O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually.

I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with my own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

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

We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

They were not estranged from their desire: but while their meat was yet in their mouths,

For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

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

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yes, many a time he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily succor us: for we are brought very low.

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

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would not obey me.

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

A song, or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

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

I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace to his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

O God, the proud have risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

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

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

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

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.

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

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

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

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

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

To show forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

Yet they say, The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it.

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not know?

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

To whom I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he will judge the people righteously.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

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

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thy ear to me: in the day when I call, answer me speedily.

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

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 the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.

They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel:

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.

Yes, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not to the voice of the LORD.

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our armies?

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

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

The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.

Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he seeth his desire upon his enemies.

Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me?

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

The LORD hath chastened me severely: but he hath not given me over to death.