Their heart is as fat as brawn, but my delight hath been in thy law.

It is good for me that I have been in trouble, that I may learn thy statutes.

They that fear thee, will be glad when they see me, because I put my trust in thy word.

Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to destroy me; but I will be occupied in thy commandments.

O let my heart be sound in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.

{Khaf} My soul longeth for thy salvation, for my good hope is in thy word.

Mine eyes long sore for thy word, saying, "O when wilt thou comfort me?"

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do not I forget thy statutes.

How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou be avenged of mine adversaries?

They have almost made an end of me upon earth, but I forsake not thy commandments.

{Lamed} O LORD, thy word endureth forever in heaven.

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

If my delight were not in thy law, I should perish in my trouble.

I see that all things come to an end, but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

{Mem} O LORD, what love have I unto thy law! All the day long is my study in it.

My soul is always in my hand, yet do I not forget thy law.

Thou art my defense and shield; and my trust is in thy word.

{Ayin} I deal with the thing that is lawful and right; O give me not over unto mine oppressors.

When thy word goeth forth, it giveth light and understanding unto the simple.

I open my mouth and draw in my breath, for my delight is in thy commandments.

Order my steps in thy word; and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.

Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me; yet is my delight in thy commandments.

Early in the morning do I cry unto thee; for in thy word is my trust.

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might be occupied in thy words.

It grieveth me when I see the transgressors, because they keep not thy law.

{Shin} The princes persecute me without cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

I am as glad of thy word, as one that findeth great spoils.

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

I long for thy saving health, O LORD; and in thy law is my delight.

{A song of the stairs} When I am in trouble, I call upon the LORD, and he answereth me.

I labour for peace; but when I speak unto them thereof, they make them ready to battle.

The LORD preserveth thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth for evermore.

{A song of the stairs} I was glad when they said unto me, "We will go in to the house of the LORD."

Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built as a city, that is at unity in itself.

{A song of the stairs} Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

{A song of the stairs} If the LORD himself had not been on our side - now may Israel say -

If the LORD himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us,

they had swallowed us up alive, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.

Our help standeth in the name of the LORD, which hath made heaven and earth.

{A song of the stairs} They that put their trust in the LORD are even as the mount Zion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast forever.

As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, the LORD shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace shall be upon Israel.

{A song of the stairs} When the LORD turneth again the captivity of Zion, then were we like unto them that dream.

Turn our captivity, O LORD, as the rivers in the south.

They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy.

He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed, shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.

{A song of the stairs} Except the LORD build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. Except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant, even so are the young children.

Happy is the man, that hath his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

{A song of the stairs} Blessed are all they that fear the LORD, and walk in his ways.

For thou shalt eat the labours of thine own hands; O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.

The LORD shall so bless thee out of Zion, that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long.

But the righteous LORD hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.

All them that have an evil will to Zion shall be confounded, and made to turn back from it.

So that they which go by, say not so much as, "the LORD prosper you, we wish you good luck in the name of the LORD."

I look for the LORD; my soul doth wait for him, and in his word is my trust.

O Israel, trust in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

{A song of the stairs} LORD, I am not high-minded; I have no proud looks. I do not exercise myself in great matters which are too high for me.

O Israel, trust in the LORD, from this time forth for evermore.

how he swore unto the LORD, and vowed a vow unto the almighty one of Jacob,

until I find out a place for the temple of the LORD, a habitation for the mighty one of Jacob."

Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata, and found it in the wood.

We will go into his tabernacle, and fall low on our knees before his footstool.

{A song of the stairs} Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to dwell together in unity!

{A song of the stairs} Behold now, praise the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, ye that by night stand in the house of the LORD.

Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the LORD.

ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.

For why? The LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his own possession.

Whatsoever the LORD pleaseth that doeth he in heaven and in earth; in the sea, and in all deep places.

Thy name, O LORD, endureth forever; so doth thy memorial, O LORD, from one generation to another.

They have ears, and yet they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

They that make them are like unto them; and so are all they that put their trust in them.

But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew them in the reed sea! For his mercy endureth forever.

Who remembereth us, when we are in trouble! For his mercy endureth forever.

By the waters of Babylon we sat down; and wept, when we remembered Zion.

We hanged our harps upon the salon-trees, in the midst of it.

For they that led us away captive required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness. "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth.

Remember the children of Edom, O LORD, in the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Down with it! Down with it, even to the ground!"

When I call upon thee, thou hearest me, and endowest my soul with much strength.

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD, that great is the glory of the LORD.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me; thou shalt stretch forth thine hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies, and thy righthand shall save me.

The LORD shall make good his loving-kindness toward me. Yea, thy mercy, O LORD, endureth forever; despise not then the works of thine own hands.

For lo, there is not a word in my tongue, but thou, O LORD, knowest it altogether.

If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost part of the sea,

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

My bones are not hid from thee, though I be made secretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth.

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book were all my members written, which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was not one of them.

If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand; when I wake up, I am present with thee.

Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

which imagine mischief in their hearts, and stir up strife all the day long.

The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net abroad with cords, yea and set traps in my way. Selah.

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

Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about.

The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy name, and the just shall continue in thy sight.

{A Psalm of David} LORD, I call upon thee; haste thee unto me, and consider my voice, when I cry unto thee.

Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice.