Let me tell of a decree, - Yahweh, hath said unto me, My son, thou art, I, to-day, have begotten thee:

Attend to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for, unto thee, do I pray.

O Yahweh! in the morning, shalt thou hear my voice, In the morning, will I set in order unto thee, and keep watch;

But, I, in the abounding of thy lovingkindness, will enter thy house, I will bow down towards thy holy temple, in reverence of thee:

Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall by their own counsels, - Into the throng of their own transgressions, thrust them down, For they have rebelled against thee: -

That all may rejoice who seek refuge in thee, to times age-abiding, may shout in triumph, that thou wilt protect them, and they may leap for joy in thee who are lovers of thy Name.

For, in death, is no remembrance of thee, - In hades, who shall give thanks unto thee?

O Yahweh my God, in thee, have I sought refuge, - Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me:

When, the assembly of peoples, gather round thee, then, above it - on high, do thou return!

Let the wrong of the lawless, I pray thee, come to an end, and establish thou him that is righteous, - for, a trier of hearts and reins, is God the righteous one.

I will rejoice and exult in thee, I will praise in song, thy Name, O most High.

When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished from before thee;

Thus let them who know thy Name, put confidence in thee, that thou hast not forsaken the searchers for thee, O Yahweh.

Rise! Yahweh! let man not prevail, let the nations be judged before thee.

Thou hast seen! For, thou, mischief and misery, dost discern, to requite with thine own hand, Unto thee, doth, the unfortunate one, give himself up, To the fatherless, thou thyself, hast become a helper.

Preserve me, O GOD, for I have sought refuge in thee.

Thou wilt cause me to know, the path of life, - Fulness of joys before thee, Pleasures at thy right hand evermore.

I, have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O GOD, - Incline thine ear unto me, Hear thou my speech:

I, in righteousness, shall behold thy face, Shall be satisfied when awakened by a vision of thee.

I will love thee, O Yahweh my strength!

For, as for thee, an oppressed people, thou didst save, but, looks that were lofty, layedst thou low;

For, by thee, I ran through a troop, and, by my God, I leapt over a wall.

For this cause, will I praise thee among the nations, O Yahweh, and, to thy Name, will I sweep the strings: -

The words of my mouth, and the soft utterance of my heart, shall come with acceptance, before thee, O Yahweh, my Rock and my Redeemer!

Yahweh answer thee, in the day of distress, The Name of the God of Jacob give thee safety;

Send thy help out of the sanctuary, and, out of Zion, sustain thee;

Give thee according to thy heart, and, all thy purposes, fulfil.

Life, he asked of thee, Thou hast given it him, length of days, to times age-abiding and beyond.

Thy hand, will find out, all thy foes, Thine own right hand, will find out them who hate thee.

For they have held out, against thee, a wicked thing, They have devised a scheme they cannot accomplish.

In thee, trusted our fathers, They trusted, and thou didst deliver them;

Unto thee, made they outcry, and escaped, In thee, they trusted, and had not turned pale.

Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.

I will declare thy Name unto my brethren, - In the midst of the convocation, will I praise thee.

Of thee, is my praise in the great convocation, My vows, will I pay, before them who revere him.

All the ends of the earth, will remember and turn to Yahweh, Yea all the families of the nations, will bow themselves down before thee,

Unto thee, O Yahweh, my soul, would I lift:

O my God, in thee, have I put my trust, Let me not be put to shame, Let not my foe exult over me:

Yea let, none who wait for thee, be put to shame, Let them be put to shame who act covertly without cause!

Guide me into thy truth and teach me, for, thou, art my delivering God, For thee, have I waited all the day:

Oh keep my soul, and rescue me, Let me not be put to shame, for I have sought refuge in thee.

Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for thee.

To thee, said my heart - When thou saidst Seek ye my face - Thy face, O Yahweh, will I seek!

Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me, - lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit.

Hear the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee for help, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy shrine.

I will extol thee, O Yahweh, for thou hast drawn me up, - and not suffered my foes to rejoice over me.

Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, - and, unto My Lord, do I make supplication:

What profit in my blood? in my going down into the pit? Can dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness?

To the end that mine honour should make melody unto thee, and not be silent. O Yahweh, my God! Unto times age-abiding, will I praise thee.

In thee, O Yahweh, have I sought refuge, Let me not be ashamed to times age-abiding, In thy righteousness, deliver me:

I, therefore. in thee, have put ray trust, O Yahweh, I have said, My God, thou art!

O Yahweh! let me not be ashamed, For I have called upon thee, Let the lawless ha ashamed, go down in silence to hades!

