“The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;
And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.

Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;

Dost thou bring out Mazzaroth in its season? And Aysh for her sons dost thou comfort?

"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]?
And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],

[to] which I have given [the] wilderness [as] its house and [the] salt flat [as] its dwelling place?

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

"Can he that striveth with the Almighty be at rest? Should not he which disputeth with God, give him an answer?"

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Clubs are like twigs; he laughs at the whoosh of the javelin.

Upon earth there is not his like, which is made without fear.

Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.

Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according to that which Yahweh had spoken unto them, - and Yahweh accepted Job.

And Jehovah turned back the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends: and Jehovah added all which was to Job, to the double.

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!

I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears.

May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly. A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.

{Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.} O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

Arise, O Jehovah, in Your anger; lift up Yourself because of the rage of my enemies, and awake for me to the judgment which You have commanded.

Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me.

My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.

Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

so I may declare everything for which you should be praised in the gates of the daughter of Zion, so I will rejoice in your deliverance.

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved {throughout all generations}, [during] which [I will have] no trouble."

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver, that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart.

The Lord is in His holy temple;
the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes watch; He examines everyone.

Which have said, "With our tongue will we prevail; we are they that ought to speak; Who is lord over us?"

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

The words of the LORD are pure words: even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire.

Thou, O Jehovah, shalt watch them, keep from this generation forever.

I wish the deliverance of Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord restores the well-being of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be happy!

Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

A Secret Treasure of David. Watch over me, O God; for in You do I put my trust.

Yahweh [is] the portion [which is] my share and my cup. You hold my lot.

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, which is not out of feigned lips.

Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

Watch me as the pupil of the daughter of the eye: thou wilt hide me in the shadow of thy wings.

Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

{To the Chanter, of David, servant of the Lord, which said unto the Lord the words of this song, on the day in which the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and said} I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.

3 I will call upon the LORD, which is worthy to be praised; so shall I be safe from mine enemies. {TYNDALE: I will praise and call on the LORD, and so shall be saved from mine enemies.}

He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

And I blameless with him, and I will watch myself from mine iniquity.

By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.

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.}

There is no speech nor language {in which (LXX)} their voice is not heard.

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.

His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Call to remembrance, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses, which have been ever of old.

Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

Watch my soul and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee.

Let, blamelessness and uprightness, watch over me, because I have waited for thee.

I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

Which in their hands mischief, and their right hand filled with sifts.

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.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Thou a covering to me, from straits thou wilt watch me; thou wilt surround me with rejoicings of deliverance. Silence.

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

{Of David, when he changed his speech before Abimelech; which drove him away, and he departed} I will always give thanks unto the LORD; his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

Watch thy tongue from evil; and thy lips from speaking deceit

Eschew evil, and do good; seek peace, and ensue it.

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.

My Lord, how long will you watch? Restore my life from their ravages, my only [life] from [the] young lions.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.