From after the sucking ewes, he brought him in, - To be shepherd to Jacob his people, And to Israel, his inheritance.

So he did shepherd them, according to the singleness of his heart, And, with the discernment of his hands, used he to guide them.

They have poured out their blood like water, Round about Jerusalem, With none to bury.

We have become, A reproach to our neighbours, - A mockery and a derision, to them who are round about us.

Do not remember against us former iniquities, - Haste thee, let thy compassions, come to meet us, For we have been brought very low!

Let the groaning of the prisoner, come in before thee, - According to the greatness of thine arm, Set free them who are appointed to death.

So, we, thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee, to times age-abiding, - To generation after generation, will we recount thy praise.

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, And come! to our salvation.

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

Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbours, And, our foes, find mockery for themselves.

To be burned with fire, it is cut down, - At the rebuke of thy countenance, they will perish.

So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call.

Shout ye for joy, unto God our strength, Sound the note of triumph, to the God of Jacob;

Blow, at the new moon, the horn, At the full moon, for the day of our sacred festival:

For, a statute to Israel, it is, A regulation, by the God of Jacob;

A testimony in Joseph, he appointed it, When he went forth over the land of Egypt: A language I liked not, used I to hear;

There shall not be, within thee, a foreign GOD, - Neither shalt thou bow down to a strange GOD:

They know not, neither can they perceive, In darkness, they wander, All the foundations of the earth do shake.

But indeed, like the earth-born, shall ye die! And, like one of the princes, shall ye fall!

O God, Do not keep quiet, Do not hold thy peace, Neither be thou still, O GOD!

Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. Selah.

Let them turn pale, and be terrified to futurity, Yea let them blush, and perish:

They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.

For better is a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.

To times age-abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation?

I will hear, what GOD - Yahweh - will speak, - For he will bespeak prosperity to his people, And to his men of lovingkindness, And to them who return with their heart unto him.

Yahweh himself too, will give us the blessing, And, our land, shall yield her increase.

Show me favour, O My Lord, For, unto thee, do I cry, all the day;

Rejoice the soul of thy servant, For, unto thee, O My Lord, my soul, do I lift.

For, thou, O My Lord, art good and forgiving, And abundant in lovingkindness, to all who call upon thee.

In the day of my distress, will I call upon thee, For thou wilt answer me.

Point out to me, O Yahweh, thy way, I will walk steadfastly in thy truth, My heart will rejoice to revere thy Name.

But, thou, O My Lord, art, A God of compassion and favour, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness a faithfulness.

Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, - Give thy strength to thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.

Glorious things, are to be spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

I will mention Rahab and Babylon, to them who know me - Lo! Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia, This one was born there.

O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, also before thee.

Mine eye, hath dimmed through affliction; I have called upon thee, O Yahweh, all day long, I have spread out, unto thee, my hands.

Over me, have passed thy bursts of burning anger, The alarms of thee have put an end to me;

They have surrounded me like waters, all the day, They have come circling against me together:

The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, age-abidingly will I sing, To generation after generation, will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth.

For I said, To times age-abiding, shall lovingkindness be built up, As for the heavens, thou wilt establish thy faithfulness therein.

A GOD inspiring awe in the circle of the holy ones, exceedingly, And to be reverenced above all who are round about him.

In thy Name, shall they exult all the day, And, in thy righteousness, shall they be exalted.

For, to Yahweh, belongeth our Shield, And, to the Holy One of Israel, belongeth our King.

Yea, I, will appoint him, firstborn, Most High to the kings of the earth!

Therefore will I appoint, to futurity, his seed, And his throne as the days of the heavens.

If his sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk;

If, my statutes, they profane, And, my commandments, do not keep:

One thing, have I sworn by my holiness, Verily, to David, will I not lie;

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

All the passers by the way, have plundered him, He hath become a reproach to his neighbours;

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;

Blessed be Yahweh to times age-abiding, Amen, and Amen!

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,

Who knoweth the strength of thine anger? Even, according to the fear of thee, is thy wrath!

How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.

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

Thou shalt not be afraid, Of the dread of the night, Of the arrow that flieth by day;

For, his messengers, will he charge concealing thee, To keep thee, in all thy ways;

It is good to give thanks to Yahweh, And to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most High;

When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.

To declare that upright is Yahweh, My Rock, and no perversity in him.

Thy testimonies, are strongly confirmed, To thy house, befitting is holiness, O Yahweh - to length of days.

They pour forth words , they speak arrogantly, All the workers of iniquity, do boast:

He that planteth the ear, shall he not hear? Or, that fashioneth the eye, shall he not have power to see?

If, Yahweh, had not been a help to me, Soon had sunk into silence - my soul!

Come, let us make a joyful noise to Yahweh, Let us shout in triumph, to the rock of our salvation!

O let us come before his face with thanksgiving, With the sounds of strings, let us shout aloud to him.

For, he, is our God, And, we, are the people of his pasture, and the flock of his hand? To-day, if, to his voice, ye will hearken,

Do not harden your heart as at Meribah, As on the day of Massah, in the desert;

When your fathers, tested me, They proved me, yea they also saw what I could do.

Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, Sing to Yahweh, all the earth;

Sing to Yahweh, bless ye his Name, - Tell the tidings, from day to day, of his salvation:

For great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, To be revered is he above all gods;

Give to Yahweh, ye families of the peoples, Give to Yahweh, glory and strength;

Give to Yahweh, the glory of his Name, Bring a present, and enter his courts;

Bow down to Yahweh, in the adornment of holiness, Be in anguish at his presence, all the earth!

Before Yahweh, for he is coming, For he is coming to judge the earth, - He will judge the world, in righteousness, And the peoples, in his faithfulness.

Sing to Yahweh, a song that is new, For, wonderful things, hath he done, His own right hand and hi holy arm, have brought him salvation.

Shout aloud to Yahweh, all the earth, Break forth and make a joyful noise and sweep the strings;

Sweep the strings to Yahweh, With the lyre, With the lyre, and the voice of melody;

Before Yahweh, for he is coming - to judge the earth, - He will judge the world, in righteousness, And the peoples, with equity.

Moses and Aaron, were among his priests, And, Samuel, was among them who were calling upon his Name, Who were calling upon Yahweh, and, he, used to answer them:

In the pillar of cloud, used he to speak unto them, They kept his testimonies, and the statute he gave them.

O Yahweh our God! thou, answeredst them, - A pardoning GOD, thou becamest to them, Yet one bringing vengeance on their deeds.

Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth:

Enter ye his gates, with thanksgiving, his courts, with praise, Give ye thanks to him, bless ye his Name;

I will behave myself wisely in a blameless way, When wilt thou come in unto me? I will walk to and fro in the blamelessness of my heart, - in the midst of my house:

He that uttereth slander in secret against his friend, him, will I root out; One of lofty eyes, and of an ambitious heart, him shall I not be able to endure.

Smitten like herbage, so is my heart dried up, For I have forgotten to eat my food.

At the noise of my groaning, my bone, hath cleaved, to my flesh:

All the day, have mine enemies, reproached me, And, they who are mad against me, by me, have sworn.

My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.

But, thou, O Yahweh, age-abidingly wilt remain, And the memorial of thee, to generation after generation.

Thou, wilt arise, wilt have compassion upon Zion, Surely it is time to favour her, Surely the time appointed, hath come;

This, shall be written, for a later generation, And, a people to be created, will give praise unto Yah: -