THE PSALMS.
BOOK THE FIRST.
1 How happy the man Who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless,—And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scoffers hath not sat;
2 But in the law of Yahweh is his delight,—And in his law doth he talk with himself day and night.
3 So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters,—That yieldeth its fruit in its season Whose leaf also doth not wither, And whatsoever he doeth prospereth.
4 Not so the lawless,—But as chaff which is driven about by the wind:
5 For this cause shall the lawless not stand in the judgment,—Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; But the way of the lawless shall vanish.
2 Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should peoples mutter an empty thing?
2 The kings of earth take their station And grave men have met by appointment together,—Against Yahweh And against his Anointed One [saying]:
3 Let us break asunder their bonds,—And cast from us their cords!
4 He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh,—My Lord will mock at them:
5 Then will he speak unto them in his anger, And in his wrath confound them:
6 Yet I have installed my king,—On Zion my holy mountain.
7 Let me tell of a decree,—Yahweh hath said unto me, My son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee:
8 Ask of me and let me give Nations as thine inheritance, And as thy possession the ends of the earth:
9 Thou shalt shepherd them with a sceptre of iron,—As a potter’s vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces.
10 Now therefore, ye kings, shew your prudence, Be admonished, ye judges of earth:
11 Serve Yahweh with reverence, And exult with trembling:
12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry and ye perish by the way, For soon might be kindled his anger,—How happy are all who seek refuge in him!
A Melody of David, when he fled from before Absolom his son.
3 Yahweh! how have mine adversaries multiplied, Multitudes are rising against me;
2 Multitudes are saying of my soul,—No salvation for him in God. [Selah.
3 But thou Yahweh art a shield about me, My glory and the lifter up of my head.
4 With my voice—unto Yahweh do I cry, And he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. [Selah.
5 I laid me down and slept,—I awoke, Surely Yahweh sustaineth me!
6 I will not be afraid of myriads of people, Who round about have set themselves against me.
7 Rise! Yahweh, Save me, my God. Surely thou hast smitten all my foes on the cheekbone, The teeth of the lawless hast thou broken.
8 To Yahweh belongeth Salvation! Upon thy people be thy blessing. [Selah.
To the Chief Musician: with stringed instruments. A Melody of David.
4 When I cry answer me, O mine own righteous God, In a strait place thou hast made room for me, Shew me favour and hear my prayer.
2 Ye sons of the great! how long turning my glory to contempt Will ye love emptiness, will ye seek falsehood? [Selah.
3 Know ye then that Yahweh hath set apart the man of lovingkindness for himself: Yahweh will hear when I cry to him.
4 Be deeply moved but do not sin,—Ponder in your own heart upon your bed, and be silent. [Selah.
5 Sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness; And put your trust in Yahweh.
6 Multitudes are saying, Who will shew us prosperity? Lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance, O Yahweh.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart,—Beyond the season when their corn and their new wine have increased.
8 In peace will I lay me down and at once sleep; For thou Yahweh alone wilt cause me in security to dwell.
To the Chief Musician. For the Flutes. A Melody of David.
5 To my words give ear, O Yahweh, Understand thou my softly murmured prayer:
2 Attend to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, For unto thee do I pray.
3 O Yahweh! in the morning shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning will I set in order unto thee and keep watch;
4 For not a God finding pleasure in lawlessness art thou, And wrong can be no guest of thine:
5 Boasters shall not station themselves before thine eyes,—Thou hatest all workers of iniquity:
6 Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood,—The man of bloodshed and of deceit Yahweh abhorreth.
7 But I in the abounding of thy lovingkindness will enter thy house, I will bow down towards thy holy temple in reverence of thee.
8 O Yahweh! lead me in thy righteousness because of mine adversaries, Make even before me thy way:
9 For in his mouth is nothing worthy of trust, Their inward purpose is engulphing ruin,—An opened sepulchre is their throat, With their tongue speak they smooth things.
10 Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall by their own counsels,—Into the throng of their own transgressions thrust them down, For they have rebelled against thee:—
11 That all may rejoice who seek refuge in thee, To times age-abiding may shout in triumph that thou wilt protect them, And they may leap for joy in thee who are lovers of thy Name.
12 For thou wilt bless the righteous man, O Yahweh, As with an all-covering shield—with good pleasure wilt thou encompass him.
To the Chief Musician, with stringed Instruments upon the eighth. A Melody of David.
6 O Yahweh! do not in thine anger correct me, Nor in thy wrath chastise me.
2 Shew me favour, O Yahweh, for languishing am I: Heal me, O Yahweh,—for dismayed are my bones:
3 Yea my soul is dismayed greatly, Thou then, O Yahweh—how long?
4 Return, O Yahweh, deliver my soul, Save me for the sake of thy lovingkindness;
5 For in death is no remembrance of thee,—In hades who shall give thanks unto thee?
6 I am weary with my sighing, I flood through the whole night my couch,—With my tears I cause my bed to dissolve:
7 My face is all sunken with sorrow,—It hath aged because of all mine adversaries.
8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, For Yahweh hath heard the voice of my weeping:
9 Yahweh hath heard my supplication, Yahweh will receive my prayer.
10 Let all my foes turn pale and be greatly dismayed, Again let them turn pale in a moment.
An Ode of David: which he sang unto Yahweh, on account of the words of Cush the Benjamite.
7 O Yahweh my God, in thee have I sought refuge,—Save me from all my pursuers and deliver me:
2 Lest one tear as a lion my soul,—And there be no deliverer to rescue.
3 O Yahweh my God If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:
4 If I have requited my friend with wrong,—Or have oppressed mine adversary without need
5 Let an enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, That he may tread down to the earth my life,—And mine honour—in the dust he may cause to dwell. [Selah.
6 Rise! Yahweh! in thine anger, Lift thyself up because of the haughty outbursts of mine adversaries, Stir up for me the justice thou hast commanded:
7 When the assembly of peoples gather round thee Then above it—on high do thou return!
8 Yahweh will judge the peoples,—Do me justice, O Yahweh, According to my righteousness And according to mine integrity upon me,
9 Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, And establish thou him that is righteous,—For a trier of hearts and reins is God the righteous one.
10 My shield is held by God, Who is ready to save the upright in heart:
11 A God to vindicate the righteous,—And yet a God to be indignant throughout every day.
12 If he turn not his sword will he whet,—His bow hath he bent and made ready:
13 But for himself hath he made ready the weapons so deadly, His arrows he so fiery would make:
14 Lo! he gendereth trouble, And conceiveth mischief But giveth birth to a disappointment:
15 A pit he cut out and digged it, And then fell into the ditch he had made:
16 His mischief turneth back on his own head,—And on his own crown his violence descendeth.
17 I will praise Yahweh according to his righteousness,—And will praise in song the Name of Yahweh Most High.
To the Chief Musician On “the Gittith.” A Melody of David.
8 O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name in all the earth, Who hast set thy splendour upon the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of children and sucklings hast thou laid a foundation of strength,—Because of thine adversaries, To make foe and avenger be still.
3 When I view thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, Moon and stars which thou hast established
4 What was weak man that thou shouldst make mention of him? Or the son of the earthborn that thou shouldst set him in charge?
5 That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, With glory and honour shouldst crown him?
6 Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands,—All things shouldst have put under his feet:
7 Sheep and oxen all of them,—Yea even the beasts of the field;
8 The bird of the heavens and the fishes of the sea,—The passer-by on the paths of the seas?
9 O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name in all the earth.
To the Chief Musician. On “Muthlabben.” A Melody of David.
9 I will praise Yahweh with all my heart, I will recount all thy wonderful doings:
2 I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song thy Name, O most High.
3 When mine enemies turned back They stumbled and perished from before thee;
4 For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne judging righteously:
5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the lawless one, Their name hast thou wiped out to times age-abiding and beyond.
6 O enemy! complete are the desolations evermore,—Even cities hast thou uprooted, The memory of them hath perished.
7 But Yahweh unto times age-abiding will sit, Ready for judgment is his throne;
8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to peoples in uprightness.
9 Thus be Yahweh a refuge for the crushed one, A refuge for times of destitution:
10 Thus let them who know thy Name put confidence in thee, That thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.
11 Sing ye praise to Yahweh, who is seated in Zion, Tell among the peoples his doings.
12 When he was making inquisition for blood Of them had he remembrance, He forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
13 Shew me favour, O Yahweh! Behold my humiliation due to them who hate me, Lift me on high out of the gates of death;
14 That I may recount all thy praises, In the gates of the daughter of Zion may exult in thy salvation.
15 The nations have sunk in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden is caught their own foot.
16 To be known is Yahweh by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. Selah.
17 The lawless shall return to hades, All nations forgetful of God.
18 For not always shall the needy be forgotten,—[Nor] the hope of the oppressed perish for ever.
19 Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, Let the nations be judged before thee.
20 Appoint, O Yahweh, a terror for them,—Let the nations know [That] they are men. [Selah.
10 Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou stand afar off? [Wherefore] hide thyself in times of destitution?
2 In the pride of the lawless one he hotly pursueth the poor, Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised!
3 For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, And the robber hath blasphemed Yahweh.
4 The lawless one in the loftiness of his countenance will not enquire, God is not in any of his plots:
5 His ways are firm at all times, On high are thy righteous regulations out of his sight, As for all his adversaries he puffeth at them:
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be shaken,—From generation to generation shall I be in no misfortune.
7 With cursing his mouth is full and with deceptions and oppression, Under his tongue are trouble and mischief:
8 He abideth in the lurking-place of villages, In the hiding-places he murdereth the innocent,—His eyes for the unfortunate are on the watch:
9 He lieth in wait in a hiding-place like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled by drawing him into his net:
10 He croucheth, he lieth down, Then falleth he with his strong claws upon the unfortunate.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten,—He hath veiled his face Oh he hath never seen!
12 Arise! Yahweh! O God! raise thy hand,—Do not forget the patient!
13 Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]!
14 Thou hast seen! For thou mischief and misery dost discern, To requite with thine own hand, Unto thee doth the unfortunate one give himself up, To the fatherless thou thyself hast become a helper.
15 Shatter thou the arm of the lawless one, And as for the wrongful wilt thou not enquire for his lawlessness—wilt thou not find [it]?
16 Yahweh is king to times age-abiding and beyond, The nations have perished out of his land.
17 The longing of the patient thou hast heard, O Yahweh, Thou wilt establish their heart, Thou wilt make attentive thine ear:
18 To vindicate the fatherless and the crushed, A man of the earth shall no further cause terror!
To the Chief Musician. David’s.
11 In Yahweh have I sought refuge, How can ye say to my soul, Flee to a mountain like a little bird;
2 For lo! the lawless bend the bow, They have fixed their arrow upon the string, To shoot in the darkness at the upright in heart:
3 When the pillars are overthrown, What could a righteous man do?
4 Yahweh is in his holy temple, As for Yahweh in the heavens is his throne, His eyes behold—His eyelashes test the sons of men.
5 Yahweh putteth the righteous to the test,—But the lawless one and the lover of violence his soul doth hate.
6 He will rain upon the lawless live-coals,—Fire and brimstone and a burning wind are the portion of their cup.
7 For righteous is Yahweh, Righteousness he loveth, The upright shall behold his face.
To the Chief Musician. On the Octave. A Melody of David.
12 O save, Yahweh, For the man of lovingkindness is no more, For the faithful have vanished from among the sons of men.
2 Deception speak they every one with his neighbour,—With lips uttering smooth things—with a heart and a heart do they speak.
3 May Yahweh cut off All the lips that utter smooth things,—The tongue that speaketh swelling words;
4 Them who say—With our tongue will we prevail Our lips are our own, Who is our master?
5 Because of violence done to the poor, Because of the crying of the needy Now will I arise! O may Yahweh say,—I will place [him] in safety—let him puff at him!
6 The words of Yahweh are words, that are pure, Silver refined in a crucible of earth, Purified seven times!
7 Thou O Yahweh wilt keep them,—Thou wilt guard him, from this generation unto times age-abiding.
8 On every side the lawless march about,—When worthlessness is exalted by the sons of men.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.
13 How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2 How long shall I lay up cares within my soul, Sorrow in my heart day by day? How long shall mine enemy lift himself up over me?
3 Have regard! answer me, O Yahweh my God,—Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into death:
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed over him! And mine adversaries exult that I totter.
5 But I in thy lovingkindness have put my trust, My heart shall exult in thy salvation:
6 I will sing to Yahweh, For he hath dealt beautifully with me.
To the Chief Musician. David’s.
14 The impious hath said in his heart—There is no God! They have acted corruptly, They have done an abominable deed, There is none that doeth good.
2 Yahweh out of the heavens looked down over the sons of men,—To see whether there was one that shewed wisdom, Enquiring after God:—
3 The whole have turned aside, Together have they become tainted,—There is none that doeth good, Not so much as one!
4 Are all the workers of iniquity without knowledge? Devouring my people [as] they devour food! Upon Yahweh have they not called.
5 There have they been in great dread, Because God is in the circle of the righteous man.
6 The purpose of the poor ye would put to shame, Because Yahweh is his refuge.
7 Oh that out of Zion were granted the salvation of Israel! When Yahweh bringeth back the captives of his people Jacob shall exult, Israel be glad.
A Melody of David.
15 O Yahweh! Who shall be a guest in thy tent? Who shall abide in thy holy mountain?
2 He that walketh without blame And doeth what is right, And speaketh truth with his heart;
3 Hath not carried slander on his tongue, Hath not done his friend a wrong, Nor a reproach taken up against his neighbour;
4 Despised in his sight is the reprobate, But them who revere Yahweh he doth honour, He hath sworn to his neighbour and will not change;
5 His silver hath he not put out on interest Nor a bribe against the innocent hath he taken. He that doeth these things shall not be shaken unto times age-abiding.
A Precious Psalm of David.
16 Preserve me, O God, For I have sought refuge in thee.
2 Thou hast said unto Yahweh, My Lord art thou! My goodness mounteth not unto thee.
3 It belongeth unto the holy ones, Whom in his own land Yahweh ennobleth, In whom is all his delight.
4 They multiply their idols—another have they purchased! I will not pour out their drink-offerings of blood, Nor will I take up their names on my lips.
5 Yahweh is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou art maintaining my lot.
6 The lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places, Verily an inheritance that delighteth me.
7 I will bless Yahweh who hath counselled me,—Surely by night shall mine impulses admonish me.
8 I have set Yahweh before me continually, Because he is on my right hand I shall not be shaken!
9 Therefore hath my heart rejoiced And mine honour exulted, Yea my flesh shall settle down securely;
10 For thou wilt not abandon my soul to hades, Neither wilt thou suffer thy man of lovingkindness to see corruption:
11 Thou wilt cause me to know the path of life,—Fulness of joys before thee, Pleasures at thy right hand evermore.
A Prayer of David.
17 Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, On lips that would not deceive:
2 From before thee let my sentence come forth, Thine eyes behold with equity.
3 Thou hast tested my heart, Hast made inspection by night, Hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil my mouth should not have transgressed:
4 As for the workings of men By the word of thy lips have I taken heed of the paths of the violent one.
5 Thou hast held fast my goings on to thy ways, My footsteps have not been shaken:
6 I have called upon thee for thou wilt answer me, O God,—Incline thine ear unto me, Hear thou my speech:
7 Let thy lovingkindness be distinguished, thou Saviour of such as seek refuge From them who lift themselves up against thy right hand.
8 Guard me as the pupil of the eye,—Under the shadow of thy wings wilt thou hide me:
9 From the face of lawless ones who have treated me with violence, The foes of my soul who come round against me:
10 Their own fat [heart] have they shut up,—With their mouth have they spoken proudly.
11 As for our own goings now have they surrounded us,—Their eyes they fix bending to the earth:
12 His likeness is as a lion that longeth to rend, And as a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Rise, Yahweh! Confront his face, Bring him down, Deliver my soul from the lawless one [who is] thy sword:
14 From men [who are] thy hand, O Yahweh, From the men of this age Whose portion is among the living And with thy treasure thou fillest their bosom,—They must be satisfied with sons, And must leave their abundance to their children:—
15 I in righteousness shall behold thy face, Shall be satisfied when awakened by a vision of thee.
To the chief Musician. Of the servant of Yahweh, of David,—who spake unto Yahweh the words of this song,—in the day when Yahweh had rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul; and he said:—
18 I will love thee, O Yahweh my strength!
2 Yahweh was my mountain crag and my stronghold and my deliverer: My God was my rock, I sought refuge in him, My shield and my horn of salvation, my high tower.
3 As one worthy to be praised called I on Yahweh,—And from my foes was I saved.
4 The meshes of death encompassed me, The torrents of perdition made me afraid;
5 The meshes of hades had surrounded me, The snares of death had confronted me,
6 In my distress called I on Yahweh And unto my God made outcry for help, He heard out of his temple my voice, And my outcry for help came before him—entered into his ears!
7 Then did the earth shake and quake, Even the foundations of the mountains were deeply moved, Yea they did shake because he was angry.
8 There went up smoke in his nostrils And a fire out of his mouth devoured, Live coals were kindled from it:
9 Then he stretched out the heavens, and came down,—And thick gloom was under his feet;
10 Then he rode on a cherub and flew, And darted on the wings of the wind;
11 Made darkness his hiding-place Round about him—his pavilion, Darkness of waters, clouds of vapours.
12 Out of the brightness before him his clouds rolled along, Hail and live coals of fire.
13 Then did Yahweh thunder in the heavens And the Highest uttered his voice,—Hail and live coals of fire.
14 And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them, Yea lightnings he shot out, and confused them.
15 Then appeared the channels of waters, Were uncovered the foundations of the world,—At thy rebuke O Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from on high, he took me,—He drew me out of many waters.
17 He rescued me from my foe in his might, And from them who hated me, because they were too strong for me:
18 They confronted me in the day of my necessity, Then became Yahweh my stay:
19 And brought me out, into a large place, He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands he repaid me;
21 For I had kept the ways of Yahweh, And not broken away from my God;
22 For all his regulations were before me, And his statutes did I not put from me:
23 So became I blameless with him, And kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 Yahweh therefore repaid me according to my righteousness, According to the pureness of my hands before his eyes.
25 With the loving thou didst shew thyself loving,—With the blameless man thou didst shew thyself blameless;
26 With the pure thou didst shew thyself pure, But with the perverse thou didst shew thyself ready to contend.
27 For as for thee an oppressed people thou didst save, But looks that were lofty layedst thou low;
28 For thou didst light up my lamp, Yahweh my God enlightened my darkness;
29 For by thee I ran through a troop, And by my God I leapt over a wall.
30 As for God blameless is his way, The speech of Yahweh hath been proved, A shield he is to all who seek refuge in him.
31 For who is a God, save Yahweh? And who is a Rock, save our God?
32 The God who girded me with strength, And set forth as blameless my way:
33 Planting my feet like hinds’ [feet], Yea on my high places he caused me to stand:
34 Teaching my hands to war,—So that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms.
35 Thus didst thou grant me as a shield thy salvation,—And thy right hand sustained me, And thy condescension made me great.
36 Thou didst widen my stepping-places under me, So that mine ankles faltered not.
37 I pursued my foes and overtook them, And returned not till they were consumed:
38 I crushed them, and they were unable to rise, They fell under my feet.
39 Thus didst thou gird me with strength for the battle, Thou subduedst mine assailants under me.
40 As for my foes thou didst give me their neck, And as for them who hated me I destroyed them.
41 They cried out But there was none to save, Unto Yahweh But he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them in pieces like dust on the face of the wind. Like the mire in the lanes did I scatter them.
43 Thus didst thou rescue me from the contentions of a people,—Didst appoint me to be the head of nations, A people I had not known served me:
44 At the hearing of the ear they submitted to me, The sons of the foreigner came cringing unto me:
45 The sons of the foreigner lost heart, And came quaking out of their fortresses.
46 Yahweh liveth and blessed be my Rock, Yea exalted be the God of my salvation:
47 The God, who hath avenged me,—And subjugated peoples under me:
48 Who hath delivered me from my foes,—Yea from mine assailants hast thou set me on high, From the man of violence hast thou rescued me.
49 For this cause will I praise thee among the nations, O Yahweh, And to thy Name will I sweep the strings:—
50 Who hath made great the victories of his King,—And shewn lovingkindness to his Anointed One, To David and to his Seed, Unto times age-abiding.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.
19 The heavens are telling the glory of God, And the work of his hands the expanse is declaring;
2 Day unto day doth pour forth speech, And night unto night doth breathe out knowledge.
3 There is no speech, and there are no words,—Unheard is their voice!
4 [Yet] through all the earth hath gone forth their voice,—And to the end of the world their sayings,—For the sun hath he set up a tent therein;
5 And he is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, He rejoiceth as a hero to run a race:
6 From one end of the heavens is his going forth, And his circuit to the other end thereof,—And nothing is hid from his glowing heat.
7 The law of Yahweh is complete, Bringing back the soul, The testimony of Yahweh is confirmed, Making wise the simple;
8 The precepts of Yahweh are right, Rejoicing the heart, The commandment of Yahweh is pure, Enlightening the eyes;
9 The reverence of Yahweh is clean, Enduring evermore,—The decisions of Yahweh are faithful, They are righteous altogether:
10 More desirable than gold, Yea than much fine gold, Sweeter also than honey Or than droppings from the comb.
11 Even thine own servant taketh warning by them, In the keeping of them great is the reward.
12 Mistakes who perceiveth? From things that are hidden acquit me:
13 Even from the presumptuous keep back thy servant, May they not have dominion over me, Then shall I be blameless, And shall be acquitted from great transgression:
14 The words of my mouth And the soft utterance of my heart Shall come with acceptance before thee, O Yahweh, my Rock and my Redeemer!
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.
20 Yahweh answer thee in the day of distress, The Name of the God of Jacob give thee safety;
2 Send thy help out of the sanctuary, And out of Zion sustain thee;
3 Remember every present of thine, And thine ascending-sacrifice esteem. [Selah.
4 Give thee according to thy heart, And all thy purposes fulfil.
5 We will shout aloud in thy salvation And in the Name of our God shall we become great, Yahweh fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now do I know that Yahweh hath saved his Anointed One,—He answereth him out of his holy heavens, By the mighty saving deeds of his own right hand.
7 These by chariots And those by horses, But we by the Name of Yahweh our God Will prevail.
8 They have bowed down and fallen, But we have arisen and stand upright.
9 Yahweh hath saved the king. Answer us then on the day when we call.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.
21 O Yahweh, in thy strength will the king rejoice, And in thy salvation how greatly will he exult!
2 The longing of his heart hast thou given him, And the request of his lips hast thou not withheld. [Selah.
3 For thou wilt come to meet him with the blessings of goodness, Thou wilt set on his head a crown of pure gold.
4 Life he asked of thee, Thou hast given it him, Length of days to times age-abiding and beyond.
5 Great is his glory in thy salvation, Honour and majesty wilt thou lay upon him;
6 For thou wilt appoint him blessings evermore, Wilt cheer him with joy by thy countenance;
7 For the king is trusting in Yahweh, And in the lovingkindness of the Highest shall he not be shaken.
8 Thy hand will find out all thy foes, Thine own right hand will find out them who hate thee.
9 Thou wilt make them like a furnace of fire at the time of thy presence,—Yahweh in his anger will swallow them up, And there shall consume them a fire:
10 Their fruit—out of the earth wilt thou destroy, And their seed from among the sons of men;
11 For they have held out against thee a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.
12 For thou wilt cause them to turn their back, Upon thy bow-strings wilt thou make ready against their face.
13 Be exalted, O Yahweh, in thy strength! With song and with string will we sound forth thy power.
To the Chief Musician. On “the Hind of the Dawn.” A Melody of David.
22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me The words of my loud lamentation?
2 My God! I keep crying—By day and thou dost not answer, and By night and there is no rest for me.
3 But thou art holy, Who inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 In thee trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;
5 Unto thee made they outcry and escaped, In thee they trusted and had not turned pale.
6 But I am a worm and no one, A reproach of men and despised of a people;
7 All that see me laugh at me,—They open wide the mouth, They shake the head:—
8 He should trust in Yahweh—let him deliver him,—Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
9 For thou art he that severed me from the womb, He that caused me to trust upon the breasts of my mother;
10 Upon thee was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother my God hast thou been.
11 Be not far from me for distress is near, For there is none to help.
12 Many bulls have surrounded me, Strong oxen of Bashan have enclosed me;
13 They have opened wide against me their mouth, A lion rending and roaring.
14 Like water am I poured out, And put out of joint are all my bones,—My heart hath become like wax, It is melted in the midst of my body;
15 Dried as a potsherd is my strength, And my tongue is made to cleave to my gums, And in the dust of death wilt thou lay me.
16 For dogs have surrounded me,—An assembly of evil doers have encircled me, They have pierced my hands and my feet,
17 I may tell all my bones, They look for—they behold me!
18 They part my garments among them, And for my vestment they cast lots.
19 But thou O Yahweh be not far off, O my help! to aid me make haste;
20 Rescue from the sword my life, From the power of the dog my solitary self:
21 Save me from the mouth of the lion,—Yea from the horns of wild beasts hast thou delivered me.
22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren,—In the midst of the convocation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that revere Yahweh praise him, All ye the seed of Jacob glorify him, And stand in awe of him, all ye seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the humbling of the patient one Neither hath he hid his face from him, But when he cried for help unto him he heard.
25 Of thee is my praise in the great convocation, My vows will I pay before them who revere him.
26 The patient wronged-ones shall eat and be satisfied, They shall praise Yahweh who are seekers of him, Let your heart live for aye.
27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations will bow themselves down before thee,
28 For to Yahweh belongeth the kingdom, And One to Rule over the nations.
29 All the great ones of the earth shall eat and bow down, Before him shall kneel all that go down to the dust, Even he who had not kept alive his own soul!
30 My seed shall serve him, It shall be recounted of the Lord to a generation that shall come:
31 That his righteousness may be declared to a people to be born, That he wrought with effect!
A Melody of David.
23 Yahweh is my shepherd—I shall not want:
2 In pastures of tender grass he maketh me lie down, Unto restful waters he leadeth me;
3 My life he restoreth, He guideth me in right paths for the sake of his Name.
4 Yea though I walk through a valley death-shadowed I will fear no harm for thou art with me, Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou spreadest before me a table in face of mine adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup hath run over.
6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness will pursue me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in the house of Yahweh evermore.
David’s. A Melody.
24 To Yahweh belongeth The earth and the fulness thereof, The world and they who dwell therein;
2 For he upon the seas hath founded it, And upon the currents doth make it firm.
3 Who shall ascend the mountain of Yahweh? And who shall stand in his holy place?
4 The clean of hands And pure of heart,—Who hath not uplifted to falsehood his soul, Nor sworn deceitfully
5 Shall bear away a blessing from Yahweh, And righteousness from his delivering God.
6 This is the generation of them who inquire of him, Who seek thy face, O God of Jacob. [Selah.
7 Lift up, O ye gates, your heads, And lift yourselves up, ye age-abiding doors, That the king of glory may come in.
8 Who is the king of glory? Yahweh strong and mighty, Yahweh mighty in war.
9 Lift up, O ye gates, your heads, Yea lift [them] up, ye age-abiding doors, That the king of glory may come in.
10 Who then is the king of glory? Yahweh of hosts, He is the king of glory. [Selah.
David’s. [An Alphabetical Psalm.]
א
25 Unto thee O Yahweh, my soul would I lift:
ב
2 O my God, in thee have I put my trust, Let me not be put to shame, Let not my foe exult over me:
ג
3 Yea let none who wait for thee be put to shame, Let them be put to shame who act covertly without cause!
ד
4 Thy ways O Yahweh let me know, Thy paths teach thou me:
ה
5 Guide me into thy truth and teach me For thou art my delivering God,
ו
For thee have I waited all the day:
ז
6 Remember thy compassions, O Yahweh, and thy lovingkindnesses, For from age-past times have they been.
ח
7 The sins of my youth and my transgressions do not thou call to mind,—According to thine own lovingkindness remember thou me, For the sake of thine own goodness, O Yahweh.
ט
8 Good and upright is Yahweh, For this cause will he direct sinners into the way.
י
9 May he guide patient wronged-ones to be righted, And teach such oppressed-ones his way.
כ
10 All the paths of Yahweh are lovingkindness and faithfulness, To such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
ל
11 For the sake of thy Name O Yahweh, Therefore wilt thou pardon mine iniquity For great it is.
מ
12 Who then is the man that revereth Yahweh? Let him direct him into the way he should choose.
נ
13 His soul with prosperity shall tarry, And his seed shall possess the land.
ס
14 Intimacy with Yahweh have they who revere him, His covenant also he letteth them know.
ע
15 Mine eyes are continually unto Yahweh,—For he bringeth out of the net my feet.
פ
16 Turn thou unto me, and shew me favour, For alone and oppressed I am.
צ
17 The distresses of my heart hath he relieved,—And out of my straits brought me forth.
ר
18 Behold my humiliation and my pain, And take away all my sins.
ר
19 Behold my foes for they abound,—And with the hatred of violence do they hate me.
ש
20 Oh keep my soul and rescue me, Let me not be put to shame for I have sought refuge in thee.
ת
21 Let blamelessness and uprightness watch over me, Because I have waited for thee.
22 Redeem Israel, O God,—Out of all his distresses.
David’s.
26 Do me justice, O Yahweh, For I in my blamelessness have walked, And in Yahweh have I trusted, I will not waver.
2 Try me, O Yahweh, and prove me, Test my reins and my heart:—
3 For thy lovingkindness hath been before mine eyes, And I have walked to and fro in thy faithfulness;
4 I have not sat with men of deceit, Nor with dissemblers would I enter;
5 I have hated the convocation of evil-doers, And with lawless men would I not sit;
6 I will bathe in pureness my hands,—So will I go in procession around thine altar, O Yahweh;
7 To sound aloud a song, And to recount all thy wonderful doings.
8 O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, Even the place of the habitation of thy glory!
9 Do not remove with sinners my soul, Nor with men of bloodshed my life;
10 In whose hands is a plot, And their right hand is filled with a bribe.
11 But I in my blamelessness will walk, Redeem me and shew me favour.
12 My foot standeth in a level place, In the convocations will I bless Yahweh.
David’s.
27 Yahweh is my light and my salvation, Of whom shall I be afraid? Yahweh is the refuge of my life, Of whom shall I be in dread?
2 When there drew near against me evil-doers to devour my flesh Mine adversaries and mine enemies—mine!—they stumbled and fell!
3 Though there pitch against me—a camp My heart shall not fear,—Though there come up against me—a battle Still am I confident.
4 One thing have I asked of Yahweh, That will I seek to secure,—That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, To view the delightfulness of Yahweh And to contemplate in his temple.
5 For he will hide me in his pavilion in the day of calamity,—He will conceal me in the secrecy of his tent, Within a rock will he set me on high.
6 Now therefore shall my head be raised high above my foes round about me And I will sacrifice in his tent the sacrifices of triumphant joy, I will sing and touch the strings, to Yahweh.
7 Hear, O Yahweh, With my voice do I cry, Oh then shew me favour and answer me.
8 To thee said my heart—[When thou saidst] Seek ye my face—Thy face O Yahweh will I seek!
9 Do not hide thy face from me, Do not repulse in thine anger thine own servant,—My help thou hast been, Do not send me away nor forsake me, O my saving God!
10 When my own father and mother had forsaken me Then Yahweh took me up!
11 Point out to me, O Yahweh, thy way,—And guide me in a level path, Because of mine adversaries.
12 Do not give me up unto the desire of mine adversaries, For there have risen up against me Witnesses that are false And he that fanneth up violence.
13 I believe that I shall see—The goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living,
14 Wait thou for Yahweh,—Be strong and let thy heart be bold, Wait then for Yahweh!
David’s.
28 Unto thee O Yahweh do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me,—Lest if thou turn from me in silence I be like them who go down into the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplication When I cry to thee for help, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy shrine.
3 Do not drag me away—With the lawless Or with the workers of iniquity,—Who speak peaceably with their neighbours, But wrong is in their heart.
4 Give them According to their deed, and According to the wrong of their practices,—According to the work of their own hands give thou unto them, Bring back their own dealing to themselves.
5 Because they heed not The Deeds of Yahweh, Or the Work of his hands He will pull them down and not build them.
6 Blessed be Yahweh, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplication.
7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield, In him hath trusted my heart and I have found help,—Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, And with my song do I praise him.
8 Yahweh is strength to his people,—And the all-saving refuge of his Anointed One is he!
9 Oh save thy people And bless thine inheritance, Tend them also and carry them, Unto times age-abiding.
A Melody of David.
29 Give to Yahweh, ye sons of the mighty,—Give to Yahweh [both] glory and strength:
2 Give to Yahweh the glory of his Name, Bow down to Yahweh in the adornment of holiness.
3 The voice of Yahweh is upon the waters,—The God of glory hath thundered, Yahweh is upon mighty waters;
4 The voice of Yahweh is with power, The voice of Yahweh is with majesty;
5 The voice of Yahweh is breaking cedars, Now hath Yahweh broken down the cedars of Lebanon!
6 And hath made them leap like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like the bull-calf of wild-oxen;
7 The voice of Yahweh is cleaving out flames of fire;
8 The voice of Yahweh bringeth birth-pains upon the wilderness; Yahweh bringeth birth-pains upon the wilderness of Kadesh!
9 The voice of Yahweh causeth the gazelles to bring forth And hath stript forests; And in his own temple every one there is saying Glory!
10 Yahweh at the Flood was seated, And Yahweh hath taken his seat as king unto times age-abiding.
11 Yahweh will give strength to his people,—Yahweh will bless his people with prosperity.
A Melody. A Song for the Dedication of the House. David’s.
30 I will extol thee, O Yahweh, For thou hast drawn me up,—And not suffered my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O Yahweh, my God, I cried for help unto thee, And thou hast healed me.
3 O Yahweh! thou hast lifted out of hades my soul, Thou hast brought me back to life from among those who were going down to the pit.
4 Sweep the strings to Yahweh, Ye his men of lovingkindness, And give ye praise at the mention of his holiness.
5 For there is a Moment in his anger, a Life-time in his good-pleasure, In the evening cometh Weeping to lodge, But by the morning ’tis a Shout of Triumph!
6 But I said in my tranquility, I shall not be shaken to times age-abiding!
7 O Yahweh in thy good-pleasure hadst thou caused my mountain to stand strong,—Thou didst hide thy face—I was dismayed!
8 Unto thee O Yahweh do I cry,—And unto My Lord do I make supplication:
9 What profit in my blood? In my going down into the pit? Can dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness?
10 Hear, O Yahweh, and shew me favour, O Yahweh! become thou a helper unto me.
11 Thou hast turned my lamentation into a dance for me,—Thou hast torn off my sackcloth, And girded me with gladness:
12 To the end that mine honour should make melody unto thee and not be silent. O Yahweh, my God! Unto times age-abiding will I praise thee.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.
31 In thee O Yahweh have I sought refuge, Let me not be ashamed to times age-abiding, In thy righteousness deliver me:
2 Incline unto me thine ear, Speedily rescue me,—Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.
3 Because my mountain crag and my stronghold thou art Therefore for the sake of thine own Name wilt thou lead me and guide me?
4 Wilt thou bring me forth out of the net which they have hidden for me? For thou art my refuge.
5 Into thy hand do I commit my spirit—Thou hast ransomed me, O Yahweh, God most faithful.
6 I hate such as give heed to false vanities, I then in Yahweh have set my hope.
7 I will indeed exult and rejoice in thy lovingkindness,—In that thou hast looked upon my humiliation, Thou hast taken note that in distresses was my life;
8 And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing in a roomy place unto my feet.
9 Shew me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I,—Wasted with vexation is mine eye—my soul and my body;
10 For consumed with sorrow is my life And my years with sighing,—My strength hath staggered with my humiliation, And my bones are without marrow.
11 By reason of all mine adversaries have I become a reproach, Even to my neighbours altogether, And a dread to mine acquaintances,—They who have seen me abroad have fled from me:
12 I have been forgotten like one dead—out of mind, I have been as a missing vessel.
13 For I have heard the whispering of many—A terror round about! When they have sat in conclave together against me To take away my life have they intrigued.
14 I therefore in thee have put my trust, O Yahweh, I have said My God thou art!
15 In thy hand are my times, Rescue me from the hand of my foes and from my pursuers!
16 Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant, Save me in thy lovingkindness.
17 O Yahweh! let me not be ashamed For I have called upon thee, Let the lawless be ashamed, Go down in silence to hades!
18 Let false lips be made dumb,—Which are speaking—against a righteous one—arrogantly With pride and contempt.
19 How great is thy goodness which thou hast hidden away for them who revere thee,—Thou hast wrought for them who seek refuge in thee, In sight of the sons of men.
20 Thou wilt conceal them in the secrecy of thine own presence from the conspiracies of men,—Thou wilt hide them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be Yahweh, For he hath made wonderful his lovingkindness for me, in a fortified city.
22 But I had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes,—But indeed thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, When I cried for help unto thee.
23 Love Yahweh, all ye his men of lovingkindness,—Faithfulness doth Yahweh observe, But repayeth abundantly him that worketh proudly.
24 Be strong and let your heart be bold, All ye who are waiting for Yahweh.
David’s. An Instructive Psalm.
32 How happy is he Whose transgression is forgiven! Whose sin is pardoned!
2 How happy the son of earth To whom Yahweh will not reckon iniquity! And in whose spirit is no guile!
3 When I kept silence my bones became worn out, Through my groaning all the day;
4 For day and night heavy upon me was thy hand,—Changed was my life-sap into the drought of summer. [Selah.
5 My sin would I own unto thee And mine iniquity not hide, I said I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And thou didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. [Selah.
6 For this cause will every man of lovingkindness pray unto thee in time to obtain,—Surely in the overflow of many waters Unto him shall they not reach.
7 Thou art a hiding-place for me, From distress wilt thou preserve me,—With shouts of deliverance wilt thou compass me about. [Selah.
8 I will make thee discreet, I will point out to thee the way which thou must go, I will fix upon thee mine eye.
9 Do not ye become like a horse, like a mule, without discernment,—With the bit and bridle of his mouth [hast thou] to restrain him,—He will not come near unto thee.
10 Many pains hath the lawless one,—But he that trusteth in Yahweh Lovingkindness shall compass him about.
11 Rejoice in Yahweh and exult, O ye righteous, Yea shout in triumph, all ye upright in heart!
33 Shout for joy, ye righteous, in Yahweh, To the upright seemly is praise.
2 Give ye thanks unto Yahweh with the lyre, With a harp of ten strings make ye music unto him.
3 Sing unto him a song that is new, With skill sweep the strings with loud noise.
4 For right is the word of Yahweh, And all his work is in faithfulness:
5 Who loveth righteousness and justice, With the lovingkindness of Yahweh the earth is full.
6 By the word of Yahweh the heavens were made, And by the spirit of his mouth all their host:
7 Who gathered as into a skin-bottle the waters of the sea, Delivering into treasuries the roaring deeps.
8 Let all the earth stand in awe of Yahweh, Of him be in dread all ye inhabitants of the world;
9 For he spake and it was, He commanded, and it stood forth.
10 Yahweh hath frustrated the counsel of nations, hath brought to nothing the devices of peoples.
11 The counsel of Yahweh to times age-abiding shall stand, The devices of his heart from generation to generation.
12 How happy the nation whose God is Yahweh, The people he hath chosen as his own inheritance!
13 Out of the heavens hath Yahweh looked, He hath seen all the sons of men:
14 Out of his settled place of abode hath he fixed his gaze On all the inhabitants of the earth:
15 Who fashioneth their heart all together, Who understandeth all their doings.
16 Not a king can be saved by greatness of force, Nor hero deliver himself by greatness of strength:
17 A deception is the horse for victory, And by his great strength shall he not deliver.
18 Lo! the eye of Yahweh is toward them who revere him, Unto such as are waiting for his lovingkindness:
19 To rescue from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our own soul hath waited for Yahweh, Our help and our shield is he!
21 For in him shall our heart rejoice, For in his holy Name have we trusted.
22 Be thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, upon us, According as we have waited for thee.
David’s. When he disguised his sanity before Abimelech,—who dismissed him and he departed. [An Alphabetical Psalm.]
א
34 Let me bless Yahweh at all times, Continually be his praise in my mouth.
ב
2 In Yahweh boasteth my soul, The patient oppressed-ones shall hear and be glad.
ג
3 Ascribe ye greatness unto Yahweh with me, And let us exalt his Name together.
ד
4 I enquired of Yahweh and he hath answered me, And out of all my terrors hath he rescued me.
ה
5 They looked unto him and were radiant,
ו
And as for their faces let them not be abashed.
ז
6 This oppressed one cried, and Yahweh heard,—And out of all his distresses saved him.
ח
7 The messenger of Yahweh encampeth around them who revere him, Thus hath he delivered them.
ט
8 Oh taste and see that good is Yahweh,—How happy the man who seeketh refuge in him!
י
9 Revere Yahweh, ye his holy ones, For there is no want to them who revere him.
כ
10 Young lions have come short and suffered hunger, But they who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
ל
11 Come, ye children! hearken unto me, The reverence of Yahweh will I teach you.
מ
12 Who is the man that desireth life, Loving days, that he may see good?
נ
13 Keep thy tongue from wickedness, And thy lips from speaking deceit:
ס
14 Depart from wickedness and do good, Aim at well-being and pursue it.
ע
15 The eyes of Yahweh are towards the righteous, And his ears towards their cry for help:
פ
16 The face of Yahweh is against such as do wickedness, To cut off from the earth their memory.
צ
17 They made outcry, and Yahweh heard, And out of all their straits hath he rescued them.
ק
18 Near is Yahweh to the broken in heart, And the crushed in spirit will he save.
ר
19 Many are the misfortunes of the righteous, But out of them all doth Yahweh rescue him.
ש
20 Keeping all his bones, Not one from among them is broken.
ת
21 Misfortune shall be the death of the lawless one, And the haters of the righteous man shall be held guilty.
22 Yahweh ransometh the soul of his servants, And none shall be held guilty who seek refuge in him.
David’s.
35 Contend, O Yahweh, with them who contend with me, Make war upon them who make war upon me.
2 Grasp buckler and shield, And arise in my help;
3 Then draw the spear and close up against my pursuers, Say to my soul Thy salvation I am!
4 Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my life,—Let them turn back and be put to the blush, Who are devising my hurt:
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, With the messenger of Yahweh pressing them on:
6 Let their way become dark and slippery, With the messenger of Yahweh pursuing them.
7 For without cause have they hid for me in a ditch their net,—Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my life.
8 There shall reach him a ruin he could not know,—Yea his own net which he hath hidden shall capture him, Into that ruin shall he fall!
9 But my soul shall exult in Yahweh,—shall be glad in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say—O Yahweh, who is like unto thee? Rescuing the oppressed from one stronger than he, Yea the oppressed and the needy, from their spoiler.
11 There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not they demand of me:
12 They repay me evil for good Bereaving my soul.
13 But as for me when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth, I humbled with fasting my soul, Though my prayer unto mine own bosom might return:
14 Like as for a friend, like as for a brother of mine own I walked to and fro, As though mourning for a mother I gloomily bowed myself down.
15 But in mine overthrow have they rejoiced And gathered themselves together,—There gathered themselves together against me foolish men And I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent;
16 Amidst profane praters of perversion Have they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 My Lord! how long wilt thou look on? Bring back my soul out of their raging, From among lions my solitary self.
18 I will thank thee in the midst of a great convocation,—In the midst of a mighty people will I praise thee.
19 Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause let them not wink the eye!
20 For no salutation will they utter,—But against the quiet of the land deceitful things do they devise;
21 Yea they have opened wide against me their mouth, They have said, Aha! Aha! our own eye hath seen!
22 Thou hast seen, O Yahweh, do not keep silence! O My Lord! be not far from me:
23 Bestir thyself and wake up to my vindication, O my God and My Lord!—to my plea:
24 Vindicate me according to thy righteousness, O Yahweh my God! And let them not rejoice over me:
25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha! to our mind! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up!
26 Let them turn pale and then at once blush Who are rejoicing at my misfortune,—Let them be clothed with shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.
27 Let them shout in triumph and rejoice Who are desiring my justification; And let them say continually, Yahweh be magnified, Who hath taken pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28 Mine own tongue also shall softly utter thy righteousness—All the day long,—thy praise!
To the Chief Musician. Of the Servant of Yahweh—of David.
36 Declareth the transgression of the lawless one within my heart, There is no dread of God before his eyes;
2 For he flattereth himself [too much] in his own eyes, To find his iniquity—to hate [it].
3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He hath left off to shew discretion by doing well:
4 Iniquity deviseth he upon his bed,—He taketh his stand in a way not good Wrong doth he not abhor!
5 O Yahweh! in the heavens is thy lovingkindness, Thy faithfulness as far as the fleecy clouds:
6 Thy righteousness is like mighty mountains And thy just decrees are a great resounding deep,—Man and beast thou savest, O Yahweh!
7 How precious thy lovingkindness, O God,—Therefore,the sons of men under the shadow of thy wings seek refuge:
8 They abundantly relish the fatness of thy house,—And out of the full stream of thine own pleasures thou givest them to drink.
9 For with thee is the fountain of life, In thy light we see light.
10 Prolong thy lovingkindness unto them who know thee,—And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride reach me, Nor the hand of the lawless scare me away.
12 There did the workers of iniquity fall,—Thrust down and not able to rise!
David’s. [An Alphabetical Psalm.]
א
37 Burn not with vexation because of evil-doers, Be not envious of the workers of perversity;
2 For like grass soon shall they wither, And like green herbage shall they fade.
ב
3 Trust in Yahweh and do good, Dwell in the land and feed on fidelity;
4 Yea rest thy delight on Yahweh, That he may give thee the requests of thy heart.
ג
5 Roll on Yahweh thy way, Trust also in him and he will effectually work:
6 So will he bring forth as the light thy righteousness, And thy vindication as the noonday.
ד
7 Be resigned to Yahweh, yea wait with longing for him; Burn not with vexation At him who prospereth in his way,—At the man who doeth wickedness.
ה
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath, Burn not with vexation—[it would be] only to do evil;
9 For evil doers shall be cut off, But as for them who wait for Yahweh they shall inherit the earth.
ו
10 Yet a little therefore And the lawless one shall not be, Yea thou shalt look about over his place—And he shall have vanished!
11 But the patient oppressed-ones shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves over the abundance of prosperity.
ז
12 Plotting is the lawless one against the just, And gnashing upon him with his teeth.
13 My Lord shall laugh at him, For he seeth that his day will come.
ח
14 A sword have the lawless drawn out And have trodden their bow,—To bring down the oppressed and the needy, To slaughter the upright in life:
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bow shall be broken.
ט
16 Better the little of the righteous man Than the abundance of the lawless who are mighty;
17 For the arms of the lawless shall be broken, But Yahweh is upholding the righteous.
י
18 Yahweh knoweth the days of the blameless, That their inheritance unto times age-abiding shall continue.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the time of calamity, And in the days of famine shall they be filled.
כ
20 For the lawless shall perish And the foes of Yahweh be like the glory of the meadows, They have vanished! In smoke have they vanished!
ל
21 A lawless man borroweth, and will not repay, But a righteous man sheweth favour and giveth;
22 For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the earth, But the cursed of him shall be cut off.
מ
23 From Yahweh are the steps of a man made firm When with his way he is well pleased:
24 Though he fall he shall not be hurled headlong, For Yahweh is holding his hand.
נ
25 Young have I been, moreover am old,—Yet have I not seen A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:
26 All day long is he shewing favour and lending, His seed therefore shall have a blessing.
ס
27 Turn from evil and do good And so settle down unto times age-abiding.
28 For Yahweh loveth justice And will not forsake his men of lovingkindness,
[ע]
Unto times age-abiding have the perverse been destroyed,—And the seed of the lawless been cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the earth, That they may settle down to futurity thereupon.
פ
30 The mouth of a righteous man softly uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice:
31 The law of his God is in his heart, His steps shall not swerve.
צ
32 The lawless man lieth in wait for the just, And seeketh to put him to death:
33 Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.
ק
34 Wait for Yahweh and observe thou his path That he may exalt thee to inherit the earth, On the cutting off of the lawless shalt thou look.
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35 I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, And spreading himself out like a cedar in Lebanon;
36 Then I passed by, and lo! he had vanished! Yea I sought him but he could not be found.
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37 Mark the blameless man And behold the upright, For there is a hereafter for the man of peace;
38 But transgressors are to be destroyed together, The hereafter of lawless men is to be cut off.
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39 But the deliverance of the righteous is from Yahweh, Their refuge in a time of distress.
40 Thus hath Yahweh helped them, Thus hath he delivered them,—He will deliver them from the lawless and will save them, Because they have sought refuge in him.
A Melody of David. To bring to Remembrance.
38 O Yahweh, do not in thine anger correct me, Nor in thy wrath chastise me;
2 For thine arrows have sunk down into me, And thy hand presseth heavily upon me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh By reason of thine indignation, There is no peace in my bones, By reason of my sin;
4 For mine iniquities have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me:
5 My wounds are of bad odour—they have festered, By reason of my folly:
6 I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day have I gloomily walked;
7 For my loins are filled with inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh:
8 I am benumbed and crushed exceedingly,—I have cried aloud because of the groaning of my heart.
9 O My Lord! before thee is all my longing, And my sighing from thee hath not been hid:
10 My heart fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, And as for the light of mine eyes even they are not with me:
11 My lovers and my friends from before my stroke stand aloof,—And my near ones far away do stand:
12 Yea they who are seeking my life have laid snares And they who are asking my harm have threatened engulfing ruin, And deceitful things—all day long do they mutter.
