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\par }\PsalmChap{1}{\Q \VerseOne{1}{\SC{Blessed}} is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly,

\par }{\Q And has not stood in the way of sinners,

\par }{\Q And has not sat in the seat of evil men.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord;

\par }{\Q And in his law will he meditate day and night.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters,

\par }{\Q Which shall yield its fruit in its season,

\par }{\Q And its leaf shall not fall off;

\par }{\Q And whatsoever he shall do shall be prospered.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Not so the ungodly—not so:

\par }{\Q But rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment,

\par }{\Q Nor sinners in the counsel of the just.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For the Lord knows the way of the righteous;

\par }{\Q But the way of the ungodly shall perish.




\par }\PsalmChap{2}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Wherefore did the heathen rage,

\par }{\Q And the nations imagine vain things?


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The kings of the earth stood up,

\par }{\Q And the rulers gathered themselves together,

\par }{\Q Against the Lord, and against his Christ;


\par }{\Q \VS{3}{\ADD{Saying}}, Let us break through their bonds,

\par }{\Q And cast away their yoke from us.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn,

\par }{\Q And the Lord shall mock them.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Then shall he speak to them in his anger,

\par }{\Q And trouble them in his fury.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}But I have been made king by him

\par }{\Q On Zion his holy mountain,


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Declaring the ordinance of the Lord:

\par }{\Q The Lord said to me, Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen
{\ADD{for}} thine inheritance,

\par }{\Q And the ends of the earth
{\ADD{for}} thy possession.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron;

\par }{\Q Thou shalt dash them in pieces as a potter’s vessel.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Now therefore understand, ye kings:

\par }{\Q Be instructed, all ye that judge the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Serve the Lord with fear,

\par }{\Q And rejoice in him with trembling.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry,

\par }{\Q And ye should perish from the righteous way:

\par }{\Q Whensoever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled,

\par }{\Q Blessed are all they that trust in him.




\par }\PsalmChap{3}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David, when he fled from the presence of his son Absalom.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied?

\par }{\Q Many rise up against me.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Many say concerning my soul,

\par }{\Q There is no deliverance for him in his God. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}But thou, O Lord, art my helper:

\par }{\Q My glory, and the one that lifts up my head.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I cried to the Lord with my voice,

\par }{\Q And he heard me out of his holy mountain. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I lay down and slept;

\par }{\Q I awoke; for the Lord will help me.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,

\par }{\Q Who beset me round about.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God:

\par }{\Q For thou hast smitten all who were without cause mine enemies;

\par }{\Q Thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Deliverance is the Lord’s,

\par }{\Q And thy blessing is upon thy people.




\par }\PsalmChap{4}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Song of David among
{\ADD{the}} Psalms.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}When I called upon
{\ADD{him}}, the God of my righteousness heard me:

\par }{\Q Thou hast made room for me in tribulation;

\par }{\Q Pity me, and hearken to my prayer.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}O ye sons of men, how long
{\ADD{will ye be}} slow of heart?

\par }{\Q Wherefore do ye love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}But know ye that the Lord has done wondrous things for his holy one:

\par }{\Q The Lord will hear me when I cry to him.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Be ye angry, and sin not;

\par }{\Q Feel compunction upon your beds

\par }{\Q For what ye say in your hearts. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Offer the sacrifice of righteousness,

\par }{\Q And trust in the Lord.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Many say, Who will show us good things?

\par }{\Q The light of thy countenance, O Lord, has been manifested toward us.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thou hast put gladness into my heart:

\par }{\Q They have been satisfied with the fruit of their corn and wine and oil.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I will both lie down in peace and sleep:

\par }{\Q For thou, Lord, only hast caused me to dwell securely.




\par }\PsalmChap{5}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Hearken to my words, O Lord,

\par }{\Q Attend to my cry.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Attend to the voice of my supplication,

\par }{\Q My King, and my God:

\par }{\Q For to thee, O Lord, will I pray.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}In the morning thou shalt hear my voice:

\par }{\Q In the morning will I wait upon thee, and will look up.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For thou art not a God that desires iniquity;

\par }{\Q Neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy sight:

\par }{\Q Thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Thou wilt destroy all that speak falsehood:

\par }{\Q The Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}But I will enter into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy:

\par }{\Q I will worship in thy fear toward thy holy temple.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;

\par }{\Q Make my way plain before thy face.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For there is no truth in their mouth;

\par }{\Q Their heart is vain;

\par }{\Q Their throat is an open sepulcher;

\par }{\Q With their tongues they have used deceit.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Judge them, O God;

\par }{\Q Let them fail of their counsels:

\par }{\Q Cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness;

\par }{\Q For they have provoked thee, O Lord.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}But let all that trust on thee be glad in thee:

\par }{\Q They shall exult forever, and thou shalt dwell among them;

\par }{\Q And all that love thy name shall rejoice in thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}For thou, Lord, shalt bless the righteous:

\par }{\Q Thou hast compassed us as with a shield of favor.




\par }\PsalmChap{6}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns for the eighth.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath,

\par }{\Q Neither chasten me in thine anger.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak:

\par }{\Q Heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}My soul also is grievously vexed:

\par }{\Q But thou, O Lord, how long?


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Return, O Lord, deliver my soul:

\par }{\Q Save me for thy mercy’s sake.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For in death no man remembers thee:

\par }{\Q And who will give thee thanks in Hades?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}I am wearied with my groaning;

\par }{\Q I shall wash my bed every night;

\par }{\Q I shall water my couch with my tears.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Mine eye is troubled because of my wrath;

\par }{\Q I am worn out because of all my enemies.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Depart from me, all ye that work iniquity;

\par }{\Q For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The Lord has hearkened to my petition;

\par }{\Q The Lord has accepted my prayer.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Let all mine enemies be put to shame and sore troubled:

\par }{\Q Let them be turned back and grievously put to shame speedily.




\par }\PsalmChap{7}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush the Benjaminite.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted:

\par }{\Q Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Lest at any time
{\ADD{the enemy}} seize my soul as a lion,

\par }{\Q While there is none to ransom, nor to save.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}O Lord my God, if I have done this

\par }{\Q (If there is unrighteousness in my hands);


\par }{\Q \VS{5}If I have requited with evil those who requited me
{\ADD{with good}};

\par }{\Q May I then perish empty by means of my enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it;

\par }{\Q And let him trample my life on the ground,

\par }{\Q And lay my glory in the dust. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath;

\par }{\Q Be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies:

\par }{\Q Awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee:

\par }{\Q And for this cause do thou return on high.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The Lord shall judge the nations:

\par }{\Q Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness,

\par }{\Q And according to my innocence that is in me.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end;

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{then}} thou shalt direct the righteous,

\par }{\Q O God that searchest the hearts and reins.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}My help is righteous,
{\ADD{coming}} from God

\par }{\Q Who saves the upright in heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient,

\par }{\Q Not inflicting vengeance every day.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword;

\par }{\Q He has bent his bow, and made it ready.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And on it he has fitted the instruments of death;

\par }{\Q He has completed his arrows for the raging ones.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness,

\par }{\Q He has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}He has opened a pit, and dug it up,

\par }{\Q And he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}His trouble shall return on his own head,

\par }{\Q And his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness;

\par }{\Q I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.




\par }\PsalmChap{8}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, concerning the winepresses, a Psalm of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!

\par }{\Q For thy magnificence is exalted above the heavens.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise,

\par }{\Q Because of thine enemies;

\par }{\Q That thou mightest put down the enemy and avenger.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers;

\par }{\Q The moon and stars, which thou hast established.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

\par }{\Q Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Thou madest him a little less than angels,

\par }{\Q Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor;


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And thou hast set him over the works of thy hands:

\par }{\Q Thou hast put all things under his feet:


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Sheep and all oxen,

\par }{\Q Yea, and the cattle of the field;


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea,

\par }{\Q The
{\ADD{creatures}} passing through the paths of the sea.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!




\par }\PsalmChap{9}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart;

\par }{\Q I will recount all thy wonderful works.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I will be glad and exult in thee:

\par }{\Q I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}When mine enemies are turned back,

\par }{\Q They shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For thou hast maintained my cause and my right;

\par }{\Q Thou satest on the throne, that judgest righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Thou hast rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished;

\par }{\Q Thou hast blotted out their name forever, even forever and ever.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities:

\par }{\Q Their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,


\par }{\Q \VS{8}But the Lord endures forever:

\par }{\Q He has prepared his throne for judgment.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And he will judge the world in righteousness,

\par }{\Q He will judge the nations in uprightness.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor,

\par }{\Q A seasonable help, in affliction.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And let them that know thy name hope in thee:

\par }{\Q For thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion:

\par }{\Q Declare his dealings among the nations.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}For he remembered them,
{\ADD{in}} making inquisition for blood:

\par }{\Q He has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction
{\ADD{which I suffer}} of mine enemies,

\par }{\Q Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:


\par }{\Q \VS{15}That I may declare all thy praises

\par }{\Q In the gates of the daughter of Zion:

\par }{\Q I will exult in thy salvation.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned:

\par }{\Q In the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}The Lord is known as executing judgments:

\par }{\Q The sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Let sinners be driven away into Hades,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} all the nations that forget God.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}For the poor shall not be forgotten forever:

\par }{\Q The patience of the needy ones shall not perish forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail:

\par }{\Q Let the heathen be judged before thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them:

\par }{\Q Let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{22}Why standest thou afar off, O Lord?

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Why}} dost thou overlook
{\ADD{us}} in times of need, in affliction?


\par }{\Q \VS{23}While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{The wicked}} are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart;

\par }{\Q And the unjust one blesses himself.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}The sinner has provoked the Lord:

\par }{\Q According to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after
{\ADD{him}}:

\par }{\Q God is not before him.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}His ways are profane at all times;

\par }{\Q Thy judgments are removed from before him:

\par }{\Q He will gain the mastery over all his enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Continuing}} without evil from generation to generation.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud:

\par }{\Q Under his tongue are trouble and pain.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}He lies in wait with rich
{\ADD{men}}

\par }{\Q In secret places, in order to slay the innocent:

\par }{\Q His eyes are set against the poor.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den:

\par }{\Q He lies in wait to ravish the poor,

\par }{\Q To ravish the poor when he draws him
{\ADD{after him}}:

\par }{\Q He will bring him down in his snare.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten:

\par }{\Q He has turned away his face so as never to look.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{33}Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up:

\par }{\Q Forget not the poor.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Wherefore has the wicked provoked God?

\par }{\Q For he has said in his heart, He will not require
{\ADD{it}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}Thou seest
{\ADD{it}}; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath,

\par }{\Q To deliver them into thy hands:

\par }{\Q The poor has been left to thee;

\par }{\Q Thou wast a helper to the orphan.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man:

\par }{\Q His sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{37}The Lord shall reign forever, even forever and ever:

\par }{\Q Ye Gentiles shall perish out of his land.


\par }{\Q \VS{38}The Lord has heard the desire of the poor:

\par }{\Q Thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;


\par }{\Q \VS{39}To plead for the orphan and afflicted,

\par }{\Q That man may no more boast upon the earth.




\par }\PsalmChap{10}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q In the Lord I have put my trust: how will ye say to my soul,

\par }{\Q Flee to the mountains as a sparrow?


\par }{\Q \VS{2}For behold the sinners have bent
{\ADD{their}} bow,

\par }{\Q They have prepared their arrows for the quiver,

\par }{\Q To shoot privily at the upright in heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For they have pulled down what thou didst frame,

\par }{\Q But what has the righteous done?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}The Lord is in his holy temple,

\par }{\Q As for the Lord, his throne is in heaven:

\par }{\Q His eyes look upon the poor,

\par }{\Q His eyelids try the sons of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly:

\par }{\Q And he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He shall rain upon sinners snares,

\par }{\Q Fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast
{\ADD{shall be}} the portion of their cup.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For the Lord
{\ADD{is}} righteous, and loves righteousness;

\par }{\Q His face beholds uprightness.




\par }\PsalmChap{11}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David, upon the eighth.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed;

\par }{\Q For truth is diminished from among the children of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbor:

\par }{\Q Their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips,

\par }{\Q And the tongue that speaks great words:


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Who have said, We will magnify our tongue;

\par }{\Q Our lips are our own: who is Lord of us?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Because of the misery of the poor,

\par }{\Q And because of the sighing of the needy,

\par }{\Q Now will I arise, saith the Lord,

\par }{\Q I will set
{\ADD{them}} in safety; I will speak
{\ADD{to them}} thereof openly.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles;

\par }{\Q As silver tried in the fire, proved
{\ADD{in}} a furnace of earth,

\par }{\Q Purified seven times.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us,

\par }{\Q And shalt preserve us, from this generation, and forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The ungodly walk around:

\par }{\Q According to thy greatness thou hast greatly exalted the sons of men.




\par }\PsalmChap{12}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me? forever?

\par }{\Q How long wilt thou turn away thy face from me?


\par }{\Q \VS{2}How long shall I take counsel in my soul,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Having}} sorrows in my heart daily?

\par }{\Q How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God:

\par }{\Q Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him:

\par }{\Q My persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}But I have hoped in thy mercy;

\par }{\Q My heart shall exult in thy salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me,

\par }{\Q And I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.




\par }\PsalmChap{13}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q The fool has said in his heart, There is no God.

\par }{\Q They have corrupted
{\ADD{themselves}}, and become abominable in their devices;

\par }{\Q There is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men,

\par }{\Q To see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing,

\par }{\Q There is none that does good, no not one.

\par }{\Q Their throat is an open sepulcher;

\par }{\Q With their tongues they have used deceit;

\par }{\Q The poison of asps is under their lips:

\par }{\Q Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;

\par }{\Q Their feet are swift to shed blood:

\par }{\Q Destruction and misery are in their ways;

\par }{\Q And the way of peace they have not known:

\par }{\Q There is no fear of God before their eyes.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Will not all the workers of iniquity know,

\par }{\Q Who eat up my people as they would eat bread?

\par }{\Q They have not called upon the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}There were they alarmed with fear, where there was no fear;

\par }{\Q For God is in the righteous generation.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor,

\par }{\Q Because the Lord is his hope.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Zion?

\par }{\Q When the Lord brings back the captivity of his people,

\par }{\Q Let Jacob exult, and Israel be glad.




\par }\PsalmChap{14}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q O Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle?

\par }{\Q And who shall dwell in thy holy mountain?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}He that walks blameless, and works righteousness,

\par }{\Q Who speaks truth in his heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Who has not spoken craftily with his tongue,

\par }{\Q Neither has done evil to his neighbor,

\par }{\Q Nor taken up a reproach against them that dwelt nearest to him.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought,

\par }{\Q But he honors them that fear the Lord.

\par }{\Q He swears to his neighbor, and disappoints
{\ADD{him}} not.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He has not lent his money on usury,

\par }{\Q And has not received bribes against the innocent.

\par }{\Q He that does these things shall never be moved.




\par }\PsalmChap{15}{\D \VerseOne{1}A writing of David.
\par }
{\Q Keep me, O Lord;

\par }{\Q For I have hoped in thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord;

\par }{\Q For thou hast no need of my goodness.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}On behalf of the saints that are in his land,

\par }{\Q He has magnified all his pleasure in them.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Their weaknesses have been multiplied;

\par }{\Q Afterward they hastened.

\par }{\Q I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings,

\par }{\Q Neither will I make mention of their names with my lips.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:

\par }{\Q Thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The lines have fallen to me in the best places,

\par }{\Q Yea, I have a most excellent heritage.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}I will bless the Lord who has instructed me;

\par }{\Q My reins too have chastened me even till night.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I foresaw the Lord always before my face;

\par }{\Q For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Therefore my heart rejoiced

\par }{\Q And my tongue exulted;

\par }{\Q Moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,

\par }{\Q Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Thou hast made known to me the ways of life;

\par }{\Q Thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance:

\par }{\Q At thy right hand
{\ADD{there are}} delights forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{16}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Prayer of David.
\par }
{\Q Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness,

\par }{\Q Attend to my petition;

\par }{\Q Give ear to my prayer not
{\ADD{uttered}} with deceitful lips.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Let my judgment come forth from thy presence;

\par }{\Q Let mine eyes behold righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited
{\ADD{me}} by night;

\par }{\Q Thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{I am purposed}} that my mouth shall not speak
{\ADD{amiss}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}As for the works of men, by the words of thy lips I have guarded
{\ADD{myself from}} hard ways.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Direct my steps in thy paths,

\par }{\Q That my steps slip not.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God:

\par }{\Q Incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Show the marvels of thy mercies,

\par }{\Q Thou that savest them that hope in thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Keep me as the apple of the eye

\par }{\Q From those that resist thy right hand:

\par }{\Q Thou shalt screen me by the covering of thy wings,


\par }{\Q \VS{9}From the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me:

\par }{\Q Mine enemies have compassed about my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}They have enclosed
{\ADD{themselves with}} their own fat:

\par }{\Q Their mouth has spoken pride.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}They have now cast me out and compassed me round about:

\par }{\Q They have set their eyes
{\ADD{so as}} to bow them down to the ground.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey,

\par }{\Q And like a lion’s whelp dwelling in secret
{\ADD{places}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down:

\par }{\Q Deliver my soul from the ungodly:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Draw}} thy sword,

\VS{14}because of the enemies of thy hand:

\par }{\Q O Lord, destroy them from the earth;

\par }{\Q Scatter them in their life,

\par }{\Q Though their belly has been filled with thy hidden
{\ADD{treasures}}:

\par }{\Q They have been satisfied with uncleanness,

\par }{\Q And have left the remnant
{\ADD{of their possessions}} to their babes.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face:

\par }{\Q I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.




\par }\PsalmChap{17}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end,
{\ADD{a Psalm}} of David the servant of the Lord;
{\ADD{the words}} which he spoke to the Lord,
{\ADD{even}} the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: and he said:

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer;

\par }{\Q My God is my helper, I will hope in him;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{He is}} my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I will call upon the Lord with praises,

\par }{\Q And I shall be saved from mine enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The pangs of death compassed me,

\par }{\Q And the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The pangs of hell came round about me:

\par }{\Q The snares of death prevented me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord,

\par }{\Q And cried to my God:

\par }{\Q He heard my voice out of his holy temple,

\par }{\Q And my cry shall enter before him,
{\ADD{even}} into his ears.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Then the earth shook and quaked,

\par }{\Q And the foundations of the mountains were disturbed,

\par }{\Q And were shaken, because God was angry with them.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}There went up a smoke in his wrath,

\par }{\Q And fire burst into a flame at his presence:

\par }{\Q Coals were kindled at it.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And he bowed the heaven, and came down:

\par }{\Q And thick darkness was under his feet.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And he mounted on cherubs and flew:

\par }{\Q He flew on the wings of winds.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And he made darkness his secret place:

\par }{\Q Round about him was his tabernacle,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} dark water in the clouds of the air.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}At the brightness before him the clouds passed,

\par }{\Q Hail and coals of fire.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}The Lord also thundered from heaven,

\par }{\Q And the Highest uttered his voice.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And he sent forth
{\ADD{his}} weapons, and scattered them;

\par }{\Q And multiplied lightnings, and routed them.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}And the springs of waters appeared,

\par }{\Q And the foundations of the world were exposed,

\par }{\Q At thy rebuke, O Lord,

\par }{\Q At the blasting of the breath of thy wrath.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}He sent from on high and took me,

\par }{\Q He drew me to himself out of many waters.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}He will deliver me from my mighty enemies,

\par }{\Q And from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}They prevented me in the day of mine affliction:

\par }{\Q But the Lord was my stay against
{\ADD{them}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}And he brought me out into a wide place:

\par }{\Q He will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness;

\par }{\Q Even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}For I have kept the ways of the Lord

\par }{\Q And have not wickedly departed from my God.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}For all his judgments were before me,

\par }{\Q And his ordinances departed not from me.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}And I shall be blameless with him,

\par }{\Q And shall keep myself from mine iniquity.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness,

\par }{\Q And according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{26}With the holy thou wilt be holy;

\par }{\Q And with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}And with the excellent
{\ADD{man}} thou wilt be excellent;

\par }{\Q And with the perverse thou wilt show frowardness.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}For thou wilt save the lowly people,

\par }{\Q And wilt humble the eyes of the proud.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}For thou, O Lord, wilt light my lamp:

\par }{\Q My God, thou wilt lighten my darkness.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}For by thee shall I be delivered from a troop;

\par }{\Q And by my God I will pass over a wall.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}{\ADD{As for}} my God, his way is perfect:

\par }{\Q The oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire;

\par }{\Q He is a protector of all them that hope in him.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}For who is God but the Lord?

\par }{\Q And who is a God except our God?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{33}{\ADD{It is}} God that girds me with strength,

\par }{\Q And has made my way blameless:


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Who strengthens my feet as hart’s feet,

\par }{\Q And sets me upon high places.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}He instructs my hands for war;

\par }{\Q And thou hast made my arms
{\ADD{as}} a brazen bow.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}And thou hast made me secure in my salvation:

\par }{\Q And thy right hand has helped me,

\par }{\Q And thy correction has upheld me to the end;

\par }{\Q Yea, thy correction itself shall instruct me.


\par }{\Q \VS{37}Thou hast made room for my goings under me,

\par }{\Q And my footsteps did not fail.


\par }{\Q \VS{38}I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them;

\par }{\Q And I will not turn back until they are consumed.


\par }{\Q \VS{39}I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand:

\par }{\Q They shall fall under my feet.


\par }{\Q \VS{40}For thou hast girded me with strength for war:

\par }{\Q Thou hast beaten down under me all that rose up against me.


\par }{\Q \VS{41}And thou hast made mine enemies turn their backs before me;

\par }{\Q And thou hast destroyed them that hated me.


\par }{\Q \VS{42}They cried, but there was no deliverer:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} to the Lord, but he hearkened not to them.


\par }{\Q \VS{43}I will grind them as the mud of the streets:

\par }{\Q And I will beat them small as dust before the wind.


\par }{\Q \VS{44}Deliver me from the gainsayings of the people:

\par }{\Q Thou shalt make me head of the Gentiles:

\par }{\Q A people whom I knew not served me,


\par }{\Q \VS{45}At the hearing of the ear they obeyed me:

\par }{\Q The strange children lied to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{46}The strange children waxed old,

\par }{\Q And fell away from their paths through lameness.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{47}The Lord lives; and blessed
{\ADD{be}} my God;

\par }{\Q And let the God of my salvation be exalted.


\par }{\Q \VS{48}{\ADD{It is}} God that avenges me,

\par }{\Q And has subdued the nations under me;


\par }{\Q \VS{49}My deliverer from angry enemies:

\par }{\Q Thou shalt set me on high above them that rise up against me:

\par }{\Q Thou shalt deliver me from the unrighteous man.


\par }{\Q \VS{50}Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles,

\par }{\Q And sing to thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{51}{\ADD{God}} magnifies the deliverances of his king;

\par }{\Q And deals mercifully with David his anointed,

\par }{\Q And his seed, forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{18}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}The heavens declare the glory of God;

\par }{\Q And the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Day to day utters speech,

\par }{\Q And night to night proclaims knowledge.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}There are no speeches or words,

\par }{\Q In which their voices are not heard.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Their voice is gone out into all the earth,

\par }{\Q And their words to the ends of the world.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}In the sun he has set his tabernacle;

\par }{\Q And he comes forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber:

\par }{\Q He will exult as a giant to run his course.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}His going forth is from the extremity of heaven,

\par }{\Q And his circuit to the
{\ADD{other}} end of heaven:

\par }{\Q And no one shall be hidden from his heat.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}The law of the Lord is perfect, converting souls:

\par }{\Q The testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The ordinances of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart:

\par }{\Q The commandment of the Lord is bright, enlightening the eyes.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever and ever:

\par }{\Q The judgments of the Lord are true,
{\ADD{and}} justified altogether.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}To be desired more than gold, and much precious stone:

\par }{\Q Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}For thy servant keeps to them:

\par }{\Q In the keeping of them
{\ADD{there is}} great reward.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}Who will understand
{\ADD{his}} transgressions?

\par }{\Q Purge thou me from my secret
{\ADD{sins}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And spare thy servant
{\ADD{the attack}} of strangers:

\par }{\Q If they do not gain the dominion over me, then shall I be blameless,

\par }{\Q And I shall be clear from great sin.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}So shall the sayings of my mouth,

\par }{\Q And the meditation of my heart,

\par }{\Q Be pleasing continually before thee,

\par }{\Q O Lord my helper, and my redeemer.




\par }\PsalmChap{19}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble;

\par }{\Q The name of the God of Jacob defend thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Send thee help from the sanctuary,

\par }{\Q And aid thee out of Zion.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Remember all thy sacrifice,

\par }{\Q And enrich thy whole burnt offering. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Grant thee according to thy heart,

\par }{\Q And fulfill all thy desire.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}We will exult in thy salvation,

\par }{\Q And in the name of our God shall we be magnified:

\par }{\Q The Lord fulfill all thy petitions.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ:

\par }{\Q He shall hear him from his holy heaven:

\par }{\Q The salvation of his right hand is mighty.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Some
{\ADD{glory}} in chariots, and some in horses:

\par }{\Q But we will glory in the name of the Lord our God.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}They are overthrown and fallen:

\par }{\Q But we are risen, and have been set upright.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}O Lord, save the king:

\par }{\Q And hear us in whatever day we call upon thee.




\par }\PsalmChap{20}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O Lord, the king shall rejoice in thy strength;

\par }{\Q And in thy salvation he shall greatly exult.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul,

\par }{\Q And hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For thou hast prevented him with blessings of goodness:

\par }{\Q Thou hast set upon his head a crown of precious stone.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him

\par }{\Q Length of days forever and ever.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}His glory is great in thy salvation:

\par }{\Q Thou wilt crown him with glory and majesty.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For thou wilt give him a blessing forever and ever:

\par }{\Q Thou wilt gladden him with joy with thy countenance.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}For the king trusts in the Lord,

\par }{\Q And through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Let thy hand be found by all thine enemies:

\par }{\Q Let thy right hand find all that hate thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven at the time of thy presence:

\par }{\Q The Lord shall trouble them in his anger,

\par }{\Q And fire shall devour them.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Thou shalt destroy their fruit from the earth,

\par }{\Q And their seed from
{\ADD{among}} the sons of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}For they intended evils against thee;

\par }{\Q They imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}For thou shalt make them
{\ADD{turn their}} back in thy latter end,

\par }{\Q Thou wilt prepare their face.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength:

\par }{\Q We will sing and praise thy mighty acts.




\par }\PsalmChap{21}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O God, my God, attend to me: why hast thou forsaken me?

\par }{\Q The account of my transgressions is far from my salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}O my God, I will cry to thee by day, but thou wilt not hear:

\par }{\Q And by night, and
{\ADD{it shall}} not
{\ADD{be accounted}} for folly to me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}But thou, the praise of Israel, dwellest in a sanctuary.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Our fathers hoped in thee;

\par }{\Q They hoped, and thou didst deliver them.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}They cried to thee, and were saved:

\par }{\Q They hoped in thee, and were not ashamed.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}But I am a worm, and not a man;

\par }{\Q A reproach of men, and scorn of the people.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}All that saw me mocked me:

\par }{\Q They spoke with
{\ADD{their}} lips, they shook the head,
{\ADD{saying}},


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him,

\par }{\Q Let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For thou art he that drew me out of the womb;

\par }{\Q My hope from my mother’s breasts.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}I was cast on thee from the womb:

\par }{\Q Thou art my God from my mother’s belly.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near;

\par }{\Q For there is no helper.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Many bullocks have compassed me:

\par }{\Q Fat bulls have beset me round.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}They have opened their mouth against me,

\par }{\Q As a ravening and roaring lion.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}I am poured out like water,

\par }{\Q And all my bones are loosened:

\par }{\Q My heart in the midst of my belly is become like melting wax.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}My strength is dried up like a potsherd;

\par }{\Q And my tongue is glued to my throat;

\par }{\Q And thou hast brought me down to the dust of death.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}For many dogs have compassed me:

\par }{\Q The assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round:

\par }{\Q They pierced my hands and my feet.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}They counted all my bones;

\par }{\Q And they observed and looked upon me.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}They parted my garments
{\ADD{among}} themselves,

\par }{\Q And cast lots upon my raiment.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}But thou, O Lord, remove not my help afar off:

\par }{\Q Be ready for mine aid.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Deliver my soul from the sword;

\par }{\Q My only begotten one from the power of the dog.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Save me from the lion’s mouth;

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{regard}} my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{23}I will declare thy name to my brethren:

\par }{\Q In the midst of the church will I sing praise to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Ye that fear the Lord, praise him;

\par }{\Q All ye seed of Jacob, glorify him:

\par }{\Q Let all the seed of Israel fear him.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor;

\par }{\Q Nor turned away his face from me;

\par }{\Q But when I cried to him, he heard me.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}My praise is of thee in the great congregation:

\par }{\Q I will pay my vows before them that fear him.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{27}The poor shall eat and be satisfied;

\par }{\Q And they shall praise the Lord that seek him:

\par }{\Q Their heart shall live forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord:

\par }{\Q And all the kindred of the nations shall worship before him.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}For the kingdom is the Lord’s;

\par }{\Q And he is the governor of the nations.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshiped:

\par }{\Q All that go down to the earth shall fall down before him:

\par }{\Q My soul also lives to him.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}And my seed shall serve him:

\par }{\Q The generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}And they shall report his righteousness

\par }{\Q To the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made.




