THE HOLY BIBLE
Douay-Rheims Version
THE BOOK OF PSALMS
Psalm 1 1 Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of
the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in
the chair of pestilence.
2 But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he
shall meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the
running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due
season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever
he shall do shall prosper.
4 Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the
wind driveth from the face of the earth.
5 Therefore the wicked shall not rise again in judgment: nor
sinners in the council of the just.
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of
the wicked shall perish.
Psalm 2
1 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain
things?
2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met
together, against the Lord and against his Christ.
3 Let us break their bonds asunder: and let us cast away
their yoke from us.
4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh at them: and the
Lord shall deride them.
5 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them
in his rage.
6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy
mountain, preaching his commandment.
7 The Lord hath said to me: Thou art my son, this day have
I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I will give thee the Gentiles for thy
inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy
possession.
9 Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break
them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
10 And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you
that judge the earth.
11 Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with
trembling.
12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry,
and you perish from the just way.
13 When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed
are all they that trust in him.
Psalm 3
1 The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son
Absalom.
2 Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are
they who rise up against me.
3 Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his
God.
4 But thou, O Lord art my protector, my glory, and the
lifter up of my head.
5 I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and he hath heard
me from his holy hill.
6 I have slept and taken my rest: and I have risen up,
because the Lord hath protected me.
7 I will not fear thousands of the people, surrounding me:
arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
8 For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries
without cause: thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
9 Salvation is of the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy
people.
Psalm 4
1 Unto the end, in verses. A psalm of David.
2 When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me:
when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me. Have mercy
on me: and hear my prayer.
3 O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? why
do you love vanity, and seek after lying?
4 Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one
wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto
him.
5 Be angry, and sin not: the things you say in your hearts,
be sorry for them upon your beds.
6 Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord:
many say, Who sheweth us good things?
7 The light of thy countenance O Lord, is signed upon us:
thou hast given gladness in my heart.
8 By the fruit of their corn, their wine and oil, they are
multiplied.
9 In peace in the selfsame I will sleep, and I will rest:
10 for thou, O Lord, singularly hast settled me in hope.
Psalm 5
1 Unto the end, for her that obtaineth the inheritance. A
psalm of David.
2 Give ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.
3 Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.
4 For to thee will I pray: O Lord, in the morning thou shalt
hear my voice.
5 In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see:
because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.
6 Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the
unjust abide before thy eyes.
7 Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: Thou wilt destroy
all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the
Lord will abhor.
8 But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come
into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in
thy fear.
9 Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies,
direct my way in thy sight.
10 for there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain.
11 Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully
with their tongues: judge them, O God. Let them fall from
their devices: according to the multitude of their
wickedness cast them out: for they have provoked thee, O
Lord.
12 But let all them be glad that hope in thee: they shall
rejoice for ever, and thou shalt dwell in them. And all
they that love thy name shall glory in thee:
13 For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned
us, as with a shield of thy good will.
Psalm 6
1 Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the
octave.
2 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me
in thy wrath.
3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord,
for my bones are troubled.
4 And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how
long?
5 Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy
mercy's sake.
6 For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and
who shall confess to thee in hell?
7 I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash
my bed: I will water my couch with my tears.
8 My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old
amongst all my enemies.
9 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord
hath heard the voice of my weeping.
10 The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath
received my prayer.
11 Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled:
let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily.
Psalm 7
1 The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words
of Chusi the son of Jemini. [2 Kings 16.]
2 O Lord my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from
all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
3 Lest at any time he seize upon my soul like a lion, while
there is no one to redeem me, nor to save.
4 O Lord my God, if I have done this thing, if there be
iniquity in my hands:
5 If I have rendered to them that repaid me evils, let me
deservedly fall empty before my enemies.
6 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and take it, and tread down
my life on the earth, and bring down my glory to the dust.
7 Rise up, O Lord, in thy anger: and be thou exalted in the
borders of my enemies. And arise, O Lord my God, in the
precept which thou hast commanded:
8 and a congregation of people shall surround thee. And for
their sakes return thou on high.
9 The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according
to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.
10 The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought: and
thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and
reins is God.
11 Just is my help from the Lord: who saveth the upright of
heart.
12 God is a just judge, strong and patient: is he angry every
day?
13 Except you will be converted, he will brandish his sword:
he hath bent his bow and made it ready.
14 And in it he hath prepared the instruments of death, he
hath made ready his arrows for them that burn.
15 Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath
conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.
16 He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the
hole he made.
17 His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his
iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.
18 I will give glory to the Lord according to his justice:
and will sing to the name of the Lord the most high.
Psalm 8
1 Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm of David.
2 O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole
earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.
3 Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast
perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst
destroy the enemy and the avenger.
4 For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers:
the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
5 What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of
man that thou visitest hi?
6 Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou
hast crowned him with glory and honour:
7 and hast set him over the works of thy hands.
8 Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep
and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.
9 The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass
through the paths of the sea.
10 O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in all the
earth!
Psalm 9
1 Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm
for David.
2 I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart:
I will relate all thy wonders.
3 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy
name, O thou most high.
4 When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened
and perish before thy face.
5 For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou
hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.
6 Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath
perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and
ever.
7 The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and
their cities thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath
perished with a noise.
8 but the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his
throne in judgment:
9 and he shall judge the world in equity, he shall judge the
people in justice.
10 And the Lord is become a refuge for the poor: a helper in
due time in tribulation.
11 And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou
hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord.
12 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his
ways among the Gentiles:
13 For requiring their blood he hath remembered the: he hath
not forgotten the cry of the poor.
14 Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I
suffer from my enemies.
15 Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I
may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter
of Sion.
16 I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck
fast in the destruction which they have prepared. Their
foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.
17 The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the
sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.
18 The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that
forget God.
19 For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the
patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.
20 Arise, O Lord, let not man be strengthened: let the
Gentiles be judged in thy sight.
21 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles
may know themselves to be but men.
Psalm 10 (according to the Hebrews.)
1 Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou
slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
2 Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire:
they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
3 For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and
the unjust man is blessed.
4 The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the
multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:
5 God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all
times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall
rule over all his enemies.
6 For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from
generation to generation, and shall be without evil.
7 His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of
deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow.
8 He sitteth in ambush with the rich in private places, that
he may kill the innocent.
9 His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret
like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may
catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth
him to him.
10 In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and
fall, when he shall have power over the poor.
11 For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath
turned away his face not to see to the end.
12 Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the
poor.
13 Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said
in his heart: He will not require it.
14 Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow:
that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is
the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.
15 Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his
sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.
16 The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever:
ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.
17 The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath
heard the preparation of their heart.
18 To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man
may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.
Psalm 10
1 Unto the end. A psalm for David.
2 In the Lord I put my trust: how then do you say to my
soul: Get thee away from hence to the mountain like a
sparrow?
3 For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have
prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark
the upright of heart.
4 For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made:
but what has the just man done?
5 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in
heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine
the sons of men.
6 The Lord trieth the just and the wicked: but he that
loveth iniquity hateth his own soul.
7 He shall rain snares upon sinners: fire and brimstone and
storms of winds shall be the portion of their cup.
8 For the Lord is just, and hath loved justice: his
countenance hath beheld righteousness.
Psalm 11
1 Unto the end; for the octave, a psalm for David.
2 Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are
decayed from among the children of men.
3 They have spoken vain things every one to his neighbour:
with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they
spoken.
4 May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips, and the tongue
that speaketh proud things.
5 Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are
our own; who is Lord over us?
6 By reason of the misery of the needy, and the groans of
the poor, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I win set him
in safety; I will deal confidently in his regard.
7 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by
the fire, purged from the earth refined seven times.
8 Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us.: and keep us from this
generation for ever.
9 The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness,
thou best multiplied the children of men.
Psalm 12
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt
thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away
thy face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsels in my soul, sorrow in my
heart all the day?
3 How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
4 Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes
that I never sleep in death:
5 lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against
him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:
6 but I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in
thy salvation: I will sing to the Lord, who giveth me good
things: yea I will sing to the name of the Lord the most
high.
Psalm 13
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. The fool hath said in his
heart: There is no God, They are corrupt, and are become
abominable in their ways: there is none that doth good, no
not one.
2 The Lord hath looked down from heaven upon the children of
men, to see if there be any that understand and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable
together: there is none that doth good, no not one. Their
throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they acted
deceitfully; the poison of asps is under their lips. Their
mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are
swift to shed blood. Destruction and unhappiness in their
ways: and the way of peace they have not known: there is
no fear of God before their eyes.
4 Shall not all they know that work iniquity, who devour my
people as they eat bread ?
5 They have not called upon the Lord: there have they
trembled for fear, where there was no fear.
6 For the Lord is in the just generation: you have
confounded the counsel of the poor man, but the Lord is
his hope.
7 Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when
the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his
people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad.
Psalm 14
1 A psalm of David. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle?
or who shall rest in thy holy hill?
2 He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice:
3 He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used
deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour:
nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.
4 In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he
glorifieth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to
his neighbour, and deceiveth not;
5 he that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken
bribes against the innocent: He that doth these things
shall not be moved for ever.
Psalm 15
1 The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me,
O Lord, for I have put trust in thee.
2 I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no
need of my goods.
3 To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful
all my desires in them.
4 Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made
haste. I will not gather together their meetings for blood
offerings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my
lips.
5 The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup:
it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my
inheritance is goodly to me.
7 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding:
moreover my reins also have corrected me even till night.
8 I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right
hand, that I be not moved.
9 Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath
rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then
give thy holy one to see corruption.
11 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt
fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand
are delights even to the end.
Psalm 16
1 The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to
my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth
not from deceitful lips.
2 Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy
eyes behold the things that are equitable.
3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou
hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in
me.
4 That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake
of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.
5 Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be
not moved.
6 I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O
incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.
7 Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them
that trust in thee.
8 From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple
of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.
9 From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My
enemies have surrounded my soul:
10 they have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken
proudly.
11 They have cast me forth and now they have surrounded me:
they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
12 They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and
as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my
soul from the wicked one: thy sword
14 from the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the
few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from
thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they
have left to their little ones the rest of their
substance.
15 But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice:
I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.
Psalm 17
1 Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke
to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that
the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies,
and from the hand of Saul. [2
Kings 22.]
2 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength:
3 The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My
God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My
protector and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
4 Praising I will call upon the Lord: and I shall be saved
from my enemies.
5 The sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of
iniquity troubled me.
6 The sorrows of hell encompassed me: and the snares of
death prevented me.
7 In my affliction I called upon the Lord, and I cried to my
God: And he heard my voice from his holy temple: and my
cry before him came into his ears.
8 The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the
mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was
angry with them.
9 There went up a smoke in his wrath: and a fire flamed from
his face: coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens, and came down: and darkness was
under his feet.
11 And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew
upon the wings of the winds.
12 And he made darkness his covert, his pavilion round about
him: dark waters in the clouds of the air.
13 At the brightness that was before him the clouds passed,
hail and coals of fire.
14 And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave
his voice: hail and coals of fire.
15 And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he
multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
16 Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations
of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at
the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
17 He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of
many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them
that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the
Lord became my protector.
20 And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me,
because he was well pleased with me.
21 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and
will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
22 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not
done wickedly against my God.
23 For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices
I have not put away from me.
24 And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself
from my iniquity.
25 And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and
according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
26 With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent
man thou wilt be innocent.
27 And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the
perverse thou wilt be perverted.
28 For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down
the eyes of the proud.
29 For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my
darkness.
30 For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and
through my God I shall go over a wall.
31 As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord
are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in
him.
32 For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
33 God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way
blameless.
34 Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who
setteth me upon high places.
35 Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms
like a brazen bow.
36 And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation:
and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline
hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the
same shall teach me.
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not
weakened.
38 I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I
will not turn again till they are consumed.
39 I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand:
they shall fall under my feet.
40 And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and
hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
41 And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and
hast destroyed them that hated me.
42 They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord:
but he heard them not.
43 And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the
wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the
streets.
44 Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the
people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
45 A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing
of the ear they have obeyed me.
46 The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange
children have faded away, and have halted from their
paths.
47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of
my salvation be exalted :
48 O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me,
my deliverer from my enemies.
49 And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against
me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
50 Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the
nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
51 Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to
David his anointed : and to his seed for ever.
Psalm 18
1 Unto the end. A psalm for David.
2 The heavens shew forth the glory of God, and the firmament
declareth the work of his hands.
3 Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night sheweth
knowledge.
4 There are no speeches nor languages, where their voices
are not heard.
5 Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth: and their
words unto the ends of the world.
6 He hath set his tabernacle in the sun: and he, as a
bridegroom coming out of his bride chamber, Hath rejoiced
as a giant to run the way:
7 His going out is from the end of heaven, And his circuit
even to the end thereof: and there is no one that can hide
himself from his heat.
8 The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the
testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little
ones.
9 The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: the
commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the
eyes.
10 The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for ever and ever:
the judgments of the Lord are true, justified in
themselves.
11 More to be desired than gold and many precious stones: and
sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.
12 For thy servant keepeth them, and in keeping them there is
a great reward.
13 Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me,
O Lord:
14 and from those of others spare thy servant. If they shall
have no dominion over me, then shall I be without spot:
and I shall be cleansed from the greatest sin.
15 And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: and
the meditation of my heart always in thy sight. O Lord, my
helper, and my redeemer.
Psalm 19
1 Unto the end. A psalm for David.
2 May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: may the
name of the God of Jacob protect thee.
3 May he send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee
out of Sion.
4 May he be mindful of all thy sacrifices: and may thy whole
burnt offering be made fat.
5 May he give thee according to thy own heart; and confirm
all thy counsels.
6 We will rejoice in thy salvation; and in the name of our
God we shall be exalted.
7 The Lord fulfil all thy petitions: now have I known that
the Lord hath saved his anointed. He will hear him from
his holy heaven: the salvation of his right hand is in
powers.
8 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will
call upon the name of the Lord our God.
9 They are bound, and have fallen; but we are risen, and are
set upright. O Lord, save the king: and hear us in the day
that we shall call upon thee.
Psalm 20
1 Unto the end. A psalm for David.
2 In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy
salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly.
3 Thou hast given him his heart's desire: end hast not
withholden from him the will of his lips.
4 For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness:
thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.
5 He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of
days for ever and ever.
6 His glory is great in thy salvation: glory and great
beauty shalt thou lay upon him.
7 For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and
ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy
countenance.
8 For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of
the most High he shall not be moved.
9 Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let thy right
hand find out all them that hate thee.
10 Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of
thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and
fire shall devour them.
11 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: and their
seed from among the children of men.
12 For they have intended evils against thee: they have
devised counsels which they have not been able to
establish.
13 For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants
thou shalt prepare their face.
14 Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: we will sing
and praise thy power.
Psalm 21
1 Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for
David.
2 O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far
from my salvation are the words of my sins.
3 O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and
by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.
4 But thou dwellest in the holy place, the praise of Israel.
5 In thee have our fathers hoped: they have hoped, and thou
hast delivered them.
6 They cried to thee, and they were saved: they trusted in
thee, and were not confounded.
7 But I am a worm, and no man: the reproach of men, and the
outcast of the people.
8 All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: they have
spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
9 He hoped in the Lord, let hint deliver him: let him save
him, seeing he delighteth in him.
10 For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: my
hope from the breasts of my mother.
11 I was cast upon thee from the womb. From my mother's womb
thou art my God,
12 depart not from me. For tribulation is very near: for
there is none to help me.
13 Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged
me.
14 They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion
ravening and roaring.
15 I am poured out like water; and all my bones are
scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the
midst of my bowels.
16 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue
hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down
into the dust of death.
17 For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the
malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and
feet.
18 They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and
stared upon me.
19 They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture
they cast lots.
20 But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from
me; look towards my defence.
21 Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from
the hand of the dog.
22 Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the
horns of the unicorns.
23 I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of
the church will I praise thee.
24 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of
Jacob, glorify him.
25 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not
slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man.
Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I
cried to him he heard me.
26 With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my
vows in the sight of them that fear him.
27 The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall
praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for
ever and ever.
28 All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be
converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the
Gentiles shall adore in his sight.
29 For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion
over the nations.
30 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored:
all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
31 And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve
him.
32 There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come:
and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people
that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
Psalm 22
1 A psalm for David. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want
nothing.
2 He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me
up, on the water of refreshment:
3 he hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of
justice, for his own name's sake.
4 For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod
and thy staff, they have comforted me.
5 Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that
afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my
chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it!
6 And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of
days.
Psalm 23
1 On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth
is the Lord's and the fulness thereof: the world, and all
they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it
upon the rivers.
3 Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who
shall stand in his holy place?
4 The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not
taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his
neighbour.
5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from
God his Saviour.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that
seek the face of the God of Jacob.
7 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O
eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.
8 Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is strong and
mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O
eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.
10 Who is this King of Glory? the Lord of hosts, he is the
King of Glory.
Psalm 24
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. To thee, O Lord, have I
lifted up my soul.
2 In thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed.
3 Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that
wait on thee shall be confounded.
4 Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without
cause. Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy
paths.
5 Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my
Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long.
6 Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; and thy
mercies that are from the beginning of the world.
7 The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember.
According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness'
sake, O Lord.
8 The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a
law to sinners in the way.
9 He will guide the mild in judgment: he will teach the meek
his ways.
10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to them that
seek after his covenant and his testimonies.
11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for
it is great.
12 Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed
him a law in the way he hath chosen.
13 His soul shall dwell in good things: and his seed shall
inherit the land.
14 The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his
covenant shall be made manifest to them.
15 My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my
feet out of the snare.
16 Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone
and poor.
17 The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from
my necessities.
18 See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my
sins.
19 Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, and have
hated me with an unjust hatred.
20 Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed,
for I have hoped in thee.
21 The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because
I have waited on thee.
22 Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations.
Psalm 25
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I
have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in
the Lord, and shall not be weakened.
2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.
3 For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased
with thy truth.
4 I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I
go in with the doers of unjust things.
5 I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the
wicked I will not sit.
6 I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass
thy altar, O Lord:
7 That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all
thy wondrous works.
8 I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the
place where thy glory dwelleth.
9 Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life
with bloody men:
10 In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled
with gifts.
11 But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me,
and have mercy on me.
12 My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I
will bless thee, O Lord.
Psalm 26
1 The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my
light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the
protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?
2 Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh.
My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened,
and have fallen.
3 If armies in camp should stand together against me, my
heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against
me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek
after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the
days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord,
and may visit his temple.
5 For he hath hidden me in his tabernacle; in the day of
evils, he hath protected me in the secret place of his
tabernacle.
6 He hath exalted me upon a rock: and now he hath lifted up
my head above my enemies. I have gone round, and have
offered up in his tabernacle a sacrifice of jubilation: I
will sing, and recite a psalm to the Lord.
7 Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee:
have mercy on me and hear me.
8 My heart hath said to thee: My face hath sought thee: thy
face, O Lord, will I still seek.
9 Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath
from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do
not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.
10 For my father and my mother have left me: but the Lord
hath taken me up.
11 Set me, O Lord, a law in thy way, and guide me in the
right path, because of my enemies.
12 Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me;
for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and
iniquity hath lied to itself.
13 I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land
of the living.
14 Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take
courage, and wait thou for the Lord.
Psalm 27
1 A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord:
O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest thou be silent to
me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to
thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.
3 Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the
workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with
their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their works, and according to the
wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of
their hands give thou to them: render to them their
reward.
5 Because they have not understood the works of the Lord,
and the operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them,
and shalt not build them up.
6 Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my
supplication.
7 The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my
heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath
flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to
him.
8 The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector
of the salvation of his anointed.
9 Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and
rule them and exalt them for ever.
Psalm 28
1 A psalm for David, at the finishing of the tabernacle.
Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God: bring to the Lord
the offspring of rams.
2 Bring to the Lord glory and honour: bring to the Lord
glory to his name: adore ye the Lord in his holy court.
3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of
majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is in power; the voice of the Lord
in magnificence.
5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord
shall break the cedars of Libanus.
6 And shall reduce them to pieces, as a calf of Libanus, and
as the beloved son of unicorns.
7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire:
8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord
shall shake the desert of Cades.
9 The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and he will
discover the thick woods: and in his temple all shall
speak his glory.
10 The Lord maketh the hood to dwell: and the Lord shall sit
king for ever. The Lord will give strength to his people:
the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Psalm 29
1 A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house.
2 I will extol thee, O Lord, for thou hast upheld me: and
hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me.
3 O Lord my God, I have cried to thee, and then hast healed
me.
4 Thou hast brought forth, O Lord, my soul from hell: thou
hast saved me from them that go down into the pit.
5 Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: and give praise to the
memory of his holiness.
6 For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good
will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the
morning gladness.
7 And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved.
8 O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty.
Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became
troubled.
9 To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will make supplication
to my God.
10 What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go down to
corruption? Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy
truth?
11 The Lord hath heard, and hath had mercy on me: the Lord
became my helper.
12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: thou hast
cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:
13 To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not
regret: O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for
ever.
Psalm 30
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David, in an ecstasy.
2 In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, Iet me never be confounded:
deliver me in thy justice.
3 Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou
unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save
me.
4 For thou art my strength and my refuge; and for thy name's
sake thou wilt lead me, and nourish me.
5 Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have
hidden for me: for thou art my protector.
6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me,
O Lord, the God of truth.
7 Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose.
But I have hoped in the Lord:
8 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. For thou best
regarded my humility, thou hast saved my soul out of
distresses.
9 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy:
thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.
10 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is
troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:
11 For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs.
My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are
disturbed.
12 I am become a reproach among all my enemies, and very much
to my neighbours; and a fear to my acquaintance. They that
saw me without fled from me.
13 I am forgotten as one dead from the heart. I am become as
a vessel that is destroyed.
14 For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about.
While they assembled together against me, they consulted
to take away my life.
15 But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art
my God.
16 My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of
my enemies; and from them that persecute me.
17 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy
mercy.
18 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon
thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to
hell.
19 Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity
against the just, with pride and abuse.
20 O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord,
which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou
hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of
the sons of men.
21 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the
disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy
tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.
22 Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy
to me in a fortified city.
23 But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from
before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my
prayer, when I cried to thee.
24 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will
require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act
proudly.
25 Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye
that hope in the Lord.
Psalm 31
1 To David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose
iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin,
and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out
all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I am turned
in my anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened.
5 I have acknowledged my sin to thee, and my injustice I
have not concealed. I said I will confess against myself
my injustice to the Lord: and thou hast forgiven the
wickedness of my sin.
6 For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a
seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they
shall not come nigh unto him.
7 Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed
me: my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.
8 I will give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee
in this way, in which thou shalt go: I will fix my eyes
upon thee.
9 Do not become like the horse and the mule, who have no
understanding. With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws,
who come not near unto thee.
10 Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy shall
encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.
11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory, all
ye right of heart.
Psalm 32
1 A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise
becometh the upright.
2 Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the
psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto him with a loud
noise.
4 For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are
done with faithfulness.
5 He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the
mercy of the Lord.
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and
all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:
7 Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel;
laying up the depths in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all the
inhabitants of the world be in awe of him.
9 For he spoke and they were made: he commanded and they
were created.
10 The Lord bringeth to naught the counsels of nations; and
he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the
counsels of princes.
11 But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the
thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people
whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.
13 The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the
sons of men.
14 From his habitation which he hath prepared, he hath looked
upon all that dwell on the earth.
15 He who hath made the hearts of every one of them: who
understandeth all their works.
16 The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant
be saved by his own great strength.
17 Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall he be saved by
the abundance of his strength.
18 Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and
on them that hope in his mercy.
19 To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in
famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and
protector.
21 For in him our heart shall rejoice: and in his holy name
we have trusted.
22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in
thee.
Psalm 33
1 For David, when he changed his countenance before
Achimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way. [1
Kings 21.]
2 I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be
always in my mouth.
3 In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear
and rejoice.
4 O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name
together.
5 I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me
from all my troubles.
6 Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall
not be confounded.
7 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him
out of all his troubles.
8 The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that
fear him: and shall deliver them.
9 O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the
man that hopeth in him.
10 Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to
them that fear him.
11 The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they
that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.
12 Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear
of the Lord.
13 Who is the man that desireth life: who loveth to see good
days?
14 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking
guile.
15 Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and
pursue it.
16 The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto
their prayers.
17 But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do
evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the
earth.
18 The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered
them out of all their troubles.
19 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart:
and he will save the humble of spirit.
20 Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all
will the Lord deliver them.
21 The Lord keepeth all their bones, not one of them shall be
broken.
22 The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate
the just shall be guilty.
23 The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none
of them that trust in him shall offend.
Psalm 34
1 For David himself. Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me
: overthrow them that fight against me.
2 Take hold of arms and shield : and rise up to help me.
3 Bring out the sword, and shut up the way against them that
persecute me : say to my soul : I am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my
soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that
devise against me.
5 Let them become as dust before the wind : and let the
angel of the Lord straiten them.
6 Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel
of the Lord pursue them.
7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me unto
destruction : without cause they have upbraided my soul.
8 Let the snare which he knoweth not come upon him : and let
the net which he hath hidden catch him : and let the net
which he hath hidden catch him : and into that very snare
let them fall.
9 But my soul shall rejoice in the Lord; and shall be
delighted in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say : Lord, who is like to thee? Who
deliverest the poor from the hand of them that are
stronger than he; the needy and the poor from them that
strip him.
11 Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew
not.
12 They repaid me evil for good : to the depriving me of my
soul.
13 But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was
clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting;
and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.
14 As a neighbour and as an own brother, so did I please : as
one mourning and sorrowful so was I humbled.
15 But they rejoiced against me, and came together : scourges
were gathered together upon me, and I knew not.
16 They were separated, and repented not : they tempted me,
they scoffed at me with scorn : they gnashed upon me with
their teeth.
17 Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? rescue thou soul from
their malice : my only one from the lions.
18 I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will
praise thee in a strong people.
19 Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over
me : who have hated me without cause, and wink with the
eyes.
20 For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the
anger of the earth they devised guile.
21 And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said :
Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it.
22 Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent : O Lord,
depart not from me.
23 Arise, and be attentive to my judgment : to my cause, my
God, and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O Lord my God according to thy justice, and let
them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts : It is well, it is well,
to our mind : neither let them say : We have swallowed him
up.
26 Let them blush : and be ashamed together, who rejoice at
my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame,
who speak great things against me.
27 Let them rejoice and be glad, who are well pleased with my
justice, and let them say always : The Lord be magnified,
who delights in the peace of his servant.
28 Any my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all
the day long.
Psalm 35
1 Unto the end, for the servant of God, David himself.
2 The unjust hath said within himself, that he would sin :
there is no fear of God before his eyes.
3 For in his sight he hath done deceitfully, that his
iniquity may be found unto hatred.
4 The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile : he would
not understand that he might do well.
5 He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself
on every way that is not good : but evil he hath not
hated.
6 O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth,
even to the clouds.
7 Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are
a great deep. Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord :
8 O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the
children of men shall put their trust under the covert of
thy wings.
9 They shall be inebriated with the plenty of thy house; and
thou shalt make them drink of the torrent of thy pleasure.
10 For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we
shall see light.
11 Extend thy mercy to them that know thee, and thy justice
to them that are right in heart.
12 Let not the foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand
of the sinner move me.
13 There the workers of iniquity are fallen, they are cast
out, and could not stand.
Psalm 36
1 A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers;
nor envy them that work iniquity.
2 For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the
green herbs shall quickly fall.
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and
thou shalt be fed with its riches.
4 Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of
thy heart.
5 Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will
do it.
6 And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy
judgment as the noonday.
7 Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man
who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.
8 Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do
evil.
9 For the evildoers shall be cut off : but they that wait
upon the Lord shall inherit the land.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : and
thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.
11 But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in
abundance of peace.
12 The sinner shall watch the just man : and shall gnash upon
him with his teeth.
13 But the Lord shall laugh at him : for he foreseeth that
his day shall come.
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword : they have bent their
bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright
of heart.
15 Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their
bow be broken.
16 Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of
the wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but
the Lord strengtheneth the just.
18 The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; and their
inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the
days of famine they shall be filled :
20 because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the
Lord, presently after they shall be honoured and exalted,
shall come to nothing and vanish like smoke.
21 The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just
sheweth mercy and shall give.
22 For such as bless him shall inherit the land : but such as
curse him shall perish.
23 With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he
shall like well his way.
24 When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord
putteth his hand under him.
25 I have been young, and now am old; and I have not seen the
just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.
26 He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his
seed shall be in blessing.
27 Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and
ever.
28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his
saints : they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust
shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall
perish.
29 But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell
therein for evermore.
30 The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom : and his
tongue shall speak judgment.
31 The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall
not be supplanted.
32 The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him
to death,
33 But the Lord will not leave in his hands; nor condemn him
when he shall be judged.
34 Expect the Lord and keep his way : and he will exalt thee
to inherit the land : when the sinners shall perish thou
shalt see.
35 I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like
the cedars of Libanus.
36 And I passed by, and lo, he was not : and I sought him and
his place was not found.
37 Keep innocence, and behold justice : for there are
remnants for the peaceable man.
38 But the unjust shall be destroyed together : the remnants
of the wicked shall perish.
39 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is
their protector in the time of trouble.
40 And the Lord will help them and deliver them : and he will
rescue them from the wicked, and save them, because they
have hoped in him.
Psalm 37
1 A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath.
2 Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me
in thy wrath.
3 For thy arrows are fastened in me : and thy hand hath been
strong upon me.
4 There is no health in my flesh, because of thy wrath :
there is no peace for my bones, because of my sins.
5 For my iniquities are gone over my head : and as a heavy
burden are become heavy upon me.
6 My sores are putrified and corrupted, because of my
foolishness.
7 I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end
: I walked sorrowful all the day long.
8 For my loins are filled with illusions; and there is no
health in my flesh.
9 I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly : I roared with the
groaning of my heart.
10 Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not
hidden from thee.
11 My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the
light of my eyes itself is not with me.
12 My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood
against me. And they that were near me stood afar off :
13 And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that
sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits
all the day long.
14 But I, as a deaf man, heard not : and as a dumb man not
opening his mouth.
15 And I became as a man that heareth not : and that hath no
reproofs in his mouth.
16 For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped : thou wilt hear me, O
Lord my God.
17 For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me :
and whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things
against me.
18 For I am ready for scourges : and my sorrow is continually
before me.
19 For I will declare my inequity : and I will think for my
sin.
20 But my enemies live, and are stronger that I : and they
hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
21 They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because
I followed goodness.
22 Forsake me not, O Lord my God : do not thou depart from
me.
23 Attend unto my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.
Psalm 38
1 Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.
2 I said: I will take heed to my ways : that I sin not with
my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner
stood against me.
3 I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good
things : and my sorrow was renewed.
4 My heart grew hot within me : and in my meditation a fire
shall flame out.
5 I spoke with my tongue : O Lord, make me know my end. And
what is the number of my days : that I may know what is
wanting to me.
6 Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my
substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things
are vanity : every man living.
7 Surely man passeth as an image : yea, and he is disquieted
in vain. He storeth up : and he knoweth not for whom he
shall gather these things.
8 And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my
substance is with thee.
9 Deliver thou me from all my iniquities : thou hast made me
a reproach to the fool.
10 I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast
done it.
11 Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath
made me faint in rebukes:
12 thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made
his soul to waste away like a spider : surely in vain is
any man disquieted.
13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication : give ear to
my tears. Be not silent : for I am a stranger with thee,
and a sojourner as all my fathers were.
14 O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence,
and be no more.
Psalm 39
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
2 With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was
attentive to me.
3 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of
misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a
rock, and directed my steps.
4 And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our
God. Many shall see, and shall fear : and they shall hope
in the Lord.
5 Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord;
and who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying
follies.
6 Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God :
and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have
declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above
number.
7 Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou
hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering
thou didst not require :
8 then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is
written of me
9 that I should do thy will : O my God, I have desired it,
and thy law in the midst of my heart.
10 I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will
not restrain my lips : O Lord, thou knowest it.
11 I have not hid thy justice within my heart : I have
declared thy truth and thy salvation. I have not concealed
thy mercy and thy truth from a great council.
12 Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me :
thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me.
13 For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities
have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are
multiplied above the hairs of my head : and my heart hath
forsaken me.
14 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to
help me.
15 Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek
after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward
and be ashamed that desire evils to me.
16 Let them immediately bear their confusion, that say to me
: 'T is well, 't is well.
17 Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : and
let such as love thy salvation say always : The Lord be
magnified.
18 But I am a beggar and poor : the Lord is careful for me.
Thou art my helper and my protector : O my God, be not
slack.
Psalm 40
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
2 Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and
the poor : the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
3 The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him
blessed upon the earth : and deliver him not up to the
will of his enemies.
4 The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow : thou hast turned
all his couch in his sickness.
5 I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me : heal my soul, for
I have sinned against thee.
6 My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die
and his name perish?
7 And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things : his
heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out
and spoke to the same purpose.
8 All my enemies whispered together against me : they
devised evils to me.
9 They determined against me an unjust word : shall he that
sleepeth rise again no more?
10 For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my
bread, hath greatly supplanted me.
11 But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again
: and I will requite them.
12 By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me :
because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
13 But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence : and
hast established me in thy sight for ever.
14 Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to
eternity. So be it. So be it.
Psalm 41
1 Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.
2 As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my
soul panteth after thee, O God.
3 My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when
shall I come and appear before the face of God?
4 My tears have been any bread day and night, whilst it is
said to me daily : Where is thy God?
5 These things I remembered, and poured out my soul in me :
for I shall go over into the place of the wonderful
tabernacle, even to the house of God : With the voice of
joy and praise; the noise of one feasting.
6 Why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou trouble me?
Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him : the
salvation of my countenance,
7 and my God. My soul is troubled within myself : therefore
will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and
Hermoniim, from the little hill.
8 Deep calleth on deep, at the noise of thy flood-gates. All
thy heights and thy billows have passed over me.
9 In the daytime the Lord hath commanded his mercy; and a
canticle to him in the night. With me is prayer to the God
of my life.
10 I will say to God : Thou art my support. Why hast thou
forgotten me? and why go I mourning, whilst my enemy
afflicteth me?
11 Whilst my bones are broken, my enemies who trouble me have
reproached me; Whilst they say to me day be day : Where is
thy God?
12 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why dost thou
disquiet me? Hope thou in God, for I will still give
praise to him : the salvation of my countenance, and my
God.
Psalm 42
1 A psalm for David. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my
cause from the nation that is not holy : deliver me from
the unjust and deceitful man.
2 For thou art God my strength : why hast thou cast me off?
and why do I go sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me?
3 Send forth thy light and thy truth : they have conducted
me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy
tabernacles.
4 And I will go in to the altar of God : to God who giveth
joy to my youth.
5 To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp :
why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet
me?
6 Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him : the
salvation of my countenance, and my God.
Psalm 43
1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.
2 We have heard, O God, with our ears : our fathers have
declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days,
and in the days of old.
3 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them
: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.
4 For they got not the possession of the land by their own
sword : neither did their own arm save them. But thy right
hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance :
because thou wast pleased with them.
5 Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the
saving of Jacob.
6 Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn
: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up
against us.
7 For I will not trust in my bow : neither shall my sword
save me.
8 But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us : and
hast put them to shame that hate us.
9 In God shall we glory all the day long : and in thy name
we will give praise for ever.
10 But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame : and
thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.
11 Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies : and they
that hated us plundered for themselves.
12 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten : thou hast
scattered us among the nations.
13 Thou hast sold thy people for no price : and there was no
reckoning in the exchange of them.
14 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff
and derision to them that are round about us.
15 Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles : a shaking
of the head among the people.
16 All the day long my shame is before me : and the confusion
of my face hath covered me,
17 At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me :
at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
18 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not
forgotten thee : and we have not done wickedly in they
covenant.
19 And our heart hath not turned back : neither hast thou
turned aside our steps from thy way.
20 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction : and
the shadow of death hath covered us.
21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have
spread forth our hands to a strange god :
22 Shall not God search out these things : for he knoweth the
secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed
all the day long : we are counted as sheep for the
slaughter.
23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not
off to the end.
24 Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and
our trouble?
25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust : our belly
cleaveth to the earth.
26 Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake.
Psalm 44
2 My heart hath uttered a good word I speak my works to the
king; My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth
swiftly.
3 Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured
abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for
ever
4 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty.
5 With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, proceed
prosperously, and reign. Because of truth and meekness and
justice: and thy right hand shall conduct thee
wonderfully.
6 Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into
the hearts of the king's enemies.
7 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of
thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.
8 Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore
God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness
above thy fellows.
9 Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the
ivory houses: out of which
10 the daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory.
The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing;
surrounded with variety.
11 Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and
forget thy people and thy father's house.
12 And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is
the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.
13 And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, yea, all the rich
among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.
14 All the glory of the king's daughter is within in golden
borders,
15 clothed round about with varieties. After her shall
virgins be brought to the king: her neighbours shall be
brought to thee.
16 They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they
shall be brought into the temple of the king.
17 Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt
make them princes over all the earth.
18 They shall remember thy name throughout all generations.
Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever
and ever.
Psalm 45
1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden.
2 Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles,
which have found us exceedingly.
3 Therefore we will not fear, when the earth shall be
troubled; and the mountains shall be removed into the
heart of the sea.
4 Their waters roared and were troubled: the mountains were
troubled with his strength.
5 The stream of the river maketh the city of God joyful: the
most High hath sanctified his own tabernacle.
6 God is in the midst thereof, it shall not be moved: God
will help it in the morning early.
7 Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: he
uttered his voice, the earth trembled.
8 The Lord of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our
protector.
9 Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he
hath done upon earth,
10 making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He
shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the
shield he shall burn in the fire.
11 Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among
the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
12 The Lord of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our
protector.
Psalm 46
1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core.
2 O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the
voice of Joy,
3 For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the
earth.
4 He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under
our feet.
5 He hath chosen for us his inheritance the beauty of Jacob
which he hath loved.
6 God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound
of trumpet.
7 Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our
king, sing ye.
8 For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.
9 God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy
throne.
10 The princes of the people are gathered together, with the
God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are
exceedingly exalted.
Psalm 47
1 A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second
day of the week.
2 Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the
city of our God, in his holy mountain.
3 With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on
the sides of the north, the city of the great king.
4 In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect
her.
5 For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves:
they gathered together.
6 So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they
were moved:
7 trembling took hold of them. There were pains as of a
woman in labour.
8 With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships
of Tharsis.
9 As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord
of hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for
ever.
10 We have received thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy
temple.
11 According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto
the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice.
12 Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad;
because of thy judgments, O Lord.
13 Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell ye in her towers.
14 Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her
houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.
15 For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and
ever: he shall rule us for evermore.
Psalm 48
1 Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.
2 Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye
inhabitants of the world.
3 All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich
and poor together.
4 My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my
heart understanding.
5 I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my
proposition on the psaltery.
6 Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel
shall encompass me.
7 They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the
multitude of their riches,
8 No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not
give to God his ransom,
9 Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall
labour for ever,
10 and shall still live unto the end.
11 He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise
dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together:
And they shall leave their riches to strangers:
12 and their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their
dwelling places to all generations: they have called their
lands by their names.
13 And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is
compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.
14 This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and
afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
15 They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon
them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the
morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their
glory.
16 But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he
shall receive me.
17 Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and
when the glory of his house shall be increased.
18 For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor
shall his glory descend with him.
19 For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will
praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
20 He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he
shall never see light.
21 Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been
compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.
Psalm 49
1 A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken:
and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun,
to the going down thereof:
2 out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
3 God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall
not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a
mighty tempest shall be round about him.
4 He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge
his people.
5 Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant
before sacrifices.
6 And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is
judge.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will
testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt
offerings are always in my sight.
9 I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out
of thy flocks.
10 For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on
the hills, and the oxen.
11 I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty
of the field.
12 If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the
world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the
blood of goats?
14 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to
the most High.
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver
thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my
justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth ?
17 Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words
behind thee.
18 If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and
with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
19 Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed
deceits.
20 Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst
lay a scandal against thy mother's son:
21 these things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou
thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I
will reprove thee, and set before thy face.
22 Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he
snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.
23 The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the
way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.
Psalm 50
1 Unto the end, a psalm of David,
2 when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned
with Bethsabee.
3 Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out
my iniquity.
4 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my
sin.
5 For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
6 To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before
thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst
overcome when thou art judged.
7 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did
my mother conceive me.
8 For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden
things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
9 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be
cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter
than snow.
10 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the
bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
11 Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my
iniquities.
12 Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right
spirit within my bowels.
13 Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy
spirit from me.
14 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen
me with a perfect spirit.
15 I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be
converted to thee.
16 Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation:
and my tongue shall extol thy justice.
17 O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare
thy praise.
18 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have
given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.
19 A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and
humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
20 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that
the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
21 Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations
and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon
thy altar.
Psalm 51
1 Unto the end, understanding for David,
2 when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the
house of Achimelech
3 Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in
iniquity?
4 All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a
sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.
5 Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity
rather than to speak righteousness.
6 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.
7 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck
thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy
root out of the land of the living.
8 The just shall see and fear, and shall laugh at him, and
say:
9 Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted
in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his
vanity.
10 But I, as a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have
hoped in the mercy of God for ever, yea for ever and ever.
11 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it:
and I will wait on thy name, for it is good in the sight
of thy saints.
Psalm 52
1 Unto the end, for Maeleth, understandings to David. The
fool said in his hear t: There is no God.
2 They are corrupted, and become abominable in iniquities:
there is none that doth good.
3 God looked down from heaven on the children of men: to see
if there were any that did understand, or did seek God.
4 All have gone aside, they are become unprofitable
together, there is none that doth good, no not one.
5 Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my
people as they eat bread?
6 They have not called upon God: there have they trembled
for fear, where there was no fear. For God hath scattered
the bones of them that please men: they have been
confounded, because God hath despised them.
7 Who will give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when
God shall bring back the captivity of his people, Jacob
shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Psalm 53
1 Unto the end, In verses, understanding for David.
2 When the men of Ziph had come and said to Saul: Is not
David hidden with us?
3 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength.
4 O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth.
5 For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty
have sought after my soul: and they have not set God
before their eyes.
6 For behold God is my helper: and the Lord is the protector
of my soul.
7 Turn back the evils upon my enemies; and cut them off in
thy truth.
8 I will freely sacrifice to thee, and will give praise, O
God, to thy name: because it is good:
9 For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye
hath looked down upon my enemies.
Psalm 54
1 Unto the end, in verses, understanding for David.
2 Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:
3 be attentive to me and hear me. I am grieved in my
exercise; and am troubled,
4 at the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the
sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in
wrath they were troublesome to me.
5 My heart is troubled within me: and the fear of death is
fallen upon me.
6 Fear and trembling are come upon me: and darkness hath
covered me.
7 And I said: Who will give me wings like a dove, and I will
fly and be at rest?
8 Lo, I have gone far off flying away; and I abode in the
wilderness.
9 I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of
spirit, and a storm.
10 Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have
seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
11 Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls:
and in the midst thereof are labour,
12 and injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from
its streets.
13 For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne
with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things
against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
14 But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
15 Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house
of God we walked with consent.
16 Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into
hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the
midst of them.
17 But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
18 Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare:
and he shall hear my voice.
19 He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near
to me: for among many they were with me.
20 God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For
there is no change with them, and they have not feared
God:
21 he hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have
defiled his covenant,
22 they are divided by the wrath Of his countenance, and his
heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil,
and
2 the same are darts.
23 Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he
shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.
24 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of
destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out
half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.
Psalm 55
1 Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance
from the sanctuary for David, for an inscription of a
title (or pillar ) when the Philistines held him in Geth.
2 Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under
foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting
against me.
3 My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they
are many that make war against me.
4 From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust
in thee.
5 In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust:
I will not fear what flesh can do against me.
6 All the day long they detested my words: all their
thoughts were against me unto evil.
7 They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my
heel. As they have waited for my soul,
8 for nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt
break the people in pieces, O God,
9 I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set my tears in
thy sight, As also in thy promise.
10 Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever
I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.
11 In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise
his speech. In God have I hoped, I will not fear what man
can do to me.
12 In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises
to thee:
13 Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet
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