And I -- I have anointed My King, Upon Zion -- My holy hill.'

I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, 'My Son Thou art, I to-day have brought thee forth.

Ask of Me and I give nations -- thy inheritance, And thy possession -- the ends of earth.

A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

Many are saying of my soul, 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.

And Thou, O Jehovah, art a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.

My voice is unto Jehovah: I call: And He answereth me from his holy hill, Selah.

I -- I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.

I am not afraid of myriads of people, That round about they have set against me.

Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies on the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken.

To the Overseer with Stringed Instruments. -- A Psalm of David. In my calling answer Thou me, O God of my righteousness. In adversity Thou gavest enlargement to me; Favour me, and hear my prayer.

Sons of men! till when is my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.

And know ye that Jehovah Hath separated a saintly one to Himself. Jehovah heareth in my calling to Him.

Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.

In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!

To the Overseer, 'Concerning the Inheritances.' -- A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.

Jehovah, at morning Thou hearest my voice, At morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

O Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,

To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

Favour me, O Jehovah, for I am weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones,

And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when?

Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night on my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.

Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,

Jehovah hath heard my supplication, Jehovah my prayer receiveth.

'The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.

Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,

If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.

Rise, O Jehovah, in Thine anger, Be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, And awake Thou for me: Judgment Thou hast commanded:

Jehovah doth judge the peoples; Judge me, O Jehovah, According to my righteousness, And according to mine integrity on me,

My shield is on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!

To the Overseer, 'On the Death of Labben.' -- A Psalm of David. I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all Thy wonders,

For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.

Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

To the Overseer. -- By David. In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, 'They moved to Thy mountain for the bird?

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? -- for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?

Till when do I set counsels in my soul? Sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is mine enemy exalted over me?

Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

And I, in Thy kindness I have trusted, Rejoice doth my heart in Thy salvation.

I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me!

Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.

Thou hast said to Jehovah, 'My Lord Thou art;' My good is not for thine own sake;

For the holy ones who are in the land, And the honourable, all my delight is in them.

Multiplied are their griefs, Who have hastened backward; I pour not out their libations of blood, Nor do I take up their names on my lips.

Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.

Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance is for me.

I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also in the nights my reins instruct me.

I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.

Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.

Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

A Prayer of David. Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness, attend my cry, Give ear to my prayer, without lips of deceit.

From before thee my judgment doth go out; Thine eyes do see uprightly.

Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

To uphold my goings in Thy paths, My steps have not slidden.

I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.

Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me.

Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

Jehovah is my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God is my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

The 'Praised One' I call Jehovah, And from my enemies I am saved.

Compassed me have cords of death, And streams of the worthless make me afraid.

Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.

In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.

He sendeth from above -- He taketh me, He draweth me out of many waters.

He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.

And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not done wickedly against my God.

For all His judgments are before me, And His statutes I turn not from me.

And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.

For Thou -- Thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness.

For by Thee I run -- a troop! And by my God I leap a wall.

God! who is girding me with strength, And He maketh perfect my way.

Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.

Teaching my hands for battle, And a bow of brass was brought down by my arms.

And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.

Thou enlargest my step under me, And mine ankles have not slidden.

I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,

And Thou girdest me with strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.

As to mine enemies -- Thou hast given to me the neck, As to those hating me -- I cut them off.

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

Jehovah liveth -- and blessed is my rock, And exalted is the God of my salvation.

God -- who is giving vengeance to me, And He subdueth peoples under me,

My deliverer from mine enemies, Above my withstanders Thou raisest me, From a man of violence dost deliver me.

Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,

Also -- from presumptuous ones keep back Thy servant, Let them not rule over me, Then am I perfect, And declared innocent of much transgression,

Let the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!

To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.

All beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head,

For thou art He bringing me forth from the womb, Causing me to trust, On the breasts of my mother.

On Thee I have been cast from the womb, From the belly of my mother Thou art my God.