I will comfort myself in God's word; yea, I will hope in God, and not fear. What can flesh then do unto me?

They vex me daily in my words: all that they imagine is to do me evil.

Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight; whereby I know that thou art my God.

Yea, in God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

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

{To the Chanter, Michtam of David} If your minds be upon righteousness in deed, then judge the thing that is right, O ye sons of men.

As a green thorn kindled with fire goeth out before your pots be made hot; even so, let a furious rage bring him to nought.

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

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

Stand up, O LORD God of Hosts, thou God of Israel, to visit all Heathen; be not merciful unto them that offend of malicious wickedness. Selah.

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

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

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

As for me, I will sing of thy power, and praise thy mercy betimes in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.

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

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

Through God will we do great acts, for it is he that shall tread down our enemies.

{To the Chanter, upon Neginoth, of David} Hear my crying, O God, give heed unto my prayer.

{To the Chanter, for by Jeduthun, a Psalm of David} My soul truly waiteth still upon God; for of him cometh my salvation.

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.

and that thou, LORD, art merciful; for thou rewardest every man according to his work.

Thus do I look for thee in thy Sanctuary, that I might behold thy power and glory.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

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

{To the Chanter, a Psalm and song of David} Thou, O God, art praised in Zion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem.

They that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens; thou makest both the morning and evening stars to praise thee.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} O be joyful in God, all ye lands;

sing praises unto the honor of his name. Make his praise to be glorious.

He ruleth with his power forever. His eyes behold the people; the renegades shall not be able to exalt themselves. Selah.

O magnify our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard,

who holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to slip.

Thou hast suffered men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

I will go into thine house with burnt-offerings, to pay thee my vows,

{To the Chanter, in Neginoth, a Psalm and song} God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and show us the light of his countenance. Selah.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm and song of David} Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate him flee before him.

O sing unto God, sing praises to his name; magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon a horse. Praise him in his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in a house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity, but letteth the renegades continue in scarceness.

Why hop ye so, ye high hills? This is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell. Yea, the LORD will abide in it forever.

{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, of David} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in, even unto my soul.

I wept, and chastened myself with fasting, and that was turned to my reproof.

Hear me, O LORD, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable: turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies.

Thy rebuke breaketh my heart, and maketh me heavy. I look for some to have pity upon me, but there is no man; and for some to comfort me, but I find none.

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

Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling.

Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents.

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

{To the Chanter, of David, to bring remembrance} Haste thee, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward, and put to confusion that wish me evil.

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

In thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion,

Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may always resort; thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defense and my castle.

O let my mouth be filled with thy praise, that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long.

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

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

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.

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

Thou hast brought me to great honour, and comforted me on every side.

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

Thou shalt be feared as long as the sun and moon endureth, from one generation to another.

His dominion shall be from the one sea to the other, and from the flood unto the world's end.

All kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall do him service.

He shall be favorable to the simple and poor; he shall preserve the souls of such as be in adversity.

And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.

Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust.

Yea, I had almost also said even as they do; but lo, then should I have condemned the generation of thy children.

Then thought I to understand this; but it was too hard for me,

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

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

But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORD God, and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

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

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

O God, how long shall the adversary do this dishonour? How long shall the enemy blaspheme thy name? Forever?

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

Thou smitest the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and givest him to be meat for the people in the wilderness.

The day is thine. The night is thine. Thou hast prepared the lights and the sun.

{To the Chanter, Destroy Not, a Psalm and song of Asaph} Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks; yea, unto thee do we give thanks. Thy Name also is so nigh; and that do thy wondrous works declare.

I said unto the fools, "Deal not so madly," and to the ungodly, "Set not up your horn.

{To the Chanter, in Neginoth, a Psalm and song of Asaph} In Jewry is God known; his name is great in Israel.

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

The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise; and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain.

Look what ye promise unto the LORD your God: see that ye keep it, all ye that be round about him; bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

{To the Chanter, for Jeduthun, a Psalm of Asaph} I cried unto God with my voice; yea, even unto God cried I with my voice, and he heard me.

In the time of my trouble I sought the LORD, I held up mine hands to him in the night season, for my soul refused all other comfort.

I called to remembrance my song in the night, I communed with mine own heart, and sought out my spirit.

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

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

At the last, I came to this point, that I thought, "O why art thou so foolish? the righthand of the most highest can change all!"

Therefore will I remember the works of the LORD, and call to mind thy wonders of old time.

that we should not hide them from the children of the generations to come but to show the honour of the LORD, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done.

He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,

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

that they also might put their trust in God, and not to forget what he had done, but to keep his commandments.

And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn generation, a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not true toward God.

He divided the sea, and let them go through it; and made the waters to stand in a heap.

He rained down manna upon them for to eat, and gave them bread from heaven.

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

But he was so merciful, that he forgave their misdeeds, and destroyed them not. Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away, and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise.

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

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

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