereth in his way, -e'ause of the man who bringeth wi'ked de!i'es to pass( {32:#} 5ease from anger, and forsake wrath: <ret not thyself, %it tendeth& only to e!il@doing( {32:6} <or e!il@doers shall be 'ut off -ut those that wait for )eho!ah, they shall inherit the land( {32:13} <or yet a little while, and the wi'ked shall not be: Cea, thou shalt diligently 'onsider his pla'e, and he shall not be( {32:11} -ut the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themsel!es in the abundan'e of pea'e( {32:1"} The wi'ked plotteth against the >ust, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth( {32:13} The :ord will laugh at him <or he seeth that his day is 'oming( {32:1/} The wi'ked ha!e drawn out the sword, and ha!e bent their bow, To 'ast down the poor and needy, To slay su'h as are upright in the way( {32:11} Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken( {32:14} -etter is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundan'e of many wi'ked( {32:12} <or the arms of the wi'ked shall be broken -ut )eho!ah upholdeth the righteous( {32:1#} )eho!ah knoweth the days of the perfe't And their inheritan'e shall be for e!er( {32:16} They shall not be put to shame in the time of e!il And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied( {32:"3} -ut the wi'ked shall perish, And the enemies of )eho!ah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall 'onsume $n smoke shall they 'onsume away( {32:"1} The wi'ked borroweth, and payeth not again -ut the righteous dealeth gra'iously, and gi!eth(

{32:""} <or su'h as are blessed of him shall inherit the land And they that are 'ursed of him shall be 'ut off( {32:"3} A manFs goings are established of )eho!ah And he delighteth in his way( {32:"/} Though he fall, he shall not be utterly 'ast down <or )eho!ah upholdeth him with his hand( {32:"1} $ ha!e been young, and now am old Cet ha!e $ not seen the righteous forsaken, ?or his seed begging bread( {32:"4} All the day long he dealeth gra'iously, and lendeth And his seed is blessed( {32:"2} =epart from e!il, and do good And dwell for e!ermore( {32:"#} <or )eho!ah lo!eth >usti'e, And forsaketh not his saints They are preser!ed for e!er: -ut the seed of the wi'ked shall be 'ut off( {32:"6} The righteous shall inherit the land, And dwell therein for e!er( {32:33} The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh >usti'e( {32:31} The law of his ,od is in his heart ?one of his steps shall slide( {32:3"} The wi'ked wat'heth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him( {32:33} )eho!ah will not lea!e him in his hand, ?or 'ondemn him when he is >udged( {32:3/} Wait for )eho!ah, and keep his way, And he will e8alt thee to inherit the land: When the wi'ked are 'ut off, thou shalt see it( {32:31} $ ha!e seen the wi'ked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its nati!e soil( {32:34} -ut one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Cea, $ sought him, but he 'ould not be found( {32:32} +ark the perfe't man, and behold the upright <or there is a %happy& end to the man of pea'e( {32:3#} As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together The end of the wi'ked shall be 'ut off( {32:36} -ut the sal!ation of the righteous is of )eho!ah ;e is their stronghold in the time of trouble( {32:/3} And )eho!ah helpeth them, and res'ueth them ;e res'ueth them from the wi'ked, and sa!eth them, -e'ause they ha!e taken refuge in him(

Psalm 3# A Psalm of =a!id, to bring to remembran'e( {3#:1} . )eho!ah, rebuke me not in thy wrath ?either 'hasten me in thy hot displeasure( {3#:"} <or thine arrows sti'k fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore( {3#:3} There is no soundness in my flesh be'ause of thine indignation ?either is there any health in my bones be'ause of my sin( {3#:/} <or mine iniBuities are gone o!er my head: As a hea!y burden they are too hea!y for me( {3#:1} +y wounds are loathsome and 'orrupt, -e'ause of my foolishness( {3#:4} $ am pained and bowed down greatly $ go mourning all the day long( {3#:2} <or my loins are filled with burning And there is no soundness in my flesh( {3#:#} $ am faint and sore bruised: $ ha!e groaned by reason of the disBuietness of my heart( {3#:6} :ord, all my desire is before thee And my groaning is not hid from thee( {3#:13} +y heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me( {3#:11} +y lo!ers and my friends stand aloof from my plague And my kinsmen stand afar off( {3#:1"} They also that seek after my life lay snares %for me& And they that seek my hurt speak mis'hie!ous things, And meditate de'eits all the day long( {3#:13} -ut $, as a deaf man, hear not And $ am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth( {3#:1/} Cea, $ am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs( {3#:11} <or in thee, . )eho!ah, do $ hope: Thou wilt answer, . :ord my ,od( {3#:14} <or $ said, :est they re>oi'e o!er me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themsel!es against me( {3#:12} <or $ am ready to fall, And my sorrow is 'ontinually before me( {3#:1#} <or $ will de'lare mine iniBuity $ will be sorry for my sin( {3#:16} -ut mine enemies are li!ely, %and& are strong And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied( {3#:"3} They also that render e!il for good Are ad!ersaries unto me, be'ause $ follow the thing that is good(

{3#:"1} <orsake me not, . )eho!ah: . my ,od, be not far from me( {3#:""} +ake haste to help me, . :ord, my sal!ation(

Psalm 36 <or the 5hief +usi'ian, )eduthun( A Psalm of =a!id( {36:1} $ said, $ will take heed to my ways, That $ sin not with my tongue: $ will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wi'ked is before me( {36:"} $ was dumb with silen'e, $ held my pea'e, e!en from good And my sorrow was stirred( {36:3} +y heart was hot within me While $ was musing the fire burned: %Then& spake $ with my tongue: {36:/} )eho!ah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is :et me know how frail $ am( {36:1} -ehold, thou hast made my days %as& handbreadths And my life@time is as nothing before thee: Eurely e!ery man at his best estate is altogether !anity( Eelah {36:4} Eurely e!ery man walketh in a !ain show Eurely they are disBuieted in !ain: ;e heapeth up %ri'hes&, and knoweth not who shall gather them( {36:2} And now, :ord, what wait $ for9 +y hope is in thee( {36:#} =eli!er me from all my transgressions: +ake me not the reproa'h of the foolish( {36:6} $ was dumb, $ opened not my mouth -e'ause thou didst it( {36:13} 0emo!e thy stroke away from me: $ am 'onsumed by the blow of thy hand( {36:11} When thou with rebukes dost 'orre't man for iniBuity, Thou makest his beauty to 'onsume away like a moth: Eurely e!ery man is !anity( Eelah

{36:1"} ;ear my prayer, . )eho!ah, and gi!e ear unto my 'ry ;old not thy pea'e at my tears: <or $ am a stranger with thee, A so>ourner, as all my fathers were( {36:13} .h spare me, that $ may re'o!er strength, -efore $ go hen'e, and be no more(

Psalm /3 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {/3:1} $ waited patiently for )eho!ah And he in'lined unto me, and heard my 'ry( {/3:"} ;e brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry 'lay And he set my feet upon a ro'k, and established my goings( {/3:3} And he hath put a new song in my mouth, e!en praise unto our ,od: +any shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in )eho!ah( {/3:/} -lessed is the man that maketh )eho!ah his trust, And respe'teth not the proud, nor su'h as turn aside to lies( {/3:1} +any, . )eho!ah my ,od, are the wonderful works whi'h thou hast done, And thy thoughts whi'h are to us@ward They 'annot be set in order unto thee $f $ would de'lare and speak of them, They are more than 'an be numbered( {/3:4} Ea'rifi'e and offering thou hast no delight in +ine ears hast thou opened: -urnt@offering and sin@offering hast thou not reBuired( {/3:2} Then said $, :o, $ am 'ome $n the roll of the book it is written of me: {/3:#} $ delight to do thy will, . my ,od Cea, thy law is within my heart( {/3:6} $ ha!e pro'laimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly :o, $ will not refrain my lips, . )eho!ah, thou knowest( {/3:13} $ ha!e not hid thy righteousness within my heart $ ha!e de'lared thy faithfulness and thy sal!ation $ ha!e not 'on'ealed thy lo!ingkindness and thy truth from the great assembly(

{/3:11} Withhold not thou thy tender mer'ies from me, . )eho!ah :et thy lo!ingkindness and thy truth 'ontinually preser!e me( {/3:1"} <or innumerable e!ils ha!e 'ompassed me about +ine iniBuities ha!e o!ertaken me, so that $ am not able to look up They are more than the hairs of my head And my heart hath failed me( {/3:13} -e pleased, . )eho!ah, to deli!er me: +ake haste to help me, . )eho!ah( {/3:1/} :et them be put to shame and 'onfounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: :et them be turned ba'kward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt( {/3:11} :et them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha( {/3:14} :et all those that seek thee re>oi'e and be glad in thee: :et su'h as lo!e thy sal!ation say 'ontinually, )eho!ah be magnified( {/3:12} -ut $ am poor and needy %Cet& the :ord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deli!erer +ake no tarrying, . my ,od(

Psalm /1 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {/1:1} -lessed is he that 'onsidereth the poor: )eho!ah will deli!er him in the day of e!il( {/1:"} )eho!ah will preser!e him, and keep him ali!e, And he shall be blessed upon the earth And deli!er not thou him unto the will of his enemies( {/1:3} )eho!ah will support him upon the 'ou'h of languishing: Thou makest all his bed in his si'kness( {/1:/} $ said, . )eho!ah, ha!e mer'y upon me: ;eal my soul for $ ha!e sinned against thee( {/1:1} +ine enemies speak e!il against me, %saying&, When will he die, and his name perish9 {/1:4} And if he 'ome to see %me&, he speaketh falsehood ;is heart gathereth iniBuity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it( {/1:2} All that hate me whisper together against me Against me do they de!ise my hurt(

{/1:#} An e!il disease, %say they&, 'lea!eth fast unto him And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more( {/1:6} Cea, mine own familiar friend, in whom $ trusted, Who did eat of my bread, ;ath lifted up his heel against me( {/1:13} -ut thou, . )eho!ah, ha!e mer'y upon me, and raise me up, That $ may reBuite them( {/1:11} -y this $ know that thou delightest in me, -e'ause mine enemy doth not triumph o!er me( {/1:1"} And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy fa'e for e!er( {/1:13} -lessed be )eho!ah, the ,od of $srael, <rom e!erlasting and to e!erlasting( Amen, and Amen(

-ook $$ Psalm /" <or the 5hief +usi'ian( +as'hil of the sons of Aorah( {/":1} As the hart panteth after the water brooks, Eo panteth my soul after thee, . ,od( {/":"} +y soul thirsteth for ,od, for the li!ing ,od: When shall $ 'ome and appear before ,od9 {/":3} +y tears ha!e been my food day and night, While they 'ontinually say unto me, Where is thy ,od9 {/":/} These things $ remember, and pour out my soul within me, ;ow $ went with the throng, and led them to the house of ,od, With the !oi'e of >oy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday( {/":1} Why art thou 'ast down, . my soul9 And %why& art thou disBuieted within me9 ;ope thou in ,od for $ shall yet praise him %<or& the help of his 'ountenan'e( {/":4} . my ,od, my soul is 'ast down within me: Therefore do $ remember thee from the land of the )ordan, And the ;ermons, from the hill +iHar( {/":2} =eep 'alleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy wa!es and thy billows are gone o!er me(

{/":#} %Cet& )eho!ah will 'ommand his lo!ingkindness in the day@time And in the night his song shall be with me, %7!en& a prayer unto the ,od of my life( {/":6} $ will say unto ,od my ro'k, Why hast thou forgotten me9 Why go $ mourning be'ause of the oppression of the enemy9 {/":13} As with a sword in my bones, mine ad!ersaries reproa'h me, While they 'ontinually say unto me, Where is thy ,od9 {/":11} Why art thou 'ast down, . my soul9 And why art thou disBuieted within me9 ;ope thou in ,od for $ shall yet praise him, %Who is& the help of my 'ountenan'e, and my ,od(

Psalm /3 {/3:1} )udge me, . ,od, and plead my 'ause against an ungodly nation: .h deli!er me from the de'eitful and un>ust man( {/3:"} <or thou art the ,od of my strength why hast thou 'ast me off9 Why go $ mourning be'ause of the oppression of the enemy9 {/3:3} .h send out thy light and thy truth let them lead me: :et them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy taberna'les( {/3:/} Then will $ go unto the altar of ,od, Gnto ,od my e8'eeding >oy And upon the harp will $ praise thee, . ,od, my ,od( {/3:1} Why art thou 'ast down, . my soul9 And why art thou disBuieted within me9 ;ope thou in ,od for $ shall yet praise him, %Who is& the help of my 'ountenan'e, and my ,od(

Psalm // <or the 5hief +usi'ian( %A Psalm& of the sons of Aorah( +as'hil( {//:1} We ha!e heard with our ears, . ,od, .ur fathers ha!e told us, What work thou didst in their days, $n the days of old( {//:"} Thou didst dri!e out the nations with thy hand

-ut them thou didst plant: Thou didst affli't the peoples -ut them thou didst spread abroad( {//:3} <or they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, ?either did their own arm sa!e them -ut thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy 'ountenan'e, -e'ause thou wast fa!orable unto them( {//:/} Thou art my Aing, . ,od: 5ommand deli!eran'e for )a'ob( {//:1} Through thee will we push down our ad!ersaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us( {//:4} <or $ will not trust in my bow, ?either shall my sword sa!e me( {//:2} -ut thou hast sa!ed us from our ad!ersaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us( {//:#} $n ,od ha!e we made our boast all the day long, And we will gi!e thanks unto thy name for e!er( Eelah {//:6} -ut now thou hast 'ast %us& off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts( {//:13} Thou makest us to turn ba'k from the ad!ersary And they that hate us take spoil for themsel!es( {//:11} Thou hast made us like sheep %appointed& for food, And hast s'attered us among the nations( {//:1"} Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not in'reased %thy wealth& by their pri'e( {//:13} Thou makest us a reproa'h to our neighbors, A s'offing and a derision to them that are round about us( {//:1/} Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples( {//:11} All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my fa'e hath 'o!ered me, {//:14} <or the !oi'e of him that reproa'heth and blasphemeth, -y reason of the enemy and the a!enger( {//:12} All this is 'ome upon us Cet ha!e we not forgotten thee, ?either ha!e we dealt falsely in thy 'o!enant( {//:1#} .ur heart is not turned ba'k, ?either ha!e our steps de'lined from thy way, {//:16} That thou hast sore broken us in the pla'e of >a'kals, And 'o!ered us with the shadow of death( {//:"3} $f we ha!e forgotten the name of our ,od, .r spread forth our hands to a strange god

{//:"1} Will not ,od sear'h this out9 <or he knoweth the se'rets of the heart( {//:""} Cea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long We are a''ounted as sheep for the slaughter( {//:"3} Awake, why sleepest thou, . :ord9 Arise, 'ast %us& not off for e!er( {//:"/} Wherefore hidest thou thy fa'e, And forgettest our affli'tion and our oppression9 {//:"1} <or our soul is bowed down to the dust: .ur body 'lea!eth unto the earth( {//:"4} 0ise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lo!ingkindnessF sake(

Psalm /1 <or the 5hief +usi'ian set to Ehoshannim( %A Psalm& of the sons of Aorah( +as'hil( A Eong of lo!es( {/1:1} +y heart o!erfloweth with a goodly matter $ speak the things whi'h $ ha!e made tou'hing the king: +y tongue is the pen of a ready writer( {/1:"} Thou art fairer than the 'hildren of men ,ra'e is poured into thy lips: Therefore ,od hath blessed thee for e!er( {/1:3} ,ird thy sword upon thy thigh, . mighty one, Thy glory and thy ma>esty( {/1:/} And in thy ma>esty ride on prosperously, -e'ause of truth and meekness %and& righteousness: And thy right hand shall tea'h thee terrible things( {/1:1} Thine arrows are sharp The peoples fall under thee %They are& in the heart of the kingFs enemies( {/1:4} Thy throne, . ,od, is for e!er and e!er: A s'eptre of eBuity is the s'eptre of thy kingdom( {/1:2} Thou hast lo!ed righteousness, and hated wi'kedness: Therefore ,od, thy ,od, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness abo!e thy fellows( {/1:#} All thy garments %smell of& myrrh, and aloes, %and& 'assia .ut of i!ory pala'es stringed instruments ha!e made thee glad( {/1:6} AingsF daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the Bueen in gold of .phir( {/1:13} ;earken, . daughter, and 'onsider, and in'line thine ear

<orget also thine own people, and thy fatherFs house: {/1:11} Eo will the king desire thy beauty <or he is thy lord and re!eren'e thou him( {/1:1"} And the daughter of Tyre %shall be there& with a gift The ri'h among the people shall entreat thy fa!or( {/1:13} The kingFs daughter within %the pala'e& is all glorious: ;er 'lothing is inwrought with gold( {/1:1/} Ehe shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The !irgins her 'ompanions that follow her Ehall be brought unto thee( {/1:11} With gladness and re>oi'ing shall they be led: They shall enter into the kingFs pala'e( {/1:14} $nstead of thy fathers shall be thy 'hildren, Whom thou shalt make prin'es in all the earth( {/1:12} $ will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples gi!e thee thanks for e!er and e!er(

Psalm /4 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( %A Psalm& of the sons of Aorah set to Alamoth( A Eong( {/4:1} ,od is our refuge and strength, A !ery present help in trouble( {/4:"} Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do 'hange, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas {/4:3} Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof( Eelah {/4:/} There is a ri!er, the streams whereof make glad the 'ity of ,od, The holy pla'e of the taberna'les of the +ost ;igh( {/4:1} ,od is in the midst of her she shall not be mo!ed: ,od will help her, and that right early( {/4:4} The nations raged, the kingdoms were mo!ed: ;e uttered his !oi'e, the earth melted( {/4:2} )eho!ah of hosts is with us The ,od of )a'ob is our refuge(

Eelah {/4:#} 5ome, behold the works of )eho!ah, What desolations he hath made in the earth( {/4:6} ;e maketh wars to 'ease unto the end of the earth ;e breaketh the bow, and 'utteth the spear in sunder ;e burneth the 'hariots in the fire( {/4:13} -e still, and know that $ am ,od: $ will be e8alted among the nations, $ will be e8alted in the earth( {/4:11} )eho!ah of hosts is with us The ,od of )a'ob is our refuge( Eelah

Psalm /2 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of the sons of Aorah( {/2:1} .h 'lap your hands, all ye peoples Ehout unto ,od with the !oi'e of triumph( {/2:"} <or )eho!ah +ost ;igh is terrible ;e is a great Aing o!er all the earth( {/2:3} ;e subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet( {/2:/} ;e 'hooseth our inheritan'e for us, The glory of )a'ob whom he lo!ed( Eelah {/2:1} ,od is gone up with a shout, )eho!ah with the sound of a trumpet( {/2:4} Eing praise to ,od, sing praises: Eing praises unto our Aing, sing praises( {/2:2} <or ,od is the Aing of all the earth: Eing ye praises with understanding( {/2:#} ,od reigneth o!er the nations: ,od sitteth upon his holy throne( {/2:6} The prin'es of the peoples are gathered together %To be& the people of the ,od of Abraham: <or the shields of the earth belong unto ,od ;e is greatly e8alted(

Psalm /# A Eong a Psalm of the sons of Aorah( {/#:1} ,reat is )eho!ah, and greatly to be praised, $n the 'ity of our ,od, in his holy mountain( {/#:"} -eautiful in ele!ation, the >oy of the whole earth, $s mount Dion, %on& the sides of the north, The 'ity of the great Aing( {/#:3} ,od hath made himself known in her pala'es for a refuge( {/#:/} <or, lo, the kings assembled themsel!es, They passed by together( {/#:1} They saw it, then were they amaHed They were dismayed, they hasted away( {/#:4} Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in tra!ail( {/#:2} With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish( {/#:#} As we ha!e heard, so ha!e we seen $n the 'ity of )eho!ah of hosts, in the 'ity of our ,od: ,od will establish it for e!er( Eelah {/#:6} We ha!e thought on thy lo!ingkindness, . ,od, $n the midst of thy temple( {/#:13} As is thy name, . ,od, Eo is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness( {/#:11} :et mount Dion be glad, :et the daughters of )udah re>oi'e, -e'ause of thy >udgments( {/#:1"} Walk about Dion, and go round about her ?umber the towers thereof {/#:13} +ark ye well her bulwarks 5onsider her pala'es: That ye may tell it to the generation following( {/#:1/} <or this ,od is our ,od for e!er and e!er: ;e will be our guide %e!en& unto death(

Psalm /6

<or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of the sons of Aorah( {/6:1} ;ear this, all ye peoples ,i!e ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, {/6:"} -oth low and high, 0i'h and poor together( {/6:3} +y mouth shall speak wisdom And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding( {/6:/} $ will in'line mine ear to a parable: $ will open my dark saying upon the harp( {/6:1} Wherefore should $ fear in the days of e!il, When iniBuity at my heels 'ompasseth me about9 {/6:4} They that trust in their wealth, And boast themsel!es in the multitude of their ri'hes {/6:2} ?one %of them& 'an by any means redeem his brother, ?or gi!e to ,od a ransom for him {/6:#} I<or the redemption of their life is 'ostly, And it faileth for e!er J {/6:6} That he should still li!e alway, That he should not see 'orruption( {/6:13} <or he shall see it( Wise men die The fool and the brutish alike perish, And lea!e their wealth to others( {/6:11} Their inward thought is, %that& their houses %shall 'ontinue& for e!er, %And& their dwelling@pla'es to all generations They 'all their lands after their own names( {/6:1"} -ut man %being& in honor abideth not: ;e is like the beasts that perish( {/6:13} This their way is their folly: Cet after them men appro!e their sayings( Eelah {/6:1/} They are appointed as a flo'k for Eheol =eath shall be their shepherd And the upright shall ha!e dominion o!er them in the morning And their beauty shall be for Eheol to 'onsume, That there be no habitation for it( {/6:11} -ut ,od will redeem my soul from the power of Eheol <or he will re'ei!e me( Eelah {/6:14} -e not thou afraid when one is made ri'h,

When the glory of his house is in'reased( {/6:12} <or when he dieth he shall 'arry nothing away ;is glory shall not des'end after him( {/6:1#} Though while he li!ed he blessed his soul IAnd men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,J {/6:16} ;e shall go to the generation of his fathers They shall ne!er see the light( {/6:"3} +an that is in honor, and understandeth not, $s like the beasts that perish(

Psalm 13 A Psalm of Asaph( {13:1} The +ighty .ne, ,od, )eho!ah, hath spoken, And 'alled the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof( {13:"} .ut of Dion, the perfe'tion of beauty, ,od hath shined forth( {13:3} .ur ,od 'ometh, and doth not keep silen'e: A fire de!oureth before him, And it is !ery tempestuous round about him( {13:/} ;e 'alleth to the hea!ens abo!e, And to the earth, that he may >udge his people: {13:1} ,ather my saints together unto me, Those that ha!e made a 'o!enant with me by sa'rifi'e( {13:4} And the hea!ens shall de'lare his righteousness <or ,od is >udge himself( Eelah {13:2} ;ear, . my people, and $ will speak . $srael, and $ will testify unto thee: $ am ,od, %e!en& thy ,od( {13:#} $ will not repro!e thee for thy sa'rifi'es And thy burnt@offerings are 'ontinually before me( {13:6} $ will take no bullo'k out of thy house, ?or he@goats out of thy folds( {13:13} <or e!ery beast of the forest is mine, And the 'attle upon a thousand hills( {13:11} $ know all the birds of the mountains And the wild beasts of the field are mine( {13:1"} $f $ were hungry, $ would not tell thee

<or the world is mine, and the fulness thereof( {13:13} Will $ eat the flesh of bulls, .r drink the blood of goats9 {13:1/} .ffer unto ,od the sa'rifi'e of thanksgi!ing And pay thy !ows unto the +ost ;igh: {13:11} And 'all upon me in the day of trouble $ will deli!er thee, and thou shalt glorify me( {13:14} -ut unto the wi'ked ,od saith, What hast thou to do to de'lare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my 'o!enant in thy mouth, {13:12} Eeeing thou hatest instru'tion, And 'astest my words behind thee9 {13:1#} When thou sawest a thief, thou 'onsentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers( {13:16} Thou gi!est thy mouth to e!il, And thy tongue frameth de'eit( {13:"3} Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother Thou slanderest thine own motherFs son( {13:"1} These things hast thou done, and $ kept silen'e Thou thoughtest that $ was altogether su'h a one as thyself: %-ut& $ will repro!e thee, and set %them& in order before thine eyes( {13:""} ?ow 'onsider this, ye that forget ,od, :est $ tear you in pie'es, and there be none to deli!er: {13:"3} Whoso offereth the sa'rifi'e of thanksgi!ing glorifieth me And to him that ordereth his way %aright& Will $ show the sal!ation of ,od(

Psalm 11 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id when ?athan the prophet 'ame unto him, after he had gone in to -athsheba( {11:1} ;a!e mer'y upon me, . ,od, a''ording to thy lo!ingkindness: A''ording to the multitude of thy tender mer'ies blot out my transgressions( {11:"} Wash me thoroughly from mine iniBuity, And 'leanse me from my sin( {11:3} <or $ know my transgressions And my sin is e!er before me(

{11:/} Against thee, thee only, ha!e $ sinned, And done that whi'h is e!il in thy sight That thou mayest be >ustified when thou speakest, And be 'lear when thou >udgest( {11:1} -ehold, $ was brought forth in iniBuity And in sin did my mother 'on'ei!e me( {11:4} -ehold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom( {11:2} Purify me with hyssop, and $ shall be 'lean: Wash me, and $ shall be whiter than snow( {11:#} +ake me to hear >oy and gladness, That the bones whi'h thou hast broken may re>oi'e( {11:6} ;ide thy fa'e from my sins, And blot out all mine iniBuities( {11:13} 5reate in me a 'lean heart, . ,od And renew a right spirit within me( {11:11} 5ast me not away from thy presen'e And take not thy holy Epirit from me( {11:1"} 0estore unto me the >oy of thy sal!ation And uphold me with a willing spirit( {11:13} Then will $ tea'h transgressors thy ways And sinners shall be 'on!erted unto thee( {11:1/} =eli!er me from bloodguiltiness, . ,od, thou ,od of my sal!ation %And& my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness( {11:11} . :ord, open thou my lips And my mouth shall show forth thy praise( {11:14} <or thou delightest not in sa'rifi'e else would $ gi!e it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt@offering( {11:12} The sa'rifi'es of ,od are a broken spirit: A broken and 'ontrite heart, . ,od, thou wilt not despise( {11:1#} =o good in thy good pleasure unto Dion: -uild thou the walls of )erusalem( {11:16} Then will thou delight in the sa'rifi'es of righteousness, $n burnt@offering and in whole burnt@offering: Then will they offer bullo'ks upon thine altar(

Psalm 1" <or the 5hief +usi'ian( +as'hil of =a!id when =oeg the 7domite 'ame and told Eaul, and said unto him, =a!id is 'ome to the house of Abimele'h(

{1":1} Why boastest thou thyself in mis'hief, . mighty man9 The lo!ingkindness of ,od %endureth& 'ontinually( {1":"} Thy tongue de!iseth !ery wi'kedness, :ike a sharp raHor, working de'eitfully( {1":3} Thou lo!est e!il more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness( Eelah {1":/} Thou lo!est all de!ouring words, thou de'eitful tongue( {1":1} ,od will likewise destroy thee for e!er ;e will take thee up, and plu'k thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the li!ing( Eelah {1":4} The righteous also shall see %it&, and fear, And shall laugh at him, %saying&, {1":2} :o, this is the man that made not ,od his strength, -ut trusted in the abundan'e of his ri'hes, And strengthened himself in his wi'kedness( {1":#} -ut as for me, $ am like a green oli!e@tree in the house of ,od: $ trust in the lo!ingkindness of ,od for e!er and e!er( {1":6} $ will gi!e thee thanks for e!er, be'ause thou hast done it And $ will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presen'e of thy saints(

Psalm 13 <or the 5hief +usi'ian set to +ahalath( +as'hil of =a!id( {13:1} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no ,od( 5orrupt are they, and ha!e done abominable iniBuity There is none that doeth good( {13:"} ,od looked down from hea!en upon the 'hildren of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after ,od( {13:3} 7!ery one of them is gone ba'k they are together be'ome filthy There is none that doeth good, no, not one( {13:/} ;a!e the workers of iniBuity no knowledge, Who eat up my people %as& they eat bread,

And 'all not upon ,od9 {13:1} There were they in great fear, where no fear was <or ,od hath s'attered the bones of him that en'ampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, be'ause of ,od hath re>e'ted them( {13:4} .h that the sal!ation of $srael were 'ome out of Dion* When ,od bringeth ba'k the 'apti!ity of his people, Then shall )a'ob re>oi'e, %and& $srael shall be glad(

Psalm 1/ <or the 5hief +usi'ian on stringed instruments( +as'hil of =a!id when the Diphites 'ame and said to Eaul, =oth not =a!id hide himself with us9 {1/:1} Ea!e me, . ,od, by thy name, And >udge me in thy might( {1/:"} ;ear my prayer, . ,od ,i!e ear to the words of my mouth( {1/:3} <or strangers are risen up against me, And !iolent men ha!e sought after my soul: They ha!e not set ,od before them( Eelah {1/:/} -ehold, ,od is my helper: The :ord is of them that uphold my soul( {1/:1} ;e will reBuite the e!il unto mine enemies: =estroy thou them in thy truth( {1/:4} With a freewill@offering will $ sa'rifi'e unto thee: $ will gi!e thanks unto thy name, . )eho!ah, for it is good( {1/:2} <or he hath deli!ered me out of all trouble And mine eye hath seen %my desire& upon mine enemies(

Psalm 11 <or the 5hief +usi'ian on stringed instruments( +as'hil of =a!id( {11:1} ,i!e ear to my prayer, . ,od And hide not thyself from my suppli'ation( {11:"} Attend unto me, and answer me:

$ am restless in my 'omplaint, and moan, {11:3} -e'ause of the !oi'e of the enemy, -e'ause of the oppression of the wi'ked <or they 'ast iniBuity upon me, And in anger they perse'ute me( {11:/} +y heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me( {11:1} <earfulness and trembling are 'ome upon me, And horror hath o!erwhelmed me( {11:4} And $ said, .h that $ had wings like a do!e* Then would $ fly away, and be at rest( {11:2} :o, then would $ wander far off, $ would lodge in the wilderness( Eelah {11:#} $ would haste me to a shelter <rom the stormy wind and tempest( {11:6} =estroy, . :ord, %and& di!ide their tongue <or $ ha!e seen !iolen'e and strife in the 'ity( {11:13} =ay and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: $niBuity also and mis'hief are in the midst of it( {11:11} Wi'kedness is in the midst thereof: .ppression and guile depart not from its streets( {11:1"} <or it was not an enemy that reproa'hed me Then $ 'ould ha!e borne it: ?either was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me Then $ would ha!e hid myself from him: {11:13} -ut it was thou, a man mine eBual, +y 'ompanion, and my familiar friend( {11:1/} We took sweet 'ounsel together We walked in the house of ,od with the throng( {11:11} :et death 'ome suddenly upon them, :et them go down ali!e into Eheol <or wi'kedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them( {11:14} As for me, $ will 'all upon ,od And )eho!ah will sa!e me( {11:12} 7!ening, and morning, and at noonday, will $ 'omplain, and moan And he will hear my !oi'e( {11:1#} ;e hath redeemed my soul in pea'e from the battle that was against me <or they were many %that stro!e& with me( {11:16} ,od will hear, and answer them, 7!en he that abideth of old, Eelah %The men& who ha!e no 'hanges,

And who fear not ,od( {11:"3} ;e hath put forth his hands against su'h as were at pea'e with him: ;e hath profaned his 'o!enant( {11:"1} ;is mouth was smooth as butter, -ut his heart was war: ;is words were softer than oil, Cet were they drawn swords( {11:""} 5ast thy burden upon )eho!ah, and he will sustain thee: ;e will ne!er suffer the righteous to be mo!ed( {11:"3} -ut thou, . ,od, wilt bring them down into the pit of destru'tion: -loodthirsty and de'eitful men shall not li!e out half their days -ut $ will trust in thee(

Psalm 14 <or the 5hief +usi'ian set to )onath elem rehokim( %A Psalm& of =a!id( +i'htam: when the Philistines took him in ,ath( {14:1} -e mer'iful unto me, . ,od for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me( {14:"} +ine enemies would swallow me up all the day long <or they are many that fight proudly against me( {14:3} What time $ am afraid, $ will put my trust in thee( {14:/} $n ,od I$ will praise his wordJ, $n ,od ha!e $ put my trust, $ will not be afraid What 'an flesh do unto me9 {14:1} All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for e!il( {14:4} They gather themsel!es together, they hide themsel!es, They mark my steps, 7!en as they ha!e waited for my soul( {14:2} Ehall they es'ape by iniBuity9 $n anger 'ast down the peoples, . ,od( {14:#} Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle Are they not in thy book9 {14:6} Then shall mine enemies turn ba'k in the day that $ 'all: This $ know, that ,od is for me( {14:13} $n ,od I$ will praise %his& wordJ,

$n )eho!ah I$ will praise %his& wordJ, {14:11} $n ,od ha!e $ put my trust, $ will not be afraid What 'an man do unto me9 {14:1"} Thy !ows are upon me, . ,od: $ will render thank@offerings unto thee( {14:13} <or thou hast deli!ered my soul from death: %;ast thou& not %deli!ered& my feet from falling, That $ may walk before ,od $n the light of the li!ing9

Psalm 12 <or the 5hief +usi'ian %set to& Al@tash@heth( %A Psalm& of =a!id( +i'htam when he fled from Eaul, in the 'a!e( {12:1} -e mer'iful unto me, . ,od, be mer'iful unto me <or my soul taketh refuge in thee: Cea, in the shadow of thy wings will $ take refuge, Gntil %these& 'alamities be o!erpast( {12:"} $ will 'ry unto ,od +ost ;igh, Gnto ,od that performeth %all things& for me( {12:3} ;e will send from hea!en, and sa!e me, %When& he that would swallow me up reproa'heth Eelah ,od will send forth his lo!ingkindness and his truth( {12:/} +y soul is among lions $ lie among them that are set on fire, 7!en the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword( {12:1} -e thou e8alted, . ,od, abo!e the hea!ens %:et& thy glory %be& abo!e all the earth( {12:4} They ha!e prepared a net for my steps +y soul is bowed down: They ha!e digged a pit before me They are fallen into the midst thereof themsel!es( Eelah {12:2} +y heart is fi8ed, . ,od, my heart is fi8ed: $ will sing, yea, $ will sing praises( {12:#} Awake up, my glory awake, psaltery and harp:

$ myself will awake right early( {12:6} $ will gi!e thanks unto thee, . :ord, among the peoples: $ will sing praises unto thee among the nations( {12:13} <or thy lo!ingkindness is great unto the hea!ens, And thy truth unto the skies( {12:11} -e thou e8alted, . ,od, abo!e the hea!ens %:et& thy glory %be& abo!e all the earth(

Psalm 1# <or the 5hief +usi'ian %set to& Al@tashheth( %A Psalm& of =a!id( +i'htam( {1#:1} =o ye indeed in silen'e speak righteousness9 =o ye >udge uprightly, . ye sons of men9 {1#:"} ?ay, in heart ye work wi'kedness Ce weigh out the !iolen'e of your hands in the earth( {1#:3} The wi'ked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies( {1#:/} Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: %They are& like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, {1#:1} Whi'h hearkeneth not to the !oi'e of 'harmers, 5harming ne!er so wisely( {1#:4} -reak their teeth, . ,od, in their mouth: -reak out the great teeth of the young lions, . )eho!ah( {1#:2} :et them melt away as water that runneth apa'e: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were 'ut off( {1#:#} %:et them be& as a snail whi'h melteth and passeth away, %:ike& the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun( {1#:6} -efore your pots 'an feel the thorns, ;e will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike( {1#:13} The righteous shall re>oi'e when he seeth the !engean'e: ;e shall wash his feet in the blood of the wi'ked {1#:11} Eo that men shall say, Kerily there is a reward for the righteous: Kerily there is a ,od that >udgeth in the earth(

Psalm 16

<or the 5hief +usi'ian %set to& Al@tashheth( %A Psalm& of =a!id( +i'htam when Eaul sent, and they wat'hed the house to kill him( {16:1} =eli!er me from mine enemies, . my ,od: Eet me on high from them that rise up against me( {16:"} =eli!er me from the workers of iniBuity, And sa!e me from the bloodthirsty men( {16:3} <or, lo, they lie in wait for my soul The mighty gather themsel!es together against me: ?ot for my transgression, nor for my sin, . )eho!ah( {16:/} They run and prepare themsel!es without %my& fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold( {16:1} 7!en thou, . )eho!ah ,od of hosts, the ,od of $srael, Arise to !isit all the nations: -e not mer'iful to any wi'ked transgressors( Eelah {16:4} They return at e!ening, they howl like a dog, And go round about the 'ity( {16:2} -ehold, they bel'h out with their mouth Ewords are in their lips: <or who, %say they&, doth hear9 {16:#} -ut thou, . )eho!ah, wilt laugh at them Thou wilt ha!e all the nations in derision( {16:6} %-e'ause of& his strength $ will gi!e heed unto thee <or ,od is my high tower( {16:13} +y ,od with his lo!ingkindness will meet me: ,od will let me see %my desire& upon mine enemies( {16:11} Elay them not, lest my people forget: E'atter them by thy power, and bring them down, . :ord our shield( {16:1"} %<or& the sin of their mouth, %and& the words of their lips, :et them e!en be taken in their pride, And for 'ursing and lying whi'h they speak( {16:13} 5onsume them in wrath, 'onsume them, so that they shall be no more: And let them know that ,od ruleth in )a'ob, Gnto the ends of the earth( Eelah {16:1/} And at e!ening let them return, let them howl like a dog, And go round about the 'ity( {16:11} They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied(

{16:14} -ut $ will sing of thy strength Cea, $ will sing aloud of thy lo!ingkindness in the morning: <or thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress( {16:12} Gnto thee, . my strength, will $ sing praises: <or ,od is my high tower, the ,od of my mer'y(

Psalm 43 <or the 5hief +usi'ian %set to& Ehushan 7duth( +i'htam of =a!id, to tea'h and when he stro!e with Aram@naharaim and with Aram@Hobah, and )oab returned, and smote of 7dom in the Kalley of Ealt twel!e thousand( {43:1} . ,od thou hast 'ast us off, thou hast broken us down Thou hast been angry oh restore us again( {43:"} Thou hast made the land to tremble thou hast rent it: ;eal the brea'hes thereof for it shaketh( {43:3} Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering( {43:/} Thou hast gi!en a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be displayed be'ause of the truth( Eelah {43:1} That thy belo!ed may be deli!ered, Ea!e with thy right hand, and answer us( {43:4} ,od hath spoken in his holiness: $ will e8ult $ will di!ide Ehe'hem, and mete out the !alley of Eu''oth( {43:2} ,ilead is mine, and +anasseh is mine 7phraim also is the defen'e of my head )udah is my s'eptre( {43:#} +oab is my washpot Gpon 7dom will $ 'ast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou be'ause of me( {43:6} Who will bring me into the strong 'ity9 Who hath led me unto 7dom9 {43:13} ;ast not thou, . ,od, 'ast us off9 And thou goest not forth, . ,od, with our hosts( {43:11} ,i!e us help against the ad!ersary <or !ain is the help of man( {43:1"} Through ,od we shall do !aliantly

<or he it is that will tread down our ad!ersaries(

Psalm 41 <or the 5hief +usi'ian on a stringed instrument( %A Psalm& of =a!id( {41:1} ;ear my 'ry, . ,od Attend unto my prayer( {41:"} <rom the end of the earth will $ 'all unto thee, when my heart is o!erwhelmed: :ead me to the ro'k that is higher than $( {41:3} <or thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy( {41:/} $ will dwell in thy taberna'le for e!er: $ will take refuge in the 'o!ert of thy wings( Eelah {41:1} <or thou, . ,od, hast heard my !ows: Thou hast gi!en %me& the heritage of those that fear thy name( {41:4} Thou wilt prolong the kingFs life ;is years shall be as many generations( {41:2} ;e shall abide before ,od for e!er: .h prepare lo!ingkindness and truth, that they may preser!e him( {41:#} Eo will $ sing praise unto thy name for e!er, That $ may daily perform my !ows(

Psalm 4" <or the 5hief +usi'ian after the manner of )eduthan( A Psalm of =a!id( {4":1} +y soul waiteth in silen'e for ,od only: <rom him %'ometh& my sal!ation( {4":"} ;e only is my ro'k and my sal!ation: %;e is& my high tower $ shall not be greatly mo!ed( {4":3} ;ow long will ye set upon a man, That ye may slay %him&, all of you, :ike a leaning wall, like a tottering fen'e9 {4":/} They only 'onsult to thrust him down from his dignity

They delight in lies They bless with their mouth, but they 'urse inwardly( Eelah {4":1} +y soul, wait thou in silen'e for ,od only <or my e8pe'tation is from him( {4":4} ;e only is my ro'k and my sal!ation: %;e is& my high tower $ shall not be mo!ed( {4":2} With ,od is my sal!ation and my glory: The ro'k of my strength, and my refuge, is in ,od( {4":#} Trust in him at all times, ye people Pour out your heart before him: ,od is a refuge for us( Eelah {4":6} Eurely men of low degree are !anity, and men of high degree are a lie: $n the balan'es they will go up They are together lighter than !anity( {4":13} Trust not in oppression, And be'ome not !ain in robbery: $f ri'hes in'rease, set not your heart %thereon&( {4":11} ,od hath spoken on'e, Twi'e ha!e $ heard this, That power belongeth unto ,od( {4":1"} Also unto thee, . :ord, belongeth lo!ingkindness <or thou renderest to e!ery man a''ording to his work(

Psalm 43 A Psalm of =a!id when he was in the wilderness of )udah( {43:1} . ,od, thou art my ,od earnestly will $ seek thee: +y soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, $n a dry and weary land, where no water is( {43:"} Eo ha!e $ looked upon thee in the san'tuary, To see thy power and thy glory( {43:3} -e'ause thy lo!ingkindness is better than life, +y lips shall praise thee( {43:/} Eo will $ bless thee while $ li!e: $ will lift up my hands in thy name( {43:1} +y soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness

And my mouth shall praise thee with >oyful lips {43:4} When $ remember thee upon my bed, %And& meditate on thee in the night@wat'hes( {43:2} <or thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of thy wings will $ re>oi'e( {43:#} +y soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me( {43:6} -ut those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Ehall go into the lower parts of the earth( {43:13} They shall be gi!en o!er to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for fo8es( {43:11} -ut the king shall re>oi'e in ,od: 7!ery one that sweareth by him shall glory <or the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped(

Psalm 4/ <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {4/:1} ;ear my !oi'e, . ,od, in my 'omplaint: Preser!e my life from fear of the enemy( {4/:"} ;ide me from the se'ret 'ounsel of e!il@doers, <rom the tumult of the workers of iniBuity {4/:3} Who ha!e whet their tongue like a sword, And ha!e aimed their arrows, e!en bitter words, {4/:/} That they may shoot in se'ret pla'es at the perfe't: Euddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not( {4/:1} They en'ourage themsel!es in an e!il purpose They 'ommune of laying snares pri!ily They say, Who will see them9 {4/:4} They sear'h out iniBuities We ha!e a''omplished, %say they&, a diligent sear'h: And the inward thought and the heart of e!ery one is deep( {4/:2} -ut ,od will shoot at them With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded( {4/:#} Eo they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head( {4/:6} And all men shall fear And they shall de'lare the work of ,od, And shall wisely 'onsider of his doing( {4/:13} The righteous shall be glad in )eho!ah, and shall take refuge

in him And all the upright in heart shall glory(

Psalm 41 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm( A song of =a!id( {41:1} Praise waiteth for thee, . ,od, in Dion And unto thee shall the !ow be performed( {41:"} . thou that hearest prayer, Gnto thee shall all flesh 'ome( {41:3} $niBuities pre!ail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgi!e them( {41:/} -lessed is the man whom thou 'hoosest, and 'ausest to approa'h %unto thee&, That he may dwell in thy 'ourts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple( {41:1} -y terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, .h ,od of our sal!ation, Thou that art the 'onfiden'e of all the ends of the earth, And of them that are afar off upon the sea: {41:4} Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, -eing girded about with might {41:2} Who stilleth the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their wa!es, And the tumult of the peoples( {41:#} They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and e!ening to re>oi'e( {41:6} Thou !isitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enri'hest it The ri!er of ,od is full of water: Thou pro!idest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth( {41:13} Thou waterest its furrows abundantly Thou settlest the ridges thereof: Thou makest it soft with showers Thou blessest the springing thereof( {41:11} Thou 'rownest the year with thy goodness And thy paths drop fatness( {41:1"} They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness And the hills are girded with >oy(

{41:13} The pastures are 'lothed with flo'ks The !alleys also are 'o!ered o!er with grain They shout for >oy, they also sing(

Psalm 44 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A song, a Psalm( {44:1} +ake a >oyful noise unto ,od, all the earth: {44:"} Eing forth the glory of his name: +ake his praise glorious( {44:3} Eay unto ,od, ;ow terrible are thy works* Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themsel!es unto thee( {44:/} All the earth shall worship thee, And shall sing unto thee They shall sing to thy name( Eelah {44:1} 5ome, and see the works of ,od %;e is& terrible in his doing toward the 'hildren of men( {44:4} ;e turned the sea into dry land They went through the ri!er on foot: There did we re>oi'e in him( {44:2} ;e ruleth by his might for e!er ;is eyes obser!e the nations: :et not the rebellious e8alt themsel!es( Eelah {44:#} .h bless our ,od, ye peoples, And make the !oi'e of his praise to be heard {44:6} Who holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be mo!ed( {44:13} <or thou, . ,od, hast pro!ed us: Thou hast tried us, as sil!er is tried( {44:11} Thou broughtest us into the net Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins( {44:1"} Thou didst 'ause men to ride o!er our heads We went through fire and through water -ut thou broughtest us out into a wealthy pla'e( {44:13} $ will 'ome into thy house with burnt@offerings $ will pay thee my !ows,

{44:1/} Whi'h my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when $ was in distress( {44:11} $ will offer unto thee burnt@offerings of fatlings, With the in'ense of rams $ will offer bullo'ks with goats( Eelah {44:14} 5ome, and hear, all ye that fear ,od, And $ will de'lare what he hath done for my soul( {44:12} $ 'ried unto him with my mouth, And he was e8tolled with my tongue( {44:1#} $f $ regard iniBuity in my heart, The :ord will not hear: {44:16} -ut !erily ,od hath heard ;e hath attended to the !oi'e of my prayer( {44:"3} -lessed be ,od, Who hath not turned away my prayer, ?or his lo!ingkindness from me(

Psalm 42 <or the 5hief +usi'ian on stringed instruments( A Psalm, a song( {42:1} ,od be mer'iful unto us, and bless us, %And& 'ause his fa'e to shine upon us Eelah {42:"} That thy way may be known upon earth, Thy sal!ation among all nations( {42:3} :et the peoples praise thee, . ,od :et all the peoples praise thee( {42:/} .h let the nations be glad and sing for >oy <or thou wilt >udge the peoples with eBuity, And go!ern the nations upon earth( Eelah {42:1} :et the peoples praise thee, . ,od :et all the peoples praise thee( {42:4} The earth hath yielded its in'rease: ,od, e!en our own ,od, will bless us( {42:2} ,od will bless us And all the ends of the earth shall fear him(

Psalm 4# <or the 5hief +usi'ian A Psalm of =a!id, a song( {4#:1} :et ,od arise, let his enemies be s'attered :et them also that hate him flee before him( {4#:"} As smoke is dri!en away, so dri!e them away: As wa8 melteth before the fire, Eo let the wi'ked perish at the presen'e of ,od( {4#:3} -ut let the righteous be glad let them e8ult before ,od: Cea, let them re>oi'e with gladness( {4#:/} Eing unto ,od, sing praises to his name: 5ast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts ;is name is )eho!ah and e8ult ye before him( {4#:1} A father of the fatherless, and a >udge of the widows, $s ,od in his holy habitation( {4#:4} ,od setteth the solitary in families: ;e bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity -ut the rebellious dwell in a par'hed land( {4#:2} . ,od, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst mar'h through the wilderness Eelah {4#:#} The earth trembled, The hea!ens also dropped %rain& at the presen'e of ,od: Con Einai %trembled& at the presen'e of ,od, the ,od of $srael( {4#:6} Thou, . ,od, didst send a plentiful rain, Thou didst 'onfirm thine inheritan'e, when it was weary( {4#:13} Thy 'ongregation dwelt therein: Thou, . ,od, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor( {4#:11} The :ord gi!eth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host( {4#:1"} Aings of armies flee, they flee And she that tarrieth at home di!ideth the spoil( {4#:13} When ye lie among the sheepfolds, %$t is as& the wings of a do!e 'o!ered with sil!er, And her pinions with yellow gold( {4#:1/} When the Almighty s'attered kings therein, %$t was as when& it snoweth in Dalmon(

{4#:11} A mountain of ,od is the mountain of -ashan A high mountain is the mountain of -ashan( {4#:14} Why look ye askan'e, ye high mountains, At the mountain whi'h ,od hath desired for his abode9 Cea, )eho!ah will dwell %in it& for e!er( {4#:12} The 'hariots of ,od are twenty thousand, e!en thousands upon thousands The :ord is among them, %as in& Einai, in the san'tuary( {4#:1#} Thou hast as'ended on high, thou hast led away 'apti!es Thou hast re'ei!ed gifts among men, Cea, %among& the rebellious also, that )eho!ah ,od might dwell %with them&( {4#:16} -lessed be the :ord, who daily beareth our burden, 7!en the ,od who is our sal!ation( Eelah {4#:"3} ,od is unto us a ,od of deli!eran'es And unto )eho!ah the :ord belongeth es'ape from death( {4#:"1} -ut ,od will smite through the head of his enemies, The hairy s'alp of su'h a one as goeth on still in his guiltiness( {4#:""} The :ord said, $ will bring again from -ashan, $ will bring %them& again from the depths of the sea {4#:"3} That thou mayest 'rush %them&, %dipping& thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may ha!e its portion from %thine& enemies( {4#:"/} They ha!e seen thy goings, . ,od, 7!en the goings of my ,od, my Aing, into the san'tuary( {4#:"1} The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, $n the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels( {4#:"4} -less ye ,od in the 'ongregations, 7!en the :ord, %ye that are& of the fountain of $srael( {4#:"2} There is little -en>amin their ruler, The prin'es of )udah %and& their 'oun'il, The prin'es of Debulun, the prin'es of ?aphtali( {4#:"#} Thy ,od hath 'ommanded thy strength: Etrengthen, . ,od, that whi'h thou hast wrought for us( {4#:"6} -e'ause of thy temple at )erusalem Aings shall bring presents unto thee( {4#:33} 0ebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the 'al!es of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pie'es of sil!er: ;e hath s'attered the peoples that delight in war( {4#:31} Prin'es shall 'ome out of 7gypt 7thiopia shall haste to stret'h out her hands unto ,od( {4#:3"} Eing unto ,od, ye kingdoms of the earth

.h sing praises unto the :ord Eelah {4#:33} To him that rideth upon the hea!en of hea!ens, whi'h are of old :o, he uttereth his !oi'e, a mighty !oi'e( {4#:3/} As'ribe ye strength unto ,od: ;is e8'ellen'y is o!er $srael, And his strength is in the skies( {4#:31} . ,od, %thou art& terrible out of thy holy pla'es: The ,od of $srael, he gi!eth strength and power unto %his& people( -lessed be ,od(

Psalm 46 <or the 5hief +usi'ian set to Ehoshanim( %A Psalm& of =a!id( {46:1} Ea!e me, . ,od <or the waters are 'ome in unto my soul( {46:"} $ sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: $ am 'ome into deep waters, where the floods o!erflow me( {46:3} $ am weary with my 'rying my throat is dried: +ine eyes fail while $ wait for my ,od( {46:/} They that hate me without a 'ause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would 'ut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That whi'h $ took not away $ ha!e to restore( {46:1} . ,od, thou knowest my foolishness And my sins are not hid from thee( {46:4} :et not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, . :ord )eho!ah of hosts: :et not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, . ,od of $srael( {46:2} -e'ause for thy sake $ ha!e borne reproa'h Ehame hath 'o!ered my fa'e( {46:#} $ am be'ome a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my motherFs 'hildren( {46:6} <or the Heal of thy house hath eaten me up And the reproa'hes of them that reproa'h thee are fallen upon me( {46:13} When $ wept, %and 'hastened& my soul with fasting, That was to my reproa'h( {46:11} When $ made sa'k'loth my 'lothing, $ be'ame a byword unto them(

{46:1"} They that sit in the gate talk of me And %$ am& the song of the drunkards( {46:13} -ut as for me, my prayer is unto thee, . )eho!ah, in an a''eptable time: . ,od, in the abundan'e of thy lo!ingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy sal!ation( {46:1/} =eli!er me out of the mire, and let me not sink: :et me be deli!ered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters( {46:11} :et not the waterflood o!erwhelm me, ?either let the deep shallow me up And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me( {46:14} Answer me, . )eho!ah for thy lo!ingkindness is good: A''ording to the multitude of thy tender mer'ies turn thou unto me( {46:12} And hide not thy fa'e from thy ser!ant <or $ am in distress answer me speedily( {46:1#} =raw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: 0ansom me be'ause of mine enemies( {46:16} Thou knowest my reproa'h, and my shame, and my dishonor: +ine ad!ersaries are all before thee( {46:"3} 0eproa'h hath broken my heart and $ am full of hea!iness: And $ looked for some to take pity, but there was none And for 'omforters, but $ found none( {46:"1} They ga!e me also gall for my food And in my thirst they ga!e me !inegar to drink( {46:""} :et their table before them be'ome a snare And when they are in pea'e, %let it be'ome& a trap( {46:"3} :et their eyes be darkened, so that they 'annot see And make their loins 'ontinually to shake( {46:"/} Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fier'eness of thine anger o!ertake them( {46:"1} :et their habitation be desolate :et none dwell in their tents( {46:"4} <or they perse'ute him whom thou hast smitten And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded( {46:"2} Add iniBuity unto their iniBuity And let them not 'ome into thy righteousness( {46:"#} :et them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous( {46:"6} -ut $ am poor and sorrowful: :et thy sal!ation, . ,od, set me up on high( {46:33} $ will praise the name of ,od with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgi!ing( {46:31} And it will please )eho!ah better than an o8, %.r& a bullo'k that hath horns and hoofs( {46:3"} The meek ha!e seen it, and are glad: Ce that seek after ,od, let your heart li!e(

{46:33} <or )eho!ah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners( {46:3/} :et hea!en and earth praise him, The seas, and e!erything that mo!eth therein( {46:31} <or ,od will sa!e Dion, and build the 'ities of )udah And they shall abide there, and ha!e it in possession( {46:34} The seed also of his ser!ants shall inherit it And they that lo!e his name shall dwell therein(

Psalm 23 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( %A Psalm& of =a!id to bring to remembran'e( {23:1} %+ake haste&, . ,od, to deli!er me +ake haste to help me, . )eho!ah( {23:"} :et them be put to shame and 'onfounded That seek after my soul: :et them be turned ba'kward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt( {23:3} :et them be turned ba'k by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha( {23:/} :et all those that seek thee re>oi'e and be glad in thee And let su'h as lo!e thy sal!ation say 'ontinually, :et ,od be magnified( {23:1} -ut $ am poor and needy +ake haste unto me, . ,od: Thou art my help and my deli!erer . )eho!ah, make no tarrying(

Psalm 21 {21:1} $n thee, . )eho!ah, do $ take refuge: :et me ne!er be put to shame( {21:"} =eli!er me in thy righteousness, and res'ue me: -ow down thine ear unto me, and sa!e me( {21:3} -e thou to me a ro'k of habitation, whereunto $ may 'ontinually resort: Thou hast gi!en 'ommandment to sa!e me

<or thou art my ro'k and my fortress( {21:/} 0es'ue me, . my ,od, out of the hand of the wi'ked, .ut of the hand of the unrighteous and 'ruel man( {21:1} <or thou art my hope, . :ord )eho!ah: %Thou art& my trust from my youth( {21:4} -y thee ha!e $ been holden up from the womb Thou art he that took me out of my motherFs bowels: +y praise shall be 'ontinually of thee( {21:2} $ am as a wonder unto many -ut thou art my strong refuge( {21:#} +y mouth shall be filled with thy praise, And with thy honor all the day( {21:6} 5ast me not off in the time of old age <orsake me not when my strength faileth( {21:13} <or mine enemies speak 'on'erning me And they that wat'h for my soul take 'ounsel together, {21:11} Eaying, ,od hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him for there is none to deli!er( {21:1"} . ,od, be not far from me . my ,od, make haste to help me( {21:13} :et them be put to shame %and& 'onsumed that are ad!ersaries to my soul :et them be 'o!ered with reproa'h and dishonor that seek my hurt( {21:1/} -ut $ will hope 'ontinually, And will praise thee yet more and more( {21:11} +y mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, %And& of thy sal!ation all the day <or $ know not the numbers %thereof&( {21:14} $ will 'ome with the mighty a'ts of the :ord )eho!ah: $ will make mention of thy righteousness, e!en of thine only( {21:12} . ,od, thou hast taught me from my youth And hitherto ha!e $ de'lared thy wondrous works( {21:1#} Cea, e!en when $ am old and grayheaded, . ,od, forsake me not, Gntil $ ha!e de'lared thy strength unto %the ne8t& generation, Thy might to e!ery one that is to 'ome( {21:16} Thy righteousness also, . ,od, is !ery high Thou who hast done great things, . ,od, who is like unto thee9 {21:"3} Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt Bui'ken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth( {21:"1} $n'rease thou my greatness, And turn again and 'omfort me( {21:""} $ will also praise thee with the psaltery, %7!en& thy truth, . my ,od: Gnto thee will $ sing praises with the harp, . thou ;oly .ne of $srael(

{21:"3} +y lips shall shout for >oy when $ sing praises unto thee And my soul, whi'h thou hast redeemed( {21:"/} +y tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long <or they are put to shame, for they are 'onfounded, that seek my hurt(

Psalm 2" %A Psalm& of Eolomon( {2":1} ,i!e the king thy >udgments, . ,od, And thy righteousness unto the kingFs son( {2":"} ;e will >udge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with >usti'e( {2":3} The mountains shall bring pea'e to the people, And the hills, in righteousness( {2":/} ;e will >udge the poor of the people, ;e will sa!e the 'hildren of the needy, And will break in pie'es the oppressor( {2":1} They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations( {2":4} ;e will 'ome down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth( {2":2} $n his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundan'e of pea'e, till the moon be no more( {2":#} ;e shall ha!e dominion also from sea to sea, And from the 0i!er unto the ends of the earth( {2":6} They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him And his enemies shall li'k the dust( {2":13} The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Eheba and Eeba shall offer gifts( {2":11} Cea, all kings shall fall down before him All nations shall ser!e him( {2":1"} <or he will deli!er the needy when he 'rieth, And the poor, that hath no helper( {2":13} ;e will ha!e pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will sa!e( {2":1/} ;e will redeem their soul from oppression and !iolen'e And pre'ious will their blood be in his sight: {2":11} And they shall li!e and to him shall be gi!en of the gold of Eheba: And men shall pray for him 'ontinually They shall bless him all the day long(

{2":14} There shall be abundan'e of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains The fruit thereof shall shake like :ebanon: And they of the 'ity shall flourish like grass of the earth( {2":12} ;is name shall endure for e!er ;is name shall be 'ontinued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him All nations shall 'all him happy( {2":1#} -lessed be )eho!ah ,od, the ,od of $srael, Who only doeth wondrous things: {2":16} And blessed be his glorious name for e!er And let the whole earth be filled with his glory( Amen, and Amen( {2":"3} The prayers of =a!id the son of )esse are ended(

-..A $$$ Psalm 23 A Psalm of Asaph( {23:1} Eurely ,od is good to $srael, %7!en& to su'h as are pure in heart( {23:"} -ut as for me, my feet were almost gone +y steps had well nigh slipped( {23:3} <or $ was en!ious at the arrogant, When $ saw the prosperity of the wi'ked( {23:/} <or there are no pangs in their death -ut their strength is firm( {23:1} They are not in trouble as %other& men ?either are they plagued like %other& men( {23:4} Therefore pride is as a 'hain about their ne'k Kiolen'e 'o!ereth them as a garment( {23:2} Their eyes stand out with fatness: They ha!e more than heart 'ould wish( {23:#} They s'off, and in wi'kedness utter oppression: They speak loftily( {23:6} They ha!e set their mouth in the hea!ens, And their tongue walketh through the earth(

{23:13} Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full %'up& are drained by them( {23:11} And they say, ;ow doth ,od know9 And is there knowledge in the +ost ;igh9 {23:1"} -ehold, these are the wi'ked And, being alway at ease, they in'rease in ri'hes( {23:13} Eurely in !ain ha!e $ 'leansed my heart, And washed my hands in inno'en'y {23:1/} <or all the day long ha!e $ been plagued, And 'hastened e!ery morning( {23:11} $f $ had said, $ will speak thus -ehold, $ had dealt trea'herously with the generation of thy 'hildren( {23:14} When $ thought how $ might know this, $t was too painful for me {23:12} Gntil $ went into the san'tuary of ,od, And 'onsidered their latter end( {23:1#} Eurely thou settest them in slippery pla'es: Thou 'astest them down to destru'tion( {23:16} ;ow are they be'ome a desolation in a moment* They are utterly 'onsumed with terrors( {23:"3} As a dream when one awaketh, Eo, . :ord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image( {23:"1} <or my soul was grie!ed, And $ was pri'ked in my heart: {23:""} Eo brutish was $, and ignorant $ was %as& a beast before thee( {23:"3} ?e!ertheless $ am 'ontinually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand( {23:"/} Thou wilt guide me with thy 'ounsel, And afterward re'ei!e me to glory( {23:"1} Whom ha!e $ in hea!en %but thee&9 And there is none upon earth that $ desire besides thee( {23:"4} +y flesh and my heart faileth %-ut& ,od is the strength of my heart and my portion for e!er( {23:"2} <or, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, %departing& from thee( {23:"#} -ut it is good for me to draw near unto ,od: $ ha!e made the :ord )eho!ah my refuge, That $ may tell of all thy works(

Psalm 2/

+as'hil of Asaph( {2/:1} . ,od, why hast thou 'ast %us& off for e!er9 Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture9 {2/:"} 0emember thy 'ongregation, whi'h thou hast gotten of old, Whi'h thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritan'e %And& mount Dion, wherein thou hast dwelt( {2/:3} :ift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the e!il that the enemy hath done in the san'tuary( {2/:/} Thine ad!ersaries ha!e roared in the midst of thine assembly They ha!e set up their ensigns for signs( {2/:1} They seemed as men that lifted up A8es upon a thi'ket of trees( {2/:4} And now all the 'ar!ed work thereof They break down with hat'het and hammers( {2/:2} They ha!e set thy san'tuary on fire They ha!e profaned the dwelling@pla'e of thy name %by 'asting it& to the ground( {2/:#} They said in their heart, :et us make ha!o' of them altogether: They ha!e burned up all the synagogues of ,od in the land( {2/:6} We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet ?either is there among us any that knoweth how long( {2/:13} ;ow long, . ,od, shall the ad!ersary reproa'h9 Ehall the enemy blaspheme thy name for e!er9 {2/:11} Why drawest thou ba'k thy hand, e!en thy right hand9 %Plu'k it& out of thy bosom %and& 'onsume %them&( {2/:1"} Cet ,od is my Aing of old, Working sal!ation in the midst of the earth( {2/:13} Thou didst di!ide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea@monsters in the waters( {2/:1/} Thou brakest the heads of le!iathan in pie'es Thou ga!est him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness( {2/:11} Thou didst 'lea!e fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty ri!ers( {2/:14} The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun( {2/:12} Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter( {2/:1#} 0emember this, that the enemy hath reproa'hed, . )eho!ah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name( {2/:16} .h deli!er not the soul of thy turtle@do!e unto the wild beast: <orget not the life of thy poor for e!er(

{2/:"3} ;a!e respe't unto the 'o!enant <or the dark pla'es of the earth are full of the habitations of !iolen'e( {2/:"1} .h let not the oppressed return ashamed: :et the poor and needy praise thy name( {2/:""} Arise, . ,od, plead thine own 'ause: 0emember how the foolish man reproa'heth thee all the day( {2/:"3} <orget not the !oi'e of thine ad!ersaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee as'endeth 'ontinually(

Psalm 21 <or the 5hief +usi'ian %set to& Al@tash@heth( A Psalm of Asaph a song( {21:1} We gi!e thanks unto thee, . ,od We gi!e thanks, for thy name is near: +en tell of thy wondrous works( {21:"} When $ shall find the set time, $ will >udge uprightly( {21:3} The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissol!ed: $ ha!e set up the pillars of it( Eelah {21:/} $ said unto the arrogant, =eal not arrogantly And to the wi'ked, :ift not up the horn: {21:1} :ift not up your horn on high Epeak not with a stiff ne'k( {21:4} <or neither from the east, nor from the west, ?or yet from the south, %'ometh& lifting up( {21:2} -ut ,od is the >udge: ;e putteth down one, and lifteth up another( {21:#} <or in the hand of )eho!ah there is a 'up, and the wine foameth $t is full of mi8ture, and he poureth out of the same: Eurely the dregs thereof, all the wi'ked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them( {21:6} -ut $ will de'lare for e!er, $ will sing praises to the ,od of )a'ob( {21:13} All the horns of the wi'ked also will $ 'ut off -ut the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up(

Psalm 24 <or the 5hief +usi'ian on stringed instruments( A Psalm of Asaph, a song( {24:1} $n )udah is ,od known: ;is name is great in $srael( {24:"} $n Ealem also is his taberna'le, And his dwelling@pla'e in Dion( {24:3} There he brake the arrows of the bow The shield, and the sword, and the battle( Eelah {24:/} ,lorious art thou %and& e8'ellent, <rom the mountains of prey( {24:1} The stouthearted are made a spoil, They ha!e slept their sleep And none of the men of might ha!e found their hands( {24:4} At thy rebuke, . ,od of )a'ob, -oth 'hariot and horse are 'ast into a deep sleep( {24:2} Thou, e!en thou, art to be feared And who may stand in thy sight when on'e thou art angry9 {24:#} Thou didst 'ause senten'e to be heard from hea!en The earth feared, and was still, {24:6} When ,od arose to >udgment, To sa!e all the meek of the earth( Eelah {24:13} Eurely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee( {24:11} Kow, and pay unto )eho!ah your ,od: :et all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared( {24:1"} ;e will 'ut off the spirit of prin'es: ;e is terrible to the kings of the earth(

Psalm 22 <or the 5hief +usi'ian after the manner of )eduthan( A Psalm of Asaph( {22:1} $ will 'ry unto ,od with my !oi'e,

7!en unto ,od with my !oi'e and he will gi!e ear unto me( {22:"} $n the day of my trouble $ sought the :ord: +y hand was stret'hed out in the night, and sla'ked not +y soul refused to be 'omforted( {22:3} $ remember ,od, and am disBuieted: $ 'omplain, and my spirit is o!erwhelmed( Eelah {22:/} Thou holdest mine eyes wat'hing: $ am so troubled that $ 'annot speak( {22:1} $ ha!e 'onsidered the days of old, The years of an'ient times( {22:4} $ 'all to remembran'e my song in the night: $ 'ommune with mine own heart And my spirit maketh diligent sear'h( {22:2} Will the :ord 'ast off for e!er9 And will he be fa!orable no more9 {22:#} $s his lo!ingkindness 'lean gone for e!er9 =oth his promise fail for e!ermore9 {22:6} ;ath ,od forgotten to be gra'ious9 ;ath he in anger shut up his tender mer'ies9 Eelah {22:13} And $ said, This is my infirmity %-ut $ will remember& the years of the right hand of the +ost ;igh( {22:11} $ will make mention of the deeds of )eho!ah <or $ will remember thy wonders of old( {22:1"} $ will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings( {22:13} Thy way, . ,od, is in the san'tuary: Who is a great god like unto ,od9 {22:1/} Thou art the ,od that doest wonders: Thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples( {22:11} Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, The sons of )a'ob and )oseph( Eelah {22:14} The waters saw thee, . ,od The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled( {22:12} The 'louds poured out water The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad( {22:1#} The !oi'e of thy thunder was in the whirlwind The lightnings lightened the world:

The earth trembled and shook( {22:16} Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known( {22:"3} Thou leddest thy people like a flo'k, -y the hand of +oses and Aaron(

Psalm 2# +as'hil of Asaph( {2#:1} ,i!e ear, . my people, to my law: $n'line your ears to the words of my mouth( {2#:"} $ will open my mouth in a parable $ will utter dark sayings of old, {2#:3} Whi'h we ha!e heard and known, And our fathers ha!e told us( {2#:/} We will not hide them from their 'hildren, Telling to the generation to 'ome the praises of )eho!ah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done( {2#:1} <or he established a testimony in )a'ob, And appointed a law in $srael, Whi'h he 'ommanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their 'hildren {2#:4} That the generation to 'ome might know %them&, e!en the 'hildren that should be born Who should arise and tell %them& to their 'hildren, {2#:2} That they might set their hope in ,od, And not forget the works of ,od, -ut keep his 'ommandments, {2#:#} 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 ,od( {2#:6} The 'hildren of 7phraim, being armed and 'arrying bows, Turned ba'k in the day of battle( {2#:13} They kept not the 'o!enant of ,od, And refused to walk in his law {2#:11} And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them( {2#:1"} +ar!ellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, $n the land of 7gypt, in the field of Doan(

{2#:13} ;e 'la!e the sea, and 'aused them to pass through And he made the waters to stand as a heap( {2#:1/} $n the day@time also he led them with a 'loud, And all the night with a light of fire( {2#:11} ;e 'la!e ro'ks in the wilderness, And ga!e them drink abundantly as out of the depths( {2#:14} ;e brought streams also out of the ro'k, And 'aused waters to run down like ri!ers( {2#:12} Cet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the +ost ;igh in the desert( {2#:1#} And they tempted ,od in their heart -y asking food a''ording to their desire( {2#:16} Cea, they spake against ,od They said, 5an ,od prepare a table in the wilderness9 {2#:"3} -ehold, he smote the ro'k, so that waters gushed out, And streams o!erflowed 5an he gi!e bread also9 Will he pro!ide flesh for his people9 {2#:"1} Therefore )eho!ah heard, and was wroth And a fire was kindled against )a'ob, And anger also went up against $srael {2#:""} -e'ause they belie!ed not in ,od, And trusted not in his sal!ation( {2#:"3} Cet he 'ommanded the skies abo!e, And opened the doors of hea!en {2#:"/} And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And ga!e them food from hea!en( {2#:"1} +an did eat the bread of the mighty: ;e sent them food to the full( {2#:"4} ;e 'aused the east wind to blow in the hea!ens And by his power he guided the south wind( {2#:"2} ;e rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas: {2#:"#} And he let it fall in the midst of their 'amp, 0ound about their habitations( {2#:"6} Eo they did eat, and were well filled And he ga!e them their own desire( {2#:33} They were not estranged from that whi'h they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths, {2#:31} When the anger of ,od went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of $srael( {2#:3"} <or all this they sinned still, And belie!ed not in his wondrous works( {2#:33} Therefore their days did he 'onsume in !anity, And their years in terror(

{2#:3/} When he slew them, then they inBuired after him And they returned and sought ,od earnestly( {2#:31} And they remembered that ,od was their ro'k, And the +ost ;igh ,od their redeemer( {2#:34} -ut they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue( {2#:32} <or their heart was not right with him, ?either were they faithful in his 'o!enant( {2#:3#} -ut he, being mer'iful, forga!e %their& iniBuity, and destroyed %them& not: Cea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath( {2#:36} And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and 'ometh not again( {2#:/3} ;ow oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grie!e him in the desert* {2#:/1} And they turned again and tempted ,od, And pro!oked the ;oly .ne of $srael( {2#:/"} They remember not his hand, ?or the day when he redeemed them from the ad!ersary {2#:/3} ;ow he set his signs in 7gypt, And his wonders in the field of Doan, {2#://} And turned their ri!ers into blood, And their streams, so that they 'ould not drink( {2#:/1} ;e sent among them swarms of flies, whi'h de!oured them And frogs, whi'h destroyed them( {2#:/4} ;e ga!e also their in'rease unto the 'aterpillar, And their labor unto the lo'ust( {2#:/2} ;e destroyed their !ines with hail, And their sy'omore@trees with frost( {2#:/#} ;e ga!e o!er their 'attle also to the hail, And their flo'ks to hot thunderbolts( {2#:/6} ;e 'ast upon them the fier'eness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of e!il( {2#:13} ;e made a path for his anger ;e spared not their soul from death, -ut ga!e their life o!er to the pestilen'e, {2#:11} And smote all the first@born in 7gypt, The 'hief of their strength in the tents of ;am( {2#:1"} -ut he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flo'k( {2#:13} And he led them safely, so that they feared not -ut the sea o!erwhelmed their enemies( {2#:1/} And he brought them to the border of his san'tuary, To this mountain, whi'h his right hand had gotten(

{2#:11} ;e dro!e out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritan'e by line, And made the tribes of $srael to dwell in their tents( {2#:14} Cet they tempted and rebelled against the +ost ;igh ,od, And kept not his testimonies {2#:12} -ut turned ba'k, and dealt trea'herously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a de'eitful bow( {2#:1#} <or they pro!oked him to anger with their high pla'es, And mo!ed him to >ealousy with their gra!en images( {2#:16} When ,od heard %this&, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred $srael {2#:43} Eo that he forsook the taberna'le of Ehiloh, The tent whi'h he pla'ed among men {2#:41} And deli!ered his strength into 'apti!ity, And his glory into the ad!ersaryFs hand( {2#:4"} ;e ga!e his people o!er also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritan'e( {2#:43} <ire de!oured their young men And their !irgins had no marriage@song( {2#:4/} Their priests fell by the sword And their widows made no lamentation( {2#:41} Then the :ord awaked as one out of sleep, :ike a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine( {2#:44} And he smote his ad!ersaries ba'kward: ;e put them to a perpetual reproa'h( {2#:42} +oreo!er he refused the tent of )oseph, And 'hose not the tribe of 7phraim, {2#:4#} -ut 'hose the tribe of )udah, The mount Dion whi'h he lo!ed( {2#:46} And he built his san'tuary like the heights, :ike the earth whi'h he hath established for e!er( {2#:23} ;e 'hose =a!id also his ser!ant, And took him from the sheepfolds: {2#:21} <rom following the ewes that ha!e their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of )a'ob his people, and $srael his inheritan'e( {2#:2"} Eo he was their shepherd a''ording to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands(

Psalm 26 A Psalm of Asaph(

{26:1} . ,od, the nations are 'ome into thine inheritan'e Thy holy temple ha!e they defiled They ha!e laid )erusalem in heaps( {26:"} The dead bodies of thy ser!ants ha!e they gi!en to be food unto the birds of the hea!ens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth( {26:3} Their blood ha!e they shed like water round about )erusalem And there was none to bury them( {26:/} We are be'ome a reproa'h to our neighbors, A s'offing and derision to them that are round about us( {26:1} ;ow long, . )eho!ah9 wilt thou be angry for e!er9 Ehall thy >ealousy burn like fire9 {26:4} Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that 'all not upon thy name( {26:2} <or they ha!e de!oured )a'ob, And laid waste his habitation( {26:#} 0emember not against us the iniBuities of our forefathers: :et thy tender mer'ies speedily meet us <or we are brought !ery low( {26:6} ;elp us, . ,od of our sal!ation, for the glory of thy name And deli!er us, and forgi!e our sins, for thy nameFs sake( {26:13} Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their ,od9 :et the a!enging of the blood of thy ser!ants whi'h is shed -e known among the nations in our sight( {26:11} :et the sighing of the prisoner 'ome before thee: A''ording to the greatness of thy power preser!e thou those that are appointed to death {26:1"} And render unto our neighbors se!enfold into their bosom Their reproa'h, wherewith they ha!e reproa'hed thee, . :ord( {26:13} Eo we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will gi!e thee thanks for e!er: We will show forth thy praise to all generations(

Psalm #3 <or the 5hief +usi'ian, set to Ehoshanim 7duth(( A Psalm of Asaph( {#3:1} ,i!e ear, . Ehepherd of $srael, Thou that leadest )oseph like a flo'k Thou that sittest %abo!e& the 'herubim, shine forth( {#3:"} -efore 7phraim and -en>amin and +anasseh, stir up thy might,

And 'ome to sa!e us( {#3:3} Turn us again, . ,od And 'ause thy fa'e to shine, and we shall be sa!ed( {#3:/} . )eho!ah ,od of hosts, ;ow long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people9 {#3:1} Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And gi!en them tears to drink in large measure( {#3:4} Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors And our enemies laugh among themsel!es( {#3:2} Turn us again, . ,od of hosts And 'ause thy fa'e to shine, and we shall be sa!ed( {#3:#} Thou broughtest a !ine out of 7gypt: Thou didst dri!e out the nations, and plantedst it( {#3:6} Thou preparedst %room& before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land( {#3:13} The mountains were 'o!ered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were %like& 'edars of ,od( {#3:11} $t sent out its bran'hes unto the sea, And its shoots unto the 0i!er( {#3:1"} Why hast thou broken down its walls, Eo that all they that pass by the way do plu'k it9 {#3:13} The boar out of the wood doth ra!age it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it( {#3:1/} Turn again, we besee'h thee, . ,od of hosts: :ook down from hea!en, and behold, and !isit this !ine, {#3:11} And the sto'k whi'h thy right hand planted, And the bran'h that thou madest strong for thyself( {#3:14} $t is burned with fire, it is 'ut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy 'ountenan'e( {#3:12} :et thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Gpon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself( {#3:1#} Eo shall we not go ba'k from thee: Lui'ken thou us, and we will 'all upon thy name( {#3:16} Turn us again, . )eho!ah ,od of hosts 5ause thy fa'e to shine, and we shall be sa!ed(

Psalm #1 <or the 5hief +usi'ian set to the ,ittith( %A Psalm& of Asaph(

{#1:1} Eing aloud unto ,od our strength: +ake a >oyful noise unto the ,od of )a'ob( {#1:"} 0aise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery( {#1:3} -low the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast@day( {#1:/} <or it is a statute for $srael, An ordinan'e of the ,od of )a'ob( {#1:1} ;e appointed it in )oseph for a testimony, When he went out o!er the land of 7gypt, %Where& $ heard a language that $ knew not( {#1:4} $ remo!ed his shoulder from the burden: ;is hands were freed from the basket( {#1:2} Thou 'alledst in trouble, and $ deli!ered thee $ answered thee in the se'ret pla'e of thunder $ pro!ed thee at the waters of +eribah( Eelah {#1:#} ;ear, . my people, and $ will testify unto thee: . $srael, if thou wouldest hearken unto me* {#1:6} There shall no strange god be in thee ?either shalt thou worship any foreign god( {#1:13} $ am )eho!ah thy ,od, Who brought thee up out of the land of 7gypt: .pen thy mouth wide, and $ will fill it( {#1:11} -ut my people hearkened not to my !oi'e And $srael would none of me( {#1:1"} Eo $ let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own 'ounsels( {#1:13} .h that my people would hearken unto me, That $srael would walk in my ways* {#1:1/} $ would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their ad!ersaries( {#1:11} The haters of )eho!ah should submit themsel!es unto him: -ut their time should endure for e!er( {#1:14} ;e would feed them also with the finest of the wheat And with honey out of the ro'k would $ satisfy thee(

Psalm #"

A Psalm of Asaph( {#":1} ,od standeth in the 'ongregation of ,od ;e >udgeth among the gods( {#":"} ;ow long will ye >udge un>ustly, And respe't the persons of the wi'ked9 Eelah {#":3} )udge the poor and fatherless: =o >usti'e to the affli'ted and destitute( {#":/} 0es'ue the poor and needy: =eli!er them out of the hand of the wi'ked( {#":1} They know not, neither do they understand They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken( {#":4} $ said, Ce are gods, And all of you sons of the +ost ;igh( {#":2} ?e!ertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the prin'es( {#":#} Arise, . ,od, >udge the earth <or thou shalt inherit all the nations(

Psalm #3 A song( A Psalm of Asaph( {#3:1} . ,od, keep not thou silen'e: ;old not thy pea'e, and be not still, . ,od( {#3:"} <or, lo, thine enemies make a tumult And they that hate thee ha!e lifted up the head( {#3:3} Thy take 'rafty 'ounsel against thy people, And 'onsult together against thy hidden ones( {#3:/} They ha!e said, 5ome, and let us 'ut them off from being a nation That the name of $srael may be no more in remembran'e( {#3:1} <or they ha!e 'onsulted together with one 'onsent Against thee do they make a 'o!enant: {#3:4} The tents of 7dom and the $shmaelites +oab, and the ;agarenes {#3:2} ,ebal, and Ammon, and Amalek

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre: {#3:#} Assyria also is >oined with them They ha!e helped the 'hildren of :ot( Eelah {#3:6} =o thou unto them as unto +idian, As to Eisera, as to )abin, at the ri!er Aishon {#3:13} Who perished at 7ndor, Who be'ame as dung for the earth( {#3:11} +ake their nobles like .reb and Deeb Cea, all their prin'es like Debah and Dalmunna {#3:1"} Who said, :et us take to oursel!es in possession The habitations of ,od( {#3:13} . my ,od, make them like the whirling dust As stubble before the wind( {#3:1/} As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire, {#3:11} Eo pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm( {#3:14} <ill their fa'es with 'onfusion, That they may seek thy name, . )eho!ah( {#3:12} :et them be put to shame and dismayed for e!er Cea, let them be 'onfounded and perish {#3:1#} That they may know that thou alone, whose name is )eho!ah, Art the +ost ;igh o!er all the earth(

Psalm #/ <or the 5hief +usi'ian set to the ,ittith( A Psalm of the sons of Aorah( {#/:1} ;ow amiable are thy taberna'les, . )eho!ah of hosts* {#/:"} +y soul longeth, yea, e!en fainteth for the 'ourts of )eho!ah +y heart and my flesh 'ry out unto the li!ing ,od( {#/:3} Cea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, 7!en thine altars, . )eho!ah of hosts, +y Aing, and my ,od( {#/:/} -lessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee(

Eelah {#/:1} -lessed is the man whose strength is in thee $n whose heart are the highways %to Dion&( {#/:4} Passing through the !alley of Weeping they make it a pla'e of springs Cea, the early rain 'o!ereth it with blessings( {#/:2} They go from strength to strength 7!ery one of them appeareth before ,od in Dion( {#/:#} . )eho!ah ,od of hosts, hear my prayer ,i!e ear, . ,od of )a'ob( Eelah {#/:6} -ehold, . ,od our shield, And look upon the fa'e of thine anointed( {#/:13} <or a day in thy 'ourts is better than a thousand( $ had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my ,od, Than to dwell in the tents of wi'kedness( {#/:11} <or )eho!ah ,od is a sun and a shield: )eho!ah will gi!e gra'e and glory ?o good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly( {#/:1"} . )eho!ah of hosts, -lessed is the man that trusteth in thee(

Psalm #1 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of the sons of Aorah( {#1:1} )eho!ah, thou hast been fa!orable unto thy land Thou hast brought ba'k the 'apti!ity of )a'ob( {#1:"} Thou hast forgi!en the iniBuity of thy people Thou hast 'o!ered all their sin( Eelah {#1:3} Thou hast taken away all thy wrath Thou hast turned %thyself& from the fier'eness of thine anger( {#1:/} Turn us, . ,od of our sal!ation, And 'ause thine indignation toward us to 'ease( {#1:1} Wilt thou be angry with us for e!er9 Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations9 {#1:4} Wilt thou not Bui'ken us again, That thy people may re>oi'e in thee9 {#1:2} Ehow us thy lo!ingkindness, . )eho!ah,

And grant us thy sal!ation( {#1:#} $ will hear what ,od )eho!ah will speak <or he will speak pea'e unto his people, and to his saints: -ut let them not turn again to folly( {#1:6} Eurely his sal!ation is nigh them that fear him, That glory may dwell in our land( {#1:13} +er'y and truth are met together 0ighteousness and pea'e ha!e kissed ea'h other( {#1:11} Truth springeth out of the earth And righteousness hath looked down from hea!en( {#1:1"} Cea, )eho!ah will gi!e that whi'h is good And our land shall yield its in'rease( {#1:13} 0ighteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way %to walk in&(

Psalm #4 A Prayer of =a!id {#4:1} -ow down thine ear, . )eho!ah, and answer me <or $ am poor and needy( {#4:"} Preser!e my soul for $ am godly: . thou my ,od, sa!e thy ser!ant that trusteth in thee( {#4:3} -e mer'iful unto me, . :ord <or unto thee do $ 'ry all the day long( {#4:/} 0e>oi'e the soul of thy ser!ant <or unto thee, . :ord, do $ lift up my soul( {#4:1} <or thou, :ord, art good, and ready to forgi!e, And abundant in lo!ingkindness unto all them that 'all upon thee( {#4:4} ,i!e ear, . )eho!ah, unto my prayer And hearken unto the !oi'e of my suppli'ations( {#4:2} $n the day of my trouble $ will 'all upon thee <or thou wilt answer me( {#4:#} There is none like unto thee among the gods, . :ord ?either %are there any works& like unto thy works( {#4:6} All nations whom thou hast made shall 'ome and worship before thee, . :ord And they shall glorify thy name( {#4:13} <or thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art ,od alone( {#4:11} Tea'h me thy way, . )eho!ah $ will walk in thy truth: Gnite my heart to fear thy name(

{#4:1"} $ will praise thee, . :ord my ,od, with my whole heart And $ will glorify thy name for e!ermore( {#4:13} <or great is thy lo!ingkindness toward me And thou hast deli!ered my soul from the lowest Eheol( {#4:1/} . ,od, the proud are risen up against me, And a 'ompany of !iolent men ha!e sought after my soul, And ha!e not set thee before them( {#4:11} -ut thou, . :ord, art a ,od mer'iful and gra'ious, Elow to anger, and abundant in lo!ingkindness and truth( {#4:14} .h turn unto me, and ha!e mer'y upon me ,i!e thy strength unto thy ser!ant, And sa!e the son of thy handmaid( {#4:12} Ehow me a token for good, That they who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, -e'ause thou, )eho!ah, hast helped me, and 'omforted me(

Psalm #2 A Psalm of the sons of Aorah a Eong( {#2:1} ;is foundation is in the holy mountains( {#2:"} )eho!ah lo!eth the gates of Dion +ore than all the dwellings of )a'ob( {#2:3} ,lorious things are spoken of thee, . 'ity of ,od( Eelah {#2:/} $ will make mention of 0ahab and -abylon as among them that know me: -ehold, Philistia, and Tyre, with 7thiopia: This one was born there( {#2:1} Cea, of Dion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her And the +ost ;igh himself will establish her( {#2:4} )eho!ah will 'ount, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there( Eelah {#2:2} They that sing as well as they that dan'e %shall say&, All my fountains are in thee(

Psalm ## A Eong, a Psalm of the sons of Aorah for the 5hief +usi'ian set to +ahalath :eannoth( +as'hil of ;eman the 7Hrahite( {##:1} . )eho!ah, the ,od of my sal!ation, $ ha!e 'ried day and night before thee( {##:"} :et my prayer enter into thy presen'e $n'line thine ear unto my 'ry( {##:3} <or my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Eheol( {##:/} $ am re'koned with them that go down into the pit $ am as a man that hath no help, {##:1} 5ast off among the dead, :ike the slain that lie in the gra!e, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are 'ut off from thy hand( {##:4} Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, $n dark pla'es, in the deeps( {##:2} Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast affli'ted me with all thy wa!es( Eelah {##:#} Thou hast put mine a'Buaintan'e far from me Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: $ am shut up, and $ 'annot 'ome forth( {##:6} +ine eye wasteth away by reason of affli'tion: $ ha!e 'alled daily upon thee, . )eho!ah $ ha!e spread forth my hands unto thee( {##:13} Wilt thou show wonders to the dead9 Ehall they that are de'eased arise and praise thee9 Eelah {##:11} Ehall thy lo!ingkindness be de'lared in the gra!e9 .r thy faithfulness in =estru'tion9 {##:1"} Ehall thy wonders be known in the dark9 And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness9 {##:13} -ut unto thee, . )eho!ah, ha!e $ 'ried And in the morning shall my prayer 'ome before thee( {##:1/} )eho!ah, why 'astest thou off my soul9 Why hidest thou thy fa'e from me9 {##:11} $ am affli'ted and ready to die from my youth up: While $ suffer thy terrors $ am distra'ted( {##:14} Thy fier'e wrath is gone o!er me

Thy terrors ha!e 'ut me off( {##:12} They 'ame round about me like water all the day long They 'ompassed me about together( {##:1#} :o!er and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine a'Buaintan'e into darkness(

Psalm #6 +as'hil of 7than the 7Hrahite( {#6:1} $ will sing of the lo!ingkindness of )eho!ah for e!er: With my mouth will $ make known thy faithfulness to all generations( {#6:"} <or $ ha!e said, +er'y shall be built up for e!er Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the !ery hea!ens( {#6:3} $ ha!e made a 'o!enant with my 'hosen, $ ha!e sworn unto =a!id my ser!ant: {#6:/} Thy seed will $ establish for e!er, And build up thy throne to all generations( Eelah {#6:1} And the hea!ens shall praise thy wonders, . )eho!ah Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones( {#6:4} <or who in the skies 'an be 'ompared unto )eho!ah9 Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto )eho!ah, {#6:2} A ,od !ery terrible in the 'oun'il of the holy ones, And to be feared abo!e all them that are round about him9 {#6:#} . )eho!ah ,od of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, . )eho!ah9 And thy faithfulness is round about thee( {#6:6} Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the wa!es thereof arise, thou stillest them( {#6:13} Thou hast broken 0ahab in pie'es, as one that is slain Thou hast s'attered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength( {#6:11} The hea!ens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them( {#6:1"} The north and the south, thou hast 'reated them: Tabor and ;ermon re>oi'e in thy name( {#6:13} Thou hast a mighty arm Etrong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand( {#6:1/} 0ighteousness and >usti'e are the foundation of thy throne: :o!ingkindness and truth go before thy fa'e(

{#6:11} -lessed is the people that know the >oyful sound: They walk, . )eho!ah, in the light of thy 'ountenan'e( {#6:14} $n thy name do they re>oi'e all the day And in thy righteousness are they e8alted( {#6:12} <or thou art the glory of their strength And in thy fa!or our horn shall be e8alted( {#6:1#} <or our shield belongeth unto )eho!ah And our king to the ;oly .ne of $srael( {#6:16} Then thou spakest in !ision to thy saints, And saidst, $ ha!e laid help upon one that is mighty $ ha!e e8alted one 'hosen out of the people( {#6:"3} $ ha!e found =a!id my ser!ant With my holy oil ha!e $ anointed him: {#6:"1} With whom my hand shall be established +ine arm also shall strengthen him( {#6:""} The enemy shall not e8a't from him, ?or the son of wi'kedness affli't him( {#6:"3} And $ will beat down his ad!ersaries before him, And smite them that hate him( {#6:"/} -ut my faithfulness and my lo!ingkindness shall be with him And in my name shall his horn be e8alted( {#6:"1} $ will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the ri!ers( {#6:"4} ;e shall 'ry unto me, Thou art my <ather, +y ,od, and the ro'k of my sal!ation( {#6:"2} $ also will make him %my& first@born, The highest of the kings of the earth( {#6:"#} +y lo!ingkindness will $ keep for him for e!ermore And my 'o!enant shall stand fast with him( {#6:"6} ;is seed also will $ make to endure for e!er, And his throne as the days of hea!en( {#6:33} $f his 'hildren forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinan'es {#6:31} $f they break my statutes, And keep not my 'ommandments {#6:3"} Then will $ !isit their transgression with the rod, And their iniBuity with stripes( {#6:33} -ut my lo!ingkindness will $ not utterly take from him, ?or suffer my faithfulness to fail( {#6:3/} +y 'o!enant will $ not break, ?or alter the thing that is gone out of my lips( {#6:31} .n'e ha!e $ sworn by my holiness: $ will not lie unto =a!id: {#6:34} ;is seed shall endure for e!er,

And his throne as the sun before me( {#6:32} $t shall be established for e!er as the moon, And %as& the faithful witness in the sky( Eelah {#6:3#} -ut thou hast 'ast off and re>e'ted, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed( {#6:36} Thou hast abhorred the 'o!enant of thy ser!ant: Thou hast profaned his 'rown %by 'asting it& to the ground( {#6:/3} Thou hast broken down all his hedges Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin( {#6:/1} All that pass by the way rob him: ;e is be'ome a reproa'h to his neighbors( {#6:/"} Thou hast e8alted the right hand of his ad!ersaries Thou hast made all his enemies to re>oi'e( {#6:/3} Cea, thou turnest ba'k the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle( {#6://} Thou hast made his brightness to 'ease, And 'ast his throne down to the ground( {#6:/1} The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast 'o!ered him with shame( Eelah {#6:/4} ;ow long, . )eho!ah9 wilt thou hide thyself for e!er9 %;ow long& shall thy wrath burn like fire9 {#6:/2} .h remember how short my time is: <or what !anity hast thou 'reated all the 'hildren of men* {#6:/#} What man is he that shall li!e and not see death, That shall deli!er his soul from the power of Eheol9 Eelah {#6:/6} :ord, where are thy former lo!ingkindnesses, Whi'h thou swarest unto =a!id in thy faithfulness9 {#6:13} 0emember, :ord, the reproa'h of thy ser!ants ;ow $ do bear in my bosom %the reproa'h of& all the mighty peoples, {#6:11} Wherewith thine enemies ha!e reproa'hed, . )eho!ah, Wherewith they ha!e reproa'hed the footsteps of thine anointed( {#6:1"} -lessed be )eho!ah for e!ermore( Amen, and Amen(

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Psalm 63 A Prayer of +oses the man of ,od( {63:1} :ord, thou hast been our dwelling@pla'e $n all generations( {63:"} -efore the mountains were brought forth, .r e!er thou hadst formed the earth and the world, 7!en from e!erlasting to e!erlasting, thou art ,od( {63:3} Thou turnest man to destru'tion, And sayest, 0eturn, ye 'hildren of men( {63:/} <or a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a wat'h in the night( {63:1} Thou 'arriest them away as with a flood they are as a sleep: $n the morning they are like grass whi'h groweth up( {63:4} $n the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up $n the e!ening it is 'ut down, and withereth( {63:2} <or we are 'onsumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we troubled( {63:#} Thou hast set our iniBuities before thee, .ur se'ret sins in the light of thy 'ountenan'e( {63:6} <or all our days are passed away in thy wrath: We bring our years to an end as a sigh( {63:13} The days of our years are threes'ore years and ten, .r e!en by reason of strength fours'ore years Cet is their pride but labor and sorrow <or it is soon gone, and we fly away( {63:11} Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath a''ording to the fear that is due unto thee9 {63:1"} Eo tea'h us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom( {63:13} 0eturn, . )eho!ah how long9 And let it repent thee 'on'erning thy ser!ants( {63:1/} .h satisfy us in the morning with thy lo!ingkindness, That we may re>oi'e and be glad all our days( {63:11} +ake us glad a''ording to the days wherein thou hast affli'ted us, And the years wherein we ha!e seen e!il( {63:14} :et thy work appear unto thy ser!ants, And thy glory upon their 'hildren( {63:12} And let the fa!or of the :ord our ,od be upon us And establish thou the work of our hands upon us

Cea, the work of our hands establish thou it(

Psalm 61 {61:1} ;e that dwelleth in the se'ret pla'e of the +ost ;igh Ehall abide under the shadow of the Almighty( {61:"} $ will say of )eho!ah, ;e is my refuge and my fortress +y ,od, in whom $ trust( {61:3} <or he will deli!er thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilen'e( {61:/} ;e will 'o!er thee with his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: ;is truth is a shield and a bu'kler( {61:1} Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, ?or for the arrow that flieth by day {61:4} <or the pestilen'e that walketh in darkness, ?or for the destru'tion that wasteth at noonday( {61:2} A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand %-ut& it shall not 'ome nigh thee( {61:#} .nly with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wi'ked( {61:6} <or thou, . )eho!ah, art my refuge* Thou hast made the +ost ;igh thy habitation {61:13} There shall no e!il befall thee, ?either shall any plague 'ome nigh thy tent( {61:11} <or he will gi!e his angels 'harge o!er thee, To keep thee in all thy ways( {61:1"} They shall bear thee up in their hands, :est thou dash thy foot against a stone( {61:13} Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot( {61:1/} -e'ause he hath set his lo!e upon me, therefore will $ deli!er him: $ will set him on high, be'ause he hath known my name( {61:11} ;e shall 'all upon me, and $ will answer him $ will be with him in trouble: $ will deli!er him, and honor him( {61:14} With long life will $ satisfy him, And show him my sal!ation(

Psalm 6" A Psalm, a Eong for the sabbath day( {6":1} $t is a good thing to gi!e thanks unto )eho!ah, And to sing praises unto thy name, . +ost ;igh {6":"} To show forth thy lo!ingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness e!ery night, {6":3} With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery With a solemn sound upon the harp( {6":/} <or thou, )eho!ah, hast made me glad through thy work: $ will triumph in the works of thy hands( {6":1} ;ow great are thy works, . )eho!ah* Thy thoughts are !ery deep( {6":4} A brutish man knoweth not ?either doth a fool understand this: {6":2} When the wi'ked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniBuity do flourish $t is that they shall be destroyed for e!er( {6":#} -ut thou, . )eho!ah, art on high for e!ermore( {6":6} <or, lo, thine enemies, . )eho!ah, <or, lo, thine enemies shall perish All the workers of iniBuity shall be s'attered( {6":13} -ut my horn hast thou e8alted like %the horn of& the wild@o8: $ am anointed with fresh oil( {6":11} +ine eye also hath seen %my desire& on mine enemies, +ine ears ha!e heard %my desire& of the e!il@doers that rise up against me( {6":1"} The righteous shall flourish like the palm@tree: ;e shall grow like a 'edar in :ebanon( {6":13} They are planted in the house of )eho!ah They shall flourish in the 'ourts of our ,od( {6":1/} They shall still bring forth fruit in old age They shall be full of sap and green: {6":11} To show that )eho!ah is upright ;e is my ro'k, and there is no unrighteousness in him(

Psalm 63

{63:1} )eho!ah reigneth he is 'lothed with ma>esty )eho!ah is 'lothed with strength he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it 'annot be mo!ed( {63:"} Thy throne is established of old: Thou art from e!erlasting( {63:3} The floods ha!e lifted up, . )eho!ah, The floods ha!e lifted up their !oi'e The floods lift up their wa!es( {63:/} Abo!e the !oi'es of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, )eho!ah on high is mighty( {63:1} Thy testimonies are !ery sure: ;oliness be'ometh thy house, . )eho!ah, for e!ermore(

Psalm 6/ {6/:1} . )eho!ah, thou ,od to whom !engean'e belongeth, Thou ,od to whom !engean'e belongeth, shine forth( {6/:"} :ift up thyself, thou >udge of the earth: 0ender to the proud %their& desert( {6/:3} )eho!ah, how long shall the wi'ked, ;ow long shall the wi'ked triumph9 {6/:/} They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniBuity boast themsel!es( {6/:1} They break in pie'es thy people, . )eho!ah, And affli't thy heritage( {6/:4} They slay the widow and the so>ourner, And murder the fatherless( {6/:2} And they say, )eho!ah will not see, ?either will the ,od of )a'ob 'onsider( {6/:#} 5onsider, ye brutish among the people And ye fools, when will ye be wise9 {6/:6} ;e that planted the ear, shall he not hear9 ;e that formed the eye, shall he not see9 {6/:13} ;e that 'hastiseth the nations, shall not he 'orre't, %7!en& he that tea'heth man knowledge9 {6/:11} )eho!ah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are !anity( {6/:1"} -lessed is the man whom thou 'hastenest, . )eho!ah, And tea'hest out of thy law {6/:13} That thou mayest gi!e him rest from the days of ad!ersity,

Gntil the pit be digged for the wi'ked( {6/:1/} <or )eho!ah will not 'ast off his people, ?either will he forsake his inheritan'e( {6/:11} <or >udgment shall return unto righteousness And all the upright in heart shall follow it( {6/:14} Who will rise up for me against the e!il@doers9 Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniBuity9 {6/:12} Gnless )eho!ah had been my help, +y soul had soon dwelt in silen'e( {6/:1#} When $ said, +y foot slippeth Thy lo!ingkindness, . )eho!ah, held me up( {6/:16} $n the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy 'omforts delight my soul( {6/:"3} Ehall the throne of wi'kedness ha!e fellowship with thee, Whi'h frameth mis'hief by statute9 {6/:"1} They gather themsel!es together against the soul of the righteous, And 'ondemn the inno'ent blood( {6/:""} -ut )eho!ah hath been my high tower, And my ,od the ro'k of my refuge( {6/:"3} And he hath brought upon them their own iniBuity, And will 'ut them off in their own wi'kedness )eho!ah our ,od will 'ut them off(

Psalm 61 {61:1} .h 'ome, let us sing unto )eho!ah :et us make a >oyful noise to the ro'k of our sal!ation( {61:"} :et us 'ome before his presen'e with thanksgi!ing :et us make a >oyful noise unto him with psalms( {61:3} <or )eho!ah is a great ,od, And a great Aing abo!e all gods( {61:/} $n his hand are the deep pla'es of the earth The heights of the mountains are his also( {61:1} The sea is his, and he made it And his hands formed the dry land( {61:4} .h 'ome, let us worship and bow down :et us kneel before )eho!ah our +aker: {61:2} <or he is our ,od, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand( To@day, oh that ye would hear his !oi'e* {61:#} ;arden not your heart, as at +eribah,

As in the day of +assah in the wilderness {61:6} When your fathers tempted me, Pro!ed me, and saw my work( {61:13} <orty years long was $ grie!ed with %that& generation, And said, $t is a people that do err in their heart, And they ha!e not known my ways: {61:11} Wherefore $ sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest(

Psalm 64 {64:1} .h sing unto )eho!ah a new song: Eing unto )eho!ah, all the earth( {64:"} Eing unto )eho!ah, bless his name Ehow forth his sal!ation from day to day( {64:3} =e'lare his glory among the nations, ;is mar!ellous works among all the peoples( {64:/} <or great is )eho!ah, and greatly to be praised: ;e is to be feared abo!e all gods( {64:1} <or all the gods of the peoples are idols -ut )eho!ah made the hea!ens( {64:4} ;onor and ma>esty are before him: Etrength and beauty are in his san'tuary( {64:2} As'ribe unto )eho!ah, ye kindreds of the peoples, As'ribe unto )eho!ah glory and strength( {64:#} As'ribe unto )eho!ah the glory due unto his name: -ring an offering, and 'ome into his 'ourts( {64:6} .h worship )eho!ah in holy array: Tremble before him, all the earth( {64:13} Eay among the nations, )eho!ah reigneth: The world also is established that it 'annot be mo!ed: ;e will >udge the peoples with eBuity( {64:11} :et the hea!ens be glad, and let the earth re>oi'e :et the sea roar, and the fulness thereof {64:1"} :et the field e8ult, and all that is therein Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for >oy {64:13} -efore )eho!ah for he 'ometh, <or he 'ometh to >udge the earth: ;e will >udge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth(

Psalm 62 {62:1} )eho!ah reigneth let the earth re>oi'e :et the multitude of isles be glad( {62:"} 5louds and darkness are round about him: 0ighteousness and >usti'e are the foundation of his throne( {62:3} A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his ad!ersaries round about( {62:/} ;is lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled( {62:1} The mountains melted like wa8 at the presen'e of )eho!ah, At the presen'e of the :ord of the whole earth( {62:4} The hea!ens de'lare his righteousness, And all the peoples ha!e seen his glory( {62:2} :et all them be put to shame that ser!e gra!en images, That boast themsel!es of idols: Worship him, all ye gods( {62:#} Dion heard and was glad, And the daughters of )udah re>oi'ed, -e'ause of thy >udgments, . )eho!ah( {62:6} <or thou, )eho!ah, art most high abo!e all the earth: Thou art e8alted far abo!e all gods( {62:13} . ye that lo!e )eho!ah, hate e!il: ;e preser!eth the souls of his saints ;e deli!ereth them out of the hand of the wi'ked( {62:11} :ight is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart( {62:1"} -e glad in )eho!ah, ye righteous And gi!e thanks to his holy memorial %name&(

Psalm 6# A Psalm( {6#:1} .h sing unto )eho!ah a new song <or he hath done mar!ellous things: ;is right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought sal!ation for him( {6#:"} )eho!ah hath made known his sal!ation: ;is righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the nations(

{6#:3} ;e hath remembered his lo!ingkindness and his faithfulness toward the house of $srael: All the ends of the earth ha!e seen the sal!ation of our ,od( {6#:/} +ake a >oyful noise unto )eho!ah, all the earth: -reak forth and sing for >oy, yea, sing praises( {6#:1} Eing praises unto )eho!ah with the harp With the harp and the !oi'e of melody( {6#:4} With trumpets and sound of 'ornet +ake a >oyful noise before the Aing, )eho!ah( {6#:2} :et the sea roar, and the fulness thereof The world, and they that dwell therein {6#:#} :et the floods 'lap their hands :et the hills sing for >oy together {6#:6} -efore )eho!ah for he 'ometh to >udge the earth: ;e will >udge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with eBuity(

Psalm 66 {66:1} )eho!ah reigneth let the peoples tremble: ;e sitteth %abo!e& the 'herubim let the earth be mo!ed( {66:"} )eho!ah is great in Dion And he is high abo!e all the peoples( {66:3} :et them praise thy great and terrible name: ;oly is he( {66:/} The kingFs strength also lo!eth >usti'e Thou dost establish eBuity Thou e8e'utest >usti'e and righteousness in )a'ob( {66:1} 78alt ye )eho!ah our ,od, And worship at his footstool: ;oly is he( {66:4} +oses and Aaron among his priests, And Eamuel among them that 'all upon his name They 'alled upon )eho!ah, and he answered them( {66:2} ;e spake unto them in the pillar of 'loud: They kept his testimonies, And the statute that he ga!e them( {66:#} Thou answeredst them, . )eho!ah our ,od: Thou wast a ,od that forga!est them,

Though thou tookest !engean'e of their doings( {66:6} 78alt ye )eho!ah our ,od, And worship at his holy hill <or )eho!ah our ,od is holy(

Psalm 133 A Psalm of thanksgi!ing( {133:1} +ake a >oyful noise unto )eho!ah, all ye lands( {133:"} Eer!e )eho!ah with gladness: 5ome before his presen'e with singing( {133:3} Anow ye that )eho!ah, he is ,od: $t is he that hath made us, and we are his We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture( {133:/} 7nter into his gates with thanksgi!ing, And into his 'ourts with praise: ,i!e thanks unto him, and bless his name( {133:1} <or )eho!ah is good his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er, And his faithfulness unto all generations(

Psalm 131 A Psalm of =a!id( {131:1} $ will sing of lo!ingkindness and >usti'e: Gnto thee, . )eho!ah, will $ sing praises( {131:"} $ will beha!e myself wisely in a perfe't way: .h when wilt thou 'ome unto me9 $ will walk within my house with a perfe't heart( {131:3} $ will set no base thing before mine eyes: $ hate the work of them that turn aside $t shall not 'lea!e unto me( {131:/} A per!erse heart shall depart from me: $ will know no e!il thing( {131:1} Whoso pri!ily slandereth his neighbor, him will $ destroy: ;im that hath a high look and a proud heart will $ not suffer( {131:4} +ine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may

dwell with me: ;e that walketh in a perfe't way, he shall minister unto me( {131:2} ;e that worketh de'eit shall not dwell within my house: ;e that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes( {131:#} +orning by morning will $ destroy all the wi'ked of the land To 'ut off all the workers of iniBuity from the 'ity of )eho!ah(

Psalm 13" A Prayer of the affli'ted, when he is o!erwhelmed, and poureth out his 'omplaint before )eho!ah( {13":1} ;ear my prayer, . )eho!ah, And let my 'ry 'ome unto thee( {13":"} ;ide not thy fa'e from me in the day of my distress: $n'line thine ear unto me $n the day when $ 'all answer me speedily( {13":3} <or my days 'onsume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand( {13":/} +y heart is smitten like grass, and withered <or $ forget to eat my bread( {13":1} -y reason of the !oi'e of my groaning +y bones 'lea!e to my flesh( {13":4} $ am like a peli'an of the wilderness $ am be'ome as an owl of the waste pla'es( {13":2} $ wat'h, and am be'ome like a sparrow That is alone upon the house@top( {13":#} +ine enemies reproa'h me all the day They that are mad against me do 'urse by me( {13":6} <or $ ha!e eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, {13":13} -e'ause of thine indignation and thy wrath: <or thou hast taken me up, and 'ast me away( {13":11} +y days are like a shadow that de'lineth And $ am withered like grass( {13":1"} -ut thou, . )eho!ah, wilt abide for e!er And thy memorial %name& unto all generations( {13":13} Thou wilt arise, and ha!e mer'y upon Dion <or it is time to ha!e pity upon her, Cea, the set time is 'ome(

{13":1/} <or thy ser!ants take pleasure in her stones, And ha!e pity upon her dust( {13":11} Eo the nations shall fear the name of )eho!ah, And all the kings of the earth thy glory( {13":14} <or )eho!ah hath built up Dion ;e hath appeared in his glory( {13":12} ;e hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer( {13":1#} This shall be written for the generation to 'ome And a people whi'h shall be 'reated shall praise )eho!ah( {13":16} <or he hath looked down from the height of his san'tuary <rom hea!en did )eho!ah behold the earth {13":"3} To hear the sighing of the prisoner To loose those that are appointed to death {13":"1} That men may de'lare the name of )eho!ah in Dion, And his praise in )erusalem {13":""} When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to ser!e )eho!ah( {13":"3} ;e weakened my strength in the way ;e shortened my days( {13":"/} $ said, . my ,od, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations( {13":"1} .f old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth And the hea!ens are the work of thy hands( {13":"4} They shall perish, but thou shalt endure Cea, all of them shall wa8 old like a garment As a !esture shalt thou 'hange them, and they shall be 'hanged: {13":"2} -ut thou art the same, And thy years shall ha!e no end( {13":"#} The 'hildren of thy ser!ants shall 'ontinue, And their seed shall be established before thee(

Psalm 133 %A Psalm& of =a!id( {133:1} -less )eho!ah, . my soul And all that is within me, %bless& his holy name( {133:"} -less )eho!ah, . my soul, And forget not all his benefits:

{133:3} Who forgi!eth all thine iniBuities Who healeth all thy diseases {133:/} Who redeemeth thy life from destru'tion Who 'rowneth thee with lo!ingkindness and tender mer'ies {133:1} Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, %Eo that& thy youth is renewed like the eagle( {133:4} )eho!ah e8e'uteth righteous a'ts, And >udgments for all that are oppressed( {133:2} ;e made known his ways unto +oses, ;is doings unto the 'hildren of $srael( {133:#} )eho!ah is mer'iful and gra'ious, Elow to anger, and abundant in lo!ingkindness( {133:6} ;e will not always 'hide ?either will he keep %his anger& for e!er( {133:13} ;e hath not dealt with us after our sins, ?or rewarded us after our iniBuities( {133:11} <or as the hea!ens are high abo!e the earth, Eo great is his lo!ingkindness toward them that fear him( {133:1"} As far as the east is from the west, Eo far hath he remo!ed our transgressions from us( {133:13} :ike as a father pitieth his 'hildren, Eo )eho!ah pitieth them that fear him( {133:1/} <or he knoweth our frame ;e remembereth that we are dust( {133:11} As for man, his days are as grass As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth( {133:14} <or the wind passeth o!er it, and it is gone And the pla'e thereof shall know it no more( {133:12} -ut the lo!ingkindness of )eho!ah is from e!erlasting to e!erlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto 'hildrenFs 'hildren {133:1#} To su'h as keep his 'o!enant, And to those that remember his pre'epts to do them( {133:16} )eho!ah hath established his throne in the hea!ens And his kingdom ruleth o!er all( {133:"3} -less )eho!ah, ye his angels, That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, ;earkening unto the !oi'e of his word( {133:"1} -less )eho!ah, all ye his hosts, Ce ministers of his, that do his pleasure( {133:""} -less )eho!ah, all ye his works, $n all pla'es of his dominion: -less )eho!ah, . my soul(

Psalm 13/

{13/:1} -less )eho!ah, . my soul( . )eho!ah my ,od, thou art !ery great Thou art 'lothed with honor and ma>esty: {13/:"} Who 'o!erest thyself with light as with a garment Who stret'hest out the hea!ens like a 'urtain {13/:3} Who layeth the beams of his 'hambers in the waters Who maketh the 'louds his 'hariot Who walketh upon the wings of the wind {13/:/} Who maketh winds his messengers <lames of fire his ministers {13/:1} Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be mo!ed for e!er( {13/:4} Thou 'o!eredst it with the deep as with a !esture The waters stood abo!e the mountains( {13/:2} At thy rebuke they fled At the !oi'e of thy thunder they hasted away {13/:#} IThe mountains rose, the !alleys sank downJ Gnto the pla'e whi'h thou hadst founded for them( {13/:6} Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass o!er That they turn not again to 'o!er the earth( {13/:13} ;e sendeth forth springs into the !alleys They run among the mountains {13/:11} They gi!e drink to e!ery beast of the field The wild asses Buen'h their thirst( {13/:1"} -y them the birds of the hea!ens ha!e their habitation They sing among the bran'hes( {13/:13} ;e watereth the mountains from his 'hambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works( {13/:1/} ;e 'auseth the grass to grow for the 'attle, And herb for the ser!i'e of man That he may bring forth food out of the earth, {13/:11} And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, %And& oil to make his fa'e to shine, And bread that strengtheneth manFs heart( {13/:14} The trees of )eho!ah are filled %with moisture&, The 'edars of :ebanon, whi'h he hath planted {13/:12} Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir@trees are her house( {13/:1#} The high mountains are for the wild goats The ro'ks are a refuge for the 'onies(

{13/:16} ;e appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down( {13/:"3} Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest 'reep forth( {13/:"1} The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from ,od( {13/:""} The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens( {13/:"3} +an goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the e!ening( {13/:"/} . )eho!ah, how manifold are thy works* $n wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy ri'hes( {13/:"1} Conder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things 'reeping innumerable, -oth small and great beasts( {13/:"4} There go the ships There is le!iathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein( {13/:"2} These wait all for thee, That thou mayest gi!e them their food in due season( {13/:"#} Thou gi!est unto them, they gather Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good( {13/:"6} Thou hidest thy fa'e, they are troubled Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust( {13/:33} Thou sendest forth thy Epirit, they are 'reated And thou renewest the fa'e of the ground( {13/:31} :et the glory of )eho!ah endure for e!er :et )eho!ah re>oi'e in his works: {13/:3"} Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth ;e tou'heth the mountains, and they smoke( {13/:33} $ will sing unto )eho!ah as long as $ li!e: $ will sing praise to my ,od while $ ha!e any being( {13/:3/} :et thy meditation be sweet unto him: $ will re>oi'e in )eho!ah( {13/:31} :et sinners be 'onsumed out of the earth( And let the wi'ked be no more( -less )eho!ah, . my soul( Praise ye )eho!ah(

