Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil[a] of David.

32 (A)Blessed is the one whose (B)transgression is forgiven,
    whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man against whom the Lord (C)counts no iniquity,
    and in whose spirit (D)there is no deceit.

For when I kept silent, my (E)bones wasted away
    through my (F)groaning all day long.
For day and night your (G)hand was heavy upon me;
    my strength was dried up[b] as by the heat of summer. Selah

I (H)acknowledged my sin to you,
    and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I (I)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
    and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

Therefore let everyone who is (J)godly
    offer prayer to you at a time when you (K)may be found;
surely in the rush of (L)great waters,
    they shall not reach him.
You are a (M)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from (N)trouble;
    you surround me with (O)shouts of deliverance. Selah

I will (P)instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
    I will (Q)counsel you with my eye upon you.
(R)Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    which must be curbed with (S)bit and bridle,
    or it will not stay near you.

10 (T)Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
    but steadfast love surrounds the one who (U)trusts in the Lord.
11 (V)Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,
    and (W)shout for joy, all you (X)upright in heart!

The Steadfast Love of the Lord

33 (Y)Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!
    (Z)Praise befits the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord with the (AA)lyre;
    make melody to him with (AB)the harp of (AC)ten strings!
Sing to him (AD)a new song;
    play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

For the word of the Lord is upright,
    and all his work is done in (AE)faithfulness.
He (AF)loves righteousness and justice;
    (AG)the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

By (AH)the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
    and by (AI)the breath of his mouth all (AJ)their host.
He gathers the waters of the sea as (AK)a heap;
    he (AL)puts the deeps in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the Lord;
    let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
For (AM)he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.

10 The Lord (AN)brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
    he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
11 (AO)The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
    the plans of his heart to all generations.
12 (AP)Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
    the people whom he has (AQ)chosen as his heritage!

13 The Lord (AR)looks down from heaven;
    he sees all the children of man;
14 from (AS)where he sits enthroned he (AT)looks out
    on all the inhabitants of the earth,
15 he who fashions the hearts of them all
    and observes all their deeds.
16 (AU)The king is not saved by his great army;
    a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17 (AV)The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
    and by its great might it cannot rescue.

18 Behold, (AW)the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
    (AX)on those who hope in his steadfast love,
19 that he may (AY)deliver their soul from death
    and keep them alive in (AZ)famine.

20 Our soul (BA)waits for the Lord;
    he is our (BB)help and (BC)our shield.
21 For our heart is (BD)glad in him,
    because we (BE)trust in his holy name.
22 Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
    even as we hope in you.

Taste and See That the Lord Is Good

[c] Of David, when he (BF)changed his behavior before (BG)Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away.

34 I will bless the Lord (BH)at all times;
    his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul (BI)makes its boast in the Lord;
    let the humble hear and (BJ)be glad.
Oh, (BK)magnify the Lord with me,
    and let us exalt his name together!

I (BL)sought the Lord, and he answered me
    and delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are (BM)radiant,
    and their faces shall never be ashamed.
(BN)This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
    and (BO)saved him out of all his troubles.
(BP)The angel of the Lord (BQ)encamps
    around those who fear him, and delivers them.

Oh, (BR)taste and see that (BS)the Lord is good!
    (BT)Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
    for those who fear him have no lack!
10 (BU)The young lions suffer want and hunger;
    but those who (BV)seek the Lord lack no good thing.

11 (BW)Come, O children, listen to me;
    (BX)I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 (BY)What man is there who desires life
    and loves many days, that he may (BZ)see good?
13 (CA)Keep your tongue from evil
    and your lips from (CB)speaking deceit.
14 (CC)Turn away from evil and do good;
    seek peace and (CD)pursue it.

15 (CE)The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
    (CF)and his ears toward their cry.
16 (CG)The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
    to (CH)cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 (CI)When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
    and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to (CJ)the brokenhearted
    and saves (CK)the crushed in spirit.

19 (CL)Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    (CM)but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones;
    (CN)not one of them is broken.
21 (CO)Affliction will slay the wicked,
    and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord (CP)redeems the life of his servants;
    none of those who take refuge in him will be (CQ)condemned.

Great Is the Lord

Of David.

35 Contend, O Lord, with those who (CR)contend with me;
    (CS)fight against those who fight against me!
Take hold of (CT)shield and buckler
    and rise for my help!
Draw the spear and javelin[d]
    against my pursuers!
Say to my soul,
    “I am your salvation!”

(CU)Let them be (CV)put to shame and dishonor
    who seek after my life!
Let them be (CW)turned back and disappointed
    who devise evil against me!
Let them be like (CX)chaff before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
Let their way be dark and (CY)slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!

For (CZ)without cause (DA)they hid their net for me;
    without cause they dug (DB)a pit for my life.[e]
Let (DC)destruction come upon him (DD)when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
    let him fall into it—to his destruction!

Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord,
    (DE)exulting in his salvation.
10 All my (DF)bones shall say,
    “O Lord, (DG)who is like you,
delivering the poor
    from him who is too strong for him,
    the poor and needy from him who robs him?”

11 (DH)Malicious[f] witnesses rise up;
    they ask me of things that I do not know.
12 (DI)They repay me evil for good;
    my soul is bereft.[g]
13 But I, (DJ)when they were sick—
    I (DK)wore sackcloth;
    I (DL)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed (DM)with head bowed[h] on my chest.
14     I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
    I (DN)bowed down in mourning.

15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
    they gathered together against me;
(DO)wretches whom I did not know
    tore at me without ceasing;
16 like profane mockers at a feast,[i]
    they (DP)gnash at me with their teeth.

17 How long, O Lord, will you (DQ)look on?
    Rescue me from their destruction,
    (DR)my precious life from the lions!
18 I will thank you in (DS)the great congregation;
    in the mighty throng I will praise you.

19 (DT)Let not those rejoice over me
    who are (DU)wrongfully my foes,
and let not those (DV)wink the eye
    who (DW)hate me (DX)without cause.
20 For they do not speak peace,
    but against those who are quiet in the land
    they devise words of deceit.
21 They (DY)open wide their mouths against me;
    they say, (DZ)“Aha, Aha!
    Our eyes have seen it!”

22 (EA)You have seen, O Lord; (EB)be not silent!
    O Lord, (EC)be not far from me!
23 Awake and (ED)rouse yourself for (EE)my vindication,
    for my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 (EF)Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
    according to your righteousness,
    and (EG)let them not rejoice over me!
25 Let them not say in their hearts,
    (EH)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, (EI)“We have swallowed him up.”

26 Let them be (EJ)put to shame and disappointed altogether
    who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be (EK)clothed with shame and dishonor
    who (EL)magnify themselves against me!

27 Let those who delight in my righteousness
    shout for joy and be glad
    (EM)and say evermore,
(EN)“Great is the Lord,
    who (EO)delights in the welfare of his servant!”
28 Then my (EP)tongue shall tell of your righteousness
    and of your praise all the day long.

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

To the choirmaster. Of David, the (EQ)servant of the Lord.

36 Transgression speaks to the wicked
    deep in his heart;[j]
(ER)there is no fear of God
    before his eyes.
(ES)For he flatters himself in his own eyes
    that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
The words of his mouth are (ET)trouble and deceit;
    (EU)he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
He (EV)plots (EW)trouble while on his bed;
    he sets himself in (EX)a way that is not good;
    (EY)he does not reject evil.

Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.
(EZ)Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
    (FA)your judgments are like the great deep;
    man and beast you (FB)save, O Lord.

(FC)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge (FD)in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on (FE)the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from (FF)the river of (FG)your delights.
For with you is (FH)the fountain of life;
    (FI)in your light do we see light.

10 Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who (FJ)know you,
    and your righteousness to (FK)the upright of heart!
11 Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
    nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
12 There (FL)the evildoers lie fallen;
    they are thrust down, (FM)unable to rise.

He Will Not Forsake His Saints

[k] Of David.

37 (FN)Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
    be not (FO)envious of wrongdoers!
For they will soon (FP)fade like (FQ)the grass
    and wither (FR)like the green herb.

(FS)Trust in the Lord, and do good;
    (FT)dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.[l]
(FU)Delight yourself in the Lord,
    and he will (FV)give you the desires of your heart.

(FW)Commit your way to the Lord;
    (FX)trust in him, and he will act.
(FY)He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
    and your justice as (FZ)the noonday.

(GA)Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    (GB)fret not yourself over the one who (GC)prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

(GD)Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
    (GE)Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
(GF)For the evildoers shall be cut off,
    but those who wait for the Lord shall (GG)inherit the land.

10 In (GH)just a little while, the wicked will be no more;
    though you look carefully at (GI)his place, he will not be there.
11 But (GJ)the meek shall inherit the land
    and delight themselves in (GK)abundant peace.

12 The wicked (GL)plots against the righteous
    and (GM)gnashes his teeth at him,
13 but the Lord (GN)laughs at the wicked,
    for he sees that his (GO)day is coming.

14 The wicked draw the sword and (GP)bend their bows
    to bring down the poor and needy,
    to slay those whose (GQ)way is upright;
15 their sword shall enter their own heart,
    and their (GR)bows shall be broken.

16 (GS)Better is the little that the righteous has
    than the abundance of many wicked.
17 For (GT)the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
    but the Lord (GU)upholds the righteous.

18 The Lord (GV)knows the days of the blameless,
    and their (GW)heritage will remain forever;
19 they are not put to shame in evil times;
    in (GX)the days of famine they have abundance.

20 But the wicked will perish;
    the enemies of the Lord are like (GY)the glory of the pastures;
    they vanish—like (GZ)smoke they vanish away.

21 The wicked borrows but does not pay back,
    but the righteous (HA)is generous and gives;
22 for those blessed by the Lord[m] shall (HB)inherit the land,
    but those cursed by him (HC)shall be cut off.

23 The (HD)steps of a man are (HE)established by the Lord,
    when he delights in his way;
24 (HF)though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
    for the Lord (HG)upholds his hand.

25 I have been young, and now am old,
    yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
    or his children (HH)begging for bread.
26 He is ever (HI)lending generously,
    and his children become a blessing.

27 (HJ)Turn away from evil and do good;
    so shall you (HK)dwell forever.
28 For the Lord (HL)loves justice;
    he will not forsake his (HM)saints.
They are preserved forever,
    but the children of the wicked shall be (HN)cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land
    and (HO)dwell upon it forever.

30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
    and his tongue speaks justice.
31 (HP)The law of his God is in his heart;
    his (HQ)steps do not slip.

32 The wicked (HR)watches for the righteous
    and seeks to put him to death.
33 The Lord will not (HS)abandon him to his power
    or let him (HT)be condemned when he is brought to trial.

34 (HU)Wait for the Lord and keep his way,
    and he will exalt you to inherit the land;
    you will look on (HV)when the wicked are cut off.

35 (HW)I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
    spreading himself like (HX)a green laurel tree.[n]
36 But he passed away,[o] and behold, (HY)he was no more;
    though I sought him, he could not be found.

37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
    for there is a future for the man of (HZ)peace.
38 But (IA)transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
    the future of the wicked (IB)shall be cut off.

39 (IC)The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
    he is their stronghold in (ID)the time of trouble.
40 The Lord helps them and (IE)delivers them;
    (IF)he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
    because they (IG)take refuge in him.

Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord

A Psalm of David, (IH)for the memorial offering.

38 O Lord, (II)rebuke me not in your anger,
    nor discipline me in your wrath!
For your (IJ)arrows have sunk into me,
    and your hand (IK)has come down on me.

There is (IL)no soundness in my flesh
    because of your indignation;
there is no health in my (IM)bones
    because of my sin.
For my (IN)iniquities have gone over my head;
    like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

My wounds stink and fester
    because of my foolishness,
I am (IO)utterly bowed down and (IP)prostrate;
    all the day I (IQ)go about mourning.
For my sides are filled with burning,
    and there is (IR)no soundness in my flesh.
I am feeble and crushed;
    I (IS)groan because of the tumult of my heart.

O Lord, all my longing is before you;
    my (IT)sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
    and (IU)the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11 My (IV)friends and companions (IW)stand aloof from my (IX)plague,
    and my nearest kin (IY)stand far off.

12 Those who seek my life (IZ)lay their snares;
    those who seek my hurt (JA)speak of ruin
    and meditate (JB)treachery all day long.

13 But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
    like (JC)a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 I have become like a man who does not hear,
    and in whose mouth are no (JD)rebukes.

15 But for (JE)you, O Lord, do I wait;
    it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16 For I said, “Only (JF)let them not rejoice over me,
    who (JG)boast against me when my (JH)foot slips!”

17 For I am (JI)ready to fall,
    and my pain is ever before me.
18 I (JJ)confess my iniquity;
    I am (JK)sorry for my sin.
19 But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,
    and many are those who hate me (JL)wrongfully.
20 Those who (JM)render me evil for good
    (JN)accuse me because I (JO)follow after good.

21 Do not forsake me, O Lord!
    O my God, be not (JP)far from me!
22 (JQ)Make haste to help me,
    O Lord, my (JR)salvation!

What Is the Measure of My Days?

To the choirmaster: to (JS)Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.

