They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,

Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.

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

So that I swore in mine anger, that they should not enter into my rest.

Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols. Worship him, all ye gods.

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;

They shall praise thy great and terrible name, it is holy! --

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name: they called unto Jehovah, and he answered them.

He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud: they kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them.

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear by me.

They shall perish, but thou continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.

At thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away; --

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

He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains;

They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst.

The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches.

The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens.

That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust.

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

When they were a few men in number, of small account, and strangers in it.

And they went from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

They afflicted his feet with fetters; his soul came into irons;

They set his signs among them, and miracles in the land of Ham.

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

And they devoured every herb in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground.

They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

He opened the rock, and waters gushed forth; they ran in the dry places like a river.

And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the labour of the peoples:

That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!

Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

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.

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

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

And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

And they envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.

They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;

And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

They forgot God their Saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,

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

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

And they joined themselves unto Baal-Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead;

And they provoked him to anger with their doings; and a plague broke out among them.

And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;

For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.

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

But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;

And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:

And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,

And shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.

And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.

And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:

And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.

They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way, they found no city of habitation;

Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,

And he led them forth by a right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...

And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:

Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses;

Their soul abhorreth all manner of food, and they draw near unto the gates of death:

Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses;

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters,

They mount up to the heavens, they go down to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble;

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and they are at their wits' end:

Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses;

And they rejoice because they are quiet; and he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

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

And they are diminished and brought low, through oppression, adversity, and sorrow:

For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,

And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.

For my love they are mine adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer.

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

And I am become a reproach unto them; when they look upon me they shake their heads.

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

Let them curse, but bless thou; when they rise up, let them be ashamed, and let thy servant rejoice.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do his precepts: his praise abideth for ever.

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.

They that make them are like unto them, every one that confideth in them.

They encompassed me, yea, encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;

Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways.

They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.

All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.

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

By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.

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

They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.