But, I, will sing thy power, And will shout aloud, in the morning, thy lovingkindness, - For thou has become a refuge for me, And a place to flee to in the day of my distress.

O God, thou hast rejected us - hast scattered us, Thou hast been angry, Wilt thou restore us?

Thou hast shaken the land - hast rent it, Heal thou the fractures thereof - for it hath tottered:

Thou hast suffered thy people to see hardship, Thou hast let them drink the wine of confusion.

Is it not, thou, O God? - thou hast rejected us! And wilt thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts?

For thou hast been, A Refuge to me, A Tower of Strength, from the face of the foe.

For, thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast granted a possession, unto them who revere thy Name.

For thou hast become a help unto me, - And, in the shadow of thy wings, will I shout for joy.

Thou hast visited the earth, and made it abound, Abundantly, dost thou enrich it - The channel of God, is full of waters, Thou preparest their corn, Yea, thus, dost thou prepare it:

Thou hast set a crown upon thy year of bounty, And, thy tracks, drop fatness;

A bounteous rain, dost thou shed abroad, O God, upon thine inheritance, When exhausted, thou thyself, hast supported it:

Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led in procession a body of captives, Thou hast received gifts consisting of men, Yea even the rebellious, That, Yah, Elohim, might settle down to rest.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength, - The strength, O God, which thou hast wrought for us.

O God, thou, hast known my folly, And, my wrong-doings, from thee, have not been hid.

A very wonder, have I been unto many, Seeing that, thou, hast been my strong refuge,

O God, thou hast taught me from my youthful days, And, hitherto, have I been wont to tell of thy wonders;

And, as for thy righteousness, O God, up on high, Wherein thou hast wrought great things, O God! who is like unto thee?

Thou who hast let us see many distresses and misfortunes, Wilt gain bring us to life, And, out of the resounding depths of the earth, wilt again raise us up;

My lips shall make a joyful noise, When I make music unto thee, And my soul which thou hast ransomed;

Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, - Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.

Nevertheless, I, am continually before thee, Thou hast taken hold of my right hand;

For lo! they who are far from thee, shall perish, Thou hast put an end to every one who wandered unchastely from thee.

Wherefore, O God, hast thou cast off utterly? Shall thine anger smoke against the flock of thine own pasturing?

Thou hast held, watching, mine eyes, I was driven to and fro, and could not speak;

Thou, art GOD, doing wonderfully, - Thou hast made known, among the peoples, thy might;

O Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?

Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.

Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?

Thou hast accepted, O Yahweh, thy land, Thou hast brought back the captives of Jacob;

Thou hast taken away, the iniquity of thy people, Thou hast covered, all their sin. Selah.

Thou hast withdrawn all thine indignation, Thou hast ceased from the glow of thing anger.

All nations whom thou hast made, Shall come in and bow down before thee, O My Lord, That they may glorify thy Name.

For, thy lovingkindness, is great towards me, And thou hast rescued my soul from Hades beneath.

Perform with me a token for good, - That they who hate me may see and be ashamed, In that, thou, Yahweh, hast helped me and comforted me.

Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps:

Upon me, hath rested thine indignation, And, with all thy breakers, hast thou caused affliction. Selah.

Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me, - Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!

Thou hast far removed from me, lover and friend, Mine acquaintances, are in darkness.

Thou, hast crushed - as one slain - Rahab, With thy strong arm, hast thou scattered thy foes.

Yet, thou thyself, hast cast off, and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine Anointed One!

Thou hast cast down the covenant of thy Servant, Thou hast profaned, to the earth, his crown;

Thou hast broken down all his defenses, Thou hast laid his fortresses in ruins;

Thou hast raised the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast gladdened all his enemies;

Yea thou hast turned the edge of his sword, Neither hast thou caused him to stand in the battle;

Thou hast brought to an end his splendour, And, his throne - to the ground, hast thou hurled;

Thou hast shortened the days of his youths, - Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

Remember how short-lived, I, am, Wherefore, in vain, hast thou created all the sons of Adam?

BOOK THE FOURTH Lord! a dwelling-place, hast, thou, become to us, From generation to generation:

Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said - Return, ye sons of Adam!

Thou hast snatched them away, A sleep, do they become, In the morning, they are like grass that shooteth up,

Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.

Make us glad, according to, The days thou hast humbled us, The years we have seen misfortune:

Because, thou, hast made Yahweh, my refuge, - The Most High, thou last made thy dwelling-place,

For, thou, Yahweh, art Most High over all the earth, Greatly hast thou exalted thyself above all gods.

Yea, with the strength of a king - justice, he loveth, - Thou, hast established equity, Justice and righteousness in Jacob, thou, hast wrought.

Because of thine indignation and thy wrath, For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, - Yahweh, my God, thou art exceedingly great, With honour and majesty, hast thou clothed thyself,

With the resounding deep - as a garment, hast thou covered it, Above the mountains, stand the waters;

Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them;

Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth.

Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent-beds, Between the mountains, they flow along;

How thy works abound, O Yahweh! All of them - in wisdom, hast thou made, The earth is full of thy possession: -

There, ships, sail along, This sea-monster, thou hast formed to sport therein;

Hast not thou, O God, rejected us? and wilt not go forth, O God, with our hosts.

That they may know that, Thine own hand, this is, Thou, Yahweh, hast done it.

For thou hast rescued my soul from death, - mine eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

I beseech thee, O Yahweh - for, I, am thy servant, - I, am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid, Thou hast loosened my bonds.

I will thank thee, because thou hast answered me, And hast become mine, by salvation.

Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.

In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

Thou hast rebuked the proud as accursed, who stray from thy commandments.

[ZAYIN] Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

[TETH] Well, hast thou dealt with thy servant, O Yahweh, according to thy word.

To generation after generation, is thy faithfulness, Thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.

Unto times age-abiding, will I not forget thy precepts, For, by them, hast thou given me life.

From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.

Thou hast made light of all who stray from thy statutes, for their fraud is, falsehood.

Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, yea in great faithfulness.

I will bow down towards thy holy temple, and thank thy Name, for thy lovingkindness and for thy faithfulness, For thou hast magnified, above all thy Name, thy word!

O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed:

Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:

My path and my couch, hast thou examined, and, all my ways, thou well knowest.

Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, but behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side.

Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand: -

O Yahweh, My Lord, my saving strength, thou hast screened my head in the day of battle.

O Yahweh! what is the earthborn, And yet thou hast acknowledged him, - the son of a mortal, And yet thou hast taken account of him:

Do not say to thy neighbour, Go and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, - thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth.

Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?

As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.

Thou hast been slothful in the day of straitness, Strait, is thy strength.

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye, - more hope of a dullard, than of him!

Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words, - there is, more hope of a dullard, than of him.

If thou hast acted basely by lifting thyself up, - if thou hast plotted evil, put thy hand to thy mouth!

For truly, many times, thy heart knoweth, - that, even thou thyself, hast reviled others.

Thou hast encouraged me, my sister, bride, - thou hast encouraged me, with one glance of thine eyes, with one ornament of thy neck.

DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEMWhat is thy beloved more than any other beloved, thou most beautiful among women? What is thy beloved more than any other beloved, that, thus, thou hast adjured us?

Therefore hast thou abandoned thy people the house of Jacob, Because they have become full of the And use hidden arts like the Philistines, - And with the children of foreigners, strike hands; -

When a man shall lay hold, on his brother of the house of his father, saying - Clothing, hast thou, Become thou our, ruler, This downfall, be under thy hand,