39 I said, “I will (JT)guard my ways,
    that I (JU)may not sin with my tongue;
I will (JV)guard my mouth with a muzzle,
    so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
I was (JW)mute and silent;
    I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.
    My (JX)heart became hot within me.
As I mused, the fire burned;
    then I spoke with my tongue:

“O Lord, (JY)make me know my end
    and what is the measure of my days;
    let me know how fleeting I am!
Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
    and (JZ)my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely (KA)all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
    Surely a man (KB)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[p] they are in turmoil;
    man (KC)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
    (KD)My hope is in you.
Deliver me from all my transgressions.
    (KE)Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
(KF)I am mute; I do not open my mouth,
    (KG)for it is you who have done it.
10 (KH)Remove your stroke from me;
    I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
11 When you discipline a man
    with (KI)rebukes for sin,
you (KJ)consume like a (KK)moth what is dear to him;
    (KL)surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah

12 (KM)“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
    and give ear to my cry;
    hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am (KN)a sojourner with you,
    (KO)a guest, like all my fathers.
13 (KP)Look away from me, that I may smile again,
    (KQ)before I depart and (KR)am no more!”

My Help and My Deliverer

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

40 I (KS)waited patiently for the Lord;
    he inclined to me and (KT)heard my cry.
He drew me up from (KU)the pit of destruction,
    out of (KV)the miry bog,
and (KW)set my feet upon a rock,
    (KX)making my steps secure.
He put (KY)a new song in my mouth,
    a song of praise to our God.
Many will (KZ)see and fear,
    and put their trust in the Lord.

Blessed is the man who (LA)makes
    the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
    to those who (LB)go astray after a lie!
You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
    your (LC)wondrous deeds and your (LD)thoughts toward us;
    none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
    yet they are (LE)more than can be told.

(LF)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
    but you have given me an open (LG)ear.[q]
Burnt offering and sin offering
    you have not required.
Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
    in the scroll of the book it is written (LH)of me:
(LI)I delight to do your will, O my God;
    your law is (LJ)within my heart.”

I have told the glad news of deliverance[r]
    in (LK)the great congregation;
behold, I have not (LL)restrained my lips,
    (LM)as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
    from the great congregation.

11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
    your mercy from me;
your (LN)steadfast love and your faithfulness will
    ever preserve me!
12 For evils have (LO)encompassed me
    beyond number;
my (LP)iniquities have overtaken me,
    and I cannot (LQ)see;
they are (LR)more than the hairs of my head;
    my heart (LS)fails me.

13 (LT)Be pleased, O Lord, to (LU)deliver me!
    O Lord, (LV)make haste to help me!
14 (LW)Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
    who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be (LX)turned back and brought to dishonor
    who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
    who (LY)say to me, “Aha, Aha!”

16 But may all who seek you
    rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
    (LZ)say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
17 As for me, I am (MA)poor and needy,
    but (MB)the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
    do not delay, O my God!

O Lord, Be Gracious to Me

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

41 (MC)Blessed is the one who considers the poor![s]
    (MD)In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;
    he is called blessed in the land;
    you (ME)do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;
    in his illness you restore him to full health.[t]

As for me, I said, “O Lord, (MF)be gracious to me;
    (MG)heal me,[u] for I have sinned against you!”
My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die, and his name perish?”
And when one comes to see me, (MH)he utters empty words,
    while his heart gathers iniquity;
    when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
All who hate me whisper together about me;
    they imagine the worst for me.[v]

They say, “A deadly thing is poured out[w] on him;
    he will not rise again from where he lies.”
Even my (MI)close friend in whom I trusted,
    who (MJ)ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
10 But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,
    and raise me up, that I may repay them!

11 By this I know that (MK)you delight in me:
    my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.
12 But (ML)you have upheld me because of (MM)my integrity,
    and (MN)set me in your presence (MO)forever.

13 (MP)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting!
Amen and Amen.

Book Two

Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?

To the choirmaster. A Maskil[x] of (MQ)the Sons of Korah.

42 (MR)As a deer pants for flowing streams,
    so pants my soul for you, O God.
(MS)My soul thirsts for God,
    for (MT)the living God.
When shall I come and (MU)appear before God?[y]
(MV)My tears have been my food
    day and night,
(MW)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”
These things I remember,
    as I (MX)pour out my soul:
(MY)how I would go (MZ)with the throng
    and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
    (NA)a multitude keeping festival.

(NB)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you (NC)in turmoil within me?
(ND)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation[z] and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;
    therefore I (NE)remember you
(NF)from the land of Jordan and of (NG)Hermon,
    from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep
    at the roar of your waterfalls;
(NH)all your breakers and your (NI)waves
    have gone over me.
By day the Lord (NJ)commands his steadfast love,
    and at (NK)night his song is with me,
    a prayer to the God of my life.
I say to God, (NL)my rock:
    “Why have you forgotten me?
(NM)Why do I go mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 As with a deadly wound in my bones,
    my adversaries taunt me,
(NN)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”

11 (NO)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

43 (NP)Vindicate me, O God, and (NQ)defend my cause
    against an ungodly people,
from (NR)the deceitful and unjust man
    deliver me!
For you are (NS)the God in whom I take refuge;
    why have you (NT)rejected me?
Why do I (NU)go about mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?

(NV)Send out your light and your truth;
    let them lead me;
let them bring me to your (NW)holy hill
    and to your (NX)dwelling!
Then I will go to the altar of God,
    to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
    O God, my God.

(NY)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
(NZ)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

Come to Our Help

To the choirmaster. (OA)A Maskil[aa] of the Sons of Korah.

44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
    (OB)our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
    (OC)in the days of old:
you with your own hand (OD)drove out the nations,
    but (OE)them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
    but (OF)them you set free;
for not (OG)by their own sword did they win the land,
    nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
    and (OH)the light of your face,
    (OI)for you delighted in them.

(OJ)You are my King, O God;
    (OK)ordain salvation for Jacob!
Through you we (OL)push down our foes;
    through your name we (OM)tread down those who rise up against us.
For not in (ON)my bow do I trust,
    nor can my sword save me.
But you have saved us from our foes
    and have (OO)put to shame those who hate us.
(OP)In God we have boasted continually,
    and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah

But you have (OQ)rejected us and disgraced us
    and (OR)have not gone out with our armies.
10 You have made us (OS)turn back from the foe,
    and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11 You have made us like (OT)sheep for slaughter
    and have (OU)scattered us among the nations.
12 (OV)You have sold your people for a trifle,
    demanding no high price for them.
13 You have made us (OW)the taunt of our neighbors,
    the derision and (OX)scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us (OY)a byword among the nations,
    (OZ)a laughingstock[ab] among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
    and (PA)shame has covered my face
16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
    at the sight of (PB)the enemy and the avenger.

17 (PC)All this has come upon us,
    though we have not forgotten you,
    and we have not been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
    nor have our (PD)steps (PE)departed from your way;
19 yet you have (PF)broken us in the place of (PG)jackals
    and covered us with (PH)the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
    or (PI)spread out our hands to (PJ)a foreign god,
21 (PK)would not God discover this?
    (PL)For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yet (PM)for your sake we are killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

23 (PN)Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
    Rouse yourself! (PO)Do not reject us forever!
24 Why (PP)do you hide your face?
    Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our (PQ)soul is bowed down to the dust;
    our belly clings to the ground.
26 Rise up; (PR)come to our help!
    (PS)Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!

Your Throne, O God, Is Forever

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil[ac] of (PT)the Sons of Korah; a love song.

45 My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;
    I address my verses to the king;
    my tongue is like the pen of (PU)a ready scribe.

You are (PV)the most handsome of the sons of men;
    (PW)grace is poured upon your lips;
    therefore God has blessed you forever.
(PX)Gird your (PY)sword on your thigh, O (PZ)mighty one,
    in (QA)your splendor and majesty!

In your majesty (QB)ride out victoriously
    for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
    let your right hand teach you (QC)awesome deeds!
Your arrows are sharp
    in the heart of the king's enemies;
    the peoples fall under you.

(QD)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The (QE)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
    (QF)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore (QG)God, your God, has (QH)anointed you
    with the oil of (QI)gladness (QJ)beyond your companions;
    your robes are all fragrant with (QK)myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces (QL)stringed instruments make you glad;

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed
  3. Psalm 34:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
  4. Psalm 35:3 Or and close the way
  5. Psalm 35:7 The word pit is transposed from the preceding line; Hebrew For without cause they hid the pit of their net for me; without cause they dug for my life
  6. Psalm 35:11 Or Violent
  7. Psalm 35:12 Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul
  8. Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back
  9. Psalm 35:16 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
  10. Psalm 36:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Jerome (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts in my heart
  11. Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
  12. Psalm 37:3 Or and feed on faithfulness, or and find safe pasture
  13. Psalm 37:22 Hebrew by him
  14. Psalm 37:35 The identity of this tree is uncertain
  15. Psalm 37:36 Or But one passed by
  16. Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
  17. Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me
  18. Psalm 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10
  19. Psalm 41:1 Or weak
  20. Psalm 41:3 Hebrew you turn all his bed
  21. Psalm 41:4 Hebrew my soul
  22. Psalm 41:7 Or they devise evil against me
  23. Psalm 41:8 Or has fastened
  24. Psalm 42:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  25. Psalm 42:2 Revocalization yields and see the face of God
  26. Psalm 42:5 Hebrew the salvation of my face; also verse 11 and 43:5
  27. Psalm 44:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  28. Psalm 44:14 Hebrew a shaking of the head
  29. Psalm 45:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

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