They are afraid where no fear is; for God breaketh the bones of them that besiege thee. Thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath despised them.

For thou hast delivered me out of all my trouble, so that mine eye seeth his desire upon mine enemies.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

As for me, I will sing of thy power, and praise thy mercy betimes in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.

{To the chanter, upon the rose of witness, Michtam of David, for to teach: when he fought against Mesopotamia, and Syria of Zoba: and when Joab turned back, and slew twelve thousand Edomites in the valley of Salt} O God, thou hast cast us out and scattered us abroad; thou that hast been so sore displeased at us, comfort us again.

Thou that hast moved the land, and divided it; heal the sores thereof, for it shaketh.

Thou hast showed thy people heavy things; thou hast given us a drink of deadly wine.

Yet hast thou given a token, for such as fear thee, that they may triumph because of the truth. Selah.

Shall not thou do it, O God, thou that hast cast us out? Wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts?

For thou, O LORD, hast heard my desires, and hast given a heritage unto those that fear thy name.

For thou hast been my helper, and under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.

Thou hast brought us into captivity, and laid trouble upon our loins.

Thou hast suffered men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

Thy congregation shall dwell therein; for thou, O God, hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor.

Thou art gone up on high; thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men, yea, even for thine enemies, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

Thy God hath committed strength unto thee; establish the thing, O God, that thou hast wrought in us,

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded.

Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may always resort; thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defense and my castle.

Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.

Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great things are they that thou hast done; O God, who is like unto thee?

O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me! And yet didst thou turn and refresh me; yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again.

Thou hast brought me to great honour, and comforted me on every side.

My lips would fain sing praises unto thee; and so would my soul whom thou hast delivered.

Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery places, that thou mayest cast them down headlong and destroy them.

O think upon thy congregation, whom thou hast purchased, and redeemed of old; the staff of thine inheritance, whom thou hast redeemed, even this hill of Zion wherein thou dwellest.

The day is thine. The night is thine. Thou hast prepared the lights and the sun.

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; thou hast made both summer and winter.

Thou art the God that doest wonders, and hast declared thy power among the people.

Thou, with thine arm, hast delivered thy people, even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, yea thou hast given them plenteousness of tears to drink.

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

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, that all they which go by, pluck off her grapes?

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of the sons of Korah} LORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land; thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

Thou hast forgiven the offense of thy people, and covered all their sins. Selah.

Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure, and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O LORD, and shall glorify thy name.

For great is thy mercy toward me; and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell.

Show some token upon me for good, that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed; because thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in a place of darkness and in the deep.

Thine indignation lieth hard upon me, and thou hast vexed me with all thy floods. Selah.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me, and made me to be abhorred of them. I am so fast in prison that I cannot get forth.

My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me, and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight.

Thou hast subdued Egypt, like one that is wounded; thou scatterest thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.

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

Thou hast made the north and the south, Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Thou hast a mighty arm; strong is thy hand, and high is thy righthand.

But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine annointed, and art displeased at him.

Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant, and cast his crown to the ground.

Thou hast overthrown all his hedges, and broken down his strongholds.

Thou hast set up the righthand of his enemies, and made all his adversaries to rejoice.

Thou hast taken away the strength of his sword, and givest him not victory in the battle.

Thou hast put out his glory, and cast his throne down to the ground.

The days of his youth hast thou shortened, and covered him with dishonour. Selah.

O remember how short my time is; hast thou made all men for nought?

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

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

Comfort us again, now after the time that thou hast plagued us, and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.

For thou, LORD, art my hope; thou hast set thine house of defense very high.

For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy works; and I will rejoice over the operation of thy hands.

The king's power loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared equity; thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

and that because of thine indignation and wrath; for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down.

Thou, LORD, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

Thou hast laid the foundations of the earth, that it never should move at any time.

Then are the hills seen aloft, and the valleys beneath - in their place which thou hast appointed for them.

Thou hast set them their bounds, which they may not pass, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Thou hast appointed the moon for certain seasons, the sun knoweth his going down.

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! Right wisely hast thou made them all; yea, the earth is full of thy riches.

There go the ships over, and there is that Leviathan, whom thou hast made, to take his pastime therein.

Shalt not thou do it, O God which hast cast us out? And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?

and they shall know how that this is thy hand, and that thou, LORD, hast done it.

And why? Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Behold, O LORD, how that I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.

I thank thee, for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.

Thou hast given straight charge to keep thy commandments:

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou hast set my heart at liberty.

{Zayin} O think upon thy servant, as concerning thy word, wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust.

{Tet} O LORD, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant, according unto thy word.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled.

O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort, according to the promise that thou hast made unto thy servant.

Thy truth also remaineth from one generation to another; thou hast laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth.

Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.

The testimonies that thou hast commanded are exceeding righteous and true.

As concerning thy testimonies, I have known ever since the beginning that thou hast grounded them for ever.

My lips shall speak of thy praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

O daughter of Babylon, thou shalt come to misery thyself; yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name, because of thy loving-kindness and truth; for thou hast magnified thy word, according unto thy great name.

Thou hast fashioned me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

For my reins are thine, thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

O LORD. O LORD God, thou strength of my health; thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

LORD, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him? Or the son of man, that thou so regardest him?

Thou that givest victory unto kings, and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword.

whereas thou hast now to give him. Intend no hurt unto thy neighbour, seeing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

Yea, that thou mourn not at the last, when thou hast spent thy body and goods,

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man:

for if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from under thee.

Yea the morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreak and loose those sweet words.

Even so shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul, as soon as thou hast gotten it. And there is good hope; yea, thy hope shall not be in vain.

First, make up thy work that is without, and look well unto that which thou hast in the field, and then build thine house.