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1 |
Have mercy on me O God in your ′ great ′ kindness: in the fulness of your mercy ′ blot out ′ my of′fences. |
2 |
Wash away ′ all my ′ guilt: and ′ cleanse me ′ from my ′ sin. |
3 |
For I ac′knowledge · my ′ faults: and my ′ sin is ′ always · be ′fore me. |
4 |
Against you only have I sinned‿ and done evil ′ in your ′ sight: so that you are justified in your sentence, and ′ blameless ′ in your ′ judging. |
5 |
Evil have I been ′ from my ′ birth: sinner I am from the ′ time of ′ my con ′ception. |
6 |
But you desire truth in our ′ inward ′ being: therefore teach me wisdom ′ in my ′ secret ′ heart. |
7 |
Take hyssop, sprinkle me with water and I ′ shall be ′ clean: wash me, and I ′ shall be ′ whiter · than ′ snow. |
8 |
Let me hear the sounds of ′ joy and ′ gladness: that the bones you have ′ broken ′ may re ′joice. |
9 |
Turn away your face ′ from my ′ sins: and ′ blot out ′ all my · mis ′deeds. |
10 |
Create in me a clean ′ heart O ′ God: and re ′new a · right ′ spirit · with′in me. |
11 |
Do not cast me away ′ from your ′ presence: do not take your ′ holy ′ spirit ′ from me. |
12 |
Give me the joy of your ′ help a′gain: and strengthen me ′ with a ′ willing ′ spirit. |
13† |
Then I will teach trans′gressors · your ′ ways: and sinners will ′ turn to ′ you a′gain. |
14 |
Rescue me from bloodshed O ′ God my ′ saviour: and my tongue shall ′ sing of ′ your de′liverance. |
15 |
O Lord ′ open · my ′ lips: and my ′ mouth · shall pro′claim your ′ praise. |
16 |
You desire no sacrifice, or ′ I would ′ give it: but you take no de′light in ′ burnt-′offerings. |
17 |
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a ′ broken ′spirit: a broken and contrite heart O God ′ you will ′ not de′spise. |
18 |
Let it be your pleasure to do ′ good to · Je′rusalem: to re′build the ′ walls · of the ′ city. |
19 |
Then will you delight in the appointed sacrifices, in burnt-offerings ′ and ob′lations: then will they offer young ′ bulls up′on your ′ altar. |
1 |
Why O mighty one do you ′ boast · of your ′ wickedness?: always bent on harming ′ those ′ faithful · to ′ God. |
2 |
Your tongue is like a ′ sharpened ′ razor: you contriver ′ of de′ceit and ′ slander. |
3 | You love evil ′ rather · than ′ good: lying ′ rather · than ′ speaking · the ′ truth. |
4 |
You love all words that ′ may do ′ hurt: O lying ′ tongue ′ that you ′ are. |
5 |
Therefore God will de′stroy you · for ′ ever: God will pluck you from your tent, and uproot you ′ from the ′ land · of the ′ living. |
6 |
The righteous will look ′ on with ′ awe: and ′ then · will they ′ laugh and ′ say, |
7† |
‘Here is one who would not look to ′ God for ′ strength: but trusted in great wealth, and ′ in · the se′curity · of ′ riches.’ |
8 |
But I am like a green olive tree in the ′ house of ′ God: I trust in the goodness of ′ God for ′ ever · and ′ ever. |
9 |
I will always give you thanks, for this was ′ your ′ doing: I will proclaim that your name is good, in the ′ presence ′ of the ′ faithful. |
1 |
The foolish have spoken ′ in their ′ heart: and said, ′ ‘There is ′ no ′ God.’ |
2 | All are corrupt, they do a′bomina·ble ′ things: there is ′ no one · who ′ does · what is ′ good. |
3 | God looks down from heaven up′on us ′ all: to see if any are ′ wise and ′ seek · after ′ God. |
4 |
But they have all gone astray, all alike have ′ been cor′rupted: there is not one that does ′ good, ′ no not ′ one. |
5 |
Have they no knowledge, all ′ those · who do ′ evil?: they devour my people like so much bread, and ′ do not ′ pray · to the ′ Lord. |
6 |
There they are, in great terror; terror such as ′ never · has ′ been: for God will scatter the ′ bones ′ of the · un′godly. |
7 |
They shall be ′ put to ′ shame: because ′ God ′ has re′jected them. |
8 |
O that deliverance for God’s people‿ would come forth ′ from Je′rusalem: when God restores the fortunes of the people, then shall Jacob re ′joice and ′ Israel · be ′ glad. |
1 |
Save me O God by the ′ power · of your ′ name: and ′ vindicate · me ′ by your ′ might. |
2 |
Hear my ′ prayer O ′ God: and ′ listen · to the ′ words of · my ′ mouth. |
3 |
For insolent people have ′ risen · a′gainst me: ruthless ones are seeking my life, they ′ give no ′ thought to ′ God. |
4 |
But see, ′ God · is my ′ helper: it is the Lord ′ who up′holds my ′ life. |
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6† |
The offering of a willing heart ′ I will ′ give you: and praise your ′ name O ′ Lord · in your ′ faithfulness. |
* * * |
1 |
Hear my ′ prayer O ′ God: do not ′ hide your·self ′ from my ′ pleading. |
2 |
Give heed to ′ me and ′ answer me: for I am ′ anxious · and ′ greatly ′ troubled, |
3 |
because my enemies shout, and the wicked press ′ hard up ′on me: they bring down trouble upon me, and as′sail me ′ in their ′ fury. |
4 |
My heart is dis′tressed with′in me: and the terrors of ′ death have ′ fallen · up′on me. |
5 |
Fear and ′ trembling · come ′ over me: and ′ horror ′ over′whelms me. |
6 |
And I said, ‘O that I had ′ wings · like a ′ dove: for then I would fly a′way and ′ be at ′ rest. |
7 |
‘I would escape ′ far a′way: and find a ′ refuge ′ in the ′ wilderness. |
8 |
‘I would hasten to ′ find a ′ shelter: from the raging ′ wind ′ and the ′ storm.’ |
9 |
Frustrate their counsels O Lord, and con′fuse their ′ speech: for I have seen ′ violence · and ′ strife · in the ′ city. |
10 |
Day and night they patrol a′long its ′ walls: trouble and ′ mischief ′ are with′in it. |
11† |
Wickedness is ′ at its ′ centre: oppression and fraud ′ never ′ leave its ′ streets. |
12 |
It was not an open enemy ′ who in′sulted me: for then I ′ could have ′ borne the ′ taunts. |
13 |
Nor was it a rival who made ′ boasts a′gainst me: for then I might have ′ kept out ′ of the ′ way. |
14 |
But it was you, one of my ′ own ′ kind: my companion ′ and my ′ inti·mate ′ friend . |
15 |
Pleasantly we con′versed to′gether: and walked in the ′ house of ′ God as ′ friends. |
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17 |
But I will call to ′ you O ′ God: you O ′ Lord my ′ God will ′ save me. |
18 |
Evening, morning, ′ and at ′ noon: I cry out to you in my grief, and ′ you will ′ hear my ′ cry. |
19 |
You will deliver me in ′ safety · from ′ battle: for ′ those · who be ′set me · are ′ many. |
20 |
You O God will hear. You, the eternal ′ judge will ′ humble them: because they keep no law, and ′ have no ′ fear of ′ you. |
21 |
The treacherous have raised their hand‿ against those who ′ were at ′ peace with them: they have ′ broken · their ′ solemn ′ covenant. |
22 |
The words of their mouth were softer than butter, yet war was ′ in their ′ heart: their words were smoother than oil, but ′ they · were like ′ naked ′ swords. |
23 |
Cast your burden on the Lord‿ and the ′ Lord · will sus′tain you: the Lord will never al′low the ′ righteous · to ′ stumble. |
24 |
But as for the treacherous ′ and the ′ bloodthirsty: you O God will cast them ′ into · the ′ pit · of de′struction. |
25† |
They shall not live out ′ half their ′ days: but I will ′ put my ′ trust in ′ you. |
1 |
Be merciful to me O God, for my assailants are ′ treading · me ′ down: they harass me ′ all the ′ day ′ long. |
2 |
My enemies tread me down ′ all day ′ long: for many are ′ those who ′ fight a′gainst me. |
3 |
When I am afraid O ′ God most ′ high: I will ′ put my ′ trust in ′ you. |
4 |
In God whose word I praise, in God I trust and will not ′ be a′fraid: for what can human ′ malice ′ do to ′ me? |
5 |
All day long they dis′tort my ′ words: all their ′ thoughts · are to ′ do me ′ evil. |
6 |
They gather together and ′ lie in ′ ambush: they track me down, and ′ seek to ′ take my ′ life. |
7 |
Recompense them O God ′ for their ′ wickedness: in your ′ anger ′ bring · down the ′ nations. |
8 |
You have taken account of my wanderings, you have stored up my ′ tears · in your ′ bottle: are not these things ′ entered ′ in your ′ book? |
9 |
My enemies shall turn back on the ′ day · that I ′ call: this I know, for ′ God is ′ on my ′ side. |
10 |
In God whose ′ word I ′ praise: in the ′ Lord whose ′ word I ′ praise, |
11† |
in God I trust, I shall ′ not · be a′fraid: for what can human ′ malice ′ do to ′ me? |
12 |
To you O God I must per′form my ′ vows: to you I will ′ offer ′ my thanks′giving. |
13 |
For you have saved me from death, and kept my ′ feet from ′ stumbling: so that I may walk‿ in your presence ′ in the ′ light · of the ′ living. |
1 |
Be merciful to me O ′ God, be ′ merciful: for ′ I have ′ made · you my ′ refuge. |
2 |
In the shadow of your wings ′ I take ′ shelter: until the storms of de′struction ′ pass ′ by. |
3 | I call to you O ′ God most ′ high: for you ful′fil your ′ purpose ′ for me. |
4 |
You will send from heaven and save me, you will put to shame those‿ who would ′ trample · me ′ down: you will send forth your ′ steadfast ′ love and ′ faithfulness. |
5 |
For I lie down amongst lions greedy for ′ human ′ prey: their teeth are spears and arrows, and their ′ tongues are ′ sharpened ′ swords. |
6 | Be exalted O God a′bove the ′ heavens: and let your glory be ′ over ′ all the ′ earth. |
7 |
They set a net for my feet, and ′ I was brought ′ low: they dug a pit in my path, but ′ fell · into ′it them′selves. |
8 |
My heart is steadfast O God, my ′ heart is ′ steadfast: I will ′ sing and ′ make ′ melody. |
9 |
Awake my soul, awake ′ lute and ′ harp: I myself ′ will a′waken · the ′ dawn. |
10 |
I will give you thanks O Lord a′mong the ′ peoples: I will sing your ′ praise a′mong the ′ nations. |
11 |
For the greatness of your mercy reaches ′ to the ′ heavens: and your ′ faithful·ness ′ up · to the ′ clouds. |
12 | Be exalted O God a′bove the ′ heavens: and let your glory be ′ over ′ all the ′ earth. |
1 |
Rescue me from my enemies ′ O my ′ God: pro′tect me · from ′ those · who as ′sail me. |
2 |
Deliver me from ′ those · who do ′ evil: and ′ save me ′ from the ′ bloodthirsty. |
3 |
See, they lie in ′ wait · for my ′ life: cruel enemies are gathered against me‿ through no fault of mine, nor for ′ any ′ wrong · I have ′ done. |
4 |
They run and take position against me, innocent ′ though I ′ am: arise O Lord to help me, and ′ see it ′ for your′self. |
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6 |
Each evening they come back ′ howling · like ′ dogs: and ′ prowling · a′bout the ′ city. |
7 |
They snarl contempt from their mouths, and swords come ′ out · from their ′ lips: but they say, ′‘Who is ′ there to ′ hear us?’ |
8 |
But you Lord will treat them ′ with de′rision: you will laugh ′ all the ′ nations · to ′ scorn. |
9 |
It is to you my strength ′ that I ′ turn: because ′ you O ′ God · are my ′ refuge. |
10† |
In your love you will ′ come to ′ meet me: you will let me look in ′ triumph ′ on my ′ foes. |
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14 |
Let people know that God ′ rules · over ′Jacob: and to the ′ very ′ ends · of the ′ earth. |
15 |
Each evening they come back ′ howling · like ′ dogs: and ′ prowling · a′bout the ′ city. |
16 |
They roam about ′ looking · for ′ food: and growl if they ′ do not ′ get their ′ fill. |
17 |
But I will sing of your power O Lord, and each morning ac′claim your ′ love: for you have been my stronghold, and a refuge in the ′ day of ′ my dis′tress. |
18† |
To you O my strength ′ I will ′ sing: for you are my refuge, and my ′ God · of un′failing ′ love. |
1 |
O God you have re′jected us · and ′ broken us: you have been angry, re′store · us a′gain · to your ′ favour. |
2 |
You have made the earth shudder, and ′ torn it ′ open: heal its wounds, for ′ it is ′ falling · to ′ pieces. |
3 | You have made your people drink a ′ cup of ′ bitterness: you have given us ′ wine that ′ makes us ′ stagger. |
4 |
You have given a warning to ′ those who ′ fear you: to make their escape ′ from the ′ power · of the ′ bow. |
5† |
Save us by your right ′ hand and ′ answer us: so that your be′lovèd · may ′ be de′livered. |
6 |
You have spoken in your ′ holy ′ place: ‘I will go up and divide Shechem, and measure ′ out the ′ valley · of ′ Succoth. |
7 |
‘Gilead and Ma′nasseh · are ′ mine: Ephraim is my helmet, and ′ Judah ′ is my ′ sceptre. |
8 |
‘Moab is my wash-basin, to Edom I will ′ cast my ′ shoe: over Philistia ′ I will ′ shout in ′ triumph.’ |
9 |
Who will bring me into the ′ forti·fied ′ city: who will ′ lead me ′ into ′ Edom, |
10† |
since you O God ′ have re′jected us: and no longer go ′ out ′ with our ′ armies? |
11 |
Grant us help a′gainst the ′ enemy: for vain ′ is all ′ human ′ help. |
12 |
With the help of our God we ′ shall do ′ valiantly: for it is God ′ who will ′ tread down · our ′ foes. |
1 |
Hear my ′cry O ′ Lord: and ′ listen ′ to my ′ prayer. |
2 |
From the ends of the earth I ′ call to ′ you: when my ′ heart is ′ faint with′in me. |
3 | Set me on a rock that is too high for ′ me to ′reach: for you have been my refuge, and a strong tower for ′ me a′gainst the ′ enemy. |
4 |
Let me dwell in your ′ tent for ′ ever: and find shelter under the ′ cover·ing ′ of your ′ wings. |
5 |
For you Lord have ′ heard my ′ vows: and granted the desire of ′ those · who re′vere your ′ name. |
6 |
Give long life ′ to the ′ king: may his years cover ′ many ′ gener′ations. |
7 |
May he live in God’s ′ presence · for′ever: your steadfast love and ′ faithfulness · be ′ his pro′tection. |
8 |
So will I always sing praise ′ to your ′ name: while I ′ daily · per′form my ′ vows. |
1 |
My soul truly is still, and ′ waits for ′ God: from ′ whom comes ′ my de′liverance. |
2 |
In truth the Lord is my rock and ′ my sal′vation: my tower of strength, ′ so · that I ′ stand un′shaken. |
3 | How long will all of you set upon ′ me and ′ batter me: as though I were a tottering ′ wall · or a ′ leaning ′ fence? |
4 |
Their purpose is to thrust me down ′ from my ′ eminence: they delight in lies, they bless with their lips‿ but ′ curse me ′ in their ′ hearts. |
5 |
Yet be still my soul, and ′ wait for ′ God: from whom ′ comes my ′ hope · of de ′liverance. |
6 |
God only is my rock and ′ my sal′vation: my tower of strength, ′ so that · I ′ stand un′shaken. |
7 |
In God is my deliverance ′ and my ′ honour: the rock of my strength ′ and my ′ place of ′ refuge. |
8 |
Put your trust in God ′ always · you ′ people: pour out your hearts before the ′ one who ′ is our ′ refuge. |
9 |
For we mortals are only a puff of wind, the great among us are ′ but il′lusion: weighed in the balance they rise upward, ′ all · of them ′ lighter · than ′ air. |
10 |
Put no trust in extortion, set no vain ′ hopes on ′ plunder: if riches increase, do not ′ set your ′ heart up′on them. |
11 |
Once God has spoken, and twice I have ′ heard God ′ say: ‘Power be′longs to ′ God a′lone.’ |
12 |
Steadfast love O ′ Lord is ′ yours: and you reward us all ac′cording ′ to our ′ deeds. |
1 |
O God ′ you are · my ′ God: and ′ earnest·ly ′ will I ′ seek you. |
2 |
My soul thirsts for you, my body ′ yearns for ′ you: like a land that is ′ dry and ′ thirsty · for ′ water. |
3 | With this longing I have come before you ′ in the ′ sanctuary: that I may see your ′ power ′ and your ′ glory. |
4 |
Your steadfast love is better than ′ life it′self: therefore my ′ lips will ′ speak your ′ praise. |
5 |
As long as I live ′ I will ′ bless you: and lift up my ′ hands to ′ pray · in your ′ name. |
6 |
I shall be satisfied as with a rich and ′ sumptu·ous ′ feast: and my mouth shall ′ praise you · with ′ joyful ′ lips. |
7 |
When I remember you up′on my ′ bed: and think of you in the ′ watches ′ of the ′ night, |
8 |
how you have ′ been my ′ helper: how I am safe in the ′ shadow ′ of your ′ wings, |
9† |
then my ′ soul ′ clings to you: and ′ your right ′ hand up′holds me. |
10 |
But those who seek to des′troy my ′ life: shall go down to the ′ depths ′ of the ′ earth. |
11 |
They shall be given over to the ′ power · of the ′ sword: their bodies shall ′ be a ′ prey for ′ jackals. |
12† |
But the king shall rejoice in God, and all who swear by God ′ shall ex′ult: for the mouths of ′ liars ′ shall be ′ stopped. |
1 |
Hear my voice O God ′ in my ′ prayer: preserve my ′ life from ′ fear · of the ′ enemy. |
2 |
Hide me from those who con′spire a′gainst me: from the ′ turbu·lent ′ throng · of the ′ wicked. |
3 | They sharpen their ′ tongues like ′ swords: they aim ′ bitter ′ words like ′ arrows, |
4 |
to shoot from ambush at ′ one · who is ′ blameless: sudden the attack ′ and by ′ foes un′seen. |
5 |
They hold fast to their ′ evil ′ purpose: they conspire to lay their snares, and they ′ say, ′ ‘Who will ′ see us?’ |
6 |
With skill and cunning they con′trive ′ mischief: for the human heart and ′ mind are ′ very ′ deep. |
7 |
But God will shoot at them with a ′ swift ′ arrow: and ′ sudden·ly ′ strike them ′ down. |
8 |
Their own tongue will be ′ their un′doing: and all who see their ′ fate shall ′ flee ′ from them. |
9 |
Then all shall fear, and say, ′ ‘This is ′ God’s work’: and they shall ′ ponder · what ′ God has ′ done. |
10 |
The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and find their refuge in the ′ Most ′ High: and all who are ′ true of ′ heart · shall be ′ glad. |
1 |
You O God are to be ′ praised · in Je′rusalem: to ′ you shall ′ vows · be per′formed. |
2 |
You give ′ heed to ′ prayer: to you all mortals shall come ′ to con′fess their ′ sins. |
3† |
The burden of our ′ sins · is too ′ great for us: but ′ you will ′ purge · them a′way. |
4 |
Blessèd are the people you choose, and bring to ′ dwell· in your ′ courts: we shall be filled with the blessings‿ of your ′ house your ′ holy ′ temple. |
5 |
With awesome deeds you answer‿ our prayers for deliverance, O ′ God our ′ saviour: you that are the hope of all the ends of the earth, ′ and · of the ′ far-off ′seas. |
6 |
By your strength you made ′ fast the ′ mountains: and ′ gird your·self ′ round with ′power. |
7 |
You still the raging of the seas, and the ′ roar · of their ′ waves: and the ′ tumult ′ of the ′ peoples. |
8† |
The dwellers at the ends of the earth‿ are awed ′ by your ′ wonders: you make the lands of sunrise and sunset‿ re′sound with ′ shouts of ′ joy. |
9 |
You visit the ′ earth and ′ water it: you ′ make it ′ very ′ fruitful. |
10 |
The waters of heaven brim ′ over · their ′ channel: providing us with grain, for so you ′ have pre′pared the ′ land, |
11 |
drenching its furrows, ′ levelling · its ′ ridges: softening it with ′ showers · and ′ blessing · its ′ growth. |
12 |
You crown the year ′ with your ′ goodness: and your paths ′ over ′flow with ′ plenty. |
13 |
The pastures of the wilderness a′bound with ′ grass: and the ′ hills are ′ girded · with ′ joy. |
14 |
The fields are ′ clothed with ′ sheep: the valleys are decked with wheat, so that they ′ shout for ′ joy and ′ sing. |
1 |
Cry out with joy all ′ people · on ′ earth: sing to the honour of God’s name, make the ′ praise · of the ′ Lord ′ glorious. |
2 |
Say to the Almighty, ‘How awesome ′ are your ′deeds: seeing your great power, your ′ ene·mies ′ cringe be′fore you. |
3 |
‘For all the ′ world shall ′ worship you: sing to ′ you and ′ praise your ′ name.’ |
4 |
O come and see what the ′ Lord has ′ done: what God has wrought in ′ terror · a′mong all ′ people. |
5 |
The Lord turned the sea into dry land, and they crossed the ′ river · on ′ foot: therefore in ′ God let ′ us re′joice, |
6 |
who rules with power for ever, whose eyes keep ′ watch · on the ′ nations: let not the re′bellious · lift ′ up their ′ heads. |
7 |
Praise our ′ God all ′ peoples: and let the ′ sound of ′ praise be ′ heard. |
8 |
The Lord has preserved us a′mong the ′ living: and ′ kept our ′ feet from ′ stumbling. |
9 |
For you O ′ God have ′ tested us: and refined us as ′ silver ′ is re′fined. |
10 |
You led us ′ into · the ′ snare: you laid a burden of ′ trouble · up′on our ′ backs. |
11† |
You let enemies ride over our heads, we went through ′ fire and ′ water: but you have brought us out ′ into · a ′ place of ′ liberty. |
12 |
I will come into your house with ′ burnt- ′offerings: and I will ′ pay you ′ my ′ vows, |
13 |
the vows which I made ′ with my ′ lips: and swore with my mouth ′ when I ′ was in ′ trouble. |
14 |
I will offer fat beasts in sacrifice, with the smoke of ′ burning ′ rams: I will prepare you an ′ offering · of ′ bulls and ′ goats. |
15 |
Come then and listen, all you that ′ fear the ′ Lord: and I will ′ tell you · what ′ God has ′ done for me. |
16 |
I cried a′loud to ′ God: high praise was ′ ready ′ on my ′ tongue. |
17 |
If I had cherished evil ′ in my ′ heart: the ′ Lord would ′ not have ′ heard me. |
18 |
But truly ′ God has ′ heard me: and has ′ given ′ heed · to my ′ prayer. |
19 |
Blessèd are you O God, for you have not re′jected · my ′ prayer: nor withdrawn from ′ me your ′ steadfast ′ love. |
1 |
Be gracious to us O ′ God and ′ bless us: and make the light of your ′ face to ′ shine up′on us, |
2 |
that your ways may be ′ known up·on ′ earth: your saving ′ power · a′mong all ′ nations. |
3 | Let the peoples ′ praise you · O ′ God: let ′ all the ′ peoples ′ praise you. |
4 |
Let the nations be glad, and ′ sing for ′ joy: for you judge the peoples righteously, and ′ guide the ′ nations · on ′ earth. |
5 |
Let the peoples ′ praise you · O ′ God: let ′ all the ′ peoples ′ praise you. |
6 |
The earth has ′ yielded · its ′ harvest: and ′ you our ′ God will ′ bless us. |
7† |
Your blessing O God ′ be up′on us: and let all the ′ ends · of the ′ world re′vere you. |
1 |
Arise O God and let your ′ enemies · be ′ scattered: let those who ′ hate you ′ flee be′fore you. |
2 |
As smoke vanishes before the wind, and as wax ′ melts · in the ′ fire: so let the wicked ′ perish · at the ′ presence · of ′ God. |
3 | But let the righteous be glad and ex′ult be·fore ′ God: let them re′joice · with ex′ceeding ′ joy. |
4 |
Sing praises to God’s ′ holy ′ name: make a highway for the one who rides on the clouds, whose name is the Lord, ′ in whose ′ presence · ex′ult. |
5 |
Guardian of orphans and pro′tector · of ′ widows: such are you O God ′ in your ′ holy ′ dwelling-place. |
6 |
You give the lonely a home to live in, and lead out the prisoners ′ into · pros′perity: but the re′bellious · must ′ live · in the ′ wasteland. |
7 |
O God when you went out at the ′ head · of your ′ people: when you ′ marched a′cross the ′ wilderness, |
8 |
the earth quaked, the heavens ′ poured down ′ rain: before God the Lord of Sinai, before ′ God the ′ Lord most ′ high. |
9 |
You sent down a generous ′ rain O ′ God: to refresh the wilting ′ land of ′ your pos′session. |
10 |
There your people ′ found a ′ home: which in your goodness you pro′vided ′ for the ′ poor. |
11 |
The Lord ′ gave the ′ word: and great was the company‿ of ′ those who ′ carried · the ′ news, |
12 |
‘Kings with their armies are in ′ headlong ′ flight: the women at home ′ are di′viding · the ′ spoil. |
13 |
‘You lingered a′mong the ′ sheepfolds: but Israel is like a dove, its wings covered with silver, and its ′ feathers ′ shining · with ′ gold.’ |
14 |
When the Almighty ′ scattered ′ kings: it was like snowflakes ′ falling · up′on Mount ′ Zalmon. |
15 |
A mighty mountain is the ′ mountain · of ′ Bashan: the mountain of Bashan is a ′ mountain · of ′ many ′ peaks. |
16 |
O mountain of many peaks, why do you look with envy‿ at the mountain where God has ′ chosen · to ′ dwell: and where the ′ Lord will ′ live for ′ ever? |
17 |
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, indeed ′ thousands up·on ′ thousands: you O Lord have come from Sinai ′ into · your ′ holy ′ place. |
18 |
You have gone up on high, leading ′ captives ′ with you: and receiving tribute, even from among the rebellious, that ′you might ′ dwell a′mong them. |
19 |
Blessèd are you O Lord, for you bear us daily ′ as your ′ burden: you are the ′ God of ′ our de′liverance. |
20 |
Our God is a ′ God · of sal′vation: God is the Lord through whom ′ we es′cape from ′ death. |
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24 |
Your procession O God has ′ come · into ′ view: the procession of my God and king ‿ ′ as it ′ enters · the ′ sanctuary. |
25 |
The singers walk in front, the ′ minstrels ′ follow: with them the maidens‿ ′ playing · the ′ timbrels · and ′ singing, |
26 |
‘Give thanks to the Lord in the ′ great · congre′gation: bless the Lord, all you that ′ spring · from the ′ fountain · of ′ Israel.’ |
27 |
There in the lead is the little tribe of Benjamin, there the company of the ′ princes · of ′ Judah: the princes of Zebulun ′ and the ′ princes · of ′ Naphtali. |
28 |
Summon your ′ strength O ′ God: the strength in which‿ you performed for ′ us your ′ mighty ′ deeds. |
29 |
For your temple ′s sake ′ at Je′rusalem: summon ′ kings to ′ bring you ′ gifts. |
30 |
Rebuke the wild ′ beast · of the ′ reeds: that ′ herd of ′ bulls · with their ′ calves. |
31 |
Trample under foot those who are ′ greedy · for ′ silver: and scatter the people ′ whose de′light · is in ′ war. |
32† |
Let tribute be brought ′ out from ′ Egypt: and Ethiopia stretch ′ out her ′ hands to ′ God. |
33 |
Sing to God you ′ kingdoms· of the ′ earth: sing ′ praises ′ to the ′ Lord, |
34 |
who rides on the heavens, the ′ ancient ′ heavens: who speaks aloud ′ with a ′ mighty ′ voice. |
35 |
Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is ′ over · our ′ people: and whose ′ strength is ′ in the ′ skies. |
36 |
Terrible are you O God, as you come from your ′ holy ′ place: you give power and strength to your people. ′ Blessèd ′ be ′ God. |
1 |
Save ′ me O ′ God: for the waters have ′ risen ′ up · to my ′ neck. |
2 |
I am sinking into miry depths and ′ have no ′ foothold: I have come into deep waters, ′ and the ′ flood en′gulfs me. |
3 | I am wearied with crying out, my ′ throat is ′parched: my eyes grow dim with ′ watching · so ′ long · for my ′ God. |
4 |
Those who hate me without reason‿ are more in number than the ′ hairs · of my ′ head: mighty are those who ′ seek · to de′stroy me · with ′ lies. |
5 |
They bid me give back things that I ′ never ′ took: God you know how foolish I am, and my faults ′ are not ′ hidden · from ′ you. |
6 |
Let not those who hope in you‿ be put to shame through ′ me O ′ God: let not those who seek you‿ be dismayed at ′ me, Lord ′ God of ′ hosts. |
7 |
It is for you I have ′ suffered · re′proach: and ′ shame has ′ covered· my ′ face. |
8 |
I have become a stranger ′ to my ′ family: an alien ′ to my ′ mother’s ′ children. |
9 |
Zeal for your house ′ has con′sumed me: and insults aimed at ′ you have ′ fallen · on ′ me. |
10 |
When I afflicted my′self with ′ fasting: that was turned ′ as a · re′proach a′gainst me. |
11 |
I put on ′ sackcloth ′ also: and I be′came a ′ by-word · a′mong them. |
12 |
I am the talk of those who ′ sit · at the ′ gate: and the ′ drunkards · make ′ songs a′bout me. |
13 |
But Lord I make my ′ prayer · to ′ you: accept me ′ now in ′ your great ′ love. |
14 |
Answer ′ me O ′ God: with ′ your un′failing ′ help. |
15 |
Rescue me from the mire, do not ′ let me ′ sink: let me be delivered ′ from the ′ muddy ′ depths. |
16 |
Do not let the flood engulf me, or the deep ′ swallow · me ′ up: or the Abyss of death ′ close its ′ mouth up′on me. |
17 |
Answer me Lord, for your ′ love is ′ good: turn to me ′ in your ′ great com′passion. |
18 |
Do not hide your face ′ from your ′ servant: be swift to answer me, for ′ I am ′ in dis′tress. |
19 |
Come near to me ′ and re′deem me: O ′ ransom me · be′cause of · my ′ enemies. |
20 |
You know my reproach, my shame and hu′mili′ation: my enemies are ′ all ′ in your ′ sight. |
21 |
Reproach has ′ broken· my ′ heart: and my ′ sickness · is ′ past all ′ healing. |
22 |
I looked for compassion, ′ but I · re′ceived none: for someone to console me, ′ but I ′ found ′ no one. |
23† |
They gave me ′ poison · for ′ food: and in my thirst they ′ gave me ′ vinegar · to ′ drink. |
* * * |
31 |
As for me, I am afflicted ′ and in ′ pain: O God, lift me up ′ by your ′ saving ′ power. |
32 |
I will praise your name ′ with a ′ song: and ′ glori·fy ′ you with ′ thanksgiving. |
33 |
And that will please you‿ more than the offering ′ of an ′ ox: more than a ′ bull with ′ horns and ′ hoofs. |
34 |
Consider this, you that are humble, ′ and be ′glad: let your heart rejoice, ′ you that ′ seek · after ′ God. |
35 |
For you O God ′ listen · to the ′ poor: and do not despise your ′ servants ′ in cap′tivity. |
36 |
Let the heavens and the ′ earth ′ praise you: the ′ seas and ′ all that ′ moves in them. |
37 |
For you will deliver Jerusalem, and rebuild the ′ cities · of ′ Judah: and your people shall ′ dwell there ′ and pos′sess it. |
38 |
Your servants’ children ′ shall in′herit it: and those who ′ love your ′ name shall ′ dwell in it. |
1 |
O God be ′ pleased · to de′liver me: make ′ haste O ′ Lord to ′ help me. |
2 |
Let those who seek my life‿ be put to ′ shame · and con′fusion: let those who desire my hurt‿ be turned ′ back and ′ brought · to dis′honour. |
3 | Let those who mock at my hu′mili′ation: be ap′palled · at their ′ own dis′grace. |
4 |
Let all who seek you rejoice and be ′ glad in ′you: and let those who long for your saving help‿ say ′ always, ′ ‘God is ′ great.’ |
5 |
As for me I am ′ poor and ′ needy: come ′ quickly · O ′ God · to my ′aid. |
6 |
You are my helper and ′ my de′liverer: O ′ Lord make ′ no de′lay. |
1 |
In you O Lord I have ′ taken ′ refuge: let me ′ never · be ′ put to ′ shame. |
2 |
In your righteousness de′liver me · and ′ rescue me: incline your ′ ear to ′ me and ′ save me. |
3 | Be to me a rock of refuge, a fortress where I may ′ find ′ safety: for you are my ′ rock ′ and my ′ stronghold. |
4 |
Rescue me O my God, from the ′ hand · of the ′ wicked: from the ′ grasp of · the un′righteous · and ′ cruel. |
5 |
For you O Lord ′ are my ′ hope: my trust has been in you ′ from the ′ time · of my ′ youth. |
6 |
On you have I leaned since ′ I was ′ born: it is you that brought me out of my mother's womb, you are the ′ theme · of my ′ constant ′ praise. |
7 |
I have become a warning ′ sign to ′ many: but you are my ′ strength ′ and my ′ refuge. |
8 |
My mouth shall be ′ filled · with your ′ praises: I will sing of your ′ glory ′ all the · day ′ long. |
9 |
Do not cast me off in the time of ′ old ′ age: or forsake me ′ when my ′ strength is ′ failing, |
10 |
when my enemies ′ speak a′gainst me: and those who lie in wait for me‿ con′spire to ′gether · a′gainst me. |
11† |
They are sure that ′ you · have for′saken me: that they may pursue me and seize me, for ′ there is ′ no one · to ′ save me. |
12 |
O God, do not ′ stand off ′ from me: my ′ God make ′ haste to ′ help me. |
13 |
Let my accusers be put to ′ shame · and con′fusion: let those who seek my hurt‿ be ′ covered · with ′ scorn · and dis′grace. |
14 |
But as for me, I will wait in ′ hope con′tinually: and I will ′ praise you ′ more and ′ more. |
15 |
My mouth shall speak of your righteousness‿ and of your saving acts ′ all the · day ′ long: for their ′ number · is be′yond my ′ telling. |
16 |
I will begin with your mighty acts O ′ Lord my ′ God: and speak of your ′ righteous·ness, ′ yours a′lone. |
17 |
O God you have taught me ′ from my ′ childhood: and to this day I pro′claim your ′ wondrous ′ deeds. |
18 |
Do not forsake me now that I am old and ′ grey′headed: till I have made known the strength of your arm‿ to the generations ′ that are ′ yet to ′ come. |
19 |
Your righteousness O God reaches ′ to the ′ heavens: great are the things you have done, ′ who O ′ God is ′ like you? |
20 |
Many bitter troubles you have laid upon me, yet you will ′ turn · and re′vive me: and raise me up again ′ from the ′ depths · of the ′ earth. |
21 |
Restore me to more than my ′ former ′ greatness: O ′ turn to me · a′gain and ′ comfort me. |
22 |
Then will I praise you on the lute‿ for your faithfulness ′ O my ′ God: I will sing to you with the ′ harp, O ′ Lord most ′ high. |
23 |
My lips will shout for ′ joy· when I ′ sing to you: and my soul also ′ which you ′ have de′livered. |
24† |
My tongue shall speak of your righteousness ′‿ all the · day ′ long: for those who sought to harm me‿ shall be ′ put to ′ shame · and dis′grace. |
1 |
Give the king your ′ justice · O ′ God: and your righteousness ′ to a ′ king’s ′ son, |
2 |
that he may judge your ′ people ′ rightly: and up′hold the ′ poor with ′ justice. |
3 | Let the mountains bring forth peace ′ for the ′people: and the ′ hills pros′perity · with ′ justice. |
4 |
May the king defend the cause of the poor‿ a′mong the ′ people: save the children of the ′‿ needy · and ′ crush · the op′pressor. |
5 |
May he live as long as the ′ sun en′dures: as long as the ′ moon from ′ age to ′ age. |
6 |
May he come down like rain up′on the ′ grass: like ′ showers · that ′ water · the ′ earth. |
7 |
In his days may ′ righteous·ness ′ flourish: and abundance of peace ′ till the ′ moon · is no ′ more. |
8 |
May his rule extend from ′ sea to ′ sea: and from the ′ River · to the ′ ends · of the ′ earth. |
9 |
May the tribes of the desert bow ′ down be′fore him: and his ′ ene·mies ′ lick the ′ dust. |
10 |
May the kings of Tarshish and of the ′ isles pay ′ tribute: the kings of Sheba and ′ Seba ′ bring their ′ gifts. |
11† |
May all kings fall ′ prostrate · be′fore him: and all ′ nations ′ render · him ′ service. |
12 |
He shall deliver the needy ′ when they ′ cry: and the ′ poor who ′ have no ′ helper. |
13 |
He shall have pity on the ′ weak · and the ′ needy: and ′ save the ′ lives · of the ′ poor. |
14† |
He shall rescue them from op′pression · and ′ violence: and their blood shall be ′ precious ′ in his ′ sight. |
15 |
Long may the king live, and receive gifts of ′ gold from ′ Sheba: may prayer be made for him continually, and may people ′ bless him ′ every ′ day. |
16 |
Let there be abundance of wheat in the land, growing thick ′ up · to the ′ hill-tops: may its crops flourish like those of Lebanon, and the sheaves be ′ numberless · as ′ blades of ′ grass. |
17 |
May the king ′ live for ′ ever: and his name en′dure as ′ long · as the ′ sun. |
18 |
May all nations pray to be ′ blessed as ′ he is: and all ′ peoples ′ call him ′ blessèd. |
19 |
Blessèd are you O ′ Lord our ′ God: for you a′lone do ′ marvel·lous ′ things. |
20 |
Blessèd be your glorious ′ name for ′ ever: let the whole earth be filled with your glory. ′ Amen. ′ A′men. |
1 |
Truly God is ′ good · to the ′ upright: to ′ those · who are ′ pure in ′ heart. |
2 |
Nevertheless my feet had ′ almost ′ stumbled: my ′ steps had ′ well-nigh ′ slipped. |
3 | For the boasting of the wicked ′ roused me · to ′ envy: when I ′ saw how ′ greatly · they ′ prosper. |
4 |
They ′ suffer · no ′ pain: their ′ bodies · are ′ sound and ′ sleek. |
5 |
They come to no misfortune as ′ others ′ do: nor are they af′flicted · like ′ other ′ people. |
6 |
So they wear their pride ′ like a ′ necklace: and cover themselves with ′ vio·lence ′ as · with a ′ cloak. |
7 |
Iniquity comes ′ forth · from with′in them: and folly ′ over′flows · from their ′ hearts. |
8 |
They scoff, they ′ speak ma′liciously: indeed they speak of oppression ′ by the ′ Most ′ High. |
9 |
Their slanders reach ′ up to ′ heaven: while their tongues ply ′ to and ′ fro on ′ earth. |
10 |
So the people ′ turn and ′ follow them: and ′ find in ′ them no ′ fault. |
11† |
They say, ′‘How can · God ′ know: is there ′ knowledge ′in the · Most ′ High?’ |
12 |
So the ′ wicked ′ talk: yet they prosper, and ′ still their ′ riches ′ grow. |
13 |
So it was all in vain that I kept my ′ heart ′clean: and ′ washed my ′ hands in ′ innocence. |
14 |
All the day long have ′ I been ′ buffeted: and ′ punished · a′new · every ′ morning. |
15 |
If I had said, ‘I will go on ′ speaking · like ′ this’: then I should have be′trayed the ′ children · of ′ God. |
16 |
So I kept thinking how to ′ under·stand ′ this: but I ′ found it · too ′ hard for ′ me, |
17 |
till I went into the ′ sanctuary · of ′ God: and then I perceived ′ what be′comes · of the ′ wicked. |
18 |
Surely it is on slippery ground ′ that you ′ set them: and make them ′ fall ′ headlong · to ′ ruin. |
19 |
How suddenly they ′ come · to de′struction: they are swept away, and ′ come · to a ′ fearful ′ end. |
20† |
Like a dream when ′ one a′wakens: so Lord you a′rise· to dis′miss them · as ′ phantoms. |
21 |
When therefore I ′ was em′bittered: and ′ envy ′ goaded · my ′ heart, |
22 |
stupid was ′ I and ′ ignorant: no ′ better · than a ′ beast in · your ′ sight. |
23 |
Yet I am ′ always ′ with you: for you hold me ′ by my ′ right ′ hand. |
24 |
You guide me ′ with your ′ counsel: and afterwards ′ will re′ceive me · with ′ glory. |
25 |
Whom have I in ′ heaven · but ′ you?: and having you, I desire ′ nothing ′ else up·on ′ earth. |
26 |
My flesh and my ′ heart may ′ fail: but God is the strength of my heart‿ and ′ my pos′session · for ′ ever. |
27 |
Those who go far from you ′ Lord shall ′ perish: and all who are ′ faithless ′ you will · de′stroy. |
28 |
But for me it is good to draw ′ near to ′ God: I have made you Lord God my refuge, and I will ′ speak of ′ all · you have ′ done. |
1 |
O God, why have you cast us ′ off for ′ ever: why is your anger so hot‿ a′gainst the ′ sheep of · your ′ pasture? |
2 |
Remember the assembly ′ of your ′ people: whom you long ago ′ chose ′ for your ′ own. |
3 | Remember the tribe you redeemed‿ to be your ′ own pos′session: and the hill ′ where you ′ made your ′ dwelling. |
4 |
Draw near, and see how ′ all · is in ′ ruins: how the enemy have ′‿ utterly · laid ′ waste your ′ sanctuary. |
5 |
Your adversaries have made uproar in your ′ holy ′ place: and set up their ′ standards · in ′ token · of ′ victory. |
6 |
Like timber cutters hacking at a ′ thicket · of ′ trees: they broke the carved ′‿ woodwork · with ′ axes · and ′ hammers. |
7 |
They set ′ fire · to your ′ sanctuary: defiled your dwelling-place, and ′ razed it ′ to the ′ ground. |
8 |
They said in their hearts, ′ ‘Let us · de′stroy them’: and they burned every ′ shrine of ′ God · in the ′ land. |
9 |
We see no signs, we have no ′ prophet ′ now: no one knows how ′ long these ′ things · shall con′tinue. |
10 |
How long O God shall the ′ adver·sary ′ scoff: will the enemy blas′pheme your ′ name for′ ever? |
11† |
Why do you hold ′ back your ′ hand: why do you keep your ′ right hand ′ in your ′ bosom? |
12 |
Yet God ′ reigns · from of ′ old: achieving ′ victory · up′on the ′ earth. |
13 |
It was you that split the sea in two ′ by your ′ power: and smashed the heads of the ′ monsters ′ in the ′ waters. |
14 |
It was you that crushed the ′ heads · of Le′viathan: and gave him for food to the ′ creatures ′ of the ′ deep. |
15 |
It was you that opened channels for ′ springs and ′ torrents: and ′ dried up · per′enni·al ′ rivers. |
16 |
Yours is the day, and yours ′ also · the ′ night: you ap′pointed · the ′ moon · and the ′ sun. |
17 |
It was you that fixed the ′ bounds · of the ′ earth: and ′ you made ′ summer · and ′ winter. |
18 |
Remember O Lord the ′ taunts · of the ′ enemy: see how an ungodly ′ people · re′viles your ′ name. |
19 |
Do not hand over to wild beasts‿ the ′ soul · that con′fesses you: do not forget your af′flicted ′ people · for′ ever. |
20 |
Look upon the ′ world · you have ′ made: see how full it is of darkness, and how ′ violence · in′habits · the ′ earth. |
21 |
Let not the oppressed be turned away ′ disap′pointed: but let the poor and ′ needy ′ praise your ′ name. |
22 |
Arise O God, and defend your ′ own ′ cause: remember how the ungodly‿ ′ taunt you ′ all the · day ′ long. |
23 |
Do not ignore the clamour ′ of your ′ foes: or the uproar of your adversaries, which ′ rises ′ up con′tinually. |
1 |
To you O God ′ we give ′ thanks: yes, to you O ′ Lord ′ we give ′ thanks. |
2 |
We ′ call on · your ′ name: and tell of ′ all your ′ marvel·lous ′ deeds. |
3 | ‘At the time of ′ my a′ppointing: I will ′ judge the ′ world with ′ justice. |
4 |
‘The earth may shake, with ′ all who ′ dwell in it: but it is ′ I · who keep ′ steady · its ′ pillars. |
5 |
‘To the boastful I say, ′ “Boast no ′ longer”: and to the wicked, ′ “Do not ′ toss your ′ horns. |
6 |
‘ “Do not toss your ′ horns so ′ high: or ′ speak with ′ stiff-necked ′ pride.” ’ |
7 |
For help comes neither from the east nor ′ from the ′ west: neither from the ′ desert · nor ′ yet · from the ′ mountains. |
8 |
But it is ′ God · who is ′ judge: the Lord puts down one, and ′ raises ′ up an′other. |
9 |
In the Lord’s hand is a cup of wine ′ foaming · and ′ spiced: the Lord gives it to ′ each of ′ them to ′ drink. |
10 |
All the wicked of the ′ earth shall ′ drink from it: they shall ′ drain it ′ to the ′ dregs. |
11 |
But I will re′joice for ′ ever: I will sing ′ praises · to the ′ God of ′ Jacob. |
12 |
‘All the horns of the wicked ′ I will ′ break: but the horns of the righteous ′ shall be ′ lifted ′ high.’ |