Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

For thou, O LORD God, art the thing that I long for; thou art my hope even from my youth.

saying, "God hath forsaken him. Persecute him, and take him, for there is none to help him."

Go not far from me, O God; my God, haste thee to help me.

I will go forth in the strength of the LORD God, and will make mention of thy righteousness only.

Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.

Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto children's children, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great things are they that thou hast done; O God, who is like unto thee?

Therefore will I praise thee, and thy faithfulness, O God, playing on the lute; unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou holy one of Israel.

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

Blessed be the LORD God, even the God of Israel, which only doeth wondrous things.

{A Psalm of Asaph} Truly God is loving unto Israel, even unto such as are of a clean heart.

"Tush," say they, "How should God perceive it? Is there knowledge in the most high?"

until I went into the Sanctuary of God. Then understood I the end of these men.

My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

But it is good for me to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORD God, and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Zion.

{An Instruction of Asaph} O God, wherefore doest thou cast us so clean away? Why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?

Yea, they say in their hearts, "Let us make havoc of them all together." Thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land.

O God, how long shall the adversary do this dishonour? How long shall the enemy blaspheme thy name? Forever?

But God is my King of old; the help that is done upon earth, he doeth it himself.

Arise, O God, and maintain thine own cause; remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily.

{To the Chanter, Destroy Not, a Psalm and song of Asaph} Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks; yea, unto thee do we give thanks. Thy Name also is so nigh; and that do thy wondrous works declare.

When I may get a convenient time, I shall judge according unto right.

And why? God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

But I will talk of the God of Jacob, and praise him forever.

{To the Chanter, in Neginoth, a Psalm and song of Asaph} In Jewry is God known; his name is great in Israel.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are fallen.

yea, when God ariseth to give judgment, and to help all them that be in adversity upon earth. Selah.

Look what ye promise unto the LORD your God: see that ye keep it, all ye that be round about him; bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

{To the Chanter, for Jeduthun, a Psalm of Asaph} I cried unto God with my voice; yea, even unto God cried I with my voice, and he heard me.

When I was in heaviness, I thought upon God: when my heart was vexed, then did I speak. Selah.

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure? Selah.

Thy way, O God, is holy: who is so great a God as our God?

Thou art the God that doest wonders, and hast declared thy power among the people.

The waters saw thee, O God; the waters saw thee, and were afraid, the depths were moved.

that they also might put their trust in God, and not to forget what he had done, but to keep his commandments.

And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn generation, a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not true toward God.

They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his law.

They tempted God in their hearts, and required meat for their lust.

For they spake against God, and said, "Yea yea, God shall prepare a table in the wilderness, shall he?

because they believed not in God, and put not their trust in his help.

the heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the wealthiest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

When he slew them, they sought him, and turned them early, and inquired after God.

And they remembered that God was their strength, and that the high God was their redeemer.

They turned back, and tempted God, and moved the holy one in Israel.

Yet, for all this they tempted and displeased the most high God, and kept not his covenant:

When God heard this, he was wroth, and took sore displeasure at Israel,

{A Psalm of Asaph} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem a heap of stones.

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

Wherefore shall the heathen say, "Where is now their God?" O let the vengeance of thy servant's blood that is shed, be openly showed upon the heathen in our sight.

Turn us again, O God: show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

O LORD God of Hosts, how long wilt thou be angry over the prayer of thy people?

Turn us again, thou God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from heaven, behold and visit this vine,

It is burnt with fire, and cut down; O let them perish at the rebuke of thy wrath.

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts; show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

{To the Chanter, upon Gittith, of Asaph} Sing merrily unto God, our strength; make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob.

For this was made a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

There shall no strange god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any other god.

I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it.

{A Psalm of Asaph} God standeth in the congregation of princes, and is a Judge among the judges.

Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth, for thou shalt take all heathen to thine inheritance.

{A song and Psalm of Asaph} Hold not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence; refrain not thyself, O God.

who say, "We will have the houses of God in possession."

O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the stubble before the wind.

My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

For the sparrow hath found her a house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

They will go from strength to strength, and unto the God of Gods appeareth every one of them in Zion.

O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob.

Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

For one day in thy court is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of the ungodly.

For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

O LORD God of Hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

Turn us then, O God our Saviour, and let thine anger cease from us.

I will hearken what the LORD God will say concerning me; for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints, that they turn not themselves unto foolishness.

Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy; my God, help thy servant that putteth his trust in thee.

For thou, LORD, art good and gracious, and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things; thou art God alone.

I thank thee, O LORD my God, with all my heart, and will praise thy name for ever.

O God, the proud are risen against me; and the congregation of the mighty seeketh after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.

But thou, O LORD God, art full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, plenteous in goodness and truth.

Show some token upon me for good, that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed; because thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.

Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. Selah.

{A Psalm and song of the sons of Korah, to the Chanter upon Mahalath, to give thanks, an Instruction of Heman the Ezrahite} O LORD God my Savior, I have cried day and night before thee;

free among the dead, like unto them that lie in the grave, which be out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, and made me to be abhorred of them. I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth.

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

O LORD God of hosts, who is like unto thee in power? Thy truth, most mighty LORD, is on every side.

He shall call me, "Thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my salvation.'

{A Prayer of Moses the man of God} LORD, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to another.

Before the mountains were brought forth, before the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting and world without end.

In the morning it is green and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.

And the glorious majesty of the LORD our God be upon us. Prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; O prosper thou our handiwork.

I will say unto the LORD, "O my hope, and my stronghold; my God, in whom I will trust."

{A Psalm of the song for the Sabbath Day} It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most highest!

Such as be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself.

And yet they say, "Tush, the LORD seeth not, the God of Jacob regardeth it not."

But the LORD is my refuge, my God is the strength of my confidence.

He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice: yea the LORD our God shall destroy them.