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1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me.

2 You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.

3 You have understood my thoughts from afar. My path and my fate, you have investigated.

4 And you have foreseen all my ways. For there is no word in my tongue.

5 Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me.

6 Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. It has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it.

7 Where will I go from your Spirit? And where will I flee from your face?

8 If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near.

9 If I assume my feathers in early morning, and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea,

10 even there, your hand will lead me forth, and your right hand will hold me.

11 And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me, and the night will be my illumination, to my delight.

12 But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, and night will illuminate like the day: for just as its darkness is, so also is its light.

13 For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother.

14 I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.

15 My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, and my substance is in accord with the lower parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.

17 But to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored. Their first ruler has been exceedingly strengthened.

18 I will number them, and they will be more numerous than the sand. I rose up, and I am still with you.

19 O God, if only you would cut down sinners. You men of blood: depart from me.

20 For you say in thought: They will accept your cities in vain.

21 Have I not hated those who hated you, Lord, and wasted away because of your enemies?

22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred, and they have become enemies to me.

23 Examine me, O God, and know my heart. Question me, and know my paths.

24 And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity, and lead me in the way of eternity.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

2 Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.

3 Those who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all day long they constructed conflicts.

4 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. The venom of asps is under their lips.

5 Preserve me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner, and rescue me from men of iniquity. They have decided to supplant my steps.

6 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare. They have placed a stumbling block for me near the road.

7 I said to the Lord: You are my God. O Lord, heed the voice of my supplication.

8 Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation: you have overshadowed my head in the day of war.

9 O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.

10 The head of those who encompass me, the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.

11 Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.

12 A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.

13 I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy and vindication for the poor.

14 So then, truly, the just will confess your name, and the upright will dwell with your countenance.

1 A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried out to you, hear me. Attend to my voice, when I cry out to you.

2 Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight: the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.

3 O Lord, station a guard over my mouth and a door enclosing my lips.

4 Do not turn aside my heart to words of malice, to making excuses for sins, with men who work iniquity; and I will not communicate, even with the best of them.

5 The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head. For my prayer will still be toward their good will.

6 Their judges have been engulfed, joined to the rocks. They will hear my words, which have prevailed,

7 as when the lava of the earth has erupted above ground. Our bones have been scattered beside Hell.

8 For Lord, O Lord, my eyes look to you. In you, I have hoped. Do not take away my soul.

9 Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me and from the scandals of those who work iniquity.

10 The sinners will fall into his net. I am alone, until I pass over.

1 The understanding of David. A prayer, when he was in the cave.

2 With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord.

3 In his sight, I pour out my prayer, and before him, I declare my tribulation.

4 Though my spirit may become faint within me, even then, you have known my paths. Along this way, which I have been walking, they have hidden a snare for me.

5 I considered toward the right, and I looked, but there was no one who would know me. Flight has perished before me, and there is no one who has concern for my soul.

6 I cried out to you, O Lord. I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

7 Attend to my supplication. For I have been humbled exceedingly. Free me from my persecutors, for they have been fortified against me.

8 Lead my soul out of confinement in order to confess your name. The just are waiting for me, until you repay me.

1 A Psalm of David, when his son Absalom was pursuing him. O Lord, hear my prayer. Incline your ear to my supplication in your truth. Heed me according to your justice.

2 And do not enter into judgment with your servant. For all the living will not be justified in your sight.

3 For the enemy has pursued my soul. He has lowered my life to the earth. He has stationed me in darkness, like the dead of ages past.

4 And my spirit has been in anguish over me. My heart within me has been disturbed.

5 I have called to mind the days of antiquity. I have been meditating on all your works. I have meditated on the workings of your hands.

6 I have extended my hands to you. My soul is like a land without water before you.

7 O Lord, heed me quickly. My spirit has grown faint. Do not turn your face away from me, lest I become like those who descend into the pit.

8 Make me hear your mercy in the morning. For I have hoped in you. Make known to me the way that I should walk. For I have lifted up my soul to you.

9 O Lord, rescue me from my enemies. I have fled to you.

10 Teach me to do your will. For you are my God. Your good Spirit will lead me into the righteous land.

11 For the sake of your name, O Lord, you will revive me in your fairness. You will lead my soul out of tribulation.

12 And you will scatter my enemies in your mercy. And you will destroy all those who afflict my soul. For I am your servant.

1 A Psalm of David versus Goliath. Blessed is the Lord, my God, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war.

2 My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.

3 O Lord, what is man that you have become known to him? Or the son of man that you consider him?

4 Man has been made similar to vanity. His days pass by like a shadow.

5 O Lord, incline your heavens and descend. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

6 Send a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarray.

7 Send forth your hand from on high: rescue me, and free me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of foreigners.

8 Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.

9 To you, O God, I will sing a new song. On the psaltery, with an instrument of ten strings, I will sing psalms to you.

10 He gives salvation to kings. He has redeemed your servant David from the malignant sword.

11 Rescue me, and deliver me from the hand of the sons of foreigners. Their mouth has been speaking vain things, and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.

12 Their sons are like new plantings in their youth. Their daughters are dressed up: adorned all around like the idols of a temple.

13 Their cupboards are full: overflowing from one thing into another. Their sheep bear young, brought forth in abundance.

14 Their cattle are fat. There is no ruined wall or passage, nor anyone crying out in their streets.

15 They have called the people that has these things: blessed. But blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

1 The Praise of David himself. I will extol you, O God, my king. And I will bless your name, in this time and forever and ever.

2 Throughout every single day, I will bless you. And I will praise your name, in this time and forever and ever.

3 The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy. And there is no end to his greatness.

4 Generation after generation will praise your works, and they will declare your power.

5 They will tell of the magnificent glory of your sanctity. And they will discourse of your wonders.

6 And they will talk about the virtue of your terrible acts. And they will describe your greatness.

7 They will shout about the memory of your abundant sweetness. And they will exult in your justice.

8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy.

9 The Lord is sweet to all things, and his compassion is upon all his works.

10 O Lord, may all your works confess to you, and let your holy ones bless you.

11 They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and they will declare your power,

12 so as to make known to the sons of men your power and the glory of your magnificent kingdom.

13 Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and your dominion is with all, from generation to generation. The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works.

14 The Lord lifts up all who have fallen down, and he sets upright all who have been thrown down.

15 O Lord, all eyes hope in you, and you provide their food in due time.

16 You open your hand, and you fill every kind of animal with a blessing.

17 The Lord is just in all his ways and holy in all his works.

18 The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

19 He will do the will of those who fear him, and he will heed their supplication and accomplish their salvation.

20 The Lord watches over all who love him. And he will destroy all sinners.

21 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and may all flesh bless his holy name, in this time and forever and ever.

1 Alleluia. Of Haggai and Zachariah.

2 Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord with my life. I will sing psalms to my God as long as I shall be. Do not trust in the leaders,

3 in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.

4 His spirit will depart, and he will return to his earth. In that day, all their thoughts will perish.

5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob: his hope is in the Lord God himself,

6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all the things that are in them.

7 He preserves the truth forever. He executes judgment for those who suffer injury. He provides food for the hungry. The Lord releases those who are bound.

8 The Lord enlightens the blind. The Lord sets upright those who have been thrown down. The Lord loves the just.

9 The Lord watches over new arrivals. He will support the orphan and the widow. And he will destroy the ways of sinners.

10 The Lord shall reign forever: your God, O Zion, from generation to generation.

1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, because the psalm is good. Delightful and beautiful praise shall be for our God.

2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He will gather together the dispersed of Israel.

3 He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.

4 He numbers the multitude of the stars, and he calls them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and great is his virtue. And of his wisdom, there is no number.

6 The Lord lifts up the meek, but he brings down the sinner, even to the ground.

7 Sing before the Lord with confession. Play psalms to our God on a stringed instrument.

8 He covers heaven with clouds, and he prepares rain for the earth. He produces grass on the mountains and herbs for the service of men.

9 He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him.

10 He will not have good will for the strength of the horse, nor will he be well pleased with the legs of a man.

11 The Lord is well pleased with those who fear him and with those who hope in his mercy.

1 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God, O Zion.

2 For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.

3 He has stationed peace at your borders, and he has satisfied you with the fat of the grain.

4 He sends forth his eloquence to the earth. His word runs swiftly.

5 He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.

6 He sends his ice crystals like morsels. Who can stand firm before the face of his cold?

7 He will send forth his word, and it will melt them. His Spirit will breathe out, and the waters will flow.

8 He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.

9 He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.