Category: Psalm

1 Unto the end. For the tasks of early morning. A Psalm of David.

2 O God, my God, look upon me. Why have you forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my offenses.

3 My God, I will cry out by day, and you will not heed, and by night, and it will not be foolishness for me.

4 But you dwell in holiness, O Praise of Israel.

5 In you, our fathers have hoped. They hoped, and you freed them.

6 They cried out to you, and they were saved. In you, they hoped and were not confounded.

7 But I am a worm and not a man: a disgrace among men, and an outcast of the people.

8 All those who saw me have derided me. They have spoken with the lips and shook the head.

9 He has hoped in the Lord, let him rescue him. Let him save him because he chooses him.

10 For you are the one who has drawn me out of the womb, my hope from the breasts of my mother.

11 I have been thrown upon you from the womb; from the womb of my mother, you are my God.

12 Do not depart from me. For tribulation is near, since there is no one who may help me.

13 Many calves have surrounded me; fat bulls have besieged me.

14 They have opened their mouths over me, just like a lion seizing and roaring.

15 And so, I have been poured out like water, and all my bones have been scattered. My heart has become like wax, melting in the midst of my chest.

16 My strength has dried up like clay, and my tongue has adhered to my jaws. And you have pulled me down, into the dust of death.

17 For many dogs have surrounded me. The council of the malicious has besieged me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

18 They have numbered all my bones. And they have examined me and stared at me.

19 They divided my garments among them, and over my vestment, they cast lots.

20 But you, O Lord, do not take your help far from me; be attentive to my defense.

21 O God, rescue my soul from the spear, and my only one from the hand of the dog.

22 Save me from the mouth of the lion, and my humility from the horns of single-horned beast.

23 I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the Church, I will praise you.

24 You who fear the Lord, praise him. All the offspring of Jacob, glorify him.

25 May all the offspring of Israel fear him. For he has neither spurned nor despised the pleas of the poor. Neither has he turned his face away from me. And when I cried out to him, he heeded me.

26 My praise is with you, within a great church. I will pay my vows in the sight of those who fear him.

27 The poor will eat and be satisfied, and those who yearn for the Lord will praise him. Their hearts will live forever and ever.

28 All the ends of the earth will remember, and they will be converted to the Lord. And all the families of the Gentiles will adore in his sight.

29 For the kingdom belongs to the Lord, and he will have dominion over the Gentiles.

30 All the fat of the earth have gnashed their teeth, and they have adored. In his sight, they will fall down, all those who descend to the ground.

31 And my soul will live for him, and my offspring will serve him.

32 There will be announced for the Lord a future generation, and the heavens will announce his justice to a people who will be born, whom the Lord has made.

1 A Psalm of David. The Lord directs me, and nothing will be lacking to me.

2 He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment.

3 He has converted my soul. He has led me away on the paths of justice, for the sake of his name.

4 For, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they have given me consolation.

5 You have prepared a table in my sight, opposite those who trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and my cup, which inebriates me, how brilliant it is!

6 And your mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and so may I dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days.

1 For the First Sabbath. A Psalm of David. The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it.

2 For he has founded it upon the seas, and he has prepared it upon the rivers.

3 Who will ascend to the mountain of the Lord? And who will stand in his holy place?

4 The innocent of hands and the clean of heart, who has not received his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.

5 He will receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God, his Saviour.

6 This is the generation that seeks him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.

7 Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter.

8 Who is this King of Glory? The Lord who is strong and powerful; the Lord powerful in battle.

9 Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter.

10 Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of virtue. He himself is the King of Glory.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. To you, Lord, I have lifted up my soul.

2 In you, my God, I trust. Let me not be put to shame.

3 And do not let my enemies laugh at me. For all who remain with you will not be confounded.

4 May all those who act unjustly over nothing be confounded. O Lord, demonstrate your ways to me, and teach me your paths.

5 Direct me in your truth, and teach me. For you are God, my Saviour, and I remain with you all day long.

6 O Lord, remember your compassion and your mercies, which are from ages past.

7 Do not remember the offenses of my youth and my ignorances. Remember me according to your mercy, because of your goodness, O Lord.

8 The Lord is sweet and righteous. Because of this, he will grant a law to those who fall short in the way.

9 He will direct the mild in judgment. He will teach the meek his ways.

10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to those who yearn for his covenant and his testimonies.

11 Because of your name, O Lord, you will pardon my sin, for it is great.

12 Which is the man who fears the Lord? He has established a law for him, on the way that he has chosen.

13 His soul will dwell upon good things, and his offspring will inherit the earth.

14 The Lord is a firmament to those who fear him, and his covenant will be made manifest to them.

15 My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he will pull my feet from the snare.

16 Look upon me and have mercy on me; for I am alone and poor.

17 The troubles of my heart have been multiplied. Deliver me from my needfulness.

18 See my lowliness and my hardship, and release all my offenses.

19 Consider my enemies, for they have been multiplied, and they have hated me with an unjust hatred.

20 Preserve my soul and rescue me. I will not be ashamed, for I have hoped in you.

21 The innocent and the righteous have adhered to me, because I have remained with you.

22 Free Israel, O God, from all his tribulations.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. Judge me, Lord, for I have been walking in my innocence, and by hoping in the Lord, I will not be weakened.

2 Examine me, Lord, and test me: enkindle my temperament and my heart.

3 For your mercy is before my eyes, and I am serene in your truth.

4 I have not sat with the council of emptiness, and I will not enter with those who carry out injustice.

5 I have hated the assembly of the malicious; and I will not sit with the impious.

6 I will wash my hands among the innocent, and I will surround your altar, O Lord,

7 so that I may hear the voice of your praise and describe all your wonders.

8 O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house and the dwelling place of your glory.

9 O God, do not let my soul perish with the impious, nor my life with the men of blood,

10 in whose hands are iniquities: their right hand has been filled by bribes.

11 But as for me, I have been walking in my innocence. Redeem me, and have mercy on me.

12 My foot has stood firm in the straight path. In the churches, I will bless you, O Lord.

1 A Psalm of David, before he was sealed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?

2 Meanwhile, the guilty draw near to me, so as to eat my flesh. Those who trouble me, my enemies, have themselves been weakened and have fallen.

3 If entrenched armies were to stand together against me, my heart would not fear. If a battle were to rise up against me, I would have hope in this.

4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this I will seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, so that I may behold the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

5 For he has hidden me in his tabernacle. In the day of evils, he has protected me in the hidden place of his tabernacle.

6 He has exalted me upon the rock, and now he has exalted my head above my enemies. I have circled around and offered a sacrifice of loud exclamation in his tabernacle. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm, to the Lord.

7 Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me.

8 My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord.

9 Do not turn your face away from me. In your wrath, do not turn aside from your servant. Be my helper. Do not abandon me, and do not despise me, O God, my Saviour.

10 For my father and my mother have left me behind, but the Lord has taken me up.

11 O Lord, establish a law for me in your way, and direct me in the right path, because of my enemies.

12 Do not surrender me to the souls of those who trouble me. For unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and iniquity has lied to itself.

13 I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

14 Wait for the Lord, act manfully; and let your heart be strengthened, and remain with the Lord.

1 A Psalm of David himself. To you, Lord, I will cry out. My God, do not be silent toward me. For if you remain silent toward me, I will become like those who descend into the pit.

2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple.

3 Do not draw me away together with sinners; and let me not perish with those who work iniquity, who speak peacefully to their neighbor, yet evils are in their hearts.

4 Give to them according to their works and according to the wickedness of their inventions. Assign to them according to the works of their hands. Repay them with their own retribution.

5 Since they have not understood the works of the Lord and the works of his hands, you will destroy them, and you will not build them up.

6 Blessed is the Lord, for he has heard the voice of my supplication.

7 The Lord is my helper and my protector. In him, my heart has hoped and I have been helped. And my flesh has flourished again. And from my will, I shall confess to him.

8 The Lord is the strength of his people and the protector of the salvation of his Christ.

9 O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance, and reign over them and exalt them, even unto eternity.

1 A Psalm of David, at the completion of the tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, O sons of God, bring to the Lord the sons of rams.

2 Bring to the Lord, glory and honor. Bring to the Lord, glory for his name. Adore the Lord in his holy court.

3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God of majesty has thundered. The Lord is over many waters.

4 The voice of the Lord is in virtue. The voice of the Lord is in magnificence.

5 The voice of the Lord shatters the cedars. And the Lord will shatter the cedars of Lebanon.

6 And it will break them into pieces, like a calf of Lebanon, and in the same way as the beloved son of the single-horned beast.

7 The voice of the Lord cuts through the flame of fire.

8 The voice of the Lord shakes the desert. And the Lord will quake the desert of Kadesh.

9 The voice of the Lord is preparing the stags, and he will reveal the dense woods. And in his temple, all will speak his glory.

10 The Lord causes the great flood to dwell. And the Lord will sit as King in eternity.

11 The Lord will give virtue to his people. The Lord will bless his people in peace.

1 A Canticle Psalm. In dedication to the house of David.

2 I will extol you, Lord, for you have sustained me, and you have not allowed my enemies to delight over me.

3 O Lord my God, I have cried out to you, and you have healed me.

4 Lord, you led my soul away from Hell. You have saved me from those who descend into the pit.

5 Sing a psalm to the Lord, you his saints, and confess with remembrance of his holiness.

6 For wrath is in his indignation, and life is in his will. Toward evening, weeping will linger, and toward morning, gladness.

7 But I have said in my abundance: “I will never be disturbed.”

8 O Lord, in your will, you made virtue preferable to beauty for me. You turned your face away from me, and I became disturbed.

9 To you, Lord, I will cry out. And I will make supplication to my God.

10 What use would there be in my blood, if I descend into corruption? Will dust confess to you or announce your truth?

11 The Lord has heard, and he has been merciful to me. The Lord has become my helper.

12 You have turned my mourning into gladness for me. You have cut off my sackcloth, and you have surrounded me with joy.

13 So then, may my glory sing to you, and may I not regret it. O Lord, my God, I will confess to you for eternity.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David according to an ecstasy.

2 In you, Lord, I have hoped; let me never be confounded. In your justice, deliver me.

3 Incline your ear to me. Hasten to rescue me. Be for me a protector God and a house of refuge, so as to accomplish my salvation.

4 For you are my strength and my refuge; and for the sake of your name, you will lead me and nourish me.

5 You will lead me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me. For you are my protector.

6 Into your hands, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth.

7 You have hated those who practice emptiness to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord.

8 I will exult and rejoice in your mercy. For you have looked upon my humility; you have saved my soul from needfulness.

9 And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.

10 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am troubled. My eye has been disturbed by wrath, along with my soul and my gut.

11 For my life has fallen into sorrow, and my years into sighing. My virtue has been weakened in poverty, and my bones have been disturbed.

12 I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who catch sight of me, flee away from me.

13 I have become forgotten, like one dead to the heart. I have become like a damaged utensil.

14 For I have heard the harsh criticism of many who linger in the area. While assembled together against me in that place, they deliberated on how to take away my life.

15 But I have hoped in you, O Lord. I said, “You are my God.”

16 My fate is in your hands. Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who are persecuting me.

17 Shine your face upon your servant. Save me in your mercy.

18 Do not let me be confounded, Lord, for I have called upon you. Let the impious be ashamed and be drawn down into Hell.

19 May deceitful lips be silenced: those that speak iniquity against the just, in arrogance and in abusiveness.

20 How great is the multitude of your sweetness, O Lord, which you keep hidden for those who fear you, which you have perfected for those who hope in you, in the sight of the sons of men.

21 You hide them in the concealment of your face, from the disturbance of men. You protect them in your tabernacle, from the contradiction of tongues.

22 Blessed is the Lord. For he has shown his wonderful mercy to me, in a fortified city.

23 But I said in the excess of my mind: “I have been cast away from the glance of your eyes.” And so, you heeded the voice of my prayer, while I was still crying out to you.

24 Love the Lord, all you his saints. For the Lord will require truth, and he will abundantly repay those who act with arrogance.

25 Act manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all you who hope in the Lord.