When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

So that their rivers were turned to blood, and they were not able to get drink from their streams.

He sent among them, The gad-fly, and it devoured them, And the frog, and it despoiled them;

But God led His own people forward like sheep
And guided them in the wilderness like [a good shepherd with] a flock.

And He bringeth them in unto the border of His sanctuary, This mountain His right hand had got,

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.

It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.} Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

The haters of Yahweh, should come cringing unto him, Then let their own good time be age-abiding!

“But I would feed Israel with the finest of the wheat;
And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

{A Psalm of Asaph.} God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

{A Song or Psalm of Asaph.} Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

For they counseled together with the heart: they will cut out a covenant against thee:

Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Fill their faces with shame until they seek your name, God.

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

O LORD God of Hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

Lord, you were good to your land: changing the fate of Jacob.

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

Surely His salvation is near to those who [reverently] fear Him [and obey Him with submissive wonder],
That glory [the manifest presence of God] may dwell in our land.

Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.

Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

His foundation is on the holy mountain.

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

“I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me—
Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)—
‘This one was born there.’”

The singers as well as the players of flutes will say,
“All my springs and sources of joy are in you [Jerusalem, city of God].”

{A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.} O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

I have cut a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant,

For who in the sky is equal to Yahweh? [Who is] like Yahweh among the sons of God,

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.

For the beauty of their strength art Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

But I will not cut off my gracious love from him, and I will not stop being faithful.

You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah

Blessed be Yahweh forevermore. Amen, and Amen. BOOK IV A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.

{A Prayer of Moses the man of God.} Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.

{A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.} It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

{An exhortation to the earnest praising of God} O come, let us sing unto the LORD; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.

For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day.

for he cometh to judge the earth: yea with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with his truth. {TYNDALE: For he cometh to judge the earth. Thank the LORD for he is good, and his mercy lasteth ever.}

You who love the Lord, hate evil;
He protects the souls of His godly ones (believers),
He rescues them from the hand of the wicked.

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones [those whose moral and spiritual integrity places them in right standing with God],
And praise and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

O go your way into his gates then with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and speak good of his name.

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.