Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

{Maschil of Asaph.} O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

{A Prayer of David.} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.