All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped. All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him; and no man hath quickened his own soul.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff comfort me.

And now shall he lift up mine head above mine enemies round about me. Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness; I will sing and speak praises unto the LORD.

{A Psalm of David} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD, my strength; think no scorn of me, lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Blessed is the man, unto whom the LORD imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

For this shall every saint make his prayer unto thee in due season; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding, whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, if they will not obey thee.

Sing unto the LORD a new song; sing praises lustily unto him, and with a good courage.

There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of a host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.

The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good.

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile.

The LORD is nigh unto them that are contrite in heart, and will save such as be of a humble spirit.

False witnesses are risen up, and lay to my charge things that I know not.

{To the Chanter, of David the servant of the Lord} My heart showeth me the wickedness of the ungodly, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way; neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil.

O spread forth thy loving-kindness unto them that know thee, and thy righteousness unto them that are true of heart.

I have been young, and now am old; and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.

There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure; neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin.

For my loins are filled with a sore disease, and there is no whole part in my body.

I am become as a man that heareth not: and that can make no resistance with his mouth.

"LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.

"And now, LORD, what is my hope? Truly my hope is even in thee.

O spare me a little that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen."

He hath put a new song in my mouth, even a thanksgiving unto our God. Many men seeing this, shall fear the LORD, and put their trust in him.

O LORD my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which are to us-ward; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. If I should declare them, and speak of them, they should be more than I am able to express.

As for me, I am poor, and in misery, but the LORD careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.

They have given a wicked sentence upon me, "When he lieth, he shall rise up no more."

By this I know thou favourest me, that my enemy doth not triumph against me.

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself; for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God, in the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as keep holy-day.

My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword, while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth, daily saying unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.

Thou sellest thy people for naught, and takest no money for them.

no, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death

"Be still then, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the Heathen, I will be exalted upon earth."

But no man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement unto God for him,

When a man is in honour and hath no understanding, he is compared unto the brute beasts - and becometh like unto them.

I will take no bullocks out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

I know all the fowls upon the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.

{To the Chanter, upon Mahalath, an instruction of David} The foolish bodies say in their hearts, "Tush, there is no God." Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their wickednesses, there is not one that doeth good.

But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable. There is none that doeth good, no not one.

They are afraid where no fear is; for God breaketh the bones of them that besiege thee. Thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath despised them.

Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight; whereby I know that thou art my God.

Consume them in thy wrath; consume them that they may perish, and know that it is God which ruleth in Jacob and in all the world. Selah.

{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 also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is.

That we may know thy way upon earth, thy saving health among all heathen.

I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me.

Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it; O deliver me, because of mine enemies.

Thy rebuke breaketh my heart, and maketh me heavy. I look for some to have pity upon me, but there is no man; and for some to comfort me, but I find none.

Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents.

As for me, I am poor and in misery; haste thee unto me, O God. Thou art my help, my redeemer, and my God: O make no long tarrying.

My mouth shall speak daily of thy righteousness and salvation; for I know no end thereof.

Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.

For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy that hath no help.

Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone; my treadings had well nigh slipped.

For they are in no peril of death, but stand fast like a palace.

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

Therefore fall the people unto them, and there out suck they no small advantage.

But now they break down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers.

We see not our tokens. There is not one prophet more; no, not one is there among us, that understandeth any more.

{To the Chanter, Destroy Not, a Psalm and song of Asaph} Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks; yea, unto thee do we give thanks. Thy Name also is so nigh; and that do thy wondrous works declare.

Will the LORD absent himself forever? Will he be no more intreated?

that their posterity might know it, and the children which were yet unborn, to the intent that when they came up, they might show their children the same;

Their priests were slain with the sword, and there were no widows to made lamentation.

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

Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

Wherefore shall the heathen say, "Where is now their God?" O let the vengeance of thy servant's blood that is shed, be openly showed upon the heathen in our sight.

Blow up the trumpets in the new moon, upon our solemn feast day.

There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any other god.

"Come," say they, "let us root them out, that they be no more a people, and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance."

And they shall know that thou, whose name is Jehovah, art only the most highest over all the earth.

For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

For his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

I will think upon Rahab and Babylon, with them that know me. Behold ye the Philistines also, and they of Tyre, with they of the Ethiopians; lo, there was he born.

For my soul is full of trouble, and my life draweth nigh unto hell.

I am counted as one of them that go down into the pit, and I am even as a man that hath no strength;

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

A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy righthand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

There shall no evil happen unto thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

An unwise man will not know this, and a fool will not understand it -

that they may show how true the LORD my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

O sing unto the LORD a new song. Sing unto the LORD all the whole earth. {TYNDALE: Sing unto the LORD a new song. Sing unto the LORD all the earth.}

O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvelous things. With his own righthand and with his holy arm hath he gotten himself the victory.

I will take no wicked thing in hand. I hate the sin of unfaithfulness; it shall not cleave unto me.

A froward heart shall depart from me; I will not know a wicked person.

There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more.

He suffered no man to hurt them, but reproved even kings for their sakes,

"Touch not mine anointed, do my prophets no harm."

Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land, and gave no credence unto his word,

They went astray in the wilderness in an untrodden way, and found no city to dwell in.

For the love that I had unto them, they take now my contrary part; but I give myself unto prayer.

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

and they shall know how that this is thy hand, and that thou, LORD, hast done it.

Wherefore shall the Heathen say, "Where is now their God?"

I will pay my vows, now, in the presence of all his people;

Let Israel now confess, that his mercy endureth forever.

Let the house of Aaron now confess, that his mercy endureth forever.

Yea, let them now that fear the LORD confess, that his mercy endureth forever.

Help me now O LORD; O LORD, send us now prosperity.