Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.

He hath sent before them a man, For a servant hath Joseph been sold.

And waters cover their adversaries, One of them hath not been left.

Let those who have been redeemed by the LORD declare it those whom he redeemed from the power of the enemy,

And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper.

So have they become few and been brought low, By oppression, misfortune, and sorrow;

For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:

For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.

My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.

Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.

I have believed, for I speak, I -- I have been afflicted greatly.

O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.

For mighty to us hath been His kindness, And the truth of Jehovah is to the age. Praise ye Jah!

They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.

The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

From Jehovah hath this been, It is wonderful in our eyes,

Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way.

I have been true to your unchanging word; O Lord, do not put me to shame.

So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.

Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.

The men of pride have made great sport of me; but I have not been turned from your law.

I have kept the memory of your decisions from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort.

Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.

Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.

Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word.

Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.

Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'

For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.

[LAMED] Age-abidingly, O Yahweh, hath thy word been set up in the heavens.

Unless your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction.

I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules.

The sinners have been waiting for me to give me up to destruction; but I will give all my mind to your unchanging ward.

My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.

How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.

I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word.

Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off.

Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.

Rulers have been cruel to me without cause; but I have the fear of your word in my heart.

Lord, my hope has been in your salvation; and I have kept your teachings.

I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.

All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.

Our feet have been standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem!

Jerusalem! that hath been builded, A true city, all joined together as one:

Favour us, O Jehovah, favour us, For greatly have we been filled with contempt,

Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!

[A song of ascents. Of David.] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's trap. The trap has been broken, and we have escaped.

For evil's scepter will not rest on the land that has been allotted to the righteous, and so the righteous will not direct themselves to do wrong.

A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back to the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.

Jehovah did great things with us, We have been joyful.

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Jehovah, my heart hath not been haughty, Nor have mine eyes been high, Nor have I walked in great things, And in things too wonderful for me.

My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.

Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, but behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side.

Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.

I will praise You
because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful,
and I know this very well.

And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!

O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.

Their judges have been released by the sides of a rock, And they have heard my sayings, For they have been pleasant.

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.

When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

Attend Thou unto my loud cry, For I have become very low, Deliver Thou me from my pursuers, For they have been stronger than I.

For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by.

They praise the name of Jehovah, For His name alone hath been set on high, His honour is above earth and heavens.

and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the Lord!