Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.

{A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.} O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out 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?

May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

{Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.

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:

With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.

But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Also 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.

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.

Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

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

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

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

Where are thy former lovingkindnesses, O My Lord? Thou didst swear unto David, in thy faithfulness!

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

May the Lord be praised forever.
Amen and amen.

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

Return, O LORD, how long? and may you have compassion concerning your servants.

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

May your awesome deeds be revealed to your servants, as well as your splendor to their children.

May your favor be on us, Lord our God; make our endeavors successful; yes, make our endeavors secure! A Davidic Psalm

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

A thousand may fall at your side
And ten thousand at your right hand,
But danger will not come near you.

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

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

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.

But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

The LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice! May many islands be glad!

Fire, before him, proceedeth, That it may consume, round about, his adversaries.

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

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

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

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

{A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.} Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

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

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

That the nations may revere thy Name, O Yahweh, And all the kings of the earth, thy glory.

Let this be written for [the] next generation, so that a people [yet] to be created may praise Yah,

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

That men may declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;

He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

May the descendants of your servants live securely, and may their children be established in your presence." Davidic