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Psalm 42:1-59:15
English Standard Version
Psalm 42:1-59:15
English Standard Version
Book Two
Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?
To the choirmaster. A Maskil[a] of (A)the Sons of Korah.
42 (B)As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
2 (C)My soul thirsts for God,
for (D)the living God.
When shall I come and (E)appear before God?[b]
3 (F)My tears have been my food
day and night,
(G)while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember,
as I (H)pour out my soul:
(I)how I would go (J)with the throng
and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
(K)a multitude keeping festival.
5 (L)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you (M)in turmoil within me?
(N)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation[c] 6 and my God.
My soul is cast down within me;
therefore I (O)remember you
(P)from the land of Jordan and of (Q)Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
at the roar of your waterfalls;
(R)all your breakers and your (S)waves
have gone over me.
8 By day the Lord (T)commands his steadfast love,
and at (U)night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God, (V)my rock:
“Why have you forgotten me?
(W)Why do I go mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 As with a deadly wound in my bones,
my adversaries taunt me,
(X)while they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”
11 (Y)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 (Z)Vindicate me, O God, and (AA)defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from (AB)the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!
2 For you are (AC)the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you (AD)rejected me?
Why do I (AE)go about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 (AF)Send out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your (AG)holy hill
and to your (AH)dwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 (AI)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
(AJ)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
Come to Our Help
To the choirmaster. (AK)A Maskil[d] of the Sons of Korah.
44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
(AL)our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
(AM)in the days of old:
2 you with your own hand (AN)drove out the nations,
but (AO)them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but (AP)them you set free;
3 for not (AQ)by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and (AR)the light of your face,
(AS)for you delighted in them.
4 (AT)You are my King, O God;
(AU)ordain salvation for Jacob!
5 Through you we (AV)push down our foes;
through your name we (AW)tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For not in (AX)my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes
and have (AY)put to shame those who hate us.
8 (AZ)In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9 But you have (BA)rejected us and disgraced us
and (BB)have not gone out with our armies.
10 You have made us (BC)turn back from the foe,
and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11 You have made us like (BD)sheep for slaughter
and have (BE)scattered us among the nations.
12 (BF)You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
13 You have made us (BG)the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and (BH)scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us (BI)a byword among the nations,
(BJ)a laughingstock[e] among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
and (BK)shame has covered my face
16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of (BL)the enemy and the avenger.
17 (BM)All this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our (BN)steps (BO)departed from your way;
19 yet you have (BP)broken us in the place of (BQ)jackals
and covered us with (BR)the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or (BS)spread out our hands to (BT)a foreign god,
21 (BU)would not God discover this?
(BV)For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yet (BW)for your sake we are killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 (BX)Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! (BY)Do not reject us forever!
24 Why (BZ)do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our (CA)soul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.
26 Rise up; (CB)come to our help!
(CC)Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!
Your Throne, O God, Is Forever
To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil[f] of (CD)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 (CE)a ready scribe.
2 You are (CF)the most handsome of the sons of men;
(CG)grace is poured upon your lips;
therefore God has blessed you forever.
3 (CH)Gird your (CI)sword on your thigh, O (CJ)mighty one,
in (CK)your splendor and majesty!
4 In your majesty (CL)ride out victoriously
for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
let your right hand teach you (CM)awesome deeds!
5 Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king's enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
6 (CN)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
The (CO)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
7 (CP)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore (CQ)God, your God, has (CR)anointed you
with the oil of (CS)gladness (CT)beyond your companions;
8 your robes are all fragrant with (CU)myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces (CV)stringed instruments make you glad;
9 daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
(CW)at your right hand stands the queen in (CX)gold of Ophir.
10 Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
forget your people and your father's house,
11 and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your (CY)lord, (CZ)bow to him.
12 The people[g] of Tyre will (DA)seek your favor with (DB)gifts,
(DC)the richest of the people.[h]
13 All glorious is (DD)the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
14 (DE)In many-colored robes (DF)she is led to the king,
with her virgin companions following behind her.
15 With joy and gladness they are led along
as they enter the palace of the king.
16 In place of your fathers shall be your sons;
you will make them (DG)princes in all the earth.
17 (DH)I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;
therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.
God Is Our Fortress
To the choirmaster. Of (DI)the Sons of Korah. According to (DJ)Alamoth.[i] A Song.
46 God is our (DK)refuge and strength,
a very (DL)present[j] help in (DM)trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear (DN)though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into (DO)the heart of the sea,
3 though (DP)its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
4 There is (DQ)a river whose streams make glad (DR)the city of God,
the holy (DS)habitation of the Most High.
5 (DT)God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6 (DU)The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he (DV)utters his voice, the earth (DW)melts.
7 (DX)The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8 (DY)Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 (DZ)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he (EA)breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
(EB)he burns the chariots with fire.
10 (EC)“Be still, and know that I am God.
(ED)I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
11 (EE)The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
God Is King over All the Earth
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of (EF)the Sons of Korah.
47 (EG)Clap your hands, all peoples!
(EH)Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
2 For the Lord, the Most High, (EI)is to be feared,
(EJ)a great king over all the earth.
3 He (EK)subdued peoples under us,
and nations under our feet.
4 He chose our (EL)heritage for us,
(EM)the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
5 God (EN)has gone up with a shout,
the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7 For God is (EO)the King of all the earth;
sing praises (EP)with a psalm![k]
8 God (EQ)reigns over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.
9 (ER)The princes of the peoples gather
as the people of the God of Abraham.
For (ES)the shields of the earth belong to God;
he is highly exalted!
Zion, the City of Our God
A Song. A Psalm of (ET)the Sons of Korah.
48 (EU)Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
in (EV)the city of our God!
His (EW)holy mountain, 2 (EX)beautiful in elevation,
is (EY)the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
(EZ)the city of the great King.
3 Within her citadels God
has made himself known as a fortress.
4 For behold, (FA)the kings assembled;
they came on together.
5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
they were in panic; they took to flight.
6 (FB)Trembling took hold of them there,
anguish (FC)as of a woman in labor.
7 By (FD)the east wind you (FE)shattered
the ships of (FF)Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in (FG)the city of our God,
which God will (FH)establish forever. Selah
9 We have thought on your (FI)steadfast love, O God,
in the midst of your temple.
10 As your (FJ)name, O God,
so your praise reaches to (FK)the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11 Let Mount (FL)Zion be glad!
Let (FM)the daughters of Judah rejoice
because of your judgments!
12 Walk about Zion, go around her,
number her towers,
13 consider well her (FN)ramparts,
go through her citadels,
(FO)that you may tell the next generation
14 that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
He will (FP)guide us forever.[l]
Why Should I Fear in Times of Trouble?
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of (FQ)the Sons of Korah.
49 (FR)Hear this, all peoples!
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2 (FS)both low and high,
rich and poor together!
3 My mouth shall speak (FT)wisdom;
the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to (FU)a proverb;
I will solve my (FV)riddle to the music of the lyre.
5 (FW)Why should I fear in (FX)times of trouble,
when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
6 those who (FY)trust in their wealth
and boast of the abundance of their riches?
7 Truly no man (FZ)can ransom another,
or (GA)give to God (GB)the price of his life,
8 for (GC)the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,
9 that he should live on forever
and (GD)never see the pit.
10 For he sees (GE)that even the wise die;
(GF)the fool and the stupid alike must perish
and (GG)leave their wealth to others.
11 Their (GH)graves are their homes forever,[m]
their dwelling places (GI)to all generations,
though they (GJ)called lands by their own names.
12 Man in his pomp (GK)will not remain;
(GL)he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This is the path of those who have (GM)foolish confidence;
yet after them people approve of their boasts.[n] Selah
14 Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright (GN)shall rule over them in the morning.
(GO)Their form shall be consumed (GP)in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
15 But God will (GQ)ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
for he will (GR)receive me. Selah
16 Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
when the glory of his house increases.
17 (GS)For when he dies he will (GT)carry nothing away;
his glory will not go down after him.
18 For though, while he lives, he counts himself (GU)blessed
—and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
19 his soul will (GV)go to the generation of his fathers,
who will never again (GW)see light.
20 (GX)Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
God Himself Is Judge
A Psalm of (GY)Asaph.
50 (GZ)The Mighty One, God the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
(HA)from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, (HB)the perfection of beauty,
(HC)God shines forth.
3 Our God comes; he (HD)does not keep silence;[o]
before him is a devouring (HE)fire,
around him a mighty tempest.
4 (HF)He calls to the heavens above
and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 “Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made (HG)a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
6 (HH)The heavens declare his righteousness,
for (HI)God himself is judge! Selah
7 (HJ)“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you.
(HK)I am God, your God.
8 Not for your sacrifices (HL)do I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I will not accept a bull from your house
or goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 (HM)I know all the birds of the hills,
and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
(HN)for the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 (HO)Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[p]
and (HP)perform your vows to the Most High,
15 and (HQ)call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will (HR)deliver you, and you shall (HS)glorify me.”
16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 (HT)For you hate discipline,
(HU)and you cast my words behind you.
18 If you see a thief, (HV)you are pleased with him,
(HW)and you keep company with adulterers.
19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
(HX)and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother's son.
21 These things you have done, and I (HY)have been silent;
you thought that I[q] was one like yourself.
But now I (HZ)rebuke you and (IA)lay the charge before you.
22 “Mark this, then, you who (IB)forget God,
lest I tear you apart, and there be (IC)none to deliver!
23 The one who (ID)offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who (IE)orders his way rightly
I will show the (IF)salvation of God!”
Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when (IG)Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51 (IH)Have mercy on me,[r] O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your (II)abundant mercy
(IJ)blot out my transgressions.
2 (IK)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and (IL)cleanse me from my sin!
3 (IM)For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 (IN)Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil (IO)in your sight,
(IP)so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
5 Behold, (IQ)I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, you delight in truth in (IR)the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
7 Purge me (IS)with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
(IT)wash me, and I shall be (IU)whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
(IV)let the bones (IW)that you have broken rejoice.
9 (IX)Hide your face from my sins,
and (IY)blot out all my iniquities.
10 (IZ)Create in me a (JA)clean heart, O God,
and (JB)renew a right[s] spirit within me.
