13:6I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me!

14:0To the Overseer. -- By David.

14:1A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

14:2Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

14:3The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.

14:4Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

14:5There they have feared a fear, For God is in the generation of the righteous.

14:6The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, Because Jehovah is his refuge.

14:7`Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back To a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

15:0A Psalm of David.

15:1Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill?

15:2He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart.

15:3He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

15:4Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, And those fearing Jehovah he doth honour. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and changeth not;

15:5His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

16:0A Secret Treasure of David.

16:1Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.

16:2Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou art;' My good is not for thine own sake;

16:3For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

16:4Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

16:5Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.

16:6Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

16:7I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also in the nights my reins instruct me.

16:8I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.

16:9Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

16:10For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

16:11Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

17:0A Prayer of David.

17:1Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

17:2From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

17:3Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

17:4As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

17:5To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

17:6I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

17:7Separate wonderfully Thy kindness, O Saviour of the confiding, By Thy right hand, from withstanders.

17:8Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

17:9From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

17:10Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:

17:11`Our steps now have compassed him;' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

17:12His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.

17:13Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

17:14From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

17:15I -- in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, with Thy form!

18:0To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: --

18:1I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

18:2Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

18:3The `Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.

18:4Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

18:5Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

18:6In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.

18:7And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake -- because He hath wrath.

18:8Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.

18:9And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.

18:10And He rideth on a cherub, and doth fly, And He flieth on wings of wind.

18:11He maketh darkness His secret place, Round about Him His tabernacle, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

18:12From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.

18:13And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.

18:14And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.

18:15And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.

18:16He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.

18:17He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

18:18They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.

18:19And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

18:20Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

18:21For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

18:22For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.

18:23And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

18:24And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.

18:25With the kind Thou showest Thyself kind, With a perfect man showest Thyself perfect.

18:26With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,

18:27For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.

18:28For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

18:29For by Thee I run -- a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.

18:30God! perfect is His way, The saying of Jehovah is tried, A shield is He to all those trusting in Him.

18:31For who is God besides Jehovah? And who is a rock save our God?

18:32God! who is girding me with strength, And He maketh perfect my way.

18:33Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.

18:34Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

18:35And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.

18:36Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.

18:37I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, And turn back not till they are consumed.

18:38I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,

18:39And Thou girdest me with strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.

18:40As to mine enemies -- Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me -- I cut them off.

18:41They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

18:42And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.

18:43Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

18:44At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

18:45Sons of a stranger fade away, And are slain out of their close places.

18:46Jehovah liveth -- and blessed is my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.

18:47God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me,

18:48My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.

18:49Therefore I confess Thee among nations, O Jehovah, And to Thy name I sing praise,

18:50Magnifying the salvation of His king, And doing kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed -- unto the age!

19:0To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David.

19:1The heavens are recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse is declaring.

19:2Day to day uttereth speech, And night to night sheweth knowledge.

19:3There is no speech, and there are no words. Their voice hath not been heard.

19:4Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,

19:5And he, as a bridegroom, goeth out from his covering, He rejoiceth as a mighty one To run the path.

19:6From the end of the heavens is his going out, And his revolution is unto their ends, And nothing is hid from his heat.

19:7The law of Jehovah is perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah are stedfast, Making wise the simple,

19:8The precepts of Jehovah are upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes,

19:9The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah are true, They have been righteous -- together.

19:10They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.

19:11Also -- Thy servant is warned by them, `In keeping them is a great reward.'

19:12Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,

19:13Also -- from presumptuous ones keep back Thy servant, Let them not rule over me, Then am I perfect, And declared innocent of much transgression,

19:14Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

20:0To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David.

20:1Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high,

20:2He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee,

20:3He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. Selah.

20:4He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil.

20:5We sing of thy salvation, And in the name of our God set up a banner. Jehovah doth fulfil all thy requests.

20:6Now I have known That Jehovah hath saved His anointed, He answereth him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand.

20:7Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the name of Jehovah our God Make mention.

20:8They -- they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.

20:9O Jehovah, save the king, He doth answer us in the day we call!

21:0To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David.

21:1Jehovah, in Thy strength is the king joyful, In Thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth.

21:2The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

21:3For Thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, Thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold.

21:4Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him -- length of days, Age-during -- and for ever.

21:5Great is his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him.

21:6For Thou makest him blessings for ever, Thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy, By Thy countenance.

21:7For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.

21:8Thy hand cometh to all Thine enemies, Thy right hand doth find Thy haters.

21:9Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

21:10Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men.

21:11For they stretched out against Thee evil, They devised a wicked device, they prevail not,

21:12For Thou makest them a butt, When Thy strings Thou preparest against their faces.

21:13Be Thou exalted, O Jehovah in, Thy strength, We sing and we praise Thy might!

22:0To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David.

22:1My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

22:2My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.

22:3And Thou art holy, Sitting -- the Praise of Israel.

22:4In Thee did our fathers trust -- they trusted, And Thou dost deliver them.

22:5Unto Thee they cried, and were delivered, In Thee they trusted, and were not ashamed.

22:6And I am a worm, and no man, A reproach of man, and despised of the people.

22:7All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head,

22:8`Roll unto Jehovah, He doth deliver him, He doth deliver him, for he delighted in him.'

22:9For thou art He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.

22:10On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou art my God.

22:11Be not far from me, For adversity is near, for there is no helper.

22:12Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,

22:13They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring.

22:14As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.

22:15Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws.

22:16And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

22:17I count all my bones -- they look expectingly, They look upon me,

22:18They apportion my garments to themselves, And for my clothing they cause a lot to fall.

22:19And Thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength, to help me haste.

22:20Deliver from the sword my soul, From the paw of a dog mine only one.

22:21Save me from the mouth of a lion: -- And -- from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!

22:22I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee.

22:23Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye Him, All the seed of Jacob, honour ye Him, And be afraid of Him, all ye seed of Israel.

22:24For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

22:25Of Thee my praise is in the great assembly. My vows I complete before His fearers.

22:26The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.

22:27Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,

22:28For to Jehovah is the kingdom, And He is ruling among nations.

22:29And the fat ones of earth have eaten, And they bow themselves, Before Him bow do all going down to dust, And he who hath not revived his soul.

22:30A seed doth serve Him, It is declared of the Lord to the generation.

22:31They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

23:0A Psalm of David.

23:1Jehovah is my shepherd, I do not lack,

23:2In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

23:3My soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name's sake,

23:4Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

23:5Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!

23:6Only -- goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling is in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!

24:0A Psalm of David.

24:1To Jehovah is the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

24:2For He on the seas hath founded it, And on the floods He doth establish it.

24:3Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah? And who riseth up in His holy place?

24:4The clean of hands, and pure of heart, Who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, Nor hath sworn to deceit.

24:5He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

24:6This is a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah.

24:7Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

24:8Who is this -- `the king of glory?' Jehovah -- strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle.

24:9Lift up, O gates, your heads, And be lifted up, O doors age-during, And come in doth the king of glory!

24:10Who is He -- this `king of glory?' Jehovah of hosts -- He is the king of glory! Selah.

25:0By David.

25:1Unto Thee, O Jehovah, my soul I lift up.

25:2My God, in Thee I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed, Let not mine enemies exult over me.

25:3Also let none waiting on Thee be ashamed, Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed.

25:4Thy ways, O Jehovah, cause me to know, Thy paths teach Thou me.

25:5Cause me to tread in Thy truth, and teach me, For Thou art the God of my salvation, Near Thee I have waited all the day.

25:6Remember Thy mercies, O Jehovah, And Thy kindnesses, for from the age are they.

25:7Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

25:8Good and upright is Jehovah, Therefore He directeth sinners in the way.

25:9He causeth the humble to tread in judgment, And teacheth the humble His way.

25:10All the paths of Jehovah are kindness and truth, To those keeping His covenant, And His testimonies.

25:11For Thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it is great.

25:12Who is this -- the man fearing Jehovah? He directeth him in the way He doth choose.

25:13His soul in good doth remain, And his seed doth possess the land.

25:14The secret of Jehovah is for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.

25:15Mine eyes are continually unto Jehovah, For He bringeth out from a net my feet.

25:16Turn Thou unto me, and favour me, For lonely and afflicted am I.

25:17The distresses of my heart have enlarged themselves, From my distresses bring me out.

25:18See mine affliction and my misery, And bear with all my sins.

25:19See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

25:20Keep my soul, and deliver me, Let me not be ashamed, for I trusted in Thee.

25:21Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.

25:22Redeem Israel, O God, from all his distresses!

26:0By David.

26:1Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, And in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not.

26:2Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.

26:3For Thy kindness is before mine eyes, And I have walked habitually in Thy truth.

26:4I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

26:5I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

26:6I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.

26:7To sound with a voice of confession, And to recount all Thy wonders.

26:8Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.

26:9Do not gather with sinners my soul, And with men of blood my life,

26:10In whose hand is a wicked device, And their right hand is full of bribes.

26:11And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

26:12My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!

27:0By David.

27:1Jehovah is my light and my salvation, Whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, Of whom am I afraid?

27:2When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.

27:3Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I am confident.

27:4One thing I asked of Jehovah -- it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.

27:5For He hideth me in a tabernacle in the day of evil, He hideth me in a secret place of His tent, On a rock he raiseth me up.

27:6And now, lifted up is my head, Above my enemies -- my surrounders, And I sacrifice in His tent sacrifices of shouting, I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah.

27:7Hear, O Jehovah, my voice -- I call, And favour me, and answer me.

27:8To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

27:9Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

27:10When my father and my mother Have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me.

27:11Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.

27:12Give me not to the will of my adversaries, For risen against me have false witnesses, And they breathe out violence to me.

27:13I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living!

27:14Look unto Jehovah -- be strong, And He doth strengthen thy heart, Yea, look unto Jehovah!

28:0By David.

28:1Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

28:3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

28:4Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

28:5For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

28:6Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

28:7Jehovah is my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.

28:8Jehovah is strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed is He.

28:9Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!

29:0A Psalm of David.

29:1Ascribe to Jehovah, ye sons of the mighty, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.

29:2Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness.

29:3The voice of Jehovah is on the waters, The God of glory hath thundered, Jehovah is on many waters.

29:4The voice of Jehovah is with power, The voice of Jehovah is with majesty,

29:5The voice of Jehovah is shivering cedars, Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon.

29:6And He causeth them to skip as a calf, Lebanon and Sirion as a son of Reems,

29:7The voice of Jehovah is hewing fiery flames,

29:8The voice of Jehovah paineth a wilderness, Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh.

29:9The voice of Jehovah paineth the oaks, And maketh bare the forests, And in His temple every one saith, `Glory.'

29:10Jehovah on the deluge hath sat, And Jehovah sitteth king -- to the age,

29:11Jehovah strength to his people giveth, Jehovah blesseth His people with peace!

30:0A Psalm. -- A song of the dedication of the house of David.

30:1I exalt Thee, O Jehovah, For Thou hast drawn me up, and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me.

30:2Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me.

30:3Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down to the pit.

30:4Sing praise to Jehovah, ye His saints, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness,

30:5For -- a moment is in His anger, Life is in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

30:6And I -- I have said in mine ease, `I am not moved -- to the age.

30:7O Jehovah, in Thy good pleasure, Thou hast caused strength to remain for my mountain,' Thou hast hidden Thy face -- I have been troubled.

30:8Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, And unto Jehovah I make supplication.

30:9`What gain is in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

30:10Hear, O Jehovah, and favour me, O Jehovah, be a helper to me.'

30:11Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy.

30:12So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!

31:0To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David.

31:1In Thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age, In Thy righteousness deliver me.

31:2Incline unto me Thine ear hastily, deliver me, Be to me for a strong rock, For a house of bulwarks to save me.

31:3For my rock and my bulwark art Thou, For Thy name's sake lead me and tend me.

31:4Bring me out from the net that they hid for me, For Thou art my strength.

31:5Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth.

31:6I have hated the observers of lying vanities, And I toward Jehovah have been confident.

31:7I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.

31:8And Thou hast not shut me up, Into the hand of an enemy, Thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place.

31:9Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

31:10For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.

31:11Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach, And to my neighbours exceedingly, And a fear to mine acquaintances, Those seeing me without -- fled from me.

31:12I have been forgotten as dead out of mind, I have been as a perishing vessel.

31:13For I have heard an evil account of many, Fear is round about. In their being united against me, To take my life they have devised,

31:14And I on Thee -- I have trusted, O Jehovah, I have said, `Thou art my God.'

31:15In Thy hand are my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

31:16Cause Thy face to shine on Thy servant, Save me in Thy kindness.

31:17O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

31:18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

31:19How abundant is Thy goodness, That Thou hast laid up for those fearing Thee,

31:20Thou hast wrought for those trusting in Thee, Before sons of men. Thou hidest them in the secret place of Thy presence, From artifices of man, Thou concealest them in a tabernacle, From the strife of tongues.

31:21Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath made marvellous His kindness To me in a city of bulwarks.

31:22And I -- I have said in my haste, `I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

31:23Love Jehovah, all ye His saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful, And recompensing abundantly a proud doer.

31:24Be strong, and He strengtheneth your heart, All ye who are waiting for Jehovah!

32:0By David. -- An Instruction.

32:1O the happiness of him whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

32:2O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

32:3When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

32:4When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.

32:5My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

32:6For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.

32:7Thou art a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, With songs of deliverance dost compass me. Selah.

32:8I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.

32:9Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

32:10Many are the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.

32:11Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!

33:1Sing, ye righteous, in Jehovah, For upright ones praise is comely.

33:2Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,

33:3Sing ye to Him a new song, Play skilfully with shouting.

33:4For upright is the word of Jehovah, And all His work is in faithfulness.

33:5Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.

33:6By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host.

33:7Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.

33:8Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, Of Him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid.

33:9For He hath said, and it is, He hath commanded, and it standeth.

33:10Jehovah made void the counsel of nations, He disallowed the thoughts of the peoples.

33:11The counsel of Jehovah to the age standeth, The thoughts of His heart to all generations.

33:12O the happiness of the nation whose God is Jehovah, Of the people He did choose, For an inheritance to Him.

33:13From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.

33:14From the fixed place of His dwelling, He looked unto all inhabitants of the earth;

33:15Who is forming their hearts together, Who is attending unto all their works.

33:16The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.

33:17A false thing is the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.

33:18Lo, the eye of Jehovah is to those fearing Him, To those waiting for His kindness,

33:19To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.

33:20Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield is He,

33:21For in Him doth our heart rejoice, For in His holy name we have trusted.

33:22Let Thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, As we have waited for Thee!

34:0By David, in his changing his behaviour before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth.

34:1I do bless Jehovah at all times, Continually His praise is in my mouth.

34:2In Jehovah doth my soul boast herself, Hear do the humble and rejoice.

34:3Ascribe ye greatness to Jehovah with me, And we exalt His name together.

34:4I sought Jehovah, and He answered me, And from all my fears did deliver me.

34:5They looked expectingly unto Him, And they became bright, And their faces are not ashamed.

34:6This poor one called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him.

34:7A messenger of Jehovah is encamping, Round about those who fear Him, And He armeth them.

34:8Taste ye and see that Jehovah is good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him.

34:9Fear Jehovah, ye His holy ones, For there is no lack to those fearing Him.

34:10Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

34:11Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.

34:12Who is the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?

34:13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

34:14Turn aside from evil and do good, Seek peace and pursue it.

34:15The eyes of Jehovah are unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.

34:16(The face of Jehovah is on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.)

34:17They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them.

34:18Near is Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

34:19Many are the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.

34:20He is keeping all his bones, One of them hath not been broken.

34:21Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

34:22Jehovah redeemeth the soul of His servants, And none trusting in Him are desolate!

35:0By David.

35:1Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters,

35:2Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help,

35:3And draw out spear and lance, To meet my pursuers. Say to my soul, `Thy salvation I am.'

35:4They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

35:5They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.

35:6Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.

35:7For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

35:8Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

35:9And my soul is joyful in Jehovah, It rejoiceth in His salvation.

35:10All my bones say, `Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'

35:11Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

35:12They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

35:13And I -- in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

35:14As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

35:15And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

35:16With profane ones, mockers in feasts, Gnashing against me their teeth.

35:17Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.

35:18I thank Thee in a great assembly, Among a mighty people I praise Thee.

35:19Mine enemies rejoice not over me with falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

35:20For they speak not peace, And against the quiet of the land, Deceitful words they devise,

35:21And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, `Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'

35:22Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord -- be not far from me,

35:23Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.

35:24Judge me according to Thy righteousness, O Jehovah my God, And they do not rejoice over me.

35:25They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'

35:26They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.

35:27They sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they say continually, `Jehovah is magnified, Who is desiring the peace of His servant.'

35:28And my tongue uttereth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy praise!

36:0To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David.

36:1The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, `Fear of God is not before his eyes,

36:2For he made it smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.

36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

36:4Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

36:5O Jehovah, in the heavens is Thy kindness, Thy faithfulness is unto the clouds.

36:6Thy righteousness is as mountains of God, Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.

36:7How precious is Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.

36:8They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink.

36:9For with Thee is a fountain of life, In Thy light we see light.

36:10Draw out Thy kindness to those knowing Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright of heart.

36:11Let not a foot of pride meet me, And a hand of the wicked let not move me.

36:12There have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!

37:0By David.

37:1Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity,

37:2For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

37:3Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

37:4And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

37:5Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh,

37:6And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.

37:7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

37:8Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

37:9For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land.

37:10And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

37:11And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

37:12The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.

37:13The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.

37:14A sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.

37:15Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

37:16Better is the little of the righteous, Than the store of many wicked.

37:17For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.

37:18Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, And their inheritance is -- to the age.

37:19They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.

37:20But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.

37:21The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

37:22For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

37:23From Jehovah are the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.

37:24When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.

37:25Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

37:26All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed is for a blessing.

37:27Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.

37:28For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

37:29The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

37:30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

37:31The law of his God is his heart, His steps do not slide.

37:32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.

37:33Jehovah doth not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him in his being judged.

37:34Look unto Jehovah, and keep His way, And He doth exalt thee to possess the land, In the wicked being cut off -- thou seest!

37:35I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

37:36And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!

37:37Observe the perfect, and see the upright, For the latter end of each is peace.

37:38And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

37:39And the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity.

37:40And Jehovah doth help them and deliver them, He delivereth them from the wicked, And saveth them, Because they trusted in Him!

38:0A Psalm of David, `To cause to remember.'

38:1Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

38:2For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.

38:3Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.

38:4For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

38:5Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.

38:6I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.

38:7For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

38:8I have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

38:9Lord, before Thee is all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.

38:10My heart is panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

38:11My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

38:12And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

38:13And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

38:14Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

38:15Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

38:16When I said, `Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.

38:17For I am ready to halt, And my pain is before me continually.

38:18For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

38:19And mine enemies are lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

38:20And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

38:21Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,

38:22Haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

39:0To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David.

39:1I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

39:2I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited.

39:3Hot is my heart within me, In my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue.

39:4`Cause me to know, O Jehovah, mine end, And the measure of my days -- what it is,' I know how frail I am.

39:5Lo, handbreadths Thou hast made my days, And mine age is as nothing before Thee, Only, all vanity is every man set up. Selah.

39:6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

39:7And, now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope -- it is of Thee.

39:8From all my transgressions deliver me, A reproach of the fool make me not.

39:9I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done it.

39:10Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

39:11With reproofs against iniquity, Thou hast corrected man, And dost waste as a moth his desirableness, Only, vanity is every man. Selah.

39:12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And to my cry give ear, Unto my tear be not silent, For a sojourner I am with Thee, A settler like all my fathers.

39:13Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!

40:0To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David.

40:1I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,

40:2And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.

40:3And He putteth in my mouth a new song, `Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah.

40:4O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.

40:5Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

40:6Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

40:7Then said I, `Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,

40:8To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law is within my heart.

40:9I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.

40:10Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.

40:11Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me.

40:12For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.

40:13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help make haste.

40:14They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

40:15They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, `Aha, aha.'

40:16All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, `Jehovah is magnified.'

40:17And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.

41:0To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David.

41:1O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.

41:2Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.

41:3Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.

41:4I -- I said, `O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'

41:5Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!

41:6And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.

41:7All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

41:8A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.

41:9Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,

41:10And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.

41:11By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.

41:12As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

41:13Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age -- and unto the age. Amen and Amen.

42:0To the Overseer. -- An Instruction.

42:1By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.

42:2My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?

42:3My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where is thy God?'

42:4These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!

42:5What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance -- My God!

42:6In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

42:7Deep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me.

42:8By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song is with me, A prayer to the God of my life.

42:9I say to God my rock, `Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?

42:10With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where is thy God?'

42:11What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

43:1Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,

43:2For thou art the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?

43:3Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They -- they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.

43:4And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

43:5What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

44:0To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction.

44:1O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

44:2Thou, with Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.

44:3For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

44:4Thou art He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

44:5By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

44:6For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

44:7For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

44:8In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.

44:9In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

44:10Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

44:11Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

44:12Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

44:14Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

44:15All the day my confusion is before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

44:16Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

44:17All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

44:18We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

44:19But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

44:21Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

44:22Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

44:23Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

44:24Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

44:25For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

44:26Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.

45:0To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves.

45:1My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.

45:2Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.

45:3Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!

45:4As to Thy majesty -- prosper! -- ride! Because of truth, and meekness -- righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.

45:5Thine arrows are sharp, -- Peoples fall under Thee -- In the heart of the enemies of the king.

45:6Thy throne, O God, is age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness Is the sceptre of Thy kingdom.

45:7Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.

45:8Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad.

45:9Daughters of kings are among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.

45:10Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

45:11And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he is thy lord -- bow thyself to him,

45:12And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.

45:13All glory is the daughter of the king within, Of gold-embroidered work is her clothing.

45:14In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her companions, Are brought to thee.

45:15They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.

45:16Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.

45:17I make mention of Thy name in all generations, Therefore do peoples praise Thee, To the age, and for ever!

46:0To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' -- A song.

46:1God is to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.

46:2Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.

46:3Roar -- troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.

46:4A river -- its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

46:5God is in her midst -- she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!

46:6Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

46:7Jehovah of Hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Selah.

46:8Come ye, see the works of Jehovah, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,

46:9Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.

46:10Desist, and know that I am God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.

46:11Jehovah of hosts is with us, A tower for us is the God of Jacob! Selah.

47:0To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm.

47:1All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,

47:2For Jehovah Most High is fearful, A great king over all the earth.

47:3He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

47:4He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah.

47:5God hath gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

47:6Praise God -- praise -- give praise to our king, praise.

47:7For king of all the earth is God, Give praise, O understanding one.

47:8God hath reigned over nations, God hath sat on His holy throne,

47:9Nobles of peoples have been gathered, With the people of the God of Abraham, For to God are the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!

48:0A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah.

48:1Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God -- His holy hill.

48:2Beautiful for elevation, A joy of all the land, is Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

48:3God in her high places is known for a tower.

48:4For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,

48:5They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.

48:6Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.

48:7By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.

48:8As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her -- to the age. Selah.

48:9We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,

48:10As is Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.

48:11Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

48:12Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,

48:13Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,

48:14That this God is our God -- To the age and for ever, He -- he doth lead us over death!

49:0To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm.

49:1Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

49:2Both low and high, together rich and needy.

49:3My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart are things of understanding.

49:4I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

49:5Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

49:6Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

49:7A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

49:8And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.

49:9And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

49:10For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

49:11Their heart is: Their houses are to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.

49:12And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

49:13This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

49:14As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.

49:15Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.

49:16Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,

49:17For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

49:18For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

49:19It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

49:20Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

50:0A Psalm of Asaph.

50:1The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.

50:2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.

50:3Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.

50:4He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.

50:5Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

50:6And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.

50:7Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God am I.

50:8Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.

50:9I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.

50:10For Mine is every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

50:11I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field is with Me.

50:12If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine is the world and its fulness.

50:13Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?

50:14Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.

50:15And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

50:16And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

50:17Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

50:18If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion.

50:19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

50:20Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

50:21These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

50:22Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

50:23He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!

51:0To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming inn unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba.

51:1Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

51:2Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,

51:3For my transgressions I do know, And my sin is before me continually.

51:4Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

51:5Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

51:6Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

51:7Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.

51:8Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.

51:9Hide Thy face from my sin. And all mine iniquities blot out.

51:10A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.

51:11Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.

51:12Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.

51:13I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return.

51:14Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.

51:15O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.

51:16For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give it, Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not.

51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

51:18Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.

51:19Then Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!

52:0To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.'

52:1What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

52:2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

52:3Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.

52:4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

52:5Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

52:6And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.

52:7`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

52:8And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,

52:9I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done it, And I wait on Thy name for it is good before Thy saints!

53:0To the Overseer. -- `On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David.

53:1A fool said in his heart, `There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

53:2God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, One seeking God.

53:3Every one went back, together they became filthy, There is none doing good -- not even one.

53:4Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

53:5There they feared a fear -- there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.

53:6Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back to a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

54:0To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, `Is not David hiding himself with us?'

54:1O God, by Thy name save me, and by Thy might judge me.

54:2O God, hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth,

54:3For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.

54:4Lo, God is a helper to me, The Lord is with those supporting my soul,

54:5Turn back doth the evil thing to mine enemies, In Thy truth cut them off.

54:6With a free will-offering I sacrifice to Thee, I thank Thy name, O Jehovah, for it is good,

54:7For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked!