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1 |
In Judah you are ′ known O ′ God: your ′ name is ′ great in ′ Israel. |
2 |
Your tent is ′ pitched in ′ Salem: and your dwelling is ′ on your ′ holy ′ hill. |
3 |
There you broke the ′ flashing ′ arrows: the shield, the ′ sword · and the ′ weapons · of ′ battle. |
4 |
Glorious are ′ you O ′ Lord: more majestic than the ′ ever′lasting ′ mountains. |
5 |
The mighty ones have been despoiled, they sleep their ′ last ′ sleep: the strongest ′ cannot ′ lift a ′ hand. |
6 |
At your rebuke O ′ God of ′ Jacob: both ′ horse and ′ rider · fell ′ stunned. |
7 |
Terrible are ′ you O ′ Lord: who can stand in your ′ presence · when ′ you are ′ angry? |
8 |
You gave ′ sentence · from ′ heaven: the ′ earth in ′ terror · was ′ still, |
9 |
when God a′rose to · give ′ judgment: to save all that are op′pressed up′on ′ earth. |
10 |
The fierceness of Edom shall ′ turn · to your ′ praise: and the remnant of ′ Hamath · shall ′ keep your ′ festival. |
11 |
Make your vows to the Lord your ′ God, and ′ keep them: let all the surrounding nations bring gifts to the Lord, as to the ′ one who ′ is · to be ′ feared, |
12 |
who curbs the ′ spirit · of ′ princes: and is the terror of the ′ rulers ′ of the ′ earth. |
1 |
I cry a′loud to ′ God: I cry aloud ′ to the ′ one · who will ′ hear me. |
2 |
In the day of my distress I ′ sought the ′ Lord: by night my hands were‿ spread out in prayer without ceasing, my ′ soul re′fused all ′ comfort. |
3 |
I remembered my God, ′ and I ′ groaned: in my ′ thinking · my ′ spirit ′ fainted. |
4 |
You kept my ′ eyelids · from ′ closing: I was ′ dazed · and I ′ could not ′ speak. |
5 |
I thought of the ′ days of ′ old: I re′membered · the ′ years long ′ past. |
6 |
At night I communed ′ with my ′ heart: I pondered, ′ and I ′ questioned · my ′ spirit, |
7 |
‘Will you O Lord re′ject us · for ′ ever: and ′ never · more ′ show us · your ′ favour? |
8 |
‘Has your unfailing love now ′ failed us · for ′ ever: is your promise made ′ void for ′ all · gener′ations? |
9 |
‘Have you for′gotten · to be ′ gracious: and in ′ anger · with′held · your com′passion?’ |
10 |
And I said, ‘This thought ′ causes · me ′ grief: that the right hand of the Most ′‿ High has ′ lost its ′ strength.’ |
11 |
But then I remember what the ′ Lord has ′ done: and call to ′ mind your ′ wonders · of ′ old. |
12 |
I meditate on ′ all your ′ works: and ′ ponder · the ′ things you have ′ done. |
13 |
Your way O ′ God is ′ holy: what god is so ′ great as ′ our ′ God? |
14 |
You are the God ′ who does ′ wonders: you have shown your ′ power · a′mong the ′ nations. |
15 |
With your strong arm you de′livered · your ′ people: the ′ offspring · of ′ Jacob · and ′ Joseph. |
16 |
The waters saw you O God, the waters saw you and ′ were a′fraid: they ′ trembled ′ in their ′ depths. |
17 |
The clouds poured out water, the ′ heavens ′ thundered: and your ′ arrows ′ flashed a′broad. |
18 |
The voice of your thunder was ′ heard · in the ′ whirlwind: the ′ earth was ′ shaken · and ′ trembling. |
19 |
Your path was in the sea, and your way was through the ′ great ′ waters: and your ′ footprints ′ were not ′ seen. |
20 |
You led your ′ people · like ′ sheep: by the ′ hand of ′ Moses · and ′ Aaron. |
1 |
Give heed to my teaching ′ O my ′ people: turn your ′ ears · to the ′ words of · my ′ mouth. |
2 |
I will open my ′ mouth · in a ′ parable: I will reveal the hidden′‿ meanings · of ′ things in the ′ past, |
3 |
things we have ′ heard and ′ known: and ′ such · as our ′ forbears · have ′ told us. |
4 |
We will not hide them from their children, but declare to the ′ next · gener′ation: your glories O Lord and your might, and the ′ wonders · that ′ you have ′ done, |
5 |
the testimony that you gave to Jacob, and the law you ap′pointed · in′ Israel: which you com′manded · them to ′ teach their ′ children, |
6 |
that their posterity might know it, the children ′ yet un′born: and these in turn should a′rise and ′ tell their ′ children, |
7 |
that they should put their ′ trust in ′ you: and not forget your great acts, but ′ keep all ′ your com′mandments, |
8 |
and not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and re′belli·ous ′ race: a generation fickle of heart, whose spirit ′ was not ′ faithful to ′ you. |
9 |
The sons of Ephraim ′ armed with the ′ bow: turned ′ back · on the ′ day of ′ battle. |
10 |
They did not ′ keep your ′ covenant: and they would not live ac′cording ′ to your ′ law. |
11 |
They forgot what ′ you had ′ done: and the ′ wonderful ′ things · you had ′ shown them. |
12 |
Marvellous things you did in the ′ sight of our ′ ancestors: in the land of Egypt, ′ in the ′ plain of ′ Zoan. |
13 |
You divided the sea and ′ let them · go ′ through: and made the waters ′ stand up ′ like a ′ wall. |
14 |
In the daytime you led them ′ with a ′ cloud: and all the night ′ long · with a ′ beacon · of ′ fire. |
15 |
You split ′ rocks · in the ′ wilderness: and gave them drink in plenty, as ′ from the ′ great ′ deep. |
16 |
You brought streams ′ out · of the ′ cliff: and made ′ water · run ′ down like ′ rivers. |
17 |
But for all this they sinned yet ′ more a′gainst you: and provoked the Most ′ High ′ in the ′ desert. |
18 |
They tried your ′ patience ′ wilfully: demanding ′ food to ′ satisfy · their ′ craving. |
19 |
They spoke a′gainst you · and ′ said: ‘Can God prepare a ′ table ′ in the ′ wilderness? |
20 |
‘God struck the rock indeed, so that water gushed out and streams ′ over′flowed: but can God also give bread, or provide ′ meat · for the ′ people · to ′ eat?’ |
