Psalms
1,1Blessed is the man who
doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand in the way of sinners,
nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
1,2but his delight is in
the L-rd's law.
On His law he meditates day and night.
1,3He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,
that brings forth its fruit in its season,
whose leaf also does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
1,4The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
1,5Therefore the wicked
shall not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
1,6For the L-rd knows the
way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
2,1Why do the nations
rage,
and the peoples plot a vain thing?
2,2The kings of the earth
take a stand,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the L-rd, and against His anointed, saying,
2,3'Let's break their
bonds apart,
and cast their cords from us.'
2,4He who sits in the
Heavens will laugh.
The L-rd will have them in derision.
2,5Then He will speak to
them in His anger,
and terrify them in His wrath:
2,6I have set My
King on the holy Mount Zion.'
2,7I will tell of the
decree.
the L-rd said to me, 'you are my son.
Today I have become your father.
2,8Ask of Me, and I will
give the nations for your inheritance,
the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
2,9You shall break them
with a rod of iron.
You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.'
2,10Now therefore be
wise, you kings.
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
2,11Serve the L-rd with
fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
2,12Give
pure kisses, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way,
for His wrath will soon be kindled.
Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
3,1A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
3,2L-rd, how my
adversaries have increased!
Many are those who rise up against me.
3,3Many there are who say
of my soul,
'There is no help for him in G-d.
Selah.
3,4But You, L-rd, are a
shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
3,5I cry to the L-rd with
my voice,
and He answers me out of His holy mountain.
Selah.
3,6I laid myself down and
slept.
I awakened; for the L-rd sustains me.
3,7I will not be afraid
of tens of thousands of people
who have set themselves against me on every side.
3,8Arise, L-rd!
Save me, my G-d!
For You have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone.
You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
3,9Salvation belongs to
the L-rd.
Your blessing be on your people.
Selah.
4,1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David.
4,2Answer me when I call,
G-d of my righteousness.
Give me relief from my distress.
Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
4,3You sons of men, how
long shall my glory be turned into dishonor?
Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood?
Selah.
4,4But know that the L-rd
has set apart for Himself him who is godly:
the L-rd will hear when I call to him.
4,5Stand in awe, and
don't sin.
Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.
Selah.
4,6Offer the sacrifices
of righteousness.
Put your trust in the L-rd.
4,7Many say, 'Who will
show us any good?'
L-rd, let the light of Your face shine on us.
4,8You have put gladness
in my heart,
more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
4,9In peace I will both
lay myself down and sleep,
for You L-rd, alone, make me live in safety.
5,1For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.
5,2Give ear to my words,
L-rd.
Consider my meditation.
5,3Listen to the voice of
my cry, my King and my G-d;
for to You do I pray.
5,4L-rd, in the morning
you shall hear my voice.
In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch
expectantly.
5,5For You are not a G-d
who has pleasure in wickedness.
Evil can't live with you.
5,6The arrogant shall not
stand in your sight.
You hate all workers of iniquity.
5,7You will destroy those
who speak lies.
the L-rd abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
5,8But as for me, in the
abundance of your loving kindness I will come into Your house.
I will bow toward Your holy temple in reverence of You.
5,9Lead me, L-rd, in
righteousness because of my enemies.
Make Your way straight before me.
5,10For there is no
faithfulness in their mouth.
Their heart is destruction.
Their throat is an open tomb.
They flatter with their tongue.
5,11Hold them guilty, G-d.
Let them fall by their own counsels;
Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions,
for they have rebelled against You.
5,12But let all those who
take refuge in You rejoice,
Let them always shout for joy, because You defend them.
Let them also who love Your name be joyful in You.
5,13For You will bless
the righteous.
L-rd, You will surround him with favor as with a shield.
6,1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the
eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.
6,2L-rd, don't rebuke
me in Your anger,
neither discipline me in Your wrath.
6,3Have mercy on me,
L-rd, for I am faint.
L-rd, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
6,4My soul is also in
great anguish.
And You, L-rd, how long?
6,5Return, L-rd.
Deliver my soul,
and save me for Your loving kindness' sake.
6,6For in death there is
no memory of You.
In Hell, who shall give You thanks?
6,7I am weary with my
groaning.
Every night I flood my bed.
I drench my couch with my tears.
6,8My eye wastes away
because of grief.
It grows old because of all my adversaries.
6,9Depart from me, all workers of iniquity,
for the L-rd has heard the voice of my weeping.
6,10The L-rd has heard my
supplication.
The L-rd accepts my prayer.
6,11May all my enemies be
ashamed and dismayed.
They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.
7,1A meditation by David, which he sang to the L-rd, concerning the words of
Cush, the Benjamite.
7,2L-rd, my G-d, I take
refuge in You.
Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
7,3lest they tear apart
my soul like a lion,
ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
7,4L-rd, my G-d, if I
have done this,
if there is iniquity in my hands,
7,5if I have rewarded
evil to him who was at peace with me
if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary,
7,6let the enemy pursue
my soul, and overtake it;
let him tread my life down to the earth,
and lay my glory in the dust.
Selah.
7,7Arise, L-rd, in Your
anger.
Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries.
Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
7,8Let the congregation
of the peoples surround You.
Rule over them on high.
7,9The L-rd administers
judgment to the peoples.
Judge me, L-rd, according to my righteousness,
and to my integrity that is in me.
7,10Let the wickedness
of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous;
their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous G-d.
7,11My shield is with G-d,
who saves the upright in heart.
7,12G-d is a righteous
judge,
a G-d who has indignation every day.
7,13If a man doesn't
relent, He will sharpen His sword;
He has bent and strung His bow.
7,14He has also prepared
for him the instruments of death.
He makes ready His flaming arrows.
7,15Behold, he travails
with iniquity.
he has conceived mischief,
and brought forth falsehood.
7,16He has dug a hole,
and has fallen into the pit which he made.
7,17The trouble he causes
shall return to his own head.
His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
7,18I will give thanks to
the L-rd according to His righteousness,
and will sing praise to the name of the L-rd Most High.
8,1For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.
8,2L-rd, our G-d, how
majestic is Your name in all the earth,
who has set Your glory above the Heavens!
8,3From the lips of babes
and infants You have established strength,
because of Your adversaries, that You might silence the enemy and the
avenger.
8,4When I consider Your
Heavens, the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
8,5what is man, that You
think of him?
What is the son of man, that You care for him?
8,6For You have made him
a little lower than G-d,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
8,7You make him ruler
over the works of Your hands.
You have put all things under his feet:
8,8All sheep and cattle,
and the animals of the field,
8,9The birds of the sky,
the fish of the sea,
and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
8,10L-rd, our G-d,
how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
9,1For the Chief Musician; 'Mother to Son,' A Psalm by
David.
9,2I will give thanks to
the L-rd with my whole heart.
I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
9,3I will be glad and
rejoice in You.
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
9,4When my enemies turn
back,
they stumble and perish in Your presence.
9,5For You have
maintained my just cause.
You sit on the throne judging righteously.
9,6You have rebuked the
nations.
You have destroyed the wicked.
You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
9,7The enemy is overtaken
by endless ruin.
The very memory of the cities which You have overthrown has perished.
9,8The L-rd reigns
forever.
He has prepared His throne for judgment.
9,9He will judge the
world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
9,10the L-rd will also be a
high tower for the oppressed;
a high tower in times of trouble.
9,11Those who know Your
name will put their trust in You,
for You, L-rd, have not forsaken those who seek You.
9,12Sing praises to
the L-rd, who dwells in Zion,
and declare among the people what he has done.
9,13For He who avenges
blood remembers them.
He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
9,14Have mercy on me,
L-rd.
See my affliction by those who hate me,
and lift me up from the gates of death;
9,15that I may show forth
all Your praise.
In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in Your salvation.
9,16The nations have sunk
down in the pit that they made.
In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
9,17The L-rd has made
Himself known.
He has executed judgment.
The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.
Selah.
9,18The wicked shall be
turned back to Hell,
even all the nations that forget G-d.
9,19For the needy shall
not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
9,20Arise, L-rd!
Don't let man prevail.
Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
9,21Put them in fear,
L-rd.
Let the nations know that they are only men.
Selah.
10,1Why do You stand far
off, L-rd?
Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?
10,2In arrogance, the
wicked hunt down the weak.
They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
10,3For the wicked boasts
of his heart's cravings.
He blesses the greedy, and condemns the L-rd.
10,4The wicked, in the
pride of his face,
has no room in his thoughts for G-d.
10,5His ways are
prosperous at all times.
he is haughty, and Your laws are far from his sight.
As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
10,6He says in his heart,
'I shall not be shaken.
For generations I shall have no trouble.'
10,7His mouth is full of
cursing, deceit, and oppression.
Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
10,8He lies in wait near
the villages.
From ambushes, he murders the innocent.
His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.
10,9He lurks in secret as
a lion in ambush.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless.
He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
10,10The helpless are
crushed.
They collapse.
They fall under his strength.
10,11He says in his
heart, 'G-d has forgotten.
He hides His face.
He will never see it.'
10,12Arise, L-rd!
G-d, lift up Your hand!
Don't forget the helpless.
10,13Why does the wicked
person condemn G-d,
and say in his heart, 'G-d won't call me into account?'
10,14But You see
trouble and grief.
You consider it to take it into Your hand.
You help the victim and the fatherless.
10,15Break the arm of the
wicked.
As for the evil man, seek out the evil man and you'll find none.
10,16The L-rd is King
forever and ever!
The nations will perish out of His land.
10,17L-rd, You have
heard the desire of the humble.
You will prepare their heart.
You will cause Your ear to hear,
10,18to judge the
fatherless and the oppressed,
that man who is of the earth may terrify no more.
11,1For the Chief Musician. By David.
In the L-rd, I take
refuge.
How can you say to my soul, 'Flee as a bird to your mountain!'
11,2For, behold, the
wicked bend their bows.
They set their arrows on the strings,
that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
11,3If the foundations
are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?
11,4The L-rd is in His holy
temple.
the L-rd is on His throne in Heaven.
His eyes observe.
His eyes examine the children of men.
11,5The L-rd examines the
righteous,
but the wicked and him who loves violence His soul hates.
11,6On the wicked He will
rain blazing coals;
fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
11,7For the L-rd is
righteous.
He loves righteousness.
The upright shall see His face.
12,1For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
12,2Help, L-rd, for the
godly man ceases.
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
12,3Everyone lies to his
neighbor.
They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.
12,4May the L-rd cut off
all flattering lips,
and the tongue that boasts,
12,5who have said,
'With our tongue we will prevail.
Our lips are our own.
Who is lord over us?'
12,6'Because of the
oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,
I will now arise,' says the L-rd;
'I will set him in safety from those who malign him.'
12,7The words of the L-rd
are flawless words,
as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
12,8You will keep them,
L-rd.
You will preserve them from this generation forever.
12,9The wicked walk on
every side,
when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.
13,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
13,2How long, L-rd?
Will You forget me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
13,3How long shall I take
counsel in my soul,
having sorrow in my heart every day?
How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
13,4Behold, and answer
me, L-rd, my G-d.
Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
13,5Lest my enemy say,
'I have prevailed against him;'
Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.
13,6But I trust in Your
loving kindness.
My heart rejoices in Your salvation.
I will sing to the L-rd,
because He has been good to me.
14,1For the Chief Musician. By David.
The fool has said in
his heart, 'There is no G-d.'
They are corrupt.
They have done abominable works.
There is none who does good.
14,2the L-rd looked down
from Heaven on the children of men,
to see if there were any who understood,
who sought after G-d.
14,3They have all gone
aside.
They have together become corrupt.
There is none who does good, not one.
14,4Have all the workers
of iniquity no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and don't call on the L-rd?
14,5There they were in
great fear,
for G-d is in the generation of the righteous.
14,6You frustrate the
perpetuation of the poor,
because the L-rd is refuge.
14,7Oh that the salvation
of Israel would come out of Zion!
When the L-rd restores the fortunes of His people,
then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
15,1A Psalm by David.
L-rd, who shall
dwell in Your sanctuary?
Who shall live on Your holy hill?
15,2He who walks
blamelessly does what is right,
and speaks truth in his heart;
15,3He who doesn't
slander with his tongue,
nor does evil to his friend,
nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
15,4In whose eyes a vile
man is despised,
but who honors those who fear the L-rd;
he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;
15,5He who doesn't lend
out his money for usury,
nor take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be shaken.
16,1A Poem by David.
Preserve me, G-d, for
in You do I take refuge.
16,2My soul, has
said to the L-rd, 'You are my L-rd.
Apart from You I have no good thing.'
16,3As for the saints who
are in the earth,
they are the excellent ones in whom is all My delight.
16,4Their sorrows shall
be multiplied who give gifts to another god.
Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,
nor take their names on my lips.
16,5the L-rd assigned my
portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
16,6The lines have fallen
to me in pleasant places.
I have a good inheritance.
16,7I will bless the L-rd,
who has given me counsel.
my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
16,8I have set the L-rd
always before me.
Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
16,9Therefore my heart is
glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
16,10For You will not
leave my soul in Hell,
neither will You allow Your holy one to see corruption.
16,11You will show me the
path of life.
In Your presence is fullness of joy.
In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
17,1A Prayer by David.
Hear, L-rd, my
righteous plea;
Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.
17,2Let my sentence come
forth from Your presence.
Let ?Your eyes look on equity.
17,3You have proved my
heart.
You have visited me in the night.
You have tried me, and found nothing.
I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
17,4As for the works of
men, by the word of your lips,
I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
17,5My steps have held
fast to your paths.
My feet have not slipped.
17,6I have called on You,
for You will answer me, G-d.
Turn your ear to me.
Hear my speech.
17,7Show Your marvelous
loving kindness,
You who save those who take refuge by Your right hand from their
enemies.
17,8Keep me as the apple
of your eye.
Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
17,9from the wicked who
oppress me,
my deadly enemies, who surround me.
17,10They close up their
callous hearts.
With their mouth they speak proudly.
17,11They have now
surrounded us in our steps.
They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
17,12He is like a lion
that is greedy of his prey,
as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
17,13Arise, L-rd,
confront him.
Cast him down.
Deliver my soul from the wicked by Your sword;
17,14from men by Your
hand, L-rd,
from men of the world, whose portion is in this life.
You fill the belly of your cherished ones.
Your sons have plenty,
and they store up wealth for their children.
17,15As for me, I shall
see Your face in righteousness.
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, and see Your form.
18,1For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the L-rd, who spoke to
the L-rd the words of this song in the day that the L-rd delivered him from
the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,
18,2I love you, L-rd,
my strength.
The L-rd is my rock, my
fortress, and my deliverer;
18,3my G-d, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
18,4I call on the L-rd, who
is worthy to be praised;
and I am saved from my enemies.
18,5The cords of death
surrounded me.
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
18,6The cords of Hell were around me.
The snares of death came on me.
18,7In my distress I
called on the L-rd,
and cried to my G-d.
He heard my voice out of His temple.
My cry before Him came into His ears.
18,8Then the earth shook
and trembled.
The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken,
because He was angry.
18,9Smoke went out of His
nostrils.
Consuming fire came out of His mouth.
Coals were kindled by it.
18,10He bowed the Heavens
also, and came down.
Thick darkness was under His feet.
18,11He rode on a cherub,
and flew.
Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
18,12He made darkness His
hiding place, His pavilion around him,
darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
18,13At the brightness
before Him His thick clouds passed,
hailstones and coals of fire.
18,14the L-rd also
thundered in the sky.
The Most High uttered His voice:
hailstones and coals of fire.
18,15He sent out His
arrows, and scattered them;
great lightning bolts, and routed them.
18,16Then the channels of
waters appeared.
The foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, L-rd,
at the blast of the breath of ?Your nostrils.
18,17He sent from on high.
He took me.
He drew me out of many waters.
18,18He delivered me from
my strong enemy,
from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
18,19They came on me in
the day of my calamity,
but the L-rd was my support.
18,20He brought me forth
also into a large place.
He delivered me, because He delighted in me.
18,21The L-rd has rewarded
me according to my righteousness.
According to the cleanness of my hands has He recompensed me.
18,22For I have kept the
ways of the L-rd,
and have not wickedly departed from my G-d.
18,23For all His
ordinances were before me.
I didn't put away His statutes from me.
18,24I was also blameless
with Him.
I kept myself from my iniquity.
18,25Therefore the L-rd has
rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyesight.
18,26With the merciful
You will show Yourself merciful.
With the perfect man, You will show Yourself perfect.
18,27With the pure, You
will show Yourself pure.
With the crooked You will show Yourself shrewd.
18,28For You will save
the afflicted people,
but the haughty eyes You will bring down.
18,29For You will light
my lamp, L-rd.
My G-d will light up my darkness.
18,30For by You, I
advance through a troop.
By my G-d, I leap over a wall.
18,31As for G-d, His way
is perfect.
The word of the L-rd is tried.
He is a shield to all those who take refuge in Him.
18,32For who is G-d,
except the L-rd?
Who is a rock, besides our G-d,
18,33the G-d who arms me
with strength, and makes my way perfect?
18,34He makes my feet
like deer's feet,
and sets me on my high places.
18,35He teaches my hands
to war,
so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
18,36You have also given
me the shield of your salvation.
Your right hand sustains me.
Your gentleness has made me great.
18,37You have enlarged my
steps under me,
My feet have not slipped.
18,38I will pursue my
enemies, and overtake them.
Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.
18,39I will strike them
through, so that they will not be able to rise.
They shall fall under my feet.
18,40For You have armed
me with strength to the battle.
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
18,41You have also made
my enemies turn their backs to me,
that I might cut off those who hate me.
18,42They cried, but
there was none to save;
even to the L-rd, but He didn't answer them.
18,43Then I beat them
small as the dust before the wind.
I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
18,44You 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.
18,45As soon as they hear
of me they shall obey me.
The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
18,46The foreigners shall
fade away,
and shall come trembling out of their close places.
18,47The L-rd lives; and
blessed be my rock.
Exalted be the G-d of my salvation,
18,48even the G-d who
executes vengeance for me,
and subdues peoples under me.
18,49He rescues me from
my enemies.
Yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me.
You deliver me from the violent man.
18,50Therefore I will
give thanks to You, L-rd, among the nations,
and will sing praises to Your name.
18,51He gives great
deliverance to His king,
and shows loving kindness to His anointed,
to David and to his seed, forevermore.
19,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
19,2The Heavens declare
the glory of G-d.
The expanse shows His handiwork.
19,3Day after day they
pour forth speech,
and night after night they display knowledge.
19,4There is no speech
nor language,
where their voice is not heard.
19,5Their voice has gone
out through all the earth,
their words to the end of the world.
In them He has set a tent for the sun,
19,6Which is as a
bridegroom coming out of His room,
like a strong man rejoicing to run His course.
19,7His going forth is
from the end of the Heavens,
His circuit to its ends;
There is nothing hidden from its heat.
19,8The L-rd's law is
perfect, restoring the soul.
The L-rd's testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
19,9The L-rd's precepts
are right, rejoicing the heart.
The L-rd's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.
19,10The fear of the L-rd is
clean, enduring forever.
The L-rd's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
19,11More to be desired
are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.
19,12Moreover by them is
Your servant warned.
In keeping them there is great reward.
19,13Who can discern his
errors?
Forgive me from hidden errors.
19,14Keep back Your
servant also from presumptuous sins.
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I will be upright.
I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
19,15Let the words of my
mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in Your sight,
L-rd, my rock, and my redeemer.
20,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
20,2May the L-rd answer you
in the day of trouble.
May the name of the G-d of Jacob set you up on high,
20,3send you help from
the sanctuary,
grant you support from Zion,
20,4remember all your
offerings,
and accept your burnt sacrifice.
Selah.
20,5May He grant you your
heart's desire,
and fulfill all your counsel.
20,6We will triumph in
your salvation.
In the name of our G-d, we will set up our banners.
May the L-rd grant all your requests.
20,7Now I know that
the L-rd saves His anointed.
He will answer him from His holy Heaven,
with the saving strength of His right hand.
20,8Some trust in
chariots, and some in horses,
but we trust the name of the L-rd our G-d.
20,9They are bowed down
and fallen,
but we rise up, and stand upright.
20,10Save, L-rd!
Let the King answer us when we call!
21,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
21,2The king rejoices in
your strength, L-rd!
How greatly he rejoices in Your salvation!
21,3You have given him
his heart's desire,
and have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah.
21,4For You meet him with
the blessings of goodness.
You set a crown of fine gold on his head.
21,5He asked life of You,
You gave it to him,
even length of days forever and ever.
21,6His glory is great in
Your salvation.
You lay honor and majesty on him.
21,7For You make him most
blessed forever.
You make him glad with joy in Your presence.
21,8For the king trusts
in the L-rd.
Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.
21,9Your hand will find
out all of your enemies.
Your right hand will find out those who hate You.
21,10You will make them as
a fiery furnace in the time of your anger.
The L-rd will swallow them up in His wrath.
The fire shall devour them.
21,11You will destroy
their descendants from the earth,
their posterity from among the children of men.
21,12For they intended
evil against You.
They plotted evil against You which cannot succeed.
21,13For You will make
them turn their back,
when You aim drawn bows at their face.
21,14Be exalted, L-rd,
in Your strength,
so we will sing and praise Your power.
22,1For the Chief Musician; on the ancient instrument, A Psalm by
David.
22,2My G-d, my L-rd, why
have You forsaken me?
Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
22,3My G-d, I cry in the
daytime, but You don't answer;
in the night season, and am not silent.
22,4But You are holy,
You who inhabit the praises of Israel.
22,5Our fathers trusted
in You.
They trusted, and You delivered them.
22,6They cried to You,
and were delivered.
They trusted in You, and were not disappointed.
22,7But I am a worm, and
no man;
a reproach of men, and despised by the people.
22,8All those who see me
mock me.
They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
22,9'He trusts in
the L-rd;
let Him deliver him.
Let Him rescue him, since he delights in Him.'
22,10But You brought me
out of the womb.
You made me trust at my mother's breasts.
22,11I was thrown on You
from my mother's womb.
You are my G-d since my mother bore me.
22,12Don't be far from
me, for trouble is near.
For there is none to help.
22,13Many bulls have
surrounded me.
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
22,14They open their
mouths wide against me,
lions tearing prey and roaring.
22,15I am poured out like
water.
All my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
it is melted within me.
22,16My strength is dried
up like a potsherd.
My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You have brought me into the dust of death.
22,17For dogs have
surrounded me.
A pack of evildoers have enclosed me.
like lions stalking my hands and feet.
22,18I can count all of
my bones.
They look and stare at me.
22,19They divide my
garments among them.
They cast lots for my clothing.
22,20But don't be far
off, L-rd.
You are my help: hurry to help me.
22,21Deliver my soul from
the sword,
my precious life from the power of the dog.
22,22Save me from the
lion's mouth!
From the horns of the wild oxen, You have answered me.
22,23I will declare Your
name to my brothers.
In the midst of the assembly, I will praise You.
22,24You who fear the L-rd,
praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him!
Stand in awe, all you descendants of Israel!
22,25For He has not
despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,
Neither has He hidden His face from him;
but when he cried, He heard.
22,26From You comes my
praises from the assembly.
I will pay my vows before those who fear Him.
22,27The humble shall eat
and be satisfied.
They shall praise the L-rd; who seek after Him;
Let your hearts live forever.
22,28All the ends of the
earth shall remember and turn to the L-rd.
All the relatives of the nations shall worship before You.
22,29For the kingdom is
the L-rd's.
He is the ruler over the nations.
22,30All the rich ones of
the earth shall eat and worship.
All those who go down to the dust shall bow before Him,
even he who can't keep his soul alive.
22,31Posterity shall
serve him.
Future generations shall be told about the L-rd.
22,32They shall come and
shall declare His righteousness to a people that shall be born,
for He has done it.
23,1A Psalm by David.
The L-rd is my shepherd:
I shall lack nothing.
23,2He makes me lie down
in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
23,3He restores my soul.
He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
23,4Even 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.
23,5You prepare a table
before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil.
My cup runs over.
23,6Surely goodness and
loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the L-rd's house forever.
24,1A Psalm by David.
The earth is
the L-rd's, with its fullness;
the world, and those who dwell therein.
24,2For He has founded it
on the seas,
and established it on the floods.
24,3Who may ascend to
the L-rd's hill?
Who may stand in His holy place?
24,4He who has clean
hands and a pure heart;
who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood,
and has not sworn deceitfully.
24,5He shall receive a
blessing from the L-rd,
righteousness from the G-d of his salvation.
24,6This is the
generation of those who seek Him,
who seek Your face, even Jacob.
Selah.
24,7Lift up your heads,
you gates!
Be lifted up, you everlasting doors,
and the King of glory will come in.
24,8Who is the King of
glory?
The L-rd strong and mighty,
the L-rd mighty in battle.
24,9Lift up your heads,
you gates;
yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors,
and the King of glory will come in.
24,10Who is this King of
glory?
The L-rd of Hosts is the King of glory!
Selah.
25,1By David.
To you, L-rd, do I
lift up my soul.
25,2My G-d, I have
trusted in You.
Don't let me be shamed.
Don't let my enemies triumph over me.
25,3No one who waits
for You shall be shamed.
They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
25,4Show me Your ways,
L-rd.
Teach me Your paths.
25,5Guide me in Your
truth, and teach me,
For You are the G-d of my salvation,
I wait for You all day long.
25,6L-rd, remember Your
tender mercies and loving kindness,
for they are from old times.
25,7Don't remember the
sins of my youth, nor my transgressions.
Remember me according to loving kindness,
for your goodness' sake, L-rd.
25,8Good and upright is
the L-rd,
therefore He will instruct sinners in the way.
25,9He will guide the
humble in justice.
He will teach the humble His way.
25,10All the paths of
the L-rd are loving kindness and truth
to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.
25,11For Your name's
sake, L-rd,
pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
25,12What man is he who
fears the L-rd?
He shall instruct him in the way that He shall choose.
25,13His soul shall dwell
at ease.
His seed shall inherit the land.
25,14The friendship of
the L-rd is with those who fear Him.
He will show them His covenant.
25,15My eyes are ever on
the L-rd,
for He will pluck my feet out of the net.
25,16Turn to me, and have
mercy on me,
for I am desolate and afflicted.
25,17The troubles of my
heart are enlarged.
Bring me out of my distresses.
25,18Consider my
affliction and my travail.
Forgive all my sins.
25,19Consider my enemies,
for they are many.
They hate me with cruel hatred.
25,20Keep my soul, and
deliver me.
Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in You.
25,21Let integrity and
uprightness preserve me,
for I wait for You.
25,22Redeem Israel, G-d,
out all of his troubles.
26,1By David.
Judge me, L-rd, for
I have walked in my integrity.
I have trusted also in the L-rd without wavering.
26,2Examine me, L-rd,
and prove me.
Try my heart and my mind.
26,3For Your loving
kindness is before my eyes.
I have walked in Your truth.
26,4I have not sat with
deceitful men,
neither will I go in with hypocrites.
26,5I hate the assembly
of evildoers,
and will not sit with the wicked.
26,6I will wash my hands
in innocence,
so I will go about Your altar, L-rd;
26,7that I may make the
voice of thanksgiving to be heard,
and tell of all Your wondrous works.
26,8L-rd, I love the
habitation of Your house,
the place where Your glory dwells.
26,9Don't gather my
soul with sinners,
nor my life with bloodthirsty men;
26,10in whose hands is
wickedness,
their right hand is full of bribes.
26,11But as for me, I
will walk in my integrity.
Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
26,12My foot stands in an
even place.
In the congregations I will bless the L-rd.
27,1By David.
The L-rd is my light
and my salvation.
Whom shall I fear?
The L-rd is the strength of my life.
Of whom shall I be afraid?
27,2When evildoers came
at me to eat up my flesh,
even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
27,3Though an army should
encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear.
Though war should rise against me,
even then I will be confident.
27,4One thing I have
asked of the L-rd, that I will seek after,
that I may dwell in the house of the L-rd all the days of my life,
to see the L-rd's beauty,
and to inquire in His temple.
27,5For in the day of
trouble He will keep me secretly in His pavilion.
In the covert of His tabernacle He will hide me.
He will lift me up on a rock.
27,6Now my head will be
lifted up above my enemies around me.
I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tent.
I will sing, I will sing praises to the L-rd.
27,7Hear, L-rd, when I
cry with my voice.
Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
27,8When You said,
'Seek my face,'
my heart said to you, 'I will seek Your face, L-rd.'
27,9Don't hide Your
face from me.
Don't put Your servant away in anger.
You have been my help.
Don't abandon me,
neither forsake me, G-d of my salvation.
27,10When my father and
my mother forsake me,
then the L-rd will take me up.
27,11Teach me Your way,
L-rd.
Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
27,12Don't deliver me
over to the desire of my adversaries,
for false witnesses have risen up against me,
such as breathe out cruelty.
27,13I am still confident
of this;
I will see the goodness of the L-rd in the land of the living.
27,14Wait for the L-rd.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
and hope for the L-rd.
28,1By David.
To you, L-rd, I
call.
My rock, don't be deaf to me;
lest, if You are silent to me,
I would become like those who go down into the pit.
28,2Hear the voice of my
petitions, when I cry to You,
when I lift up my hands toward Your Most Holy Place.
28,3Don't draw me away
with the wicked,
with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors,
but mischief is in their hearts.
28,4Give them according
to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings.
Give them according to the operation of their hands.
Bring back on them what they deserve.
28,5Because they don't
respect the works of the L-rd,
nor the operation of His hands,
he will break them down and not build them up.
28,6Blessed be the L-rd,
because He has heard the voice of my petitions.
28,7the L-rd is my strength
and my shield.
My heart has trusted in Him, and I am helped.
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices.
With my song I will thank Him.
28,8The L-rd is their
strength.
He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed.
28,9Save Your people,
and bless Your inheritance.
Be their shepherd also,
and bear them up forever.
29,1A Psalm by David.
Ascribe to the L-rd,
you sons of the mighty,
ascribe to the L-rd glory and strength.
29,2Ascribe to the L-rd the
glory due to His name.
Worship the L-rd in holy array.
29,3The L-rd's voice is
on the waters.
The G-d of glory thunders, even the L-rd on many waters.
29,4The L-rd's voice is
powerful.
the L-rd's voice is full of majesty.
29,5The voice of the L-rd
breaks the cedars.
The L-rd breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
29,6He makes them also to
skip like a calf;
Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.
29,7The L-rd's voice
strikes with flashes of lightning.
29,8The L-rd's voice
shakes the wilderness.
The L-rd shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
29,9The L-rd's voice
makes the deer calve,
and strips the forests bare.
In His temple everything says, 'Glory!'
29,10The L-rd sat enthroned
at the Flood.
The L-rd sits as King forever.
29,11The L-rd will give
strength to His people.
The L-rd will bless His people with peace.
30,1A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.
30,2I will extol you, L-rd, for You have raised me up,
and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
30,3L-rd my G-d, I
cried to You,
and You have healed me.
30,4L-rd, You have
brought up my soul from Hell.
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
30,5Sing praise to
the L-rd, you saints of His.
Give thanks to His holy name.
30,6For His anger is but
for a moment.
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may stay for the night,
but joy comes in the morning.
30,7As for me, I said in
my prosperity,
'I shall never be moved.'
30,8L-rd, when You
favored me, my mountain was strong;
but when You hid your face, I was troubled.
30,9I cried to You,
L-rd.
To the L-rd I made supplication:
30,10'What profit is
there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?
Shall the dust praise You?
Shall it declare your truth?
30,11Hear, L-rd, and
have mercy on me.
L-rd, be my helper.'
30,12You have turned my
mourning into dancing for me.
You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
30,13To the end that my
heart may sing praise to You, and not be silent.
L-rd my G-d, I will give thanks to You forever!
31,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
31,2In You, L-rd, I
take refuge.
Let me never be disappointed.
Deliver me in Your righteousness.
31,3Bow down Your ear to
me.
Deliver me speedily.
Be to me a strong rock,
a house of defense to save me.
31,4For You are my rock
and my fortress,
therefore for Your name's sake lead me and guide me.
31,5Pluck me out of the
net that they have laid secretly for me,
for You are my stronghold.
31,6Into Your hand I
commend my spirit.
Redeem me, L-rd, G-d of truth.
31,7I hate those who
regard lying vanities,
but I trust in the L-rd.
31,8I will be glad and
rejoice in Your loving kindness,
for You have seen my affliction.
You have known my soul in adversities.
31,9You have not shut me
up into the hand of the enemy.
You have set my feet in a large place.
31,10Have mercy on me,
L-rd, for I am in distress.
My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
31,11For my life is spent
with sorrow,
my years with sighing.
My strength fails because of my iniquity.
My bones are wasted away.
31,12Because of all my
adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors,
A fear to my acquaintances.
Those who saw me on the street fled from me.
31,13I am forgotten from
their hearts like a dead man.
I am like broken pottery.
31,14For I have heard the
slander of many, terror on every side,
while they conspire together against me,
they plot to take away my life.
31,15But I trust in You,
L-rd.
I said, 'You are my G-d.'
31,16My times are in your
hand.
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute
me.
31,17Make Your face to
shine on Your servant.
Save me in Your loving kindness.
31,18Let me not be
disappointed, L-rd, for I have called on You.
Let the wicked be disappointed.
Let them be silent in Hell.
31,19Let the lying lips
be mute,
which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
31,20How great is Your
goodness,
which You have laid up for those who fear You,
which You have worked for those who take refuge in You,
before the sons of men!
31,21In the shelter of
Your presence You will hide them from the plotting of man.
You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of
tongues.
31,22Praise be to the L-rd,
for He has shown me His marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
31,23As for me, I said in
my haste, 'I am cut off from before Your eyes.'
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to You.
31,24Oh love the L-rd, all
you His saints!
the L-rd preserves the faithful,
and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
31,25Be strong, and let
your heart take courage,
all you who hope in the L-rd.
32,1By David. A contemplative psalm.
Blessed is he whose
disobedience is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
32,2Blessed is the man to
whom the L-rd doesn't impute iniquity,
in whose spirit there is no deceit.
32,3When I kept silence,
my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
32,4For day and night
Your hand was heavy on me.
My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.
32,5I acknowledged my sin
to you.
I didn't hide my iniquity.
I said, I will confess my transgressions to the L-rd,
and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Selah.
32,6For this, let
everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found.
Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to Him.
32,7You are my hiding
place.
You will preserve me from trouble.
You will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah.
32,8I will instruct you
and teach you in the way which you shall go.
I will counsel you with my eye on you.
32,9Don't be like the
horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding,
who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near
to you.
32,10Many sorrows come to
the wicked,
but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the L-rd.
32,11Be glad in the L-rd,
and rejoice, you righteous!
Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
33,1Rejoice in the L-rd,
you righteous!
Praise is fitting for the upright.
33,2Give thanks to the L-rd
with the lyre.
Sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings.
33,3Sing to Him a new
song.
Play skillfully with a shout of joy!
33,4For the word of
the L-rd is right.
All His work is done in faithfulness.
33,5He loves
righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loving kindness of the L-rd.
33,6By the L-rd's word,
the Heavens were made;
all their army by the breath of His mouth.
33,7He gathers the waters
of the sea together as a heap.
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
33,8Let all the earth
fear the L-rd.
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
33,9For He spoke, and it
was done.
He commanded, and it stood firm.
33,10The L-rd brings the
counsel of the nations to nothing.
He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
33,11The counsel of
the L-rd stands fast forever,
the thoughts of His heart to all generations.
33,12Blessed is the
nation whose G-d is the L-rd,
the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.
33,13The L-rd looks from
Heaven.
He sees all the sons of men.
33,14From the place of
His habitation He looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
33,15He who fashions all
of their hearts;
and He considers all of their works.
33,16There is no king
saved by the multitude of an army.
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
33,17A horse is a vain
thing for safety,
neither does he deliver any by his great power.
33,18Behold, the L-rd's
eye is on those who fear Him,
on those who hope in His loving kindness;
33,19to deliver their
soul from death,
to keep them alive in famine.
33,20Our soul has waited
for the L-rd.
He is our help and our shield.
33,21For our heart
rejoices in Him,
because we have trusted in His holy name.
33,22Let your loving
kindness be on us, L-rd,
since we have hoped in You.
34,1By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove
him away, and he departed.
34,2I will bless the L-rd
at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
34,3My soul shall boast
in the L-rd.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
34,4Oh magnify the L-rd
with me.
Let us exalt His name together.
34,5I sought the L-rd, and
He answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
34,6They looked to Him,
and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
34,7This poor man cried,
and the L-rd heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
34,8The angel of the L-rd
encamps around those who fear Him,
and delivers them.
34,9Taste and see that
the L-rd is good.
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.
34,10Fear the L-rd, you
His saints,
for there is no lack with those who fear Him.
34,11The young lions do
lack, and suffer hunger,
but those who seek the L-rd shall not lack any good thing.
34,12Come, you children,
listen to me.
I will teach you the fear of the L-rd.
34,13Who is someone who
desires life,
and loves many days, that he may see good?
34,14Keep your tongue
from evil,
and your lips from speaking lies.
34,15Depart from evil,
and do good.
seek peace, and pursue it.
34,16The L-rd's eyes are
toward the righteous.
His ears listen to their cry.
34,17The L-rd's face is
against those who do evil,
to cut off their memory from the earth.
34,18The righteous cry,
and the L-rd hears,
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
34,19the L-rd is near to
those who have a broken heart,
and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
34,20Many are the
afflictions of the righteous,
but the L-rd delivers him out of them all.
34,21He protects all of
his bones.
Not one of them is broken.
34,22Evil shall kill the
wicked.
Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
34,23The L-rd redeems the
soul of His servants.
None of those who take refuge in Him shall be condemned.
35,1By David.
Contend, L-rd, with
those who contend with me.
Fight against those who fight against me.
35,2Take hold of shield
and buckler,
and stand up for my help.
35,3Brandish the spear
and block those who pursue me.
Tell my soul, 'I am your salvation.'
35,4Let those who seek
after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor.
Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
35,5Let them be as chaff
before the wind,
The L-rd's angel driving them on.
35,6Let their way be dark
and slippery,
the L-rd's angel pursuing them.
35,7For without cause
they have hidden their net in a pit for me.
Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
35,8Let destruction come
on him without awareness.
Let his net that he has hidden catch himself.
Let him fall into that destruction.
35,9My soul shall be
joyful in the L-rd.
It shall rejoice in His salvation.
35,10All my bones shall
say, 'L-rd, who is like You,
who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him;
the poor and the needy from him who robs him?'
35,11Unrighteous
witnesses rise up.
They ask me about things that I don't know about.
35,12They reward me evil
for good,
to the bereaving of my soul.
35,13But as for me, when
they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.
I afflicted my soul with fasting.
My prayer returned into my own bosom.
35,14I behaved myself as
though it had been my friend or my brother.
I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
35,15But in my adversity,
they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together.
The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't
know it.
They tore at me, and didn't cease.
35,16Like the profane
mockers in feasts,
they gnashed their teeth at me.
35,17L-rd, how long will
You look on?
Rescue my soul from their destruction,
my precious life from the lions.
35,18I will give You
thanks in the great assembly.
I will praise You among many people.
35,19Don't let those
who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me;
neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
35,20For they don't
speak peace,
but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the
land.
35,21They opened
their mouth wide against me.
They said, 'Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!'
35,22You have seen it,
L-rd. Don't keep silent.
L-rd, don't be far from me.
35,23Wake up! Rise up to
defend me, my G-d!
My L-rd, contend for me!
35,24Vindicate me, L-rd
my G-d, according to Your righteousness.
Don't let them gloat over me.
35,25Don't let them say
in their heart, 'Aha! That's the way we want it!'
Don't let them say, 'We have swallowed him up!'
35,26Let them be
disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity.
Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves
against me.
35,27Let them shout for
joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause.
Let them say continually, 'L-rd be magnified,
who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant!'
35,28My tongue shall talk
about Your righteousness and about Your praise all day long.
36,1For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of the L-rd.
36,2An oracle is within
my heart about the disobedience of the wicked:
'There is no fear of G-d before his eyes.'
36,3For he flatters
himself in his own eyes,
too much to detect and hate his sin.
36,4The words of his
mouth are iniquity and deceit.
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
36,5He plots iniquity on
his bed.
He sets himself in a way that is not good.
He doesn't abhor evil.
36,6Your loving kindness,
the L-rd, is in the Heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
36,7Your righteousness is
like the mountains of G-d.
Your judgments are like a great deep.
L-rd, You preserve man and animal.
36,8How precious is Your
loving kindness, G-d!
The children of men take refuge under the shadow of Your wings.
36,9They shall be
abundantly satisfied with the abundance of Your house.
You will make them drink of the river of Your pleasures.
36,10For with You is the
spring of life.
In your light shall we see light.
36,11Oh continue Your
loving kindness to those who know You,
Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
36,12Don't let the foot
of pride come against me.
Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.
36,13There the workers of
iniquity are fallen.
They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
37,1By David.
Don't fret because
of evildoers,
neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
37,2For they shall soon
be cut down like the grass,
and wither like the green herb.
37,3Trust in the L-rd, and
do good.
Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
37,4Also delight yourself
in the L-rd,
and He will give you the desires of your heart.
37,5Commit your way to
the L-rd.
Trust also in Him, and He will do this:
37,6he will make your
righteousness go forth as the light,
and your justice as the noon day sun.
37,7Rest in the L-rd, and
wait patiently for Him.
Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way,
because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
37,8Cease from anger, and
forsake wrath.
Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.
37,9For evildoers shall
be cut off,
but those who wait for the L-rd shall inherit the land.
37,10For yet a little
while, and the wicked will be no more.
Though you look for his place, he isn't there.
37,11But the humble shall
inherit the land,
and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
37,12The wicked plots
against the just,
and gnashes at him with his teeth.
37,13The L-rd will laugh
at him,
for He sees that his day is coming.
37,14The wicked have
drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow,
to cast down the poor and needy,
to kill those who are upright in the way.
37,15Their sword shall
enter into their own heart.
Their bows shall be broken.
37,16Better is a little
that the righteous has,
than the abundance of many wicked.
37,17For the arms of the
wicked shall be broken,
but the L-rd upholds the righteous.
37,18the L-rd knows the
days of the perfect.
Their inheritance shall be forever.
37,19They shall not be
disappointed in the time of evil.
In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
37,20But the wicked shall
perish.
The enemies of the L-rd shall be like the beauty of the fields.
They will vanish;
vanish like smoke.
37,21The wicked borrow,
and don't pay back,
but the righteous give generously.
37,22For such as are
blessed by Him shall inherit the land.
Those who are cursed by Him shall be cut off.
37,23A man's goings are
established by the L-rd.
He delights in His way.
37,24Though he stumbles,
he shall not fall,
for the L-rd holds him up with His hand.
37,25I have been young,
and now am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his children begging for bread.
37,26All day long he
deals graciously, and lends.
His seed is blessed.
37,27Depart from evil,
and do good.
Live securely forever.
37,28For the L-rd loves
justice,
and doesn't forsake His saints.
They are preserved forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
37,29The righteous shall
inherit the land,
and live in it forever.
37,30The mouth of the
righteous talks of wisdom.
His tongue speaks justice.
37,31The law of his G-d
is in his heart.
None of his steps shall slide.
37,32The wicked watches
the righteous,
and seeks to kill him.
37,33The L-rd will not
leave him in his hand,
nor condemn him when he is judged.
37,34Wait for the L-rd, and
keep His way,
and He will exalt you to inherit the land.
When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
37,35I have seen the
wicked in great power,
spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
37,36But he passed away,
and behold, he was not.
I sought him, but he could not be found.
37,37Mark the perfect
man, and see the upright,
for there is a future for the man of peace.
37,38As for
transgressors, they shall be destroyed together.
The future of the wicked shall be cut off.
37,39But the salvation of
the righteous is from the L-rd.
He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
37,40The L-rd helps them,
and rescues them.
He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them,
Because they have taken refuge in Him.
38,1A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
38,2L-rd, don't
rebuke me in Your wrath,
neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure.
38,3For Your arrows have
pierced me,
Your hand presses hard on me.
38,4There is no soundness
in my flesh because of Your indignation,
neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
38,5For my iniquities
have gone over my head.
As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
38,6My wounds are
loathsome and corrupt,
because of my foolishness.
38,7I am pained and bowed
down greatly.
I go mourning all day long.
38,8For my waist is
filled with burning.
There is no soundness in my flesh.
38,9I am faint and
severely bruised.
I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
38,10L-rd, all my desire
is before You.
My groaning is not hidden from You.
38,11My heart throbs.
My strength fails me.
As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
38,12My lovers and my
friends stand aloof from my plague.
My kinsmen stand far away.
38,13They also who seek
after my life lay snares.
Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things,
and meditate deceits all day long.
38,14But I, as a deaf
man, don't hear.
I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
38,15Yes, I am as a man
who doesn't hear,
in whose mouth are no reproofs.
38,16For in You, L-rd,
do I hope.
You will answer, L-rd my G-d.
38,17For I said,
'Don't let them gloat over me,
or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.'
38,18For I am ready to
fall.
My pain is continually before me.
38,19For I will declare
my iniquity.
I will be sorry for my sin.
38,20But my enemies are
vigorous and many.
Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
38,21They who also render
evil for good are adversaries to me,
because I follow what is good.
38,22Don't forsake me,
L-rd.
My G-d, don't be far from me.
38,23Hurry to help me,
L-rd, my salvation.
39,1For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.
39,2I said, 'I will
watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue.
I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.'
39,3I was mute with
silence.
I held my peace, even from good.
My sorrow was stirred.
39,4My heart was hot
within me.
While I meditated, the fire burned:
I spoke with my tongue:
39,5L-rd, show me my
end,
what is the measure of my days.
Let me know how frail I am.
39,6Behold, You have made
my days handbreadths.
My lifetime is as nothing before You.
Surely every man stands as a breath.
Selah.
39,7Surely every man
walks like a shadow.
Surely they busy themselves in vain.
He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
39,8Now, L-rd, what do I
wait for?
My hope is in You.
39,9Deliver me from all
my transgressions.
Don't make me the reproach of the foolish.
39,10I was mute.
I didn't open my mouth,
because You did it.
39,11Remove your scourge
away from me.
I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
39,12When You rebuke and
correct man for iniquity,
You consume his wealth like a moth.
Surely every man is but a breath.
Selah.
39,13Hear my prayer,
L-rd, and give ear to my cry.
Don't be silent at my tears.
For I am a stranger with You,
a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
39,14Oh spare me, that I
may recover strength,
before I go away, and exist no more.
40,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
40,2I waited patiently
for the L-rd.
He turned to me, and heard my cry.
40,3He brought me up also
out of a horrible pit,
out of the miry clay.
He set my feet on a rock,
and gave me a firm place to stand.
40,4He has put a new song
in my mouth, even praise to our G-d.
Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the L-rd.
40,5Blessed is the man
who makes the L-rd his trust,
and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
40,6Many, L-rd, my G-d,
are the wonderful works which You have done,
and Your thoughts which are toward us.
They can't be declared back to You.
If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be
numbered.
40,7Sacrifice and
offering You didn't desire.
You have opened my ears.
You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
40,8Then I said,
'Behold, I have come.
It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
40,9I delight to do Your
will, my G-d.
Your law is within my heart.'
40,10I have proclaimed
glad news of righteousness in the great assembly.
Behold, I will not seal my lips, L-rd, You know.
40,11I have not hidden
Your righteousness within my heart.
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation.
I have not concealed Your loving kindness and Your truth from the
great assembly.
40,12Don't withhold
Your tender mercies from me, L-rd.
Let Your loving kindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
40,13For innumerable
evils have surrounded me.
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up.
They are more than the hairs of my head.
My heart has failed me.
40,14Be pleased, L-rd,
to deliver me.
Hurry to help me, L-rd.
40,15Let them be
disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it.
Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my
hurt.
40,16Let them be desolate
by reason of their shame that tell me, 'Aha! Aha!'
40,17Let all those who
seek You rejoice and be glad in You.
Let such as love Your salvation say continually, 'Let the L-rd be
exalted!'
40,18But I am poor and
needy.
May the L-rd think about me.
You are my help and my deliverer.
Don't delay, my G-d.
41,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
41,2Blessed is he who
considers the poor.
the L-rd will deliver him in the day of evil.
41,3the L-rd will preserve
him, and keep him alive.
He shall be blessed on the earth,
and He will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
41,4the L-rd will sustain
him on his sickbed,
and restore him from his bed of illness.
41,5I said, 'L-rd,
have mercy on me!
Heal me, for I have sinned against You.'
41,6My enemies speak evil
against me:
'When will he die, and his name perish?'
41,7If he comes to see
me, he speaks falsehood.
His heart gathers iniquity to itself.
When he goes abroad, he tells it.
41,8All who hate me
whisper together against me.
They imagine the worst for me.
41,9'An evil
disease,' they say, 'has afflicted him.
Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.'
41,10Yes, my own familiar
friend, in whom I trusted,
who ate bread with me,
has lifted up his heel against me.
41,11But you, L-rd,
have mercy on me, and raise me up,
that I may repay them.
41,12By this I know that
You delight in me,
because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.
41,13As for me, You
uphold me in my integrity,
and set me in Your presence forever.
41,14Blessed be the L-rd,
the G-d of Israel,
from everlasting and to everlasting!
Amen and amen.
42,1For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah.
42,2As the deer pants for
the water brooks,
so my soul pants after You, G-d.
42,3My soul thirsts for
G-d, for the living G-d.
When shall I come and appear before G-d?
42,4My tears have been my
food day and night,
while they continually ask me, 'Where is your G-d?'
42,5These things I
remember, and pour out my soul within me,
how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to the house of G-d,
with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
42,6Why are you in
despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in G-d!
For I shall still praise Him for the saving help of His presence.
42,7My G-d, my soul is in
despair within me.
Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
42,8Deep calls to deep at
the noise of your waterfalls.
All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
42,9The L-rd will command His loving kindness in the daytime.
In the night His song shall be with me:
a prayer to the G-d of my life.
42,10I will ask G-d, my
rock, 'Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?'
42,11As with a sword in
my bones, my adversaries reproach me,
while they continually ask me, 'Where is your G-d?'
42,12Why are you in
despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in G-d! For I shall still praise,
salvation and countenance, from my G-d.
43,1Vindicate me, G-d,
and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.
Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
43,2For You are the G-d
of my strength. Why have You rejected me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
43,3Oh, send out Your
light and Your truth.
Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to Your holy hill,
To Your tents.
43,4Then I will go to the
altar of G-d,
to G-d, my exceeding joy.
I will praise You on the harp, L-rd, my G-d.
43,5Why are you in
despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in G-d!
For I shall still praise him:
my Savior, my helper, and my G-d.
44,1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.
44,2We have heard with
our ears, G-d;
our fathers have told us,
what work You did in their days,
in the days of old.
44,3You drove out the
nations with Your hand,
but You planted them.
You afflicted the peoples,
but You spread them abroad.
44,4For they didn't get
the land in possession by their own sword,
neither did their own arm save them;
but Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your face,
because You favored them.
44,5You are my King, G-d.
Command victories for Jacob!
44,6Through You, will we
push down our adversaries.
Through Your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.
44,7For I will not trust
in my bow,
neither shall my sword save me.
44,8But You have saved us
from our adversaries,
and have shamed those who hate us.
44,9In G-d we have made
our boast all day long,
we will give thanks to Your name forever.
Selah.
44,10But now You rejected
us, and brought us to dishonor,
and don't go out with our armies.
44,11You make us turn
back from the adversary.
Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
44,12You have made us
like sheep for food,
and have scattered us among the nations.
44,13You sell Your people
for nothing,
and have gained nothing from their sale.
44,14You make us a
reproach to our neighbors,
a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
44,15You make us a byword
among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the peoples.
44,16All day long my
dishonor is before me,
and shame covers my face,
44,17At the taunt of one
who reproaches and verbally abuses,
because of the enemy and the avenger.
44,18All this has come on
us,
yet have we not forgotten You,
Neither have we been false to Your covenant.
44,19Our heart has not
turned back,
neither have our steps strayed from Your path,
44,20Though You have
crushed us in the haunt of jackals,
and covered us with the shadow of death.
44,21If we have forgotten
the name of our G-d,
or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
44,22won't G-d search
this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
44,23Yes, for your sake
we are killed all day long.
We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
44,24Wake up!
Why do You sleep, L-rd?
Arise!
Don't reject us forever.
44,25Why do You hide your
face,
and forget our affliction and our oppression?
44,26For our soul is
bowed down to the dust.
Our body clings to the earth.
44,27Rise up to help us.
Redeem us for Your loving kindness' sake.
45,1For the Chief Musician. Set to 'The Lilies.' A contemplation by the
sons of Korah. A wedding song.
45,2My heart overflows
with a noble theme.
I recite my verses for the King.
My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
45,3You are more
excellent than the sons of men.
Grace has anointed Your lips,
therefore G-d has blessed forever.
45,4Strap Your sword on
Your thigh, mighty one:
Your splendor and Your majesty.
45,5In Your majesty ride
on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness.
Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
45,6Your arrows are sharp.
The nations fall under You, with arrows in the heart of the king's
enemies.
45,7Your throne, G-d, is
forever and ever.
A scepter of equity is the scepter of Your kingdom.
45,8You have loved
righteousness, and hated wickedness.
Therefore G-d, your L-rd, has anointed you with the oil of gladness
above your fellows.
45,9All your garments
smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia.
Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.
45,10Kings' daughters
are among your honorable women.
At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
45,11Listen, daughter,
consider, and turn your ear.
Forget your own people, and also your father's house.
45,12So the King will
desire your beauty,
honor Him, for He is your L-rd.
45,13The daughter of Tyre
comes with a gift.
The rich among the people entreat Your favor.
45,14The princess inside
is all glorious.
Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
45,15She shall be led to
the King in embroidered work.
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to You.
45,16With gladness and
rejoicing they shall be led.
They shall enter into the King's palace.
45,17Your sons will take
the place of Your fathers.
You shall make them princes in all the earth.
45,18I will make Your
name to be remembered in all generations.
Therefore the peoples shall give You thanks forever and ever.
46,1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.
46,2G-d is our refuge and
strength,
a very present help in trouble.
46,3Therefore we won't
be afraid, though the earth changes,
though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
46,4though its waters
roar and are troubled,
though the mountains tremble with their swelling.
Selah.
46,5There is a river, the
streams of which make the city of G-d glad,
the holy place of the tents of the Most High.
46,6G-d is in her midst.
She shall not be moved.
G-d will help her at dawn.
46,7The nations raged.
The kingdoms were moved.
He lifted His voice, and the earth melted.
46,8the L-rd of Hosts is
with us.
The G-d of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah.
46,9Come, see the L-rd's
works,
what desolations He has made in the earth.
46,10He makes wars cease
to the end of the earth.
He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear.
He burns the chariots in the fire.
46,11'Be still, and
know that I am G-d.
I will be exalted among the nations.
I will be exalted in the earth.'
46,12The L-rd of Hosts is
with us.
The G-d of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah.
47,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
47,2Oh clap your hands,
all you nations.
Shout to G-d with the voice of triumph!
47,3For the L-rd Most High
is awesome.
He is a great King over all the earth.
47,4He subdues nations
under us,
and peoples under our feet.
47,5He chooses our
inheritance for us,
the glory of Jacob whom He loved.
Selah.
47,6G-d has gone up with
a shout,
the L-rd with the sound of a trumpet.
47,7Sing praise to G-d,
sing praises.
Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
47,8For G-d is the King
of all the earth.
Sing praises with understanding.
47,9G-d reigns over the
nations.
G-d sits on His holy throne.
47,10The princes of the
peoples are gathered together,
the people of the G-d of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to G-d.
He is greatly exalted!
48,1A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
48,2Great is the L-rd, and
greatly to be praised,
in the city of our G-d, in His holy mountain.
48,3Beautiful in
elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
is Mount Zion, on the north sides,
the city of the great King.
48,4G-d has shown himself
in her citadels as a refuge.
48,5For, behold, the
kings assembled themselves,
they passed by together.
48,6They saw it, then
they were amazed.
They were dismayed.
They hurried away.
48,7Trembling took hold
of them there,
pain, as of a woman in travail.
48,8With the east wind,
you break the ships of Tarshish.
48,9As we have heard, so
we have seen,
in the city of the L-rd of Hosts, in the city of our G-d.
G-d will establish it forever.
Selah.
48,10We have thought about
Your loving kindness, G-d,
in the midst of Your temple.
48,11As is your name, G-d,
so is Your praise to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
48,12Let Mount Zion be
glad!
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice,
Because of Your judgments.
48,13Walk about Zion, and
go around her.
Number its towers.
48,14Mark well her
bulwarks.
Consider her palaces,
that you may tell it to the next generation.
48,15For this G-d is our
G-d forever and ever.
He will be our guide even to death.
49,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
49,2Hear this, all you
peoples.
Listen, all you inhabitants of the world,
49,3both low and high,
rich and poor together.
49,4My mouth will speak
words of wisdom.
My heart shall utter understanding.
49,5I will incline my ear
to a proverb.
I will open my riddle on the harp.
49,6Why should I fear in
the days of evil,
when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
49,7Those who trust in
their wealth,
and boast in the multitude of their riches;
49,8none of them can by
any means redeem his brother,
nor give G-d a ransom for him.
49,9For the redemption of
their life is costly,
no payment is ever enough,
49,10That he should live
on forever,
that He should not see corruption.
49,11For He sees that
wise men die;
likewise the fool and the senseless perish,
and leave their wealth to others.
49,12Their inward thought
is that their houses will endure forever,
and their dwelling places to all generations.
They name their lands after themselves.
49,13But man, despite his
riches, doesn't endure.
He is like the animals that perish.
49,14This is the destiny
of those who are foolish,
and of those who approve their sayings.
Selah.
49,15They are appointed
as a flock for Hell.
Death shall be their shepherd.
The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning.
Their beauty shall decay in Hell,
far from their mansion.
49,16But G-d will redeem
my soul from the power of Hell,
for He will receive me.
Selah.
49,17Don't be afraid
when a man is made rich,
when the glory of his house is increased.
49,18For when he dies he
shall carry nothing away.
His glory shall not descend after him.
49,19For his soul is blessed in life;
and praised by men, because you improve yourself;
49,20he shall go to the
generation of his fathers.
They shall never see the light.
49,21A man who has riches
without understanding,
is like the animals that perish.
50,1A Psalm by Asaph.
The Mighty One, G-d,
the L-rd, speaks,
and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
50,2Out of Zion, the
perfection of beauty,
G-d shines forth.
50,3Our G-d comes, and
does not keep silent.
A fire devours before Him.
It is very stormy around Him.
50,4He calls to the
Heavens above,
to the earth, that He may judge His people:
50,5'Gather My saints
together to Me,
those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'
50,6The Heavens shall
declare His righteousness,
for G-d is the judge.
Selah.
50,7'Hear, My people,
and I will speak;
Israel, and I will testify against you.
I am G-d, your G-d.
50,8I don't rebuke you
for your sacrifices.
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
50,9I have no need for a
bull from your stall,
nor male goats from your pens.
50,10For every animal of
the forest is Mine,
and the livestock on a thousand hills.
50,11I know all the birds
of the mountains.
The wild animals of the field are Mine.
50,12If I were hungry, I
would not tell you,
for the world is Mine, and all that is in it.
50,13Will I eat the flesh
of bulls,
or drink the blood of goats?
50,14Offer to G-d the
sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Pay your vows to the Most High.
50,15Call on Me in the
day of trouble.
I will deliver you, and You will honor me.'
50,16But to the wicked
G-d says,
'What right do you have to declare My statutes,
that you have taken My covenant on your lips,
50,17since you hate
instruction,
and throw My words behind you?
50,18When You saw a
thief, you consented with him,
and have participated with adulterers.
50,19You give your
mouth to evil.
Your tongue frames deceit.
50,20You sit and speak
against your brother.
You slander your own mother's son.
50,21You have done these
things, and I kept silent.
You thought that I was just like you.
I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
50,22Now consider
this, you who forget G-d,
lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.
50,23Whoever offers the
sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies Me,
and makes a way so that G-d's salvation is Ours.
51,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David,
51,2When Nathan the prophet came
to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51,3Have mercy on me,
G-d, according to Your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my
transgressions.
51,4Wash me thoroughly
from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin.
51,5For I know my
transgressions.
My sin is constantly before me.
51,6Against You, and You
only, have I sinned,
and done that which is evil in Your sight;
that You may be proved right when You speak,
and justified when You judge.
51,7Behold, I was brought
forth in iniquity.
In sin my mother conceived me.
51,8Behold, You desire
truth in the inward parts.
You teach me wisdom in the innermost place.
51,9Purify me with
hyssop, and I will be clean.
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
51,10Let me hear joy and
gladness,
That the bones which You have broken may rejoice.
51,11Hide Your face from
my sins,
and blot out all of my iniquities.
51,12Create in me a clean
heart, G-d.
Renew a right spirit within me.
51,13Don't throw me
from Your presence,
and don't take Your holy Spirit from me.
51,14Restore to me the
joy of Your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
51,15Then I will teach
transgressors Your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to You.
51,16Deliver me from
bloodguiltiness, L-rd, G-d of my salvation.
My tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
51,17L-rd, open my lips.
My mouth shall declare Your praise.
51,18For You don't
delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it.
You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
51,19The sacrifices of
G-d are a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, G-d, You will not despise.
51,20Do well in Your good
pleasure Zion.
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
51,21Then You will
delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,
in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings.
Then they will offer bulls on Your altar.
52,1For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David,
52,2When Doeg the Edomite
came and told Saul, 'David has come to Abimelech's house.'
52,3Why do you boast of
mischief, mighty man?
G-d's loving kindness endures continually.
52,4Your tongue plots
destruction,
like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
52,5You love evil more
than good,
lying rather than speaking the truth.
Selah.
52,6You love all
devouring words,
your deceitful tongue.
52,7G-d will likewise
destroy you forever.
He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent,
and root you out of the land of the living.
Selah.
52,8The righteous also
will see it, and fear,
and laugh at him, saying,
52,9'Behold, this is
the man who didn't make G-d his strength,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
and strengthened himself in his wickedness.'
52,10But as for me, I am
like a green olive tree in G-d's house.
I trust in G-d's loving kindness forever and ever.
52,11I will give You
thanks forever, because You have done it.
I will hope in Your name, for it is good,
in the presence of Your saints.
53,1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Mahalath.' A contemplation
by David.
53,2The fool has said in
his heart, 'There is no G-d.'
They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity.
There is no one who does good.
53,3G-d looks down from
Heaven on the children of men,
to see if there are any who understood,
who seek after G-d.
53,4Every one of them has
gone back.
They have become filthy together.
There is no one who does good, not one.
53,5Have the workers of
iniquity no knowledge,
who eat up My people as they eat bread,
and don't call on G-d?
53,6There they were in
great fear, where no fear was,
for G-d has scattered the bones of him who encamps against You.
You have put them to shame,
because G-d has rejected them.
53,7Oh that the salvation
of Israel would come out of Zion!
When G-d brings back His people from captivity,
then Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.
54,1For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by
David,
54,2When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, 'Isn't David hiding
himself among us?'
54,3Save me, G-d, by Your
name.
Vindicate me in Your might.
54,4Hear my prayer, G-d.
Listen to the words of my mouth.
54,5For strangers have
risen up against me.
Violent men have sought after my soul.
They haven't set G-d before them.
Selah.
54,6Behold, G-d is my
helper.
The L-rd is the one who sustains my soul.
54,7He will repay the
evil to my enemies.
Destroy them in Your truth.
54,8With a free will
offering, I will sacrifice to You.
I will give thanks to Your name, L-rd, for it is good.
54,9For He has delivered
me out of all trouble.
My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
55,1For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by
David.
55,2Listen to my prayer,
G-d.
Don't hide Yourself from my supplication.
55,3Attend to me, and
answer me.
I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
55,4Because of the voice
of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they bring suffering on me.
In anger they hold a grudge against me.
55,5My heart is severely
pained within me.
The terrors of death have fallen on me.
55,6Fearfulness and
trembling have come on me.
Horror has overwhelmed me.
55,7I said, 'Oh that I
had wings like a dove!
Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
55,8Behold, then I would
wander far off.
I would lodge in the wilderness.'
Selah.
55,9'I would hurry to a
shelter from the stormy wind and storm.'
55,10Confuse them, L-rd,
and confound their language,
for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
55,11Day and night they
prowl around on its walls.
Malice and abuse are also within her.
55,12Destructive forces
are within her.
Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.
55,13For it was not an
enemy who insulted me,
then I could have endured it.
Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me,
then I would have hidden myself from him.
55,14But it was you, a
man like me,
my companion, and my familiar friend.
55,15We took sweet
fellowship together.
We walked in G-d's house with company.
55,16Let death come
suddenly on them.
Let them go down alive into Hell.
For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.
55,17As for me, I will
call on G-d.
The L-rd will save me.
55,18Evening, morning,
and at noon, I will cry out in distress.
He will hear my voice.
55,19He has redeemed my
soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
although there are many who oppose me.
55,20G-d, who is
enthroned forever,
will hear, and answer them. Selah.
They never change,
who don't fear G-d.
55,21He raises His hands
against His friends.
He has violated His covenant.
55,22His mouth was smooth
as butter,
but His heart was war.
His words were softer than oil,
yet they were drawn swords.
55,23Cast your burden on
the L-rd, and He will sustain you.
He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
55,24But You, G-d, will
bring them down into the pit of destruction.
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days,
but I will trust in You.
56,1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Silent Dove in Distant
Lands.' A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
56,2Be merciful to me,
G-d, for man wants to swallow me up.
All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
56,3My enemies want to
swallow me up all day long,
for they are many who fight proudly against me.
56,4When I am afraid,
I will put my trust in You.
56,5In G-d, I praise His
word.
In G-d, I put my trust.
I will not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
56,6All day long they
twist my words.
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
56,7They conspire and
lurk,
watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
56,8Shall they escape by
iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, G-d.
56,9You number my
wanderings.
You put my tears into Your bottle.
Aren't they in Your book?
56,10Then my enemies shall
turn back in the day that I call.
I know this, that G-d is for me.
56,11In G-d, I will
praise His word.
In the L-rd, I will praise Word.
56,12I have put my trust
in G-d.
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
56,13Your vows are on me,
G-d.
I will give thank offerings to You.
56,14For You have
delivered my soul from death,
and prevented my feet from falling,
that I may walk before G-d in the light of the living.
57,1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Do Not Destroy.'
A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
57,2Be merciful to me,
G-d, be merciful to me,
for my soul takes refuge in You.
Yes, in the shadow of Your wings, I will take refuge,
until disaster has passed.
57,3I cry out to G-d Most
High,
to G-d who accomplishes my requests for me.
57,4He will send from
Heaven, and save me,
he rebukes the one who is pursuing me.
Selah.
G-d will send out His loving kindness and His truth.
57,5My soul is among
lions.
I lie among those who are set on fire,
even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
and their tongue a sharp sword.
57,6Be exalted, G-d,
above the Heavens!
Let Your glory be above all the earth!
57,7They have prepared a
net for my steps.
My soul is bowed down.
They dig a pit before me.
They fall into its midst themselves.
Selah.
57,8My heart is
steadfast, G-d, my heart is steadfast.
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
57,9Wake up, my glory!
Wake up, psaltery and harp!
I will wake up the dawn.
57,10I will give thanks to
You, L-rd, among the peoples.
I will sing praises to You among the nations.
57,11For Your great
loving kindness reaches to the Heavens,
and Your truth to the skies.
57,12Be exalted, G-d,
above the Heavens.
Let Your glory be over all the earth.
58,1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Do Not Destroy.' A poem by
David.
58,2Do you indeed speak
righteousness, silent ones?
Do You judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
58,3No, in your heart you
plot injustice.
You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
58,4The wicked go astray
from the womb.
They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
58,5Their poison is like
the poison of a snake;
like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
58,6which doesn't
listen to the voice of charmers,
no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
58,7Break their teeth,
G-d, in their mouth.
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, L-rd.
58,8Let them vanish as
water that flows away.
When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
58,9Let them be like a
snail which melts and passes away,
like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
58,10Before your pots can
feel the heat of the thorns,
He will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
58,11The righteous shall
rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
58,12so that men shall
say, 'Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous.
Most certainly there is a G-d who judges the earth.'
59,1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Do Not Destroy.' A poem by
David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
59,2Deliver me from my
enemies, my G-d.
Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
59,3Deliver me from the
workers of iniquity.
Save me from the bloodthirsty men.
59,4For, behold, they lie
in wait for my soul.
The mighty gather themselves together against me,
not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, L-rd.
59,5I have done no wrong,
yet they are ready to attack me.
Rise up, behold, and help me!
59,6You, L-rd G-d of
Hosts, the G-d of Israel,
rouse Yourself to punish the nations.
Show no mercy to the wicked traitors.
Selah.
59,7They return at
evening, howling like dogs,
and prowl around the city.
59,8Behold, they spew
with their mouth.
Swords are in their lips,
'For,' they say, 'who hears us?'
59,9But You, L-rd,
laugh at them.
You scoff at all the nations.
59,10Oh, my Strength, I
watch for You,
for G-d is my high tower.
59,11My G-d will go
before me with His loving kindness.
G-d will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
59,12Don't kill them,
or my people may forget.
Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, L-rd our shield.
59,13For the sin of their
mouth, and the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride,
for the curses and lies which they utter.
59,14Consume them in
wrath.
Consume them, and they will be no more.
Let them know that G-d rules in Jacob,
to the ends of the earth.
Selah.
59,15At evening let them
return.
Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.
59,16They shall wander up
and down for food,
and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.
59,17But I will sing of
Your strength.
I will sing aloud of Your loving kindness in the morning.
For You have been my high tower,
a refuge in the day of my distress.
59,18To You, my strength,
I will sing praises.
For G-d is my high tower, the G-d of my mercy.
60,1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'The Lily of the Covenant.'
A teaching poem by David,
60,2when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram
Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley
of Salt.
60,3G-d, You have
rejected us.
You have broken us down.
You have been angry.
Restore us, again.
60,4You have made the
land tremble.
You have torn it.
Mend its fractures,
for it quakes.
60,5You have shown Your
people hard things.
You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
60,6You have given a
banner to those who fear You,
that it may be displayed because of the truth.
Selah.
60,7So that Your beloved
may be delivered,
save with Your right hand, and answer us.
60,8G-d has spoken from
his sanctuary:
'I will triumph.
I will divide Shechem,
and measure out the valley of Succoth.
60,9Gilead is mine, and
Manasseh is mine.
Ephraim also is the defense of my head.
Judah is my scepter.
60,10Moab is my wash basin.
I will throw my shoe on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia.'
60,11Who will bring me
into the strong city?
Who has led me to Edom?
60,12Haven't You, G-d,
rejected us?
You don't go out with our armies, G-d.
60,13Give us help against
the adversary,
for the help of man is vain.
60,14Through G-d we shall
do valiantly,
for it is He who will tread down our adversaries.
61,1For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David.
61,2Hear my cry, G-d.
Listen to my prayer.
61,3From the end of the
earth, I will call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed.
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
61,4For You have been a
refuge for me,
a strong tower from the enemy.
61,5I will dwell in Your
tent forever.
I will take refuge in the shelter of Your wings.
Selah.
61,6For You, G-d, have
heard my vows.
You have given me the heritage of those who fear Your name.
61,7You will prolong the
king's life;
his years shall be for generations.
61,8He shall be enthroned
in G-d's presence forever.
Appoint Your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.
61,8So I will sing praise
to Your name forever,
that I may fulfill my vows daily.
62,1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthan. A Psalm by David.
62,2My soul rests in G-d
alone.
My salvation is from Him.
62,3He alone is my rock
and my salvation, my fortress;
I will never be greatly shaken.
62,4How long will you
assault a man,
would all of you throw him down,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
62,5They fully intend to
throw him down from his lofty place.
They delight in lies.
They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly.
Selah.
62,6My soul, wait in
silence for G-d alone,
for my expectation is from him.
62,7He alone is my rock
and my salvation, my fortress.
I will not be shaken.
62,8With G-d is my
salvation and my honor.
The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in G-d.
62,9Trust in Him at all
times, you people.
Pour out your heart before Him.
G-d is a refuge for us.
Selah.
62,10Surely men of low
degree are just a breath,
and men of high degree are a lie.
In the balances they will go up.
They are together lighter than a breath.
62,11Don't trust in
oppression.
Don't become vain in robbery.
If riches increase,
don't set your heart on them.
62,12G-d has spoken once;
twice I have heard this,
that power belongs to G-d.
62,13Also to You, L-rd,
belongs loving kindness,
for You reward every man according to his work.
63,1A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.
63,2G-d, You are my L-rd.
I will earnestly seek You.
My soul thirsts for You.
My flesh longs for You,
in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
63,3So I have seen You in
the sanctuary,
watching Your power and Your glory.
63,4Because Your loving
kindness is better than life,
my lips shall praise You.
63,5So I will bless you
while I live.
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
63,6My soul shall be
satisfied as with the richest food.
My mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,
63,7when I remember you
on my bed,
and think about You in the night watches.
63,8For You have been my
help.
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.
63,9My soul stays close
to You.
Your right hand holds me up.
63,10But those who seek my
soul, to destroy it,
shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
63,11They shall be given
over to the power of the sword.
They shall be jackal food.
63,12But the king shall
rejoice in G-d.
Everyone who swears will praise,
for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.
64,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
64,2Hear my voice, G-d,
in my complaint.
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
64,3Hide me from the
conspiracy of the wicked,
from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
64,4who sharpen their
tongue like a sword,
and aim their arrows, deadly words,
64,5to shoot innocent men
from ambushes.
They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
64,6They encourage
themselves in evil plans.
They talk about laying snares secretly.
They say, 'Who will see them?'
64,7They plot injustice,
saying, 'We have made a perfect plan!'
Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
64,8But G-d will shoot at
them.
They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
64,9Their own tongues
shall ruin them.
All who see them will shake their heads.
64,10All mankind shall be
afraid.
They shall declare the work of G-d,
and shall wisely ponder what He has done.
64,11The righteous shall
be glad in the L-rd,
and shall take refuge in him.
All the upright in heart shall praise him!
65,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.
65,2Praise waits for You,
G-d, in Zion.
To You shall vows be performed.
65,3You who hear prayer,
to You all men will come.
65,4Sins overwhelmed me,
but You atoned for our transgressions.
65,5Blessed is one whom
you choose, and cause to come near,
that he may live in Your courts.
We will be filled with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.
65,6By awesome deeds of
righteousness, You answer us,
G-d of our salvation.
You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth,
of those who are far away on the sea;
65,7Who by His power
forms the mountains,
having armed Yourself with strength;
65,8who stills the
roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
and the turmoil of the nations.
65,9They also who dwell
in faraway places are afraid at Your wonders.
You call the morning's dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
65,10You visit the earth,
and water it.
You greatly enrich it.
The river of G-d is full of water.
You provide them grain, for so You have ordained it.
65,11You drench its
furrows.
You level its ridges.
You soften it with showers.
You bless it with a crop.
65,12You crown the year
with Your bounty.
Your carts overflow with abundance.
65,13The wilderness
grasslands overflow.
The hills are clothed with gladness.
65,14The pastures are
covered with flocks.
The valleys also are clothed with grain.
They shout for joy! They also sing!
66,1For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.
66,2Make a joyful shout
to G-d, all the earth!
66,3Sing to the glory of
his name!
Offer glory and praise!
66,4Tell G-d, 'How
awesome are Your deeds!
Through the greatness of Your power,
Your enemies submit themselves to
You.
66,5All the earth will
worship You,
and will sing to You;
they will sing to Your name.'
Selah.
66,6Come, and see G-d's
deeds;
awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
66,7He turned the sea
into dry land.
They went through the river on foot.
There, we rejoiced in Him.
66,8He rules by His might
forever.
His eyes watch the nations.
Don't let the rebellious rise up against Him.
Selah.
66,9Praise our G-d, you
peoples!
Make the sound of His praise heard,
66,10who preserves our
life among the living,
and doesn't allow our feet to be moved.
66,11For You, G-d, have
tested us.
You have refined us, as silver is refined.
66,12You brought us into
prison.
You laid a burden on our backs.
66,13You allowed men to
ride over our heads.
We went through fire and through water,
but You brought us to the place of abundance.
66,14I will come into
Your temple with burnt offerings.
I will pay my vows to You,
66,15which my lips promised,
and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
66,16I will offer to you
burnt offerings of fat animals,
with the offering of rams,
I will offer bulls with goats.
Selah.
66,17Come, and hear, all
you who fear G-d.
I will declare what He has done for my soul.
66,18I cried to Him with
my mouth.
He was extolled with my tongue.
66,19If I cherished sin
in my heart,
the L-rd wouldn't have listened.
66,20But most certainly,
G-d has listened.
He has heard the voice of my prayer.
66,21Blessed be G-d, who
has not turned away my prayer,
nor His loving kindness from me.
67,1For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.
67,2May G-d be merciful
to us, bless us,
and cause His face to shine on us.
Selah.
67,3That Your way may be
known on earth,
and Your salvation among all nations,
67,4let the peoples
praise You, G-d.
Let all the peoples praise You.
67,5Oh let the nations be
glad and sing for joy,
for You will judge the peoples with equity,
and govern the nations on earth.
Selah.
67,6Let the peoples
praise You, G-d.
Let all the peoples praise You.
67,7The earth has yielded
its increase.
G-d, even our own G-d, will bless us.
67,8G-d will bless us.
All the ends of the earth shall fear him.
68,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.
68,2Let G-d arise!
Let His enemies be scattered!
Let them who hate Him also flee before him.
68,3As smoke is driven
away,
so drive them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so let the wicked perish at the presence of G-d.
68,4But let the righteous
be glad.
Let them rejoice before G-d.
Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
68,5Sing to G-d! Sing
praises to His name!
Extol Him who rides on the clouds;
to His name!
Rejoice before Him!
68,6A father of the
fatherless, and a defender of the widows,
is G-d in His holy habitation.
68,7G-d sets the lonely
in families.
He brings out the prisoners with singing,
but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
68,8G-d, when You went
forth before Your people,
when You marched through the wilderness...
Selah.
68,9The earth trembled.
The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the G-d of Sinai,
at the presence of G-d, the G-d of Israel.
68,10You, G-d, sent a
plentiful rain.
You confirmed Your inheritance, when it was weary.
68,11Your congregation
lived therein.
You, G-d, prepared Your goodness for the poor.
68,12The L-rd announced
the word.
The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
68,13'Kings of armies
flee! They flee!'
She who waits at home divides the spoil,
68,14while you sleep
among the campfires,
the wings of a dove sheathed with silver,
her feathers with shining gold.
68,15When the Almighty
scattered kings in her,
it snowed on Zalmon.
68,16The mountains of
Bashan are majestic mountains.
The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
68,17Why do you look in
envy, you rugged mountains,
at the mountain where G-d chooses to reign?
The L-rd will dwell there forever.
68,18The chariots of G-d
are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands.
The L-rd is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
68,19You have ascended on
high.
You have led away captives.
You have received gifts among men,
yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah G-d might dwell there.
68,20Blessed be the L-rd,
who daily bears our burdens,
even the G-d who is our salvation.
Selah.
68,21G-d is to us a G-d
of deliverance.
To the L-rd G-d, belongs escape from death.
68,22But G-d will strike
through the head of His enemies,
the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
68,23The L-rd said, 'I
will bring you again from Bashan,
I will bring You again from the depths of the sea;
68,24That you may crush
them, dipping your foot in blood,
that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your
enemies.'
68,25They have seen Your
processions, G-d,
even the processions of my G-d, my King, into the sanctuary.
68,26The singers went
before, the minstrels followed after,
in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,
68,27'Bless G-d in the
congregations,
even the L-rd in the assembly of Israel!'
68,28There is little
Benjamin, their ruler,
the princes of Judah, their council,
the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
68,29Your G-d has
commanded your strength.
Strengthen, G-d, that which You have done for us.
68,30Because of Your
temple at Jerusalem,
kings shall bring presents to You.
68,31Rebuke the wild
animal of the reeds,
the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples.
Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver.
Scatter the nations that delight in war.
68,32Princes shall come
out of Egypt.
Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to G-d.
68,33Sing to G-d, you
kingdoms of the earth!
Sing praises to the L-rd!
Selah.
68,34To Him who rides on
the Heaven of Heavens, which are of old;
behold, He utters His voice, a mighty voice.
68,35Ascribe strength to
G-d!
His excellency is over Israel,
his strength is in the skies.
68,36You are awesome,
G-d, in Your sanctuaries.
The G-d of Israel gives strength and power to His people.
Praise be to G-d!
69,1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Lilies.' By David.
69,2Save me, G-d,
for the waters have come up to my neck!
69,3I sink in deep mire,
where there is no foothold.
I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
69,4I am weary with my
crying.
My throat is dry.
My eyes fail, looking for my G-d.
69,5Those who hate me
without a cause are more than the hairs of my head.
Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty.
I have to restore what I didn't take away.
69,6G-d, You know my
foolishness.
My sins aren't hidden from You.
69,7Don't let those who
wait for You be shamed through me, L-rd G-d of Hosts.
Don't let those who seek You be brought to dishonor through me, G-d
of Israel.
69,8Because for Your
sake, I have borne reproach.
Shame has covered my face.
69,9I have become a
stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's children.
69,10For the zeal of Your
house consumes me.
The reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
69,11When I wept and I
fasted,
that was to my reproach.
69,12When I made
sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
69,13Those who sit in the
gate talk about me.
I am the song of the drunkards.
69,14But as for me, my
prayer is to You, L-rd, in an acceptable time.
G-d, in the abundance of Your loving kindness, answer me in the truth
of Your salvation.
69,15Deliver me out of
the mire, and don't let me sink.
Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
69,16Don't let the
flood waters overwhelm me,
neither let the deep swallow me up.
Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.
69,17Answer me, L-rd,
for Your loving kindness is good.
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, turn to me.
69,18Don't hide Your
face from Your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me speedily!
69,19Draw near to my
soul, and redeem it.
Ransom me because of my enemies.
69,20You know my
reproach, my shame, and my dishonor.
My adversaries are all before You.
69,21Reproach has broken
my heart, and I am full of heaviness.
I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
for comforters, but I found none.
69,22They also gave me
gall for my food.
In my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
69,23Let their table
before them become a snare.
May it become a retribution and a trap.
69,24Let their eyes be
darkened, so that they can't see.
Let their backs be continually bent.
69,25Pour out Your
indignation on them.
Let the fierceness of Your anger overtake them.
69,26Let their habitation
be desolate.
Let no one dwell in their tents.
69,27For they persecute
him whom You have wounded.
They tell of the sorrow of those whom You have hurt.
69,28Charge them with
crime upon crime.
Don't let them come into Your righteousness.
69,29Let them be blotted
out of the book of life,
and not be written with the righteous.
69,30But I am in pain and
distress.
Let Your salvation, G-d, protect me.
69,31I will praise the
name of G-d with a song,
and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
69,32It will please
the L-rd better than an ox,
or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
69,33The humble have seen
it, and are glad.
You who seek after G-d, let your heart live.
69,34For the L-rd hears the
needy,
and doesn't despise His captive people.
69,35Let Heaven and earth
praise him;
the seas, and everything that moves therein!
69,36For G-d will save
Zion, and build the cities of Judah.
They shall settle there, and own it.
69,37The children also of
His servants shall inherit it.
Those who love His name shall dwell therein.
70,1For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder.
70,2Hurry, G-d, to
deliver me.
Come quickly to help me, L-rd.
70,3Let them be
disappointed and confounded who seek my soul.
Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
70,4Let them be turned
because of their shame
Who say, 'Aha! Aha!'
70,5Let all those who
seek You rejoice and be glad in You.
Let those who love Your salvation continually say,
'Let G-d be exalted!'
70,6But I am poor and
needy.
Come to me quickly, G-d.
You are my help and my deliverer.
L-rd, don't delay.
71,1In You, L-rd, I
take refuge.
Never let me be disappointed.
71,2Deliver me in Your
righteousness, and rescue me.
Turn Your ear to me, and save me.
71,3Be to me a rock of
refuge to which I may always go.
Give the command to save me,
for You are my rock and my fortress.
71,4Rescue me, my G-d,
from the hand of the wicked,
from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
71,5For You are my hope,
L-rd G-d;
my confidence from my youth.
71,6I have relied on you
from the womb.
You are He who took me out of my mother's womb.
I will always praise You.
71,7I am a marvel to many,
but You are my strong refuge.
71,8My mouth shall be
filled with Your praise,
with Your honor all the day.
71,9Don't reject me in
my old age.
Don't forsake me when my strength fails.
71,10For my enemies talk
about me.
Those who watch for my soul conspire together,
71,11saying, 'G-d has
forsaken him.
Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.'
71,12G-d, don't be far
from me.
My G-d, hurry to help me.
71,13Let my accusers be
disappointed and consumed.
Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
71,14But I will always
hope,
and will add to all of Your praise.
71,15My mouth will tell
about Your righteousness,
and of Your salvation all day,
though I don't know its full measure.
71,16I will come with the
mighty acts of the L-rd G-d.
I will make mention of Your righteousness, even of Yours alone.
71,17G-d, You have taught
me from my youth.
Until now, I have declared Your wondrous works.
71,18Yes, even when I am
old and gray-haired, G-d, don't forsake me,
until I have declared Your strength to the next generation,
Your might to everyone who is to come.
71,19Your righteousness
also, G-d, reaches to the Heavens;
you have done great things.
G-d, who is like You?
71,20You, who have shown
us many and bitter troubles,
You will let me live.
You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
71,21Increase my honor,
and comfort me again.
71,22I will also praise
You with the harp for Your faithfulness, my G-d.
I sing praises to You with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
71,23My lips shall shout
for joy!
My soul, which You have redeemed, sings praises to you!
71,24My tongue will also
talk about Your righteousness all day long,
for they are disappointed, and they are confounded,
who want to harm me.
72,1By Solomon.
G-d, give the king
Your justice;
Your righteousness to the royal son.
72,2He will judge Your
people with righteousness,
and Your poor with justice.
72,3The mountains shall
bring prosperity to the people.
The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
72,4He will judge the
poor of the people.
He will save the children of the needy,
and will break the oppressor in pieces.
72,5They shall fear You
while the sun endures;
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
72,6He will come down
like rain on the mown grass,
as showers that water the earth.
72,7In His days, the
righteous shall flourish,
and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
72,8He shall have
dominion also from sea to sea,
from the River to the ends of the earth.
72,9Those who dwell in
the wilderness shall bow before him.
His enemies shall lick the dust.
72,10The kings of
Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute.
The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
72,11Yes, all kings shall
fall down before him.
All nations shall serve him.
72,12For He will deliver
the needy when he cries;
the poor, who has no helper.
72,13He will have pity on
the poor and needy.
He will save the souls of the needy.
72,14He will redeem their
soul from oppression and violence.
Their blood will be precious in His sight.
72,15They shall live, and
to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba.
Men shall pray for him continually.
They shall bless him all day long.
72,16Abundance of grain
shall be throughout the land.
Its fruit sways like Lebanon.
Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
72,17His name endures
forever.
His name continues as long as the sun.
Men shall be blessed by him.
All nations will call him blessed.
72,18Praise be to the L-rd
G-d, the G-d of Israel,
who alone does marvelous deeds.
72,19Blessed be his
glorious name forever!
Let the whole earth be filled with His glory!
Amen and amen.
72,20This ends the
prayers by David, the son of Jesse.
73,1A Psalm by Asaph.
Surely G-d is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
73,2But as for me, my
feet were almost gone.
My steps had nearly slipped.
73,3For I was envious of
the arrogant,
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
73,4For there are no
struggles in their death,
but their strength is firm.
73,5They are free from
burdens of men,
neither are they plagued like other men.
73,6Therefore pride is
like a chain around their neck.
Violence covers them like a garment.
73,7Their eyes bulge with
fat.
Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
73,8They scoff and speak
with malice.
In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
73,9They have set their
mouth in the Heavens.
Their tongue walks through the earth.
73,10Therefore their
people return to them,
and they drink up waters of abundance.
73,11They say, 'How
does G-d know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?'
73,12Behold, these are
the wicked.
Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
73,13Surely in vain I
have cleansed my heart,
and washed my hands in innocence,
73,14For all day long
have I been plagued,
and punished every morning.
73,15If I had said, 'I
will speak thus;'
behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children.
73,16When I tried to
understand this,
it was too painful for me;
73,17Until I entered
G-d's sanctuary,
and considered their latter end.
73,18Surely You set them
in slippery places.
You throw them down to destruction.
73,19How they are
suddenly destroyed!
They are completely swept away with terrors.
73,20As a dream when one
wakes up,
so, L-rd, when You awake, You will despise their
fantasies.
73,21For my soul was
grieved.
I was embittered in my heart.
73,22I was so senseless
and ignorant.
I was a brute beast before You.
73,23Nevertheless, I am
continually with You.
You have held my right hand.
73,24You will guide me
with Your counsel,
and afterward receive me to glory.
73,25Whom do I have in
Heaven?
There is no one on earth whom I desire besides You.
73,26My flesh and my
heart fails,
but G-d is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
73,27For, behold, those
who are far from You shall perish.
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
73,28But it is good for
me to come close to G-d.
I have made the L-rd G-d my refuge,
that I may tell of all Your works.
74,1A contemplation by Asaph.
G-d, why have you
rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
74,2Remember Your
congregation, which You purchased of old,
which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
Mount Zion, in which You have lived.
74,3Lift up Your feet to
the perpetual ruins,
all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
74,4Your adversaries have
roared in the midst of Your assembly.
They have set up their standards as signs.
74,5They behaved like men
wielding axes,
cutting through a thicket of trees.
74,6Now they break all
its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
74,7They have burned Your
sanctuary to the ground.
They have profaned the dwelling place of Your Name.
74,8They said in their
heart, 'We will crush them completely.'
They have burned up all the places in the land where G-d was worshiped.
74,9We see no miraculous
signs.
There is no longer any prophet,
neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
74,10How long, G-d, shall
the adversary reproach?
Shall the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
74,11Why do You draw back
Your hand, even Your right hand?
Take it out of Your pocket and consume them!
74,12Yet G-d is my King
of old,
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
74,13You divided the sea
by Your strength.
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
74,14You broke the heads
of Leviathan in pieces.
You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.
74,15You opened up spring
and stream.
You dried up mighty rivers.
74,16The day is Yours,
the night is also Yours.
You have prepared the light and the sun.
74,17You have set all the
boundaries of the earth.
You have made summer and winter.
74,18Remember this, that
the enemy has mocked You, L-rd.
Foolish people have blasphemed Your name.
74,19Don't deliver the
soul of Your dove to wild beasts.
Don't forget the life of Your poor forever.
74,20Honor Your covenant,
for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
74,21Don't let the
oppressed return ashamed.
Let the poor and needy praise Your name.
74,22Arise, G-d! Plead
Your own cause.
Remember how the foolish man mocks You all day.
74,23Don't forget the
voice of Your adversaries.
The tumult of those who rise up against You ascends continually.
75,1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of 'Do Not Destroy.'
A Psalm by Asaph. A song.
75,2We give thanks to
You, G-d.
We give thanks, for Your Name is near.
Men tell about Your wondrous works.
75,3When I choose the
appointed time,
I will judge blamelessly.
75,4The earth and all its
inhabitants quake.
I firmly hold its pillars.
Selah.
75,5I said to the
arrogant, 'Don't boast!'
I said to the wicked, 'Don't lift up the horn.
75,6Don't lift up your
horn on high.
Don't speak with a stiff neck.'
75,7For neither from the
east, nor from the west,
nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
75,8But G-d is the judge.
He puts down one, and lifts up another.
75,9For in the hand of
the L-rd there is a cup,
full of foaming wine mixed with spices.
He pours it out.
Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
75,10But I will declare
this forever:
I will sing praises to the G-d of Jacob.
75,11I will cut off all
the horns of the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
76,1For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments.
A Psalm by Asaph. A song.
76,2In Judah, G-d is
known.
His name is great in Israel.
76,3His tabernacle is
also in Salem;
His dwelling place in Zion.
76,4There He broke the
flaming arrows of the bow,
the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war.
Selah.
76,5Glorious are You, and
excellent,
more than mountains of game.
76,6Valiant men lie
plundered,
they have slept their last sleep.
None of the men of war can lift their hands.
76,7At Your rebuke, G-d
of Jacob,
both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
76,8You are to
be feared.
Who can stand in Your sight when You are angry?
76,9You pronounced
judgment from Heaven.
The earth feared, and was silent,
76,10when G-d arose to
judgment,
to save all the afflicted ones of the earth.
Selah.
76,11Surely the wrath of
man praises You.
The survivors of Your wrath are restrained.
76,12Make vows to the L-rd
your G-d, and fulfill them!
all arounf Him, bring presents.
76,13He will cut off the
spirit of princes.
He is feared by the kings of the earth.
77,1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph.
77,2My cry goes to G-d!
Indeed, I cry to G-d for help,
and for Him to listen to me.
77,3In the day of my
trouble I sought the L-rd.
My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired.
My soul refused to be comforted.
77,4I remember G-d, and I
groan.
I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed.
Selah.
77,5You hold my eyelids
open.
I am so troubled that I can't speak.
77,6I have considered the
days of old,
the years of ancient times.
77,7I remember my song in
the night.
I consider in my own heart;
my spirit diligently inquires:
77,8'Will the L-rd
reject us forever?
Will He be favorable no more?
77,9Has His loving
kindness vanished forever?
Does His promise fail for generations?
77,10Has G-d forgotten to
be gracious?
Has He, in anger, withheld His compassion?'
Selah.
77,11Then I thought, 'I
will appeal to this:
the years of the right hand of the Most High.'
77,12I will remember
Yah's deeds;
for I will remember Your wonders of old.
77,13I will also meditate
on all Your work,
and consider Your doings.
77,14Your way, G-d, is in
the sanctuary.
What god is great like G-d?
77,15You are the G-d who
does wonders.
You have made Your strength known among the peoples.
77,16You have redeemed
Your people with Your arm,
the sons of Jacob and Joseph.
Selah.
77,17The waters saw You,
G-d.
The waters saw You, and they writhed.
The depths also convulsed.
77,18The clouds poured
out water.
The skies resounded with thunder.
Your arrows also flashed around.
77,19The voice of Your
thunder was in the whirlwind.
The lightnings lit up the world.
The earth trembled and shook.
77,20Your way was through
the sea;
Your paths through the great waters.
Your footsteps were not known.
77,21You led Your people
like a flock,
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
78,1A contemplation by Asaph.
Hear my teaching, my
people.
Turn Your ears to the words of my mouth.
78,2I will open my mouth
in a parable.
I will utter dark sayings of old,
78,3Which we have heard
and known,
and our fathers have told us.
78,4We will not hide them
from their children,
telling to the generation to come the praises of the L-rd,
His strength, and His wondrous works that He has done.
78,5For He established a
testimony in Jacob,
and appointed a teaching in Israel,
which He commanded our fathers,
that they should make them known to their children;
78,6that the generation
to come might know, even the children who should be born;
who should arise and tell their children,
78,7that they might set
their hope in G-d,
and not forget the works of G-d,
but keep His commandments,
78,8and might not be as
their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal,
whose spirit was not steadfast with G-d.
78,9The children of
Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,
turned back in the day of battle.
78,10They didn't keep
G-d's covenant,
and refused to walk in His law.
78,11They forgot his
doings,
his wondrous works that He had shown them.
78,12He did marvelous
things in the sight of their fathers,
in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
78,13He split the sea,
and caused them to pass through.
He made the waters stand as a heap.
78,14In the daytime he
also led them with a cloud,
and all night with a light of fire.
78,15He split rocks in
the wilderness,
and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
78,16He brought streams
also out of the rock,
and caused waters to run down like rivers.
78,17Yet they still went
on to sin against Him,
to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
78,18They tempted G-d in
their heart
by asking food according to their desire.
78,19Yes, they spoke
against G-d.
They said, 'Can G-d prepare a table in the wilderness?
78,20Behold, He struck
the rock, so that waters gushed out,
and streams overflowed.
Can He give bread also?
Will He provide flesh for His people?'
78,21Therefore the L-rd
heard, and was angry.
A fire was kindled against Jacob,
anger also went up against Israel,
78,22because they
didn't believe in G-d,
and didn't trust in His salvation.
78,23Yet He commanded the
skies above,
and opened the doors of Heaven.
78,24He rained down manna
on them to eat,
and gave them food from the sky.
78,25Man ate the bread of
angels.
He sent them food to the full.
78,26He caused the east
wind to blow in the sky.
By His power He guided the south wind.
78,27He rained also flesh
on them as the dust;
winged birds as the sand of the seas.
78,28He let them fall in
the midst of their camp,
around their habitations.
78,29So they ate, and
were well filled.
He gave them their own desire.
78,30They didn't turn
from their cravings.
Their food was yet in their mouths,
78,31when the anger of
G-d went up against them,
killed some of their fattest,
and struck down the young men of Israel.
78,32For all this they
still sinned,
and didn't believe in His wondrous works.
78,33Therefore he
consumed their days in vanity,
and their years in terror.
78,34When He killed them,
then they inquired after him.
They returned and sought G-d earnestly.
78,35They remembered that
G-d was their rock,
the Most High G-d, their redeemer.
78,36But they flattered
Him with their mouth,
and lied to Him with their tongue.
78,37For their heart was
not right with Him,
neither were they faithful in His covenant.
78,38But he, being
merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them.
Yes, many times He turned His anger away,
and didn't stir up all His wrath.
78,39He remembered that
they were but flesh,
a wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.
78,40How often they
rebelled against Him in the wilderness,
and grieved Him in the desert!
78,41They turned again
and tempted G-d,
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
78,42They didn't
remember His hand,
nor the day when He redeemed them from the adversary;
78,43how He set His signs
in Egypt,
his wonders in the field of Zoan,
78,44he turned their
rivers into blood,
and their streams, so that they could not drink.
78,45He sent among them
swarms of flies, which devoured them;
and frogs, which destroyed them.
78,46He gave also their
increase to the caterpillar,
and their labor to the locust.
78,47He destroyed their
vines with hail,
their sycamore fig trees with frost.
78,48He gave over their
livestock also to the hail,
and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
78,49He threw on them the
fierceness of His anger,
wrath, indignation, and trouble,
and a band of angels of evil.
78,50He made a path for
his anger.
He didn't spare their soul from death,
but gave their life over to the pestilence,
78,51and struck all the
firstborn in Egypt,
the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
78,52But He led forth his
own people like sheep,
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
78,53He led them safely,
so that they weren't afraid,
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
78,54He brought them to
the border of His sanctuary,
to this mountain, which His right hand had taken.
78,55He also drove out
the nations before them,
allotted them for an inheritance by line,
and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
78,56Yet they tempted and
rebelled against the Most High G-d,
and didn't keep His testimonies;
78,57but turned back, and
dealt treacherously like their fathers.
They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
78,58For they provoked
Him to anger with their high places,
and moved Him to jealousy with their engraved images.
78,59When G-d heard this,
he was angry,
and greatly abhorred Israel;
78,60So that He forsook
the tent of Shiloh,
the tent which He placed among men;
78,61and delivered his
strength into captivity,
his glory into the adversary's hand.
78,62He also gave his
people over to the sword,
and was angry with His inheritance.
78,63Fire devoured their
young men.
Their virgins had no wedding song.
78,64Their priests fell
by the sword,
and their widows couldn't weep.
78,65Then the L-rd
awakened as one out of sleep,
like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
78,66He struck his
adversaries backward.
He put them to a perpetual reproach.
78,67Moreover He rejected
the tent of Joseph,
and didn't choose the tribe of Ephraim,
78,68But chose the tribe
of Judah,
Mount Zion which He loved.
78,69He built his
sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth which He has established forever.
78,70He also chose David
his servant,
and took him from the sheepfolds;
78,71from following the
ewes that have their young,
he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, His people,
and Israel, His inheritance.
78,72So he was their
shepherd according to the integrity of his heart,
and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
79,1A Psalm by Asaph.
G-d, the nations have
come into Your inheritance.
They have defiled Your holy temple.
They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
79,2They have given the
dead bodies of Your servants to be food for the birds of the sky,
the flesh of Your saints to the animals of the earth.
79,3Their blood they have
shed like water around Jerusalem.
There was no one to bury them.
79,4We have become a
reproach to our neighbors,
a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
79,5How long, L-rd?
Will You be angry forever?
Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
79,6Pour out Your wrath
on the nations that don't know you;
on the kingdoms that don't call on Your name;
79,7For they have
devoured Jacob,
and destroyed his homeland.
79,8Don't hold the
iniquities of our forefathers against us.
Let Your tender mercies speedily meet us,
for we are in desperate need.
79,9Help us, G-d of our
salvation, for the glory of Your name.
Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Your name's sake.
79,10Why should the
nations say, 'Where is their G-d?'
Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes,
that vengeance for Your servants' blood is being poured out.
79,11Let the sighing of
the prisoner come before You.
According to the greatness of Your power, preserve those who are
sentenced to death.
79,12Pay back to our
neighbors seven times into their bosom
their reproach with which they have reproached You, L-rd.
79,13So we, Your people
and sheep of Your pasture,
will give You thanks forever.
We will praise You forever, to all generations.
80,1For the Chief Musician.
To the tune of 'The Lilies of the
Covenant.' A Psalm by Asaph.
80,2Hear us, Shepherd of
Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock,
you who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.
80,3Before Ephraim and
Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your might!
Come to save us!
80,4Turn us again, G-d.
Cause Your face to shine,
and we will be saved.
80,5L-rd G-d of Hosts,
How long will You be angry against the prayer of Your people?
80,6You have fed them
with the bread of tears,
and given them tears to drink in large measure.
80,7You make us a source
of contention to our neighbors.
Our enemies laugh among themselves.
80,8Turn us again, G-d of
Hosts.
Cause Your face to shine,
and we will be saved.
80,9You brought a vine
out of Egypt.
You drove out the nations, and planted it.
80,10You cleared the
ground for it.
It took deep root, and filled the land.
80,11The mountains were
covered with its shadow.
Its boughs were like G-d's cedars.
80,12It sent out its
branches to the sea,
Its shoots to the River.
80,13Why have You broken
down its walls,
so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
80,14The boar out of the
wood ravages it.
The wild animals of the field feed on it.
80,15Turn again, we beg
You, G-d of Hosts.
Look down from Heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
80,16the stock which Your
right hand planted,
the branch that You made strong for Yourself.
80,17It's burned with
fire.
It's cut down.
They perish at Your rebuke.
80,18Let Your hand be on
the man of Your right hand,
on the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
80,19So we will not turn
away from You.
Revive us, and we will call on Your name.
80,20Turn to us again,
L-rd G-d of Hosts.
Cause Your face to shine, and we will be saved.
81,1For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.
Sing aloud to G-d,
our strength!
81,2Make a joyful shout to the G-d of Jacob!
81,3Raise a song, and
bring here the tambourine,
the pleasant lyre with the harp.
81,4Blow the trumpet at
the New Moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.
81,5For it is a statute
for Israel,
an ordinance of the G-d of Jacob.
81,6He appointed it in
Joseph for a testimony,
when He went out over the land of Egypt,
I heard a language that I didn't know.
81,7I removed his
shoulder from the burden.
His hands were freed from the basket.
81,8You called in
trouble, and I delivered you.
I answered you in the secret place of thunder.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Selah.
81,9Hear, My people,
and I will testify to you,
Israel, if you would listen to Me!
81,10There shall be no
strange god in you,
neither shall you worship any foreign god.
81,11I am the L-rd, Your
G-d,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open Your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
81,12But My people
didn't listen to My voice.
Israel desired none of Me.
81,13So I let them go
after the stubbornness of their hearts,
that they might walk in their own counsels.
81,14Oh that My people
would listen to Me,
that Israel would walk in My ways!
81,15I would soon subdue
their enemies,
and turn my hand against their adversaries.
81,16The haters of the L-rd
would cringe before Him,
and their punishment would last forever.
81,17But He would have
also fed them with the finest of the wheat.
I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock.
82,1A Psalm by Asaph.
G-d presides in the
great assembly.
He judges among the gods.
82,2How long will you
judge unjustly,
and show partiality to the wicked?'
Selah.
82,3'Defend the weak,
the poor, and the fatherless.
Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
82,4Rescue the weak and
needy.
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.'
82,5They don't know,
neither do they understand.
They walk back and forth in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
82,6I said, 'You are
gods,
all of you are sons of the Most High.
82,7Nevertheless you
shall die like men,
and fall like one of the rulers.'
82,8Arise, G-d, judge the
earth,
for You inherit all of the nations.
83,1A song. A Psalm by Asaph.
83,2G-d, don't keep
silent.
Don't keep silent,
and don't be still, G-d.
83,3For, behold, Your
enemies are stirred up.
Those who hate You have lifted up their heads.
83,4They conspire with
cunning against Your people.
They plot against Your cherished ones.
83,5'Come,' they say,
'and let's destroy them as a nation,
that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.'
83,6For they have
conspired together with one mind.
They form an alliance against You.
83,7The tents of Edom and
the Ishmaelites;
Moab, and the Hagrites;
83,8Gebal, Ammon, and
Amalek;
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
83,9Assyria also is
joined with them.
They have helped the children of Lot.
Selah.
83,10Do to them as You did
to Midian,
as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
83,11who perished at
Endor,
who became as dung for the earth.
83,12Make their nobles
like Oreb and Zeeb;
yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
83,13who said, 'Let us
take possession of G-d's pasturelands.'
83,14My G-d, make them
like tumbleweed;
like chaff before the wind.
83,15As the fire that
burns the forest,
as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
83,16so pursue them with
Your tempest,
and terrify them with Your storm.
83,17Fill their faces
with confusion,
that they may seek Your name, L-rd.
83,18Let them be
disappointed and dismayed forever.
Yes, let them be confounded and perish;
83,19that they may know
that You alone, whose name is L-rd,
are the Most High over all the earth.
84,1For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons
of Korah.
84,2How lovely are Your
dwellings,
L-rd of Hosts!
84,3My soul longs, and
even faints for the courts of the L-rd.
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living G-d.
84,4Yes, the sparrow has
found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young,
near Your altars, L-rd of Hosts, my King, and my G-d.
84,5Blessed are those who
dwell in Your house.
They are always praising You.
Selah.
84,6Blessed are those
whose strength is in you;
who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
84,7Passing through the
valley of Weeping, they make it a place of springs.
Yes, the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
84,8They go from strength
to strength.
Everyone of them appears before G-d in Zion.
84,9L-rd, G-d of
Hosts, hear my prayer.
Listen, G-d of Jacob.
Selah.
84,10Behold, G-d our
shield,
look at the face of Your anointed.
84,11For a day in Your
courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my G-d,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
84,12For the L-rd G-d is a
sun and a shield.
the L-rd will give grace and glory.
He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
84,13L-rd of Hosts,
blessed is the man who trusts in You.
85,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
85,2L-rd, You have been
favorable to Your land.
You have restored the fortunes of Jacob.
85,3You have forgiven the
iniquity of Your people.
You have covered all their sin.
Selah.
85,4You have taken away
all Your wrath.
You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.
85,5Turn us, G-d of our
salvation,
and cause Your indignation toward us to cease.
85,6Will You be angry
with us forever?
Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
85,7Won't You revive us
again,
that Your people may rejoice in You?
85,8Show us Your loving
kindness, L-rd.
Grant us Your salvation.
85,9I will hear what G-d,
the L-rd, will speak,
for He will speak peace to His people, His saints;
but let them not turn again to folly.
85,10Surely His salvation
is near those who fear Him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
85,11Mercy and truth meet
together.
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
85,12Truth springs out of
the earth.
Righteousness has looked down from Heaven.
85,13The L-rd will
give that which is good.
Our land will yield its increase.
85,14Righteousness goes
before Him,
And prepares the way for His steps.
86,1A Prayer by David.
Hear, L-rd, and
answer me,
for I am poor and needy.
86,2Preserve my soul, for
I am godly.
You, my G-d, save Your servant who trusts in You.
86,3Be merciful to me,
L-rd,
for I call to You all day long.
86,4Bring joy to the soul
of Your servant,
for to You, L-rd, do I lift up my soul.
86,5For You, L-rd, are
good, and ready to forgive;
abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on You.
86,6Hear, L-rd, my
prayer.
Listen to the voice of my petitions.
86,7In the day of my
trouble I will call on You,
for You will answer me.
86,8There is no one like
you among the gods, L-rd,
nor any deeds like Your deeds.
86,9All nations You have
made will come and worship before You, L-rd.
They shall glorify Your name.
86,10For You are great,
and do wondrous things.
You are G-d alone.
86,11Teach me Your way,
L-rd.
I will walk in Your truth.
Make my heart undivided to fear Your name.
86,12I will praise You,
L-rd my G-d, with my whole heart.
I will glorify Your name forevermore.
86,13For Your loving
kindness is great toward me.
You have delivered my soul from the lowest Hell.
86,14G-d, the proud have
risen up against me.
A company of violent men have sought after my soul,
and they don't hold regard for You before them.
86,15But You, L-rd, are a
merciful and gracious G-d,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
86,16Turn to me, and have
mercy on me!
Give Your strength to Your servant.
Save the son of Your handmaid.
86,17Show me a sign of
Your goodness,
that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed,
because You, L-rd, have helped me, and comforted me.
87,1A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.
His foundation is in
the holy mountains.
87,2The L-rd loves the
gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
87,3Glorious things are
spoken about you, city of G-d.
Selah.
87,4I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me.
Behold, Philistia, Tyre, and also Ethiopia:
'This one was born there.'
87,5Yes, of Zion it will
be said, 'This one and that one was born in her;'
the Most High himself will establish her.
87,6The L-rd will count,
when He writes up the peoples,
'This one was born there.'
Selah.
87,7Those who sing as
well as those who dance say,
'All my springs are in You.'
88,1A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the
tune of 'The Suffering of Affliction.' A contemplation by Heman, the
Ezrahite.
88,2L-rd, the G-d of my
salvation,
I have cried day and night before You.
88,3Let my prayer enter
into Your presence.
Turn Your ear to my cry.
88,4For my soul is full
of troubles.
My life draws near to Hell.
88,5I am counted among
those who go down into the pit.
I am like a man who has no help,
88,6set apart among the
dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom You remember no more.
They are cut off from Your hand.
88,7You have laid me in
the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
88,8Your wrath lies
heavily on me.
You have afflicted me with all Your waves.
Selah.
88,9You have taken my
friends from me.
You have made me an abomination to them.
I am confined, and I can't escape.
88,10My eyes are dim from
grief.
I have called on You daily, L-rd.
I have spread out my hands to You.
88,11Do You show wonders
to the dead?
Do the dead rise up and praise You?
Selah.
88,12Is Your loving
kindness declared in the grave?
Or Your faithfulness in Destruction?
88,13Are Your wonders
made known in the dark?
Or Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
88,14But to You, L-rd,
I have cried.
In the morning, my prayer comes before You.
88,15L-rd, why do You
reject my soul?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
88,16I am afflicted and
ready to die from my youth up.
While I suffer Your terrors, I am distracted.
88,17Your fierce wrath
has gone over me.
Your terrors have cut me off.
88,18They came around me
like water all day long.
They completely engulfed me.
88,19You have put lover
and friend far from me,
and my friends into darkness.
89,1A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.
89,2I will sing of the
loving kindness of the L-rd forever.
With my mouth, I will make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
89,3I indeed declare,
'Love stands firm forever.
You established the Heavens.
Your faithfulness is in them.'
89,4'I have made a
covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David, my servant,
89,5'I will establish
Your seed forever,
and build up Your throne to all generations.
Selah.
89,6The Heavens will
praise Your wonders, L-rd;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
89,7For who in the skies
can be compared to the L-rd?
Who among the sons of the Heavenly beings is like the L-rd,
89,8a very awesome G-d in
the council of the holy ones,
to be feared above all those who are around him?
89,9L-rd, G-d of
Hosts, who is a mighty one, like You?
Your faithfulness is around You.
89,10You rule the pride of
the sea.
When its waves rise up, You calm them.
89,11You have broken
Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain.
You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
89,12The Heavens are
Yours.
The earth also is Yours;
the world and its fullness.
You have founded them.
89,13The north and the
south, You have created them.
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.
89,14You have a mighty
arm.
Your hand is strong, and Your right hand is exalted.
89,15Righteousness and
justice are the foundation of Your throne.
Loving kindness and truth go before Your face.
89,16Blessed are the
people who learn to acclaim You.
They walk in the light of Your presence, L-rd.
89,17In Your name they
rejoice all day.
In Your righteousness, they are exalted.
89,18For You are the
glory of their strength.
In Your favor, our horn will be exalted.
89,19For our shield
belongs to the L-rd;
our king to the Holy One of Israel.
89,20Then You spoke in
vision to Your saints,
and said, 'I have bestowed strength on the warrior.
I have exalted a young man from the people.
89,21I have found David,
my servant.
I have anointed him with my holy oil,
89,22with whom My hand
shall be established.
My arm will also strengthen him.
89,23No enemy will tax
him.
No wicked man will oppress him.
89,24I will beat down his
adversaries before him,
and strike those who hate him.
89,25But My faithfulness
and My loving kindness will be with him.
In My name, his horn will be exalted.
89,26I will set his hand
also on the sea,
and his right hand on the rivers.
89,27He will call to me,
'You are my Father,
my G-d, and the rock of my salvation!'
89,28I will also appoint
him my firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
89,29I will keep my
loving kindness for him forevermore.
My covenant will stand firm with him.
89,30I will also make his
seed endure forever,
and his throne as the days of Heaven.
89,31If his children
forsake My law,
and don't walk in My ordinances;
89,32if they break My
statutes,
and don't keep My commandments;
89,33then I will punish
their sin with the rod,
and their iniquity with stripes.
89,34But I will not
completely take my loving kindness from him,
nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
89,35I will not break my
covenant,
nor alter what my lips have uttered.
89,36Once have I sworn by
my holiness,
I will not lie to David.
89,37His seed will endure
forever,
his throne like the sun before Me.
89,38It will be
established forever like the moon,
the faithful witness in the sky.' Selah.
89,39But You have
rejected and spurned.
You have been angry with Your anointed.
89,40You have renounced
the covenant of Your servant.
You have defiled his crown in the dust.
89,41You have broken down
all his hedges.
You have brought his strongholds to ruin.
89,42All who pass by the
way rob him.
He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
89,43You have exalted the
right hand of his adversaries.
You have made all of his enemies rejoice.
89,44You turn back
the edge of his sword,
and haven't supported him in battle.
89,45You have ended his
splendor,
and thrown his throne down to the ground.
89,46You have shortened
the days of his youth.
You have covered him with shame.
Selah.
89,47How long, L-rd?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
89,48Remember how short
my time is!
For what vanity have You created all the children of men!
89,49What man is he who
shall live and not see death,
who shall deliver his soul from the power of Hell?
Selah.
89,50L-rd, where are Your
former loving kindnesses,
which You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
89,51Remember, L-rd, the
reproach of Your servants,
how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
89,52With which Your
enemies have mocked, L-rd,
with which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed one.
89,53Blessed be the L-rd
forevermore.
Amen, and Amen.
90,1A Prayer by Moses, the man of G-d.
L-rd, You have been our dwelling place for all generations.
90,2Before the mountains
were brought forth,
before You had formed the earth and the world,
even from everlasting to everlasting, You are G-d.
90,3You turn man to
destruction, saying,
'Return, you children of men.'
90,4For a thousand years
in Your sight are just like yesterday when it is past,
like a watch in the night.
90,5You sweep them away
as they sleep.
In the morning they sprout like new grass.
90,6In the morning it
sprouts and springs up.
By evening, it is withered and dry.
90,7For we are consumed
in Your anger.
We are troubled in Your wrath.
90,8You have set our
iniquities before You,
our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
90,9For all our days have
passed away in Your wrath.
We bring our years to an end as a sigh.
90,10The days of our
years are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty years;
yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,
for it passes quickly, and we fly away.
90,11Who knows the power
of Your anger,
Your wrath according to the fear that is due to You?
90,12So teach us to
number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
90,13Relent, L-rd!
How long?
Have compassion on Your servants!
90,14Satisfy us in the
morning with Your loving kindness,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
90,15Make us glad for as
many days as You have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen evil.
90,16Let Your work appear
to Your servants;
Your glory to their children.
90,17Let the favor of the
L-rd our G-d be on us;
establish the work of our hands for us;
yes, establish the work of our hands.
91,1He who dwells in the
secret place of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
91,2I will say of the L-rd,
'He is my refuge and my fortress;
my G-d, in whom I trust.'
91,3For He will deliver
you from the snare of the fowler,
and from the deadly pestilence.
91,4He will cover you
with His feathers.
Under His wings you will take refuge.
His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
91,5You shall not be
afraid of the terror by night,
nor of the arrow that flies by day;
91,6nor of the pestilence
that walks in darkness,
nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.
91,7A thousand may fall
at your side,
and ten thousand at your right hand;
but it will not come near you.
91,8You will only look
with your eyes,
and see the recompense of the wicked.
91,9Because you have made
the L-rd your refuge,
and the Most High your dwelling place,
91,10no evil shall happen
to you,
neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
91,11For He will put his
angels in charge of you,
to guard you in all your ways.
91,12They will bear you
up in their hands,
so that you won't dash your foot against a stone.
91,13You will tread on
the lion and cobra.
You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
91,14'Because he has
set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him.
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
91,15He will call on Me,
and I will answer him.
I will be with him in trouble.
I will deliver him, and honor him.
91,16I will satisfy him
with long life,
and show him My salvation.'
92,1A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
92,2It is a good thing to
give thanks to the L-rd,
to sing praises to Your name, Most High;
92,3to proclaim Your
loving kindness in the morning,
and Your faithfulness every night,
92,4with the ten-stringed
lute, with the harp,
and with the melody of the lyre.
92,5For You, L-rd, have
made me glad through Your work.
I will triumph in the works of Your hands.
92,6How great are Your
works, L-rd!
Your thoughts are very deep.
92,7A senseless man
doesn't know,
neither does a fool understand this:
92,8though the wicked
spring up as the grass,
and all the evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.
92,9But You, L-rd, are
on high forevermore.
92,10For, behold, Your
enemies, L-rd,
for, behold, Your enemies shall perish.
All the evildoers will be scattered.
92,11But You have exalted
my horn like that of the wild ox.
I am anointed with fresh oil.
92,12My eye has also seen
my enemies.
My ears have heard of the wicked enemies who rise up against me.
92,13The righteous shall
flourish like the palm tree.
He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
92,14They are planted in
the L-rd's house.
They will flourish in our G-d's courts.
92,15They will still
bring forth fruit in old age.
They will be full of sap and green,
92,16to show that the L-rd
is upright.
He is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in him.
93,1The L-rd reigns!
He is clothed with majesty!
The L-rd is armed with strength.
The world also is established.
It can't be moved.
93,2Your throne is
established from long ago.
You are from everlasting.
93,3The floods have
lifted up, L-rd,
the floods have lifted up their voice.
The floods lift up their waves.
93,4Above the voices of
many waters,
the mighty breakers of the sea,
the L-rd on high is mighty.
93,5Your statutes stand
firm.
Holiness adorns Your house,
L-rd, forevermore.
94,1L-rd, G-d to
whom vengeance belongs,
G-d please appear.
94,2Rise up, judge of
the earth.
Pay back the proud what they deserve.
