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The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows the work of his hands.
Blessed is the man that does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful.
In the same manner delight thyself in the LORD, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart.
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless the name of his holiness.
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted in the Gentiles, I will be exalted in the earth.
Behold, sons are a heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is to be desired.
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is no one that does good.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein.
Behold, the pain of my iniquity has caused me to writhe; my mother conceived me so that sin might be removed from me.
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
I will declare the decree; the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day I have begotten thee.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are thy works, and that, my soul knows right well.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff shall comfort me.
Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; in thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Unless the LORD builds the house, they labour in vain that build it; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchmen watch in vain.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy mercy; according unto the multitude of thy compassion eradicate my rebellion.
Resh The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; Schin A good understanding have all those that do his will; Tau His praise endures for ever.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me and from the words of my cry?
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Cheth O taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man that shall trust in him.
I will worship the temple of thy holiness and praise thy name above thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast made thy name to be magnificent and raised up thy spoken word above all things.
Aleph I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will fix mine eyes upon thee.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law he meditates day and night.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in Sheol; neither wilt thou suffer thy Merciful One to see corruption.
Wait for the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, for the LORD.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the LORD and to enquire in his temple.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
In thee, O LORD, have I waited; let me not be forever put to shame.
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh longs for thee in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water;
Cause us to learn this that we might number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
ALEPH. Blessed are those who walk in the perfect way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
The LORD is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou dost visit him?
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Tzaddi The LORD is near unto those that are of a broken heart and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.
Blessed is the people whose God is the LORD; the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield unto us; the LORD will give grace and glory; he will not withhold good from those that walk uprightly.
O come, let us bring joy unto the LORD; let us sing with joy unto the rock of our saving health.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
I have set the LORD always before me: because when he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.
Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Thou shalt destroy those that speak lies: the LORD will abominate the bloody and deceitful man.
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he answered me out of the mountain of his holiness. Selah.
He brought me forth also into a wide place; he delivered me because he delighted in me.
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; he hides his face; he will never see it.
For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor in spirit; neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried unto him, he heard.
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear I will worship toward thy holy temple.
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Then he shall speak unto them in his wrath and trouble them in his sore displeasure.
Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
The LORD will reward me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he shall recompense me.
Let wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.
When he makes requirement for blood, he remembers them; he does not forget the cry of the humble.
Put fear into them, O LORD: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
Thou hast seen it, for thou dost behold mischief and spite to requite it with thy hand: the poor commits himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart; thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Tau But the salvation of the righteous is the LORD; he is their strength in the time of trouble.
The LORD is known by the judgment which he has executed; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion (meditate on this for ever). Selah.
The Gentiles are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid their own foot is taken.
If he does not turn, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow and made it ready.
Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out for the multitude of their rebellions; for they have rebelled against thee.
to judge the fatherless and the oppressed that the man of the earth may no longer oppress.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart in the time that their grain and their wine multiplied.
My eye mourns by reason of affliction; LORD, I have called daily upon thee; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Because I have kept the ways of the LORD and did not become wicked departing in apostasy from my God.
They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he has done this.
The poor shall eat and be satisfied: those that seek him shall praise the LORD; your heart shall live for ever.
He has also prepared for him the weapons of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generations,
Understand now therefore, O ye kings: receive chastening, ye judges of the earth.
And all those that put their trust in thee shall rejoice: they shall ever be in jubilee, for thou shalt cover them; and all that love thy name shall be joyful in thee.
One day provides a word for the next day, and one night declares wisdom unto the next night.
For there is no uprightness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
that I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy saving health.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about.
Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with a perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises unto thee and my soul, which thou hast ransomed.
In what does the wicked irritate God? He has said in his heart, Thou wilt not require accountability.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Why dost thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why dost thou hide thyself in times of trouble?
The foolish (those who are governed by carnal thoughts or desires) shall not stand in thy sight; thou dost hate all workers of iniquity.
For the humble shall not always be forgotten: the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God, for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the jawbone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! Many are they that rise up against me.
Help, LORD; for the merciful man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before those that fear him.
The LORD tries the righteous, but the wicked and he that loves violence his soul hates.
I put my trust in the LORD put I: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
All my enemies shall be ashamed; they shall be sorely troubled: they shall turn back and be ashamed suddenly.
Stand in awe, and sin not; meditate in your heart upon your bed, and desist. Selah.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man; seek out his wickedness until thou find none.
The LORD is in the temple of his holiness, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.
For with thee I have scattered armies; and in my God I have overcome walled defenses.
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, saith the LORD; I will set in safety the one whom the wicked one has ensnared.
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, with winds of whirlwinds: this shall be the portion of their cup.
O LORD my God, in thee I have put my trust: save me from all those that persecute me, and deliver me
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of the grave; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
For thou art not a God that loves wickedness; neither shall one who is evil dwell with thee.
Each one speaks vanity with his neighbour: they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Thou hast reprehended the Gentiles, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and the cities that thou hast destroyed; their memorial is perished with them.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
In the same manner thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand will hold me up, and thy meekness shall multiply me.
all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks proud things:
Behold, he travails with iniquity and has conceived of his own work and brought forth falsehood.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall judge the peoples in uprightness.
For thou hast accomplished my judgment and my cause; thou didst sit in the throne judging according to righteousness.
For, behold, the wicked bend their bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after the lie? Selah.
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued my enemies under me.
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God, for unto thee will I pray.
He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, for I shall never be in adversity.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he puffs at them.
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD; and all the families of the Gentiles shall worship before thee.
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.
For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
I am weary with my groaning; all the night I flood my bed; I water my couch with my tears.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
His work shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him and bless his name.
if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me, then let my persecutor escape without retribution.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Thine eyes did see my substance yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which were then formed, without lacking one of them.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our rebellions from us.
The LORD has sworn and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Aleph Do not be angry with the evildoers, neither be thou envious of the workers of iniquity.
Even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
O LORD our Lord, how great is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy praise above the heavens.
For his anger endures but a moment; in his will is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about, for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
Lest they take my soul, as a lion dismembers his prey when there is none to deliver.
And the LORD helped them and delivers them; he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they wait in him.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth.
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; let him tread down my life upon the earth and lay my honour in the dust. Selah.
Zain The angel of the LORD encamps round about those that fear him and delivers them.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will rest in the house of the LORD for ever.
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom thou hast made them all; the earth is full of thy riches.
Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger; lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake the judgment in my favour that thou hast commanded.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and glorify him.
The beginning of thy word is truth, and every one of the judgments of thy righteousness is eternal.
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast crowned him with glory and beauty.
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past and as a watch in the night.
Koph The LORD is near unto all those that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
That they may know that thou, whose name alone is LORD, art the most high over all the earth.
A father of the fatherless and a defender of the widows is God in his holy habitation.
O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples.
Those who love thy law have great peace, and nothing shall cause them to stumble.
For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice,
Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup is running over.
Thy throne, O God, is eternal and for ever, the rod of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in the place of his holiness?
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
Of old thou hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy and for thy truth.
Know ye that the LORD he is God; it is he that has made us and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
and call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Halelu-JAH. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? And apart from thee there is nothing upon the earth that I desire.
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou might still the enemy and the avenger.
I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Like as a father has mercy upon his children, so the LORD has mercy upon those that fear him.
The LORD reigns; he has clothed himself with majesty; the LORD has clothed himself with strength; he has girded himself: he has established the world also, that it cannot be moved.
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the Gentiles for thine inheritance and unto the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; thou dost maintain my lot.
Daleth Be silent before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not be angry with him who prospers in his way, with the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
Thy mercy, O LORD, reaches unto the heavens, and thy truth reaches unto the clouds.
The God of gods, even the LORD, has spoken and convocated the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Koph Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD shall deliver him out of them all,
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened; burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required.
Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth; firm up my heart that I might fear thy name.
But the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Against thee, against thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou be declared just in thy word and pure in thy judgment.
Kiss the Son lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled in a little while. Blessed are all those that put their trust in him.
Halelu-JAH. O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures for ever.
The days of our years are seventy, and of the most valiant eighty years, yet their strength is labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Cheth The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great mercy.
Remove the sin in me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
I will both lay me down in peace and sleep: for thou only, O LORD, dost make me to be confident.
I will declare thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee.
In God is my saving health and my glory; the rock of my strength and my refuge is in God.
Behold, thou dost desire truth in the inward parts, and in the secret things thou hast made me to know wisdom.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts for men, yea, for the rebellious also that the LORD God might dwell among them.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts in thee; and in the shadow of thy wings I will make my refuge until these calamities are overpast.
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Blessed is he that understands regarding the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.
Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty,
Blessed be the LORD my strength, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war:
As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is precise: a shield to all those that wait in him.
Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God.
For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all those that call upon thee.
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods I will sing praises unto thee.
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and I have not hid my iniquity. I said, I will confess (against myself) my rebellions unto the LORD, and thou shalt forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
All those that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tabernacle for the sun,
The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves and have done abominable iniquity; there is no one that does good.
Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou dost understand my thoughts from afar.
And those that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, O LORD, hast not forsaken those that seek thee.
God sets the solitary in families; he brings out those who are bound with chains, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all thy marvellous works.
They also gave me gall for my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; thy mercy, O LORD, endures for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Therefore, how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Blessed be the Lord, who daily lades us with benefits, even the God of our saving health. Selah.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted against me? Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him for the wellbeing of his presence.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song I will praise him.
Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he has done marvellous things; his right hand has gotten him the victory, even the arm of his holiness.
The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; the rights of the LORD are true, they are all just.
Aleph I will extol thee, my God, my king, and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
For the zeal of thy house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
The rebellion of the wicked saith to my heart that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
for a day in thy courts is better than a thousand outside of them. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations.
Nun The secret of the LORD is for those that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Because he has set his will upon me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high because he has known my name.
He has not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
My body was not hid from thee, even though I was made in secret and brought together in the lowest parts of the earth.
Sing unto God, sing psalms unto his name; extol him that rides upon the heavens by his name JAH and rejoice before him.
Wait in him at all times; ye peoples, pour out your heart before him; God is our refuge. Selah.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his anointed, saying,
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in the mountain of thy holiness?
Ye that love the LORD are to hate evil; he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Restore unto me the joy of thy saving health, and thy spirit of liberty shall uphold me.
Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud, and he shall hear my voice.
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
Sing with joy unto the LORD, all the earth; lift up thy voice and rejoice and sing praises.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; early will I present myself unto thee and wait.
Whosoever secretly slanders his neighbour, I will cut off; he that has a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.
For as the heavens are high above the earth so does he increase his mercy over those that fear him.
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Let thy good Spirit lead me into the land of uprightness.
Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my supplications for the sake of thy truth; answer me for the sake of thy righteousness.
For this God is our God eternally and for ever; he will be our guide even unto death.
Samech The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness.
Into thy hand shall I commit my spirit; thou shalt ransom me, O LORD God of truth.
Lamed Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
His spirit shall go forth, he shall return to his earth; in that very day all his thoughts shall perish.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings thou shalt be secure: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou tellest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book?
I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
My heart is overflowing with a good word; I speak of the things which I have done concerning the king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
When the LORD shall turn again the captivity of Zion, we shall be like those that dream.
O love the LORD, all ye his merciful ones, for the LORD preserves the faithful and plentifully rewards the proud doer.
Halelu-JAH: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for praise is pleasant and beautiful.
Bless the LORD, ye his angels, valiant and strong, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the saving health of my countenance and my God.
Nun I have been young and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Aleph Halelu-JAH. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, Beth that delights greatly in his commandments.
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.
And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God; many shall see it and fear and shall wait on the LORD.
In thee, O LORD, have I waited; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in thy righteousness.
Hear righteousness, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that does not go out of feigned lips.
My heart has spoken unto me from thee, Seek my face. Thy face, O LORD, will I seek.
Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness;
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
My flesh and my heart fail; the strength of my heart is that God is my portion for ever.
Halelu-JAH. Sing unto the LORD a new song, let his praise be in the congregation of the merciful.
I will say of the LORD, He is my hope and my fortress: my God; in him will I secure myself.
Do right concerning the poor and fatherless; do justice to the poor and destitute.
The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; in the secret of his tent shall he hide me; he shall set me high upon a rock.
Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD; from the house of the LORD we bless you.
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauty of holiness; as the dew which falls from the womb of the morning, thus shall those who are thine be born unto thee.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest secure.
