For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer.

Will you not give us life again, so that your people may be glad in you?

Truly, his salvation is near to his worshippers; so that glory may be in our land.

Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.

Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there.

And of Zion it will be said, This or that man had his birth there; and the Most High will make her strong.

The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?

May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments.

My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.

For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.

I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)

God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.

Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.

Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.

In your name will they have joy all the day: in your righteousness will they be lifted up.

For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.

My hand will be his support; my arm will give him strength.

The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.

But my faith and my mercy will be with him; and in my name will his horn be lifted up.

I will keep my mercy for him for ever; my agreement with him will not be changed.

His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.

If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;

Then I will send punishment on them for their sin; my rod will be the reward of their evil-doing.

But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.

I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.

It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?

What man now living will not see death? will he be able to keep back his soul from the underworld? (Selah.)

Let the Lord be praised for ever. So be it, So be it.

You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.

You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,

You will see a thousand falling by your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

You will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the young lion and the great snake will be crushed under your feet.

When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour.

With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.

The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.

Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.

O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.

Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.

Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;

But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?

The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands.

Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;

Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day.

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods.

O give worship to the Lord in holy robes; be in fear before him, all the earth.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

Let the heavens have joy and the earth be glad; let the sea be thundering with all its waters;

Let the field be glad, and everything which is in it; yes, let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy,

Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.

The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad.

Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods.

You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.

Be glad in the Lord, you upright men; praising the memory of his holy name.

The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.

Let them give praise to your name, for it is great and to be feared; holy is he.

His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.

He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.

The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.

There is the great, wide sea, where there are living things, great and small, more than may be numbered.

Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:

Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.

Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.

Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.

Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.

Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.

He let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham.

At his word the locusts came, and young locusts more than might be numbered,

So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land.

But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,

And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea.

That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands.

So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.

And he gave them into the hands of the nations; and they were ruled by their haters.

By them they were crushed, and made low under their hands.

Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.

Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

Praise be to the Lord God of Israel for ever and for ever; and let all the people say, So be it. Give praise to the Lord.

The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.

They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

God of my praise, let my prayer be answered;