\par }\PsalmChap{22}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q The Lord tends me as a shepherd,

\par }{\Q And I shall want nothing.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell:

\par }{\Q He has nourished me by the water of rest.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}He has restored my soul:

\par }{\Q He has guided me into the paths of righteousness,

\par }{\Q For his name’s sake.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Yea, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death,

\par }{\Q I will not be afraid of evils: for thou art with me;

\par }{\Q Thy rod and thy staff, these have comforted me.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Thou hast prepared a table before me in presence of them that afflict me:

\par }{\Q Thou hast thoroughly anointed my head with oil;

\par }{\Q And thy cup cheers me like the best
{\ADD{wine}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Thy mercy also shall follow me all the days of my life:

\par }{\Q And my dwelling
{\ADD{shall be}} in the house of the Lord for a very long time.




\par }\PsalmChap{23}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm for David on the first day of the week.
\par }
{\Q The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof;

\par }{\Q The world, and all that dwell in it.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}He has founded it upon the seas,

\par }{\Q And prepared it upon the rivers.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}Who shall go up to the mountain of the Lord,

\par }{\Q And who shall stand in his holy place?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart;

\par }{\Q Who has not lifted up his soul to vanity,

\par }{\Q Nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He shall receive a blessing from the Lord,

\par }{\Q And mercy from God his Savior.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}This is the generation of them that seek him,

\par }{\Q That seek the face of the God of Jacob. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Lift up your gates, ye princes,

\par }{\Q And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors;

\par }{\Q And the king of glory shall come in.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Who is this king of glory?

\par }{\Q The Lord strong and mighty,

\par }{\Q The Lord mighty in battle.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Lift up your gates, ye princes;

\par }{\Q And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors;

\par }{\Q And the king of glory shall come in.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Who is this king of glory?

\par }{\Q The Lord of hosts, he is this king of glory.




\par }\PsalmChap{24}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}O my God, I have trusted in thee: let me not be confounded,

\par }{\Q Neither let mine enemies laugh me to scorn.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For none of them that wait on thee shall in anywise be ashamed:

\par }{\Q Let them be ashamed that transgress without cause.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Show me thy ways, O Lord;

\par }{\Q And teach me thy paths.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:

\par }{\Q For thou art God my Savior:

\par }{\Q And I have waited on thee all the day.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Remember thy compassions, O Lord,

\par }{\Q And thy mercies, for they are from everlasting.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Remember not the sins of my youth, nor
{\ADD{my sins}} of ignorance:

\par }{\Q Remember me according to thy mercy,

\par }{\Q For thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Good and upright is the Lord:

\par }{\Q Therefore will he instruct sinners in
{\ADD{the}} way.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The meek will he guide in judgment:

\par }{\Q The meek will he teach his ways.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth

\par }{\Q To them that seek his covenant and his testimonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For thy name’s sake, O Lord,

\par }{\Q Do thou also be merciful to my sin; for it is great.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Who is the man that fears the Lord?

\par }{\Q He shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}His soul shall dwell in prosperity;

\par }{\Q And his seed shall inherit the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}The Lord is the strength of them that fear him;

\par }{\Q And his covenant is to manifest
{\ADD{truth}} to them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Mine eyes are continually to the Lord;

\par }{\Q For he shall draw my feet out of the snare.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Look upon me, and have mercy upon me;

\par }{\Q For I am an only child and poor.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}The afflictions of my heart have been multiplied;

\par }{\Q Deliver me from my distresses.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Look upon mine affliction and my trouble;

\par }{\Q And forgive all my sins.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Look upon mine enemies; for they have been multiplied;

\par }{\Q And they have hated me with unjust hatred.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Keep my soul, and deliver me:

\par }{\Q Let me not be ashamed; for I have hoped in thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}The harmless and upright joined themselves to me:

\par }{\Q For I waited for thee, O Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Deliver Israel, O God,

\par }{\Q Out of all his afflictions.




\par }\PsalmChap{25}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of David.
\par }
{\Q Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence:

\par }{\Q And hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Prove me, O Lord, and try me;

\par }{\Q Purify as with fire my reins and my heart.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}For thy mercy is before mine eyes:

\par }{\Q And I am well pleased with thy truth.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I have not sat with the council of vanity,

\par }{\Q And will in nowise enter in with transgressors.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I have hated the assembly of wicked doers;

\par }{\Q And will not sit with ungodly
{\ADD{men}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I will wash my hands in innocency,

\par }{\Q And compass thine altar, O Lord:


\par }{\Q \VS{7}To hear the voice of praise,

\par }{\Q And to declare all thy wonderful works.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house,

\par }{\Q And the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly,

\par }{\Q Nor my life with bloody men:


\par }{\Q \VS{10}In whose hands
{\ADD{are}} iniquities,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} their right hand is filled with bribes.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}But I have walked in my innocence:

\par }{\Q Redeem me, and have mercy upon me.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}My foot stands in an even place:

\par }{\Q In the congregations will I bless thee, O Lord.




\par }\PsalmChap{26}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of David, before he was anointed.
\par }
{\Q The Lord is my light and my Savior; whom shall I fear?

\par }{\Q The Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?


\par }{\Q \VS{2}When evildoers drew nigh against me to eat up my flesh,

\par }{\Q My persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted and fell.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid:

\par }{\Q Though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek:

\par }{\Q That I should dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,

\par }{\Q That I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord,

\par }{\Q And survey his temple.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle:

\par }{\Q He sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle;

\par }{\Q He set me up on a rock.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And now, behold, he has lifted up my head over mine enemies:

\par }{\Q I went round and offered in his tabernacle the sacrifice of joy;

\par }{\Q I will sing, even sing psalms to the Lord.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud:

\par }{\Q Pity me, and hearken to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}My heart said to thee, I have diligently sought thy face:

\par }{\Q Thy face, O Lord, I will seek.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Turn not thy face away from me,

\par }{\Q Turn not thou away from thy servant in anger:

\par }{\Q Be thou my helper, forsake me not;

\par }{\Q And, O God my Savior, overlook me not.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For my father and my mother have forsaken me,

\par }{\Q But the Lord has taken me to himself.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Teach me, O Lord, in thy way,

\par }{\Q And guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me;

\par }{\Q For unjust witnesses have risen up against me,

\par }{\Q And injustice has lied within herself.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Wait on the Lord:

\par }{\Q Be of good courage, and let thy heart be strengthened:

\par }{\Q Yea, wait on the Lord.




\par }\PsalmChap{27}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of David.
\par }
{\Q To thee, O Lord, have I cried;

\par }{\Q My God, be not silent toward me:

\par }{\Q Lest thou be silent toward me,

\par }{\Q And so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee,

\par }{\Q When I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Draw not away my soul with sinners,

\par }{\Q And destroy me not with the workers of iniquity,

\par }{\Q Who speak peace with their neighbors,

\par }{\Q But evils are in their hearts.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Give them according to their works,

\par }{\Q And according to the wickedness of their devices:

\par }{\Q Give them according to the works of their hands;

\par }{\Q Render their recompense unto them.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord,

\par }{\Q Even to the works of his hands,

\par }{\Q Thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The Lord is my helper and my defender;

\par }{\Q My heart has hoped in him, and I am helped:

\par }{\Q My flesh has revived,

\par }{\Q And willingly will I give praise to him.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}The Lord is the strength of his people,

\par }{\Q And the saving defender of his anointed.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance:

\par }{\Q And take care of them, and lift them up forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{28}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David
{\ADD{on the occasion}} of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle.
\par }
{\Q Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God,

\par }{\Q Bring to the Lord young rams;

\par }{\Q Bring to the Lord glory and honor.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Bring to the Lord glory,
{\ADD{due}} to his name;

\par }{\Q Worship the Lord in his holy court.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}The voice of the Lord is upon the waters:

\par }{\Q The God of glory has thundered:

\par }{\Q The Lord is upon many waters.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The voice of the Lord is mighty;

\par }{\Q The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}{\ADD{There is}} the voice of the Lord who breaks the cedars;

\par }{\Q The Lord will break the cedars of Lebanon.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And he will beat them small,
{\ADD{even}} Lebanon itself, like a calf;

\par }{\Q And the beloved one is as a young unicorn.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}{\ADD{There is}} a voice of the Lord who divides a flame of fire.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}A voice of the Lord who shakes the wilderness;

\par }{\Q The Lord will shake the wilderness of Kadesh.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The voice of the Lord strengthens the hinds,

\par }{\Q And will uncover the thickets:

\par }{\Q And in his temple everyone speaks
{\ADD{of his}} glory.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The Lord will dwell on the waterflood:

\par }{\Q And the Lord will sit a king forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}The Lord will give strength to his people;

\par }{\Q The Lord will bless his people with peace.




\par }\PsalmChap{29}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}I will exalt thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up,

\par }{\Q And not caused mine enemies to rejoice over me.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}O Lord my God, I cried to thee, and thou didst heal me.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from Hades,

\par }{\Q Thou hast delivered me from
{\ADD{among}} them that go down to the pit.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Sing to the Lord, ye his saints,

\par }{\Q And give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For anger is in his wrath,

\par }{\Q But life in his favor:

\par }{\Q Weeping shall tarry for the evening,

\par }{\Q But joy shall be in the morning.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}And I said in my prosperity,

\par }{\Q I shall never be moved.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}O Lord, in thy good pleasure thou didst add strength to my beauty:

\par }{\Q But thou didst turn away thy face, and I was troubled.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}To thee, O Lord, will I cry;

\par }{\Q And to my God will I make supplication.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}What profit is there in my blood,

\par }{\Q When I go down to destruction?

\par }{\Q Shall the dust give praise to thee?

\par }{\Q Or shall it declare thy truth?


\par }{\Q \VS{11}The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me;

\par }{\Q The Lord is become my helper.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Thou hast turned my mourning into joy for me:

\par }{\Q Thou hast rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;


\par }{\Q \VS{13}That my glory may sing praise to thee, and I may not be pierced
{\ADD{with sorrow}}.

\par }{\Q O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{30}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David,
{\ADD{an utterance}} of extreme fear.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed:

\par }{\Q Deliver me in thy righteousness and rescue me.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Incline thine ear to me;

\par }{\Q Make haste to rescue me:

\par }{\Q Be thou to me for a protecting God,

\par }{\Q And for a house of refuge to save me.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For thou art my strength and my refuge;

\par }{\Q And thou shalt guide me for thy name’s sake, and maintain me.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me;

\par }{\Q For thou, O Lord, art my defender.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Into thy hands I will commit my spirit:

\par }{\Q Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Thou hast hated them that idly persist in vanities:

\par }{\Q But I have hoped in the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I will exult and be glad in thy mercy:

\par }{\Q For thou hast looked upon mine affliction;

\par }{\Q Thou hast saved my soul from distresses.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy:

\par }{\Q Thou hast set my feet in a wide place.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted:

\par }{\Q My eye is troubled with indignation,

\par }{\Q My soul and my belly.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For my life is spent with grief,

\par }{\Q And my years with groanings:

\par }{\Q My strength has been weakened through poverty,

\par }{\Q And my bones are troubled.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}I became a reproach among all mine enemies,

\par }{\Q But exceedingly so to my neighbors,

\par }{\Q And a fear to mine acquaintance:

\par }{\Q They that saw me without fled from me.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind:

\par }{\Q I am become as a broken vessel.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about:

\par }{\Q When they were gathered together against me,

\par }{\Q They took counsel to take my life.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}But I hoped in thee, O Lord:

\par }{\Q I said, Thou art my God.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}My lots are in thy hands:

\par }{\Q Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,


\par }{\Q \VS{17}And from them that persecute me.

\par }{\Q Make thy face to shine upon thy servant:

\par }{\Q Save me in thy mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee:

\par }{\Q Let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Let the deceitful lips become dumb,

\par }{\Q Which speak iniquity against the righteous

\par }{\Q With pride and scorn.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord,

\par }{\Q Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee!

\par }{\Q Thou hast wrought
{\ADD{it}} out for them that hope on thee,

\par }{\Q In the presence of the sons of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man:

\par }{\Q Thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}But I said in my extreme fear,

\par }{\Q I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes:

\par }{\Q Therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication

\par }{\Q When I cried to thee.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{24}Love the Lord, all ye his saints:

\par }{\Q For the Lord seeks for truth,

\par }{\Q And renders
{\ADD{a reward}} to them that deal very proudly.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened,

\par }{\Q All ye that hope in the Lord.




\par }\PsalmChap{31}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of instruction by David.
\par }
{\Q Blessed
{\ADD{are they}} whose transgressions are forgiven,

\par }{\Q And whose sins are covered.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin,

\par }{\Q And in whose mouth there is no guile.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old,

\par }{\Q From my crying all the day.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:

\par }{\Q I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in
{\ADD{me}}. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I acknowledged my sin,

\par }{\Q And hid not mine iniquity:

\par }{\Q I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself;

\par }{\Q And thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Therefore shall every holy one pray to thee in a fit time:

\par }{\Q Only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh to him.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me;

\par }{\Q My joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go:

\par }{\Q I will fix mine eyes upon thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But thou must}} constrain their jaws with bit and curb,

\par }{\Q Lest they should come nigh to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Many are the scourges of the sinner:

\par }{\Q But him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous:

\par }{\Q And glory, all ye that are upright in heart.




\par }\PsalmChap{32}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of David.
\par }
{\Q Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous;

\par }{\Q Praise becomes the upright.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Praise the Lord on the harp;

\par }{\Q Play to him on a psaltery of ten strings.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Sing to him a new song;

\par }{\Q Play skillfully with a loud noise.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}For the word of the Lord is right;

\par }{\Q And all his works are faithful.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He loves mercy and judgment;

\par }{\Q The earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}By the word of the Lord the heavens were established;

\par }{\Q And all the host of them by the breath of his
{\ADD{mouth}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Who gathers the waters of the sea as
{\ADD{in}} a bottle;

\par }{\Q Who lays up the deeps in treasuries.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Let all the earth fear the Lord;

\par }{\Q And let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For he spoke, and they were made;

\par }{\Q He commanded, and they were created.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations;

\par }{\Q He brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples,

\par }{\Q And brings to nought the counsels of princes.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}But the counsel of the Lord endures forever,

\par }{\Q The thoughts of his heart from generation to generation.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord;

\par }{\Q The people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}The Lord looks out of heaven;

\par }{\Q He beholds all the sons of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}He looks from his prepared habitation

\par }{\Q On all the dwellers on the earth;


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Who fashioned their hearts alone;

\par }{\Q Who understands all their works.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}A king is not saved by reason of a great host;

\par }{\Q And a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}A horse is vain for safety;

\par }{\Q Neither shall he be delivered by the greatness of his power.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him,

\par }{\Q Those that hope in his mercy;


\par }{\Q \VS{19}To deliver their souls from death,

\par }{\Q And to keep them alive in famine.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Our soul waits on the Lord;

\par }{\Q For he is our helper and defender.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}For our heart shall rejoice in him,

\par }{\Q And we have hoped in his holy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,

\par }{\Q According as we have hoped in thee.




\par }\PsalmChap{33}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}I will bless the Lord at all times:

\par }{\Q His praise shall be continually in my mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}My soul shall boast herself in the Lord:

\par }{\Q Let the meek hear, and rejoice.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Magnify ye the Lord with me,

\par }{\Q And let us exalt his name together.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}I sought the Lord diligently, and he hearkened to me,

\par }{\Q And delivered me from all my sojournings.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Draw near to him, and be enlightened:

\par }{\Q And your faces shall not
{\ADD{by any means}} be ashamed.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him,

\par }{\Q And delivered him out of all his afflictions.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear him, and will deliver them.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Taste and see that the Lord is good:

\par }{\Q Blessed is the man who hopes in him.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Fear the Lord, all ye his saints:

\par }{\Q For there is no want to them that fear him.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}The rich have become poor and hungry:

\par }{\Q But they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}Come, ye children, hear me:

\par }{\Q I will teach you the fear of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}What man is there that desires life,

\par }{\Q Loving to see good days?


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Keep thy tongue from evil,

\par }{\Q And thy lips from speaking guile.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Turn away from evil, and do good;

\par }{\Q Seek peace, and pursue it.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,

\par }{\Q And his ears
{\ADD{are open}} to their prayer:


\par }{\Q \VS{17}But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil,

\par }{\Q To destroy their memorial from the earth.

\par }{\Q The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them,


\par }{\Q \VS{18}And delivered them out of all their afflictions.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart;

\par }{\Q And will save the lowly in spirit.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Many are the afflictions of the righteous:

\par }{\Q But out of them all the Lord will deliver them.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}He keeps all their bones:

\par }{\Q Not one of them shall be broken.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}The death of sinners is evil:

\par }{\Q And they that hate righteousness will go wrong.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants:

\par }{\Q And none of those that hope in him shall go wrong.




\par }\PsalmChap{34}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of David.
\par }
{\Q Judge thou, O Lord, them that injure me,

\par }{\Q Fight against them that fight against me.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Bring forth a sword, and stop
{\ADD{the way}} against them that persecute me:

\par }{\Q Say to my soul, I am thy salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded:

\par }{\Q Let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Let them be as dust before the wind,

\par }{\Q And an angel of the Lord afflicting them.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Let their way be dark and slippery,

\par }{\Q And an angel of the Lord persecuting them.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For without cause they have hidden for me their destructive snare:

\par }{\Q Without a cause they have reproached my soul.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Let a snare which they know not come upon them;

\par }{\Q And the gin which they hid take them:

\par }{\Q And let them fall into the very same snare.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}But my soul shall exult in the Lord:

\par }{\Q It shall delight in his salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee?

\par }{\Q Delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he,

\par }{\Q Yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I knew not.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}They rewarded me evil for good,

\par }{\Q And bereavement to my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth,

\par }{\Q And humbled my soul with fasting:

\par }{\Q And my prayer shall return to my
{\ADD{own}} bosom.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}I behaved agreeably toward them as
{\ADD{if it had been}} our neighbor
{\ADD{or}} brother:

\par }{\Q I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Yet they rejoiced against me,

\par }{\Q And plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew
{\ADD{it}} not:

\par }{\Q They were scattered, but repented not.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously,

\par }{\Q They gnashed their teeth upon me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}O Lord, when wilt thou look upon me?

\par }{\Q Deliver my soul from their mischief,

\par }{\Q Mine only begotten one from the lions.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}I will give thanks to thee even in a great congregation:

\par }{\Q In an abundant people I will praise thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Let not them that are mine enemies without a cause rejoice against me;

\par }{\Q Who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}For to me they spoke peaceably,

\par }{\Q But imagined deceits in
{\ADD{their}} anger.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}And they opened wide their mouth upon me;

\par }{\Q They said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen
{\ADD{it}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{22}Thou hast seen
{\ADD{it}}, O Lord: keep not silence:

\par }{\Q O Lord, withdraw not
{\ADD{thyself}} from me.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} to my cause, my God and my Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Judge me, O Lord, according to thy righteousness, O Lord my God;

\par }{\Q And let them not rejoice against me.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha,
{\ADD{it is pleasing}} to our soul:

\par }{\Q Neither let them say, We have devoured him.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions:

\par }{\Q Let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad:

\par }{\Q And let them say continually, The Lord be magnified,

\par }{\Q Who desire the peace of his servant.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}And my tongue shall meditate on thy righteousness,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} on thy praise all the day.




\par }\PsalmChap{35}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, by David the servant of the Lord.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}The transgressor, that he may sin, says within himself,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{That}} there is no fear of God before his eyes.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For he has dealt craftily before him,

\par }{\Q To discover his iniquity and hate it.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit:

\par }{\Q He is not inclined to understand
{\ADD{how}} to do good.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He devises iniquity on his bed;

\par }{\Q He gives himself to every evil way;

\par }{\Q And does not abhor evil.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}O Lord, thy mercy is in the heaven;

\par }{\Q And thy truth
{\ADD{reaches}} to the clouds.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Thy righteousness is as the mountains of God,

\par }{\Q Thy judgments are as a great deep:

\par }{\Q O Lord, thou wilt preserve men and beasts.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}How hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God!

\par }{\Q So the children of men shall trust in the shelter of thy wings.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thy house;

\par }{\Q And thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For with thee is the fountain of life:

\par }{\Q In thy light we shall see light.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Extend thy mercy to them that know thee;

\par }{\Q And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Let not the foot of pride come against me,

\par }{\Q And let not the hand of sinners move me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}There have all the workers of iniquity fallen:

\par }{\Q They are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.




\par }\PsalmChap{36}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of David.
\par }
{\Q Fret not thyself because of evildoers,

\par }{\Q Neither be envious of them that do iniquity.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}For they shall soon be withered as the grass,

\par }{\Q And shall soon fall away as the green herbs.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Hope in the Lord, and do good;

\par }{\Q And dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Delight
{\ADD{thyself}} in the Lord;

\par }{\Q And he shall grant thee the requests of thy heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Disclose thy way to the Lord,

\par }{\Q And hope in him; and he shall bring
{\ADD{it}} to pass.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,

\par }{\Q And thy judgment as the noonday.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him:

\par }{\Q Fret not thyself because of him that prospers in his way,

\par }{\Q At the man that does unlawful deeds.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:

\par }{\Q Fret not thyself so as to do evil.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For evildoers shall be destroyed:

\par }{\Q But they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be,

\par }{\Q And thou shalt seek for his place, and shalt not find
{\ADD{it}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}But the meek shall inherit the earth;

\par }{\Q And shall delight
{\ADD{themselves}} in the abundance of peace.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}The sinner will watch for the righteous,

\par }{\Q And gnash his teeth upon him.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}But the Lord shall laugh at him:

\par }{\Q For he foresees that his day will come.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Sinners have drawn their swords,

\par }{\Q They have bent their bow,

\par }{\Q To cast down the poor and needy one,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} to slay the upright in heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Let their sword enter into their
{\ADD{own}} heart,

\par }{\Q And their bows be broken.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}A little is better to the righteous

\par }{\Q Than abundant wealth of sinners.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}For the arms of sinners shall be broken;

\par }{\Q But the Lord supports the righteous.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}The Lord knows the ways of the perfect;

\par }{\Q And their inheritance shall be forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}They shall not be ashamed in an evil time;

\par }{\Q And in days of famine they shall be satisfied.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}For the sinners shall perish;

\par }{\Q And the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honored and exalted

\par }{\Q Have utterly vanished like smoke.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}The sinner borrows, and will not pay again:

\par }{\Q But the righteous has compassion, and gives.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}For they that bless him shall inherit the earth;

\par }{\Q And they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{23}The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord:

\par }{\Q And he will take pleasure in his way.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}When he falls, he shall not be ruined:

\par }{\Q For the Lord supports his hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}I was
{\ADD{once}} young, indeed I am now old;

\par }{\Q Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,

\par }{\Q Nor his seed seeking bread.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}He is merciful, and lends continually;

\par }{\Q And his seed shall be blessed.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{27}Turn aside from evil, and do good;

\par }{\Q And dwell forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}For the Lord loves judgment,

\par }{\Q And will not forsake his saints;

\par }{\Q They shall be preserved forever:

\par }{\Q The blameless shall be avenged,

\par }{\Q But the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}But the righteous shall inherit the earth,

\par }{\Q And dwell upon it forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{30}The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom,

\par }{\Q And his tongue will speak of judgment.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}The law of his God is in his heart;

\par }{\Q And his steps shall not slide.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}The sinner watches the righteous,

\par }{\Q And seeks to slay him.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}But the Lord will not leave him in his hands,

\par }{\Q Nor by any means condemn him when he is judged.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Wait on the Lord, and keep his way,

\par }{\Q And he shall exalt thee to inherit the land:

\par }{\Q When the wicked are destroyed, thou shalt see
{\ADD{it}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{35}I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself,

\par }{\Q And lifting himself up like the cedars of Lebanon.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not:

\par }{\Q And I sought him, but his place was not found.


\par }{\Q \VS{37}Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness:

\par }{\Q For there is a remnant to the peaceable man.


\par }{\Q \VS{38}But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together:

\par }{\Q The remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed.


\par }{\Q \VS{39}But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord;

\par }{\Q And he is their defender in the time of affliction.


\par }{\Q \VS{40}And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them:

\par }{\Q And he shall rescue them from sinners,

\par }{\Q And save them, because they have hoped in him.




\par }\PsalmChap{37}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath day.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath,

\par }{\Q Neither chasten me in thine anger.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For thy weapons are fixed in me,

\par }{\Q And thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger;

\par }{\Q There is no peace to my bones because of my sins.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For my transgressions have gone over my head:

\par }{\Q They have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}My bruises have become noisome and corrupt,

\par }{\Q Because of my foolishness.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}I have been wretched and bowed down continually:

\par }{\Q I went with a mourning countenance all the day.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}For my soul is filled with mockings;

\par }{\Q And there is no health in my flesh.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly:

\par }{\Q I have roared for the groaning of my heart.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}But all my desire is before thee;

\par }{\Q And my groaning is not hidden from thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me;

\par }{\Q And the light of mine eyes is not with me.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}My friends and my neighbors drew near before me, and stood still;

\par }{\Q And my nearest of kin stood afar off.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul:

\par }{\Q And they that sought my hurt spoke vanities,

\par }{\Q And devised deceits all the day.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}But I, as a deaf man, heard not;

\par }{\Q And was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And I was as a man that hears not,

\par }{\Q And who has no reproofs in his mouth.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}For I hoped in thee, O Lord:

\par }{\Q Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me:

\par }{\Q For when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}For I am ready for plagues,

\par }{\Q And my grief is continually before me.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}For I will declare mine iniquity,

\par }{\Q And be distressed for my sin.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I:

\par }{\Q And they that hate me unjustly are multiplied.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}They that reward evil for good slandered me;

\par }{\Q Because I followed righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Forsake me not, O Lord my God:

\par }{\Q Depart not from me.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.




\par }\PsalmChap{38}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Song of David, to Jeduthun.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue:

\par }{\Q I set a guard on my mouth,

\par }{\Q While the sinner stood in my presence.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good
{\ADD{words}};

\par }{\Q And my grief was renewed.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}My heart grew hot within me,

\par }{\Q And a fire would kindle in my meditation:

\par }{\Q I spoke with my tongue,


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}O Lord, make me to know mine end,

\par }{\Q And the number of my days, what it is;

\par }{\Q That I may know what I lack.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Behold, thou hast made my days old;

\par }{\Q And my existence
{\ADD{is}} as nothing before thee:

\par }{\Q Nay, every man living
{\ADD{is}} altogether vanity. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Surely man walks in a shadow;

\par }{\Q Nay, he is disquieted in vain:

\par }{\Q He lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}And now what
{\ADD{is}} my expectation?
{\ADD{is it}} not the Lord?

\par }{\Q And my ground
{\ADD{of hope}} is with thee. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Deliver me from all my transgressions:

\par }{\Q Thou hast made me a reproach to the foolish.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; for thou art he that made me.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Remove thy scourges from me:

\par }{\Q I have fainted by reason of the strength of thy hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity,

\par }{\Q And thou makest his life to consume away like a spider’s web:

\par }{\Q Nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication:

\par }{\Q Attend to my tears: be not silent,

\par }{\Q For I am a sojourner in the land,

\par }{\Q And a stranger, as all my fathers
{\ADD{were}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Spare me, that I may be refreshed,

\par }{\Q Before I depart, and be no more.




\par }\PsalmChap{39}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}I waited patiently for the Lord;

\par }{\Q And he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}And he brought me up out of a pit of misery,

\par }{\Q And from miry clay:

\par }{\Q And he set my feet on a rock,

\par }{\Q And ordered my goings aright.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}And he put a new song into my mouth,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} a hymn to our God:

\par }{\Q Many shall see
{\ADD{it}}, and fear,

\par }{\Q And shall hope in the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Blessed
{\ADD{is}} the man whose hope is the name of the Lord,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{who}} has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works,

\par }{\Q And in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee:

\par }{\Q I declared and spoke
{\ADD{of them}}: they exceeded number.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not;

\par }{\Q But a body hast thou prepared me:

\par }{\Q Whole burnt offering and
{\ADD{sacrifice}} for sin thou didst not require.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Then I said, Behold, I come:

\par }{\Q In the volume of the book it is written concerning me,


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I desired to do thy will, O my God,

\par }{\Q And thy law in the midst of my heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}I have preached righteousness in the great congregation;

\par }{\Q Lo! I will not refrain my lips;

\par }{\Q O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}I have not hidden thy truth within my heart,

\par }{\Q And I have declared thy salvation;

\par }{\Q I have not hidden thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me;

\par }{\Q Thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}For innumerable evils have encompassed me;

\par }{\Q My transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see;

\par }{\Q They are multiplied more than the hairs of my head;

\par }{\Q And my heart has failed me.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;

\par }{\Q O Lord, draw nigh to help me.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together;

\par }{\Q Let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee;

\par }{\Q And let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me;

\par }{\Q Thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.




\par }\PsalmChap{40}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Blessed
{\ADD{is the man}} who thinks on the poor and needy:

\par }{\Q The Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth,

\par }{\Q And not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain;

\par }{\Q Thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me;

\par }{\Q Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Mine enemies have spoken evil against me,
{\ADD{saying}},

\par }{\Q When shall he die, and his name perish?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And if he came to see
{\ADD{me}}, his heart spoke vainly;

\par }{\Q He gathered iniquity to himself;

\par }{\Q He went forth and spoke in like manner.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}All my enemies whispered against me;

\par }{\Q Against me they devised my hurt.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}They denounced a wicked word against me,
{\ADD{saying}},

\par }{\Q Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted,

\par }{\Q Who ate my bread, lifted up
{\ADD{his}} heel against me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}But thou, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}By this I know that thou hast delighted in me,

\par }{\Q Because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}But thou didst help me because of
{\ADD{mine}} innocence,

\par }{\Q And hast established me before thee forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Blessed
{\ADD{be}} the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting.

\par }{\Q So be it, so be it.




\par }\PsalmChap{41}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end,
{\ADD{a Psalm}} for instruction, for the sons of Korah.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}As the hart earnestly desires the fountains of water,

\par }{\Q So my soul earnestly longs for thee, O God.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}My soul has thirsted for the living God:

\par }{\Q When shall I come and appear before God?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}My tears have been bread to me day and night,

\par }{\Q While they daily said to me, Where is thy God?


