For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain;

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon God?

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword unto them.

Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.

Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud their desert.

They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

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

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

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, And oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.

And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.

And he brought them forth with silver and gold; And there was not one feeble person among his tribes.

They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

And he brought forth his people with joy, And his chosen with singing.

Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.

Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

Jehovah preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: Yet have I not swerved from thy law.

The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.

Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: But I will meditate on thy precepts.

The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.

MEM. I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.

It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; For'so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.

I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

It is like the precious oil upon the head, That ran down upon the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down upon the skirt of his garments;

And brought out Israel from among them; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. Selah

Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.