1Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:2Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike.3My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding:4I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.5Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, when the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me? --6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. ...7None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,8(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,)9That he should still live perpetually, and not see corruption.10For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.11Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.12Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.13This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.14Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he will receive me. Selah.16Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:17For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.18Though he blessed his soul in his lifetime, -- and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself, --19It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

A Psalm. Of Asaph.1*God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.3Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.4He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:5Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah.7Hear, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, thy God.8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, continually before me;9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds:10For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;11I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.13Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?14Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;15And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,17Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?18When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;19Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.22Now consider this, ye that forget +God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his way will I shew the salvation of God.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.1Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.2Wash me fully from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.3For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.5Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.6Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.8Make me to hear gladness and joy; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.11Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not the spirit of thy holiness from me.12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me.13I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall return unto thee.14Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.19Then shalt thou have sacrifices of righteousness, burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering; then shall they offer up bullocks upon thine altar.