Chronological

32 A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.

² Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.

³ Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto him with a loud noise.

⁴ For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done with faithfulness.

⁵ He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

⁶ By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

⁷ Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel; laying up the depths in storehouses.

⁸ Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all the inhabitants of the world be in awe of him.

⁹ For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they were created.

¹⁰ The Lord bringeth to naught the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes.

¹¹ But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

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

¹³ The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of men.

¹⁴ From his habitation which he hath prepared, he hath looked upon all that dwell on the earth.

¹⁵ He who hath made the hearts of every one of them: who understandeth all their works.

¹⁶ The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant be saved by his own great strength.

¹⁷ Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall he be saved by the abundance of his strength.

¹⁸ Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and on them that hope in his mercy.

¹⁹ To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.

²⁰ Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and protector.

²¹ For in him our heart shall rejoice: and in his holy name we have trusted.

²² Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in thee.

51 Unto the end, understanding for David,

² When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech. [1 Kings 22.]

³ Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity?

⁴ All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

⁵ Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.

⁶ Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.

⁷ Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

⁸ The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say:

⁹ Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

¹⁰ But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.

¹¹ I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight of thy saints.

86 For the sons of Core, a psalm of a canticle. The foundations thereof are in the holy mountains:

² The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

³ Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God.

⁴ I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there.

⁵ Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.

⁶ The Lord shall tell in his writings of peoples and of princes, of them that have been in her.

⁷ The dwelling in thee is as it were of all rejoicing.

122 To thee have I lifted up my eyes, who dwellest in heaven.

² Behold as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, As the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress: so are our eyes unto the Lord our God, until he have mercy on us.

³ Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for we are greatly filled with contempt.

⁴ For our soul is greatly filled: we are a reproach to the rich, and contempt to the proud.