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me,

\par }{\Q For I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle,
{\ADD{even}} to the house of God,

\par }{\Q With a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me?

\par }{\Q Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{He is}} the salvation of my countenance.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}O my God, my soul has been troubled within me:

\par }{\Q Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the little hill.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Deep calls to deep at the voice of thy cataracts:

\par }{\Q All thy billows and thy waves have gone over me.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}By day the Lord will command his mercy,

\par }{\Q And manifest
{\ADD{it}} by night:

\par }{\Q With me
{\ADD{is}} prayer to the God of my life.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}I will say to God, Thou art my helper; why hast thou forgotten me?

\par }{\Q Wherefore do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses
{\ADD{me}}?


\par }{\Q \VS{11}While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me;

\par }{\Q While they said to me daily, Where is thy God?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me?

\par }{\Q Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{He is}} the health of my countenance, and my God.




\par }\PsalmChap{42}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation:

\par }{\Q Deliver me from the unjust and crafty man.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}For thou, O God, art my strength: wherefore hast thou cast me off?

\par }{\Q And why do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses
{\ADD{me}}?


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Send forth thy light and thy truth:

\par }{\Q They have led me, and brought me to thy holy mountain,

\par }{\Q And to thy tabernacles.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}And I will go in to the altar of God,

\par }{\Q To God who gladdens my youth:

\par }{\Q I will give thanks to thee on the harp, O God, my God.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me?

\par }{\Q Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Who is}} the health of my countenance,
{\ADD{and}} my God.




\par }\PsalmChap{43}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Korah.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O God, we have heard with our ears,

\par }{\Q Our fathers have told us,

\par }{\Q The work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them:

\par }{\Q Thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For they inherited not the land by their
{\ADD{own}} sword,

\par }{\Q And their
{\ADD{own}} arm did not deliver them;

\par }{\Q But thy right hand, and thine arm,

\par }{\Q And the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Thou art indeed my King and my God,

\par }{\Q Who commandest deliverances for Jacob.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}In thee will we push down our enemies,

\par }{\Q And in thy name will we bring to nought them that rise up against us.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For I will not trust in my bow,

\par }{\Q And my sword shall not save me.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}For thou hast saved us from them that afflicted us,

\par }{\Q And hast put to shame them that hated us.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}In God will we make our boast all the day,

\par }{\Q And to thy name will we give thanks forever. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}But now thou hast cast off, and put us to shame;

\par }{\Q And thou wilt not go forth with our hosts.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Thou hast turned us back before our enemies;

\par }{\Q And they that hated us spoiled for themselves.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Thou madest us as sheep for meat;

\par }{\Q And thou scatteredst us among the nations.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thou hast sold thy people without price,

\par }{\Q And there was no profit by their exchange.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbors,

\par }{\Q A scorn and derision to them that are round about us.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles,

\par }{\Q A shaking of the head among the nations.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}All the day my shame is before me,

\par }{\Q And the confusion of my face has covered me,


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler;

\par }{\Q Because of the enemy and avenger.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten thee,

\par }{\Q Neither have we dealt unrighteously in thy covenant.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}And our heart has not gone back;

\par }{\Q But thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}For thou hast laid us low in a place of affliction,

\par }{\Q And the shadow of death has covered us.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}If we have forgotten the name of our God,

\par }{\Q And if we have spread out our hands to a strange god;

\par }{\Q Shall not God search these things out?


\par }{\Q \VS{22}For he knows the secrets of the heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long;

\par }{\Q We are counted as sheep for slaughter.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{24}Awake, wherefore sleepest thou, O Lord?

\par }{\Q Arise, and do not cast
{\ADD{us}} off forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Wherefore turnest thou thy face away,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} forgettest our poverty and our affliction?


\par }{\Q \VS{26}For our soul has been brought down to the dust;

\par }{\Q Our belly has cloven to the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Arise, O Lord, help us,

\par }{\Q And redeem us for thy name’s sake.




\par }\PsalmChap{44}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, for alternate
{\ADD{strains}} by the sons of Korah; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}My heart has uttered a good matter:

\par }{\Q I declare my works to the king:

\par }{\Q My tongue is the pen of a quick writer.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men:

\par }{\Q Grace has been shed forth on thy lips:

\par }{\Q Therefore God has blessed thee forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One,

\par }{\Q In thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And bend
{\ADD{thy bow}}, and prosper, and reign,

\par }{\Q Because of truth and meekness and righteousness;

\par }{\Q And thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One

\par }{\Q (The nations shall fall under thee);

\par }{\Q {\ADD{They are}} in the heart of the king’s enemies.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever:

\par }{\Q The scepter of thy kingdom is a scepter of righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity:

\par }{\Q Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee

\par }{\Q With the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia
{\ADD{are exhaled}} from thy garments,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} out of the ivory palaces,


\par }{\Q \VS{10}With which kings’ daughters have gladdened thee for thine honor:

\par }{\Q The queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} arrayed in diverse colors.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear;

\par }{\Q Forget also thy people, and thy father’s house.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Because the king has desired thy beauty;

\par }{\Q For he is thy Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts;

\par }{\Q The rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favor.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}All her glory
{\ADD{is that}} of the daughter of the king of Heshbon,

\par }{\Q Robed
{\ADD{as she is}} in golden fringed garments,

\VS{15}in embroidered
{\ADD{clothing}}:

\par }{\Q Virgins shall be brought to the king after her:

\par }{\Q Her fellows shall be brought to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}They shall be brought with gladness and exultation:

\par }{\Q They shall be led into the king’s temple.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee:

\par }{\Q Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation:

\par }{\Q Therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee

\par }{\Q Forever, even forever and ever.




\par }\PsalmChap{45}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, for the sons of Korah; a Psalm concerning secret things.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}God is our refuge and strength,

\par }{\Q A help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled,

\par }{\Q And the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Their waters have roared and been troubled,

\par }{\Q The mountains have been troubled by his might. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The flowings of the river gladden the city of God:

\par }{\Q The Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:

\par }{\Q God shall help her with his countenance.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered:

\par }{\Q He uttered his voice, the earth shook.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}The Lord of hosts is with us;

\par }{\Q The God of Jacob is our helper. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Come, and behold the works of the Lord,

\par }{\Q What wonders he has achieved on the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Putting an end to wars as for the ends of the earth;

\par }{\Q He will crush the bow, and break in pieces the weapon,

\par }{\Q And burn the bucklers with fire.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Be still, and know that I am God:

\par }{\Q I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}The Lord of hosts is with us;

\par }{\Q The God of Jacob is our helper.




\par }\PsalmChap{46}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Korah.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Clap your hands, all ye nations;

\par }{\Q Shout to God with a voice of exultation.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For the Lord most high is terrible;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{He is}} a great king over all the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He has subdued the peoples under us,

\par }{\Q And the nations under our feet.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He has chosen out his inheritance for us,

\par }{\Q The beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}God is gone up with a shout,

\par }{\Q The Lord with a sound of a trumpet.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Sing praises to our God, sing praises:

\par }{\Q Sing praises to our King, sing praises.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}For God is king of all the earth:

\par }{\Q Sing praises with understanding.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}God reigns over the nations:

\par }{\Q God sits upon the throne of his holiness.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraham:

\par }{\Q For God’s mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.




\par }\PsalmChap{47}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of praise for the sons of Korah on the second
{\ADD{day}} of the week.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised

\par }{\Q In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The city of the great King

\par }{\Q Is well planted
{\ADD{on}} the mountains of Zion,

\par }{\Q With the joy of the whole earth,
{\ADD{on}} the sides of the north.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}God is known in her palaces,

\par }{\Q When he undertakes to help her.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}For, behold, the kings of the earth were assembled,

\par }{\Q They came together.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}They saw, and so they wondered:

\par }{\Q They were troubled, they were moved.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Trembling took hold on them:

\par }{\Q There were the pangs as of a woman in travail.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thou wilt break the ships of Tarshish with a vehement wind.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}As we have heard, so have we also seen,

\par }{\Q In the city of the Lord of hosts,

\par }{\Q In the city of our God:

\par }{\Q God has founded it forever. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}We have thought of thy mercy, O God,

\par }{\Q In the midst of thy people.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}According to thy name, O God,

\par }{\Q So is also thy praise to the ends of the earth:

\par }{\Q Thy right hand is full of righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Let Mount Zion rejoice,

\par }{\Q Let the daughters of Judea exult,

\par }{\Q Because of thy judgments, O Lord.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}Go round about Zion, and encompass her:

\par }{\Q Tell ye her towers.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Mark ye well her strength,

\par }{\Q And observe her palaces;

\par }{\Q That ye may tell the next generation.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}For this is our God forever and ever:

\par }{\Q He will be our guide for evermore.




\par }\PsalmChap{48}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Korah.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Hear these words, all ye nations,

\par }{\Q Hearken, all ye that dwell upon the earth:


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Both the sons of mean men, and sons of
{\ADD{great}} men;

\par }{\Q The rich and poor
{\ADD{man}} together.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}My mouth shall speak of wisdom;

\par }{\Q And the meditation of my heart shall bring
{\ADD{forth}} understanding.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I will incline mine ear to a parable:

\par }{\Q I will open my riddle on the harp.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Wherefore should I fear in the evil day?

\par }{\Q The iniquity of my heel shall compass me.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They that trust in their strength,

\par }{\Q And boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth—


\par }{\Q \VS{8}A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem?

\par }{\Q He shall not give to God a ransom for himself,


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Or the price of the redemption of his soul,

\par }{\Q Though he labor forever,

\VS{10}and live to the end,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{So}} that he should not see corruption.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}When he shall see wise men dying,

\par }{\Q The fool and the senseless one shall perish together;

\par }{\Q And they shall leave their wealth to strangers.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And their sepulchers are their houses forever,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} their tabernacles to all generations:

\par }{\Q They have called their lands after their own names.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}And man being in honor, understands not:

\par }{\Q He is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}This their way is an offense to them:

\par }{\Q Yet afterward men will commend their sayings. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}They have laid
{\ADD{them}} as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them;

\par }{\Q And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning,

\par }{\Q And their help shall fail in Hades from their glory.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}But God shall deliver my soul

\par }{\Q From the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}Fear not when a man is enriched,

\par }{\Q And when the glory of his house is increased.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}For he shall take nothing when he dies;

\par }{\Q Neither shall his glory descend with him.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}For his soul shall be blessed in his life:

\par }{\Q He shall give thanks to thee when thou dost well to him.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}{\ADD{Yet}} he shall go in to the generation of his fathers;

\par }{\Q He shall never see light.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Man that is in honor, understands not:

\par }{\Q He is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.




\par }\PsalmChap{49}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm for Asaph.
\par }
{\Q The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth

\par }{\Q From the rising of the sun to the going down
{\ADD{thereof}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Out of Zion
{\ADD{comes}} the excellence of his beauty.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}God, our God, shall come manifestly,

\par }{\Q And shall not keep silence:

\par }{\Q A fire shall be kindled before him,

\par }{\Q And round about him there shall be a very great tempest.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He shall summon the heaven above,

\par }{\Q And the earth, that he may judge his people.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Assemble ye his saints to him,

\par }{\Q Those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And the heavens shall declare his righteousness:

\par }{\Q For God is judge. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel:

\par }{\Q And I will testify to thee:

\par }{\Q I am God, thy God.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices;

\par }{\Q For thy whole burnt offerings are before me continually.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I will take no bullocks out of thy house,

\par }{\Q Nor he-goats out of thy flocks.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine,

\par }{\Q The cattle on the mountains, and oxen.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}I know all the birds of the sky;

\par }{\Q And the beauty of the field is mine.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee:

\par }{\Q For the world is mine, and the fullness of it.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Will I eat the flesh of bulls,

\par }{\Q Or drink the blood of goats?


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Offer to God the sacrifice of praise;

\par }{\Q And pay thy vows to the Most High.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And call upon me in the day of affliction;

\par }{\Q And I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}But to the sinner God has said,

\par }{\Q Why dost thou declare my ordinances,

\par }{\Q And take up my covenant in thy mouth?


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Whereas thou hast hated instruction,

\par }{\Q And hast cast my words behind
{\ADD{thee}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him,

\par }{\Q And hast cast in thy lot with adulterers.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness,

\par }{\Q And thy tongue has framed deceit.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother,

\par }{\Q And didst scandalize thy mother’s son.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{21}These things thou didst, and I kept silence:

\par }{\Q Thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} I will reprove thee, and set
{\ADD{thine offenses}} before thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Now consider these things, ye that forget God,

\par }{\Q Lest he rend
{\ADD{you}}, and there be no deliverer.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{23}The sacrifice of praise will glorify me:

\par }{\Q And that is the way wherein I will show to him the salvation of God.




\par }\PsalmChap{50}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David,

\VS{2}when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had gone in to Bathsheba.

\par }
{\Q \VS{3}Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy;

\par }{\Q And according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,

\par }{\Q And cleanse me from my sin.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}For I am conscious of mine iniquity;

\par }{\Q And my sin is continually before me.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Against thee only have I sinned,

\par }{\Q And done evil before thee:

\par }{\Q That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings,

\par }{\Q And mightest overcome when thou art judged.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities,

\par }{\Q And in sins did my mother conceive me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}For, behold, thou lovest truth:

\par }{\Q Thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified:

\par }{\Q Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy:

\par }{\Q The afflicted bones shall rejoice.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Turn away thy face from my sins,

\par }{\Q And blot out all mine iniquities.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Create in me a clean heart, O God;

\par }{\Q And renew a right spirit in my inward parts.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Cast me not away from thy presence;

\par }{\Q And remove not thy holy Spirit from me.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Restore to me the joy of thy salvation:

\par }{\Q Establish me with thy directing Spirit.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}{\ADD{Then}} will I teach transgressors thy ways;

\par }{\Q And ungodly men shall turn to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}O Lord, thou shalt open my lips;

\par }{\Q And my mouth shall declare thy praise.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given
{\ADD{it}}:

\par }{\Q Thou wilt not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit:

\par }{\Q A broken and humbled heart God will not despise.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}Do good, O Lord, to Zion in thy good pleasure;

\par }{\Q And let the walls of Jerusalem be built.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness,

\par }{\Q Offering, and whole burnt sacrifices:

\par }{\Q Then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.




\par }\PsalmChap{51}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end,
{\ADD{a Psalm}} of instruction by David,

\VS{2}when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Ahimelech.

\par }
{\Q \VS{3}Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in
{\ADD{thy}} mischief?

\par }{\Q All the day

\VS{4}thy tongue has devised unrighteousness;

\par }{\Q Like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness;

\par }{\Q Unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Thou hast loved all words of destruction,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} a deceitful tongue.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Therefore may God destroy thee forever,

\par }{\Q May he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from
{\ADD{thy}} dwelling,

\par }{\Q And thy root from the land of the living. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}And the righteous shall see, and fear,

\par }{\Q And shall laugh at him, and say,


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Behold the man who made not God his help;

\par }{\Q But trusted in the abundance of his wealth,

\par }{\Q And strengthened himself in his vanity.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God:

\par }{\Q I have trusted in the mercy of God

\par }{\Q Forever, even for evermore.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}I will give thanks to thee forever, for thou hast done
{\ADD{it}}:

\par }{\Q And I will wait on thy name;

\par }{\Q For
{\ADD{it is}} good before thy saints.




\par }\PsalmChap{52}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end,
{\ADD{a Psalm}} of David upon Mahalath, of instruction.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}The fool has said in his heart, There is no God.

\par }{\Q They have corrupted
{\ADD{themselves}}, and become abominable in iniquities:

\par }{\Q There is none that does good.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men,

\par }{\Q To see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}They have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable;

\par }{\Q There is none that does good, there is not even one.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Will none of the workers of iniquity know,

\par }{\Q Who devour my people as they would eat bread?

\par }{\Q They have not called upon God.

\par }{\Q There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear:


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For God has scattered the bones of the men pleasers;

\par }{\Q They were ashamed, for God despised them.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Zion?

\par }{\Q When the Lord turns the captivity of his people,

\par }{\Q Jacob shall exult, and Israel shall be glad.




\par }\PsalmChap{53}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, among the Hymns of instruction by David,

\VS{2}when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Lo, is not David hidden with us?

\par }
{\Q \VS{3}Save me, O God, by thy name,

\par }{\Q And judge me by thy might.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}O God, hear my prayer;

\par }{\Q Hearken to the words of my mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For strangers have risen up against me,

\par }{\Q And mighty men have sought my life:

\par }{\Q They have not set God before them. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}For lo! God assists me;

\par }{\Q And the Lord is the helper of my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}He shall return evil to mine enemies;

\par }{\Q Utterly destroy them in thy truth.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I will willingly sacrifice to thee:

\par }{\Q I will give thanks to thy name, O Lord; for
{\ADD{it is}} good.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For thou hast delivered me out of all affliction,

\par }{\Q And mine eye has seen
{\ADD{my desire}} upon mine enemies.




\par }\PsalmChap{54}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Hearken, O God, to my prayer;

\par }{\Q And disregard not my supplication.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Attend to me, and hearken to me:

\par }{\Q I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled;


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner:

\par }{\Q For they brought iniquity against me,

\par }{\Q And were wrathfully angry with me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}My heart was troubled within me;

\par }{\Q And the fear of death fell upon me.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Fear and trembling came upon me,

\par }{\Q And darkness covered me.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And I said, O that I had wings as
{\ADD{those}} of a dove!

\par }{\Q Then would I flee away, and be at rest.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Lo! I have fled afar off,

\par }{\Q And lodged in the wilderness. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I waited for him that should deliver me

\par }{\Q From distress of spirit and tempest.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues:

\par }{\Q For I have seen iniquity and gainsaying in the city.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls:

\par }{\Q Iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness
{\ADD{are}} in the midst of it;


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And usury and craft have not failed from its streets.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it;

\par }{\Q And if one who hated
{\ADD{me}} had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hidden myself from him.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}But thou, O man like-minded,

\par }{\Q My guide, and my acquaintance,


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Who in companionship with me sweetened
{\ADD{our}} food:

\par }{\Q We walked in the house of God in concord.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Let death come upon them,

\par }{\Q And let them go down alive into Hades,

\par }{\Q For iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}I cried to God,

\par }{\Q And the Lord hearkened to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known
{\ADD{my wants}}:

\par }{\Q And he shall hear my voice.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me:

\par }{\Q For they were with me in many
{\ADD{cases}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}God shall hear, and bring them low,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} he that has existed from eternity. Pause.

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q For they suffer no reverse,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{therefore}} they have not feared God.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}He has reached forth his hand for retribution;

\par }{\Q They have profaned his covenant.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}They were scattered at the anger of his countenance,

\par }{\Q And his heart drew nigh them.

\par }{\Q His words were smoother than oil,

\par }{\Q Yet are they darts.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{23}Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee;

\par }{\Q He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction;

\par }{\Q Bloody and crafty men

\par }{\Q Shall not live out half their days;

\par }{\Q But I will hope in thee, O Lord.




\par }\PsalmChap{55}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Gath.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down;

\par }{\Q All the day long he warring has afflicted me.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day;

\par }{\Q For there are many warring against me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}They shall be afraid, but I will trust in thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}In God I will praise my words;

\par }{\Q All the day have I hoped in God;

\par }{\Q I will not fear what flesh shall do to me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}All the day long they have abominated my words;

\par }{\Q All their devices
{\ADD{are}} against me for evil.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They will dwell near and hide
{\ADD{themselves}};

\par }{\Q They will watch my steps,

\par }{\Q Accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thou wilt on no account save them;

\par }{\Q Thou wilt bring down the people in wrath.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}O God, I have declared my life to thee;

\par }{\Q Thou hast set my tears before thee, even according to thy promise.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Mine enemies shall be turned back,

\par }{\Q In the day wherein I shall call upon thee;

\par }{\Q Behold, I know that thou art my God.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}In God will I praise
{\ADD{his}} word;

\par }{\Q In the Lord will I praise
{\ADD{his}} saying.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}I have hoped in God;

\par }{\Q I will not be afraid of what man shall do to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}The vows of thy praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For thou hast delivered my soul from death,

\par }{\Q And my feet from sliding,

\par }{\Q That I should be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living.




\par }\PsalmChap{56}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me:

\par }{\Q For my soul has trusted in thee:

\par }{\Q And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope,

\par }{\Q Until the iniquity have passed away.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I will cry to God most high;

\par }{\Q The God who has benefited me. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He sent from heaven and saved me;

\par }{\Q He gave to reproach them that trampled on me:

\par }{\Q God has sent forth his mercy and his truth;


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And he has delivered my soul from the midst of
{\ADD{lions’}} whelps:

\par }{\Q I lay down to sleep,
{\ADD{though}} troubled.

\par }{\Q {\ADD{As for}} the sons of men, their teeth are arms and
{\ADD{missile}} weapons,

\par }{\Q And their tongue a sharp sword.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

\par }{\Q And thy glory above all the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They have prepared snares for my feet,

\par }{\Q And have bowed down my soul:

\par }{\Q They have dug a pit before my face,

\par }{\Q And fallen into it
{\ADD{themselves}}. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}My heart, O God,
{\ADD{is}} ready,

\par }{\Q My heart
{\ADD{is}} ready: I will sing, yea will sing psalms.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Awake, my glory;

\par }{\Q Awake, psaltery and harp:

\par }{\Q I will awake early.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}O Lord, I will give thanks to thee among the nations:

\par }{\Q I will sing to thee among the Gentiles.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For thy mercy has been magnified even to the heavens,

\par }{\Q And thy truth to the clouds.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

\par }{\Q And thy glory above all the earth.




\par }\PsalmChap{57}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}If ye do indeed speak righteousness,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Then}} do ye judge rightly, ye sons of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For ye work iniquities in
{\ADD{your}} hearts in the earth:

\par }{\Q Your hands plot unrighteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Sinners have gone astray from the womb:

\par }{\Q They go astray from the belly: they speak lies.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Their venom is like
{\ADD{that}} of a serpent;

\par }{\Q As
{\ADD{that}} of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Which will not hear the voice of charmers,

\par }{\Q Nor
{\ADD{heed}} the charm prepared skillfully by the wise.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}God has crushed their teeth in their mouth:

\par }{\Q God has broken the cheek teeth of the lions.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}They shall utterly pass away like water running through:

\par }{\Q He shall bend his bow till they shall fail.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}They shall be destroyed as melted wax:

\par }{\Q The fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Before your thorns feel the white thorn,

\par }{\Q He shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly:

\par }{\Q He shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous:

\par }{\Q Verily there is a God that judges them in the earth.




\par }\PsalmChap{58}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Deliver me from mine enemies, O God;

\par }{\Q And ransom me from those that rise up against me.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,

\par }{\Q And save me from bloody men.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}For, behold, they have hunted after my soul;

\par }{\Q Violent men have set upon me:

\par }{\Q Neither
{\ADD{is it}} my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Without iniquity I ran and directed
{\ADD{my course aright}}:

\par }{\Q Awake to help me, and behold.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,

\par }{\Q Draw nigh to visit all the heathen;

\par }{\Q Pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth,

\par }{\Q And a sword is in their lips; for who,
{\ADD{say they}}, has heard?


\par }{\Q \VS{9}But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn;

\par }{\Q Thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}I will keep my strength,
{\ADD{looking}} to thee;

\par }{\Q For thou, O God, art my helper.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}{\ADD{As for}} my God, his mercy shall go before me:

\par }{\Q My God will show me
{\ADD{vengeance}} on mine enemies.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}Slay them not, lest they forget thy law;

\par }{\Q Scatter them by thy power;

\par }{\Q And bring them down, O Lord, my defender.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}{\ADD{For}} the sin of their mouth,
{\ADD{and}} the word of their lips,

\par }{\Q Let them be even taken in their pride.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And for
{\ADD{their}} cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{They shall fall}} by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be;

\par }{\Q So shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord of the ends of the earth. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}They shall be scattered hither and thither for meat;

\par }{\Q And if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}But I will sing to thy strength,

\par }{\Q And in the morning will I exult
{\ADD{in}} thy mercy;

\par }{\Q For thou hast been my supporter,

\par }{\Q And my refuge in the day of mine affliction.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}{\ADD{Thou art}} my helper; to thee, my God, will I sing;

\par }{\Q Thou art my supporter,

\par }{\Q O my God,
{\ADD{and}} my mercy.




\par }\PsalmChap{59}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction,

\VS{2}when he
{\ADD{had}} burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Zobah, and Joab
{\ADD{had}} returned and smitten
{\ADD{in}} the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.

\par }
{\Q \VS{3}O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us;

\par }{\Q Thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it;

\par }{\Q Heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Thou hast shown thy people hard things:

\par }{\Q Thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee,

\par }{\Q That they might flee from the bow. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}That thy beloved ones may be delivered;

\par }{\Q Save with thy right hand, and hear me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}God has spoken in his holiness;

\par }{\Q I will rejoice, and divide Shechem,

\par }{\Q And measure out the Valley of Tents.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;

\par }{\Q And Ephraim is the strength of my head;


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Judah is my king;

\par }{\Q Moab is the caldron of my hope;

\par }{\Q Over Edom will I stretch out my shoe;

\par }{\Q The Philistines have been subjected to me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Who will lead me into the fortified city?

\par }{\Q Who will guide me as far as Edom?


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?

\par }{\Q And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces?


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Give us help from trouble:

\par }{\Q For vain is the deliverance of man.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}In God will we do valiantly;

\par }{\Q And he shall bring to nought them that harass us.




\par }\PsalmChap{60}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, among the Hymns of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O God, hearken to my petition;

\par }{\Q Attend to my prayer.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}From the ends of the earth have I cried to thee,

\par }{\Q When my heart was in trouble:

\par }{\Q Thou liftedst me up on a rock,

\par }{\Q Thou didst guide me:

\VS{4}because thou wert my hope,

\par }{\Q A tower of strength from the face of the enemy.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I will dwell in thy tabernacle forever;

\par }{\Q I will shelter myself under the shadow of thy wings. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}For thou, O God, hast heard my prayers;

\par }{\Q Thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Thou shalt add days to the days of the king;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Thou shalt lengthen}} his years to all generations.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}He shall endure forever before God:

\par }{\Q Which of them will seek out his mercy and truth?


\par }{\Q \VS{9}So will I sing to thy name forever and ever,

\par }{\Q That I may daily perform my vows.




\par }\PsalmChap{61}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David for Jeduthun.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Shall not my soul be subjected to God?

\par }{\Q For of him is my salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For he is my God and my Savior;

\par }{\Q My helper, I shall not be moved very much.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}How long will ye assault a man?

\par }{\Q Ye are all slaughtering

\par }{\Q As with a bowed wall and a broken hedge.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}They only took counsel to set at nought mine honor:

\par }{\Q I ran in thirst:

\par }{\Q With their mouth they blessed, but with their heart they cursed. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Nevertheless do thou, my soul, be subjected to God;

\par }{\Q For of him
{\ADD{is}} my patient hope.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For he
{\ADD{is}} my God and my Savior;

\par }{\Q My helper, I shall not be moved.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}In God
{\ADD{is}} my salvation and my glory:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{He is}} the God of my help, and my hope is in God.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Hope in him, all ye congregation of the people;

\par }{\Q Pour out your hearts before him, for God is our helper. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}But the sons of men are vain;

\par }{\Q The sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances;

\par }{\Q They are all alike
{\ADD{formed}} out of vanity.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Trust not in unrighteousness,

\par }{\Q And lust not after robberies:

\par }{\Q If wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}God has spoken once,
{\ADD{and}} I have heard these two things,

\par }{\Q That power is of God;

\VS{13}and mercy is thine, O Lord;

\par }{\Q For thou wilt recompense every one according to his works.




\par }\PsalmChap{62}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Edom.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O God, my God, I cry to thee early;

\par }{\Q My soul has thirsted for thee:

\par }{\Q How often has my flesh
{\ADD{longed}} after thee,

\par }{\Q In a barren and trackless and dry land!


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Thus have I appeared before thee in the sanctuary,

\par }{\Q That I might see thy power and thy glory.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For thy mercy is better than life:

\par }{\Q My lips shall praise thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Thus will I bless thee during my life:

\par }{\Q I will lift up my hands in thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness;

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{my}} joyful lips shall praise thy name.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Forasmuch as I have remembered thee on my bed:

\par }{\Q In the early seasons I have meditated on thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}For thou hast been my helper,

\par }{\Q And in the shelter of thy wings will I rejoice.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}My soul has kept very close behind thee:

\par }{\Q Thy right hand has upheld me.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}But they vainly sought after my soul;

\par }{\Q They shall go into the lowest parts of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword;

\par }{\Q They shall be portions for foxes.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}But the king shall rejoice in God;

\par }{\Q Everyone that swears by him shall be praised;

\par }{\Q For the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been stopped.




\par }\PsalmChap{63}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to thee;

\par }{\Q Deliver my soul from fear of the enemy.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Thou hast sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly;

\par }{\Q From the multitude of them that work iniquity;


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Who have sharpened their tongues as a sword;

\par }{\Q They have bent their bow maliciously;


\par }{\Q \VS{5}To shoot in secret at the blameless;

\par }{\Q They will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}They have set up for themselves an evil matter,

\par }{\Q They have given counsel to hide snares;

\par }{\Q They have said, Who shall see them?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They have searched out iniquity;

\par }{\Q They have wearied themselves with searching diligently,

\par }{\Q A man shall approach and the heart is deep,


\par }{\Q \VS{8}And God shall be exalted,

\par }{\Q Their wounds were
{\ADD{caused by}} the weapon of the foolish children,


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And their tongues have set him at nought,

\par }{\Q All that saw them were troubled;


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And every man was alarmed,

\par }{\Q And they related the works of God,

\par }{\Q And understood his deeds.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and hope on him,

\par }{\Q And all the upright in heart shall be praised.




\par }\PsalmChap{64}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm
{\ADD{and}} Song of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Praise becomes thee, O God, in Zion;

\par }{\Q And to thee shall the vow be performed.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Hear my prayer;

\par }{\Q To thee all flesh shall come.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The words of transgressors have overpowered us;

\par }{\Q But do thou pardon our sins.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Blessed
{\ADD{is he}} whom thou hast chosen and adopted;

\par }{\Q He shall dwell in thy courts;

\par }{\Q We shall be filled with the good things of thy house;

\par }{\Q Thy temple is holy.

\VS{6}{\ADD{Thou art}} wonderful in righteousness.

\par }{\Q Hearken to us, O God our Savior;

\par }{\Q The hope of all the ends of the earth,

\par }{\Q And of them
{\ADD{that are}} on the sea afar off:


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Who dost establish the mountains in thy strength,

\par }{\Q Being girded about with power;


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Who troublest the depth of the sea,

\par }{\Q The sounds of its waves.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends
{\ADD{of the earth}} shall be afraid of thy signs;

\par }{\Q Thou wilt cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Thou hast visited the earth, and saturated it;

\par }{\Q Thou hast abundantly enriched it.

\par }{\Q The river of God is filled with water;

\par }{\Q Thou hast prepared their food, for thus is the preparation
{\ADD{of it}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Saturate her furrows,

\par }{\Q Multiply her fruits;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{The crop}} springing up shall rejoice in its drops.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Thou wilt bless the crown of the year
{\ADD{because}} of thy goodness;

\par }{\Q And thy plains shall be filled with fatness.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched;

\par }{\Q And the hills shall gird themselves with joy.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}The rams of the flock are clothed
{\ADD{with wool}},

\par }{\Q And the valleys shall abound in corn;

\par }{\Q They shall cry aloud, yea they shall sing hymns.




\par }\PsalmChap{65}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Song of a Psalm of resurrection.
\par }
{\Q Shout unto God, all the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}O sing praises to his name;

\par }{\Q Give glory to his praise.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Say unto God, How awful are thy works!

\par }{\Q Through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall lie to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Let all the earth worship thee, and sing to thee;

\par }{\Q Let them sing to thy name. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Come and behold the works of God;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{He is}} terrible in
{\ADD{his}} counsels beyond the children of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Who turns the sea into dry land;

\par }{\Q They shall go through the river on foot;

\par }{\Q There shall we rejoice in him,


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Who by his power is Lord over the age,

\par }{\Q His eyes look upon the nations;

\par }{\Q Let not them that provoke
{\ADD{him}} be exalted in themselves. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Bless our God, ye Gentiles,

\par }{\Q And make the voice of his praise to be heard;


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Who quickens my soul in life,

\par }{\Q And does not suffer my feet to be moved.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For thou, O God, hast proved us;

\par }{\Q Thou hast tried us with fire as silver is tried.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Thou broughtest us into the snare;

\par }{\Q Thou laidest afflictions on our back.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Thou didst mount men upon our heads;

\par }{\Q We went through fire and water;

\par }{\Q But thou broughtest us out into
{\ADD{a place of}} refreshment.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}I will go into thy house with whole burnt offerings;

\par }{\Q I will pay thee my vows,


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Which my lips framed,

\par }{\Q And my mouth uttered in my affliction.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}I will offer to thee whole burnt sacrifices full of marrow,

\par }{\Q With incense and rams;

\par }{\Q I will sacrifice to thee oxen with goats. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}Come, hear, and I will tell,

\par }{\Q All ye that fear God,

\par }{\Q How great things he has done for my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}If I have regarded iniquity in my heart,

\par }{\Q Let not the Lord hearken
{\ADD{to me}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Therefore God has hearkened to me;

\par }{\Q He has attended to the voice of my prayer.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer,

\par }{\Q Nor his mercy from me.




\par }\PsalmChap{66}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}God be merciful to us, and bless us;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} cause his face to shine upon us. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}That
{\ADD{men}} may know thy way on the earth,

\par }{\Q Thy salvation among all nations.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Let the nations, O God, give thanks to thee;

\par }{\Q Let all the nations give thanks to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Let the nations rejoice and exult,

\par }{\Q For thou shalt judge the peoples in equity,

\par }{\Q And shalt guide the nations on the earth. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Let the peoples, O God, give thanks to thee;

\par }{\Q Let all the peoples give thanks to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The earth has yielded her fruit;

\par }{\Q Let God, our God, bless us.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Let God bless us;

\par }{\Q And let all the ends of the earth fear him.




\par }\PsalmChap{67}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of a Song by David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered;

\par }{\Q And let them that hate him flee from before him.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}As smoke vanishes, let them vanish:

\par }{\Q As wax melts before the fire,

\par }{\Q So let the sinners perish from before God.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}But let the righteous rejoice;

\par }{\Q Let them exult before God:

\par }{\Q Let them be delighted with joy.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Sing to God, sing praises to his name:

\par }{\Q Make a way for him that rides upon the west (the Lord is his name)

\par }{\Q And exult before him.

\par }{\Q They shall be troubled before the face of him,


\par }{\Q \VS{6}{\ADD{Who is}} the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Such is}} God in his holy place.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}God settles the solitary in a house;

\par }{\Q Leading forth prisoners mightily,

\par }{\Q Also them that act provokingly,
{\ADD{even}} them that dwell in tombs.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people,

\par }{\Q When thou wentest through the wilderness; Pause:


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The earth quaked, yea, the heavens dropped
{\ADD{water}}

\par }{\Q At the presence of the God of Sinai,

\par }{\Q At the presence of the God of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}O God, thou wilt grant to thine inheritance a gracious rain;

\par }{\Q For it was weary, but thou didst refresh it.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Thy creatures dwell in it:

\par }{\Q Thou hast in thy goodness prepared for the poor.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}The Lord God will give a word to them that preach
{\ADD{it}} in a great company.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}The king of the forces of the beloved, of the beloved,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Will}} even
{\ADD{grant them}} for the beauty of the house to divide the spoils.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Even if ye should lie among the lots,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Ye shall have}} the wings of a dove covered with silver,

\par }{\Q And her breast with yellow gold.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}When the heavenly One scatters kings upon it,

\par }{\Q They shall be made snow-white in Zalmon.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}The mountain of God is a rich mountain;

\par }{\Q A swelling mountain, a rich mountain.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Wherefore do ye conceive
{\ADD{evil}}, ye swelling mountains?

\par }{\Q {\ADD{This is}} the mountain which God has delighted to dwell in;

\par }{\Q Yea, the Lord will dwell
{\ADD{in it}} forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}The chariots of God are ten thousand fold,

\par }{\Q Thousands of rejoicing ones:

\par }{\Q The Lord is among them, in Sinai, in the holy place.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive,

\par }{\Q Thou hast received gifts for man,

\par }{\Q Yea, for
{\ADD{they were}} rebellious, that thou mightest dwell among them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}Blessed be the Lord God, blessed be the Lord daily;

\par }{\Q And the God of our salvation shall prosper us. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Our God is the God of salvation;

\par }{\Q And to the Lord belong the issues from death.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}But God shall crush the heads of his enemies;

\par }{\Q The hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan,

\par }{\Q I will bring
{\ADD{my people}} again through the depths of the sea.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}That thy foot may be dipped in blood,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} the tongue of thy dogs
{\ADD{be stained}} with that of
{\ADD{thine}} enemies.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{25}Thy goings, O God, have been seen;

\par }{\Q The goings of my God, the king, in the sanctuary.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}The princes went first, next before the players on instruments,

\par }{\Q In the midst of damsels playing on timbrels.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Praise God in the congregations,

\par }{\Q The Lord from the fountains of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}There is Benjamin the younger
{\ADD{one}} in ecstasy,

\par }{\Q The princes of Judah their rulers,

\par }{\Q The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{29}O God, command thou thy strength:

\par }{\Q Strengthen, O God, this which thou hast wrought in us.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}Because of thy temple at Jerusalem

\par }{\Q Shall kings bring presents to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed:

\par }{\Q Let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations
{\ADD{be rebuked}},

\par }{\Q So that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out:

\par }{\Q Scatter thou the nations that wish for wars.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt;

\par }{\Q Ethiopia shall hasten
{\ADD{to stretch out}} her hand readily to God.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{33}Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth; sing psalms to the Lord. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Sing to God that rides on the heaven of heaven, eastward:

\par }{\Q Lo, he will utter a mighty sound with his voice.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}Give ye glory to God:

\par }{\Q His excellency is over Israel,

\par }{\Q And his power is in the clouds.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}God is wonderful in his holy
{\ADD{places}},

\par }{\Q The God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people:

\par }{\Q Blessed be God.




\par }\PsalmChap{68}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end,
{\ADD{a Psalm}} of David, for alternate
{\ADD{strains}}.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing:

\par }{\Q I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I am weary
{\ADD{of}} crying, my throat has become hoarse;

\par }{\Q Mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head:

\par }{\Q My enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened:

\par }{\Q Then I restored that which I took not away.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}O God, thou knowest my foolishness;

\par }{\Q And my transgressions are not hidden from thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}For I have suffered reproach for thy sake;

\par }{\Q Shame has covered my face.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I became strange to my brethren,

\par }{\Q And a stranger to my mother’s children.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For the zeal of thy house has eaten me up;

\par }{\Q And the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And I bowed down my soul with fasting,

\par }{\Q And that was made my reproach.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And I put on sackcloth for my covering;

\par }{\Q And I became a proverb to them.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}They that sit in the gate talked against me,

\par }{\Q And they that drank wine sang against me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}But I
{\ADD{will cry}} to thee, O Lord, in my prayer;

\par }{\Q O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me,

\par }{\Q In the truth of thy salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Save me from the mire, that I stick not
{\ADD{in it}}:

\par }{\Q Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Let not the waterflood drown me,

\par }{\Q Nor let the deep swallow me up;

\par }{\Q Neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good:

\par }{\Q According to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}And turn not away thy face from thy servant;

\par }{\Q For I am afflicted: hear me speedily.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Draw nigh to my soul and redeem it:

\par }{\Q Deliver me because of mine enemies.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}For thou knowest my reproach,

\par }{\Q And my shame, and my confusion;

\par }{\Q All that afflict me are before thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}My soul has waited for reproach and misery;

\par }{\Q And I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none;

\par }{\Q And for one to comfort me, but I found none.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}They gave
{\ADD{me}} also gall for my food,

\par }{\Q And made me drink vinegar for my thirst.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Let their table before them be for a snare,

\par }{\Q And for a recompense, and for a stumbling block.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see;

\par }{\Q And bow down their back continually.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Pour out thy wrath upon them,

\par }{\Q And let the fury of thine anger take hold on them.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Let their habitation be made desolate;

\par }{\Q And let there be no inhabitant in their tents:


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Because they persecuted him whom thou hast smitten;

\par }{\Q And they have added to the grief of my wounds.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Add iniquity to their iniquity;

\par }{\Q And let them not come into thy righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,

\par }{\Q And let them not be written with the righteous.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{30}I am poor and sorrowful;

\par }{\Q But the salvation of thy countenance has helped me.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}I will praise the name of my God with a song,

\par }{\Q I will magnify him with praise;


\par }{\Q \VS{32}And
{\ADD{this}} shall please God more than a young calf

\par }{\Q Having horns and hoofs.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}Let the poor see and rejoice;

\par }{\Q Seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}For the Lord hears the poor,

\par }{\Q And does not set at nought his fettered ones.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}Let the heavens and the earth praise him,

\par }{\Q The sea, and all things moving in them.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}For God will save Zion,

\par }{\Q And the cities of Judea shall be built;

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{men}} shall dwell there, and inherit it.


\par }{\Q \VS{37}And the seed of his servants shall possess it,

\par }{\Q And they that love his name shall dwell therein.




\par }\PsalmChap{69}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, by David for a remembrance, that the Lord may save me.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Draw nigh, O God, to my help.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul:

\par }{\Q Let them be turned backward and put to shame, that wish me evil.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Let them that say to me, Aha, aha, be turned back and put to shame immediately.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Let all that seek thee exult and be glad in thee:

\par }{\Q And let those that love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}But I am poor and needy; O God, help me:

\par }{\Q Thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not.




\par }\PsalmChap{70}{\D \VerseOne{1}By David,
{\ADD{a Psalm sung by}} the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive.
\par }
{\Q O Lord, I have hoped in thee: let me never be put to shame.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me:

\par }{\Q Incline thine ear to me, and save me.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Be to me a protecting God,

\par }{\Q And a stronghold to save me:

\par }{\Q For thou art my fortress and my refuge.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner,

\par }{\Q From the hand of the transgressor and unjust man.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For thou art my support, O Lord;

\par }{\Q O Lord,
{\ADD{thou art}} my hope from my youth.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}On thee have I been stayed from the womb:

\par }{\Q From the belly of my mother thou art my protector:

\par }{\Q Of thee is my praise continually.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}I am become as it were a wonder to many;

\par }{\Q But thou art
{\ADD{my}} strong helper.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Let my mouth be filled with praise,

\par }{\Q That I may hymn thy glory,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} thy majesty all the day.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Cast me not off at the time of old age;

\par }{\Q Forsake me not when my strength fails.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For mine enemies have spoken against me;

\par }{\Q And they that lay wait for my soul have taken counsel together,


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Saying, God has forsaken him:

\par }{\Q Persecute ye and take him;

\par }{\Q For there is none to deliver
{\ADD{him}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}O God, go not far from me,

\par }{\Q O my God, draw nigh to my help.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Let those that plot against my soul be ashamed and utterly fail:

\par }{\Q Let those that seek my hurt be clothed with shame and dishonor.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}But I will hope continually,

\par }{\Q And will praise thee more and more.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}My mouth shall declare thy righteousness openly,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} thy salvation all the day;

\par }{\Q For I am not acquainted with the affairs
{\ADD{of men}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}I will go on in the might of the Lord:

\par }{\Q O Lord, I will make mention of thy righteousness only.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}O God, thou hast taught me from my youth,

\par }{\Q And until now will I declare thy wonders;


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Even until I am old and advanced in years. O God, forsake me not;

\par }{\Q Until I shall have declared thine arm to all the generation that is to come:


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Even thy power and thy righteousness,

\par }{\Q O God, up to the highest
{\ADD{heavens, even}} the mighty works which thou hast done:

\par }{\Q O God, who is like to thee?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}What afflictions many and sore hast thou shown me!

\par }{\Q Yet thou didst turn and quicken me,

\par }{\Q And broughtest me again from the depths of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Thou didst multiply thy righteousness,

\par }{\Q And didst turn and comfort me,

\par }{\Q And broughtest me again out of the depths of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}I will also therefore give thanks to thee, O God,
{\ADD{because of}} thy truth, on an instrument of psalmody:

\par }{\Q I will sing psalms to thee on the harp, O Holy One of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}My lips shall rejoice when I sing to thee;

\par }{\Q And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Moreover also my tongue shall dwell all the day upon thy righteousness;

\par }{\Q When they shall be ashamed and confounded that seek my hurt.




\par }\PsalmChap{71}{\D \VerseOne{1}For Solomon.
\par }
{\Q O God, give thy judgment to the king,

\par }{\Q And thy righteousness to the king’s son;


\par }{\Q \VS{2}{\ADD{That he may}} judge thy people with righteousness,

\par }{\Q And thy poor with judgment.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people:


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness,

\par }{\Q And save the children of the needy;

\par }{\Q And shall bring low the false accuser.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And he shall continue as long as the sun,

\par }{\Q And before the moon forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He shall come down as rain upon a fleece;

\par }{\Q And as drops falling upon the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}In his days shall righteousness spring up;

\par }{\Q And abundance of peace till the moon be removed.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}And he shall have dominion from sea to sea,

\par }{\Q And from the river to the ends of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The Ethiopians shall fall down before him;

\par }{\Q And his enemies shall lick the dust.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The kings of Tarshish, and the isles, shall bring presents:

\par }{\Q The kings of the Arabians and Seba shall offer gifts.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And all kings shall worship him;

\par }{\Q All the Gentiles shall serve him.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor;

\par }{\Q And the needy who had no helper.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}He shall spare the poor and needy,

\par }{\Q And shall deliver the souls of the needy.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice:

\par }{\Q And their name
{\ADD{shall be}} precious before him.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia:

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{men}} shall pray for him continually;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} all the day shall they praise him.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains:

\par }{\Q The fruit thereof shall be exalted above Lebanon,

\par }{\Q And they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}Let his name be blessed forever:

\par }{\Q His name shall endure longer than the sun:

\par }{\Q And all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him:

\par }{\Q All nations shall call him blessed.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}And blessed is his glorious name forever, even forever and ever:

\par }{\Q And all the earth shall be filled with his glory.

\par }{\Q So be it, so be it.


\par }{\D \VS{20}The hymns of David the son of Jesse are ended.

\par }


\PsalmChap{72}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm for Asaph.
\par }
{\Q How good is God to Israel,

\par }{\Q To the upright in heart!


\par }{\Q \VS{2}But my feet were almost overthrown;

\par }{\Q My goings very nearly slipped.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For I was jealous of the transgressors,

\par }{\Q Beholding the tranquility of sinners.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}For there is no sign of reluctance in their death:

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{they have}} firmness under their affliction.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}They are not in the troubles of
{\ADD{other}} men;

\par }{\Q And they shall not be scourged with
{\ADD{other}} men.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Therefore pride has possessed them;

\par }{\Q They have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness:

\par }{\Q They have fulfilled their intention.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness:

\par }{\Q They have uttered unrighteousness loftily.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}They have set their mouth against heaven,

\par }{\Q And their tongue has gone through upon the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Therefore shall my people return hither:

\par }{\Q And full days shall be found with them.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And they said, How does God know?

\par }{\Q And is there knowledge in the Most High?


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Behold, these
{\ADD{are}} the sinners, and they that prosper always:

\par }{\Q They have possessed wealth.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart,

\par }{\Q And washed my hands in innocency.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For I was plagued all the day,

\par }{\Q And my reproof
{\ADD{was}} every morning.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}If I said, I will speak thus;

\par }{\Q Behold, I
{\ADD{should}} have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}And I undertook to understand this,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} it is too hard for me,


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Until I go into the sanctuary of God;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And so}} understand the latter end.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}Surely thou hast appointed
{\ADD{judgments}} to them because of their crafty dealings:

\par }{\Q Thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}How have they become desolate!

\par }{\Q Suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}As the dream of one awakening,

\par }{\Q O Lord, in thy city thou wilt despise their image.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{21}For my heart has rejoiced,

\par }{\Q And my reins have been gladdened.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}But I
{\ADD{was}} vile and knew not:

\par }{\Q I became brutish before thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Yet I am continually with thee:

\par }{\Q Thou hast holden my right hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}Thou hast guided me by thy counsel,

\par }{\Q And thou hast taken me to thyself with glory.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}For what have I in heaven
{\ADD{but thee}}?

\par }{\Q And what have I desired upon the earth beside thee?


\par }{\Q \VS{26}My heart and my flesh have failed:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} God
{\ADD{is the strength}} of my heart, and God is my portion forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{27}For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish:

\par }{\Q Thou hast destroyed everyone that goes a-whoring from thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}But it is good for me to cleave close to God,

\par }{\Q To put my trust in the Lord;

\par }{\Q That I may proclaim all thy praises

\par }{\Q In the gates of the daughter of Zion.




\par }\PsalmChap{73}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of instruction for Asaph.
\par }
{\Q Wherefore hast thou rejected
{\ADD{us}}, O God, forever?

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Wherefore}} is thy wrath kindled against the sheep of thy pasture?


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased from the beginning;

\par }{\Q Thou didst ransom the rod of thine inheritance;

\par }{\Q This Mount Zion wherein thou hast dwelt.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Lift up thy hands against their pride continually;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Because of}} all that the enemy has done wickedly in thy holy places.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}And they that hate thee have boasted in the midst of thy feast;

\par }{\Q They have set up their standards for signs,


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Ignorantly as it were in the entrance above;


\par }{\Q \VS{6}They cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees;

\par }{\Q They have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They have burned thy sanctuary with fire to the ground;

\par }{\Q They have profaned the habitation of thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}They have said in their heart,
{\ADD{even}} all their kindred together,

\par }{\Q Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}We have not seen our signs;

\par }{\Q There is no longer a prophet; and
{\ADD{God}} will not know us anymore.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach?

\par }{\Q Shall the enemy provoke thy name forever?


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Wherefore turnest thou away thy hand,

\par }{\Q And thy right hand from the midst of thy bosom forever?


\par }{\Q \VS{12}But God is our King of old;

\par }{\Q He has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thou didst establish the sea, in thy might,

\par }{\Q Thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragons in the water.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Thou didst break to pieces the heads of the dragon;

\par }{\Q Thou didst give him
{\ADD{for}} meat to the Ethiopian nations.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Thou didst cleave fountains and torrents;

\par }{\Q Thou driedst up mighty rivers.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}The day is thine, and the night is thine;

\par }{\Q Thou hast prepared the sun and the moon.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Thou hast made all the borders of the earth;

\par }{\Q Thou hast made summer and spring.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord,

\par }{\Q And a foolish people has provoked thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee:

\par }{\Q Forget not forever the souls of thy poor.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Look upon thy covenant:

\par }{\Q For the dark
{\ADD{places}} of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected:

\par }{\Q The poor and needy shall praise thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Arise, O God, plead thy cause:

\par }{\Q Remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Forget not the voice of thy suppliants:

\par }{\Q Let the pride of them that hate thee continually ascend before thee.




\par }\PsalmChap{74}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}We will give thanks to thee, O God,

\par }{\Q We will give thanks, and call upon thy name:

\par }{\Q I will declare all thy wonderful works.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it:

\par }{\Q I have strengthened its pillars. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}I said unto the transgressors, Do not transgress;

\par }{\Q And to the sinners, Lift not up the horn.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Lift not up your horn on high;

\par }{\Q Speak not unrighteousness against God.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For
{\ADD{good comes}} neither from the east, nor from the west,

\par }{\Q Nor from the desert mountains.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}For God is the judge;

\par }{\Q He puts down one, and raises up another.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For
{\ADD{there is}} a cup in the hand of the Lord,

\par }{\Q Full of unmingled wine;

\par }{\Q And he has turned
{\ADD{it}} from side to side,

\par }{\Q But its dregs have not been wholly poured out;

\par }{\Q All the sinners of the earth shall drink
{\ADD{them}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}But I will exult forever:

\par }{\Q I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And I will break all the horns of sinners;

\par }{\Q But the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted.




\par }\PsalmChap{75}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, among the Hymns, a Psalm for Asaph; a Song for the Assyrian.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}God is known in Judea;

\par }{\Q His name is great in Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}And his place has been in peace,

\par }{\Q And his dwelling place in Zion.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}There he broke the power of the bows,

\par }{\Q The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Thou dost wonderfully shine forth from the everlasting mountains.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}All the simple ones in heart were troubled;

\par }{\Q All the men of wealth have slept their sleep,

\par }{\Q And have found nothing in their hands.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,

\par }{\Q The riders on horses slumbered.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thou art terrible; and who shall withstand thee,

\par }{\Q Because of thine anger?


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven;

\par }{\Q The earth feared, and was still,


\par }{\Q \VS{10}When God arose to judgment,

\par }{\Q To save all the meek in heart. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}For the inward thought of man shall give thanks to thee:

\par }{\Q And the memorial of his inward thought shall keep a feast to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Vow, and pay
{\ADD{your vows}} to the Lord our God;

\par }{\Q All that are round about him shall bring gifts,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} to him that is terrible,

\VS{13}and that takes away the spirits of princes;

\par }{\Q To him that is terrible among the kings of the earth.




\par }\PsalmChap{76}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, for Jeduthun, a Psalm of Asaph.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}I cried to the Lord with my voice,

\par }{\Q Yea, my voice
{\ADD{was addressed}} to God; and he gave heed to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}In the day of mine affliction I earnestly sought the Lord;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} with my hands by night before him, and I was not deceived;

\par }{\Q My soul refused to be comforted.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I remembered God, and rejoiced;

\par }{\Q I poured out my complaint, and my soul fainted. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}All mine enemies set a watch
{\ADD{against me}}:

\par }{\Q I was troubled, and spoke not.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}I considered the days of old,

\par }{\Q And remembered ancient years.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And I meditated; I communed with my heart by night,

\par }{\Q And diligently searched my spirit,
{\ADD{saying}},


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Will the Lord cast off forever?

\par }{\Q And will he be well pleased no more?


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Will he cut off his mercy forever,

\par }{\Q Even forever and ever?


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Will God forget to pity?

\par }{\Q Or will he shut up his compassions in his wrath? Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}And I said, Now I have begun;

\par }{\Q This is the change of the right hand of the Most High.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}I remembered the works of the Lord;

\par }{\Q For I will remember thy wonders from the beginning.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}And I will meditate on all thy works,

\par }{\Q And will consider thy doings.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}O God, thy way is in the sanctuary;

\par }{\Q Who is a great God as our God?


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Thou art the God that doest wonders;

\par }{\Q Thou hast made known thy power among the nations.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people,

\par }{\Q The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}The waters saw thee, O God,

\par }{\Q The waters saw thee, and feared;

\par }{\Q And the depths were troubled.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}{\ADD{There was}} an abundant sound of waters:

\par }{\Q The clouds uttered a voice;

\par }{\Q For thine arrows went abroad.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}The voice of thy thunder was abroad,

\par }{\Q And around thy lightnings appeared to the world;

\par }{\Q The earth trembled and quaked.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Thy way is in the sea,

\par }{\Q And thy paths in many waters,

\par }{\Q And thy footsteps cannot be known.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Thou didst guide thy people as sheep

\par }{\Q By the hand of Moses and Aaron.




\par }\PsalmChap{77}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of instruction for Asaph.
\par }
{\Q Give heed, O my people, to my law:

\par }{\Q Incline your ear to the words of my mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}I will open my mouth in parables:

\par }{\Q I will utter dark sayings
{\ADD{which have been}} from the beginning.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}All which we have heard and known,

\par }{\Q And our fathers have declared to us.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}They were not hidden from their children to a second generation;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{The fathers}} declaring the praises of the Lord,

\par }{\Q And his mighty acts,

\par }{\Q And his wonders which he wrought.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}And he raised up a testimony in Jacob,

\par }{\Q And appointed a law in Israel,

\par }{\Q Which he commanded our fathers,

\par }{\Q To make it known to their children:


\par }{\Q \VS{6}That another generation might know,

\par }{\Q Even the sons which should be born;

\par }{\Q And they should arise and declare them to their children.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}That they might set their hope on God,

\par }{\Q And not forget the works of God,

\par }{\Q But diligently seek his commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}That they should not be as their fathers,

\par }{\Q A perverse and provoking generation;

\par }{\Q A generation which set not its heart aright,

\par }{\Q And its spirit was not steadfast with God.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting
{\ADD{with}} the bow,

\par }{\Q Turned
{\ADD{back}} in the day of battle.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}They kept not the covenant of God,

\par }{\Q And would not walk in his law.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And they forgot his benefits,

\par }{\Q And his miracles which he
{\ADD{had}} shown them;


\par }{\Q \VS{12}The miracles which he wrought before their fathers,

\par }{\Q In the land of Egypt, in the plain of Tanis.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}He clove the sea, and led them through:

\par }{\Q He made the waters to stand as
{\ADD{in}} a bottle.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And he guided them with a cloud by day,

\par }{\Q And all the night with a light of fire.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}He clove a rock in the wilderness,

\par }{\Q And made them drink as in a great deep.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}And he brought water out of the rock,

\par }{\Q And caused waters to flow down as rivers.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}And they sinned yet more against him;

\par }{\Q They provoked the Most High in the wilderness.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}And they tempted God in their hearts,

\par }{\Q In asking meat for
{\ADD{the desire of}} their souls.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}They spoke also against God, and said,

\par }{\Q Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness?


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Forasmuch as he smote the rock, and the waters flowed,

\par }{\Q And the torrents ran abundantly;

\par }{\Q Will he be able also to give bread,

\par }{\Q Or prepare a table for his people?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{21}Therefore the Lord heard, and was provoked:

\par }{\Q And fire was kindled in Jacob,

\par }{\Q And wrath went up against Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Because they believed not in God,

\par }{\Q And trusted not in his salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Yet he commanded the clouds from above,

\par }{\Q And opened the doors of heaven,


\par }{\Q \VS{24}And rained upon them manna to eat,

\par }{\Q And gave them the bread of heaven.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Man ate angels’ bread;

\par }{\Q He sent them provision to the full.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{26}He removed the south wind from heaven;

\par }{\Q And by his might he brought in the southwest wind.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}And he rained upon them flesh like dust,

\par }{\Q And feathered birds like the sand of the seas.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}And they fell into the midst of their camp,

\par }{\Q Round about their tents.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}So they ate, and were completely filled;

\par }{\Q And he gave them their desire.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{30}They were not disappointed of their desire:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} when their food was yet in their mouth,


\par }{\Q \VS{31}Then the indignation of God rose up against them,

\par }{\Q And slew the fattest of them,

\par }{\Q And overthrew the choice men of Israel.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{32}In the midst of all this they sinned yet more,

\par }{\Q And believed not his miracles.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}And their days were consumed in vanity,

\par }{\Q And their years with anxiety.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{34}When he slew them, they sought him:

\par }{\Q And they returned and called betimes upon God.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}And they remembered that God was their helper,

\par }{\Q And the most high God was their redeemer.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}Yet they loved him
{\ADD{only}} with their mouth,

\par }{\Q And lied to him with their tongue.


\par }{\Q \VS{37}For their heart
{\ADD{was}} not right with him,

\par }{\Q Neither were they steadfast in his covenant.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{38}But he is compassionate,

\par }{\Q And will forgive their sins, and will not destroy
{\ADD{them}}:

\par }{\Q Yea, he will frequently turn away his wrath,

\par }{\Q And will not kindle all his anger.


\par }{\Q \VS{39}And he remembered that they are flesh;

\par }{\Q A wind that passes away, and returns not.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{40}How often did they provoke him in the wilderness,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} anger him in a dry land!


\par }{\Q \VS{41}Yea, they turned back, and tempted God,

\par }{\Q And provoked the Holy One of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{42}They remembered not his hand,

\par }{\Q The day in which he delivered them from the hand of the oppressor.


\par }{\Q \VS{43}How he had wrought his signs in Egypt,

\par }{\Q And his wonders in the field of Tanis:


\par }{\Q \VS{44}And had changed their rivers into blood;

\par }{\Q And their streams, that they should not drink.


\par }{\Q \VS{45}He sent against them the dog fly, and it devoured them;

\par }{\Q And the frog, and it spoiled them.


\par }{\Q \VS{46}And he gave their fruit to the canker worm,

\par }{\Q And their labors to the locust.


\par }{\Q \VS{47}He killed their vines with hail,

\par }{\Q And their sycamores with frost.


\par }{\Q \VS{48}And he gave up their cattle to hail,

\par }{\Q And their substance to the fire.


\par }{\Q \VS{49}He sent out against them the fury of his anger,

\par }{\Q Wrath, and indignation, and affliction,

\par }{\Q A message by evil angels.


\par }{\Q \VS{50}He made a way for his wrath;

\par }{\Q He spared not their souls from death,

\par }{\Q But consigned their cattle to death;


\par }{\Q \VS{51}And smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt;

\par }{\Q The firstfruits of their labors in the tents of Ham.


\par }{\Q \VS{52}And he removed his people like sheep;

\par }{\Q He led them as a flock in the wilderness.


\par }{\Q \VS{53}And he guided them with hope, and they feared not:

\par }{\Q But the sea covered their enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{54}And he brought them in to the mountain of his sanctuary,

\par }{\Q This mountain which his right hand had purchased.


\par }{\Q \VS{55}And he cast out the nations from before them,

\par }{\Q And made them to inherit by a line of inheritance,

\par }{\Q And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{56}Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God,

\par }{\Q And kept not his testimonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{57}And they turned back, and broke covenant, even as also their fathers:

\par }{\Q They became like a crooked bow.


\par }{\Q \VS{58}And they provoked him with their high places,

\par }{\Q And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{59}God heard and lightly regarded
{\ADD{them}},

\par }{\Q And greatly despised Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{60}And he rejected the tabernacle of Shiloh,

\par }{\Q His tent where he dwelt among men.


\par }{\Q \VS{61}And he gave their strength into captivity,

\par }{\Q And their beauty into the enemy’s hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{62}And he gave his people to the sword;

\par }{\Q And disdained his inheritance.


\par }{\Q \VS{63}Fire devoured their young men;

\par }{\Q And their virgins mourned not.


\par }{\Q \VS{64}Their priests fell by the sword;

\par }{\Q And their widows shall not be wept for.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{65}So the Lord awoke as one out of sleep,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} as a mighty man who has been heated with wine.


\par }{\Q \VS{66}And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts:

\par }{\Q He brought on them a perpetual reproach.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{67}And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph,

\par }{\Q And chose not the tribe of Ephraim;


\par }{\Q \VS{68}But chose the tribe of Judah,

\par }{\Q The Mount Zion which he loved.


\par }{\Q \VS{69}And he built his sanctuary as
{\ADD{the place}} of unicorns;

\par }{\Q He founded it forever on the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{70}He chose David also his servant,

\par }{\Q And took him up from the flocks of sheep.


\par }{\Q \VS{71}He took him from following the ewes great with young,

\par }{\Q To be the shepherd of Jacob his servant,

\par }{\Q And Israel his inheritance.


\par }{\Q \VS{72}So he tended them in the innocency of his heart;

\par }{\Q And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.




\par }\PsalmChap{78}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm for Asaph.
\par }
{\Q O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance;

\par }{\Q They have polluted thy holy temple;

\par }{\Q They have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}They have given the dead bodies of thy servants

\par }{\Q {\ADD{To be}} food for the birds of the sky,

\par }{\Q The flesh of thy holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}They have shed their blood as water,

\par }{\Q Round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury
{\ADD{them}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}We are become a reproach to our neighbors,

\par }{\Q A scorn and derision to them
{\ADD{that are}} round about us.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}How long, O Lord? wilt thou be angry forever?

\par }{\Q Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee,

\par }{\Q And upon the kingdoms which have not called upon thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For they have devoured Jacob,

\par }{\Q And laid his place waste.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Remember not our old transgressions;

\par }{\Q Let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us;

\par }{\Q For we are greatly impoverished.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Help us, O God our Savior;

\par }{\Q For the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us;

\par }{\Q And be merciful to our sins, for thy name’s sake.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Lest haply they should say among the heathen, Where is their God?

\par }{\Q And let the avenging of thy servants’ blood that has been shed

\par }{\Q Be known among the heathen before our eyes.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Let the groaning of the prisoners come in before thee;

\par }{\Q According to the greatness of thine arm

\par }{\Q Preserve the sons of the slain ones.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Repay to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach,

\par }{\Q With which they have reproached thee, O Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}For we are thy people and the sheep of thy pasture;

\par }{\Q We will give thee thanks forever;

\par }{\Q We will declare thy praise throughout all generations.




\par }\PsalmChap{79}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, for alternate
{\ADD{strains}}, a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Attend, O Shepherd of Israel,

\par }{\Q Who guidest Joseph like a flock;

\par }{\Q Thou who sittest upon the cherubs, manifest thyself;


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,

\par }{\Q Stir up thy power,

\par }{\Q And come to deliver us.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Turn us, O God,

\par }{\Q And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be delivered.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}O Lord God of hosts,

\par }{\Q How long art thou angry with the prayer of thy servant?


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears;

\par }{\Q And wilt cause us to drink tears by measure.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Thou hast made us a strife to our neighbors;

\par }{\Q And our enemies have mocked at us.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Turn us, O Lord God of hosts,

\par }{\Q And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Thou hast transplanted a vine out of Egypt:

\par }{\Q Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Thou madest a way before it,

\par }{\Q And didst cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled
{\ADD{with it}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Its shadow covered the mountains,

\par }{\Q And its shoots
{\ADD{equaled}} the goodly cedars.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}It sent forth its branches to the sea,

\par }{\Q And its shoots to the river.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge,

\par }{\Q While all that pass by the way pluck it?


\par }{\Q \VS{14}The boar out of the wood has laid it waste,

\par }{\Q And the wild beast has devoured it.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}O God of hosts, turn, we pray thee:

\par }{\Q Look on
{\ADD{us}} from heaven,

\par }{\Q And behold and visit this vine;


\par }{\Q \VS{16}And restore that which thy right hand has planted:

\par }{\Q And look on the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}{\ADD{It is}} burned with fire and dug up:

\par }{\Q They shall perish at the rebuke of thy presence.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,

\par }{\Q And upon the son of man whom thou didst strengthen for thyself.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{19}So will we not depart from thee:

\par }{\Q Thou shalt quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Turn us, O Lord God of hosts,

\par }{\Q And make thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.




\par }\PsalmChap{80}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the winepresses.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Rejoice ye in God our helper;

\par }{\Q Shout aloud to the God of Jacob.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel,

\par }{\Q The pleasant psaltery with the harp.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Blow the trumpet at the new moon,

\par }{\Q In the glorious day of your feast.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}For
{\ADD{this}} is an ordinance for Israel,

\par }{\Q And a statute of the God of Jacob.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He made it
{\ADD{to be}} a testimony in Joseph,

\par }{\Q When he came forth out of the land of Egypt:

\par }{\Q He heard a language which he understood not.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}He removed his back from burdens:

\par }{\Q His hands slaved in making the baskets.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thou didst call upon me in trouble, and I delivered thee;

\par }{\Q I heard thee in the secret place of the storm:

\par }{\Q I proved thee at the water of Strife. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel;

\par }{\Q And I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me;


\par }{\Q \VS{10}There shall be no new god in thee;

\par }{\Q Neither shalt thou worship a strange god.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For I am the Lord thy God,

\par }{\Q That brought thee out of the land of Egypt:

\par }{\Q Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}But my people hearkened not to my voice;

\par }{\Q And Israel gave no heed to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts:

\par }{\Q They will go on in their own ways.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}If my people had hearkened to me,

\par }{\Q If Israel had walked in my ways,


\par }{\Q \VS{15}I should have put down their enemies very quickly,

\par }{\Q And should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}The Lord’s enemies
{\ADD{should have}} lied to him:

\par }{\Q But their time shall be forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}And he fed them with the fat of wheat;

\par }{\Q And satisfied them with honey out of the rock.




\par }\PsalmChap{81}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm for Asaph.
\par }
{\Q God stands in the assembly of gods;

\par }{\Q And in the midst
{\ADD{of them}} will judge gods.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}How long will ye judge unrighteously,

\par }{\Q And accept the persons of sinners? Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Judge the orphan and poor:

\par }{\Q Do justice to the low and needy.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor

\par }{\Q Out of the hand of the sinner.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}They know not, nor understand;

\par }{\Q They walk on in darkness:

\par }{\Q All the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I have said, Ye are gods;

\par }{\Q And all
{\ADD{of you}} children of the Most High.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}But ye die as men,

\par }{\Q And fall as one of the princes.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Arise, O God, judge the earth:

\par }{\Q For thou shalt inherit all nations.




\par }\PsalmChap{82}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of a Psalm for Asaph.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O God, who shall be compared to thee?

\par }{\Q Be not silent, neither be still, O God.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}For behold, thine enemies have made a noise;

\par }{\Q And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Against thy people they have craftily imagined a device,

\par }{\Q And have taken counsel against thy saints.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation;

\par }{\Q And let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For they have taken counsel together with one consent:

\par }{\Q They have made a confederacy against thee;


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Even the tents of the Edomites, and the Ishmaelites;

\par }{\Q Moab, and the Hagrites;


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;

\par }{\Q The Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Yea, Asshur too is come with them:

\par }{\Q They have become a help to the children of Lot. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Do thou to them as to Midian, and to Sisera;

\par }{\Q As to Jabin at the brook of Kishon.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}They were utterly destroyed at En-dor:

\par }{\Q They became as dung for the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Make their princes as Oreb and Zeeb,

\par }{\Q And Zebah and Zalmunna;
{\ADD{even}} all their princes:


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Who said, Let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}O my God, make them as a wheel;

\par }{\Q As stubble before the face of the wind.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}As fire which shall burn up a wood,

\par }{\Q As the flame may consume the mountains;


\par }{\Q \VS{16}So shalt thou persecute them with thy tempest,

\par }{\Q And trouble them in thine anger.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Fill their faces with dishonor;

\par }{\Q So shall they seek thy name, O Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Let them be ashamed and troubled for evermore;

\par }{\Q Yea, let them be confounded and destroyed.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}And let them know that thy name is Lord;

\par }{\Q That thou alone art Most High over all the earth.




\par }\PsalmChap{83}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Korah, concerning the winepresses.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!


\par }{\Q \VS{3}My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord:

\par }{\Q My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Yea, the sparrow has found himself a home,

\par }{\Q And the turtledove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} thine altars, O Lord of hosts,

\par }{\Q My King, and my God.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:

\par }{\Q They will praise thee evermore. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Blessed is the man whose help is of thee, O Lord;

\par }{\Q In his heart he has purposed to go up


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The Valley of Weeping, to the place which he has appointed,

\par }{\Q For
{\ADD{there}} the lawgiver will grant blessings.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}They shall go from strength to strength:

\par }{\Q The God of gods shall be seen in Zion.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer:

\par }{\Q Hearken, O God of Jacob. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Behold, O God our defender,

\par }{\Q And look upon the face of thine anointed.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For one day in thy courts is better than thousands.

\par }{\Q I would rather be an abject in the house of God,

\par }{\Q Than dwell in the tents of sinners.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}For the Lord loves mercy and truth:

\par }{\Q God will give grace and glory:

\par }{\Q The Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in thee.




\par }\PsalmChap{84}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Korah.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O Lord, thou hast taken pleasure in thy land:

\par }{\Q Thou hast turned back the captivity of Jacob.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Thou hast forgiven thy people their transgressions;

\par }{\Q Thou hast covered all their sins. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Thou hast caused all thy wrath to cease:

\par }{\Q Thou hast turned from thy fierce anger.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Turn us, O God of our salvation,

\par }{\Q And turn thine anger away from us.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Wouldest thou be angry with us forever?

\par }{\Q Or wilt thou continue thy wrath from generation to generation?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}O God, thou wilt turn and quicken us;

\par }{\Q And thy people shall rejoice in thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Show us thy mercy, O Lord,

\par }{\Q And grant us thy salvation.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}I will hear what the Lord God will say concerning me:

\par }{\Q For he shall speak peace to his people,

\par }{\Q And to his saints,

\par }{\Q And to those that turn their heart toward him.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Moreover his salvation is near them that fear him;

\par }{\Q That glory may dwell in our land.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Mercy and truth are met together:

\par }{\Q Righteousness and peace have kissed
{\ADD{each other}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Truth has sprung out of the earth;

\par }{\Q And righteousness has looked down from heaven.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}For the Lord will give goodness;

\par }{\Q And our land shall yield her fruit.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Righteousness shall go before him;

\par }{\Q And shall set his steps in the way.




\par }\PsalmChap{85}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Prayer of David.
\par }
{\Q O Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me;

\par }{\Q For I am poor and needy.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Preserve my soul, for I am holy;

\par }{\Q Save thy servant, O God, who hopes in thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Pity me, O Lord: for to thee will I cry all the day.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Rejoice the soul of thy servant:

\par }{\Q For to thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For thou, O Lord, art kind, and gentle;

\par }{\Q And plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Give ear to my prayer, O Lord;

\par }{\Q And attend to the voice of my supplication.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}In the day of my trouble I cried to thee: for thou didst hear me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}There is none like to thee, O Lord, among the gods;

\par }{\Q And there are no
{\ADD{works}} like to thy works.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}All nations whom thou hast made shall come,

\par }{\Q And shall worship before thee, O Lord;

\par }{\Q And shall glorify thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For thou art great, and doest wonders:

\par }{\Q Thou art the only
{\ADD{and}} the great God.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Guide me, O Lord, in thy way,

\par }{\Q And I will walk in thy truth:

\par }{\Q Let my heart rejoice, that I may fear thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}I will give thee thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart;

\par }{\Q And I will glorify thy name forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}For thy mercy is great toward me;

\par }{\Q And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}O God, transgressors have risen up against me,

\par }{\Q And an assembly of violent
{\ADD{men}} have sought my life;

\par }{\Q And have not set thee before them.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}But thou, O Lord God, art compassionate and merciful,

\par }{\Q Long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and true.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me:

\par }{\Q Give thy strength to thy servant,

\par }{\Q And save the son of thy handmaid.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Establish with me a token for good;

\par }{\Q And let them that hate me see
{\ADD{it}} and be ashamed;

\par }{\Q Because thou, O Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.




\par }\PsalmChap{86}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Korah.
\par }
{\Q His foundations are in the holy mountains.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The Lord loves the gates of Zion,

\par }{\Q More than all the tabernacles of Jacob.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Glorious things have been spoken of thee, O city of God. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me:

\par }{\Q Behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians:

\par }{\Q These were born there.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}A man shall say, Zion
{\ADD{is my}} mother;

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{such}} a man was born in her;

\par }{\Q And the Highest himself has founded her.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The Lord shall recount
{\ADD{it}} in the writing of the people,

\par }{\Q And of these princes that were born in her. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The dwelling of all within thee is as
{\ADD{the dwelling}} of those that rejoice.




\par }\PsalmChap{87}{\D \VerseOne{1}A song of a Psalm for the sons of Korah for the end, upon Mahalath for responsive
{\ADD{strains}}, of instruction for Heman the Israelite.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O Lord God of my salvation,

\par }{\Q I have cried by day and in the night before thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Let my prayer come in before thee;

\par }{\Q Incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}For my soul is filled with troubles,

\par }{\Q And my life has drawn nigh to Hades.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit;

\par }{\Q I became as a man without help;

\VS{6}free among the dead,

\par }{\Q As the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb;

\par }{\Q Whom thou rememberest no more;

\par }{\Q And they are rejected from thy hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They laid me in the lowest pit,

\par }{\Q In dark
{\ADD{places}}, and in the shadow of death.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thy wrath has pressed heavily upon me,

\par }{\Q And thou hast brought upon me all thy billows. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Thou hast removed my acquaintance far from me;

\par }{\Q They have made me an abomination to themselves;

\par }{\Q I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty;

\par }{\Q But I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day;

\par }{\Q I spread forth my hands to thee.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Wilt thou work wonders for the dead?

\par }{\Q Or shall physicians raise
{\ADD{them}} up, that they shall praise thee?


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Shall anyone declare thy mercy in the tomb?

\par }{\Q And thy truth in destruction?


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Shall thy wonders be known in darkness?

\par }{\Q And thy righteousness in a forgotten land?


\par }{\Q \VS{14}But I cried to thee, O Lord;

\par }{\Q And in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} turn thy face away from me?


\par }{\Q \VS{16}I am poor and in troubles from my youth;

\par }{\Q And having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Thy wrath has passed over me;

\par }{\Q And thy terrors have greatly disquieted me.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}They compassed me like water;

\par }{\Q All the day they beset me together.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Thou hast put far from me
{\ADD{every}} friend,

\par }{\Q And mine acquaintances because of
{\ADD{my}} wretchedness.




\par }\PsalmChap{88}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of instruction for Ethan the Israelite.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}I will sing of thy mercies, O Lord, forever:

\par }{\Q I will declare thy truth with my mouth to all generations.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up forever:

\par }{\Q Thy truth shall be established in the heavens.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I made a covenant with my chosen ones,

\par }{\Q I swore unto David my servant.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I will establish thy seed forever,

\par }{\Q And build up thy throne to all generations. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}The heavens shall declare thy wonders, O Lord;

\par }{\Q And thy truth in the assembly of the saints.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord?

\par }{\Q And who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God?


\par }{\Q \VS{8}God is glorified in the council of the saints;

\par }{\Q Great and terrible toward all that are round about him.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee?

\par }{\Q Thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Thou rulest the power of the sea;

\par }{\Q And thou calmest the tumult of its waves.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Thou hast brought down the proud as one that is slain;

\par }{\Q And with the arm of thy power thou hast scattered thine enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine:

\par }{\Q Thou hast founded the world, and the fullness of it.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thou hast created the north and the west:

\par }{\Q Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Thine is the mighty arm:

\par }{\Q Let thy hand be strengthened, let thy right hand be exalted.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne:

\par }{\Q Mercy and truth shall go before thy face.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound:

\par }{\Q They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}And in thy name shall they rejoice all the day:

\par }{\Q And in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}For thou art the boast of their strength;

\par }{\Q And in thy good pleasure shall our horn be exalted,


\par }{\Q \VS{19}For
{\ADD{our}} help is of the Lord;

\par }{\Q And of the Holy One of Israel, our king.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}Then thou spokest in vision to thy children,

\par }{\Q And saidst, I have laid help on a mighty one;

\par }{\Q I have exalted one chosen out of my people.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}I have found David my servant;

\par }{\Q I have anointed him by
{\ADD{my}} holy mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}For my hand shall support him;

\par }{\Q And mine arm shall strengthen him.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}The enemy shall have no advantage against him;

\par }{\Q And the son of transgression shall not hurt him again.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}And I will hew down his foes before him,

\par }{\Q And put to flight those that hate him.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}But my truth and my mercy shall be with him;

\par }{\Q And in my name shall his horn be exalted.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}And I will set his hand in the sea,

\par }{\Q And his right hand in the rivers.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}He shall call upon me,
{\ADD{saying}}, Thou art my Father,

\par }{\Q My God, and the helper of my salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}And I will make him
{\ADD{my}} firstborn,

\par }{\Q Higher than the kings of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}I will keep my mercy for him forever,

\par }{\Q And my covenant
{\ADD{shall be}} firm with him.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}And I will establish his seed forever and ever,

\par }{\Q And his throne as the days of heaven.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{31}If his children should forsake my law,

\par }{\Q And walk not in my judgments;


\par }{\Q \VS{32}If they should profane my ordinances,

\par }{\Q And not keep my commandments;


\par }{\Q \VS{33}I will visit their transgressions with a rod,

\par }{\Q And their sins with scourges.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him,

\par }{\Q Nor wrong my truth.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}Neither will I by any means profane my covenant;

\par }{\Q And I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David.


\par }{\Q \VS{37}His seed shall endure forever,

\par }{\Q And his throne as the sun before me;


\par }{\Q \VS{38}And as the moon
{\ADD{that is}} established forever,

\par }{\Q And as the faithful witness in heaven. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{39}But thou hast cast off and set at nought,

\par }{\Q Thou hast rejected thine anointed.


\par }{\Q \VS{40}Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant;

\par }{\Q Thou hast profaned his sanctuary,
{\ADD{casting it}} to the ground.


\par }{\Q \VS{41}Thou hast broken down all his hedges;

\par }{\Q Thou hast made his strongholds a terror.


\par }{\Q \VS{42}All that go by the way have spoiled him:

\par }{\Q He is become a reproach to his neighbors.


\par }{\Q \VS{43}Thou hast exalted the right hand of his enemies;

\par }{\Q Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.


\par }{\Q \VS{44}Thou hast turned back the help of his sword,

\par }{\Q And hast not helped him in the battle.


\par }{\Q \VS{45}Thou hast deprived him of glory:

\par }{\Q Thou hast broken down his throne to the ground.


\par }{\Q \VS{46}Thou hast shortened the days of his throne:

\par }{\Q Thou hast poured shame upon him. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{47}How long, O Lord, wilt thou turn away, forever?

\par }{\Q Shall thine anger flame out as fire?


\par }{\Q \VS{48}Remember what my being is:

\par }{\Q For hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?


\par }{\Q \VS{49}What man is there who shall live, and not see death?

\par }{\Q Shall
{\ADD{anyone}} deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{50}Where are thine ancient mercies, O Lord,

\par }{\Q Which thou sworest to David in thy truth?


\par }{\Q \VS{51}Remember, O Lord, the reproach of thy servants,

\par }{\Q Which I have borne in my bosom,
{\ADD{even the reproach}} of many nations;


\par }{\Q \VS{52}Wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord:

\par }{\Q Wherewith they have reviled the recompense of thine anointed.


\par }{\Q \VS{53}Blessed be the Lord forever.

\par }{\Q So be it, so be it.




\par }\PsalmChap{89}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
\par }
{\Q Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all generations.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Before the mountains existed,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{before}} the earth and the world were formed,

\par }{\Q Even from age to age, thou art.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Turn not man back to
{\ADD{his}} low place,

\par }{\Q Whereas thou saidst, Return, ye sons of men?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For a thousand years in thy sight are

\par }{\Q As the yesterday which is past,

\par }{\Q And as a watch in the night.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Years shall be vanity to them:

\par }{\Q Let the morning pass away as grass.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}In the morning let it flower, and pass away:

\par }{\Q In the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For we have perished in thine anger,

\par }{\Q And in thy wrath we have been troubled.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thou hast set our transgressions before thee:

\par }{\Q Our age is in the light of thy countenance.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For all our days are gone,

\par }{\Q And we have passed away in thy wrath:

\par }{\Q Our years have spun out their tale as a spider.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}{\ADD{As for}} the days of our years, in them are seventy years;

\par }{\Q And if
{\ADD{men should be}} in strength, eighty years:

\par }{\Q And the greater part of them would be labor and trouble;

\par }{\Q For weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Who knows the power of thy wrath?


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And
{\ADD{who knows how}} to number
{\ADD{his days}}

\par }{\Q Because of the fear of thy wrath?

\par }{\Q So manifest thy right hand,

\par }{\Q And those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}Return, O Lord, how long?

\par }{\Q And be entreated concerning thy servants.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy;

\par }{\Q And we did exult and rejoice:


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Let us rejoice in all our days,

\par }{\Q In return for the days wherein thou didst afflict us,

\par }{\Q The years wherein we saw evil.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}And look upon thy servants, and upon thy works;

\par }{\Q And guide their children.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us:

\par }{\Q And do thou direct for us the works of our hands.




\par }\PsalmChap{90}{\D \VerseOne{1}Praise of a Song, by David.
\par }
{\Q He that dwells in the help of the Highest,

\par }{\Q Shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge:

\par }{\Q My God; I will hope in him.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunters,

\par }{\Q From
{\ADD{every}} troublesome matter.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He shall overshadow thee with his shoulders,

\par }{\Q And thou shalt trust under his wings:

\par }{\Q His truth shall cover thee with a shield.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Thou shalt not be afraid of terror by night;

\par }{\Q Nor of the arrow flying by day;


\par }{\Q \VS{6}{\ADD{Nor}} of the
{\ADD{evil}} thing that walks in darkness;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Nor}} of calamity, and the evil spirit at noonday.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}A thousand shall fall at thy side,

\par }{\Q And ten thousand at thy right hand;

\par }{\Q But it shall not come nigh thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe

\par }{\Q And see the reward of sinners.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}For thou, O Lord, art my hope:

\par }{\Q Thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}No evils shall come upon thee,

\par }{\Q And no scourge shall draw nigh to thy dwelling.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For he shall give his angels charge concerning thee,

\par }{\Q To keep thee in all thy ways.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}They shall bear thee up on their hands,

\par }{\Q Lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk:

\par }{\Q And thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}For he has hoped in me, and I will deliver him:

\par }{\Q I will protect him, because he has known my name.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him:

\par }{\Q I am with him in affliction;

\par }{\Q And I will deliver him, and glorify him.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}I will satisfy him with length of days,

\par }{\Q And show him my salvation.




\par }\PsalmChap{91}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of a Song for the Sabbath day.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord,

\par }{\Q And to sing praises to thy name, O thou Most High;


\par }{\Q \VS{3}To proclaim thy mercy in the morning,

\par }{\Q And thy truth by night,


\par }{\Q \VS{4}On a psaltery of ten strings, with a song on the harp.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad with thy work:

\par }{\Q And in the operations of thy hands will I exult.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}How have thy works been magnified, O Lord!

\par }{\Q Thy thoughts are very deep.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}A foolish man will not know,

\par }{\Q And a senseless man will not understand this.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}When the sinners spring up as the grass,

\par }{\Q And all the workers of iniquity have watched;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{It is}} that they may be utterly destroyed forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}But thou, O Lord, art most high forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}For, behold, thine enemies shall perish;

\par }{\Q And all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}But my horn shall be exalted as
{\ADD{the horn}} of a unicorn;

\par }{\Q And mine old age with rich mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And mine eye has seen mine enemies,

\par }{\Q And mine ear shall hear the wicked that rise up against me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}The righteous shall flourish as a palm tree:

\par }{\Q He shall be increased as the cedar in Lebanon.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}They that are planted in the house of the Lord

\par }{\Q Shall flourish in the courts of our God.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Then shall they be increased in a fine old age;

\par }{\Q And they shall be prosperous;

\par }{\Q That they may declare

\VS{16}that the Lord my God is righteous,

\par }{\Q And there is no iniquity in him.




\par }\PsalmChap{92}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the day before the Sabbath, when the land was
{\ADD{first}} inhabited, the praise of a Song by David.
\par }
{\Q The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honor:

\par }{\Q The Lord has clothed and girded himself with strength;

\par }{\Q For he has established the world, which shall not be moved.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Thy throne is prepared of old:

\par }{\Q Thou art from everlasting.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The rivers have lifted up, O Lord,

\par }{\Q The rivers have lifted up their voices,


\par }{\Q \VS{4}At the voices of many waters:

\par }{\Q The billows of the sea are wonderful:

\par }{\Q The Lord is wonderful in high places.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Thy testimonies are made very sure:

\par }{\Q Holiness becomes thy house, O Lord, forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{93}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David for the fourth
{\ADD{day}} of the week.
\par }
{\Q The Lord is a God of vengeance;

\par }{\Q The God of vengeance has declared himself.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Be thou exalted, thou that judgest the earth:

\par }{\Q Render a reward to the proud.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}How long shall sinners, O Lord,

\par }{\Q How long shall sinners boast?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}They will utter and speak unrighteousness;

\par }{\Q All the workers of iniquity will speak
{\ADD{so}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}They have afflicted thy people, O Lord,

\par }{\Q And hurt thy heritage.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}They have slain the widow and fatherless,

\par }{\Q And murdered the stranger.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And they said, The Lord shall not see,

\par }{\Q Neither shall the God of Jacob understand.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Understand now, ye simple among the people;

\par }{\Q And ye fools, at length be wise.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He that planted the ear, does he not hear?

\par }{\Q Or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?


\par }{\Q \VS{10}He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} he that teaches man knowledge?


\par }{\Q \VS{11}The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}Blessed is the man whomsoever thou shalt chasten, O Lord,

\par }{\Q And shalt teach him out of thy law;


\par }{\Q \VS{13}To give him rest from evil days,

\par }{\Q Until a pit be dug for the sinful one.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For the Lord will not cast off his people,

\par }{\Q Neither will he forsake his inheritance;


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Until righteousness return to judgment,

\par }{\Q And all the upright in heart shall follow it. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}Who will rise up for me against the transgressors?

\par }{\Q Or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?


\par }{\Q \VS{17}If the Lord had not helped me,

\par }{\Q My soul had almost sojourned in Hades.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}If I said, My foot has been moved;


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Thy mercy, O Lord, helped me.

\par }{\Q O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart,

\par }{\Q Thy consolations have soothed my soul.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee,

\par }{\Q Which frames mischief by an ordinance?


\par }{\Q \VS{21}They will hunt for the soul of the righteous,

\par }{\Q And condemn innocent blood.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}But the Lord was my refuge;

\par }{\Q And my God the helper of my hope.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness:

\par }{\Q The Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.




\par }\PsalmChap{94}{\D \VerseOne{1}The praise of a Song by David.
\par }
{\Q Come, let us exult in the Lord;

\par }{\Q Let us make a joyful noise to God our Savior.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving,

\par }{\Q And make a joyful noise to him with psalms.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For the Lord is a great God,

\par }{\Q And a great king over all gods:

\par }{\Q For the Lord will not cast off his people.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For the ends of the earth are in his hands;

\par }{\Q And the heights of the mountains are his.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For the sea is his, and he made it:

\par }{\Q And his hands formed the dry land.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Come, let us worship and fall down before him;

\par }{\Q And weep before the Lord that made us.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For he is our God;

\par }{\Q And we are the people of his pasture,

\par }{\Q And the sheep of his hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Today, if ye will hear his voice,

\par }{\Q Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation,

\par }{\Q According to the day of irritation in the wilderness:


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Where your fathers tempted me,

\par }{\Q Proved me, and saw my works.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Forty years was I grieved with this generation,

\par }{\Q And said, They do always err in their heart,

\par }{\Q And they have not known my ways.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}So I swore in my wrath,

\par }{\Q They shall not enter into my rest.




\par }\PsalmChap{95}{\D \VerseOne{1}When the house was built after the Captivity, a Song by David.
\par }
{\Q Sing to the Lord a new song;

\par }{\Q Sing to the Lord, all the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Sing to the Lord, bless his name:

\par }{\Q Proclaim his salvation from day to day.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Publish his glory among the Gentiles,

\par }{\Q His wonderful works among all people.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised:

\par }{\Q He is terrible above all gods.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For all the gods of the heathen are devils:

\par }{\Q But the Lord made the heavens.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Thanksgiving and beauty are before him:

\par }{\Q Holiness and majesty are in his sanctuary.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Bring to the Lord, ye families of the Gentiles,

\par }{\Q Bring to the Lord glory and honor.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Bring to the Lord the glory
{\ADD{becoming}} his name:

\par }{\Q Take offerings, and go into his courts.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Worship the Lord in his holy court:

\par }{\Q Let all the earth tremble before him.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Say among the heathen, The Lord reigns:

\par }{\Q For he has established the world so that it shall not be moved:

\par }{\Q He shall judge the people in righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exult;

\par }{\Q Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}The plains shall rejoice, and all things in them:

\par }{\Q Then shall all the trees of the wood exult

\par }{\Q Before the presence of the Lord:

\VS{13}for he comes,

\par }{\Q For he comes to judge the earth;

\par }{\Q He shall judge the world in righteousness,

\par }{\Q And the people with his truth.




\par }\PsalmChap{96}{\D \VerseOne{1}For David, when his land is established.
\par }
{\Q The Lord reigns, let the earth exult,

\par }{\Q Let many islands rejoice.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}Cloud and darkness are round about him;

\par }{\Q Righteousness and judgment are the establishment of his throne.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Fire shall go before him,

\par }{\Q And burn up his enemies round about.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}His lightnings appeared to the world;

\par }{\Q The earth saw, and trembled.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord,

\par }{\Q At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The heavens have declared his righteousness,

\par }{\Q And all the people have seen his glory.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Let all that worship graven images be ashamed,

\par }{\Q Who boast of their idols;

\par }{\Q Worship him, all ye his angels.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Zion heard and rejoiced;

\par }{\Q And the daughters of Judea exulted,

\par }{\Q Because of thy judgments, O Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For thou art Lord most high over all the earth;

\par }{\Q Thou art greatly exalted above all gods.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Ye that love the Lord, hate evil;

\par }{\Q The Lord preserves the souls of his saints;

\par }{\Q He shall deliver them from the hand of sinners.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Light is sprung up for the righteous,

\par }{\Q And gladness for the upright in heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous;

\par }{\Q And give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness.




\par }\PsalmChap{97}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q Sing to the Lord a new song;

\par }{\Q For the Lord has wrought wonderful works,

\par }{\Q His right hand, and his holy arm,

\par }{\Q Have wrought salvation for him.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}The Lord has made known his salvation,

\par }{\Q He has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}He has remembered his mercy to Jacob,

\par }{\Q And his truth to the house of Israel;

\par }{\Q All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Shout to God, all the earth;

\par }{\Q Sing, and exult, and sing psalms.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Sing to the Lord with a harp,

\par }{\Q With a harp, and the voice of a psalm.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}With trumpets of metal, and the sound of a trumpet of horn

\par }{\Q Make a joyful noise to the Lord before the king.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it;

\par }{\Q The world, and they that dwell in it.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}The rivers shall clap their hands together;

\par }{\Q The mountains shall exult.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For he is come to judge the earth;

\par }{\Q He shall judge the world in righteousness,

\par }{\Q And the nations in uprightness.




\par }\PsalmChap{98}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q The Lord reigns—let the people rage;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{It is he}} that sits upon the cherubs, let the earth be moved.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The Lord is great in Zion,

\par }{\Q And is high over all the people.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Let them give thanks to thy great name;

\par }{\Q For it is terrible and holy.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}And the king’s honor loves judgment;

\par }{\Q Thou hast prepared equity,

\par }{\Q Thou hast wrought judgment and justice in Jacob.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Exalt ye the Lord our God,

\par }{\Q And worship
{\ADD{at}} his footstool;

\par }{\Q For he is holy.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Moses and Aaron among his priests,

\par }{\Q And Samuel among them that call upon his name;

\par }{\Q They called upon the Lord, and he heard them.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud;

\par }{\Q They kept his testimonies,

\par }{\Q And the ordinances which he gave them.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}O Lord our God, thou heardest them;

\par }{\Q O God, thou becamest propitious to them,

\par }{\Q Though thou didst take vengeance on all their devices.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Exalt ye the Lord our God,

\par }{\Q And worship at his holy mountain;

\par }{\Q For the Lord our God is holy.




\par }\PsalmChap{99}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm for Thanksgiving.
\par }
{\Q Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Serve the Lord with gladness;

\par }{\Q Come before his presence with exultation.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Know that the Lord he is God;

\par }{\Q He made us, and not we ourselves;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{We are}} his people, and the sheep of his pasture.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,

\par }{\Q And his courts with hymns;

\par }{\Q Give thanks to him, praise his name.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For the Lord is good, his mercy is forever;

\par }{\Q And his truth
{\ADD{endures}} to generation and generation.




\par }\PsalmChap{100}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q I will sing to thee, O Lord, of mercy and judgment;

\par }{\Q I will sing a psalm,

\VS{2}and I will be wise in a blameless way. When wilt thou come to me?

\par }{\Q I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful thing;

\par }{\Q I have hated transgressors.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}A perverse heart has not cloven to me;

\par }{\Q I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turns away from me.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Him that privily speaks against his neighbor, him have I driven from
{\ADD{me}}:

\par }{\Q He that is proud in look and insatiable in heart—with him I have not eaten.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Mine eyes
{\ADD{shall be}} upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me:

\par }{\Q He that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The proud doer dwelt not in the midst of my house;

\par }{\Q The unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Early did I slay all the sinners of the land,

\par }{\Q That I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.




\par }\PsalmChap{101}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Hear my prayer, O Lord,

\par }{\Q And let my cry come to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Turn not away thy face from me:

\par }{\Q In the day
{\ADD{when}} I am afflicted, incline thine ear to me:

\par }{\Q In the day
{\ADD{when}} I shall call upon thee, speedily hear me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}For my days have vanished like smoke,

\par }{\Q And my bones have been parched like a stick.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up;

\par }{\Q For I have forgotten to eat my bread.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}By reason of the voice of my groaning,

\par }{\Q My bone has cloven to my flesh.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I have become like an owl in a ruined house.

\par }{\Q I have watched, and am become

\par }{\Q As a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}All the day long mine enemies have reproached me;

\par }{\Q And they that praised me have sworn against me.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For I have eaten ashes as it were bread,

\par }{\Q And mingled my drink with weeping;


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Because of thine anger and thy wrath:

\par }{\Q For thou hast lifted me up, and dashed me down.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}My days have declined like a shadow;

\par }{\Q And I am withered like grass.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}But thou, Lord, endurest forever,

\par }{\Q And thy memorial to generation and generation.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion:

\par }{\Q For
{\ADD{it is}} time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}For thy servants have taken pleasure in her stones,

\par }{\Q And they shall pity her dust.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}So the nations shall fear thy name, O Lord,

\par }{\Q And all kings thy glory.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}For the Lord shall build up Zion,

\par }{\Q And shall appear in his glory.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly,

\par }{\Q And has not despised their petition.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Let this be written for another generation;

\par }{\Q And the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary;

\par }{\Q The Lord looked upon the earth from heaven;


\par }{\Q \VS{21}To hear the groaning of the fettered ones,

\par }{\Q To loosen the sons of the slain;


\par }{\Q \VS{22}To proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion,

\par }{\Q And his praise in Jerusalem;


\par }{\Q \VS{23}When the people are gathered together,

\par }{\Q And the kings, to serve the Lord.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{24}He answered him in the way of his strength:

\par }{\Q Tell me the fewness of my days.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Take me not away in the midst of my days:

\par }{\Q Thy years
{\ADD{are}} through all generations.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}In the beginning thou, O Lord, didst lay the foundation of the earth;

\par }{\Q And the heavens are the works of thy hands.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}They shall perish, but thou remainest:

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{they all}} shall wax old as a garment;

\par }{\Q And as a vesture shalt thou fold them, and they shall be changed.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}The children of thy servants shall dwell
{\ADD{securely}},

\par }{\Q And their seed shall prosper forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{102}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of David.
\par }
{\Q Bless the Lord, O my soul;

\par }{\Q And all
{\ADD{that is}} within me,
{\ADD{bless}} his holy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Bless the Lord, O my soul,

\par }{\Q And forget not all his praises:


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Who forgives all thy transgressions,

\par }{\Q Who heals all thy diseases;


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Who redeems thy life from corruption;

\par }{\Q Who crowns thee with mercy and compassion;


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Who satisfies thy desire with good things:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{So that}} thy youth shall be renewed like
{\ADD{that}} of the eagle.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}The Lord executes mercy

\par }{\Q And judgment for all that are injured.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}He made known his ways to Moses,

\par }{\Q His will to the children of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}The Lord is compassionate and pitiful,

\par }{\Q Long-suffering, and full of mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He will not be always angry;

\par }{\Q Neither will he be wrathful forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}He has not dealt with us according to our sins,

\par }{\Q Nor recompensed us according to our iniquities.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For as the heaven is high above the earth,

\par }{\Q The Lord has
{\ADD{so}} increased his mercy toward them that fear him.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}As far as the east is from the west,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{So far}} has he removed our transgressions from us.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}As a father pities
{\ADD{his}} children,

\par }{\Q The Lord pities them that fear him.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For he knows our frame:

\par }{\Q Remember that we are dust.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}{\ADD{As for}} man, his days are as grass;

\par }{\Q As a flower of the field, so shall he flourish.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be;

\par }{\Q And it shall know its place no more.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him,

\par }{\Q And his righteousness to children’s children;


\par }{\Q \VS{18}To them that keep his covenant,

\par }{\Q And remember his commandments to do them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{19}The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven;

\par }{\Q And his kingdom rules over all.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Bless the Lord, all ye his angels,

\par }{\Q Mighty in strength, who perform his bidding,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Ready}} to hearken to the voice of his words.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Ye}} ministers of his that do his will.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Bless the Lord, all his works,

\par }{\Q In every place of his dominion:

\par }{\Q Bless the Lord, O my soul.




\par }\PsalmChap{103}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of David.
\par }
{\Q Bless the Lord, O my soul.

\par }{\Q O Lord my God, thou art very great;

\par }{\Q Thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honor:


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Who dost robe thyself with light as with a garment;

\par }{\Q Spreading out the heaven as a curtain.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Who covers his chambers with waters;

\par }{\Q Who makes the clouds his chariot;

\par }{\Q Who walks on the wings of the wind.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Who makes his angels spirits,

\par }{\Q And his ministers a flaming fire.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation:

\par }{\Q It shall not be moved forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering:

\par }{\Q The waters shall stand on the hills.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}At thy rebuke they shall flee;

\par }{\Q At the voice of thy thunder they shall be alarmed.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains,

\par }{\Q To the place which thou hast founded for them.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass,

\par }{\Q Neither shall they turn again to cover the earth.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}He sends forth his fountains among the valleys:

\par }{\Q The waters shall run between the mountains.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field:

\par }{\Q The wild asses shall take
{\ADD{of them}} to
{\ADD{quench}} their thirst.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}By them shall the birds of the sky lodge:

\par }{\Q They shall utter a voice out of the midst of the rocks.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}He waters the mountains from his chambers:

\par }{\Q The earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of thy works.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}He makes grass to grow for the cattle,

\par }{\Q And green herb for the service of men,

\par }{\Q To bring bread out of the earth;


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And wine makes glad the heart of man,

\par }{\Q To make his face cheerful with oil:

\par }{\Q And bread strengthens man’s heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}The trees of the plain shall be full
{\ADD{of sap;}}

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} the cedars of Lebanon which he has planted.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}There the sparrows will build their nests;

\par }{\Q And the house of the heron takes the lead among them.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}The high mountains are a refuge for the stags,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} the rock for the rabbits.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{19}He appointed the moon for seasons:

\par }{\Q The sun knows his going down.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}Thou didst make darkness, and it was night;

\par }{\Q In it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad:


\par }{\Q \VS{21}{\ADD{Even}} young lions roaring for prey,

\par }{\Q And to seek meat for themselves from God.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}The sun arises, and they shall be gathered together,

\par }{\Q And shall lie down in their dens.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Man shall go forth to his work,

\par }{\Q And to his labor till evening.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{24}How great are thy works, O Lord!

\par }{\Q In wisdom hast thou wrought them all:

\par }{\Q The earth is filled with thy creation.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}{\ADD{So is}} this great and wide sea:

\par }{\Q There are things creeping innumerable,

\par }{\Q Small animals and great.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}There go the ships;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} this dragon whom thou hast made to play in it.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}All wait upon thee,

\par }{\Q To give them
{\ADD{their}} food in due season.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}When thou hast given
{\ADD{it}} them, they will gather
{\ADD{it}};

\par }{\Q And when thou hast opened thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}But when thou hast turned away thy face, they shall be troubled:

\par }{\Q Thou wilt take away their breath, and they shall fail,

\par }{\Q And return to their dust.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}Thou shalt send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created;

\par }{\Q And thou shalt renew the face of the earth.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{31}Let the glory of the Lord be forever:

\par }{\Q The Lord shall rejoice in his works;


\par }{\Q \VS{32}Who looks upon the earth, and makes it tremble;

\par }{\Q Who touches the mountains, and they smoke.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}I will sing to the Lord while I live;

\par }{\Q I will sing praise to my God while I exist.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Let my meditation be sweet to him:

\par }{\Q And I will rejoice in the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}Let the sinners fail from off the earth,

\par }{\Q And transgressors, so that they shall be no more.

\par }{\Q Bless the Lord, O my soul.




\par }\PsalmChap{104}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name;

\par }{\Q Declare his works among the heathen.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him:

\par }{\Q Tell forth all his wonderful works.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Glory in his holy name:

\par }{\Q Let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened;

\par }{\Q Seek his face continually.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Remember his wonderful works that he has done;

\par }{\Q His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;


\par }{\Q \VS{6}{\ADD{Ye}} seed of Abraham, his servants,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Ye}} children of Jacob, his chosen ones.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}He is the Lord our God;

\par }{\Q His judgments are in all the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}He has remembered his covenant forever,

\par }{\Q The word which he commanded for a thousand generations:


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Which he established as a covenant to Abraham,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{he remembered}} his oath to Isaac.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance,

\par }{\Q And to Israel for an everlasting covenant;


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Saying, To thee will I give the land of Canaan,

\par }{\Q The line of your inheritance:


\par }{\Q \VS{12}When they were few in number,

\par }{\Q Very few, and sojourners in it.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}And they went from nation to nation,

\par }{\Q And from
{\ADD{one}} kingdom to another people.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}He suffered no man to wrong them;

\par }{\Q And he rebuked kings for their sakes:


\par }{\Q \VS{15}{\ADD{Saying}}, Touch not my anointed ones;

\par }{\Q And do my prophets no harm.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Moreover he called for a famine upon the land;

\par }{\Q He broke the whole support of bread.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}He sent a man before them;

\par }{\Q Joseph was sold for a slave.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}They hurt his feet with fetters;

\par }{\Q His soul passed into iron,


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Until the time that his cause came on;

\par }{\Q The word of the Lord tried him as fire.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}The king sent and loosed him;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} the prince of the people, and let him go free.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}He made him Lord over his house,

\par }{\Q And ruler of all his substance;


\par }{\Q \VS{22}To chastise his rulers at his pleasure,

\par }{\Q And to teach his elders wisdom.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{23}Israel also came into Egypt,

\par }{\Q And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}And he increased his people greatly,

\par }{\Q And made them stronger than their enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}And he turned their heart to hate his people,

\par }{\Q To deal craftily with his servants.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}He sent forth Moses his servant,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} Aaron whom he had chosen.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{27}He established among them his signs,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{his}} wonders in the land of Ham.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}He sent forth darkness, and made it dark;

\par }{\Q Yet they rebelled against his words.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}He turned their waters into blood,

\par }{\Q And slew their fish.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}Their land produced frogs abundantly,

\par }{\Q In the chambers of their kings.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}He spoke, and the dog fly came,

\par }{\Q And lice in all their coasts.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}He turned their rain into hail,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And sent}} flaming fire in their land.


\par }{\Q \VS{33}And he smote their vines and their fig trees;

\par }{\Q And broke every tree of their coast.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}He spoke, and the locust came,

\par }{\Q And caterpillars innumerable,


\par }{\Q \VS{35}And devoured all the grass in their land,

\par }{\Q And devoured the fruit of their ground.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}He smote also every firstborn of their land,

\par }{\Q The firstfruits of all their labor.


\par }{\Q \VS{37}And he brought them out with silver and gold;

\par }{\Q And there was not a feeble one among their tribes.


\par }{\Q \VS{38}Egypt rejoiced at their departing;

\par }{\Q For the fear of them fell upon them.


\par }{\Q \VS{39}He spread out a cloud for a covering to them,

\par }{\Q And fire to give them light by night.


\par }{\Q \VS{40}They asked, and the quail came,

\par }{\Q And he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.


\par }{\Q \VS{41}He clove the rock, and the waters flowed;

\par }{\Q Rivers ran in dry places.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{42}For he remembered his holy word,

\par }{\Q Which
{\ADD{he promised}} to Abraham his servant.


\par }{\Q \VS{43}And he brought out his people with exultation,

\par }{\Q And his chosen with joy;


\par }{\Q \VS{44}And gave them the lands of the heathen;

\par }{\Q And they inherited the labors of the people;


\par }{\Q \VS{45}That they might keep his ordinances,

\par }{\Q And diligently seek his law.




\par }\PsalmChap{105}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord?

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Who}} shall cause all his praises to be heard?


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Blessed are they that keep judgment,

\par }{\Q And do righteousness at all times.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Remember us, O Lord, with the favor
{\ADD{thou hast}} to thy people:

\par }{\Q Visit us with thy salvation;


\par }{\Q \VS{5}That we may behold the good of thine elect,

\par }{\Q That we may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation,

\par }{\Q That we may glory with thine inheritance.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}We have sinned with our fathers,

\par }{\Q We have transgressed, we have done unrighteously.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders,

\par }{\Q And remembered not the multitude of thy mercy;

\par }{\Q But provoked
{\ADD{him}} as they went up by the Red Sea.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Yet he saved them for his name’s sake,

\par }{\Q That he might cause his mighty power to be known.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up:

\par }{\Q So he led them through the deep as through the wilderness.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And he saved them out of the hand of them that hated
{\ADD{them}},

\par }{\Q And redeemed them out of the hand of the enemy.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}The water covered those that oppressed them:

\par }{\Q There was not one of them left.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Then they believed his words,

\par }{\Q And celebrated his praise.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}They made haste, they forgot his works;

\par }{\Q They waited not for his counsel.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,

\par }{\Q And tempted God in the dry
{\ADD{land}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And he gave them their request,

\par }{\Q And sent fullness into their souls.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}They provoked Moses also in the camp,

\par }{\Q And Aaron the holy one of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,

\par }{\Q And closed upon the congregation of Abiram.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}And a fire was kindled in their congregation,

\par }{\Q And a flame burned up the sinners.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{19}And they made a calf in Horeb,

\par }{\Q And worshiped the graven image,


\par }{\Q \VS{20}And they changed their glory

\par }{\Q Into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}They forgot God that saved them,

\par }{\Q Who had wrought great deeds in Egypt;


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Wondrous
{\ADD{works}} in the land of Ham,

\par }{\Q And terrible things at the Red Sea.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}So he said that he would have destroyed them,

\par }{\Q Had not Moses his chosen

\par }{\Q Stood before him in the breach,

\par }{\Q To turn
{\ADD{him}} away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{24}Moreover they set at nought the desirable land,

\par }{\Q And believed not his word.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}And they murmured in their tents:

\par }{\Q They hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}So he lifted up his hand against them,

\par }{\Q To cast them down in the wilderness;


\par }{\Q \VS{27}And to cast down their seed among the nations,

\par }{\Q And to scatter them in the countries.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{28}They were joined also to Baal-peor,

\par }{\Q And ate the sacrifices of the dead.

\par }{\Q And they provoked him with their devices;


\par }{\Q \VS{29}And destruction was multiplied among them.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}Then Phinehas stood up, and made atonement:

\par }{\Q And the plague ceased.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}And it was counted to him for righteousness,

\par }{\Q To all generations forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{32}They provoked him also at the water of Strife,

\par }{\Q And Moses was hurt for their sakes;


\par }{\Q \VS{33}For they provoked his spirit,

\par }{\Q And he spoke
{\ADD{unadvisedly}} with his lips.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{34}They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them
{\ADD{to destroy}};


\par }{\Q \VS{35}But were mingled with the heathen,

\par }{\Q And learned their works.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}And they served their graven images;

\par }{\Q And it became an offense to them.


\par }{\Q \VS{37}And they sacrificed their sons

\par }{\Q And their daughters to devils,


\par }{\Q \VS{38}And shed innocent blood,

\par }{\Q The blood of their sons and daughters,

\par }{\Q Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

\par }{\Q And the land was defiled with blood,


\par }{\Q \VS{39}And was polluted with their works;

\par }{\Q And they went a-whoring with their own devices.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{40}So the Lord was very angry with his people,

\par }{\Q And he abhorred his inheritance.


\par }{\Q \VS{41}And he delivered them into the hands of
{\ADD{their}} enemies;

\par }{\Q And they that hated them ruled over them.


\par }{\Q \VS{42}And their enemies oppressed them,

\par }{\Q And they were brought down under their hands.


\par }{\Q \VS{43}Many a time he delivered them;

\par }{\Q But they provoked him by their counsel,

\par }{\Q And they were brought low by their iniquities.


\par }{\Q \VS{44}Yet the Lord looked upon their affliction,

\par }{\Q When he heard their petition.


\par }{\Q \VS{45}And he remembered his covenant,

\par }{\Q And repented according to the multitude of his mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{46}And he caused them to be pitied

\par }{\Q In the sight of all who carried them captive.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{47}Save us, O Lord our God,

\par }{\Q And gather us from among the heathen,

\par }{\Q That we may give thanks to thy holy name,

\par }{\Q That we may glory in thy praise.


\par }{\Q \VS{48}Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting;

\par }{\Q And all the people shall say, Amen, Amen.




\par }\PsalmChap{106}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Let them say
{\ADD{so}} who have been redeemed by the Lord,

\par }{\Q Whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy;


\par }{\Q \VS{3}And gathered them out of the countries,

\par }{\Q From the east, and west, and north, and south.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}They wandered in the wilderness in a dry land;

\par }{\Q They found no way to a city of habitation.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Hungry and thirsty,

\par }{\Q Their soul fainted in them.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction,

\par }{\Q And he delivered them out of their distresses.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And he guided them into a straight path,

\par }{\Q That they might go to a city of habitation.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies,

\par }{\Q And his wonderful works to the children of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For he satisfies the empty soul,

\par }{\Q And fills the hungry
{\ADD{soul}} with good things,


\par }{\Q \VS{10}{\ADD{Even}} them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death,

\par }{\Q Fettered in poverty and iron;


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Because they rebelled against the words of God,

\par }{\Q And provoked the counsel of the Most High.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}So their heart was brought low with troubles;

\par }{\Q They were weak, and there was no helper.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction,

\par }{\Q And he saved them out of their distresses.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,

\par }{\Q And broke their bonds asunder.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies,

\par }{\Q And his wonders to the children of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}For he broke to pieces the brazen gates,

\par }{\Q And crushed the iron bars.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}He helped them out of the way of their iniquity;

\par }{\Q For they were brought low because of their iniquities.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Their soul abhorred all meat;

\par }{\Q And they drew near to the gates of death.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction,

\par }{\Q And he saved them out of their distresses.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}He sent his word, and healed them,

\par }{\Q And delivered them out of their destructions.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{21}Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies,

\par }{\Q And his wonderful works to the children of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}And let them offer to him the sacrifice of praise,

\par }{\Q And proclaim his works with exultation.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{23}They that go down to the sea in ships,

\par }{\Q Doing business in many waters;


\par }{\Q \VS{24}These
{\ADD{men}} have seen the works of the Lord,

\par }{\Q And his wonders in the deep.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}He speaks, and the stormy wind arises,

\par }{\Q And its waves are lifted up.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}They go up to the heavens,

\par }{\Q And go down to the depths;

\par }{\Q Their soul melts because of troubles.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard,

\par }{\Q And all their wisdom is swallowed up.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction,

\par }{\Q And he brings them out of their distresses.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze,

\par }{\Q And its waves are still.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}And they are glad, because they are quiet;

\par }{\Q And he guides them to their desired haven.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{31}Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies,

\par }{\Q And his wonderful works to the children of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}Let them exalt him in the congregation of the people,

\par }{\Q And praise him in the seat of the elders.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{33}He turns rivers into a desert,

\par }{\Q And streams of water into a dry land;


\par }{\Q \VS{34}A fruitful land into saltness,

\par }{\Q For the wickedness of them that dwell in it.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}He turns a wilderness into pools of water,

\par }{\Q And a dry land into streams of water.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}And there he causes the hungry to dwell,

\par }{\Q And they establish for themselves cities of habitation.


\par }{\Q \VS{37}And they sow fields, and plant vineyards,

\par }{\Q And they yield fruit of increase.


\par }{\Q \VS{38}And he blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly,

\par }{\Q And he diminishes not the number of their cattle.


\par }{\Q \VS{39}Again they become few, and are brought low,

\par }{\Q By the pressure of evils and pain.


\par }{\Q \VS{40}Contempt is poured upon their princes,

\par }{\Q And he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land.


\par }{\Q \VS{41}But he helps the poor out of poverty,

\par }{\Q And makes
{\ADD{him}} families as a flock.


\par }{\Q \VS{42}The upright shall see and rejoice;

\par }{\Q And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{43}Who is wise, and will observe these things,

\par }{\Q And understand the mercies of the Lord?




\par }\PsalmChap{107}{\D \VerseOne{1}Song of a Psalm by David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready;

\par }{\Q I will sing and sing psalms with my glory.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Awake, psaltery and harp;

\par }{\Q I will awake early.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the people;

\par }{\Q I will sing praise to thee among the Gentiles.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For thy mercy is great above the heavens,

\par }{\Q And thy truth
{\ADD{reaches}} to the clouds.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;

\par }{\Q And thy glory above all the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}That thy beloved
{\ADD{ones}} may be delivered,

\par }{\Q Save with thy right hand, and hear me.

\par }{\Q God has spoken in his sanctuary;


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I will be exalted, and will divide Shechem,

\par }{\Q And will measure out the Valley of Tents.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Gilead is mine; and Manasseh is mine;

\par }{\Q And Ephraim is the help of my head;

\par }{\Q Judah is my king;


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Moab is the caldron of my hope;

\par }{\Q Over Edom will I cast my sandal;

\par }{\Q The Philistines are made subject to me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Who will bring me into the fortified city?

\par }{\Q Or who will guide me to Edom?


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Wilt not thou, O God, who hast rejected us?

\par }{\Q And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Give us help from tribulation:

\par }{\Q For vain is the help of man.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Through God we shall do valiantly;

\par }{\Q And he will bring to nought our enemies.




\par }\PsalmChap{108}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q O God, pass not over my praise in silence;


\par }{\Q \VS{2}For the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty
{\ADD{man}} have been opened against me:

\par }{\Q They have spoken against me with a crafty tongue.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}And they have compassed me with words of hatred;

\par }{\Q And fought against me without a cause.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me:

\par }{\Q But I continued to pray.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And they rewarded me evil for good,

\par }{\Q And hatred for my love.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Set thou a sinner against him;

\par }{\Q And let the devil stand at his right hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}When he is judged, let him go forth condemned:

\par }{\Q And let his prayer become sin.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Let his days be few:

\par }{\Q And let another take his office of overseer.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Let his children be orphans,

\par }{\Q And his wife a widow.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Let his children wander without a dwelling place, and beg:

\par }{\Q Let them be cast out of their habitations.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Let
{\ADD{his}} creditor exact all that belongs to him:

\par }{\Q And let strangers spoil his labors.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Let him have no helper;

\par }{\Q Neither let there be anyone to have compassion on his fatherless children.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Let his children be
{\ADD{given up}} to utter destruction:

\par }{\Q In one generation let his name be blotted out.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord;

\par }{\Q And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Let them be before the Lord continually;

\par }{\Q And let their memorial be blotted out from the earth.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}Because he remembered not to show mercy,

\par }{\Q But persecuted the needy and poor man,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{that}} to slay him that was pricked in the heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him;

\par }{\Q And he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Yea, he put on cursing as a garment,

\par }{\Q And it is come as water into his bowels,

\par }{\Q And as oil into his bones.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on,

\par }{\Q And as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me,

\par }{\Q And of them that speak evil against my soul.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{21}But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal
{\ADD{mercifully}} with me, for thy name’s sake:

\par }{\Q For thy mercy is good.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Deliver me, for I am poor and needy;

\par }{\Q And my heart is troubled within me.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}I am removed as a shadow in its going down:

\par }{\Q I am tossed up and down like locusts.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}My knees are weakened through fasting,

\par }{\Q And my flesh is changed by reason of
{\ADD{the want of}} oil.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}I became also a reproach to them:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{When}} they saw me they shook their heads.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{26}Help me, O Lord my God;

\par }{\Q And save me according to thy mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}And let them know that this is thy hand;

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{that}} thou, Lord, hast wrought it.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Let them curse, but thou shalt bless:

\par }{\Q Let them that rise up against me be ashamed,

\par }{\Q But let thy servant rejoice.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame,

\par }{\Q And let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth;

\par }{\Q And in the midst of many I will praise him.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}For he stood on the right hand of the poor,

\par }{\Q To save
{\ADD{me}} from them that persecute my soul.




\par }\PsalmChap{109}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

\par }{\Q Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The Lord shall send out a rod of power for thee out of Zion:

\par }{\Q Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}With thee is dominion in the day of thy power,

\par }{\Q In the splendors of thy saints:

\par }{\Q I have begotten thee from the womb before the morning.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The Lord swore, and will not repent,

\par }{\Q Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The Lord at thy right hand has dashed in pieces kings in the day of his wrath.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill up
{\ADD{the number of}} corpses,

\par }{\Q He shall crush the heads of many on the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}He shall drink of the brook in the way;

\par }{\Q Therefore shall he lift up the head.




\par }\PsalmChap{110}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart,

\par }{\Q In the council of the upright, and
{\ADD{in}} the congregation.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The works of the Lord are great,

\par }{\Q Sought out according to all his will.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}His work is
{\ADD{worthy of}} thanksgiving and honor:

\par }{\Q And his righteousness endures forever and ever.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered:

\par }{\Q The Lord is merciful and compassionate.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He has given food to them that fear him:

\par }{\Q He will remember his covenant forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He has declared to his people the power of his works,

\par }{\Q To give them the inheritance of the heathen.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The works of his hands are truth and judgment:

\par }{\Q All his commandments are sure:


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Established forever and ever,

\par }{\Q Done in truth and uprightness.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He sent redemption to his people:

\par }{\Q He commanded his covenant forever:

\par }{\Q Holy and fearful is his name.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

\par }{\Q And all that act accordingly have a good understanding;

\par }{\Q His praise endures forever and ever.




\par }\PsalmChap{111}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Blessed is the man that fears the Lord:

\par }{\Q He will delight greatly in his commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}His seed shall be mighty in the earth:

\par }{\Q The generation of the upright shall be blessed.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Glory and riches shall be in his house;

\par }{\Q And his righteousness endures for evermore.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}To the upright light has sprung up in darkness:

\par }{\Q He is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The good man is he that pities and lends:

\par }{\Q He will direct his affairs with judgment.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For he shall not be moved forever;

\par }{\Q The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}He shall not be afraid of
{\ADD{any}} evil report:

\par }{\Q His heart is ready to trust in the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}His heart is established, he shall not fear,

\par }{\Q Till he shall see
{\ADD{his desire}} upon his enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor;

\par }{\Q His righteousness endures for evermore:

\par }{\Q His horn shall be exalted with honor.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The sinner shall see and be angry,

\par }{\Q He shall gnash his teeth, and consume away:

\par }{\Q The desire of the sinner shall perish.




\par }\PsalmChap{112}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Praise the Lord, ye servants
{\ADD{of his}},

\par }{\Q Praise the name of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Let the name of the Lord be blessed,

\par }{\Q From this present time and forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}From the rising of the sun to his setting,

\par }{\Q The name of the Lord is to be praised.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The Lord is high above all the nations;

\par }{\Q His glory is above the heavens.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Who is as the Lord our God?

\par }{\Q Who dwells in the high places,


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And
{\ADD{yet}} looks upon the low things in heaven,

\par }{\Q And on the earth:


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Who lifts up the poor from the earth,

\par }{\Q And raises up the needy from the dunghill;


\par }{\Q \VS{8}To set him with princes,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} with the princes of his people:


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Who settles the barren
{\ADD{woman}} in a house,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{As}} a mother rejoicing over children.




\par }\PsalmChap{113}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q At the going forth of Israel from Egypt,

\par }{\Q Of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people,


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Judea became his sanctuary,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} Israel his dominion.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The sea saw and fled:

\par }{\Q Jordan was turned back.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The mountains skipped like rams,

\par }{\Q And the hills like lambs.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}What
{\ADD{ailed}} thee, O sea, that thou fleddest?

\par }{\Q And thou Jordan, that thou wast turned back?


\par }{\Q \VS{6}{\ADD{Ye}} mountains, that ye skipped like rams,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{ye}} hills, like lambs?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord,

\par }{\Q At the presence of the God of Jacob;


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Who turned the rock into pools of water,

\par }{\Q And the flint into fountains of water.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Not to us, O Lord, not to us,

\par }{\Q But to thy name give glory,

\par }{\Q Because of thy mercy and thy truth;


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Lest at any time the nations should say,

\par }{\Q Where is their God?


\par }{\Q \VS{11}But our God has done in heaven and on earth,

\par }{\Q Whatsoever he has pleased.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

\par }{\Q The works of men’s hands.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}They have a mouth, but they cannot speak;

\par }{\Q They have eyes, but they cannot see:


\par }{\Q \VS{14}They have ears, but they cannot hear;

\par }{\Q They have noses, but they cannot smell;


\par }{\Q \VS{15}They have hands, but they cannot handle;

\par }{\Q They have feet, but they cannot walk:

\par }{\Q They cannot speak through their throat.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Let those that make them become like to them,

\par }{\Q And all who trust in them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}The house of Israel trusts in the Lord:

\par }{\Q He is their helper and defender.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord:

\par }{\Q He is their helper and defender.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}They that fear the Lord trust in the Lord:

\par }{\Q He is their helper and defender.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{20}The Lord has remembered us, and blessed us:

\par }{\Q He has blessed the house of Israel,

\par }{\Q He has blessed the house of Aaron.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}He has blessed them that fear the Lord,

\par }{\Q Both small and great.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}The Lord add
{\ADD{blessings}}

\par }{\Q To you and to your children.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Blessed are ye of the Lord,

\par }{\Q Who made the heaven and the earth.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{24}The heaven of heavens
{\ADD{belongs}} to the Lord:

\par }{\Q But he has given the earth to the sons of men.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord,

\par }{\Q Nor any that go down to Hades.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}But we, the living, will bless the Lord,

\par }{\Q From henceforth and forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{114}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken

\par }{\Q To the voice of my supplication.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Because he has inclined his ear to me,

\par }{\Q Therefore will I call upon him while I live.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The pangs of death compassed me;

\par }{\Q The dangers of hell found me:

\par }{\Q I found affliction and sorrow.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Then I called on the name of the Lord:

\par }{\Q O Lord, deliver my soul.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}The Lord is merciful and righteous;

\par }{\Q Yea, our God has pity.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The Lord preserves the simple:

\par }{\Q I was brought low, and he delivered me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Return to thy rest, O my soul;

\par }{\Q For the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}For he has delivered my soul from death,

\par }{\Q Mine eyes from tears,

\par }{\Q And my feet from falling.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living.




\par }\PsalmChap{115}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q I believed, wherefore I have spoken:

\par }{\Q But I was greatly afflicted.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}And I said in mine amazement,

\par }{\Q Every man is a liar.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}What shall I render to the Lord

\par }{\Q For all the things wherein he has rewarded me?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I will take the cup of salvation,

\par }{\Q And call upon the name of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I will pay my vows to the Lord,

\par }{\Q In the presence of all his people.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Precious in the sight of the Lord

\par }{\Q Is the death of his saints.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}O Lord, I am thy servant;

\par }{\Q I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid:

\par }{\Q Thou hast burst my bonds asunder.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise,

\par }{\Q And will call upon the name of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I will pay my vows unto the Lord,

\par }{\Q In the presence of all his people,


\par }{\Q \VS{10}In the courts of the Lord’s house,

\par }{\Q In the midst of thee, Jerusalem.




\par }\PsalmChap{116}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Praise the Lord, all ye nations:

\par }{\Q Praise him, all ye peoples.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}For his mercy has been abundant toward us:

\par }{\Q And the truth of the Lord endures forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{117}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Give thanks to the Lord; for
{\ADD{he is}} good:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Let now the house of Israel say, that
{\ADD{he is}} good:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Let now the house of Aaron say, that
{\ADD{he is}} good:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Let now all that fear the Lord say, that
{\ADD{he is}} good:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}I called on the Lord out of affliction:

\par }{\Q And he hearkened to me,
{\ADD{so as to bring me}} into a wide place.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The Lord is my helper;

\par }{\Q And I will not fear what man shall do to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}The Lord is my helper;

\par }{\Q And I shall see
{\ADD{my desire}} upon mine enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}{\ADD{It is}} better to trust in the Lord

\par }{\Q Than to trust in man.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}{\ADD{It is}} better to hope in the Lord,

\par }{\Q Than to hope in princes.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}All nations compassed me about:

\par }{\Q But in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}They completely compassed me about:

\par }{\Q But in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}They compassed me about as bees
{\ADD{do}} a honeycomb,

\par }{\Q And they burst into flame as fire among thorns:

\par }{\Q But in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall:

\par }{\Q But the Lord helped me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}The Lord is my strength and my song,

\par }{\Q And is become my salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous:

\par }{\Q The right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}The right hand of the Lord has exalted me:

\par }{\Q The right hand of the Lord has wrought powerfully.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}I shall not die, but live,

\par }{\Q And recount the works of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}The Lord has chastened me sore:

\par }{\Q But he has not given me up to death.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{19}Open to me the gates of righteousness:

\par }{\Q I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}This is the gate of the Lord:

\par }{\Q The righteous shall enter by it.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}I will give thanks to thee; because thou hast heard me,

\par }{\Q And art become my salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}The stone which the builders rejected,

\par }{\Q The same is become the head of the corner.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}This has been done of the Lord;

\par }{\Q And it is wonderful in our eyes.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}This is the day which the Lord has made:

\par }{\Q Let us exult and rejoice in it.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}O Lord, save now:

\par }{\Q O Lord, send now prosperity.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord:

\par }{\Q We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{27}God is the Lord, and he has shined upon us:

\par }{\Q Celebrate the feast with thick
{\ADD{branches,}}

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Binding the victims}} even to the horns of the altar.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}Thou art my God, and I will give thee thanks:

\par }{\Q Thou art my God, and I will exalt thee.

\par }{\Q I will give thanks to thee, for thou hast heard me,

\par }{\Q And art become my salvation.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{118}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Blessed are they that search out his testimonies:

\par }{\Q They will diligently seek him with the whole heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For they that work iniquity

\par }{\Q Have not walked in his ways.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Thou hast commanded
{\ADD{us}}

\par }{\Q Diligently to keep thy precepts.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}O that my ways were directed

\par }{\Q To keep thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Then shall I not be ashamed,

\par }{\Q When I have respect to all thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart,

\par }{\Q When I have learned the judgments of thy righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I will keep thine ordinances:

\par }{\Q O forsake me not greatly.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Wherewith shall a young man direct his way?

\par }{\Q By keeping thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee:

\par }{\Q Cast me not away from thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}I have hidden thine oracles in my heart,

\par }{\Q That I might not sin against thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Blessed art thou, O Lord:

\par }{\Q Teach me thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}With my lips have I declared

\par }{\Q All the judgments of thy mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{As much}} as in all riches.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}I will meditate on thy commandments,

\par }{\Q And consider thy ways.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}I will meditate on thine ordinances:

\par }{\Q I will not forget thy words.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}Render a recompense to thy servant:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{So}} shall I live, and keep thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Unveil thou mine eyes,

\par }{\Q And I shall perceive wondrous things out of thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}I am a stranger in the earth:

\par }{\Q Hide not thy commandments from me.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}My soul has longed exceedingly

\par }{\Q For thy judgments at all times.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Thou hast rebuked the proud:

\par }{\Q Cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Remove from me reproach and contempt;

\par }{\Q For I have sought out thy testimonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}For princes sat and spoke against me:

\par }{\Q But thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{24}For thy testimonies are my meditation,

\par }{\Q And thine ordinances are my counselors.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{25}My soul has cloven to the ground;

\par }{\Q Quicken thou me according to thy word.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me;

\par }{\Q Teach me thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{27}Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances;

\par }{\Q And I will meditate on thy wondrous works.


\par }{\Q \VS{28}My soul has slumbered for sorrow;

\par }{\Q Strengthen thou me with thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{29}Remove from me the way of iniquity;

\par }{\Q And be merciful to me by thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{30}I have chosen the way of truth;

\par }{\Q And have not forgotten thy judgments.


\par }{\Q \VS{31}I have cloven to thy testimonies, O Lord;

\par }{\Q Put me not to shame.


\par }{\Q \VS{32}I ran the way of thy commandments,

\par }{\Q When thou didst enlarge my heart.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{33}Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances,

\par }{\Q And I will seek it out continually.


\par }{\Q \VS{34}Instruct me, and I will search out thy law,

\par }{\Q And will keep it with my whole heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{35}Guide me in the path of thy commandments;

\par }{\Q For I have delighted in it.


\par }{\Q \VS{36}Incline my heart to thy testimonies,

\par }{\Q And not to covetousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{37}Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity:

\par }{\Q Quicken thou me in thy way.


\par }{\Q \VS{38}Confirm thine oracle to thy servant,

\par }{\Q That he may fear thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{39}Take away my reproach which I have feared:

\par }{\Q For thy judgments are good.


\par }{\Q \VS{40}Behold, I have desired thy commandments:

\par }{\Q Quicken me in thy righteousness.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{41}And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} thy salvation, according to thy word.


\par }{\Q \VS{42}And
{\ADD{so}} I shall render an answer to them that reproach me:

\par }{\Q For I have trusted in thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{43}And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;

\par }{\Q For I have hoped in thy judgments.


\par }{\Q \VS{44}So shall I keep thy law continually,

\par }{\Q Forever and ever.


\par }{\Q \VS{45}I walked also at large:

\par }{\Q For I sought out thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{46}And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings,

\par }{\Q And was not ashamed.


\par }{\Q \VS{47}And I meditated on thy commandments,

\par }{\Q Which I loved exceedingly.


\par }{\Q \VS{48}And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved;

\par }{\Q And I meditated in thine ordinances.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{49}Remember thy words to thy servant,

\par }{\Q Wherein thou hast made me hope.


\par }{\Q \VS{50}This has comforted me in mine affliction:

\par }{\Q For thine oracle has quickened me.


\par }{\Q \VS{51}The proud have transgressed exceedingly;

\par }{\Q But I swerved not from thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{52}I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord;

\par }{\Q And was comforted.


\par }{\Q \VS{53}Despair took hold upon me,

\par }{\Q Because of the sinners who forsake thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{54}Thine ordinances were my songs

\par }{\Q In the place of my sojourning.


\par }{\Q \VS{55}I remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night,

\par }{\Q And kept thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{56}This I had,

\par }{\Q Because I diligently sought thine ordinances.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{57}Thou art my portion, O Lord:

\par }{\Q I said that I would keep thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{58}I besought thy favor with my whole heart:

\par }{\Q Have mercy upon me according to thy word.


\par }{\Q \VS{59}I thought on thy ways,

\par }{\Q And turned my feet to thy testimonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{60}I prepared myself (and was not terrified),

\par }{\Q To keep thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{61}The snares of sinners entangled me:

\par }{\Q But I forgot not thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{62}At midnight I arose, to give thanks to thee

\par }{\Q For the judgments of thy righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{63}I am a companion of all them that fear thee,

\par }{\Q And of them that keep thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{64}O Lord, the earth is full of thy mercy:

\par }{\Q Teach me thine ordinances.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{65}Thou hast wrought kindly with thy servant,

\par }{\Q O Lord, according to thy word.


\par }{\Q \VS{66}Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge:

\par }{\Q For I have believed thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{67}Before I was afflicted, I transgressed;

\par }{\Q Therefore have I kept thy word.


\par }{\Q \VS{68}Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness

\par }{\Q Teach me thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{69}The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me:

\par }{\Q But I will search out thy commandments with all my heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{70}Their heart has been curdled like milk;

\par }{\Q But I have meditated on thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{71}{\ADD{It is}} good for me that thou hast afflicted me;

\par }{\Q That I might learn thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{72}The law of thy mouth is better to me

\par }{\Q Than thousands of gold and silver.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{73}Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me:

\par }{\Q Instruct me, that I may learn thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{74}They that fear thee will see me and rejoice:

\par }{\Q For I have hoped in thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{75}I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are righteousness,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{that}} thou in truthfulness hast afflicted me.


\par }{\Q \VS{76}Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me,

\par }{\Q According to thy word to thy servant.


\par }{\Q \VS{77}Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live:

\par }{\Q For thy law is my meditation.


\par }{\Q \VS{78}Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly:

\par }{\Q But I will meditate in thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{79}Let those that fear thee,

\par }{\Q And those that know thy testimonies, turn to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{80}Let my heart be blameless in thine ordinances,

\par }{\Q That I may not be ashamed.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{81}My soul faints for thy salvation:

\par }{\Q I have hoped in thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{82}Mine eyes failed
{\ADD{in waiting}} for thy word,

\par }{\Q Saying, When wilt thou comfort me?


\par }{\Q \VS{83}For I am become as a bottle in the frost:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Yet}} I have not forgotten thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{84}How many are the days of thy servant?

\par }{\Q When wilt thou execute judgment for me on them that persecute me?


\par }{\Q \VS{85}Transgressors told me
{\ADD{idle tales}};

\par }{\Q But not according to thy law, O Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{86}All thy commandments are truth;

\par }{\Q They persecuted me unjustly; help thou me.


\par }{\Q \VS{87}They nearly made an end of me in the earth;

\par }{\Q But I forsook not thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{88}Quicken me according to thy mercy;

\par }{\Q So shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{89}Thy word, O Lord,

\par }{\Q Abides in heaven forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{90}Thy truth
{\ADD{endures}} to all generations;

\par }{\Q Thou hast founded the earth, and it abides.


\par }{\Q \VS{91}The day continues by thy arrangement;

\par }{\Q For all things are thy servants.


\par }{\Q \VS{92}Were it not that thy law is my meditation,

\par }{\Q Then I should have perished in mine affliction.


\par }{\Q \VS{93}I will never forget thine ordinances;

\par }{\Q For with them thou hast quickened me.


\par }{\Q \VS{94}I am thine, save me;

\par }{\Q For I have sought out thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{95}Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} I understood thy testimonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{96}I have seen an end of all perfection;

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} thy commandment is very broad.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{97}How I have loved thy law, O Lord!

\par }{\Q It is my meditation all the day.


\par }{\Q \VS{98}Thou hast made me wiser than mine enemies
{\ADD{in}} thy commandment;

\par }{\Q For it is mine forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{99}I have more understanding than all my teachers;

\par }{\Q For thy testimonies are my meditation.


\par }{\Q \VS{100}I understand more than the aged;

\par }{\Q Because I have sought out thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{101}I have kept back my feet from every evil way,

\par }{\Q That I might keep thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{102}I have not declined from thy judgments;

\par }{\Q For thou hast instructed me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{103}How sweet are thine oracles to my throat!

\par }{\Q More so than honey to my mouth!


\par }{\Q \VS{104}I gain understanding by thy commandments:

\par }{\Q Therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{105}Thy law is a lamp to my feet,

\par }{\Q And a light to my paths.


\par }{\Q \VS{106}I have sworn and determined

\par }{\Q To keep the judgments of thy righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{107}I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord:

\par }{\Q Quicken me, according to thy word.


\par }{\Q \VS{108}Accept, I pray thee, O Lord, the freewill offerings of my mouth,

\par }{\Q And teach me thy judgments.


\par }{\Q \VS{109}My soul is continually in thy hands;

\par }{\Q And I have not forgotten thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{110}Sinners spread a snare for me;

\par }{\Q But I erred not from thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{111}I have inherited thy testimonies forever;

\par }{\Q For they are the joy of my heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{112}I have inclined my heart to perform thine ordinances forever,

\par }{\Q In return
{\ADD{for thy mercies}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{113}I have hated transgressors;

\par }{\Q But I have loved thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{114}Thou art my helper and my supporter;

\par }{\Q I have hoped in thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{115}Depart from me, ye evildoers;

\par }{\Q For I will search out the commandments of my God.


\par }{\Q \VS{116}Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me;

\par }{\Q And make me not ashamed of my expectation.


\par }{\Q \VS{117}Help me, and I shall be saved;

\par }{\Q And I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.


\par }{\Q \VS{118}Thou hast brought to nought all that depart from thine ordinances;

\par }{\Q For their inward thought is unrighteous.


\par }{\Q \VS{119}I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors;

\par }{\Q Therefore have I loved thy testimonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{120}Penetrate my flesh with thy fear;

\par }{\Q For I am afraid of thy judgments.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{121}I have done judgment and justice;

\par }{\Q Deliver me not up to them that injure me.


\par }{\Q \VS{122}Receive thy servant for good:

\par }{\Q Let not the proud accuse me falsely.


\par }{\Q \VS{123}Mine eyes have failed for thy salvation,

\par }{\Q And for the word of thy righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{124}Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy,

\par }{\Q And teach me thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{125}I am thy servant; instruct me,

\par }{\Q And I shall know thy testimonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{126}{\ADD{It is}} time for the Lord to work:

\par }{\Q They have utterly broken thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{127}Therefore have I loved thy commandments

\par }{\Q More than gold, or the topaz.


\par }{\Q \VS{128}Therefore I directed myself
{\ADD{according}} to all thy commandments:

\par }{\Q I have hated every unjust way.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{129}Thy testimonies are wonderful:

\par }{\Q Therefore my soul has sought them out.


\par }{\Q \VS{130}The manifestation of thy words will enlighten,

\par }{\Q And instruct the simple.


\par }{\Q \VS{131}I opened my mouth, and drew breath:

\par }{\Q For I earnestly longed after thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{132}Look upon me and have mercy upon me,

\par }{\Q After the manner of them that love thy name.


\par }{\Q \VS{133}Order my steps according to thy word:

\par }{\Q And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.


\par }{\Q \VS{134}Deliver me from the false accusation of men:

\par }{\Q So will I keep thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{135}Cause thy face to shine upon thy servant:

\par }{\Q And teach me thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{136}Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water,

\par }{\Q Because I kept not thy law.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{137}Righteous art thou, O Lord,

\par }{\Q And upright are thy judgments.


\par }{\Q \VS{138}Thou hast commanded righteousness and perfect truth,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{As}} thy testimonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{139}Thy zeal has quite wasted me:

\par }{\Q Because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{140}Thy word
{\ADD{has been}} very fully tried;

\par }{\Q And thy servant loves it.


\par }{\Q \VS{141}I am young and despised:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Yet}} I have not forgotten thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{142}Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,

\par }{\Q And thy law is truth.


\par }{\Q \VS{143}Afflictions and distresses found me:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} thy commandments
{\ADD{were}} my meditation.


\par }{\Q \VS{144}Thy testimonies
{\ADD{are}} an everlasting righteousness:

\par }{\Q Instruct me, and I shall live.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{145}I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord:

\par }{\Q I will search out thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{146}I cried to thee; save me,

\par }{\Q And I will keep thy testimonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{147}I arose before the dawn, and cried:

\par }{\Q I hoped in thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{148}Mine eyes prevented the dawn,

\par }{\Q That I might meditate on thine oracles.


\par }{\Q \VS{149}Hear my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy;

\par }{\Q Quicken me according to thy judgment.


\par }{\Q \VS{150}They have drawn nigh who persecuted me unlawfully;

\par }{\Q And they are far removed from thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{151}Thou art near, O Lord;

\par }{\Q And all thy ways are truth.


\par }{\Q \VS{152}I have known of old concerning thy testimonies,

\par }{\Q That thou hast founded them forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{153}Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me;

\par }{\Q For I have not forgotten thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{154}Plead my cause, and ransom me:

\par }{\Q Quicken me because of thy word.


\par }{\Q \VS{155}Salvation is far from sinners:

\par }{\Q For they have not searched out thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{156}Thy mercies, O Lord, are many:

\par }{\Q Quicken me according to thy judgment.


\par }{\Q \VS{157}Many are they that persecute me and oppress me:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} I have not declined from thy testimonies.


\par }{\Q \VS{158}I beheld men acting foolishly, and I pined away;

\par }{\Q For they kept not thine oracles.


\par }{\Q \VS{159}Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord:

\par }{\Q Quicken me in thy mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{160}The beginning of thy words is truth;

\par }{\Q And all the judgments of thy righteousness
{\ADD{endure}} forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{161}Princes persecuted me without a cause,

\par }{\Q But my heart feared because of thy words.


\par }{\Q \VS{162}I will exult because of thine oracles,

\par }{\Q As one that finds much spoil.


\par }{\Q \VS{163}I hate and abhor unrighteousness;

\par }{\Q But I love thy law.


\par }{\Q \VS{164}Seven times in a day have I praised thee

\par }{\Q Because of the judgments of thy righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{165}Great peace have they that love thy law:

\par }{\Q And there is no stumbling block to them.


\par }{\Q \VS{166}I waited for thy salvation, O Lord,

\par }{\Q And have loved thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{167}My soul has kept thy testimonies,

\par }{\Q And loved them exceedingly.


\par }{\Q \VS{168}I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies;

\par }{\Q For all my ways are before thee, O Lord.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{169}Let my supplication come near before thee, O Lord;

\par }{\Q Instruct me according to thine oracle.


\par }{\Q \VS{170}Let my petition come in before thee, O Lord;

\par }{\Q Deliver me according to thine oracle.


\par }{\Q \VS{171}Let my lips utter a hymn,

\par }{\Q When thou shalt have taught me thine ordinances.


\par }{\Q \VS{172}Let my tongue utter thine oracles;

\par }{\Q For all thy commandments are righteous.


\par }{\Q \VS{173}Let thy hand be
{\ADD{prompt}} to save me;

\par }{\Q For I have chosen thy commandments.


\par }{\Q \VS{174}I have longed after thy salvation, O Lord;

\par }{\Q And thy law is my meditation.


\par }{\Q \VS{175}My soul shall live, and shall praise thee;

\par }{\Q And thy judgments shall help me.


\par }{\Q \VS{176}I have gone astray like a lost sheep;

\par }{\Q Seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.




\par }\PsalmChap{119}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q In mine affliction I cried to the Lord,

\par }{\Q And he hearkened to me.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips,

\par }{\Q And from a deceitful tongue.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}What should be given to thee, and what should be added to thee,

\par }{\Q For
{\ADD{thy}} crafty tongue?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Sharpened weapons of the mighty,

\par }{\Q With coals of the desert.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged;

\par }{\Q I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}My soul has long been a sojourner;


\par }{\Q \VS{7}I was peaceable among them that hated peace;

\par }{\Q When I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.




\par }\PsalmChap{120}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains,

\par }{\Q Whence my help shall come.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}My help
{\ADD{shall come}} from the Lord,

\par }{\Q Who made the heaven and the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Let not thy foot be moved;

\par }{\Q And let not thy keeper slumber.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Behold, he that keeps Israel

\par }{\Q Shall not slumber nor sleep.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The Lord shall keep thee:

\par }{\Q The Lord is thy shelter upon thy right hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The sun shall not burn thee by day,

\par }{\Q Neither the moon by night.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}May the Lord preserve thee from all evil:

\par }{\Q The Lord shall keep thy soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}The Lord shall keep thy coming in, and thy going out,

\par }{\Q From henceforth and even forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{121}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q I was glad when they said to me,

\par }{\Q Let us go into the house of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Our feet stood

\par }{\Q In thy courts, O Jerusalem.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Jerusalem is built as a city

\par }{\Q Whose fellowship is complete.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For thither the tribes went up,

\par }{\Q The tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel,

\par }{\Q To give thanks unto the name of the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For there are set thrones for judgment,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} thrones for the house of David.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem:

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{let there be}} prosperity to them that love thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Let peace, I pray, be within thy host,

\par }{\Q And prosperity in thy palaces.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}For the sake of my brethren and my neighbors,

\par }{\Q I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Because of the house of the Lord our God,

\par }{\Q I have diligently sought thy good.




\par }\PsalmChap{122}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q Unto thee who dwellest in heaven

\par }{\Q Have I lifted up mine eyes.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Behold, as the eyes of servants
{\ADD{are directed}} to the hands of their masters,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} as the eyes of a maidservant to the hands of her mistress;

\par }{\Q So our eyes
{\ADD{are directed}} to the Lord our God,

\par }{\Q Until he have mercy upon us.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us:

\par }{\Q For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}{\ADD{Yea}}, our soul has been exceedingly filled
{\ADD{with it:}}

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Let}} the reproach
{\ADD{be}} to them that are at ease,

\par }{\Q And contempt to the proud.




\par }\PsalmChap{123}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q If it had not been that the Lord was among us,

\par }{\Q Let Israel now say;


\par }{\Q \VS{2}If it had not been that the Lord was among us,

\par }{\Q When men rose up against us;


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Verily they would have swallowed us up alive,

\par }{\Q When their wrath was kindled against us:


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Verily the water would have drowned us,

\par }{\Q Our soul would have gone under the torrent.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Yea, our soul would have gone under

\par }{\Q The overwhelming water.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us

\par }{\Q For a prey to their teeth.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow

\par }{\Q From the snare of the fowlers:

\par }{\Q The snare is broken, and we are delivered.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Our help is in the name of the Lord,

\par }{\Q Who made heaven and earth.




\par }\PsalmChap{124}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q They that trust in the Lord
{\ADD{shall be}} as Mount Zion:

\par }{\Q He that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The mountains are round about her,

\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{so}} the Lord is round about his people,

\par }{\Q From henceforth and even forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners

\par }{\Q To be upon the lot of the righteous;

\par }{\Q Lest the righteous should stretch forth

\par }{\Q Their hands to iniquity.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Do good, O Lord, to them
{\ADD{that are}} good,

\par }{\Q And to them
{\ADD{that are}} upright in heart.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}But them that turn aside to crooked ways

\par }{\Q The Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} peace
{\ADD{shall be}} upon Israel.




\par }\PsalmChap{125}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q When the Lord turned the captivity of Zion,

\par }{\Q We became as comforted ones.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Then was our mouth filled with joy,

\par }{\Q And our tongue with exultation:

\par }{\Q Then would they say among the Gentiles,


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The Lord has done great things among them.

\par }{\Q The Lord has done great things for us,

\par }{\Q We became joyful.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Turn, O Lord, our captivity,

\par }{\Q As the streams in the south.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}They that sow in tears

\par }{\Q Shall reap in joy.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}They went on and wept

\par }{\Q As they cast their seeds;

\par }{\Q But they shall surely come with exultation,

\par }{\Q Bringing their sheaves
{\ADD{with them}}.




\par }\PsalmChap{126}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q Except the Lord build the house,

\par }{\Q They that build labor in vain:

\par }{\Q Except the Lord keep the city,

\par }{\Q The watchman watches in vain.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}It is vain for you to rise early:

\par }{\Q Ye rise up after resting,

\par }{\Q Ye that eat the bread of grief;

\par }{\Q While he gives sleep to his beloved.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children,

\par }{\Q The reward of the fruit of the womb.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}As arrows in the hand of a mighty man;

\par }{\Q So are the children of those who were outcasts.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Blessed is the man who shall satisfy his desire with them:

\par }{\Q They shall not be ashamed when they shall speak to their enemies in the gates.




\par }\PsalmChap{127}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q Blessed are all they that fear the Lord;

\par }{\Q Who walk in his ways.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Thou shalt eat the labors of thy hands:

\par }{\Q Blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine

\par }{\Q On the sides of thy house:

\par }{\Q Thy children as young olive plants

\par }{\Q Round about thy table.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}May the Lord bless thee out of Zion;

\par }{\Q And mayest thou see the prosperity of Jerusalem

\par }{\Q All the days of thy life.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And mayest thou see thy children’s children.

\par }{\Q Peace be upon Israel.




\par }\PsalmChap{128}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q Many a time have they warred against me from my youth,

\par }{\Q Let Israel now say:


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Many a time have they warred against me from my youth:

\par }{\Q And yet they prevailed not against me.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The sinners wrought upon my back:

\par }{\Q They prolonged their iniquity.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Let all that hate Zion

\par }{\Q Be put to shame and turned back.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Let them be as the grass of the housetops,

\par }{\Q Which withers before it is plucked up.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand,

\par }{\Q Nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you:

\par }{\Q We have blessed you in the name of the Lord.




\par }\PsalmChap{129}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q Out of the depths have I cried to thee, O Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}O Lord, hearken to my voice;

\par }{\Q Let thine ears be attentive

\par }{\Q To the voice of my supplication.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}If thou, O Lord, shouldest mark iniquities,

\par }{\Q O Lord, who shall stand?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For with thee is forgiveness:

\par }{\Q For thy name’s sake

\VS{5}have I waited for thee, O Lord,

\par }{\Q My soul has waited for thy word.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}My soul has hoped in the Lord;

\par }{\Q From the morning watch till night.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Let Israel hope in the Lord:

\par }{\Q For with the Lord is mercy,

\par }{\Q And with him is plenteous redemption.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}And he shall redeem Israel

\par }{\Q From all his iniquities.




\par }\PsalmChap{130}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q O Lord, my heart is not exalted,

\par }{\Q Neither have mine eyes been
{\ADD{haughtily}} raised:

\par }{\Q Neither have I exercised myself in great
{\ADD{matters}},

\par }{\Q Nor in things too wonderful for me.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}{\ADD{I shall have sinned}} if I have not been humble,

\par }{\Q But have exalted my soul:

\par }{\Q According to
{\ADD{the relation of}} a weaned child to his mother,

\par }{\Q So wilt thou recompense my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Let Israel hope in the Lord,

\par }{\Q From henceforth and forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{131}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q Lord, remember David,

\par }{\Q And all his meekness:


\par }{\Q \VS{2}How he swore to the Lord,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} vowed to the God of Jacob,
{\ADD{saying}},


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I will not go into the tabernacle of my house;

\par }{\Q I will not go up to the couch of my bed;


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I will not give sleep to mine eyes,

\par }{\Q Nor slumber to mine eyelids,

\par }{\Q Nor rest to my temples,


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Until I find a place for the Lord,

\par }{\Q A tabernacle for the God of Jacob.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;

\par }{\Q We found it in the fields of the wood.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Let us enter into his tabernacles:

\par }{\Q Let us worship at the place where his feet stood.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Arise, O Lord, into thy rest;

\par }{\Q Thou, and the ark of thy holiness.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Thy priests shall clothe themselves with righteousness;

\par }{\Q And thy saints shall exult.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For the sake of thy servant David

\par }{\Q Turn not away the face of thine anointed.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}The Lord swore
{\ADD{in}} truth to David, and he will not annul it,
{\ADD{saying}},

\par }{\Q Of the fruit of thy body will I set
{\ADD{a king}} upon thy throne.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}If thy children will keep my covenant,

\par }{\Q And these my testimonies which I shall teach them,

\par }{\Q Their children also shall sit upon thy throne forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}For the Lord has elected Zion,

\par }{\Q He has chosen her for a habitation for himself,
{\ADD{saying}},


\par }{\Q \VS{14}This is my rest forever:

\par }{\Q Here will I dwell; for I have chosen it.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}I will surely bless her provision:

\par }{\Q I will satisfy her poor with bread.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}I will clothe her priests with salvation;

\par }{\Q And her saints shall greatly exult.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}There will I cause to spring up a horn to David:

\par }{\Q I have prepared a lamp for mine anointed.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}His enemies will I clothe with shame;

\par }{\Q But upon himself shall my holiness flourish.




\par }\PsalmChap{132}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q See now! what is so good, or what so pleasant,

\par }{\Q As for brethren to dwell together?


\par }{\Q \VS{2}{\ADD{It is}} as ointment on the head, that ran down to the beard,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} the beard of Aaron;

\par }{\Q That ran down to the fringe of his clothing.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}As the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the mountains of Zion:

\par }{\Q For there the Lord commanded the blessing,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} life forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{133}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Song of Degrees.
\par }
{\Q Behold now, bless ye the Lord,

\par }{\Q All the servants of the Lord,

\par }{\Q Who stand in the house of the Lord,

\par }{\Q In the courts of the house of our God.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries,

\par }{\Q And bless the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}May the Lord, who made heaven and earth,

\par }{\Q Bless thee out of Zion.




\par }\PsalmChap{134}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Praise ye the name of the Lord;

\par }{\Q Praise the Lord,
{\ADD{ye his}} servants,


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Who stand in the house of the Lord,

\par }{\Q In the courts of the house of our God.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Praise ye the Lord; for the Lord is good:

\par }{\Q Sing praises to his name; for
{\ADD{it is}} good.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} Israel for his peculiar treasure.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}For I know that the Lord is great,

\par }{\Q And our Lord is above all gods;


\par }{\Q \VS{6}All that the Lord willed,

\par }{\Q He did in heaven, and on the earth,

\par }{\Q In the sea, and in all deeps.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth:

\par }{\Q He has made lightnings for the rain:

\par }{\Q He brings winds out of his treasures.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Who smote the firstborn of Egypt,

\par }{\Q Both of man and beast.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt,

\par }{\Q On Pharaoh, and on all his servants.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Who smote many nations,

\par }{\Q And slew mighty kings;


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Sihon king of the Amorites,

\par }{\Q And Og king of Bashan,

\par }{\Q And all the kingdoms of Canaan:


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And gave their land
{\ADD{for}} an inheritance,

\par }{\Q An inheritance to Israel his people.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}O Lord, thy name
{\ADD{endures}} forever,

\par }{\Q And thy memorial to all generations.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For the Lord shall judge his people,

\par }{\Q And comfort himself concerning his servants.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}The idols of the heathen are silver and gold,

\par }{\Q The works of men’s hands.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}They have a mouth, but they cannot speak;

\par }{\Q They have eyes, but they cannot see;


\par }{\Q \VS{17}They have ears, but they cannot hear;

\par }{\Q For there is no breath in their mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}Let those who make them be made like to them;

\par }{\Q And all those who trust in them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{19}O house of Israel, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q O house of Aaron, bless ye the Lord:


\par }{\Q \VS{20}O house of Levi, bless ye the Lord:

\par }{\Q Ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Blessed in Zion be the Lord,

\par }{\Q Who dwells in Jerusalem.




\par }\PsalmChap{135}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Give thanks to the Lord: for he is good:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Give thanks to the God of gods: for his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Give thanks to the Lord of lords:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}To him who alone has wrought great wonders:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}To him who made the heavens by understanding;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}To him who established the earth on the waters;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}To him who alone made great lights;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}The sun to rule the day;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The moon and the stars to rule the night;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}To him who smote Egypt with their firstborn;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}And brought Israel out of the midst of them;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever:


\par }{\Q \VS{12}With a strong hand, and a high arm:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}To him who divided the Red Sea into parts:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever:


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And brought Israel through the midst of it:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever:


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea:

\par }{\Q For his mercy endures forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}To him who led his people through the wilderness:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}To him who smote great kings:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever:


\par }{\Q \VS{18}And slew mighty kings;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever:


\par }{\Q \VS{19}Sihon king of the Amorites:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever:


\par }{\Q \VS{20}And Og king of Bashan:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever:


\par }{\Q \VS{21}And gave their land
{\ADD{for}} an inheritance:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever:


\par }{\Q \VS{22}Even an inheritance to Israel his servant:

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{23}For the Lord remembered us in our low estate;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever:


\par }{\Q \VS{24}And redeemed us from our enemies;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}Who gives food to all flesh;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.


\par }{\Q \VS{26}Give thanks to the God of heaven;

\par }{\Q For his mercy
{\ADD{endures}} forever.




\par }\PsalmChap{136}{\D \VerseOne{1}For David,
{\ADD{a Psalm}} of Jeremiah.
\par }
{\Q By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat;

\par }{\Q And wept when we remembered Zion.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song;

\par }{\Q And they that had carried us away
{\ADD{asked}} a hymn,
{\ADD{saying}},

\par }{\Q Sing us
{\ADD{one}} of the songs of Zion.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}How should we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?


\par }{\Q \VS{5}If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget
{\ADD{its skill}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee;

\par }{\Q If I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;

\par }{\Q Who said, Raze
{\ADD{it}}, raze
{\ADD{it}}, even to its foundations.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Wretched daughter of Babylon!

\par }{\Q Blessed
{\ADD{shall he be}} who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Blessed
{\ADD{shall he be}} who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.




\par }\PsalmChap{137}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm for David, of Haggai and Zechariah.
\par }
{\Q I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;

\par }{\Q And I will sing psalms to thee before the angels;

\par }{\Q For thou hast heard all the words of my mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}I will worship toward thy holy temple,

\par }{\Q And give thanks to thy name,

\par }{\Q On account of thy mercy and thy truth;

\par }{\Q For thou hast magnified thy holy name above everything.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}In whatsoever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily;

\par }{\Q Thou shalt abundantly provide me with thy power in my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Let all the kings of the earth, O Lord, give thanks unto thee;

\par }{\Q For they have heard all the words of thy mouth.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And let them sing in the ways of the Lord;

\par }{\Q For great is the glory of the Lord.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}For the Lord is high, and
{\ADD{yet}} regards the lowly;

\par }{\Q And he knows high things from afar off.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Though I should walk in the midst of affliction, thou wilt quicken me;

\par }{\Q Thou hast stretched forth thy hands against the wrath of mine enemies,

\par }{\Q And thy right hand has saved me.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}O Lord, thou shalt recompense
{\ADD{them}} on my behalf:

\par }{\Q Thy mercy, O Lord,
{\ADD{endures}} forever:

\par }{\Q Overlook not the works of thy hands.




\par }\PsalmChap{138}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising:

\par }{\Q Thou understandest my thoughts long before.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Thou hast traced my path and my bed,

\par }{\Q And hast foreseen all my ways.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue:

\par }{\Q Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,

\VS{5}the last and the first:

\par }{\Q Thou hast fashioned me, and laid thy hand upon me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me;

\par }{\Q It is very difficult, I cannot
{\ADD{attain}} to it.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?

\par }{\Q And whither shall I flee from thy presence?


\par }{\Q \VS{8}If I should go up to heaven, thou art there:

\par }{\Q If I should go down to hell, thou art present.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}If I should spread my wings
{\ADD{to fly}} straight forward,

\par }{\Q And sojourn at the extremity of the sea,
{\ADD{it would be vain}},


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For even there thy hand would guide me,

\par }{\Q And thy right hand would hold me.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me;

\par }{\Q Even the night
{\ADD{was}} light in my luxury.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}For darkness will not be darkness with thee;

\par }{\Q But night will be light as day:

\par }{\Q As its darkness, so shall its light
{\ADD{be to thee}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins;

\par }{\Q Thou hast helped me from my mother’s womb.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous;

\par }{\Q Wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows
{\ADD{it}} well.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}My bones which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee,

\par }{\Q Nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Thine eyes saw my unwrought
{\ADD{substance}},

\par }{\Q And all
{\ADD{men}} shall be written in thy book;

\par }{\Q They shall be formed by day, though
{\ADD{there should for a time}} be no one among them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honored by me;

\par }{\Q Their rule has been greatly strengthened.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand;

\par }{\Q I awake, and am still with thee.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{19}Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God;

\par }{\Q Depart from me, ye men of blood.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}For thou wilt say concerning
{\ADD{their}} thought,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{That}} they shall take thy cities in vain.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee?

\par }{\Q And wasted away because of thine enemies?


\par }{\Q \VS{22}I have hated them with perfect hatred;

\par }{\Q They were counted my enemies.


\par }{\Q \VS{23}Prove me, O God, and know my heart;

\par }{\Q Examine me, and know my paths;


\par }{\Q \VS{24}And see if
{\ADD{there is any}} way of iniquity in me,

\par }{\Q And lead me in an everlasting way.




\par }\PsalmChap{139}{\D \VerseOne{1}For the end, a Psalm of David.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man;

\par }{\Q Deliver me from the unjust man.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Who have devised injustice in their hearts;

\par }{\Q All the day they prepared war.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}They have sharpened their tongue as
{\ADD{the tongue}} of a serpent;

\par }{\Q The poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner;

\par }{\Q Rescue me from unjust men;

\par }{\Q Who have purposed to overthrow my goings.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The proud have hidden a snare for me,

\par }{\Q And have stretched out ropes
{\ADD{for}} snares for my feet;

\par }{\Q They set a stumbling block for me near the path. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}I said to the Lord, Thou art my God;

\par }{\Q Hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}O Lord God, the strength of my salvation;

\par }{\Q Thou hast screened my head in the day of battle.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire:

\par }{\Q They have devised
{\ADD{mischief}} against me;

\par }{\Q Forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}{\ADD{As for}} the head of them that compass me,

\par }{\Q The mischief of their lips shall cover them.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth;

\par }{\Q And thou shalt cast them down in afflictions:

\par }{\Q They shall not bear up
{\ADD{under them}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth:

\par }{\Q Evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor,

\par }{\Q And the right of the needy ones.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name:

\par }{\Q The upright shall dwell in thy presence.




\par }\PsalmChap{140}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David.
\par }
{\Q O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me:

\par }{\Q Attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense;

\par }{\Q The lifting up of my hands
{\ADD{as}} an evening sacrifice.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth,

\par }{\Q And a strong door about my lips.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Incline not my heart to evil things,

\par }{\Q To employ pretexts for sins,

\par }{\Q With men who work iniquity:

\par }{\Q And let me not unite with their choice ones.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me:

\par }{\Q But let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head:

\par }{\Q For yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock:

\par }{\Q They shall hear my words, for they are sweet.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground,

\par }{\Q Our bones have been scattered by the
{\ADD{mouth of}} the grave.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God:

\par }{\Q I have hoped in thee; take not away my life.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Keep me from the snare which they have set for me,

\par }{\Q And from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Sinners shall fall by their own net:

\par }{\Q I am alone until I shall escape.




\par }\PsalmChap{141}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of instruction for David, when he was in the cave—a Prayer.

\par }
{\Q \VS{2}I cried to the Lord with my voice;

\par }{\Q With my voice I made supplication to the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I will pour out before him my supplication:

\par }{\Q I will declare before him mine affliction.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}When my spirit was fainting within me,

\par }{\Q Then thou knewest my paths;

\par }{\Q In the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I looked on
{\ADD{my}} right hand, and behold,

\par }{\Q For there was none that noticed me;

\par }{\Q Refuge failed me;

\par }{\Q And there was none that cared for my soul.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I cried unto thee, O Lord,

\par }{\Q And said, Thou art my hope,

\par }{\Q My portion in the land of the living.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Attend to my supplication,

\par }{\Q For I am brought very low;

\par }{\Q Deliver me from them that persecute me;

\par }{\Q For they are stronger than I.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Bring my soul out of prison,

\par }{\Q That I may give thanks to thy name, O Lord;

\par }{\Q The righteous shall wait for me, until thou recompense me.




\par }\PsalmChap{142}{\D \VerseOne{1}A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him.
\par }
{\Q O Lord, attend to my prayer:

\par }{\Q Hearken to my supplication in thy truth;

\par }{\Q Hear me in thy righteousness.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}And enter not into judgment with thy servant,

\par }{\Q For in thy sight shall no
{\ADD{man}} living be justified.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}For the enemy has persecuted my soul;

\par }{\Q He has brought my life down to the ground;

\par }{\Q He has made me to dwell in a dark
{\ADD{place}}, as those that have been long dead.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Therefore my spirit was grieved in me;

\par }{\Q My heart was troubled within me.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I remembered the days of old;

\par }{\Q And I meditated on all thy doings:

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Yea}}, I meditated on the works of thy hands.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I spread forth my hands to thee;

\par }{\Q My soul
{\ADD{thirsts}} for thee, as a dry land. Pause.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Hear me speedily, O Lord;

\par }{\Q My spirit has failed;

\par }{\Q Turn not away thy face from me,

\par }{\Q Else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning;

\par }{\Q For I have hoped in thee;

\par }{\Q Make known to me, O Lord, the way wherein I should walk;

\par }{\Q For I have lifted up my soul to thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord;

\par }{\Q For I have fled to thee for refuge.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God;

\par }{\Q Thy good Spirit shall guide me in the straight
{\ADD{way}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Thou shalt quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake;

\par }{\Q In thy righteousness thou shalt bring my soul out of affliction.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy mine enemies,

\par }{\Q And wilt destroy all those that afflict my soul;

\par }{\Q For I am thy servant.




\par }\PsalmChap{143}{\D \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{A Psalm}} of David concerning Goliath.
\par }
{\Q Blessed
{\ADD{be}} the Lord my God,

\par }{\Q Who instructs my hands for battle,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} my fingers for war.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}My mercy, and my refuge;

\par }{\Q My helper, and my deliverer;

\par }{\Q My protector, in whom I have trusted;

\par }{\Q Who subdues my people under me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him?

\par }{\Q Or the son of man, that thou takest account of him?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Man is like to vanity:

\par }{\Q His days pass as a shadow.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down:

\par }{\Q Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them:

\par }{\Q Send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Send forth thy hand from on high;

\par }{\Q Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters,

\par }{\Q Out of the hand of strange children;


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Whose mouth has spoken vanity,

\par }{\Q And their right hand is a right hand of iniquity.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}O God, I will sing a new song to thee:

\par }{\Q I will play to thee on a psaltery of ten strings.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}{\ADD{Even}} to him who gives salvation to kings:

\par }{\Q Who redeems his servant David from the hurtful sword.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children,

\par }{\Q Whose mouth has spoken vanity,

\par }{\Q And their right hand is a right hand of iniquity;


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Whose children are as plants,

\par }{\Q Strengthened in their youth:

\par }{\Q Their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously

\par }{\Q Adorned after the similitude of a temple.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Their garners are full,

\par }{\Q And bursting with one kind of store after another;

\par }{\Q Their sheep are prolific,

\par }{\Q Multiplying in their streets.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Their oxen are fat:

\par }{\Q There is no falling down of a hedge, nor going out,

\par }{\Q Nor cry in their folds.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Men bless the people to whom this lot belongs,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{But}} blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.




\par }\PsalmChap{144}{\D \VerseOne{1}David’s
{\ADD{Psalm of}} praise.
\par }
{\Q I will exalt thee, my God, my king;

\par }{\Q And I will bless thy name forever and ever.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Every day will I bless thee,

\par }{\Q And I will praise thy name forever and ever.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised;

\par }{\Q And there is no end of his greatness.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Generation after generation shall praise thy works,

\par }{\Q And tell of thy power.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And they shall speak of the glorious majesty of thy holiness,

\par }{\Q And recount thy wonders.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And they shall speak of the power of thy terrible
{\ADD{acts}};

\par }{\Q And recount thy greatness.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They shall utter the memory of the abundance of thy goodness,

\par }{\Q And shall exult in thy righteousness.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}The Lord is compassionate, and merciful;

\par }{\Q Long-suffering, and abundant in mercy.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}The Lord is good to those that wait
{\ADD{on him}};

\par }{\Q And his compassions are over all his works.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Let all thy works, O Lord, give thanks to thee;

\par }{\Q And let thy saints bless thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom,

\par }{\Q And talk of thy dominion;


\par }{\Q \VS{12}To make known to the sons of men thy power,

\par }{\Q And the glorious majesty of thy kingdom.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

\par }{\Q And thy dominion
{\ADD{endures}} through all generations.


\par }{\Q \VS{13a}The Lord is faithful in his words,

\par }{\Q And holy in all his works.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}The Lord supports all that are falling,

\par }{\Q And sets up all that are broken down.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}The eyes of all wait upon thee;

\par }{\Q And thou givest
{\ADD{them}} their food in due season.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}Thou openest thy hands,

\par }{\Q And fillest every living thing with pleasure.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}The Lord is righteous in all his ways,

\par }{\Q And holy in all his works.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{18}The Lord is near to all that call upon him,

\par }{\Q To all that call upon him in truth.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}He will perform the desire of them that fear him:

\par }{\Q And he will hear their supplication, and save them.


\par }{\Q \VS{20}The Lord preserves all that love him:

\par }{\Q But all sinners he will utterly destroy.


\par }{\Q \VS{21}My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord:

\par }{\Q And let all flesh bless his holy name

\par }{\Q Forever and ever.




\par }\PsalmChap{145}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia,
{\ADD{a Psalm}} of Haggai and Zechariah.
\par }
{\Q My soul, praise the Lord.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}While I live will I praise the Lord:

\par }{\Q I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Trust not in princes,

\par }{\Q Nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth;

\par }{\Q In that day all his thoughts shall perish.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob,

\par }{\Q Whose hope is in the Lord his God:


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Who made heaven, and earth,

\par }{\Q The sea, and all things in them:

\par }{\Q Who keeps truth forever:


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Who executes judgment for the wronged:

\par }{\Q Who gives food to the hungry.

\par }{\Q The Lord looses the fettered ones:


\par }{\Q \VS{8}The Lord gives wisdom to the blind:

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q The Lord sets up the broken down:

\par }{\Q The Lord loves the righteous:

\par }{\Q The Lord preserves the strangers;


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He will relieve the orphan and widow:

\par }{\Q But will utterly remove the way of sinners.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The Lord shall reign forever,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} thy God, O Zion, to all generations.




\par }\PsalmChap{146}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia,
{\ADD{a Psalm}} of Haggai and Zechariah.
\par }
{\Q Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing;

\par }{\Q Let praise be sweetly sung to our God.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The Lord builds up Jerusalem;

\par }{\Q And he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}He heals the broken in heart,

\par }{\Q And binds up their wounds.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He numbers the multitudes of stars;

\par }{\Q And calls them all by names.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Great is our Lord, and great is his strength;

\par }{\Q And his understanding is infinite.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The Lord lifts up the meek;

\par }{\Q But brings sinners down to the ground.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Begin
{\ADD{the song}} with thanksgiving to the Lord;

\par }{\Q Sing praises on the harp to our God:


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Who covers the heaven with clouds,

\par }{\Q Who prepares rain for the earth,

\par }{\Q Who causes grass to spring up on the mountains,

\par }{\Q And green herb for the service of men;


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And gives to cattle their food,

\par }{\Q And to the young ravens that call upon him.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse;

\par }{\Q Neither is he well pleased with the legs of a man.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him,

\par }{\Q And in all that hope in his mercy.




\par }\PsalmChap{147}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia,
{\ADD{a Psalm}} of Haggai and Zechariah.
\par }
{\Q Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem;

\par }{\Q Praise thy God, O Zion.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates;

\par }{\Q He has blessed thy children within thee.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}He makes thy borders peaceful,

\par }{\Q And fills thee with the flour of wheat.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He sends his oracle to the earth:

\par }{\Q His word will run swiftly.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}He gives snow like wool:

\par }{\Q He scatters the mist like ashes.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Casting
{\ADD{forth}} his ice like morsels:

\par }{\Q Who shall stand before his cold?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}He shall send out his word, and melt them:

\par }{\Q He shall blow
{\ADD{with}} his wind, and the waters shall flow.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}He sends his word to Jacob,

\par }{\Q His ordinances and judgments to Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}He has not done so to any
{\ADD{other}} nation;

\par }{\Q And he has not shown them his judgments.




\par }\PsalmChap{148}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia,
{\ADD{a Psalm}} of Haggai and Zechariah.
\par }
{\Q Praise ye the Lord from the heavens:

\par }{\Q Praise him in the highest.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Praise ye him, all his angels:

\par }{\Q Praise ye him, all his hosts.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Praise him, sun and moon:

\par }{\Q Praise him, all ye stars and light.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Praise him, ye heavens of heavens,

\par }{\Q And the water that is above the heavens.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Let them praise the name of the Lord:

\par }{\Q For he spoke, and they were made;

\par }{\Q He commanded, and they were created.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}He has established them forever, even forever and ever:

\par }{\Q He has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Praise the Lord from the earth,

\par }{\Q Ye serpents, and all deeps.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind;

\par }{\Q The things that perform his word.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Mountains, and all hills;

\par }{\Q Fruitful trees, and all cedars:


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Wild beasts, and all cattle;

\par }{\Q Reptiles, and winged birds:


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Kings of the earth, and all peoples;

\par }{\Q Princes, and all judges of the earth:


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Young men and virgins,

\par }{\Q Old men with youths:


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Let them praise the name of the Lord:

\par }{\Q For his name only is exalted;

\par }{\Q His praise is above the earth and heaven,


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And he shall exalt the horn of his people,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{There is}} a hymn for all his saints,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{Even}} of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.




\par }\PsalmChap{149}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Sing to the Lord a new song:

\par }{\Q His praise is in the assembly of the saints.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Let Israel rejoice in him that made him;

\par }{\Q And let the children of Zion exult in their king.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Let them praise his name in the dance:

\par }{\Q Let them sing praises to him with timbrel and psaltery.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;

\par }{\Q And will exalt the meek with salvation.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}The saints shall rejoice in glory;

\par }{\Q And shall exult on their beds.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}The high praises of God shall be in their throat,

\par }{\Q And two-edged swords in their hands;


\par }{\Q \VS{7}To execute vengeance on the nations,

\par }{\Q {\ADD{And}} punishments among the peoples;


\par }{\Q \VS{8}To bind their kings with fetters,

\par }{\Q And their nobles with manacles of iron;


\par }{\Q \VS{9}To execute on them the judgment written:

\par }{\Q This honor have all his saints.




\par }\PsalmChap{150}{\D \VerseOne{1}Alleluia.
\par }
{\Q Praise God in his holy places:

\par }{\Q Praise him in the firmament of his power.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Praise him on
{\ADD{account of}} his mighty acts:

\par }{\Q Praise him according to his abundant greatness.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Praise him with the sound of a trumpet:

\par }{\Q Praise him with psaltery and harp.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Praise him with timbrel and dance:

\par }{\Q Praise him with stringed instruments and the organ.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Praise him with melodious cymbals:

\par }{\Q Praise him with loud cymbals.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.




\par }\PsalmChap{151}{\D \VerseOne{1}This Psalm is a genuine one of David, though supernumerary,
{\ADD{composed}} when he fought in single combat with Goliath.
\par }
{\Q I was small among my brethren,

\par }{\Q And youngest in my father’s house:

\par }{\Q I tended my father’s sheep.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}My hands formed a musical instrument,

\par }{\Q And my fingers tuned a psaltery.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}And who shall tell my Lord?

\par }{\Q The Lord himself, he himself hears.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He sent forth his angel,

\par }{\Q And took me from my father’s sheep,

\par }{\Q And he anointed me with the oil of his anointing.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}My brothers were handsome and tall;

\par }{\Q But the Lord did not take pleasure in them.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I went forth to meet the Philistine;

\par }{\Q And he cursed me by his idols.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}But I drew his own sword, and beheaded him,

\par }{\Q And removed reproach from the children of Israel.


\par }