Psalm 131

{131:1} .h gi!e thanks unto )eho!ah, 'all upon his name +ake known among the peoples his doings( {131:"} Eing unto him, sing praises unto him Talk ye of all his mar!elous works( {131:3} ,lory ye in his holy name: :et the heart of them re>oi'e that seek )eho!ah( {131:/} Eeek ye )eho!ah and his strength Eeek his fa'e e!ermore( {131:1} 0emember his mar!ellous works that he hath done, ;is wonders, and the >udgments of his mouth, {131:4} . ye seed of Abraham his ser!ant, Ce 'hildren of )a'ob, his 'hosen ones( {131:2} ;e is )eho!ah our ,od: ;is >udgments are in all the earth( {131:#} ;e hath remembered his 'o!enant for e!er, The word whi'h he 'ommanded to a thousand generations, {131:6} %The 'o!enant& whi'h he made with Abraham, And his oath unto $saa', {131:13} And 'onfirmed the same unto )a'ob for a statute, To $srael for an e!erlasting 'o!enant, {131:11} Eaying, Gnto thee will $ gi!e the land of 5anaan, The lot of your inheritan'e {131:1"} When they were but a few men in number, Cea, !ery few, and so>ourners in it( {131:13} And they went about from nation to nation, <rom one kingdom to another people( {131:1/} ;e suffered no man to do them wrong Cea, he repro!ed kings for their sakes, {131:11} %Eaying&, Tou'h not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm( {131:14} And he 'alled for a famine upon the land ;e brake the whole staff of bread( {131:12} ;e sent a man before them )oseph was sold for a ser!ant: {131:1#} ;is feet they hurt with fetters: ;e was laid in %'hains of& iron, {131:16} Gntil the time that his word 'ame to pass, The word of )eho!ah tried him( {131:"3} The king sent and loosed him 7!en the ruler of peoples, and let him go free( {131:"1} ;e made him lord of his house, And ruler of all his substan'e {131:""} To bind his prin'es at his pleasure, And tea'h his elders wisdom(

{131:"3} $srael also 'ame into 7gypt And )a'ob so>ourned in the land of ;am( {131:"/} And he in'reased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their ad!ersaries( {131:"1} ;e turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his ser!ants( {131:"4} ;e sent +oses his ser!ant, %And& Aaron whom he had 'hosen( {131:"2} They set among them his signs, And wonders in the land of ;am( {131:"#} ;e sent darkness, and made it dark And they rebelled not against his words( {131:"6} ;e turned their waters into blood, And slew their fish( {131:33} Their land swarmed with frogs $n the 'hambers of their kings( {131:31} ;e spake, and there 'ame swarms of flies, And li'e in all their borders( {131:3"} ;e ga!e them hail for rain, %And& flaming fire in their land( {131:33} ;e smote their !ines also and their fig@trees, And brake the trees of their borders( {131:3/} ;e spake, and the lo'ust 'ame, And the grasshopper, and that without number, {131:31} And did eat up e!ery herb in their land, And did eat up the fruit of their ground( {131:34} ;e smote also all the first@born in their land, The 'hief of all their strength( {131:32} And he brought them forth with sil!er and gold And there was not one feeble person among his tribes( {131:3#} 7gypt was glad when they departed <or the fear of them had fallen upon them( {131:36} ;e spread a 'loud for a 'o!ering, And fire to gi!e light in the night( {131:/3} They asked, and he brought Buails, And satisfied them with the bread of hea!en( {131:/1} ;e opened the ro'k, and waters gushed out They ran in the dry pla'es %like& a ri!er( {131:/"} <or he remembered his holy word, %And& Abraham his ser!ant( {131:/3} And he brought forth his people with >oy, %And& his 'hosen with singing( {131://} And he ga!e them the lands of the nations And they took the labor of the peoples in possession: {131:/1} That they might keep his statutes, And obser!e his laws( Praise ye )eho!ah(

Psalm 134

{134:1} Praise ye )eho!ah( .h gi!e thanks unto )eho!ah for he is good <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& fore!er( {134:"} Who 'an utter the mighty a'ts of )eho!ah, .r show forth all his praise9 {134:3} -lessed are they that keep >usti'e, And he that doeth righteousness at all times( {134:/} 0emember me, . )eho!ah, with the fa!or that thou bearest unto thy people .h !isit me with thy sal!ation, {134:1} That $ may see the prosperity of thy 'hosen, That $ may re>oi'e in the gladness of thy nation, That $ may glory with thine inheritan'e( {134:4} We ha!e sinned with our fathers, We ha!e 'ommitted iniBuity, we ha!e done wi'kedly( {134:2} .ur fathers understood not thy wonders in 7gypt They remembered not the multitude of thy lo!ingkindnesses, -ut were rebellious at the sea, e!en at the 0ed Eea( {134:#} ?e!ertheless he sa!ed them for his nameFs sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known( {134:6} ;e rebuked the 0ed Eea also, and it was dried up: Eo he led them through the depths, as through a wilderness( {134:13} And he sa!ed them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy( {134:11} And the waters 'o!ered their ad!ersaries There was not one of them left( {134:1"} Then belie!ed they his words They sang his praise( {134:13} They soon forgat his works They waited not for his 'ounsel, {134:1/} -ut lusted e8'eedingly in the wilderness, And tempted ,od in the desert( {134:11} And he ga!e them their reBuest, -ut sent leanness into their soul( {134:14} They en!ied +oses also in the 'amp,

%And& Aaron the saint of )eho!ah( {134:12} The earth opened and swallowed up =athan, And 'o!ered the 'ompany of Abiram( {134:1#} And a fire was kindled in their 'ompany The flame burned up the wi'ked( {134:16} They made a 'alf in ;oreb, And worshipped a molten image( {134:"3} Thus they 'hanged their glory <or the likeness of an o8 that eateth grass( {134:"1} They forgat ,od their Ea!iour, Who had done great things in 7gypt, {134:""} Wondrous works in the land of ;am, %And& terrible things by the 0ed Eea( {134:"3} Therefore he said that he would destroy them, ;ad not +oses his 'hosen stood before him in the brea'h, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy %them&( {134:"/} Cea, they despised the pleasant land, They belie!ed not his word, {134:"1} -ut murmured in their tents, And hearkened not unto the !oi'e of )eho!ah( {134:"4} Therefore he sware unto them, That he would o!erthrow them in the wilderness, {134:"2} And that he would o!erthrow their seed among the nations, And s'atter them in the lands( {134:"#} They >oined themsel!es also unto -aal@peor, And ate the sa'rifi'es of the dead( {134:"6} Thus they pro!oked him to anger with their doings And the plague brake in upon them( {134:33} Then stood up Phinehas, and e8e'uted >udgment And so the plague was stayed( {134:31} And that was re'koned unto him for righteousness, Gnto all generations for e!ermore( {134:3"} They angered him also at the waters of +eribah, Eo that it went ill with +oses for their sakes {134:33} -e'ause they were rebellious against his spirit, And he spake unad!isedly with his lips( {134:3/} They did not destroy the peoples, As )eho!ah 'ommanded them, {134:31} -ut mingled themsel!es with the nations, And learned their works, {134:34} And ser!ed their idols, Whi'h be'ame a snare unto them( {134:32} Cea, they sa'rifi'ed their sons and their daughters unto demons, {134:3#} And shed inno'ent blood, 7!en the blood of their sons and of their daughters,

Whom they sa'rifi'ed unto the idols of 5anaan And the land was polluted with blood( {134:36} Thus were they defiled with their works, And played the harlot in their doings( {134:/3} Therefore was the wrath of )eho!ah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritan'e( {134:/1} And he ga!e them into the hand of the nations And they that hated them ruled o!er them( {134:/"} Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into sub>e'tion under their hand( {134:/3} +any times did he deli!er them -ut they were rebellious in their 'ounsel, And were brought low in their iniBuity( {134://} ?e!ertheless he regarded their distress, When he heard their 'ry: {134:/1} And he remembered for them his 'o!enant, And repented a''ording to the multitude of his lo!ingkindnesses( {134:/4} ;e made them also to be pitied .f all those that 'arried them 'apti!e( {134:/2} Ea!e us, . )eho!ah our ,od, And gather us from among the nations, To gi!e thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise( {134:/#} -lessed be )eho!ah, the ,od of $srael, <rom e!erlasting e!en to e!erlasting( And let all the people say, Amen( Praise ye )eho!ah(

-..A K Psalm 132

{132:1} . gi!e thanks unto )eho!ah <or he is good <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er( {132:"} :et the redeemed of )eho!ah say %so&, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the ad!ersary, {132:3} And gathered out of the lands,

<rom the east and from the west, <rom the north and from the south( {132:/} They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way They found no 'ity of habitation( {132:1} ;ungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them( {132:4} Then they 'ried unto )eho!ah in their trouble, And he deli!ered them out of their distresses, {132:2} ;e led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a 'ity of habitation( {132:#} .h that men would praise )eho!ah for his lo!ingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the 'hildren of men* {132:6} <or he satisfieth the longing soul, And the hungry soul he filleth with good( {132:13} Eu'h as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, -eing bound in affli'tion and iron, {132:11} -e'ause they rebelled against the words of ,od, And 'ontemned the 'ounsel of the +ost ;igh: {132:1"} Therefore he brought down their heart with labor They fell down, and there was none to help( {132:13} Then they 'ried unto )eho!ah in their trouble, And he sa!ed them out of their distresses( {132:1/} ;e brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder( {132:11} .h that men would praise )eho!ah for his lo!ingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the 'hildren of men* {132:14} <or he hath broken the gates of brass, And 'ut the bars of iron in sunder( {132:12} <ools be'ause of their transgression, And be'ause of their iniBuities, are affli'ted( {132:1#} Their soul abhorreth all manner of food And they draw near unto the gates of death( {132:16} Then they 'ry unto )eho!ah in their trouble, And he sa!eth them out of their distresses( {132:"3} ;e sendeth his word, and healeth them, And deli!ereth %them& from their destru'tions( {132:"1} .h that men would praise )eho!ah for his lo!ingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the 'hildren of men* {132:""} And let them offer the sa'rifi'es of thanksgi!ing, And de'lare his works with singing(

{132:"3} They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters {132:"/} These see the works of )eho!ah, And his wonders in the deep( {132:"1} <or he 'ommandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, Whi'h lifteth up the wa!es thereof( {132:"4} They mount up to the hea!ens, they go down again to the depths: Their soul melteth away be'ause of trouble( {132:"2} They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their witsF end( {132:"#} Then they 'ry unto )eho!ah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses( {132:"6} ;e maketh the storm a 'alm, Eo that the wa!es thereof are still( {132:33} Then are they glad be'ause they are Buiet Eo he bringeth them unto their desired ha!en( {132:31} .h that men would praise )eho!ah for his lo!ingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the 'hildren of men* {132:3"} :et them e8alt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders( {132:33} ;e turneth ri!ers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground {132:3/} A fruitful land into a salt desert, <or the wi'kedness of them that dwell therein( {132:31} ;e turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings( {132:34} And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, That they may prepare a 'ity of habitation, {132:32} And sow fields, and plant !ineyards, And get them fruits of in'rease( {132:3#} ;e blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly And he suffereth not their 'attle to de'rease( {132:36} Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow( {132:/3} ;e poureth 'ontempt upon prin'es, And 'auseth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way( {132:/1} Cet setteth he the needy on high from affli'tion, And maketh %him& families like a flo'k( {132:/"} The upright shall see it, and be glad And all iniBuity shall stop her mouth( {132:/3} Whoso is wise will gi!e heed to these things And they will 'onsider the lo!ingkindnesses of )eho!ah(

Psalm 13# A Eong, A Psalm of =a!id( {13#:1} +y heart is fi8ed, . ,od $ will sing, yea, $ will sing praises, e!en with my glory( {13#:"} Awake, psaltery and harp: $ myself will awake right early( {13#:3} $ will gi!e thanks unto thee, . )eho!ah, among the peoples And $ will sing praises unto thee among the nations( {13#:/} <or thy lo!ingkindness is great abo!e the hea!ens And thy truth %rea'heth& unto the skies( {13#:1} -e thou e8alted, . ,od, abo!e the hea!ens, And thy glory abo!e all the earth( {13#:4} That thy belo!ed may be deli!ered, Ea!e with thy right hand, and answer us( {13#:2} ,od hath spoken in his holiness: $ will e8ult $ will di!ide Ehe'hem, and mete out the !alley of Eu''oth( {13#:#} ,ilead is mine +anasseh is mine 7phraim also is the defen'e of my head )udah is my s'eptre( {13#:6} +oab is my washpot Gpon 7dom will $ 'ast my shoe .!er Philistia will $ shout( {13#:13} Who will bring me into the fortified 'ity9 Who hath led me unto 7dom9 {13#:11} ;ast not thou 'ast us off, . ,od9 And thou goest not forth, . ,od, with our hosts( {13#:1"} ,i!e us help against the ad!ersary <or !ain is the help of man( {13#:13} Through ,od we shall do !aliantly: <or he it is that will tread down our ad!ersaries(

Psalm 136 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {136:1} ;old not thy pea'e, . ,od of my praise {136:"} <or the mouth of the wi'ked and the mouth of de'eit ha!e they

opened against me: They ha!e spoken unto me with a lying tongue( {136:3} They ha!e 'ompassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a 'ause( {136:/} <or my lo!e they are my ad!ersaries: -ut $ %gi!e myself unto& prayer( {136:1} And they ha!e rewarded me e!il for good, And hatred for my lo!e( {136:4} Eet thou a wi'ked man o!er him And let an ad!ersary stand at his right hand( {136:2} When he is >udged, let him 'ome forth guilty And let his prayer be turned into sin( {136:#} :et his days be few %And& let another take his offi'e( {136:6} :et his 'hildren be fatherless, And his wife a widow( {136:13} :et his 'hildren be !agabonds, and beg And let them seek %their bread& out of their desolate pla'es( {136:11} :et the e8tortioner 'at'h all that he hath And let strangers make spoil of his labor( {136:1"} :et there be none to e8tend kindness unto him ?either let there be any to ha!e pity on his fatherless 'hildren( {136:13} :et his posterity be 'ut off $n the generation following let their name be blotted out( {136:1/} :et the iniBuity of his fathers be remembered with )eho!ah And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out( {136:11} :et them be before )eho!ah 'ontinually, That he may 'ut off the memory of them from the earth {136:14} -e'ause he remembered not to show kindness, -ut perse'uted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay %them&( {136:12} Cea, he lo!ed 'ursing, and it 'ame unto him And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him( {136:1#} ;e 'lothed himself also with 'ursing as with his garment, And it 'ame into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones( {136:16} :et it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he 'o!ereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded 'ontinually( {136:"3} This is the reward of mine ad!ersaries from )eho!ah, And of them that speak e!il against my soul( {136:"1} -ut deal thou with me, . )eho!ah the :ord, for thy nameFs sake: -e'ause thy lo!ingkindness is good, deli!er thou me {136:""} <or $ am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me( {136:"3} $ am gone like the shadow when it de'lineth:

$ am tossed up and down as the lo'ust( {136:"/} +y knees are weak through fasting And my flesh faileth of fatness( {136:"1} $ am be'ome also a reproa'h unto them: When they see me, they shake their head( {136:"4} ;elp me, . )eho!ah my ,od .h sa!e me a''ording to thy lo!ingkindness: {136:"2} That they may know that this is thy hand %That& thou, )eho!ah, hast done it( {136:"#} :et them 'urse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, -ut thy ser!ant shall re>oi'e( {136:"6} :et mine ad!ersaries be 'lothed with dishonor, And let them 'o!er themsel!es with their own shame as with a robe( {136:33} $ will gi!e great thanks unto )eho!ah with my mouth Cea, $ will praise him among the multitude( {136:31} <or he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To sa!e him from them that >udge his soul(

Psalm 113 A Psalm of =a!id( {113:1} )eho!ah saith unto my :ord, Eit thou at my right hand, Gntil $ make thine enemies thy footstool( {113:"} )eho!ah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Dion: 0ule thou in the midst of thine enemies( {113:3} Thy people offer themsel!es willingly $n the day of thy power, in holy array: .ut of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth( {113:/} )eho!ah hath sworn, and will not repent: Thou art a priest for e!er After the order of +el'hiHedek( {113:1} The :ord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath( {113:4} ;e will >udge among the nations, ;e will fill %the pla'es& with dead bodies ;e will strike through the head in many 'ountries( {113:2} ;e will drink of the brook in the way: Therefore will he lift up the head(

Psalm 111

{111:1} Praise ye )eho!ah( $ will gi!e thanks unto )eho!ah with my whole heart, $n the 'oun'il of the upright, and in the 'ongregation( {111:"} The works of )eho!ah are great, Eought out of all them that ha!e pleasure therein( {111:3} ;is work is honor and ma>esty And his righteousness endureth for e!er( {111:/} ;e hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: )eho!ah is gra'ious and mer'iful( {111:1} ;e hath gi!en food unto them that fear him: ;e will e!er be mindful of his 'o!enant( {111:4} ;e hath showed his people the power of his works, $n gi!ing them the heritage of the nations( {111:2} The works of his hands are truth and >usti'e All his pre'epts are sure( {111:#} They are established for e!er and e!er They are done in truth and uprightness( {111:6} ;e hath sent redemption unto his people ;e hath 'ommanded his 'o!enant for e!er: ;oly and re!erend is his name( {111:13} The fear of )eho!ah is the beginning of wisdom A good understanding ha!e all they that do %his 'ommandments&: ;is praise endureth for e!er(

Psalm 11"

{11":1} Praise ye )eho!ah( -lessed is the man that feareth )eho!ah, That delighteth greatly in his 'ommandments( {11":"} ;is seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed( {11":3} Wealth and ri'hes are in his house

And his righteousness endureth for e!er( {11":/} Gnto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: %;e is& gra'ious, and mer'iful, and righteous( {11":1} Well is it with the man that dealeth gra'iously and lendeth ;e shall maintain his 'ause in >udgment( {11":4} <or he shall ne!er be mo!ed The righteous shall be had in e!erlasting remembran'e( {11":2} ;e shall not be afraid of e!il tidings: ;is heart is fi8ed, trusting in )eho!ah( {11":#} ;is heart is established, he shall not be afraid, Gntil he see %his desire& upon his ad!ersaries( {11":6} ;e hath dispersed, he hath gi!en to the needy ;is righteousness endureth for e!er: ;is horn shall be e8alted with honor( {11":13} The wi'ked shall see it, and be grie!ed ;e shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wi'ked shall perish(

Psalm 113

{113:1} Praise ye )eho!ah( Praise, . ye ser!ants of )eho!ah, Praise the name of )eho!ah( {113:"} -lessed be the name of )eho!ah <rom this time forth and for e!ermore( {113:3} <rom the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same )eho!ahFs name is to be praised( {113:/} )eho!ah is high abo!e all nations, And his glory abo!e the hea!ens( {113:1} Who is like unto )eho!ah our ,od, That hath his seat on high, {113:4} That humbleth himself to behold %The things that are& in hea!en and in the earth9 {113:2} ;e raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill {113:#} That he may set him with prin'es, 7!en with the prin'es of his people( {113:6} ;e maketh the barren woman to keep house, %And to be& a >oyful mother of 'hildren( Praise ye )eho!ah(

Psalm 11/

{11/:1} When $srael went forth out of 7gypt, The house of )a'ob from a people of strange language {11/:"} )udah be'ame his san'tuary, $srael his dominion( {11/:3} The sea saw it, and fled The )ordan was dri!en ba'k( {11/:/} The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs( {11/:1} What aileth thee, . thou sea, that thou fleest9 Thou )ordan, that thou turnest ba'k9 {11/:4} Ce mountains, that ye skip like rams Ce little hills, like lambs9 {11/:2} Tremble, thou earth, at the presen'e of the :ord, At the presen'e of the ,od of )a'ob, {11/:#} Who turned the ro'k into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters(

Psalm 111

{111:1} ?ot unto us, . )eho!ah, not unto us, -ut unto thy name gi!e glory, <or thy lo!ingkindness, and for thy truthFs sake( {111:"} Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their ,od9 {111:3} -ut our ,od is in the hea!ens: ;e hath done whatsoe!er he pleased( {111:/} Their idols are sil!er and gold, The work of menFs hands( {111:1} They ha!e mouths, but they speak not 7yes ha!e they, but they see not {111:4} They ha!e ears, but they hear not

?oses ha!e they, but they smell not {111:2} They ha!e hands, but they handle not <eet ha!e they, but they walk not ?either speak they through their throat( {111:#} They that make them shall be like unto them Cea, e!ery one that trusteth in them( {111:6} . $srael, trust thou in )eho!ah: ;e is their help and their shield( {111:13} . house of Aaron, trust ye in )eho!ah: ;e is their help and their shield( {111:11} Ce that fear )eho!ah, trust in )eho!ah: ;e is their help and their shield( {111:1"} )eho!ah hath been mindful of us he will bless %us&: ;e will bless the house of $srael ;e will bless the house of Aaron( {111:13} ;e will bless them that fear )eho!ah, -oth small and great( {111:1/} )eho!ah in'rease you more and more, Cou and your 'hildren( {111:11} -lessed are ye of )eho!ah, Who made hea!en and earth( {111:14} The hea!ens are the hea!ens of )eho!ah -ut the earth hath he gi!en to the 'hildren of men( {111:12} The dead praise not )eho!ah, ?either any that go down into silen'e {111:1#} -ut we will bless )eho!ah <rom this time forth and for e!ermore( Praise ye )eho!ah(

Psalm 114

{114:1} $ lo!e )eho!ah, be'ause he heareth +y !oi'e and my suppli'ations( {114:"} -e'ause he hath in'lined his ear unto me, Therefore will $ 'all %upon him& as long as $ li!e( {114:3} The 'ords of death 'ompassed me, And the pains of Eheol gat hold upon me: $ found trouble and sorrow( {114:/} Then 'alled $ upon the name of )eho!ah: . )eho!ah, $ besee'h thee, deli!er my soul(

{114:1} ,ra'ious is )eho!ah, and righteous Cea, our ,od is mer'iful( {114:4} )eho!ah preser!eth the simple: $ was brought low, and he sa!ed me( {114:2} 0eturn unto thy rest, . my soul <or )eho!ah hath dealt bountifully with thee( {114:#} <or thou hast deli!ered my soul from death, +ine eyes from tears, %And& my feet from falling( {114:6} $ will walk before )eho!ah $n the land of the li!ing( {114:13} $ belie!e, for $ will speak: $ was greatly affli'ted: {114:11} $ said in my haste, All men are liars( {114:1"} What shall $ render unto )eho!ah <or all his benefits toward me9 {114:13} $ will take the 'up of sal!ation, And 'all upon the name of )eho!ah( {114:1/} $ will pay my !ows unto )eho!ah, Cea, in the presen'e of all his people( {114:11} Pre'ious in the sight of )eho!ah $s the death of his saints( {114:14} . )eho!ah, truly $ am thy ser!ant: $ am thy ser!ant, the son of thy handmaid Thou hast loosed my bonds( {114:12} $ will offer to thee the sa'rifi'e of thanksgi!ing, And will 'all upon the name of )eho!ah( {114:1#} $ will pay my !ows unto )eho!ah, Cea, in the presen'e of all his people, {114:16} $n the 'ourts of )eho!ahFs house, $n the midst of thee, . )erusalem( Praise ye )eho!ah(

Psalm 112

{112:1} . praise )eho!ah, all ye nations :aud him, all ye peoples( {112:"} <or his lo!ingkindness is great toward us And the truth of )eho!ah %endureth& for e!er(

Praise ye )eho!ah(

Psalm 11#

{11#:1} .h gi!e thanks unto )eho!ah for he is good <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er( {11#:"} :et $srael now say, That his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er( {11#:3} :et the house of Aaron now say, That his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er( {11#:/} :et them now that fear )eho!ah say, That his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er( {11#:1} .ut of my distress $ 'alled upon )eho!ah: )eho!ah answered me %and set me& in a large pla'e( {11#:4} )eho!ah is on my side $ will not fear: What 'an man do unto me9 {11#:2} )eho!ah is on my side among them that help me: Therefore shall $ see %my desire& upon them that hate me( {11#:#} $t is better to take refuge in )eho!ah Than to put 'onfiden'e in man( {11#:6} $t is better to take refuge in )eho!ah Than to put 'onfiden'e in prin'es( {11#:13} All nations 'ompassed me about: $n the name of )eho!ah $ will 'ut them off( {11#:11} They 'ompassed me about yea, they 'ompassed me about: $n the name of )eho!ah $ will 'ut them off( {11#:1"} They 'ompassed me about like bees They are Buen'hed as the fire of thorns: $n the name of )eho!ah $ will 'ut them off( {11#:13} Thou didst thrust sore at me that $ might fall -ut )eho!ah helped me( {11#:1/} )eho!ah is my strength and song And he is be'ome my sal!ation( {11#:11} The !oi'e of re>oi'ing and sal!ation is in the tents of the righteous: The right hand of )eho!ah doeth !aliantly( {11#:14} The right hand of )eho!ah is e8alted: The right hand of )eho!ah doeth !aliantly( {11#:12} $ shall not die, but li!e, And de'lare the works of )eho!ah(

{11#:1#} )eho!ah hath 'hastened me sore -ut he hath not gi!en me o!er unto death( {11#:16} .pen to me the gates of righteousness: $ will enter into them, $ will gi!e thanks unto )eho!ah( {11#:"3} This is the gate of )eho!ah The righteous shall enter into it( {11#:"1} $ will gi!e thanks unto thee for thou hast answered me, And art be'ome my sal!ation( {11#:""} The stone whi'h the builders re>e'ted $s be'ome the head of the 'orner( {11#:"3} This is )eho!ahFs doing $t is mar!ellous in our eyes( {11#:"/} This is the day whi'h )eho!ah hath made We will re>oi'e and be glad in it( {11#:"1} Ea!e now, we besee'h thee, . )eho!ah: . )eho!ah, we besee'h thee, send now prosperity( {11#:"4} -lessed be he that 'ometh in the name of )eho!ah: We ha!e blessed you out of the house of )eho!ah( {11#:"2} )eho!ah is ,od, and he hath gi!en us light: -ind the sa'rifi'e with 'ords, e!en unto the horns of the altar( {11#:"#} Thou art my ,od, and $ will gi!e thanks unto thee: Thou art my ,od, $ will e8alt thee( {11#:"6} .h gi!e thanks unto )eho!ah for he is good <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er(

Psalm 116 A:7P;( {116:1} -lessed are they that are perfe't in the way, Who walk in the law of )eho!ah( {116:"} -lessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart( {116:3} Cea, they do no unrighteousness They walk in his ways( {116:/} Thou hast 'ommanded %us& thy pre'epts, That we should obser!e them diligently( {116:1} .h that my ways were established To obser!e thy statutes* {116:4} Then shall $ not be put to shame, When $ ha!e respe't unto all thy 'ommandments( {116:2} $ will gi!e thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart,

When $ learn thy righteous >udgments( {116:#} $ will obser!e thy statutes: .h forsake me not utterly( -7T;( {116:6} Wherewith shall a young man 'leanse his way9 -y taking heed %thereto& a''ording to thy word( {116:13} With my whole heart ha!e $ sought thee: .h let me not wander from thy 'ommandments( {116:11} Thy word ha!e $ laid up in my heart, That $ might not sin against thee( {116:1"} -lessed art thou, . )eho!ah: Tea'h me thy statutes( {116:13} With my lips ha!e $ de'lared All the ordinan'es of thy mouth( {116:1/} $ ha!e re>oi'ed in the way of thy testimonies, As mu'h as in all ri'hes( {116:11} $ will meditate on thy pre'epts, And ha!e respe't unto thy ways( {116:14} $ will delight myself in thy statutes: $ will not forget thy word( ,$+7:( {116:12} =eal bountifully with thy ser!ant, that $ may li!e Eo will $ obser!e thy word( {116:1#} .pen thou mine eyes, that $ may behold Wondrous things out of thy law( {116:16} $ am a so>ourner in the earth: ;ide not thy 'ommandments from me( {116:"3} +y soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinan'es at all times( {116:"1} Thou hast rebuked the proud that are 'ursed, That do wander from thy 'ommandments( {116:""} Take away from me reproa'h and 'ontempt <or $ ha!e kept thy testimonies( {116:"3} Prin'es also sat and talked against me %-ut& thy ser!ant did meditate on thy statutes( {116:"/} Thy testimonies also are my delight %And& my 'ounsellors( =A:7T;(

{116:"1} +y soul 'lea!eth unto the dust: Lui'ken thou me a''ording to thy word( {116:"4} $ de'lared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Tea'h me thy statutes( {116:"2} +ake me to understand the way of thy pre'epts: Eo shall $ meditate on thy wondrous works( {116:"#} +y soul melteth for hea!iness: Etrengthen thou me a''ording unto thy word( {116:"6} 0emo!e from me the way of falsehood And grant me thy law gra'iously( {116:33} $ ha!e 'hosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinan'es ha!e $ set %before me&( {116:31} $ 'lea!e unto thy testimonies: . )eho!ah, put me not to shame( {116:3"} $ will run the way of thy 'ommandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart( ;7( {116:33} Tea'h me, . )eho!ah, the way of thy statutes And $ shall keep it unto the end( {116:3/} ,i!e me understanding, and $ shall keep thy law Cea, $ shall obser!e it with my whole heart( {116:31} +ake me to go in the path of thy 'ommandments <or therein do $ delight( {116:34} $n'line my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to 'o!etousness( {116:32} Turn away mine eyes from beholding !anity, And Bui'ken me in thy ways( {116:3#} 5onfirm unto thy ser!ant thy word, Whi'h %is in order& unto the fear of thee( {116:36} Turn away my reproa'h whereof $ am afraid <or thine ordinan'es are good( {116:/3} -ehold, $ ha!e longed after thy pre'epts: Lui'ken me in thy righteousness( KAK( {116:/1} :et thy lo!ingkindnesses also 'ome unto me, . )eho!ah, 7!en thy sal!ation, a''ording to thy word( {116:/"} Eo shall $ ha!e an answer for him that reproa'heth me <or $ trust in thy word( {116:/3} And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth

<or $ ha!e hoped in thine ordinan'es( {116://} Eo shall $ obser!e thy law 'ontinually <or e!er and e!er( {116:/1} And $ shall walk at liberty <or $ ha!e sought thy pre'epts( {116:/4} $ will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame( {116:/2} And $ will delight myself in thy 'ommandments, Whi'h $ ha!e lo!ed( {116:/#} $ will lift up my hands also unto thy 'ommandments, whi'h $ ha!e lo!ed And $ will meditate on thy statutes( DAC$?( {116:/6} 0emember the word unto thy ser!ant, -e'ause thou hast made me to hope( {116:13} This is my 'omfort in my affli'tion <or thy word hath Bui'kened me( {116:11} The proud ha!e had me greatly in derision: %Cet& ha!e $ not swer!ed from thy law( {116:1"} $ ha!e remembered thine ordinan'es of old, . )eho!ah, And ha!e 'omforted myself( {116:13} ;ot indignation hath taken hold upon me, -e'ause of the wi'ked that forsake thy law( {116:1/} Thy statutes ha!e been my songs $n the house of my pilgrimage( {116:11} $ ha!e remembered thy name, . )eho!ah, in the night, And ha!e obser!ed thy law( {116:14} This $ ha!e had, -e'ause $ ha!e kept thy pre'epts( ;;7T;( {116:12} )eho!ah is my portion: $ ha!e said that $ would obser!e thy words( {116:1#} $ entreated thy fa!or with my whole heart: -e mer'iful unto me a''ording to thy word( {116:16} $ thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies( {116:43} $ made haste, and delayed not, To obser!e thy 'ommandments( {116:41} The 'ords of the wi'ked ha!e wrapped me round %-ut& $ ha!e not forgotten thy law( {116:4"} At midnight $ will rise to gi!e thanks unto thee

-e'ause of thy righteous ordinan'es( {116:43} $ am a 'ompanion of all them that fear thee, And of them that obser!e thy pre'epts( {116:4/} The earth, . )eho!ah, is full of thy lo!ingkindness: Tea'h me thy statutes( T7T;( {116:41} Thou hast dealt well with thy ser!ant, . )eho!ah, a''ording unto thy word( {116:44} Tea'h me good >udgment and knowledge <or $ ha!e belie!ed in thy 'ommandments( {116:42} -efore $ was affli'ted $ went astray -ut now $ obser!e thy word( {116:4#} Thou art good, and doest good Tea'h me thy statutes( {116:46} The proud ha!e forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will $ keep thy pre'epts( {116:23} Their heart is as fat as grease -ut $ delight in thy law( {116:21} $t is good for me that $ ha!e been affli'ted That $ may learn thy statutes( {116:2"} The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and sil!er( C.=;( {116:23} Thy hands ha!e made me and fashioned me: ,i!e me understanding, that $ may learn thy 'ommandments( {116:2/} They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, -e'ause $ ha!e hoped in thy word( {116:21} $ know, . )eho!ah, that thy >udgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast affli'ted me( {116:24} :et, $ pray thee, thy lo!ingkindness be for my 'omfort, A''ording to thy word unto thy ser!ant( {116:22} :et thy tender mer'ies 'ome unto me, that $ may li!e <or thy law is my delight( {116:2#} :et the proud be put to shame <or they ha!e o!erthrown me wrongfully: %-ut& $ will meditate on thy pre'epts( {116:26} :et those that fear thee turn unto me And they shall know thy testimonies( {116:#3} :et my heart be perfe't in thy statutes, That $ be not put to shame( AAP;(

{116:#1} +y soul fainteth for thy sal!ation %-ut& $ hope in thy word( {116:#"} +ine eyes fail for thy word, While $ say, When wilt thou 'omfort me9 {116:#3} <or $ am be'ome like a wine@skin in the smoke Cet do $ not forget thy statutes( {116:#/} ;ow many are the days of thy ser!ant9 When wilt thou e8e'ute >udgment on them that perse'ute me9 {116:#1} The proud ha!e digged pits for me, Who are not a''ording to thy law( {116:#4} All thy 'ommandments are faithful: They perse'ute me wrongfully help thou me( {116:#2} They had almost 'onsumed me upon earth -ut $ forsook not thy pre'epts( {116:##} Lui'ken me after thy lo!ingkindness Eo shall $ obser!e the testimony of thy mouth( :A+7=;( {116:#6} <or e!er, . )eho!ah, Thy word is settled in hea!en( {116:63} Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth( {116:61} They abide this day a''ording to thine ordinan'es <or all things are thy ser!ants( {116:6"} Gnless thy law had been my delight, $ should then ha!e perished in mine affli'tion( {116:63} $ will ne!er forget thy pre'epts <or with them thou hast Bui'kened me( {116:6/} $ am thine, sa!e me <or $ ha!e sought thy pre'epts( {116:61} The wi'ked ha!e waited for me, to destroy me %-ut& $ will 'onsider thy testimonies( +7+( {116:64} $ ha!e seen an end of all perfe'tion %-ut& thy 'ommandment is e8'eeding broad( {116:62} .h how lo!e $ thy law* $t is my meditation all the day( {116:6#} Thy 'ommandments make me wiser than mine enemies <or they are e!er with me( {116:66} $ ha!e more understanding than all my tea'hers <or thy testimonies are my meditation( {116:133} $ understand more than the aged,

-e'ause $ ha!e kept thy pre'epts( {116:131} $ ha!e refrained my feet from e!ery e!il way, That $ might obser!e thy word( {116:13"} $ ha!e not turned aside from thine ordinan'es <or thou hast taught me( {116:133} ;ow sweet are thy words unto my taste* %Cea, sweeter& than honey to my mouth* {116:13/} Through thy pre'epts $ get understanding: Therefore $ hate e!ery false way( ?G?( {116:131} Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path( {116:134} $ ha!e sworn, and ha!e 'onfirmed it, That $ will obser!e thy righteous ordinan'es( {116:132} $ am affli'ted !ery mu'h: Lui'ken me, . )eho!ah, a''ording unto thy word( {116:13#} A''ept, $ besee'h thee, the freewill@offerings of my mouth, . )eho!ah, And tea'h me thine ordinan'es( {116:136} +y soul is 'ontinually in my hand Cet do $ not forget thy law( {116:113} The wi'ked ha!e laid a snare for me Cet ha!e $ not gone astray from thy pre'epts( {116:111} Thy testimonies ha!e $ taken as a heritage for e!er <or they are the re>oi'ing of my heart( {116:11"} $ ha!e in'lined my heart to perform thy statutes <or e!er, e!en unto the end( EA+7A;( {116:113} $ hate them that are of a double mind -ut thy law do $ lo!e( {116:11/} Thou art my hiding@pla'e and my shield: $ hope in thy word( {116:111} =epart from me, ye e!il@doers, That $ may keep the 'ommandments of my ,od( {116:114} Gphold me a''ording unto thy word, that $ may li!e And let me not be ashamed of my hope( {116:112} ;old thou me up, and $ shall be safe, And shall ha!e respe't unto thy statutes 'ontinually( {116:11#} Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes <or their de'eit is falsehood( {116:116} Thou puttest away all the wi'ked of the earth like dross: Therefore $ lo!e thy testimonies(

{116:1"3} +y flesh trembleth for fear of thee And $ am afraid of thy >udgments( AC$?( {116:1"1} $ ha!e done >usti'e and righteousness: :ea!e me not to mine oppressors( {116:1""} -e surety for thy ser!ant for good: :et not the proud oppress me( {116:1"3} +ine eyes fail for thy sal!ation, And for thy righteous word( {116:1"/} =eal with thy ser!ant a''ording unto thy lo!ingkindness, And tea'h me thy statutes( {116:1"1} $ am thy ser!ant gi!e me understanding, That $ may know thy testimonies( {116:1"4} $t is time for )eho!ah to work %<or& they ha!e made !oid thy law( {116:1"2} Therefore $ lo!e thy 'ommandments Abo!e gold, yea, abo!e fine gold( {116:1"#} Therefore $ esteem all %thy& pre'epts 'on'erning all %things& to be right %And& $ hate e!ery false way( P7( {116:1"6} Thy testimonies are wonderful Therefore doth my soul keep them( {116:133} The opening of thy words gi!eth light $t gi!eth understanding unto the simple( {116:131} $ opened wide my mouth, and panted <or $ longed for thy 'ommandments( {116:13"} Turn thee unto me, and ha!e mer'y upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that lo!e thy name( {116:133} 7stablish my footsteps in thy word And let not any iniBuity ha!e dominion o!er me( {116:13/} 0edeem me from the oppression of man: Eo will $ obser!e thy pre'epts( {116:131} +ake thy fa'e to shine upon thy ser!ant And tea'h me thy statutes( {116:134} Etreams of water run down mine eyes, -e'ause they obser!e not thy law( TEA=;7( {116:132} 0ighteous art thou, . )eho!ah, And upright are thy >udgments(

{116:13#} Thou hast 'ommanded thy testimonies in righteousness And !ery faithfulness( {116:136} +y Heal hath 'onsumed me, -e'ause mine ad!ersaries ha!e forgotten thy words( {116:1/3} Thy word is !ery pure Therefore thy ser!ant lo!eth it( {116:1/1} $ am small and despised %Cet& do $ not forget thy pre'epts( {116:1/"} Thy righteousness is an e!erlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth( {116:1/3} Trouble and anguish ha!e taken hold on me %Cet& thy 'ommandments are my delight( {116:1//} Thy testimonies are righteous for e!er: ,i!e me understanding, and $ shall li!e( L.P;( {116:1/1} $ ha!e 'alled with my whole heart answer me, . )eho!ah: $ will keep thy statutes( {116:1/4} $ ha!e 'alled unto thee sa!e me, And $ shall obser!e thy testimonies( {116:1/2} $ anti'ipated the dawning of the morning, and 'ried: $ hoped in thy words( {116:1/#} +ine eyes anti'ipated the night@wat'hes, That $ might meditate on thy word( {116:1/6} ;ear my !oi'e a''ording unto thy lo!ingkindness: Lui'ken me, . )eho!ah, a''ording to thine ordinan'es( {116:113} They draw nigh that follow after wi'kedness They are far from thy law( {116:111} Thou art nigh, . )eho!ah And all thy 'ommandments are truth( {116:11"} .f old ha!e $ known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for e!er( 07E;( {116:113} 5onsider mine affli'tion, and deli!er me <or $ do not forget thy law( {116:11/} Plead thou my 'ause, and redeem me: Lui'ken me a''ording to thy word( {116:111} Eal!ation is far from the wi'ked <or they seek not thy statutes( {116:114} ,reat are thy tender mer'ies, . )eho!ah: Lui'ken me a''ording to thine ordinan'es( {116:112} +any are my perse'utors and mine ad!ersaries %Cet& ha!e $ not swer!ed from thy testimonies(

{116:11#} $ beheld the trea'herous, and was grie!ed, -e'ause they obser!e not thy word( {116:116} 5onsider how $ lo!e thy pre'epts: Lui'ken me, . )eho!ah, a''ording to thy lo!ingkindness( {116:143} The sum of thy word is truth And e!ery one of thy righteous ordinan'es %endureth& for e!er( E;$?( {116:141} Prin'es ha!e perse'uted me without a 'ause -ut my heart standeth in awe of thy words( {116:14"} $ re>oi'e at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil( {116:143} $ hate and abhor falsehood %-ut& thy law do $ lo!e( {116:14/} Ee!en times a day do $ praise thee, -e'ause of thy righteous ordinan'es( {116:141} ,reat pea'e ha!e they that lo!e thy law And they ha!e no o''asion of stumbling( {116:144} $ ha!e hoped for thy sal!ation, . )eho!ah, And ha!e done thy 'ommandments( {116:142} +y soul hath obser!ed thy testimonies And $ lo!e them e8'eedingly( {116:14#} $ ha!e obser!ed thy pre'epts and thy testimonies <or all my ways are before thee( TAK( {116:146} :et my 'ry 'ome near before thee, . )eho!ah: ,i!e me understanding a''ording to thy word( {116:123} :et my suppli'ation 'ome before thee: =eli!er me a''ording to thy word( {116:121} :et my lips utter praise <or thou tea'hest me thy statutes( {116:12"} :et my tongue sing of thy word <or all thy 'ommandments are righteousness( {116:123} :et thy hand be ready to help me <or $ ha!e 'hosen thy pre'epts( {116:12/} $ ha!e longed for thy sal!ation, . )eho!ah And thy law is my delight( {116:121} :et my soul li!e, and it shall praise thee And let thine ordinan'es help me( {116:124} $ ha!e gone astray like a lost sheep Eeek thy ser!ant <or $ do not forget thy 'ommandments(

Psalm 1"3 A Eong of As'ents( {1"3:1} $n my distress $ 'ried unto )eho!ah, And he answered me( {1"3:"} =eli!er my soul, . )eho!ah, from lying lips, %And& from a de'eitful tongue( {1"3:3} What shall be gi!en unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou de'eitful tongue9 {1"3:/} Eharp arrows of the mighty, With 'oals of >uniper( {1"3:1} Woe is me, that $ so>ourn in +eshe'h, That $ dwell among the tents of Aedar* {1"3:4} +y soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth pea'e( {1"3:2} $ am %for& pea'e: -ut when $ speak, they are for war(

Psalm 1"1 Help from above engage your Helper {1"1:1} $ will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: <rom when'e shall my help 'ome9 {1"1:"} +y help %cometh& from )eho!ah, Who made hea!en and earth( 0ef: /4(1, 21(4@2, 1"/(# +ternal security everyday a safe day ,vs -'./ {1"1:2} )eho!ah will keep thee from all e!il ;e will keep thy soul( {1"1:#} )eho!ah will keep thy going out and thy 'oming in <rom this time forth and for e!ermore( 0ef: 1"(2, /(#, 2(13, 61, Pro 1(33

Psalm 1"" 0hurch meetings are meant to change people get e*cited about his presence {1"":1} $ was glad when they said unto me, :et us go unto the house of )eho!ah( Ref: 41("@/, 2/(6, 14(11, #/(2, )er #("", 7He "(", ;eb /(14, .bad 12, +att 1#("3,

Genuine kingdom service guarantees divine blessings "ise up1 {1"":"}.ur feet are standing within thy gates, . )erusalem, {1"":4} Pray for the pea'e of )erusalem: They shall prosper that lo!e thee( {1"":2} Pea'e be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy pala'es( Ref: 31("2, Pro 13("", +al 3(1#, )ob 34(11, 78o "3("1@"4, Psalm 1"3 A Eong of As'ents( {1"3:1} Gnto thee do $ lift up mine eyes, . thou that sittest in the hea!ens( {1"3:"} -ehold, as the eyes of ser!ants %look& unto the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid unto the hand of her mistress Eo our eyes %look& unto )eho!ah our ,od, Gntil he ha!e mer'y upon us( 2ercy is "hat makes the difference "hen you are engulfed "ith shame do no despair {1"3:3} ;a!e mer'y upon us, . )eho!ah ha!e mer'y upon us for we are e8'eedingly filled with 'ontempt( {1"3:/} .ur soul is e8'eedingly filled With the s'offing of those that are at ease, And with the 'ontempt of the proud( Ref: $sa 41(2, Pro 3(31,

Psalm 1"/ #olely secured by God if not for his mercy3 {1"/:1} $f it had not been )eho!ah who was on our side, :et $srael now say, 0ef: :am 3("3

Psalm 1"1 Trust transforms you & tap into the po"er of God taking trust to ne*t level {1"1:1} They that trust in )eho!ah are as mount Dion, whi'h 'annot be mo!ed, but abideth for e!er( {1"1:"} As the mountains are round about )erusalem, Eo )eho!ah is round about his people <rom this time forth and for e!ermore( 0ef: 4"(#, $sa "4(3@/, ?ah 1(2, Pro! 3(1@4, )ohn "("/, )er 12(2@# {1"1:3} <or the s'eptre of wi'kedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniBuity(

Psalm 1"4 #upernatural Turnaround turn us oh &456 {1"4:1} When )eho!ah brought ba'k those that returned to Dion, We were like unto them that dream( {1"4:"} Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, )eho!ah hath done great things for them( {1"4:3} )eho!ah hath done great things for us, %Whereof& we are glad( {1"4:/} Turn again our 'apti!ity, . )eho!ah, As the streams in the Eouth( Guaranteed: #eed time & harvest do something {1"4:1} They that sow in tears shall reap in >oy( {1"4:4} ;e that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Ehall doubtless 'ome again with >oy, bringing his shea!es %with him&( 0ef: ,en #("", )ohn 1"("/, ,al 4(2, 7''l 11(1@3,

Psalm 1"2 {1"2:1} 78'ept )eho!ah build the house, They labor in !ain that build it: 78'ept )eho!ah keep the 'ity, The wat'hman waketh but in !ain( {1"2:"} $t is !ain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil %<or& so he gi!eth unto his belo!ed sleep( {1"2:3} :o, 'hildren are a heritage of )eho!ah %And& the fruit of the womb is %his& reward( {1"2:/} As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, Eo are the 'hildren of youth( {1"2:1} ;appy is the man that hath his Bui!er full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate(

