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

If we have forgotten the name of our God, and hold up our hands to any strange god,

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

Wherefore hidest thou thy face? Wilt thou clean forget our misery and oppression?

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

Thou art the fairest among the children of men; full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.

Thy arrows are sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee, even in the midst among the king's enemies.

Kings' daughters go in thy goodly array, and upon thy righthand standeth the queen in a vesture of the most fine gold.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider; incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.

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

The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved; but God hath showed his voice, and the earth shall melt away.

The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of the children of Korah} O clap your hands together, all ye people; O sing unto God with the voice of melody!

He shall subdue the people under us, and the Heathen under our feet.

O Sing praises, sing praises unto our God: O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.

The princes of the people are gathered together unto the God of Abraham; for God is far higher exalted, than the mighty lords of the earth.

{A Song of a Psalm of the children of Korah} Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill.

For lo, the kings of the earth were gathered, and gone by together.

They marveled, to see such things: they were astonished, and suddenly cast down.

Like as we have heard, so see we in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God. God upholdeth the same forever. Selah.

For this God is our God for ever and ever; he shall be our guide unto death.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of the children of Korah} O Hear this, all ye people: ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world,

I will incline mine ear to the parable, and show my dark speech upon the harp.

Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich, or if the glory of his house be increased;

Our God shall come, and not keep silence: there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.

I reprove thee not because of thy sacrifice; thy burnt-offerings are always before me.

For all the beasts of the forest are mine, and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills.

I know all the fowls upon the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.

Thinkest thou that I will eat the flesh of oxen, or drink the blood of goats?

{To the Chanter, upon Mahalath, an instruction of David} The foolish bodies say in their hearts, "Tush, there is no God." Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their wickednesses, there is not one that doeth good.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, or seek after God.

But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable. There is none that doeth good, no not one.

How can they have understanding, that are the workers of wickedness, eating up my people as it were bread, and calling not upon God?

They are afraid where no fear is; for God breaketh the bones of them that besiege thee. Thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath despised them.

O that the salvation were given unto Israel out of Zion! O that the LORD would deliver his people out of captivity! Then should Jacob rejoice, and Israel should be right glad.

For strangers are risen up against me; and tyrants, which have not God before their eyes, seek after my soul. Selah.

The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast: for they are minded to do me some mischief, so maliciously are they set against me.

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and a horrible dread hath overwhelmed me.

This goeth day and night about the walls; mischief and vice are in the midst of it.

If it were mine enemy that reviled me, I could bear it: or if one that ought me evil will did threaten me, I would hide myself from him.

It is he that delivereth my soul in peace from them that lay wait for me; for they are many against me.

Their mouths are softer than butter, and yet have they battle in their mind: their words are smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords.

O cast thy burden or care upon the LORD; he shall nourish thee, and not leave the righteous in unquietness.

{To the chanter, upon the domme stock dove, which flyeth far off: Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath} Be merciful unto me, O God, for men will tread me down: they are daily fighting and troubling me.

Mine enemies are daily at hand to swallow me up; for they be many that fight against me, O thou Most Highest.

Thou tellest my flittings, thou puttest my tears in thy bottle, and numberest them. Are not these things noted in thy book?

I lie with my soul among the cruel lions; even among the children of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into it themselves. Selah.

{To the Chanter, Michtam of David} If your minds be upon righteousness in deed, then judge the thing that is right, O ye sons of men.

But ye imagine mischief in your hearts, and your hands deal with wickedness.

The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb; as soon as they be born, they go astray and speak lies.

They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears,

As a green thorn kindled with fire goeth out before your pots be made hot; even so, let a furious rage bring him to nought.

For lo, they lie in waiting for my soul; the mighty men are gathered together against me, without any offense or fault of me, O LORD.

Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?

Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad with thy power, and put them down, O LORD our defense.

Shall not thou do it, O God, thou that hast cast us out? Wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts?

O be thou our help in trouble, for vain is the help of man.

Through God will we do great acts, for it is he that shall tread down our enemies.

O put your trust in him always, ye people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah.

As for men they are but vanity; the children of men are deceitful. Upon the weights they are altogether lighter than vanity itself.

O trust not in wrong or robbery; give not yourselves unto vanity. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is.

My soul is satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness, when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips.

But God shall suddenly shoot with a swift arrow, that they shall be wounded.

The righteous shall rejoice in the LORD, and put his trust in him; and all they that are true of heart, shall be glad.

Our misdeeds prevail against us; O be thou merciful unto our sins.

Thou shalt show us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation, thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea -

Thou crownest the year with thy good, and thy footsteps drop fatness.

Say unto God, "O how wonderful are thy works? Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee.

O magnify our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard,

who holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to slip.

Thou hast brought us into captivity, and laid trouble upon our loins.

Thou hast suffered men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.

O sing unto God, sing praises to his name; magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon a horse. Praise him in his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited; and they of the household divided the spoil.

The chariots of God are many thousand times a thousand, the LORD is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai.

He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation; God is the LORD, by whom we escape death.

The singers go before, the minstrels follow after; in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels.

Reprove the beasts among the reeds, the heap of bulls with the calves, those that drive for money. O scatter thou the people that delight in war.

{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, of David} Save me, O God; for the waters are come in, even unto my soul.

I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is; I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run over me.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. I paid them the things that I never took.

God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee.

Thou knowest my reproof, and my shame and my dishonor: mine adversaries are all in thy sight.

O consider this and be glad, ye that be in adversity: seek after God and your soul shall live.

but rid me, and deliver me, in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

I am become as it were a monster unto many, but my sure trust is in thee.

Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul; let them be covered with shame and dishonour, that seek to do me evil.

Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto children's children, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great things are they that thou hast done; O God, who is like unto thee?

My tongue talketh of thy righteousness, all the day long; for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil.

{A Psalm of Asaph} Truly God is loving unto Israel, even unto such as are of a clean heart.

Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone; my treadings had well nigh slipped.

For they are in no peril of death, but stand fast like a palace.

They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men.

They corrupt others, and speak blasphemies maliciously; proud and presumptuous are their words.

Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, these have riches in possession;