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Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor has stood in the way of sinners, nor has sat in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the Law of Jehovah; and in His Law he meditates day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not wither, and all that he does shall prosper.
4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For Jehovah knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 2

1 Why do the nations rage, and the peoples devise a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth take their stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Jehovah and against His anointed, saying,
3 Let us break and tear away their bonds, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He who sits in the Heavens shall laugh; Jehovah shall have them in derision.
5 Then He shall speak to them in His anger, and terrify them in His wrath.
6 Yet, I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: Jehovah has said unto Me, You are My Son; today I have begotten You.
8 Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 And now be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

Psalm 3

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.
1 O Jehovah, how my adversaries have increased! Many are they who rise up against me.
2 Many are saying of my soul, There is no deliverance for him in God. Selah.
3 But You, O Jehovah, are a shield for me; my glory, the One who lifts up my head.
4 I cried unto Jehovah with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill. Selah.
5 I lay down and slept. I awoke, for Jehovah sustained me.
6 I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
7 Arise, O Jehovah; deliver me, O my God; for You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
8 Salvation belongs to Jehovah. Your blessing is on Your people. Selah.

Psalm 4

To the Chief Musician. Neginoth. A Psalm of David
1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have enlarged me in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
2 O you sons of men, how long will you turn My glory into shame? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood? Selah.
3 But know that Jehovah has set apart the godly for Himself. Jehovah hears when I call unto Him.
4 Tremble, and sin not; commune within your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and trust in Jehovah.
6 There are many who say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.
7 You have put gladness in my heart, more than during the time when their grain and their wine increased.
8 I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone, Jehovah, make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 5

To the Chief Musician. Nehiloth. A Psalm of David
1 Give ear to my words, O Jehovah; consider my meditation.
2 Give attention to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for unto You will I pray.
3 My voice shall You hear in the morning, O Jehovah; in the morning I will direct my prayer unto You, and I will look up.
4 For You are not a Mighty God that delights in wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with You.
5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight. You hate all doers of iniquity.
6 You shall destroy those who speak lies; Jehovah abhors the man of blood and treachery.
7 But as for me, I will come into Your house in the abundance of Your mercy; I will bow down in Your fear toward Your holy temple.
8 Lead me, O Jehovah, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies; make Your way straight before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
10 Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
11 But let all those who put their trust in You rejoice; let them always shout for joy, because You defend them. And let those who love Your name be joyful in You.
12 For You, O Jehovah, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield.

Psalm 6

To the Chief Musician. Sheminith. A Psalm of David
1 O Jehovah, rebuke me not in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your fury.
2 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am weak; O Jehovah, heal me, for my bones are anxious.
3 My soul also is exceedingly anxious; but You, O Jehovah, how long?
4 Return, O Jehovah, rescue my soul! Deliver me because of Your goodness!
5 For in death there is no remembrance of You; in Sheol who will give thanks to You?
6 I am weary from my groaning; all night I make my bed swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears.
7 My eye has wasted away because of grief; it has grown weak because of all my enemies.
8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for Jehovah has heard the voice of my weeping.
9 Jehovah has heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.
10 Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly dismayed; let them turn back and be ashamed in a moment.

Psalm 7

A song of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite
1 O Jehovah my God, in You I put my trust; deliver me from all those who pursue me, and rescue me,
2 lest they tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to rescue.
3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this: if there is iniquity in my hands;
4 if I have repaid evil to one who was at peace with me, or if I have plundered my enemy without cause;
5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; yea, let him trample down my life upon the earth and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
6 Arise, O Jehovah, in Your anger; lift up Yourself because of the rage of my enemies, and arouse Yourself for me to the judgment which You have commanded.
7 Thus the congregation of the people shall surround You; for their sakes, therefore, return on high.
8 Jehovah shall judge the people; judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity within me.
9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
10 My defense is from God, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God judges the righteous, and the Mighty God is angry with the wicked every day.
12 If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.
13 He has also prepared instruments of death for him; He makes His arrows hotly pursue.
14 Behold, he writhes in iniquity, and has conceived trouble, and has brought forth falsehood.
15 He has excavated a cistern and dug it, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
16 His trouble shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own crown.
17 I will praise Jehovah according to His righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

Psalm 8

To the Chief Musician. Gittith. A Psalm of David
1 O Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens!
2 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings You have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You might remove the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have established;
4 what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?
5 For You have made him lacking a little from God, and have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:
7 all sheep and oxen, even the beasts of the field;
8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea passing through the paths of the seas.
9 O Jehovah, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth!

Psalm 9

To the Chief Musician. Muthlabben. A Psalm of David
1 I will praise You, O Jehovah, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies have turned back, they shall fall and perish at Your presence.
4 For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
5 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked, You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The desolations of the enemy have come to an end forever, and You have destroyed the cities; the remembrance of them has perished with them.
7 But Jehovah shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for justice.
8 And He shall judge the world in righteousness; He shall execute judgment to the people with equity.
9 Jehovah also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress.
10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek You.
11 Sing praises to Jehovah, who dwells in Zion; declare His deeds among the nations.
12 When He investigates bloodshed, He forgets not the cry of the lowly.
13 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; look upon my affliction from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 so that I may declare all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.
15 The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; their own foot is caught in the net which they hid.
16 Jehovah is known. He has executed judgment; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned away into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.
19 Arise, O Jehovah; let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged before Your face.
20 Put them in fear, O Jehovah; let the nations know that they are but men. Selah.

Psalm 10

1 Why do You stand afar off, O Jehovah? Will You hide in times of distress?
2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the lowly; let them be caught in the plots that they have devised.
3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses those who plunder, whom Jehovah has spurned.
4 Through the pride of his countenance the wicked do not seek after God; God is not in all his schemes.
5 His ways are always twisted; Your judgments are high, out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he snorts at them.
6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation I shall not be in adversity!
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and wickedness.
8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are hidden against the unfortunate ones.
9 He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
10 He lies low and crouches, and the poor unfortunate ones have fallen by his might.
11 He has said in his heart, the Mighty God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see it!
12 Arise, O Jehovah! O Mighty God, lift up Your hand! Forget not the lowly poor.
13 Why have the wicked spurned God? He has said in his heart, You will not investigate.
14 But You have seen it, for You pay attention to trouble and provocation; to repay it with Your hand. The poor commits himself to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and the evil one; investigate his wickedness, until You find no more.
16 Jehovah is King forever and ever; the nations have perished out of His land.
17 Jehovah, You have heard the desire of the lowly; You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your ear to hear,
18 to vindicate the fatherless and the oppressed, so that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

Psalm 11

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 In Jehovah I put my trust; how can you say to my soul, Flee like a bird to the mountains?
2 For lo, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow on the string, so that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.
3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4 Jehovah is in His holy temple; Jehovah's throne is in Heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids examine the sons of men.
5 Jehovah tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
6 Upon the wicked He will rain snares, fire and brimstone; and a horrible tempest shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous Jehovah loves righteousness; His face beholds the upright.

Psalm 12

To the Chief Musician. Sheminith. A Psalm of David
1 Help, Jehovah, for the godly man ceases; for the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men.
2 They speak vanity each one with his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
3 Jehovah shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things,
4 that has said, We shall be strong with our tongue; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?
5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says Jehovah; I will set him in the safety for which he pants.
6 The Words of Jehovah are pure Words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 You shall keep them, O Jehovah, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Psalm 13

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 How long will You forget me, O Jehovah? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my inner being daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him, and those who oppress me rejoice when I am shaken.
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will sing to Jehovah, because He has dealt bountifully with me.

Psalm 14

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They are corrupt; they have done abominable works, there is no one who does good.
2 Jehovah looked down from Heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.
3 They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, no, not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity not known, eating up My people as they eat bread? They have not called upon Jehovah.
5 There they were in great fear; for God is in the generation of the righteous.
6 You shame the counsel of the lowly, for Jehovah is his refuge.
7 Oh that the salvation of Israel was out of Zion! When Jehovah brings back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 15

A Psalm of David
1 O Jehovah, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill?
2 He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart;
3 he who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
4 in whose eyes the reprobate is despised, but he honors those who fear Jehovah; he has sworn to his hurt, and does not change it;
5 he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 16

Michtam of David
1 Watch over me, O Mighty God, for in You I put my trust.
2 Oh my soul, you have said to Jehovah, You are my Lord; I have no goodness apart from You.
3 As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood; and I will not take up their names on my lips.
5 Jehovah is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; You shall uphold my lot.
6 The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance.
7 I will bless Jehovah, who has given me counsel; my heart also instructs me at night.
8 I have set Jehovah always before Me; because He is at My right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore My heart is glad, and My glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope;
10 for You will not leave My soul in Sheol; nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
11 You will make known to Me the way of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy. At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 17

A Prayer of David
1 Hear a just cause, O Jehovah; give attention to my cry, listen to my prayer; for it is not from deceitful lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from Your presence; let Your eyes behold with equity.
3 You have examined my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the Words of Your lips, I have kept from the paths of the destroyer.
5 My steps have been upheld in Your paths, so that my footsteps have not slipped.
6 I have called upon You, for You hear me, O Mighty God; extend Your ear to me, and hear my speech.
7 Set apart Your wonderful lovingkindness, O You who by Your right hand saves those who trust in You, from those who rise up against me.
8 Keep me as the pupil of the eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
9 from the face of the wicked who have devastated me; from the enemies of my soul who surround me.
10 They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouths they speak proudly.
11 They have encompassed us in our steps, they keep watch with their eyes, lying down on the ground,
12 like a lion that longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O Jehovah, forestall him; bow him down; deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
14 from men by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure. They are satisfied with children, and leave an abundance to their infants.
15 As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with the image of You.

Psalm 18

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he said,
1 I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.
2 Jehovah is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my Mighty God, my rock wall, in whom I will trust; He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3 I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be delivered from my enemies.
4 The cords of death have surrounded me, and the floods of the wicked made me afraid.
5 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death have confronted me.
6 In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; and the foundations of the hills quaked and were shaken, because He was angry.
8 Smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it.
9 He also bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness was under His feet.
10 And He rode upon a cherub, and soared; yea, He flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness His secret place; His pavilion around Him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 From the brightness before Him, His dark clouds passed over with hailstones and coals of fire.
13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave forth His voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
14 Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and confounded them.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at Your rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
16 He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me.
18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but Jehovah was my support.
19 He brought me forth also into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
20 Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has given back to me.
21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all His judgments were before me, and I did not put away His Statutes from me.
23 I was also perfect before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
24 Therefore Jehovah has given back to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
25 With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; with a perfect man You will show Yourself perfect;
26 with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the crooked You will show Yourself twisted.
27 For You will save the lowly people, but will bring down lofty looks.
28 For You will light my lamp; Jehovah my God will cause my darkness to shine.
29 For by You I run against a troop; and by my God I leap over a wall.
30 As for the Mighty God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tested; He is a shield to all those who trust in Him.
31 For who is God besides Jehovah? Or, who is a Rock except our God?
32 It is the Mighty God who clasps me with strength and makes my way perfect.
33 He makes my feet like the feet of deer, and sets me on my high places.
34 He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is stretched by my arms.
35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your right hand has held me up, and Your meekness has made me great.
36 You enlarged the place for my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped.
37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; nor did I turn back until they were destroyed.
38 I have shattered them, and they cannot rise again; they have fallen under my feet.
39 For You have clasped me with strength for the battle; You bowed down under me those who rose up against me.
40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies; so that I annihilated those who hated me.
41 They cried out for help, but there was no one to deliver; even to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.
42 Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like the dirt in the streets.
43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; the children of foreigners shall cower before me.
45 The children of foreigners shall fall down and come trembling out of their holes.
46 Jehovah lives! Blessed be my rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted!
47 It is the Mighty God who avenges me, and puts the people to flight.
48 He delivers me from my enemies; yea, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.
49 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Jehovah, among the nations, and make music unto Your name,
50 who gives great deliverance to His king, and deals mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed forevermore.

Psalm 19

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 The heavens declare the glory of the Mighty God; and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.
2 Day unto day pours forth speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor words where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line has gone out through all the earth and their words to the ends of the world. In them He has set a tent for the sun,
5 which comes forth like a bridegroom out from his chamber; he exults as a strong man to run a race,
6 going forth from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the ends of it. And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
7 The Law of Jehovah is perfect, converting the soul; the Testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The Statutes of Jehovah are upright, rejoicing the heart; the Commandments of Jehovah are pure, illuminating the eyes.
9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of Jehovah are true and altogether just,
10 more to be desired than gold, even than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 And Your servant is warned by them; in keeping them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his errors? Acquit me of that which is hidden;
13 restrain Your servant from arrogance; do not let them rule over me. Then I shall be perfect, and I shall be innocent of great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Jehovah, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Psalm 20

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 May Jehovah answer you in the day of distress, and the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high,
2 sending you help from the sanctuary, and sustaining you out of Zion.
3 May He remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt offering. Selah.
4 May He grant you according to your inner heart, and fulfill all your counsel.
5 We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up banners; may Jehovah fulfill all your petitions.
6 Now I know that Jehovah saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy Heaven with the saving strength of His right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of Jehovah our God.
8 They have bowed down and fallen; but we have risen and stand upright.
9 Save, O Jehovah! Let the King answer us when we call.

Psalm 21

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 The king shall rejoice in Your strength, O Jehovah; and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For You go before him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He asked life from You; You give to him length of days forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in Your salvation; honor and majesty You have placed upon him.
6 For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him rejoice with gladness in Your presence.
7 For the king trusts in Jehovah, and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
8 Your hand shall find out all Your enemies; Your right hand shall find out those who hate You.
9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your presence; Jehovah will swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10 Their fruit shall You destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the sons of men.
11 For they intended evil against You; they devised a plot which they were not able to accomplish.
12 For You will make them turn their back; You will make ready Your arrows on Your strings against their faces.
13 Be exalted, O Jehovah, in Your own strength! We will sing, and make music unto Your power.

Psalm 22

To the chief Musician. Aijeleth Shahar. A Psalm of David
1 My Mighty God, My Mighty God, why have You forsaken Me, and are far from My deliverance, and from the words of My groaning?
2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not answer; and in the nighttime, and am not silent.
3 But You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted, and You delivered them.
5 They cried to You, and were delivered; they trusted in You, and were not ashamed.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
7 All who see Me mock Me; they shoot out the lip; they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on Jehovah; let Him deliver Him; let Him rescue Him, since He delights in Him!
9 For You are He who took Me out of the womb, causing Me to trust while on My mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon You from the womb; You are My Mighty 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 encircled Me; strong bulls of Bashan have surrounded Me.
13 They have gaped at Me with their mouths, like a tearing and roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all My bones are separated; My heart is like wax, it has melted within Me.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and My tongue clings to My jaws; and You have brought Me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have surrounded Me; the congregation of the wicked have enclosed Me. They have pierced My hands and My feet.
17 I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me.
18 They divide My garments among them and cast lots for My clothing.
19 But You, O Jehovah, be not far from Me; O My Strength, make haste to help Me!
20 Deliver My soul from the sword, My only one from the hand of the dog.
21 Deliver Me from the lion's mouth; from the horns of the oryx. You have answered Me.
22 I will declare Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23 You who fear Jehovah, praise Him! All you seed of Jacob, glorify Him; and fear Him all you seed of Israel!
24 For He has not despised nor detested the affliction of the afflicted; nor has He hidden His face from him; but when he cried out to Him, He heard.
25 My praise shall be of You in the great assembly; I will make good My vows before those who fear Him.
26 The lowly shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek Jehovah shall praise Him; your heart shall live forever.
27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Jehovah; and all the families of the nations shall bow down before You.
28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's; and He rules over the nations.
29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and bow down; all those who go down to the dust shall bow before Him, for no one can keep alive his own soul.
30 A seed shall serve Him; it shall be recounted of Jehovah to the coming generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare His righteousness to a people that shall yet be born, that He has done this.

Psalm 23

A Psalm of David
1 Jehovah is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me to waters of rest.
3 He restores my soul; He leads me in paths of righteousness because of His great name.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah forever.

Psalm 24

A Psalm of David
1 The earth is Jehovah's, and the fullness of it; the world, and those who dwell in it.
2 For He has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.
3 Who shall go up into the hill of Jehovah? Or who shall stand in His holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from Jehovah, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of Jacob of those who seek Him, who seek Your face. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of Glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of Glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of Glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of Glory? Jehovah of Hosts, He is the King of Glory. Selah.

Psalm 25

A Psalm of David
1 Unto You, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.
2 O my God, I trust in You; do not let me be ashamed; let not my enemies triumph over me.
3 Yea, let none who wait upon You be ashamed; let them be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause.
4 Make me know Your ways, O Jehovah; teach me Your paths.
5 Lead me in Your truth, and teach me; for You are the God of my salvation; upon You do I wait all day long.
6 Remember, O Jehovah, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses; for they are from antiquity.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Your mercy remember me for Your goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
8 Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore He teaches sinners in the way.
9 The lowly He guides in justice, and the lowly He teaches His way.
10 All the paths of Jehovah are mercy and truth, to those who keep His Covenant and His Testimonies.
11 Because of Your great name, O Jehovah, pardon my iniquity; for it is great.
12 Who is the man that fears Jehovah? He shall teach him in the way that He chooses.
13 His soul shall dwell in good things; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
14 The secret of Jehovah is with those who fear Him; and He will make them know His Covenant.
15 My eyes are ever toward Jehovah; for He shall pluck my feet out of the net.
16 Turn to me, and have mercy upon me, for I am alone and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses.
18 Look upon my affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider my enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
20 Keep my soul, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I have waited upon You.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Psalm 26

A Psalm of David
1 Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Jehovah; I shall not slip.
2 Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; purify my being and my heart.
3 For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your Truth.
4 I have not sat with men of vanity, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
5 I have hated the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence; thus I will go around Your altar, O Jehovah,
7 so that I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all Your marvelous works.
8 Jehovah, I have loved the dwelling place of Your house, and the place where Your honor dwells.
9 Do not take away my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood,
10 in whose hands is an evil plot, and their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But I will walk in my integrity; redeem me and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot stands in an even place; in the congregations I will bless Jehovah.

Psalm 27

A Psalm of David
1 Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, in this I have confidence.
4 One thing I have desired from Jehovah, that I will seek after: That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire in His temple.
5 For in the time of evil He shall hide me in His den, in the secrecy of His tent He shall hide me; He shall lift me up upon a rock.
6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; and I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tent. I will sing; yea, I will make music unto Jehovah.
7 Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry out with my voice, and have mercy upon me and answer me.
8 When You say, Seek My face, my heart has said unto You, Your face, O Jehovah, I will seek.
9 Hide not Your face from me; turn not Your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not leave me, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then Jehovah will gather me up.
11 Teach me Your way, O Jehovah, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.
12 Do not deliver me over to the will of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.
13 I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living.
14 Wait upon Jehovah; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, upon Jehovah!

Psalm 28

A Psalm of David
1 I will cry unto You, O Jehovah my Rock: Do not be silent to me, lest, if You be deaf to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry out to You, when I lift up my hands toward Your Holy of Holies.
3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, yet evil is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their practices; give them according to the work of their hands; give back to them what they deserve.
5 Because they do not consider the works of Jehovah nor the works of His hands, He shall destroy them and not build them up.
6 Blessed is Jehovah, because He has heard the voice of my supplications.
7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart has trusted in Him, and I have been helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him.
8 Jehovah is their strength, and He is the saving refuge of His anointed.
9 Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them also, and bear them up forever.

Psalm 29

A Psalm of David
1 Ascribe unto Jehovah, O you sons of God, ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength.
2 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due His name; bow down before Jehovah in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters; the Mighty God of Glory thunders; Jehovah is over many waters.
4 The voice of Jehovah is powerful, the voice of Jehovah is full of majesty.
5 The voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; yea, Jehovah shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He also makes them skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young oryx.
7 The voice of Jehovah cleaves the flames of fire.
8 The voice of Jehovah shakes the wilderness; Jehovah shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of Jehovah causes the deer to give birth, and lays bare the forests; and in His temple they all say, Glory!
10 Jehovah has dwelt at the Flood; yea, Jehovah remains as King forever.
11 Jehovah will give strength to His people; Jehovah will bless His people with peace.

Psalm 30

A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the House of David
1 I will exalt You, O Jehovah, for You have lifted me up, and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O Jehovah my God, I cried out to You, and You have healed me.
3 O Jehovah, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the Pit.
4 Make music unto Jehovah, O you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.
5 For His anger is but for a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
7 O Jehovah, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled.
8 I cried out to You, O Jehovah; and unto Jehovah I made supplication.
9 What profit is there in my blood, in going down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth?
10 Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me; Jehovah, be my helper!
11 You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have loosened my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
12 so that my glory may make music unto You, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto You forever.

Psalm 31

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 In You, O Jehovah, I put my trust; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Your righteousness.
2 Extend Your ear to me; rescue me quickly; be my rock of refuge, a house of defense to deliver me.
3 For You are my rock and my fortress; therefore for Your great name lead me and guide me.
4 Bring me out of the net that they have hid for me, for You are my strength.
5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Jehovah, the Mighty God of Truth.
6 I have hated those who regard lying vanities; but I trust in Jehovah.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy; for You have looked upon my affliction; You have known the distress of my soul,
8 and have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place.
9 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in trouble; my eye has wasted away with grief; even my soul and my belly.
10 For my life has been spent with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones have wasted away.
11 I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and an object of dread to my friends; those who saw me outside have fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many; fear is on every side; while they take counsel together against me, they have plotted to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in You, O Jehovah; I have said, You are my God.
15 My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.
16 Make Your face shine upon Your servant; in Your mercy deliver me.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O Jehovah; for I have called upon You. Let the wicked be ashamed; let them be silent in Sheol.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; the lips which speak with arrogance, haughtiness and contempt against the just.
19 How great is Your goodness, which You have treasured up for those who fear You, which You have done for those who trust in You before the sons of men!
20 You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the snares of man; You shall hide them in a shelter away from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed is Jehovah, for He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a besieged city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Your eyes; but indeed You heard the voice of my supplications, when I cried out to You.
23 O love Jehovah, all you His saints; for Jehovah preserves the faithful, and abundantly recompenses the proud doer.
24 Be strong, and He will strengthen your heart, all you who hope in Jehovah.