Psalm 1"# A Eong of As'ents( {1"#:1} -lessed is e!ery one that feareth )eho!ah, That walketh in his ways( {1"#:"} <or thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: ;appy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee( {1"#:3} Thy wife shall be as a fruitful !ine, $n the innermost parts of thy house

Thy 'hildren like oli!e plants, 0ound about thy table( {1"#:/} -ehold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth )eho!ah( {1"#:1} )eho!ah bless thee out of Dion: And see thou the good of )erusalem all the days of thy life( {1"#:4} Cea, see thou thy 'hildrenFs 'hildren( Pea'e be upon $srael(

Psalm 1"6 A Eong of As'ents( {1"6:1} +any a time ha!e they affli'ted me from my youth up, :et $srael now say, {1"6:"} +any a time ha!e they affli'ted me from my youth up: Cet they ha!e not pre!ailed against me( {1"6:3} The plowers plowed upon my ba'k They made long their furrows( {1"6:/} )eho!ah is righteous: ;e hath 'ut asunder the 'ords of the wi'ked( {1"6:1} :et them be put to shame and turned ba'kward, All they that hate Dion( {1"6:4} :et them be as the grass upon the housetops, Whi'h withereth before it groweth up {1"6:2} Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, ?or he that bindeth shea!es his bosom( {1"6:#} ?either do they that go by say, The blessing of )eho!ah be upon you We bless you in the name of )eho!ah(

Psalm 133 A Eong of As'ents( {133:1} .ut of the depths ha!e $ 'ried unto thee, . )eho!ah( {133:"} :ord, hear my !oi'e: :et thine ears be attenti!e

To the !oi'e of my suppli'ations( {133:3} $f thou, )eho!ah, shouldest mark iniBuities, . :ord, who 'ould stand9 {133:/} -ut there is forgi!eness with thee, That thou mayest be feared( {133:1} $ wait for )eho!ah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do $ hope( {133:4} +y soul %waiteth& for the :ord +ore than wat'hmen %wait& for the morning %Cea, more than& wat'hmen for the morning( {133:2} . $srael, hope in )eho!ah <or with )eho!ah there is lo!ingkindness, And with him is plenteous redemption( {133:#} And he will redeem $srael <rom all his iniBuities(

Psalm 131 A Eong of As'ents of =a!id( {131:1} )eho!ah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty ?either do $ e8er'ise myself in great matters, .r in things too wonderful for me( {131:"} Eurely $ ha!e stilled and Buieted my soul :ike a weaned 'hild with his mother, :ike a weaned 'hild is my soul within me( {131:3} . $srael, hope in )eho!ah <rom this time forth and for e!ermore(

Psalm 13" A Eong of As'ents( {13":1} )eho!ah, remember for =a!id All his affli'tion {13":"} ;ow he sware unto )eho!ah, And !owed unto the +ighty .ne of )a'ob: {13":3} Eurely $ will not 'ome into the taberna'le of my house,

?or go up into my bed {13":/} $ will not gi!e sleep to mine eyes, .r slumber to mine eyelids {13":1} Gntil $ find out a pla'e for )eho!ah, A taberna'le for the +ighty .ne of )a'ob( {13":4} :o, we heard of it in 7phrathah: We found it in the field of the wood( {13":2} We will go into his taberna'les We will worship at his footstool( {13":#} Arise, . )eho!ah, into thy resting@pla'e Thou, and the ark of thy strength( {13":6} :et thy priest be 'lothed with righteousness And let thy saints shout for >oy( {13":13} <or thy ser!ant =a!idFs sake Turn not away the fa'e of thine anointed( {13":11} )eho!ah hath sworn unto =a!id in truth ;e will not turn from it: .f the fruit of thy body will $ set upon thy throne( {13":1"} $f thy 'hildren will keep my 'o!enant And my testimony that $ shall tea'h them, Their 'hildren also shall sit upon thy throne for e!ermore( {13":13} <or )eho!ah hath 'hosen Dion ;e hath desired it for his habitation( {13":1/} This is my resting@pla'e for e!er: ;ere will $ dwell for $ ha!e desired it( {13":11} $ will abundantly bless her pro!ision: $ will satisfy her poor with bread( {13":14} ;er priests also will $ 'lothe with sal!ation And her saints shall shout aloud for >oy( {13":12} There will $ make the horn of =a!id to bud: $ ha!e ordained a lamp for mine anointed( {13":1#} ;is enemies will $ 'lothe with shame -ut upon himself shall his 'rown flourish(

Psalm 133 A Eong of As'ents of =a!id( {133:1} -ehold, how good and how pleasant it is <or brethren to dwell together in unity* {133:"} $t is like the pre'ious oil upon the head, That ran down upon the beard,

7!en AaronFs beard That 'ame down upon the skirt of his garments {133:3} :ike the dew of ;ermon, That 'ometh down upon the mountains of Dion: <or there )eho!ah 'ommanded the blessing, 7!en life for e!ermore(

Psalm 13/ A Eong of As'ents( {13/:1} -ehold, bless ye )eho!ah, all ye ser!ants of )eho!ah, That by night stand in the house of )eho!ah( {13/:"} :ift up your hands to the san'tuary, And bless ye )eho!ah( {13/:3} )eho!ah bless thee out of Dion 7!en he that made hea!en and earth(

Psalm 131

{131:1} Praise ye )eho!ah( Praise ye the name of )eho!ah Praise %him&, . ye ser!ants of )eho!ah, {131:"} Ce that stand in the house of )eho!ah, $n the 'ourts of the house of our ,od( {131:3} Praise ye )eho!ah for )eho!ah is good: Eing praises unto his name for it is pleasant( {131:/} <or )eho!ah hath 'hosen )a'ob unto himself, %And& $srael for his own possession( {131:1} <or $ know that )eho!ah is great, And that our :ord is abo!e all gods( {131:4} Whatsoe!er )eho!ah pleased, that hath he done, $n hea!en and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps {131:2} Who 'auseth the !apors to as'end from the ends of the earth Who maketh lightnings for the rain Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries

{131:#} Who smote the first@born of 7gypt, -oth of man and beast {131:6} Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, . 7gypt, Gpon Pharaoh, and upon all his ser!ants {131:13} Who smote many nations, And slew mighty kings, {131:11} Eihon king of the Amorites, And .g king of -ashan, And all the kingdoms of 5anaan, {131:1"} And ga!e their land for a heritage, A heritage unto $srael his people( {131:13} Thy name, . )eho!ah, %endureth& for e!er Thy memorial %name&, . )eho!ah, throughout all generations( {131:1/} <or )eho!ah will >udge his people, And repent himself 'on'erning his ser!ants( {131:11} The idols of the nations are sil!er and gold, The work of menFs hands( {131:14} They ha!e mouths, but they speak not 7yes ha!e they, but they see not {131:12} They ha!e ears, but they hear not ?either is there any breath in their mouths( {131:1#} They that make them shall be like unto them Cea, e!ery one that trusteth in them( {131:16} . house of $srael, bless ye )eho!ah: . house of Aaron, bless ye )eho!ah: {131:"3} . house of :e!i, bless ye )eho!ah: Ce that fear )eho!ah, bless ye )eho!ah( {131:"1} -lessed be )eho!ah out of Dion, Who dwelleth at )erusalem( Praise ye )eho!ah(

Psalm 134

{134:1} .h gi!e thanks unto )eho!ah for he is good <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er( {134:"} .h gi!e thanks unto the ,od of gods <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er( {134:3} .h gi!e thanks unto the :ord of lords <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er:

{134:/} To him who alone doeth great wonders <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:1} To him that by understanding made the hea!ens <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:4} To him that spread forth the earth abo!e the waters <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:2} To him that made great lights <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:#} The sun to rule by day <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er {134:6} The moon and stars to rule by night <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:13} To him that smote 7gypt in their first@born <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er {134:11} And brought out $srael from among them <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er {134:1"} With a strong hand, and with an outstret'hed arm <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:13} To him that di!ided the 0ed Eea in sunder <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er {134:1/} And made $srael to pass through the midst of it <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er {134:11} -ut o!erthrew Pharaoh and his host in the 0ed Eea <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:14} To him that led his people through the wilderness <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:12} To him that smote great kings <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er {134:1#} And slew famous kings <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:16} Eihon king of the Amorites <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& fore!er {134:"3} And .g king of -ashan <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er {134:"1} And ga!e their land for a heritage <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er {134:""} 7!en a heritage unto $srael his ser!ant <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:"3} Who remembered us in our low estate <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er {134:"/} And hath deli!ered us from our ad!ersaries <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er: {134:"1} Who gi!eth food to all flesh <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er( {134:"4} .h gi!e thanks unto the ,od of hea!en <or his lo!ingkindness %endureth& for e!er(

Psalm 132

{132:1} -y the ri!ers of -abylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Dion( {132:"} Gpon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps( {132:3} <or there they that led us 'apti!e reBuired of us songs, And they that wasted us %reBuired of us& mirth, %saying&, Eing us one of the songs of Dion( {132:/} ;ow shall we sing )eho!ahFs song $n a foreign land9 {132:1} $f $ forget thee, . )erusalem, :et my right hand forget %her skill&( {132:4} :et my tongue 'lea!e to the roof of my mouth, $f $ remember thee not $f $ prefer not )erusalem Abo!e my 'hief >oy( {132:2} 0emember, . )eho!ah, against the 'hildren of 7dom The day of )erusalem Who said, 0ase it, rase it, 7!en to the foundation thereof( {132:#} . daughter of -abylon, that art to be destroyed, ;appy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast ser!ed us( {132:6} ;appy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the ro'k(

Psalm 13# A %Psalm& of =a!id( {13#:1} $ will gi!e thee thanks with my whole heart: -efore the gods will $ sing praises unto thee( {13#:"} $ will worship toward thy holy temple, And gi!e thanks unto thy name for thy lo!ingkindness and for thy truth:

<or thou hast magnified thy word abo!e all thy name( {13#:3} $n the day that $ 'alled thou answeredst me, Thou didst en'ourage me with strength in my soul( {13#:/} All the kings of the earth shall gi!e thee thanks, . )eho!ah, <or they ha!e heard the words of thy mouth( {13#:1} Cea, they shall sing of the ways of )eho!ah <or great is the glory of )eho!ah( {13#:4} <or though )eho!ah is high, yet hath he respe't unto the lowly -ut the haughty he knoweth from afar( {13#:2} Though $ walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt re!i!e me Thou wilt stret'h forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will sa!e me( {13#:#} )eho!ah will perfe't that whi'h 'on'erneth me: Thy lo!ingkindness, . )eho!ah, %endureth& for e!er <orsake not the works of thine own hands(

Psalm 136 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {136:1} . )eho!ah, thou hast sear'hed me, and known %me&( {136:"} Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising Thou understandest my thought afar off( {136:3} Thou sear'hest out my path and my lying down, And art a'Buainted with all my ways( {136:/} <or there is not a word in my tongue, -ut, lo, . )eho!ah, thou knowest it altogether( {136:1} Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me( {136:4} %Eu'h& knowledge is too wonderful for me $t is high, $ 'annot attain unto it( {136:2} Whither shall $ go from thy Epirit9 .r whither shall $ flee from thy presen'e9 {136:#} $f $ as'end up into hea!en, thou art there: $f $ make my bed in Eheol, behold, thou art there( {136:6} $f $ take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea {136:13} 7!en there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me( {136:11} $f $ say, Eurely the darkness shall o!erwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night {136:1"} 7!en the darkness hideth not from thee,

-ut the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike %to thee&( {136:13} <or thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst 'o!er me in my motherFs womb( {136:1/} $ will gi!e thanks unto thee for $ am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works And that my soul knoweth right well( {136:11} +y frame was not hidden from thee, When $ was made in se'ret, %And& 'uriously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth( {136:14} Thine eyes did see mine unformed substan'e And in thy book they were all written, %7!en& the days that were ordained %for me&, When as yet there was none of them( {136:12} ;ow pre'ious also are thy thoughts unto me, . ,od* ;ow great is the sum of them* {136:1#} $f $ should 'ount them, they are more in number than the sand: When $ awake, $ am still with thee( {136:16} Eurely thou wilt slay the wi'ked, . ,od: =epart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men( {136:"3} <or they speak against thee wi'kedly, And thine enemies take %thy name& in !ain( {136:"1} =o not $ hate them, . )eho!ah, that hate thee9 And am not $ grie!ed with those that rise up against thee9 {136:""} $ hate them with perfe't hatred: They are be'ome mine enemies( {136:"3} Eear'h me, . ,od, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts {136:"/} And see if there be any wi'ked way in me, And lead me in the way e!erlasting(

Psalm 1/3 <or the 5hief +usi'ian( A Psalm of =a!id( {1/3:1} =eli!er me, . )eho!ah, from the e!il man Preser!e me from the !iolent man: {1/3:"} Who de!ise mis'hiefs in their heart 5ontinually do they gather themsel!es together for war( {1/3:3} They ha!e sharpened their tongue like a serpent AddersF poison is under their lips(

Eelah {1/3:/} Aeep me, . )eho!ah, from the hands of the wi'ked Preser!e me from the !iolent man: Who ha!e purposed to thrust aside my steps( {1/3:1} The proud ha!e hid a snare for me, and 'ords They ha!e spread a net by the wayside They ha!e set gins for me( Eelah {1/3:4} $ said unto )eho!ah, Thou art my ,od: ,i!e ear unto the !oi'e of my suppli'ations, . )eho!ah( {1/3:2} . )eho!ah the :ord, the strength of my sal!ation, Thou hast 'o!ered my head in the day of battle( {1/3:#} ,rant not, . )eho!ah, the desires of the wi'ked <urther not his e!il de!i'e, %lest& they e8alt themsel!es( Eelah {1/3:6} As for the head of those that 'ompass me about, :et the mis'hief of their own lips 'o!er them( {1/3:13} :et burning 'oals fall upon them: :et them be 'ast into the fire, $nto deep pits, when'e they shall not rise( {1/3:11} An e!il speaker shall not be established in the earth: 7!il shall hunt the !iolent man to o!erthrow him( {1/3:1"} $ know that )eho!ah will maintain the 'ause of the affli'ted, And >usti'e for the needy( {1/3:13} Eurely the righteous shall gi!e thanks unto thy name: The upright shall dwell in thy presen'e(

Psalm 1/1 A Psalm of =a!id( {1/1:1} )eho!ah, $ ha!e 'alled upon thee make haste unto me: ,i!e ear unto my !oi'e, when $ 'all unto thee( {1/1:"} :et my prayer be set forth as in'ense before thee The lifting up of my hands as the e!ening sa'rifi'e( {1/1:3} Eet a wat'h, . )eho!ah, before my mouth Aeep the door of my lips( {1/1:/} $n'line not my heart to any e!il thing, To pra'tise deeds of wi'kedness

With men that work iniBuity: And let me not eat of their dainties( {1/1:1} :et the righteous smite me, %it shall be& a kindness And let him repro!e me, %it shall be as& oil upon the head :et not my head refuse it: <or e!en in their wi'kedness shall my prayer 'ontinue( {1/1:4} Their >udges are thrown down by the sides of the ro'k And they shall hear my words for they are sweet( {1/1:2} As when one ploweth and 'lea!eth the earth, .ur bones are s'attered at the mouth of Eheol( {1/1:#} <or mine eyes are unto thee, . )eho!ah the :ord: $n thee do $ take refuge lea!e not my soul destitute( {1/1:6} Aeep me from the snare whi'h they ha!e laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniBuity( {1/1:13} :et the wi'ked fall into their own nets, Whilst that $ withal es'ape(

Psalm 1/" +as'hil of =a!id, when he was in the 'a!e a Prayer( {1/":1} $ 'ry with my !oi'e unto )eho!ah With my !oi'e unto )eho!ah do $ make suppli'ation( {1/":"} $ pour out my 'omplaint before him $ show before him my trouble( {1/":3} When my spirit was o!erwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path( $n the way wherein $ walk ;a!e they hidden a snare for me( {1/":/} :ook on %my& right hand, and see <or there is no man that knoweth me: 0efuge hath failed me ?o man 'areth for my soul( {1/":1} $ 'ried unto thee, . )eho!ah $ said, Thou art my refuge, +y portion in the land of the li!ing( {1/":4} Attend unto my 'ry <or $ am brought !ery low: =eli!er me from my perse'utors <or they are stronger than $( {1/":2} -ring my soul out of prison, That $ may gi!e thanks unto thy name:

The righteous shall 'ompass me about <or thou wilt deal bountifully with me(

Psalm 1/3 A Psalm of =a!id( {1/3:1} ;ear my prayer, . )eho!ah gi!e ear to my suppli'ations: $n thy faithfulness answer me, %and& in thy righteousness( {1/3:"} And enter not into >udgment with thy ser!ant <or in thy sight no man li!ing is righteous( {1/3:3} <or the enemy hath perse'uted my soul ;e hath smitten my life down to the ground: ;e hath made me to dwell in dark pla'es, as those that ha!e been long dead( {1/3:/} Therefore is my spirit o!erwhelmed within me +y heart within me is desolate( {1/3:1} $ remember the days of old $ meditate on all thy doings $ muse on the work of thy hands( {1/3:4} $ spread forth my hands unto thee: +y soul %thirsteth& after thee, as a weary land( Eelah {1/3:2} +ake haste to answer me, . )eho!ah my spirit faileth: ;ide not thy fa'e from me, :est $ be'ome like them that go down into the pit( {1/3:#} 5ause me to hear thy lo!ingkindness in the morning <or in thee do $ trust: 5ause me to know the way wherein $ should walk <or $ lift up my soul unto thee( {1/3:6} =eli!er me, . )eho!ah, from mine enemies: $ flee unto thee to hide me( {1/3:13} Tea'h me to do thy will <or thou art my ,od: Thy Epirit is good :ead me in the land of uprightness( {1/3:11} Lui'ken me, . )eho!ah, for thy nameFs sake: $n thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble( {1/3:1"} And in thy lo!ingkindness 'ut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that affli't my soul <or $ am thy ser!ant(

Psalm 1// %A Psalm& of =a!id( {1//:1} -lessed be )eho!ah my ro'k, Who tea'heth my hands to war, %And& my fingers to fight: {1//:"} +y lo!ingkindness, and my fortress, +y high tower, and my deli!erer +y shield, and he in whom $ take refuge Who subdueth my people under me( {1//:3} )eho!ah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him9 .r the son of man, that thou makest a''ount of him9 {1//:/} +an is like to !anity: ;is days are as a shadow that passeth away( {1//:1} -ow thy hea!ens, . )eho!ah, and 'ome down: Tou'h the mountains, and they shall smoke( {1//:4} 5ast forth lightning, and s'atter them Eend out thine arrows, and dis'omfit them( {1//:2} Etret'h forth thy hand from abo!e 0es'ue me, and deli!er me out of great waters, .ut of the hand of aliens {1//:#} Whose mouth speaketh de'eit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood( {1//:6} $ will sing a new song unto thee, . ,od: Gpon a psaltery of ten strings will $ sing praises unto thee( {1//:13} Thou art he that gi!eth sal!ation unto kings Who res'ueth =a!id his ser!ant from the hurtful sword( {1//:11} 0es'ue me, and deli!er me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh de'eit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood( {1//:1"} When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, And our daughters as 'orner@stones hewn after the fashion of a pala'e {1//:13} %When& our garners are full, affording all manner of store, %And& our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields {1//:1/} %When& our o8en are well laden %When there is& no breaking in, and no going forth, And no out'ry in our streets: {1//:11} ;appy is the people that is in su'h a 'ase %Cea&, happy is the people whose ,od is )eho!ah(

Psalm 1/1 {1/1:1/} )eho!ah upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that are bowed down( {1/1:11} The eyes of all wait for thee And thou gi!est them their food in due season( {1/1:14} Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing( Ref: {1/1:1#} )eho!ah is nigh unto all them that 'all upon him, To all that 'all upon him in truth( {1/1:16} ;e will fulfil the desire of them that fear him ;e also will hear their 'ry and will sa!e them( {1/1:"3} )eho!ah preser!eth all them that lo!e him -ut all the wi'ked will he destroy(

Psalm 1/4 2an disappoints, only God is dependable 'act fast in prayer {1/4:3} Put not your trust in prin'es, ?or in the son of man, in whom there is no help( {1/4:1} ;appy is he that hath the ,od of )a'ob for his help, Whose hope is in )eho!ah his ,od 6ivine helps for you 'dra" on them in times of need {1/4:2} Who e8e'uteth >usti'e for the oppressed Who gi!eth food to the hungry( )eho!ah looseth the prisoners {1/4:#} )eho!ah openeth %the eyes of& the blind )eho!ah raiseth up them that are bowed down )eho!ah lo!eth the righteous {1/4:6} )eho!ah preser!eth the so>ourners ;e upholdeth the fatherless and widow -ut the way of the wi'ked he turneth upside down(

Psalm 1/2 {1/2:"} )eho!ah doth build up )erusalem ;e gathereth together the out'asts of $srael( {1/2:3} ;e healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds( God$s understanding is infinite you can tap into this {1/2:/} ;e 'ounteth the number of the stars ;e 'alleth them all by %their& names(

{1/2:1} ,reat is our :ord, and mighty in power ;is understanding is infinite( Ref: )ob "#, 1Aings /("6 Gatemanned by God '"alk by faith {1/2:1"} Praise )eho!ah, . )erusalem Praise thy ,od, . Dion( {1/2:13} <or he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ;e hath blessed thy 'hildren within thee( {1/2:1/} ;e maketh pea'e in thy borders ;e filleth thee with the finest of the wheat( Ref: 3/(2, "kings 4(14, )ob ""("1, The covenant of revelation prayerfully position yourself! {1/2:16} ;e showeth his word unto )a'ob, ;is statutes and his ordinan'es unto $srael( {1/2:"3} ;e hath not dealt so with any nation And as for his ordinan'es, they ha!e not known them( Praise ye )eho!ah(

Psalm 1/# The strength of God$s "ord you can dare to believe {1/#:1} :et them praise the name of )eho!ah <or he 'ommanded, and they were 'reated( {1/#:4} ;e hath also established them for e!er and e!er: ;e hath made a de'ree whi'h shall not pass away( Ref: 116(#6, 1/2(11, +att 1(1/, $sa 11(13@11, 7''l 3(1/, "5hr "3("3, {1/#:1/} And he hath lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints 7!en of the 'hildren of $srael, a people near unto him( Praise ye )eho!ah( Ref: 6"(13 Psalm 1/6 You have the authority & the "eaponry e*ercise your in them {1/6:4} %:et& the high praises of ,od %be& in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hand {1/6:2} To e8e'ute !engean'e upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples {1/6:#} To bind their kings with 'hains, And their nobles with fetters of iron 7!ery 8tian has a {1/6:6} To e8e'ute upon them the >udgment written: This honor ha!e all his saints( di!ine right to rule Ref: "(#, 1#(//, 7ph 4(14@12, "5or 13(3@1 o!er any opposing power( A't 13(3/, :uke 13(16, $sa 1/(12, +ark 11("3 Psalm 113 Pray & Praise Him there is hope for you! {113:4} !et everything that hath breath praise )eho!ah( Praise ye )eho!ah( 0ef:1/4(", 7''l 6(/, )ob 1/(2, 0om /(1#@"1