Holy Bible: King James Version, The

by Various

  68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

  68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

  68:7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:

  68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

  68:9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

  68:10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.

  68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

  68:12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

  68:13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.

  68:14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.

  68:15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

  68:16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

  68:17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

  68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

  68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

  68:20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

  68:21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

  68:22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

  68:23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

  68:24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

  68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

  68:26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

  68:27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

  68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

  68:29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

  68:30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

  68:31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

  68:32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

  68:33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

  68:34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

  68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

  69:1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

  69:2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

  69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

  69:4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

  69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

  69:6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

  69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

  69:8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

  69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

  69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

  69:11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

  69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

  69:13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

  69:14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

  69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

  69:16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

  69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

  69:18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

  69:19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

  69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

  69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

  69:22 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

  69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

  69:24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

  69:25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

  69:26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

  69:27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.

  69:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

  69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

  69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

  69:31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

  69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

  69:33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

  69:34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

  69:35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

  69:36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

  70:1 MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.

  70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

  70:3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

  70:4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

  70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou
art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

  71:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

  71:2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

  71:3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

  71:4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

  71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.

  71:6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

  71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

  71:8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

  71:9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

  71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

  71:11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

  71:12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

  71:13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

  71:14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

  71:15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

  71:16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

  71:17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

  71:18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

  71:19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

  71:20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

  71:21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

  71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

  71:23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.

  71:24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

  72:1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

  72:2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

  72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.

  72:4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

  72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

  72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

  72:7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.

  72:8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

  72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

  72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

  72:11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

  72:12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

  72:13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

  72:14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

  72:15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

  72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

  72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

  72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

  72:19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

  72:20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

  73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

  73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

  73:3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  73:4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

  73:5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

  73:6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

  73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

  73:8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

  73:9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  73:10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

  73:11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

  73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

  73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  73:14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

  73:15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

  73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

  73:17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

  73:18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

  73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

  73:20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

  73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.

  73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

  73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.

  73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

  73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

  73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

  73:27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

  73:28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

  74:1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

  74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

  74:3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

  74:4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns
for signs.

  74:5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

  74:6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.