94,3L-rd, how long will
the wicked,
how long will the wicked triumph?
94,4They pour out
arrogant words.
All the evildoers boast.
94,5They break Your
people in pieces, L-rd,
and afflict Your heritage.
94,6They kill the widow
and the alien,
and murder the fatherless.
94,7They say, 'Yah will
not see,
neither will Jacob's G-d consider.'
94,8Consider, you
senseless among the people;
you fools, when will you be wise?
94,9He who implanted the
ear, won't He hear?
He who formed the eye, won't He see?
94,10He who disciplines
the nations, won't He punish?
He who teaches man knows.
94,11the L-rd knows the
thoughts of man,
that they are futile.
94,12Blessed is the man
whom You discipline,
and teach of Your law;
94,13that You may give
him rest from the days of adversity,
until the pit is dug for the wicked.
94,14For the L-rd won't
reject His people,
neither will He forsake His inheritance.
94,15For judgment will
return to righteousness.
All the upright in heart shall follow it.
94,16Who will rise up for
me against the wicked?
Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?
94,17Unless the L-rd had
been my help,
my soul would have soon lived in silence.
94,18When I said, 'My
foot is slipping!'
Your loving kindness, L-rd, held me up.
94,19In the multitude of
my thoughts within me,
Your comforts delight my soul.
94,20Shall the throne of
wickedness have fellowship with You,
which brings about mischief by statute?
94,21They gather
themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
and condemn the innocent blood.
94,22But the L-rd has been
my high tower,
my G-d, the rock of my refuge.
94,23He has brought on
them their own iniquity,
and will cut them off in their own wickedness.
the L-rd, our G-d, will cut them off.
95,1Oh come, let's sing
to the L-rd.
Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
95,2Let's come before
his presence with thanksgiving.
Let's extol Him with songs!
95,3For the L-rd is a great
G-d,
a great King above all gods.
95,4In His hand are the
deep places of the earth.
The heights of the mountains are also His.
95,5The sea is His, and
He made it.
His hands formed the dry land.
95,6Oh come, let's
worship and bow down.
Let's kneel before the L-rd, our Maker,
95,7for He is our G-d.
We are the people of His pasture,
and the sheep in His care.
Today, oh that you would hear His voice!
95,8Don't harden your
heart, as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
95,9when your fathers
tempted me,
tested me, and saw my work.
95,10Forty long years I
was grieved with that generation,
and said, 'It is a people that errs in their heart.
They have not known my ways.'
95,11Therefore I swore in
my wrath,
'They won't enter into my rest.'
96,1Sing to the L-rd a new
song!
Sing to the L-rd, all the earth.
96,2Sing to the L-rd!
Bless His name!
Proclaim His salvation from day to day!
96,3Declare His glory
among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples.
96,4For great is the L-rd,
and greatly to be praised!
He is to be feared above all gods.
96,5For all the gods of
the peoples are idols,
but the L-rd made the Heavens.
96,6Honor and majesty are
before him.
Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
96,7Ascribe to the L-rd,
you families of nations,
ascribe to the L-rd glory and strength.
96,8Ascribe to the L-rd the
glory due to His name.
Bring an offering, and come into His courts.
96,9Worship the L-rd in
holy array.
Tremble before Him, all the earth.
96,10Say among the
nations, 'the L-rd reigns.'
The world is also established.
It can't be moved.
He will judge the peoples with equity.
96,11Let the Heavens be
glad, and let the earth rejoice.
Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
96,12Let the field and
all that is in it exult!
Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
96,13before the L-rd; for
he comes,
for He comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
the peoples with His truth.
97,1The L-rd reigns!
Let the earth rejoice!
Let the multitude of islands be glad!
97,2Clouds and darkness
are around him.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
97,3A fire goes before
him,
and burns up His adversaries on every side.
97,4His lightning lights
up the world.
The earth sees, and trembles.
97,5The mountains melt
like wax at the presence of the L-rd,
at the presence of the L-rd of the whole earth.
97,6The Heavens declare
His righteousness.
All the peoples have seen His glory.
97,7Let all them be
shamed who serve engraved images,
who boast in their idols.
Worship Him, all you gods!
97,8Zion heard and was
glad.
The daughters of Judah rejoiced,
because of Your judgments, L-rd.
97,9For You, L-rd, are
most high above all the earth.
You are exalted far above all gods.
97,10You who love the L-rd,
hate evil.
He preserves the souls of His saints.
He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
97,11Light is sown for
the righteous,
and gladness for the upright in heart.
97,12Be glad in the L-rd,
you righteous people!
Give thanks to His holy Name.
98,1A Psalm. Sing to the L-rd a new
song,
for He has done marvelous things!
His right hand, and His holy arm, have worked salvation for Him.
98,2The L-rd has made known
His salvation.
He has openly shown His righteousness in the sight of the nations.
98,3He has remembered his
loving kindness and His faithfulness toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our G-d.
98,4Make a joyful noise
to the L-rd, all the earth!
Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
98,5Sing praises to
the L-rd with the harp,
with the harp and the voice of melody.
98,6With trumpets and
sound of the ram's horn,
make a joyful noise before the King, the L-rd.
98,7Let the sea roar with
its fullness;
the world, and those who dwell therein.
98,8Let the rivers clap
their hands.
Let the mountains sing for joy together.
98,9Let them sing before
the L-rd,
for He comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
99,1The L-rd reigns! Let
the peoples tremble.
He sits enthroned among the cherubim.
Let the earth be moved.
99,2the L-rd is great in
Zion.
He is high above all the peoples.
99,3Let them praise Your
great and awesome name.
He is Holy!
99,4The King's strength
also loves justice.
You do establish equity.
You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
99,5Exalt the L-rd our G-d.
Worship at His footstool.
He is Holy!
99,6Moses and Aaron were
among His priests,
Samuel among those who call on His name;
they called on the L-rd, and He answered them.
99,7He spoke to them in
the pillar of cloud.
They kept His testimonies,
the statute that He gave them.
99,8You answered them,
L-rd our G-d.
You are a G-d who forgave them,
although You took vengeance for their doings.
99,9Exalt the L-rd, our G-d.
Worship at His holy hill,
for the L-rd, our G-d, is holy!
100,1A Psalm of thanksgiving.
Shout for joy to
the L-rd, all you lands!
100,2Serve the L-rd with
gladness.
Come before His presence with singing.
100,3Know that the L-rd, He
is G-d.
It is He who has made us, and we are His.
We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
100,4Enter into His gates
with thanksgiving,
into His courts with praise.
Give thanks to Him, and bless His name.
100,5For the L-rd is good.
His loving kindness endures forever,
his faithfulness to all generations.
101,1A Psalm by David.I will sing of
loving kindness and justice.
To You, L-rd, I will sing praises.
101,2I will be careful to
live a blameless life.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
101,3I will set no vile
thing before my eyes.
I hate the deeds of faithless men.
They will not cling to me.
101,4A perverse heart
will be far from me.
I will have nothing to do with evil.
101,5I will silence
whoever secretly slanders his neighbor.
I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
101,6My eyes will be on
the faithful of the land,
that they may dwell with me.
He who walks in a perfect way,
he will serve me.
101,7He who practices
deceit won't dwell within my house.
He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.
101,8Morning by morning,
I will destroy all the wicked of the land;
to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the L-rd's city.
102,1A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his
complaint before the L-rd.
102,2Hear my prayer,
L-rd!
Let my cry come to You.
102,3Don't hide Your
face from me in the day of my distress.
Turn Your ear to me.
Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
102,4For my days consume
away like smoke.
My bones are burned as a torch.
102,5My heart is blighted
like grass, and withered,
for I forget to eat my bread.
102,6By reason of the
voice of my groaning,
my bones stick to my skin.
102,7I am like a pelican
of the wilderness.
I have become as an owl of the waste places.
102,8I watch, and have
become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
102,9My enemies reproach
me all day.
Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
102,10For I have eaten
ashes like bread,
and mixed my drink with tears,
102,11Because of Your
indignation and Your wrath,
for You have taken me up, and thrown me away.
102,12My days are like a
long shadow.
I have withered like grass.
102,13But You, L-rd,
will remain forever;
Your renown endures to all generations.
102,14You will arise and
have mercy on Zion;
for it is time to have pity on her.
Yes, the set time has come.
102,15For Your servants
take pleasure in her stones,
and have pity on her dust.
102,16So the nations will
fear the name of the L-rd;
all the kings of the earth Your glory.
102,17For the L-rd has
built up Zion.
He has appeared in His glory.
102,18He has responded to
the prayer of the destitute,
and has not despised their prayer.
102,19This will be
written for the generation to come.
A people which will be created will praise Yah.
102,20For He has looked
down from the height of His sanctuary.
From Heaven, the L-rd saw the earth;
102,21to hear the groans
of the prisoner;
to free those who are condemned to death;
102,22that men may
declare the name of the L-rd in Zion,
and His praise in Jerusalem;
102,23when the peoples
are gathered together,
the kingdoms, to serve the L-rd.
102,24He weakened my
strength along the course.
He shortened my days.
102,25I said, 'My G-d,
don't take me away in the midst of my days.
Your years are throughout all generations.
102,26Of old, You laid
the foundation of the earth.
The Heavens are the work of Your hands.
102,27They will perish,
but You will endure.
Yes, all of them will wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a cloak, and they will be changed.
102,28But You are the
same.
Your years will have no end.
102,29The children of
Your servants will continue.
Their seed will be established before You.'
103,1By David. Praise the L-rd, my
soul!
All that is within me, praise His holy name!
103,2Praise the L-rd, my
soul,
and don't forget all His benefits;
103,3who forgives all
your sins;
who heals all your diseases;
103,4who redeems your
life from destruction;
who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;
103,5who satisfies your
desire with good things,
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
103,6The L-rd executes
righteous acts,
and justice for all who are oppressed.
103,7He made known his
ways to Moses,
his deeds to the children of Israel.
103,8The L-rd is merciful
and gracious,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
103,9He will not always
accuse;
neither will He stay angry forever.
103,10He has not dealt
with us according to our sins,
nor repaid us for our iniquities.
103,11For as the Heavens
are high above the earth,
so great is His loving kindness toward those who fear Him.
103,12As far as the east
is from the west,
so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
103,13Like a father has
compassion on his children,
so the L-rd has compassion on those who fear him.
103,14For He knows how we
are made.
He remembers that we are dust.
103,15As for man, his
days are like grass.
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
103,16For the wind passes
over it, and it is gone.
Its place remembers it no more.
103,17But the L-rd's
loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear Him,
His righteousness to children's children;
103,18to those who keep
His covenant,
to those who remember to obey His precepts.
103,19the L-rd has
established His throne in the Heavens.
His kingdom rules over all.
103,20Praise the L-rd, you
angels,
who are mighty in strength, who fulfill His word,
obeying the voice of His word.
103,21Praise the L-rd, all
you armies of His,
you servants of His, who do His pleasure.
103,22Praise the L-rd, all
you works of His,
in all places of His dominion.
Praise the L-rd, my soul!
104,1Bless the L-rd, my
soul.
L-rd, my G-d, You are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty.
104,2He covers himself
with light as with a garment.
He stretches out the Heavens like a curtain.
104,3He lays the beams of
his rooms in the waters.
He makes the clouds His chariot.
He walks on the wings of the wind.
104,4He makes wind His messengers,
Fire His servants.
104,5He laid the
foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
104,6You covered it with
the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
104,7At Your rebuke they
fled.
At the voice of Your thunder they hurried away.
104,8The mountains rose,
the valleys sank down,
to the place which You had assigned to them.
104,9You have set a
boundary that they may not pass over;
that they don't turn again to cover the earth.
104,10He sends forth
springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.
104,11They give drink to
every animal of the field.
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
104,12The birds of the
sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.
104,13He waters the
mountains from His rooms.
The earth is filled with the fruit of Your works.
104,14He causes the grass
to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
104,15wine that makes
glad the heart of man,
oil to make his face to shine,
and bread that strengthens man's heart.
104,16the L-rd's trees
are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon, which He has planted;
104,17where the birds
make their nests.
The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
104,18The high mountains
are for the wild goats.
The rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
104,19He appointed the
moon for seasons.
The sun knows when to set.
104,20You make darkness,
and it is night,
in which all the animals of the forest prowl.
104,21The young lions
roar after their prey,
and seek their food from G-d.
104,22The sun rises, and
they steal away,
and lay down in their dens.
104,23Man goes forth to
his work,
to his labor until the evening.
104,24L-rd, how many
are Your works!
In wisdom have You made them all.
The earth is full of Your riches.
104,25There is the sea,
great and wide,
in which are innumerable living things,
both small and large animals.
104,26There the ships go,
and leviathan, whom You formed to play there.
104,27These all wait for
You,
that You may give them their food in due season.
104,28You give to them;
they gather.
You open Your hand; they are satisfied with good.
104,29You hide Your face:
they are troubled;
you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
104,30You send forth Your
Spirit: they are created.
You renew the face of the ground.
104,31Let the glory of
the L-rd endure forever.
Let the L-rd rejoice in His works.
104,32He looks at the
earth, and it trembles.
He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
104,33I will sing to
the L-rd as long as I live.
I will sing praise to my G-d while I have any being.
104,34Let your meditation
be sweet to Him.
I will rejoice in the L-rd.
104,35Let sinners be
consumed out of the earth.
Let the wicked be no more.
Bless the L-rd, my soul.
Praise!
105,1Give thanks to
the L-rd! Call on His name!
Make His doings known among the peoples.
105,2Sing to Him, sing
praises to Him!
Tell of all His marvelous works.
105,3Glory in His holy
name.
Let the heart of those who seek the L-rd rejoice.
105,4Seek the L-rd and His
strength.
Seek His face forever more.
105,5Remember His
marvelous works that He has done;
His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
105,6you seed of Abraham,
His servant,
you children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
105,7He is the L-rd, our
G-d.
His judgments are in all the earth.
105,8He has remembered
his covenant forever,
the word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
105,9the covenant which
He made with Abraham,
His oath to Isaac,
105,10and confirmed the
same to Jacob for a statute;
to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
105,11saying, 'To you I
will give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance;'
105,12when they were but
a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners in it.
105,13They went about
from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people.
105,14He allowed no one
to do them wrong.
He reproved kings for their sakes,
105,15'Don't touch My
anointed ones!
Do My prophets no harm!'
105,16He called for a
famine on the land.
He destroyed the food supplies.
105,17He sent a man
before them.
Joseph was sold for a slave.
105,18They bruised his
feet with shackles.
His neck was locked in irons,
105,19until the time that
his word happened,
and the L-rd's word proved him true.
105,20The king sent and
freed him;
even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
105,21He made him lord of
his house,
and ruler of all of his possessions;
105,22to discipline his
princes at his pleasure,
and to teach his elders wisdom.
105,23Israel also came
into Egypt.
Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
105,24He increased his
people greatly,
and made them stronger than their adversaries.
105,25They turned their
heart to hate His people,
to conspire against His servants.
105,26He sent Moses, His
servant,
and Aaron, whom He had chosen.
105,27They performed
miracles among them,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
105,28He sent darkness,
and made it dark.
So they didn't rebel against His words.
105,29He turned their
waters into blood,
and killed their fish.
105,30Their land swarmed
with frogs,
even in the rooms of their kings.
105,31He spoke, and
swarms of flies came,
and lice in all their borders.
105,32He gave them hail
for rain,
with lightning in their land.
105,33He struck their
vines and also their fig trees,
and shattered the trees of their country.
105,34He spoke, and the
locusts came,
and the grasshoppers, without number,
105,35and ate up every plant
in their land;
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
105,36He struck also all
the firstborn in their land,
the first fruits of all their manhood.
105,37He brought them
forth with silver and gold.
There was not one feeble person among His tribes.
105,38Egypt was glad when
they departed,
for the fear of them had fallen on them.
105,39He spread a cloud
for a covering,
fire to give light in the night.
105,40They asked, and He
brought quails,
and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
105,41He opened the rock,
and waters gushed out.
They ran as a river in the dry places.
105,42For He remembered
His holy word,
and Abraham, His servant.
105,43He brought forth
His people with joy,
His chosen with singing.
105,44He gave them the
lands of the nations.
They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
105,45that they might
keep His statutes,
and observe His laws.
Praise!
106,1Praise the L-rd!
Give thanks to the L-rd, for He is good,
for His loving kindness endures forever.
106,2Who can utter the
mighty acts of the L-rd,
or fully declare all His praise?
106,3Blessed are those
who keep justice.
Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
106,4Remember me, L-rd,
with the favor that You show to Your people.
Visit me with Your salvation,
106,5that I may see the
prosperity of Your chosen,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
that I may glory with Your inheritance.
106,6We have sinned with
our fathers.
We have committed iniquity.
We have done wickedly.
106,7Our fathers didn't
understand Your wonders in Egypt.
They didn't remember the multitude of Your loving kindnesses,
but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
106,8Nevertheless He
saved them for His name's sake,
that He might make His mighty power known.
106,9He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up;
so He led them through the depths, as through a desert.
106,10He saved them from
the hand of him who hated them,
and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
106,11The waters covered
their adversaries.
There was not one of them left.
106,12Then they believed
His words.
They sang His praise.
106,13Quickly they forgot
His works.
They didn't wait for His counsel,
106,14but gave in to
craving in the desert,
and tested G-d in the wasteland.
106,15He gave them their
request,
but sent leanness into their soul.
106,16They envied Moses
also in the camp,
and Aaron, the L-rd's saint.
106,17The earth opened
and swallowed up Dathan,
and covered the company of Abiram.
106,18A fire was kindled
in their company.
The flame burned up the wicked.
106,19They made a calf in
Horeb,
and worshiped a molten image.
106,20Thus they exchanged
their glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass.
106,21They forgot G-d,
their Savior,
who had done great things in Egypt,
106,22Wondrous works in
the land of Ham,
and awesome things by the Red Sea.
106,23Therefore He said
that He would destroy them,
had Moses, His chosen, not stood before Him in the breach,
to turn away His wrath, so that He wouldn't destroy them.
106,24Yes, they despised
the pleasant land.
They didn't believe His word,
106,25but murmured in
their tents,
and didn't listen to the L-rd's voice.
106,26Therefore He swore
to them
that He would overthrow them in the wilderness,
106,27that He would
overthrow their seed among the nations,
and scatter them in the lands.
106,28They joined
themselves also to Baal Peor,
and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
106,29Thus they provoked
him to anger with their deeds.
The plague broke in on them.
106,30Then Phinehas stood
up, and executed judgment,
so the plague was stopped.
106,31That was credited
to him for righteousness,
for all generations to come.
106,32They angered him
also at the waters of Meribah,
so that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
106,33because they were
rebellious against His spirit,
he spoke rashly with His lips.
106,34They didn't
destroy the peoples,
as the L-rd commanded them,
106,35but mixed
themselves with the nations,
and learned their works.
106,36They served their
idols,
which became a snare to them.
106,37Yes, they
sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
106,38They shed innocent
blood,
even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
The land was polluted with blood.
106,39Thus were they
defiled with their works,
and prostituted themselves in their deeds.
106,40Therefore the L-rd
burned with anger against His people.
He abhorred His inheritance.
106,41He gave them into
the hand of the nations.
Those who hated them ruled over them.
106,42Their enemies also
oppressed them.
They were brought into subjection under their hand.
106,43Many times he
delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their counsel,
and were brought low in their iniquity.
106,44Nevertheless he
regarded their distress,
when He heard their cry.
106,45He remembered for
them His covenant,
and repented according to the multitude of His loving kindnesses.
106,46He made them also
to be pitied
by all those who carried them captive.
106,47Save us, L-rd,
our G-d,
gather us from among the nations,
to give thanks to Your holy name,
to triumph in Your praise!
106,48Blessed be the L-rd,
the G-d of Israel,
from everlasting even to everlasting!
Let all the people say, 'Amen.'
Praise!
107,1Give thanks to the L-rd,
for He is good,
for His loving kindness endures forever.
107,2Let the redeemed by
the L-rd say so,
whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
107,3And gathered out of
the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.
107,4They wandered in the
wilderness in a desert way.
They found no city to live in.
107,5Hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted in them.
107,6Then they cried to
the L-rd in their trouble,
and He delivered them out of their distresses,
107,7he led them also by
a straight way,
that they might go to a city to live in.
107,8Let them praise
the L-rd for His loving kindness,
for His wonderful works to the children of men!
107,9For He satisfies the
longing soul.
He fills the hungry soul with good.
107,10Some sat in
darkness and in the shadow of death,
being bound in affliction and iron,
107,11because they
rebelled against the words of G-d,
and condemned the counsel of the Most High.
107,12Therefore he
brought down their heart with labor.
They fell down, and there was none to help.
107,13Then they cried to
the L-rd in their trouble,
and He saved them out of their distresses.
107,14He brought them out
of darkness and the shadow of death,
and broke their bonds in sunder.
107,15Let them praise
the L-rd for His loving kindness,
for His wonderful works to the children of men!
107,16For He has broken
the gates of brass,
and cut through bars of iron.
107,17Fools are afflicted
because of their disobedience,
and because of their iniquities.
107,18Their soul abhors
all kinds of food.
They draw near to the gates of death.
107,19Then they cry to
the L-rd in their trouble,
he saves them out of their distresses.
107,20He sends His word,
and heals them,
and delivers them from their graves.
107,21Let them praise
the L-rd for His loving kindness,
for His wonderful works to the children of men!
107,22Let them offer the
sacrifices of thanksgiving,
and declare His works with singing.
107,23Those who go down
to the sea in ships,
who do business in great waters;
107,24These see
the L-rd's works,
and His wonders in the deep.
107,25For He commands,
and raises the stormy wind,
which lifts up its waves.
107,26They mount up to
the sky; they go down again to the depths.
Their soul melts away because of trouble.
107,27They reel back and
forth, and stagger like a drunken man,
and are at their wits' end.
107,28Then they cry to
the L-rd in their trouble,
and He brings them out of their distress.
107,29He makes the storm
a calm,
so that its waves are still.
107,30Then they are glad
because it is calm,
so He brings them to their desired haven.
107,31Let them praise
the L-rd for His loving kindness,
for His wonderful works for the children of men!
107,32Let them exalt Him
also in the assembly of the people,
and praise Him in the seat of the elders.
107,33He turns rivers
into a desert,
water springs into a thirsty ground,
107,34and a fruitful land
into a salt waste,
for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
107,35He turns a desert
into a pool of water,
and a dry land into water springs.
107,36There He makes the
hungry live,
that they may prepare a city to live in,
107,37sow fields, plant
vineyards,
and reap the fruits of increase.
107,38He blesses them
also, so that they are multiplied greatly.
He doesn't allow their livestock to decrease.
107,39Again, they are
diminished and bowed down
through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
107,40He pours contempt
on princes,
and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.
107,41Yet He lifts the
needy out of their affliction,
and increases their families like a flock.
107,42The upright will
see it, and be glad.
All the wicked will shut their mouths.
107,43Whoever is wise
will pay attention to these things.
They will consider the loving kindnesses of the L-rd.
108,1A Song. A Psalm by David.
108,2My heart is
steadfast, G-d.
I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
108,3Wake up, harp and
lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.
108,4I will give thanks
to You, L-rd, among the nations.
I will sing praises to You among the peoples.
108,5For Your loving
kindness is great above the Heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
108,6Be exalted, G-d,
above the Heavens!
Let Your glory be over all the earth.
108,7That Your beloved
may be delivered,
save with Your right hand, and answer us.
108,8G-d has spoken from
his sanctuary: 'In triumph,
I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
108,9Gilead is mine.
Manasseh is mine.
Ephraim also is my helmet.
Judah is my scepter.
108,10Moab is my wash pot.
I will toss my sandal on Edom.
I will shout over Philistia.'
108,11Who will bring me
into the fortified city?
Who has led me to Edom?
108,12Haven't you
rejected us, G-d?
You don't go forth, G-d, with our armies.
108,13Give us help
against the enemy,
for the help of man is vain.
108,14Through G-d, we
will do valiantly.
For it is He who will tread down our enemies.
109,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.G-d of my praise,
don't remain silent,
109,2for they have opened
the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me.
They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
109,3They have also
surrounded me with words of hatred,
and fought against me without a cause.
109,4In return for my
love, they are my adversaries;
but I am in prayer.
109,5They have rewarded
me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.
109,6Set a wicked man
over him.
Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
109,7When he is judged,
let him come forth guilty.
Let his prayer be turned into sin.
109,8Let his days be few.
Let another take his office.
109,9Let his children be
fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
109,10Let his children be
wandering beggars.
Let them be sought from their ruins.
109,11Let the creditor
seize all that he has.
Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
109,12Let there be no one
to extend kindness to him,
neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
109,13Let his posterity
be cut off.
In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
109,14Let the iniquity of
his fathers be remembered by the L-rd.
Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109,15Let them be before
the L-rd continually,
that He may cut off their memory from the earth;
109,16because he didn't
remember to show kindness,
but persecuted the poor and needy man,
the broken in heart, to kill them.
109,17Yes, he loved
cursing, and it came to him.
He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
109,18He clothed himself
also with cursing as with his garment.
It came into his inward parts like water,
like oil into his bones.
109,19Let it be to him as
the clothing with which he covers himself,
for the belt that is always around him.
109,20This is the reward
of my adversaries from the L-rd,
of those who speak evil against my soul.
109,21But deal with me,
L-rd G-d, for Your name's sake,
because Your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
109,22for I am poor and
needy.
My heart is wounded within me.
109,23I fade away like an
evening shadow.
I am shaken off like a locust.
109,24My knees are weak
through fasting.
My body is thin and lacks fat.
109,25I have also become
a reproach to them.
When they see me, they shake their head.
109,26Help me, L-rd, my
G-d.
Save me according to Your loving kindness;
109,27that they may know
that this is Your hand;
that You, L-rd, have done it.
109,28They may curse, but
you bless.
When they arise, they will be shamed,
but Your servant shall rejoice.
109,29Let my adversaries
be clothed with dishonor.
Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
109,30I will give great
thanks to the L-rd with my mouth.
Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude.
109,31For He will stand
at the right hand of the needy,
to save him from those who judge his soul.
110,1A Psalm by David. The L-rd says to my
boss, 'Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.'
110,2The L-rd will send
forth the rod of your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of your enemies.
110,3Your people offer
themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array.
Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
110,4The L-rd has sworn,
and will not change His mind:
'You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.'
110,5The L-rd is at your
right hand.
He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
110,6He will judge among
the nations.
He will heap up dead bodies.
He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
110,7He will drink of the
brook in the way;
therefore He will lift up His head.
111,1Praise!
I will give thanks to the L-rd with my whole heart,
in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
111,2the L-rd's works are
great,
pondered by all those who delight in them.
111,3His work is honor
and majesty.
His righteousness endures forever.
111,4He has caused his
wonderful works to be remembered.
the L-rd is gracious and merciful.
111,5He has given food to
those who fear Him.
He always remembers His covenant.
111,6He has shown His
people the power of His works,
in giving them the heritage of the nations.
111,7The works of His
hands are truth and justice.
All His precepts are sure.
111,8They are established
forever and ever.
They are done in truth and uprightness.
111,9He has sent
redemption to His people.
He has ordained His covenant forever.
His name is holy and awesome!
111,10The fear of the L-rd
is the beginning of wisdom.
All those who do His work have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever!
112,1Praise!
Blessed is the man who fears the L-rd,
who delights greatly in His commandments.
112,2His seed will be
mighty in the land.
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
112,3Wealth and riches
are in His house.
His righteousness endures forever.
112,4Light dawns in the
darkness for the upright,
gracious, merciful, and righteous.
112,5It is well with the
man who deals graciously and lends.
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
112,6For he will never be
shaken.
The righteous will be remembered forever.
112,7He will not be
afraid of evil news.
His heart is steadfast, trusting in the L-rd.
112,8His heart is
established.
He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.
112,9He has dispersed, he
has given to the poor.
His righteousness endures forever.
His horn will be exalted with honor.
112,10The wicked will see
it, and be grieved.
He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away.
The desire of the wicked will perish.
113,1Praise!
Praise, you servants of the L-rd,
praise the name of the L-rd.
113,2Blessed be the name
of the L-rd,
from this time forth and forevermore.
113,3From the rising of
the sun to the going down of the same,
the L-rd's name is to be praised.
113,4The L-rd is high above
all nations,
his glory above the Heavens.
113,5Who is like the L-rd,
our G-d,
who has His seat on high,
113,6Who stoops down to
see in Heaven and in the earth?
113,7He raises up the
poor out of the dust.
Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;
113,8that He may set him
with princes,
even with the princes of his people.
113,9He settles the
barren woman in her home,
as a joyful mother of children.
Praise!
114,1When Israel went
forth out of Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
114,2Judah became His
sanctuary,
Israel His dominion.
114,3The sea saw it, and
fled.
The Jordan was driven back.
114,4The mountains
skipped like rams,
the little hills like lambs.
114,5What was it, you
sea, that you fled?
You Jordan, that you turned back?
114,6You mountains, that
you skipped like rams;
you little hills, like lambs?
114,7Tremble, you earth,
at the presence of the L-rd,
at the presence of the G-d of Jacob,
114,8who turned the rock
into a pool of water,
the flint into a spring of waters.
115,1Not to us, L-rd,
not to us,
but to Your name give glory,
for Your loving kindness, and for Your truth's sake.
115,2Why should the
nations say,
'Where is their G-d, now?'
115,3But our G-d is in
the Heavens.
He does whatever He pleases.
115,4Their idols are
silver and gold,
the work of men's hands.
115,5They have mouths,
but they don't speak.
They have eyes, but they don't see.
115,6They have ears, but
they don't hear.
They have noses, but they don't smell.
115,7They have hands, but
they don't feel.
They have feet, but they don't walk,
neither do they speak through their throat.
115,8Those who make them
will be like them;
yes, everyone who trusts in them.
115,9Israel, trust in
the L-rd!
He is their help and their shield.
115,10House of Aaron,
trust in the L-rd!
He is their help and their shield.
115,11You who fear
the L-rd, trust in the L-rd!
He is their help and their shield.
115,12the L-rd remembers
us. He will bless us.
He will bless the house of Israel.
He will bless the house of Aaron.
115,13He will bless those
who fear the L-rd,
both small and great.
115,14May the L-rd increase
you more and more,
you and your children.
115,15Blessed are you by
the L-rd,
who made Heaven and earth.
115,16The Heavens are the L-rd's;
but the earth is given to the children of men.
115,17The dead don't
praise Yah,
neither any who go down into silence;
115,18But we will bless
Yah,
from this time forth and forevermore.
Praise!
116,1I love the L-rd,
because He listens to my voice,
and my cries for mercy.
116,2Because He has
turned His ear to me,
therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.
116,3The cords of death
surrounded me,
the pains of Hell got a hold of me.
I found trouble and sorrow.
116,4Then I called on the
name of the L-rd:
'L-rd, I beg You, deliver my soul.'
116,5the L-rd is Gracious
and righteous.
Yes, our G-d is merciful.
116,6the L-rd preserves the
simple.
I was brought low, and He saved me.
116,7Return to your rest,
my soul,
for the L-rd has dealt bountifully with you.
116,8For You have
delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
and my feet from falling.
116,9I will walk before
the L-rd in the land of the living.
116,10I believed,
therefore I said,
'I was greatly afflicted.'
116,11I said in my haste,
'All men are liars.'
116,12What will I give to
the L-rd for all His benefits toward me?
116,13I will take the cup
of salvation, and call on the name of the L-rd.
116,14I will pay my vows
to the L-rd,
yes, in the presence of all His people.
116,15Precious in the
sight of the L-rd is the death of His saints.
116,16L-rd, truly I am
Your servant.
I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid.
You have freed me from my chains.
116,17I will offer to you
the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call on the name of the L-rd.
116,18I will pay my vows
to the L-rd,
in the presence of all His people,
116,19in the courts of
the L-rd's house,
in the midst of you, Jerusalem.
Praise!
117,1Praise the L-rd, all
you nations!
Extol Him, all you peoples!
117,2For His loving
kindness is great toward us.
the L-rd's faithfulness endures forever.
Praise!
118,1Give thanks to
the L-rd, for He is good,
for His loving kindness endures forever.
118,2Let Israel now say
that His loving kindness endures forever.
118,3Let the house of
Aaron now say
that His loving kindness endures forever.
118,4Now let those who
fear the L-rd say
that His loving kindness endures forever.
118,5Out of my distress,
I called on Yah.
Yah answered me with freedom.
118,6the L-rd is on my
side. I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
118,7the L-rd is on my side
among those who help me.
Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
118,8It is better to take
refuge in the L-rd,
than to put confidence in man.
118,9It is better to take
refuge in the L-rd,
than to put confidence in princes.
118,10All the nations
surrounded me,
but in the name of the L-rd, I cut them off.
118,11They surrounded me,
yes, they surrounded me.
In the name of the L-rd I indeed cut them off.
118,12They surrounded me
like bees.
They are quenched like the burning thorns.
In the name of the L-rd I cut them off.
118,13You pushed me back
hard, to make me fall,
but the L-rd helped me.
118,14Yah is my strength
and song.
He has become my salvation.
118,15The voice of
rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous.
'The right hand of the L-rd does valiantly.
118,16The right hand of
the L-rd is exalted!
The right hand of the L-rd does valiantly!'
118,17I will not die, but
live,
and declare Yah's works.
118,18Yah has punished me
severely,
but He has not given me over to death.
118,19Open to me the
gates of righteousness.
I will enter into them.
I will give thanks to Yah.
118,20This is the gate of
the L-rd;
the righteous will enter into it.
118,21I will give thanks
to You, for You have answered me,
and have become my salvation.
118,22The stone which the
builders rejected has become the head of the corner.
118,23This is the L-rd's
doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
118,24This is the day
that the L-rd has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it!
118,25Save us now, we beg
You, L-rd!
L-rd, we beg You, send prosperity now.
118,26Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the L-rd!
We have blessed you out of the house of the L-rd.
118,27the L-rd is G-d, and
he has given us light.
Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
118,28You are my G-d, and
I will give thanks to You.
You are my G-d, I will exalt You.
118,29Oh give thanks to
the L-rd, for He is good,
for His loving kindness endures forever.
The letter named inside the next psalm is the starting letter for every line in it's section. There are eight phrases for each and every letter.
ALEPH
119,1Fortunate are those
whose ways are wholesome,
who walk according to the L-rd's law.
119,2Fortunate are those
who keep His statutes,
who seek Him with their whole heart.
119,3Yes, they do nothing
wrong.
They walk in His ways.
119,4You have commanded
Your precepts,
that we should fully obey them.
119,5Oh that my ways were
esyablished,
to obey Your statutes!
119,6Then I wouldn't be
disappointed,
when I consider all of Your commandments.
119,7Thus I will give thanks
to You with uprightness of heart,
when I learn Your righteous judgments.
119,8I will observe Your
statutes.
Don't utterly forsake me.
BET
119,9In what way can a young man
keep his way worthy?
By living according to Your word.
119,10In my whole
heart, I have sought You.
Don't let me wander from Your commandments.
119,11I have hidden Your
word in my heart,
that I might not sin against You.
119,12Blessed are You,
L-rd.
Teach me Your statutes.
119,13With my lips,
I have declared all the ordinances of Your mouth.
119,14I have rejoiced in
the way of Your testimonies,
as much as in all riches.
119,15I will meditate on
Your precepts,
and consider Your ways.
119,16I will delight
myself in Your statutes.
I will not forget Your word.
GIMEL
119,17Do good to Your
servant.
I will live and I will obey Your word.
119,18Open my eyes,
that I may see wondrous things out of Your law.
119,19I am a stranger on
the earth.
Don't hide Your commandments from me.
119,20My soul is consumed
with longing for Your ordinances at all times.
119,21You have rebuked
the proud who are cursed,
who wander from Your commandments.
119,22Take reproach and
contempt away from me,
for I have kept Your statutes.
119,23Though princes sit
and slander me,
Your servant will meditate on Your statutes.
119,24Indeed Your
statutes are my delight,
and my counselors.
DALED
119,25My soul is laid low
in the dust.
Revive me according to Your word!
119,26I declared my ways,
and You answered me.
Teach me Your statutes.
119,27Let me understand
the teaching of Your precepts!
Then I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
119,28My soul is weary
with sorrow:
strengthen me according to Your word.
119,29Keep me from the
way of deceit.
Grant me Your law graciously!
119,30I have chosen the
way of truth.
I have set Your ordinances before me.
119,31I cling to Your
statutes, L-rd.
Don't let me be disappointed.
119,32I run in the path
of Your commandments,
for You have set my heart free.
HEY
119,33Teach me, L-rd,
the way of Your statutes.
I will keep them to the end.
119,34Give me
understanding, and I will keep Your law.
Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
119,35Direct me in the
path of Your commandments,
for I delight in them.
119,36Turn my heart
toward Your statutes,
not toward selfish gain.
119,37Turn my eyes away
from looking at worthless things.
Revive me in Your ways.
119,38Fulfill Your
promise to Your servant,
that You may be feared.
119,39Take away my
disgrace that I dread,
for Your ordinances are good.
119,40Behold, I long for
Your precepts!
Revive me in Your righteousness.
VAV
119,41Let Your loving
kindness also come to me, L-rd,
Your salvation, according to Your word.
119,42So I will have an
answer for him who reproaches me,
for I trust in Your word.
119,43Don't snatch the
word of truth out of my mouth,
for I put my hope in Your ordinances.
119,44So I will obey Your
law continually,
forever and ever.
119,45I will walk in
liberty,
for I have sought Your precepts.
119,46I will also speak
of Your statutes before kings,
and will not be disappointed.
119,47I will delight
myself in Your commandments,
because I love them.
119,48I reach out my
hands for Your commandments, which I love.
I will meditate on Your statutes.
ZAYIN
119,49Remember Your word
to Your servant,
because You gave me hope.
119,50This is my comfort
in my affliction,
for Your word has revived me.
119,51The arrogant mock
me excessively,
but I don't swerve from Your law.
119,52I remember Your
ordinances of old, L-rd,
and have comforted myself.
119,53Indignation has
taken hold on me,
because of the wicked who forsake Your law.
119,54Your statutes have
been my songs,
in the house where I live.
119,55I have remembered
Your name, L-rd, in the night,
and I obey Your law.
119,56This is my way,
that I keep Your precepts.
CHET
119,57the L-rd is my
portion.
I promised to obey Your words.
119,58I sought Your favor
with my whole heart.
Be merciful to me according to Your word.
119,59I considered my
ways,
and turned my steps to Your statutes.
119,60I will hurry, and
not delay,
to obey Your commandments.
119,61The ropes of the
wicked bind me,
but I won't forget Your law.
119,62At midnight I will
rise to give thanks to You,
because of Your righteous ordinances.
119,63I am a friend of
all those who fear You,
of those who observe Your precepts.
119,64The earth is full
of Your loving kindness, L-rd.
Teach me Your statutes.
TET
119,65Do good to Your
servant,
according to Your word, L-rd.
119,66Teach me good
judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in Your commandments.
119,67Before I was
afflicted, I went astray;
but now I observe Your word.
119,68You are good, and
do good.
Teach me Your statutes.
119,69The proud have
smeared a lie upon me.
With my whole heart, I will keep Your precepts.
119,70Their heart is as
callous as the fat,
but I delight in Your law.
119,71It is good for me
that I have been afflicted,
that I may learn Your statutes.
119,72The law of Your
mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
YUD
119,73Your hands have
made me and formed me.
Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
119,74Those who fear you
will see me and be glad,
because I have put my hope in Your word.
119,75L-rd, I know that
Your judgments are righteous,
that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
119,76Please let Your
loving kindness be for my comfort,
according to Your word to Your servant.
119,77Let Your tender
mercies come to me, that I may live;
for Your law is my delight.
119,78Let the proud be
disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully.
I will meditate on Your precepts.
119,79Let those who fear
You turn to me.
They will know Your statutes.
119,80Let my heart be
blameless toward Your decrees,
that I may not be disappointed.
CHAF
119,81My soul faints for
Your salvation.
I hope in Your word.
119,82My eyes fail for
Your word.
I say, 'When will You comfort me?'
119,83For I have become
like a wineskin in the smoke.
I don't forget Your statutes.
119,84How many are the
days of Your servant?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
119,85The proud have dug
pits for me,
contrary to Your law.
119,86All of Your
commandments are faithful.
They persecute me wrongfully.
Help me!
119,87They had almost
wiped me from the earth,
but I didn't forsake Your precepts.
119,88Preserve my life
according to Your loving kindness,
so I will obey the statutes of Your mouth.
LAMED
119,89L-rd, Your word
is settled in Heaven forever.
119,90Your faithfulness
is to all generations.
You have established the earth, and it remains.
119,91Your laws remain to
this day,
for all things serve You.
119,92Unless Your law had
been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.
119,93I will never forget
Your precepts,
for with them, You have revived me.
119,94I am Yours.
Save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
119,95The wicked have
waited for me, to destroy me.
I will consider Your statutes.
119,96I have seen a limit
to all perfection,
but Your commands are boundless.
MEM
119,97How I love Your law!
It is my meditation all day.
119,98Your commandments
make me wiser than my enemies,
for Your commandments are always with me.
119,99I have more
understanding than all my teachers,
for Your testimonies are my meditation.
119,100I understand more
than the aged,
because I have kept Your precepts.
119,101I have kept my
feet from every evil way,
that I might observe Your word.
119,102I have not turned
aside from Your ordinances,
for You have taught me.
119,103How sweet are Your
promises to my taste,
more than honey to my mouth!
119,104Through Your
precepts, I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.
NUN
119,105Your word is a
lamp to my feet,
and a light for my path.
119,106I have sworn, and
have confirmed it,
that I will obey Your righteous ordinances.
119,107I am afflicted
very much.
Revive me, L-rd, according to Your word.
119,108Accept, I beg You,
the willing offerings of my mouth.
L-rd, teach me Your ordinances.
119,109My soul is
continually in my hand,
yet I won't forget Your law.
119,110The wicked have
laid a snare for me,
yet I haven't gone astray from Your precepts.
119,111I have taken Your
testimonies as a heritage forever,
for they are the joy of my heart.
119,112I have set my
heart to perform Your statutes forever,
even to the end.
SAMEKH
119,113I hate
double-minded men,
but I love Your law.
119,114You are my hiding
place and my shield.
I hope in Your word.
119,115Depart from me,
you evildoers,
that I may keep the commandments of my G-d.
119,116Uphold me
according to Your word, that I may live.
Let me not be ashamed of my hope.
119,117Hold me up, and I
will be safe,
and will have respect for Your statutes continually.
119,118You reject all
those who stray from Your statutes,
for their deceit is in vain.
119,119You put away all
the wicked of the earth like dross.
Therefore I love Your testimonies.
119,120My flesh trembles
for fear of You.
I am afraid of Your judgments.
AYIN
119,121I have done what
is just and righteous.
Don't leave me to my oppressors.
119,122Ensure Your
servant's well-being.
Don't let the proud oppress me.
119,123My eyes fail
looking for Your salvation,
for Your righteous word.
119,124Deal with Your
servant according to Your loving kindness.
Teach me Your statutes.
119,125I am Your servant.
Give me understanding,
that I may know Your testimonies.
119,126It is time to act,
L-rd,
for they break Your law.
119,127Therefore I love
Your commandments more than gold,
yes, more than pure gold.
119,128Therefore I
consider all of Your precepts to be right.
I hate every false way.
PEY
119,129Your testimonies
are wonderful,
therefore my soul keeps them.
119,130The entrance of
Your words gives light.
It gives understanding to the simple.
119,131I opened my mouth
wide and panted,
for I longed for Your commandments.
119,132Turn to me, and
have mercy on me,
as You always do to those who love Your name.
119,133Establish my
footsteps in Your word.
Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.
119,134Redeem me from the
oppression of man,
so I will observe Your precepts.
119,135Make Your face
shine on Your servant.
Teach me Your statutes.
119,136Streams of tears
run down my eyes,
because they don't observe Your law.
TZADI
119,137You are righteous,
L-rd.
Your judgments are upright.
119,138You have commanded
Your statutes in righteousness.
They are fully trustworthy.
119,139My zeal wears me
out,
because my enemies ignore Your words.
119,140Your promises have
been thoroughly tested,
and Your servant loves them.
119,141I am small and
despised.
I don't forget Your precepts.
119,142Your righteousness
is an everlasting righteousness.
Your law is truth.
119,143Trouble and
anguish have taken hold of me.
Your commandments are my delight.
119,144Your testimonies
are righteous forever.
Give me understanding, that I may live.
KUF
119,145I have called with
my whole heart.
Answer me, L-rd!
I will keep Your statutes.
119,146I have called to
You. Save me!
I will obey Your statutes.
119,147I rise before dawn
and cry for help.
I put my hope in Your words.
119,148My eyes stay open
through the night watches,
that I might meditate on Your word.
119,149Hear my voice
according to Your loving kindness.
Revive me, L-rd, according to Your ordinances.
119,150They draw near who
follow after wickedness.
They are far from Your law.
119,151You are near,
L-rd.
All Your commandments are truth.
119,152Of old I have
known from Your testimonies,
that You have founded them forever.
RESH
119,153Consider my
affliction, and deliver me,
for I don't forget Your law.
119,154Plead my cause,
and redeem me!
Revive me according to Your promise.
119,155Salvation is far
from the wicked,
for they don't seek Your statutes.
119,156Great are Your
tender mercies, L-rd.
Revive me according to Your ordinances.
119,157Many are my
persecutors and my adversaries.
I haven't swerved from Your testimonies.
119,158I look at the
faithless with loathing,
because they don't observe Your word.
119,159Consider how I
love Your precepts.
Revive me, L-rd, according to Your loving kindness.
119,160All of Your words
are truth.
Every one of Your righteous ordinances endures forever.
SIN AND SHIN
119,161Princes have
persecuted me without a cause,
but my heart stands in awe of Your words.
119,162I rejoice at Your
word,
as one who finds great spoil.
119,163I hate and abhor
falsehood.
I love Your law.
119,164Seven times a day,
I praise You,
because of Your righteous ordinances.
119,165Those who love
Your law have great peace.
Nothing causes them to stumble.
119,166I have hoped for
Your salvation, L-rd.
I have done Your commandments.
119,167My soul has
observed Your testimonies.
I love them exceedingly.
119,168I have obeyed Your
precepts and Your testimonies,
for all my ways are before You.
TAV
119,169Let my cry come
before You, L-rd.
Give me understanding according to Your word.
119,170Let my
supplication come before You.
Deliver me according to Your word.
119,171Let my lips utter
praise,
for You teach me Your statutes.
119,172Let my tongue sing
of Your word,
for all Your commandments are righteousness.
119,173Let Your hand be
ready to help me,
for I have chosen Your precepts.
119,174I have longed for
Your salvation, L-rd.
Your law is my delight.
119,175Let my soul live,
that I may praise You.
Let Your ordinances help me.
119,176I have gone astray
like a lost sheep.
Seek Your servant, for I don't forget Your commandments.
120,1A Song of Ascents.In my distress, I
cried to the L-rd.
He answered me.
120,2Deliver my soul,
L-rd, from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
120,3What will be given
to you, and what will be done more to you,
you deceitful tongue?
120,4Sharp arrows of the
mighty,
with coals of juniper.
120,5Woe is me, that I
live in Meshech,
that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
120,6My soul has had her
dwelling too long
with him who hates peace.
120,7I am for peace,
but when I speak, they are for war.
121,1A Song of Ascents.I will lift up my
eyes to the hills.
Where does my help come from?
121,2My help comes from
the L-rd,
who made Heaven and earth.
121,3He will not allow
your foot to be moved.
He who keeps you will not slumber.
121,4Behold, He who keeps
Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
121,5The L-rd is your
keeper.
The L-rd is your shade on your right hand.
121,6The sun will not
harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
121,7The L-rd will keep you
from all evil.
He will keep your soul.
121,8The L-rd will keep
your going out and your coming in,
from this time forth, and forevermore.
122,1A Song of Ascents. By David.I was glad when they
said to me,
'Let's go to the L-rd's house!'
122,2Our feet are
standing within gates, Jerusalem;
122,3Jerusalem, that is
built as a city that is compact together;
122,4where the tribes go
up, even Yah's tribes,
according to an ordinance for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the L-rd.
122,5For there are set
thrones for judgment,
the thrones of David's house.
122,6Pray for the peace
of Jerusalem.
ask please lovers.
122,7Peace be within the
walls,
and prosperity within the palaces.
122,8For my brothers'
and companions' sakes,
I will now say, 'Peace be within it.'
122,9For the sake of the
house of the L-rd our G-d,
I will seek Your good.
123,1A Song of Ascents.To You I do lift up
my eyes,
you who sit in the Heavens.
123,2Behold, as the eyes
of servants look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress;
so our eyes look to the L-rd, our G-d,
until He has mercy on us.
123,3Have mercy on us,
L-rd, have mercy on us,
for we have endured much contempt.
123,4Our soul is
exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease,
with the contempt of the proud.
124,1A Song of Ascents. By David.If it had not been
the L-rd who was on our side,
let Israel now say,
124,2if it had not been
the L-rd who was on our side,
when men rose up against us;
124,3then they would have
swallowed us up alive,
when their wrath was kindled against us;
124,4then the waters
would have overwhelmed us,
the stream would have gone over our soul;
124,5then the proud
waters would have gone over our soul.
124,6Blessed be the L-rd,
who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
124,7Our soul has escaped
like a bird out of the fowler's snare.
The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
124,8Our help is in the
name of the L-rd,
who made Heaven and earth.
125,1A Song of Ascents.Those who trust in
the L-rd are as Mount Zion,
which can't be moved, but remains forever.
125,2As the mountains
surround Jerusalem,
so the L-rd surrounds His people from this time forth and forevermore.
125,3For the scepter of
wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous;
so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.
125,4Do good, L-rd, to
those who are good,
to those who are upright in their hearts.
125,5But as for those who
turn aside to their crooked ways,
the L-rd will lead them away with the workers of iniquity.
Peace be on Israel.
126,1A Song of Ascents.When the L-rd brought
back those who returned to Zion,
we were like those who dream.
126,2Then our mouth was
filled with laughter,
and our tongue with singing.
Then they said among the nations,
'the L-rd has done great things for them.'
126,3the L-rd has done
great things for us,
and we are glad.
126,4Restore our fortunes
again, L-rd,
like the streams in the Negev.
126,5Those who sow in
tears will reap in joy.
126,6He who goes out
weeping, carrying seed for sowing,
will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
127,1A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.Unless the L-rd builds
the house,
they labor in vain who build it.
Unless the L-rd watches over the city,
the watchman guards it in vain.
127,2It is vain for you
to rise up early,
to stay up late,
eating the bread of toil;
for He gives sleep to His loved ones.
127,3Behold, children are
a heritage of the L-rd.
The fruit of the womb is His reward.
127,4As arrows in the
hand of a mighty man,
so are the children of youth.
127,5Happy is the man who
has his quiver full of them.
They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the
gate.
128,1A Song of Ascents.Blessed is everyone
who fears the L-rd,
who walks in His ways.
128,2For you will eat the
labor of your hands.
You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
128,3Your wife will be as
a fruitful vine,
in the innermost parts of your house;
your children like olive plants,
around your table.
128,4Behold, thus is the
man blessed who fears the L-rd.
128,5May the L-rd bless you
out of Zion,
and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
128,6May You see
your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel.
129,1A Song of Ascents.Many times they have
afflicted me from my youth up.
Let Israel now say,
129,2many times they have
afflicted me from my youth up,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
129,3The plowers plowed
on my back.
They made their furrows long.
129,4the L-rd is righteous.
He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
129,5Let them be
disappointed and turned backward,
all those who hate Zion.
129,6Let them be as the
grass on the housetops,
which withers before it grows up;
129,7with which the
reaper doesn't fill his hand,
nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
129,8Neither do those who
go by say,
'The blessing of the L-rd be on you.
We bless you in the name of the L-rd.'
130,1A Song of Ascents.Out of the depths I
have cried to You, L-rd.
130,2L-rd, hear my voice.
Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
130,3If You, G-d, kept a
record of sins,
L-rd, who could stand?
130,4But there is
forgiveness with You,
therefore You are feared.
130,5I wait for the L-rd.
My soul waits.
I hope in His word.
130,6My soul longs for
the L-rd more than watchmen long for the morning;
more than watchmen for the morning.
130,7Israel, hope in
the L-rd,
for with the L-rd there is loving kindness.
With Him is abundant redemption.
130,8He will redeem
Israel from all their sins.
131,1A Song of Ascents. By David.L-rd, my heart
isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty;
nor do I concern myself with great matters,
or things too wonderful for me.
131,2Surely I have
stilled and quieted my soul,
like a weaned child with his mother,
like a weaned child is my soul within me.
131,3Israel, hope in
the L-rd,
from this time forth and forevermore.
132,1A Song of Ascents.L-rd, remember
David and all his affliction,
132,2How he swore to
the L-rd,
and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
132,3'Surely I will not
come into the structure of my house,
nor go up into my bed;
132,4I will not give
sleep to my eyes,
or slumber to my eyelids;
132,5Until I find out a
place for the L-rd,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.'
132,6Behold, we heard of
it in Ephrathah.
We found it in the field of Jaar:
132,7'We will go into
His dwelling place.
We will worship at His footstool.
132,8Arise, L-rd, into
Your resting place;
the ark of Your strength.
132,9Let Your priest be
clothed with righteousness.
Let Your saints shout for joy!'
132,10For Your servant
David's sake,
don't turn away the face of Your anointed one.
132,11The L-rd has sworn to
David in truth.
He will not turn from it:
'I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
132,12If your children
will keep my covenant,
my testimony that I will teach them,
their children also will sit on your throne forevermore.'
132,13For the L-rd has
chosen Zion.
He has desired it for His habitation.
132,14'This is my
resting place forever.
Here I will live, for I have desired it.
132,15I will abundantly
bless her provision.
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
132,16Her priests I will
also clothe with salvation.
Her saints will shout aloud for joy.
132,17There I will make
the horn of David to bud.
I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
132,18I will clothe his
enemies with shame,
but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.'
133,1A Song of Ascents. By David.See how good and how
pleasant it is
for brothers to live together in unity!
133,2It is like the
precious oil on the head,
that ran down on the beard,
even Aaron's beard;
that came down on the edge of his robes;
133,3like the dew of
Hermon,
that comes down on the hills of Zion:
for there the L-rd gives the blessing,
even life forevermore.
134,1A Song of Ascents.Now, praise the L-rd,
all you servants of the L-rd,
who stand by night in the L-rd's house!
134,2Lift up your hands
in the sanctuary.
Praise the L-rd!
134,3May the L-rd bless you
from Zion;
even He who made Heaven and earth.
135,1Praise!
Praise the name of the L-rd!
Praise Him, you servants of the L-rd,
135,2you who stand in the
house of the L-rd,
in the courts of our G-d's house.
135,3Praise, for
the L-rd is good.
Sing praises to His name, for that is pleasant.
135,4For He has chosen
Jacob for himself;
Israel for His own possession.
135,5For I know that
the L-rd is great,
that our L-rd is above all gods.
135,6Whatever the L-rd
pleased, He has done,
in Heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;
135,7who causes the
clouds to rise from the ends of the earth;
who makes lightnings with the rain;
who brings forth the wind out of His treasuries;
135,8Who struck the
firstborn of Egypt,
both of man and animal;
135,9Who sent signs and
wonders into the midst of you, Egypt,
on Pharaoh, and on all his servants;
135,10who struck many
nations,
and killed mighty kings,
135,11Sihon king of the
Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
135,12and gave their land
for a heritage,
a heritage to Israel, His people.
135,13Your name, L-rd,
endures forever;
Your renown, L-rd, throughout all generations.
135,14For the L-rd will
judge His people,
and have compassion on His servants.
135,15The idols of the
nations are silver and gold,
the work of men's hands.
135,16They have mouths,
but they can't speak.
They have eyes, but they can't see.
135,17They have ears, but
they can't hear;
neither is there any breath in their mouths.
135,18Those who make them
will be like them;
yes, everyone who trusts in them.
135,19House of Israel,
praise the L-rd!
House of Aaron, praise the L-rd!
135,20House of Levi,
praise the L-rd!
You who fear the L-rd, praise the L-rd!
135,21Blessed be the L-rd
from Zion,
Who dwells at Jerusalem.
Praise!
136,1Give thanks to
the L-rd, for He is good;
for His loving kindness endures forever.
136,2Give thanks to the
G-d of gods;
for His loving kindness endures forever.
136,3Give thanks to the
L-rd of lords;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,4To Him who alone
does great wonders;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,5To Him who by
understanding made the Heavens;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,6To Him who spread
out the earth above the waters;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,7To Him who made the
great lights;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,8The sun to rule by
day;
for His loving kindness endures forever;
136,9The moon and stars
to rule by night;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,10To Him who struck
down the Egyptian firstborn;
for His loving kindness endures forever;
136,11And brought out
Israel from among them;
for His loving kindness endures forever;
136,12With a strong hand,
and with an outstretched arm;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,13To Him who divided
the Red Sea apart;
for His loving kindness endures forever;
136,14And made Israel to
pass through its midst;
for His loving kindness endures forever;
136,15But overthrew
Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,16To Him who led his
people through the wilderness;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,17To Him who struck
great kings;
for His loving kindness endures forever;
136,18And killed mighty
kings;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,19Sihon king of the
Amorites;
for His loving kindness endures forever;
136,20Og king of Bashan;
for His loving kindness endures forever;
136,21And gave their land
as an inheritance;
for His loving kindness endures forever;
136,22Even a heritage to
Israel His servant;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,23Who remembered us
in our low estate;
for His loving kindness endures forever;
136,24And has delivered
us from our adversaries;
for His loving kindness endures forever:
136,25Who gives food to
every creature;
for His loving kindness endures forever.
136,26Oh give thanks to
the G-d of Heaven;
for His loving kindness endures forever.
137,1By the rivers of
Babylon, there we sat down.
Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
137,2On the willows in
its midst,
we hung up our harps.
137,3For there, those who
led us captive asked us for songs.
Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy:
'Sing us one of the songs of Zion!'
137,4How can we sing
the L-rd's song in a foreign land?
137,5If I forget you,
Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill.
137,6Let my tongue stick
to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you;
if I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.
137,7Remember, L-rd,
against the children of Edom,
the day of Jerusalem;
who said, 'Raze it!
Raze it even to its foundation!'
137,8Daughter of Babylon,
doomed to destruction,
He will be happy who rewards you,
as you have served us.
137,9Happy shall He be,
who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
138,1By David.I will give You
thanks with my whole heart.
Before the judges, I will sing praises to You.
138,2I will bow down
toward Your holy temple,
and give thanks to Your name for Your loving kindness and for Your
truth;
for You have exalted Your name and Your word above all.
138,3In the day that I
called, You answered me.
You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
138,4All the kings of the
earth will give You thanks, L-rd,
for they have heard the words of Your mouth.
138,5Yes, they will sing
of the ways of the L-rd;
for great is the L-rd's glory.
138,6For though the L-rd is
high, yet He looks after the lowly;
but the proud, He knows from afar.
138,7Though I walk in the
midst of trouble, You will revive me.
You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies.
Your right hand will save me.
138,8the L-rd will fulfill
that which concerns me;
Your loving kindness, L-rd, endures forever.
Don't forsake the works of Your own hands.
139,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.L-rd, You have
searched me,
and You know me.
139,2You know my sitting
down and my rising up.
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
139,3You search out my
path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
139,4For there is not a
word on my tongue,
but, behold, L-rd, You know it altogether.
139,5You hem me in behind
and before.
You laid Your hand on me.
139,6This knowledge is
beyond me.
It's lofty.
I can't attain it.
139,7Where could I go
from Your Spirit?
Or where could I flee from Your presence?
139,8If I ascend up into
Heaven, You are there.
If I make my bed in Hell, You are there!
139,9If I take the wings
of the dawn,
and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
139,10Even there Your
hand will lead me,
and Your right hand will hold me.
139,11If I say, 'Surely
the darkness will overwhelm me;
the light around me will be night;'
139,12even the darkness
doesn't hide from You,
but the night shines as the day.
The darkness is like light to you.
139,13For You formed my
inmost being.
You knit me together in my mother's womb.
139,14I will give thanks
to You,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful.
My soul knows that very well.
139,15My frame wasn't
hidden from You,
when I was made in secret,
woven together in the depths of the earth.
139,16Your eyes saw my
body.
In Your book they were all written,
the days that were ordained for me,
when as yet there were none of them.
139,17How precious to me
are Your thoughts, G-d!
How vast is their sum!
139,18If I would count
them, they are more in number than the sand.
When I wake up, I am still with you.
139,19If only You, G-d,
would kill the wicked.
Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
139,20For they speak
against You wickedly.
Your enemies take Your name in vain.
139,21L-rd, don't I
hate those who hate you?
Am I not grieved with those who rise up against You?
139,22I hate them with
perfect hatred.
They have become my enemies.
139,23Search me, G-d, and
know my heart.
Try me, and know my thoughts.
139,24See if there is any
wicked way in me,
and lead me in the everlasting way.
140,1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
140,2Deliver me, L-rd,
from the evil man.
Preserve me from the violent man;
140,3Those who devise
mischief in their hearts.
They continually gather themselves together for war.
140,4They have sharpened
their tongues like a serpent.
Viper's poison is under their lips.
Selah.
140,5L-rd, keep me from
the hands of the wicked.
Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
140,6The proud have
hidden a snare for me,
they have spread the cords of a net by the path.
They have set traps for me.
Selah.
140,7I said to the L-rd,
'You are my G-d.'
Listen to the cry of my petitions, L-rd.
140,8L-rd, G-d,
the strength of my salvation,
you have covered my head in the day of battle.
140,9L-rd, don't
grant the desires of the wicked.
Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud.
Selah.
140,10As for the head of
those who surround me,
let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
140,11Let burning coals
fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into miry pits, from where they never rise.
140,12An evil speaker
won't be established in the earth.
Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
140,13I know that the L-rd
will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
and justice for the needy.
140,14Surely the
righteous will give thanks to Your name.
The upright will dwell in Your presence.
141,1A Psalm by David.L-rd, I have
called on You.
Come to me quickly!
Listen to my voice when I call to You.
141,2Let my prayer be set
before You like incense;
the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
141,3Set a watch, L-rd,
before my mouth.
Keep the door of my lips.
141,4Don't incline my
heart to any evil thing,
to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity.
Don't let me eat of their delicacies.
141,5Let the righteous
strike me, it is kindness;
let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head;
don't let my head refuse it;
Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
141,6Their judges are
thrown down by the sides of the rock.
They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
141,7'As when one plows
and breaks up the earth,
our bones are scattered at the mouth of Hell.'
141,8For my eyes are on
You, L-rd G-d.
In You, I take refuge.
Don't leave my soul destitute.
141,9Keep me from the
snare which they have laid for me,
from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
141,10Let the wicked fall
together into their own nets,
while I pass by.
142,1A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave.A Prayer.
142,2I cry with my voice
to the L-rd.
With my voice, I ask the L-rd for mercy.
142,3I pour out my
complaint before Him.
I tell Him my troubles.
142,4When my spirit was
overwhelmed within me,
you knew my path.
In the way in which I walk,
they have hidden a snare for me.
142,5Look on my right,
and see;
for there is no one who is concerned for me.
Refuge has fled from me.
No one cares for my soul.
142,6I cried to You,
L-rd.
I said, 'You are my refuge,
my portion in the land of the living.'
142,7Listen to my cry,
for I am in desperate need.
deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than me.
142,8Bring my soul out of
prison,
that I may give thanks to Your name.
The righteous will surround me,
for You will be good to me.
143,1A Psalm by David.Hear my prayer,
L-rd.
Listen to my petitions.
In Your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
143,2Don't enter into
judgment with Your servant,
for in Your sight no man living is righteous.
143,3For the enemy
pursues my soul.
He has struck my life down to the ground.
He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
143,4Therefore my spirit
is overwhelmed within me.
My heart within me is desolate.
143,5I remember the days
of old.
I meditate on all Your doings.
I contemplate the work of Your hands.
143,6I spread forth my
hands to You.
My soul thirsts for You, like a parched land.
Selah.
143,7Hurry to answer me,
L-rd.
My spirit fails.
Don't hide Your face from me,
so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.
143,8Cause me to hear
Your loving kindness in the morning,
for I trust in You.
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
for I lift up my soul to You.
143,9Deliver me, L-rd,
from my enemies.
I flee to You to hide me.
143,10Teach me to do Your
will,
for You are my G-d.
Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.
143,11Revive me, L-rd,
for Your name's sake.
In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
143,12In Your loving
kindness, cut off my enemies,
and destroy all those who afflict my soul,
For I am Your servant.
144,1By David.Blessed be the L-rd,
my rock,
who teaches my hands to war,
and my fingers to battle:
144,2My loving kindness,
my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and He in whom I take refuge;
who subdues my people under me.
144,3L-rd, what is man,
that You care for him?
Or the son of man, that You think of him?
144,4Man is like a breath.
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
144,5Part Your Heavens,
L-rd, and come down.
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
144,6Throw out lightning,
and scatter them.
Send out Your arrows, and rout them.
144,7Stretch out Your
hand from above,
rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters,
out of the hands of foreigners;
144,8whose mouths speak
deceit,
Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
144,9I will sing a new
song to You, G-d.
On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to You.
144,10You are He who
gives salvation to kings,
who rescues David, His servant, from the deadly sword.
144,11Rescue me, and
deliver me out of the hands of foreigners,
whose mouths speak deceit,
whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
144,12Then our sons will
be like well-nurtured plants,
our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
144,13Our barns are full,
filled with all kinds of provision.
Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
144,14Our oxen will pull
heavy loads.
There is no breaking in, and no going away,
and no outcry in our streets.
144,15Happy are the
people who are in such a situation.
Happy are the people whose G-d is the L-rd.
145,1A praise psalm by David.
I will exalt You, my
G-d, the King.
I will praise Your name forever and ever.
145,2Every day I will
praise You.
I will extol Your name forever and ever.
145,3Great is the L-rd, and
greatly to be praised!
His greatness is unsearchable.
145,4One generation will
commend Your works to another,
and will declare Your mighty acts.
145,5Of the glorious
majesty of Your honor,
of Your wondrous works, I will meditate.
145,6Men will speak of
the might of Your awesome acts.
I will declare Your greatness.
145,7They will utter the
memory of Your great goodness,
and will sing of Your righteousness.
145,8the L-rd is gracious,
merciful,
slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
145,9The L-rd is good to
all.
His tender mercies are over all His works.
145,10All Your works will
give thanks to You, L-rd.
Your saints will extol You.
145,11They will speak of
the glory of Your kingdom,
and talk about Your power;
145,12to make known to
the sons of men His mighty acts,
the glory of the majesty of His kingdom.
145,13Your kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom.
Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
The L-rd is faithful in all His words,
and loving in all His deeds.
145,14The L-rd upholds all
who fall,
and raises up all those who are bowed down.
145,15The eyes of all
wait for You.
You give them their food in due season.
145,16You open Your hand,
and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
145,17the L-rd is righteous
in all His ways,
and gracious in all His works.
145,18the L-rd is near to
all those who call on Him,
to all who call on Him in truth.
145,19He will fulfill the
desire of those who fear him.
He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
145,20the L-rd preserves
all those who love Him,
but all the wicked He will destroy.
145,21My mouth will speak
the praise of the L-rd.
Let all flesh bless His holy name forever and ever.
146,1Praise!
Praise the L-rd, my soul.
146,2While I live, I will
praise the L-rd.
I will sing praises to my G-d as long as I exist.
146,3Don't put Your
trust in princes,
each a son of man in whom there is no help.
146,4His spirit departs,
and he returns to the earth.
In that very day, his thoughts perish.
146,5Happy is he who has
the G-d of Jacob for his help,
whose hope is in the L-rd, his G-d:
146,6who made Heaven and
earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps truth forever;
146,7who executes justice
for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The L-rd frees the prisoners.
146,8The L-rd opens the
eyes of the blind.
The L-rd raises up those who are bowed down.
The L-rd loves the righteous.
146,9The L-rd preserves the
foreigners.
He upholds the fatherless and widow,
but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
146,10The L-rd will reign
forever;
your G-d, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise!
147,1Praise,
for it is good to sing praises to our G-d;
for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
147,2The L-rd builds up
Jerusalem.
He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
147,3He heals the broken
in heart,
and binds up their wounds.
147,4He counts the number
of the stars.
He calls them all by their names.
147,5Great is our L-rd,
and mighty in power.
His understanding is infinite.
147,6the L-rd upholds the
humble.
He brings the wicked down to the ground.
147,7Sing to the L-rd with
thanksgiving.
Sing praises on the harp to our G-d,
147,8Who covers the sky
with clouds,
who prepares rain for the earth,
who makes grass grow on the mountains.
147,9He provides food for
the livestock,
and for the young ravens when they call.
147,10He doesn't
delight in the strength of the horse.
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
147,11the L-rd takes
pleasure in those who fear Him,
in those who hope in His loving kindness.
147,12Praise the L-rd,
Jerusalem!
Praise your G-d, Zion!
147,13For He has
strengthened the bars of your gates.
He has blessed your children within you.
147,14He makes peace in
your borders.
He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
147,15He sends out His
commandment to the earth.
His word runs very swiftly.
147,16He gives snow like
wool,
and scatters frost like ashes.
147,17He hurls down His
hail like pebbles.
Who can stand before His cold?
147,18He sends out His
word, and melts them.
He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
147,19He shows His word
to Jacob;
His statutes and His ordinances to Israel.
147,20He has not done
this for just any nation.
They don't know His ordinances.
Praise!
148,1Praise!
Praise the L-rd from the Heavens!
Praise Him in the heights!
148,2Praise Him, all His
angels!
Praise Him, all His army!
148,3Praise Him, sun and
moon!
Praise Him, all you shining stars!
148,4Praise Him, you
Heavens of Heavens,
You waters that are above the Heavens.
148,5Let them praise the
name of the L-rd,
For He commanded, and they were created.
148,6He has also
established them forever and ever.
He has made a decree which will not pass away.
148,7Praise the L-rd from
the earth,
you great sea creatures, and all depths!
148,8Lightning and hail,
snow and clouds;
stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
148,9mountains and all
hills;
fruit trees and all cedars;
148,10wild animals and
all livestock;
small creatures and flying birds;
148,11kings of the earth
and all peoples;
princes and all judges of the earth;
148,12both young men and
maidens;
old men and children:
148,13let them praise the
name of the L-rd,
for His name alone is exalted.
His glory is above the earth and the Heavens.
148,14He has lifted up
the horn of His people,
the praise of all His saints;
even of the children of Israel, a people near to him.
Praise!
149,1Praise the L-rd!
Sing to the L-rd a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the saints.
149,2Let Israel rejoice
in Him who made them.
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
149,3Let them praise his
name in the dance!
Let them sing praises to Him with tambourine and harp!
149,4For the L-rd takes
pleasure in His people.
He crowns the humble with salvation.
149,5Let the saints
rejoice in honor.
Let them sing for joy on their beds.
149,6May the high praises
of G-d be in their mouths,
and a two-edged sword in their hand;
149,7To execute vengeance
on the nations,
and punishments on the peoples;
149,8To bind their kings
with chains,
and their nobles with fetters of iron;
149,9to execute on them
the written judgment.
All His saints have this honor.
Praise!
150,1Praise!
Praise G-d in His sanctuary!
Praise Him in His Heavens for His acts of power!
150,2Praise Him for His
mighty acts!
Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
150,3Praise Him with the
sounding of the trumpet!
Praise Him with harp and lyre!
150,4Praise Him with
tambourine and dancing!
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute!
150,5Praise Him with loud
cymbals!
Praise Him with resounding cymbals!
150,6Let everything that
has breath praise!
Praise!
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