Psalm 45

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou may make princes in all the earth.
I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

Psalm 44

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the times of old.
How you drove out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; how you afflicted the people, and cast them out.
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you had a favour unto them.
You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Through you will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
But you have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us.
In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name for ever.
But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.
You make us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
You have given us like sheep appointed for meat; and have scattered us among the heathen.
You sell your people for nought, and do not increase your wealth by their price.
You make us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way;
Though you have sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.
Yea, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Wherefore hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaves unto the earth.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for your mercies' sake

Psalm 43

Judge me, O God and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
For thou art the God of my strength:
why dost thou cast me off?
why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
O send out thy light and thy truth:
let them lead me;
let them bring me unto thy holy hill,
and go to thy tabernacles.
Then I will go unto the altar of God,
unto God my exceeding joy:
yea, upon the harp I will praise thee, O God my God.
Why are you cast down, O my soul?
and why are you disquieted within me?
hope in God: for I shall yet praise him
who is the health of my countenance,
and my God

Psalm 42

As the pear pants for the water
so my soul pants after you. O GOD.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God
when shall I come and appear before God?
My tears have been my meat day and night,
while they continually say to me, Where is they God?
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me;
for I had gone with the multitude,
I went with them to the house of God,
with the voice of joy and praise,
with a multitude that kept holyday.
Why are you cast down, O my soul?
and why are you disquieted in me?
hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him
for the help of his countenance.
O, my God, my soul is cast down within me:
therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan,
and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Deep calls unto deep
at the noise of thy waterspouts:
all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness
in the daytime,
and in the night his song shall be with me,
and my prayer unto the God of my life.
I will say unto God my rock,
Why have you forgotten me?
why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
As with a sword in my bones,
my enemies reproach me;
while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Why are you cast down, O my soul?
and why are you disquieted within me?
hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,
who is the health of my countenance,
and my God.

Psalm 41

	Blessed is he that considers the poor:          the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
	The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive;          and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
	The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing:          thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
	I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul;          for I have sinned against thee.
	Mine enemies speak evil of me,          When shall he die, and his name perish?
	And if he come to see me, he speaks vanity:          his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it.
	All that hate me whisper together against me:          against me do they devise my hurt.
	An evil disease, say they, cleave fast unto him:          and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
	Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,          which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
	But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me,          and raise me up, that I may requite them.
	By this I know that thou favour me,          because mine enemy does not triumph over me.
	And as for me, thou uphold me in mine integrity,          and set me before thy face for ever.
	Blessed be the LORD God of Israel          from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Psalm 40

I waited patiently for the Lord;
   he inclined to me and heard my cry. 
He drew me up from the desolate pit,^*
   out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
   making my steps secure. 
He put a new song in my mouth,
   a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
   and put their trust in the Lord. 

Happy are those who make
   the Lord their trust,
who do not turn to the proud,
   to those who go astray after false gods. 
You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
   your wondrous deeds and your thoughts towards us;
   none can compare with you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
   they would be more than can be counted. 

Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
   but you have given me an open ear.^*
Burnt-offering and sin-offering
   you have not required. 
Then I said, ‘Here I am;
   in the scroll of the book it is written of me.^* 
I delight to do your will, O my God;
   your law is within my heart.’ 

I have told the glad news of deliverance
   in the great congregation;
see, I have not restrained my lips,
   as you know, O Lord. 
I have not hidden your saving help within my heart,
   I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
   from the great congregation. 

Do not, O Lord, withhold
   your mercy from me;
let your steadfast love and your faithfulness
   keep me safe for ever. 
For evils have encompassed me
   without number;
my iniquities have overtaken me,
   until I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head,
   and my heart fails me. 

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
   O Lord, make haste to help me. 
Let all those be put to shame and confusion
   who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be turned back and brought to dishonour
   who desire my hurt. 
Let those be appalled because of their shame
   who say to me, ‘Aha, Aha!’ 

But may all who seek you
   rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
   say continually, ‘Great is the Lord!’ 
As for me, I am poor and needy,
   but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
   do not delay, O my God.

Psalm 39

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue,
LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
When thou with rebukes corrects man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

Psalm 38

O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presses me sore.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Psalm 37

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

The wicked plot against the just, and gnash upon him with his teeth.

The LORD shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming.

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous.

The LORD knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

The wicked borrow, and pay not again: but the righteous show mercy, and give.

For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way.

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

He is ever merciful, and lends; and his seed is blessed.

Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

For the LORD loves judgement, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgement.

The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Psalm 36

The transgression of the wicked says within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reaches unto the clouds.
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preserves man and beast.
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Psalm 35

	Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me:          fight against them that fight against me.
	Take hold of shield and buckler,          and stand up for mine help.
	Draw out also the spear,          and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
	Let them be confounded and put to shame          that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
	Let them be as chaff before the wind:          and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
	Let their way be dark and slippery:          and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
	For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit,          which without cause they have digged for my soul.
	Let destruction come upon him at unawares;          and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
	And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD:          it shall rejoice in his salvation.
	All my bones shall say,          LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
	False witnesses did rise up;          they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
	They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
	But as for me, when they were sick,          my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
	I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother:          I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
	But in mine adversity they rejoiced,          and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
	with hypocritical mockers in feasts,          they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
	Lord, how long wilt thou look on?          Rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
	I will give thee thanks in the great congregation:          I will praise thee among much people.
	Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:          neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
	For they speak not peace:          but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
	Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me,          and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
	This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence:          O Lord, be not far from me.
	Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment,          even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
	Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness;          and let them not rejoice over me.
	Let them not say in their hearts,          Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
	Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together          that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
	Let them shout for joy, and be glad,          that favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
	And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness          and of thy praise all the day long.

Psalm 34

	I will bless the LORD at all times:          his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
	My soul shall make her boast in the LORD:          the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
	O magnify the LORD with me,          and let us exalt his name together.
	I sought the LORD, and he heard me,          and delivered me from all my fears.
	They looked unto him, and were lightened:          and their faces were not ashamed.
	This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him,          and saved him out of all his troubles.
	The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,          and delivereth them.
	O taste and see that the LORD is good:            blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
	O fear the LORD, ye his saints:          for there is no want to them that fear him.
	The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:          but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
	Come, ye children, hearken unto me:          I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
	What man is he that desireth life,          and loveth many days, that he may see good?
	Keep thy tongue from evil,          and thy lips from speaking guile.
	Depart from evil, and do good;          seek peace, and pursue it.
	The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous,          and his ears are open unto their cry.
	The face of the LORD is against them that do evil,          to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
	The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth,          and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
	The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;          and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
	Many are the afflictions of the righteous:          but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
	He keepeth all his bones:          not one of them is broken.
	Evil shall slay the wicked:          and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
	The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants:          and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

Psalm 33

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

Psalm 32

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.
I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Psalm 31

In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Psalm 30

I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Psalm 29

Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is upon many waters.
The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; yea, the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of the LORD makes the hinds to calve, and discovers the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
The LORD sits upon the flood; yea, the LORD sits King for ever.
The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

Psalm 28

Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Psalm 27

 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. 

Psalm 26

Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

Psalm 25

 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.
Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. 

Psalm 24

Psalm 24

Of David. A Psalm.
 The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it,
   the world, and those who live in it; 
 for he has founded it on the seas,
   and established it on the rivers. 

 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
   And who shall stand in his holy place? 
 Those who have clean hands and pure hearts,
   who do not lift up their souls to what is false,
   and do not swear deceitfully. 
 They will receive blessing from the Lord,
   and vindication from the God of their salvation. 
 Such is the company of those who seek him,
   who seek the face of the God of Jacob.

 Lift up your heads, O gates!

   and be lifted up, O ancient doors!
   that the King of glory may come in. 
Who is the King of glory?
   The Lord, strong and mighty,
   the Lord, mighty in battle. 

Lift up your heads, O gates!
   and be lifted up, O ancient doors!

   that the King of glory may come in. 
Who is this King of glory?
   The Lord of hosts,
   he is the King of glory.

Psalm 23

	The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
	He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:          he leadeth me beside the still waters.
	He restoreth my soul:          he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
	Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,          I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
	Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:          thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
	Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:          and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Psalm 22

	My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?          Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
	O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not;          and in the night season, and am not silent.
	But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
	Our fathers trusted in thee:          they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
	They cried unto thee, and were delivered:          they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
	But I am a worm, and no man;          a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
	All they that see me laugh me to scorn:          they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
	He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him:          let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
	But thou art he that took me out of the womb:          thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
	I was cast upon thee from the womb:          thou art my God from my mother's belly.
	Be not far from me; for trouble is near;          for there is none to help.
	Many bulls have compassed me:          strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
	They gaped upon me with their mouths,          as a ravening and a roaring lion.
	I am poured out like water,          and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
	My strength is dried up like a potsherd;          and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
	For dogs have compassed me:          the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
	I may tell all my bones:          they look and stare upon me.
	They part my garments among them,          and cast lots upon my vesture.
	But be not thou far from me, O LORD:          O my strength, haste thee to help me.
	Deliver my soul from the sword;          my darling from the power of the dog.
	Save me from the lion's mouth:          for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
	I will declare thy name unto my brethren:          in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
	Ye that fear the LORD, praise him;          all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
	For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;          neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
	My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation:          I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
	The meek shall eat and be satisfied:          they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
	All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:          and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
	For the kingdom is the LORD's:          and he is the governor among the nations.
	All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship:          all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
	A seed shall serve him;          it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
	They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness          unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.