And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept. And they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward the heavens.

Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave? --

In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: --

Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:

If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;

For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when man doth not consider it;

It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when our rest shall be together in the dust.

If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

Even when I think thereon, I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.

For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?

Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;

When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent,

When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;

When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ...

When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me;

Indeed, no prayer availeth when he stretcheth out his hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.

If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth his face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike;

But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency, and holdeth not back the flashes when his voice is heard.

How thy garments become warm when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

When they crouch in their dens, and abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, and they wander for lack of meat?

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: they are beside themselves with consternation.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.} When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.

Ye sons of men, till when is my glory to be put to shame? How long will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.

But know that Jehovah hath set apart the pious man for himself: Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.

When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;

When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence:

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! lest mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When Jehovah turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.

When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.

When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.

For I have heard the slander of many terror on every side when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life.

As for me, 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.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

{A Psalm of David; when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.} I will bless Jehovah at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful.

Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to possess the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me.

When thou with rebukes dost correct a man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely, every man is vanity. Selah.

Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, when the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me? --

Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:

For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.

Though he blessed his soul in his lifetime, and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself, --

When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.

{To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God abideth continually.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God turneth again the captivity of his people, Jacob shall be glad, Israel shall rejoice.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David; when the Ziphites came, and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us?} O God, by thy name save me, and by thy strength do me justice.

{To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

Let them melt away as waters that flow off; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as blunted:

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his footsteps in the blood of the wicked:

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

{To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my eart is overwhelmed: thou wilt lead me on to a rock which is too high for me.

{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:

Thou hast visited the earth, thou hast watered it; thou greatly enrichest it: the river of God is full of water; thou providest their corn, when thou hast so prepared it:

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness (Selah) --

Thou, O God, didst pour a plentiful rain upon thine inheritance, and when it was weary thou strengthenedst it.

When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it became snow-white as Zalmon.