Hereby, do I know that thou delightest in me, In that mine enemy shall not raise a shout over me.

But, as for me, In my blamelessness, hast thou held me fast, And hast caused me to stand before thee unto times age-abiding.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From the age that is past, even unto the age yet to come: Amen and Amen!

BOOK THE SECOND As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.

My tears have been my food day and night, While it hath been said unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

These things, I keep calling to mind, and pouring out, over me, my own soul, For I used to cross over with a crowd, Lead them in procession up to the house of God, With the voice of shouting and praise. - a throng keeping festival.

By day, will Yahweh command his lovingkindness, And, in the night, shall His song be with me, My prayer be to the GOD of my life.

With a crushing of my bones, have my adversaries reproached me, - While they keep saying unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us, - The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime:

For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.

In God, have we boasted all the day, And, thy Name - unto times age-abiding, will we praise. Selah.

Thou sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:

Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.

Thou dust make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:

All the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame of my face, hath covered me:

Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.

Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!

For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth.

Arise to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.

Most beautiful thou art, beyond the sons of men, Graciousness hath been poured forth by thy lips, For this cause, hath God blessed thee, to times age-abiding.

Thy throne, O God, is to times age-abiding and beyond, A sceptre of equity, is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

When the king shall desire thy beauty, Surely, he, is thy lord, then bow down to him.

In embroidered raiment, shall she be brought unto the king - The virgins that follow her, her companions, are to be conducted unto thee:

I will keep in remembrance thy Name, through each succeeding generation, For this cause, peoples, shall praise thee, to times age-abiding and beyond.

Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth, - The bow, he shivereth, And breaketh in pieces the spear, war-chariots, burneth he up with fire.

For, Yahweh - as Most High, is to be revered, A great king, over all the earth,

Sing praises unto God, sing praises, Sing praises to our King, sing praises;

The willing-hearted of the peoples, have gathered themselves together, The people of the God of Abraham; For, to God, belong the shields of the earth, Greatly is he exalted.

Great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.

According to thy Name, O God, So, be thy praise, unto the ends of the earth, With righteousness, is, thy right hand, filled.

Apply your mind to her rampart, Pass between her palaces, That ye may recount them to an after generation;

For, this God, is our God, to times age-abiding and beyond, He himself, will conduct us till death.

I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.

As for them who are trusting in their wealth, - And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves,

For it is seen that, the wise, die, Together with the dullard, and the brutish, do they perish, And leave, to others, their wealth:

This, their way, is a folly to them, And yet, their followers, with their mouth, approve. Selah.

Like sheep - into hades, are they driven, Death shall shepherd them, - And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, Even their form, is to decay, Hades, is all that remaineth of a habitation for him.

Do not fear, When a man becometh rich, When the glory of his house increaseth;

For, though, his own self - while he lived, he used to bless, And they will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,

Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. Selah.

Sacrifice to God a thankoffering, And pay to the Most High thy vows;

Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

But, to the lawless one, God saith, What hast, thou, to do, to recount my statutes? Or that thou hast taken up my covenant upon thy mouth?

Understand this, I pray you, ye forgetters of GOD, Lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver: -

Be favorable unto me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness, And, in the multitude of thy compassions, blot out my transgressions;

For, my transgressions, do, I, acknowledge, And, my sin, is before me continually:

Lo! faithfulness, hast thou desired in the inward parts, Yea, in the hidden part, wilt thou cause me to know, wisdom.

Wilt thou cause me to hear joy and gladness? The bones thou hast crushed would exult.

Do not cast me away from thy presence, And, thy Holy Spirit, do not take from me:

Do good, in thy good-pleasure, unto Zion, Wilt thou build the walls of Jerusalem!

Why dost thou boast thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of GOD, lasteth all the day.

I will praise thee to times age-abiding, Because thou didst effectually work, - And I will wait on thy Name, Because it is good, In the presence of thy men of lovingkindness.

