God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult -- I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,

Who doth bring me to a city of bulwarks? Who hath led me unto Edom?

Once hath God spoken, twice I heard this, That 'strength is with God.'

A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou art my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.

The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might,

Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest.

He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him.

Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.

But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Blessed is God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!

Earth hath given her increase, God doth bless us -- our God,

The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai -- before God, the God of Israel.

A shower of free-will gifts thou shakest out, O God. Thine inheritance, when it hath been weary, Thou hast established it.

Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.

God Himself is to us a God for deliverances, And Jehovah Lord hath the outgoings of death.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength, Be strong, O God, this Thou hast wrought for us.

I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.

I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.

For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.

For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.

For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.

Saying, 'God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'

For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,

Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;

And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion is God to the age.

For a cup is in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,

There he hath shivered arrows of a bow, Shield, and sword, and battle. Selah.

From heaven Thou hast sounded judgment, Earth hath feared, and hath been still,

To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of Asaph. My voice is to God, and I cry, my voice is to God, And He hath given ear unto me.

In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted.

Hath His kindness ceased for ever? The saying failed to all generations?

Hath God forgotten His favours? Hath He shut up in anger His mercies? Selah.

The voice of Thy thunder is in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh.

We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done.

And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons.

And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God is its spirit.

Before their fathers He hath done wonders, In the land of Egypt -- the field of Zoan.

Lo, He hath smitten a rock, And waters flow, yea, streams overflow. 'Also -- bread is He able to give? Doth He prepare flesh for His people?'

Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

And He raineth on them manna to eat, Yea, corn of heaven He hath given to them.

Food of the mighty hath each eaten, Venison He sent to them to satiety.

And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.

And He leadeth them confidently, And they have not been afraid, And their enemies hath the sea covered.

God hath heard, and sheweth Himself wroth. And kicketh exceedingly against Israel.

His young men hath fire consumed, And His virgins have not been praised.

And He smiteth His adversaries backward, A reproach age-during He hath put on them,

And He kicketh against the tent of Joseph, And on the tribe of Ephraim hath not fixed.

From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance.

For one hath devoured Jacob, And his habitation they have made desolate.

A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known -- I hear.

But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.

-- A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,

(Even a sparrow hath found a house, And a swallow a nest for herself, Where she hath placed her brood,) Thine altars, O Jehovah of Hosts, My king and my God.

For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol.

Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And with all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.

Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.

Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,

In the morning it flourisheth, and hath changed, At evening it is cut down, and hath withered.

Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him -- I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.

Jehovah hath reigned, Excellency He hath put on, Jehovah put on strength, He girded Himself, Also -- established is the world, unmoved.

If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.

Say among nations, 'Jehovah hath reigned, Also -- established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.'

Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!

Jehovah hath reigned, The earth is joyful, many isles rejoice.

Lightened have His lightnings the world, The earth hath seen, and is pained.

Zion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Thy judgments, O Jehovah.

Ye who love Jehovah, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, From the hand of the wicked he delivereth them.

A Psalm. Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, For wonders He hath done, Given salvation to Him hath His right hand and His holy arm.

Jehovah hath made known His salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, He hath revealed His righteousness,

He hath remembered His kindness, And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, All ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!

Jehovah hath reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubs, the earth shaketh.

And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou -- Thou hast established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou -- Thou hast done.

In a pillar of cloud He speaketh unto them, They have kept His testimonies, And the statute He hath given to them.

From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.

Thou -- Thou risest -- Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.

For Jehovah hath builded Zion, He hath been seen in His honour,

He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.

For He hath looked From the high place of His sanctuary. Jehovah from heaven unto earth looked attentively,

He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.

Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us.

For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.

As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.

For He hath known our frame, Remembering that we are dust.

For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.

Jehovah in the heavens Hath established His throne, And His kingdom over all hath ruled.

He hath founded earth on its bases, It is not moved to the age and for ever.