Those that trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed but abides for ever.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
How sweet have been thy spoken words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those that hate him flee before him.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those that fear him, and his righteousness unto the children's children,
He brought me up also out of the pit of hopelessness, out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock and straightened my steps.
I will set nothing of Belial before my eyes: I hate the work of those that betray; it shall not cleave to me.
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
O God, the Gentiles are come into thine inheritance; they have defiled the temple of thy holiness; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Pe The righteous cried out, and the LORD heard and delivered them out of all their troubles.
More to be desired are they than gold, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning, for in thee do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
We will not hide them from their sons, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD and his strength and his wonderful works that he has done.
For thou dost not desire sacrifice or else would I give it; thou dost not delight in burnt offering.
Thy throne is composed of righteousness and judgment; mercy and truth go before thy face.
For he established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their sons:
LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land; thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
How excellent is thy mercy, O God! therefore the sons of Adam cover themselves in the shadow of thy wings.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to come home late, to eat the bread of sorrows, because he shall give his beloved sleep.
Praise him with the timbrel and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
Then I will enter in to the altar of God, unto the God of my exceeding joy; yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he will beautify the humble with saving health.
But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou hast made me wait upon thee since I was upon my mother's breasts.
Aleph Halelu-JAH. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, Beth in the company and in the congregation of the upright.
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days in the times of old.
He causes the hay to grow for the cattle and grass for the service of man, that he may bring forth bread out of the earth
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the gift of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
All those that are fat upon earth shall eat and worship; all those that go down to the dust shall bow before him; and no one can keep his own soul alive.
But thou, O Lord, art a merciful and gracious God, longsuffering and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Because thou hast made the LORD, who is my hope, even the most High, thy habitation,
The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
For evildoers shall be cut off; but those that wait for the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Let the LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; let the name of the God of Jacob lift thee up
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent unto me lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like those that go down into the grave.
Gimel Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
Let them shout for joy and be glad that favour my righteous cause; let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the peace of his slave.
The heavens are the heavens of the LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of Adam.
In whose eyes the vile person is not esteemed; but he honours those that fear the LORD. He that swears to his own hurt and does not change.
O send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me; let them bring me unto the mountain of thy holiness and to thy tabernacles.
Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity; I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
I will hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace unto his people and to his saints, that they not turn again to folly.
and wine that makes glad the heart of man, making his face to shine with oil and bread which sustains man's heart.
Daleth One generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare thy mighty acts.
LORD, make me to know my end and the measure of my days, what it is that I may know how long I am to be of this world.
Yet the LORD will command his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for those that wait in thee before the sons of men!
I said, I will take heed to my ways that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bit while the wicked is against me.
He makes the barren woman to keep house and to be a joyful mother of sons. Halelu-JAH.
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God;
I will bless the LORD, who gives me counsel: my kidneys also instruct me in the night seasons.
The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people in peace.
Whosoever sacrifices praise glorifies me; and to him that orders his ways aright I will show the salvation of God.
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
The LORD reigns; the peoples shall tremble; he who sits above the cherubim reigns; the earth shall be moved.
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, and I shall learn thy commandments.
Vau This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards thee as thou hast served us.
Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, cause us now to prosper.
When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Thou hast guided me with thy counsel, and afterward thou shalt receive me unto glory.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God?
Keep back thy slave also from pride and arrogance; let them not have dominion over me; then I shall be perfect, and I shall be innocent of the great rebellion.
The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy saving health how greatly shall he rejoice!
If I ascend to the heavens, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
He Cease from anger and forsake wrath: let not thy wrath in any wise cause you to become evil.
He Cause me to walk in thy truth and teach me: for thou art the God of my saving health; I have waited for thee all the day.
Teth He will cause the humble to pass through the judgment, and the meek he will teach his way.
In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried unto my God; he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Say among the Gentiles that the LORD reigns; he also has established the world, it shall not be moved; he shall judge the peoples righteously.
Whatever the LORD desired, he did in the heavens and in the earth, in the seas and in all the deep places.
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon those that fear him, upon those that wait for his mercy
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flies by day,
By thee have I been sustained from the womb; thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels; my praise has been continually of thee.
Mem Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and thy dominion endures throughout all generations.
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is no one that does good, no, not one.
Happy are the people that know how to enter into joy; they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Plead my cause, O LORD, with those that strive with me; fight against those that fight against me.
Nevertheless I was continually with thee; thou hast apprehended me by my right hand.
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before thee; verily every man that lives is altogether vanity. Selah.
Open unto me the gates of righteousness; I will go in through them; I will praise JAH.
But as for me, to draw near to God is good; I have put my hope in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, so shall I be saved from my enemies.
LORD, my heart has not become haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither have I walked in grandeur, nor in wonderful things above and beyond that which pertains to me.
Celebrate unto the LORD with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
He that does not put out his money to usury nor take a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.
Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Jod The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but those that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains collapsed and were removed because he was wroth.
Oh that the saving health of Israel were come out of Zion! When the LORD turns back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
From a tight place I called upon JAH; and JAH answered me and set me in a wide place.
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and set thou aright the work of our hands upon us; yea, set thou aright the work of our hands.
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks, for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare.
Praise doth rest in thee, O God, in Sion and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
Vau For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile.
He that walks in integrity and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart.
Let his merciful ones sing unto the LORD, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Blessed are those that keep his testimonies and that seek him with their whole heart.
Lamed The wicked borrows and does not repay: but the righteous shows mercy and gives.
O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the mountain of Mizar.
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show thyself.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his mercy and for his wonderful works unto the sons of Adam!
From the end of the earth I will cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; show forth his saving health from day to day.
Rather I have quieted myself and caused my soul to become silent, that I might be as a child that is weaned of his mother, as one who is weaned from my own life.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their spirit, they cease to exist and return to their dust.
As smoke is driven away; so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so shall the wicked perish at the presence of God.
But the righteous shall be glad; they shall rejoice before God; they shall dance with joy.
For he shall deliver the destitute when he cries and the poor that has no helper.
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongs mercy, for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Wait for God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the saving health of my countenance and my God.
He that has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken my name in vain, nor sworn deceitfully.
As for man, his days are as grass; as an open flower of the field, so he blossoms.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; thou shalt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
He that goes forth and weeps, bearing the precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Blessed is the man whom thou dost choose and cause to approach unto thee that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house even of thy holy temple.
Surely God will ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol when he shall take me. Selah.
The LORD has sworn truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body I will set upon thy throne.
And enter not into judgment with thy slave; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Pe He sent redemption unto his people; Tzaddi he has commanded his covenant for ever: Koph Holy and reverend is his name.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those that persecute me.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the eternal mercy of God for ever.
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he has done unto my soul.
Thou hast increased, O LORD my God, thy wonderful works which thou hast done and thy thoughts regarding us; they are beyond our ability to express, declare, or speak; they cannot be told.
Gimel The works of the LORD are great, Daleth sought out by all those that have pleasure therein.
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the Gentiles and sing praises unto thy name.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house; thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Deep calls unto deep at the voice of thy waterspouts; all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
none of them can by any means ransom his brother, nor give God an atonement for him;
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; thy judgments are a great deep; O LORD, thou dost preserve man and beast.
This shall be written for the generation to come, and the people who shall be created shall praise JAH.
The high praises of God shall be in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hand,
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the LORD's name is to be praised.
Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one and didst say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of my people.
who passing through the valley of Baca, shall make it a well; the rain also shall fill the pools.
Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Thou art fairer than the sons of men, grace is poured into thy lips; therefore God has blessed thee for ever.
so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty; and bow before him, for he is thy Lord.
Surely the wrath of man shall cause praise to come unto thee; the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against those who are not merciful; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he oppresses me fighting me daily.
For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert.
The LORD brings the counsel of the Gentiles to nought; he makes the devices of the peoples of no effect.
He trains my hands for the battle, so that a bow of bronze shall be broken by my arms.
The sorrows of those that hasten after another god shall be multiplied; their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer rose up in my bosom.
Mem He shall not be afraid of evil rumours; Nun his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoices as a strong man to run a race.
He makes wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and cuts the spear in sunder; he burns the chariot in the fire.
There is a river, the streams of which shall make glad the city of God, the sanctuary of the tents of the most High.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou didst think that I was altogether such a one as thyself, but I will reprove thee and set them in order before thine eyes.
Thou who hast caused me to see great and sore troubles, shalt return and quicken me and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
VAU. Let thy mercy come unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy spoken word.
Our God shall come and shall not keep silence; a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is upon many waters.
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing to the living God.
Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints and to be had in reverence of all those that are about him.
All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made thee glad.
Let their table become a snare before them, and that which should have been for their prosperity, let it become a stumbling block.
who dost cover thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain,
For he satisfies the soul that is destitute and fills the hungry soul with goodness.
Thousands shall fall at thy side and ten thousands at thy right hand, but it shall not come near thee.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; defend me from those that rise up against me.
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance.
In the day when I called, thou didst answer me and strengthen me with strength in my soul.
For this shall every one that is merciful pray unto thee in the time when thou may be found; surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near unto him.
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, ye righteous, and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be written with the righteous.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
His foundation is in mountains of holiness.
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death,
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the mortal pestilence.
All the Gentiles whom thou hast made shall come and humble themselves before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the Gentiles and planted it.
Let all those that serve graven images be confounded, those that boast of idols; worship him, all ye gods.
He who does justice unto the oppressed; who gives bread to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners:
There are many sorrows for the wicked; but he that waits in the LORD, mercy shall compass him round about.
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us; thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
Jod All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Blessed is that people, that is in such a case; yea, blessed is that people, whose God is the LORD.
I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Let Israel wait for the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy and plenteous redemption close to him.
Hearken, O daughter, and consider and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that wait upon his mercy.
Zain A light has shined in the darkness upon the upright: Cheth Gracious and merciful and righteous.
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of Adam?
Incline thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily; be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me.
Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the seat of his throne.
I shall cry unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice shall I ask the LORD for mercy.
SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea,
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.
For the LORD loves uprightness and does not forsake his merciful ones; they are preserved for ever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Koph Wait on the LORD and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the earth; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
For who in the heavens can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
with the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt show thyself adversary.
Thy knowledge is wonderful beyond my ability to comprehend; it is high, I cannot understand it.
Those that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; those that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty; then I restored that which I did not take away.
KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; answer me, O LORD, and I will keep thy statutes.
Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty.
Turn him over to the LORD, let him deliver him, let him save him, seeing he delighted in him.
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake thou shalt lead me and guide me.
Samech The LORD upholds all that fall and raises up all those that are oppressed.
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth and until now; I shall manifest thy wondrous works.
LORD, I have called unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall shine because of me.
But unto the wicked God saith, What part hast thou to declare my statutes or that thou should take my covenant in thy mouth?
who satisfies thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
He made darkness his hiding place; in his tabernacle round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the heavens.
Through thy precepts I have obtained understanding; therefore I have hated every false way.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Ain The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their food in due season.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.
The chariots of God are two thousand, thousands of angels; the Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.
Gimel Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed; those which rebel without cause shall be ashamed.
to the saints that are in the earth and to the excellent: all my delight is towards them.
Exalt ye the LORD our God and worship at the footstool of his feet, which is holy.
But I will sing of thy power; I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning, for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it, neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
We will rejoice in thy saving health, and in the name of our God we will be standard-bearers: let the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
Mem The works of his hands are truth and judgment; Nun all his commandments are sure.
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not until I have showed the strength of thy arm unto the next generation and thy power to every one that is to come,
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed:
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at the mountain of his holiness, for the LORD our God is holy.
He only is my rock and my saving health; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
who dost establish his chambers between the waters, who makes the clouds his chariot, who walks upon the wings of the wind,
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips
I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Do not withhold thy tender mercies from me, O LORD; let thy mercy and thy truth continually preserve me.
AIN. I have complied with judgment and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors.
For the word is not even upon my tongue, and, behold, O LORD, thou dost know it altogether.
Thou shalt pull me out of the net that they have laid in secret for me; for thou art my strength.
When I am poor and needy; the Lord will remember me; thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.
Thou didst break the heads of leviathan in pieces and didst give him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
The LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
I am a companion of all those that fear thee and of those that keep thy precepts.
For the LORD, who is high and lifted up, looks upon the humble, but the proud he does not know.
His name shall endure for ever; before the sun his name shall be disseminated, and all Gentiles shall be blessed in him; they shall call him blessed.
Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the Gentiles: a people whom I did not know served me.
Thou dost visit the earth, and when thou hast caused it to want, thou dost greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water; thou dost prepare their grain, according to thy will.
Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion; for the time to favour her, the set time, is come.
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be vigorous and flourishing
Pe He has dispersed; he has given to the poor; Tzaddi his righteousness endures for ever; Koph his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Make me to hear joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
For he has greatly increased his mercy upon us; and the truth of the LORD endures for ever. Halelu-JAH.
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; behold, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
Jod The LORD knows the days of the perfect, and their inheritance shall be for ever.
Samech Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
I believed, therefore I spoke, and was greatly afflicted;
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast refined me and hast found no iniquity; that which I thought did not pass through my mouth.
Be thou my strong habitation unto which I may continually resort; thou hast given a commandment that I should be saved because thou art my rock and my fortress.
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then I would fly away and be at rest.
They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
Thou dost turn unto man until he is broken and thou saith, Become converted, ye sons of Adam.
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; thou gavest me life from my descent into the grave.
What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth?
Pe The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue brings forth judgment.
Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
But thou hast cast us off and put us to shame and doth not go forth with our armies.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is the judge. Selah.
And the heavens shall praise thy wonder, O LORD, thy truth also in the congregation of the saints.
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.
to the end that I may sing glory unto thee and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Do I not hate all those, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
The workers of iniquity certainly know this; those who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the LORD.
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him?
I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies have been my meditation.
Gather my merciful ones together unto me, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Happy are those that dwell in thy house; they shall continually praise thee. Selah.
Those that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
When thou shalt come unto me, I will walk in the way of perfection and understand. I will walk in the midst of my house in the perfection of my heart.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye slaves of the LORD, who by night stand in the house of the LORD.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine and the fullness thereof.
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Beth O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.
Come and see the works of God; he is terrible in his doing toward the sons of men.
The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion; rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar and the fullness thereof.
I shall pursue my enemies and overtake them: neither shall I turn again until they are consumed.
The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Save thy people and bless thine inheritance; feed them also and lift them up for ever.
He that is our God is the God of salvation, and unto GOD the Lord belongs the way of escape from death.
Caph But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD as the fattest of rams shall be consumed; as smoke they shall fade away.
I have called upon thee, because thou dost hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me and hear my speech.
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
harden not your heart, as in the provocation and as in the day of trials in the wilderness
Teth A good man has mercy and lends; Jod He will govern his affairs with good judgment.
Like sheep they are laid in Sheol; death shall feed on them, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave from their dwelling.
Even the sparrow has found a house and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young upon thine altars, O LORD of the hosts, my King and my God.
He that does not backbite with his tongue nor do evil to his neighbour nor take up a reproach against his neighbour.
Thou shalt keep them in the secret place of thy face from the pride of man; thou shalt keep them in the tabernacle protected from the strife of tongues.
I will remember these things; I will pour out my soul in me. When I shall be included in the number; I will go with them to the house of God with voice of joy and praise, dancing in the multitude.
Then our mouth shall be filled with laughter and our tongue with singing; then they shall say among the Gentiles, The LORD has done great things with them.
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of a unicorn; I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Therefore I have esteemed all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I have hated every false way.
Vau Remember, O LORD, thy compassion and thy mercies, for they have been ever of old.
My friends and my companions stand aloof from my sore, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
I shall smite them, and they will not be able to rise: they shall fall under my feet.
The sorrows of death compassed me and the pains of Sheol found me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.
Trust not in violence and become not vain in the taking of spoil; if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Show thy mercy to be marvellous, O Saviour of those who put their trust in thee, from those that rise up against thy right hand.
Mine eyes fail for thy saving health and for the spoken word of thy righteousness.
Smoke went up out of his nostrils, and fire devoured out of his mouth; coals were kindled by it.
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those that know me; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this one was born there.
For God is my King from of old, he who works saving health in the midst of the earth.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee; I am God, even thy God.
And he brought them forth with silver and gold, and there was not one sick person among their tribes.
The LORD preserves the strangers; he raises up the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and its fullness, thou didst found.
For great is thy mercy upon me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest part of Sheol.
My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
Surely man walks in darkness; surely they are disquieted in vain; they heap up riches not knowing who shall gather them.
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord, neither is there any other who does thy works.
What man is he that lives and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of Sheol? Selah.
Zain They shall proclaim the memory of thy great goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness.