{A Psalm of David when he fled from the face of Absalom} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise against me.

{To the Chanter in Neginoth, a Psalm of David} Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.

Know this also, that the LORD hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; when I call upon the LORD, he will hear me.

And why? For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.

For he lieth waiting secretly; even as a lion lurketh he in his den, that he may ravish the poor. He doth ravish the poor when he getteth him into his net.

The ungodly walk on every side; when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke.

Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Zion? When the LORD turneth the captivity of his people, then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.

They prevented me in the day of my trouble, but the LORD was my upholder. {TYNDALE: When they had compassed me in the day of my tribulation, the LORD stayed me up.}

Save, LORD, and hear us, O King of heaven, when we call upon thee.

But thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb; thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor: he hath not hid his face from him, but when he called unto him, he heard him.

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Hearken unto my voice, O LORD, when I cry unto thee: have mercy upon me, and hear me.

When my father and my mother forsake me, the LORD taketh me up.

Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee, when I hold up my hands towards the mercy seat of thy holy temple.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down into the pit? Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? Or shall it declare thy truth?

And when I made haste, I said, "I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes." Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer, when I cried unto thee.

{Of David, when he changed his speech before Abimelech; which drove him away, and he departed} I will always give thanks unto the LORD; his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

But the LORD will not leave him in his hands, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Hope thou in the LORD, and keep his way. And he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land; when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.

But when I went by, lo, he was gone; I sought him, but his place could nowhere be found.

When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment; every man therefore is but vanity. Selah.

The LORD shall refresh him, when he lieth sick upon his bed, yea thou makest his bed in all his sickness.

Mine enemies speak evil upon me, "When shall he die, and his name perish?"

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity, and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself; and when he cometh forth, he telleth it.

They have given a wicked sentence upon me, "When he lieth, he shall rise up no more."

My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself; for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God, in the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as keep holy-day.

no, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death

All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes and cassia, when thou comest out of thine ivory palaces in thy beautiful glory.

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, and when wickedness at my heels compasseth me round about?

But God shall deliver my soul from the power of hell, when he receiveth me. Selah.

for he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth, neither shall his pomp follow him.

But when he followeth his fathers' generation, he shall never see light any more.

When a man is in honour and hath no understanding, he is compared unto the brute beasts - and becometh like unto them.

{To the chanter, a Psalm of David, when the Prophet Nathan came unto him, after he was gone in to Bathsheba} Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.

Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and clear when thou shalt judge.

{To the Chanter, an exhortation of David when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul, and showed him, saying: David is come to the house of Abimelech} Thy boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant, that thou canst do mischief, whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily?

{To the Chanter, in Neginoth, an instruction of David when the Ziphites came, and said unto Saul: David is hid among us} Save me, O God, for thy name's sake, and avenge me in thy strength.

{To the chanter, upon the domme stock dove, which flyeth far off: Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath} Be merciful unto me, O God, for men will tread me down: they are daily fighting and troubling me.

They hold all together, and keep themselves close, and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.

{To the Chanter, Destroy Not, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave} Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee: and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be overpast.

Let them fall away like water that runneth a pace; and when they shoot their arrows, let them be rooted out.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly.

{To the Chanter, Destroy Not, Michtam of David, when Saul sent to watch the house, to the intent to kill him} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, and defend me from them that rise up against me.

Let them run here and there for meat, and grudge when they have not enough.

{To the chanter, upon the rose of witness, Michtam of David, for to teach: when he fought against Mesopotamia, and Syria of Zoba: and when Joab turned back, and slew twelve thousand Edomites in the valley of Salt} O God, thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad; thou that hast been so sore displeased at us, comfort us again.

From the ends of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is in heaviness. O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I;

{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is.

My soul is satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness, when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips.

Have I not remembered thee in my bed, and thought upon thee when I was waking?

which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble.

O God, when thou wentest forth before the people, when thou wentest through the wilderness, Selah,

Thou, O God sendest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance, and refreshest it when it is dry.

When the Almighty setteth kings upon the earth, it shall be clear even in the darkness; as white as snow in Zalmon.

They gave me gall to eat, and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.

Cast me not away in mine old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth me.

Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto children's children, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy that hath no help.

Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh, so makest thou their image to vanish out of the city.

When I may get a convenient time, I shall judge according unto right.

Thou art fearful, for who may abide in thy sight, when thou art angry?

When thou lettest thy judgment be heard from heaven, the earth trembleth and is still;

yea, when God ariseth to give judgment, and to help all them that be in adversity upon earth. Selah.

When I was in heaviness, I thought upon God: when my heart was vexed, then did I speak. Selah.

that their posterity might know it, and the children which were yet unborn, to the intent that when they came up, they might show their children the same;

When the LORD heard this, he was wroth: so the fire was kindled in Jacob, and heavy displeasure against Israel,

When he slew them, they sought him, and turned them early, and inquired after God.

They thought not of his hand, and of the day when he delivered them from the hand of the enemy;

When he made a way to his fearful indignation, and spared not their souls from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

When he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the most principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham.

When God heard this, he was wroth, and took sore displeasure at Israel,

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he came out of Egypt, and had heard a strange language.

When thou calledest upon me in trouble, I delivered thee, and heard thee, what time as the storm fell upon thee. I proved thee also at the waters of strife. Selah.

Thou rulest the pride of the sea; thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise.

For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

When he calleth upon me, I shall hear him: Yea I am with him in his trouble; whereout I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.

Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, when will ye understand?

When I said, "My foot hath slipped, thy mercy, O LORD, held me up."

when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.

{A prayer of the afflicted, when he was in woe, and poured out his complaint before the Lord} Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my crying come unto thee.

Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble; incline thine ear unto me when I call. O hear me, and that right soon.

when the LORD shall build up Zion, and when his glory shall appear;

when he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute, and despiseth not their desire.

when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms also, to serve the LORD.

But when the sun ariseth, they get them away together, and lie them down in their dens.

When thou givest it them, they gather it; when thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.

But when thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; when thou takest away their breath, they die, and are turned again to their dust.

When thou lettest thy breath go forth, they shall be made; and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

When there was yet but a few of them - and they strangers in the land -

Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity, he heard their complaint.

So when they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, he delivered them out of their distress.

So when they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, he delivereth them out of their distress.

When they are minished and brought low through oppression, through any plague or trouble,

When sentence is given upon him, let him be condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin.

When Israel came out of Egypt, and the house of Jacob from among that strange people,

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou hast set my heart at liberty.

They that fear thee, will be glad when they see me, because I put my trust in thy word.