11 (JC)Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not (JD)your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will (JE)return to you.
14 Deliver me from (JF)bloodguiltiness, O God,
O (JG)God of my salvation,
and (JH)my tongue will sing aloud of your (JI)righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 (JJ)For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are (JK)a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
18 (JL)Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
(JM)build up the walls of Jerusalem;
19 then will you delight in (JN)right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and (JO)whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
The Steadfast Love of God Endures
To the choirmaster. A Maskil[t] of David, when (JP)Doeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
2 Your (JQ)tongue plots destruction,
like (JR)a sharp razor, you (JS)worker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,
and (JT)lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and (JU)tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from (JV)the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous shall (JW)see and fear,
and shall (JX)laugh at him, saying,
7 “See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but (JY)trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!”[u]
8 But I am like (JZ)a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
9 I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, (KA)for it is good,
in the presence of the (KB)godly.
There Is None Who Does Good
To the choirmaster: according to (KC)Mahalath. A Maskil[v] of David.
53 (KD)The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
there is none who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven
on the children of man
to see if there are any who understand,[w]
who seek after God.
3 They have all fallen away;
together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one.
4 Have those who work evil no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon God?
5 There they are, in great terror,
(KE)where there is no terror!
For God (KF)scatters the bones of him who encamps against you;
you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
6 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.
The Lord Upholds My Life
To the choirmaster: with (KG)stringed instruments. A Maskil[x] of David, (KH)when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”
54 O God, save me by your (KI)name,
and vindicate me by your might.
2 O God, (KJ)hear my prayer;
give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 (KK)For (KL)strangers[y] have risen against me;
ruthless men (KM)seek my life;
they do not set God before themselves. Selah
4 Behold, (KN)God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life.
5 He will return the evil to my enemies;
in your (KO)faithfulness (KP)put an end to them.
6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;
I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, (KQ)for it is good.
7 For he has delivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has (KR)looked in triumph on my enemies.
Cast Your Burden on the Lord
To the choirmaster: with (KS)stringed instruments. A Maskil[z] of David.
55 (KT)Give ear to my prayer, O God,
and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy!
2 Attend to me, and answer me;
I am restless (KU)in my complaint and I (KV)moan,
3 because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they (KW)drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
4 My heart is in anguish within me;
(KX)the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling come upon me,
and (KY)horror (KZ)overwhelms me.
6 And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest;
7 (LA)yes, I would wander far away;
I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah
8 I would hurry to find a shelter
from (LB)the raging wind and tempest.”
9 Destroy, O Lord, (LC)divide their tongues;
for I see (LD)violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and (LE)iniquity and trouble are within it;
11 ruin is in its midst;
(LF)oppression and fraud
do not depart from its marketplace.
12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who (LG)deals insolently with me—
then I could hide from him.
13 (LH)But it is you, a man, my equal,
my companion, my familiar friend.
14 We used to take sweet counsel together;
within God's house we walked in (LI)the throng.
15 Let death steal over them;
let them go down to Sheol (LJ)alive;
for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
16 But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.
17 (LK)Evening and (LL)morning and at (LM)noon
I (LN)utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
18 He redeems my soul in safety
from the battle that I wage,
for (LO)many are arrayed against me.
19 God will give ear and humble them,
he who is (LP)enthroned from of old, Selah
because they do not (LQ)change
and do not fear God.
20 My companion[aa] (LR)stretched out his hand against his friends;
he violated his covenant.
21 His (LS)speech was (LT)smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were (LU)drawn swords.
22 (LV)Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
(LW)he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.
23 But you, O God, (LX)will cast them down
into (LY)the pit of destruction;
men of (LZ)blood and treachery
shall not (MA)live out half their days.
But I will (MB)trust in you.
In God I Trust
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A (MC)Miktam[ab] of David, when the (MD)Philistines seized him in Gath.
56 (ME)Be gracious to me, O God, for man (MF)tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
3 When I am afraid,
I (MG)put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; (MH)I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
5 All day long they injure my cause;[ac]
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They (MI)stir up strife, they (MJ)lurk;
they (MK)watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
7 For their crime will they escape?
(ML)In wrath (MM)cast down the peoples, O God!
8 You have kept count of my tossings;[ad]
(MN)put my tears in your bottle.
(MO)Are they not in your book?
9 Then my enemies will turn back
(MP)in the day when I call.
This I know, that[ae] (MQ)God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; (MR)I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 I must perform my (MS)vows to you, O God;
I will (MT)render thank offerings to you.
13 (MU)For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
(MV)that I may walk before God
(MW)in the light of life.
Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth
To the choirmaster: according to (MX)Do Not Destroy. A (MY)Miktam[af] of David, when he fled from Saul, in (MZ)the cave.
57 (NA)Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
for in you my soul (NB)takes refuge;
in (NC)the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
(ND)till the storms of destruction pass by.
2 I cry out to God Most High,
to God who (NE)fulfills his purpose for me.
3 (NF)He will send from heaven and save me;
he will put to shame (NG)him who tramples on me. Selah
(NH)God will send out (NI)his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
4 My soul is in the midst of (NJ)lions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose (NK)teeth are spears and arrows,
whose (NL)tongues are sharp swords.
5 (NM)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!
6 They set (NN)a net for my steps;
my soul was (NO)bowed down.
They (NP)dug a pit in my way,
but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
7 (NQ)My heart is (NR)steadfast, O God,
my heart is steadfast!
I will sing and make melody!
8 (NS)Awake, (NT)my glory![ag]
Awake, (NU)O harp and lyre!
I will awake the dawn!
9 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
10 For your (NV)steadfast love is great to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
11 (NW)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!
God Who Judges the Earth
To the choirmaster: according to (NX)Do Not Destroy. A (NY)Miktam[ah] of David.
58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[ai]
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands (NZ)deal out violence on earth.
3 The wicked are (OA)estranged from the womb;
they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 (OB)They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
5 so that it (OC)does not hear the voice of charmers
or of the cunning enchanter.
6 O God, (OD)break the teeth in their mouths;
tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
7 Let them (OE)vanish like water that runs away;
when he (OF)aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
8 Let them be like the snail (OG)that dissolves into slime,
like (OH)the stillborn child who never sees the sun.
9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of (OI)thorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he (OJ)sweep them away![aj]
10 (OK)The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
he will (OL)bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is (OM)a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who (ON)judges on earth.”
Deliver Me from My Enemies
To the choirmaster: according to (OO)Do Not Destroy. A (OP)Miktam[ak] of David, (OQ)when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.
59 (OR)Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
(OS)protect me from those who (OT)rise up against me;
2 deliver me from (OU)those who work evil,
and save me from (OV)bloodthirsty men.
3 For behold, they (OW)lie in wait for my life;
fierce men (OX)stir up strife against me.
(OY)For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
4 for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
(OZ)Awake, come to meet me, and see!
5 You, (PA)Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah
6 Each evening they (PB)come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
7 There they are, (PC)bellowing with their mouths
with (PD)swords in their lips—
for (PE)“Who,” they think,[al] “will hear us?”
8 But you, O Lord, (PF)laugh at them;
you hold all the nations in derision.
9 O my Strength, I will watch for you,
for you, O God, are (PG)my fortress.
10 (PH)My God in his steadfast love[am] (PI)will meet me;
God will let me (PJ)look in triumph on my enemies.
11 Kill them not, lest my people forget;
make them totter[an] by your power and (PK)bring them down,
O Lord, our (PL)shield!
12 For (PM)the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
13 (PN)consume them in wrath;
consume them till they are no more,
that they may (PO)know that God rules over Jacob
to (PP)the ends of the earth. Selah
14 (PQ)Each evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
15 They (PR)wander about for food
and growl if they do not get their fill.
Footnotes
- 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 45:12 Hebrew daughter
- Psalm 45:12 Or The daughter of Tyre is here with gifts, the richest of people seek your favor
- Psalm 46:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 46:1 Or well proved
- Psalm 47:7 Hebrew maskil
- Psalm 48:14 Septuagint; another reading is (compare Jerome, Syriac) He will guide us beyond death
- Psalm 49:11 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Their inward thought was that their homes were forever
- Psalm 49:13 Or and of those after them who approve of their boasts
- Psalm 50:3 Or May our God come, and not keep silence
- Psalm 50:14 Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God
- Psalm 50:21 Or that the I am
- Psalm 51:1 Or Be gracious to me
- Psalm 51:10 Or steadfast
- Psalm 52:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 52:7 Or in his work of destruction
- Psalm 53:1 Probably musical or liturgical terms
- Psalm 53:2 Or who act wisely
- Psalm 54:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 54:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Targum insolent men (compare Psalm 86:14)
- Psalm 55:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 55:20 Hebrew He
- Psalm 56:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 56:5 Or they twist my words
- Psalm 56:8 Or wanderings
- Psalm 56:9 Or because
- Psalm 57:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 57:8 Or my whole being
- Psalm 58:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 58:1 Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)
- Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
- Psalm 59:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think
- Psalm 59:10 Or The God who shows me steadfast love
- Psalm 59:11 Or wander
Psalm 42:1-59:15
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Psalm 42:1-59:15
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BOOK II
Psalms 42–72
Psalm 42[a][b]
For the director of music. A maskil[c] of the Sons of Korah.
1 As the deer(A) pants for streams of water,(B)
so my soul pants(C) for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts(D) for God, for the living God.(E)
When can I go(F) and meet with God?
3 My tears(G) have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”(H)
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:(I)
how I used to go to the house of God(J)
under the protection of the Mighty One[d]
with shouts of joy(K) and praise(L)
among the festive throng.(M)
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?(N)
Why so disturbed(O) within me?
Put your hope in God,(P)
for I will yet praise(Q) him,
my Savior(R) and my God.(S)
6 My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember(T) you
from the land of the Jordan,(U)
the heights of Hermon(V)—from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep(W)
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.(X)
8 By day the Lord directs his love,(Y)
at night(Z) his song(AA) is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.(AB)
9 I say to God my Rock,(AC)
“Why have you forgotten(AD) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(AE)
oppressed(AF) by the enemy?”(AG)
10 My bones suffer mortal agony(AH)
as my foes taunt(AI) me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”(AJ)
11 Why, 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.(AK)
Psalm 43[e]
1 Vindicate me, my God,
and plead my cause(AL)
against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me(AM) from those who are
deceitful and wicked.(AN)
2 You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected(AO) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(AP)
oppressed by the enemy?(AQ)
3 Send me your light(AR) and your faithful care,(AS)
let them lead me;(AT)
let them bring me to your holy mountain,(AU)
to the place where you dwell.(AV)
4 Then I will go(AW) to the altar(AX) of God,
to God, my joy(AY) and my delight.(AZ)
I will praise you with the lyre,(BA)
O God, my God.
5 Why, 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.(BB)
Psalm 44[f]
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[g]
1 We have heard it with our ears,(BC) O God;
our ancestors have told us(BD)
what you did in their days,
in days long ago.(BE)
2 With your hand you drove out(BF) the nations
and planted(BG) our ancestors;
you crushed(BH) the peoples
and made our ancestors flourish.(BI)
3 It was not by their sword(BJ) that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand,(BK) your arm,(BL)
and the light(BM) of your face, for you loved(BN) them.
4 You are my King(BO) and my God,(BP)
who decrees[h] victories(BQ) for Jacob.
5 Through you we push back(BR) our enemies;
through your name we trample(BS) our foes.
6 I put no trust in my bow,(BT)
my sword does not bring me victory;
7 but you give us victory(BU) over our enemies,
you put our adversaries to shame.(BV)
8 In God we make our boast(BW) all day long,(BX)
and we will praise your name forever.[i](BY)
9 But now you have rejected(BZ) and humbled us;(CA)
you no longer go out with our armies.(CB)
10 You made us retreat(CC) before the enemy,
and our adversaries have plundered(CD) us.
11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep(CE)
and have scattered us among the nations.(CF)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,(CG)
gaining nothing from their sale.
13 You have made us a reproach(CH) to our neighbors,(CI)
the scorn(CJ) and derision(CK) of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword(CL) among the nations;
the peoples shake their heads(CM) at us.
15 I live in disgrace(CN) all day long,
and my face is covered with shame(CO)
16 at the taunts(CP) of those who reproach and revile(CQ) me,
because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.(CR)
17 All this came upon us,
though we had not forgotten(CS) you;
we had not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned(CT) back;
our feet had not strayed from your path.
19 But you crushed(CU) us and made us a haunt for jackals;(CV)
you covered us over with deep darkness.(CW)
20 If we had forgotten(CX) the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,(CY)
21 would not God have discovered it,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?(CZ)
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep(DA) to be slaughtered.(DB)
23 Awake,(DC) Lord! Why do you sleep?(DD)
Rouse yourself!(DE) Do not reject us forever.(DF)
24 Why do you hide your face(DG)
and forget(DH) our misery and oppression?(DI)
25 We are brought down to the dust;(DJ)
our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Rise up(DK) and help us;
rescue(DL) us because of your unfailing love.(DM)
Psalm 45[j]
For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[k] A wedding song.(DN)
1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme
as I recite my verses for the king;
my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
2 You are the most excellent of men
and your lips have been anointed with grace,(DO)
since God has blessed you forever.(DP)
3 Gird your sword(DQ) on your side, you mighty one;(DR)
clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.(DS)
4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously(DT)
in the cause of truth, humility and justice;(DU)
let your right hand(DV) achieve awesome deeds.(DW)
5 Let your sharp arrows(DX) pierce the hearts(DY) of the king’s enemies;(DZ)
let the nations fall beneath your feet.
6 Your throne, O God,[l] will last for ever and ever;(EA)
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
7 You love righteousness(EB) and hate wickedness;(EC)
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing(ED) you with the oil of joy.(EE)
8 All your robes are fragrant(EF) with myrrh(EG) and aloes(EH) and cassia;(EI)
from palaces adorned with ivory(EJ)
the music of the strings(EK) makes you glad.
9 Daughters of kings(EL) are among your honored women;
at your right hand(EM) is the royal bride(EN) in gold of Ophir.(EO)
10 Listen, daughter,(EP) and pay careful attention:(EQ)
Forget your people(ER) and your father’s house.
11 Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;(ES)
honor(ET) him, for he is your lord.(EU)
12 The city of Tyre(EV) will come with a gift,[m](EW)
people of wealth will seek your favor.
13 All glorious(EX) is the princess within her chamber;
her gown is interwoven with gold.(EY)
14 In embroidered garments(EZ) she is led to the king;(FA)
her virgin companions(FB) follow her—
those brought to be with her.
15 Led in with joy and gladness,(FC)
they enter the palace of the king.
16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
you will make them princes(FD) throughout the land.
17 I will perpetuate your memory through all generations;(FE)
therefore the nations will praise you(FF) for ever and ever.(FG)
Psalm 46[n]
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.[o] A song.
1 God is our refuge(FH) and strength,(FI)
an ever-present(FJ) help(FK) in trouble.(FL)
2 Therefore we will not fear,(FM) though the earth give way(FN)
and the mountains fall(FO) into the heart of the sea,(FP)
3 though its waters roar(FQ) and foam(FR)
and the mountains quake(FS) with their surging.[p]
4 There is a river(FT) whose streams(FU) make glad the city of God,(FV)
the holy place where the Most High(FW) dwells.(FX)
5 God is within her,(FY) she will not fall;(FZ)
God will help(GA) her at break of day.
6 Nations(GB) are in uproar,(GC) kingdoms(GD) fall;
he lifts his voice,(GE) the earth melts.(GF)
8 Come and see what the Lord has done,(GK)
the desolations(GL) he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars(GM) cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow(GN) and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields[q] with fire.(GO)
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;(GP)
I will be exalted(GQ) among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 47[r]
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
2 For the Lord Most High(GV) is awesome,(GW)
the great King(GX) over all the earth.
3 He subdued(GY) nations under us,
peoples under our feet.
4 He chose our inheritance(GZ) for us,
the pride of Jacob,(HA) whom he loved.[s]
5 God has ascended(HB) amid shouts of joy,(HC)
the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.(HD)
6 Sing praises(HE) to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth;(HF)
sing to him a psalm(HG) of praise.
8 God reigns(HH) over the nations;
God is seated on his holy throne.(HI)
9 The nobles of the nations assemble
as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings[t] of the earth belong to God;(HJ)
he is greatly exalted.(HK)
Psalm 48[u]
A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1 Great is the Lord,(HL) and most worthy of praise,(HM)
in the city of our God,(HN) his holy mountain.(HO)
2 Beautiful(HP) in its loftiness,
the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon[v](HQ) is Mount Zion,(HR)
the city of the Great King.(HS)
3 God is in her citadels;(HT)
he has shown himself to be her fortress.(HU)
4 When the kings joined forces,
when they advanced together,(HV)
5 they saw her and were astounded;
they fled in terror.(HW)
6 Trembling seized(HX) them there,
pain like that of a woman in labor.(HY)
7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish(HZ)
shattered by an east wind.(IA)
8 As we have heard,
so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
forever.[w](IB)
9 Within your temple, O God,
we meditate(IC) on your unfailing love.(ID)
10 Like your name,(IE) O God,
your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;(IF)
your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11 Mount Zion rejoices,
the villages of Judah are glad
because of your judgments.(IG)
12 Walk about Zion, go around her,
count her towers,(IH)
13 consider well her ramparts,(II)
view her citadels,(IJ)
that you may tell of them
to the next generation.(IK)
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever;
he will be our guide(IL) even to the end.
Psalm 49[x]
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
1 Hear(IM) this, all you peoples;(IN)
listen, all who live in this world,(IO)
2 both low and high,(IP)
rich and poor alike:
3 My mouth will speak words of wisdom;(IQ)
the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.(IR)
4 I will turn my ear to a proverb;(IS)
with the harp(IT) I will expound my riddle:(IU)
5 Why should I fear(IV) when evil days come,
when wicked deceivers surround me—
6 those who trust in their wealth(IW)
and boast(IX) of their great riches?(IY)
7 No one can redeem the life of another
or give to God a ransom for them—
8 the ransom(IZ) for a life is costly,
no payment is ever enough—(JA)
9 so that they should live on(JB) forever
and not see decay.(JC)
10 For all can see that the wise die,(JD)
that the foolish and the senseless(JE) also perish,
leaving their wealth(JF) to others.(JG)
11 Their tombs(JH) will remain their houses[y] forever,
their dwellings for endless generations,(JI)
though they had[z] named(JJ) lands after themselves.
13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,(JM)
and of their followers, who approve their sayings.[aa]
14 They are like sheep and are destined(JN) to die;(JO)
death will be their shepherd
(but the upright will prevail(JP) over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
far from their princely mansions.
15 But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;(JQ)
he will surely take me to himself.(JR)
16 Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
when the splendor of their houses increases;
17 for they will take nothing(JS) with them when they die,
their splendor will not descend with them.(JT)
18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—(JU)
and people praise you when you prosper—
19 they will join those who have gone before them,(JV)
who will never again see the light(JW) of life.
Psalm 50
A psalm of Asaph.
1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord,(JZ)
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to where it sets.(KA)
2 From Zion,(KB) perfect in beauty,(KC)
God shines forth.(KD)
3 Our God comes(KE)
and will not be silent;(KF)
a fire devours(KG) before him,(KH)
and around him a tempest(KI) rages.
4 He summons the heavens above,
and the earth,(KJ) that he may judge his people:(KK)
5 “Gather to me this consecrated people,(KL)
who made a covenant(KM) with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens proclaim(KN) his righteousness,
for he is a God of justice.[ab][ac](KO)
7 “Listen, my people, and I will speak;
I will testify(KP) against you, Israel:
I am God, your God.(KQ)
8 I bring no charges(KR) against you concerning your sacrifices
or concerning your burnt offerings,(KS) which are ever before me.
9 I have no need of a bull(KT) from your stall
or of goats(KU) from your pens,(KV)
10 for every animal of the forest(KW) is mine,
and the cattle on a thousand hills.(KX)
11 I know every bird(KY) in the mountains,
and the insects in the fields(KZ) are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
for the world(LA) is mine, and all that is in it.(LB)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 “Sacrifice thank offerings(LC) to God,
fulfill your vows(LD) to the Most High,(LE)
15 and call(LF) on me in the day of trouble;(LG)
I will deliver(LH) you, and you will honor(LI) me.”
16 But to the wicked person, God says:
“What right have you to recite my laws
or take my covenant(LJ) on your lips?(LK)
17 You hate(LL) my instruction
and cast my words behind(LM) you.
18 When you see a thief, you join(LN) with him;
you throw in your lot with adulterers.(LO)
19 You use your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue to deceit.(LP)
20 You sit and testify against your brother(LQ)
and slander your own mother’s son.
21 When you did these things and I kept silent,(LR)
you thought I was exactly[ad] like you.
But I now arraign(LS) you
and set my accusations(LT) before you.
22 “Consider this, you who forget God,(LU)
or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:(LV)
23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,
and to the blameless[ae] I will show my salvation.(LW)”
Psalm 51[af]
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.(LX)
1 Have mercy(LY) on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;(LZ)
according to your great compassion(MA)
blot out(MB) my transgressions.(MC)
2 Wash away(MD) all my iniquity
and cleanse(ME) me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.(MF)
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned(MG)
and done what is evil in your sight;(MH)
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.(MI)
5 Surely I was sinful(MJ) at birth,(MK)
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom(ML) in that secret place.(MM)
7 Cleanse(MN) me with hyssop,(MO) and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.(MP)
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;(MQ)
let the bones(MR) you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins(MS)
and blot out(MT) all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart,(MU) O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.(MV)
11 Do not cast me(MW) from your presence(MX)
or take your Holy Spirit(MY) from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation(MZ)
and grant me a willing spirit,(NA) to sustain me.(NB)
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,(NC)
so that sinners(ND) will turn back to you.(NE)
14 Deliver me(NF) from the guilt of bloodshed,(NG) O God,
you who are God my Savior,(NH)
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.(NI)
15 Open my lips, Lord,(NJ)
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice,(NK) or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice,(NL) O God, is[ag] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart(NM)
you, God, will not despise.
18 May it please you to prosper Zion,(NN)
to build up the walls of Jerusalem.(NO)
19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,(NP)
in burnt offerings(NQ) offered whole;
then bulls(NR) will be offered on your altar.
Psalm 52[ah]
For the director of music. A maskil[ai] of David. When Doeg the Edomite(NS) had gone to Saul and told him: “David has gone to the house of Ahimelek.”
1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
Why do you boast(NT) all day long,(NU)
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2 You who practice deceit,(NV)
your tongue plots destruction;(NW)
it is like a sharpened razor.(NX)
3 You love evil(NY) rather than good,
falsehood(NZ) rather than speaking the truth.[aj]
4 You love every harmful word,
you deceitful tongue!(OA)
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and pluck(OB) you from your tent;
he will uproot(OC) you from the land of the living.(OD)
6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh(OE) at you, saying,
7 “Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold(OF)
but trusted in his great wealth(OG)
and grew strong by destroying others!”
8 But I am like an olive tree(OH)
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust(OI) in God’s unfailing love
for ever and ever.
9 For what you have done I will always praise you(OJ)
in the presence of your faithful people.(OK)
And I will hope in your name,(OL)
for your name is good.(OM)
Psalm 53[ak](ON)
For the director of music. According to mahalath.[al] A maskil[am] of David.
1 The fool(OO) says in his heart,
“There is no God.”(OP)
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there is no one who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven(OQ)
on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(OR)
any who seek God.(OS)
3 Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.(OT)
4 Do all these evildoers know nothing?
They devour my people as though eating bread;
they never call on God.
5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
where there was nothing to dread.(OU)
God scattered the bones(OV) of those who attacked you;(OW)
you put them to shame,(OX) for God despised them.(OY)
6 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores his people,
let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
Psalm 54[an]
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[ao] of David. When the Ziphites(OZ) had gone to Saul and said, “Is not David hiding among us?”
1 Save me(PA), O God, by your name;(PB)
vindicate me by your might.(PC)
2 Hear my prayer, O God;(PD)
listen to the words of my mouth.
3 Arrogant foes are attacking me;(PE)
ruthless people(PF) are trying to kill me(PG)—
people without regard for God.[ap](PH)
6 I will sacrifice a freewill offering(PM) to you;
I will praise(PN) your name, Lord, for it is good.(PO)
7 You have delivered me(PP) from all my troubles,
and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.(PQ)
Psalm 55[aq]
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[ar] of David.
1 Listen to my prayer, O God,
do not ignore my plea;(PR)
2 hear me and answer me.(PS)
My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught(PT)
3 because of what my enemy is saying,
because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me(PU)
and assail(PV) me in their anger.(PW)
4 My heart is in anguish(PX) within me;
the terrors(PY) of death have fallen on me.
5 Fear and trembling(PZ) have beset me;
horror(QA) has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
7 I would flee far away
and stay in the desert;[as](QB)
8 I would hurry to my place of shelter,(QC)
far from the tempest and storm.(QD)”
9 Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,(QE)
for I see violence and strife(QF) in the city.(QG)
10 Day and night they prowl(QH) about on its walls;
malice and abuse are within it.
11 Destructive forces(QI) are at work in the city;
threats and lies(QJ) never leave its streets.
12 If an enemy were insulting me,
I could endure it;
if a foe were rising against me,
I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself,
my companion, my close friend,(QK)
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship(QL)
at the house of God,(QM)
as we walked about
among the worshipers.
15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;(QN)
let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,(QO)
for evil finds lodging among them.
16 As for me, I call to God,
and the Lord saves me.
17 Evening,(QP) morning(QQ) and noon(QR)
I cry out in distress,
and he hears my voice.
18 He rescues me unharmed
from the battle waged against me,
even though many oppose me.
19 God, who is enthroned from of old,(QS)
who does not change—
he will hear(QT) them and humble them,
because they have no fear of God.(QU)
20 My companion attacks his friends;(QV)
he violates his covenant.(QW)
21 His talk is smooth as butter,(QX)
yet war is in his heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,(QY)
yet they are drawn swords.(QZ)
22 Cast your cares on the Lord
and he will sustain you;(RA)
he will never let
the righteous be shaken.(RB)
23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
into the pit(RC) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful(RD)
will not live out half their days.(RE)
But as for me, I trust in you.(RF)
Psalm 56[at]
For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam.[au] When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.
1 Be merciful to me,(RG) my God,
for my enemies are in hot pursuit;(RH)
all day long they press their attack.(RI)
2 My adversaries pursue me all day long;(RJ)
in their pride many are attacking me.(RK)
3 When I am afraid,(RL) I put my trust in you.(RM)
4 In God, whose word I praise—(RN)
in God I trust and am not afraid.(RO)
What can mere mortals do to me?(RP)
5 All day long they twist my words;(RQ)
all their schemes are for my ruin.
6 They conspire,(RR) they lurk,
they watch my steps,(RS)
hoping to take my life.(RT)
7 Because of their wickedness do not[av] let them escape;(RU)
in your anger, God, bring the nations down.(RV)
8 Record my misery;
list my tears on your scroll[aw](RW)—
are they not in your record?(RX)
9 Then my enemies will turn back(RY)
when I call for help.(RZ)
By this I will know that God is for me.(SA)
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise—
11 in God I trust and am not afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 I am under vows(SB) to you, my God;
I will present my thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered me from death(SC)
and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.(SD)
Psalm 57[ax](SE)
For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[ay] When he had fled from Saul into the cave.(SF)
1 Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
for in you I take refuge.(SG)
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings(SH)
until the disaster has passed.(SI)
2 I cry out to God Most High,
to God, who vindicates me.(SJ)
3 He sends from heaven and saves me,(SK)
rebuking those who hotly pursue me—[az](SL)
God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.(SM)
4 I am in the midst of lions;(SN)
I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are sharp swords.(SO)
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.(SP)
6 They spread a net for my feet(SQ)—
I was bowed down(SR) in distress.
They dug a pit(SS) in my path—
but they have fallen into it themselves.(ST)
7 My heart, O God, is steadfast,
my heart is steadfast;(SU)
I will sing and make music.
8 Awake, my soul!
Awake, harp and lyre!(SV)
I will awaken the dawn.
9 I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.(SW)
Psalm 58[ba]
For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[bb]
1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly?(SZ)
Do you judge people with equity?
2 No, in your heart you devise injustice,(TA)
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.(TB)
3 Even from birth the wicked go astray;
from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(TC)
like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 that will not heed(TD) the tune of the charmer,(TE)
however skillful the enchanter may be.
6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(TF)
Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(TG)
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away;(TH)
when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(TI)
8 May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,(TJ)
like a stillborn child(TK) that never sees the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns(TL)—
whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[bc](TM)
10 The righteous will be glad(TN) when they are avenged,(TO)
when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.(TP)
11 Then people will say,
“Surely the righteous still are rewarded;(TQ)
surely there is a God who judges the earth.”(TR)
Psalm 59[bd]
For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[be] When Saul had sent men to watch David’s house(TS) in order to kill him.
1 Deliver me from my enemies, O God;(TT)
be my fortress against those who are attacking me.(TU)
2 Deliver me from evildoers(TV)
and save me from those who are after my blood.(TW)
3 See how they lie in wait for me!
Fierce men conspire(TX) against me
for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.
4 I have done no wrong,(TY) yet they are ready to attack me.(TZ)
Arise to help me; look on my plight!(UA)
5 You, Lord God Almighty,
you who are the God of Israel,(UB)
rouse yourself(UC) to punish all the nations;(UD)
show no mercy to wicked traitors.[bf](UE)
6 They return at evening,
snarling like dogs,(UF)
and prowl about the city.
7 See what they spew from their mouths(UG)—
the words from their lips are sharp as swords,(UH)
and they think, “Who can hear us?”(UI)
8 But you laugh at them, Lord;(UJ)
you scoff at all those nations.(UK)
9 You are my strength,(UL) I watch for you;
you, God, are my fortress,(UM)
10 my God on whom I can rely.
God will go before me
and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield,[bg](UN)
or my people will forget.(UO)
In your might uproot them
and bring them down.(UP)
12 For the sins of their mouths,(UQ)
for the words of their lips,(UR)
let them be caught in their pride.(US)
For the curses and lies they utter,
13 consume them in your wrath,
consume them till they are no more.(UT)
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
that God rules over Jacob.(UU)
14 They return at evening,
snarling like dogs,
and prowl about the city.
15 They wander about for food(UV)
and howl if not satisfied.
Footnotes
- 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 45:12 Or A Tyrian robe is among the gifts
- Psalm 46:1 In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.
- Psalm 46:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 46:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 11.
- Psalm 46:9 Or chariots
- Psalm 47:1 In Hebrew texts 47:1-9 is numbered 47:2-10.
- Psalm 47:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 47:9 Or shields
- Psalm 48:1 In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.
- Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
- Psalm 48:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 49:1 In Hebrew texts 49:1-20 is numbered 49:2-21.
- Psalm 49:11 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain
- Psalm 49:11 Or generations, / for they have
- Psalm 49:13 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.
- Psalm 50:6 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text for God himself is judge
- Psalm 50:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 50:21 Or thought the ‘I am’ was
- Psalm 50:23 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; the meaning of the Masoretic Text for this phrase is uncertain.
- Psalm 51:1 In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.
- Psalm 51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are
- Psalm 52:1 In Hebrew texts 52:1-9 is numbered 52:3-11.
- Psalm 52:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.
- Psalm 53:1 In Hebrew texts 53:1-6 is numbered 53:2-7.
- Psalm 53:1 Title: Probably a musical term
- Psalm 53:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 54:1 In Hebrew texts 54:1-7 is numbered 54:3-9.
- Psalm 54:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 54:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
- Psalm 55:1 In Hebrew texts 55:1-23 is numbered 55:2-24.
- Psalm 55:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 55:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and in the middle of verse 19.
- Psalm 56:1 In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.
- Psalm 56:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.
- Psalm 56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin
- Psalm 57:1 In Hebrew texts 57:1-11 is numbered 57:2-12.
- Psalm 57:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 57:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.
- Psalm 58:1 In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
- Psalm 58:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
- Psalm 59:1 In Hebrew texts 59:1-17 is numbered 59:2-18.
- Psalm 59:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 59:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 13.
- Psalm 59:11 Or sovereign
Psalm 42-72
King James Version
Psalm 42-72
King James Version
42 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet 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.
9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
43 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
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.
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise 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.
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
17 I 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.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The 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.
2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
48 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 For 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:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None 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:)
9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man 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.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Whoso 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.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
52 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
53 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
54 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good.
7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
55 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
56 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
10 In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
57 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
58 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
59 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
8 But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
60 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
61 Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
62 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
63 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
64 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
65 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
66 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
67 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
68 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him.
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
69 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
70 Make haste, o God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.
2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.
71 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.
6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
72 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
Psalm 42-72
New King James Version
Psalm 42-72
New King James Version
BOOK TWO
Psalms 42–72
Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses
To the Chief Musician. A [a]Contemplation of the sons of Korah.
42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
2 (A)My soul thirsts for God, for the (B)living God.
When shall I come and [c]appear before God?
3 (C)My tears have been my food day and night,
While they continually say to me,
(D)“Where is your God?”
4 When I remember these things,
(E)I pour out my soul within me.
For I used to go with the multitude;
(F)I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise,
With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast.
5 (G)Why are you [d]cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
(H)Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
[e]For the help of His countenance.
6 [f]O my God, my soul is cast down within me;
Therefore I will remember You from the land of the Jordan,
And from the heights of Hermon,
From [g]the Hill Mizar.
7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls;
(I)All Your waves and billows have gone over me.
8 The Lord will (J)command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And (K)in the night His song shall be with me—
A prayer to the God of my life.
9 I will say to God my Rock,
(L)“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 As with a [h]breaking of my bones,
My enemies [i]reproach me,
(M)While they say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
11 (N)Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The [j]help of my countenance and my God.
Prayer to God in Time of Trouble
43 Vindicate (O)me, O God,
And (P)plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!
2 For You are the God of my strength;
Why do You cast me off?
(Q)Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 (R)Oh, send out Your light and Your truth!
Let them lead me;
Let them bring me to (S)Your holy hill
And to Your [k]tabernacle.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And on the harp I will praise You,
O God, my God.
5 (T)Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God;
For I shall yet praise Him,
The [l]help of my countenance and my God.
Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor
To the Chief Musician. A (U)Contemplation[m] of the sons of Korah.
44 We have heard with our ears, O God,
(V)Our fathers have told us,
The deeds You did in their days,
In days of old:
2 (W)You drove out the [n]nations with Your hand,
But them You planted;
You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.
3 For (X)they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them;
But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance,
(Y)Because You favored them.
4 (Z)You are my King, [o]O God;
[p]Command victories for Jacob.
5 Through You (AA)we will push down our enemies;
Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
6 For (AB)I will not trust in my bow,
Nor shall my sword save me.
7 But You have saved us from our enemies,
And have put to shame those who hated us.
8 (AC)In God we boast all day long,
And praise Your name forever. Selah
9 But (AD)You have cast us off and put us to shame,
And You do not go out with our armies.
10 You make us (AE)turn back from the enemy,
And those who hate us have taken [q]spoil for themselves.
11 (AF)You have given us up like sheep intended for food,
And have (AG)scattered us among the nations.
12 (AH)You sell Your people for next to nothing,
And are not enriched by selling them.
13 (AI)You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
14 (AJ)You make us a byword among the nations,
(AK)A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 My dishonor is continually before me,
And the shame of my face has covered me,
16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
(AL)Because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 (AM)All this has come upon us;
But we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
(AN)Nor have our steps departed from Your way;
19 But You have severely broken us in (AO)the place of jackals,
And covered us (AP)with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God,
Or (AQ)stretched[r] out our hands to a foreign god,
21 (AR)Would not God search this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 (AS)Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 (AT)Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.
24 (AU)Why do You hide Your face,
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For (AV)our soul is bowed down to the [s]dust;
Our body clings to the ground.
26 Arise for our help,
And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.
The Glories of the Messiah and His Bride
To the Chief Musician. (AW)Set to [t]“The Lilies.” A [u]Contemplation of the sons of Korah. A Song of Love.
45 My heart is overflowing with a good theme;
I recite my composition concerning the King;
My tongue is the pen of a [v]ready writer.
2 You are fairer than the sons of men;
(AX)Grace is poured upon Your lips;
Therefore God has blessed You forever.
3 [w]Gird Your (AY)sword upon Your thigh, (AZ)O Mighty One,
With Your (BA)glory and Your majesty.
4 (BB)And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness;
And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.
5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King’s enemies;
The peoples fall under You.
6 (BC)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A (BD)scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (BE)anointed You
With the oil of (BF)gladness more than Your companions.
8 All Your garments are (BG)scented with myrrh and aloes and cassia,
Out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made You glad.
9 (BH)Kings’ daughters are among Your honorable women;
(BI)At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
10 Listen, O daughter,
Consider and incline your ear;
(BJ)Forget your own people also, and your father’s house;
11 So the King will greatly desire your beauty;
(BK)Because He is your Lord, worship Him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
(BL)The rich among the people will seek your favor.
13 The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace;
Her clothing is woven with gold.
14 (BM)She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors;
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to You.
15 With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought;
They shall enter the King’s palace.
16 Instead of Your fathers shall be Your sons,
(BN)Whom You shall make princes in all the earth.
17 (BO)I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations;
Therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever.
God the Refuge of His People and Conqueror of the Nations
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song (BP)for Alamoth.
46 God is our (BQ)refuge and strength,
(BR)A[x] very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the [y]midst of the sea;
3 (BS)Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
4 There is a (BT)river whose streams shall make glad the (BU)city of God,
The holy place of the [z]tabernacle of the Most High.
5 God is (BV)in the midst of her, she shall not be [aa]moved;
God shall help her, just [ab]at the break of dawn.
6 (BW)The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
7 The (BX)Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord,
Who has made desolations in the earth.
9 (BY)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
(BZ)He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
(CA)He burns the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God;
(CB)I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
Praise to God, the Ruler of the Earth
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
47 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples!
Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
2 For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great (CC)King over all the earth.
3 (CD)He will subdue the peoples under us,
And the nations under our feet.
4 He will choose our (CE)inheritance for us,
The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah
5 (CF)God has gone up with a shout,
The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7 (CG)For God is the King of all the earth;
(CH)Sing praises with understanding.
8 (CI)God reigns over the nations;
God (CJ)sits on His (CK)holy throne.
9 The princes of the people have gathered together,
(CL)The people of the God of Abraham.
(CM)For the shields of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly exalted.
The Glory of God in Zion
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
48 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
In the (CN)city of our God,
In His holy mountain.
2 (CO)Beautiful in [ac]elevation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.
3 God is in her palaces;
He is known as her refuge.
4 For behold, (CP)the kings assembled,
They passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marveled;
They were troubled, they hastened away.
6 Fear (CQ)took hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,
7 As when You break the (CR)ships of Tarshish
With an east wind.
8 As we have heard,
So we have seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts,
In the city of our God:
God will (CS)establish it forever. Selah
9 We have thought, O God, on (CT)Your lovingkindness,
In the midst of Your temple.
10 According to (CU)Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let Mount Zion rejoice,
Let the daughters of Judah be glad,
Because of Your judgments.
12 Walk about Zion,
And go all around her.
Count her towers;
13 Mark well her bulwarks;
Consider her palaces;
That you may (CV)tell it to the generation following.
14 For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
(CW)He will be our guide
[ad]Even to death.
The Confidence of the Foolish
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
49 Hear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,
2 Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom,
And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding.
4 I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will disclose my [ae]dark saying on the harp.
5 Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
6 Those who (CX)trust in their wealth
And boast in the multitude of their riches,
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor (CY)give to God a ransom for him—
8 For (CZ)the redemption of their souls is costly,
And it shall cease forever—
9 That he should continue to live eternally,
And (DA)not [af]see the Pit.
10 For he sees wise men die;
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
11 [ag]Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They (DB)call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not [ah]remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.
13 This is the way of those who are (DC)foolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
(DD)The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
(DE)And their beauty shall be consumed in [ai]the grave, far from their dwelling.
15 But God (DF)will redeem my soul from the power of [aj]the grave,
For He shall (DG)receive me. Selah
16 Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away;
His glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lives (DH)he blesses himself
(For men will praise you when you do well for yourself),
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see (DI)light.[ak]
20 A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,
(DJ)Is like the beasts that perish.
God the Righteous Judge
A Psalm of Asaph.
50 The (DK)Mighty One, God the Lord,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
(DL)God will shine forth.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
(DM)A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.
4 (DN)He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 “Gather (DO)My saints together to Me,
(DP)Those who have [al]made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 Let the (DQ)heavens declare His righteousness,
For (DR)God Himself is Judge. Selah
7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
(DS)I am God, your God!
8 (DT)I will not [am]rebuke you (DU)for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.
9 (DV)I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
(DW)For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
13 (DX)Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
14 (DY)Offer to God thanksgiving,
And (DZ)pay your vows to the Most High.
15 (EA)Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
17 (EB)Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
18 When you saw a thief, you (EC)consented[an] with him,
And have been a (ED)partaker with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth to evil,
And (EE)your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things you have done, and I kept silent;
(EF)You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And (EG)set them in order before your eyes.
22 “Now consider this, you who (EH)forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:
23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And (EI)to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”
A Prayer of Repentance
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David (EJ)when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51 Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
(EK)Blot out my transgressions.
2 (EL)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
4 (EM)Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil (EN)in Your sight—
(EO)That You may be found just [ao]when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.
5 (EP)Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
7 (EQ)Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be (ER)whiter than snow.
8 Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken (ES)may rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins,
And blot out all my iniquities.
10 (ET)Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your (EU)Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your (EV)generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
16 For (EW)You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
17 (EX)The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.
18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then You shall be pleased with (EY)the sacrifices of righteousness,
With burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.
The End of the Wicked and the Peace of the Godly
To the Chief Musician. A [ap]Contemplation of David (EZ)when Doeg the Edomite went and (FA)told Saul, and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endures continually.
2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than good,
Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
4 You love all devouring words,
You deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy you forever;
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous also shall see and fear,
And shall laugh at him, saying,
7 “Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his [aq]wickedness.”
8 But I am (FB)like a green olive tree in the house of God;
I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
9 I will praise You forever,
Because You have done it;
And in the presence of Your saints
I will wait on Your name, for it [ar]is good.
Folly of the Godless, and the Restoration of Israel(FC)
To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath.” A [as]Contemplation of David.
53 The (FD)fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity;
(FE)There is none who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who (FF)seek God.
3 Every one of them has turned aside;
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity (FG)no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon God?
5 (FH)There they are in great fear
Where no fear was,
For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you;
You have put them to shame,
Because God has despised them.
6 (FI)Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
When God brings back [at]the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.
Answered Prayer for Deliverance from Adversaries
To the Chief Musician. With [au]stringed instruments. A [av]Contemplation of David (FJ)when the Ziphites went and said to Saul, “Is David not hiding with us?”
54 Save me, O God, by Your name,
And vindicate me by Your strength.
2 Hear my prayer, O God;
Give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers have risen up against me,
And oppressors have sought after my life;
They have not set God before them. Selah
4 Behold, God is my helper;
The Lord is with those who [aw]uphold my life.
5 He will repay my enemies for their evil.
[ax]Cut them off in Your [ay]truth.
6 I will freely sacrifice to You;
I will praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
7 For He has delivered me out of all trouble;
(FK)And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.
Trust in God Concerning the Treachery of Friends
To the Chief Musician. With [az]stringed instruments. A [ba]Contemplation of David.
55 Give ear to my prayer, O God,
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
2 Attend to me, and hear me;
I (FL)am[bb] restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,
3 Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
(FM)For they bring down trouble upon me,
And in wrath they hate me.
4 (FN)My heart is severely pained within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.
6 So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
7 Indeed, I would wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness. Selah
8 I would hasten my escape
From the windy storm and tempest.”
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their [bc]tongues,
For I have seen (FO)violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around it on its walls;
(FP)Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it.
11 Destruction is in its midst;
(FQ)Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.
12 (FR)For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it.
Nor is it one who hates me who has (FS)exalted himself against me;
Then I could hide from him.
13 But it was you, a man my equal,
(FT)My companion and my acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together,
And (FU)walked to the house of God in the throng.
15 Let death seize them;
Let them (FV)go down alive into [bd]hell,
For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God,
And the Lord shall save me.
17 (FW)Evening and morning and at noon
I will pray, and cry aloud,
And He shall hear my voice.
18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
For (FX)there were many against me.
19 God will hear, and afflict them,
(FY)Even He who abides from of old. Selah
Because they do not change,
Therefore they do not fear God.
20 He has (FZ)put forth his hands against those who (GA)were at peace with him;
He has broken his [be]covenant.
21 (GB)The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But war was in his heart;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.
22 (GC)Cast your burden on the Lord,
And (GD)He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be [bf]moved.
23 But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
(GE)Bloodthirsty and deceitful men (GF)shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.
Prayer for Relief from Tormentors
To the Chief Musician. Set to [bg]“The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A Michtam of David when the (GG)Philistines captured him in Gath.
56 Be (GH)merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up;
Fighting all day he oppresses me.
2 My enemies would (GI)hound me all day,
For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
3 Whenever I am afraid,
I will trust in You.
4 In God (I will praise His word),
In God I have put my trust;
(GJ)I will not fear.
What can flesh do to me?
5 All day they twist my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They gather together,
They hide, they mark my steps,
When they lie in wait for my life.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, O God!
8 You number my wanderings;
Put my tears into Your bottle;
(GK)Are they not in Your book?
9 When I cry out to You,
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because (GL)God is for me.
10 In God (I will praise His word),
In the Lord (I will praise His word),
11 In God I have put my trust;
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God;
I will render praises to You,
13 (GM)For You have delivered my soul from death.
Have You not kept my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God
In the (GN)light of the living?
Prayer for Safety from Enemies(GO)
To the Chief Musician. Set to [bh]“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David (GP)when he fled from Saul into the cave.
57 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!
For my soul trusts in You;
(GQ)And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,
(GR)Until these calamities have passed by.
2 I will cry out to God Most High,
To God (GS)who performs all things for me.
3 (GT)He shall send from heaven and save me;
He reproaches the one who [bi]would swallow me up. Selah
God (GU)shall send forth His mercy and His truth.
4 My soul is among lions;
I lie among the sons of men
Who are set on fire,
(GV)Whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
5 (GW)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.
6 (GX)They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They have dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah
7 (GY)My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and give praise.
8 Awake, (GZ)my glory!
Awake, lute and harp!
I will awaken the dawn.
9 (HA)I will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing to You among the [bj]nations.
10 (HB)For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens,
And Your truth unto the clouds.
11 (HC)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.
The Just Judgment of the Wicked
To the Chief Musician. Set to [bk]“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.
58 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones?
Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?
2 No, in heart you work wickedness;
You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 (HD)The wicked are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 (HE)Their poison is like the poison of a serpent;
They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5 Which will not (HF)heed the voice of charmers,
Charming ever so skillfully.
6 (HG)Break[bl] their teeth in their mouth, O God!
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
7 (HH)Let them flow away as waters which run continually;
When he bends his bow,
Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.
8 Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,
(HI)Like a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your (HJ)pots can feel the burning thorns,
He shall take them away (HK)as with a whirlwind,
As in His living and burning wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the (HL)vengeance;
(HM)He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 (HN)So that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who (HO)judges in the earth.”
The Assured Judgment of the Wicked
To the Chief Musician. Set to [bm]“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David (HP)when Saul sent men, and they watched the house in order to kill him.
59 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
[bn]Defend me from those who rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
And save me from bloodthirsty men.
3 For look, they lie in wait for my life;
(HQ)The mighty gather against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
4 They run and prepare themselves through no fault of mine.
(HR)Awake to help me, and behold!
5 You therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Awake to punish all the [bo]nations;
Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah
6 (HS)At evening they return,
They growl like a dog,
And go all around the city.
7 Indeed, they belch with their mouth;
(HT)Swords are in their lips;
For they say, (HU)“Who hears?”
8 But (HV)You, O Lord, shall laugh at them;
You shall have all the [bp]nations in derision.
9 I will wait for You, O You [bq]his Strength;
(HW)For God is my [br]defense.
10 [bs]My God of mercy shall (HX)come to meet me;
God shall let (HY)me see my desire on my enemies.
11 Do not slay them, lest my people forget;
Scatter them by Your power,
And bring them down,
O Lord our shield.
12 (HZ)For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
Let them even be taken in their pride,
And for the cursing and lying which they speak.
13 (IA)Consume them in wrath, consume them,
That they may not be;
And (IB)let them know that God rules in Jacob
To the ends of the earth. Selah
14 And (IC)at evening they return,
They growl like a dog,
And go all around the city.
15 They (ID)wander up and down for food,
And [bt]howl if they are not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of Your power;
Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;
For You have been my defense
And refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 To You, (IE)O my Strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my defense,
My God of mercy.
Urgent Prayer for the Restored Favor of God(IF)
To the Chief Musician. (IG)Set to [bu]“Lily of the Testimony.” A Michtam of David. For teaching. (IH)When he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab returned and killed twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
60 O God, (II)You have cast us off;
You have broken us down;
You have been displeased;
Oh, restore us again!
2 You have made the earth tremble;
You have broken it;
(IJ)Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.
3 (IK)You have shown Your people hard things;
(IL)You have made us drink the wine of [bv]confusion.
4 (IM)You have given a banner to those who fear You,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
5 (IN)That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and hear me.
6 God has (IO)spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice;
I will (IP)divide (IQ)Shechem
And measure out (IR)the Valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
(IS)Ephraim also is the [bw]helmet for My head;
(IT)Judah is My lawgiver.
8 (IU)Moab is My washpot;
(IV)Over Edom I will cast My shoe;
(IW)Philistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”
9 Who will bring me to the strong city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
10 Is it not You, O God, (IX)who cast us off?
And You, O God, who did (IY)not go out with our armies?
11 Give us help from trouble,
(IZ)For the help of man is useless.
12 Through God (JA)we will do valiantly,
For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.
Assurance of God’s Eternal Protection
To the Chief Musician. On [bx]a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.
61 Hear my cry, O God;
Attend to my prayer.
2 From the end of the earth I will cry to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For You have been a shelter for me,
(JB)A strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in Your [by]tabernacle forever;
(JC)I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
5 For You, O God, have heard my vows;
You have given me the heritage of those who fear Your name.
6 You will prolong the king’s life,
His years as many generations.
7 He shall abide before God forever.
Oh, prepare mercy (JD)and truth, which may [bz]preserve him!
8 So I will sing praise to Your name forever,
That I may daily perform my vows.
A Calm Resolve to Wait for the Salvation of God
To the Chief Musician. To (JE)Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
62 Truly (JF)my soul silently waits for God;
From Him comes my salvation.
2 He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my [ca]defense;
I shall not be greatly (JG)moved.[cb]
3 How long will you attack a man?
You shall be slain, all of you,
(JH)Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast him down from his high position;
They (JI)delight in lies;
They bless with their mouth,
But they curse inwardly. Selah
5 My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my [cc]expectation is from Him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be [cd]moved.
7 (JJ)In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength,
And my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in Him at all times, you people;
(JK)Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah
9 (JL)Surely men of low degree are [ce]a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.
10 Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery;
(JM)If riches increase,
Do not set your heart on them.
11 God has spoken once,
Twice I have heard this:
That power belongs to God.
12 Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy;
For (JN)You [cf]render to each one according to his work.
Joy in the Fellowship of God
A Psalm of David (JO)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
63 O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
(JP)My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.
2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary,
To see (JQ)Your power and Your glory.
3 (JR)Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.
4 Thus I will bless You while I live;
I will (JS)lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with [cg]marrow and [ch]fatness,
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
6 When (JT)I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You in the night watches.
7 Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
8 My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me.
9 But those who seek my life, to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall [ci]fall by the sword;
They shall be [cj]a portion for jackals.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God;
(JU)Everyone who swears by Him shall glory;
But the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.
Oppressed by the Wicked but Rejoicing in the Lord
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
64 Hear my voice, O God, in my [ck]meditation;
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,
3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
(JV)And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,
4 That they may shoot in secret at the blameless;
Suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter;
They talk of laying snares secretly;
(JW)They say, “Who will see them?”
6 They devise iniquities:
“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”
Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.
7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they shall be wounded.
8 So He will make them stumble over their own tongue;
(JX)All who see them shall flee away.
9 All men shall fear,
And shall (JY)declare the work of God;
For they shall wisely consider His doing.
10 (JZ)The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in Him.
And all the upright in heart shall glory.
Praise to God for His Salvation and Providence
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.
65 Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion;
And to You the [cl]vow shall be performed.
2 O You who hear prayer,
(KA)To You all flesh will come.
3 Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions,
You will (KB)provide atonement for them.
4 (KC)Blessed is the man You (KD)choose,
And cause to approach You,
That he may dwell in Your courts.
(KE)We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Of Your holy temple.
5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us,
O God of our salvation,
You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
And of the far-off seas;
6 Who established the mountains by His strength,
(KF)Being clothed with power;
7 (KG)You who still the noise of the seas,
The noise of their waves,
(KH)And the tumult of the peoples.
8 They also who dwell in the farthest parts are afraid of Your signs;
You make the outgoings of the morning and evening [cm]rejoice.
9 You [cn]visit the earth and (KI)water it,
You greatly enrich it;
(KJ)The river of God is full of water;
You provide their grain,
For so You have prepared it.
10 You water its ridges abundantly,
You settle its furrows;
You make it soft with showers,
You bless its growth.
11 You crown the year with Your goodness,
And Your paths drip with abundance.
12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness,
And the little hills rejoice on every side.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks;
(KK)The valleys also are covered with grain;
They shout for joy, they also sing.
Praise to God for His Awesome Works
To the Chief Musician. A Song. A Psalm.
66 Make (KL)a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
2 Sing out the honor of His name;
Make His praise glorious.
3 Say to God,
“How (KM)awesome are Your works!
(KN)Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
4 (KO)All the earth shall worship You
And sing praises to You;
They shall sing praises to Your name.” Selah
5 Come and see the works of God;
He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.
6 (KP)He turned the sea into dry land;
(KQ)They went through the river on foot.
There we will rejoice in Him.
7 He rules by His power forever;
His eyes observe the nations;
Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
8 Oh, bless our God, you peoples!
And make the voice of His praise to be heard,
9 Who keeps our soul among the living,
And does not allow our feet to [co]be moved.
10 For (KR)You, O God, have tested us;
(KS)You have refined us as silver is refined.
11 (KT)You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.
12 (KU)You have caused men to ride over our heads;
(KV)We went through fire and through water;
But You brought us out to [cp]rich fulfillment.
13 (KW)I will go into Your house with burnt offerings;
(KX)I will pay You my [cq]vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered
And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer You burnt sacrifices of fat animals,
With the sweet aroma of rams;
I will offer bulls with goats. Selah
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
And I will declare what He has done for my soul.
17 I cried to Him with my mouth,
And He was [cr]extolled with my tongue.
18 (KY)If I regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord will not hear.
19 But certainly God (KZ)has heard me;
He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God,
Who has not turned away my prayer,
Nor His mercy from me!
An Invocation and a Doxology
To the Chief Musician. On [cs]stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.
67 God be merciful to us and bless us,
And (LA)cause His face to shine upon us, Selah
2 That (LB)Your way may be known on earth,
(LC)Your salvation among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
4 Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy!
For (LD)You shall judge the people righteously,
And govern the nations on earth. Selah
5 Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
6 (LE)Then the earth shall [ct]yield her increase;
God, our own God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us,
And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
The Glory of God in His Goodness to Israel
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.
68 Let (LF)God arise,
Let His enemies be scattered;
Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.
2 (LG)As smoke is driven away,
So drive them away;
(LH)As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But (LI)let the righteous be glad;
Let them rejoice before God;
Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.
4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
(LJ)Extol[cu] Him who rides on the [cv]clouds,
(LK)By His name [cw]Yah,
And rejoice before Him.
5 (LL)A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
6 (LM)God sets the solitary in families;
(LN)He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But (LO)the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, (LP)when You went out before Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness, Selah
8 The earth shook;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 (LQ)You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,
When it was weary.
10 Your congregation dwelt in it;
(LR)You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word;
Great was the [cx]company of those who proclaimed it:
12 “Kings(LS) of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home divides the [cy]spoil.
13 (LT)Though you lie down among the [cz]sheepfolds,
(LU)You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And her feathers with yellow gold.”
14 (LV)When the Almighty scattered kings in it,
It was white as snow in Zalmon.
15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
16 Why do you [da]fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks?
(LW)This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in;
Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.
17 (LX)The chariots of God are twenty thousand,
Even thousands of thousands;
The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place.
18 (LY)You have ascended on high,
(LZ)You have led captivity captive;
(MA)You have received gifts among men,
Even from (MB)the rebellious,
(MC)That the Lord God might dwell there.
19 Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily loads us with benefits,
The God of our salvation! Selah
20 Our God is the God of salvation;
And (MD)to God the Lord belong escapes from death.
21 But (ME)God will wound the head of His enemies,
(MF)The hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in his trespasses.
22 The Lord said, “I will bring (MG)back from Bashan,
I will bring them back (MH)from the depths of the sea,
23 (MI)That [db]your foot may crush them in blood,
(MJ)And the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
24 They have seen Your [dc]procession, O God,
The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
25 (MK)The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.
26 Bless God in the congregations,
The Lord, from (ML)the fountain of Israel.
27 (MM)There is little Benjamin, their leader,
The princes of Judah and their [dd]company,
The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.
28 [de]Your God has (MN)commanded your strength;
Strengthen, O God, what You have done for us.
29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,
(MO)Kings will bring presents to You.
30 Rebuke the beasts of the reeds,
(MP)The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Till everyone (MQ)submits himself with pieces of silver.
Scatter the peoples who delight in war.
31 (MR)Envoys will come out of Egypt;
(MS)Ethiopia will quickly (MT)stretch out her hands to God.
32 Sing to God, you (MU)kingdoms of the earth;
Oh, sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33 To Him (MV)who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old!
Indeed, He sends out His voice, a (MW)mighty voice.
34 (MX)Ascribe strength to God;
His excellence is over Israel,
And His strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, (MY)You are more awesome than Your holy places.
The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!
An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble
To the Chief Musician. Set to [df]“The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.
69 Save me, O God!
For (MZ)the waters have come up to my [dg]neck.
2 (NA)I sink in deep mire,
Where there is no standing;
I have come into deep waters,
Where the floods overflow me.
3 (NB)I am weary with my crying;
My throat is dry;
(NC)My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 Those who (ND)hate me without a cause
Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me,
Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it.
5 O God, You know my foolishness;
And my sins are not hidden from You.
6 Let not those who [dh]wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be [di]confounded because of me, O God of Israel.
7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.
8 (NE)I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;
9 (NF)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
(NG)And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
10 When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,
That became my reproach.
11 I also [dj]made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.
12 Those who [dk]sit in the gate speak against me,
And I am the song of the (NH)drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O Lord, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
16 Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;
Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.
18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;
Deliver me because of my enemies.
19 You know (NI)my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;
My adversaries are all before You.
20 Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of [dl]heaviness;
(NJ)I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for (NK)comforters, but I found none.
21 They also gave me gall for my food,
(NL)And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 (NM)Let their table become a snare before them,
And their well-being a trap.
23 (NN)Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;
And make their loins shake continually.
24 (NO)Pour out Your indignation upon them,
And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 (NP)Let their dwelling place be desolate;
Let no one live in their tents.
26 For they persecute the ones (NQ)You have struck,
And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.
27 (NR)Add iniquity to their iniquity,
(NS)And let them not come into Your righteousness.
28 Let them (NT)be blotted out of the book of the living,
(NU)And not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful;
Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 (NV)I will praise the name of God with a song,
And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
31 (NW)This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull,
Which has horns and hooves.
32 (NX)The humble shall see this and be glad;
And you who seek God, (NY)your hearts shall live.
33 For the Lord hears the poor,
And does not despise (NZ)His prisoners.
34 (OA)Let heaven and earth praise Him,
The seas (OB)and everything that moves in them.
35 (OC)For God will save Zion
And build the cities of Judah,
That they may dwell there and possess it.
36 Also, (OD)the [dm]descendants of His servants shall inherit it,
And those who love His name shall dwell in it.
Prayer for Relief from Adversaries(OE)
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. (OF)To bring to remembrance.
70 Make haste, (OG)O God, to deliver me!
Make haste to help me, O Lord!
2 (OH)Let them be ashamed and confounded
Who seek my life;
Let them be [dn]turned back and confused
Who desire my hurt.
3 (OI)Let them be turned back because of their shame,
Who say, [do]“Aha, aha!”
4 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
And let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“Let God be magnified!”
5 (OJ)But I am poor and needy;
(OK)Make haste to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O Lord, do not delay.
God the Rock of Salvation
71 In (OL)You, O Lord, I put my trust;
Let me never be put to shame.
2 (OM)Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;
(ON)Incline Your ear to me, and save me.
3 (OO)Be my [dp]strong refuge,
To which I may resort continually;
You have given the (OP)commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.
4 (OQ)Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For You are (OR)my hope, O Lord God;
You are my trust from my youth.
6 (OS)By You I have been [dq]upheld from birth;
You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.
My praise shall be continually of You.
7 (OT)I have become as a wonder to many,
But You are my strong refuge.
8 Let (OU)my mouth be filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all the day.
9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies speak against me;
And those who lie in wait for my life (OV)take counsel together,
11 Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”
12 (OW)O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, (OX)make haste to help me!
13 Let them be [dr]confounded and consumed
Who are adversaries of my life;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor
Who seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.
15 My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And Your salvation all the day,
For I do not know their limits.
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.
17 O God, You have taught me from my (OY)youth;
And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
18 Now also (OZ)when I am old and grayheaded,
O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to everyone who is to come.
19 Also (PA)Your righteousness, O God, is [ds]very high,
You who have done great things;
(PB)O God, who is like You?
20 (PC)You, who have shown me great and severe troubles,
(PD)Shall revive me again,
And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 You shall increase my greatness,
And comfort me on every side.
22 Also (PE)with the lute I will praise You—
And Your faithfulness, O my God!
To You I will sing with the harp,
O (PF)Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And (PG)my soul, which You have redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long;
For they are confounded,
For they are brought to shame
Who seek my hurt.
Glory and Universality of the Messiah’s Reign
A Psalm (PH)of Solomon.
72 Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
2 (PI)He will judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your poor with justice.
3 (PJ)The mountains will bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.
4 (PK)He will bring justice to the poor of the people;
He will save the children of the needy,
And will [dt]break in pieces the oppressor.
5 [du]They shall fear You
(PL)As long as the sun and moon endure,
Throughout all generations.
6 (PM)He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing,
Like showers that water the earth.
7 In His days the righteous shall flourish,
(PN)And abundance of peace,
Until the moon is no more.
8 (PO)He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
9 (PP)Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him,
(PQ)And His enemies will lick the dust.
10 (PR)The kings of Tarshish and of the isles
Will bring presents;
The kings of Sheba and Seba
Will offer gifts.
11 (PS)Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him;
All nations shall serve Him.
12 For He (PT)will deliver the needy when he cries,
The poor also, and him who has no helper.
13 He will spare the poor and needy,
And will save the souls of the needy.
14 He will redeem their life from oppression and violence;
And (PU)precious shall be their blood in His sight.
15 And He shall live;
And the gold of (PV)Sheba will be given to Him;
Prayer also will be made for Him continually,
And daily He shall be praised.
16 There will be an abundance of grain in the earth,
On the top of the mountains;
Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon;
(PW)And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
17 (PX)His name shall endure forever;
His name shall continue as long as the sun.
And (PY)men shall be blessed in Him;
(PZ)All nations shall call Him blessed.
18 (QA)Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,
(QB)Who only does wondrous things!
19 And (QC)blessed be His glorious name forever!
(QD)And let the whole earth be filled with His glory.
Amen and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
Footnotes
- Psalm 42:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 42:1 Lit. longs for
- Psalm 42:2 So with MT, Vg.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Tg. I see the face of God
- Psalm 42:5 Lit. bowed down
- Psalm 42:5 So with MT, Tg.; a few Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. The help of my countenance, my God
- Psalm 42:6 So with MT, Tg.; a few Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. put my God at the end of v. 5
- Psalm 42:6 Or Mount
- Psalm 42:10 Lit. shattering
- Psalm 42:10 revile
- Psalm 42:11 Lit. salvation
- Psalm 43:3 dwelling places
- Psalm 43:5 Lit. salvation
- Psalm 44:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 44:2 Gentiles, heathen
- Psalm 44:4 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. and my God
- Psalm 44:4 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. Who commands
- Psalm 44:10 plunder
- Psalm 44:20 Worshiped
- Psalm 44:25 Ground, in humiliation
- Psalm 45:1 Heb. Shoshannim
- Psalm 45:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 45:1 skillful
- Psalm 45:3 Belt on
- Psalm 46:1 An abundantly available help
- Psalm 46:2 Lit. heart
- Psalm 46:4 dwelling places
- Psalm 46:5 shaken
- Psalm 46:5 Lit. at the turning of the morning
- Psalm 48:2 height
- Psalm 48:14 So with MT, Syr.; LXX, Vg. Forever
- Psalm 49:4 riddle
- Psalm 49:9 experience corruption
- Psalm 49:11 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Their graves shall be their houses forever
- Psalm 49:12 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. understand (cf. v. 20)
- Psalm 49:14 Or Sheol
- Psalm 49:15 Or Sheol
- Psalm 49:19 The light of life
- Psalm 50:5 Lit. cut
- Psalm 50:8 reprove
- Psalm 50:18 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. ran
- Psalm 51:4 LXX, Tg., Vg. in Your words
- Psalm 52:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 52:7 Lit. desire, in evil sense
- Psalm 52:9 Or has a good reputation
- Psalm 53:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 53:6 Or His captive people
- Psalm 54:1 Heb. neginoth
- Psalm 54:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 54:4 sustain my soul
- Psalm 54:5 Destroy them
- Psalm 54:5 Or faithfulness
- Psalm 55:1 Heb. neginoth
- Psalm 55:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 55:2 wander
- Psalm 55:9 speech, their counsel
- Psalm 55:15 Or Sheol
- Psalm 55:20 treaty
- Psalm 55:22 shaken
- Psalm 56:1 Heb. Jonath Elem Rechokim
- Psalm 57:1 Heb. Al Tashcheth
- Psalm 57:3 snaps at or hounds me, or crushes me
- Psalm 57:9 Gentiles
- Psalm 58:1 Heb. Al Tashcheth
- Psalm 58:6 Break away
- Psalm 59:1 Heb. Al Tashcheth
- Psalm 59:1 Lit. Set me on high
- Psalm 59:5 Gentiles
- Psalm 59:8 Gentiles
- Psalm 59:9 So with MT, Syr.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Tg., Vg. my Strength
- Psalm 59:9 Lit. fortress
- Psalm 59:10 So with Qr.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Vg. My God, His mercy; Kt., some Heb. mss., Tg. O God, my mercy; Syr. O God, Your mercy
- Psalm 59:15 So with LXX, Vg.; MT, Syr., Tg. spend the night
- Psalm 60:1 Heb. Shushan Eduth
- Psalm 60:3 staggering
- Psalm 60:7 Lit. protection
- Psalm 61:1 Heb. neginah
- Psalm 61:4 tent
- Psalm 61:7 Lit. guard or keep
- Psalm 62:2 strong tower
- Psalm 62:2 shaken
- Psalm 62:5 hope
- Psalm 62:6 shaken
- Psalm 62:9 vanity
- Psalm 62:12 reward
- Psalm 63:5 Lit. fat
- Psalm 63:5 Abundance
- Psalm 63:10 Lit. pour him out by the hand of the sword
- Psalm 63:10 Prey
- Psalm 64:1 complaint
- Psalm 65:1 A promised deed
- Psalm 65:8 shout for joy
- Psalm 65:9 give attention to
- Psalm 66:9 slip
- Psalm 66:12 abundance
- Psalm 66:13 Promised deeds
- Psalm 66:17 praised
- Psalm 67:1 Heb. neginoth
- Psalm 67:6 give her produce
- Psalm 68:4 Praise
- Psalm 68:4 MT deserts; Tg. heavens (cf. v. 34 and Is. 19:1)
- Psalm 68:4 Lit. Lord, a shortened Heb. form
- Psalm 68:11 host
- Psalm 68:12 plunder
- Psalm 68:13 Or saddlebags
- Psalm 68:16 Lit. stare
- Psalm 68:23 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. you may dip your foot
- Psalm 68:24 Lit. goings
- Psalm 68:27 throng
- Psalm 68:28 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Command, O God
- Psalm 69:1 Heb. Shoshannim
- Psalm 69:1 Lit. soul
- Psalm 69:6 Wait in faith
- Psalm 69:6 dishonored
- Psalm 69:11 Symbolic of sorrow
- Psalm 69:12 Sit as judges
- Psalm 69:20 Lit. sickness
- Psalm 69:36 Lit. seed
- Psalm 70:2 So with MT, LXX, Tg., Vg.; some Heb. mss., Syr. appalled (cf. 40:15)
- Psalm 70:3 An expression of scorn
- Psalm 71:3 Lit. rock of refuge or rock of habitation
- Psalm 71:6 sustained from the womb
- Psalm 71:13 ashamed
- Psalm 71:19 great, lit. to the height of heaven
- Psalm 72:4 crush
- Psalm 72:5 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. They shall continue
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