So foolish was I, and ignorant, even as it were a beast before thee.

We see not our tokens. There is not one prophet more; no, not one is there among us, that understandeth any more.

Look upon the covenant, for the dark houses of the earth are full of wickedness.

I said unto the fools, "Deal not so madly," and to the ungodly, "Set not up your horn.

Set not up your horn on high, and speak not with a stiff neck."

The proud shall be robbed and sleep their sleep, and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are fallen.

Look what ye promise unto the LORD your God: see that ye keep it, all ye that be round about him; bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

Then remembered I the times of old, and the years that were past.

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath he shut up his loving-kindness in displeasure? Selah.

Thy way, O God, is holy: who is so great a God as our God?

The waters saw thee, O God; the waters saw thee, and were afraid, the depths were moved.

The thick clouds poured out water, the air thundered, and thine arrows went abroad.

Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known.

{An Instruction of Asaph} Hear my law, O my people; incline your ears unto the words of my mouth.

which we have heard and known, and such as our fathers have told us,

He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,

that their posterity might know it, and the children which were yet unborn, to the intent that when they came up, they might show their children the same;

Marvelous things did he in the sight of our forefathers; in the land of Egypt, even in the field of Zoan.

So they ate, and were filled, for he gave them their own desire.

And they were not disappointed of their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

Therefore their days were consumed in vanity, and suddenly their years were gone.

For he considered that they were but flesh; even a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

The fire consumed their young men, and their maidens were not given in marriage.

Their priests were slain with the sword, and there were no widows to made lamentation.

{A Psalm of Asaph} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem a heap of stones.

The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the land.

We are become an open shame unto our enemies, a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.

O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon; for we are come to great misery.

Help us, O God our saviour, for the glory of thy name; O deliver us, and forgive us our sins for thy name's sake.

Wherefore shall the heathen say, "Where is now their God?" O let the vengeance of thy servant's blood that is shed, be openly showed upon the heathen in our sight.

O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee; and according unto the power of thy arm, preserve those that are appointed to die.

And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee, reward them, O LORD, seven fold into their bosom.

Thou hast made us a very strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh us to scorn.

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar-trees.

{To the Chanter, upon Gittith, of Asaph} Sing merrily unto God, our strength; make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob.

Blow up the trumpets in the new moon, upon our solemn feast day.

"I eased his shoulder from the burden, and his hands were delivered from making the pots.

They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

I have said, "Ye are gods, and ye are all the children of the most highest.

For they have cast their heads together with one consent, and are confederate against thee.

{Upon Gittith, a Psalm of the sons of Korah} O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou LORD of Hosts!

For the sparrow hath found her a house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be always praising thee. Selah.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are thy ways,

who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water.

Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

Turn us then, O God our Saviour, and let thine anger cease from us.

For his salvation is nigh them that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Yea, the LORD shall show loving-kindness, and our land shall give her increase.

{A Prayer of David} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and hear me; for I am comfortless and poor.

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer, and ponder the voice of my humble desires.

O God, the proud are risen against me; and the congregation of the mighty seeketh after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes.

{A Psalm and song of the sons of Korah} Her foundations are upon the holy hills;

Very excellent things are spoken of thee, thou city of God. Selah.

O let my prayer enter into thy presence. Incline thine ear unto my calling.

free among the dead, like unto them that lie in the grave, which be out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand.

May thy loving-kindness be showed in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? Or thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?

God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

The heavens are thine. The earth also is thine; thou hast laid the foundation of the round world and all that therein is.

Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat; mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

For thou art the glory of their strength, and through thy favour shalt thou lift up our horns.

The LORD is our defense, and the holy one of Israel is our king.

LORD, where are thy old loving-kindnesses, which thou sworest unto David in thy truth?

{A Prayer of Moses the man of God} LORD, thou hast been our refuge, from one generation to another.

Before the mountains were brought forth, before the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting and world without end.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday, seeing that is passed as a watch in the night.

As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass.

For we consume away in thy displeasure, and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.

Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee, and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

The days of our age are threescore years and ten: and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

O teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon: so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.

And the glorious majesty of the LORD our God be upon us. Prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; O prosper thou our handiwork.

Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

O LORD, how glorious are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep.

that the ungodly are green as grass, and that all the works of wickedness do flourish, to be destroyed forever.

Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me.

Such as be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

The floods are risen, O LORD. The floods have lift up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly; but yet the LORD that dwelleth on high is mightier.

Thy testimonies, O LORD, are very sure; holiness becometh thine house forever.

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that made the eye, shall not he see?

The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are but vain.

And why? Judgment shall be turned again unto righteousness, and all such as are true in heart shall follow it.

He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice: yea the LORD our God shall destroy them.

{An exhortation to the earnest praising of God} O come, let us sing unto the LORD; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.

In his hand are all the corners of the earth; and the strength of the hills is his also.

O come, let us worship and fall down, and kneel before the LORD our maker.

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hands.

Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness,

when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.

Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, "They ever err in their hearts, they verily have not known my ways."

As for all the gods of the Heathen, they are but Idols, but it is the LORD that made the heavens. {TYNDALE: For all the gods of the heathen are Idols; But the LORD made the heavens.}

Glory and worship are before him; power and honour are in his Sanctuary. {TYNDALE: Praise and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.}

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.

Zion heareth of it and rejoiceth; yea, and the daughters of Judah are glad because of thy judgments, O LORD.