21 |
When you heard this O Lord, ′ you were ′ angry: a fire was kindled against Jacob, your ′ fury ′ rose a·gainst ′ Israel, |
22 |
because they had no ′ faith in ′ you: and would ′ not re′ly · on your ′ help. |
23 |
Yet you commanded the ′ clouds a′bove: and ′ opened · the ′ doors of ′ heaven. |
24 |
You rained down manna for ′ them to ′ eat: and ′ gave them · the ′ grain of ′ heaven. |
25 |
So mortals ate the ′ bread of ′ angels: you ′ sent them ′ food · in a′bundance. |
26 |
You made the east wind ′ blow from ′ heaven: and brought in the ′ south wind ′ through your ′ power. |
27 |
You rained food upon them as ′ thick as ′ dust: winged ′ birds · like the ′ sand · of the ′ sea. |
28 |
You let it fall in the ′ midst · of the ′ camp: all around the ′ tents · where they ′ dwelt. |
29 |
So the people ate, and ′ had their ′ fill: for you had ′ given · them ′ what they ′ craved. |
30 |
But they had not satisfied their craving, and the food was ′ still · in their ′ mouths: when your ′ anger · rose ′ up a′gainst them. |
31† |
You laid low the ′ strongest · a′mong them: and struck down the ′ flower of ′ Israel′s ′ youth. |
32 |
But for all this they ′ went on ′ sinning: and despite your wonders ′ they did ′ not be′lieve. |
33 |
So you made their days vanish ′ like a ′ breath: and ′ ended · their ′ years in ca′lamity. |
34 |
When you struck them down, ′ they would ′ seek you: they would re′pent and ′ earnest·ly ′ look for you. |
35 |
They would remember that ′ you · were their ′ rock: and that God most ′ high was ′ their re′deemer. |
36 |
But such words on their lips ′ were but ′ flattery: and their ′ tongues were ′ speaking ′ lies. |
37 |
For their heart was not ′ steadfast · to′wards you: nor were they ′ faithful ′ to your ′ covenant. |
38 |
But in your mercy you for′gave · their mis′deeds: and ′ did not ′ utterly · de′stroy them. |
39 |
Many a time you turned your ′ wrath a′way: and did not let your anger ′ rise · to its ′ full ′ height. |
40† |
For you remembered that they ′ were but ′ mortal: like a wind that ′ passes · and ′ never re′turns. |
41 |
How often they rebelled against you ′ in the ′ wilderness: and ′ grieved you ′ in the ′ desert. |
42 |
Again and again they ′ put you · to the ′ test: and pro′voked the ′ Lord most ′ high. |
43 |
They did not keep in ′ mind your ′ power: or the day when you ′ saved them ′ from the ′ enemy, |
44 |
how you worked your ′ miracles · in ′ Egypt: and your ′ wonders · in the ′ plain of ′ Zoan. |
45 |
You turned their rivers ′ into ′ blood: so that they ′ could not ′ drink · from their ′ streams. |
46 |
You sent flies in swarms ′ to de′vour them: and ′ frogs · to make ′ devas′tation. |
47 |
You gave their ′ crops · to the ′ locust: and the fruit of their ′ labour ′ to the ′ grasshopper. |
48 |
You destroyed their ′ vines with ′ hail: and their ′ syca·more ′ trees with ′ frost. |
49 |
You gave up their ′ cattle · to the ′ plague: and their ′ flocks · to a ′ burning ′ fever. |
50 |
You loosed upon them the fierceness of your anger, wrath, indig′nation · and ′ havoc: these were the messengers ′ sent for ′ their de′struction. |
51 |
You gave free course to your anger, and did not ′ spare them · from ′ death: but gave up their ′ lives ′ to the ′ plague, |
52 |
and struck down the ′ first-born · of ′ Egypt: the first-fruits of their‿ strength ′ in the ′ dwellings · of ′ Ham. |
53 |
But your own people you led ′ out like ′ sheep: and guided them in the ′ wilder·ness ′ like a ′ flock. |
54 |
You brought them out safely, and they were ′ not a′fraid: but the sea ′ over′whelmed their ′ enemies. |
55 |
So you brought them to your ′ holy ′ land: to the mountain you had ′‿ won · by your ′ own right ′ hand. |
56 |
You drove out the ′ nations · be′fore them: you allotted their lands to Israel for a heritage, and ′ settled · your ′ tribes · in their ′ tents. |
57 |
Still they tried your patience O God, and rebelled against the ′ Most ′ High: for they ′ did not ′ keep · your com′mandments. |
58 |
They turned away, faithless ′ like their ′ forbears: they started back, like a ′ bow · when its ′ string is ′ loosed. |
59 |
They grieved you ′ with their ′ hill-altars: and provoked you to ′ anger ′ with their ′ idols. |
60 |
when you heard this you were ′ filled with ′ fury: and ′ utterly · re′jected ′ Israel, |
61 |
so that you forsook your ′ dwelling-place · at ′ Shiloh: the tent ′ where you ′ lived a′mong them. |
62 |
You gave the ark of your power ′ into · cap′tivity: your glory ′ into · the ′ hands · of the ′ enemy. |
63 |
You delivered your ′ people · to the ′ sword: and vented your ′ wrath on ′ your in′heritance. |
64 |
The fire of war consumed their ′ young ′ men: and for their ′ maidens · there ′ was no ′ marriage song. |
65† |
Their priests ′ fell · by the ′ sword: and their ′ widows · made ′ no · lamen′tation. |
66 |
Then you awoke O Lord, as ′ one from ′ sleep: as one who is strong ′ throws · off the ′ stupor · of ′ wine. |
67 |
You struck down your enemies and ′ drove them ′ back: and ′ put them · to per′petu·al ′shame. |
68 |
You rejected the ′ tent of ′ Joseph: you did not ′ choose the ′ tribe of ′ Ephraim. |
69 |
But you chose the ′ tribe of ′ Judah: and the ′ mountain ′ which you ′ loved. |
70 |
There you built your temple, like the ′ heights of ′ heaven: like the ′ earth · you had ′ founded · for ′ ever. |
71 |
You chose ′ David · your ′ servant: and ′ took him · a′way · from the ′ sheepfolds. |
72 |
From following the′ sheep, you ′ brought him: to be shepherd of Jacob your people, and ′ Israel ′ your in′heritance. |
73 |
He tended them with ′ upright ′ heart: and ′ guided them · with ′ skilful ′ hands. |
1 |
O God the heathen have come ′ into · your ′ land: your holy temple they have defiled, and made Je′rusalem · a ′ heap of ′ stones. |
2 |
They have given the dead bodies of your servants‿ to be food for the ′ birds · of the ′ air: and the flesh of your ′ people · to the ′ beasts of · the ′ land. |
3 |
Their blood has been spilled like water all ′ round Je′rusalem: and ′ there is ′ no one · to ′ bury them. |
4 |
We have become the ′ taunt · of our ′ neighbours: the scorn and de′rision · of ′ those a′round us. |
5 |
How long O Lord? Will you be ′ angry · for ′ ever: will your jealous ′ wrath ′ burn like ′ fire? |
6 |
Pour out your rage on the nations that ′ do not ′ know you: and on the kingdoms that ′ do not ′ call · on your ′ name. |
7 |
For they have de′voured ′ Jacob: and ′ laid ′ waste his ′ homeland. |
8 |
Do not remember against us the sins of our forbears, let your compassion come ′ swiftly · to ′ meet us: for we are ′ brought ′ very ′ low. |
9 |
Help us O God our saviour, for the ′ glory · of your ′ name: deliver us, and wipe out our ′ sins · for your ′ name′s ′ sake. |
* * * | |
11 |
Let the groans of the prisoners ′ come be′fore you: and by your strong arm‿ set free ′ those con′demned to ′ die. |
* * * | |
13† |
So we your people, and the sheep of your pasture, will give you ′ thanks for ′ ever: we will recount your ′ praise to ′ all · gener′ations. |
1 |
Hear O Shepherd of Israel, you that led Joseph ′ like a ′ flock: shine forth from your ′ throne up′on the ′ cherubim. |
2 |
Before Ephraim, Benjamin ′ and Man′asseh: stir up your ′ strength and ′ come · to our ′ rescue. |
3† | Restore us a′gain O ′ God: show us the light of your ′ face and ′ we · shall be ′ saved. |
4 |
O Lord ′ God of ′ hosts: how long will you set your face‿ a′gainst your ′ people′s ′ prayer? |
5 |
You have fed them with the ′ bread of ′ tears: and given them ′ tears in ′ plenty · to ′ drink. |
6 |
You make a mockery of us ′ to our ′ neighbours: and our ′ enemies ′ laugh us · to ′ scorn. |
7 | Restore us again O ′ God of ′ hosts: show us the light of your ′ face and ′ we · shall be ′ saved. |
8 |
You brought a vine ′ out of ′ Egypt: you drove out the ′ nations · and ′ planted · it ′ in. |
9 |
You ′ cleared the ′ ground for it: and when it had taken ′ root it ′ filled the ′ land. |
10 |
The mountains were covered ′ with the ′ shade of it: and its boughs were like ′ those of ′ mighty ′ cedars. |
11 |
It stretched out its branches as ′ far · as the ′ Sea: and its ′ shoots as ′ far · as the ′ River. |
12 |
Why then have you broken ′ down its ′ fences: so that all who go ′ by pluck ′ off its ′ grapes? |
13 |
The boar out of the forest ′ roots it ′ up: and the ′ beasts · of the ′ field de′vour it. |
14 |
Turn to us again O ′ God of ′ hosts: look ′ down from ′ heaven · and ′ see. |
15 |
Bestow your care up′on this ′ vine: upon its stock which ′ your right ′ hand has ′ planted. |
16 |
As for those who burn it with fire, and ′ cut it ′ down: let them perish ′ at the ′ frown · of your ′ face. |
17 |
Let your hand rest upon the one at your ′ right ′ hand: the one you have ′ made so ′ strong · for your ′ service. |
18 |
Then we will ′ never · for′sake you: O give us life, and we will ′ call up′on your ′ name. |
19 | Restore us again Lord ′ God of ′ hosts: show us the light of your ′ face and ′ we · shall be ′ saved. |
1 |
Sing out with joy to ′ God our ′ strength: shout in ′ triumph · to the ′ God of ′ Jacob. |
2 |
Raise a song and ′ sound the ′ hand-drum: the ′ tuneful ′ harp · with the ′ lute. |
3 |
Blow the trumpet in the ′ new ′ moon: and at the ′ full moon ′ on our ′ festival. |
4 |
For this was made a ′ statute · for ′ Israel: and a ′ law · of the ′ God of ′ Jacob, |
5† |
which was imposed as a ′ duty · on ′ Joseph: when he came ′ out · of the ′ land of ′ Egypt. |
6 |
‘I eased your shoulders ′ from the ′ burden: and your ′ hands were ′ freed · from the ′ load. |
7 |
‘You called to me in trouble ′ and I ′ saved you: I answered you in the thunder-cloud, but put you to the test ′ at the ′ waters · of ′ Meribah. |
8 |
‘Hear O my people, and ′ I · will ad′monish you: O Israel, if ′ only ′ you would ′ listen. |
9 |
‘There shall be no strange ′ god a′mong you: nor shall you ′ worship · an ′ alien ′ god. |
10† |
‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the ′ land of ′ Egypt: open wide your ′ mouth and ′ I shall ′ fill it. |
11 |
‘But my people would not ′ hear my ′ voice: and ′ Israel · would ′ not o′bey me. |
12 |
‘So I left them in their ′ stubbornness · of ′ heart: to ′ follow their ′ own de′vices. |
13 |
‘O that my ′ people would ′ listen to me: and that ′ Israel · would ′ walk · in my ′ ways. |
14 |
‘I would soon put ′ down their ′ enemies: and turn my ′ hand a′gainst their ′ adversaries. |
15 |
‘Those who hate me would ′ cringe be′fore me: and their ′ fate · would be ′ sealed for ′ ever. |
16 |
‘But Israel I would feed with the ′ finest ′ wheat-flour: and satisfy them with ′ honey ′ from the ′ rock.’ |
1 |
God stands in the ′ council · of ′ heaven: in the midst of the ′ gods the ′ Lord gives ′ judgment. |
2 |
‘How long will you ′ judge un′justly: and favour the ′ cause ′ of the ′ wicked? |
3 |
‘Defend the ′ weak · and the ′ orphaned: maintain the ′ cause of · the af′flicted · and ′ destitute. |
4 |
‘Rescue the ′ weak · and the ′ needy: and save them ′ from the ′ hands · of the ′ wicked. |
5 |
‘You neither know nor understand, but go a′bout in ′ darkness: all the found′ations · of the ′ earth are ′ shaken. |
6 |
‘I say then to you, ′ Gods you ′ may be: and all of you ′ offspring ′ of the · Most ′ High, |
7 |
‘“but you shall ′ die like ′ mortals: and fall like ′ any ′ of the ′ princes.”’ |
8 |
Arise O God and ′ judge the ′ earth: for you shall take all ′ nations · as ′ your pos′session. |
1 |
How lovely ′ is your ′ dwelling-place: Lord ′ God of ′ power and ′ might. |
2 |
My soul has a desire and longing‿ to enter the ′ courts · of the ′ Lord: my heart and my flesh re′joice · in the ′ living ′ God. |
3 |
The sparrow finds for her′self a ′ house: and the swallow a nest‿ where ′ she may ′ lay her ′ young. |
4 |
Even so have the singers a ′ home · at your ′ altars: they stand always praising you my ′ king ′ and my ′ God. |
5 |
O Lord ′ God of ′ hosts: blessèd are ′ those who ′ dwell in · your ′ house. |
6 |
Blessèd are those whose ′ strength · is in ′ you: who have ′ set their ′ hearts on ′ pilgrimage. |
7 |
Going through the arid valley, they find a spring from ′ which to ′ drink: the early rain ′ covers it · with ′ pools of ′ water. |
8 |
They go from ′ strength to ′ strength: and appear every one before ′ God ′ in Je′rusalem. |
9 |
O Lord God of hosts,′ hear my ′ prayer: give ′ ear O ′ God of ′ Jacob. |
10 |
Show favour O God to the ′ king · our de′fender: and look upon the face of ′ your an′ointed ′ prince. |
11 |
Truly one day ′ in your ′ courts: is better ′ than a ′ thousand ′ elsewhere. |
12 |
I would rather stand at the threshold‿ of the ′ house · of my ′ God: than ′ live · in the ′ homes of · the ′ wicked. |
13 |
For the Lord God is a defence and shield, the Lord will give ′ grace and ′ honour: and no good thing will be withheld‿ from those who ′ live a ′ blameless ′ life. |
14 |
O Lord ′ God of ′ hosts: blessèd are those who ′ put their ′ trust in ′ you. |
1 |
Lord you were once gracious ′ to your ′ land you re′stored the′ fortunes · of ′ Jacob. |
2 |
You forgave the of′fence · of your ′ people: and ′ covered ′ all their ′ sin. |
3 |
You put away ′ all · your dis′pleasure: and ′ turned · from your ′ bitter ′ wrath. |
4 |
Restore us again O ′ God our ′ saviour: and ′ let your ′ anger ′ cease from us. |
5 |
Will you be displeased at ′ us for ′ ever: will you prolong your wrath‿ from one gener′ation ′ to an′other? |
6 |
Will you not re′vive us · a′gain: so that your ′ people ′ may re′joice in you? |
7† |
Show us your ′ mercy · O ′ Lord: and ′ give us · your ′ saving ′ help. |
8 |
Let me hear what you will ′ say O ′ Lord: for you will speak peace to your people, to your servants whose ′ hearts are ′ turned to ′ you. |
9 |
For deliverance is at hand for ′ those who ′ fear you: so that your ′ glory · may ′ dwell in our ′ land. |
10 |
Mercy and faithfulness have ′ met to′gether: justice and ′ peace · have em′braced each ′ other. |
11 |
Faithfulness will spring up ′ from the ′ ground: and righteousness will ′ look ′ down from ′ heaven. |
12 |
You Lord will ′ give pros′perity: and our ′ land shall ′ yield its ′ harvest. |
13 |
Justice shall ′ go be′fore you: and the path for your ′ feet ′ shall be ′ peace. |
1 |
Turn your ear to me O ′ Lord and ′ answer me: for I am ′ poor ′ and in ′ misery. |
2 |
Preserve my life for ′ I am ′ faithful: my God save your servant for I ′ put my ′ trust in ′ you. |
3 |
Be merciful to ′ me O ′ Lord: for I call to you ′ all the ′ day ′ long. |
4 |
Gladden the ′ heart · of your ′ servant: for to you Lord I ′ lift ′ up my ′ soul. |
5 |
For you Lord are ′ good · and for′giving: and of great mercy to ′ all who ′ call up′on you. |
6 |
Give heed O Lord ′ to my ′ prayer: and listen to my ′ cry of ′ suppli′cation. |
7† |
In the day of my distress ′ I will ′ call: and ′ surely ′ you will ′ answer me. |
8 |
Among the gods there is none like ′ you O ′ Lord: nor can the deeds of ′ any · be com′pared with ′ yours. |
9 |
All the nations you have made‿ shall come and bow ′ down be′fore you: and they shall ′ glori′fy your ′ name. |
10 |
For you are great, and do ′ marvel·lous ′ things: truly ′ you a′lone are ′ God. |
11 |
Show me your way O Lord, that I may ′ walk in · your ′ truth: let my heart rejoice in ′ rever·ence ′ for your ′ name. |
12 |
I will praise you O Lord my God with ′ all my ′ heart: and ′ glorify · your ′ name for ′ ever. |
13 |
For great is your steadfast ′ love for ′ me: you have delivered my ′ life · from the ′ pit of ′ death. |
14 |
O God the proud have ′ risen · a′gainst me: the ruthless seek my life, and ′ pay no ′ heed to ′ you. |
15 |
But you are a God of com′passion · and ′ mercy: slow to anger, a′bounding · in ′ love and ′ faithfulness. |
16 |
Turn to me then and have mercy, give your ′ strength · to your ′ servant: and ′ save the ′ son of · your ′ handmaid. |
17 |
Give me a sign of your favour, that those who hate me may see it, and be ′ put to ′ shame: because you Lord have ′ been my ′ help · and my ′ comfort. |
1 |
The Lord loves the city that is founded on the ′ holy ′ hill: its gates are dearer to God‿ than ′ all the ′ dwellings · of ′ Jacob. |
2 |
Glorious things are ′ spoken · of ′ you: Zion, ′ city ′ of our ′ God. |
3 |
‘I the Lord will count ′ Egypt · and ′ Babylon: as among ′ those who ′ are my ′ friends. |
4 |
‘The people of Philistia, Tyre and ′ Ethi′opia: each ′ one was ′ born in ′ her. |
5 |
‘All shall call Je′rusa·lem, ′ Mother: for each one of ′ them was ′ born in ′ her.’ |
6 |
The Most High will ′ keep her · se′cure: when the roll of the peoples is written up, the Lord shall record, ′ ‘Each · one was ′ born in ′ her.’ |
7† |
Singers and dancers a′like · shall pro′claim: ‘In ′ you all ′ find their ′ home.’ |
1 |
O Lord my God, I call for ′ help by ′ day: and I cry ′ out to ′ you by ′ night. |
2 |
Let my prayer enter ′ into · your ′ presence: and ′ turn your ′ ear · to my ′ cry. |
3 |
For my soul is ′ full of ′ trouble: and my life is ′ on the ′ brink · of the ′ grave. |
4 |
I am counted among those who go‿ down to the ′ pit of ′ death: I am a ′ person · quite ′ drained of ′ strength, |
5 |
like one forsaken among the dead, like the slain in battle who ′ lie · in the ′ grave: whom you remember no more, cut off as they ′ are from ′ your ′ care. |
6 |
You have put me in the ′ lowest · a′byss: in a place of ′ darkness ′ in the ′ depths. |
7 |
Your wrath lies ′ heavy · up′on me: you over′whelm me · with ′ all your ′ waves. |
8 |
You have taken away my friends, and made me loathsome ′ in their ′ sight: I am im′prisoned · and ′ cannot es′cape. |
9 |
My eyes grow ′ dim with ′ sorrow: Lord I have called to you every day, and stretched ′ out my ′ hands in ′ prayer. |
10 |
Do you work wonders ′ for the ′ dead: will the ′ shades rise ′ up to ′ praise you? |
11 |
Do they speak of your ′ love · in the ′ grave: or of your faithfulness ′ in the ′ place · of de′struction? |
12 |
Will your wonders be known ′ in the ′ darkness: or your saving help ′ in the ′ land · of ob′livion? |
13 |
Yet Lord I ′ cry to ′ you: in the morning my ′ prayer ′ comes be′fore you. |
14 |
Lord why do you ′ cast me ′ off: why do you ′ hide your ′ face ′ from me? |
15 |
From childhood I have suffered, and come ′ near to ′ death: helpless ′ I have ′ borne your ′ terrors. |
16 |
Your fury has swept ′ down up′on me: and your dread as′saults have ′ utter·ly ′ crushed me. |
17 |
They surround me like a flood ′ all the · day ′ long: they close in on ′ me from ′ every ′ side. |
18 |
Friend and acquaintance you have ′ taken · a′way from me: and my ′ one com′panion · is ′ darkness. |
1 |
I will sing of your steadfast love for ′ ever · O ′ Lord: my mouth will proclaim your faithfulness‿ from one gener′ation ′ to an′other. |
2 |
For your love is such as to en′dure for ′ ever: your faithfulness is e′stablished · as ′ firm · as the ′ heavens. |
3 |
You have said, `I have made a covenant ′ with my ′ chosen: I have ′ sworn to ′ David · my ′ servant, |
4 |
‘I will establish your pos′terity · for ′ ever: and uphold your ′ throne for ′ all · gener′ations.’ |
5 |
O Lord the heavens pro′claim your ′ wonders: and the council of the‿ holy ones ′ praises ′ your ′ faithfulness. |
6 |
For who is there in the skies to com′pare · with the ′ Lord: or who is like the Lord a′mong the ′ heaven·ly ′ beings? |
7 |
A God to be feared in the council ′ of the ′ holy ones: great and terrible above ′ all · that are ′ round a′bout. |
8 |
O Lord God of hosts, who is a mighty ′ one like ′ you?: your ′ faithfulness · is ′ all a′round you. |
9 |
You rule the sea in its ′ swelling ′ pride: and ′ check the ′ surge · of its ′ waves. |
10 |
You crushed the monster of the deep with a ′ mortal ′ blow: you scattered your foes ′ with your ′ mighty ′ arm. |
11 |
The heavens are yours, the earth ′ also · is ′ yours: you founded the ′ world and ′ all · that is ′ in it. |
12 |
You made the ′ north · and the ′ south: Tabor and ′ Hermon · re′joice · in your ′ name. |
13 |
Yours is a ′ mighty ′ arm: strong is your hand, your ′ right hand ′ lifted ′ high. |
14 |
Righteousness and justice‿ are the foundation ′ of your ′ throne: love and ′ faithfulness · at′tend your ′ presence. |
15 |
Blessèd are the people‿ who know the shout ′ that ac′claims you: the people who walk ′ in the ′ light · of your ′ presence. |
16 |
They rejoice in your name ′ all the · day ′ long: and because of your ′ righteousness · they ′ are ex′alted. |
17 |
For you are their glory ′ and their ′ strength: and through your favour our ′ heads are ′ lifted ′ high. |
18 |
Truly the ′ Lord · is our ′ shield: the ′ Holy · One ′ is our ′ sovereign. |
19 |
Once in a vision to your ′ servant · you ′ said: ‘I have set the crown upon one who is mighty, I have exalted one ′ chosen ′ from the ′ people. |
20 |
‘I have found ′ David · my ′ servant: and with my holy ′ oil I ′ have an′ointed him. |
21 |
‘My hand shall ′ always · be ′ with him: and my ′ arm shall ′ give him ′ strength. |
22 |
‘The enemy shall ′ never · out′wit him: nor the ′ wicked ′ bring him ′ low. |
23 |
‘I will beat down his′ foes be′fore him: and ′ vanquish ′ those who ′ hate him. |
24 |
‘My faithfulness and constant love ′ shall be ′ with him: and through my name his ′ head · shall be ′ lifted ′ high. |
25 |
‘I will stretch out his ′ hand · to the ′ Sea: and his ′ right · hand as ′ far · as the ′ River. |
26 |
‘He will say to me, ′ “You · are my ′ father: my God and the ′ rock of ′ my sal′vation.” |
27 |
‘And I will ′ name him · my ′ first-born: the highest among the ′ rulers ′ of the ′ earth. |
28 |
‘My steadfast love for him I will main′tain for ′ ever: and my covenant with ′ him shall ′ stand ′ firm. |
29† |
‘I will maintain his pos′terity · for ′ ever: and make his throne en′dure as ′ long · as the ′ heavens. |
30 |
‘But if his children for′sake my ′ law: and cease to ′ live · as I ′ have de′creed, |
31 |
‘if they break my statutes, and do not ′ keep · my com′mandments: I will punish their offences with the rod,′ and their ′ sin with ′ lashes. |
32 |
‘But I will not take back my ′ love ′ from him: nor ′ let my ′ promise ′ fail. |
33 |
‘My covenant I ′ will not ′ break: nor go ′ back · on the ′ word · I have ′ spoken. |
34† |
‘Once and for all I have ′ sworn · by my ′ holiness: that I ′ will not ′ lie to ′ David. |
35 |
‘His posterity shall en′dure for ′ ever: and his throne as ′ long · as the ′ sun be′fore me. |
36 |
‘It shall stand fast for ever ′ like the ′ moon: for as ′ long · as the ′ heavens · en′dure.’ |
37 |
But now you have cast off and rejected your an′ointed ′ king: and poured ′ out your ′ wrath up′on him. |
38 |
You have renounced your covenant ′ with your ′ servant: you have de′filed his ′ crown · in the ′ dust. |
39 |
You have broken down ′ all his ′ walls: and reduced his ′ strongholds · to ′ ruins. |
40 |
All those who pass ′ by de′spoil him: and he has be′come the ′ scorn · of his ′ neighbours. |
41 |
You have increased the power ′ of his ′ adversaries: and given ′ joy to ′ all his ′ foes. |
42 |
You have blunted the ′ edge · of his ′ sword: and ′ failed · to sup′port him · in ′ battle. |
43 |
You have removed the sceptre ′ from his ′ hand: and ′ cast his ′ throne to the ′ ground. |
44 |
You have cut short the ′ days · of his ′ youth: and ′ covered ′ him with ′ shame. |
45 |
Lord how ′ long · will you ′ hide yourself: how long will your ′ wrath ′ burn like ′ fire? |
46 |
Remember how ′ short my ′ life is: have you created ′ human′kind for ′ nothing? |
47 |
Who is there alive that shall ′ not see ′ death: or who can escape ′ from the ′ power · of the ′ grave? |
48 |
Where O Lord are your former acts of ′ loving ′ kindness: and your faithful ′ promises ′ made to ′ David? |
49 |
Remember Lord how your ′ servant · is ′ taunted: how I bear in my heart the ′ insults ′ of the ′ peoples. |
50 |
Remember O Lord how your ′ enemies ′ mock: how they fling back their taunts at ′ your an′ointed ′ king. |
51† |
Blessèd be the ′ Lord for ′ ever: A′men and ′ A′men. |
1 |
Lord you have ′ been our ′ refuge: from one gener′ation ′ to an′other. |
2 |
Before the mountains were brought forth, or the earth and the ′ world were ′ made: you are God, from ′ age to ′ age · ever′lasting. |
3 |
You turn humanity ′ back · into ′ dust: saying, `Return to ′ dust you ′ children · of ′ mortals.′ |
4 |
For a thousand years in your sight are ′ only · as ′ yesterday: as it ′ were · but a ′ day · that is ′ past. |
5 |
As a night-watch that comes‿ quickly to an ′ end you ′ scatter them: they ′ fade · like a ′ dream at ′ daybreak. |
6 |
They are like the grass which in the ′ morning · is ′ green: but in the ′ evening · is ′ dried up · and ′ withered. |
7 |
For we consume away ′ in your ′ anger: and are ′ terri·fied ′ by your ′ wrath. |
8 |
You set our mis′deeds be′fore you: our secret ′ sins · in the ′ light of · your ′ face. |
9 |
All our days pass away ′ under · your ′ anger: we bring our years to an end ′ as it ′ were a ′ sigh. |
10 |
The span of our life is seventy years, though the strong may ′ come to ′ eighty: yet all the years bring is labour and sorrow, so soon they ′ pass and ′ we are ′ gone. |
11 |
But who understands the ′ power · of your ′ wrath: or who considers the ′ fierceness ′ of your ′ anger? |
12 |
Teach us to know how ′ few · are our ′ days: that we may ap′ply our ′ hearts to ′ wisdom. |
13 |
Turn from your wrath O Lord, how long be′fore · you re′lent?: have ′ pity ′ Lord · on your ′ servants. |
14 |
Satisfy us in the morning with your ′ constant ′ love: so that we may rejoice‿ and be glad ′ all the ′ days · of our ′ life. |
15 |
Make us glad for as many days as you ′ have af′flicted us: for as many years as ′ we have ′ suffered · ad′versity. |
16 |
Show your ′ servants · your ′ work: and let their ′ children ′ see your ′ glory. |
17† |
May your favour O Lord our God ′ be up′on us: and prosper the work of our hands, O ′ prosper · the ′ work · of our ′ hands. |
1 |
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the ′ Most ′ High: and passes the night‿ under the ′ shadow ′ of the · Al′mighty, |
2 |
will say to the Lord, ‘You are my refuge ′ and my ′ stronghold: my ′ God in ′ whom I ′ trust.’ |
3 |
The Lord will free you from the ′ snare · of the ′ hunter: and ′ from · the de′stroying ′ pestilence. |
4 |
The wings of the Most High will cover you, and you will be safe ‿ under the feathers ′ of · the Al′mighty: the faithfulness of the Lord will ′‿ be your ′ shield · and de′fence. |
5 |
You will not be afraid of any ′ terror by ′ night: nor of the ′ arrow that ′ flies by ′ day, |
6 |
of the pestilence that ′ stalks in ′ darkness: nor of the ′ plague that lays ′ waste at ′ noon. |
7 |
A thousand may fall beside you, ten thousand at your ′ right ′ hand: but ′ you · will re′main un′scathed. |
8 |
You have only to ′ look · with your ′ eyes: to see the re′ward ′ of the ′ wicked. |
9 |
Because you have said, ‘The ′ Lord · is my ′ refuge’: and ′ made the · Most ′ High your ′ stronghold, |
10 |
there shall no ′ evil · be′fall you: no ′ plague · shall come ′ near your ′ dwelling. |
11 |
For the angels of God ′ have been ′ charged: to ′ keep you · in ′ all your ′ ways. |
12 |
They shall bear you up ′ in their ′ hands: lest you should strike your ′ foot a′gainst a ′ stone. |
13 |
You shall tread on the ′ asp · and the ′ adder: the viper and the serpent you shall ′ trample ′ under′foot. |
14 |
‘Because they have set their love upon me‿ I ′ will de′liver them: I will uphold them be′cause they ′ know my ′ name. |
15 |
‘When they call to me ′ I will ′ answer: I will be with them in trouble, I will ′ rescue them · and ′ bring them · to ′ honour. |
16 |
‘With long life ′ I will ′ satisfy them: and ′ show · them my ′ saving ′ power.’ |
1 |
It is good to give ′ thanks · to the ′ Lord: to sing praise to your ′ name ′ O Most ′ High, |
2 |
to tell of your love ′ in the ′ morning: and of your ′ faithful·ness ′ during · the ′ night, |
3† |
on the ten-stringed ′ lyre · and the ′ lute: with the ′ tuneful ′ sound · of the ′ harp. |
4 |
For you Lord have made me glad ′ by your ′ deeds: I shout for joy at the ′ works ′ of your ′ hands. |
5 |
O Lord, what great things ′ you have ′ done: your ′ thoughts are ′ very ′ deep. |
6 |
The dull of heart ′ do not · per′ceive this: the foolish ′ do not ′ under′stand, |
7 |
how the wicked may ′ sprout like ′ grass: and ′ evil′doers · may flourish, |
8 |
yet they shall be destroyed for ′ all ′ time: while you Lord are en′throned on ′ high for ′ ever. |
9 |
See Lord how your ′ ene·mies ′ perish: and all ′ evil′doers · are ′ scattered. |
10 |
But you have lifted up my head‿ like the ′ wild bull′s ′ horns: you have a′nointed me · with ′ fresh ′ oil. |
11 |
My eyes have looked down in triumph ′ on my ′ enemies: and my ears were ′‿ gladdened · with ′ news · of their ′ downfall. |
12 |
The just shall flourish ′ like a ′ palm tree: and grow ′ like a ′ cedar · in ′ Lebanon. |
13 |
Planted in the ′ house · of the ′ Lord: they flourish in the ′ courts of ′ our ′ God. |
14 |
Still bearing fruit in their ′ old ′ age: they are still ′ green and ′ full of ′ sap, |
15 |
to show that the ′ Lord is ′ just: the Lord my rock, in ′ whom is ′ no un′righteousness. |
1 |
You O Lord are king, you are ′ clothed in ′ majesty: you have robed yourself, and put ′ on the ′ girdle · of ′ strength. |
2 |
You have made the ′ world so ′ firm: that it can ′ never ′ be ′ moved. |
3 |
Your throne O Lord has stood firm ′ from of ′ old: from all e′terni·ty ′ you are ′ God. |
4 |
The waters have lifted up O Lord, the waters have lifted ′ up their ′ voice: the waters lift ′ up their ′ pounding ′ waves. |
5 |
Mightier than the noise of great waters, mightier than the ′ waves · of the ′ sea: so the ′ Lord on ′ high is ′ mighty. |
6 |
Truly your ′ law stands ′ firm: holiness O Lord a′dorns your ′ house for ′ ever. |
1 |
O Lord God to whom ′ vengeance · be′longs: God to whom vengeance belongs,′ shine out ′ in your ′ glory. |
2 |
Rise up O ′ judge · of the ′ earth: and give the ′ proud what ′ they de′serve. |
3 |
How long shall the ′ wicked O ′ Lord: how ′ long · shall the ′ wicked · ex′ult? |
4 |
How long shall evildoers pour out ′ arrogant ′ words: and ′ flaunt themselves · with ′ much ′ boasting? |
5 |
They crush your ′ people · O ′ Lord: and af′flict your ′ chosen ′ nation. |
6 |
They murder the widow ′ and the ′ alien: and ′ put the ′ orphan · to ′ death. |
7† |
And they say, ‘The ′ Lord · does not ′ see: the God of ′ Jacob ′ gives no ′ heed to it.’ |
8 |
Consider this, you most ′ stupid · of the ′ people: fools, when ′ will you ′ under′stand? |
9 |
Does the one who planted the ′ ear not ′ hear: does the one who ′ formed the ′ eye not ′ see? |
10 |
Shall the one who instructs the ′ nations · not ′ punish: is the one who teaches ′ all of us · with′out ′ knowledge? |
11 |
The Lord knows our ′ human ′ thoughts: the Lord knows that they are ′ no more ′ than a ′ breath. |
12 |
Blessèd are those you in′struct O ′ Lord: to whom you give ′ teaching ′ out of · your ′ law, |
13 |
so that they may have respite from ′ days · of ad′versity: until a ′ pit is ′ dug · for the ′ wicked. |
14 |
For you O Lord will not a′bandon · your ′ people: you will ′ never · for′sake your ′ own. |
15 |
But justice shall return to the ′ place of ′ judgment: all the ′ true of ′ heart · shall up′hold it. |
16 |
Who is on my side a′gainst the ′ wicked: who will stand up for me against ′ those who ′ do ′ evil? |
17 |
If the Lord ′ had not ′ helped me: I would soon have gone to ′ dwell · in the ′ land of ′ silence. |
18 |
But when I said, ‘I have ′ lost my ′ foothold’: your love O ′ Lord ′ held me ′ up. |
19 |
When the cares of my ′ heart are ′ many: your consolations give ′ joy ′ to my ′ soul. |
20 |
You are no friend of un′righteous ′ judges: who frame mischief ′ under ′ cover · of ′ law. |
21 |
They band together against the ′ life · of the ′ righteous: and condemn the ′ innocent · to ′ death. |
22 |
But the ′ Lord · is my ′ stronghold: my God ′ is the ′ rock · of my ′ refuge. |
23 |
The Lord shall recompense them for their wickedness, and destroy them for their ′ evil ′ deeds: truly the ′ Lord our ′ God · shall de′stroy them. |
1 |
O come let us ′ sing · to the ′ Lord: let us shout with joy to the ′ rock of ′ our sal′vation. |
2 |
Let us come into God’s ′ presence · with ′ thanksgiving: and sing to the ′ Lord with ′ psalms of ′ triumph. |
3 |
For you Lord are a ′ great ′ God: and a great ′ king a·bove ′ all ′ gods. |
4 |
In your hand are the ′ depths · of the ′ earth: so also are the ′ heights ′ of the ′ mountains. |
5† |
The sea is yours ′ and you ′ made it: the dry land also ′ which your ′ hands have ′ fashioned. |
6 |
O come let us bow ′ down and ′ worship: let us kneel be′fore the ′ Lord our ′ maker. |
7 |
For the Lord ′ is our ′ God: we are the Lord′s people, the ′ flock that ′ God ′ shepherds. |
8 |
O that today you would listen to ′ God’s ′ voice: ‘Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at ′ Massah ′ in the ′ wilderness, |
9 |
‘when your forbears tried me, and ′ put me · to the ′ test: although ′ they had ′ seen my ′ works. |
10 |
‘Forty years long I had a loathing for‿ this gener′ation · and ′ said: “They are a people whose hearts are perverse, for they ′ give no ′ heed · to my ′ ways.” |
11 |
‘Then I vowed ′ in my ′ anger: “They shall ′ never ′ enter · my ′ rest.”’ |
1 |
O sing to the Lord a ′ new ′ song: sing to the ′ Lord ′ all the ′ earth. |
2 |
Sing, and give praise to ′ God’s ′ name: tell the glad news of sal′vation · from ′ day to ′ day. |
3 |
Proclaim God’s glory ′ to the ′ nations: God′s marvellous ′ deeds to ′ all the ′ peoples. |
4 |
For you O Lord are great and highly ′ to be ′ praised: more to be ′ feared than ′ all the ′ gods. |
5 |
The gods of the nations are no ′ more than ′ idols: but you O Lord are the ′ one who ′ made the ′ heavens. |
6 |
Glory and ′ majesty · at′tend you: strength and ′ beauty · are ′ in your ′ sanctuary. |
7 |
Ascribe to the Lord, you families ′ of the ′ nations: ascribe to the ′ Lord ′ honour · and ′ might. |
8 |
Ascribe due honour to God’s ′ holy ′ name: bring offerings, and ′ enter · the ′ courts · of the ′ Lord. |
9 |
Worship the Lord in the ′ beauty · of ′ holiness: let the ′ whole earth ′ stand in ′ awe. |
10 |
Proclaim to the nations, ‘The ′ Lord is ′ king: the Lord has made the world so firm it cannot be moved, and will ′ judge the ′ peoples · with ′ justice.’ |
11 |
Let the heavens rejoice, and the ′ earth be ′ glad: let the sea roar and ′ all the ′ creatures ′ in it. |
12 |
Let the fields be joyful and ′ all · that is ′ in them: then all the trees of the forest‿ will shout with ′ joy be′fore the ′ Lord. |
13† |
For you O Lord are coming to ′ judge the ′ earth: with righteousness you will judge the world, and the ′ peoples ′ with your ′ truth. |
1 |
You are king O Lord, let the ′ earth be ′ glad: let the many ′ islets and ′ coastlands · re′joice. |
2 |
Clouds and darkness are ′ round a′bout you: righteousness and justice are‿ the found′ation ′ of your ′ throne. |
3 |
Fire ′ goes be′fore you: and burns up your ′ enemies · on ′ every ′ side. |
4 |
The world is lit up ′ by your ′ lightnings: and earth ′ trembles ′ at the ′ sight. |
5 |
The mountains melt like′ wax be′fore you: before the ′ Lord of ′ all the ′ earth. |
6 |
The heavens pro′claim your ′ righteousness: and all the ′ peoples ′ see your ′ glory. |
7 |
Shame on all who worship images, and glory in their ′ worthless ′ idols: bow down before the ′ Lord ′ all you ′ gods. |
8 |
Jerusalem hears ′ and is ′ glad: the cities of Judah rejoice O ′ Lord ′ at your ′ judgments. |
9 |
For you Lord are most high over ′ all the ′ earth: you are exalted ′ far a·bove ′ all the ′ gods. |
10 |
You love those who ′ hate ′ evil: you preserve the lives of your servants, and deliver them ′ from the ′ hand · of the ′ wicked. |
11 |
Light has dawned ′ for the ′ righteous: and ′ joy · for the ′ upright in ′ heart. |
12 |
Rejoice in the ′ Lord you ′ righteous: and give ′ thanks · to God’s ′ holy ′ name. |
1 |
Sing to the Lord a ′ new ′ song: for the Lord has ′ done ′ marvel·lous ′ things. |
2 |
With your own right hand O Lord, and with your ′ holy ′ arm: you have ′ gained · for your′self the ′ victory. |
3 |
You have made ′ known your ′ victory: you have displayed your saving ′‿ power · to ′ all the ′ nations. |
4 |
You have remembered your faithfulness, and your love for the ′ house of ′ Israel: and all the ends of the ′ earth have ′ seen your ′ victory. |
5 |
Shout with joy to the Lord ′ all the ′ earth: sing and rejoice ′ with the ′ sound of ′ melody. |
6 |
Sing to the Lord ′ with the ′ harp: with the harp ′ and the ′ voice of ′ song. |
7 |
With trumpets ′ also · and ′ horns: shout with joy be′fore the ′ Lord our ′ king. |
8 |
Let the sea roar and ′ all · that is ′ in it: the world and ′ those ′ who in′habit it. |
9 |
Let the rivers ′ clap their ′ hands: and let the hills rejoice to′gether · be′fore the ′ Lord. |
10 |
For you O Lord are coming to ′ judge the ′ earth: with righteousness you will judge the world, and the ′ peoples ′ with ′ equity. |
1 |
You are king O Lord, and the ′ people ′ tremble: you sit enthroned upon the cherubim, ′ and the ′ earth is ′ quaking. |
2 |
You O Lord are great upon your ′ holy ′ mountain: you are exalted ′ over ′ all the ′ nations. |
3 |
Let them praise your great and ′ terri·ble ′ name: holy are you and mighty, a ′ king · who de′lights in ′ justice. |
4 |
You have e′stablished ′ equity: you have dealt ′ justice · and ′ righteousness · in ′ Jacob. |
5† | We proclaim your greatness O ′ Lord our ′ God: we bow down before your ′‿ footstool · for ′ you are ′ holy. |
6 |
Moses and Aaron among your priests, and Samuel among those who ′ called · on your ′ name: these called to you O ′ Lord ′ and you ′ answered. |
7 |
You spoke to them out of the ′ pillar · of ′ cloud: they kept your teachings‿ and the ′ law ′ that you ′ gave them. |
8 |
You answered them O ′ Lord our ′ God: to them you were a God who forgives, though you ′ punished ′ their of′fences. |
9 | We proclaim your greatness O ′ Lord our ′ God: we bow down towards your holy hill, for you O ′ Lord our ′ God are ′ holy. |
1 |
Cry out with joy to the Lord ′ all the ′ earth: worship with gladness, and enter the Lord′s ′ presence · with ′ songs of ′ joy. |
2 |
Know that the Lord is God, our maker, whose ′ people · we ′ are: the flock which the ′ Lord our ′ God ′ shepherds. |
3 |
Enter the gates of the temple with thanksgiving, and go into its ′ courts with ′ praise: give thanks, and ′ bless God′s ′ holy ′ name. |
4 |
For the Lord is a gracious God, whose mercy is ′ ever′lasting: and whose faithfulness endures‿ from gener′ation · to′ gener′ation. |