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

He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.

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

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:

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

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

And he brought them forth with silver and gold; and there was not one feeble among their tribes.

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

Our fathers in Egypt considered not thy wondrous works; they remembered not the multitude of thy loving-kindnesses; but they rebelled at the sea, at the Red Sea.

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

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

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

And they despised the pleasant land; they believed not his word,

But murmured in their tents: they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah.

They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;

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

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

{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} O God of my praise, be not silent:

Let the usurer cast the net over all that he hath, and let strangers despoil his labour;

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

Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.

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

For 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 confiding in Jehovah;

His heart is maintained, he is not afraid, until he see his desire upon his oppressors.

Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth's sake.

They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;

They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat.

The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;

Jehovah is for me, I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

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

Jah hath chastened me sore; but he hath not given me over unto death.

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.

Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.

I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me.

I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.

And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;

The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.

I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.

I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.

The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.

Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.

The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.

They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.

I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.

My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.

The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.

Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.

I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.

Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word.

RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.

Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.

I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us oh let Israel say --

If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!

For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

Happy is the man that hath filled his quiver with them. They shall not be ashamed when they speak with enemies in the gate.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, and in things too wonderful for me.

I will not come into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed;

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids,

For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed.

Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;

{A Song of degrees.} Behold, bless Jehovah, all ye servants of Jehovah, who by night stand in the house of Jehovah.

They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

They have ears, and they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouth.

The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.

For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;

Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.

Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah.

Let burning coals fall on them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep waters, that they rise not up again.

Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamities.

For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.

And enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight no man living shall be justified.