Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.

How much less man, a worm, and the son of man, a worm!

Behold, ye yourselves have all seen it; and why are ye thus altogether vain?

It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;

I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation.

If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

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

(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)

Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather than God;

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are aged; wherefore I was timid, and feared to shew you what I know.

For I know not how to flatter; my Maker would soon take me away.

His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

Thy wickedness may affect a man as thou art, and thy righteousness a son of man.

For he saith to the snow, Fall on the earth! and to the pouring rain, even the pouring rains of his might.

Have the gates of death been revealed unto thee? and hast thou seen the gates of the shadow of death?

Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, and hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

And I have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.

I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; I this day have begotten thee.

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, though his anger burn but a little. Blessed are all who have their trust in him.

{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!

Be moved with anger, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Sing psalms to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion; tell among the peoples his doings.

That I may declare all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will be joyful in thy salvation.

Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

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.

And the beds of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at thy rebuke, Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their language to the extremity of the world. In them hath he set a tent for the sun,

May he send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,

{Of David. Instruction.} Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered!

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it.

Thou hast seen it, Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.

for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and fade as the green herb.

I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading like a green tree in its native soil:

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.

For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin.

{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.

Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah.

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: count the towers thereof;

{A Psalm. Of Asaph.} God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:

Wash me fully from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.

Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.

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.

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; and mine eye hath seen its desire upon mine enemies.

Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

The wicked go astray from the womb; they err as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Let them be as a snail that melteth as it passeth away; like the untimely birth of a woman, let them not see the sun.

For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David: a Song.} Praise waiteth for thee in silence, O God, in Zion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

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

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.

They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah; and they shall dwell there, and possess it:

{For Solomon.} O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.

His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed.

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

Remember thine assembly, which thou hast purchased of old, which thou hast redeemed to be the portion of thine inheritance, this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the moon and the sun:

And in Salem is his tent, and his dwelling-place in Zion.

In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.

How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;

But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved;

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.

I would soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

They go from strength to strength: each one will appear before God in Zion.

For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob.

And of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; and the Most High himself shall establish her.

No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;

His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

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

Zion heard, and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Jehovah.

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

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.

Jehovah is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples.

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.

When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory.

That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,

He made the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth its going down.

The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens.

They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel: