That when the wicked sprouted up like grass
And all who did iniquity flourished,
It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

You've grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil.

Thy throne was prepared from then: thou art from forever.

Thy testimonies were very firm: holiness was becoming to thy house, O Jehovah, to length of days.

The sea is His, for it was He who made it,
And His hands formed the dry land.

Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, "They ever err in their hearts, they verily have not known my ways."

Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.

Light was sown for the just one, and gladness for the upright of heart

Jehovah is great in Zion, and he was raised up over all peoples.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel also was among those who invoked his name. When they called on the LORD, he answered them.

Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

{A prayer of the afflicted, when he was in woe, and poured out his complaint before the Lord} Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my crying come unto thee.

My heart was struck and dried up as grass, that I forget eating my bread.

I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.

For Jehovah built Zion, he was seen in his glory

but when the wind blows through it, it withers away and no one remembers where it was.

How thy works were multiplied. O Jehovah! in wisdom thou madest them all: the earth was filled with thy possessions.

When there was yet but a few of them - and they strangers in the land -

But he had sent a man before them, even Joseph which was sold to be a bond servant,

Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.

Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.

He sent darkness, and it was dark; for they were not obedient unto his word.

Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings.

He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land.

He brought them forth also with silver and gold; there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

Egypt was glad at their departing: for they were afraid of them.

A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night.

But he was their saviour because of his name, so that men might see his great power.

He rebuked the reed sea, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep, as through a wilderness.

As for those that troubled them, the waters overwhelmed them; there was not one of them left.

But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

The fire was kindled in their company; the flame burnt up the ungodly.

Thus they exchanged [the true God who was] their glory
For the image of an ox that eats grass.

And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

Thus they provoked him unto anger with their own inventions; and the plague was great among them.

Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

And that was counted unto him for righteousness, among all posterities for evermore.

They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

and shed the innocent blood of their sons and of their daughters; whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan, so that the land was defiled with blood.

Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance;

Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;

They fell down, and there was none to help them.

They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.

they reeled and staggered like drunken men,
and all their skill was useless.

Moab is my wash basin. I will make Edom serve me. I will shout in triumph over Philistia."

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

Let his children wander and beg;
Let them seek their food and be driven far from their ruined homes.

and that, because his mind was not to do good, but persecuted the poor helpless, and him that was vexed at the heart, to slay him.

His delight was in cursing, and therefore shall it happen unto him; he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him.

As the shadow according to its declining I was gone: I was shaken off as the locust.

And I was a reproach to them: they will see me and they will shake the head.

When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;

Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.

The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

The LORD preserveth the simple; I was brought down in misery and he helped me.

I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled.

For his mercy was strengthened upon us, and the truth of Jehovah is forever. Praise ye Jah.

They thrust at me, that I might fall; but the LORD was my help.

The right hand of Jehovah was exalted: the right hand of Jehovah did strength.

This was from Jehovah; he was wonderful in our eyes.

My soul was crushed for the desire to thy judgments in all time.

This was done to me, because I kept Your Commandments.

I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.

Before I was troubled, I went wrong, but now I keep thy word.

Their heart was fat as fatness; I delighted in thy law.

It was for my good that I was humbled; so that I would learn your statutes.

I was as a bottle in smoke; I forgot not thy laws.

Forever, O Jehovah, thy word was set in the heavens.

Unless thy law was my delight I perished in mine affliction.

I was humbled even greatly: O Jehovah, cause me to live according to thy word,

Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders.

My flesh stood erect from thy fear, and I was afraid of thy judgments.

Be the guarantee for Your servant for good [as Judah was the guarantee for Benjamin];
Do not let the arrogant oppress me.

My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings.

I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

Shin. Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.

{A song of the stairs} I was glad when they said unto me, "We will go in to the house of the LORD."

Jerusalem was built as a city, joined to it together.

To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,
[As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Much was our soul filled with it, a derision of those living at ease the contempt of the proud.

{A Song of degrees 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:

Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with joy. Then said they among the heathen, "The LORD hath done great things for them."

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

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

Song of ascensions to David. O Jehovah, my heart was not lifted up, and mine eyes were not exalted, and I went not in great things and in wonders above me.

The Lord has done whatever was pleasing to him, in heaven, and on the earth, in the seas and in all the deep waters.

It was the LORD who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

for it was there that our captors asked us for songs and our torturers demanded joy from us, "Sing us one of the songs about Zion!"

It was you who formed my internal organs, fashioning me within my mother's womb.

I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing them intently!

My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.