The abyss! as with clothing Thou hast covered it, Above hills do waters stand.

From Thy rebuke they flee, From the voice of Thy thunder haste away.

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent-beds, Between the mountains, they flow along;

Thou hast appointed the moon for certain seasons, the sun knoweth his going down.

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.

Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

I said in my haste, All men are liars.

O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou hast set my heart at liberty.

ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments.

TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according to thy word.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to the promise that thou hast made unto thy servant.

Thy faithfulness is to all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast revived me.

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me.

I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.

Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.

Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

I will worship towards thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

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

For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

[A Psalm of David.] LORD, I cry unto you: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto you.

When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way in which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.

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.

And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I am Thy servant!

O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him, - the son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him:

Thou that givest victory unto kings, and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword.