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To the Overcomer, A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy saving health how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou givest him beforehand the blessings of goodness; thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou didst give him length of days for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great in thy saving health; honour and beauty hast thou laid upon him.
6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever; thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 ¶ For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger; the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth and their seed from among the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a wicked device, but they did not prevail.
12 Therefore shalt thou separate them; thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy valour.
To the Overcomer upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me and from the words of my cry?
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest in the midst of the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee and were delivered: they trusted in thee and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men and despised of the people.
7 All those that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 Turn him over to the LORD, let him deliver him, let him save him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou hast made me wait upon thee since I was upon my mother’s breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
11 ¶ Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is no one to help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round about.
13 They opened their mouth upon me as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may count all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my life from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth and from the horns of the unicorns.
22 ¶ I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor in spirit; neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried unto him, he heard.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before those that fear him.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied: those that seek him shall praise the LORD; your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD; and all the families of the Gentiles shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s, and he shall have dominion over the Gentiles.
29 All those that are fat upon earth shall eat and worship; all those that go down to the dust shall bow before him; and no one can keep his own soul alive.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he has done this.
A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff shall comfort me.
5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup is running over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will rest in the house of the LORD for ever.
A Psalm of David.
1 ¶ The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein.
2 For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
3 ¶ Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in the place of his holiness?
4 He that has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken my name in vain, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his saving health.
6 This is the generation of those that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 ¶ Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of the hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
A Psalm of David.
Aleph
1 ¶ Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Beth
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.
Gimel
3 Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed; those which rebel without cause shall be ashamed.
Daleth
4 Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
He
5 Cause me to walk in thy truth and teach me: for thou art the God of my saving health; I have waited for thee all the day.
Vau
6 Remember, O LORD, thy compassion and thy mercies, for they have been ever of old.
Zain
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions; according to thy mercy remember me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Cheth
8 ¶ Good and upright is the LORD: therefore he will teach sinners in the way.
Teth
9 He will cause the humble to pass through the judgment, and the meek he will teach his way.
Jod
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Caph
11 For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great.
Lamed
12 Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Mem
13 His soul shall rest in that which is good; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Nun
14 The secret of the LORD is for those that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.
Samech
15 ¶ Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Ain
16 Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted.
Tzaddi
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Resh
18 Look upon my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins.
Resh
19 Consider my enemies, for they are multiplied; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Schin
20 O keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee.
Tau
21 Integrity and uprightness shall preserve me, for I have waited for thee.
Pe
22 Ransom Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
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