{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

{To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.} Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.

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

Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

{A Psalm.} O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.

The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.

Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.

And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.

That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.