If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready.

He hath graven and dug up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for others.

The Heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the same net which they hid privily, is their own foot taken.

For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and speaketh good of the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor, because he putteth his trust in the LORD.

The LORD is my stony rock, and my defense, my Saviour, my God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. {TYNDALE: The LORD is my rock, my castle and my deliverer. God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.}

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid. {TYNDALE: For the waves of death have closed me about, and the floods of Belial have feared me.}

He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about him; with dark waters and thick clouds to cover him. {TYNDALE: And he made darkness a tabernacle round about him, with water gathered together in thick clouds.}

Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; thou hast thrown them all down under me, that rose up against me. {TYNDALE: And thou compassedest me about with might to battle, and madest them that rose against me to stoop under me.}

Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me, and I shall destroy them that hate me. {TYNDALE: And thou madest mine enemies to turn their backs to me, and them that hated me, and I destroyed them.}

They shall come, and declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, whom the LORD hath made.

And in my prosperity I said, "I shall never be removed." And why? Thou, LORD, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so strong.

And when I made haste, I said, "I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes." Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer, when I cried unto thee.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.

For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause; yea, and made a pit for my soul, which I never deserved.

Behold, thou hast made my days a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. Selah

Sacrifice and meat-offering thou wouldest not, but mine ears hast thou opened. Burnt-offerings and sacrifice for sin hast thou not required.

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

The LORD hath granted his loving-kindness in the daytime; and in the night-season did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life.

{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, an instruction of the children of Korah; a song of love} My heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak the things which I have made unto the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

He hath made wars to cease in all the world: he hath broken the bow, he hath knapped the spear in sunder, and burnt the chariots in the fire.

Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich, or if the glory of his house be increased;

As a green thorn kindled with fire goeth out before your pots be made hot; even so, let a furious rage bring him to nought.

Let them run here and there for meat, and grudge when they have not enough.

That thy beloved might be delivered, help them with thy righthand, and hear me.

God hath spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice, and divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

In God is my health and my glory, the rock of my might; and in God is my trust.

Thus do I look for thee in thy Sanctuary, that I might behold thy power and glory.

Thou art gone up on high; thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men, yea, even for thine enemies, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Ascribe ye the power unto God; his glory is in Israel, and his might in the clouds.

Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling.

He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily shall he be praised.

Thou smitest the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and givest him to be meat for the people in the wilderness.

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast made both summer and winter.

Thou art of more honour and might than the hills of the robbers.

He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,

that their posterity might know it, and the children which were yet unborn, to the intent that when they came up, they might show their children the same;

that they also might put their trust in God, and not to forget what he had done, but to keep his commandments.

He divided the sea, and let them go through it; and made the waters to stand in a heap.

They tempted God in their hearts, and required meat for their lust.

Then ate they angels' food, for he sent them meat enough.

And they were not disappointed of their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

How he turned their waters into blood, so that they might not drink of the rivers;

When he made a way to his fearful indignation, and spared not their souls from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

He cast out the heathen before them, caused their land to be divided among them for a heritage, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Their priests were slain with the sword, and there were no widows to made lamentation.

And there he built his temple on high, and laid the foundation of it like the ground, that it might perpetually endure.

As he was following the ewes great with young, he took him, that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

{A Psalm of Asaph} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem a heap of stones.

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.

Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh us to scorn.

For this was made a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O LORD, and shall glorify thy name.

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.

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

Thou hast made the north and the south, Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Thou hast set up the righthand of his enemies, and made all his adversaries to rejoice.

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

Before the mountains were brought forth, before the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting and world without end.

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

The LORD is king, and hath put on glorious apparel; the LORD hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength: he hath made the round world so sure, that it cannot be moved.

The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; but yet the LORD that dwelleth on high is mightier.

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that made the eye, shall not he see?

The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands prepared the dry land.

As for all the gods of the Heathen, they are but Idols, but it is the LORD that made the heavens. {TYNDALE: For all the gods of the heathen are Idols; But the LORD made the heavens.}

Tell it out among the Heathen, that the LORD is king: and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast, that it can not be moved, and how that he shall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. {TYNDALE: He established the earth that it cannot move. The heaven rejoice and the earth be glad. And let men tell among the nations that the LORD is a king.}

Be ye sure, that the LORD he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves. We are but his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

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

For he knoweth whereof we be made, he remembereth that we are but dust;

The lions, roaring after their prey, do seek their meat from God.

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! Right wisely hast thou made them all; yea, the earth is full of thy riches.

There go the ships over, and there is that Leviathan, whom thou hast made, to take his pastime therein.

These wait all upon thee, that thou mayest give them meat in due season.

When thou lettest thy breath go forth, they shall be made; and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

O that my words might please him, for my joy is in the LORD.

He is always mindful of his covenant and promise, that he made to a thousand generations,

even the covenant that he made with Abraham, and the oath that he sware unto Isaac,

He made him LORD of his house, and ruler of all his substance,

that he might inform his princes after his will, and teach his senators wisdom.

But he increased his people exceedingly, and made them stronger than their enemies,

For why? He remembered his holy promise which he had made to Abraham his servant.

that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

that we might see the pleasure of thy chosen, and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance.

Nevertheless, he helped them for his name's sake, that he might make his power to be known.

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

yea, he made all those that had led them away captive, to pity them.

He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to the city where they dwelt.

Their soul abhorred all manner of meat, and they were even hard at death's door.

God hath spoken in his sanctuary, "I will rejoice therefore, and divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

He giveth meat unto them that fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant.

For ye are the blessed of the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

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

This is the day which the LORD hath made! Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

O that my ways were made so direct, that I might keep thy statutes!

{Yod} Thy hands have made me and fashioned me, O give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

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

They have almost made an end of me upon earth, but I forsake not thy commandments.

Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might be occupied in thy words.