O taste and see how friendly the LORD is; blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

The LORD is nigh unto them that are contrite in heart, and will save such as be of a humble spirit.

He keepeth all his bones, so that not one of them is broken.

The LORD delivereth the souls of his servants, and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute.

Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself, that he may fall into his own mischief.

But let my soul be joyful in the LORD, and rejoice in his salvation.

All my bones shall say, "LORD, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him? Yea, the poor, and him that is in misery, from him that spoileth him?"

Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother; I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: Yea, the very lame came together against me unawares, making mouths at me, and ceased not.

LORD, how long wilt thou look upon this? O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my darling from the lions.

So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people.

And why? Their communing is not for peace, but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

Let them not say in their hearts, "There! There! So would we have it!" Neither let them say, "We have devoured him."

Let them be glad and rejoice, that favour my righteous dealing; yea, let them say always, "Blessed be the LORD, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant."

For he flattereth himself in his own sight, until his abominable sin be found out.

He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way; neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil.

For with thee is the well of life; and in thy light shall we see light.

Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Delight thou in the LORD, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.

Commit thy way unto the LORD, set thy hope in him, and he shall bring it to pass.

Hold thee still in the LORD, and abide patiently upon him: but grieve not thyself at one that hath prosperity, and liveth in abomination.

But the meek spirited shall possess the earth, and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace.

Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their bow shall be broken.

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.

The LORD ordereth a good man's going, and hath pleasure in his way.

The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

The law of his God is in his heart; therefore shall not his footsteps slide.

But the LORD will not leave him in his hands, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Hope thou in the LORD, and keep his way. And he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land; when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.

I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.

But when I went by, lo, he was gone; I sought him, but his place could nowhere be found.

But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the LORD, who is also their strength in the time of trouble.

And the LORD shall stand by them, and save them; he shall deliver them from the ungodly, and shall save them, because they put their trust in him.

{To the Chanter, To Bring Remembrance} Put me not to rebuke, O LORD, in thy anger; O chasten me not in thy heavy displeasure.

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure; neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin.

For my loins are filled with a sore disease, and there is no whole part in my body.

As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not; as one that were dumb, not opening his mouth.

For in thee, O LORD, is my trust; thou shalt hear me, O LORD my God.

I am ready to suffer trouble, and my heaviness is ever in my sight.

But mine enemies live, and are mighty: and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number.

{To the Chanter, for praising, a Psalm of David} I said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue. I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight."

Behold, thou hast made my days a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. Selah

Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

"And now, LORD, what is my hope? Truly my hope is even in thee.

When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment; every man therefore is but vanity. Selah.

He hath put a new song in my mouth, even a thanksgiving unto our God. Many men seeing this, shall fear the LORD, and put their trust in him.

Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the LORD, and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies.

Then said I, "Lo, I come. In the beginning of the book it is written of me,

I will preach of thy righteousness in the great congregation: Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O LORD, and that thou knowest.

For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to look up. Yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.

But let all those that seek thee, be joyful and glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation, say always, "The LORD be praised!"

As for me, I am poor, and in misery, but the LORD careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Blessed is he, that considereth the poor; the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble.

The LORD shall refresh him, when he lieth sick upon his bed, yea thou makest his bed in all his sickness.

Mine enemies speak evil upon me, "When shall he die, and his name perish?"

And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity, and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself; and when he cometh forth, he telleth it.

They have given a wicked sentence upon me, "When he lieth, he shall rise up no more."

Yea, even mine own familiar friend, whom I trusted, who did also eat my bread, hath lift up his heel against me.

My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself; for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God, in the voice of praise and thanksgiving, among such as keep holy-day.

Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? Put thy trust in God; for I will give him thanks for the help of his countenance.

One deep calleth another with the voice of thy water-pipes, all thy waves and water floods are gone over me.

The LORD hath granted his loving-kindness in the daytime; and in the night-season did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life.

My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword, while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth, daily saying unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

Why art thou so vexed, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

Why art thou so heavy, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

{To the Chanter, an instruction of the sons of Korah} We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what thou hast done in their time of old.

How thou hast driven out the Heathen with thy hand, and planted them in; how thou hast destroyed the nations and cast them out.

For they got not the land in possession through their own sword, neither was it their own arm that helped them - But thy righthand, thine arm and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

Through thee will we overthrow our enemies, and in thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

For I will not trust in my bow; it is not my sword that shall help me.

Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours, to be laughed to scorn and had in derision of them that are round about us.

And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee, nor behave ourselves unfaithfully in thy covenant.

no, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death

{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, an instruction of the children of Korah; a song of love} My heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak the things which I have made unto the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Good luck have thou with thine honour; ride on with the truth, meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

Thy arrows are sharp, and the people shall be subdued unto thee, even in the midst among the king's enemies.

All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes and cassia, when thou comest out of thine ivory palaces in thy beautiful glory.

Kings' daughters go in thy goodly array, and upon thy righthand standeth the queen in a vesture of the most fine gold.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider; incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house.

So shall the king have pleasure in thy beauty; for he is thy LORD, and thou shalt worship him.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework; the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee.

Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children, whom thou mayest make princes in all lands.

I will remember thy name from one generation to another; therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end.

{To the Chanter, a song of the children of Korah upon Alamoth} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed; for God helpeth her, and that right early.

He hath made wars to cease in all the world: he hath broken the bow, he hath knapped the spear in sunder, and burnt the chariots in the fire.

{A Song of a Psalm of the children of Korah} Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill.

God is well known in her palaces, that he is the defense of the same.

Fear came there upon them, and sorrow as upon a woman in her travail.

Like as we have heard, so see we in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God. God upholdeth the same forever. Selah.

We wait for thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of the children of Korah} O Hear this, all ye people: ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world,

high and low, rich and poor, one with another.

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, and when wickedness at my heels compasseth me round about?

There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

And yet they think that their houses shall continue forever, and that their dwelling-places shall endure from one generation to another; and call the lands after their own names.

Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour, seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the way of them.