13 But I as one deaf will not hear,—And as one dumb who will not open his mouth:
14 Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, In whose mouth are no arguments:
15 Because for thee O Yahweh have I waited, Thou wilt answer, O Adonay, my God!
16 For I said Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering against me have they magnified themselves:
17 For I to halt am ready, And my pain is before me continually;
18 For mine iniquity will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
19 And my foes are alive—have become strong,—And multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:
20 Even they who are repaying evil for good accuse me because I pursue the good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh! My God! be not far from me:
22 Make haste to help me, My Lord, my deliverance!
To the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Melody of David.
39 I said [to myself] I will take heed to my ways That I sin not with my tongue,—I will put on my mouth a muzzle, So long as the lawless is before me.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace afar from happiness, But my pain had been stirred:
3 Hot was my heart within me While I was musing there was kindled a fire, I spake with my tongue!
4 Let me know, O Yahweh, mine end And the measure of my days—what it is, I would know how short-lived I am.
5 Lo! as hand-breadths hast thou granted my days, And my life-time is as nothing before thee,—Surely a mere breath are all men, [even] such as stand firm. [Selah.
6 Surely as a shadow doth every man wander, Surely in vain do they bustle about, He heapeth things up, and knoweth not who shall gather them in.
7 Now therefore for what have I waited, O My Lord? My hope is in thee.
8 From all my transgressions rescue thou me,—The reproach of the base oh do not make me!
9 I am dumb, I cannot open my mouth, For thou hast done it.
10 Remove from off me thy stroke, Because of the hostility of thy hand am I consumed.
11 When by rebukes for iniquity thou hast corrected a man Then hast thou consumed as a moth all that was delightful within him, Surely a breath are all men. [Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, And unto my cry for help give ear, At my tears do not be silent,—For a sojourner am I with thee, A stranger like all my fathers.
13 Look away from me that I may brighten up, Ere yet I depart and am no more.
To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody.
40 I waited patiently for Yahweh,—And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry for help;
2 So he brought me up Out of the destroying pit, Out of the swampy mire,—And set upon a cliff my feet, Making firm my steps:
3 Then put he into my mouth a new song, Praise to our God,—Many shall see and revere, And shall trust in Yahweh.
4 How happy the man Who hath made Yahweh his confidence, Who hath not turned unto the haughty Nor gone aside unto falsehood.
5 Mighty things hast thou done—Thou, Yahweh my God, Thy wonderful doings and thy purposes towards us There is no setting them in order unto thee—I would tell and would speak!—They are too great to rehearse.
6 Sacrifice and meal-offering thou didst not delight in, Ears didst thou pierce for me,—Ascending-sacrifice and sin-bearer thou didst not ask:
7 Then said I—Lo! I am come, In the written scroll is it prescribed for me;
8 To do thy good-pleasure O my God is my delight, And thy law is in the midst of mine inward parts:
9 I have told the good-tidings of righteousness in a great convocation, Lo! my lips do I not restrain, O Yahweh, thou knowest:
10 Thy righteousness have I not hid in the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and thy salvation have I spoken, I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truthfulness from the great convocation.
11 Thou O Yahweh wilt not restrain thy compassions from me, Thy lovingkindness and thy truthfulness shall continually watch over me.
12 For there have closed in upon me misfortunes beyond number, Mine iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see, They have become more than the hairs of my head, And my courage hath forsaken me!
13 Be pleased, O Yahweh, to rescue me, O Yahweh! to help me make haste!
14 Let them turn pale and then at once blush Who are seeking my life to snatch it away,—Let them draw back and be confounded, Who are taking pleasure in my calamity;
15 Let them be astonished on account of their own shame, Who are saying of me, Aha! Aha!
16 Let all them be glad and rejoice in thee Who are seekers of thee. Let them say continually—Yahweh be magnified! Who are lovers of thy salvation.
17 But I being oppressed and needy May My Lord devise for me,—My help and my deliverer thou art! O my God, do not tarry!
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.
41 How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity will Yahweh deliver him:
2 Yahweh will preserve him and keep him alive And he shall be pronounced happy in the land, Do not then give him up at the desire of his enemies!
3 Yahweh will sustain him upon the bed of sickness, All his couch hast thou transformed in his disease.
4 I said—O Yahweh, shew me favour, Heal thou my soul For I have sinned against thee:
5 Mine enemies speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
6 And if he have come to see me Falsehood doth he speak, His own heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth forth, abroad he telleth it.
7 Together—against me do all who hate me whisper among themselves, Against me devise they hurt for me.
8 An infliction of the Abandoned One hath been fixed upon him, And now that he hath lien down he will not again rise.
9 Even the man whom I used to salute, In whom I put confidence, Who used to eat my bread,—Hath magnified his heel against me!
10 But thou O Yahweh shew me favour and raise me up, That I may repay them.
11 Hereby do I know that thou delightest in me, In that mine enemy shall not raise a shout over me.
12 But as for me In my blamelessness hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding.
13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From the age that is past even unto the age yet to come: Amen and Amen!
BOOK THE SECOND.
To the Chief Musician. An Instructive Psalm for the Sons of Korah.
42 As the hart cometh panting up to the channels of water So my soul panteth for thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for a God who liveth,—When shall I enter in, and see the face of God?
3 My tears have been my food day and night, While it hath been said unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
4 These things I keep calling to mind and pouring out over me my own soul, For I used to cross over with a crowd, Lead them in procession up to the house of God, With the voice of shouting and praise—a throng keeping festival.
5 Why shouldst thou be cast down, O my soul? And [why] shouldst thou moan over me? Wait thou for God, for yet shall I praise him, As the triumph of my presence.
6 My God! over myself my soul is cast down,—For this cause will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, And the Hermons from the hill Mizar.
7 Roaring deep unto roaring deep is calling, at the voice of thy cataracts, All thy breakers and thy rolling waves over me have passed.
8 By day will Yahweh command his lovingkindness And in the night shall His song be with me, My prayer be to the God of my life.
9 I will say onto God,—my rock, Wherefore hast thou forgotten me? Wherefore in gloom should I go because of oppression by the enemy?
10 With a crushing of my bones have my adversaries reproached me,—While they keep saying unto me all the day, Where is thy God?
11 Why shouldst thou be cast down, O my soul? And why shouldst thou moan over me? Wait thou for God for yet shall I praise him, As the triumph of my presence, and my God.
43 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause Against a nation without lovingkindness, From the man of deceit and perversity wilt thou deliver me?
2 For thou art my defending God—Wherefore hast thou rejected me? Wherefore in gloom should I wander because of the oppression of an enemy?
3 Send forth thy light and thy faithfulness, Let them lead me? Let them bring me into thy holy mountain and into thy habitations:
4 That I may go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, mine exultant joy,—That I may praise thee with the lyre, O God—mine own God!
5 Why shouldst thou be cast down, O my soul? And why shouldst thou moan over me, Wait thou for God for yet shall I praise him, As the triumph of my presence, and my God.
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. An Instructive Psalm.
44 O God! with our own ears have we heard, Our fathers have recounted to us,—The work thou didst work In their days, In the days of aforetime:
2 Thou thyself with thine own hand—Didst dispossess nations And didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, And didst spread them out:
3 For not by their own sword gat they possession of the land Nor did their own arm win victory for them,—But thine own right hand and thine own arm and the light of thy face Because thou hadst accepted them.
4 Thou thyself art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of Jacob.
5 By thee will we thrust at our adversaries, In thy Name will we tread down our assailants;
6 For not in my bow will I trust, Nor shall my sword give me victory;
7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And them who hated us hast thou put to shame.
8 In God have we boasted all the day, And thy Name—unto times age-abiding will we praise. [Selah.
9 But nay thou hast rejected and confounded us, And wilt not go forth with our hosts;
10 Thou sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And they who hate us have plundered at will:
11 Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And amongst the nations hast thou scattered us.
12 Thou dost sell thy people for no-value, And hast not made increase by their price.
13 Thou dost make us A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:
14 Thou dost make us A by-word among the nations,—A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All the day is my confusion before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me:
16 At the voice of him who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and avenger.
17 All this hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;
18 Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
19 That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
20 If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the God of the foreigner
21 Would not God have searched into this, Seeing that he knoweth the secrets of the heart?
22 Surely for thy sake have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!
24 Wherefore shouldst thou hide thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression? For our soul sinketh down to the dust, Our body cleaveth to the earth.
25 Arise to our help, And ransom us because of thine own lovingkindness.
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To the Chief Musician. On Shoshannim. For the Sons of Korah. A Psalm of Instruction. A Song of Love.
45 Overflowed hath my heart with an excellent theme, I will recite my poem concerning the king, Be my tongue [like] the pen of a scribe who is skilled.
2 Most beautiful thou art beyond the sons of men, Graciousness hath been poured forth by thy lips, For this cause hath God blessed thee to times age-abiding.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, [’Tis] thine honour and thy majesty;
4 And [in] thy majesty be successful! ride forth! On behalf of faithfulness and humility—righteousness, And let thine own right hand shew thee wonderful things.
5 Thine arrows are sharp—Peoples under thee fall! In the heart of the foes of the king.
6 Thy throne O God is to times age-abiding and beyond, A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
7 Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness,—For this cause hath God, thine own God, anointed thee With the oil of gladness beyond thy partners.
8 Myrrh and aloes, cassias, all thy garments,—Out of the palaces of ivory the tones of strings have rejoiced thee.
9 Daughters of kings are among thine honourable women, Stationed is the bride at thy right hand in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and observe, Incline also thine ear, Forget then thine own people And the house of thy father;
11 When the king shall desire thy beauty, Surely he is thy lord, then bow down to him.
12 Also the daughter of Tyre [cometh in] with a present! Thy face shall the rich of the people appease.
13 All glorious—the daughter of a king [sitteth] within, Brocades wrought with gold [are] her clothing!
14 In embroidered raiment shall she be brought unto the king,—The virgins that follow her, her companions are to be conducted unto thee:
15 They shall be brought with rejoicings and exultation,—They shall enter into the palace of the king!
16 Instead of thy fathers be thy sons, Thou shalt make them rulers in all the earth.
17 I will keep in remembrance thy Name through each succeeding generation, For this cause peoples shall praise thee to times age-abiding and beyond.
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah, on Alamoth. A Song.
46 God—for us is a refuge and strength, A help in distresses, soon found.
2 For this cause will we not fear Though the earth sheweth change, Or the mountains slip into the heart of the seas:
3 The waters thereof roar and foam, The mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. [Selah.
4 A river! whose channels shall gladden the city of God, The Most High hath hallowed his habitation.
5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be shaken, God will help her by the turnings of the morning.
6 Nations have roared, Kingdoms have tottered, He hath uttered his voice, Earth melteth.
7 Yahweh of hosts is with us, A high tower for us is the God of Jacob. [Selah.
8 Come! view the doings of Yahweh,—Who hath set desolations in the earth;
9 Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth,—The bow he shivereth, And breaketh in pieces the spear, War-chariots burneth he up with fire.
10 Let be! and know that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 Yahweh of hosts is with us, A high tower for us is the God of Jacob. [Selah.
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.
47 All ye peoples clap your hands, Shout unto God with the voice of triumph;
2 For Yahweh—as Most High is to be revered, A great king over all the earth,
3 He will subjugate Peoples under us, and Tribes of men beneath our feet.
4 He chooseth for us our inheritance, The excellence of Jacob which he hath loved. [Selah.
5 God hath ascended with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a horn.
6 Sing praises unto God, sing praises, Sing praises to our King, sing praises;
7 For God is king of all the earth, Sing praises with understanding.
8 God hath become king over the nations, God hath taken his seat upon his holy throne.
9 The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered themselves together, The people of the God of Abraham; For to God belong the shields of the earth, Greatly is he exalted.
A Melodious Song. For the Sons of Korah.
48 Great is Yahweh and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the land Is Mount Zion in the recesses of the north,—The city of a great king.
3 God in her palaces is to be known as a high tower.
4 For lo! Kings—Met as appointed, Passed by together;
5 They themselves saw So were they amazed, Dismayed—they hurried away!
6 Trembling seized them there, Pangs like hers who is in travail.
7 With an east wind wilt thou shatter the ships of Tarshish.
8 Just as we have heard So have we seen In the city of Yahweh of hosts, In the city of our God, God himself will establish her unto times age-abiding. [Selah.
9 We have thought, O God, upon thy lovingkindness, In the midst of thy temple:
10 According to thy Name O God So be thy praise unto the ends of the earth, With righteousness is thy right hand filled.
11 Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah exult, Because of thy judgments.
12 Go round Zion and compass her about, Reckon up her towers;
13 Apply your mind to her rampart, Pass between her palaces, That ye may recount them to an after generation;
14 For this God is our God to times age-abiding and beyond, He himself will conduct us till death.
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.
49 Hear ye this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world;
2 Both sons of the low And sons of the high,—Together both rich and needy:—
3 My mouth shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be Understanding:
4 I will bend to a by-word mine ear, I will open on the lyre mine enigma.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of calamity, Though the iniquity of them who lie in wait for me should enclose me?
6 As for them who are trusting in their wealth,—And in the abundance of their riches do boast themselves
7 A brother can none of them redeem, He cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:
8 So costly is the redemption of their soul, That it faileth unto times age-abiding;
9 That he should yet live on continually, Should not see corruption.
10 For it is seen that the wise die, Together with the dullard and the brutish do they perish, And leave to others their wealth:
11 Their inward thought is that their houses are for times age-abiding, Their habitations for generation after generation,—They give their own names unto lands!
12 But a son of earth though wealthy cannot tarry, He hath made himself a by-word—Beasts they resemble!
13 This their way is a folly to them, And yet their followers with their mouth approve. [Selah.
14 Like sheep—into hades are they driven, Death shall shepherd them,—And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form is to decay, Hades is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.
15 But God will redeem my soul out of the hand of hades, For he will take me. [Selah.
16 Do not fear When a man becometh rich, When the glory of his house increaseth;
17 For when he dieth he shall take nothing, His glory shall not descend after him;
18 For though his own self—while he lived he used to bless, And they will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself
19 He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore shall they see the light.
20 A son of earth though wealthy who discerneth not Hath made himself a by-word, Beasts they resemble!
A Melody of Asaph.
50 El Elohim Yahweh hath spoken and called the earth, From the rising of the sun unto the going in thereof:
2 Out of Zion the perfection of beauty God hath shone forth.
3 Let our God come and let him not keep silence! A fire—before him shall devour, And around him hath it become exceeding tempestuous:
4 He calleth Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people.
5 Gather yourselves unto me—ye my men of lovingkindness, Who have solemnised my covenant over sacrifice.
6 Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because God is about to judge. [Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will adjure thee, God thine own God I am:—
8 Not for thy sacrifices will I reprove thee, Nor for thine ascending-offerings before me continually:
9 I will not take out of thy house—a bullock, Nor out of thy folds—he-goats;
10 For mine is every wild-beast of the forest, The cattle on the mountains in their thousands;
11 I know every bird of the mountains, And the moving things of the plain are with me:
12 If I were hungry I would not tell thee, For mine is the world and the fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of mighty oxen? Or the blood of he-goats will I drink?
14 Sacrifice to God a thankoffering, And pay to the Most High thy vows;
15 Call upon me then in the day of distress, I will deliver thee that thou mayest glorify me.
16 But to the lawless one God saith, What hast thou to do to recount my statutes? Or that thou hast taken up my covenant upon thy mouth?
17 Seeing that thou hast hated correction, And hast cast my words behind thee;
18 If thou sawest a thief then didst thou run with him,—And with adulterers hath been thy chosen life;
19 Thy mouth hast thou thrust into wickedness, And thy tongue kept weaving deceit;
20 Thou wouldst sit down—Against thine own brother wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother’s son wouldst thou expose a fault:—
21 These things hast thou done and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set [thine offences] in order before thine eyes.
22 Understand this, I pray you, ye forgetters of God, Lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver:—
23 He that sacrificeth a thankoffering will glorify me,—And will prepare a way by which I may shew him the salvation of God.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David. When Nathan the Prophet had come to him, after he had gone in unto Bath-sheba.
51 Be favourable unto me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness, And in the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgressions;
2 Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin make me pure;
3 For my transgressions do I acknowledge, And my sin is before me continually:
4 Against thee—against thee alone have I sinned And wickedness—in thine eyes have I done,—That thou mayest Be justified when thou speakest,—Be clear when thou judgest.
5 Lo! in iniquity was I brought forth, And in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Lo! faithfulness hast thou desired in the inward parts, Yea in the hidden part wilt thou cause me to know wisdom.
7 Wilt thou cleanse me from sin with hyssop, That I may be pure? Wilt thou wash me That I may be whiter than snow?
8 Wilt thou cause me to hear joy and gladness? The bones thou hast crushed would exult.
9 Hide thy face from my sins,—And all mine iniquities blot out;
10 A pure heart create for me, O God, And a steadfast spirit renew within me.
11 Do not cast me away from thy presence, And thy Holy Spirit do not take from me:
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, And with a willing spirit wilt thou uphold me:—
13 I would teach transgressors thy ways, And sinners unto thee should return.
14 Rescue me from shed-blood, O God, the God of my salvation, My tongue should shout thy righteousness;
15 O My Lord! my lips wilt thou open, And my mouth shall declare thy praise.
16 For thou wilt not desire sacrifice—that I should give it, Ascending-offering will not please:
17 The sacrifices of God are a spirit that is broken,—A heart—broken and crushed, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good-pleasure unto Zion, Wilt thou build the walls of Jerusalem!
19 Then shalt thou desire the sacrifices of righteousness, Ascending-sacrifice and whole burnt-offering, Then shall ascend upon thine altar young bulls.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of Instruction, of David. When Doeg the Edomite went and told Saul; and said to him,—David hath entered the house of Ahimelech.
52 Why dost thou boast thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [lasteth] all the day.
2 Engulfing ruin doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor working deceit;
3 Thou lovest Evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking righteousness. [Selah.
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O deceitful tongue!
5 God also will break thee down utterly,—He will snatch thee up and tear thee away tentless, And uproot thee out of the land of the living. [Selah.
6 The righteous shall both see and fear And over him shall laugh:
7 Lo! the man who made not God his refuge,—But trusted in the abundance of his riches, Emboldened himself in his wealth!
8 But I am like a flourishing olive-tree in the house of God, I have put confidence in the lovingkindness of God for times age-abiding and beyond.
9 I will praise thee to times age-abiding Because thou didst effectually work,—And I will wait on thy Name Because it is good, In the presence of thy men of lovingkindness.
To the Chief Musician. On “Maḥalath.” A Psalm of Instruction, of David.
53 The impious hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have acted corruptly, They have wrought abominable perversity, There is none that doeth good:—
2 God out of the heavens looked down upon the sons of men,—To see whether there was one that shewed wisdom, Enquiring after God.
3 They all have turned back, Together have they become tainted,—There is none that doeth good, Not so much as one!
4 Are the workers of iniquity without knowledge? Devouring my people [as] they devour food? Upon God have they not called.
5 There have they been in great dread where no dread was Because God hath scattered the bones of thy besieger,—Thou hast put [him] to shame, Because God had rejected them.
6 Oh that out of Zion were granted the salvations of Israel! When God bringeth back the captives of his people Jacob shall exult, Israel shall be glad.
To the Chief Musician: with Stringed Instruments. A Psalm of Instruction, of David. When the Ziphites came and said unto Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us?
54 O God! by thine own Name save me, And by thine own strength wilt thou vindicate me?
2 O God! Hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth;
3 For aliens have risen up against me And men of violence have sought my life, They have not set God before them. [Selah.
4 Lo! God is bringing me help, My Lord is with the upholders of my life;
5 Let him turn back the mischief upon mine adversaries, In thy faithfulness destroy them!
6 With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto thee, I will praise thy Name, O Yahweh, for it is good;
7 For out of all distress hath he rescued me,—And upon my foes hath mine own eye looked.
To the Chief Musician: with stringed Instruments. A Psalm of Instruction, of David.
55 Give ear, O God, to my prayer, And do not hide thyself from my supplication:
2 Attend unto me and answer me, I may ramble in my complaining And be driven to and fro—
3 Because of the noise of the enemy, By reason of the oppression of the lawless one, For they would let trouble drop upon me, And in anger would they entrap me.
4 My heart would writhe within me, And the terrors of Death have fallen upon me:
5 Fear and trembling would enter me, And there would have overwhelmed me—a horror!
6 Then I said—Oh that there were given me a pinion like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:
7 Lo! I would take a distant flight, I would tarry in the wilderness. [Selah.
8 I would hasten mine escape, From rushing wind, from storm.
9 Confuse, O My Lord, divide their speech, For I have seen violence and contention in the city;
10 Day and night they go round her upon her walls, And trouble and misery are in her midst;
11 Engulfing ruin is in her midst, And there depart not from her broadway oppression and deceit.
12 For it is not an enemy that reproacheth me Or I could bear it,—Not one that hath hated me who against me hath magnified himself, Or I might hide myself from him;
13 But it is thou, a man esteemed as mine equal, Mine associate and mine acquaintance;
14 So that together have we been wont to find sweetness in counsel, In the house of God used we to walk in the throng.
15 Desolations on them! Let them go down into hades alive, For wicked doings are at home within them.
16 I unto God will cry,—And Yahweh will save me.
17 At evening and morning and high noon have I been wont to lament and complain, And he hath heard my voice!
18 He hath completely redeemed my soul out of the attack upon me, For in multitudes were they [in conflict] with me.
19 God will hear, Yea He will humble them who aforetime sat [enthroned]. [Selah. With whom are no changings, Neither have they revered God.
20 He hath thrust forth his hands against them he was wont to salute, He hath violated his covenant;
21 Smoother than curds were [the words of] his mouth But war was [in] his heart,—Softer his words than oil Yet they were drawn swords!
22 Cast upon Yahweh thy lot and he will sustain thee: He will not suffer to times age-abiding the righteous one to be shaken.
23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of destruction, Men of bloodshed and deceit shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
To the Chief Musician. Upon “The Dove of God from the distant Sea.” David’s. A precious Psalm. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.
56 Shew me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day a fighter oppresseth me:
2 Mine adversaries have panted all the day, For many are fighting with me loftily.
3 What day I am afraid I unto thee will direct my confidence.
4 In God I will praise his cause,—In God have I trusted, I will not fear, What can flesh do unto me?
5 All the day they wrest my words, Against me all their devices are for mischief;
6 They stir up strife—they lie hid, They mark my steps,—Seeing they have waited for my life.
7 Because of iniquity recompense thou them,—In anger bring thou down the peoples, O God.
8 My wandering hast thou recorded,—Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record?
9 Then shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This I know, for God is mine!
10 In God will I praise with good cause: In Yahweh will I praise with good cause;
11 In God have I trusted, I will not fear, What can a son of earth do unto me?
12 Upon me O God, are thy vows, I will pay back praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast rescued my soul from death, Wilt thou not [rescue] my feet from stumbling? That I may walk to and fro before God, In the light of life.
To the Chief Musician. “Do not destroy.” A precious Psalm of David. When he fled from the face of Saul into the Cave.
57 Shew me favour, O God, Shew me favour, For in thee hath my soul sought refuge,—And in the shadow of thy wings will I seek refuge Until the storm of ruin pass by.
2 I will cry unto God Most High, Unto God, who accomplisheth on my behalf:
3 He will send out of heaven that he may save me, He who is panting for me hath reproached. [Selah. God will send out his lovingkindness and his faithfulness.
4 My soul is in the midst of lions, I lie down amidst flames,—As for the sons of men Their teeth are spear and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.
5 Be exalted Above the Heavens, O God, Above all the earth thy glory!
6 A net did they fix for my steps, My soul was bowed down,—They digged before me a pit, They fell into the midst thereof! [Selah.
7 Fixed is my heart, O God, Fixed is my heart, I will sing and touch the strings.
8 Awake, mine honour, Awake, harp and lyre, I will awaken the dawn;
9 I will thank thee among the peoples, O My Lord, I will praise thee in song among the races of men.
10 For great unto the heavens is thy lovingkindness, And unto the skies thy faithfulness.
11 Be exalted Above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth, thy glory!
To the Chief Musician. “Do not Destroy.” A precious Psalm of David.
58 Are ye indeed silent [when] righteousness ye should speak? When with equity ye should judge, O ye sons of men?
2 Aye! ye all do work perversity,—Throughout the land your hands weigh out violence.
3 Lawless men have been estranged from birth, They have gone astray from their nativity speaking falsehood;
4 Their poison is like unto the poison of a serpent, Like the deaf adder that stoppeth his ear;
5 That will not hearken to the voice of whisperers, Though the wise one try to bind him with spells.
6 O God! break away their teeth in their mouth, The biters of the young lions knock thou out, O Yahweh!
7 Let such men flow away like waters that disperse themselves: He prepareth his arrow, Like [grass] let them be cut down:
8 Like a snail which melteth away as it goeth, An untimely birth of a woman which hath not seen the sun:
9 Before your kettles can perceive the [kindled] bramble Be he green or be he withered he shall be swept away.
10 The righteous man will rejoice when he hath seen an avenging, His feet will he bathe in the blood of the lawless one:—
11 So that a son of earth may say—Surely there is fruit for the righteous man! Surely there are gods who judge in the earth!
To the Chief Musician. “Do not Destroy.” A precious Psalm of David. When Saul sent, and they watched the house, to kill him.
59 Rescue me from my foes, O my God, From them who lift themselves up against me wilt thou set me on high:
2 Rescue me from the workers of iniquity, And from the men of bloodshed save me.
3 For lo! they have lain in wait for my life, Mighty ones stir up strife against me, Without transgression of mine and without sin of mine, O Yahweh;
4 For no iniquity do they run that they may take their stand, Rouse thyself to meet me and see.
5 Thou therefore, O Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel Awake to visit all the nations, Do not shew favour to any iniquitous traitors. [Selah.
6 They return at evening, They growl like a dog, And go round the city.
7 Lo! they belch forth with their mouth, Swords are in their lips, For [say they] Who doth hear?
8 Thou therefore, O Yahweh, wilt laugh at them, Thou wilt mock at all nations.
9 O my Strength unto thee will I make melody, For God is my high tower.
10 My God of lovingkindness will come to meet me, God will let me look on mine adversaries.
11 Do not slay them lest my people forget, Cause them to wander by thy strength and prostrate them, [Thou] our shield, O Lord!
12 The sin of their mouth, The word of their lips Let them then be captured in their pride, Both for the oath and for the deception they record.
13 Bring to a full end in wrath, Bring to a full end that they be no more,—That men may know that God is ruling in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. [Selah.
14 Let them return then at evening, Let them growl like a dog, And go round the city.
15 They may prowl about for food,—And if they are not satisfied then let them whine!
16 But I will sing thy power And will shout aloud in the morning thy lovingkindness,—For thou has become a refuge for me, And a place to flee to in the day of my distress.
17 O my Strength, unto thee will I make melody, For God is my high tower, my God of lovingkindness.
To the Chief Musician. Upon “The Lily of Testimony.” A precious Psalm of David, to instruct. When he waged war with Aram-neharaim and with Aram-zobah,—and then Joab returned and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt, twelve thousand.
60 O God, thou hast rejected us—hast scattered us, Thou hast been angry, Wilt thou restore us?
2 Thou hast shaken the land—hast rent it, Heal thou the fractures thereof—for it hath tottered:
3 Thou hast suffered thy people to see hardship, Thou hast let them drink the wine of confusion.
4 Thou hadst given—to them that revere thee—a banner to float aloft, Because of [thy] faithfulness. [Selah.
5 That thy beloved ones may be delivered Save thou with thine own right hand—and answer us.
6 God hath spoken in his holiness—I will exult! I will apportion Shechem, And the Vale of Succoth will I measure out;
7 Mine is Gilead—and mine Manasseh But Ephraim is the defence of my head, Judah is my commander’s staff;
8 Moab is my wash-bowl, Upon Edom will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia! raise a shout of triumph.
9 Who will conduct me to a fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom!
10 Is it not thou, O God?—thou hast rejected us! And wilt thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts?
11 Grant us help out of distress, For vain is the deliverance of man:
12 In God we shall do valiantly, He himself therefore will tread down our adversaries.
To the Chief Musician. Upon a Stringed Instrument. David’s.
61 Hear, O God, my loud cry, Attend unto my prayer:
2 From the end of the earth unto thee do I cry, When my heart fainteth away, Unto a rock that is higher than I wilt thou lead me.
3 For thou hast been A Refuge to me. A Tower of Strength from the face of the foe.
4 I would be a guest in thy tent to the ages, I would seek refuge in the concealment of thy wings. [Selah.
5 For thou O God hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast granted a possession unto them who revere thy Name.
6 Days—unto the days of the king wilt thou add. His years as of generation after generation:
7 Let him retain his seat age-abidingly before God, Appoint that lovingkindness and faithfulness may watch over him!
8 So will I sing thy Name unto futurity, Paying my vows day by day.
To the Chief Musician. On Jeduthun—A Melody of David.
62 Surely towards God silence [becometh] my soul, From him is my salvation:
2 Surely he is my rock and my salvation, My high tower—I shall not be greatly shaken!
3 How long will ye shout at a man? Ye shall be crushed all of you,—Like a wall that bulgeth,—a fence pushed in!
4 Surely from his elevation they have taken counsel to thrust him down, They accept falsehood,—With his mouth they each of them bless, But inwardly they revile. [Selah.
5 Surely towards God be thou silent, my soul, For from him is mine expectation:
6 Surely he is my rock and my salvation, My high tower—I shall not be shaken!
7 Upon God [depend] my salvation and mine honour, My rock of strength, my refuge are in God.
8 Trust ye in him all ye assembly of the people, Pour out before him your heart, God is a refuge for us. [Selah.
9 Surely vanity are men of low degree, Deception men of high degree,—In the balances they go up, They are [made] of vanity altogether.
10 Do not trust in extortion, Nor with robbery become vain,—As for wealth when it beareth fruit Do not set [thereon your] heart.
11 One thing hath God spoken, Two things [there are] which I have heard, That power belongeth unto God;
12 And thine, O My Lord, is lovingkindness,—For thou wilt pay back unto every man—according to his deed.
A Melody of David. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
63 O God, my God thou art, Earnestly do I desire thee,—My soul thirsteth for thee, My flesh fainteth for thee, In a land—dry and weary for want of water,—
2 In like manner as in the sanctuary I have had vision of thee To behold thy power and thy glory.
3 Because better is thy lovingkindness than life My lips aloud shall praise thee!
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live, In thy Name will I lift up mine outspread hands:
5 As with fatness and richness shall my soul be satisfied, And with joyfully shouting lips shall my mouth utter praise.
6 Should I call thee to mind upon my couch In the watches of the night would I breathe soft speech of thee.
7 For thou hast become a help unto me,—And in the shadow of thy wings will I shout for joy.
8 My soul hath run clinging to thee, On me hath thy right hand laid hold.
9 When they to crush it would seek my life They shall go into the lower parts of the earth:
10 Every one shall be given up into the power of the sword, The portion of jackals shall they become.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God,—Every one shall glory who sweareth by him, For the mouth of them who speak falsehood shall be stopped.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.
64 Hear, O God, my voice when I complain, From dread peril by the foe wilt thou guard my life.
2 Wilt thou hide me From the conclave of evil-doers, From the crowd of workers of iniquity.
3 Who have sharpened like a sword their tongue, Have made ready their arrow—a bitter word;
4 To shoot in secret places at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him and fear not.
5 They strengthen for them a wicked word, They talk of hiding snares, They have said, Who can see them?
6 They devise perverse things, They have completed the device well devised, Both the intent of each one and the mind are unsearchable.
7 Once let God have shot at them an arrow Suddenly have appeared their own wounds!
8 When they were to have ruined another their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.
9 Therefore have all men feared,—And have told the doing of God And his work have considered.
10 The righteous man shall rejoice in Yahweh and seek refuge in him, Then shall glory—all who are upright in heart.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David—a Song.
65 Thine are silence [and] praise, O God, in Zion,—And to thee shall be paid the vow.
2 Thou hearer of prayer! Unto thee shall all flesh come.
3 Iniquitous things have been too strong for me, As for our transgressions wilt thou by propitiation remove them.
4 How happy the man thou shalt choose and bring near! He shall abide in thy courts,—We shall be satisfied with The blessing of thy house, The holiness of thy temple.
5 By things reverend in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all the ends of the earth And of the sea far away;
6 Who setteth fast the mountains by his strength, Being girded with might;
7 Who stilleth The noise of the seas, The noise of their rolling waves, and The tumult of races of men?
8 Yea the dwellers in the uttermost parts have feared at thy tokens, The goings forth of morning and evening thou causest to shout for joy.
9 Thou hast visited the earth and made it abound, Abundantly dost thou enrich it—The channel of God is full of waters, Thou preparest their corn, Yea thus dost thou prepare it:
10 The ridges thereof drenching, Settling the furrows thereof, With myriad drops dost thou soften it, The sprouting thereof doth thou bless.
11 Thou hast set a crown upon thy year of bounty, And thy tracks drop fatness;
12 Fruitful are the pastures of the wilderness, And with exultation the hills do gird themselves.
13 Clothed are the pastures with flocks, The valleys also cover themselves with corn, They shout for joy, yea they sing.
To the Chief Musician. A Melodious Song.
66 Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth;
2 Praise ye in song the glory of his Name, Celebrate the glory of his praise:
3 Say unto God—How fearful in thy doings, Through the abounding of thy power shall thy foes come cringing unto thee;
4 All the earth shall bow themselves down to thee And sing praises unto thee, Shall praise in song thy Name. [Selah.
5 Come and see the doings of God,—Fearful in deed toward the sons of men:
6 He turned the sea into dry land, Through the stream crossed they over on foot, There did we rejoice in him:
7 Who ruleth in his might unto times age-abiding, His eyes over the nations keep watch, The rebellious let them not exalt themselves. [Selah.
8 Bless our God, O ye peoples, And cause to be heard the sound of his praise;—
9 Who hath set our soul among the living, And hath not suffered our foot to slip.
10 For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us according to the refining of silver:
11 Thou didst bring us into the hunter’s net, Thou didst lay a load upon our loins;
12 Thou didst let men ride at our head; We went into fire and into water, But thou didst bring us forth into freedom.
13 I will enter thy house with ascending-sacrifices, I will pay unto thee my vows,
14 Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake in my distress.
15 Ascending-sacrifices of fatlings will I cause to ascend unto thee With the perfume of rams, I will offer bulls with he-goats. [Selah.
16 Come! hearken—that I may recount, all ye reverers of God, What he hath done for my soul:—
17 Unto him—with my mouth did I cry, And high praise was under my tongue.
18 If iniquity I had cared for in my heart My Lord had not heard me!
19 But in truth God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer Nor his own lovingkindness from me.
To the Chief Musician. With stringed Instruments. A Melody, a Song.
67 God be favourable to us and bless us, Cause his face to shine upon us. [Selah.
2 That thy way may be known throughout the earth, Throughout all nations thy saving help!
3 Peoples will praise thee, O God, Peoples will all of them praise thee;
4 Races of men will be glad and shout for joy,—Because thou wilt judge peoples with equity, And races of men throughout the earth thou wilt lead. [Selah.
5 Peoples will praise thee, O God,—Peoples will all of them praise thee.
6 Earth will have given her increase, God, our own God will bless us:
7 God will bless us, That all the ends of the earth may revere him.
To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody, a Song.
68 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, Yea let them that hate him flee before him:
2 As smoke is driven about Let them be driven about,—As wax is melted before a fire Let the lawless perish before God.
3 But let the righteous be glad, let them exult before God, Yea let them rejoice with gladness.
4 Sing ye to God, Make music of his Name,—Lift up (a song) to him that rideth through the waste plains,—Since Yah is his name exult ye before him.
5 The father of the fatherless And the advocate of widows Is God in his holy habitation.
6 God is he that causeth the solitary to dwell in a home, That bringeth out prisoners into prosperity, But the rebellious have made their habitation in a sunburnt land.
7 O God! When thou camest forth before thy people, When thou didst stride through the wilderness [Selah.
8 Earth trembled, Yea the heavens dripped at the presence of God,—This Sinai—at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 A bounteous rain dost thou shed abroad, O God, upon thine inheritance, When exhausted thou thyself hast supported it:
10 Thy living host have remained therein, Thou dost provide in thy bounty for the humbled one—O God!
11 Let My Lord but give the word The herald bands will be a mighty host:
12 Kings of armies they flee! they flee! And she that stayeth at home shall share the spoil.
13 Though ye rest between the folds The wings of the dove shall be covered with silver, And her pinions with green-shimmering gold.
14 When the Almighty scattereth kings therein It will gleam like snow in the gloom.
15 A mighty mountain is the mountain of Bashan, A mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan!—
16 Wherefore start ye up, ye mountains, ye peaks? The mountain God hath coveted for his habitation Surely Yahweh will inhabit it ever!
17 The chariots of God are two myriads—thousands repeated, My Lord is among them, Sinai is in the sanctuary!
18 Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led in procession a body of captives, Thou hast received gifts consisting of men, Yea even the rebellious, That Yah Elohim might settle down to rest.
19 Blessed be My Lord! Day by day he beareth our burden for us, God himself is our salvation. [Selah.
20 The God we have is a God of saving deeds, And due to Yahweh My Lord are escapes from death.
21 Yea God himself will smite through the head of his foes,—The hairy crown of him that is marching on in his guilty deeds.
22 Said My Lord, From Bashan will I bring back,—I will bring back from the depths of the sea:
23 That thou mayest bathe thy foot in blood,—The tongue of thy dogs from the foes hath its portion.
24 They have seen thy progress O God, The progress of my God, my king into the sanctuary:
25 In front are the singers, Behind are the harpers, In the midst of damsels playing on timbrels:
26 In the congregations bless ye God, My Lord, from among the called of Israel:
27 There is Benjamin, the Diminutive—ruling them, The princes of Judah—their throng, The princes of Zebulun, The princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength,—The strength O God, which thou hast wrought for us.
29 Because of thy temple above Jerusalem Unto thee shall kings bear along a gift—
30 Rebuke thou The wild beast of the reeds, The herd of mighty oxen among the calves of the peoples—Each one bowing down with bars of silver,—Scatter thou the peoples, who in wars take delight.
31 Ambassadors come out of Egypt, The Ethiopian eagerly stretcheth out his hands unto God.
32 Ye kingdoms of the earth sing unto God, Praise in song Adonay. [Selah.
33 Unto him that rideth upon the most ancient heavens, Lo! he uttereth his voice, a voice of strength.
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God,—Over Israel is his majesty, And his strength in the skies. To be revered is God for his sanctuary,—
35 As for the God of Israel he is giving strength and abundant might to the people. Blessed be God!
To the Chief Musician. On “The Lilies.” David’s.
69 Save me, O God, For waters have entered as far as the life;
2 I have sunk in deep swamp Where there is no place to stand, I have come into abysses of waters Where a flood hath overflowed me;
3 I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat,—Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God.
4 More than the hairs of my head Are they who hate me without cause,—Firmer than my bones Are they who are my foes for false cause,—What I had not plundered then had I to restore.
5 O God, thou hast known my folly, And my wrong-doings from thee have not been hid.
6 Let them not be ashamed through me Who have waited for thee, O My Lord, Yahweh of hosts,—Let them not be confounded through me Who are seeking thee, O God of Israel!
7 Because for thy sake have I borne reproach, Confusion hath covered my face;
8 One estranged have I become to my own brethren, Yea an alien to the sons of my own mother;
9 Because zeal for thy house hath eaten me up, And the reproaches of them who have reproached thee have fallen upon me.
10 When I have humbled my soul with fasting Then hath it turned to my reproach;
11 When I have made my clothing of sackcloth Then have I served them for a by-word;
12 They who sit in the gate talk against me,—And [against me are] the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.
13 But as for me my prayer shall be unto thee, O Yahweh, in a time of acceptance, O God in the abounding of thy lovingkindness answer me with thy saving faithfulness.
14 Rescue me out of the mire lest I sink, Let me be rescued From my haters and From abysses of waters:
15 Let not a flood of waters overflow me And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close over me her mouth.
16 Answer me, O Yahweh, for good is thy lovingkindness, According to the abounding of thy compassions turn thou towards me:
17 Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress haste thee—answer me!
18 Oh draw near unto my soul—redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me.
19 Thou knowest my reproach and my shame and my confusion, Before thee are all mine adversaries.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart and I am weak,—Though I waited for one to pity me yet there was none, And for comforters yet I found not any.
21 But they put in my food—poison! And for my thirst they gave for my drink—vinegar!
22 Let their table before them become a snare, And unto their friends a lure;
23 Let their eyes become too dim to see, And their loins continually cause thou to shake;
24 Pour out over them thine indignation, And let the glow of thine anger overtake them:
25 Let their encampment become desolate, In their tents be there none to dwell:
26 For whom thou thyself hadst smitten they pursued, And unto the pain of thy wounded ones they must needs add.
27 Lay punishment on their iniquity, And let them not enter into thy righteousness;
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous let them not be enrolled.
29 I then am humbled and in pain, Thy salvation O God may it set me on high.
30 I will praise the Name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving;
31 So shall it be more pleasing to Yahweh than a bullock of the herd, Showing horn [and] divided hoof.
32 The humbled have seen—they rejoice! Ye seekers of God, let your heart then revive;
33 For a Hearkener to the needy is Yahweh, And his prisoners hath he not despised.
34 Let the heavens and the earth praise him, The seas, and everything that creepeth therein.
35 For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, So shall men dwell there and possess it:
36 Yea the seed of his servants shall inherit it, And the lovers of his Name shall settle down therein.
To the Chief Musician. David’s. To call to Remembrance.
70 [Be pleased] O God to rescue me, O Yahweh to help me—make haste.
2 Let them turn pale and then at once blush Who are seeking my life,—Let them draw back and be confounded, Who are taking pleasure in my misfortune;
3 Let them turn back on account of their own shame, Who are saying Aha! Aha!
4 Let all them be glad and rejoice in thee, Yea let them who are seekers of thee,—say continually God be magnified! Who are lovers of thy salvation.
5 But I being humbled and needy O God haste to me,—My help and my deliverer art thou, O Yahweh do not tarry.
71 In thee O Yahweh have I sought refuge, May I not be ashamed unto times age-abiding:
2 In thy righteousness wilt thou rescue me and deliver me, Incline unto me thine ear and save me:
3 Be thou unto me a Rock to dwell in, a Place of Security To save me, For my mountain crag and my stronghold thou art.
4 Oh my God, deliver me From the hand of the lawless one, From the clutch of the perverse and ruthless one;
5 For thou art my hope, My Lord, Yahweh, My confidence from my youthful days:
6 Upon thee have I stayed myself from birth, Thou art he that severed me from the body of my mother, Of thee shall be my praise—continually.
7 A very wonder have I been unto many, Seeing that thou hast been my strong refuge.
8 My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, All the day with thy splendour.
9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age, When my vigour faileth do not forsake me;
10 For mine enemies have spoken of me, And they who watch for my life have taken counsel together;
11 Saying God hath forsaken him, Pursue and take him For there is none to rescue.
12 O God, be not far from me, O my God, to help me make haste!
13 Let them be ashamed—be consumed Who are assailing my life,—Let them be covered with reproach and confusion Who are seeking my hurt.
14 But I continually will hope, And will add to all thy praise;
15 My mouth shall relate thy righteousness, All the day thy deliverance, For I know not the numbers.
16 I will enter into the mighty doings of My Lord—Yahweh, I will make mention of thy righteousness—thine alone.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youthful days, And hitherto have I been wont to tell of thy wonders;
18 Even now therefore that I am old and grayheaded O God do not forsake me,—Until I tell of thine arm unto a [new] generation, Unto every one that is to come thy might;
19 And as for thy righteousness, O God, up on high, Wherein thou hast wrought great things O God! who is like unto thee?
20 Thou who hast let us see many distresses and misfortunes Wilt again bring us to life, And out of the resounding depths of the earth wilt again raise us up;
21 Thou wilt increase my greatness And on every side wilt comfort me.
22 I also will praise thee by the aid of a harp, Thy faithfulness, O my God,—I will make music unto thee with a lyre, Thou holy one of Israel;
23 My lips shall make a joyful noise When I make music unto thee, And my soul which thou hast ransomed;
24 Even my tongue all the day shall softly utter thy righteousness, For they have turned pale—for they have blushed Who were seeking my hurt.
Solomon’s.
72 O God! thy justice give unto the king, And thy righteousness unto the son of a king;
2 May he judge Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;
3 May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness;
4 May he Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and Crush the oppressor.
5 Let men revere thee With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation.
6 Let him come down Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
7 May righteousness in his days blossom forth, And abundance of peace till there be no moon.
8 So let him have dominion From sea to sea, And from the River [“Euphrates”] unto the ends of the earth;
9 Before him let the men of the desert kneel, But as for his foes the dust let them lick;
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands A gift let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba A present let them bring;
11 Yea let all kings bow down unto him, Let all nations serve him;
12 Because he Rescueth The needy from the rich, The oppressed who hath no helper;
13 He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And the lives of the needy he Saveth:
14 From extortion and violence he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight.
15 Let him live then! And be there given unto him of the gold of Sheba,—Let prayer also be offered for him continually, All the day let him be blessed.
16 May there be an abundance of corn in the earth in the top of the mountains,—Let the fruit thereof wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots of the earth.
17 May his Name be age-abiding, In the presence of the sun let his Name flourish,—And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations pronounce him happy!
18 Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,—Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone;
19 And blessed be his glorious Name unto times age-abiding,—And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen!
20 Ended are the prayers of David son of Jesse.
BOOK THE THIRD.
A Melody of Asaph.
73 Nothing but good is God Unto Israel, Unto the pure in heart.
2 But as for me—My feet had almost stumbled, My steps had well-nigh slipped;
3 For I was envious of the boasters, At the prosperity of the lawless used I to look.
4 For they have no pangs in their death, And vigorous is their body;
5 Of the toil of weak mortals have they none, Nor with the sons of earth are they hard smitten.
6 For this cause doth arrogance deck them as a neck-chain, And a garment of wrong is their attire;
7 Their iniquity hath proceeded from fatness They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;
8 They mock and wickedly command oppression, From on high they command;
9 They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue marcheth through the earth.
10 Therefore must his people return thither, And the waters of abundance are drained by them;
11 And they say—How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
12 Lo! these are the lawless, Who are secure for an age, They have attained unto wealth.
13 Altogether in vain Have I cleansed my heart, And bathed in pureness my hands;
14 And yet been smitten all the day, And been rebuked morning by morning!
15 If I had thought I will relate it thus Lo! the circle of thy sons had I betrayed.
16 When I reasoned that I might understand this A vexation it was in mine eyes:
17 Until I could enter the holy places of God,—Could give heed to their hereafter:—
18 Surely in slippery places dost thou set them,—Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
19 How have they become desolate as in a moment! They have ceased—come to an end by reason of calamities.
20 As the dream of him that waketh O my Lord! when rousing thyself up their shadowy being wilt thou despise.
21 But my heart had grown embittered, And in my reins had I received wounds;
22 But I was brutish and could not perceive, Like the beasts had I become before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually before thee, Thou hast taken hold of my right hand;
24 By thy counsel wilt thou guide me, And afterwards unto glory wilt thou take me.
25 Whom have I in the heavens? And compared with thee there is nothing I desire on earth.
26 Failed have my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart—and my portion is God unto times age-abiding.
27 For lo! they who are far from thee shall perish, Thou hast put an end to every one who wandered unchastely from thee.
28 But as for me the drawing near of God is my blessedness,—I have made of My Lord Yahweh my refuge,—That I may recount all thy works.
An Instructive Psalm. Asaph’s.
74 Wherefore, O God, hast thou cast off utterly? Shall thine anger smoke against the flock of thine own pasturing?
2 Remember thine own assembly thou didst acquire aforetime, Thou didst redeem the tribe of thine own inheritance, Mount Zion, wherein thou didst take up thy habitation.
3 Lift up thy steps unto the places utterly unsafe, All the mischief!—the foe in the sanctuary!
4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine appointed meeting, They have set their ensigns as tokens!
5 One used to be known according as he carried up high—Into the thicket of trees—the axes;
6 But now the doors thereof all together with axes and hammers they batter down.
7 They have cast into the fire thy sanctuary, To the ground have they profaned the habitation of thy Name.
8 They have said in their heart, Let us suppress them altogether, They have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.
9 Our own signs have we not seen,—There is no longer a prophet,—Neither is there with us one who knoweth—How long!
10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy revile thy Name perpetually?
11 Wherefore shouldst thou withdraw thy hand—thy right hand? [Bring it] out of the midst of thy bosom! [Selah.
12 But God hath been my king from aforetime, Working Deliverances in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst cleave asunder in thy might the sea, Thou didst break in pieces the heads of the Crocodiles, [till they floated] on the waters;
14 Thou didst crush the heads of the Sea-Monster. Thou didst give him to be food for the people of the deserts;
15 Thou didst cleave open fountain and torrent, Thou didst dry up rivers of steady flow:
16 Thine is the day, Yea thine the night, Thou didst establish moon and sun;
17 Thou didst set up all the bounds of the earth, As for summer and winter thou didst form them!
18 Remember this, An enemy hath reproached Yahweh, Yea an impious people have reviled thy Name.
19 Do not deliver up to a wild beast the life of thy turtle-dove, The living host of thine oppressed ones do not forget perpetually.
20 Have respect to thy covenant, For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
21 May the crushed one not again be confounded, As for the oppressed and the needy let them praise thy Name.
22 Arise! O God, plead thine own cause, Remember the reproach of thee from the impious one all the day:
23 Do not forget the voice of thine adversaries, The noise of thine assailants ascending continually.
To the Chief Musician. “Do not Destroy.” A Melody of Asaph, a Song.
75 We have given thanks unto thee, O God, we have given thanks, And in calling upon thy Name men have recounted thy wonders.
2 Surely I will take a set time,—I with equity will judge:
3 Earth was melting away with all its inhabitants I have fixed the pillars thereof. [Selah.
4 I have said to the boasters, Do not boast, And to the lawless, Do not lift up a horn;
5 Do not lift up on high your horn, Nor speak of the Rock with arrogance;
6 For neither from east nor west, Nor from the wilderness of the mountains [cometh exaltation];
7 For God himself is about to judge, One he will cast down, Another he will lift up;
8 For a cup is in the hand of Yahweh Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another,—Surely the dregs thereof they shall drain out—they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.
9 But I will exult unto times age-abiding, I will sing praises unto the God of Jacob;
10 But all the horns of the lawless will I hew off,—Exalted shall be the horns of the Righteous One.
To the Chief Musician. With Stringed Instruments. A Melody of Asaph, a Song.
76 God is known in Judah, In Israel great is his Name;
2 Now hath come into Salem his pavilion, And his dwelling-place into Zion.
3 There hath he broken in pieces the arrows of the bow, Shield and sword and battle. [Selah.
4 Enveloped in light thou art more majestic than the mountains of prey.
5 The valiant of heart have become a spoil, They have slumbered their sleep, And none of the men of might have found their hands.
6 At thy rebuke O God of Jacob, Stunned are the horsemen.
7 As for thee to be feared thou art! Who then shall stand before thee because of the power of thine anger?
8 Out of the heavens didst thou cause judgment to be heard, Earth feared and was still:
9 When God rose up to judgment, To save all the oppressed of the earth. [Selah.
10 For the multitude of mankind shall give thanks unto thee, The remainder of the multitude shall keep holy festival unto thee.
11 Vow and pay unto Yahweh your God,—Let all who are round about him Bear along a gift unto him who is to be revered.
12 He cutteth off the spirit of nobles. He is of reverend majesty to the kings of the earth.
To the Chief Musician. On “Jeduthun.” Asaph’s, a Melody.
77 With my voice—unto God will I make outcry, With my voice unto God and he will give ear unto me;
2 In the day of my distress—unto My Lord will I seek, My hand by night hath been outstretched and never once became slack, My soul hath refused to be consoled;
3 I remember God and I murmur, I muse and my spirit swooneth. [Selah.
4 Thou hast held watching mine eyes, I was driven to and fro and could not speak;
5 I reasoned Of the days of aforetime, Of the years of by-gone ages;
6 I remember my song in the night,—With my own heart I commune, And my spirit maketh search:—
7 For ages will My Lord reject? And not again grant acceptance any more?
8 Hath his lovingkindness come to a perpetual end? Hath his word failed to generation after generation?
9 Hath God forgotten to shew favour? Or hath he shut up in anger his compassions? [Selah.
10 Then said I—An affliction to me it is, The changing of the right hand of the Most High.
11 I will remember the doings of Yah, Surely I will remember out of aforetime thy wonderful way;
12 And will talk to myself of all thy work, And of thy doings will I muse:—
13 O God in the sanctuary is thy way,—Who is a great God like Elohim?
14 Thou art God doing wonderfully,—Thou hast made known among the peoples thy might;
15 Thou didst redeem with thine arm—Thy people, Thy sons of Jacob and Joseph. [Selah.
16 The waters saw thee, O God, The waters saw thee, They were in birth-throes, Yea the resounding deeps were stirred;
17 The clouds poured down waters, The skies uttered a voice, Yea thine arrows flew hither and thither;
18 The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, Thy lightnings illumined the world, The earth trembled and quaked;
19 In the sea was thy way And thy path in the mighty waters, And thy footprints could not be known:
20 Thou didst lead like a flock thy people, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
An Instructive Psalm. Asaph’s.
78 Give ear, O my people, to mine instruction, Bend your ear to the sayings of my mouth;
2 I will open in a parable my mouth, I will pour forth enigmas out of antiquity;—
3 Which we have heard and come to know, And our fathers have recounted to us;
4 We will not withhold [them] from their children, To a later generation recounting the praises of Yahweh, Even his might and his wonders which he wrought;
5 When he set up a testimony in Jacob And a law appointed in Israel,—Which he commanded our fathers, That they might make them known to their children;
6 To the end A later generation might come to know, Children who should be born, Who should arise and recount [them] to their children;
7 That they might set in Elohim their confidence,—And not forget the doings of El, But his commandments might observe;
8 And not become like their fathers a generation stubborn and rebellious,—A generation that fixed not their heart, Neither was their spirit faithful with God.
9 The sons of Ephraim—armed bowmen Turned in the day of battle;
10 They kept not the covenant of God, And in his law refused to walk;
11 And forgat His doings, And his wonders which he had shewed them:
12 In presence of their fathers wrought he wondrously,—In the land of Egypt—the field of Zoan:
13 He clave the sea and caused them to pass through, And reared up the waters like a mound;
14 And led them by a cloud in the daytime, And all the night by a light of fire;
15 He used to cleave rocks in the desert, And let them drink as out of mighty deeps;
16 And he brought forth streams out of the cliff, And caused waters to flow down like rivers.
17 But again once more sinned they against him, Resisting the Most High in a land of drought:
18 They put God to the proof in their heart, By asking food to their mind:
19 Yea they spake against Elohim,—They said, Can God prepare a table in the desert?
20 Lo! he hath smitten a rock And waters have gushed out, Yea torrents have rushed along,—Food also can he give? Or provide flesh for his people?
21 Therefore Yahweh hearkened and became wroth,—And a fire was kindled against Jacob, Moreover also anger mounted against Israel;
22 Because They believed not in God, Nor trusted in his salvation;
23 Though he had commanded the skies above, And the doors of the heavens had opened;
24 And had rained on them manna to eat, And the corn of the heavens had given to them:
25 The food of the mighty each one did eat, Nourishment sent he them to the full;
26 He let loose an east wind in the heavens, Then guided he in his might a south wind;
27 And rained upon them flesh as the dust, And like the sand of the seas birds of wing;
28 And let them fall in the midst of their camp,—Round about their habitations.
29 So they did eat and were abundantly filled, When what they longed for he had brought them:—
30 They had not turned away from what they had longed for, Yet was their food in their mouth
31 When the anger of God mounted against them And he slew of their vigorous youths, And the choice young men of Israel caused he to bow down in death.
32 For all this sinned they still, And believed not in his wonders;
33 So he ended in a breath their days, And their years, in a sudden terror!
34 If he slew [of] them then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek God;
35 And remembered that Elohim was their rock, Yea EL Most High their Redeemer:
36 So they spake him fair with their mouth, And with their tongue did promise him falsely;
37 But their heart was not fixed with him, Nor were they trusty in his covenant:
38 Yet he full of compassion would put a propitiatory-covering over iniquity and not destroy,—Yea many a time turned he back his anger, And would not stir up all his wrath.
39 So then he remembered That Flesh they were, A Wind departing that returneth not.
40 How often they Resisted him in the desert, Vexed him in the waste:
41 Yea they again put God to the test, And to the Holy One of Israel caused they sorrow:
42 They remembered not his hand—The day When he ransomed them from the adversary;
43 When he set in Egypt his signs, And his wonders in the plain of Zoan;
44 When he turned, into blood their Nile-streams, And their own rivers could they not drink;
45 He sent among them The gad-fly and it devoured them, And the frog and it despoiled them;
46 When he gave to the corn-locust their produce, And their toil to the swarming locust;
47 He killed with hail their vine, And their sycomores, with frost:
48 When he gave up to hail-storms their beasts, And their cattle, to pestilent fevers;
49 He sent among them the heat of his anger, Wrath and indignation and distress,—A mission of messengers of misfortune:
50 He levelled a path for his anger,—Withheld not from death their soul, But their life—to the pestilence he delivered:
51 So he smote Every first-born in Egypt, The beginning of their strength, in the tents of Ham;
52 And he set forth, like sheep, his people, And guided them like a flock in the desert;
53 Yea he led them securely and they dreaded not, And their enemies the sea did cover.
54 Then brought he them within his own holy bounds, The mountain-range which his right hand made his own:
55 So he drave out before them [whole] nations, And allotted them, by line, an inheritance, And caused to dwell in their own homes the tribes of Israel.
56 But they tested and resisted God Most High, And his testimonies did not observe;
57 But drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers, They turned aside like deceitful bowmen;
58 And provoked him to anger with their high places, And with their images used to move him to jealousy.
59 God heard and was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;
60 So he gave up the habitation of Shiloh, The tent he had set up among Men;
61 Yea he gave up into captivity his strength, And his beauty into the hand of an adversary;
62 And delivered up to the sword his people, And with his own inheritance was he wroth;
63 His young men were devoured by fire, And his virgins were not praised in song;
64 His priests by the sword did fall, And his widows were not able to bewail.
65 Then awoke as one that had slept Adonay, As a warrior exulting with wine!
66 So he smote his adversaries in the rear, Reproach age-abiding laid he upon them.
67 Howbeit he rejected the tent of Joseph, And the tribe of Ephraim did not choose:
68 But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion which he loved;
69 And built like the heights his sanctuary, Like the earth he founded it to times age-abiding.
70 And made choice of David his servant, And took him from among the folds of the sheep:
71 From after the sucking ewes he brought him in,—To be shepherd to Jacob his people, And to Israel, his inheritance.
72 So he did shepherd them according to the singleness of his heart, And with the discernment of his hands used he to guide them.
A Melody of Asaph.
79 O God, nations Have entered thine inheritance, Have profaned thy holy temple,—Have laid Jerusalem in heaps:
2 They have given The dead bodies of thy servants As food for the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy men of lovingkindness, Unto the wild beast of the earth:
3 They have poured out their blood like water Round about Jerusalem, With none to bury.
4 We have become A reproach to our neighbours,—A mockery and a derision, to them who are round about us.
5 How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou be angry utterly? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy wrath Upon the nations that have not known thee,—and Upon the kingdoms that on thy Name have not called.
7 For he hath devoured Jacob,—And his dwelling-place have they laid waste.
8 Do not remember against us former iniquities,—Haste thee, let thy compassions come to meet us, For we have been brought very low!
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, On account of the glory of thy Name,—Rescue us then and put a propitiatory-covering over our sins, For the sake of thy Name.
10 Wherefore should the nations say—Where is their God? Let him be known among the nations before our eyes! [Yea! by] the avenging of the blood of thy servants which hath been shed!
11 Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before thee,—According to the greatness of thine arm Set free them who are appointed to death.
12 Return therefore unto our neighbours—Sevenfold into their own bosom The reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Adonay!
13 So we, thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee to times age-abiding,—To generation after generation will we recount thy praise.
To the Chief Musician. For “the Lilies of Testimony.” Asaph’s. A Melody.
80 O Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Thou who leddest forth Joseph like a flock, Thou who art throned on the cherubim appear!
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.
3 O God, bring us back, And light up thy face That we may be saved.
4 O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
6 Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And our foes find mockery for themselves.
7 O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
8 A vine out of Egypt thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
9 Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots and filled up the land;
10 Covered were the mountains with its shade, And with its boughs the mighty cedars.
11 It thrust forth its branches as far as the sea,—And unto the River its shoots.
12 Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
13 The boar out of the forest browseth upon it, And the wild beast of the field pastureth thereon.
14 O God of hosts, return, we pray thee,—Look down out of the heavens and see, And inspect this vine:
15 Yea the stock which thy right hand planted, Even upon the son thou didst secure for thyself.
16 To be burned with fire it is cut down,—At the rebuke of thy countenance they will perish.
17 Let thy hand be Upon the Man of thy right hand, Upon the Son of Man thou didst secure for thyself;
18 So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And on thy Name will we call.
19 O Yahweh, God of hosts! bring us back, Light up thy face, That we may be saved.
To the Chief Musician. On “the Gittith.” Asaph’s.
81 Shout ye for joy unto God our strength, Sound the note of triumph to the God of Jacob;
2 Raise a melody and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet with the harp:
3 Blow at the new moon the horn, At the full moon for the day of our sacred festival:
4 For a statute to Israel it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;
5 A testimony in Joseph he appointed it When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not used I to hear;
6 I took away from the burden his shoulder, His hands from the clay were set free.
7 In distress thou didst cry and I delivered thee,—I answered thee within a hiding-place of thunder, I proved thee by the waters of Meribah. [Selah.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will adjure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me!
9 There shall not be within thee a foreign God,—Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange God:
10 I Yahweh am thy God Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,—Open wide thy mouth, that I may fill it.
11 But my people hearkened not unto my voice, Even Israel inclined not unto me.
12 So then I let them go on in the stubbornness of their own heart, They might walk in their own counsels!
13 If my people were hearkening unto me, [If] Israel in my ways would walk
14 Right soon their foes would I subdue, And against their adversaries would I turn my hand:
15 The haters of Yahweh should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!
16 Then would he feed them from the marrow of the wheat, Yea out of the rock—with honey would I satisfy thee.
A Melody of Asaph.
82 God hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods will he judge.
2 How long will ye judge perversely And the countenances of the lawless uplift? [Selah.
3 Vindicate the weak and the fatherless, The oppressed and the poor see righted;
4 Deliver the weak and the needy, Out of the hand of the lawless make rescue.
5 They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake!
6 I said, Gods ye are, Yea sons of the Highest are ye all;
7 But indeed like the earth-born shall ye die! And like one of the princes shall ye fall!
8 Arise! O God, judge thou the earth, For thou wilt inherit all the nations.
A Song, a Melody of Asaph.
83 O God, Do not keep quiet, Do not hold thy peace Neither be thou still, O God!
2 For lo! thine enemies are tumultuous, And they who hate thee have lifted up the head;
3 Against thy people they craftily devise a secret plot, And conspire against thy treasured ones.
4 They have said—Come and let us wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.
5 For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee—a covenant would they solemnize—
6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites Of Moab and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, The Philistines with the dwellers in Tyre;
8 Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. [Selah.
9 Make them like Midian, Like Sisera, like Jabin by the torrent of Kishon;
10 They perished at En-dor, They become manure for the soil!
11 Make them—their nobles—like Oreb and like Zeeb, And like Zebah and like Zalmunna all their princes:
12 Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves The pastures of God!
13 O my God, make them As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
14 As a fire burneth a forest,—And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze
15 So wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest,—And with thy storm-wind wilt terrify them:
16 Fill thou their faces with dishonour, That men may seek thy Name, O Yahweh;
17 Let them turn pale and be terrified to futurity, Yea let them blush and perish:
18 That men may know that thou Whose Name alone is Yahweh Art Most High over all the earth.
To the Chief Musician. On “the Gittith.” For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.
84 How lovely are thy habitations, O Yahweh of hosts!
2 My soul longeth—yea even languisheth—for the courts of Yahweh,—My heart and my flesh shout aloud for a Living God.
3 Even the sparrow hath found a home And the swallow a nest for herself where she hath laid her young, Thine altars, O Yahweh of hosts, My king and my God!
4 How happy are they who abide in thy house,—Still are they praising thee. [Selah.
5 How happy the men whose strength is in thee, Festive processions are in their heart.
6 Passing through the balsam-vale A place of fountains they make it, Yea with blessings is it covered by the early rain.
7 They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.
8 O Yahweh, God of hosts, hear thou my prayer,—Give hear, thou God of Jacob. [Selah.
9 Our Shield behold thou, O God, And look upon the face of thine Anointed One.
10 For better is a day in thy courts than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.
11 For a sun and shield is Yahweh God,—Grace and glory will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good from them who walk without blame.
12 O Yahweh of hosts! How happy the man who trusteth in thee!
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.
85 Thou hast accepted, O Yahweh, thy land, Thou hast brought back the captives of Jacob;
2 Thou hast taken away the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. [Selah.
3 Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thine anger.
4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, And take away thy vexation towards us.
5 To times age-abiding wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger from generation to generation?
6 Wilt not thou thyself again give us life, That thy people may rejoice in thee.
7 Shew us, O Yahweh, thy lovingkindness, And thy salvation wilt thou grant us.
8 I will hear what God—Yahweh—will speak,—For he will bespeak prosperity to his people And to his men of lovingkindness, And to them who return with their heart unto him.
9 Surely near unto them who revere him is his salvation, That the Glory may settle down in our land.
10 Lovingkindness and faithfulness have met together, Righteousness and prosperity have kissed each other;
11 Faithfulness out of the earth doth spring forth, And righteousness out of the heavens hath looked down.
12 Yahweh himself too will give us the blessing, And our land shall yield her increase.
13 Righteousness before him shall march along,—That he may make into a way the steps of its feet.
A Prayer. David’s.
86 Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear—answer me, For oppressed and needy am I;
2 O guard my life For a man of lovingkindness am I,—Save thy servant, O thou my God, [Thy servant] who trusteth in thee;
3 Shew me favour, O My Lord, For unto thee do I cry all the day;
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant, For unto thee O My Lord my soul do I lift.
5 For thou O My Lord art good and forgiving And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon thee.
6 Give ear, O Yahweh, unto my prayer, And attend unto the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my distress will I call upon thee, For thou wilt answer me.
8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O My Lord, And nothing like thy works.
9 All nations whom thou hast made Shall come in and bow down before thee, O My Lord, That they may glorify thy Name.
10 For great thou art and doest wondrous things, Thou, O God, of thyself alone.
11 Point out to me, O Yahweh, thy way, I will walk steadfastly in thy truth, My heart will rejoice to revere thy Name.
12 I will give thee thanks, Adonay, my God, with all my heart, And will glorify thy Name unto times age-abiding.
13 For thy lovingkindness is great towards me, And thou hast rescued my soul from Hades beneath.
14 O God, the insolent have arisen against me, And the assembly of tyrants have sought my life, And have not set thee before them.
15 But thou O My Lord art A God of compassion and favour, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and faithfulness.
16 Turn thou unto me and shew me favour,—Give thy strength to thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
17 Perform with me a token for good,—That they who hate me may see and be ashamed, In that thou Yahweh hast helped me and comforted me.
For the Sons of Korah. A Melody, a Song.
87 His foundation is in the holy mountains:
2 Yahweh loveth the gates of Zion, More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are to be spoken of thee, O city of God. [Selah.
4 I will mention Rahab and Babylon to them who know me—Lo! Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia, This one was born there.
5 But of Zion it shall be said—This man and that were born in her, And the Highest himself shall establish her.
6 Yahweh will record when he enrolleth the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah.
7 As well the singers as the flute-players [are saying],—All my springs are in thee!
A Song, a Melody. For the Sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. On “Mahalath.” For alternate Song. An Instructive Psalm. By Heman the Ezrahite.
88 O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day have I made outcry, In the night [also] before thee.
2 Let my prayer come into thy presence, Bow down thine ear to my loud cry.
3 For my soul is sated with misfortunes, And my life—unto Hades hath drawn near;
4 I am counted with them who descend into the pit, I have become as a man that is without help;
5 Among the dead is my couch,—Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea they from thy hand are cut off;
6 Thou hast laid me In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps:
7 Upon me hath rested thine indignation, And with all thy breakers hast thou caused affliction. [Selah.
8 Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me,—Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up and I cannot go forth!
9 Mine eye hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out unto thee my hands.
10 For the dead wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall the shades arising give thee thanks? [Selah.
11 Shall Thy lovingkindness be recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness, in destruction?
12 Shall any wonder of thine be known in the dark? Or thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I unto thee O Yahweh have cried for help, And in the morning my prayer will confront thee!
14 Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me?
15 Afflicted have I been and dying from youth, I have borne the terror of thee—I shall be distracted!
16 Over me have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;
17 They have surrounded me like waters all the day, They have come circling against me together:
18 Thou hast far removed from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintances are in darkness.
An Instructive Psalm, by Ethan the Ezrahite.
89 The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh age-abidingly will I sing, To generation after generation will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth.
2 For I said, To times age-abiding shall lovingkindness be built up, As for the heavens thou wilt establish thy faithfulness therein.
3 I have solemnised a covenant for my chosen one, I have sworn unto David my servant:
4 Unto times age-abiding will I establish thy seed, And will build up unto generation after generation thy throne. [Selah.
5 So shall the heavens praise thy wondrousness, O Yahweh,—Yea thy faithfulness in the convocation of holy ones.
6 For whom in the skies can one compare unto Yahweh? [Or] can one liken unto Yahweh, among the sons of the mighty?
7 A God inspiring awe in the circle of the holy ones exceedingly, And to be reverenced above all who are round about him.
8 O Yahweh, God of hosts! Who like thee is mighty, O Yah! With thy faithfulness round about thee:
9 Thou rulest over the swelling of the sea, When the rolling waves thereof lift themselves Thou dost bid them be still:
10 Thou hast crushed—as one slain—Rahab, With thy strong arm hast thou scattered thy foes.
11 Thine are the heavens Yea thine the earth, The world and the fulness thereof Thou didst found them;
12 The north and the south Thou didst create them,—Tabor and Hermon with thy Name shall shout for joy:
13 Thine is an arm with might, Strong is thy hand, High is thy right hand;
14 Righteousness and justice are the establishing of thy throne, Lovingkindness and faithfulness go before thy face.
15 How happy are the people who know the joyful sound! O Yahweh! in the light of thy countenance shall they firmly march along;
16 In thy Name shall they exult all the day, And in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For the beauty of their strength thou art, And in thine acceptance shall our horns be exalted.
18 For to Yahweh belongeth our Shield, And to the Holy One of Israel belongeth our King.
19 Then spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness And saidst—I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people;
20 I have found David my servant, With mine own holy oil have I anointed him;
21 With whom my hand shall be firm, Yea mine arm shall strengthen him;
22 No foe shall make exactions on him, Nor shall a son of perversity humiliate him;
23 And I will shatter from before him his adversaries, And them who hate him will I smite;
24 And my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him, And in my Name exalted shall be his horn;
25 And I will set in the sea his hand, And in the rivers his right hand;
26 He shall cry out unto me, My Father thou art, My God, and my Rock of Salvation!
27 Yea I will appoint him firstborn, Most High to the kings of the earth!
28 Age-abidingly will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And my covenant hath been made steadfast for him;
29 Therefore will I appoint to futurity his seed, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 If his sons forsake my law, And in my regulations do not walk;
31 If my statutes they profane, And my commandments do not keep
32 Then will I punish with a rod their transgression; And with stripes their iniquity:
33 But my lovingkindness will I not frustrate from them, Neither will I falsify my faithfulness;
34 I will not violate my covenant, And that which hath proceeded out of my lips will I not alter:
35 One thing have I sworn by my holiness, Verily to David will I not lie;
36 His seed age-abidingly shall remain, And his throne be like the sun before me;
37 Like the moon shall it be established unto times age-abiding, And a witness in the skies hath been made sure. [Selah.
38 Yet thou thyself hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine Anointed One!
39 Thou hast cast down the covenant of thy Servant, Thou hast profaned to the earth his crown;
40 Thou hast broken down all his defences, Thou hast laid his fortresses in ruins;
41 All the passers by the way have plundered him, He hath become a reproach to his neighbours;
42 Thou hast raised the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast gladdened all his enemies;
43 Yea thou hast turned the edge of his sword, Neither hast thou caused him to stand in the battle;
44 Thou hast brought to an end his splendour, And his throne—to the ground hast thou hurled;
45 Thou hast shortened the days of his youths,—Thou hast covered him with shame. [Selah.
46 How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation burn like fire?
47 Remember how short-lived I am, Wherefore in vain hast thou created all the sons of Adam?
48 Who is the man that shall live and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. [Selah.
49 Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? Thou didst swear unto David, in thy faithfulness!
50 Remember, O My Lord, the reproach of thy servants, I have carried in my bosom the insult of the peoples:
51 In that thy foes have reproached, O Yahweh, In that they have reproached the footsteps of thine Anointed One!
52 Blessed be Yahweh to times age-abiding, Amen and Amen!
BOOK THE FOURTH.
A Prayer by Moses, the Man of God.
90 Lord! a dwelling-place hast thou become to us From generation to generation:
2 Before the mountains were born Or thou hadst brought forth the earth and the world Even from age unto age thou [wast] God.
3 Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons of Adam!
4 For a thousand years in thine eyes [are] As yesterday in that it passed away, Or [as] a watch in the night.
5 Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep do they become, In the morning [they are] like grass that shooteth up,
6 In the morning it sprouteth and shooteth up, By the evening it is cut down and withered.
7 For we are consumed in thine anger, And in thy wrath are we dismayed;
8 Thou hast set Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.
9 For all our days decline in thy wrath,—We end our years like a sigh.
10 The days of our years have in them three score years and ten, And if by reason of strength they have fourscore years Yet their boast is labour and sorrow, For it hath passed quickly and we have flown away.
11 Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even according to the fear of thee is thy wrath!
12 How to number our days so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.
13 Return, Yahweh, oh how long? And have compassion upon thy servants;
14 Satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may shout aloud and be glad Throughout all our days.
15 Make us glad according to The days thou hast humbled us, The years we have seen misfortune:
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy majesty upon their children;
17 And let the delightfulness of Adonay our God be upon us,—And the work of our hands establish thou upon us, Yea the work of our hands establish thou it.
91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Under the shadow of the Almighty will tarry,
2 Saying of Yahweh—My refuge and my fortress, My God in whom I will trust.
3 For he will rescue thee From the snare of the fowler, From the destructive pestilence.
4 With his pinion will he cover thee And under his wings shalt thou seek refuge, A shield and buckler is his faithfulness.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid Of the dread of the night, Of the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Of the pestilence that in darkness doth walk, Of the plague that layeth waste at noonday.
7 There shall fall at thy side a thousand, Yea myriads at thy right hand, Unto thee shall it not come nigh;
8 Save only with thine own eyes shalt thou discern And the recompense of the lawless shalt thou see.
9 Because thou [hast made] Yahweh my refuge,—The Most High thou hast made thy dwelling-place
10 There shall not be sent unto thee misfortune, Nor shall plague come near into thy tent;
11 For his messengers will he charge concerning thee, To keep thee in all thy ways;
12 On hands will they bear thee up Lest thou strike against a stone thy foot;
13 On the lion and adder shalt thou tread, Shalt trample on young lion and crocodile.
14 Because on me he hath set firm his love Therefore will I deliver him, I will set him on high Because he hath known my Name;
15 He shall call me and I will answer him, With him will I be in distress, I will rescue him and will honour him;
16 With length of days will I satisfy him, And will shew him my salvation.
A Melody, a Song, For the Sabbath-day.
92 It is good to give thanks to Yahweh, And to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most High;
2 To declare in the morning thy lovingkindness, And thy faithfulness at night;
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon a harp, With resounding music on the lyre.
4 For thou hast made me glad, O Yahweh, in thy doing, In the works of thy hands will I shout for joy.
5 How great have grown thy works, Yahweh, [How] very deep are laid thy plans!
6 A man that is brutish cannot know, And a dullard cannot discern this:—
7 When the lawless do thrive like grass And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
8 But thou shalt be on high age-abidingly, O Yahweh.
9 For lo! thine enemies, Yahweh, For lo! thine enemies shall perish, They shall be scattered—all the workers of iniquity;
10 But thou wilt exalt as [those of] the buffalo, my horn, I have been anointed, with fresh oil.
11 So hath mine eye descried them who were lying in wait for me,—Of my wicked assailants mine ears shall hear.
12 The righteous like the palm-tree shall thrive, Like the cedar in Lebanon shall he grow;
13 They who are planted in the house of Yahweh In the courts of our God shall flourish;
14 Still shall they bear fruit in old age, Vigorous and fresh shall they be:
15 To declare that upright is Yahweh, My Rock, and no perversity in him.
93 Yahweh hath become king, With majesty is he clothed,—Clothed is Yahweh, With strength hath he girded himself, Surely he hath fixed the world, It shall not be shaken.
2 Established hath been thy throne from of old, From age-past times thou art.
3 The floods have lifted up, O Yahweh, The floods have lifted up—their voice, The floods have lifted up—their dashing waves.
4 With the sounds of many waters Majestic are the breakers of the sea, Majestic on high is Yahweh.
5 Thy testimonies are strongly confirmed, To thy house befitting is holiness, O Yahweh—to length of days.
94 O God of avenging—Yahweh, God of avenging, shine forth:
2 Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud.
3 How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?
4 They pour forth [words], they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity do boast:
5 Thy people O Yahweh they will crush, And thine inheritance tread down;
6 The widow and sojourner they will slay, And the fatherless murder.
7 Yet have they said—Yah doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not understand.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people, And ye dullards when will ye show discretion?
9 He that planteth the ear shall he not hear? Or that fashioneth the eye shall he not have power to see?
10 He that correcteth nations shall he not reprove? He that teacheth man knowledge!
11 Yahweh knoweth the plans of men, That they are a breath!
12 How happy the man whom thou correctest, O Yah! And whom out of thy law thou instructest!
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged—for the lawless one—a pit.
14 For Yahweh will not abandon his people, And his inheritance will he not forsake;
15 For unto righteousness shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will make a stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 If Yahweh had not been a help to me Soon had sunk into silence—my soul!
18 If I say My foot hath slipped Thy lovingkindness O Yahweh supporteth me.
19 In the multitude of my cares within me Thy consolations delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression by statute?
21 They make an attack on the life of the righteous one,—And innocent blood they condemn.
22 But Yahweh hath become for me a high tower, And my God my rock of refuge.
23 Thus hath he brought back on them their iniquity And by their own wickedness will he destroy them, Destroy them will Yahweh our God.
95 Come, let us make a joyful noise to Yahweh, Let us shout in triumph to the rock of our salvation!
2 O let us come before his face with thanksgiving, With the sounds of strings let us shout aloud to him.
3 For a great God is Yahweh, And a great king above all gods.
4 In whose hand are the hidden recesses of the earth, And the peaks of the mountains are his;
5 Whose is the sea for he made it, And the dry land his hands did form.
6 Enter! let us bow down and bend low, Let us kneel before Yahweh our maker;
7 For he is our God And we are the people of his pasture and the flock of his hand. To-day if to his voice ye will hearken
8 Do not harden your heart as at Meribah, As on the day of Massah, in the desert;
9 When your fathers tested me, They proved me, yea they also saw what I could do.
10 Forty years loathed I that generation So I said—A people going astray in heart they are, Even they have not known my ways!
11 And I sware in mine anger,—Verily they shall not enter into my rest.
96 Sing to Yahweh a song that is new, Sing to Yahweh all the earth;
2 Sing to Yahweh, bless ye his Name,—Tell the tidings from day to day of his salvation:
3 Recount Among the nations his glory, Among all the peoples his wonders.
4 For great is Yahweh and worthy to be mightily praised, To be revered is he above all gods;
5 For all the gods of the peoples are things of nought,—But Yahweh made the heavens.
6 Praise and majesty are before him, Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Give to Yahweh, ye families of the peoples, Give to Yahweh, glory and strength;
8 Give to Yahweh the glory of his Name, Bring a present and enter his courts;
9 Bow down to Yahweh in the adornment of holiness, Be in anguish at his presence, all the earth!
10 Say among the nations, Yahweh hath become King, Surely he hath fixed the world, It shall not be shaken, He will judge the peoples with equity.
11 Let the heavens rejoice and the earth exult, Let the sea roar and the fulness thereof;
12 Let the field leap for joy and all that is therein, Then shall all the trees of the forest shout in triumph
13 Before Yahweh for he is coming, For he is coming to judge the earth,—He will judge the world in righteousness, And the peoples in his faithfulness.
97 Yahweh hath become king, Let the earth exult, Let the multitude of coastlands rejoice.
2 Clouds and thick darkness are round about him, Righteousness and justice are the establishing of his throne.
3 Fire before him proceedeth, That it may consume round about his adversaries.
4 His lightnings have illumined the world, The earth hath seen and hath trembled;
5 The mountains like wax have melted At the presence of Yahweh, At the presence of the Lord of all the earth.
6 The heavens have declared his righteousness,—And all the peoples have seen his glory.
7 Let all who serve an image be ashamed, They who boast themselves in things of nought, Bow down unto him, all ye gods.
8 Zion hath heard and rejoiced And the daughters of Judah have exulted, Because of thy righteous decisions, O Yahweh:
9 For thou Yahweh art Most High over all the earth, Greatly hast thou exalted thyself above all gods.
10 Ye lovers of Yahweh! be haters of wrong,—He preserveth the lives of his men of lovingkindness, From the hand of the lawless will he rescue them.
11 Light is sown for the righteous one, And for the upright in heart rejoicing:
12 Rejoice, ye righteous, in Yahweh, And give ye thanks at the mention of his holiness.
A Melody.
98 Sing to Yahweh a song that is new For wonderful things hath he done, His own right hand and his holy arm have brought him salvation.
2 Yahweh hath made known his salvation, Before the eyes of the nations hath he revealed his righteousness:
3 He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness towards the house of Israel,—All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
4 Shout aloud to Yahweh all the earth, Break forth and make a joyful noise and sweep the strings;
5 Sweep the strings to Yahweh With the lyre, With the lyre and the voice of melody;
6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn Shout aloud before the king—Yahweh.
7 Let the sea roar and the fulness thereof, The world and they who dwell therein;
8 Let the floods clap their hands, Together let the mountains make a joyful noise
9 Before Yahweh for he is coming—to judge the earth,—He will judge the world in righteousness, And the peoples with equity.
99 Yahweh hath become king, Let the peoples tremble, He is enthroned on the cherubim, Let the earth shake.
2 Yahweh in Zion is great, And high is he over all the peoples.
3 Let them thank his Name—great and reverend, Holy is he!
4 Yea with the strength of a king—justice he loveth,—Thou hast established equity, Justice and righteousness in Jacob thou hast wrought.
5 Exalt Yahweh our God And bow down at his footstool, Holy is he!
6 Moses and Aaron [were] among his priests And Samuel [was] among them who were calling upon his Name, Who were calling upon Yahweh, and he used to answer them:
7 In the pillar of cloud used he to speak unto them, They kept his testimonies and the statute he gave them.
8 O Yahweh our God! thou answeredst them,—A pardoning God thou becamest to them, Yet one bringing vengeance on their deeds.
9 Exalt Yahweh our God And bow down towards his holy mountain, For holy is Yahweh our God.
A Melody for Thanksgiving.
100 Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth:
2 Serve Yahweh with rejoicing, Enter before him, with shouts of triumph.
3 Know that Yahweh, he is God,—He made us and not we ourselves, His people and the flock of his pasture.
4 Enter ye his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise, Give ye thanks to him, bless ye his Name;
5 For good is Yahweh, Age-abiding is his lovingkindness, And unto generation after generation his faithfulness.
David’s. A Melody.
101 Of lovingkindness and of justice will I sing! Unto thee O Yahweh will I touch the strings!
2 I will behave myself wisely in a blameless way, When wilt thou come in unto me? I will walk to and fro in the blamelessness of my heart,—in the midst of my house:
3 I will not set before mine eyes a vile thing,—The doing of them who fall away I hate, It shall not cleave unto me;
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me, A maker of mischief will I not acknowledge;
5 He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend Him will I root out; One of lofty eyes and of an ambitious heart Him shall I not be able to endure.
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land That they may dwell with me,—He that walketh in a blameless way He shall attend me.
7 There shall not dwell in the midst of my house One who worketh deceit,—He that speaketh falsehoods shall not be established before mine eyes;
8 Morning by morning will I uproot All the lawless ones of the land, That I may cut off out of the city of Yahweh—All the workers of iniquity.
A Prayer for the Humbled One when he is about to faint, and before Yahweh poureth out his grief.
102 O Yahweh, hear thou my prayer, And let my cry for help unto thee enter in.
2 Do not hide thy face from me In the day when I am in distress,—Bend down unto me thine ear, In the day when I call speedily answer me.
3 For consumed in smoke are my days, And my bones like a burning mass are scorched through;
4 Smitten like herbage so is my heart dried up, For I have forgotten to eat my food.
5 At the noise of my groaning my bone hath cleaved to my flesh:
6 I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.
7 I have watched and am become Like a bird sitting alone upon a house-top.
8 All the day have mine enemies reproached me, And they who are mad against me by me have sworn.
9 For ashes—like bread have I eaten, And my drink—with my tears have I mingled;
10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath, For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 My days are like a shadow extended, And I as green herbage do wither.
12 But thou O Yahweh age-abidingly wilt remain, And the memorial of thee to generation after generation.
13 Thou wilt arise, wilt have compassion upon Zion, Surely it is time to favour her, Surely the time appointed hath come;
14 Seeing that thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And her dust they favour:
15 That the nations may revere thy Name, O Yahweh, And all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When Yahweh hath built up Zion, Hath appeared in his glory;
17 Hath turned towards the prayer of the destitute, And not despised their prayer
18 This shall be written for a later generation, And a people to be created will give praise unto Yah:—
19 That he looked down out of his holy height, Yahweh from the heavens unto the earth directed his gaze;—
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free them who were appointed to death.
21 To the end the Name of Yahweh might be celebrated in Zion And his praise in Jerusalem:
22 When the peoples gather themselves together, And the kingdoms to serve Yahweh.
23 He hath prostrated in the way my strength,—He hath shortened my days.
24 I said, O my God, do not remove me in the midst of my days, Throughout the generation of generations are thy years;
25 Of old—the earth thou didst found, And the work of thy hands are the heavens;
26 They shall perish But thou wilt abide; And they all like a garment shall fall in pieces, As a vesture wilt thou change them and they shall vanish;
27 But thou art the same,—And thy years shall have no end:
28 The children of thy servants shall continue,—And their seed before thee be established.
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103 Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,—And all that is within me his holy Name;
2 Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, And forget not all his dealings:—
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquity, Who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth from destruction thy life, Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and compassion:
5 Who satisfieth with good thine age, Thy youth reneweth itself like an eagle.
6 Yahweh is one who executeth righteousness, Yea vindication for all the oppressed.
7 Who made known his ways unto Moses, Unto the sons of Israel his doings.
8 Compassionate and gracious is Yahweh,—Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.
9 Not perpetually will he contend, Nor age-abidingly retain anger;
10 Not according to our sins hath he dealt with us, Nor according to our iniquities hath he treated us.
11 For as the heavens are exalted over the earth His lovingkindness hath prevailed over them who revere him;
12 As far as East from West Hath he put far from us our transgressions;
13 Like the compassion of a father for his children Is the compassion of Yahweh for them who revere him;
14 For he knoweth how we are formed, He is mindful that dust we are.
15 As for man like grass are his days, Like the blossom of the field so doth he blossom;
16 For a wind hath passed over it and it is gone, And its own place is acquainted with it no more.
17 But the lovingkindness of Yahweh is from one age even to another Upon them who revere him, And his righteousness to children’s children:—
18 To such as keep his covenant, And remember his precepts to do them.
19 Yahweh in the heavens hath established his throne, And his kingdom over all hath dominion.
20 Bless Yahweh, ye messengers of his,—Heroes of vigour doing his word, To hearken [again] to the voice of his word;
21 Bless Yahweh, all ye his hosts, Attendants of his doing his pleasure;
22 Bless Yahweh, all ye his works, In all places of his dominion, Bless, O my soul, Yahweh.
104 Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,—Yahweh, my God, thou art exceedingly great, With honour and majesty hast thou clothed thyself,
2 Putting on light as a robe, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain;
3 Building in the waters his upper chambers,—Who maketh clouds his chariot, Who passeth along on the wings of the wind;
4 Making His messengers winds, His attendants a flaming fire;
5 He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken to times age-abiding and beyond.
6 With the resounding deep—as a garment hast thou covered it, Above the mountains stand the waters;
7 At thy rebuke they flee, At the voice of thy thunder they hurry away;
8 Mountains rise, Valleys sink Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them;
9 Bounds hast thou set which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.
10 Who hast sent forth springs through the torrent-beds, Between the mountains they flow along;
11 They give drink to every wild beast of the field, The wild asses do break their thirst.
12 Over them the bird of the heavens settleth down, From amidst the foliage they utter a voice.
13 Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works thou satisfiest the earth.
14 Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle And the herb for the service of man, That he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine may rejoice the heart of man Making radiant his well-nourished face,—And food may the heart of man sustain.
16 Satisfied are The trees of Yahweh, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where the birds build their nests, The stork in the fir-trees hath her house;
18 The high mountains are for the chamois, The crags are a refuge for the conies.
19 He hath made the moon for seasons, And the sun knoweth his place for entering in.
20 Thou causest darkness and it becometh night, Therein creepeth forth Every wild beast of the forest;
21 The young lions roaring for prey, And seeking from God their food.
22 The sun ariseth, they withdraw themselves, And in their lairs lay them down.
23 Man goeth forth to his work And to his labour until evening.
24 How thy works abound, O Yahweh! All of them—in wisdom hast thou made, The earth is full of thy possession:—
25 This sea here is great and broad on both hands,—Wherein are creeping things even without number, Living things, small with great;
26 There ships sail along, This sea-monster thou hast formed to sport therein;
27 All of them for thee do wait, That thou mayest give them their food in its season;
28 Thou givest unto them, they gather, Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are dismayed, Thou withdrawest their spirit, They cease to breathe, And unto their own dust do they return:
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, And thou renewest the face of the ground.
31 Be thy glory, O Yahweh, to times age-abiding, Let Yahweh rejoice in his own works:
32 Who looketh at the earth and it trembleth, He toucheth the mountains and they smoke.
33 I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live! Yea I will touch the strings to my God while I continue;
34 Pleasing unto him be my meditation, I will rejoice in Yahweh.
35 Sinners shall be consumed out of the earth And the lawless no more shall exist—Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, Praise ye Yah!
105 Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his Name, Make known among the peoples his doings;
2 Sing ye to him, Make ye music to him, Speak ye of all his wonders.
3 Make your boast in his holy Name, Joyful be the heart of them who are seeking Yahweh.
4 Search out Yahweh and his strength, Seek diligently his face at all times.
5 Remember his wonders which he hath done, His portents and the just decisions of his mouth.
6 O ye Seed of Abraham—his servants, Sons of Jacob—his chosen ones:
7 Yahweh himself is our God, Through all the land are his just decisions.
8 He hath remembered unto times age-abiding his covenant, The word he commanded to a thousand generations;
9 Which he solemnised with Abraham, And his oath to Isaac;
10 And confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel as a covenant age-abiding;
11 Saying, To thee will I give the land of Canaan, As your inherited portion;
12 While as yet they were men easily counted,—A very few and sojourners therein;
13 And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom to another people.
14 He suffered no son of earth to oppress them, And reproved—for their sakes—[even] kings!
15 Ye may not touch mine Anointed ones, And to my Prophets may ye do no wrong.
16 Then called he a famine over the land, All the staff of bread he brake;
17 He sent before them a man, For a slave was he sold—[even] Joseph;
18 They forced into a fetter his foot, Into the iron entered his soul;
19 Until the time when his word came to pass, Speech of Yahweh proved him;
20 The king sent and set him free, One having dominion over peoples yet loosed he his bonds;
21 He appointed him lord to his household, And one having dominion over all he possessed;
22 That he might bind his rulers as he pleased, And his elders he might embue with wisdom.
23 So Israel came into Egypt, And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham;
24 And he made his people exceeding fruitful,—And caused them to become stronger than their adversaries.
25 He let them turn their heart—To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants;
26 He sent Moses his servant, Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 He set among them his threatening signs, And his wonders in the land of Ham;
28 He sent darkness and made it dark, But they rebelled against his words;
29 He turned their waters into blood, And so caused their fish to die;
30 Their land swarmed with frogs, In the chambers of their kings!
31 He spake and there came in the gad-fly, Gnats in all their bounds;
32 He made their showers—hail, A fire flaming throughout their land;
33 And he smote their vines and their fig-trees, And brake in pieces the trees of their bounds;
34 He spake—then came the swarming locust,—The devouring locust, and that without number;
35 And devoured all the herbage in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 Then smote he every firstborn in their land, The beginning of all their strength;
37 Thus brought he them forth with silver and gold, Nor was there throughout his tribes one that faltered;
38 Egypt rejoiced when they went out, For the dread of them had fallen upon them.
39 He spread out a cloud as a covering, And fire to give light by night,
40 They asked and he brought in the quail,—And with the bread of the heavens he satisfied them;
41 He opened the rock and there gushed forth waters, They flowed along through parched places, as a river;
42 For he remembered his holy word, With Abraham his servant.
43 Thus brought he forth his people with gladness,—With shouts of triumph his chosen ones;
44 And gave them the lands of the nations, And of the toil of the peoples took they possession:
45 In order that they might observe his statutes And over his laws might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.
106 Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
2 Who can relate the mighty deeds of Yahweh? Can cause to be heard all his praise?
3 How happy! They who observe justice, He that executeth righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O Yahweh, when thou acceptest thy people, Visit me with thy salvation;
5 That I may look upon the welfare of thy chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, That I may glory with thine inheritance.
6 We have sinned—with our fathers, We have acted perversely, we have committed lawlessness;
7 Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders, They remembered not the abounding of thy lovingkindnesses, But rebelled by the sea—at the Red Sea.
8 Yet he saved them for the sake of his Name, To make known his mighty power;
9 So he rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, And he led them through deeps, as pasture-land;
10 And saved them from the hand of one full of hatred, And redeemed them out of the hand of the foe;
11 So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them was left.
12 They believed therefore in his words, They sang his praise.
13 Soon forgat they his works,—They waited not for his counsel;
14 But lusted a lust in the desert, And tested God in the waste.
15 So he gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.
16 And they became jealous Of Moses in the camp,—Of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh;
17 The earth opened and engulfed Dathan, And covered up the assembly of Abiram;
18 Then was kindled a fire in their assembly,—A flame consumed the lawless ones.
19 They made a calf in Horeb,—And bowed down to a molten image;
20 Thus changed they my glory, For the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt:
22 Wonders in the land of Ham, Terrible things by the Red Sea.
23 Then would he have bidden to destroy them,—Had not Moses his chosen stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying.
24 And they refused the delightful land, They believed not his word;
25 But murmured in their tents,—They hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh.
26 So he lifted up his hand unto them, That he would let them fall in the desert;
27 And would disperse their seed among the nations, And would scatter them throughout the lands.
28 Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor,—And did eat sacrifices to the dead:
29 So they provoked to anger by their doings, And a plague made a breach among them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas and interposed, And stayed was the plague:
31 So it was counted unto him for righteousness, To generation after generation unto times age-abiding.
32 And they provoked by the waters of Meribah,—And it fared ill with Moses for their sakes;
33 For they embittered his spirit, And he spake rashly with his lips.
34 They destroyed not the peoples of which Yahweh had spoken to them;
35 But had fellowship with the nations, And learned their doings;
36 Yea they served their idols, And they became to them a snare:
37 Yea they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to mischievous demons;
38 And poured out innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood-shed;
39 And they became unclean by their works, And became unchaste in their doings.
40 Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, And he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 So he delivered them up into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them had dominion over them;
42 And their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand.
43 Many times did he rescue them,—But they rebelled by their counsel, And sank low in their iniquity.
44 Then looked he on the distress which befell them,—When he heard their loud cry;
45 Then remembered he for them his covenant, And was moved to pity according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;
46 And granted them compassion before all their captors.
47 Save us, O Yahweh our God, And gather us from among the nations,—That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud in thy praise.
48 Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, from one age even unto another, And all the people shall say Amen! Praise ye Yah!
BOOK THE FIFTH.
107 O give thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
2 Let the redeemed of Yahweh say, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;
3 And out of the lands hath gathered them,—From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
4 They wandered about in the desert—in a waste, Way to a city to dwell in found they none;
5 Hungry—yea thirsty Their soul within them fainted:
6 Then made they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, Out of their distresses he rescued them;
7 And led them by a straight road, That they might journey to a city to dwell in.
8 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men;
9 For he hath satisfied the longing soul, And the famished soul hath he filled with good.
10 The dwellers in darkness and death-shade, Bound with oppression and iron;
11 Because they had rebelled against the sayings of God,—And the counsel of the Most High they had spurned;
12 And he bowed down with labour their heart, They staggered with no one to help
13 Then made they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, Out of their distresses he saved them;
14 He brought them forth out of darkness and death-shade, And their fetters he tare off.
15 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!
16 For he brake in pieces the doors of bronze, And the bars of iron he hewed asunder.
17 The perverse by reason of their transgression, And on account of their iniquities are afflicted;
18 All manner of food their soul abhorreth, And so they draw near unto the gates of death
19 Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, And out of their distresses he saveth them.
20 He sendeth his word and healeth them, And delivereth them from their graves.
21 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!
22 Yea let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount his works with a shout.
23 Men who go down to the sea in ships, Doing business through mighty waters;
24 They see the works of Yahweh, And his wonders in the deep;
25 And he speaketh and there ariseth a tempestuous wind, Which lifteth on high its rolling waves;
26 They mount the heavens, They descend the roaring deeps, Their soul by trouble dissolveth;
27 They reel and stagger like a drunken man, And all their wisdom is engulfed
28 Then make they outcry to Yahweh in their peril, And out of their distresses he bringeth them forth.
29 He calmeth the storm to a whisper, And silent are their rolling waves:
30 Then are they glad because they are hushed, And he guideth them unto their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!
32 Yea let them extol him in the convocation of the people, And in the seated company of elders let them praise him.
33 He turneth Rivers into a desert, and Springs of Water into thirsty ground,
34 A Land of Fruit into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein.
35 He turneth A Desert into a pool of water, and A Parched Land into springs of water;
36 And hath caused the famished to dwell there, And they have built them a city to dwell in;
37 And have sown fields and planted vineyards, And made them fruits of increase:
38 Thus hath he blessed them and they have multiplied greatly, And their cattle he maketh not few.
39 So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow;
40 He poureth contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in a pathless waste;
41 But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, And made families like a flock:—
42 The upright seeth and is glad, And all perverseness hath closed her mouth.
43 Who is wise? then let him observe these things! And diligently consider the lovingkindness of Yahweh.
A Song, a Melody: David’s.
108 Fixed is my heart, O God, I will sing and touch the strings, even mine honour.
2 Awake, O harp and lyre, I will awaken the dawn!
3 I will thank thee among the peoples, O Yahweh, And will sing praise unto thee, among the tribes of men.
4 For great above the heavens is thy lovingkindness, And as far as the skies thy faithfulness.
5 Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, And above all the earth be thy glory.
6 To the end thy beloved ones may be delivered Oh save thou with thy right hand and answer me!
7 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will exult! I will apportion Shechem! And the Vale of Succoth will I measure out;
8 Mine is Gilead—mine Manasseh But Ephraim is the defence of my head, Judah is my commander’s staff;
9 Moab is my wash-bowl, Upon Edom will I throw my shoe, Over Philistia raise a shout of triumph.
10 Who will conduct me to a fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom?
11 Hast not thou, O God, rejected us? And wilt not go forth, O God, with our hosts?
12 Grant us help out of distress, For vain is the deliverance of man:
13 In God shall we do valiantly, He himself therefore shall tread down our adversaries.
To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody.
109 O God of my praise, do not be silent;
2 For the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver against me are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue;
3 And with words of hatred have they surrounded me, And have made war upon me without cause:
4 For my love they have been accusing me, While I was at prayer:
5 Yea they have returned unto me—Evil for good; and Hatred for my love.
6 Set in charge over him one who is lawless, And let an accuser stand at his right hand;
7 When he is judged let him go out condemned, And let his own petition become a sin;
8 Let his days become few, His overseership let another take;
9 Let his children become fatherless, And his wife a widow;
10 Let his children wander about and beg, Let them be driven out of their ruins;
11 Let the creditor take aim at all that he hath, And let strangers prey on the fruit of his toil;
12 Let him have no one to continue lovingkindness, And there be none to favour his fatherless children;
13 Let his posterity be for cutting off, In another generation let their name be wiped out;
14 Remembered be the iniquity of his fathers against Yahweh, And the sin of his mother let it not be wiped out;
15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, And let the memory of them be cut off out of the earth.
16 Because that he remembered not to shew lovingkindness But pursued the man that was oppressed and needy, That the downhearted he might slay.
17 Because he loved cursing May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing May it have kept far from him;
18 Because he clothed himself in cursing as his outer garment Therefore may it have entered like water into his inward part, And like oil into his bones;
19 Be it his as a garment he shall wrap round him, And for a girdle he shall at all times gird on:
20 This be the reward of mine accusers from Yahweh, Even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.
21 But thou Yahweh, Adonây, deal effectually with me for the sake of thy Name, Since good is thy lovingkindness O rescue me;
22 For oppressed and needy I am, And my heart is wounded within me.
23 As a shadow when it stretcheth out I am gone, I am shaken off like the locust;
24 My knees tremble from fasting, And my flesh faileth of fatness:
25 So I am become a reproach for them, They see me, they shake their head.
26 Help me! O Yahweh my God, Save me according to thy lovingkindness:
27 That they may know that Thine own hand this is, Thou Yahweh hast done it.
28 They may curse if thou wilt bless,—Mine assailants shall be ashamed But thy servant shall rejoice;
29 Mine accusers shall be clothed with confusion, And shall wrap about them like a cloak their own shame.
30 I will thank Yahweh loudly with my mouth, Yea in the midst of multitudes will I praise him;
31 Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from them who would pass sentence on his life.
David’s. A Melody.
110 The declaration of Yahweh to my Lord—Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
2 Thy sceptre of strength will Yahweh extend out of Zion, Tread thou down in the midst of thy foes.
3 Thy people will freely offer themselves in the day of thine army,—In the splendours of holiness out of the womb of the dawn To thee [shall spring forth] the dew of thy youth.
4 Yahweh hath sworn—and will not repent, Thou [shalt be] a priest unto times age-abiding, After the manner of Melchizedek.
5 My Lord on thy right hand,—Hath shattered—in the day of his anger—kings;
6 He will judge among the nations—full of dead bodies! He hath shattered the head over a land far extended:
7 Of the torrent in the way will he drink,—For this cause will he lift up [his] head.
111 Praise ye Yah!
א
I will give thanks unto Yahweh with a whole heart,
ב
In the circle of the upright and the assembly.
ג
2 Great are the works of Yahweh,
ד
Sought out by all who find pleasure therein.
ה
3 Honourable and majestic is his doing,
ו
And his righteousness standeth for aye.
ז
4 A memorial hath he made by his wonders,
ח
Gracious and compassionate is Yahweh.
ט
5 Food hath he given to them who revere him,
י
He will remember age-abidingly his covenant.
כ
6 The might of his works hath he declared to his people,
ל
That he may give them the inheritance of the nations.
מ
7 The works of his hands are faithful and just,
נ
Firm are all his precepts;
ס
8 Upheld to futurity, to times age-abiding,
ע
Done in faithfulness and equity.
פ
9 Ransom hath he sent to his people,
צ
He hath commanded to times age-abiding his covenant,
ק
Holy and reverend is his Name.
ר
10 The beginning of wisdom is the reverence of Yahweh,
ש
Good discretion have all that do them,
ת
His praise endureth for aye.
112 Praise ye Yah!
א
How happy is the man who revereth Yahweh,
ב
In his commandments delighteth he greatly;
ג
2 Mighty in the earth shall be his seed,
ד
The generation of the upright shall be blessed;
ה
3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house,
ו
And his righteousness standeth for aye.
ז
4 Risen—in darkness is light to the upright,
ח
The gracious and compassionate and righteous.
ט
5 Well for a man shewing favour and lending!
י
He shall sustain his affairs with justice.
כ
6 Surely unto times age-abiding shall he not be shaken,
ל
In remembrance age-abiding shall the righteous one remain;
מ
7 Of evil tidings shall he not be afraid,
נ
Established is his heart, led to trust in Yahweh;
ס
8 Upheld is his heart, he shall not be afraid,
ע
Until that he gazeth on his foes.
פ
9 He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy,
צ
His righteousness standeth for aye,
ק
His horn shall be exalted in honour.
ר
10 The lawless one shall see and be indignant,
ש
His teeth will he gnash and melt away,
ת
The craving of the lawless shall vanish.
113 Praise ye Yah! Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh, Praise the Name of Yahweh;
2 Be the Name of Yahweh blessed, Henceforth even to times age-abiding.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going in thereof Worthy to be praised is the Name of Yahweh:
4 High above all nations is Yahweh, Above the heavens his glory.
5 Who is like Yahweh our God? That goeth on high to dwell,
6 That cometh down low to look, Through the heavens and through the earth;
7 That raiseth out of the dust the poor, From the dunghill uplifteth the needy;
8 To give a seat with nobles, With the nobles of his people!
9 Causing the barren woman to dwell in a household, A mother of sons in her joy! Praise ye Yah.
114 When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue
2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm:
3 The sea beheld and fled, The Jordan turned back;
4 The mountains started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock?
5 What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest back?
6 Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock?
7 Before the Lord be in anguish, O earth, Before the God of Jacob:
8 Who turneth The Rock into a pool of water, The Flint into springs of water.
115 Not unto us O Yahweh not unto us,—But unto thine own Name give glory, concerning thy lovingkindness, concerning thy faithfulness.
2 Wherefore should the nations say, Pray where is their God?
3 When our God is in the heavens, Whatsoever he pleased hath he done.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of the hands of men,—
5 A mouth have they but they speak not, Eyes have they but they see not;
6 Ears have they but they hear not, A nose have they but they smell not:
7 Their hands! but they feel not, Their feet! but they walk not, No sound make they in their throat.
8 Like unto them shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.
9 O Israel! trust thou in Yahweh, Their help and their shield is he!
10 O house of Aaron! trust ye in Yahweh, Their help and their shield is he!
11 Ye that revere Yahweh! trust in Yahweh, Their help and their shield is he!
12 Yahweh hath remembered us, he will bless—He will bless the house of Israel, He will bless the house of Aaron;
13 He will bless them who revere Yahweh, The small with the great.
14 Yahweh multiply you, You and your children.
15 Blessed are ye of Yahweh, Who made the heavens and the earth:
16 As for the heavens the heavens belong to Yahweh, But the earth hath he given to the sons of men.
17 The dead cannot praise Yah, Nor any that go down into silence;
18 But we will bless Yah, From henceforth even unto times age-abiding. Praise ye Yah.
116 I love Yahweh—because he heareth My voice, my supplications;
2 Because he hath bowed down his ear unto me Therefore throughout my days will I call.
3 The meshes of death encompassed me And the distresses of hades came upon me, Peril and sorrow I found;
4 But on the Name of Yahweh I called—I beseech thee, Yahweh, deliver my soul.
5 Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, And our God is full of compassion.
6 Yahweh preserveth the simple, I was brought low, when to me he granted salvation.
7 Return, O my soul, to thy rest, For Yahweh hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8 For thou hast rescued my soul from death,—mine eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
9 I will walk to and fro before Yahweh, in the lands of life.
10 I believed that I should speak, I was greatly depressed.
11 I said in mine alarm, All men are false!
12 How shall I give back to Yahweh, All his benefits unto me?
13 The cup of salvation will I lift, And on the Name of Yahweh will I call:
14 My vows—to Yahweh will I pay, Might it be in the presence of all his people!
15 Costly in the eyes of Yahweh Is death for his men of lovingkindness.
16 I beseech thee, O Yahweh—For I am thy servant,—I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid, Thou hast loosened my bonds.
17 To thee will I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And on the Name of Yahweh will I call:
18 My vows—to Yahweh will I pay, Might it be in the presence of all his people;—
19 In the courts of the house of Yahweh, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Yah!
117 Praise Yahweh, all ye nations, Laud him, all ye tribes of men;
2 For his lovingkindness hath prevailed over us And the faithfulness of Yahweh is to times age-abiding. Praise ye Yah!
118 Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
2 I pray you! let Israel say, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
3 I pray you! let the house of Aaron say, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
4 I pray you! let them who revere Yahweh say, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
5 Out of a strait called I on Yah, He answered me with enlargement.
6 Yahweh is on my side, I will not fear, What can man do unto me?
7 Yahweh is on my side with them who help me, I therefore shall gaze upon them who hate me.
8 It is better to seek refuge in Yahweh Than to put confidence in man:
9 It is better to seek refuge in Yahweh Than to put confidence in nobles.
10 All nations have compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh surely I will make them be circumcised;
11 They have compassed me about—yea compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh surely I will make them be circumcised;
12 They have compassed me about like wax bees, They have blazed up like the fire of thorns, In the Name of Yahweh surely I will make them be circumcised.
13 Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall, But Yahweh hath helped me.
14 My might and melody is Yah, And he hath become mine by salvation.
15 The voice of shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous, The right hand of Yahweh is doing valiantly:
16 The right hand of Yahweh is exalted, The right hand of Yahweh is doing valiantly.
17 I shall not die but live, That I may recount the doings of Yah.
18 Yah chastened me sore, But unto death did not deliver me.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will enter therein, I will give thanks unto Yah.
20 This is the gate for Yahweh, Such as are righteous shall enter therein.
21 I will thank thee because thou hast answered me, And hast become mine by salvation.
22 A stone the builders refused Hath become the head of the corner:
23 From Yahweh hath this come to pass, The same is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which Yahweh hath made, We will exult and be glad therein.
25 Ah now, Yahweh, do save, we beseech thee, Ah now, Yahweh, do send success, we beseech thee!
26 Blessed be he that entereth In the Name of Yahweh, We have blessed you Out of the house of Yahweh.
27 Yahweh is God And hath shed on us light,—Bind ye the festal sacrifice with cords, Up to the horns of the altar.
28 My God thou art and I will thank thee,—My Elohim I will exalt thee.
29 Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
ALEPH.
119 How happy the men of blameless life, Who walk in the law of Yahweh.
2 How happy they who observe his testimonies, With a whole heart they seek him.
3 Yea they have not wrought perversity, In his ways have they walked.
4 Thou hast commanded thy precepts, That they should be diligently kept.
5 Oh would that my ways might be settled! That I might keep thy statutes.
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will thank thee with uprightness of heart, When I have learned thy righteous regulations.
8 Thy statutes will I keep, Do not thou forsake me utterly.
BETH.
9 Wherewithal can a young man keep pure his way? By taking heed according to thy word.
10 With all my heart have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.
11 In my heart have I treasured what thou hast said, To the end I may not sin against thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O Yahweh—Teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.
14 In the way of thy testimonies have I rejoiced Like as over all riches.
15 In thy precepts will I meditate, That I may discern thy paths.
16 In thy statutes will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.
GIMEL.
17 Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant—let me live, That I may observe thy word.
18 Unveil thou mine eyes, that I may discern Wondrous things out of thy law.
19 A sojourner am I in the earth, Do not hide from me thy commandments.
20 My soul is crushed with longing For thy just decisions at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, Who stray from thy commandments.
22 Roll from off me reproach and contempt, For thy testimonies have I observed.
23 Even rulers have taken their seat, against me have talked, Thy servant will still meditate in thy statutes.
24 Yea thy testimonies are my dear delight, My counsellors.
DALETH.
25 My soul cleaveth to the dust, Give me life according to thy word.
26 My ways I recounted and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes.
27 The way of thy precepts cause thou me to understand, And I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.
28 My soul weepeth itself away for grief, Confirm thou me according to thy word.
29 The way of falsehood take thou from me, And with thy law O favour me.
30 The way of faithfulness have I chosen, Thy regulations have I deemed right.
31 I have kept close to thy testimonies, O Yahweh! do not put me to shame.
32 The way of thy commandments will I run, For thou wilt enlarge my heart.
HE.
33 Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, That I may observe it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, that I may observe thy law, That I may keep it with a whole heart.
35 Guide me in the path of thy commandments, For therein do I find pleasure.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies And not unto unjust gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, In thy way give me life.
38 Establish unto thy servant thy word, Which pertaineth to the reverence of thee.
39 Cause to pass away my reproach that I have feared, For thy regulations are good.
40 Lo! I have longed for thy precepts, In thy righteousness give me life.
WAW.
41 And let thy lovingkindness reach me, O Yahweh, Thy salvation according to thy word.
42 So shall I have something to answer him that reproacheth me, That I have trusted in thy word.
43 And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, Because for thy regulation have I waited.
44 That I may keep thy law continually To times age-abiding and beyond.
45 That I may walk to and fro in a large place, Because thy precepts have I sought.
46 That I may speak of thy testimonies before kings, And not be ashamed.
47 That I may find dear delight in thy commandments Which I have loved.
48 That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments which I have loved And may meditate in thy statutes.
ZAYIN.
49 Remember the word unto thy servant, Upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in mine affliction, That thy word hath given me life.
51 Insolent men have derided me exceedingly, From thy law have I not swerved.
52 I have remembered thy regulations [which have come down] from age-past times, O Yahweh, And have consoled myself.
53 A raging heat hath seized me by reason of the lawless, Who forsake thy law.
54 Songs have thy statutes become to me In my house of sojourn.
55 I have remembered in the night thy Name O Yahweh, And have kept thy law.
56 This have I had, Because thy precepts have I observed.
HETH.
57 My portion is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.
58 I have sought the smile of thy face with all my heart, Shew me favour according to thy word.
59 I have thought upon my ways, And have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I have hastened and not delayed, To keep thy commandments.
61 The meshes of the lawless have surrounded me, Thy law have I not forgotten.
62 At midnight I arise to give thanks unto thee, For thy righteous regulations.
63 Companion am I to all who revere thee, And to them who keep thy precepts.
64 Of thy lovingkindness O Yahweh the earth is full, Thy statutes teach thou me.
TETH.
65 Well hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word.
66 Good judgment and knowledge teach thou me, For in thy commandments have I trusted.
67 Before I was afflicted I myself was going astray, But now thy word have I kept.
68 Good thou art and doing good, Teach me thy statutes.
69 Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I with a whole heart will observe thy precepts.
70 Gross like fat is their heart, I in thy law have found dear delight.
71 It is well for me that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
72 Better to me is the law of thy mouth, Than thousands of gold and silver.
YODH.
73 Thine own hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 They who revere thee shall see me and rejoice That for thy word I waited.
75 I know, O Yahweh, that righteous are thy regulations, And in faithfulness didst thou afflict me.
76 Let thy lovingkindness, I beseech thee, serve to comfort me, According to thy word to thy servant.
77 Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, For thy law is my dear delight.
78 Let insolent men be ashamed because by means of falsehood they have dealt with me perversely, I will meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let them who revere thee turn unto me, Even they who know thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be thorough in thy statutes, That I may not be ashamed.
KAPH.
81 My soul hath languished for thy salvation, For thy word have I hoped.
82 Mine eyes have failed for thy word, Saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 Though I have been like a wine-skin in the smoke Thy statutes have I not forgotten.
84 How few are the days of thy servant! When wilt thou execute sentence on my persecutors?
85 Insolent men digged for me pits, Men who are not according to thy law.
86 All thy commandments are faithful, With falsehood have they persecuted me, O help me!
87 A little more and they had consumed me in the earth, But I forsook not thy precepts.
88 According to thy lovingkindness give thou me life, So will I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
LAMED.
89 Age-abidingly O Yahweh, Hath thy word been set up in the heavens.
90 To generation after generation is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth and it standeth.
91 By thy regulations do they stand to-day, For all are thy servants.
92 Had not thy law been my dear delight Then had I perished in mine affliction.
93 Unto times age-abiding will I not forget thy precepts, For by them hast thou given me life.
94 Thine am I—oh save me! For thy precepts have I sought.
95 For me have the lawless waited to destroy me, Thy testimonies will I diligently consider.
96 To all perfection have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment exceedingly.
MEM.
97 Oh how I love thy law! All the day is it my meditation.
98 Beyond mine enemies will thy commandment make me wise, For age-abidingly shall it be mine.
99 Beyond all my teachers have I shewn discretion, For thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 Beyond the elders will I shew understanding, For thy precepts have I observed.
101 From every way of wickedness have I withheld my feet, That I might keep thy word.
102 From thy regulations have I not turned aside, For thou hast directed me.
103 How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey to my mouth.
104 Out of thy precepts will I get understanding, For this cause do I hate every false way.
NUN.
105 A lamp to my feet is thy word, And a light to my path.
106 I sware and have fulfilled, To keep thy righteous regulations.
107 I have been afflicted exceedingly,—O Yahweh, give me life according to thy word.
108 The freewill offerings of my mouth accept, I pray thee, O Yahweh, And thy regulations teach thou me.
109 My life is in my hand continually, Yet thy law have I not forgotten.
110 The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet from thy precepts have I not strayed.
111 As an inheritance have I taken thy testimonies unto times age-abiding, For the joy of my heart they are.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes, Age-abidingly to the end.
SAMECH.
113 Half-hearted ones do I hate, But thy law do I love.
114 My hiding-place and my buckler thou art, For thy word have I waited.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers,—That I may observe the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live, And do not shame me out of my hope!
117 Sustain me that I may be saved, And may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.
118 Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, For their fraud is falsehood.
119 Dross have I accounted all the lawless of the earth, Therefore do I love thy testimonies.
120 My flesh bristled up from dread of thee, And of thy regulations stand I in fear.
AYIN.
121 I have done justice and righteousness,—Do not leave me to mine oppressors.
122 Be thou surety for thy servant for good, Let not insolent men oppress me.
123 Mine eyes have become dim for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy lovingkindness, And thy statutes teach thou me.
125 Thy servant I am—give me understanding, So shall I get to know thy testimonies.
126 It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!
127 For this cause do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!
128 For this cause all thy precepts concerning all things I deem right, Every way of falsehood I hate.
PE.
129 Wonderful are thy testimonies, For this cause hath my soul observed them.
130 The opening of thy words sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.
131 My mouth have I opened wide and panted, Because for thy commandments have I longed.
132 Turn thyself unto me and shew me favour,—As is befitting to the lovers of thy Name.
133 My steps direct thou by thy word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Set me free from the oppression of man, So will I keep thy precepts.
135 Thy face light thou up on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes.
136 Streams of water have run down mine eyes, Because men have not kept thy law.
ZADHE.
137 Righteous art thou, O Yahweh,—And equitable are thy regulations.
138 Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, Yea in great faithfulness.
139 My zeal hath put an end to me, For mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
140 Refined is thy word to the uttermost, And thy servant loveth it.
141 Small am I and despised, Thy precepts have I not forgotten.
142 Thy righteousness is righteous to times age-abiding, And thy law is truth.
143 Straitness and distress have befallen me, Thy commandments are my dear delights.
144 Righteous are thy testimonies unto times age-abiding, Give me understanding that I may live.
KOPH.
145 I have cried out with all my heart, answer me, O Yahweh; Thy statutes will I observe.
146 I have cried out unto thee, oh save me, That I may keep thy testimonies.
147 I forestalled the twilight and cried for help, For thy word I waited.
148 Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, To meditate in thy word.
149 My voice O hear according to thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh! according to thy wont give me life.
150 They have drawn near who pursue villainy, From thy law have they gone far away.
151 Near art thou, O Yahweh, And all thy commandments are truth.
152 Long have I known from thy testimonies, That to times age-abiding thou didst establish them.
RESH.
153 Behold mine affliction and rescue me, For thy law have I not forgotten.
154 Plead my cause and redeem me, By thy word give me life.
155 Far from the lawless is salvation, For thy statutes have they not sought.
156 Thy compassions are great, O Yahweh, According to thy regulations give me life.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies have I not swerved.
158 I have seen traitors and felt loathing, Because thy word they kept not.
159 See thou that thy precepts I have loved, O Yahweh according to thy lovingkindness give me life.
160 The sum of thy word is truth, And age-abiding is every one of thy righteous regulations.
SHIN.
161 Rulers have persecuted me without cause, But of thy word hath my heart stood in awe.
162 Joyful am I over thy word, Like the finder of spoil in abundance.
163 Falsehood I hate and abhor, Thy law do I love.
164 Seven times in the day have I praised thee, For thy righteous regulations.
165 Blessing in abundance have the lovers of thy law, And nothing to make them stumble.
166 I have looked for thy salvation, O Yahweh, And thy commandments have I done.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies, Yea I have loved them greatly.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, For all my ways are before thee.
TAU.
169 Let my shouting come near before thee, O Yahweh, According to thy word give me understanding.
170 Let my supplication come in before thee, According to thy word deliver me.
171 My lips shall pour out praise, When thou shalt teach me thy statutes.
172 My tongue shall respond with thy word, For all thy commandments are righteous.
173 Be thy hand ready to help me, For thy statutes have I chosen.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, And thy law is my dear delight.
175 Let my soul live, that it may praise thee, So shall thy regulation help me.
176 I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For thy commandments have I not forgotten.
A Song of Ascents.
120 Unto Yahweh in the distress that befell me I cried—and he answered me.
2 O Yahweh! rescue thou my soul—From the false lip. From the deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given to thee And what shall be added to thee Thou deceitful tongue?
4 The arrows of the hero sharpened, With burning coals of broom.
5 Woe is me That I sojourn in Meshek,—That I abide near the tents of Kedar!
6 Long hath my soul had her dwelling With him that hateth peace:
7 I am for peace and verily I speak, They are for war!
A Song of Ascents.
121 I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains, From whence cometh my help!
2 My help is from Yahweh, Who made heavens and earth.
3 May he not suffer thy foot to slip, May thy keeper not slumber!
4 Lo! neither will slumber nor sleep The keeper of Israel.
5 Yahweh is thy keeper, Yahweh is thy shade on thy right hand:
6 By day the sun shall not smite Nor the moon by night.
7 Yahweh will keep thee from all harm, He will keep thy life.
8 Yahweh will keep thy going out and thy coming in, From henceforth even unto times age-abiding.
A Song of Ascents. David’s.
122 I was glad when they were saying unto me, Unto the house of Yahweh let us go!
2 Standing are our feet, Within thy gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem! that hath been builded, A true city all joined together as one:
4 Whither have come up the tribes, The tribes of Yah, A testimony to Israel, To give thanks unto the Name of Yahweh:
5 For there are set—Thrones for justice, Thrones for the house of David.
6 Ask ye for the peace of Jerusalem, They shall prosper who love thee!
7 Peace be within thy walls, Prosperity within thy palaces:
8 For the sake of my brethren and friends Oh might I speak [saying], Peace be within thee!
9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God Will I seek blessing for thee.
A Song of Ascents.
123 Unto thee have I lifted up mine eyes, O thou who art enthroned in the heavens.
2 Lo! as the eyes of men-servants are unto the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid-servant unto the hand of her mistress So are our eyes unto Yahweh our God, Until that he shew us favour.
3 Shew us favour, O Yahweh, shew us favour, For exceedingly are we sated with contempt:
4 Exceeding sated therewith is our soul,—The scorn of the careless, The contempt of the proud.
A Song of Ascents. David’s.
124 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side Oh might Israel say:
2 If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, When men rose up against us
3 Then alive had they swallowed us up, In the glow of their anger against us;
4 Then the waters had whelmed us, The torrent gone over our soul;
5 Then had gone over our soul The waters so proud!
6 Blessed be Yahweh, Who gave us not as prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul as a bird hath escaped from the snare of the fowlers, The snare is broken and we are escaped:
8 Our help is in the Name of Yahweh, Who made heaven and earth.
A Song of Ascents.
125 They who trust in Yahweh [Are] like Mount Zion Which shall not be shaken, Age-abidingly shall it remain.
2 Jerusalem! mountains are round about her; And Yahweh is round about his people, From henceforth even unto times age-abiding.
3 For the sceptre of lawlessness shall not remain over the allotment of the righteous,—Lest the righteous put forth—unto perversity—their hands.
4 Do good, O Yahweh, unto such as are good, Even unto such as are upright in their hearts.
5 As for them who turn aside unto their crooked ways Yahweh will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity, Prosperity on Israel!
A Song of Ascents.
126 When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion We were like them who dream:
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter And our tongue with a shout of triumph,—Then said they among the nations, Yahweh hath done great things with these!
3 Yahweh hath done great things with us, We are full of joy!
4 Bring thou back, O Yahweh, our captives, Like channels in the South.
5 They who are sowing with tears With shouting shall reap:
6 He that doth indeed go forth and weep Bearing seed enough to trail along Doth surely come in with shouting, Bringing his sheaves.
A Song of Ascents. Solomon’s.
127 If Yahweh build not the house In vain have the builders of it toiled thereon, If Yahweh watch not the city In vain hath the watchman kept awake:
2 Vain for you—To be early in rising, To be late in lying down, To be eating the bread of wearisome toil, So would he give his beloved one sleep.
3 Lo! An inheritance from Yahweh are children, A reward the fruit of the womb:
4 As arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of young men.
5 How happy the man who hath filled his quiver with them! They will not be ashamed But will speak with enemies in the gate.
A Song of Ascents.
128 How happy is every one that revereth Yahweh, Who walketh in his ways!
2 The labour of thine own hands surely thou shalt eat. How happy thou, and well for thine!
3 Thy wife like a fruitful vine Within the recesses of thy house,—Thy children like plantings of olive-trees, Round about thy table.
4 Lo! thus shall be blessed the man Who revereth Yahweh.
5 Yahweh will bless thee out of Zion,—And behold thou the welfare of Jerusalem, All the days of thy life!
6 And behold thou thy children’s children,—Prosperity on Israel!
A Song of Ascents.
129 Many a time have they harassed me from my youth, Well may Israel say:
2 Many a time have they harassed me from youth, Yet have they not prevailed against me.
3 Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!
4 Yahweh is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.
5 Let all who hate Zion be ashamed and shrink back:
6 Let them become like the grass of housetops, Which before it is pulled up hath withered;
7 Wherewith no reaper hath filled his hand Nor binder his bosom:
8 Neither have the passers-by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh be unto you,—We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.
A Song of Ascents.
130 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Yahweh.
2 O My Lord! hearken thou unto my voice,—Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications
3 If iniquities thou shouldest mark O Yah O My Lord, who could stand?
4 But with thee is forgiveness, That thou mayest be revered.
5 I have waited for Yahweh My soul hath waited for his word;
6 I have hoped, O my soul, for My Lord, More than they Who watch for the morning, Who watch for the morning.
7 Wait, O Israel, for Yahweh,—For with Yahweh is lovingkindness, And there aboundeth with him—redemption.
8 He therefore will redeem Israel From all his iniquities.
A Song of Ascents. David’s.
131 O Yahweh, my heart is not haughty Nor are mine eyes lofty, Neither have I moved among great matters, Or among affairs too wonderful for me.
2 Surely I have soothed and silenced my soul,—Like a weaned child concerning his mother, Like a weaned child concerning myself—mine own soul.
3 Wait, O Israel, for Yahweh, From this time forth even to times age-abiding.
A Song of Ascents.
132 Remember, O Yahweh, unto David, All his humiliations!
2 What he Sware to Yahweh,—Vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3 Surely I will not enter the home of my own house, Nor ascend my curtained couch;
4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Nor to mine eye-lashes slumber:
5 Until I find A place for Yahweh, Habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob.
6 Lo! we heard of it at Ephrathah, We found it in the fields of the wood.
7 We would enter his habitations, We would bow down at his footstool.
8 Arise! O Yahweh, unto thy place of rest, Thou and the ark of thy strength.
9 Thy priests let them be clothed with righteousness, Thy men of lovingkindness let them shout for joy!
10 For the sake of David thy servant Do not turn away the face of thine Anointed One.
11 Yahweh hath sworn unto David, In faithfulness will he not turn from it,—Of the fruit of thy body Will I seat on thy throne.
12 If thy sons keep my covenant And my testimony which I will teach them Even their sons unto futurity Shall sit on thy throne.
13 For Yahweh hath chosen Zion,—He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself:
14 This is my place of rest unto futurity, Here will I dwell for I have desired it;
15 Her provision will I abundantly bless, Her needy ones will I satisfy with bread;
16 And her priests will I clothe with salvation, And her men of lovingkindness shall shout aloud for joy;
17 There will I cause to bud a horn to David, I have prepared a lamp for mine Anointed One;
18 His enemies will I clothe with shame, But upon himself shall his crown be resplendent.
A Song of Ascents. David’s.
133 Lo! how good and how delightful For brethren to dwell together even as one.
2 Like the precious oil upon the head Descending upon the beard; The beard of Aaron,—Which descended unto the opening of his robe:
3 Like the dew of Hermon which descended upon the mountains of Zion,—For there did Yahweh command the blessing, Life unto times age-abiding.
A Song of Ascents.
134 Lo! bless Yahweh, all ye servants of Yahweh, Who stand in the house of Yahweh by night:
2 Lift up your hand in holiness, And bless Yahweh.
3 May Yahweh bless thee out of Zion, Even he that made heaven and earth.
135 Praise ye Yah, Praise ye the Name of Yahweh, Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh;
2 Who stand In the house of Yahweh, In the courts of the house of our God.
3 Praise ye Yah For good is Yahweh, Sing praises to his Name, For it is full of delight;
4 For Jacob hath Yah chosen for himself, Israel for his own treasure.
5 For I know that great is Yahweh, Yea our Lord is beyond all gods.
6 Whatsoever Yahweh hath pleased he hath done,—In the heavens and on the earth, In the seas and all resounding deeps:
7 Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth,—Lightnings for the rain hath he made, Bringing forth wind out of his treasuries.
8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and of beast;
9 Sent signs and wonders into thy midst, O Egypt, Upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
10 Who smote great nations, And slew mighty kings:
11 Sihon king of the Amorites And Og king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan;
12 And gave their land as an inheritance, An inheritance to Israel his people.
13 O Yahweh! thy Name is age-abiding,—O Yahweh! thy memorial is to generation after generation.
14 For Yahweh will vindicate his people,—And on his servants have compassion.
15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of the hands of men:
16 A mouth have they but they speak not, Eyes have they but they see not;
17 Ears have they but they hear not, Nose—there is no breath in their mouth.
18 Like unto them shall be they who make them, Every one who trusteth in them.
19 O house of Israel! bless Yahweh, O house of Aaron! bless Yahweh;
20 O house of Levi! bless Yahweh, Ye that revere Yahweh! bless Yahweh.
21 Blessed be Yahweh out of Zion Who inhabiteth Jerusalem, Praise ye Yah!
136 Give ye thanks to Yahweh For he is good, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
2 Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
3 Give ye thanks to the Lord of lords, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
4 To him that doeth great wonders by himself alone, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
5 To him that made the heavens with understanding, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
7 To him that made great lights, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
8 The sun to rule the day, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
9 The moon and stars to rule the night, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
11 And brought forth Israel out of their midst, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
12 With a firm hand and a stretched-out arm, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
13 To him that divided the Red Sea into divisions, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
14 And caused Israel to pass through the midst thereof, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
15 And shook off Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
16 To him that led his people through the desert, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
17 To him that smote great kings, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
18 And slew majestic kings, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
19 Even Sihon king of the Amorites, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
20 Also Og king of Bashan, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
21 And gave their land for an inheritance, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
22 An inheritance to Israel his servant, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
23 Who in our low estate remembered us, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
24 And freed us with force from our adversaries, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
25 Who giveth food to all flesh, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
26 Give ye thanks unto the God of the heavens, For age-abiding is his lovingkindness.
137 By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down, yea we wept—When we remembered Zion:
2 Upon the willows—in the midst thereof Hanged we our lyres:
3 For there our captors asked of us words of song And our plunderers—gladness,—Sing us of the songs of Zion!
4 How shall we sing the song of Yahweh, On a foreign soil?
5 If I forget thee O Jerusalem Let my right-hand forget:
6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember thee! If I do not lift up Jerusalem above the head of mine own gladness.
7 Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem,—How they continued to say—Overthrow! Overthrow! Unto the foundation within it.
8 O ruined daughter of Babylon,—How happy the man who shall repay thee Thy dealing wherewith thou didst deal with us!
9 How happy the man who shall snatch away And dash thy children against the crag.
David’s.
138 I will give thee thanks with all my heart, Before the messengers of God will I praise thee in song:
2 I will bow down towards thy holy temple And thank thy Name for thy lovingkindness and for thy faithfulness, For thou hast magnified above all thy Name, thy word!
3 In the day I cried unto thee Then didst thou answer me, And didst excite me in my soul mightily.
4 All the kings of the earth will thank thee, O Yahweh, When they have heard the sayings of thy mouth;
5 And they will sing of the ways of Yahweh, That great is the glory of Yahweh:
6 Though lofty is Yahweh yet the lowly he regardeth, But the haughty—afar off doth he acknowledge.
7 Though I walk in the midst of distress thou wilt give me life,—Because of the anger of my foes thou wilt thrust forth thy hand, And thy right hand will save me:
8 Yahweh will carry through my cause,—O Yahweh! thy lovingkindness is age-abiding, The works of thine own hands do not thou desert.
To the Chief Musician. David’s. A Melody.
139 O Yahweh! thou hast searched me and observed:
2 Thou hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire from afar:
3 My path and my couch hast thou examined, And all my ways thou well knowest.
4 Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, [But] behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side.
5 Behind and before hast thou shut me in, And hast laid upon me thy hand:—
6 Knowledge too wonderful for me! High, I cannot attain to it!
7 Whither can I go from thy spirit? Or whither from thy face can I flee?
8 If I ascend the heavens there thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch behold thee!
9 If I mount the wings of the dawn, Settle down in the region beyond the sea
10 Even there thy hand shall lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely darkness shall cover me! Then night is light about me.
12 Even darkness will not conceal from thee,—But night like day will shine, So is the darkness as the light!
13 For thou didst possess thyself of my reins, Thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother.
14 I thank thee in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, And mine own soul is observing [them] intently!
15 My substance was not hid from thee,—When I was made in secret, When I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth.
16 Mine unfinished substance thine eyes beheld And in thy book all the parts thereof were written,—The days they should be fashioned! While yet there was not one among them.
17 To me then how precious have thy desires become, O God! How numerous the heads of them!
18 I would recount them! Beyond the sands they multiply, I rouse myself—And am still with thee.
19 Wilt thou not, O God, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me!
20 For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up [their hand] unto falsehood.
21 Do I not hate them who hate thee, O Yahweh? And loathe them who rise up against thee?
22 With completeness of hatred I hate them, As enemies have they become to me.
23 Search me, O God, and observe my heart, Try me and observe my cares;
24 And see if there be any idol-way in me, And lead me in a way age-abiding.
To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.
140 Rescue me, O Yahweh, from the men of mischief, From the men of violence wilt thou preserve me:
2 Who have devised mischiefs in [their] heart, Every day do they stir up wars:
3 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent,—The poison of the asp is under their lips. [Selah.
4 Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the lawless one, From the man of violence wilt thou preserve me,—Who have devised to thrust at my steps:
5 The proud have hidden a snare for me And cords have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares have they set for me. [Selah.
6 I have said unto Yahweh, My God thou art! Give ear, O Yahweh, unto the voice of my supplications.
7 O Yahweh, My Lord, my saving strength, Thou hast screened my head in the day of battle.
8 Do not grant, O Yahweh, the desires of the lawless one, His device do not promote, They would exalt themselves. [Selah.
9 As for the head of them who surround me Let the mischief of their lips cover them:
10 May there be dropped on them live coals,—Into the fire may they be let fall, Into watery pits [from which] they shall not rise.
11 As for the slanderer let him not be established in the earth,—As for the man of wrongful violence let misfortune hunt him with thrust upon thrust.
12 I know that Yahweh will execute The right of the oppressed one, The vindication of the needy.
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy Name, The upright shall dwell in thy presence.
A Melody of David.
141 O Yahweh, I have cried unto thee, Make thou haste to me, Give ear unto my voice when I cry to thee.
2 Let my prayer be set in order like incense before thee,—The lifting up of my hands as the evening gift.
3 Set thou, O Yahweh, a watch at my mouth, Keep thou guard over the door of my lips.
4 Let not my heart incline to a matter of wrong, That I should busy myself with practices in lawlessness with men working iniquity, And let me not eat of their dainties.
5 Let a righteous man smite me—A lovingkindness that he should correct me, An oil for the head [which] let not my head refuse! For yet even my prayer shall be in their calamities.
6 Their judges have been hurled down by a crag, Now have men heard my sayings for they have become sweet.
7 As when one plougheth and furroweth the earth Scattered about are our bones at the mouth of hades!
8 Surely unto thee, O Yahweh, My Lord are mine eyes, In thee have I sought refuge, Do not pour out my life.
9 Keep me out of The clutches of the trap they have set for me, and The snares of the workers of iniquity.
10 They who are lawless shall fall into the nooses thereof, While I at the same time pass on.
An Instructive Psalm of David. When he was in the Cave. A Prayer.
142 With my voice—to Yahweh make I outcry, With my voice—to Yahweh make I supplication:
2 I pour out before him my complaint, My distress—before him I tell.
3 When my spirit fainted concerning myself Then thou didst take note of my path,—In the course which I was about to take They had hidden a snare for me.
4 Look to the right hand and see That there is none that for me hath regard,—Escape is lost to me, There is no one to care for my life.
5 I have made outcry unto thee, O Yahweh,—I have said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend thou unto my loud cry For I am brought very low,—Rescue me from my pursuers, For they are stronger than I.
7 O bring forth out of prison my soul That I may give thanks unto thy Name,—About me let the righteous gather round, For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
A Melody of David.
143 O Yahweh, hear my prayer, Give ear to my supplications, In thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness.
2 Do not then enter into judgment with thy servant, For no one living can appear just before thee.
3 For an enemy Hath pursued my soul, Hath crushed to the earth my life, Hath made me dwell in dark places like the ancient dead.
4 Therefore hath my spirit fainted concerning myself, Within me hath my heart been confounded.
5 I have remembered the days of aforetime, I have talked with myself of every deed of thine, Of the work of thy hands I would speak:
6 I have spread out my hands unto thee, My soul is as a thirsty land for thee. [Selah.
7 Speedily answer me, O Yahweh, My spirit faileth,—Do not hide thy face from me, Or I shall be made like unto them who go down into the pit.
8 Let me hear in the morning thy lovingkindness For in thee have I trusted,—Let me know the way in which I should walk, For unto thee have I uplifted my soul.
9 Rescue me from my foes, O Yahweh, Unto thee have I come seeking refuge.
10 Teach me to do thy good pleasure For thou art my God,—Thy spirit is good, Wilt thou set me down to rest in a level land.
11 For the sake of thy Name, O Yahweh, wilt thou give unto me life, In thy righteousness wilt thou bring forth out of distress my soul;
12 And in thy lovingkindness wilt thou exterminate my foes,—And destroy all the adversaries of my soul, Because I am thy servant.
David’s.
144 Blessed be Yahweh, my Rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, my fingers to fight:
2 My lovingkindness and my stronghold, My high tower and my deliverer—mine! My buckler and he in whom I have sought refuge,—He that subdueth my people under me.
3 O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him,—The son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him:
4 The earthborn resembleth a vapour, His days are like a passing shadow.
5 O Yahweh! bow thy heavens and come down, Touch the mountains that they smoke:
6 Flash forth lightning that thou mayest scatter them, Send out thine arrows that thou mayest confound them:
7 Put forth thy hands from on high:—Snatch me away and rescue me Out of mighty waters, Out of the hand of the sons of the alien,
8 Whose mouth hath spoken deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 O God! a new song will I sing unto thee,—On a harp of ten strings will I make music to thee:
10 Who giveth victory unto kings,—Who snatcheth away David his servant from the calamitous sword.
11 Snatch me away and rescue me Out of the hand of the sons of the alien,—Whose mouth hath spoken deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood:—
12 That our sons may be like plants well grown while yet young,—Our daughters like corner pillars,—carved, in the construction of a palace:
13 Our garners full, pouring out from one kind to another; Our flocks multiplying by thousands—by myriads, in our open fields:
14 Our oxen well-laden; No breaking in and no departing,—And no loud lament in our places of concourse:—
15 How happy the people that is in such a case! How happy the people that hath Yahweh for its God!
A Psalm of Praise. David’s.
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145 I will extol thee, my God, O King, And will bless thy Name, to times age-abiding and beyond:
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2 Every day will I bless thee, And praise thy Name to times age-abiding and beyond.
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3 Great is Yahweh—and worthy to be heartily praised, And his greatness is unsearchable.
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4 Generation unto generation shall celebrate thy works, And thy mighty deeds shall they tell:
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5 The splendour of the glory of thy majesty shall they speak, And thy wonders will I utter.
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6 And the might of thy terrible acts shall men speak, And as for thy greatness I will recount it.
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7 The memory of thy great goodness shall men pour forth, And thy righteousness shall they shout aloud.
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8 Gracious and compassionate is Yahweh,—Slow to anger and of great lovingkindness.
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9 Good is Yahweh to all, And his tender compassions are over all his works.
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10 All thy works, O Yahweh, will give thanks unto thee,—And thy men of lovingkindness will bless thee:
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11 The glory of thy kingdom will they tell,—And thy power will they speak.
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12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty deeds, And the splendid glory of his kingdom.
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13 Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages,—And thy dominion is over generation after generation.
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14 Yahweh is ready to uphold all who are falling, And to raise all who are laid prostrate.
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15 The eyes of all for thee do wait, And thou givest them their food in its season.
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16 Thou openest thy hand And fillest every living thing with gladness.
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17 Righteous is Yahweh in all his ways, And kind in all his works.
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18 Near is Yahweh to all who call upon him,—To all them who call upon him in faithfulness.
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19 The desire of them who revere him will he fulfil, And their cry will he hear and will save them.
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20 Yahweh preserveth all who love him, But all the lawless will he destroy.
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21 The praise of Yahweh my mouth shall speak, That all flesh may bless his holy Name, Unto times age-abiding and beyond.
146 Praise ye Yah, Praise, O my soul, Yahweh,
2 I will praise Yahweh while I live! I will make melody to my God while I continue!
3 Do not ye trust in nobles, In a son of man who hath no deliverance:
4 His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his ground, In that very day his thoughts perish.
5 How happy is he that hath the God of Jacob as his help, Whose hope is on Yahweh his God:—
6 Who made The heavens and the earth, The sea and all that is therein, Who keepeth faithfulness to times age-abiding:
7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed, Who giveth food to the famishing, Yahweh who liberateth prisoners;
8 Yahweh who opened [the eyes of] the blind, Yahweh who raiseth the prostrate, Yahweh who loveth the righteous;
9 Yahweh who preserveth sojourners, The fatherless and widows he relieveth,—But the way of the lawless he overturneth.
10 Yahweh will reign to times age-abiding, Thy God, O Zion, To generation after generation. Praise ye Yah!
147 Praise ye Yah, For it is good to make melody to our God,—For it is delightful, seemly is praise!
2 Yahweh is building Jerusalem, The outcasts of Israel will he gather together.
3 He is healing the broken in heart,—And binding up their hurts.
4 Counting the number of the stars, To all of them—names he giveth.
5 Great is our Lord and of abounding strength, And his knowledge cannot be expressed.
6 Yahweh relieveth the humbled! Casting the lawless down to the earth.
7 Respond to Yahweh with thanksgiving, Make melody to our God with the lyre.
8 Who covereth the heavens with clouds Preparing rain for the earth, Who causeth the mountains to sprout grass:
9 Giving to the beast its food, To the young ravens, when they cry.
10 Not in the strength of the horse doth he delight, Not in the legs of a man hath he pleasure:
11 Yahweh hath pleasure in them who revere him, In them who wait for his lovingkindness.
12 Laud thou, O Jerusalem, Yahweh, Praise thy God, O Zion:
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy children in thy midst:
14 Who maketh thy boundaries to be peace, With the marrow of wheat doth he satisfy thee:
15 Who sendeth his utterance to the earth, How swiftly runneth his word!
16 Who giveth snow like wool, Hoar-frost—like ashes he scattereth:
17 Casting forth his ice like crumbs, Before his cold who can stand?
18 He sendeth forth his word and melteth them, He causeth his wind to blow, the waters stream along:
19 Declaring his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his regulations, unto Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any nation And his regulations he maketh not known to them. Praise ye Yah!
148 Praise ye Yah, Praise Yahweh out of the heavens, Praise him in the heights;
2 Praise him, all his messengers, Praise him, all his host;
3 Praise him, sun and moon, Praise him, all ye stars of light;
4 Praise him, O ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens;
5 Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, For he commanded and they were created;
6 So caused he them to stand perpetually—age-abidingly, A decree hath he given, and it passeth not beyond.
7 Praise Yahweh out of the earth, Sea monsters and all resounding deeps;
8 Fire and hail, snow and vapour, Stormy wind fulfilling his word;
9 Ye mountains and all hills, Fruit trees and all cedars;
10 Thou wild-beast and all ye cattle, Crawling creature and bird of wing;
11 Kings of earth and all peoples, Rulers and all judges of earth;
12 Young men yea even virgins, Elders and children.
13 Let them praise the Name of Yahweh For lofty is his Name alone, His splendour is over earth and heavens.
14 Therefore hath he exalted a horn for his people, A praise for all his men of lovingkindness, For the sons of Israel—a people near him, Praise ye Yah!
149 Praise ye Yah, Sing to Yahweh a song that is new, His praise in the convocation of the men of lovingkindness.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him, Let the sons of Zion exult in their king;
3 Let them praise his Name in the dance, With timbrel and lyre let them make music to him.
4 For Yahweh is taking pleasure in his people, He will beautify humbled ones with victory.
5 Let the men of lovingkindness exult as they glory, Let them shout aloud upon their beds:
6 The high songs of God be in their throat, And a two-edged sword in their hand:
7 To execute An avenging among the nations, Rebukes among the peoples:
8 To bind Their kings with fetters, and Their honoured ones with iron bands:
9 To execute upon them the sentence written, An honour shall it be to all his men of lovingkindness. Praise ye Yah!
150 Praise ye Yah, Praise ye God in his sanctuary, Praise him in his strong expanse:
2 Praise him for his mighty deeds, Praise him according to his exceeding greatness:
3 Praise him with the blast of a horn, Praise him with the harp and lyre:
4 Praise him with timbrel and dance,—Praise him with stringed instrument and flute,
5 Praise him with cymbals of clear tone,—Praise him with cymbals of loud clang:
6 Let every breathing thing praise Yah, Praise ye Yah!