Psalm 32

A Psalm of David. Maschil
1 Blessed is the man whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom Jehovah does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I kept silent, my bones wore out through my roaring all day long.
4 For by day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my sap was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
5 I declared my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, I will confess my transgression to Jehovah, and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6 For this let everyone who is godly pray unto You, in a time when You may be found; surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near him.
7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from distress; You shall enclose me with shouts of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye.
9 Do not be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, so that they do not come near you.
10 The wicked has many sorrows, but mercy envelops him who trusts in Jehovah.
11 Be glad in Jehovah and rejoice, you righteous; and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

Psalm 33

1 Rejoice in Jehovah, O you righteous ones! Praise is becoming to the upright.
2 Praise Jehovah with harp; make music unto Him with a lute and an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto Him a new song; play beautifully with shouts of joy.
4 For the Word of Jehovah is right; and all His works are in truth.
5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the goodness of Jehovah.
6 By the Word of Jehovah were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea like a heap, and designates the depths in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
10 Jehovah brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He restrains and frustrates the devices of the people.
11 The counsel of Jehovah stands forever, the thoughts of His heart from generation to generation.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah; the people He has chosen for His possession.
13 Jehovah looks down from Heaven; He watches all the sons of mankind.
14 From His dwelling place He gazes upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He fashions their hearts together; He understands all their works.
16 The king is not delivered by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not rescued by much strength.
17 A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither shall he provide escape by his great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy;
19 to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waits for Jehovah; He is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name.
22 Let Your mercy, O Jehovah, be upon us, according as we have hoped in You.

Psalm 34

A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed
1 I will bless Jehovah at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make its boast in Jehovah; the lowly shall hear and be glad.
3 O magnify Jehovah with me, and let us exalt His name together.
4 I sought Jehovah, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked to Him, and were radiant; and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard, and delivered him out of all his troubles.
7 The Angel of Jehovah encamps round about those who fear Him, and rescues them.
8 O taste and see that Jehovah is good; blessed is the man who trusts in Him.
9 O fear Jehovah, you His holy ones; for there is nothing lacking to those who fear Him.
10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger; but those who seek Jehovah shall not lack any good thing.
11 Come, you children, give heed to me; I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
12 Who is the man that desires life, and loves days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.
16 The face of Jehovah is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry out, and Jehovah hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
18 Jehovah is near to those of a broken heart, and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Jehovah delivers him out of them all.
20 He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked; and those who hate the righteous shall be held guilty.
22 Jehovah redeems the soul of His servants; and none of those who trust in Him shall be held guilty.

Psalm 35

A Psalm of David
1 Plead my case, O Jehovah, against those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
3 Also draw out the spear and close up the way against those who pursue me; say to my soul, I am your salvation.
4 Let those who seek after my soul be put to shame and dishonored; let those who devise evil against me be turned back and abashed.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the Angel of Jehovah drive them away.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the Angel of Jehovah pursue them.
7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit; without cause they have dug for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him before he knows it, and let his net which he has concealed catch him; let him fall into that very destruction.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah; it shall rejoice in His salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like You, who delivers the lowly from him who is too strong for him; yea, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?
11 Violent witnesses rose up; they asked of me things which I have not known.
12 They rewarded me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
13 But when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fastings; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
14 As a friend, as to my brother, I walked about; as one who mourns for a mother, I was bowed down in gloom, mourning.
15 But at my stumbling they gathered themselves together and rejoiced; and before I knew it the attackers gathered themselves against me; they tore at me and were not still;
16 with the hypocrites, mockers, for a cake, they gnashed at me with their teeth.
17 O Jehovah, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my only one from the lions.
18 I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
19 Let not those who are my deceitful enemies rejoice over me, nor let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.
20 For they do not speak peace; but they devise deceitful things against the quiet ones of the earth.
21 They also open wide their mouths against me and have said, Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it.
22 You have seen this, O Jehovah; do not keep silent; O Jehovah, do not be far from me.
23 Stir up Yourself and awake to my justice, to my case, my God and my Lord.
24 Give judgment for me, O Jehovah my God, according to Your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, Aha! Our soul! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and abashed together, those who rejoice over my adversity. Let them be clothed with shame and reproach who magnify themselves against me.
27 Let those who delight in my justification shout and rejoice; and let them say continually, Let Jehovah be magnified, who delights in the welfare of His servant.
28 And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness and of Your praise all day long.

Psalm 36

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah.
1 The transgression of the wicked declares within my heart: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity and hate is found.
3 The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has left off acting wisely and doing good.
4 He devises wickedness on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not despise evil.
5 Your mercy, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O Jehovah, You deliver man and beast.
7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of Your wings.
8 They shall be satisfied with the fatness of Your house; and You shall make them drink of the river of Your pleasures.
9 For with You is the Fountain of Life; in Your light we shall see light.
10 O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked cause me to wander.
12 There the doers of wickedness have fallen; they have been cast down, and are not able to rise.

Psalm 37

A Psalm of David
1 Do not fret yourself over evil doers, nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass; and wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself also in Jehovah, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.
5 Roll your ways upon Jehovah; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.
6 And He will bring forth your righteousness like the light, and your justice like the noonday.
7 Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over him who prospers in his way, because of him who works out wicked devices.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret; it only leads to evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off; but those who wait upon Jehovah, they shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall be no more; indeed, you shall diligently consider his place, and it shall be no more.
11 But the lowly shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
13 Jehovah laughs at him, for He sees that his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to slaughter those who walk uprightly.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
16 A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Jehovah upholds the righteous.
18 Jehovah knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as prized lambs; they are consumed; like smoke they vanish.
21 The wicked borrows and does not repay, but the righteous shows mercy and gives.
22 For those blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, and those cursed by Him shall be cut off.
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by Jehovah, and he delights in His way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast down, for Jehovah upholds his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
26 All day long he is gracious and lends, and his seed is blessed.
27 Depart from evil and do good, and live forevermore.
28 For Jehovah loves justice and does not forsake His Godly ones; they are preserved forever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell in it forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.
31 The Law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.
33 Jehovah will not abandon him in his hand, nor allow him to be found guilty when he is judged.
34 Wait upon Jehovah and keep His way, and He will lift you up to inherit the earth; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
35 I have seen the wicked, ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he was no more; indeed, I sought for him, but he could not be found.
37 Observe the perfect and consider the upright one; for the latter time of that man is peace.
38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah; He is their strength in the time of distress.
40 And Jehovah will help them and deliver them; He will deliver them from the wicked and save them, because they have trusted in Him.

Psalm 38

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance
1 O Jehovah, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your fury.
2 For Your arrows pierce me, and Your hand presses down upon me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your anger, nor peace within myself because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds have stunk and festered, because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all day long.
7 For my loins are filled with inflammation, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and severely broken; I have roared because of the groanings of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart pants; my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand at a distance from my plague; and my relatives stand afar off.
12 And those who seek my life lay snares for me; and those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, and devise treachery all day long.
13 But like one who is deaf, I do not hear; and I am like a mute one who opens not his mouth.
14 Thus I am like a man who hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in You, O Jehovah, have I hoped; You will hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest they rejoice over me; lest, when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is continually before me.
18 For I will declare my iniquity; I am afraid because of my sin.
19 But my enemies are active; they are strong; and those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
20 And those who render evil for good oppose me, because I follow what is good.
21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me!
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my Salvation!

Psalm 39

To the Chief Musician. Jeduthun. A Psalm of David
1 I said, I will take heed to my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue; I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle while the wicked are before me.
2 I was mute with silence; I kept still, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred up.
3 My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
4 O Jehovah, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am.
5 Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man, even though standing tall, is total vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are stirred up in vain. He heaps up the produce, and does not know who shall gather it.
7 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was mute, I did not open my mouth; because You have done it.
10 Remove Your stroke away from me; I am destroyed by the blow of Your hand.
11 You correct a man for iniquity with rebukes, and you make his desires vanish away like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 Look away from me, that I may regain strength before I go away and be no more.

Psalm 40

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 I waited patiently for Jehovah, and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and secured my steps.
3 And He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God; many shall see it and fear, and shall trust in Jehovah.
4 Blessed is the man who makes Jehovah his trust and has not turned to the proud, nor to such as turn aside to lies.
5 O Jehovah my God, many are the wonderful works which You have done, and Your thoughts which are toward us; they cannot be recounted to You if I were to declare and speak of them, for they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You have not asked.
7 Then I said, Lo, I come (in the volume of the Book it is written of Me):
8 I delight to do Your will, O My God, and Your Law is within My heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great assembly; lo, I have not restrained My lips, O Jehovah, You know.
10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not hidden Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.
11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually keep watch over me.
12 For evils without number have encompassed me; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head; therefore my heart fails me.
13 Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; O Jehovah, make haste to help me!
14 Let them be ashamed and abashed together, those who seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to dishonor, those who wish me evil.
15 Let them be desolate as a consequence of their shame, those who say to me, Aha, aha!
16 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You, and the ones who love your salvation always say, Let Jehovah be magnified.
17 But I am poor and needy; yet Jehovah will have regard for me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Psalm 41

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 Blessed is he who gives attention to the poor; Jehovah will deliver him in the time of evil.
2 Jehovah will watch over him and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed on the earth; and You will not deliver him to the soul of his enemies.
3 Jehovah will sustain him on the bed of illness; You will change his bed of sickness.
4 I said, Jehovah, be merciful unto me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against You.
5 My enemies speak evil of me, saying, When will he die, and his name perish?
6 And when he comes to see me, he speaks vanity; his heart gathers iniquity to itself; he goes out and speaks of it.
7 All those who hate me whisper against me; they plot evil against me.
8 They say, A wicked thing is poured out upon him, and now that he lies down, he shall rise up no more.
9 Even the man of peace in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
10 But You, O Jehovah, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, so that I may repay them.
11 By this I know that You delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, and set me before Your face forever.
13 Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.

Psalm 42

To the chief Musician. Maschil. For the sons of Korah
1 As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living Mighty God; when shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day, Where is your God?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me; for I had gone with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping the feast.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and murmur within me? Hope in God; for I shall praise Him for the deliverance coming from His presence.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan, from the summits of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and Your billows have gone over me.
8 Jehovah will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, my prayer to the Mighty God of my life.
9 I will say to God my Rock, Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a shattering of my bones, my enemies have reproached me, while they say daily to me, Where is your God?
11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you murmur within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him for the deliverance coming from the presence of my God.

Psalm 43

1 Judge for me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For You are the God of my strength; why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning under the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill, and to Your tabernacle.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, the Mighty God, my exceeding joy; yea, on the harp I will give thanks to You, O God, my God.
5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you murmur within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him for the deliverance coming from the presence of my God.

Psalm 44

To the chief Musician. For the sons of Korah. Maschil
1 We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work which You did in their days, in the days of old.
2 You drove out the nations with Your hand, and planted them; You brought evil upon peoples and cast them out.
3 For they did not take the land into possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
4 You are my king, O God; command victories for Jacob.
5 Through You we will push our enemies; through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword deliver me.
7 But You have delivered us from our enemies, and have put to shame those who hated us.
8 In God we have boasted all day long, and praise Your name forever. Selah.
9 But You have cast us off and put us to shame, and You do not go forth with our armies.
10 You make us turn back from the enemy; and those who hate us have plundered for themselves.
11 You have given us up like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sell Your people for nothing, and have not increased wealth by their price.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those who are round about us.
14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 My disgrace is daily before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
16 because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles; before the enemy and avenger.
17 All this has come upon us; yet we have not forgotten You, nor dealt falsely with Your Covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps turned aside from Your way,
19 though You have crushed 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 knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yet, for Your sake we are killed all day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever.
24 Why do You hide Your face, and forget our affliction and distress?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us through Your mercy!

Psalm 45

To the chief Musician. Shoshannim. For the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of the beloved.
1 My heart has been stirred over a good matter; I speak of my works regarding the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2 You are the fairest of the sons of men; grace is poured into Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever.
3 Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O mighty One, with Your glory and Your majesty.
4 And ride prosperously in Your majesty, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.
5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; peoples fall under You.
6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness.
7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows.
8 All Your garments smell of myrrh, and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made You glad.
9 Kings' daughters are among Your precious ones; on Your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Listen, O daughter, consider and extend your ear; forget your own people also, and your father's house.
11 Thus the King shall greatly long for your beauty, for He is your Lord; bow down before Him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall come with a gift; even the rich among the peoples shall entreat your face.
13 The king's daughter is all glorious within; her clothing is plaited with gold.
14 She shall be brought to the King in clothing of needlework; the virgins, her companions who follow, shall be brought to You.
15 They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing; they shall enter into the King's palace.
16 In the place of your fathers shall be your sons, whom you will make princes in all the earth.
17 I will make Your name to be remembered from generation to generation; therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever.

Psalm 46

To the chief Musician. A song for the sons of Korah. Alamoth
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear when the earth changes, when mountains are slipping into the midst of the seas.
3 Let its waters roar and foam; let the mountains shake with the swelling of it. Selah.
4 There is a river whose streams cause rejoicing in the city of God, the consecrated place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God shall help her at the break of day.
6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were shaken; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
7 Jehovah of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of Jehovah, who has made desolations on the earth;
9 who makes wars to cease to the ends of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God! I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
11 Jehovah of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

Psalm 47

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of Korah
1 Clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout unto God with the voice of triumph!
2 For Jehovah Most High is awesome, a great King over all the earth.
3 He shall put to flight the peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
4 He will choose our inheritance for us, the majesty of Jacob whom He has loved. Selah.
5 God has gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a shofar.
6 Sing praises unto God, sing praises! Sing praises unto our King, sing praises!
7 For God is King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.
8 God reigns over the nations, God sits upon the throne of His holiness.
9 The nobles of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted.

Psalm 48

A Song and Psalm for the Sons of Korah
1 Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness.
2 Beautiful in 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 made known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled; they passed by together.
5 They saw it, so they marveled; they were troubled, and hurried away.
6 Fear took hold of them there, and writhing, like a woman giving birth.
7 You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of Jehovah of Hosts, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
9 We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Your temple.
10 According to 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 exult because of Your justice!
12 Walk around Zion, and go all around it; count the towers of it;
13 set your heart on its bulwarks, pass by its fortress; so that you may recount it to the following generation.
14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even unto death.

Psalm 49

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of Korah
1 Hear this, all you peoples; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world;
2 both children of mankind, and sons of men, rich and poor together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will extend my ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the depravity of my supplanters surrounds me?
6 Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the abundance of their riches:
7 None of them can at all redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him
8 (for the redemption of their soul is precious, and it comes to an end forever),
9 that he might yet live forever and never see the pit.
10 For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish ones perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places from generation to generation; they call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man, though precious, does not remain; he is like the animals that perish.
13 This way of theirs is their folly; yet those who follow delight in their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep they are appointed to the grave; death shall shepherd them, and the upright shall have the rule over them in the morning; their form is consumed; Sheol is their home.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the hand of Sheol; for He will carry me away. Selah.
16 Be not afraid when one becomes rich, when the glory of his house increases;
17 for when he dies he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.
18 For in his life he blessed his own soul (indeed, they praise you when you do well for yourself).
19 But he shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 A man with honor, but lacking understanding, is like the animals that perish.

Psalm 50

A Psalm of Asaph.
1 The Mighty God Jehovah has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its going down.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.
3 Our God comes, and He is not silent; a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very stormy all around Him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people.
5 Gather My saints to Me, and those who make a covenant with Me by sacrifice.
6 Let the heavens declare His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah.
7 Hear, My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God.
8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices, or your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me.
9 I will take no bull out of 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, for the world is Mine, and the fullness of it.
13 Will I eat the flesh of the mighty, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God thanksgiving, and make good your vows to the Most High,
15 and call on Me in the day of trouble; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
16 But to the wicked God says, What is it you do, to declare My Statutes, and to take up My Covenant in your mouth;
17 seeing as how you hate correction, and cast off My Words behind you?
18 When you saw a thief, then you were pleased to be with him, and have been a partaker with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth to evil, 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 have kept silent; you thought that I was like yourself; but I will rebuke you, and set in order before your eyes.
22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; and to him who orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.

Psalm 51

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba
1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me completely from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.
4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done evil in Your sight; that You might be found just when You speak, and pure when You judge.
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part You shall 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 You have broken may rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me with a willing 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, O God of my salvation, and my tongue shall shout aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shall You be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.

Psalm 52

To the Chief Musician. Maschil. A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.
1 Why do you boast yourself in evil, O mighty man? The Mighty God is good daily.
2 Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than good, and lying more than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.
5 The Mighty God will likewise destroy you forever; He will take you away, and pluck you out of your tent, and has rooted you out of the land of the living. Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
7 Behold, the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and was strong in his wickedness.
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
9 I will give thanks to You forever, because You have done it; and in the presence of Your saints I will wait upon Your name, for it is good.

Psalm 53

To the chief Musician. Mahalath. Maschil. A Psalm of David
1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; there is no one who does good.
2 God looked down from Heaven upon the children of mankind to see if any was circumspect, seeking God.
3 Every one of them has turned back; they have all together become corrupt; not one is doing good, no, not even one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? They eat up my people as they eat bread; they have not called upon God.
5 There they fear with dread, where there was no dread, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; you have put them to shame because God has rejected them.
6 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 54

To the Chief Musician. Neginoth. Maschil. A Psalm of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Does not David hide himself among us?
1 Deliver me, O God, by Your name, and contend for 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 terrible men seek after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah.
4 Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is with those who uphold my soul.
5 He will repay evil to my enemies; cut them off in Your truth.
6 I will freely sacrifice unto You; I will praise Your name, O Jehovah, for it is good.
7 For He has delivered me out of all trouble; and my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.

Psalm 55

To the chief Musician. Neginoth. Maschil. A Psalm of David
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not Yourself from my supplication.
2 Give attention to me, and hear me; I am restless in my meditation, and murmur;
3 because of the voice of the enemy, from the oppression of the wicked; for they drop down trouble upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart writhes within me; and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling have come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
6 And I said, Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
7 Lo, I would wander far off; I would abide in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the rushing wind and tempest.
9 Swallow up, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go around upon its walls; wickedness and trouble are also in its midst.
11 Lust is in its midst; oppression and guile do not depart from its streets.
12 For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, then I could bear it. It is not one who hates me who magnified himself against me, or I would hide myself from him;
13 but it is you, a man my equal, my friend and acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in the throng.
15 Let death seize them, and let them go down alive into Sheol; for evil is among them and in their dwellings.
16 As for me, I will call upon God, and Jehovah will deliver me.
17 Evening and morning and at noon I meditate and am in a stir; and He will hear my voice.
18 He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; for there were many against me.
19 The Mighty God will hear and testify to them, even He who abides from of old. Selah. Because they do not change, therefore they do not fear God.
20 He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken his covenant.
21 His flattery has been with forked tongue, and war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
22 Cast your burden upon Jehovah, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to totter.
23 But You, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in You.

Psalm 56

To the chief Musician. Jonathelemrechokim. Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.
1 Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting daily, he oppresses me.
2 My enemies have panted after me daily; for they are many who proudly fight against me.
3 When I am afraid I trust in You.
4 In God (I praise His Word), in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.
5 All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They stir up strife; they hide themselves; they watch my steps as they lie in wait for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God!
8 You have kept an account of my wanderings; O put my tears into Your bottle; are they not in Your Book.
9 When I cry out, then my enemies shall be turned back. This I know, for God is with me.
10 In God (I praise His Word); in Jehovah (I praise His Word);
11 In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid of what man can do to me.
12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will give thanks unto You,
13 for You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Psalm 57

To the chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave
1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul trusts in You. Yea, in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities pass by.
2 I will cry out unto God Most High, unto the Mighty God who does all things for me.
3 He will send from Heaven, and deliver me from the reproaches of him who would swallow me up. Selah. God will send forth His mercy and His truth.
4 My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men who are on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let Your glory be above all the earth.
6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, they have fallen into it. Selah.
7 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.
8 Awake, my honor! Awake, lute and harp! I will awaken the dawn.
9 I will give thanks unto You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make music unto You among the nations.
10 For Your mercy is great to the heavens, and Your truth unto the clouds.
11 Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let Your glory be above all the earth.

Psalm 58

To the chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David
1 Do you indeed speak justice, O silent ones? Do you judge with equity, O sons of men?
2 Indeed, in heart you work injustice; you weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from the belly, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5 which will not heed the charmer's voice, who charms so skillfully.
6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the fangs of the young lions, O Jehovah.
7 Let them flow away like waters that move along. When he bends his bow to shoot arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
8 Let them be as a snail that melts away; as a stillborn child of a woman, that has not seen the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, whether green or glowing, He shall sweep it away.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 And man shall say, Truly, there is a reward for the righteous; truly, there is a God who judges in the earth.

Psalm 59

To the chief Musician. Altaschith. Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him
1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; defend me from those who rise up against me.
2 Rescue me from the workers of wickedness, and deliver me from men of blood.
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 Jehovah.
4 They run and prepare themselves though there is no fault in me. Awake to meet me, and pay attention!
5 You therefore, O Jehovah the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, awake and punish all the nations; do not be merciful to any wicked traitors. Selah.
6 They return at evening; they growl like a dog, and go all around the city.
7 Behold, they belch with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?
8 But You, O Jehovah, shall laugh at them; You will have all the nations in derision.
9 I wait upon You, O my Strength; for God is my refuge.
10 The God of my mercy shall go before me; God shall let me see my desire upon my enemies.
11 Do not kill them, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12 Let them be taken in their pride for the sin of their mouth and the word of their lips, along with the cursing and the lying which they speak.
13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they may not be; and let them know that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.
14 And at evening when they return, let them growl like a dog, and go all around the city.
15 Let them wander up and down for food, and pass the night unsatisfied.
16 But I will sing of Your power; yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning; for You have been my stronghold and refuge in the day of my distress.
17 To You, O my Strength, I will make music; for God is my stronghold and the God of my mercy.

Psalm 60

To the Chief Musician. Shushaneduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he struggled with Syrian Naharaim and with Syrian Maachah, when Joab returned and struck twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt
1 O God, You have cast us off, You have broken us, You were angry; bring us back.
2 You have made the earth tremble; You split it open. Heal its breaks, for it is shaking.
3 You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of staggering.
4 You have given a banner to those who fear You, to flee to before truth. Selah.
5 That Your beloved may be rescued, deliver with Your right hand and respond to me.
6 God has spoken in His holiness: I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the refuge of My head; Judah is My lawgiver;
8 Moab is My washpot; over Edom will I cast off My shoe; Philistia, shout in triumph.
9 Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into Edom?
10 Have not You, O God, cast us off? And will not You, O God, go out with our armies?
11 Give us help from distress; for the help of man is vain.
12 Through God we shall do mightily; for it is He who will trample our enemies.

Psalm 61

To the chief Musician. Neginah. A Psalm of David
1 Hear my cry, O God; give attention to my prayer.
2 From the ends of the earth I cry out to You when my heart is faint; lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.
3 For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower before the enemy.
4 I will dwell in Your tent forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah.
5 For You, O God, have heard my vows; You have given an inheritance to those who fear Your name.
6 You will add days to the days of the king; his years unto generations and generations.
7 He shall abide before God forever; appoint mercy and truth to preserve him.
8 So I will make music unto Your name forever, so that I may daily make good my vows.

Psalm 62

To the chief Musician. Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 Only before God is my soul silent; from Him comes my salvation.
2 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my stronghold; I shall not be greatly moved.
3 How long will you assail a man? You shall be slain, all of you, like a bowing wall and a tottering fence.
4 Surely they have plotted to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul, be still only before God; for my expectation is from Him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
7 In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength; my refuge is in God.
8 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely the sons of men are a vapor; men are a lie; if they were to climb up into the scales, they are altogether lighter than vapor.
10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
11 God has spoken once, twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God.
12 Also to You, O Jehovah, belongs mercy; for You give to every man according to his work.

Psalm 63

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah
1 O God, You are my Mighty God. I will seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
2 I have seen You in the sanctuary, to look upon Your power and Your glory.
3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.
4 So I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,
6 when I remember You upon my bed and meditate on You in the night watches.
7 Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul has clung to You; Your right hand upholds me.
9 But those who 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; everyone who swears by Him shall glory; but the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.

Psalm 64

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David
1 Hear my voice, O God, in my meditation; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the counsel of the wicked, from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity,
3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They have bent their bows to shoot their arrows; even bitter words,
4 so that they may shoot at the perfect one from a hiding place; suddenly they shoot at him and do not fear.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil plan; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?
6 They devise injustice; they have finished searching out a plot. Yea, the inward part of man and the heart are unfathomable.
7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly they shall be wounded.
8 So they shall stumble over their own tongues; everyone who sees them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall prudently comprehend His works.
10 The righteous shall be glad in Jehovah, and shall trust in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Psalm 65

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm and Song of David
1 Silence is praise to You, O God, in Zion; and unto You is a vow performed.
2 To You who hears prayer, all flesh comes.
3 Perverse speech has prevailed against me; as for our transgressions, You shall atone for them.
4 Blessed is the one whom You choose, and cause to draw near You. He shall dwell in Your courts; 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 hope of all the ends of the earth and the sea, of those far away.
6 The mountains are established by Your strength, girded with might,
7 who stills the noise of the sea, the roar of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.
8 And those who dwell in the remotest regions are afraid of Your signs; You make the goings forth of the morning and evening rejoice.
9 You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, for in this way You have prepared it.
10 You water its furrows with water; You deepen its ridges; You make it soft with showers; You bless the sprouting of it.
11 You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your trenches drip with fertility.
12 They trickle on the pastures of the wilderness; and the little hills are girded with rejoicing.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

Psalm 66

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm. A Song.
1 Shout for joy unto God, all the earth!
2 Make music to the honor of His name; make His praise glorious.
3 Say unto God, How awesome are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power Your enemies cower before You.
4 All the earth shall bow down before You and sing unto You, and make music unto Your name. Selah.
5 Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men.
6 He has turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot; there we rejoiced in Him.
7 He rules by His power forever; His eyes keep watch over the nations; let not the rebels lift themselves up and exalt. Selah.
8 O bless our God, you peoples, and make the voice of His praise to be heard;
9 who gives our souls life, and does not allow our feet to slip.
10 For You have tried us, O God; You have refined us, as silver is refined.
11 You have brought us into the net; You have laid affliction upon our loins.
12 You have allowed men to ride over our heads; we have gone through fire and through water, but You have brought us out into plenty.
13 I will go into Your house with burnt offerings; I will make good to You my vows,
14 which my lips have uttered and my mouth has spoken when I was in distress.
15 I will offer to You burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense 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 out unto Him with my mouth, and He was lifted up in praise with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear.
19 Surely God has heard; He has given attention to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed is God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me!

Psalm 67

To the Chief Musician. Neginoth. A Psalm. A Song.
1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us. Selah.
2 That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
3 Let the peoples give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples give thanks to You.
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy! For You shall judge the peoples righteously and govern the nations on earth. Selah.
5 Let the peoples give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples give thanks to You.
6 Then the earth shall yield its increase; and God, our own God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.

Psalm 68

To the chief Musician. A Psalm or Song of David
1 Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; let those also who hate Him flee before Him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But the righteous are glad; they rejoice before God. Yes, let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing unto God, make music unto His name; exalt Him who rides in the wilderness by His name YAH, and rejoice before Him.
5 In His holy dwelling God is a father to the fatherless, and a judge for the widows.
6 God causes those who are alone to live in households; He delivers those who are bound into prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness; Selah:
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God; Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, by which You established Your inheritance when it was weary.
10 Your community has dwelt in it; You, O God, have provided from Your goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the Word; great was the host of those who proclaimed it.
12 Kings of armies fled, they fled away; and she who stayed at home divided the spoils.
13 When you lie down among the sheepfolds, you shall be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its pinions with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it snowed in Salmon.
15 Mount Bashan is God's mountain; Mount Bashan is a mountain of peaks.
16 Why do you gaze in envy, O mountain peaks, at the mountain where God desires to dwell? Yes, Jehovah will abide in it forever.
17 The chariots of God are a vast innumerable number, thousands of thousands; the Lord is among them as at Sinai, in the Holy Place.
18 You have gone up on high; You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts for men, yes, even for the rebellious; that YAH God might dwell among them.
19 Blessed is the Lord who day by day bears our burdens, the Mighty God of our salvation! Selah.
20 Our Mighty God is the God of salvation; and unto Jehovah the Lord belong the escapes from death.
21 But God shall wound the head of His enemies, and the hairy head of him who walks on in his guilt.
22 The Lord said, I will bring back from Bashan; I will bring back My people from the depths of the sea;
23 so that your foot may shatter your enemies in blood, and the tongue of your dogs may lap it.
24 They have seen Your goings, O God; the goings of my Mighty God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, then those playing instruments followed; among them were the maidens playing the timbrels.
26 Bless God in the congregations, the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the leaders of Judah and their multitude, the leaders of Zebulun, and the leaders of Naphtali.
28 Your God has commanded your strength; O God, be strong in that which You have done for us.
29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents unto You.
30 Rebuke the beasts of the reeds, the community of the bullheaded with the calves of the peoples, trampling with pieces of silver. Scatter the people who delight in war.
31 Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hurry with gifts in her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make music unto the Lord. Selah.
33 To Him who rides on the Heavens of heavens from antiquity; lo, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe strength unto God over Israel; His majesty and His strength in the clouds.
35 O God, You are awesome out of Your sanctuary; the Mighty God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to the people. Blessed is God.

Psalm 69

To the chief Musician. Shoshannim. A Psalm of David
1 Deliver me, O God; for the waters have come in upon my soul!
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods have overflowed me.
3 I am weary from my crying; my throat is dried; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 They who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; my deceitful enemies who would destroy me are mighty. I am made to bring back what I did not take away.
5 O God, You know my folly, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
6 Do not let those who wait upon You, O Lord Jehovah of Hosts, be ashamed because of me; let not those who seek You be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel,
7 because I have borne reproach for Your sake, shame has covered my face.
8 I have become a stranger to My brothers, and a foreigner to My mother's children.
9 For the zeal of Your house has eaten Me up; and the reproaches of those who reproached You have fallen upon Me.
10 When I wept in my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.
11 I also made sackcloth my clothing, and I became a byword to them.
12 Those who sit in the gate speak against me, and I am the taunting song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Jehovah, in a favorable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercies hear me, in the truth of Your salvation.
14 Rescue me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be rescued from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Do not let the flood of waters overflow me, nor let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
16 Hear me, O Jehovah, for Your lovingkindness is good; turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.
17 And hide not 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 have known My reproach, and My shame, and My dishonor; My enemies are all before You.
20 Reproach has broken My heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for someone to show pity, but there was no one; and for comforters, but I found none.
21 They also gave Me gall for my food; and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a snare before them; and to those at peace, a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; and make their loins shake continually.
24 Pour out Your indignation upon them, and let Your burning anger take hold of them.
25 Let their dwelling place be desolate; let no one dwell in their tents.
26 For they have persecuted the ones whom You have stricken, and they talk to the grief of those You pierced.
27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into Your righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life, and not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am lowly and in pain; let Your 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 Jehovah better than an ox or a bull that has horns and hooves.
32 The lowly shall see and be glad; and your heart shall live, you who seek God.
33 For Jehovah hears the needy, and does not despise His prisoners.
34 Let the heavens and earth praise Him, the seas, and everything that moves in them.
35 For God will deliver Zion, and will build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
36 And the seed of His servants shall inherit it, and those who love His name shall dwell in it.

Psalm 70

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
1 Make haste, O God, to rescue me; make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
2 Let them be ashamed and abashed, those who seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and dishonored, those who desire my hurt.
3 Let them be turned back as a consequence of their shame, those who say, 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 But I am lowly and needy; make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, do not delay!

Psalm 71

1 In You, O Jehovah, I put my trust; let me never be put to shame.
2 Rescue me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape; extend Your ear to me, and save me.
3 Be a rock of refuge for me, to which I may continually go; You have given command to save me, for You are 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 You are my hope, O Lord Jehovah, my trust from my youth.
6 Upon You I have been supported from the womb; You are He who took me out of my mother's belly; my praise shall continually be of You.
7 I am like a wonder to many, but You are my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth be filled with Your praise, with Your glory all the day.
9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails.
10 For my enemies speak against me; and those who lie in wait for my soul take counsel together,
11 saying, God has forsaken him; pursue and take him, for there is no one to rescue him.
12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!
13 Let them be ashamed; let those who are enemies of my soul be consumed; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually, and I have praised You again and again.
15 My mouth shall recount Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day; for I do not know their number.
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord Jehovah; I will keep in remembrance Your righteousness; Yours alone.
17 O God, You have taught me from my youth; and to this day I have declared Your marvelous works.
18 And now when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not leave me, until I have declared Your strength to this generation, and Your power to everyone who is to come.
19 Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, You who have done great things. O God, who is like You,
20 who has shown me great and evil distresses. You will revive me again, and bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 You will increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
22 I will also give thanks unto You with the lute, O my God, for Your faithfulness. To You I will make music with the harp, O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I make music unto You, and my soul, which You have redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall meditate on Your righteousness all day long; for those who seek evil upon me are abashed; they are brought to shame.

Psalm 72

A Psalm for Solomon
1 Give the king Your justice, O God, and Your righteousness to the king's Son.
2 He will judge Your people in righteousness, and Your lowly with justice.
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
4 He shall execute justice for the lowly of the people; He shall save the children of the needy, and shall crush in pieces the oppressor.
5 They shall fear You as long as the sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
7 In His days the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
8 He shall also have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
9 Those who 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 cries, and the lowly who has no helper.
13 He shall have pity on the poor and needy and shall save the souls of the needy.
14 He shall redeem their soul from oppression and violence; and their blood shall be precious in His sight.
15 And He shall live, and to Him shall be given the gold of Sheba; and prayer shall continually be made for Him; He shall be blessed daily.
16 There shall be an abundance of grain in the earth on the top of the mountains; its fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
17 His name is eternal; His name shall continue and increase before the sun; and men shall be blessed in Him; all nations shall call Him blessed.
18 Blessed is Jehovah God, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
19 And blessed is His glorious name forever; let all the earth be filled with His glory! Amen and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

Psalm 73

A Psalm of Asaph
1 Truly God is good to Israel, to the pure of heart.
2 But as for me, my foot had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
3 For I was jealous of the boastful, when I saw the peace of the wicked.
4 For there are no bonds in their death; but their belly is fat.
5 They are not in trouble like other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.
7 Their eyes bulge with fatness; they have more than the heart could imagine.
8 They scoff and speak of evil oppression; they speak arrogantly.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongues walk through the earth.
10 Therefore His people return here, and waters of a full cup are drained out to them.
11 And they say, How does the Mighty God know? and, Is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Behold, these are the wicked, who are continually at ease; they increase in riches.
13 Surely I have made my heart pure in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I had said, I will speak thus; behold, I would have deceived a generation of Your sons.
16 When I thought deeply in order to understand this, it was troublesome to me,
17 until I went into the sanctuary of the Mighty God; then I understood their end.
18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to desolation.
19 How have they been brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are fully brought to an end with