Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD Jehovah; and blessed are the folk whom he hath chosen to be his inheritance.

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

You have given a signal flag to those who fear You,
so that they can flee before the archers.Selah

Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!

O let the nations rejoice and be glad; for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.

Thy flock hath dwelt therein: thou hast prepared in thy goodness, for the afflicted, O God!

He shall keep the simple folk by their right, defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer.

They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men.

An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.

Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock,

And we, Thy people, and the flock of Thy pasture, We give thanks to Thee to the age, To all generations we recount Thy praise!

{To the chief Musician upon ShoshannimEduth, A Psalm of Asaph.} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

For He is our God, and we the people of His pasture, And the flock of His hand, To-day, if to His voice ye hearken,

Know that Jehovah He is God, He made us, and we are His, His people -- and the flock of His pasture.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock.

O mountains, ye skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock!