Psalm 36
For the end, by David the servant of the Lord.
[1] The transgressor, that he may sin, says within himself, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. [2] For he has dealt craftily before him, to discover his iniquity and hate it. [3] The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit: he is not inclined to understand how to do good. [4] He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil.
[5] O Lord, thy mercy is in the heaven; and thy truth reaches to the clouds. [6] Thy righteousness is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are as a great deep: O Lord, thou wilt preserve men and beasts. [7] How hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! so the children of men shall trust in the shelter of thy wings. [8] They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thine house; and thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights. [9] For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light we shall see light.
[10] Extend thy mercy to them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. [11] Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners move me.
[12] There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.
Psalm 37
A Psalm of David.
[1] Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity. [2] For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs. [3] Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it. [4] Delight thyself in the Lord; and he shall grant thee the requests of thine heart. [5] Disclose thy way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring it to pass. [6] And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noon-day.
[7] Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not thyself because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds. [8] ease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself so as to do evil. [9] For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land. [10] And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and thou shalt seek for his place, and shalt not find it. [11] But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
[12] The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him. [13] But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come. [14] Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, and to slay the upright in heart. [15] Let their sword enter into their own heart, and their bows be broken.
[16] A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners. [17] For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.
[18] The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever. [19] They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied. [20] For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honoured and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke. [21] The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives. [22] For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.
[23] The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way. [24] When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand. [25] I was once young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread. [26] He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.
[27] Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever. [28] For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed. [29] But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever.
[30] The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment. [31] The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide. [32] The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him. [33] But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged. [34] Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, thou shalt see it.
[35] I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus. [36] Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found. [37] Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peaceable man. [38] But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed. [39] But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of affliction. [40] And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall rescue them from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him.
Psalm 38
A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath-day.
[1] O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thine anger. [2] For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me.
[3] For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins. [4] For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden. [5] My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness. [6] I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day. [7] For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh. [8] I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart.
[9] But all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee. [10] My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me. [11] My friends and my neighbours drew near before me, and stood still; and my nearest of kin stood afar off. [12] While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day. [13] But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth. [14] And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
[15] For I hoped in thee, O Lord: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. [16] For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me. [17] For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me. [18] For I will declare mine iniquity, and be distressed for my sin. [19] But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied. [20] They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness. [21] Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me. [22] Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.
Psalm 39
For the end, a Song of David, to Idithun.
[1] I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence. [2] I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good words; and my grief was renewed. [3] My heart grew hot within me, and a fire would kindle in my meditation: I spoke with my tongue,
[4] O Lord, make me to know mine end, and the number of my days, what it is; that I may know what I lack. [5] Behold, thou hast made my days old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause. [6] Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.
[7] And now what is my expectation? is it not the Lord? and my ground of hope is with thee. Pause. [8] Deliver me from all my transgressions: thou hast made me a reproach to the foolish. [9] I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; for thou art he that made me. [10] Remove thy scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of thine hand. [11] Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider’s web; nay, every man is
disquieted in vain. Pause.
[12] O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a sojourner in the land, and a stranger, as all my fathers were. [13] Spare me, that I may be refreshed, before I depart, and be no more.
Psalm 40
For the end, a Psalm of David.
[1] I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication. [2] And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright. [3] And he put a new song into my mouth, even a hymn to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall hope in the Lord. [4] Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.
[5] O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number. [6] Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require. [7] Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me, [8] I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart. [9] I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness. [10] I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.
[11] But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually. [12] For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me. [13] Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me. [14] Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame. [15] Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward. [16] Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. [17] But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.
Psalm 41
For the end, a Psalm of David.
[1] Blessed is the man who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day. [2] May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy. [3] May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.
[4] I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. [5] Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish? [6] And if he came to see me, his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner. [7] All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt. [8] They denounced a wicked word against me, saying, Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again? [9] For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up his heel against me.
[10] But thou, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them. [11] By this I know that thou hast delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me. [12] But thou didst help me because of mine innocence, and hast established me before thee for ever. [13] Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.
Psalm 42
For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core.
[1] As the hart earnestly desires the fountains of water, so my soul earnestly longs for thee, O God. [2] My soul has thirsted for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? [3] My tears have been bread to me day and night, while they daily said to me, Where is thy God? [4] I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, for I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival.
[5] Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; he is the salvation of my countenance.
[6] O my God, my soul has been troubled within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Ermonites, from the little hill. [7] Deep calls to deep at the voice of thy cataracts: all thy billows and thy waves have gone over me. [8] By day the Lord will command his mercy, and manifest it by night: with me is prayer to the God of my life. [9] I will say to God, Thou art my helper; why hast thou forgotten me? wherefore do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses me? [10] While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me; while they said to me daily, Where is thy God?
[11] Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; he is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalm 43
A Psalm of David.
[1] Judge me, o God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man. [2] For thou, O God, art my strength: wherefore hast thou cast me off? and why do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses me? [3] Send forth thy light and thy truth: they have led me, and brought me to thy holy mountain, and to thy tabernacles. [4] And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth: I will give thanks to thee on the harp, O God, my God.
[5] Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalm 44
For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core.
[1] O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old. [2] Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out. [3] For they inherited not the land by their own sword, and their own arm did not deliver them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.
[4] Thou art indeed my King and my God, who commandest deliverances for Jacob. [5] In thee will we push down our enemies, and in thy name will we bring to nought them that rise up against us. [6] For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me. [7] For thou hast saved us from them that afflicted us, and hast put to shame them that hated us. [8] In God will we make our boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. Pause.
[9] But now thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and thou wilt not go forth with our hosts. [10] Thou hast turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves. [11] Thou madest us as sheep for meat; and thou scatteredst us among the nations. [12] Thou hast sold thy people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange. [13] Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision them that are round about us. [14] Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations. [15] All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me, [16] because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.
[17] All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt unrighteously in thy covenant. [18] And our heart has not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way. [19] For thou hast laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us. [20] If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out? [21] for he knows the secrets of the heart. [22] For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.
[23] Awake, wherefore sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and do not cast us off for ever. [24] Wherefore turnest thou thy face away, and forgettest our poverty and our affliction
? [25] For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth. [26] Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for thy name’s sake.
Psalm 45
For the end, for alternate strains by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved.
[1] My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer. [2] Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever. [3] Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty; [4] and bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully. [5] Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) they are in the heart of the king’s enemies.
[6] Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness. [7] Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.
[8] Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia are exhaled from thy garments, and out of the ivory palaces, [9] with which kings’ daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, and arrayed in divers colours. [10] Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father’s house. [11] Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord. [12] And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favour.
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