But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works.

{An instruction: of Asaph.} Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.

Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs for signs.

They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy contemn thy name for ever?

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom: consume them.

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:

Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.

Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.

Oh let not the oppressed one return ashamed; let the afflicted and needy praise thy name.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' A Psalm of Asaph: a Song.} Unto thee we give thanks, O God, we give thanks; and thy name is near: thy marvellous works declare it.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Will I remember, the works of Jah; for I will remember thy wonders of old,

And I will meditate upon all thy work, and muse upon thy doings.

O God, thy way is in the sanctuary: who is so great a god as God?

Thou art the God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy strength among the peoples.

Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked.

Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.

Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowl of the heavens, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth:

How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Pour out thy fury upon the nations that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name:

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let thy tender mercies speedily come to meet us: for we are brought very low.

Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.

Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

And we, thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee for ever; we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation.

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.

O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?

Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.

It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

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

So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.

Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

{A Song; a Psalm of Asaph.} O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God:

They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:

So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.

Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

{To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.} How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be constantly praising thee. Selah.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.} Thou hast been favourable, Jehovah, unto thy land; thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob:

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

Thou hast withdrawn all thy wrath; thou hast turned from the fierceness of thine anger.

Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Shew us thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, and grant us thy salvation.

Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee.

Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.

Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

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

Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.

Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? thy faithfulness in Destruction?

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

I am afflicted and expiring from my youth up; I suffer thy terrors, and I am distracted.

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

{An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.} I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.

For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.

And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.

Jehovah, God of hosts, who is like unto thee, the strong Jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

Thou hast crushed Rahab as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name.

Thine is the arm of might: strong is thy hand, high is thy right hand.

Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face.

Blessed is the people that know the shout of joy: they walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

In thy name are they joyful all the day, and in thy righteousness are they exalted.

For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

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.

Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant; thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:

How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?

Where, Lord, are thy former loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants that I bear in my bosom that of all the mighty peoples --

For a thousand years, in thy sight, are as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy fury are we troubled.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

For all our days pass away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a passing thought.

Who knoweth the power of thine anger? and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?

Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

Satisfy us early with thy loving-kindness; that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy majesty unto their sons.

A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

Because thou hast made Jehovah, my refuge, the Most High, thy dwelling-place,

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep thee in all thy ways:

They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

{A Psalm, a Song, for the Sabbath day.} It is good to give thanks unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto thy name, O Most High;

To declare thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness in the nights,

For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work; I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

Jehovah, how great are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep: