Lift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually.

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. To thee, O God, do we give thanks, to thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare.

Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

Vow, and pay to the LORD your God: let all that are about him bring presents to him that ought to be feared.

Thou holdest my eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.

We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had shown them.

Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

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

And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are around us.

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth.

Why hast thou then broke down her hedges, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck her?

And the vineyard which thy right hand planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

O that my people had hearkened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

For lo, thy enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Yes, the LORD will give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon thee.

Show me a token for good; that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.

The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush; this man was born there.

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the Highest himself shall establish her.

The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

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

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thy enemies with thy strong arm.

Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

Then thou didst speak in vision to thy holy one, and say, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

And I will beat down his foes before his face, and afflict them that hate him.

Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that hath gone out of my lips.

Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David.

All that pass by the way plunder him: he is a reproach to his neighbors.

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years, as a tale that is told.

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

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

My eye also shall see my desire on my enemies, and my ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

Those that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

To show that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, with which he hath girded himself: the world also is established, that it cannot be moved.

The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.

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

He that chastiseth the heathen, shall he not correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall he not know?

The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

To whom I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he will judge the people righteously.

Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the LORD:

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols; worship him, all ye gods.

Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Let the sea roar, and the fullness of it, the world, and they that dwell therein.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

Thou didst answer them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Whoever privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart I will not suffer.

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all who practice wickedness from the city of the LORD.

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are enraged against me are sworn against me.

My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy towards them that fear him.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.