They have said - Come, and let us wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.

They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.

For, a sun and shield, is Yahweh God, - Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame.

Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thing anger.

To times age-abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation?

For, thy lovingkindness, is great towards me, And thou hast rescued my soul from Hades beneath.

Among the dead, is my couch, - Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off;

Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me, - Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!

Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me?

Afflicted have I been, and dying, from youth, I have borne the terror of thee - I shall be distracted!

Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.

Then spakest thou in vision of thy men of lovingkindness, and saidst - I have laid help upon a mighty one, I have exalted one chosen from among the people;

With whom my hand shall be firm, Yea, mine arm, shall strengthen him;

And I will shatter, from before him, his adversaries, And, them who hate him, will I smite;

But, my lovingkindness, will I not frustrate from them, Neither will I falsify my faithfulness;

Who is the man that shall live, and not see death? That can deliver his soul from the hand of hades. Selah.

BOOK THE FOURTH Lord! a dwelling-place, hast, thou, become to us, From generation to generation:

For, he, will rescue thee, From the snare of the fowler, From the destructive pestilence.

Because, on me, he hath set firm his love, Therefore will I deliver him, I will set him on high, Because he hath known my Name;

Established hath been thy throne from of old, From age-past times, thou art.

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged - for the lawless one - a pit.

Whose, is the sea, for, he, made it, And, the dry land, his hands, did form.

Sing to Yahweh, bless ye his Name, - Tell the tidings, from day to day, of his salvation:

Ye lovers of Yahweh! be haters of wrong, - He preserveth the lives of his men of lovingkindness, From the hand of the lawless, will he rescue them.

A perverse heart, shall depart from me, A maker of mischief, will I not acknowledge;

That he looked down, out of his holy height, Yahweh, from the heavens unto the earth, directed his gaze; -

Who redeemeth, from destruction, thy life, Who crowneth thee, with lovingkindness and compassion:

As far as East from West, Hath he put far from us, our transgressions;

But, the lovingkindness of Yahweh, is from one age even to another, Upon them who revere him, And his righteousness, to children's children: -

Over them, the bird of the heavens settleth down, From amidst the foliage, they utter a voice.

The young lions, roaring for prey, And seeking, from GOD, their food.

And they wandered from nation to nation, From a kingdom, to another people.

And saved them from the hand of one full of hatred, And redeemed them out of the hand of the foe;

So the waters covered their adversaries, Not one from among them, was left.

Then would he have bidden to destroy them, - had not Moses his chosen, stood in the breach before him, To turn back his wrath from destroying.

Save us, O Yahweh our God, and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, That we may triumph aloud in thy praise.

Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, from one age even unto another, And all the people, shall say, Amen! Praise ye Yah!

Let the redeemed of Yahweh say, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

And, out of the lands, hath gathered them - From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.

He sendeth his word, and healeth them, and delivereth them from their graves.

But he hath set the needy on high from affliction, and made families, like a flock: -

Because he loved cursing, May it have come upon him, Because he delighted not in blessing, May it have kept far from him;

This, be the reward of mine accusers, from Yahweh, even of them who are speaking wrongfully against my life.

My knees, tremble from fasting, and, my flesh, faileth of fatness:

Because he standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save, from them who would pass sentence on his life.

The works of his hands, are faithful and just, Firm are all his precepts;

From the rising of the sun unto the going in thereof, Worthy to be praised, is the Name of Yahweh:

That raiseth, out of the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy;

When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue,

But, we, will bless Yah, from henceforth even unto times age-abiding. Praise ye Yah.

For thou hast rescued my soul from death, - mine eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

From Yahweh, hath this come to pass, The same, is marvellous in our eyes.

With all my heart, have I sought thee, Suffer me not to be led astray from thy commandments.

A sojourner, am, I, in the earth, Do not hide from me, thy commandments.

Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.

Roll from off me, reproach and contempt, For, thy testimonies, have I observed.

The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.

Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.

And do not snatch away from my mouth the word of truth in any wise, because, for thy regulation, have I waited.

Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.

I have remembered thy regulations, which have come down from age-past times, O Yahweh, and have consoled myself.

From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.

From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.

The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet, from thy precepts, have I not strayed.

Depart from me, ye evil-doers, - that I may observe the commandments of my God.

Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.

My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.

Set me free from the oppression of man, so will I keep thy precepts.

They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.

Long, have I known, from thy testimonies, That, to times age-abiding, thou didst establish them.

Far from the lawless, is salvation, For, thy statutes, have they not sought.

Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.

I will lift up mine eyes, unto the mountains, From whence cometh my help!

Yahweh, will keep thee from all harm, He will keep thy life.

Yahweh, will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth, even unto times age-abiding.

Our soul, as a bird, hath escaped from the snare of the fowlers, The snare, is broken, and, we, are escaped:

Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb:

Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say:

He, therefore, will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Wait, O Israel, for Yahweh, from this time forth, even to times age-abiding.

Yahweh hath sworn unto David, in faithfulness, will he not turn from it, - Of the fruit of thy body, will I seat on thy throne.

Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, - Lightnings for the rain, hath he made, bringing forth wind out of his treasuries.

With a firm hand, and a stretched-out arm, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

And freed us with force from our adversaries, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.

Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:

Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee?

Even darkness, will not conceal from thee, - but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light!

My substance was not hid from thee, - when I was made in secret, when I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth.

Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me!

Rescue me, O Yahweh, from the men of mischief, From the men of violence, wilt thou preserve me:

Keep me, O Yahweh, from the hands of the lawless one, From the man of violence, wilt thou preserve me, - who have devised, to thrust at my steps:

May there be dropped on them live coals, - Into the fire, may they be let fall, into watery pits from which they shall not rise.

Attend thou unto my loud cry, for I am brought very low, - Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are stronger than I.

Put forth thy hands from on high: - Snatch me away and rescue me out of mighty waters, out of the hand of the sons of the alien,

Who giveth victory unto kings - Who snatcheth away David his servant, from the calamitous sword.

Our garners, full, pouring out from one kind to another; Our flocks, multiplying by thousands - by myriads, in our open fields:

My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.

To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in this ways of darkness;

To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;