Yea, I had almost also said even as they do; but lo, then should I have condemned the generation of thy children.

Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is nothing upon earth, that I desire in comparison of thee.

They have set fire upon thy holy places, and have defiled the dwelling place of thy name, even to the ground.

Yea, they say in their hearts, "Let us make havoc of them all together." Thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land.

The proud shall be robbed and sleep their sleep, and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.

I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world;

which we have heard and known, and such as our fathers have told us,

{A Psalm of Asaph} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem a heap of stones.

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.

Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem, and there was no man to bury them.

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon; for we are come to great misery.

And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee, reward them, O LORD, seven fold into their bosom.

The wild boar out of the wood hath rooted it up, and the beasts of the field have devoured it.

I should soon have put down their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

The haters of the LORD should have been found liars; but their time should have endured for ever.

He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour; and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee."

Defend the poor and fatherless, see that such as be in need and necessity have right.

I have said, "Ye are gods, and ye are all the children of the most highest.

For they have cast their heads together with one consent, and are confederate against thee.

Assyria also is joined unto them, and have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

who say, "We will have the houses of God in possession."

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

O God, the proud are risen against me; and the congregation of the mighty seeketh after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.

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

{A Psalm and song of the sons of Korah, to the Chanter upon Mahalath, to give thanks, an Instruction of Heman the Ezrahite} O LORD God my Savior, I have cried day and night before thee;

My sight faileth for very trouble: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee.

Unto thee have I cried, O LORD, and early shall my prayer come before thee.

I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die; even from my youth up, thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind.

For I have said, "Mercy shall be set up for ever; thy truth shalt thou establish in the heavens."

"I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant:

Thou spakest sometime in visions unto thy saints, and saidst, "I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

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

I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not fail David.

Remember, LORD, the rebuke that the multitude of the people do unto thy servants, and how I have borne it in my bosom;

wherewith thine have blasphemed thee, and slandered the footsteps of thine anointed.

Comfort us again, now after the time that thou hast plagued us, and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.

The floods are risen, O LORD. The floods have lift up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart, thy comforts have refreshed my soul.

Wilt thou have anything to do with the stool of wickedness, which imagineth mischief as a law?

Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, "They ever err in their hearts, they verily have not known my ways."

O let me have understanding in the ways of Godliness, until the time that thou come unto me! I will walk in my house with a perfect heart.

Arise, therefore, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have mercy upon her; yea, the time is come.

that all the beasts of the field may have drink, and that the wild asses may quench their thirst.

Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation, and sing among the branches.

I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live; I will praise my God while I have my being.

We have sinned with our fathers; we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly.

So he said he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in that gap; to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them.

Then are they glad, because they are at rest; and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.

Let there be no man to pity him, nor to have compassion on his fatherless children.

The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do thereafter. The praise of it endureth forever.

They have mouths, and speak not; eyes have they, but they see not.

They have ears, and hear not; noses have they, but they smell not.

They have hands, and handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither speak they through their throat.

So shall I not be confounded, while I have respect unto all thy commandments.

Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I should not sin against thee.

I have as great delight in the way of thy testimonies, as in all manner of riches.

I will exercise myself in thy commandments, and have respect unto thy footpaths.

O turn from me shame and rebuke, for I have kept thy testimonies.

I have chosen the way of truth, thy judgments have I laid before me.

The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; yet have I not shrinked from thy law.

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

I have thought upon thy name, O LORD, in the night season, and have kept thy law.

{Khet} Thou art my portion, O LORD, I have promised to keep thy law.

The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me, but I have not forgotten thy law.

It is good for me that I have been in trouble, that I may learn thy statutes.

{Yod} Thy hands have made me and fashioned me, O give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

They have almost made an end of me upon earth, but I forsake not thy commandments.

{Mem} O LORD, what love have I unto thy law! All the day long is my study in it.

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

I have sworn, and am steadfastly purposed, to keep thy righteous judgments.

The ungodly have laid a snare for me; but yet swerve I not from thy commandments.

Thy testimonies have I claimed as my heritage forever; and why? They are the very joy of my heart.

It is time for thee, O LORD, to lay to thine hand; for they have destroyed thy law.

Order my steps in thy word; and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me.

My zeal hath even consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me; yet is my delight in thy commandments.

As concerning thy testimonies, I have known ever since the beginning that thou hast grounded them for ever.

Great is the peace that they have which love thy law, and they are not offended at it.

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy commandments.

Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar!

Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hands of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hands of her mistress, even so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he have mercy upon us.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are utterly despised.

{A song of the stairs} Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up, may Israel now say.

Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up, but they have not overcome me.

All them that have an evil will to Zion shall be confounded, and made to turn back from it.

{A song of the stairs} Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice.

{A song of the stairs} LORD, I am not high-minded; I have no proud looks. I do not exercise myself in great matters which are too high for me.

"This shall be my rest; here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

There shall I make the horn of David to flourish; I have ordained a lantern for mine anointed.

They have mouths, and speak not; eyes have they, but they see not.

They have ears, and yet they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords, yea and set traps in my way. Selah.

Let not the ungodly have his desire, O LORD; let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. Selah.

Keep me from the snare that they have laid for me, and from the traps of the wicked doers.

When my spirit is in heaviness, thou knowest my path: in the way wherein I walk have they privily laid a snare for me.

I look upon my righthand, and see there is no man that will know me. I have no place to flee unto, no man careth for my soul.

Happy are the people that be in such a case; yea, blessed are the people, which have the LORD for their God.