their Rock, And the Most High God their Re- deemer. 36But they beguiled Him with their mouth, And lied unto Him with their tongue. 37For their heart was not stedfast with Him, Neither. were they faithful in His covenant.
88But He, being full of compassion, f orgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; Yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, And doth not stir up all His wrath. 89So He remembered that they were but flesh; A wind that passeth away, and com- eth not again.
40How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, And grieve Hun in the desert! ttAnd still again they tried God, And set bounds to the Holy One of Israel.
^They remembered not His hand, Nor the day when He redeemed them from the adversary. 43How He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan; ^And turned their rivers into blood, So that they could not drink their streams. 46He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them. 46He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labour unto the locust. 47He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost. 48He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to fiery bolts. 49He sent forth upon them the fierce- ness of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A sending of messengers of evil. 60He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence; 51And smote all the first-born in The first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham; 62But He made His own people to go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
He led them safely, and they feared not; PSALMS But the sea overwhelmed their enemies. 64 And He brought them to His holy border, To the mountain, which His right hand had gotten. ^He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not His testimonies; 57But turned back, and dealt treach- erously like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceit- ful bow. S8For they provoked Him with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their graven images. 59God heard, and was wroth, And He greatly abhorred Israel; 60 And He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which He had made to dwell among men; 61 And delivered His strength into cap- tivity, And His glory into the adversary's hand. 62He gave His people over also unto the sword; And was wroth with His inheritance. ^Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage- song.
^heir priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamen- tation.
<6Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, Like a mighty man recovering from wine.
66 And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon" them a perpetual reproach. "Moreover He abhorred the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim; 68But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which He loved. 69And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He hath founded for ever.
70He chose David also His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds; 71From following the ewes that give suck He brought him, To be shepherd over Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance. 72So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; And led them by the skilfulness of his hands.
A Psalm of Asaph.
0 God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; They have defiled Thy holy tempte; They have made Jerusalem into heaps. 2They have given the dead bodies of Thy servants to be food unto the fowls of the heaven, The flesh of Thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3They have shed their blood like water Round about Jerusalem, with none to bury them. *We are become a taunt to our neighbours, A scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
6How long, 0 LOBD, wilt Thou be angry for ever?
PSALMS How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire?
6Pour out Thy wrath upon the na- tions that know Thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon Thy name.
Tor they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.
• 8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; Let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; For we are brought very low.
9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name's sake. 10Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is their God?' Let the avenging of Thy servants' blood that is shed Be made known among the nations in our sight. uLet the groaning of the prisoner come before Thee; According to the greatness of Thy power set free those that are • appointed to death; MAnd render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached Thee, 0 Lord. *3So we that are Thy people and the flock of Thy pasture Will give Thee thanks for ever; We will tell of Thy praise to all generations.
For the Leader; upon Shoshan- nim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph.
*Give ear, 0 Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon th< cherubim, shine forth. 3Before Ephraim and Benjamin anc Manasseh, stir up Thy might, And come to save us. 40 God, restore us; And cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
60 LOKD God of hosts, How long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people? 6Thou hast fed them with the bread of^tears, And* given them tears to drink in large measure. 7Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; And our enemies mock as they please.
80 God of hosts, restore us; And cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
9Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.
10Thou didst clear a place before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land. uThe mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof. 12She sent out her branches unto the sea, And her shoots unto the River. 13Why hast Thou broken down her fences, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck her? 14The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, That which moveth in the field feedeth on it.
PSALMS 15O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; Look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful olthis vine, 16And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, And the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself. t 17It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance. 18Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself. 19So shall we not turn back from Thee; Quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.
200 LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Q1 For the Leader; upon the 0± Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph.
2Sing aloud unto God our strength; Shout unto the God of Jacob. 8Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, The sweet harp with the psaltery. 4Blow the horn at the new moon, At the full moon for our feast-day. 5For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. 6He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When He went forth against the land of Egypt.
The speech of one that I knew not did I hear: 7<I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket. 8Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah 9Hear, 0 My people, and I will admonish thee: 0 Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me! 10There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
1JI am the LOED thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
12But My people hearkened not to My voice; And Israel would none of Me. 13So I let them go after the stubborn- ness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels. 140h that My people would hearken unto Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
15I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn My hand against their adversaries. 16The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; And their punishment should en- dure for ever. 17They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee ' go A Psalm of Asaph.
God standeth in the congregation of God; In the midst of the judges He judgeth: 2<How long will ye judge unjustty, PSALMS And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah 3 Judge the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
^Rescue the poor and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. *They know not, neither do they understand; They go about in darknc&r, All the foundations of the earth are mov«d.
*I said: Ye are godlike beings, And all of you song of the Most High, 7 Nevertheless ye shaD die like men, And fall like one of the princes/ * Arise, O God, judge the earth: For Thou shait possess all nations* A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.
the not Thou silence; | peace, and be not j Hold not still, O *FoT, lot Thine prwraipfl are in an up- roar; And they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.
They hold crafty converse against Thy people, And take counsel against Thy treasured ones.
*Tbey have said: ' Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'
*For they have consulted together with one consent; Against Thee do they make a cove- nant; 'The tents of Bdom and ike Ish- ma elites; Moab, and the Hagrites; *GebaIt and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; •Assyria also is joined with them; Thev have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah 10Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon; "Who were destroyed at En-dor; They became as dung for the earth. "Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, And like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes; "Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God/ I40 my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind. wAs the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze; 16So pursue them with Thy tempest, And affright them with Thy storm. "Fill their faces with shame; That they may seek Thy name, 0 LORD. 18Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; Yea, let them be abashed and perish; x9That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, The Most High over all the earth.
QA For the Leader; upon the Git- Korah.
A Psalm of the sons of *How lovely are Thy tabernacles, 0 LORD of hosts! *Mysoul yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy unto the living Qod.
PSALMS J.I 4Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young; Thine altars, O LORD of hosts, My King, and my God— 6Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, They are ever praising Thee. Selah 6Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; In whose heart are the highways. Massing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.
8They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
90 LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, 0 God of Jacob. Selah "Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of Thine anointed. "For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wicked- ness. wFor the LORD God is a sun and a shield; The LORD giyeth grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. | I30 LORD of hosts, Happy is the man that trusteth in 85 For the Leader. A Psaim of the sons of Korah.
2LoRD, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land, ' Thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob. 3Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast pardoned all their sin.
Selah 4Thou hast withdrawn all Thy wrath; Thou hast turned from the fierce- ness of Thine anger. 5Restore us, 0 God of our salvation, And cause Thine indignation toward us to cease 6Wilt Thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt Thou draw out Thine anger to all generations? 'Wilt Thou not quicken us again, That Thy people may rejoice in Thee?
8Show us Thy mercy, O LORD, And grant us Thy salvation.
9I will hear what God the LORD will speak; For He will speak peace unto His people, and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly. 10Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him; That glory may dwell in our land.
"Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
12Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven. 13Yea, the LORD will give that which is good; And our land shall yield her produce. ^Righteousness shall go before Him, ' And shall make His footsteps a way.
ft A A Prayer of David.
Incline Thine ear, 0 LORD, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.
PSALMS 2Keep my soul, for I am godly; 0 Thou my God, save Thy servant that trusteth in Thee. 3Be gracious unto me, 0 Lord; For unto Thee do I cry all the day. 4Rejoice the soul of Thy servant; For unto Thee, 0 Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to pardon, And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee.
6Give ear, 0 LORD, unto my prayer; And attend unto the voice of my supplications.
n.n the day of my trouble I call upon Thee; For Thou wilt answer me.
8There is none like unto Thee among the gods, 0 Lord; And there are no works like Thine.
9A11 nations whom Thou hast made shall come and prostrate them- selves before Thee, 0 Lord; And they shall glorify Thy name. 10For Thou art great, and doest won- drous things; Thou art God alone.
"Teach me, 0 LORD, Thy way, that I may walk in Thy truth; Make one my heart to fear Thy name. 12I will thank Thee, 0 Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify Thy name for evermore.
13For great is Thy mercy toward me; And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world.
14O God, the proud are risen up against me, And the company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set Thee before them.
"But Thou, 0 Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 160 turn unto me, and be gracious unto me; Give Thy strength unto Thy servant, And save the son of Thy handmaid.
17Work in my behalf a sign for good; That they that hate me may see it, and be put to shame, Because Thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.
A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song.
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2The LORD loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3Glorious things are spoken of Thee, O city of God. Selah 4'I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know Me; Behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; This one was born there/ 6But of Zion it shall be said ' This man and that was born in her; And the Most High Himself doth establish her.' 6The LORD shall count in the register of the peoples. 'This one was born there.' Selah 7And whether they sing or dance, All my thoughts are in thee.
QQ A Song, a Psalm of the sons of ^^ Korah; for the Leader; upon M[ahalath Leannoth. Maschil of He- man the Ezrahite.
20 LORD, God of my salvation, What time I cry in the night before Thee, PSALMS 3Let my prayer come before Thee, Incline Thine ear unto my cry.
4For my soul is sated with troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 5I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help; 6Set apart among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom om Thou rememberest no more; And they are cut off from Thy hand.
7Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, In dark places, in the deeps. 8Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah ^hou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
10Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee. nWilt Thou work wonders for the dead?
Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah 12Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? Or Thy faithfulness in destruction?
13Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark?
And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
14But as for me, unto Thee, 0 LORD, do I cry, And in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee. 15LoED, why castest Thou off my soul?
Why hidest Thou Thy face from me? 16I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am dis- tracted. 17Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. 18They came round about me like water all the day; They compassed me about together. "Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into dark- ness.
gQ Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
2I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; v To all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth. 8For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; In the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness. 4I have made a covenant wittt My chosen, I have sworn unto David My serv- ant: 5For ever will I establish thy seed, And build up thy throne to all generations.' Selah 6So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, 0 LORD, Thy faithfulness also in the assem- bly of the holy ones.
PSALMS 7For who in the skies can be com- pared unto the LORD, Who among the sons of might can be likened unto the LOED, 8A God dreaded in the great coun- cil of the holy ones, And feared of all them that are round about Him?
90 LORD God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto Thee: OLORD?
And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee. 10Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; When the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them. uThou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength. 12Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; The world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them. 13The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.
14Thine is an arm with might; Strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand. 15Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; Mercy and truth go before Thee. lc(Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; They walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance. 17In Thy name do they rejoice all the day; And through Thy righteousness are they exalted. "For Thou art the glory of their strength; And in Thy favour our horn is exalted.
19For of the LORD is our shield; And of the Holy One of Israel is our king.
20Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, And saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
21I have found David My servant; With My holy oil have I anointed him; 22With whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
23The enemy shall not exact from him; Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
MAnd I will beat to pieces his adver- saries before him, And smite them that hate him. 26But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; And through My name shall his horn be exalted. ' 26I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers. 27He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salva- tion. 28I also will appoint him first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth. 29For ever will I keep for him My mercy, And My covenant shall stand fast with him. 30His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven. 81If his children forsake My law, And walk not in Mine ordinances; 32If they profane My statutes, And keep not My commandments; ^Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, PSALMS And their iniquity with strokes. wBut My mercy will I not break off from him, Nor will I be false to My faithful- ness.
38My covenant will I not profane, Nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.
360nee have I sworn by My holiness Surely I will not be false unto David; 37His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before Me. 38It shall be established for ever as the moon; And be stedf ast as the witness in the sky.' Selah "But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed. 40Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.
41Thou hast broken down all his fences, Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
^All that pass by the way spoil him; He is become a taunt to his neigh- bours. ^Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 44Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the 'battle. 4BThou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground. ^The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame.
Selah 47How long, 0 LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?
480 remember how short my time is; For what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men! ^What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah 50Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, Which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness? 51Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom [the taunt of] so many peoples; 52Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, 0 LORD, Wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.
^Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
"ISO BOOK IV A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
Lord, Thou hast been our dwellingplace in all generations. 2Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God. 8Thou turnest man to contrition • And sayest: 'Return, ye children of men/ 4For a thousand years in Thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, PSALMS And as a watch in the night. 5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. 6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7For we are consumed in Thine an- ger, And by Thy wrath are we hurried away.
8Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance.
9For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath; We bring our years to an end as a tale that is told. 10The days of our years are three- score years and ten, Or even by reason of strength four- score years; Yet is their pride but travail and vanity; For it is speedily gone, and we fly away.
nWho knoweth the power of Thine anger, And Thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto Thee? ^So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart dom.
"Return, 0 LORD; how long? And let it repent Thee concerning Thy servants. 14O satisfy us in the morning with Thy mercy; That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
16Make us glad according to the days wherem Thou hast afflicted us, According to the years wherein we have seen evil. "Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thy glory upon their children. 17And let the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; Establish Thou also upon us the work of our hands; Yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it.
Q1 0 thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High, And abidest in the shadow of the Almighty; 2I will say of the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust, 3That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the noisome pestilence. 4He will cover thee with His pinions, And under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler.
shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flieth by day; 60f the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7A thousand may fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; It shall not come nigh thee. 80nly with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the recompense of the wicked.
9For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge, Even the Most High, thy habita-' tion.
PSALMS 10There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
uFor He will give His angels charge over thee, To keep thee in all thy ways. 12They shall bear thee upon their hands, Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.
14< Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known My name. 16He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and bring him to honour.
16With long life will I satisfy him, And make him to behold My salva- tion/ A Psalm, a Song. For the sab- bath day.
2It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, And to sing praises unto Thy name, O Most High; 3To declare Thy lovingkindness in the morning, And Thy faithfulness in the night seasons, 4With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp.
Thou, LORD, hast made me glad through Thy work; I will exult in the works of Thy hands.
6How great are Thy works, 0 LORD!
Thy thoughts are very deep.
7A brutish man knoweth not, Neither doth a fool understand this. 8When the wicked spring up as the grass, And when all the workers of in- iquity do flourish; It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
°But 1?hou, 0 LORD, art on high for evermore.
10For, lo, Thine enemies, 0 LORD, For, lo, Thine enemies shall perish; All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. uBut my horn hast Thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox; I am anointed with rich oil. 12Mine eye also hath gazed on them that He in wait for me, Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me.
13The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree j He shall grow like a cedar in Leb- anon.
14Planted in the house of the LORD, They shall flourish in the courts of our God. 15They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and rich- ness; 16To declare that the LORD is upright, My; Rock, in whom there is no un- righteousness.
GO The LORD reigneth; He is ^ - clothed in ma j esty: The LORD is clothed, He hath girded Himself with strength; PSALMS Yea, the world is established, tha it cannot be moved. 2Thy throne is established of old; Thou art from everlasting.
3The floods have lifted up, 0 LORD, The floods h&ve lifted up their voice: The floods lift up their roaring. 4Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, The LORD on high is mighty.
^hy testimonies are very sure, Holiness becometh Thy house, 0 LORD, for evermore.
0 LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. 2Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; Render to the proud their rec- ompense.
8LoRD, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked exult? 4They gush out, they speak arrogancy; All the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily. They crush Thy people, O LORD, And afflict Thy heritage. 6They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless. 7And they say: 'The LORD will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'
Consider, ye brutish among the people: And ye fools, when will ye under- stand?
9He that planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He that formed the eye, shall He not see? 10He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct, Even He that teacheth man knowl- edge? _uThe LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
12Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, 0 LORD, And teachest out of Thy law; 18That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, Until the pit be digged for the wick- ed. 14For the LORD will not cast off His people, Neither will He forsake His inher- itance.
15For right shall return unto justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? 17Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence. 18If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, 0 LORD, holdeth me up. "When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
20Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, Which frameth mischief by statute? aThey gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood. MBut the LORD hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.
PSALMS He hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own evil; The LORD our God will cut them off.
0 come, let us sing unto the LORD; Let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation. 2Let^us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout for joy unto Hun with psalms.
3For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods; 4In whose hand are the depths of the earth; The heights of the mountains are His also.
sThe sea is His, and He made it; And His hands formed the dry land. 60 come, let us bow down and bend the knee; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; 7For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, and the flock of His hand. To-day, if ye would but hearken to His voice! 8f Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness; 9When your fathers tried Me, Proved Me, even though they saw My work. 10For forty years was I wearied with that generation, And said: It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known My ways; "Wherefore I swore in My wrath, That they should not enter into My 'rest.'
0 sing unto the LORD a new song; Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
2Sing unto the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim His salvation from day to day.
8Declare His glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.
4For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. 5For all the gods of the peoples are things of nought; But the LORD made the heavens. 6Honour and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
7Ascribe unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples, Ascribe unto the LORD glory and