The Lord giveth the word: The women that publish the tidings are a great host.

Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them .

That thou mayest crush them , dipping thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.

Bless ye God in the congregations, Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.

Thy God hath commanded thy strength: Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver: He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.

To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.

Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.

They that sit in the gate talk of me; And I am the song of the drunkards.

Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.

And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

The meek have seen it, and are glad: Ye that seek after God, let your heart live.

Let heaven and earth praise him, The seas, and everything that moveth therein.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it; And they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

By thee have I been holden up from the womb; Thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: My praise shall be continually of thee.

For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

Let them be put to shame and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto the next generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long; For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.

He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.

For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.

But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.

We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God: Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Thou art the God that doest wonders: Thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples.

We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

That the generation to come might know them , even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell them to their children,

That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.

Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.

And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.

And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.

Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

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.

As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. Selah

For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

Wilt thou not quicken us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee?

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, That glory may dwell in our land.

Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good; And our land shall yield its increase.

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

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

Show me a token for good, That they who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, Because thou, Jehovah, hast helped me, and comforted me.

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.

Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her.

They that sing as well as they that dance'shall say , All my fountains are in thee.

I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah

A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Who knoweth the power of thine anger, And thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto thee?

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

Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.