God, out of the heavens, looked down upon the sons of men, - To see whether there was one that showed wisdom, Enquiring after God.

There have they been in great dread where no dread was, Because, God, hath scattered the bones of thy besieger, - Thou hast put him to shame, Because, God, had, rejected, them.

O God! Hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth;

Give ear, O God, to my prayer, And do not hide thyself from my supplication:

Attend unto me, and answer me, I may ramble in my complaining, And be driven to and fro -

Day and night, they go round her, upon her walls, And, trouble and misery, are in her midst;

So that together have we been wont to find sweetness in counsel, In the house of God, used we to walk in the throng.

At evening and morning and high noon, have I been wont to lament and complain, And he hath heard my voice!

He hath thrust forth his hands, against them he was wont to salute, he hath violated his covenant;

Cast upon Yahweh thy lot, and, he, will sustain thee: He will not suffer, to times age-abiding, the righteous one to be shaken.

But, thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of destruction, Men of bloodshed and deceit, shall not live out half their days; But, I, will trust in thee.

Show me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day, a fighter oppresseth me:

Mine adversaries have panted all the day, For, many, are fighting with me, loftily.

What day I am afraid, I, unto thee will direct my confidence.

In God, I wilt praise his cause, - In God, have I trusted, I will not fear, What can flesh do unto me?

All the day, they wrest, my words, Against me, all their devices are for mischief;

Then, shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This, I know, for God is mine!

In God, have I trusted, I will not fear, What can a son of earth do unto me!

For thou hast rescued my soul from death, Wilt thou not rescue my feet from stumbling? That I may walk to and fro, before God, In the light of life.

Aye! ye all do work, perversity, - Throughout the land, your hands, weigh out, violence!

That will not hearken to the voice of whisperers, Though the wise one try to bind him with spells.

For no iniquity, do they run that they may take their stand, Rouse thyself to meet me, and see.

Thou, therefore, O Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel, Awake, to visit all the nations, Do not show favour to any iniquitous traitors. Selah.

My God of lovingkindness, will come to meet me, God, will let me look on mine adversaries.

Do not slay them, lest my people forget, Cause them to wander by thy strength, and prostrate them, Thou our shield, O Lord!

Bring to a full end in wrath, Bring to a full end, that they be no more, - That men may know that, God, is ruling in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

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.

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

Thou hadst given - to them that revere thee - a banner, to float aloft, Because of thy faithfulness. Selah.

Who will conduct me to fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom!

In God, we shall do valiantly, He himself, therefore, will tread down our adversaries.

From the end of the earth, unto thee do I cry, When my heart fainteth away, Unto a rock that is higher than I, wilt thou lead me.

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

I would be a guest in thy tent to the ages, I would seek refuge in the concealment of thy wings. Selah.

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

So, will I sing thy Name unto futurity, Paying my vows, day by day.

Surely, from his elevation, they have taken counsel to thrust him down, They accept falsehood, - With his mouth, they each of them bless, But, inwardly, they revile. Selah.

Do not trust in extortion, Nor, with robbery, become vain, As for wealth, when it beareth fruit, Do not set thereon your heart.

One thing, hath God spoken, Two things, there are which I have heard, That, power, belongeth unto God;

And, thine, O My Lord, is lovingkindness, - For, thou, wilt pay back unto every man - according to his deed.

O God, my GOD, thou art, Earnestly do I desire thee, - My soul thirsteth for thee, My flesh fainteth for thee, In a land - dry, and weary for want of water, -

Should I call thee to mind upon my conch, In the watches of the night, would I breathe soft speech of thee.

My soul hath run clinging to thee, On me, hath thy right hand laid hold.

When, they, to crush it, would seek my life, They shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

To shoot, in secret places, at the blameless one, Suddenly they shoot at him, and fear not.

When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.

Thine, are silence and praise, O God, in Zion, - And, to thee, shall be paid the vow.