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Psalms 3
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies {upon} the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
[A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.] LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many {are} they that rise up against me.
Many {there be} which say of my soul, {There is} no help for him in God. Selah.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Salvation {belongeth} unto the LORD: thy blessing {is} upon thy people. Selah.
But thou, O LORD, {art} a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. {for: or, about}
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set {themselves} against me round about.
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Psalms 7
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
My defence {is} of God, which saveth the upright in heart. {My...: Heb. My buckler is upon God}
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending {it} in pieces, while {there is} none to deliver. {none...: Heb. not a deliverer}
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry {with the wicked} every day. {judgeth...: or, is a righteous judge}
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch {which} he made. {He made a pit: Heb. He hath digged a pit}
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
[Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.] O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: {words: or, business}
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me {to} the judgment {that} thou hast commanded.
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity {that is} in me.
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take {it}; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Psalms 6
[To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.] O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. {chief...: or, overseer} {Sheminith: or, the eighth}
For in death {there is} no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return {and} be ashamed suddenly.
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I {am} weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. {all...: or, every night}
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 2
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. {set: Heb. anointed} {upon...: Heb. upon Zion, the hill of my holiness}
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou {art} my Son; this day have I begotten thee. {the decree: or, for a decree}
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. {vex: or, trouble}
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Ask of me, and I shall give {thee} the heathen {for} thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth {for} thy possession.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? {rage: or, tumultuously assemble} {imagine: Heb. meditate}
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, {saying},
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish {from} the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed {are} all they that put their trust in him.
Psalms 4
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time {that} their corn and their wine increased.
[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me {when I was} in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. {chief...: or, overseer} {have...: or, be gracious unto me}
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
O ye sons of men, how long {will ye turn} my glory into shame? {how long} will ye love vanity, {and} seek after leasing? Selah.
{There be} many that say, Who will shew us {any} good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Psalms 8
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. {ordained: Heb. founded}
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; {All...: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them}
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all {things} under his feet:
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.] O LORD our Lord, how excellent {is} thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent {is} thy name in all the earth!
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, {and whatsoever} passeth through the paths of the seas.
Psalms 1
The ungodly {are} not so: but {are} like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. {wither: Heb. fade}
But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Blessed {is} the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked}
Psalms 5
[To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.] Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. {defendest...: Heb. coverest over, or, protectest them}
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. {in...: Heb. before thine eyes}
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as {with} a shield. {compass: Heb. crown}
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
For thou {art} not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
But as for me, I will come {into} thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: {and} in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. {thy holy...: Heb. the temple of thy holiness}
For {there is} no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part {is} very wickedness; their throat {is} an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. {faithfulness: or, stedfastness} {their mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of them} {very...: Heb. wickednesses}
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct {my prayer} unto thee, and will look up.
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. {Destroy...: or, Make them guilty} {by...: or, from their counsels}
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. {mine...: Heb. those which observe me}
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. {bloody...: Heb. man of bloods and deceit}
Psalms 9
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
The LORD is known {by} the judgment {which} he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. {Higgaion: that is, Meditation}
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit {that} they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. {O thou...: or, The destructions of the enemy are come to a perpetual end: and their cities hast thou destroyed, etc}
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. {maintained...: Heb. made my judgment} {judging right: Heb. judging in righteousness}
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, {and} all the nations that forget God.
[To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.] I will praise {thee}, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
Put them in fear, O LORD: {that} the nations may know themselves {to be but} men. Selah.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble {which I suffer} of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. {a refuge: Heb. an high place}
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. {humble: or, afflicted}
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall {not} perish for ever.
Psalms 14
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people {as} they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, {There is} no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, {there is} none that doeth good.
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD {is} his refuge.
They are all gone aside, they are {all} together become filthy: {there is} none that doeth good, no, not one. {filthy: Heb. stinking}
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, {and} seek God.
There were they in great fear: for God {is} in the generation of the righteous. {were...: Heb. they feared a fear}
Oh that the salvation of Israel {were come} out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, {and} Israel shall be glad. {Oh...: Heb. Who will give}
Psalms 19
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
{There is} no speech nor language, {where} their voice is not heard. {where...: or, without these their voice is heard: Heb. without their voice heard}
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: {and} in keeping of them {there is} great reward.
His going forth {is} from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous {sins}; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. {the great: or, much}
More to be desired {are they} than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. {the honeycomb: Heb. the dropping of honeycombs}
The law of the LORD {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD {is} sure, making wise the simple. {law: or, doctrine} {converting: or, restoring}
The fear of the LORD {is} clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD {are} true {and} righteous altogether. {true: Heb. truth}
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. {strength: Heb. rock}
Which {is} as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, {and} rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Who can understand {his} errors? cleanse thou me from secret {faults}.
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, {line: or, rule, or, direction}
The statutes of the LORD {are} right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD {is} pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 16
I have set the LORD always before me: because {he is} at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. {rest...: Heb. dwell confidently}
{O my soul}, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou {art} my Lord: my goodness {extendeth} not to thee;
The LORD {is} the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. {of mine...: Heb. of my part}
[Michtam of David.] Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. {Michtam: or, A golden Psalm}
{But} to the saints that {are} in the earth, and {to} the excellent, in whom {is} all my delight.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence {is} fulness of joy; at thy right hand {there are} pleasures for evermore.
Their sorrows shall be multiplied {that} hasten {after} another {god}: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. {hasten...: or, give gifts to another}
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant {places}; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Psalms 13
But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, {having} sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; {and} those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Consider {and} hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the {sleep of} death;
I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? {chief...: or, overseer}
Psalms 17
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Hold up my goings in thy paths, {that} my footsteps slip not. {slip...: Heb. be not moved}
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
From the wicked that oppress me, {from} my deadly enemies, {who} compass me about. {oppress: Heb. waste} {my...: Heb. my enemies against the soul}
Like as a lion {that} is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. {Like...: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravin} {lurking: Heb. sitting}
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept {me from} the paths of the destroyer.
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, {which is} thy sword: {disappoint...: Heb. prevent his face} {which is: or, by}
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust {in thee} from those that rise up {against them}. {by thy...: or, them which trust in thee from those that rise up against thy right hand}
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, {and hear} my speech.
[A Prayer of David.] Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, {that goeth} not out of feigned lips. {the right: Heb. justice} {not...: Heb. without lips of deceit}
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited {me} in the night; thou hast tried me, {and} shalt find nothing; I am purposed {that} my mouth shall not transgress.
From men {which are} thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, {which have} their portion in {this} life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid {treasure}: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their {substance} to their babes. {which are: or, by} {they...: or, their children are full}
Psalms 18
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. {subdued: Heb. caused to bow}
I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. {As soon...: Heb. At the hearing of the ear} {submit...: or, yield feigned obedience} {strangers: Heb. sons of the stranger}
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness {was} under his feet.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, {even} into his ears.
[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day {that} the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,] I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. {before: Heb. with}
Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
For who {is} God save the LORD? or who {is} a rock save our God?
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. {out of his nostrils: Heb. by his, etc}
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. {ungodly men: Heb. Belial}
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. {violent...: Heb. man of violence}
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. {strangers: Heb. sons of the stranger}
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
For all his judgments {were} before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
The LORD {is} my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, {and} my high tower. {my strength: Heb. my rock}
At the brightness {that was} before him his thick clouds passed, hail {stones} and coals of fire.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. {many: or, great}
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. {run...: or, broken}
He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him {were} dark waters {and} thick clouds of the skies.
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. {shew thyself froward: or, wrestle}
I will call upon the LORD, {who is worthy} to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. {sorrows: or, cords}
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. {thy gentleness...: or, with thy meekness thou hast multiplied me}
The LORD liveth; and blessed {be} my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
{It is} God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. {avengeth: Heb. giveth avengements for} {subdueth: or, destroyeth}
He maketh my feet like hinds' {feet}, and setteth me upon my high places.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. {my feet: Heb. mine ankles}
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; {and} thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people {whom} I have not known shall serve me.
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. {give...: or, confess}
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. {in...: Heb. before his eyes}
{It is} God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
{As for} God, his way {is} perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he {is} a buckler to all those that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}
They cried, but {there was} none to save {them: even} unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail {stones} and coals of fire.
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. {candle: or, lamp}
Psalms 15
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. {He that} sweareth to {his own} hurt, and changeth not.
{He that} backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. {taketh...: or, receiveth, or, endureth}
{He that} putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these {things} shall never be moved.
[A Psalm of David.] LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? {abide: Heb. sojourn}
Psalms 10
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, {whom} the LORD abhorreth. {heart's: Heb. soul's} {blesseth...: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD}
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? {why} hidest thou {thyself} in times of trouble?
The LORD {is} King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
He croucheth, {and} humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. {He...: Heb. He breaketh himself} {by...: or, into his strong parts}
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for {I shall} never {be} in adversity. {never: Heb. unto generation and generation}
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: {prepare: or, establish}
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. {secretly: Heb. in the secret places}
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue {is} mischief and vanity. {deceit: Heb. deceits} {vanity: or, iniquity}
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. {humble: or, afflicted}
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil {man}: seek out his wickedness {till} thou find none.
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. {oppress: or, terrify}
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. {are...: Heb. hide themselves}
Thou hast seen {it}; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite {it} with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. {committeth: Heb. leaveth}
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments {are} far above out of his sight: {as for} all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek {after God}: God {is} not in all his thoughts. {God is...: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God}
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see {it}.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require {it}.
The wicked in {his} pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. {The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}
Psalms 12
[To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.] Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. {upon...: or, upon the eighth} {Help: or, Save}
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. {them from: Heb. him, etc: that is, every one of them, etc}
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: {with} flattering lips {and} with a double heart do they speak. {a double...: Heb. an heart and an heart}
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, {and} the tongue that speaketh proud things: {proud: Heb. great}
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. {men: Heb. of the sons of the men}
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips {are} our own: who {is} lord over us? {are...: Heb. are with us}
The words of the LORD {are} pure words: {as} silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set {him} in safety {from him that} puffeth at him. {puffeth...: or, would ensnare him}
Psalms 11
The LORD {is} in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne {is} in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: {this shall be} the portion of their cup. {an horrible...: or, a burning tempest}
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David.] In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee {as} a bird to your mountain?
For, lo, the wicked bend {their} bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. {privily: Heb. in darkness}
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Psalms 22
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. {am...: Heb. there is no silence to me}
[To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? {why art thou so} far from helping me, {and from} the words of my roaring? {Aijeleth...: or, the hind of the morning} {helping...: Heb. my salvation}
But thou {art} holy, {O thou} that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Be not far from me; for trouble {is} near; for {there is} none to help. {none...: Heb. not a helper}
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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. {out of...: or, sundered}
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
They gaped upon me {with} their mouths, {as} a ravening and a roaring lion. {gaped...: Heb. opened their mouths against me}
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, {saying}, {shoot...: Heb. open}
But I {am} a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
But thou {art} he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope {when I was} upon my mother's breasts. {didst...: or, kept me in safety}
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou {art} my God from my mother's belly.
Many bulls have compassed me: strong {bulls} of Bashan have beset me round.
I may tell all my bones: they look {and} stare upon me.
They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
He trusted on the LORD {that} he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. {He trusted...: Heb. He rolled himself on} {seeing...: or, if he delight in}
My praise {shall be} of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done {this}.
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. {my darling: Heb. my only one} {power: Heb. hand}
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
For the kingdom {is} the LORD'S: and he {is} the governor among the nations.
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
All {they that be} fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Psalms 21
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. {made him most...: Heb. set him to be blessings} {made him exceeding...: Heb. make him glad with joy}
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: {so} will we sing and praise thy power.
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
His glory {is} great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
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.
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, {when} thou shalt make ready {thine arrows} upon thy strings against the face of them. {shalt thou...: or, thou shalt set them as a butt} {back: Heb. shoulder}
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
He asked life of thee, {and} thou gavest {it} him, {even} length of days for ever and ever.
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Psalms 20
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; {defend...: Heb. set thee on an high place}
Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; {thee help: Heb. thy help} {strengthen: Heb. support}
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. {accept: Heb. turn to ashes: or, make fat}
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up {our} banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. {his holy...: Heb. the heaven of his holiness} {with...: Heb. by the strength of the salvation of}
Some {trust} in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms 29
The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
[A Psalm of David.] Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. {ye mighty: Heb. ye sons of the mighty}
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of {his} glory. {to calve: or, to be in pain} {doth...: or, every whit of it uttereth, etc}
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. {the glory...: Heb. the honour of his name} {in...: or, in his glorious sanctuary}
The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. {divideth: Heb. cutteth out}
The voice of the LORD {is} upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD {is} upon many waters. {many: or, great}
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the LORD {is} powerful; the voice of the LORD {is} full of majesty. {powerful: Heb. in power} {full...: Heb. in majesty}
The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
Psalms 25
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou {art} the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it {is} great.
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
[{A Psalm} of David.] Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Mine eyes {are} ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. {pluck: Heb. bring forth}
The troubles of my heart are enlarged: {O} bring thou me out of my distresses.
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they {have been} ever of old. {tender...: Heb. bowels}
Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
What man {is} he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way {that} he shall choose.
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. {dwell...: Heb. lodge in goodness}
The secret of the LORD {is} with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. {and...: or, and his covenant to make them know it}
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I {am} desolate and afflicted.
Good and upright {is} the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. {cruel...: Heb. hatred of violence}
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
All the paths of the LORD {are} mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalms 23
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. {for ever: Heb. to length of days}
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
[A Psalm of David.] The LORD {is} my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. {green...: Heb. pastures of tender grass} {still...: Heb. waters of quietness}
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 they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. {anointest: Heb. makest fat}
Psalms 26
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
In whose hands {is} mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. {full...: Heb. filled with}
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. {where...: Heb. of the tabernacle of thy honour}
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
For thy lovingkindness {is} before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: {Gather...: or, Take not away} {bloody...: Heb. men of blood}
[{A Psalm} of David.] Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; {therefore} I shall not slide.
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Psalms 31
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. {my...: Heb. to me for a rock of strength}
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
For thou {art} my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. {a broken...: Heb. a vessel that perisheth}
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, {yea}, my soul and my belly.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou {art} my strength.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, {and} let them be silent in the grave. {silent...: or, cut off for}
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
My times {are} in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: {for} the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. {grievous...: Heb. a hard thing}
Blessed {be} the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. {strong: or, fenced}
For I have heard the slander of many: fear {was} on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
{Oh} how great {is} thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; {which} thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalms 30
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
For his anger {endureth but} a moment; in his favour {is} life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy {cometh} in the morning. {his anger...: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger} {for a night: Heb. in the evening} {joy: Heb. singing}
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
[A Psalm {and} Song {at} the dedication of the house of David.] I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. {at...: or, to the memorial}
I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
What profit {is there} in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
To the end that {my} glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. {my glory: that is, my tongue, or, my soul}
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, {and} I was troubled. {made...: Heb. settled strength for my mountain}
Psalms 28
Blessed {be} the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
The LORD {is} their strength, and he {is} the saving strength of his anointed. {their: or, his} {saving...: Heb. strength of salvations}
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. {feed: or, rule}
[{A Psalm} of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, {if} thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. {to me: Heb. from me}
Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. {thy...: or, the oracle of thy sanctuary}
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief {is} in their hearts.
The LORD {is} my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
Psalms 27
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. {joy: Heb. shouting}
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this {will} I {be} confident.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Hear, O LORD, {when} I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
[{A Psalm} of David.] The LORD {is} my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD {is} the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
{I had fainted}, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
{When thou saidst}, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. {When...: or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face, etc}
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. {take...: Heb. gather me}
One {thing} have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. {the beauty: or, the delight}
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. {a plain...: Heb. a way of plainness} {mine...: Heb. those which observe me}
When the wicked, {even} mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. {came...: Heb. approached against me}
Hide not thy face {far} from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 24
This {is} the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. {O Jacob: or, O God of Jacob}
[A Psalm of David.] The earth {is} the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he {is} the King of glory. Selah.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift {them} up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. {He...: Heb. The clean of hands}
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Who {is} this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
Psalms 32
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. {guide...: Heb. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee}
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. {when...: Heb. of finding}
Many sorrows {shall be} to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all {ye that are} upright in heart.
Thou {art} my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
[{A Psalm} of David, Maschil.] Blessed {is he whose} transgression {is} forgiven, {whose} sin {is} covered. {A Psalm...: or, A Psalm of David giving instruction}
Psalms 34
[{A Psalm} of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.] I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise {shall} continually {be} in my mouth. {Abimelech: or, Achish}
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear {thereof}, and be glad.
Psalms 33
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: {for} praise is comely for the upright.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he {is} our help and our shield.
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. {to all...: Heb. to generation and generation}
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. {goodness: or, mercy}
Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Behold, the eye of the LORD {is} upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. {bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate}
For the word of the LORD {is} right; and all his works {are done} in truth.
An horse {is} a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver {any} by his great strength.
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery {and} an instrument of ten strings.
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
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