{A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite.} Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.

Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

Thy fierce anger hath gone over me; thy terrors have brought me to nought:

They have surrounded me all the day like water; they have compassed me about together.

I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:

Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:

Wherewith thine enemies, O Jehovah, have reproached, wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, according to the years wherein we have seen evil.

In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul.

Forty years was I grieved with the generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways;

He hath remembered his loving-kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

Thou wilt rise up, thou wilt have mercy upon Zion: for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the set time is come.

But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end.

I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God while I have my being.

We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do his precepts: his praise abideth for ever.

They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;

They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat.

I believed, therefore have I spoken. As for me, I was greatly afflicted.

All nations encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

They encompassed me, yea, encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of Jehovah. We have blessed you out of the house of Jehovah.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.

Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all wealth.

I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.

I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.

I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set before me.

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.

And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;

And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.

I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.

This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.

CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.

I have sought thy favour with my whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy word.

I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.

The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.

Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments.

The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.

YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.

They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.

The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; but I attend unto thy testimonies.

I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.

I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.

I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.

I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.

I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.

SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love.

Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.

Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.

I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.

KOPH. I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.

They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.

See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.

SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

I have joy in thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.

I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments.

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.

Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.

I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

{A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth oh let Israel say --