He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.

You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;

I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.)

I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)

The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.

God will give us his blessing; so let all the ends of the earth be in fear of him.

Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;

Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of Egypt; from Pathros will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia will be stretching out her hands to God.

I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I will give glory to him for what he has done.

This will be more pleasing to the Lord than an ox, or a young ox of full growth.

The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.

For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

The seed of his servants will have their part in it, and there the lovers of his name will have rest.

You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.

My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the day.

But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.

My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.

I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my words will be of your righteousness, and of yours only.

You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

You will make me greater than before, and give me comfort on every side.

I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel.

Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.

My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.

For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

He will keep their souls free from evil designs and violent attacks; and their blood will be of value in his eyes.

And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.

For those who are far away from you will come to destruction: you will put an end to all those who have not kept faith with you.

O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

When the right time has come, I will be the judge in righteousness.

For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red; it is well mixed, overflowing from his hand: he will make all the sinners of the earth take of it, even to the last drop.

But I will ever be full of joy, making songs of praise to the God of Jacob.

By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.

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I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

Will the Lord put me away for ever? will he be kind no longer?

And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High.

I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past.

I will give thought to all your work, while my mind goes over your acts of power.

Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?

So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.

Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!

Happy are they whose resting-place is in your house: they will still be praising you. (Selah.)

The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.

Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you keep your wrath against us through all the long generations?

Will you not give us life again, so that your people may be glad in you?

I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways.

The Lord will give what is good; and our land will give its increase.

Righteousness will go before him, making a way for his footsteps.

Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there.

And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.

The Lord will keep in mind, when he is writing the records of the people, that this man had his birth there. (Selah.)

The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.

Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?

My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.

For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.

I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)

Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.

For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.

My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.

The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.

But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.

I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.

And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.

But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.

I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?

What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.

You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.

You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,

You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

Only with your eyes will you see the reward of the evil-doers.

No evil will come on you, and no disease will come near your tent.

For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go.

In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.