Book One

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.

He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.

Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

They search out injustice, saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.” For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

By awesome deeds you answer us with righteousness, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas;

who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples,

He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. There did we rejoice in him,

The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and everything that moves in them.

May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!

You divided the sea by your might; you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.

I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.” Then my spirit made a diligent search:

Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen.

He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap.

he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas;

He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.

You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.

I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.

Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the Lord on high is mighty!

The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.

Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.

These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.

Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works; they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry, and he led them through the deep as through a desert.

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;

For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.

He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high,

The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back.

What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?

Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.

to him who divided the Red Sea in two, for his steadfast love endures forever;

but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

O Lord, you have searched me and known me!

You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.

If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.

who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;

Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps,