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1 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that
rise up against me.
2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in
God.
Selah.
3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up
of mine head.
4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. Selah.
5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
themselves against me round about.
7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy
people.
Selah.
1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to
the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a
joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the
hills is his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry
land.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD
our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the
sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day
of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said,
It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my
ways:
11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my
rest.
1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation
how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden
the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou
settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of
days for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou
laid upon him.
6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him
exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the
most High he shall not be moved.
8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall
find out those that hate thee.
9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger:
the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour
them.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed
from among the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous
device, which they are not able to perform.
12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt
make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing
and praise thy power.
1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far
from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the
night season, and am not silent.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver
them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee,
and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of
the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip,
they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver
him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me
hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my
mother's belly.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to
help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset
me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a
roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint:
my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth
to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have
inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee
to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the
dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the
horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the
congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob,
glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the
afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried
unto him, he heard.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay
my vows before them that fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD
that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:
and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the
nations.
29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they
that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive
his own soul.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a
generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a
people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside
the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I
will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they
comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my
life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
1 The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and
they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the
floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in
his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted
up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness
from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face,
O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD
mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting
doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of
glory. Selah.
1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine
enemies triumph over me.
3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed
which transgress without cause.
4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my
salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;
for they have been ever of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:
according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O
LORD.
8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in
the way.
9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach
his way.
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep
his covenant and his testimonies.
11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is
great.
12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the
way that he shall choose.
13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the
earth.
14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will
shew them his covenant.
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet
out of the net.
16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and
afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my
distresses.
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with
cruel hatred.
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put
my trust in thee.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have
trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in
thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with
dissemblers.
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit
with the wicked.
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine
altar, O LORD:
7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of
all thy wondrous works.
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place
where thine honour dwelleth.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of
bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be
merciful unto me.
12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I
bless the LORD.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the
LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to
eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:
though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to
behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in
the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon
a rock.
6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round
about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me,
and answer me.
8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy
face, LORD, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger:
thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my
salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take
me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because
of mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false
witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the
LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen
thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest,
if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I
lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of
iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in
their hearts.
4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the
wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their
hands; render to them their desert.
5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation
of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my
supplications.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him,
and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my
song will I praise him.
8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his
anointed.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and
lift them up for ever.
1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and
strength.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD
in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory
thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full
of majesty.
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh
the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like
a young unicorn.
7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh
the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth
the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for
ever.
11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless
his people with peace.
1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast
not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast
kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the
remembrance of his holiness.
5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:
weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong:
thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?
Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put
off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be
silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:
deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong
rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's
sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for
thou art my strength.
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD
God of truth.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the
LORD.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered
my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set
my feet in a large room.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is
consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my
strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my
neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me
without fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken
vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side:
while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away
my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine
enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy
mercies' sake.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let
the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous
things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them
that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee
before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the
pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the
strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous
kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:
nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried
unto thee.
23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the
faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye
that hope in the LORD.
1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is
covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and
in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all
the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is
turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid.
I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou
forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time
when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they
shall not come nigh unto him.
7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt
go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no
understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest
they come near unto thee.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the
LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for
joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
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