As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor, because he putteth his trust in the LORD.

He that sitteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hindrance.

{Michtam of David} Preserve me, O God, for in thee have I put my trust.

The lot is fallen unto me in fair ground; yea I have a goodly heritage.

I will thank the LORD for giving me warning: my reins also chasten me in the night season.

I have set the LORD always before me; for he is on my righthand. Therefore I shall not fall.

For why? Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

Thou shalt show me the path of life; in thy presence is the fulness of joy, and at thy righthand there is pleasure for evermore.

Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.

I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me; incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words.

They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid. {TYNDALE: For the waves of death have closed me about, and the floods of Belial have feared me.}

There went a smoke out in his presence, and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it. {TYNDALE: Smoke went up out of his nostrils, and consuming fire out of his mouth, that coals were kindled of him.}

At the brightness of his presence, his clouds removed hailstones and coals of fire. {TYNDALE: Of the brightness that was before him, coals were set on fire.}

The LORD also thundered out of the heaven, and the highest gave his thunder, with hailstones and coals of fire. {TYNDALE: The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most high put out his voice.}

He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me; for they are too mighty for me. {TYNDALE: He delivered me from my mighty enemy, and from them that hated me and were too strong for me.}

Because I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not forsaken my God, as the wicked doth. {TYNDALE: For I kept the ways of the LORD, and did no wickedness, forsaking my God.}

For I have an eye unto all his laws, and will not cast out his commandments from me. {TYNDALE: But I had all his laws in my sight, and I turned my face from none of his ordinances.}

For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity, and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud. {TYNDALE: And the people that are in adversity, thou shalt help. And on the proud shalt thou cast thine eyes.}

For in thee I can discomfit a host of men, and with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall. {TYNDALE: With thy help I will run through a host of men, and by the aid of my God will spring over a wall.}

The way of God is an undefiled way; the word of the LORD also is tried in the fire. He is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. {TYNDALE: The way of God is undefiled, and the word of the LORD fined as gold, and he a shield to all that trust in him.}

For who is God, but the LORD? Or, who hath any strength, but our God? {TYNDALE: Who is a God save the LORD, and who mighty save our God?}

He teacheth my hands to fight, and mine arms shall bend even a bow of steel. {TYNDALE: And teacheth my hands to fight, that a bow of brass is too weak for mine arms.}

Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go, that my footsteps shall not slide. {TYNDALE: And thou madest me space to walk in, that my feet should not stumble.}

They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them: Yea, even unto the LORD shall they cry, but he shall hear them not. {TYNDALE: They looked for help, but none came to save them: unto the LORD they cried, but he heard them not.}

Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people, and thou shalt make me the head of the Heathen. A people whom I have not known shall serve me. {TYNDALE: And thou deliveredst me from the dissension of my people, and keepest me to be a head over nations, for the people which I knew not became my servants.}

The strange children shall fail, and be afraid out of their prisons. {TYNDALE: And the aliens that shrink away shall tremble for fear in their defended places.}

For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the gentiles, and sing praises unto thy name. {TYNDALE: And therefore I will praise thee O LORD among the heathen, and will sing unto thy name.}

Great prosperity giveth he unto his king, and showeth loving-kindness unto David his anointed, and unto his seed for evermore. {TYNDALE: For thy great and manifold saving of thy king, and showing mercy unto thine anointed, even to David, and his seed forever.}

Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words in to the ends of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

The fear of the LORD is clean, and endureth forever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness, and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head.

For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity, and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance.

Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in the time of thy wrath; the LORD shall destroy them in his displeasure, and the fire shall consume them.

For they intended mischief against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform.

{To the Chanter, upon Aijeleth of the dawning, a Psalm of David} My God, my God: why hast thou forsaken me, and art so far from my health and from the words of my complaint?

But as for me, I am a worm and no man: a very scorn of men and the outcast of the people.

O go not far from me then, for trouble is hard at hand, and here is none to help me.

For many dogs are come about me, the counsel of the wicked layeth siege against me.

But be not thou far from me, O LORD; thou art my succor. Haste thee to help me.

O praise the LORD, ye that fear him! Magnify him, all ye seed of Jacob, and fear him, all ye seed of Israel.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the poor: he hath not hid his face from him, but when he called unto him, he heard him.

My praise is of thee in the great congregation; my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him.

The poor shall eat, and be satisfied: they that seek after the LORD shall praise him. Your heart shall live for ever.

For the kingdom is the LORD's, and he is the governour among the people.

My seed shall serve him; they shall be counted unto the LORD for a generation.

He quickeneth my soul, and bringeth me forth in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff comfort me.

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the floods.

For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed; but such as transgress without a cause shall be put to confusion.

Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me. For thou art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day long.

O remember not the sins and offenses of my youth; but according to thy mercy think upon me, O LORD, for thy goodness.

For thy name's sake, O LORD, be merciful unto my sin; for it is great.

The secret of the LORD is among them that fear him, and he showeth them his covenant.

Mine eyes are ever looking unto the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and in misery.

O keep my soul, and deliver me; let me not be confounded, for I have put my trust in thee.

Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me, for my hope hath been in thee.

{A Psalm of David} Be thou my Judge, O LORD, for I walk innocently. My trust hath been also in the LORD; therefore shall I not fall.

For thy loving-kindness is ever before mine eyes; and I will walk in thy truth.

But as for me, I will walk innocently: O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.

{A Psalm of David} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom then should I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?

One thing have I desired of the LORD, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; yea in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of stone.

Deliver me not over into the will of mine adversaries; for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as imagine mischief.

For they regard not in their mind the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands: therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up.

Praised be the LORD, for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him.

The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire;

{A Psalm and song of the dedication of the house of David} I will magnify thee, O LORD; for thou hast set me up, and not suffered my foes to triumph over me.

Sing praises unto the LORD, O ye saints of his; and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness.

For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life; heaviness may well endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

For thou art my stronghold and my castle: be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy name's sake.

Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me, for thou art my strength.

Into thy hands I commend my spirit; for thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of truth.

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy; for thou hast considered my trouble,

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble, and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea my soul and my body.

For my life is waxen old with heaviness, and my years with mourning. My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude, and fear is on every side, while they conspire together against me, and take their counsel to take away my life.

Show thy servant the light of thy countenance, and save me for thy mercy's sake.

Let me not be confounded, O LORD, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be put to confusion, and put to silence in the grave.

O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men!

Thanks be to the LORD; for he hath showed me marvelous great kindness in a strong city.

O love the LORD, all ye his saints; for the LORD preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.

For while I held my tongue, my bones consumed away through my daily complaining.

For thy hand is heavy upon me both day and night, and my moisture is like the drought in Summer. Selah.

For this shall every saint make his prayer unto thee in due season; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD, mercy embraceth him on every side.

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous, for it becometh well the just to be thankful.

For the word of the LORD is true, and all his works are faithful.

Let all the earth fear the LORD; stand in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world.

For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Behold, the eye of the LORD looketh unto them that fear him, and upon them that put their trust in his mercy,

Let our soul patiently abide the LORD, for he is our help and shield.

I sought the LORD, and he heard me; yea, he delivered me out of all my fear.

The angel of the LORD pitcheth his tent round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

O fear the LORD, ye that are his saints: for they that fear him lack nothing.

Come, ye children, and hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

For the eyes of the LORD are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers.

Let them be confounded, and put to shame, that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for me.