So that together have we been wont to find sweetness in counsel, In the house of God, used we to walk in the throng.

At evening and morning and high noon, have I been wont to lament and complain, And he hath heard my voice!

God will hear and humble them,
Even He who sits enthroned from old— Selah.
Because in them there has been no change [of heart],
And they do not fear God [at all].

Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart is war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they are drawn swords.

My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me.

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

{To the chief Musician upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

And God doth shoot them with an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,

Iniquitous things, have been too strong for me, As for our transgressions, wilt, thou, by propitiation remove them.

Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might,

Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest.

If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert.

A shower of free-will gifts thou shakest out, O God. Thine inheritance, when it hath been weary, Thou hast established it.

Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.

I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.

Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back.

O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.

I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.

As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou art my strong refuge.

O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.

The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.

A Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel is God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,

As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,

For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment.

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of your children.

How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.

And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion is God to the age.

Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.

But God [has been] my king from long ago, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

His den has been in Salem, his lair in Zion.

The brave-hearted have been plundered;
they have slipped into their final sleep.
None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

From Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse have been fast asleep.

Thou, fearful art Thou, And who doth stand before Thee, Since Thou hast been angry!

From heaven Thou hast sounded judgment, Earth hath feared, and hath been still,

In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted.

Thou hast taken hold of the watches of mine eyes, I have been moved, and I speak not.

In the sea is Thy way, And Thy paths are in many waters, And Thy tracks have not been known.

I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world;

He clove the hard rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink thereof, as it had been out of the great depth.

Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet is their food in their mouth,

And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

And they turn back, And deal treacherously like their fathers, They have been turned like a deceitful bow,

His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

Then the Lord awoke like [one who had been] asleep, [awoke] like a warrior who had been drunk with wine.

Moreover, He rejected the tent of Joseph,
And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim [in which the tabernacle stood].

We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.

Remember not for us the iniquities of forefathers, Haste, let Thy mercies go before us, For we have been very weak.

Wherefore should the nations say - Where is their God? Let him be known among the nations before our eyes! Yea! By the avenging of the blood of thy servants which hath been shed!

O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?

Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.

The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.

Asshur also is joined with them, They have been an arm to sons of Lot. Selah.

My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

The wrongdoing of your people had forgiveness; all their sin had been covered. (Selah.)

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

I have been reckoned with those going down to the pit, I have been as a man without strength.

Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

From my youth,
I have been afflicted and near death.
I suffer Your horrors; I am desperate.

Age-abidingly, will I keep for him my lovingkindness, And, my covenant, hath been made steadfast for him;

Like the moon, shall it be established unto times age-abiding, And, a witness, in the skies, hath been made sure. Selah.

But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.

Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.

You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.

BOOK IV
(Psalms 90–106)A prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, You have been our refuge
in every generation.

For we were consumed in Thine anger, And in Thy fury we have been troubled.

Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.

You have lifted up my horn
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed with oil.

Your throne has been established
from the beginning;
You are from eternity.

Thy testimonies have been very stedfast, To Thy house comely is holiness, O Jehovah, for length of days!

keeping him calm when times are troubled until a pit has been dug for the wicked.

If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.

But Yahweh has been my high tower, my God, the rock of my refuge.

For Thou, Jehovah, art Most High over all the earth, Greatly Thou hast been exalted over all gods.

O Jehovah, our God, Thou hast afflicted them, A God forgiving Thou hast been to them, And taking vengeance on their actions.

For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away,
Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

For Thy servants have been pleased with her stones, And her dust they favour.

For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,

For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on.

How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.