Blessed is the man, unto whom the LORD imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

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

Thou art my defense in the trouble that is come about me; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding, whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, if they will not obey thee.

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

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

He loveth righteousness and judgment; the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon a heap, and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house.

Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD Jehovah; and blessed are the folk whom he hath chosen to be his inheritance.

There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of a host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.

A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man; neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength.

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

Let thy merciful kindness, O LORD, be upon us, like as we do put our trust in thee.

O praise the LORD with me, and let us magnify his name together.

O taste and see how friendly the LORD is; blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good.

What man is he that lusteth to live, and would fain see good days?

But the face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to root out the remembrance of them from the earth.

The LORD is nigh unto them that are contrite in heart, and will save such as be of a humble spirit.

He keepeth all his bones, so that not one of them is broken.

Let them be as the dust before the wind, and the angel of the LORD scattering them.

All my bones shall say, "LORD, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him? Yea, the poor, and him that is in misery, from him that spoileth him?"

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother; I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

And why? Their communing is not for peace, but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of thy righteousness and of thy praise, all the day long.

{To the Chanter, of David the servant of the Lord} My heart showeth me the wickedness of the ungodly, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way; neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil.

How excellent is thy mercy, O God! And the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

For with thee is the well of life; and in thy light shall we see light.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be withered even as the green herb.

He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light, and thy just dealing as the noonday.

But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming.

The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the simple and poor, and to slay such as are of a right conversation.

A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than the great riches of the ungodly.

As for the ungodly, they shall perish. and the enemies of the LORD shall consume as the fat of lambs; yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away.

The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again, but the righteous is merciful and liberal.

Such as are blessed of God shall possess the land; and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out.

The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth gently; therefore shall his seed be blessed.

Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore.

For the LORD loveth the thing that is right; he forsaketh not his saints, but they are preserved forever. The unrighteous shall be punished; as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out.

The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

The law of his God is in his heart; therefore shall not his footsteps slide.

But the LORD will not leave him in his hands, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last.

As for the transgressors, they shall perish together; and the ungodly shall be rooted out at the last.

But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the LORD, who is also their strength in the time of trouble.

There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure; neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin.

For my loins are filled with a sore disease, and there is no whole part in my body.

LORD, thou knowest all my desire, and my groaning is not hid from thee.

My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me, and the light of mine eyes is gone from me.

As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not; as one that were dumb, not opening his mouth.

I am become as a man that heareth not: and that can make no resistance with his mouth.

For in thee, O LORD, is my trust; thou shalt hear me, O LORD my God.

My desire is that mine enemies triumph not over me; for if my foot slip, they rejoice greatly against me.

I am ready to suffer trouble, and my heaviness is ever in my sight.

They also that reward evil for good are against me, because I follow the thing that is good.

{To the Chanter, for praising, a Psalm of David} I said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue. I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight."

Behold, thou hast made my days a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. Selah

Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

"And now, LORD, what is my hope? Truly my hope is even in thee.

When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment; every man therefore is but vanity. Selah.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with thine ears consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the LORD, and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies.

O LORD my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts, which are to us-ward; and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. If I should declare them, and speak of them, they should be more than I am able to express.

Then said I, "Lo, I come. In the beginning of the book it is written of me,

that I should fulfill thy will, O my God. I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart."

But let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation, say always, "The LORD be praised!"

As for me, I am poor, and in misery, but the LORD careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Blessed is he, that considereth the poor; the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Like as the hart desireth the water brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself; for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God, in the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as keep holy-day.

My God, my soul is vexed within me; therefore I remember the land of Jordan, and the little hill of Hermon.

My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword, while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth, daily saying unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

Why art thou so vexed, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Why art thou so heavy, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

{To the Chanter, an instruction of the sons of Korah} We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what thou hast done in their time of old.

Through thee will we overthrow our enemies, and in thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

For I will not trust in my bow; it is not my sword that shall help me.

But it is thou that savest us from our enemies, and puttest them to confusion that hate us.

But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.

Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enemies, so that they which hate us spoil our goods.

Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep, and scatterest us among the Heathen.

Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours, to be laughed to scorn and had in derision of them that are round about us.

Thou makest us to be a byword among the Heathen, and that the people shake their heads at us.

My confusion is daily before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee, nor behave ourselves unfaithfully in thy covenant.

Our heart is not turned back, neither our steps gone out of thy way,

no, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death

For thy sake also we are killed all the day long, and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain.

Arise, LORD! Why sleepest thou? Awake, and be not absent from us forever.

For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust; and our belly cleaveth unto the ground.

Arise, O LORD, and help us; and deliver us for thy mercy's sake.

{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, an instruction of the children of Korah; a song of love} My heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak the things which I have made unto the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Thy seat, O God, endureth forever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a right scepter.

So shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty; for he is thy LORD, and thou shalt worship him.

The king's daughter is all glorious within, her clothing is of wrought gold.

{To the Chanter, a song of the children of Korah upon Alamoth} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed; for God helpeth her, and that right early.