As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction came upon me.

My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

I Made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.

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

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

He looketh upon men, and if any shall say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

If he should set his heart upon man, if he should gather to himself his spirit and his breath;

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.

Which the clouds do drop and distill upon man abundantly.

Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

And it is turned around by his counsels: that they may do whatever he commandeth them upon the face of the world on the earth.

Who hath laid the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Upon what are the foundations of it fastened? or who laid its corner stone;

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible around.

Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.

Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

Then came there to him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house: and they condoled with him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold.

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Salvation belongeth to the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance.

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

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

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are agitated.

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy wonderful works.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

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

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

And he rode upon a cherub, and flew; yes, he flew upon the wings of the wind.

He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.

His glory is great in thy salvation: honor and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

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

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

But thou art he that brought me forth into life: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.

I was cast upon thee from my birth: thou art my God from the time I was born.

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

I may number all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

All they that are fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

Who shall ascend upon the hill of the LORD? and who shall stand in his holy place?

Turn thee to me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

Look upon my affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

For in the time of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle will he hide me; he will set me up upon a rock.

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.

The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yes, the LORD sitteth king for ever.

Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drouth of summer. Selah.

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

For evil doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me.

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

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

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no delay, O my God.

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.