Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his way will I shew the salvation of God.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

Make me to hear gladness and joy; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.

{To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God abideth continually.

Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

{To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

God looked down from the heavens upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put them to shame, for God hath despised them.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David; when the Ziphites came, and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us?} O God, by thy name save me, and by thy strength do me justice.

O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.

He will requite evil to mine enemies: in thy truth cut them off.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.

We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng.

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

{To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.

In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.

In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me?

All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.

In God have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

Which doth not hearken to the voice of enchanters, of one charming ever so wisely.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to meet me, and behold.

Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.

Their strength! ... I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.

God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

{To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

Thou hast made the earth to tremble, thou hast rent it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us to drink the wine of bewilderment.

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth, (Selah,)

Through God we shall do valiantly; and he it is that will tread down our adversaries.

{To the chief Musician. On a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my cry; attend unto my prayer.

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my eart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me.

Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years shall be as many generations.

So will I sing forth thy name for ever, performing my vows from day to day.

{To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} Upon God alone doth my soul rest peacefully; from him is my salvation.

How long will ye assail a man; will ye seek, all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?

They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah.

And unto thee, O Lord, belongeth loving-kindness; for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary;

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth;

They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be the portion of foxes.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Hear, O God, my voice in my plaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy:

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them?

By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David: a Song.} Praise waiteth for thee in silence, O God, in Zion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

Blessed is he whom thou choosest and causest to approach: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, of thy holy temple.

And they that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens; thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

{To the chief Musician. A Song: a Psalm.} Shout aloud unto God, all the earth:

Bless our God, ye peoples, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;

Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Thou didst cause men to ride over our head; we went through fire and through water: but thou hast brought us out into abundance.

I will go into thy house with burnt-offerings; I will perform my vows to thee,

But God hath heard; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm: a Song.} God be gracious unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah,

{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm: a Song.} Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, and let them that hate him flee before him.

Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever.

Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us with good, the God who is our salvation. Selah.

{To the chief Musician. Upon Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; --

And I made sackcloth my garment: then I became a proverb to them.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to the truth of thy salvation:

Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;

Yea, they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David: to bring to remembrance.} Make haste, O God, to deliver me; Jehovah, hasten to my help.

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;

In thee, Jehovah, do I trust: let me never be ashamed.

Be to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, with thy glory, all the day.

Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.

O God, be not far from me; my God, hasten to my help.

Let them be ashamed, let them be consumed, that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers thereof.

Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day; for they shall be ashamed, for they shall be brought to confusion, that seek my hurt.

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.

He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.

They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.

And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

And he shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; and prayer shall be made for him continually: all the day shall he be blessed.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart.

Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them.

For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.

When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;

But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.

Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.

Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.

The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun: