Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD, that great is the glory of the LORD.

I will deck her priests with health, and her saints shall rejoice and sing.

And that was counted unto him for righteousness, among all posterities for evermore.

how he swore unto the LORD, and vowed a vow unto the almighty one of Jacob,

Thou madest room for it, and caused it to take root, so that it filled the land.

They forgot what he had done, and the wonderful works that he had showed for them.

For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; thou destroyest all them that commit fornication against thee.

Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation.

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

The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast: for they are minded to do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set against me.

The strange children shall fail, and be afraid out of their prisons. {TYNDALE: And the aliens that shrink away shall tremble for fear in their defended places.}

For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates, and hath blessed thy children within thee.

The plowers plowed upon my back, and made long furrows.

A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth; a malicious and wicked person shall be hunted away, and destroyed.

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will wish thee prosperity.

My lips shall speak of thy praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

All thy commandments are true. They persecute me falsely; O be thou my help.

The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; yet have I not shrinked from thy law.

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

because they were not obedient to the commandments of God, but lightly regarded the counsel of the most highest - he also brought down their hearts through heaviness.

But we will praise thee LORD, from this time forth for evermore. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

He opened the rock of stone, and the waters flowed out, so that rivers ran in the dry places.

As for me, I will give thanks unto the LORD with my mouth, and praise him among the multitude;

Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, that all they which go by, pluck off her grapes?

who perished at Endor, and became as the dung of the earth.

She stretched out her branches unto the sea, and her boughs unto the river.

He carried them unto the borders of his Sanctuary: even to this mountain, which he purchased with his righthand.

Their device is only how to put him out, whom God will exalt; their delight is in lies. They give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. Selah.

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

but rid me, and deliver me, in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the LORD in the congregations, from the ground of the heart.

Deliver me from all mine offenses; and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish.

Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.

As for lies, I hate and abhor them; but thy law do I love.

Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I stretch out my shoe; upon Philistia will I triumph."

Who can express the noble acts of the LORD, or show forth all his praise?

Thou, with thine arm, hast delivered thy people, even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me; and the fear of thee hath undone me.

if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments,

The haters of the LORD should have been found liars; but their time should have endured for ever.

Zion heareth of it and rejoiceth; yea, and the daughters of Judah are glad because of thy judgments, O LORD.

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

that he may deliver their soul from death, and to feed them in the time of dearth.

He cast out the heathen before them, caused their land to be divided among them for a heritage, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

For they regard not in their mind the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands: therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up.

For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah.

I acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me; O teach me then thy statutes.

but murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

Thou bringest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks; thou driest up mighty rivers.

that thy beloved may be delivered; let thy righthand save them, and hear thou me.

Thanks be to the LORD for evermore. Amen, Amen.

But ye imagine mischief in your hearts, and your hands deal with wickedness.

Thou lettest thy mouth speak wickedness, and thy tongue painteth deceit.

Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant, and cast his crown to the ground.

to be avenged of the heathen, and to rebuke the people;

They have mouths, and speak not; eyes have they, but they see not.

Send down thine hand from above; deliver me, and take me out of the greatwaters, from the hand of strange children,

Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces.

Let hot burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, and into the pit, that they never rise up again.

O deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

They draw nigh that of malice persecute me, and are far from thy law.

This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter into it.

I will pay my vows, now, in the presence of all his people;

I will walk before the LORD, in the land of the living.

They thrust at me, that I might fall; but the LORD was my help.

which turned the hard rock into a standing water, and the flint stone into a springing well.

that he may hear the mournings of such as be in captivity, and deliver the children that are appointed unto death,

My knees are weak through fasting; my flesh is dried up for want of fatness.

For the voice of my groaning, my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh.

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

Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more; let them be put to shame and perish.

Persecute them even so with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

Thou hast brought us into captivity, and laid trouble upon our loins.

Comfort us again, now after the time that thou hast plagued us, and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.

They have set fire upon thy holy places, and have defiled the dwelling place of thy name, even to the ground.

And all men that see it shall say, "This hath God done!" For they shall perceive that it is his work.

For lo, they lie in waiting for my soul; the mighty men are gathered together against me, without any offense or fault of me, O LORD.

But thou, O LORD, shalt have them in derision, thou shalt laugh all the Heathen to scorn.

Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses, that it may be told them that come after.

He shall subdue the people under us, and the Heathen under our feet.

He sendeth out his word, and melteth them; he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow.

They continue this day according to thine ordinance; for all things serve thee.

These did his tokens among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

Therefore is my spirit vexed within me, and my heart within me is desolate.

The proud imagine lies upon me, but I keep thy commandments with my whole heart.

O let thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

Hide me from the gathering together of the froward, and from the insurrection of wicked doers,

Behold, my delight is in thy commandments; O quicken me in thy righteousness.

My hand shall hold him fast, and mine arm shall strengthen him.

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame; and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloak.

that they may preach the name of the LORD in Zion, and his worship at Jerusalem,

My wounds stink, and are corrupt, through my foolishness.

He hath brought down my strength in my journey, and shortened my days.

Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar; for they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them.

There breaketh he the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the whole battle. Selah.

Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD to persecute them.

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

O let not the foot of pride overtake me; O let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down.

My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.

They murder the widow and the stranger, and put the fatherless to death.

He smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and of beast.

A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.

As he was following the ewes great with young, he took him, that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

If the LORD himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us,

Praised be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness; and the little hills shall rejoice on every side.

How he sent lice among them, to eat them up, and frogs to destroy them;

Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me.

Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy which hath done evil in thy sanctuary.

This shall please the LORD better than a bullock, that hath horns and hoofs.

Thou sellest thy people for naught, and takest no money for them.

All mine enemies whisper together against me; even against me do they imagine this evil.

The righteous also shall see this, and fear, and shall laugh him to scorn.

even upon such as keep his covenant, and think upon his commandments to do them.

LORD, why abhorrest thou my soul, and hidest thou thy face from me?

The righteous will consider this and rejoice; the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.

Wherefore should I be then punished daily, and be chastened every morning?"

Mine enemies revile me all the day long; and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me.

The wild boar out of the wood hath rooted it up, and the beasts of the field have devoured it.

Wilt thou be displeased at us forever? Wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another?

He brought them out safely, that they should not fear, and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea.

Let them go to and fro, and run about the city, howling like dogs.

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

O let the mount Zion rejoice, and the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

My desire is that mine enemies triumph not over me; for if my foot slip, they rejoice greatly against me.

I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I will cast them out as the clay in the streets. {TYNDALE: And I will beat them as small as the dust of the earth, and will stamp them as the dirt of the street, and will spread them abroad.}

He spake the word, and the grasshoppers came, and caterpillars innumerable,

In the morning it is green and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the world;

And he saved them from the adversary's hand, and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.

Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake; and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

I stick unto thy testimonies; O LORD, confound me not.

His lightnings give shine unto the world, the earth seeth it and is afraid.

Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? Or thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?

They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men.

Is his mercy clean gone? Is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore?

O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee; and according unto the power of thy arm, preserve those that are appointed to die.

O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove unto the beasts, and forget not the congregation of the poor forever.

He delivered their power into captivity, and their beauty into the enemy's hand.

He turned the sea into dry land, so that they went through the water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof.

that she should not hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.

How can they have understanding, that are the workers of wickedness, eating up my people as it were bread, and calling not upon God?

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

from the ungodly that trouble me. Mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.

that they may be avenged of them, as it is written. Such honour have all his saints. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their righthand is a righthand of falsity.

He brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.

wherewith thine have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine anointed.

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure? Selah.

I open my mouth and draw in my breath, for my delight is in thy commandments.

I put on a sackcloth, and therefore they jested upon me.

For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause; yea, and made a pit for my soul, which I never deserved.

For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.

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

I am ready to suffer trouble, and my heaviness is ever in my sight.

that our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets.

because they believed not in God, and put not their trust in his help.

Let the freewill offerings of my mouth please thee, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.

He smote divers nations, and slew mighty kings -

He caused the east wind to blow under the heaven, and through his power he brought in the southwest wind.

He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice: yea the LORD our God shall destroy them.

For I remember thine everlasting judgments, O LORD, and am comforted.

But thou, LORD, art the most highest for evermore.

Set not up your horn on high, and speak not with a stiff neck."

Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble; O haste thee, and hear me.

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

But God shall suddenly shoot with a swift arrow, that they shall be wounded.

I am become as it were a monster unto many, but my sure trust is in thee.

Yea, though he live long, and see not the grave.

Turn thy plagues away from me, for I am consumed through the fear of thy hand.

And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee, nor behave ourselves unfaithfully in thy covenant.

Lay hand upon the shield and buckler, and stand up to help me.

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

and appointed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting testament;

For why? He remembered his holy promise which he had made to Abraham his servant.

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread; let them seek it also out of desolate places.

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting; O grant me understanding, and I shall live.

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

The enemy shall not overcome him, and the son of wickedness shall not hurt him.

Thou art of more honour and might than the hills of the robbers.

But mine enemies live, and are mighty: and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number.

The moon and the stars to govern the night! For his mercy endureth forever.

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers, starting aside like a broken bow.

Lo, he smote the stony rock, that the watery streams gushed out, and the streams flowed withal: but how can he give bread and provide flesh for his people?"

Do well, O LORD, unto those that be good and true of heart.

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

the heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the wealthiest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

Let them fall from one wickedness to another, and not come into thy righteousness.

Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them.

Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall, insomuch that whoso seeth them, shall laugh them to scorn.

Wickedness is therein; deceit and guile go not out of her streets.

They are brought down and fallen, but we are risen and stand upright.

The LORD hath said, "I will bring my people again, as I did from Bashan; mine own will I bring again, as I did sometimes from the deep of the sea,

I called unto him with my mouth, and gave him praises with my tongue.

Our heart is not turned back, neither our steps gone out of thy way,

Consume them in thy wrath; consume them that they may perish, and know that it is God which ruleth in Jacob and in all the world. Selah.

For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the presence of thine anointed.

Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them; shoot out thine arrows, and consume them.

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door.

O Israel, trust in the LORD, from this time forth for evermore.

He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

It grieveth me when I see the transgressors, because they keep not thy law.

I make my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart; O be merciful unto me, according unto thy word.

Many a time did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness.

Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Therefore fall the people unto them, and there out suck they no small advantage.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are fallen.

Then remembered I the times of old, and the years that were past.

But I will talk of the God of Jacob, and praise him forever.

But it is thou that savest us from our enemies, and puttest them to confusion that hate us.

For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust; and our belly cleaveth unto the ground.

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth!

Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame, that say unto me, "There! There!"

Let them be put to confusion and shame together, that rejoice at my trouble: let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves against me.

"I will not come within the tabernacle of my house, nor climb up into my bed;

Even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.

My zeal hath even consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

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

Consider, O LORD, how I love thy commandments; O quicken me with thy loving-kindness.

Thou lovest to speak all words that may do hurt, O thou false tongue.

I will set his hand in the sea, and his righthand in the floods.

I would make haste to escape from the stormy wind and tempest."

Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul; let them be covered with shame and dishonour, that seek to do me evil.

for the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer, for the enemy and avenger.

Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enemies, so that they which hate us spoil our goods.

The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire;

that our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store; that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets;

Lo, thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the LORD.

But the righteous LORD hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.

Arise, O God, and maintain thine own cause; remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily.

O let my supplication come before thee; deliver me according to thy word.

Health is far from the ungodly, for they regard not thy statutes.

Like as a fire that burneth up the wood, and as the flame that consumeth the mountains.

Maintain thou my cause, and defend me; quicken me according unto thy word.

What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? And thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to thy mercy,

The seed of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee, reward them, O LORD, seven fold into their bosom.

They shall fall into the sword, and be a portion for foxes.

Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?

Shall they escape for their wickedness? Thou, O God, in thy displeasure shalt cast them down.

Awake, and stand up to judge my quarrel; avenge thou my cause, my God and my LORD.

For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.

whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom.

And of thy goodness scatter mine enemies abroad, and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant.

For there the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

Be thou surety for thy servant to do him good, that the proud do me no wrong.

O quicken me after thy loving-kindness; and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.

The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law.

Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of; for thy judgments are good.

Thus they provoked him unto anger with their own inventions; and the plague was great among them.

He made him LORD of his house, and ruler of all his substance,

He rained down manna upon them as thick as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.

Look upon the covenant, for the dark houses of the earth are full of wickedness.

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

This goeth day and night about the walls; mischief and vice are in the midst of it.

Which taketh away the breath of princes, and is wonderful among the kings of the earth.

I am become as a man that heareth not: and that can make no resistance with his mouth.

It is burnt with fire, and cut down; O let them perish at the rebuke of thy wrath.

until I find out a place for the temple of the LORD, a habitation for the mighty one of Jacob."

How he gave their fruits unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the grasshopper;

He brought waters out of the stony rock, so that it gushed out like the rivers.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother; I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

LORD, I look for thy saving health, and do after thy commandments.

Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be done away.

that thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and that thy dogs may lick it up."

that thy power, thy glory and mightiness of thy kingdom, might be known unto men.

Which smote great kings! For his mercy endureth forever.

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

His heart is stablished, and will not shrink, until he sees his desire upon his enemies.

Let not the ungodly have his desire, O LORD; let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. Selah.

They smite down thy people, O LORD, and trouble thine heritage.

Their heart is as fat as brawn, but my delight hath been in thy law.

and that because of thine indignation and wrath; for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down.

I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land, that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

And why? Their communing is not for peace, but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

And why? Judgment shall be turned again unto righteousness, and all such as are true in heart shall follow it.

For while he lived, he counted himself a happy man; and so long as thou doest well unto thyself, men will speak good of thee.

They gape upon me with their mouths, saying, "There! There! We see it with our eyes!"

that all the beasts of the field may have drink, and that the wild asses may quench their thirst.

Mine eyes long sore for thy word, saying, "O when wilt thou comfort me?"

He casteth forth his ice like morsels. Who is able to abide his frost?

I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber,

For there is the seat of judgment, even the seat of the house of David.

They imagine wickedness, and keep it secret among themselves; every man in the deep of his heart.

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

saying, "Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance."

They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

that thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity, until the pit be digged up for the ungodly.

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

I should soon have put down their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

O let not the simple go away ashamed; for the poor and needy give praises unto thy name.

O how suddenly do they consume, perish and come to a fearful end!

Let them soon be brought to shame, that cry over me, "There! there!"

With joy and gladness shall they be brought, and shall enter into the king's palace.

Haste thee to help me, O LORD God of my salvation.

Yea, and slew mighty kings! For his mercy endureth forever.

They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep; their soul melteth away in the trouble.

With a mighty hand and stretched-out arm! For his mercy endureth forever.

Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about.

But praised be the LORD, which hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth.

He smote all the firstborn in their land, even the chief of all their strength.

that he may set him among the princes, even among the princes of his people.

Then lift he up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness,

Let it thus happen from the LORD unto mine enemies, and to those that speak evil against my soul.

He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies and lice in all their quarters.

Their land brought forth frogs; yea, even in their king's chambers.

So the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the congregation of Abiram.

But he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger than their enemies,

The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not given in marriage.

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

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it; O deliver me, because of mine enemies.

Thou shalt grant the king a long life; that his years may endure throughout all generations,

Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not triumph over me.

Shall not thou do it, O God, thou that hast cast us out? Wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts?

Yea because of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek to do thee good.

O let my soul live, and praise thee, that thy judgments may help me.

The testimonies that thou hast commanded are exceeding righteous and true.

I long for thy saving health, O LORD; and in thy law is my delight.

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; yea, I shall ever be talking of thy statutes.

I have thought upon thy name, O LORD, in the night season, and have kept thy law.

and that, because his mind was not to do good, but persecuted the poor helpless, and him that was vexed at the heart, to slay him.

I am thine; O save me, for I seek thy commandments.

He gave them hail stones for rain, and flames of fire in their land.

Let his posterity be destroyed; and in the next generation let his name be clean put out.

in the courts of the LORD's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

Let the extortioner consume all that he hath; and let stranger spoil his labour.

Shalt not thou do it, O God which hast cast us out? And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

Who will lead me into the strong city? Who will bring me into Edom?

O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men; and so shall I keep thy commandments.

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

Why withdrawest thou thy hand? Why pluckest thou not thy righthand out of thy bosom, to consume thy enemies?

The fire was kindled in their company; the flame burnt up the ungodly.

Yea, let them now that fear the LORD confess, that his mercy endureth forever.

Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh us to scorn.

Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations, and set up their banners for tokens.

My tongue talketh of thy righteousness, all the day long; for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil.

to bind their kings in chains, and their nobles with links of iron,

Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together, and let me ever escape them.

young men and maidens, old men and children,

Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, the king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan -

ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.

Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up, but they have not overcome me.

Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy, and with the despitefulness of the proud.

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

I will pay my vows unto the LORD in the sight of all his people,

Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me; yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies.

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and fearful things in the reed sea.

what time as they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another.

I eat ashes with my bread, and mingle my drink with weeping,

How he smote their cattle also with hail stones, and their flocks with hot thunderbolts;

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

Go not far from me, O God; my God, haste thee to help me.

Let them go to and fro, and run about the city, howling like dogs.

He sent darkness, and it was dark; for they were not obedient unto his word.

mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars;

Thou hast overthrown all his hedges, and broken down his strongholds.

My soul keepeth thy testimonies, and loveth them exceedingly.

It is mine own, for I keep thy commandments.

in whose hands is wickedness, and their righthand is full of gifts.

I shall smite down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

Therefore their days were consumed in vanity, and suddenly their years were gone.

beasts and all cattle; worms and feathered fowls;

Hear my voice, O LORD, according unto thy loving-kindness; quicken me, as thou art wont.

They kept me in, I say, on every side; but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

saying, "God hath forsaken him. Persecute him, and take him, for there is none to help him."

Sihon, king of the Amorites! For his mercy endureth forever.

The ungodly have laid a snare for me; but yet swerve I not from thy commandments.

Yea, the waters had drowned us, the stream had gone over our soul.

He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O thou land of Egypt, upon Pharaoh and all his servants.

that we might see the pleasure of thy chosen, and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance.

and gave them the lands of the Heathen; where they took the labours of the people in possession,

Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their bow shall be broken.

The days of his youth hast thou shortened, and covered him with dishonour. Selah.

Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself, that he may fall into his own mischief.

Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, and from the traps of the wicked doers.

they had swallowed us up alive, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.

What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue?

that he might inform his princes after his will, and teach his senators wisdom.

My soul is always in my hand, yet do I not forget thy law.

I go hence like the shadow that departeth, and am driven away as the grasshopper.

He smote his enemies in the hinder parts, and put them to a perpetual shame.

They run and prepare themselves, without my fault; Arise thou therefore to help me, and behold.

Thou that givest victory unto kings, and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword.

Great is thy mercy, O LORD; quicken me, as thou art wont.

Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem, and there was no man to bury them.

How he turned their waters into blood, so that they might not drink of the rivers;

They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they through their throat.

Though they curse, yet bless thou; and let them be confounded, that rise up against me. But let thy servant rejoice.

So they ate, and were filled, for he gave them their own desire.

yea, he made all those that had led them away captive, to pity them.

How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou be avenged of mine adversaries?

that they may sow their land and plant vineyards, to yield them fruits of increase.

He showeth his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

to cast out their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.

They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together on every side.

Egypt was glad at their departing: for they were afraid of them.

And they were not disappointed of their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

Let the house of Aaron put their trust in the LORD, for he is their helper and defender.

This thou seest, O LORD. Hold not thy tongue then; go not far from me, O LORD.

Let it be unto him as the cloak that he hath on him, and as the girdle that he is girded withal.

Their enemies oppressed them, and had them in subjection.

I will offer unto thee fat burnt-sacrifices with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks and goats. Selah.

We are become an open shame unto our enemies, a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.

Their priests were slain with the sword, and there were no widows to made lamentation.

They marveled, to see such things: they were astonished, and suddenly cast down.

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

and gave their land for a heritage, for a heritage unto Israel his people.

As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish."

and gave them over into the hand of the Heathen; and they that hated them, were lords over them.

Let the house of Aaron now confess, that his mercy endureth forever.

As for those that troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them; there was not one of them left.

He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

The ungodly lay wait for me to destroy me, but I consider thy testimonies.

Praise the LORD, ye house of Israel; praise the LORD, ye house of Aaron.

They fell down, and there was none to help them.

That they may privily hurt the innocent, and suddenly hit him without any fear.

and they shall know how that this is thy hand, and that thou, LORD, hast done it.

Then sent the king and caused him to be delivered; the prince of the people had let him go.

All they that go by, spoil him; he is become a reproach to his neighbours.

And Og, the king of Bashan! For his mercy endureth forever.

Who led his people through the wilderness! For his mercy endureth forever.

He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees was known to bring it to an excellent work.

They that make them are like unto them; and so are all they that put their trust in them.

They have mouths, and speak not; eyes have they, but they see not.

Praise the LORD, ye house of Levi; ye that fear the LORD, praise the LORD.

The sun to rule the day! For his mercy endureth forever.

He smote their vineyards and fig trees, and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts.

Thou hast put out his glory, and cast his throne down to the ground.

They stand fast forever and ever, and are done in truth and equity.

There he setteth the hungry, that they may build them a city to dwell in,

And hath delivered us from our enemies! For his mercy endureth forever.

They have ears, and yet they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

And brought out Israel from among them! For his mercy endureth forever.

Let their judges be overthrown in stony places, that they may hear my words; for they are sweet.

They have almost made an end of me upon earth, but I forsake not thy commandments.

these men see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.

and did eat up all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruits of their ground.

Thou hast taken away the strength of his sword, and givest him not victory in the battle.

But now they break down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.

Let them not say in their hearts, "There! There! So would we have it!" Neither let them say, "We have devoured him."

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? And ye little hills, like young sheep?

He gave his people over unto the sword, for he was wroth with his inheritance.

Yea, even upon thee do I call; help me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.

Let them be always before the LORD, that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth;

Let there be no man to pity him, nor to have compassion on his fatherless children.

Forget not the voice of thine enemies; for the presumption of them that hate thee, increaseth ever more and more.

Thou hast set up the righthand of his enemies, and made all his adversaries to rejoice.

But let such as fear thee, and know thy testimonies, be turned unto me.

He let it fall among their tents, even round about their habitations.

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

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

The deep waters of the proud had gone even unto our soul.

Even for a heritage unto Israel his servant! For his mercy endureth forever.

And gave away their land for a heritage! For his mercy endureth forever.

And made Israel to go through the midst of it! For his mercy endureth forever.