Psalm 32-45

English Standard Version

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil^[a] of David.

32 ^(A)Blessed is the one whose ^(B)transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
²Blessed is the man against whom the Lord ^(C)counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit ^(D)there is no deceit.

³For when I kept silent, my ^(E)bones wasted away
through my ^(F)groaning all day long.
⁴For day and night your ^(G)hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up^[b] as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵I ^(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

⁶Therefore 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.
⁷You are a ^(M)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from ^(N)trouble;
    you surround me with ^(O)shouts of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will ^(P)instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
    I will ^(Q)counsel you with my eye upon you.
⁹^(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.
²Give thanks to the Lord with the ^(AA)lyre;
    make melody to him with ^(AB)the harp of ^(AC)ten strings!
³Sing to him ^(AD)a new song;
    play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

⁴For the word of the Lord is upright,
and all his work is done in ^(AE)faithfulness.
⁵He ^(AF)loves righteousness and justice;
^(AG)the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

⁶By ^(AH)the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
and by ^(AI)the breath of his mouth all ^(AJ)their host.
⁷He gathers the waters of the sea as ^(AK)a heap;
he ^(AL)puts the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
⁹For ^(AM)he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.

¹⁰The 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!

¹³The Lord ^(AR)looks down from heaven;
    he sees all the children of man;
¹⁴from ^(AS)where he sits enthroned he ^(AT)looks out
    on all the inhabitants of the earth,
¹⁵he 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.

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

²⁰Our soul ^(BA)waits for the Lord;
    he is our ^(BB)help and ^(BC)our shield.
²¹For our heart is ^(BD)glad in him,
    because we ^(BE)trust in his holy name.
²²Let 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.
²My soul ^(BI)makes its boast in the Lord;
    let the humble hear and ^(BJ)be glad.
³Oh, ^(BK)magnify the Lord with me,
    and let us exalt his name together!

⁴I ^(BL)sought the Lord, and he answered me
    and delivered me from all my fears.
⁵Those who look to him are ^(BM)radiant,
    and their faces shall never be ashamed.
⁶^(BN)This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
    and ^(BO)saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷^(BP)The angel of the Lord ^(BQ)encamps
    around those who fear him, and delivers them.

⁸Oh, ^(BR)taste and see that ^(BS)the Lord is good!
    ^(BT)Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
⁹Oh, 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.
¹⁸The 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.
²⁰He 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.
²²The 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!
²Take hold of ^(CT)shield and buckler
    and rise for my help!
³Draw the spear and javelin^[d]
    against my pursuers!
Say to my soul,
    “I am your salvation!”

⁴^(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!
⁵Let them be like ^(CX)chaff before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
⁶Let their way be dark and ^(CY)slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!

⁷For ^(CZ)without cause ^(DA)they hid their net for me;
without cause they dug ^(DB)a pit for my life.^[e]
⁸Let ^(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!

⁹Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord,
    ^(DE)exulting in his salvation.
¹⁰All 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]
¹³But 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.

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

¹⁷How long, O Lord, will you ^(DQ)look on?
    Rescue me from their destruction,
    ^(DR)my precious life from the lions!
¹⁸I 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.
²⁰For they do not speak peace,
    but against those who are quiet in the land
    they devise words of deceit.
²¹They ^(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!
²³Awake 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!
²⁵Let them not say in their hearts,
    ^(EH)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, ^(EI)“We have swallowed him up.”

²⁶Let 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!

²⁷Let 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!”
²⁸Then 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.
²^(ES)For he flatters himself in his own eyes
    that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
³The words of his mouth are ^(ET)trouble and deceit;
    ^(EU)he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
⁴He ^(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.

⁵Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.
⁶^(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.

⁷^(FC)How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge ^(FD)in the shadow of your wings.
⁸They feast on ^(FE)the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from ^(FF)the river of ^(FG)your delights.
⁹For with you is ^(FH)the fountain of life;
    ^(FI)in your light do we see light.

¹⁰Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who ^(FJ)know you,
    and your righteousness to ^(FK)the upright of heart!
¹¹Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
    nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
¹²There ^(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!
²For they will soon ^(FP)fade like ^(FQ)the grass
and wither ^(FR)like the green herb.

³^(FS)Trust in the Lord, and do good;
^(FT)dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.^[l]
⁴^(FU)Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will ^(FV)give you the desires of your heart.

⁵^(FW)Commit your way to the Lord;
^(FX)trust in him, and he will act.
⁶^(FY)He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as ^(FZ)the noonday.

⁷^(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!

⁸^(GD)Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
^(GE)Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
⁹^(GF)For the evildoers shall be cut off,
but those who wait for the Lord shall ^(GG)inherit the land.

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

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

¹⁴The wicked draw the sword and ^(GP)bend their bows
    to bring down the poor and needy,
    to slay those whose ^(GQ)way is upright;
¹⁵their 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.
¹⁷For ^(GT)the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
but the Lord ^(GU)upholds the righteous.

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

²⁰But 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.

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

²³The ^(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.

²⁵I have been young, and now am old,
    yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
    or his children ^(HH)begging for bread.
²⁶He 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.
²⁸For 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.
²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land
    and ^(HO)dwell upon it forever.

³⁰The 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.

³²The wicked ^(HR)watches for the righteous
and seeks to put him to death.
³³The 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]
³⁶But he passed away,^[o] and behold, ^(HY)he was no more;
though I sought him, he could not be found.

³⁷Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
for there is a future for the man of ^(HZ)peace.
³⁸But ^(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.
⁴⁰The 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!
²For your ^(IJ)arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand ^(IK)has come down on me.

³There is ^(IL)no soundness in my flesh
    because of your indignation;
there is no health in my ^(IM)bones
    because of my sin.
⁴For my ^(IN)iniquities have gone over my head;
    like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

⁵My wounds stink and fester
    because of my foolishness,
⁶I am ^(IO)utterly bowed down and ^(IP)prostrate;
    all the day I ^(IQ)go about mourning.
⁷For my sides are filled with burning,
    and there is ^(IR)no soundness in my flesh.
⁸I am feeble and crushed;
    I ^(IS)groan because of the tumult of my heart.

⁹O Lord, all my longing is before you;
    my ^(IT)sighing is not hidden from you.
¹⁰My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
    and ^(IU)the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
¹¹My ^(IV)friends and companions ^(IW)stand aloof from my ^(IX)plague,
    and my nearest kin ^(IY)stand far off.

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

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

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

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

²¹Do 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.”
²I was ^(JW)mute and silent;
    I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.
³    My ^(JX)heart became hot within me.
As I mused, the fire burned;
    then I spoke with my tongue:

⁴“O Lord, ^(JY)make me know my end
    and what is the measure of my days;
    let me know how fleeting I am!
⁵Behold, 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
⁶    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!

⁷“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
    ^(KD)My hope is in you.
⁸Deliver me from all my transgressions.
    ^(KE)Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
⁹^(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.
¹¹When 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.
²He 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.
³He 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.

⁴Blessed 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!
⁵You 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.

⁶^(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.
⁷Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
    in the scroll of the book it is written ^(LH)of me:
⁸^(LI)I delight to do your will, O my God;
    your law is ^(LJ)within my heart.”

⁹I 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.
¹⁰I 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.

¹¹As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
    your mercy from me;
your ^(LN)steadfast love and your faithfulness will
    ever preserve me!
¹²For 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!
¹⁵Let those be appalled because of their shame
    who ^(LY)say to me, “Aha, Aha!”

¹⁶But may all who seek you
    rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
    ^(LZ)say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
¹⁷As 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;
²the 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.
³The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;
    in his illness you restore him to full health.^[t]

⁴As for me, I said, “O Lord, ^(MF)be gracious to me;
    ^(MG)heal me,^[u] for I have sinned against you!”
⁵My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die, and his name perish?”
⁶And when one comes to see me, ^(MH)he utters empty words,
    while his heart gathers iniquity;
    when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
⁷All who hate me whisper together about me;
    they imagine the worst for me.^[v]

⁸They say, “A deadly thing is poured out^[w] on him;
    he will not rise again from where he lies.”
⁹Even my ^(MI)close friend in whom I trusted,
    who ^(MJ)ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
¹⁰But you, O Lord, be gracious to me,
    and raise me up, that I may repay them!

¹¹By this I know that ^(MK)you delight in me:
my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.
¹²But ^(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.
²^(MS)My soul thirsts for God,
    for ^(MT)the living God.
When shall I come and ^(MU)appear before God?^[y]
³^(MV)My tears have been my food
    day and night,
^(MW)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”
⁴These 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.

⁵^(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] ⁶and 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.
⁷Deep calls to deep
    at the roar of your waterfalls;
^(NH)all your breakers and your ^(NI)waves
    have gone over me.
⁸By 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.
⁹I say to God, ^(NL)my rock:
    “Why have you forgotten me?
^(NM)Why do I go mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?”
¹⁰As 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!
²For 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?

³^(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!
⁴Then 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.

⁵^(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:
²you with your own hand ^(OD)drove out the nations,
    but ^(OE)them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
    but ^(OF)them you set free;
³for 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.

⁴^(OJ)You are my King, O God;
    ^(OK)ordain salvation for Jacob!
⁵Through you we ^(OL)push down our foes;
    through your name we ^(OM)tread down those who rise up against us.
⁶For not in ^(ON)my bow do I trust,
    nor can my sword save me.
⁷But you have saved us from our foes
    and have ^(OO)put to shame those who hate us.
⁸^(OP)In God we have boasted continually,
    and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah

⁹But you have ^(OQ)rejected us and disgraced us
    and ^(OR)have not gone out with our armies.
¹⁰You have made us ^(OS)turn back from the foe,
    and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
¹¹You 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.
¹³You have made us ^(OW)the taunt of our neighbors,
    the derision and ^(OX)scorn of those around us.
¹⁴You have made us ^(OY)a byword among the nations,
    ^(OZ)a laughingstock^[ab] among the peoples.
¹⁵All day long my disgrace is before me,
    and ^(PA)shame has covered my face
¹⁶at 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.
¹⁸Our heart has not turned back,
    nor have our ^(PD)steps ^(PE)departed from your way;
¹⁹yet you have ^(PF)broken us in the place of ^(PG)jackals
    and covered us with ^(PH)the shadow of death.
²⁰If 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.
²²Yet ^(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!
²⁴Why ^(PP)do you hide your face?
    Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
²⁵For our ^(PQ)soul is bowed down to the dust;
    our belly clings to the ground.
²⁶Rise 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.

²You are ^(PV)the most handsome of the sons of men;
    ^(PW)grace is poured upon your lips;
    therefore God has blessed you forever.
³^(PX)Gird your ^(PY)sword on your thigh, O ^(PZ)mighty one,
    in ^(QA)your splendor and majesty!

⁴In your majesty ^(QB)ride out victoriously
    for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
    let your right hand teach you ^(QC)awesome deeds!
⁵Your arrows are sharp
    in the heart of the king's enemies;
    the peoples fall under you.

⁶^(QD)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The ^(QE)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
⁷    ^(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;
⁸    your robes are all fragrant with ^(QK)myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces ^(QL)stringed instruments make you glad;

Notas al pie

Psalm 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed
Psalm 34:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 35:3 Or and close the way
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
Psalm 35:11 Or Violent
Psalm 35:12 Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul
Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back
Psalm 35:16 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain
Psalm 36:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Jerome (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts in my heart
Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
Psalm 37:3 Or and feed on faithfulness, or and find safe pasture
Psalm 37:22 Hebrew by him
Psalm 37:35 The identity of this tree is uncertain
Psalm 37:36 Or But one passed by
Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me
Psalm 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10
Psalm 41:1 Or weak
Psalm 41:3 Hebrew you turn all his bed
Psalm 41:4 Hebrew my soul
Psalm 41:7 Or they devise evil against me
Psalm 41:8 Or has fastened
Psalm 42:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 42:2 Revocalization yields and see the face of God
Psalm 42:5 Hebrew the salvation of my face; also verse 11 and 43:5
Psalm 44:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 44:14 Hebrew a shaking of the head
Psalm 45:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 32-45

New International Version

Psalm 32

Of David. A maskil.^[a]

¹Blessed is the one
    whose transgressions are forgiven,
    whose sins are covered.^(A)
²Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord does not count against them^(B)
    and in whose spirit is no deceit.^(C)

³When I kept silent,^(D)
    my bones wasted away^(E)
    through my groaning^(F) all day long.
⁴For day and night
    your hand was heavy^(G) on me;
my strength was sapped^(H)
    as in the heat of summer.^[b]

⁵Then I acknowledged my sin to you
    and did not cover up my iniquity.^(I)
I said, “I will confess^(J)
    my transgressions^(K) to the Lord.”
And you forgave
    the guilt of my sin.^(L)

⁶Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
    while you may be found;^(M)
surely the rising^(N) of the mighty waters^(O)
    will not reach them.^(P)
⁷You are my hiding place;^(Q)
    you will protect me from trouble^(R)
    and surround me with songs of deliverance.^(S)

⁸I will instruct^(T) you and teach you^(U) in the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my loving eye on^(V) you.
⁹Do not be like the horse or the mule,
    which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle^(W)
    or they will not come to you.
¹⁰Many are the woes of the wicked,^(X)
    but the Lord’s unfailing love
    surrounds the one who trusts^(Y) in him.

¹¹Rejoice in the Lord^(Z) and be glad, you righteous;
sing, all you who are upright in heart!

Psalm 33

¹Sing joyfully^(AA) to the Lord, you righteous;
    it is fitting^(AB) for the upright^(AC) to praise him.
²Praise the Lord with the harp;^(AD)
    make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.^(AE)
³Sing to him a new song;^(AF)
    play skillfully, and shout for joy.^(AG)

⁴For the word of the Lord is right^(AH) and true;^(AI)
he is faithful^(AJ) in all he does.
⁵The Lord loves righteousness and justice;^(AK)
the earth is full of his unfailing love.^(AL)

⁶By the word^(AM) of the Lord the heavens were made,^(AN)
    their starry host^(AO) by the breath of his mouth.
⁷He gathers the waters^(AP) of the sea into jars^[c];^(AQ)
    he puts the deep into storehouses.
⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord;^(AR)
    let all the people of the world^(AS) revere him.^(AT)
⁹For he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded,^(AU) and it stood firm.

¹⁰The Lord foils^(AV) the plans^(AW) of the nations;^(AX)
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
¹¹But the plans of the Lord stand firm^(AY) forever,
the purposes^(AZ) of his heart through all generations.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,^(BA)
    the people he chose^(BB) for his inheritance.^(BC)
¹³From heaven the Lord looks down^(BD)
    and sees all mankind;^(BE)
¹⁴from his dwelling place^(BF) he watches
    all who live on earth—
¹⁵he who forms^(BG) the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.^(BH)

¹⁶No king is saved by the size of his army;^(BI)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
¹⁷A horse^(BJ) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.
¹⁸But the eyes^(BK) of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,^(BL)
¹⁹to deliver them from death^(BM)
    and keep them alive in famine.^(BN)

²⁰We wait^(BO) in hope for the Lord;
    he is our help and our shield.
²¹In him our hearts rejoice,^(BP)
    for we trust in his holy name.^(BQ)
²²May your unfailing love^(BR) be with us, Lord,
    even as we put our hope in you.

Psalm 34^[d]^[e]

Of David. When he pretended to be insane^(BS) before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.

¹I will extol the Lord at all times;^(BT)
    his praise will always be on my lips.
²I will glory^(BU) in the Lord;
    let the afflicted hear and rejoice.^(BV)
³Glorify the Lord^(BW) with me;
    let us exalt^(BX) his name together.

⁴I sought the Lord,^(BY) and he answered me;
    he delivered^(BZ) me from all my fears.
⁵Those who look to him are radiant;^(CA)
    their faces are never covered with shame.^(CB)
⁶This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
    he saved him out of all his troubles.^(CC)
⁷The angel of the Lord^(CD) encamps around those who fear him,
    and he delivers^(CE) them.

⁸Taste and see that the Lord is good;^(CF)
    blessed is the one who takes refuge^(CG) in him.
⁹Fear the Lord,^(CH) you his holy people,
    for those who fear him lack nothing.^(CI)
¹⁰The lions may grow weak and hungry,
    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.^(CJ)
¹¹Come, my children, listen^(CK) to me;
    I will teach you^(CL) the fear of the Lord.^(CM)
¹²Whoever of you loves life^(CN)
    and desires to see many good days,
¹³keep your tongue^(CO) from evil
    and your lips from telling lies.^(CP)
¹⁴Turn from evil and do good;^(CQ)
    seek peace^(CR) and pursue it.

¹⁵The eyes of the Lord^(CS) are on the righteous,^(CT)
and his ears are attentive^(CU) to their cry;
¹⁶but the face of the Lord is against^(CV) those who do evil,^(CW)
to blot out their name^(CX) from the earth.

¹⁷The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears^(CY) them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
¹⁸The Lord is close^(CZ) to the brokenhearted^(DA)
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

¹⁹The righteous person may have many troubles,^(DB)
but the Lord delivers him from them all;^(DC)
²⁰he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.^(DD)

²¹Evil will slay the wicked;^(DE)
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
²²The Lord will rescue^(DF) his servants;
no one who takes refuge^(DG) in him will be condemned.

Psalm 35

Of David.

¹Contend,^(DH) Lord, with those who contend with me;
    fight^(DI) against those who fight against me.
²Take up shield^(DJ) and armor;
    arise^(DK) and come to my aid.^(DL)
³Brandish spear^(DM) and javelin^[f]^(DN)
    against those who pursue me.
Say to me,
    “I am your salvation.^(DO)”

⁴May those who seek my life^(DP)
    be disgraced^(DQ) and put to shame;^(DR)
may those who plot my ruin
    be turned back^(DS) in dismay.
⁵May they be like chaff^(DT) before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord^(DU) driving them away;
⁶may their path be dark and slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

⁷Since they hid their net^(DV) for me without cause^(DW)
    and without cause dug a pit^(DX) for me,
⁸may ruin overtake them by surprise—^(DY)
    may the net they hid entangle them,
    may they fall into the pit,^(DZ) to their ruin.
⁹Then my soul will rejoice^(EA) in the Lord
    and delight in his salvation.^(EB)
¹⁰My whole being will exclaim,
    “Who is like you,^(EC) Lord?
You rescue the poor from those too strong^(ED) for them,
    the poor and needy^(EE) from those who rob them.”

¹¹Ruthless witnesses^(EF) come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.
¹²They repay me evil for good^(EG)
    and leave me like one bereaved.
¹³Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth^(EH)
    and humbled myself with fasting.^(EI)
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
¹⁴    I went about mourning^(EJ)
    as though for my friend or brother.
I bowed my head in grief
    as though weeping for my mother.
¹⁵But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;^(EK)
    assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
    They slandered^(EL) me without ceasing.
¹⁶Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked;^[g]^(EM)
    they gnashed their teeth^(EN) at me.

¹⁷How long,^(EO) Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my precious life^(EP) from these lions.^(EQ)
¹⁸I will give you thanks in the great assembly;^(ER)
    among the throngs^(ES) I will praise you.^(ET)
¹⁹Do not let those gloat over me
    who are my enemies^(EU) without cause;
do not let those who hate me without reason^(EV)
    maliciously wink the eye.^(EW)
²⁰They do not speak peaceably,
    but devise false accusations^(EX)
    against those who live quietly in the land.
²¹They sneer^(EY) at me and say, “Aha! Aha!^(EZ)
    With our own eyes we have seen it.”

²²Lord, you have seen^(FA) this; do not be silent.
    Do not be far^(FB) from me, Lord.
²³Awake,^(FC) and rise^(FD) to my defense!
    Contend^(FE) for me, my God and Lord.
²⁴Vindicate me in your righteousness, Lord my God;
    do not let them gloat^(FF) over me.
²⁵Do not let them think, “Aha,^(FG) just what we wanted!”
    or say, “We have swallowed him up.”^(FH)

²⁶May all who gloat^(FI) over my distress^(FJ)
    be put to shame^(FK) and confusion;
may all who exalt themselves over me^(FL)
    be clothed with shame and disgrace.
²⁷May those who delight in my vindication^(FM)
    shout for joy^(FN) and gladness;
may they always say, “The Lord be exalted,
    who delights^(FO) in the well-being of his servant.”^(FP)

²⁸My tongue will proclaim your righteousness,^(FQ)
your praises all day long.^(FR)

Psalm 36^[h]

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord.

¹I have a message from God in my heart
concerning the sinfulness of the wicked:^[i]^(FS)
There is no fear^(FT) of God
before their eyes.^(FU)

²In their own eyes they flatter themselves
    too much to detect or hate their sin.^(FV)
³The words of their mouths^(FW) are wicked and deceitful;^(FX)
    they fail to act wisely^(FY) or do good.^(FZ)
⁴Even on their beds they plot evil;^(GA)
    they commit themselves to a sinful course^(GB)
    and do not reject what is wrong.^(GC)

⁵Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
    your faithfulness^(GD) to the skies.^(GE)
⁶Your righteousness^(GF) is like the highest mountains,^(GG)
    your justice like the great deep.^(GH)
    You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.^(GI)
⁷How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!^(GJ)
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.^(GK)
⁸They feast on the abundance of your house;^(GL)
    you give them drink from your river^(GM) of delights.^(GN)
⁹For with you is the fountain of life;^(GO)
    in your light^(GP) we see light.

¹⁰Continue your love^(GQ) to those who know you,^(GR)
    your righteousness to the upright in heart.^(GS)
¹¹May the foot of the proud not come against me,
    nor the hand of the wicked^(GT) drive me away.
¹²See how the evildoers lie fallen—
    thrown down, not able to rise!^(GU)

Psalm 37^[j]

Of David.

¹Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious^(GV) of those who do wrong;^(GW)
²for like the grass they will soon wither,^(GX)
like green plants they will soon die away.^(GY)

³Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land^(GZ) and enjoy safe pasture.^(HA)
⁴Take delight^(HB) in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.^(HC)

⁵Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him^(HD) and he will do this:
⁶He will make your righteous reward^(HE) shine like the dawn,^(HF)
your vindication like the noonday sun.

⁷Be still^(HG) before the Lord
and wait patiently^(HH) for him;
do not fret^(HI) when people succeed in their ways,^(HJ)
when they carry out their wicked schemes.^(HK)

⁸Refrain from anger^(HL) and turn from wrath;
do not fret^(HM)—it leads only to evil.
⁹For those who are evil will be destroyed,^(HN)
but those who hope^(HO) in the Lord will inherit the land.^(HP)

¹⁰A little while, and the wicked will be no more;^(HQ)
though you look for them, they will not be found.
¹¹But the meek will inherit the land^(HR)
and enjoy peace and prosperity.^(HS)

¹²The wicked plot^(HT) against the righteous
and gnash their teeth^(HU) at them;
¹³but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.^(HV)

¹⁴The wicked draw the sword^(HW)
    and bend the bow^(HX)
to bring down the poor and needy,^(HY)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.
¹⁵But their swords will pierce their own hearts,^(HZ)
    and their bows will be broken.^(IA)

¹⁶Better the little that the righteous have
than the wealth^(IB) of many wicked;
¹⁷for the power of the wicked will be broken,^(IC)
but the Lord upholds^(ID) the righteous.

¹⁸The blameless spend their days under the Lord’s care,^(IE)
and their inheritance will endure forever.^(IF)
¹⁹In times of disaster they will not wither;
in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

²⁰But the wicked will perish:^(IG)
Though the Lord’s enemies are like the flowers of the field,
they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.^(IH)

²¹The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously;^(II)
²²those the Lord blesses will inherit the land,
but those he curses^(IJ) will be destroyed.^(IK)

²³The Lord makes firm the steps^(IL)
of the one who delights^(IM) in him;
²⁴though he may stumble, he will not fall,^(IN)
for the Lord upholds^(IO) him with his hand.

²⁵I was young and now I am old,
    yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken^(IP)
    or their children begging^(IQ) bread.
²⁶They are always generous and lend freely;^(IR)
    their children will be a blessing.^[k]^(IS)

²⁷Turn from evil and do good;^(IT)
then you will dwell in the land forever.^(IU)
²⁸For the Lord loves the just
and will not forsake his faithful ones.^(IV)

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed^[l];
the offspring of the wicked will perish.^(IW)
²⁹The righteous will inherit the land^(IX)
and dwell in it forever.^(IY)

³⁰The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,^(IZ)
and their tongues speak what is just.
³¹The law of their God is in their hearts;^(JA)
their feet do not slip.^(JB)

³²The wicked lie in wait^(JC) for the righteous,^(JD)
intent on putting them to death;
³³but the Lord will not leave them in the power of the wicked
or let them be condemned^(JE) when brought to trial.^(JF)

³⁴Hope in the Lord^(JG)
and keep his way.^(JH)
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
when the wicked are destroyed,^(JI) you will see^(JJ) it.

³⁵I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
flourishing^(JK) like a luxuriant native tree,
³⁶but he soon passed away and was no more;
though I looked for him, he could not be found.^(JL)

³⁷Consider the blameless,^(JM) observe the upright;^(JN)
a future awaits those who seek peace.^[m]^(JO)
³⁸But all sinners^(JP) will be destroyed;^(JQ)
there will be no future^[n] for the wicked.^(JR)

³⁹The salvation^(JS) of the righteous comes from the Lord;
    he is their stronghold in time of trouble.^(JT)
⁴⁰The Lord helps^(JU) them and delivers^(JV) them;
    he delivers them from the wicked and saves^(JW) them,
    because they take refuge^(JX) in him.

Psalm 38^[o]

A psalm of David. A petition.

¹Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your wrath.^(JY)
²Your arrows^(JZ) have pierced me,
    and your hand has come down on me.
³Because of your wrath there is no health^(KA) in my body;
    there is no soundness in my bones^(KB) because of my sin.
⁴My guilt has overwhelmed^(KC) me
    like a burden too heavy to bear.^(KD)

⁵My wounds^(KE) fester and are loathsome^(KF)
    because of my sinful folly.^(KG)
⁶I am bowed down^(KH) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.^(KI)
⁷My back is filled with searing pain;^(KJ)
    there is no health^(KK) in my body.
⁸I am feeble and utterly crushed;^(KL)
    I groan^(KM) in anguish of heart.^(KN)

⁹All my longings^(KO) lie open before you, Lord;
    my sighing^(KP) is not hidden from you.
¹⁰My heart pounds,^(KQ) my strength fails^(KR) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.^(KS)
¹¹My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;^(KT)
    my neighbors stay far away.
¹²Those who want to kill me set their traps,^(KU)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;^(KV)
    all day long they scheme and lie.^(KW)

¹³I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,^(KX)
    like the mute, who cannot speak;
¹⁴I have become like one who does not hear,
    whose mouth can offer no reply.
¹⁵Lord, I wait^(KY) for you;
    you will answer,^(KZ) Lord my God.
¹⁶For I said, “Do not let them gloat^(LA)
    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”^(LB)

¹⁷For I am about to fall,^(LC)
    and my pain^(LD) is ever with me.
¹⁸I confess my iniquity;^(LE)
    I am troubled by my sin.
¹⁹Many have become my enemies^(LF) without cause^[p];
    those who hate me^(LG) without reason^(LH) are numerous.
²⁰Those who repay my good with evil^(LI)
    lodge accusations^(LJ) against me,
    though I seek only to do what is good.

²¹Lord, do not forsake me;^(LK)
do not be far^(LL) from me, my God.
²²Come quickly^(LM) to help me,^(LN)
my Lord and my Savior.^(LO)

Psalm 39^[q]

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

¹I said, “I will watch my ways^(LP)
    and keep my tongue from sin;^(LQ)
I will put a muzzle on my mouth^(LR)
    while in the presence of the wicked.”
²So I remained utterly silent,^(LS)
    not even saying anything good.
But my anguish^(LT) increased;
³    my heart grew hot^(LU) within me.
While I meditated,^(LV) the fire^(LW) burned;
    then I spoke with my tongue:

⁴“Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;^(LX)
    let me know how fleeting^(LY) my life is.^(LZ)
⁵You have made my days^(MA) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,^(MB)
    even those who seem secure.^[r]

⁶“Surely everyone goes around^(MC) like a mere phantom;^(MD)
in vain they rush about,^(ME) heaping up wealth^(MF)
without knowing whose it will finally be.^(MG)

⁷“But now, Lord, what do I look for?
    My hope is in you.^(MH)
⁸Save me^(MI) from all my transgressions;^(MJ)
    do not make me the scorn^(MK) of fools.
⁹I was silent;^(ML) I would not open my mouth,^(MM)
    for you are the one who has done this.^(MN)
¹⁰Remove your scourge from me;
    I am overcome by the blow^(MO) of your hand.^(MP)
¹¹When you rebuke^(MQ) and discipline^(MR) anyone for their sin,
    you consume^(MS) their wealth like a moth^(MT)—
    surely everyone is but a breath.^(MU)

¹²“Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;^(MV)
    do not be deaf^(MW) to my weeping.^(MX)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,^(MY)
    a stranger,^(MZ) as all my ancestors were.^(NA)
¹³Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
    before I depart and am no more.”^(NB)

Psalm 40^[s]^(NC)

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹I waited patiently^(ND) for the Lord;
    he turned to me and heard my cry.^(NE)
²He lifted me out of the slimy pit,^(NF)
    out of the mud^(NG) and mire;^(NH)
he set my feet^(NI) on a rock^(NJ)
    and gave me a firm place to stand.
³He put a new song^(NK) in my mouth,
    a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord^(NL)
    and put their trust^(NM) in him.

⁴Blessed is the one^(NN)
    who trusts in the Lord,^(NO)
who does not look to the proud,^(NP)
    to those who turn aside to false gods.^[t]^(NQ)
⁵Many, Lord my God,
    are the wonders^(NR) you have done,
    the things you planned for us.
None can compare^(NS) with you;
    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
    they would be too many^(NT) to declare.

⁶Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—^(NU)
    but my ears you have opened^[u]—^(NV)
    burnt offerings^(NW) and sin offerings^[v] you did not require.
⁷Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
    it is written about me in the scroll.^[w]^(NX)
⁸I desire to do your will,^(NY) my God;^(NZ)
    your law is within my heart.”^(OA)

⁹I proclaim your saving acts^(OB) in the great assembly;^(OC)
    I do not seal my lips, Lord,
    as you know.^(OD)
¹⁰I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
    I speak of your faithfulness^(OE) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
    from the great assembly.^(OF)

¹¹Do not withhold your mercy^(OG) from me, Lord;
    may your love^(OH) and faithfulness^(OI) always protect^(OJ) me.
¹²For troubles^(OK) without number surround me;
    my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.^(OL)
They are more than the hairs of my head,^(OM)
    and my heart fails^(ON) within me.
¹³Be pleased to save me, Lord;
    come quickly, Lord, to help me.^(OO)

¹⁴May all who want to take my life^(OP)
    be put to shame and confusion;^(OQ)
may all who desire my ruin^(OR)
    be turned back in disgrace.
¹⁵May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”^(OS)
    be appalled at their own shame.
¹⁶But may all who seek you^(OT)
    rejoice and be glad^(OU) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
    “The Lord is great!”^(OV)

¹⁷But as for me, I am poor and needy;^(OW)
may the Lord think^(OX) of me.
You are my help^(OY) and my deliverer;^(OZ)
you are my God, do not delay.^(PA)

Psalm 41^[x]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹Blessed^(PB) are those who have regard for the weak;^(PC)
    the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.^(PD)
²The Lord protects^(PE) and preserves them—^(PF)
    they are counted among the blessed in the land—^(PG)
    he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.^(PH)
³The Lord sustains them on their sickbed^(PI)
    and restores them from their bed of illness.^(PJ)

⁴I said, “Have mercy^(PK) on me, Lord;
    heal^(PL) me, for I have sinned^(PM) against you.”
⁵My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die and his name perish?^(PN)”
⁶When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely,^(PO) while his heart gathers slander;^(PP)
    then he goes out and spreads^(PQ) it around.

⁷All my enemies whisper together^(PR) against me;
    they imagine the worst for me, saying,
⁸“A vile disease has afflicted him;
    he will never get up^(PS) from the place where he lies.”
⁹Even my close friend,^(PT)
    someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
    has turned^[y] against me.^(PU)

¹⁰But may you have mercy^(PV) on me, Lord;
    raise me up,^(PW) that I may repay^(PX) them.
¹¹I know that you are pleased with me,^(PY)
    for my enemy does not triumph over me.^(PZ)
¹²Because of my integrity^(QA) you uphold me^(QB)
    and set me in your presence forever.^(QC)

¹³Praise^(QD) be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(QE)
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.^(QF)

BOOK II

Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42^[z]^[aa]

For the director of music. A maskil^[ab] of the Sons of Korah.

¹As the deer^(QG) pants for streams of water,^(QH)
    so my soul pants^(QI) for you, my God.
²My soul thirsts^(QJ) for God, for the living God.^(QK)
    When can I go^(QL) and meet with God?
³My tears^(QM) have been my food
    day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”^(QN)
⁴These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:^(QO)
how I used to go to the house of God^(QP)
    under the protection of the Mighty One^[ac]
with shouts of joy^(QQ) and praise^(QR)
    among the festive throng.^(QS)

⁵Why, my soul, are you downcast?^(QT)
    Why so disturbed^(QU) within me?
Put your hope in God,^(QV)
    for I will yet praise^(QW) him,
    my Savior^(QX) and my God.^(QY)

⁶My soul is downcast within me;
    therefore I will remember^(QZ) you
from the land of the Jordan,^(RA)
    the heights of Hermon^(RB)—from Mount Mizar.
⁷Deep calls to deep^(RC)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.^(RD)

⁸By day the Lord directs his love,^(RE)
at night^(RF) his song^(RG) is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.^(RH)

⁹I say to God my Rock,^(RI)
    “Why have you forgotten^(RJ) me?
Why must I go about mourning,^(RK)
    oppressed^(RL) by the enemy?”^(RM)
¹⁰My bones suffer mortal agony^(RN)
    as my foes taunt^(RO) me,
saying to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”^(RP)

¹¹Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.^(RQ)

Psalm 43^[ad]

¹Vindicate me, my God,
    and plead my cause^(RR)
    against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me^(RS) from those who are
    deceitful and wicked.^(RT)
²You are God my stronghold.
    Why have you rejected^(RU) me?
Why must I go about mourning,^(RV)
    oppressed by the enemy?^(RW)
³Send me your light^(RX) and your faithful care,^(RY)
    let them lead me;^(RZ)
let them bring me to your holy mountain,^(SA)
    to the place where you dwell.^(SB)
⁴Then I will go^(SC) to the altar^(SD) of God,
    to God, my joy^(SE) and my delight.^(SF)
I will praise you with the lyre,^(SG)
    O God, my God.

⁵Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.^(SH)

Psalm 44^[ae]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.^[af]

¹We have heard it with our ears,^(SI) O God;
    our ancestors have told us^(SJ)
what you did in their days,
    in days long ago.^(SK)
²With your hand you drove out^(SL) the nations
    and planted^(SM) our ancestors;
you crushed^(SN) the peoples
    and made our ancestors flourish.^(SO)
³It was not by their sword^(SP) that they won the land,
    nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand,^(SQ) your arm,^(SR)
    and the light^(SS) of your face, for you loved^(ST) them.

⁴You are my King^(SU) and my God,^(SV)
    who decrees^[ag] victories^(SW) for Jacob.
⁵Through you we push back^(SX) our enemies;
    through your name we trample^(SY) our foes.
⁶I put no trust in my bow,^(SZ)
    my sword does not bring me victory;
⁷but you give us victory^(TA) over our enemies,
    you put our adversaries to shame.^(TB)
⁸In God we make our boast^(TC) all day long,^(TD)
    and we will praise your name forever.^[ah]^(TE)

⁹But now you have rejected^(TF) and humbled us;^(TG)
    you no longer go out with our armies.^(TH)
¹⁰You made us retreat^(TI) before the enemy,
    and our adversaries have plundered^(TJ) us.
¹¹You gave us up to be devoured like sheep^(TK)
    and have scattered us among the nations.^(TL)
¹²You sold your people for a pittance,^(TM)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

¹³You have made us a reproach^(TN) to our neighbors,^(TO)
    the scorn^(TP) and derision^(TQ) of those around us.
¹⁴You have made us a byword^(TR) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads^(TS) at us.
¹⁵I live in disgrace^(TT) all day long,
    and my face is covered with shame^(TU)
¹⁶at the taunts^(TV) of those who reproach and revile^(TW) me,
    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.^(TX)

¹⁷All this came upon us,
    though we had not forgotten^(TY) you;
    we had not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸Our hearts had not turned^(TZ) back;
    our feet had not strayed from your path.
¹⁹But you crushed^(UA) us and made us a haunt for jackals;^(UB)
    you covered us over with deep darkness.^(UC)

²⁰If we had forgotten^(UD) the name of our God
    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,^(UE)
²¹would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?^(UF)
²²Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep^(UG) to be slaughtered.^(UH)

²³Awake,^(UI) Lord! Why do you sleep?^(UJ)
Rouse yourself!^(UK) Do not reject us forever.^(UL)
²⁴Why do you hide your face^(UM)
and forget^(UN) our misery and oppression?^(UO)

²⁵We are brought down to the dust;^(UP)
our bodies cling to the ground.
²⁶Rise up^(UQ) and help us;
rescue^(UR) us because of your unfailing love.^(US)

Psalm 45^[ai]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.^[aj] A wedding song.^(UT)

¹My heart is stirred by a noble theme
as I recite my verses for the king;
my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

²You are the most excellent of men
and your lips have been anointed with grace,^(UU)
since God has blessed you forever.^(UV)

³Gird your sword^(UW) on your side, you mighty one;^(UX)
    clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.^(UY)
⁴In your majesty ride forth victoriously^(UZ)
    in the cause of truth, humility and justice;^(VA)
    let your right hand^(VB) achieve awesome deeds.^(VC)
⁵Let your sharp arrows^(VD) pierce the hearts^(VE) of the king’s enemies;^(VF)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.
⁶Your throne, O God,^[ak] will last for ever and ever;^(VG)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁷You love righteousness^(VH) and hate wickedness;^(VI)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing^(VJ) you with the oil of joy.^(VK)
⁸All your robes are fragrant^(VL) with myrrh^(VM) and aloes^(VN) and cassia;^(VO)
    from palaces adorned with ivory^(VP)
    the music of the strings^(VQ) makes you glad.

Notas al pie

Psalm 32:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 32:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.
Psalm 33:7 Or sea as into a heap
Psalm 34:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 34:1 In Hebrew texts 34:1-22 is numbered 34:2-23.
Psalm 35:3 Or and block the way
Psalm 35:16 Septuagint; Hebrew may mean Like an ungodly circle of mockers,
Psalm 36:1 In Hebrew texts 36:1-12 is numbered 36:2-13.
Psalm 36:1 Or A message from God: The transgression of the wicked / resides in their hearts.
Psalm 37:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 37:26 Or freely; / the names of their children will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or freely; / others will see that their children are blessed
Psalm 37:28 See Septuagint; Hebrew They will be protected forever
Psalm 37:37 Or upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity
Psalm 37:38 Or posterity
Psalm 38:1 In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.
Psalm 38:19 One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies
Psalm 39:1 In Hebrew texts 39:1-13 is numbered 39:2-14.
Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
Psalm 40:1 In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.
Psalm 40:4 Or to lies
Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings
Psalm 40:7 Or come / with the scroll written for me
Psalm 41:1 In Hebrew texts 41:1-13 is numbered 41:2-14.
Psalm 41:9 Hebrew has lifted up his heel
Psalm 42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
Psalm 42:1 In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
Psalm 43:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
Psalm 44:1 In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.
Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 44:4 Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew King, O God; / command
Psalm 44:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
Psalm 45:1 In Hebrew texts 45:1-17 is numbered 45:2-18.
Psalm 45:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.

Psalm 32-51

King James Version

32 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

²Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

³When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

⁴For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

⁵I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

⁶For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

⁷Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

⁸I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

⁹Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

¹⁰Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

¹¹Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

33 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

²Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

³Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

⁴For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth.

⁵He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

⁶By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

⁷He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

⁹For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

¹⁰The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

¹¹The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

¹³The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

¹⁴From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

¹⁵He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

¹⁶There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

¹⁷An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

¹⁸Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

¹⁹To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

²¹For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

²²Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

34 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

²My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

³O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

⁴I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

⁵They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

⁶This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

⁷The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

⁸O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

⁹O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

¹⁰The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

¹¹Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

¹²What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

¹³Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

¹⁴Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

¹⁵The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

¹⁶The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

¹⁷The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

¹⁸The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

²⁰He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

²¹Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

²²The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

35 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

²Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

³Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

⁴Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

⁵Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.

⁶Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.

⁷For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

⁸Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

⁹And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

¹¹False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

¹²They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

¹⁴I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

¹⁵But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

¹⁶With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

¹⁷Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

¹⁸I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

¹⁹Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

²⁰For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

²¹Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

²²This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

²³Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

²⁴Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

²⁵Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

²⁷Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

²⁸And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

36 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

²For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

³The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

⁴He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

⁵Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

⁶Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

⁷How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

⁸They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

⁹For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

¹⁰O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

¹¹Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

¹²There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

37 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

²For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

³Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

⁴Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

⁵Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

⁶And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

⁷Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

⁹For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.

¹⁰For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

¹¹But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

¹²The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

¹³The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

¹⁴The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

¹⁵Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

¹⁸The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

¹⁹They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

²⁰But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

²¹The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

²²For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

²⁵I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

²⁶He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

²⁷Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

²⁸For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

²⁹The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

³²The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

³³The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

³⁴Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

³⁵I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

³⁶Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

³⁷Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

³⁸But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

⁴⁰And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

38 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

²For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

³There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

⁴For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

⁵My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

⁶I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

⁷For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

⁸I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

⁹Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

¹⁰My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

¹¹My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

¹²They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

¹³But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

¹⁴Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

¹⁵For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

¹⁶For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

¹⁷For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

¹⁸For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

¹⁹But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

²⁰They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

²¹Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

²²Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

39 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

²I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

³My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

⁴Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

⁵Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

⁶Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

⁷And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

⁸Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

⁹I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

¹⁰Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

¹¹When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

¹²Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

¹³O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

40 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

²He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

³And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

⁴Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

⁵Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

⁶Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

⁷Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

⁸I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

⁹I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

¹⁰I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

¹¹Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

¹²For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

¹³Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.

¹⁴Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

¹⁵Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

¹⁶Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

¹⁷But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

41 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

²The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

³The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

⁴I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

⁵Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

⁶And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

⁷All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

⁸An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

⁹Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁰But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

¹¹By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

¹²And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

¹³Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

42 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

²My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

³My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

⁴When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

⁵Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

⁶O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

⁷Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

⁸Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

⁹I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

¹⁰As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

¹¹Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

43 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

²For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

³O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

⁴Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

⁵Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

44 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

²How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

³For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

⁴Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

⁵Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

⁶For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

⁷But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

⁸In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

⁹But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

¹⁰Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

¹¹Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

¹²Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

¹³Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

¹⁴Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

¹⁵My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

¹⁶For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

¹⁷All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

¹⁸Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

¹⁹Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

²¹Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

²²Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

²³Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

²⁴Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

²⁵For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

²⁶Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

45 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

²Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

³Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

⁴And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

⁵Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

⁶Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

⁷Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

⁸All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

⁹Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

¹⁰Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

¹¹So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

¹²And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

¹³The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

¹⁴She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

¹⁵With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

¹⁶Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

¹⁷I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

²Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

³Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

⁴There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

⁵God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

⁶The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

⁷The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

⁸Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

⁹He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

¹⁰Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

¹¹The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

47 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

²For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

³He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

⁴He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

⁵God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

⁷For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

⁸God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

⁹The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

48 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

²Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

³God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

⁴For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

⁵They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

⁶Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

⁷Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

⁸As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

⁹We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

¹⁰According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

¹¹Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

¹²Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

¹³Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

¹⁴For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

49 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

²Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

³My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

⁴I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

⁵Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

⁶They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

⁷None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

⁸(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

⁹That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

¹⁰For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

¹¹Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

¹²Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

¹³This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

¹⁴Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

¹⁵But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

¹⁶Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

¹⁷For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

¹⁸Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

¹⁹He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

²⁰Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

50 The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

²Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

³Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

⁴He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

⁵Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

⁶And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

⁷Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

⁸I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

⁹I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

¹⁰For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

¹¹I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

¹²If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

¹³Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

¹⁵And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

¹⁶But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

¹⁷Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.

¹⁸When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

¹⁹Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

²⁰Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

²¹These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

²²Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

²³Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

51 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

²Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

³For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

⁴Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

⁵Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

⁶Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

⁷Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

⁸Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

⁹Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

¹¹Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

¹³Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

¹⁴Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

¹⁵O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

¹⁶For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

¹⁸Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

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Psalm 32-45 English Standard Version

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil[a] of David.

The Steadfast Love of the Lord

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.

Great Is the Lord

Of David.

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

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

He Will Not Forsake His Saints

[k] Of David.

Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord

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

What Is the Measure of My Days?

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

My Help and My Deliverer

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

O Lord, Be Gracious to Me

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

Book Two

Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?

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

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

Come to Our Help

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

Your Throne, O God, Is Forever

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

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Psalm 32-45 New International Version

Psalm 32

Of David. A maskil.[a]

Psalm 33

Psalm 34[d][e]

Of David. When he pretended to be insane(BS) before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.

Psalm 35

Of David.

Psalm 36[h]

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord.

Psalm 37[j]

Of David.

Psalm 38[o]

A psalm of David. A petition.

Psalm 39[q]

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

Psalm 40[s](NC)

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

Psalm 41[x]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

BOOK II

Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42[z][aa]

For the director of music. A maskil[ab] of the Sons of Korah.

Psalm 43[ad]

Psalm 44[ae]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[af]

Psalm 45[ai]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[aj] A wedding song.(UT)

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Psalm 32-51 King James Version

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Psalm 32-45

English Standard Version

A Maskil^[a] of David.

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

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

^[k] Of David.

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

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

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

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

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

Psalm 32-45

New International Version

Of David. A maskil.^[a]

Psalm 34^[d]^[e]

Of David. When he pretended to be insane^(BS) before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left.

Psalm 36^[h]

Psalm 37^[j]

Psalm 38^[o]

Psalm 39^[q]

Psalm 40^[s]^(NC)

Psalm 41^[x]

Psalm 42^[z]^[aa]

For the director of music. A maskil^[ab] of the Sons of Korah.

Psalm 43^[ad]

Psalm 44^[ae]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.^[af]

Psalm 45^[ai]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.^[aj] A wedding song.^(UT)

Psalm 32-51

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