Psalms
Chapter 1
1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat
of the scornful.
2. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth
he meditate day and night.
3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
5. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of
the ungodly shall perish.
Chapter 2
1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from
us.
4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have
them in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his
sore displeasure.
6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art
my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them
in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of
the earth.
11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him.
Chapter 3
1. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that
rise up against me.
2. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in
God. Selah.
3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter
up of mine head.
4. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. Selah.
5. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
themselves against me round about.
7. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy
people. Selah.
Chapter 4
1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast
enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my
prayer.
2. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how
long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3. But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for
himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4. Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your
bed, and be still. Selah.
5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the
LORD.
6. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift
thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that
their corn and their wine increased.
8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD,
only makest me dwell in safety.
Chapter 5
1. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto
thee will I pray.
3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning
will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall evil dwell with thee.
5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all
workers of iniquity.
6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor
the bloody and deceitful man.
7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of
thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;
make thy way straight before my face.
9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part
is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter
with their tongue.
10. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;
cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have
rebelled against thee.
11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them
ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that
love thy name be joyful in thee.
12. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.
Chapter 6
1. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy
hot displeasure.
2. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for
my bones are vexed.
3. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
4. Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies'
sake.
5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who
shall give thee thanks?
6. I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to
swim; I water my couch with my tears.
7. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of
all mine enemies.
8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath
heard the voice of my weeping.
9. The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my
prayer.
10. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return
and be ashamed suddenly.
Chapter 7
1. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them
that persecute me, and deliver me:
2. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while
there is none to deliver.
3. O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my
hands;
4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;
(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread
down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
6. Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the
rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast
commanded.
7. So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for
their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8. The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to
my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10. My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
11. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked
every day.
12. If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow,
and made it ready.
13. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived
mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which
he made.
16. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent
dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17. I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will
sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Chapter 8
1. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy
and the avenger.
3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,
that thou visitest him?
5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.
6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet:
7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever
passeth through the paths of the seas.
9. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Chapter 9
1. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew
forth all thy marvellous works.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy
name, O thou most High.
3. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at
thy presence.
4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in
the throne judging right.
5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,
thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou
hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne
for judgment.
8. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister
judgment to the people in uprightness.
9. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in
times of trouble.
10. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for
thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11. Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among
the people his doings.
12. When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he
forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer
of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the
daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net
which they hid is their own foot taken.
16. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked
is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that
forget God.
18. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of
the poor shall not perish for ever.
19. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in
thy sight.
20. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves
to be but men. Selah.
Chapter 10
1. Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in
times of trouble?
2. The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be
taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek
after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of
his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall
never be in adversity.
7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his
tongue is mischief and vanity.
8. He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret
places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against
the poor.
9. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait
to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into
his net.
10. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by
his strong ones.
11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his
face; he will never see it.
12. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his
heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to
requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou
art the helper of the fatherless.
15. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his
wickedness till thou find none.
16. The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out
of his land.
17. LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the
earth may no more oppress.
Chapter 11
1. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a
bird to your mountain?
2. For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow
upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
3. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4. The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven:
his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that
loveth violence his soul hateth.
6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an
horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance
doth behold the upright.
Chapter 12
1. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail
from among the children of men.
2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering
lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things:
4. Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our
own: who is lord over us?
5. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him
that puffeth at him.
6. The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever.
8. The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Chapter 13
1. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt
thou hide thy face from me?
2. How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my
heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3. Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I
sleep the sleep of death;
4. Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those
that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation.
6. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully
with me.
Chapter 14
1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth
good.
2. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to
see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my
people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
5. There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of
the righteous.
6. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his
refuge.
7. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the
LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.
Chapter 15
1. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy
holy hill?
2. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and
speaketh the truth in his heart.
3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them
that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth
not.
5. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward
against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be
moved.
Chapter 16
1. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my
goodness extendeth not to thee;
3. But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent,
in whom is all my delight.
4. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their
names into my lips.
5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou
maintainest my lot.
6. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a
goodly heritage.
7. I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons.
8. I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right
hand, I shall not be moved.
9. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh
also shall rest in hope.
10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness
of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Chapter 17
1. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my
prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes
behold the things that are equal.
3. Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my
mouth shall not transgress.
4. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept
me from the paths of the destroyer.
5. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6. I have called upon the
Chapter 1
1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat
of the scornful.
2. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth
he meditate day and night.
3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
5. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of
the ungodly shall perish.
Chapter 2
1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from
us.
4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have
them in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his
sore displeasure.
6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art
my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them
in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of
the earth.
11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him.
Chapter 3
1. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that
rise up against me.
2. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in
God. Selah.
3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter
up of mine head.
4. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. Selah.
5. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
themselves against me round about.
7. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy
people. Selah.
Chapter 4
1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast
enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my
prayer.
2. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how
long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3. But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for
himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4. Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your
bed, and be still. Selah.
5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the
LORD.
6. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift
thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that
their corn and their wine increased.
8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD,
only makest me dwell in safety.
Chapter 5
1. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto
thee will I pray.
3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning
will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall evil dwell with thee.
5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all
workers of iniquity.
6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor
the bloody and deceitful man.
7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of
thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;
make thy way straight before my face.
9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part
is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter
with their tongue.
10. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;
cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have
rebelled against thee.
11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them
ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that
love thy name be joyful in thee.
12. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.
Chapter 6
1. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy
hot displeasure.
2. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for
my bones are vexed.
3. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
4. Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies'
sake.
5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who
shall give thee thanks?
6. I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to
swim; I water my couch with my tears.
7. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of
all mine enemies.
8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath
heard the voice of my weeping.
9. The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my
prayer.
10. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return
and be ashamed suddenly.
Chapter 7
1. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them
that persecute me, and deliver me:
2. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while
there is none to deliver.
3. O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my
hands;
4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;
(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread
down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
6. Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the
rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast
commanded.
7. So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for
their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8. The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to
my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10. My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
11. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked
every day.
12. If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow,
and made it ready.
13. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived
mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which
he made.
16. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent
dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17. I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will
sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Chapter 8
1. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy
and the avenger.
3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,
that thou visitest him?
5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.
6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet:
7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever
passeth through the paths of the seas.
9. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Chapter 9
1. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew
forth all thy marvellous works.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy
name, O thou most High.
3. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at
thy presence.
4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in
the throne judging right.
5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,
thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou
hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne
for judgment.
8. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister
judgment to the people in uprightness.
9. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in
times of trouble.
10. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for
thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11. Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among
the people his doings.
12. When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he
forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer
of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the
daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net
which they hid is their own foot taken.
16. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked
is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that
forget God.
18. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of
the poor shall not perish for ever.
19. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in
thy sight.
20. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves
to be but men. Selah.
Chapter 10
1. Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in
times of trouble?
2. The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be
taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek
after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of
his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall
never be in adversity.
7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his
tongue is mischief and vanity.
8. He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret
places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against
the poor.
9. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait
to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into
his net.
10. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by
his strong ones.
11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his
face; he will never see it.
12. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his
heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to
requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou
art the helper of the fatherless.
15. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his
wickedness till thou find none.
16. The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out
of his land.
17. LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the
earth may no more oppress.
Chapter 11
1. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a
bird to your mountain?
2. For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow
upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
3. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4. The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven:
his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that
loveth violence his soul hateth.
6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an
horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance
doth behold the upright.
Chapter 12
1. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail
from among the children of men.
2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering
lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things:
4. Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our
own: who is lord over us?
5. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him
that puffeth at him.
6. The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever.
8. The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Chapter 13
1. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt
thou hide thy face from me?
2. How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my
heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3. Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I
sleep the sleep of death;
4. Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those
that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation.
6. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully
with me.
Chapter 14
1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth
good.
2. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to
see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my
people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
5. There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of
the righteous.
6. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his
refuge.
7. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the
LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.
Chapter 15
1. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy
holy hill?
2. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and
speaketh the truth in his heart.
3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them
that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth
not.
5. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward
against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be
moved.
Chapter 16
1. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my
goodness extendeth not to thee;
3. But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent,
in whom is all my delight.
4. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their
names into my lips.
5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou
maintainest my lot.
6. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a
goodly heritage.
7. I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons.
8. I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right
hand, I shall not be moved.
9. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh
also shall rest in hope.
10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness
of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Chapter 17
1. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my
prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes
behold the things that are equal.
3. Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my
mouth shall not transgress.
4. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept
me from the paths of the destroyer.
5. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6. I have called upon th
Chapter 1
1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat
of the scornful.
2. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth
he meditate day and night.
3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
5. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of
the ungodly shall perish.
Chapter 2
1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from
us.
4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have
them in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his
sore displeasure.
6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art
my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them
in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of
the earth.
11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him.
Chapter 3
1. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that
rise up against me.
2. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in
God. Selah.
3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter
up of mine head.
4. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. Selah.
5. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
themselves against me round about.
7. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy
people. Selah.
Chapter 4
1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast
enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my
prayer.
2. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how
long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3. But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for
himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4. Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your
bed, and be still. Selah.
5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the
LORD.
6. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift
thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that
their corn and their wine increased.
8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD,
only makest me dwell in safety.
Chapter 5
1. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto
thee will I pray.
3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning
will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall evil dwell with thee.
5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all
workers of iniquity.
6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor
the bloody and deceitful man.
7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of
thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;
make thy way straight before my face.
9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part
is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter
with their tongue.
10. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;
cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have
rebelled against thee.
11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them
ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that
love thy name be joyful in thee.
12. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.
Chapter 6
1. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy
hot displeasure.
2. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for
my bones are vexed.
3. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
4. Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies'
sake.
5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who
shall give thee thanks?
6. I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to
swim; I water my couch with my tears.
7. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of
all mine enemies.
8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath
heard the voice of my weeping.
9. The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my
prayer.
10. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return
and be ashamed suddenly.
Chapter 7
1. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them
that persecute me, and deliver me:
2. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while
there is none to deliver.
3. O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my
hands;
4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;
(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread
down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
6. Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the
rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast
commanded.
7. So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for
their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8. The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to
my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10. My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
11. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked
every day.
12. If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow,
and made it ready.
13. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived
mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which
he made.
16. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent
dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17. I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will
sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Chapter 8
1. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy
and the avenger.
3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,
that thou visitest him?
5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.
6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet:
7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever
passeth through the paths of the seas.
9. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Chapter 9
1. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew
forth all thy marvellous works.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy
name, O thou most High.
3. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at
thy presence.
4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in
the throne judging right.
5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,
thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou
hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne
for judgment.
8. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister
judgment to the people in uprightness.
9. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in
times of trouble.
10. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for
thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11. Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among
the people his doings.
12. When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he
forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer
of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the
daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net
which they hid is their own foot taken.
16. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked
is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that
forget God.
18. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of
the poor shall not perish for ever.
19. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in
thy sight.
20. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves
to be but men. Selah.
Chapter 10
1. Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in
times of trouble?
2. The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be
taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek
after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of
his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall
never be in adversity.
7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his
tongue is mischief and vanity.
8. He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret
places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against
the poor.
9. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait
to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into
his net.
10. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by
his strong ones.
11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his
face; he will never see it.
12. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his
heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to
requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou
art the helper of the fatherless.
15. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his
wickedness till thou find none.
16. The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out
of his land.
17. LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the
earth may no more oppress.
Chapter 11
1. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a
bird to your mountain?
2. For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow
upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
3. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4. The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven:
his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that
loveth violence his soul hateth.
6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an
horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance
doth behold the upright.
Chapter 12
1. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail
from among the children of men.
2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering
lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things:
4. Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our
own: who is lord over us?
5. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him
that puffeth at him.
6. The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever.
8. The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Chapter 13
1. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt
thou hide thy face from me?
2. How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my
heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3. Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I
sleep the sleep of death;
4. Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those
that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation.
6. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully
with me.
Chapter 14
1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth
good.
2. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to
see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my
people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
5. There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of
the righteous.
6. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his
refuge.
7. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the
LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.
Chapter 15
1. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy
holy hill?
2. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and
speaketh the truth in his heart.
3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them
that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth
not.
5. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward
against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be
moved.
Chapter 16
1. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my
goodness extendeth not to thee;
3. But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent,
in whom is all my delight.
4. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their
names into my lips.
5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou
maintainest my lot.
6. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a
goodly heritage.
7. I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons.
8. I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right
hand, I shall not be moved.
9. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh
also shall rest in hope.
10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness
of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Chapter 17
1. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my
prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes
behold the things that are equal.
3. Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my
mouth shall not transgress.
4. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept
me from the paths of the destroyer.
5. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6. I have called upon th
Chapter 1
1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat
of the scornful.
2. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth
he meditate day and night.
3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
5. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of
the ungodly shall perish.
Chapter 2
1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from
us.
4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have
them in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his
sore displeasure.
6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art
my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them
in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of
the earth.
11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him.
Chapter 3
1. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that
rise up against me.
2. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in
God. Selah.
3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter
up of mine head.
4. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. Selah.
5. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
themselves against me round about.
7. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy
people. Selah.
Chapter 4
1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast
enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my
prayer.
2. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how
long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3. But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for
himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4. Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your
bed, and be still. Selah.
5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the
LORD.
6. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift
thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that
their corn and their wine increased.
8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD,
only makest me dwell in safety.
Chapter 5
1. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto
thee will I pray.
3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning
will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall evil dwell with thee.
5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all
workers of iniquity.
6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor
the bloody and deceitful man.
7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of
thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;
make thy way straight before my face.
9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part
is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter
with their tongue.
10. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;
cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have
rebelled against thee.
11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them
ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that
love thy name be joyful in thee.
12. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.
Chapter 6
1. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy
hot displeasure.
2. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for
my bones are vexed.
3. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
4. Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies'
sake.
5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who
shall give thee thanks?
6. I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to
swim; I water my couch with my tears.
7. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of
all mine enemies.
8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath
heard the voice of my weeping.
9. The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my
prayer.
10. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return
and be ashamed suddenly.
Chapter 7
1. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them
that persecute me, and deliver me:
2. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while
there is none to deliver.
3. O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my
hands;
4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;
(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread
down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
6. Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the
rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast
commanded.
7. So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for
their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8. The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to
my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10. My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
11. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked
every day.
12. If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow,
and made it ready.
13. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived
mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which
he made.
16. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent
dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17. I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will
sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Chapter 8
1. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy
and the avenger.
3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,
that thou visitest him?
5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.
6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet:
7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever
passeth through the paths of the seas.
9. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Chapter 9
1. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew
forth all thy marvellous works.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy
name, O thou most High.
3. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at
thy presence.
4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in
the throne judging right.
5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,
thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou
hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne
for judgment.
8. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister
judgment to the people in uprightness.
9. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in
times of trouble.
10. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for
thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11. Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among
the people his doings.
12. When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he
forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer
of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the
daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net
which they hid is their own foot taken.
16. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked
is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that
forget God.
18. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of
the poor shall not perish for ever.
19. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in
thy sight.
20. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves
to be but men. Selah.
Chapter 10
1. Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in
times of trouble?
2. The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be
taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek
after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of
his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall
never be in adversity.
7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his
tongue is mischief and vanity.
8. He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret
places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against
the poor.
9. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait
to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into
his net.
10. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by
his strong ones.
11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his
face; he will never see it.
12. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his
heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to
requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou
art the helper of the fatherless.
15. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his
wickedness till thou find none.
16. The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out
of his land.
17. LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the
earth may no more oppress.
Chapter 11
1. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a
bird to your mountain?
2. For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow
upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
3. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4. The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven:
his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that
loveth violence his soul hateth.
6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an
horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance
doth behold the upright.
Chapter 12
1. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail
from among the children of men.
2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering
lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things:
4. Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our
own: who is lord over us?
5. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him
that puffeth at him.
6. The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever.
8. The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Chapter 13
1. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt
thou hide thy face from me?
2. How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my
heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3. Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I
sleep the sleep of death;
4. Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those
that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation.
6. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully
with me.
Chapter 14
1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth
good.
2. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to
see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my
people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
5. There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of
the righteous.
6. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his
refuge.
7. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the
LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.
Chapter 15
1. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy
holy hill?
2. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and
speaketh the truth in his heart.
3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them
that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth
not.
5. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward
against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be
moved.
Chapter 16
1. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my
goodness extendeth not to thee;
3. But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent,
in whom is all my delight.
4. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their
names into my lips.
5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou
maintainest my lot.
6. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a
goodly heritage.
7. I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons.
8. I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right
hand, I shall not be moved.
9. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh
also shall rest in hope.
10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness
of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Chapter 17
1. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my
prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes
behold the things that are equal.
3. Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my
mouth shall not transgress.
4. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept
me from the paths of the destroyer.
5. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6. I have called upon th
Chapter 1
1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat
of the scornful.
2. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth
he meditate day and night.
3. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind
driveth away.
5. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6. For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of
the ungodly shall perish.
Chapter 2
1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from
us.
4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have
them in derision.
5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his
sore displeasure.
6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7. I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art
my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them
in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of
the earth.
11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when
his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him.
Chapter 3
1. Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that
rise up against me.
2. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in
God. Selah.
3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter
up of mine head.
4. I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. Selah.
5. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
themselves against me round about.
7. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy
people. Selah.
Chapter 4
1. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast
enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my
prayer.
2. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how
long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3. But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for
himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4. Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your
bed, and be still. Selah.
5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the
LORD.
6. There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift
thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that
their corn and their wine increased.
8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD,
only makest me dwell in safety.
Chapter 5
1. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto
thee will I pray.
3. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning
will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither
shall evil dwell with thee.
5. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all
workers of iniquity.
6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor
the bloody and deceitful man.
7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of
thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8. Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;
make thy way straight before my face.
9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part
is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter
with their tongue.
10. Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;
cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have
rebelled against thee.
11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them
ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that
love thy name be joyful in thee.
12. For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou
compass him as with a shield.
Chapter 6
1. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy
hot displeasure.
2. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for
my bones are vexed.
3. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
4. Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies'
sake.
5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who
shall give thee thanks?
6. I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to
swim; I water my couch with my tears.
7. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of
all mine enemies.
8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath
heard the voice of my weeping.
9. The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my
prayer.
10. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return
and be ashamed suddenly.
Chapter 7
1. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them
that persecute me, and deliver me:
2. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while
there is none to deliver.
3. O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my
hands;
4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;
(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread
down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
6. Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the
rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast
commanded.
7. So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for
their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8. The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to
my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9. Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10. My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
11. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked
every day.
12. If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow,
and made it ready.
13. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived
mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which
he made.
16. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent
dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17. I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will
sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Chapter 8
1. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy
and the avenger.
3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,
that thou visitest him?
5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honour.
6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet:
7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever
passeth through the paths of the seas.
9. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Chapter 9
1. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew
forth all thy marvellous works.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy
name, O thou most High.
3. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at
thy presence.
4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in
the throne judging right.
5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,
thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou
hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7. But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne
for judgment.
8. And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister
judgment to the people in uprightness.
9. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in
times of trouble.
10. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for
thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11. Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among
the people his doings.
12. When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he
forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer
of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the
daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net
which they hid is their own foot taken.
16. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked
is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that
forget God.
18. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of
the poor shall not perish for ever.
19. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in
thy sight.
20. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves
to be but men. Selah.
Chapter 10
1. Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in
times of trouble?
2. The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be
taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the
covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek
after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of
his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall
never be in adversity.
7. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his
tongue is mischief and vanity.
8. He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret
places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against
the poor.
9. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait
to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into
his net.
10. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by
his strong ones.
11. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his
face; he will never see it.
12. Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
13. Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his
heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to
requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou
art the helper of the fatherless.
15. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his
wickedness till thou find none.
16. The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out
of his land.
17. LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the
earth may no more oppress.
Chapter 11
1. In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a
bird to your mountain?
2. For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow
upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
3. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4. The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven:
his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that
loveth violence his soul hateth.
6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an
horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7. For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance
doth behold the upright.
Chapter 12
1. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail
from among the children of men.
2. They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering
lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3. The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
speaketh proud things:
4. Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our
own: who is lord over us?
5. For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him
that puffeth at him.
6. The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a
furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever.
8. The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Chapter 13
1. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt
thou hide thy face from me?
2. How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my
heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3. Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I
sleep the sleep of death;
4. Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those
that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5. But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
salvation.
6. I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully
with me.
Chapter 14
1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are
corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth
good.
2. The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to
see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4. Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my
people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
5. There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of
the righteous.
6. Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his
refuge.
7. Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the
LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.
Chapter 15
1. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy
holy hill?
2. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and
speaketh the truth in his heart.
3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them
that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth
not.
5. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward
against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be
moved.
Chapter 16
1. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my
goodness extendeth not to thee;
3. But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent,
in whom is all my delight.
4. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their
names into my lips.
5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou
maintainest my lot.
6. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a
goodly heritage.
7. I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons.
8. I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right
hand, I shall not be moved.
9. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh
also shall rest in hope.
10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness
of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Chapter 17
1. Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my
prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes
behold the things that are equal.
3. Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my
mouth shall not transgress.
4. Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept
me from the paths of the destroyer.
5. Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6. I have called upon th
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