How great is thy goodness, which thou hast hidden away for them who revere thee, - Thou hast wrought for them who seek refuge in thee, in sight of the sons of men.

But, I, had said in mine alarm, I am cut off from before thine eyes, - But, indeed, thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, when I cried for help unto thee.

My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

For this cause, will every man of lovingkindness pray unto thee, in time to obtain, - Surely, in the overflow of many waters, unto him, shall they not reach.

I will make thee discreet, I will point out to thee the way which thou must go, I will fix upon thee mine eye.

Do not ye become like a horse, like a mule, without discernment, - With the bit and bridle of his mouth, hast thou to restrain him, - He will not come near unto thee.

Be thy lovingkindness, O Yahweh, upon us, According as we have waited for thee.

All my bones, shall say - O Yahweh, who is like unto thee? Rescuing the oppressed from one stronger than he, Yea the oppressed and the needy, from their spoiler.

I will thank thee, in the midst of a great convocation, - In the midst of a mighty people, will I praise thee.

For, with thee, is the fountain of life, In thy light, we see light.

Prolong thy lovingkindness unto them who know thee, - and thy righteousness, to the upright in heart.

Yea, rest thy delight on Yahweh, that he may give thee the requests of thy heart.

Wait for Yahweh, and observe thou his path, that he may exalt thee, to inherit the earth, On the cutting off of the lawless, shalt thou look.

O My Lord! before thee, is all my longing, and, my sighing, from thee, hath not been hid:

Because, for thee, O Yahweh, have I waited, Thou, wilt answer, O Adonay, my God!

Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee, - Surely, a mere breath, are all men, even such as stand firm. Selah.

Now, therefore, for what have I waited, O My Lord? My hope, is, in thee.

Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, And, unto my cry for help, give ear, At my tears, do not be silent, - For, a sojourner, am, I, with thee, A stranger, like all my fathers.

Mighty things, hast thou done - Thou, Yahweh my God, Thy wonderful doings and thy purposes to-wards us, There is no setting them in order unto thee - I would tell, and would speak! - They are too great to rehearse.

Let all them be glad and rejoice in thee, who are seekers of thee. Let them say continually - Yahweh be magnified! who are lovers of thy salvation.

I, said - O Yahweh, show me favour, heal thou my soul, for I have sinned against thee:

But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding.

BOOK THE SECOND As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.

My God! over myself, my soul is cast down, - For this cause, will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

That I may go in unto the altar of God, Unto GOD, mine exultant joy, - That I may praise thee with the lyre, O God - mine own God!

By thee, will we thrust at, our adversaries, In thy Name, will we tread down our assailants;

All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;

Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!

Most beautiful thou art, beyond the sons of men, Graciousness hath been poured forth by thy lips, For this cause, hath God blessed thee, to times age-abiding.

And, in thy majesty, be successful! ride forth! on behalf of faithfulness, and humility - righteousness, And let thine own right hand show thee wonderful things.

Thine arrows, are sharp - Peoples, under thee, fall! In the heart of the foes of the king.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness, - For this cause, hath God, thine own God, anointed thee, With the oil of gladness, beyond thy partners.

Myrrh and aloes, cassias, all thy garments, - Out of the palaces of ivory, the tones of strings, have rejoiced thee.

In embroidered raiment, shall she be brought unto the king - The virgins that follow her, her companions, are to be conducted unto thee:

I will keep in remembrance thy Name, through each succeeding generation, For this cause, peoples, shall praise thee, to times age-abiding and beyond.

For, though, his own self - while he lived, he used to bless, And they will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,

Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will adjure thee, God, thine own God, I am: -

Not, for thy sacrifices, will I reprove thee, Nor for thine ascending-offerings, before me continually:

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, For, mine, is the world, and the fulness thereof.

Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

Seeing that, thou, hast hated correction, And hast cast my words behind thee;

These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set thine offences in order before thine eyes.

Against thee - against thee alone, have I sinned, And, wickedness - in thine eyes, have I done, - That thou mayest, Be justified when thou speakest, - Be clear when thou judgest.

I would teach transgressors thy ways, And, sinners, unto thee, should return.

GOD also, will break thee down utterly, He will snatch thee up and tear thee away tentless, And uproot thee, out of the land of the living. Selah.

I will praise thee to times age-abiding, Because thou didst effectually work, - And I will wait on thy Name, Because it is good, In the presence of thy men of lovingkindness.

With a freewill-offering, will I sacrifice unto thee, I will praise thy Name, O Yahweh, for it is good;

Cast upon Yahweh thy lot, and, he, will sustain thee: He will not suffer, to times age-abiding, the righteous one to be shaken.