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.

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.

Tremble ye, and do not sin;' Say ye thus in your heart on your bed, And be ye silent. Selah.

What is man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

Sing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, Declare ye among the peoples His acts,

So that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.

He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it, Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When Jehovah doth turn back To a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

And seen are the streams of waters, And revealed are foundations of the earth. From Thy rebuke, O Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of Thine anger.

Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, And to the end of the world their sayings, For the sun He placed a tent in them,

He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee,

And He causeth them to skip as a calf, Lebanon and Sirion as a son of Reems,

I rejoice, and am glad in Thy kindness, In that Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast known in adversities my soul.

By David. -- An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, 'I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.

And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'

Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord -- be not far from me,

The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.

Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,

Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.

For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

I -- I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'

Beautiful for elevation, A joy of all the land, is Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.

As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her -- to the age. Selah.

Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,

A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.

If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion.

Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,

For my transgressions I do know, And my sin is before me continually.

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.

Hide Thy face from my sin. And all mine iniquities blot out.

Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.

Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back to a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

As a snail that melteth he goeth on, As an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.

The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. A Song. To Thee, silence -- praise, O God, is in Zion, And to Thee is a vow completed.

Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.

The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai -- before God, the God of Israel.

When the Mighty spreadeth kings in it, It doth snow in Salmon.

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord is among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

They have seen Thy goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary.

The humble have seen -- they rejoice, Ye who seek God -- and your heart liveth.

For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.

By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.

They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation -- generations.

His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy.

The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.

Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.

Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.

Thine is the day, also Thine is the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun.

And His tabernacle is in Salem, And His habitation in Zion.

The waters have seen Thee, O God, The waters have seen Thee, They are afraid -- also depths are troubled.

Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan.

And they add still to sin against Him, To provoke the Most High in the dry place.

When He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan,

And He chooseth the tribe of Judah, With mount Zion that He loved,

Let Thy hand be on the man of Thy right hand, On the son of man Thou hast strengthened for Thyself.

They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion.

For a sun and a shield is Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.

Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.

Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!

Jehovah is loving the gates of Zion Above all the tabernacles of Jacob.

And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.

His seed is to the age, And his throne is as the sun before Me,

Cause us to rejoice according to the days Wherein Thou hast afflicted us, The years we have seen evil.

Where your fathers have tried Me, Have proved Me, yea, have seen My work.

Lightened have His lightnings the world, The earth hath seen, and is pained.

The heavens declared His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His honour.

Zion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Thy judgments, O Jehovah.

Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart -- joy.

He hath remembered His kindness, And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, All ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Jehovah in Zion is great, And high He is over all the peoples.

Thou -- Thou risest -- Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.

For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,

To declare in Zion the name of Jehovah, And His praise in Jerusalem,

He made the moon for seasons, The sun hath known his place of entrance.

The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.

They have seen the works of Jehovah, And His wonders in the deep.

In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.

The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

The rod of thy strength doth Jehovah send from Zion, Rule in the midst of thine enemies.

From the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised is the name of Jehovah.

The sea hath seen, and fleeth, The Jordan turneth backward.

Cause it to come, O Jehovah, for I am Thy servant. I am Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds.

In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.