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   Title: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases
   Creator(s): Anonymous
   Print Basis: The Psalms and Church Hymnary, 3rd edition: London, Oxford
   University Press, 1973.
   Rights: Public Domain
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                          The Psalms of David in Metre

   According to the version approved by
   The Church of Scotland
   and appointed to be used in worship

   1650
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Psalm 1

   8,6,8,6


   ^1That man hath perfect blessedness,

   who walketh not astray

   In counsel of ungodly men,

   nor stands in sinners' way,


   Nor sitteth in the scorner's chair:

   ^2But placeth his delight

   Upon God's law, and meditates

   on his law day and night.


   ^3He shall be like a tree that grows

   near planted by a river,

   Which in his season yields his fruit,

   and his leaf fadeth never:


   And all he doth shall prosper well.

   ^4The wicked are not so;

   But like they are unto the chaff,

   which wind drives to and fro.


   ^5In judgment therefore shall not stand

   such as ungodly are;

   Nor in th' assembly of the just

   shall wicked men appear.


   ^6For why? the way of godly men

   unto the Lord is known:

   Whereas the way of wicked men

   shall quite be overthrown.
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Psalm 2

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Why rage the heathen? and vain things

   why do the people mind?

   ^2Kings of the earth do set themselves,

   and princes are combin'd,


   To plot against the Lord, and his

   Anointed, saying thus,

   ^3Let us asunder break their bands,

   and cast their cords from us.


   ^4He that in heaven sits shall laugh;

   the Lord shall scorn them all.

   ^5Then shall he speak to them in wrath,

   in rage he vex them shall.


   ^6Yet, notwithstanding, I have him

   to be my King appointed;

   And over Sion, my holy hill,

   I have him King anointed.


   ^7The sure decree I will declare:

   The Lord hath said to me,

   Thou art mine only Son; this day

   I have begotten thee.


   ^8Ask of me, and for heritage

   the heathen I'll make thine;

   And, for possession, I to thee

   will give earth's utmost line.


   ^9Thou shalt, as with a weighty rod

   of iron, break them all;

   And, as a potter's sherd, thou shalt

   them dash in pieces small.


   ^10Now therefore, kings, be wise; be taught,

   ye judges of the earth:

   ^11Serve God in fear, and see that ye

   join trembling with your mirth.


   ^12Kiss ye the Son, lest in his ire

   ye perish from the way,

   If once his wrath begin to burn:

   bless'd all that on him stay.
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Psalm 3

   A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1O Lord, how are my foes increas'd?

   against me many rise.

   ^2Many say of my soul, For him

   in God no succour lies.


   ^3Yet thou my shield and glory art,

   th' uplifter of mine head.

   ^4I cry'd, and, from his holy hill,

   the Lord me answer made.


   ^5I laid me down and slept; I wak'd;

   for God sustained me.

   ^6I will not fear though thousands ten

   set round against me be.


   ^7Arise, O Lord; save me, my God;

   for thou my foes hast stroke

   All on the cheek-bone, and the teeth

   of wicked men hast broke.


   ^8Salvation doth appertain

   unto the Lord alone:

   Thy blessing, Lord, for evermore

   thy people is upon.
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Psalm 4

   To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Give ear unto me when I call,

   God of my righteousness:

   Have mercy, hear my pray'r; thou hast

   enlarg'd me in distress.


   ^2O ye the sons of men! how long

   will ye love vanities?

   How long my glory turn to shame,

   and will ye follow lies?


   ^3But know, that for himself the Lord

   the godly man doth chuse:

   The Lord, when I on him do call,

   to hear will not refuse.


   ^4Fear, and sin not; talk with your heart

   on bed, and silent be.

   ^5Off `rings present of righteousness,

   and in the Lord trust ye.


   ^6O who will shew us any good?

   is that which many say:

   But of thy countenance the light,

   Lord, lift on us alway.


   ^7Upon my heart, bestow'd by thee,

   more gladness I have found

   Than they, ev'n then, when corn and wine

   did most with them abound.


   ^8I will both lay me down in peace,

   and quiet sleep will take;

   Because thou only me to dwell

   in safety, Lord, dost make.
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Psalm 5

   To the chief Musician, upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Give ear unto my words, O Lord,

   my meditation weigh.

   ^2Hear my loud cry, my King, my God;

   for I to thee will pray.


   ^3Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice:

   I early will direct

   My pray'r to thee; and, looking up,

   an answer will expect.


   ^4For thou art not a God that doth

   in wickedness delight;

   Neither shall evil dwell with thee,

   ^5Nor fools stand in thy sight.


   All that ill-doers are thou hat'st;

   ^6Cutt'st off that liars be:

   The bloody and deceitful man

   abhorred is by thee.


   ^7But I into thy house will come

   in thine abundant grace;

   And I will worship in thy fear

   toward thy holy place.


   ^8Because of those mine enemies,

   Lord, in thy righteousness

   Do thou me lead; do thou thy way

   make straight before my face.


   ^9For in their mouth there is no truth,

   their inward part is ill;

   Their throat's an open sepulchre,

   their tongue doth flatter still.


   ^10O God, destroy them; let them be

   by their own counsel quell'd:

   Them for their many sins cast out,

   for they `gainst thee rebell'd.


   ^11But let all joy that trust in thee,

   and still make shouting noise;

   For them thou sav'st; let all that love

   thy name in thee rejoice.


   ^12For, Lord, unto the righteous man

   thou wilt thy blessing yield:

   With favour thou wilt compass him

   about, as with a shield.
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Psalm 6

   To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

First Version (L.M.)

   8,8,8,8


   ^1Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not;

   Nor in thy hot rage chasten me.

   ^2Lord, pity me, for I am weak:

   Heal me, for my bones vexed be.


   ^3My soul is also vexed sore;

   But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make?

   ^4Return, O Lord, my soul set free;

   O save me, for thy mercies' sake.


   ^5Because those that deceased are

   Of thee shall no remembrance have;

   And who is he that will to thee

   Give praises lying in the grave?


   ^6I with my groaning weary am,

   I also all the night my bed

   Have caused for to swim; and I

   With tears my couch have watered.


   ^7Mine eye, consum'd with grief, grows old,

   Because of all mine enemies.

   ^8Hence from me, wicked workers all;

   For God hath heard my weeping cries.


   ^9God hath my supplication heard,

   My pray'r received graciously

   ^10Sham'd and sore vex'd be all my foes,

   Sham'd and back turned suddenly.
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Psalm 6

Second Version (C.M.)

   8,6,8,6


   ^1In thy great indignation,

   O Lord, rebuke me not;

   Nor on me lay thy chast `ning hand,

   in thy displeasure hot.


   ^2Lord, I am weak, therefore on me

   have mercy, and me spare:

   Heal me, O Lord, because thou know'st

   my bones much vexed are.


   ^3My soul is vexed sore: but, Lord,

   how long stay wilt thou make?

   ^4Return, Lord, free my soul; and save

   me, for thy mercies' sake.


   ^5Because of thee in death there shall

   no more remembrance be:

   Of those that in the grave do lie,

   who shall give thanks to thee?


   ^6I with my groaning weary am,

   and all the night my bed

   I caused for to swim; with tears

   my couch I watered.


   ^7By reason of my vexing grief,

   mine eye consumed is;

   It waxeth old, because of all

   that be mine enemies.


   ^8But now, depart from me all ye

   that work iniquity:

   For why? the Lord hath heard my voice,

   when I did mourn and cry.


   ^9Unto my supplication

   the Lord did hearing give:

   When I to him my prayer make,

   the Lord will it receive.


   ^10Let all be sham'd and troubled sore,

   That en'mies are to me;

   Let them turn back, and suddenly

   ashamed let them be.
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Psalm 7

   Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the words
   of Cush the Benjamite.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1O Lord my God, in thee do I

   my confidence repose:

   Save and deliver me from all

   my persecuting foes;


   ^2Lest that the enemy my soul

   should, like a lion, tear,

   In pieces rending it, while there

   is no deliverer.


   ^3O Lord my God, if it be so

   that I committed this;

   If it be so that in my hands

   iniquity there is:


   ^4If I rewarded ill to him

   that was at peace with me;

   (Yea, ev'n the man that without cause

   my foe was I did free;)


   ^5Then let the foe pursue and take

   my soul, and my life thrust

   Down to the earth, and let him lay

   mine honour in the dust.


   ^6Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself,

   for my foes raging be;

   And, to the judgment which thou hast

   commanded, wake for me.


   ^7So shall th' assembly of thy folk

   about encompass thee:

   Thou, therefore, for their sakes, return

   unto thy place on high.


   ^8The Lord he shall the people judge:

   my judge, Jehovah, be,

   After my righteousness, and mine

   integrity in me.


   ^9O let the wicked's malice end;

   but stablish stedfastly

   The righteous: for the righteous God

   the hearts and reins doth try.


   ^10In God, who saves th' upright in heart,

   is my defence and stay.

   ^11God just men judgeth, God is wroth

   with ill men ev'ry day.


   ^12If he do not return again,

   then he his sword will whet;

   His bow he hath already bent,

   and hath it ready set:


   ^13He also hath for him prepar'd

   the instruments of death;

   Against the persecutors he

   his shafts ordained hath.


   ^14Behold, he with iniquity

   doth travail, as in birth;

   A mischief he conceived hath,

   and falsehood shall bring forth.


   ^15He made a pit and digg'd it deep,

   another there to take;

   But he is fall'n into the ditch

   which he himself did make.


   ^16Upon his own head his mischief

   shall be returned home;

   His vi'lent dealing also down

   on his own pate shall come.


   ^17According to his righteousness

   the Lord I'll magnify;

   And will sing praise unto the name

   of God that is most high.
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Psalm 8

   To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1How excellent in all the earth,

   Lord, our Lord, is thy name!

   Who hast thy glory far advanc'd

   above the starry frame.


   ^2From infants' and from sucklings' mouth

   thou didest strength ordain,

   For thy foes' cause, that so thou might'st

   th' avenging foe restrain.


   ^3When I look up unto the heav'ns,

   which thine own fingers fram'd,

   Unto the moon, and to the stars,

   which were by thee ordain'd;


   ^4Then say I, What is man, that he

   remember'd is by thee?

   Or what the son of man, that thou

   so kind to him should'st be?


   ^5For thou a little lower hast

   him than the angels made;

   With glory and with dignity

   thou crowned hast his head.


   ^6Of thy hands' works thou mad'st him lord,

   all under's feet didst lay;

   ^7All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts

   that in the field do stray;


   ^8Fowls of the air, fish of the sea,

   all that pass through the same.

   ^9How excellent in all the earth,

   Lord, our Lord, is thy name!
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Psalm 9

   To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Lord, thee I'll praise with all my heart,

   thy wonders all proclaim.

   ^2In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy,

   and sing unto thy name.


   ^3When back my foes were turn'd, they fell,

   and perish'd at thy sight:

   ^4For thou maintain'dst my right and cause;

   on throne sat'st judging right.


   ^5The heathen thou rebuked hast,

   the wicked overthrown;

   Thou hast put out their names, that they

   may never more be known.


   ^6O en'my! now destructions have

   an end perpetual:

   Thou cities raz'd; perish'd with them

   is their memorial.


   ^7God shall endure for aye; he doth

   for judgment set his throne;

   ^8In righteousness to judge the world,

   justice to give each one.


   ^9God also will a refuge be

   for those that are oppress'd;

   A refuge will he be in times

   of trouble to distress'd.


   ^10And they that know thy name, in thee

   their confidence will place:

   For thou hast not forsaken them

   that truly seek thy face.


   ^11O sing ye praises to the Lord,

   that dwells in Sion hill;

   And all the nations among

   his deeds record ye still.


   ^12When he enquireth after blood,

   he then rememb'reth them:

   The humble folk he not forgets

   that call upon his name.


   ^13Lord, pity me; behold the grief

   which I from foes sustain;

   Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death

   dost raise me up again;


   ^14That I, in Sion's daughters' gates,

   may all thy praise advance;

   And that I may rejoice always

   in thy deliverance.


   ^15The heathen are sunk in the pit

   which they themselves prepar'd;

   And in the net which they have hid

   their own feet fast are snar'd.


   ^16The Lord is by the judgment known

   which he himself hath wrought:

   The sinners' hands do make the snares

   wherewith themselves are caught.


   ^17They who are wicked into hell

   each one shall turned be;

   And all the nations that forget

   to seek the Lord most high.


   ^18For they that needy are shall not

   forgotten be alway;

   The expectation of the poor

   shall not be lost for aye.


   ^19Arise, Lord, let not man prevail;

   judge heathen in thy sight:

   ^20That they may know themselves but men,

   the nations, Lord, affright.
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Psalm 10

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Wherefore is it that thou, O Lord,

   dost stand from us afar?

   And wherefore hidest thou thyself,

   when times so troublous are?


   ^2The wicked in his loftiness

   doth persecute the poor:

   In these devices they have fram'd

   let them be taken sure.


   ^3The wicked of his heart's desire

   doth talk with boasting great;

   He blesseth him that's covetous,

   whom yet the Lord doth hate.


   ^4The wicked, through his pride of face,

   on God he doth not call;

   And in the counsels of his heart

   the Lord is not at all.


   ^5His ways they always grievous are;

   thy judgments from his sight

   Removed are: at all his foes

   he puffeth with despight.


   ^6Within his heart he thus hath said,

   I shall not moved be;

   And no adversity at all

   shall ever come to me.


   ^7His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit,

   is fill'd abundantly;

   And underneath his tongue there is

   mischief and vanity.


   ^8He closely sits in villages;

   he slays the innocent:

   Against the poor that pass him by

   his cruel eyes are bent.


   ^9He, lion-like, lurks in his den;

   he waits the poor to take;

   And when he draws him in his net,

   his prey he doth him make.


   ^10Himself he humbleth very low,

   he croucheth down withal,

   That so a multitude of poor

   may by his strong ones fall.


   ^11He thus hath said within his heart,

   The Lord hath quite forgot;

   He hides his countenance, and he

   for ever sees it not.


   ^12O Lord, do thou arise; O God,

   lift up thine hand on high:

   Put not the meek afflicted ones

   out of thy memory.


   ^13Why is it that the wicked man

   thus doth the Lord despise?

   Because that God will it require

   he in his heart denies.


   ^14Thou hast it seen; for their mischief

   and spite thou wilt repay:

   The poor commits himself to thee;

   thou art the orphan's stay.


   ^15The arm break of the wicked man,

   and of the evil one;

   Do thou seek out his wickedness,

   until thou findest none.


   ^16The Lord is King through ages all,

   ev'n to eternity;

   The heathen people from his land

   are perish'd utterly.


   ^17O Lord, of those that humble are

   thou the desire didst hear;

   Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou

   to hear wilt bend thine ear;


   ^18To judge the fatherless, and those

   that are oppressed sore;

   That man, that is but sprung of earth,

   may them oppress no more.
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Psalm 11

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1I in the Lord do put my trust:

   how is it then that ye

   Say to my soul, Flee, as a bird,

   unto your mountain high?


   ^2For, lo, the wicked bend their bow,

   their shafts on string they fit,

   That those who upright are in heart

   they privily may hit.


   ^3If the foundations be destroy'd,

   what hath the righteous done?

   ^4God in his holy temple is,

   in heaven is his throne:


   His eyes do see, his eye-lids try

   ^5men's sons. The just he proves:

   But his soul hates the wicked man,

   and him that vi'lence loves.


   ^6Snares, fire and brimstone, furious storms,

   on sinners he shall rain:

   This, as the portion of their cup,

   doth unto them pertain.


   ^7Because the Lord most righteous doth

   in righteousness delight;

   And with a pleasant countenance

   beholdeth the upright.
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Psalm 12

   To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Help, Lord, because the godly man

   doth daily fade away;

   And from among the sons of men

   the faithful do decay.


   ^2Unto his neighbour ev'ry one

   doth utter vanity:

   They with a double heart do speak,

   and lips of flattery.


   ^3God shall cut off all flatt'ring lips,

   tongues that speak proudly thus,

   ^4We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips

   are ours: who's lord o'er us?


   ^5For poor oppress'd, and for the sighs

   of needy, rise will I,

   Saith God, and him in safety set

   from such as him defy.


   ^6The words of God are words most pure;

   they be like silver try'd

   In earthen furnace, seven times

   that hath been purify'd.


   ^7Lord, thou shalt them preserve and keep

   for ever from this race.

   ^8On each side walk the wicked, when

   vile men are high in place.
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Psalm 13

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1How long wilt thou forget me, Lord?

   shall it for ever be?

   O how long shall it be that thou

   wilt hide thy face from me?


   ^2How long take counsel in my soul,

   still sad in heart, shall I?

   How long exalted over me

   shall be mine enemy?


   ^3O Lord my God, consider well,

   and answer to me make:

   Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep

   of death me overtake:


   ^4Lest that mine enemy should say,

   Against him I prevail'd;

   And those that trouble me rejoice,

   when I am mov'd and fail'd.


   ^5But I have all my confidence

   thy mercy set upon;

   My heart within me shall rejoice

   in thy salvation.


   ^6I will unto the Lord my God

   sing praises cheerfully,

   Because he hath his bounty shown

   to me abundantly.
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Psalm 14

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1That there is not a God, the fool

   doth in his heart conclude:

   They are corrupt, their works are vile;

   not one of them doth good.


   ^2Upon men's sons the Lord from heav'n

   did cast his eyes abroad,

   To see if any understood,

   and did seek after God.


   ^3They altogether filthy are,

   they all aside are gone;

   And there is none that doeth good,

   yea, sure there is not one.


   ^4These workers of iniquity

   do they not know at all,

   That they my people eat as bread,

   and on God do not call?


   ^5There fear'd they much; for God is with

   the whole race of the just.

   ^6You shame the counsel of the poor,

   because God is his trust.


   ^7Let Isr'el's help from Sion come:

   when back the Lord shall bring

   His captives, Jacob shall rejoice,

   and Israel shall sing.
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Psalm 15

   A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Within thy tabernacle, Lord,

   who shall abide with thee?

   And in thy high and holy hill

   who shall a dweller be?


   ^2The man that walketh uprightly,

   and worketh righteousness,

   And as he thinketh in his heart,

   so doth he truth express.


   ^3Who doth not slander with his tongue,

   nor to his friend doth hurt;

   Nor yet against his neighbour doth

   take up an ill report.


   ^4In whose eyes vile men are despis'd;

   but those that God do fear

   He honoureth; and changeth not,

   though to his hurt he swear.


   ^5His coin puts not to usury,

   nor take reward will he

   Against the guiltless. Who doth thus

   shall never moved be.
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Psalm 16

   Michtam of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Lord, keep me; for I trust in thee.

   ^2To God thus was my speech,

   Thou art my Lord; and unto thee

   my goodness doth not reach:


   ^3To saints on earth, to th' excellent,

   where my delight's all plac'd.

   ^4Their sorrows shall be multiply'd

   to other gods that haste:


   Of their drink-offerings of blood

   I will no off `ring make;

   Yea, neither I their very names

   up in my lips will take.


   ^5God is of mine inheritance

   and cup the portion;

   The lot that fallen is to me

   thou dost maintain alone.


   ^6Unto me happily the lines

   in pleasant places fell;

   Yea, the inheritance I got

   in beauty doth excel.


   ^7I bless the Lord, because he doth

   by counsel me conduct;

   And in the seasons of the night

   my reins do me instruct.


   ^8Before me still the Lord I set:

   sith it is so that he

   Doth ever stand at my right hand,

   I shall not moved be.


   ^9Because of this my heart is glad,

   and joy shall be exprest

   Ev'n by my glory; and my flesh

   in confidence shall rest.


   ^10Because my soul in grave to dwell

   shall not be left by thee;

   Nor wilt thou give thine Holy One

   corruption to see.


   ^11Thou wilt me shew the path of life:

   of joys there is full store

   Before thy face; at thy right hand

   are pleasures evermore.
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Psalm 17

   A Prayer of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Lord, hear the right, attend my cry,

   unto my pray'r give heed,

   That doth not in hypocrisy

   from feigned lips proceed.


   ^2And from before thy presence forth

   my sentence do thou send:

   Toward these things that equal are

   do thou thine eyes intend.


   ^3Thou prov'dst mine heart, thou visit'dst me

   by night, thou didst me try,

   Yet nothing found'st; for that my mouth

   shall not sin, purpos'd I.


   ^4As for men's works, I, by the word

   that from thy lips doth flow,

   Did me preserve out of the paths

   wherein destroyers go.


   ^5Hold up my goings, Lord, me guide

   in those thy paths divine,

   So that my footsteps may not slide

   out of those ways of thine.


   ^6I called have on thee, O God,

   because thou wilt me hear:

   That thou may'st hearken to my speech,

   to me incline thine ear.


   ^7Thy wondrous loving-kindness show,

   thou that, by thy right hand,

   Sav'st them that trust in thee from those

   that up against them stand.


   ^8As th' apple of the eye me keep;

   in thy wings shade me close

   ^9From lewd oppressors, compassing

   me round, as deadly foes.


   ^10In their own fat they are inclos'd;

   their mouth speaks loftily.

   ^11Our steps they compass'd; and to ground

   down bowing set their eye.


   ^12He like unto a lion is

   that's greedy of his prey,

   Or lion young, which lurking doth

   in secret places stay.


   ^13Arise, and disappoint my foe,

   and cast him down, O Lord:

   My soul save from the wicked man,

   the man which is thy sword.


   ^14From men, which are thy hand, O Lord,

   from worldly men me save,

   Which only in this present life

   their part and portion have.


   Whose belly with thy treasure hid

   thou fill'st: they children have

   In plenty; of their goods the rest

   they to their children leave.


   ^15But as for me, I thine own face

   in righteousness will see;

   And with thy likeness, when I wake,

   I satisfy'd shall be.
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Psalm 18

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who
   spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord
   delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of
   Saul: And he said,

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Thee will I love, O Lord, my strength.

   ^2My fortress is the Lord,

   My rock, and he that doth to me

   deliverance afford:


   My God, my strength, whom I will trust,

   a buckler unto me,

   The horn of my salvation,

   and my high tow'r, is he.


   ^3Upon the Lord, who worthy is

   of praises, will I cry;

   And then shall I preserved be

   safe from mine enemy.


   ^4Floods of ill men affrighted me,

   death's pangs about me went;

   ^5Hell's sorrows me environed;

   death's snares did me prevent.


   ^6In my distress I call'd on God,

   cry to my God did I;

   He from his temple heard my voice,

   to his ears came my cry.


   ^7Th' earth, as affrighted, then did shake,

   trembling upon it seiz'd:

   The hills' foundations moved were,

   because he was displeas'd.


   ^8Up from his nostrils came a smoke,

   and from his mouth there came

   Devouring fire, and coals by it

   were turned into flame.


   ^9He also bowed down the heav'ns,

   and thence he did descend;

   And thickest clouds of darkness did

   under his feet attend.


   ^10And he upon a cherub rode,

   and thereon he did fly;

   Yea, on the swift wings of the wind

   his flight was from on high.


   ^11He darkness made his secret place:

   about him, for his tent,

   Dark waters were, and thickest clouds

   of th' airy firmament.


   ^12And at the brightness of that light,

   which was before his eye,

   His thick clouds pass'd away, hailstones

   and coals of fire did fly.


   ^13The Lord God also in the heav'ns

   did thunder in his ire;

   And there the Highest gave his voice,

   hailstones and coals of fire.


   ^14Yea, he his arrows sent abroad,

   and them he scattered;

   His lightnings also he shot out,

   and them discomfited.


   ^15The waters' channels then were seen,

   the world's foundations vast

   At thy rebuke discover'd were,

   and at thy nostrils' blast.


   ^16And from above the Lord sent down,

   and took me from below;

   From many waters he me drew,

   which would me overflow.


   ^17He me reliev'd from my strong foes,

   and such as did me hate;

   Because he saw that they for me

   too strong were, and too great.


   ^18They me prevented in the day

   of my calamity;

   But even then the Lord himself

   a stay was unto me.


   ^19He to a place where liberty

   and room was hath me brought;

   Because he took delight in me,

   he my deliv'rance wrought.


   ^20According to my righteousness

   he did me recompense,

   He me repaid according to

   my hands' pure innocence.


   ^21For I God's ways kept, from my God

   did not turn wickedly.

   ^22His judgments were before me, I

   his laws put not from me.


   ^23Sincere before him was my heart;

   with him upright was I;

   And watchfully I kept myself

   from mine iniquity.


   ^24After my righteousness the Lord

   hath recompensed me,

   After the cleanness of my hands

   appearing in his eye.


   ^25Thou gracious to the gracious art,

   to upright men upright:

   ^26Pure to the pure, froward thou kyth'st

   unto the froward wight.


   ^27For thou wilt the afflicted save

   in grief that low do lie:

   But wilt bring down the countenance

   of them whose looks are high.


   ^28The Lord will light my candle so,

   that it shall shine full bright:

   The Lord my God will also make

   my darkness to be light.


   ^29By thee through troops of men I break,

   and them discomfit all;

   And, by my God assisting me,

   I overleap a wall.


   ^30As for God, perfect is his way:

   the Lord his word is try'd;

   He is a buckler to all those

   who do in him confide.


   ^31Who but the Lord is God? but he

   who is a rock and stay?

   ^32'Tis God that girdeth me with strength,

   and perfect makes my way.


   ^33He made my feet swift as the hinds,

   set me on my high places.

   ^34Mine hands to war he taught, mine arms

   brake bows of steel in pieces.


   ^35The shield of thy salvation

   thou didst on me bestow:

   Thy right hand held me up, and great

   thy kindness made me grow.


   ^36And in my way my steps thou hast

   enlarged under me,

   That I go safely, and my feet

   are kept from sliding free.


   ^37Mine en'mies I pursued have,

   and did them overtake;

   Nor did I turn again till I

   an end of them did make.


   ^38I wounded them, they could not rise;

   they at my feet did fall.

   ^39Thou girdedst me with strength for war;

   my foes thou brought'st down all:


   ^40And thou hast giv'n to me the necks

   of all mine enemies;

   That I might them destroy and slay,

   who did against me rise.


   ^41They cried out, but there was none

   that would or could them save;

   Yea, they did cry unto the Lord,

   but he no answer gave.


   ^42Then did I beat them small as dust

   before the wind that flies;

   And I did cast them out like dirt

   upon the street that lies.


   ^43Thou mad'st me free from people's strife,

   and heathen's head to be:

   A people whom I have not known

   shall service do to me.


   ^44At hearing they shall me obey,

   to me they shall submit.

   ^45Strangers for fear shall fade away,

   who in close places sit.


   ^46God lives, bless'd be my Rock; the God

   of my health praised be.

   ^47God doth avenge me, and subdues

   the people under me.


   ^48He saves me from mine enemies;

   yea, thou hast lifted me

   Above my foes; and from the man

   of vi'lence set me free.


   ^49Therefore to thee will I give thanks

   the heathen folk among;

   And to thy name, O Lord, I will

   sing praises in a song.


   ^50He great deliv'rance gives his king:

   he mercy doth extend

   To David, his anointed one,

   and his seed without end.
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Psalm 19

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1The heav'ns God's glory do declare,

   the skies his hand-works preach:

   ^2Day utters speech to day, and night

   to night doth knowledge teach.


   ^3There is no speech nor tongue to which

   their voice doth not extend:

   ^4Their line is gone through all the earth,

   their words to the world's end.


   In them he set the sun a tent;

   ^5Who, bridegroom-like, forth goes

   From's chamber, as a strong man doth

   to run his race rejoice.


   ^6From heav'n's end is his going forth,

   circling to th' end again;

   And there is nothing from his heat

   that hidden doth remain.


   ^7God's law is perfect, and converts

   the soul in sin that lies:

   God's testimony is most sure,

   and makes the simple wise.


   ^8The statutes of the Lord are right,

   and do rejoice the heart:

   The Lord's command is pure, and doth

   light to the eyes impart.


   ^9Unspotted is the fear of God,

   and doth endure for ever:

   The judgments of the Lord are true

   and righteous altogether.


   ^10They more than gold, yea, much fine gold,

   to be desired are:

   Than honey, honey from the comb

   that droppeth, sweeter far.


   ^11Moreover, they thy servant warn

   how he his life should frame:

   A great reward provided is

   for them that keep the same.


   ^12Who can his errors understand?

   O cleanse thou me within

   ^13From secret faults. Thy servant keep

   from all presumptuous sin:


   And do not suffer them to have

   dominion over me:

   Then, righteous and innocent,

   I from much sin shall be.


   ^14The words which from my mouth proceed,

   the thoughts sent from my heart,

   Accept, O Lord, for thou my strength

   and my Redeemer art.
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Psalm 20

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Jehovah hear thee in the day

   when trouble he doth send:

   And let the name of Jacob's God

   thee from all ill defend.


   ^2O let him help send from above,

   out of his sanctuary:

   From Sion, his own holy hill,

   let him give strength to thee.


   ^3Let him remember all thy gifts,

   accept thy sacrifice:

   ^4Grant thee thine heart's wish, and fulfil

   thy thoughts and counsel wise.


   ^5In thy salvation we will joy;

   in our God's name we will

   Display our banners: and the Lord

   thy prayers all fulfil.


   ^6Now know I God his king doth save:

   he from his holy heav'n

   Will hear him, with the saving strength

   by his own right hand giv'n.


   ^7In chariots some put confidence,

   some horses trust upon:

   But we remember will the name

   of our Lord God alone.


   ^8We rise, and upright stand, when they

   are bowed down, and fall.

   ^9Deliver, Lord; and let the King

   us hear, when we do call.
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Psalm 21

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1The king in thy great strength, O Lord,

   shall very joyful be:

   In thy salvation rejoice

   how veh'mently shall he!


   ^2Thou hast bestowed upon him

   all that his heart would have;

   And thou from him didst not withhold

   whate'er his lips did crave.


   ^3For thou with blessings him prevent'st

   of goodness manifold;

   And thou hast set upon his head

   a crown of purest gold.


   ^4When he desired life of thee,

   thou life to him didst give;

   Ev'n such a length of days, that he

   for evermore should live.


   ^5In that salvation wrought by thee

   his glory is made great;

   Honour and comely majesty

   thou hast upon him set.


   ^6Because that thou for evermore

   most blessed hast him made;

   And thou hast with thy countenance

   made him exceeding glad.


   ^7Because the king upon the Lord

   his confidence doth lay;

   And through the grace of the most High

   shall not be mov'd away.


   ^8Thine hand shall all those men find out

   that en'mies are to thee;

   Ev'n thy right hand shall find out those

   of thee that haters be.


   ^9Like fiery ov'n thou shalt them make,

   when kindled is thine ire;

   God shall them swallow in his wrath,

   devour them shall the fire.


   ^10Their fruit from earth thou shalt destroy,

   their seed men from among:

   ^11For they beyond their might `gainst thee

   did plot mischief and wrong.


   ^12Thou therefore shalt make them turn back,

   when thou thy shafts shalt place

   Upon thy strings, made ready all

   to fly against their face.


   ^13In thy great pow'r and strength, O Lord,

   be thou exalted high;

   So shall we sing with joyful hearts,

   thy power praise shall we.
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Psalm 22

   To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1My God, my God, why hast thou me

   forsaken? why so far

   Art thou from helping me, and from

   my words that roaring are?


   ^2All day, my God, to thee I cry,

   yet am not heard by thee;

   And in the season of the night

   I cannot silent be.


   ^3But thou art holy, thou that dost

   inhabit Isr'el's praise.

   ^4Our fathers hop'd in thee, they hop'd

   and thou didst them release.


   ^5When unto thee they sent their cry,

   to them deliv'rance came:

   Because they put their trust in thee,

   they were not put to shame.


   ^6But as for me, a worm I am,

   and as no man am priz'd:

   Reproach of men I am, and by

   the people am despis'd.


   ^7All that me see laugh me to scorn;

   shoot out the lip do they;

   They nod and shake their heads at me,

   and, mocking, thus do say,


   ^8This man did trust in God, that he

   would free him by his might:

   Let him deliver him, sith he

   had in him such delight.


   ^9But thou art he out of the womb

   that didst me safely take;

   When I was on my mother's breasts

   thou me to hope didst make.


   ^10And I was cast upon thy care,

   ev'n from the womb till now;

   And from my mother's belly, Lord,

   my God and guide art thou.


   ^11Be not far off, for grief is near,

   and none to help is found.

   ^12Bulls many compass me, strong bulls

   of Bashan me surround.


   ^13Their mouths they open'd wide on me,

   upon me gape did they,

   Like to a lion ravening

   and roaring for his prey.


   ^14Like water I'm pour'd out, my bones

   all out of joint do part:

   Amidst my bowels, as the wax,

   so melted is my heart.


   ^15My strength is like a potsherd dry'd;

   my tongue it cleaveth fast

   Unto my jaws; and to the dust

   of death thou brought me hast.


   ^16For dogs have compass'd me about:

   the wicked, that did meet

   In their assembly, me inclos'd;

   they pierc'd my hands and feet.


   ^17I all my bones may tell; they do

   upon me look and stare.

   ^18Upon my vesture lots they cast,

   and clothes among them share.


   ^19But be not far, O Lord, my strength;

   haste to give help to me.

   ^20From sword my soul, from pow'r of dogs

   my darling set thou free.


   ^21Out of the roaring lion's mouth

   do thou me shield and save:

   For from the horns of unicorns

   an ear to me thou gave.


   ^22I will shew forth thy name unto

   those that my brethren are;

   Amidst the congregation

   thy praise I will declare.


   ^23Praise ye the Lord, who do him fear;

   him glorify all ye

   The seed of Jacob: fear him all

   that Isr'el's children be.


   ^24For he despis'd not nor abhorr'd

   th' afflicted's misery;

   Nor from him hid his face, but heard

   when he to him did cry.


   ^25Within the congregation great

   my praise shall be of thee;

   My vows before them that him fear

   shall be perform'd by me.


   ^26The meek shall eat, and shall be fill'd;

   they also praise shall give

   Unto the Lord that do him seek:

   your heart shall ever live.


   ^27All ends of th' earth remember shall,

   and turn the Lord unto;

   All kindreds of the nations

   to him shall homage do:


   ^28Because the kingdom to the Lord

   doth appertain as his;

   Likewise among the nations

   the Governor he is.


   ^29Earth's fat ones eat, and worship shall:

   all who to dust descend

   Shall bow to him; none of them can

   his soul from death defend.


   ^30A seed shall service do to him;

   unto the Lord it shall

   Be for a generation

   reckon'd in ages all.


   ^31They shall come, and they shall declare

   his truth and righteousness

   Unto a people yet unborn,

   and that he hath done this.
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Psalm 23

   A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want.

   ^2He makes me down to lie

   In pastures green: he leadeth me

   the quiet waters by.


   ^3My soul he doth restore again;

   and me to walk doth make

   Within the paths of righteousness,

   ev'n for his own name's sake.


   ^4Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,

   yet will I fear none ill:

   For thou art with me; and thy rod

   and staff me comfort still.


   ^5My table thou hast furnished

   in presence of my foes;

   My head thou dost with oil anoint,

   and my cup overflows.


   ^6Goodness and mercy all my life

   shall surely follow me:

   And in God's house for evermore

   my dwelling-place shall be.
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Psalm 24

   8,6,8,6


   ^1The earth belongs unto the Lord,

   and all that it contains;

   The world that is inhabited,

   and all that there remains.


   ^2For the foundations thereof

   he on the seas did lay,

   And he hath it established

   upon the floods to stay.


   ^3Who is the man that shall ascend

   into the hill of God?

   Or who within his holy place

   shall have a firm abode?


   ^4Whose hands are clean, whose heart is pure,

   and unto vanity

   Who hath not lifted up his soul,

   nor sworn deceitfully.


   ^5He from th' Eternal shall receive

   the blessing him upon,

   And righteousness, ev'n from the God

   of his salvation.


   ^6This is the generation

   that after him enquire,

   O Jacob, who do seek thy face

   with their whole heart's desire.


   ^7Ye gates, lift up your heads on high;

   ye doors that last for aye,

   Be lifted up, that so the King

   of glory enter may.


   ^8But who of glory is the King?

   The mighty Lord is this;

   Ev'n that same Lord, that great in might

   and strong in battle is.


   ^9Ye gates, lift up your heads; ye doors,

   doors that do last for aye,

   Be lifted up, that so the King

   of glory enter may.


   ^10But who is he that is the King

   of glory? who is this?

   The Lord of hosts, and none but he,

   the King of glory is.
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Psalm 25

   A Psalm of David.

First Version (S.M.)

   6,6,8,6


   ^1To thee I lift my soul:

   ^2O Lord, I trust in thee:

   My God, let me not be asham'd,

   nor foes triumph o'er me.


   ^3Let none that wait on thee

   be put to shame at all;

   But those that without cause transgress,

   let shame upon them fall.


   ^4Shew me thy ways, O Lord;

   thy paths, O teach thou me:

   ^5And do thou lead me in thy truth,

   therein my teacher be:


   For thou art God that dost

   to me salvation send,

   And I upon thee all the day

   expecting do attend.


   ^6Thy tender mercies, Lord,

   I pray thee to remember,

   And loving-kindnesses; for they

   have been of old for ever.


   ^7My sins and faults of youth

   do thou, O Lord, forget:

   After thy mercy think on me,

   and for thy goodness great.


   ^8God good and upright is:

   the way he'll sinners show.

   ^9The meek in judgment he will guide,

   and make his path to know.


   ^10The whole paths of the Lord

   are truth and mercy sure,

   To those that do his cov'nant keep,

   and testimonies pure.


   ^11Now, for thine own name's sake,

   O Lord, I thee entreat

   To pardon mine iniquity;

   for it is very great.


   ^12What man is he that fears

   the Lord, and doth him serve?

   Him shall he teach the way that he

   shall choose, and still observe.


   ^13His soul shall dwell at ease;

   and his posterity

   Shall flourish still, and of the earth

   inheritors shall be.


   ^14With those that fear him is

   the secret of the Lord;

   The knowledge of his covenant

   he will to them afford.


   ^15Mine eyes upon the Lord

   continually are set:

   For he it is that shall bring forth

   my feet out of the net.


   ^16Turn unto me thy face,

   and to me mercy show;

   Because that I am desolate,

   and am brought very low.


   ^17My heart's griefs are increas'd:

   me from distress relieve.

   ^18See mine affliction and my pain,

   and all my sins forgive.


   ^19Consider thou my foes,

   because they many are;

   And it a cruel hatred is

   which they against me bear.


   ^20O do thou keep my soul,

   do thou deliver me:

   And let me never be asham'd,

   because I trust in thee.


   ^21Let uprightness and truth

   keep me, who thee attend.

   ^22Redemption, Lord, to Israel

   from all his troubles send.
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Psalm 25

Second Version (C.M.)

   8,6,8,6


   ^1To thee I lift my soul, O Lord:

   ^2My God, I trust in thee:

   Let me not be asham'd; let not

   my foes triumph o'er me.


   ^3Yea, let thou none ashamed be

   that do on thee attend:

   Ashamed let them be, O Lord,

   who without cause offend.


   ^4Thy ways, Lord, shew; teach me thy paths:

   ^5Lead me in truth, teach me:

   For of my safety thou art God;

   all day I wait on thee.


   ^6Thy mercies, that most tender are,

   do thou, O Lord, remember,

   And loving-kindnesses; for they

   have been of old for ever.


   ^7Let not the errors of my youth,

   nor sins, remember'd be:

   In mercy, for thy goodness' sake,

   O Lord, remember me.


   ^8The Lord is good and gracious,

   he upright is also:

   He therefore sinners will instruct

   in ways that they should go.


   ^9The meek and lowly he will guide

   in judgment just alway:

   To meek and poor afflicted ones

   he'll clearly teach his way.


   ^10The whole paths of the Lord our God

   are truth and mercy sure,

   To such as keep his covenant,

   and testimonies pure.


   ^11Now, for thine own name's sake, O Lord,

   I humbly thee entreat

   To pardon mine iniquity;

   for it is very great.


   ^12What man fears God? him shall he teach

   the way that he shall chuse.

   ^13His soul shall dwell at ease; his seed

   the earth, as heirs, shall use.


   ^14The secret of the Lord is with

   such as do fear his name;

   And he his holy covenant

   will manifest to them.


   ^15Towards the Lord my waiting eyes

   continually are set;

   For he it is that shall bring forth

   my feet out of the net.


   ^16O turn thee unto me, O God,

   have mercy me upon;

   Because I solitary am,

   and in affliction.


   ^17Enlarg'd the griefs are of mine heart;

   me from distress relieve.

   ^18See mine affliction and my pain,

   and all my sins forgive.


   ^19Consider thou mine enemies,

   because they many are;

   And it a cruel hatred is

   which they against me bear.


   ^20O do thou keep my soul; O God,

   do thou deliver me:

   Let me not be asham'd; for I

   do put my trust in thee.


   ^21O let integrity and truth

   keep me, who thee attend.

   ^22Redemption, Lord, to Israel

   from all his troubles send.
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Psalm 26

   A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Judge me, O Lord, for I have walk'd

   in mine integrity:

   I trusted also in the Lord;

   slide therefore shall not I.


   ^2Examine me, and do me prove;

   try heart and reins, O God:

   ^3For thy love is before mine eyes,

   thy truth's paths I have trode.


   ^4With persons vain I have not sat,

   nor with dissemblers gone:

   ^5Th' assembly of ill men I hate;

   to sit with such I shun.


   ^6Mine hands in innocence, O Lord,

   I'll wash and purify;

   So to thine holy altar go,

   and compass it will I:


   ^7That I, with voice of thanksgiving,

   may publish and declare,

   And tell of all thy mighty works,

   that great and wondrous are.


   ^8The habitation of thy house,

   Lord, I have loved well;

   Yea, in that place I do delight

   where doth thine honour dwell.


   ^9With sinners gather not my soul,

   and such as blood would spill:

   ^10Whose hands mischievous plots, right hand

   corrupting bribes do fill.


   ^11But as for me, I will walk on

   in mine integrity:

   Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord,

   be merciful to me.


   ^12My foot upon an even place

   doth stand with stedfastness:

   Within the congregations

   th' Eternal I will bless.
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Psalm 27

   A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1The Lord's my light and saving health,

   who shall make me dismay'd?

   My life's strength is the Lord, of whom

   then shall I be afraid?


   ^2When as mine enemies and foes,

   most wicked persons all,

   To eat my flesh against me rose,

   they stumbled and did fall.


   ^3Against me though an host encamp,

   my heart yet fearless is:

   Though war against me rise, I will

   be confident in this.


   ^4One thing I of the Lord desir'd,

   and will seek to obtain,

   That all days of my life I may

   within God's house remain;


   That I the beauty of the Lord

   behold may and admire,

   And that I in his holy place

   may rev'rently enquire.


   ^5For he in his pavilion shall

   me hide in evil days;

   In secret of his tent me hide,

   and on a rock me raise.


   ^6And now, ev'n at this present time,

   mine head shall lifted be

   Above all those that are my foes,

   and round encompass me:


   Therefore unto his tabernacle

   I'll sacrifices bring

   Of joyfulness; I'll sing, yea, I

   to God will praises sing.


   ^7O Lord, give ear unto my voice,

   when I do cry to thee;

   Upon me also mercy have,

   and do thou answer me.


   ^8When thou didst say, Seek ye my face,

   then unto thee reply

   Thus did my heart, Above all things

   thy face, Lord, seek will I.


   ^9Far from me hide not thou thy face;

   put not away from thee

   Thy servant in thy wrath: thou hast

   an helper been to me.


   O God of my salvation,

   leave me not, nor forsake:

   ^10Though me my parents both should leave,

   the Lord will me up take.


   ^11O Lord, instruct me in thy way,

   to me a leader be

   In a plain path, because of those

   that hatred bear to me.


   ^12Give me not to mine en'mies' will;

   for witnesses that lie

   Against me risen are, and such

   as breathe out cruelty.


   ^13I fainted had, unless that I

   believed had to see

   The Lord's own goodness in the land

   of them that living be.


   ^14Wait on the Lord, and be thou strong,

   and he shall strength afford

   Unto thine heart; yea, do thou wait,

   I say, upon the Lord.
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Psalm 28

   A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1To thee I'll cry, O Lord, my rock;

   hold not thy peace to me;

   Lest like those that to pit descend

   I by thy silence be.


   ^2The voice hear of my humble pray'rs,

   when unto thee I cry;

   When to thine holy oracle

   I lift mine hands on high.


   ^3With ill men draw me not away

   that work iniquity;

   That speak peace to their friends, while in

   their hearts doth mischief lie.


   ^4Give them according to their deeds

   and ills endeavoured:

   And as their handy-works deserve,

   to them be rendered.


   ^5God shall not build, but them destroy,

   who would not understand

   The Lord's own works, nor did regard

   the doing of his hand.


   ^6For ever blessed be the Lord,

   for graciously he heard

   The voice of my petitions,

   and prayers did regard.


   ^7The Lord's my strength and shield; my heart

   upon him did rely;

   And I am helped: hence my heart

   doth joy exceedingly,


   And with my song I will him praise.

   ^8Their strength is God alone:

   He also is the saving strength

   of his anointed one.


   ^9O thine own people do thou save,

   bless thine inheritance;

   Them also do thou feed, and them

   for evermore advance.
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Psalm 29

   A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Give ye unto the Lord, ye sons

   that of the mighty be,

   All strength and glory to the Lord

   with cheerfulness give ye.


   ^2Unto the Lord the glory give

   that to his name is due;

   And in the beauty of holiness

   unto Jehovah bow.


   ^3The Lord's voice on the waters is;

   the God of majesty

   Doth thunder, and on multitudes

   of waters sitteth he.


   ^4A pow'rful voice it is that comes

   out from the Lord most high;

   The voice of that great Lord is full

   of glorious majesty.


   ^5The voice of the Eternal doth

   asunder cedars tear;

   Yea, God the Lord doth cedars break

   that Lebanon doth bear.


   ^6He makes them like a calf to skip,

   ev'n that great Lebanon,

   And, like to a young unicorn,

   the mountain Sirion.


   ^7God's voice divides the flames of fire;

   ^8The desert it doth shake:

   The Lord doth make the wilderness

   of Kadesh all to quake.


   ^9God's voice doth make the hinds to calve,

   it makes the forest bare:

   And in his temple ev'ry one

   his glory doth declare.


   ^10The Lord sits on the floods; the Lord

   sits King, and ever shall.

   ^11The Lord will give his people strength,

   and with peace bless them all.
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Psalm 30

   A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Lord, I will thee extol, for thou

   hast lifted me on high,

   And over me thou to rejoice

   mad'st not mine enemy.


   ^2O thou who art the Lord my God,

   I in distress to thee,

   With loud cries lifted up my voice,

   and thou hast healed me.


   ^3O Lord, my soul thou hast brought up,

   and rescu'd from the grave;

   That I to pit should not go down,

   alive thou didst me save.


   ^4O ye that are his holy ones,

   sing praise unto the Lord;

   And give unto him thanks, when ye

   his holiness record.


   ^5For but a moment lasts his wrath;

   life in his favour lies:

   Weeping may for a night endure,

   at morn doth joy arise.


   ^6In my prosperity I said,

   that nothing shall me move.

   ^7O Lord, thou hast my mountain made

   to stand strong by thy love:


   But when that thou, O gracious God,

   didst hide thy face from me,

   Then quickly was my prosp'rous state

   turn'd into misery.


   ^8Wherefore unto the Lord my cry

   I caused to ascend:

   My humble supplication

   I to the Lord did send.


   ^9What profit is there in my blood,

   when I go down to pit?

   Shall unto thee the dust give praise?

   thy truth declare shall it?


   ^10Hear, Lord, have mercy; help me, Lord:

   ^11Thou turned hast my sadness

   To dancing; yea, my sackcloth loos'd,

   and girded me with gladness;


   ^12That sing thy praise my glory may,

   and never silent be.

   O Lord my God, for evermore

   I will give thanks to thee.
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Psalm 31

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1In thee, O Lord, I put my trust,

   sham'd let me never be;

   According to thy righteousness

   do thou deliver me.


   ^2Bow down thine ear to me, with speed

   send me deliverance:

   To save me, my strong rock be thou,

   and my house of defence.


   ^3Because thou art my rock, and thee

   I for my fortress take;

   Therefore do thou me lead and guide,

   ev'n for thine own name's sake.


   ^4And sith thou art my strength, therefore

   pull me out of the net,

   Which they in subtilty for me

   so privily have set.


   ^5Into thine hands I do commit

   my sp'rit: for thou art he,

   O thou, Jehovah, God of truth,

   that hast redeemed me.


   ^6Those that do lying vanities

   regard, I have abhorr'd:

   But as for me, my confidence

   is fixed on the Lord.


   ^7I'll in thy mercy gladly joy:

   for thou my miseries

   Consider'd hast; thou hast my soul

   known in adversities:


   ^8And thou hast not inclosed me

   within the en'my's hand;

   And by thee have my feet been made

   in a large room to stand.


   ^9O Lord, upon me mercy have,

   for trouble is on me:

   Mine eye, my belly, and my soul,

   with grief consumed be.


   ^10Because my life with grief is spent,

   my years with sighs and groans:

   My strength doth fail; and for my sin

   consumed are my bones.


   ^11I was a scorn to all my foes,

   and to my friends a fear;

   And specially reproach'd of those

   that were my neighbours near:


   When they me saw they from me fled.

   ^12Ev'n so I am forgot,

   As men are out of mind when dead:

   I'm like a broken pot.


   ^13For slanders I of many heard;

   fear compass'd me, while they

   Against me did consult, and plot

   to take my life away.


   ^14But as for me, O Lord, my trust

   upon thee I did lay;

   And I to thee, Thou art my God,

   did confidently say.


   ^15My times are wholly in thine hand:

   do thou deliver me

   From their hands that mine enemies

   and persecutors be.


   ^16Thy countenance to shine do thou

   upon thy servant make:

   Unto me give salvation,

   for thy great mercies' sake.


   ^17Let me not be asham'd, O Lord,

   for on thee call'd I have:

   Let wicked men be sham'd, let them

   be silent in the grave.


   ^18To silence put the lying lips,

   that grievous things do say,

   And hard reports, in pride and scorn,

   on righteous men do lay.


   ^19How great's the goodness thou for them

   that fear thee keep'st in store,

   And wrought'st for them that trust in thee

   the sons of men before!


   ^20In secret of thy presence thou

   shalt hide them from man's pride:

   From strife of tongues thou closely shalt,

   as in a tent, them hide.


   ^21All praise and thanks be to the Lord;

   for he hath magnify'd

   His wondrous love to me within

   a city fortify'd.


   ^22For from thine eyes cut off I am,

   I in my haste had said;

   My voice yet heard'st thou, when to thee

   with cries my moan I made.


   ^23O love the Lord, all ye his saints;

   because the Lord doth guard

   The faithful, and he plenteously

   proud doers doth reward.


   ^24Be of good courage, and he strength

   unto your heart shall send,

   All ye whose hope and confidence

   doth on the Lord depend.
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Psalm 32

   A Psalm of David, Maschil.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1O blessed is the man to whom

   is freely pardoned

   All the transgression he hath done,

   whose sin is covered.


   ^2Bless'd is the man to whom the Lord

   imputeth not his sin,

   And in whose sp'rit there is no guile,

   nor fraud is found therein.


   ^3When as I did refrain my speech,

   and silent was my tongue,

   My bones then waxed old, because

   I roared all day long.


   ^4For upon me both day and night

   thine hand did heavy lie,

   So that my moisture turned is

   in summer's drought thereby.


   ^5I thereupon have unto thee

   my sin acknowledged,

   And likewise mine iniquity

   I have not covered:


   I will confess unto the Lord

   my trespasses, said I;

   And of my sin thou freely didst

   forgive th' iniquity.


   ^6For this shall ev'ry godly one

   his prayer make to thee;

   In such a time he shall thee seek,

   as found thou mayest be.


   Surely, when floods of waters great

   do swell up to the brim,

   They shall not overwhelm his soul,

   nor once come near to him.


   ^7Thou art my hiding-place, thou shalt

   from trouble keep me free:

   Thou with songs of deliverance

   about shalt compass me.


   ^8I will instruct thee, and thee teach

   the way that thou shalt go;

   And, with mine eye upon thee set,

   I will direction show.


   ^9Then be not like the horse or mule,

   which do not understand;

   Whose mouth, lest they come near to thee,

   a bridle must command.


   ^10Unto the man that wicked is

   his sorrows shall abound;

   But him that trusteth in the Lord

   mercy shall compass round.


   ^11Ye righteous, in the Lord be glad,

   in him do ye rejoice:

   All ye that upright are in heart,

   for joy lift up your voice.
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Psalm 33

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice;

   it comely is and right,

   That upright men, with thankful voice,

   should praise the Lord of might.


   ^2Praise God with harp, and unto him

   sing with the psaltery;

   Upon a ten-string'd instrument

   make ye sweet melody.


   ^3A new song to him sing, and play

   with loud noise skilfully;

   ^4For right is God's word, all his works

   are done in verity.


   ^5To judgment and to righteousness

   a love he beareth still;

   The loving-kindness of the Lord

   the earth throughout doth fill.


   ^6The heavens by the word of God

   did their beginning take;

   And by the breathing of his mouth

   he all their hosts did make.


   ^7The waters of the seas he brings

   together as an heap;

   And in storehouses, as it were,

   he layeth up the deep.


   ^8Let earth, and all that live therein,

   with rev'rence fear the Lord;

   Let all the world's inhabitants

   dread him with one accord.


   ^9For he did speak the word, and done

   it was without delay;

   Established it firmly stood,

   whatever he did say.


   ^10God doth the counsel bring to nought

   which heathen folk do take;

   And what the people do devise

   of none effect doth make.


   ^11O but the counsel of the Lord

   doth stand for ever sure;

   And of his heart the purposes

   from age to age endure.


   ^12That nation blessed is, whose God

   Jehovah is, and those

   A blessed people are, whom for

   his heritage he chose.


   ^13The Lord from heav'n sees and beholds

   all sons of men full well:

   ^14He views all from his dwelling-place

   that in the earth do dwell.


   ^15He forms their hearts alike, and all

   their doings he observes.

   ^16Great hosts save not a king, much strength

   no mighty man preserves.


   ^17An horse for preservation

   is a deceitful thing;

   And by the greatness of his strength

   can no deliv'rance bring.


   ^18Behold on those that do him fear

   the Lord doth set his eye;

   Ev'n those who on his mercy do

   with confidence rely.


   ^19From death to free their soul, in dearth

   life unto them to yield.

   ^20Our soul doth wait upon the Lord;

   he is our help and shield.


   ^21Sith in his holy name we trust,

   our heart shall joyful be.

   ^22Lord, let thy mercy be on us,

   as we do hope in thee.
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Psalm 34

   A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who
   drove him away, and he departed.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1God will I bless all times; his praise

   my mouth shall still express.

   ^2My soul shall boast in God: the meek

   shall hear with joyfulness.


   ^3Extol the Lord with me, let us

   exalt his name together.

   ^4I sought the Lord, he heard, and did

   me from all fears deliver.


   ^5They look'd to him, and lighten'd were:

   not shamed were their faces.

   ^6This poor man cry'd, God heard, and sav'd

   him from all his distresses.


   ^7The angel of the Lord encamps,

   and round encompasseth

   All those about that do him fear,

   and them delivereth.


   ^8O taste and see that God is good:

   who trusts in him is bless'd.

   ^9Fear God his saints: none that him fear

   shall be with want oppress'd.


   ^10The lions young may hungry be,

   and they may lack their food:

   But they that truly seek the Lord

   shall not lack any good.


   ^11O children, hither do ye come,

   and unto me give ear;

   I shall you teach to understand

   how ye the Lord should fear.


   ^12What man is he that life desires,

   to see good would live long?

   ^13Thy lips refrain from speaking guile,

   and from ill words thy tongue.


   ^14Depart from ill, do good, seek peace,

   pursue it earnestly.

   ^15God's eyes are on the just; his ears

   are open to their cry.


   ^16The face of God is set against

   those that do wickedly,

   That he may quite out from the earth

   cut off their memory.


   ^17The righteous cry unto the Lord,

   he unto them gives ear;

   And they out of their troubles all

   by him deliver'd are.


   ^18The Lord is ever nigh to them

   that be of broken sp'rit;

   To them he safety doth afford

   that are in heart contrite.


   ^19The troubles that afflict the just

   in number many be;

   But yet at length out of them all

   the Lord doth set him free.


   ^20He carefully his bones doth keep,

   whatever can befall;

   That not so much as one of them

   can broken be at all.


   ^21Ill shall the wicked slay; laid waste

   shall be who hate the just.

   ^22The Lord redeems his servants' souls;

   none perish that him trust.
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Psalm 35

   A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Plead, Lord, with those that plead; and fight

   with those that fight with me.

   ^2Of shield and buckler take thou hold,

   stand up mine help to be.


   ^3Draw also out the spear, and do

   against them stop the way

   That me pursue: unto my soul,

   I'm thy salvation, say.


   ^4Let them confounded be and sham'd

   that for my soul have sought:

   Who plot my hurt turn'd back be they,

   and to confusion brought.


   ^5Let them be like unto the chaff

   that flies before the wind;

   And let the angel of the Lord

   pursue them hard behind.


   ^6With darkness cover thou their way,

   and let it slipp'ry prove;

   And let the angel of the Lord

   pursue them from above.


   ^7For without cause have they for me

   their net hid in a pit,

   They also have without a cause

   for my soul digged it.


   ^8Let ruin seize him unawares;

   his net he hid withal

   Himself let catch; and in the same

   destruction let him fall.


   ^9My soul in God shall joy; and glad

   in his salvation be:

   ^10And all my bones shall say, O Lord,

   who is like unto thee,


   Which dost the poor set free from him

   that is for him too strong;

   The poor and needy from the man

   that spoils and does him wrong?


   ^11False witnesses rose; to my charge

   things I not knew they laid.

   ^12They, to the spoiling of my soul,

   me ill for good repaid.


   ^13But as for me, when they were sick,

   in sackcloth sad I mourn'd:

   My humbled soul did fast, my pray'r

   into my bosom turn'd.


   ^14Myself I did behave as he

   had been my friend or brother;

   I heavily bow'd down, as one

   that mourneth for his mother.


   ^15But in my trouble they rejoic'd,

   gath'ring themselves together;

   Yea, abjects vile together did

   themselves against me gather:


   I knew it not; they did me tear,

   and quiet would not be.

   ^16With mocking hypocrites, at feasts

   they gnash'd their teeth at me.


   ^17How long, Lord, look'st thou on? from those

   destructions they intend

   Rescue my soul, from lions young

   my darling do defend.


   ^18I will give thanks to thee, O Lord,

   within th' assembly great;

   And where much people gather'd are

   thy praises forth will set.


   ^19Let not my wrongful enemies

   proudly rejoice o'er me;

   Nor who me hate without a cause,

   let them wink with the eye.


   ^20For peace they do not speak at all;

   but crafty plots prepare

   Against all those within the land

   that meek and quiet are.


   ^21With mouths set wide, they `gainst me said,

   Ha, ha! our eye doth see.

   ^22Lord, thou hast seen, hold not thy peace;

   Lord, be not far from me.


   ^23Stir up thyself; wake, that thou may'st

   judgment to me afford,

   Ev'n to my cause, O thou that art

   my only God and Lord.


   ^24O Lord my God, do thou me judge

   after thy righteousness;

   And let them not their joy `gainst me

   triumphantly express:


   ^25Nor let them say within their hearts,

   Ah, we would have it thus;

   Nor suffer them to say, that he

   is swallow'd up by us.


   ^26Sham'd and confounded be they all

   that at my hurt are glad;

   Let those against me that do boast

   with shame and scorn be clad.


   ^27Let them that love my righteous cause

   be glad, shout, and not cease

   To say, The Lord be magnify'd,

   who loves his servant's peace.


   ^28Thy righteousness shall also be

   declared by my tongue;

   The praises that belong to thee

   speak shall it all day long.
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Psalm 36

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1The wicked man's transgression

   within my heart thus says,

   Undoubtedly the fear of God

   is not before his eyes.


   ^2Because himself he flattereth

   in his own blinded eye,

   Until the hatefulness be found

   of his iniquity.


   ^3Words from his mouth proceeding are,

   fraud and iniquity:

   He to be wise, and to do good,

   hath left off utterly.


   ^4He mischief, lying on his bed,

   most cunningly doth plot:

   He sets himself in ways not good,

   ill he abhorreth not.


   ^5Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heav'ns;

   thy truth doth reach the clouds:

   ^6Thy justice is like mountains great;

   thy judgments deep as floods:


   Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

   ^7How precious is thy grace!

   Therefore in shadow of thy wings

   men's sons their trust shall place.


   ^8They with the fatness of thy house

   shall be well satisfy'd;

   From rivers of thy pleasures thou

   wilt drink to them provide.


   ^9Because of life the fountain pure

   remains alone with thee;

   And in that purest light of thine

   we clearly light shall see.


   ^10Thy loving-kindness unto them

   continue that thee know;

   And still on men upright in heart

   thy righteousness bestow.


   ^11Let not the foot of cruel pride

   come, and against me stand;

   And let me not removed be,

   Lord, by the wicked's hand.


   ^12There fallen are they, and ruined,

   that work iniquities:

   Cast down they are, and never shall

   be able to arise.
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Psalm 37

   A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1For evil-doers fret thou not

   thyself unquietly;

   Nor do thou envy bear to those

   that work iniquity.


   ^2For, even like unto the grass,

   soon be cut down shall they;

   And, like the green and tender herb,

   they wither shall away.


   ^3Set thou thy trust upon the Lord,

   and be thou doing good;

   And so thou in the land shalt dwell,

   and verily have food.


   ^4Delight thyself in God; he'll give

   thine heart's desire to thee.

   ^5Thy way to God commit, him trust,

   it bring to pass shall he.


   ^6And, like unto the light, he shall

   thy righteousness display;

   And he thy judgment shall bring forth

   like noon-tide of the day.


   ^7Rest in the Lord, and patiently

   wait for him: do not fret

   For him who, prosp'ring in his way,

   success in sin doth get.


   ^8Do thou from anger cease, and wrath

   see thou forsake also:

   Fret not thyself in any wise,

   that evil thou should'st do.


   ^9For those that evil doers are

   shall be cut off and fall:

   But those that wait upon the Lord

   the earth inherit shall.


   ^10For yet a little while, and then

   the wicked shall not be;

   His place thou shalt consider well,

   but it thou shalt not see.


   ^11But by inheritance the earth

   the meek ones shall possess:

   They also shall delight themselves

   in an abundant peace.


   ^12The wicked plots against the just,

   and at him whets his teeth:

   ^13The Lord shall laugh at him, because

   his day he coming seeth.


   ^14The wicked have drawn out the sword,

   and bent their bow, to slay

   The poor and needy, and to kill

   men of an upright way.


   ^15But their own sword, which they have drawn,

   shall enter their own heart:

   Their bows which they have bent shall break,

   and into pieces part.


   ^16A little that a just man hath

   is more and better far

   Than is the wealth of many such

   as lewd and wicked are.


   ^17For sinners' arms shall broken be;

   but God the just sustains.

   ^18God knows the just man's days, and still

   their heritage remains.


   ^19They shall not be asham'd when they

   the evil time do see;

   And when the days of famine are,

   they satisfy'd shall be.


   ^20But wicked men, and foes of God,

   as fat of lambs, decay;

   They shall consume, yea, into smoke

   they shall consume away.


   ^21The wicked borrows, but the same

   again he doth not pay;

   Whereas the righteous mercy shews,

   and gives his own away.


   ^22For such as blessed be of him

   the earth inherit shall;

   And they that cursed are of him

   shall be destroyed all.


   ^23A good man's footsteps by the Lord

   are ordered aright;

   And in the way wherein he walks

   he greatly doth delight.


   ^24Although he fall, yet shall he not

   be cast down utterly;

   Because the Lord with his own hand

   upholds him mightily.


   ^25I have been young, and now am old,

   yet have I never seen

   The just man left, nor that his seed

   for bread have beggars been.


   ^26He's ever merciful, and lends:

   his seed is bless'd therefore.

   ^27Depart from evil, and do good,

   and dwell for evermore.


   ^28For God loves judgment, and his saints

   leaves not in any case;

   They are kept ever: but cut off

   shall be the sinner's race.


   ^29The just inherit shall the land,

   and ever in it dwell:

   ^30The just man's mouth doth wisdom speak;

   his tongue doth judgment tell.


   ^31In's heart the law is of his God,

   his steps slide not away.

   ^32The wicked man doth watch the just,

   and seeketh him to slay.


   ^33Yet him the Lord will not forsake,

   nor leave him in his hands:

   The righteous will he not condemn,

   when he in judgment stands.


   ^34Wait on the Lord, and keep his way,

   and thee exalt shall he

   Th' earth to inherit; when cut off

   the wicked thou shalt see.


   ^35I saw the wicked great in pow'r,

   spread like a green bay-tree:

   ^36He pass'd, yea, was not; him I sought,

   but found he could not be.


   ^37Mark thou the perfect, and behold

   the man of uprightness;

   Because that surely of this man

   the latter end is peace.


   ^38But those men that transgressors are

   shall be destroy'd together;

   The latter end of wicked men

   shall be cut off for ever.


   ^39But the salvation of the just

   is from the Lord above;

   He in the time of their distress

   their stay and strength doth prove.


   ^40The Lord shall help, and them deliver:

   he shall them free and save

   From wicked men; because in him

   their confidence they have.
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Psalm 38

   A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1In thy great indignation,

   O Lord, rebuke me not;

   Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand,

   in thy displeasure hot.


   ^2For in me fast thine arrows stick,

   thine hand doth press me sore:

   ^3And in my flesh there is no health,

   nor soundness any more.


   This grief I have, because thy wrath

   is forth against me gone;

   And in my bones there is no rest,

   for sin that I have done.


   ^4Because gone up above mine head

   my great transgressions be;

   And, as a weighty burden, they

   too heavy are for me.


   ^5My wounds do stink, and are corrupt;

   my folly makes it so.

   ^6I troubled am, and much bow'd down;

   all day I mourning go.


   ^7For a disease that loathsome is

   so fills my loins with pain,

   That in my weak and weary flesh

   no soundness doth remain.


   ^8So feeble and infirm am I,

   and broken am so sore,

   That, through disquiet of my heart,

   I have been made to roar.


   ^9O Lord, all that I do desire

   is still before thine eye;

   And of my heart the secret groans

   not hidden are from thee.


   ^10My heart doth pant incessantly,

   my strength doth quite decay;

   As for mine eyes, their wonted light

   is from me gone away.


   ^11My lovers and my friends do stand

   at distance from my sore;

   And those do stand aloof that were

   kinsmen and kind before.


   ^12Yea, they that seek my life lay snares:

   who seek to do me wrong

   Speak things mischievous, and deceits

   imagine all day long.


   ^13But, as one deaf, that heareth not,

   I suffer'd all to pass;

   I as a dumb man did become,

   whose mouth not open'd was:


   ^14As one that hears not, in whose mouth

   are no reproofs at all.

   ^15For, Lord, I hope in thee; my God,

   thou'lt hear me when I call.


   ^16For I said, Hear me, lest they should

   rejoice o'er me with pride;

   And o'er me magnify themselves,

   when as my foot doth slide.


   ^17For I am near to halt, my grief

   is still before mine eye:

   ^18For I'll declare my sin, and grieve

   for mine iniquity.


   ^19But yet mine en'mies lively are,

   and strong are they beside;

   And they that hate me wrongfully

   are greatly multiply'd.


   ^20And they for good that render ill,

   as en'mies me withstood;

   Yea, ev'n for this, because that I

   do follow what is good.


   ^21Forsake me not, O Lord; my God,

   far from me never be.

   ^22O Lord, thou my salvation art,

   haste to give help to me.
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Psalm 39

   To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthan, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1I said, I will look to my ways,

   lest with my tongue I sin:

   In sight of wicked men my mouth

   with bridle I'll keep in.


   ^2With silence I as dumb became,

   I did myself restrain

   From speaking good; but then the more

   increased was my pain.


   ^3My heart within me waxed hot;

   and, while I musing was,

   The fire did burn; and from my tongue

   these words I did let pass:


   ^4Mine end, and measure of my days,

   O Lord, unto me show

   What is the same; that I thereby

   my frailty well may know.


   ^5Lo, thou my days an handbreadth mad'st;

   mine age is in thine eye

   As nothing: sure each man at best

   is wholly vanity.


   ^6Sure each man walks in a vain show;

   they vex themselves in vain:

   He heaps up wealth, and doth not know

   to whom it shall pertain.


   ^7And now, O Lord, what wait I for?

   my hope is fix'd on thee.

   ^8Free me from all my trespasses,

   the fool's scorn make not me.


   ^9Dumb was I, op'ning not my mouth,

   because this work was thine.

   ^10Thy stroke take from me; by the blow

   of thine hand I do pine.


   ^11When with rebukes thou dost correct

   man for iniquity,

   Thou wastes his beauty like a moth:

   sure each man's vanity.


   ^12Attend my cry, Lord, at my tears

   and pray'rs not silent be:

   I sojourn as my fathers all,

   and stranger am with thee.


   ^13O spare thou me, that I my strength

   recover may again,

   Before from hence I do depart,

   and here no more remain.
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Psalm 40

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1I waited for the Lord my God,

   and patiently did bear;

   At length to me he did incline

   my voice and cry to hear.


   ^2He took me from a fearful pit,

   and from the miry clay,

   And on a rock he set my feet,

   establishing my way.


   ^3He put a new song in my mouth,

   our God to magnify:

   Many shall see it, and shall fear,

   and on the Lord rely.


   ^4O blessed is the man whose trust

   upon the Lord relies;

   Respecting not the proud, nor such

   as turn aside to lies.


   ^5O Lord my God, full many are

   the wonders thou hast done;

   Thy gracious thoughts to us-ward far

   above all thoughts are gone:


   In order none can reckon them

   to thee: if them declare,

   And speak of them I would, they more

   than can be number'd are.


   ^6No sacrifice nor offering

   didst thou at all desire;

   Mine ears thou bor'd: sin-off `ring thou

   and burnt didst not require:


   ^7Then to the Lord these were my words,

   I come, behold and see;

   Within the volume of the book

   it written is of me:


   ^8To do thy will I take delight,

   O thou my God that art;

   Yea, that most holy law of thine

   I have within my heart.


   ^9Within the congregation great

   I righteousness did preach:

   Lo, thou dost know, O Lord, that I

   refrained not my speech.


   ^10I never did within my heart

   conceal thy righteousness;

   I thy salvation have declar'd,

   and shown thy faithfulness:


   Thy kindness, which most loving is,

   concealed have not I,

   Nor from the congregation great

   have hid thy verity.


   ^11Thy tender mercies, Lord, from me

   O do thou not restrain;

   Thy loving-kindness, and thy truth,

   let them me still maintain.


   ^12For ills past reck'ning compass me,

   and mine iniquities

   Such hold upon me taken have,

   I cannot lift mine eyes:


   They more than hairs are on mine head,

   thence is my heart dismay'd.

   ^13Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me;

   Lord, hasten to mine aid.


   ^14Sham'd and confounded be they all

   that seek my soul to kill;

   Yea, let them backward driven be,

   and sham'd, that wish me ill.


   ^15For a reward of this their shame

   confounded let them be.

   That in this manner scoffing say,

   Aha, aha! to me.


   ^16In thee let all be glad, and joy,

   who seeking thee abide;

   Who thy salvation love, say still,

   The Lord be magnify'd.


   ^17I'm poor and needy, yet the Lord

   of me a care doth take:

   Thou art my help and saviour,

   my God, no tarrying make.
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Psalm 41

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Blessed is he that wisely doth

   the poor man's case consider;

   For when the time of trouble is,

   the Lord will him deliver.


   ^2God will him keep, yea, save alive;

   on earth he bless'd shall live;

   And to his enemies' desire

   thou wilt him not up give.


   ^3God will give strength when he on bed

   of languishing doth mourn;

   And in his sickness sore, O Lord,

   thou all his bed wilt turn.


   ^4I said, O Lord, do thou extend

   thy mercy unto me;

   O do thou heal my soul; for why?

   I have offended thee.


   ^5Those that to me are enemies,

   of me do evil say,

   When shall he die, that so his name

   may perish quite away?


   ^6To see me if he comes, he speaks

   vain words: but then his heart

   Heaps mischief to it, which he tells,

   when forth he doth depart.


   ^7My haters jointly whispering,

   'gainst me my hurt devise.

   ^8Mischief, say they, cleaves fast to him;

   he li'th, and shall not rise.


   ^9Yea, ev'n mine own familiar friend,

   on whom I did rely,

   Who ate my bread, ev'n he his heel

   against me lifted high.


   ^10But, Lord, be merciful to me,

   and up again me raise,

   That I may justly them requite

   according to their ways.


   ^11By this I know that certainly

   I favour'd am by thee;

   Because my hateful enemy

   triumphs not over me.


   ^12But as for me, thou me uphold'st

   in mine integrity;

   And me before thy countenance

   thou sett'st continually.


   ^13The Lord, the God of Israel,

   be bless'd for ever then,

   From age to age eternally.

   Amen, yea, and amen.
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Psalm 42

   To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Like as the hart for water-brooks

   in thirst doth pant and bray;

   So pants my longing soul, O God,

   that come to thee I may.


   ^2My soul for God, the living God,

   doth thirst: when shall I near

   Unto thy countenance approach,

   and in God's sight appear?


   ^3My tears have unto me been meat,

   both in the night and day,

   While unto me continually,

   Where is thy God? they say.


   ^4My soul is poured out in me,

   when this I think upon;

   Because that with the multitude

   I heretofore had gone:


   With them into God's house I went,

   with voice of joy and praise;

   Yea, with the multitude that kept

   the solemn holy days.


   ^5O why art thou cast down, my soul?

   why in me so dismay'd?

   Trust God, for I shall praise him yet,

   his count'nance is mine aid.


   ^6My God, my soul's cast down in me;

   thee therefore mind I will

   From Jordan's land, the Hermonites,

   and ev'n from Mizar hill.


   ^7At the noise of thy water-spouts

   deep unto deep doth call;

   Thy breaking waves pass over me,

   yea, and thy billows all.


   ^8His loving-kindness yet the Lord

   command will in the day,

   His song's with me by night; to God,

   by whom I live, I'll pray:


   ^9And I will say to God my rock,

   Why me forgett'st thou so?

   Why, for my foes' oppression,

   thus mourning do I go?


   ^10'Tis as a sword within my bones,

   when my foes me upbraid;

   Ev'n when by them, Where is thy God?

   'tis daily to me said.


   ^11O why art thou cast down, my soul?

   why, thus with grief opprest,

   Art thou disquieted in me?

   in God still hope and rest:


   For yet I know I shall him praise,

   who graciously to me

   The health is of my countenance,

   yea, mine own God is he.
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Psalm 43

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause

   against th' ungodly nation;

   From the unjust and crafty man,

   O be thou my salvation.


   ^2For thou the God art of my strength;

   why thrusts thou me thee fro'?

   For th' enemy's oppression

   why do I mourning go?


   ^3O send thy light forth and thy truth;

   let them be guides to me,

   And bring me to thine holy hill,

   ev'n where thy dwellings be.


   ^4Then will I to God's altar go,

   to God my chiefest joy:

   Yea, God, my God, thy name to praise

   my harp I will employ.


   ^5Why art thou then cast down, my soul?

   what should discourage thee?

   And why with vexing thoughts art thou

   disquieted in me?


   Still trust in God; for him to praise

   good cause I yet shall have:

   He of my count'nance is the health,

   my God that doth me save.
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Psalm 44

   To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1O God, we with our ears have heard,

   our fathers have us told,

   What works thou in their days hadst done,

   ev'n in the days of old.


   ^2Thy hand did drive the heathen out,

   and plant them in their place;

   Thou didst afflict the nations,

   but them thou didst increase.


   ^3For neither got their sword the land,

   nor did their arm them save;

   But thy right hand, arm, countenance;

   for thou them favour gave.


   ^4Thou art my King: for Jacob, Lord,

   deliv'rances command.

   ^5Through thee we shall push down our foes,

   that do against us stand:


   We, through thy name, shall tread down those

   that ris'n against us have.

   ^6For in my bow I shall not trust,

   nor shall my sword me save.


   ^7But from our foes thou hast us sav'd,

   our haters put to shame.

   ^8In God we all the day do boast,

   and ever praise thy name.


   ^9But now we are cast off by thee,

   and us thou putt'st to shame;

   And when our armies do go forth,

   thou go'st not with the same.


   ^10Thou mak'st us from the enemy,

   faint-hearted, to turn back;

   And they who hate us for themselves

   our spoils away do take.


   ^11Like sheep for meat thou gavest us;

   'mong heathen cast we be.

   ^12Thou didst for nought thy people sell;

   their price enrich'd not thee.


   ^13Thou mak'st us a reproach to be

   unto our neighbours near;

   Derision and a scorn to them

   that round about us are.


   ^14A by-word also thou dost us

   among the heathen make;

   The people, in contempt and spite,

   at us their heads do shake.


   ^15Before me my confusion

   continually abides;

   And of my bashful countenance

   the shame me ever hides:


   ^16For voice of him that doth reproach,

   and speaketh blasphemy;

   By reason of th' avenging foe,

   and cruel enemy.


   ^17All this is come on us, yet we

   have not forgotten thee;

   Nor falsely in thy covenant

   behav'd ourselves have we.


   ^18Back from thy way our heart not turn'd;

   our steps no straying made;

   ^19Though us thou brak'st in dragons' place,

   and cover'dst with death's shade.


   ^20If we God's name forgot, or stretch'd

   to a strange god our hands,

   ^21Shall not God search this out? for he

   heart's secrets understands.


   ^22Yea, for thy sake we're kill'd all day,

   counted as slaughter-sheep.

   ^23Rise, Lord, cast us not ever off;

   awake, why dost thou sleep?


   ^24O wherefore hidest thou thy face?

   forgett'st our cause distress'd,

   ^25And our oppression? For our soul

   is to the dust down press'd:


   Our belly also on the earth

   fast cleaving, hold doth take.

   ^26Rise for our help, and us redeem,

   ev'n for thy mercies' sake.
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Psalm 45

   To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil,
   A Song of loves.

First Version (C.M.)

   8,6,8,6


   ^1My heart brings forth a goodly thing;

   my words that I indite

   Concern the King: my tongue's a pen

   of one that swift doth write.


   ^2Thou fairer art than sons of men:

   into thy lips is store

   Of grace infus'd; God therefore thee

   hath bless'd for evermore.


   ^3O thou that art the mighty One,

   thy sword gird on thy thigh;

   Ev'n with thy glory excellent,

   and with thy majesty.


   ^4For meekness, truth, and righteousness,

   in state ride prosp'rously;

   And thy right hand shall thee instruct

   in things that fearful be.


   ^5Thine arrows sharply pierce the heart

   of th' en'mies of the King;

   And under thy subjection

   the people down do bring.


   ^6For ever and for ever is,

   O God, thy throne of might;

   The sceptre of thy kingdom is

   a sceptre that is right.


   ^7Thou lovest right, and hatest ill;

   for God, thy God, most high,

   Above thy fellows hath with th' oil

   of joy anointed thee.


   ^8Of aloes, myrrh, and cassia,

   a smell thy garments had,

   Out of the iv'ry palaces,

   whereby they made thee glad.


   ^9Among thy women honourable

   kings' daughters were at hand:

   Upon thy right hand did the queen

   in gold of Ophir stand.


   ^10O daughter, hearken and regard,

   and do thine ear incline;

   Likewise forget thy father's house,

   and people that are thine.


   ^11Then of the King desir'd shall be

   thy beauty veh'mently:

   Because he is thy Lord, do thou

   him worship rev'rently.


   ^12The daughter there of Tyre shall be

   with gifts and off `rings great:

   Those of the people that are rich

   thy favour shall entreat.


   ^13Behold, the daughter of the King

   all glorious is within;

   And with embroideries of gold

   her garments wrought have been.


   ^14She shall be brought unto the King

   in robes with needle wrought;

   Her fellow-virgins following

   shall unto thee be brought.


   ^15They shall be brought with gladness great,

   and mirth on ev'ry side,

   Into the palace of the King,

   and there they shall abide.


   ^16Instead of those thy fathers dear,

   thy children thou may'st take,

   And in all places of the earth

   them noble princes make.


   ^17Thy name remember'd I will make

   through ages all to be:

   The people therefore evermore

   shall praises give to thee.
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Psalm 45

Second Version (S.M.)

   6,6,8,6


   ^1My heart inditing is

   good matter in a song:

   I speak the things that I have made,

   which to the King belong:


   My tongue shall be as quick,

   his honour to indite,

   As is the pen of any scribe

   that useth fast to write.


   ^2Thou'rt fairest of all men;

   grace in thy lips doth flow:

   And therefore blessings evermore

   on thee doth God bestow.


   ^3Thy sword gird on thy thigh,

   thou that art most of might:

   Appear in dreadful majesty,

   and in thy glory bright.


   ^4For meekness, truth, and right,

   ride prosp'rously in state;

   And thy right hand shall teach to thee

   things terrible and great.


   ^5Thy shafts shall pierce their hearts

   that foes are to the King;

   Whereby into subjection

   the people thou shalt bring.


   ^6Thy royal seat, O Lord,

   for ever shall remain:

   The sceptre of thy kingdom doth

   all righteousness maintain.


   ^7Thou lov'st right, and hat'st ill;

   for God, thy God, most high,

   Above thy fellows hath with th' oil

   of joy anointed thee.


   ^8Of myrrh and spices sweet

   a smell thy garments had,

   Out of the iv'ry palaces,

   whereby they made thee glad.


   ^9And in thy glorious train

   kings' daughters waiting stand;

   And thy fair queen, in Ophir gold,

   doth stand at thy right hand.


   ^10O daughter, take good heed,

   incline, and give good ear;

   Thou must forget thy kindred all,

   and father's house most dear.


   ^11Thy beauty to the King

   shall then delightful be:

   And do thou humbly worship him,

   because thy Lord is he.


   ^12The daughter then of Tyre

   there with a gift shall be,

   And all the wealthy of the land

   shall make their suit to thee.


   ^13The daughter of the King

   all glorious is within;

   And with embroideries of gold

   her garments wrought have been.


   ^14She cometh to the King

   in robes with needle wrought;

   The virgins that do follow her

   shall unto thee be brought.


   ^15They shall be brought with joy,

   and mirth on ev'ry side,

   Into the palace of the King,

   and there they shall abide.


   ^16And in thy fathers' stead,

   thy children thou may'st take,

   And in all places of the earth

   them noble princes make.


   ^17I will shew forth thy name

   to generations all:

   Therefore the people evermore

   to thee give praises shall.
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Psalm 46

   To the chief Musician, for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alomoth.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1God is our refuge and our strength,

   in straits a present aid;

   ^2Therefore, although the earth remove,

   we will not be afraid:


   Though hills amidst the seas be cast;

   ^3Though waters roaring make,

   And troubled be; yea, though the hills,

   by swelling seas do shake.


   ^4A river is, whose streams do glad

   the city of our God;

   The holy place, wherein the Lord

   most high hath his abode.


   ^5God in the midst of her doth dwell;

   nothing shall her remove:

   The Lord to her an helper will,

   and that right early, prove.


   ^6The heathen rag'd tumultuously,

   the kingdoms moved were:

   The Lord God uttered his voice,

   the earth did melt for fear.


   ^7The Lord of hosts upon our side

   doth constantly remain:

   The God of Jacob's our refuge,

   us safely to maintain.


   ^8Come, and behold what wondrous works

   have by the Lord been wrought;

   Come, see what desolations

   he on the earth hath brought.


   ^9Unto the ends of all the earth

   wars into peace he turns:

   The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts,

   in fire the chariot burns.


   ^10Be still, and know that I am God;

   among the heathen I

   Will be exalted; I on earth

   will be exalted high.


   ^11Our God, who is the Lord of hosts,

   is still upon our side;

   The God of Jacob our refuge

   for ever will abide.
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Psalm 47

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1All people, clap your hands; to God

   with voice of triumph shout:

   ^2For dreadful is the Lord most high,

   great King the earth throughout.


   ^3The heathen people under us

   he surely shall subdue;

   And he shall make the nations

   under our feet to bow.


   ^4The lot of our inheritance

   chuse out for us shall he,

   Of Jacob, whom he loved well,

   ev'n the excellency.


   ^5God is with shouts gone up, the Lord

   with trumpets sounding high.

   ^6Sing praise to God, sing praise, sing praise,

   praise to our King sing ye.


   ^7For God is King of all the earth;

   with knowledge praise express.

   ^8God rules the nations: God sits on

   his throne of holiness.


   ^9The princes of the people are

   assembled willingly;

   Ev'n of the God of Abraham

   they who the people be.


   For why? the shields that do defend

   the earth are only his:

   They to the Lord belong; yea, he

   exalted greatly is.
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Psalm 48

   A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Great is the Lord, and greatly he

   is to be praised still,

   Within the city of our God,

   upon his holy hill.


   ^2Mount Sion stands most beautiful,

   the joy of all the land;

   The city of the mighty King

   on her north side doth stand.


   ^3The Lord within her palaces

   is for a refuge known.

   ^4For, lo, the kings that gather'd were

   together, by have gone.


   ^5But when they did behold the same,

   they, wond'ring, would not stay;

   But, being troubled at the sight,

   they thence did haste away.


   ^6Great terror there took hold on them;

   they were possess'd with fear;

   Their grief came like a woman's pain,

   when she a child doth bear.


   ^7Thou Tarshish ships with east wind break'st:

   ^8As we have heard it told,

   So, in the city of the Lord,

   our eyes did it behold;


   In our God's city, which his hand

   for ever stablish will.

   ^9We of thy loving-kindness thought,

   Lord, in thy temple still.


   ^10O Lord, according to thy name,

   through all the earth's thy praise;

   And thy right hand, O Lord, is full

   of righteousness always.


   ^11Because thy judgments are made known,

   let Sion mount rejoice;

   Of Judah let the daughters all

   send forth a cheerful voice.


   ^12Walk about Sion, and go round;

   the high tow'rs thereof tell:

   ^13Consider ye her palaces,

   and mark her bulwarks well;


   That ye may tell posterity.

   ^14For this God doth abide

   Our God for evermore; he will

   ev'n unto death us guide.
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Psalm 49

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Hear this, all people, and give ear,

   all in the world that dwell;

   ^2Both low and high, both rich and poor.

   ^3My mouth shall wisdom tell:


   My heart shall knowledge meditate.

   ^4I will incline mine ear

   To parables, and on the harp

   my sayings dark declare.


   ^5Amidst those days that evil be,

   why should I, fearing, doubt?

   When of my heels th' iniquity

   shall compass me about.


   ^6Whoe'er they be that in their wealth

   their confidence do pitch,

   And boast themselves, because they are

   become exceeding rich:


   ^7Yet none of these his brother can

   redeem by any way;

   Nor can he unto God for him

   sufficient ransom pay,


   ^8(Their soul's redemption precious is,

   and it can never be,)

   ^9That still he should for ever live,

   and not corruption see.


   ^10For why? he seeth that wise men die,

   and brutish fools also

   Do perish; and their wealth, when dead,

   to others they let go.


   ^11Their inward thought is, that their house

   and dwelling-places shall

   Stand through all ages; they their lands

   by their own names do call.


   ^12But yet in honour shall not man

   abide continually;

   But passing hence, may be compar'd

   unto the beasts that die.


   ^13Thus brutish folly plainly is

   their wisdom and their way;

   Yet their posterity approve

   what they do fondly say.


   ^14Like sheep they in the grave are laid,

   and death shall them devour;

   And in the morning upright men

   shall over them have pow'r:


   Their beauty from their dwelling shall

   consume within the grave.

   ^15But from hell's hand God will me free,

   for he shall me receive.


   ^16Be thou not then afraid when one

   enriched thou dost see,

   Nor when the glory of his house

   advanced is on high:


   ^17For he shall carry nothing hence

   when death his days doth end;

   Nor shall his glory after him

   into the grave descend.


   ^18Although he his own soul did bless

   whilst he on earth did live;

   (And when thou to thyself dost well,

   men will thee praises give;)


   ^19He to his fathers' race shall go,

   they never shall see light.

   ^20Man honour'd wanting knowledge is

   like beasts that perish quite.
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Psalm 50

   A Psalm of Asaph.

First Version (S.M.)

   6,6,8,6


   ^1The mighty God, the Lord,

   hath spoken, and did call

   The earth, from rising of the sun,

   to where he hath his fall.


   ^2From out of Sion hill,

   which of excellency

   And beauty the perfection is,

   God shined gloriously.


   ^3Our God shall surely come,

   keep silence shall not he:

   Before him fire shall waste, great storms

   shall round about him be.


   ^4Unto the heavens clear

   he from above shall call,

   And to the earth likewise, that he

   may judge his people all.


   ^5Together let my saints

   unto me gather'd be,

   Those that by sacrifice have made

   a covenant with me.


   ^6And then the heavens shall

   his righteousness declare:

   Because the Lord himself is he

   by whom men judged are.


   ^7My people Isr'el hear,

   speak will I from on high,

   Against thee I will testify;

   God, ev'n thy God, am I.


   ^8I for thy sacrifice

   no blame will on thee lay,

   Nor for burnt-off `rings, which to me

   thou offer'dst ev'ry day.


   ^9I'll take no calf nor goats

   from house or fold of thine:

   ^10For beasts of forests, cattle all

   on thousand hills, are mine.


   ^11The fowls on mountains high

   are all to me well known;

   Wild beasts which in the fields do lie,

   ev'n they are all mine own.


   ^12Then, if I hungry were,

   I would not tell it thee;

   Because the world, and fulness all

   thereof, belongs to me.


   ^13Will I eat flesh of bulls?

   or goats' blood drink will I?

   ^14Thanks offer thou to God, and pay

   thy vows to the most High.


   ^15And call upon me when

   in trouble thou shalt be;

   I will deliver thee, and thou

   my name shalt glorify.


   ^16But to the wicked man

   God saith, My laws and truth

   Should'st thou declare? how dar'st thou take

   my cov'nant in thy mouth?


   ^17Sith thou instruction hat'st,

   which should thy ways direct;

   And sith my words behind thy back

   thou cast'st, and dost reject.


   ^18When thou a thief didst see,

   with him thou didst consent;

   And with the vile adulterers

   partaker on thou went.


   ^19Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill,

   thy tongue deceit doth frame;

   ^20Thou sitt'st, and `gainst thy brother speak'st,

   thy mother's son dost shame.


   ^21Because I silence kept,

   while thou these things hast wrought;

   That I was altogether like

   thyself, hath been thy thought;


   Yet I will thee reprove,

   and set before thine eyes,

   In order ranked, thy misdeeds

   and thine iniquities.


   ^22Now, ye that God forget,

   this carefully consider;

   Lest I in pieces tear you all,

   and none can you deliver.


   ^23Whoso doth offer praise

   me glorifies; and I

   Will shew him God's salvation,

   that orders right his way.
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Psalm 50

Second Version (C.M.)

   8,6,8,6


   ^1The mighty God, the Lord, hath spoke,

   and call'd the earth upon,

   Ev'n from the rising of the sun

   unto his going down.


   ^2From out of Sion, his own hill,

   where the perfection high

   Of beauty is, from thence the Lord

   hath shined gloriously.


   ^3Our God shall come, and shall no more

   be silent, but speak out:

   Before him fire shall waste, great storms

   shall compass him about.


   ^4He to the heavens from above,

   and to the earth below,

   Shall call, that he his judgments may

   before his people show.


   ^5Let all my saints together be

   unto me gathered;

   Those that by sacrifice with me

   a covenant have made.


   ^6And then the heavens shall declare

   his righteousness abroad:

   Because the Lord himself doth come;

   none else is judge but God.


   ^7Hear, O my people, and I'll speak;

   O Israel by name,

   Against thee I will testify;

   God, ev'n thy God, I am.


   ^8I for thy sacrifices few

   reprove thee never will,

   Nor for burnt-off `rings to have been

   before me offer'd still.


   ^9I'll take no bullock nor he-goats

   from house nor folds of thine:

   ^10For beasts of forests, cattle all

   on thousand hills, are mine.


   ^11The fowls are all to me well known

   that mountains high do yield;

   And I do challenge as mine own

   the wild beasts of the field.


   ^12If I were hungry, I would not

   to thee for need complain;

   For earth, and all its fulness, doth

   to me of right pertain.


   ^13That I to eat the flesh of bulls

   take pleasure dost thou think?

   Or that I need, to quench my thirst,

   the blood of goats to drink?


   ^14Nay, rather unto me, thy God,

   thanksgiving offer thou:

   To the most High perform thy word,

   and fully pay thy vow:


   ^15And in the day of trouble great

   see that thou call on me;

   I will deliver thee, and thou

   my name shalt glorify.


   ^16But God unto the wicked saith,

   Why should'st thou mention make

   Of my commands? how dar'st thou in

   thy mouth my cov'nant take?


   ^17Sith it is so that thou dost hate

   all good instruction;

   And sith thou cast'st behind thy back,

   and slight'st my words each one.


   ^18When thou a thief didst see, then straight

   thou join'dst with him in sin,

   And with the vile adulterers

   thou hast partaker been.


   ^19Thy mouth to evil thou dost give,

   thy tongue deceit doth frame.

   ^20Thou sitt'st, and `gainst thy brother speak'st,

   thy mother's son to shame.


   ^21These things thou wickedly hast done,

   and I have silent been:

   Thou thought'st that I was like thyself,

   and did approve thy sin:


   But I will sharply thee reprove,

   and I will order right

   Thy sins and thy transgressions

   in presence of thy sight.


   ^22Consider this, and be afraid,

   ye that forget the Lord,

   Lest I in pieces tear you all,

   when none can help afford.


   ^23Who off'reth praise me glorifies:

   I will shew God's salvation

   To him that ordereth aright

   his life and conversation.
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Psalm 51

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came
   unto him, after he had gone into Bathsheba.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1After thy loving-kindness, Lord,

   have mercy upon me:

   For thy compassions great, blot out

   all mine iniquity.


   ^2Me cleanse from sin, and throughly wash

   from mine iniquity:

   ^3For my transgressions I confess;

   my sin I ever see.


   ^4'Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinn'd,

   in thy sight done this ill;

   That when thou speak'st thou may'st be just,

   and clear in judging still.


   ^5Behold, I in iniquity

   was form'd the womb within;

   My mother also me conceiv'd

   in guiltiness and sin.


   ^6Behold, thou in the inward parts

   with truth delighted art;

   And wisdom thou shalt make me know

   within the hidden part.


   ^7Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me,

   I shall be cleansed so;

   Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall

   be whiter than the snow.


   ^8Of gladness and of joyfulness

   make me to hear the voice;

   That so these very bones which thou

   hast broken may rejoice.


   ^9All mine iniquities blot out,

   thy face hide from my sin.

   ^10Create a clean heart, Lord, renew

   a right sp'rit me within.


   ^11Cast me not from thy sight, nor take

   thy Holy Sp'rit away.

   ^12Restore me thy salvation's joy;

   with thy free Sp'rit me stay.


   ^13Then will I teach thy ways unto

   those that transgressors be;

   And those that sinners are shall then

   be turned unto thee.


   ^14O God, of my salvation God,

   me from blood-guiltiness

   Set free; then shall my tongue aloud

   sing of thy righteousness.


   ^15My closed lips, O Lord, by thee

   let them be opened;

   Then shall thy praises by my mouth

   abroad be published.


   ^16For thou desir'st not sacrifice,

   else would I give it thee;

   Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering

   at all delighted be.


   ^17A broken spirit is to God

   a pleasing sacrifice:

   A broken and a contrite heart,

   Lord, thou wilt not despise.


   ^18Shew kindness, and do good, O Lord,

   to Sion, thine own hill:

   The walls of thy Jerusalem

   build up of thy good will.


   ^19Then righteous off `rings shall thee please,

   and off `rings burnt, which they

   With whole burnt-off `rings, and with calves,

   shall on thine altar lay.
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Psalm 52

   To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite
   came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of
   Ahimelech.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Why dost thou boast, O mighty man,

   of mischief and of ill?

   The goodness of Almighty God

   endureth ever still.


   ^2Thy tongue mischievous calumnies

   deviseth subtilely,

   Like to a razor sharp to cut,

   working deceitfully.


   ^3Ill more than good, and more than truth

   thou lovest to speak wrong:

   ^4Thou lovest all-devouring words,

   O thou deceitful tongue.


   ^5So God shall thee destroy for aye,

   remove thee, pluck thee out

   Quite from thy house, out of the land

   of life he shall thee root.


   ^6The righteous shall it see, and fear,

   and laugh at him they shall:

   ^7Lo, this the man is that did not

   make God his strength at all:


   But he in his abundant wealth

   his confidence did place;

   And he took strength unto himself

   from his own wickedness.


   ^8But I am in the house of God

   like to an olive green:

   My confidence for ever hath

   upon God's mercy been.


   ^9And I for ever will thee praise,

   because thou hast done this:

   I on thy name will wait; for good

   before thy saints it is.
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Psalm 53

   To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1That there is not a God, the fool

   doth in his heart conclude:

   They are corrupt, their works are vile,

   not one of them doth good.


   ^2The Lord upon the sons of men

   from heav'n did cast his eyes,

   To see if any one there was

   that sought God, and was wise.


   ^3They altogether filthy are,

   they all are backward gone;

   And there is none that doeth good,

   no, not so much as one.


   ^4These workers of iniquity,

   do they not know at all,

   That they my people eat as bread,

   and on God do not call?


   ^5Ev'n there they were afraid, and stood

   with trembling, all dismay'd,

   Whereas there was no cause at all

   why they should be afraid:


   For God his bones that thee besieg'd

   hath scatter'd all abroad;

   Thou hast confounded them, for they

   despised are of God.


   ^6Let Isr'el's help from Sion come:

   when back the Lord shall bring

   His captives, Jacob shall rejoice,

   and Israel shall sing.
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Psalm 54

   To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the
   Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Save me, O God, by thy great name,

   and judge me by thy strength:

   ^2My prayer hear, O God; give ear

   unto my words at length.


   ^3For they that strangers are to me

   do up against me rise;

   Oppressors seek my soul, and God

   set not before their eyes.


   ^4The Lord my God my helper is,

   lo, therefore I am bold:

   He taketh part with ev'ry one

   that doth my soul uphold.


   ^5Unto mine enemies he shall

   mischief and ill repay:

   O for thy truth's sake cut them off,

   and sweep them clean away.


   ^6I will a sacrifice to thee

   give with free willingness;

   Thy name, O Lord, because `tis good,

   with praise I will confess.


   ^7For he hath me delivered

   from all adversities;

   And his desire mine eye hath seen

   upon mine enemies.
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Psalm 55

   To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Lord, hear my pray'r, hide not thyself

   from my entreating voice:

   ^2Attend and hear me; in my plaint

   I mourn and make a noise.


   ^3Because of th' en'my's voice, and for

   lewd men's oppression great:

   On me they cast iniquity,

   and they in wrath me hate.


   ^4Sore pain'd within me is my heart:

   death's terrors on me fall.

   ^5On me comes trembling, fear and dread

   o'erwhelmed me withal.


   ^6O that I, like a dove, had wings,

   said I, then would I flee

   Far hence, that I might find a place

   where I in rest might be.


   ^7Lo, then far off I wander would,

   and in the desert stay;

   ^8From windy storm and tempest I

   would haste to `scape away.


   ^9O Lord, on them destruction bring,

   and do their tongues divide;

   For in the city violence

   and strife I have espy'd.


   ^10They day and night upon the walls

   do go about it round:

   There mischief is, and sorrow there

   in midst of it is found.


   ^11Abundant wickedness there is

   within her inward part;

   And from her streets deceitfulness

   and guile do not depart.


   ^12He was no foe that me reproach'd,

   then that endure I could;

   Nor hater that did `gainst me boast,

   from him me hide I would.


   ^13But thou, man, who mine equal, guide,

   and mine acquaintance wast:

   ^14We join'd sweet counsels, to God's house

   in company we past.


   ^15Let death upon them seize, and down

   let them go quick to hell;

   For wickedness doth much abound

   among them where they dwell.


   ^16I'll call on God: God will me save.

   ^17I'll pray, and make a noise

   At ev'ning, morning, and at noon;

   and he shall hear my voice.


   ^18He hath my soul delivered,

   that it in peace might be

   From battle that against me was;

   for many were with me.


   ^19The Lord shall hear, and them afflict,

   of old who hath abode:

   Because they never changes have,

   therefore they fear not God.


   ^20'Gainst those that were at peace with him

   he hath put forth his hand:

   The covenant that he had made,

   by breaking he profan'd.


   ^21More smooth than butter were his words,

   while in his heart was war;

   His speeches were more soft than oil,

   and yet drawn swords they are.


   ^22Cast thou thy burden on the Lord,

   and he shall thee sustain;

   Yea, he shall cause the righteous man

   unmoved to remain.


   ^23But thou, O Lord my God, those men

   in justice shalt o'erthrow,

   And in destruction's dungeon dark

   at last shalt lay them low:


   The bloody and deceitful men

   shall not live half their days:

   But upon thee with confidence

   I will depend always.
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Psalm 56

   To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when
   the Philistines took him in Gath.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Shew mercy, Lord, to me, for man

   would swallow me outright;

   He me oppresseth, while he doth

   against me daily fight.


   ^2They daily would me swallow up

   that hate me spitefully;

   For they be many that do fight

   against me, O most High.


   ^3When I'm afraid I'll trust in thee:

   ^4In God I'll praise his word;

   I will not fear what flesh can do,

   my trust is in the Lord.


   ^5Each day they wrest my words; their thoughts

   'gainst me are all for ill.

   ^6They meet, they lurk, they mark my steps,

   waiting my soul to kill.


   ^7But shall they by iniquity

   escape thy judgments so?

   O God, with indignation down

   do thou the people throw.


   ^8My wand'rings all what they have been

   thou know'st, their number took;

   Into thy bottle put my tears:

   are they not in thy book?


   ^9My foes shall, when I cry, turn back;

   I know't, God is for me.

   ^10In God his word I'll praise; his word

   in God shall praised be.


   ^11In God I trust; I will not fear

   what man can do to me.

   ^12Thy vows upon me are, O God:

   I'll render praise to thee.


   ^13Wilt thou not, who from death me sav'd,

   my feet from falls keep free,

   To walk before God in the light

   of those that living be?
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Psalm 57

   To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from
   Saul in the cave.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Be merciful to me, O God;

   thy mercy unto me

   Do thou extend; because my soul

   doth put her trust in thee:


   Yea, in the shadow of thy wings

   my refuge I will place,

   Until these sad calamities

   do wholly overpass.


   ^2My cry I will cause to ascend

   unto the Lord most high;

   To God, who doth all things for me

   perform most perfectly.


   ^3From heav'n he shall send down, and me

   from his reproach defend

   That would devour me: God his truth

   and mercy forth shall send.


   ^4My soul among fierce lions is,

   I firebrands live among,

   Men's sons, whose teeth are spears and darts,

   a sharp sword is their tongue.


   ^5Be thou exalted very high

   above the heav'ns, O God;

   Let thou thy glory be advanc'd

   o'er all the earth abroad.


   ^6My soul's bow'd down; for they a net

   have laid, my steps to snare:

   Into the pit which they have digg'd

   for me, they fallen are.


   ^7My heart is fix'd, my heart is fix'd,

   O God; I'll sing and praise.

   ^8My glory wake; wake psalt'ry, harp;

   myself I'll early raise.


   ^9I'll praise thee `mong the people, Lord;

   'mong nations sing will I:

   ^10For great to heav'n thy mercy is,

   thy truth is to the sky.


   ^11O Lord, exalted be thy name

   above the heav'ns to stand:

   Do thou thy glory far advance

   above both sea and land.
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Psalm 58

   To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Do ye, O congregation,

   indeed speak righteousness?

   O ye that are the sons of men,

   judge ye with uprightness?


   ^2Yea, ev'n within your very hearts

   ye wickedness have done;

   And ye the vi'lence of your hands

   do weigh the earth upon.


   ^3The wicked men estranged are,

   ev'n from the very womb;

   They, speaking lies, do stray as soon

   as to the world they come.


   ^4Unto a serpent's poison like

   their poison doth appear;

   Yea, they are like the adder deaf,

   that closely stops her ear;


   ^5That so she may not hear the voice

   of one that charm her would,

   No, not though he most cunning were,

   and charm most wisely could.


   ^6Their teeth, O God, within their mouth

   break thou in pieces small;

   The great teeth break thou out, O Lord,

   of these young lions all.


   ^7Let them like waters melt away,

   which downward still do flow:

   In pieces cut his arrows all,

   when he shall bend his bow.


   ^8Like to a snail that melts away,

   let each of them be gone;

   Like woman's birth untimely, that

   they never see the sun.


   ^9He shall them take away before

   your pots the thorns can find,

   Both living, and in fury great,

   as with a stormy wind.


   ^10The righteous, when he vengeance sees,

   he shall be joyful then;

   The righteous one shall wash his feet

   in blood of wicked men.


   ^11So men shall say, The righteous man

   reward shall never miss:

   And verily upon the earth

   a God to judge there is.
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Psalm 59

   To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent,
   and they watched the house to kill him.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1My God, deliver me from those

   that are mine enemies;

   And do thou me defend from those

   that up against me rise.


   ^2Do thou deliver me from them

   that work iniquity;

   And give me safety from the men

   of bloody cruelty.


   ^3For, lo, they for my soul lay wait:

   the mighty do combine

   Against me, Lord; not for my fault,

   nor any sin of mine.


   ^4They run, and, without fault in me,

   themselves do ready make:

   Awake to meet me with thy help;

   and do thou notice take.


   ^5Awake therefore, Lord God of hosts,

   thou God of Israel,

   To visit heathen all: spare none

   that wickedly rebel.


   ^6At ev'ning they go to and fro;

   they make great noise and sound,

   Like to a dog, and often walk

   about the city round.


   ^7Behold, they belch out with their mouth,

   and in their lips are swords:

   For they do say thus, Who is he

   that now doth hear our words?


   ^8But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them,

   and all the heathen mock.

   ^9While he's in pow'r I'll wait on thee;

   for God is my high rock.


   ^10He of my mercy that is God

   betimes shall me prevent;

   Upon mine en'mies God shall let

   me see mine heart's content.


   ^11Them slay not, lest my folk forget;

   but scatter them abroad

   By thy strong pow'r; and bring them down,

   O thou our shield and God.


   ^12For their mouth's sin, and for the words

   that from their lips do fly,

   Let them be taken in their pride;

   because they curse and lie.


   ^13In wrath consume them, them consume,

   that so they may not be:

   And that in Jacob God doth rule

   to th' earth's ends let them see.


   ^14At ev'ning let thou them return,

   making great noise and sound,

   Like to a dog, and often walk

   about the city round.


   ^15And let them wander up and down,

   in seeking food to eat;

   And let them grudge when they shall not

   be satisfy'd with meat.


   ^16But of thy pow'r I'll sing aloud;

   at morn thy mercy praise:

   For thou to me my refuge wast,

   and tow'r, in troublous days.


   ^17O God, thou art my strength, I will

   sing praises unto thee;

   For God is my defence, a God

   of mercy unto me.
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Psalm 60

   To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach;
   when he strove with Aram-naharaim, and with Aram-zobah, when Joab
   returned and smote of Edom, in the valley of Salt, twelve thousand.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1O Lord, thou hast rejected us,

   and scatter'd us abroad;

   Thou justly hast displeased been;

   return to us, O God.


   ^2The earth to tremble thou hast made;

   therein didst breaches make:

   Do thou thereof the breaches heal,

   because the land doth shake.


   ^3Unto thy people thou hard things

   hast shew'd, and on them sent;

   And thou hast caused us to drink

   wine of astonishment.


   ^4And yet a banner thou hast giv'n

   to them who thee do fear;

   That it by them, because of truth,

   displayed may appear.


   ^5That thy beloved people may

   deliver'd be from thrall,

   Save with the pow'r of thy right hand,

   and hear me when I call.


   ^6God in his holiness hath spoke;

   herein I will take pleasure:

   Shechem I will divide, and forth

   will Succoth's valley measure.


   ^7Gilead I claim as mine by right;

   Manasseh mine shall be;

   Ephraim is of mine head the strength;

   Judah gives laws for me;


   ^8Moab's my washing-pot; my shoe

   I'll over Edom throw;

   And over Palestina's land

   I will in triumph go.


   ^9O who is he will bring me to

   the city fortify'd?

   O who is he that to the land

   of Edom will me guide?


   ^10O God, which hadest us cast off,

   this thing wilt thou not do?

   Ev'n thou, O God, which didest not

   forth with our armies go?


   ^11Help us from trouble; for the help

   is vain which man supplies.

   ^12Through God we'll do great acts; he shall

   tread down our enemies.
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Psalm 61

   To the chief Musician upon Neginoth, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1O God, give ear unto my cry;

   unto my pray'r attend.

   ^2From th' utmost corner of the land

   my cry to thee I'll send.


   What time my heart is overwhelm'd,

   and in perplexity,

   Do thou me lead unto the Rock

   that higher is than I.


   ^3For thou hast for my refuge been

   a shelter by thy pow'r;

   And for defence against my foes

   thou hast been a strong tow'r.


   ^4Within thy tabernacle I

   for ever will abide;

   And under covert of thy wings

   with confidence me hide.


   ^5For thou the vows that I did make,

   O Lord my God, didst hear:

   Thou hast giv'n me the heritage

   of those thy name that fear.


   ^6A life prolong'd for many days

   thou to the king shalt give;

   Like many generations be

   the years which he shall live.


   ^7He in God's presence his abode

   for evermore shall have:

   O do thou truth and mercy both

   prepare, that may him save.


   ^8And so will I perpetually

   sing praise unto thy name;

   That having made my vows, I may

   each day perform the same.
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Psalm 62

   To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1My soul with expectation

   depends on God indeed;

   My strength and my salvation doth

   from him alone proceed.


   ^2He only my salvation is,

   and my strong rock is he:

   He only is my sure defence;

   much mov'd I shall not be.


   ^3How long will ye against a man

   plot mischief? ye shall all

   Be slain; ye as a tott'ring fence

   shall be, and bowing wall.


   ^4They only plot to cast him down

   from his excellency:

   They joy in lies; with mouth they bless,

   but they curse inwardly.


   ^5My soul, wait thou with patience

   upon thy God alone;

   On him dependeth all my hope

   and expectation.


   ^6He only my salvation is,

   and my strong rock is he;

   He only is my sure defence:

   I shall not moved be.


   ^7In God my glory placed is,

   and my salvation sure;

   In God the rock is of my strength,

   my refuge most secure.


   ^8Ye people, place your confidence

   in him continually;

   Before him pour ye out your heart:

   God is our refuge high.


   ^9Surely mean men are vanity,

   and great men are a lie;

   In balance laid, they wholly are

   more light than vanity.


   ^10Trust ye not in oppression,

   in robb'ry be not vain;

   On wealth set not your hearts, when as

   increased is your gain.


   ^11God hath it spoken once to me,

   yea, this I heard again,

   That power to Almighty God

   alone doth appertain.


   ^12Yea, mercy also unto thee

   belongs, O Lord, alone:

   For thou according to his work

   rewardest ev'ry one.
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Psalm 63

   A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1Lord, thee my God, I'll early seek:

   my soul doth thirst for thee;

   My flesh longs in a dry parch'd land,

   wherein no waters be:


   ^2That I thy power may behold,

   and brightness of thy face,

   As I have seen thee heretofore

   within thy holy place.


   ^3Since better is thy love than life,

   my lips thee praise shall give.

   ^4I in thy name will lift my hands,

   and bless thee while I live.


   ^5Ev'n as with marrow and with fat

   my soul shall filled be;

   Then shall my mouth with joyful lips

   sing praises unto thee:


   ^6When I do thee upon my bed

   remember with delight,

   And when on thee I meditate

   in watches of the night.


   ^7In shadow of thy wings I'll joy;

   for thou mine help hast been.

   ^8My soul thee follows hard; and me

   thy right hand doth sustain.


   ^9Who seek my soul to spill shall sink

   down to earth's lowest room.

   ^10They by the sword shall be cut off,

   and foxes' prey become.


   ^11Yet shall the king in God rejoice,

   and each one glory shall

   That swear by him: but stopp'd shall be

   the mouth of liars all.
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Psalm 64

   To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

   8,6,8,6


   ^1When I to thee my prayer make,

   Lord, to my voice give ear;

   My life save from the enemy,

   of whom I stand in fear.


   ^2Me from their secret counsel hide

   who do live wickedly;

   From insurrection of those men

   that work iniquity:


   ^3Who do their tongues with malice whet,

   and make them cut like swords;

   In whose bent bows are arrows set,

   ev'n sharp and bitter words:


   ^4That they may at the perfect man

   in secret aim their shot;

   Yea, suddenly they dare at him

   to shoot, and fear it not.


   ^5In ill encourage they themselve