Hear, O my people; for I assure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me.

But my people would not hear my voice; and Israel would not obey me.

O that my people would obey me! For if Israel would walk in my ways,

I should soon have put down their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

"Come," say they, "let us root them out, that they be no more a people, and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance."

O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the stubble before the wind.

Make their faces ashamed, O LORD, that they may seek thy name.

My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

For the sparrow hath found her a house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob.

For one day in thy court is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of the ungodly.

Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us, that thy people may rejoice in thee?

I will hearken what the LORD God will say concerning me; for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints, that they turn not themselves unto foolishness.

For his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

{A Prayer of David} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and hear me; for I am comfortless and poor.

Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy; my God, help thy servant that putteth his trust in thee.

Be merciful unto me, O LORD; for I call daily upon thee.

Comfort the soul of thy servant, for unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer, and ponder the voice of my humble desires.

In the time of my trouble I call upon thee; for thou hearest me.

Lead me in thy way, O LORD, that I may walk in thy truth: O let my heart delight in fearing thy name.

I thank thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart, and will praise thy name for ever.

For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell.

O God, the proud are risen against me; and the congregation of the mighty seeketh after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.

O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.

Show some token upon me for good, that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed; because thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.

I will think upon Rahab and Babylon, with them that know me. Behold ye the Philistines also, and they of Tyre, with they of the Ethiopians; lo, there was he born.

The singers also and trumpeters shall he rehearse. All my fresh springs shall be in thee.

{A Psalm and song of the sons of Korah, to the Chanter upon Mahalath, to give thanks, an Instruction of Heman the Ezrahite} O LORD God my Savior, I have cried day and night before thee;

O let my prayer enter into thy presence. Incline thine ear unto my calling.

For my soul is full of trouble, and my life draweth nigh unto hell.

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a place of darkness and in the deep.

Thine indignation lieth hard upon me, and thou hast vexed me with all thy floods. Selah.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, and made me to be abhorred of them. I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth.

My sight faileth for very trouble: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee.

Dost thou show wonders among the dead? Can the Physicians raise them up again, that they may praise thee? Selah.

May thy loving-kindness be showed in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Unto thee have I cried, O LORD, and early shall my prayer come before thee.

LORD, why abhorrest thou my soul, and hidest thou thy face from me?

I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die; even from my youth up, thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind.

Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me; and the fear of thee hath undone me.

They came round about me daily like water, and compassed me together on every side.

My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight.

{An Instruction of Ethan the Ezrahite} My song shall be always of the loving-kindness of the LORD; with my mouth will I ever be showing thy faithfulness from one generation to another.

"I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

For who is he among the clouds, that may be compared unto the LORD? Yea what is he among the gods, that shall be like unto the LORD?

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him.

My hand shall hold him fast, and mine arm shall strengthen him.

My truth also and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

He shall call me, "Thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my salvation.'

And I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

But if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments,

if they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments,

Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my truth to fail.

My covenant will I not break, nor disannull the thing that is gone out of my lips.

I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not fail David.

His seed shall endure forever, and his throne is like as the sun before me.

O remember how short my time is; hast thou made all men for nought?

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? May a man deliver his own soul from the hand of hell? Selah.

Remember, LORD, the rebuke that the multitude of the people do unto thy servants, and how I have borne it in my bosom;

O teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

I will say unto the LORD, "O my hope, and my stronghold; my God, in whom I will trust."

For thou, LORD, art my hope; thou hast set thine house of defense very high.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him up out of all danger, for he hath known my name.

When he calleth upon me, I shall hear him: Yea I am with him in his trouble; whereout I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.

With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy works; and I will rejoice over the operation of thy hands.

But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn; and shall be anointed with fresh oil.

Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me.

that they may show how true the LORD my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

Who will rise up with me against the wicked? Who will take my part against the evil doers?

If the LORD had not helped me, my soul had almost been put to silence.

When I said, "My foot hath slipped, thy mercy, O LORD, held me up."

In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, thy comforts have refreshed my soul.

But the LORD is my refuge, my God is the strength of my confidence.

when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.

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

Therefore I said unto them in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

The LORD is king. The earth may be glad thereof; yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.

{A Psalm of David} My song shall be of mercy and judgment, yea unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.

O let me have understanding in the ways of Godliness, until the time that thou come unto me! I will walk in my house with a perfect heart.

I will take no wicked thing in hand. I hate the sin of unfaithfulness; it shall not cleave unto me.

A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.

Mine eyes shall look for such as be faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me. Whoso leadeth a godly life, he shall be my servant.

There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land, that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

{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.

Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble; incline thine ear unto me when I call. O hear me, and that right soon.

For my days are consumed away like smoke, and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand.

My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.

For the voice of my groaning, my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh.

Mine enemies revile me all the day long; and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me.

I eat ashes with my bread, and mingle my drink with weeping,

and that because of thine indignation and wrath; for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down.

My days are gone like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.

This shall be written for those that come after, that the people which shall be born may praise the LORD.

that he may hear the mournings of such as be in captivity, and deliver the children that are appointed unto death,

that they may preach the name of the LORD in Zion, and his worship at Jerusalem,

He hath brought down my strength in my journey, and shortened my days.