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1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

2 The heavens describe the glory of God, and the firmament announces the work of his hands.

3 Day proclaims the word to day, and night to night imparts knowledge.

4 There are no speeches or conversations, where their voices are not being heard.

5 Their sound has gone forth through all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

6 He has placed his tabernacle in the sun, and he is like a bridegroom coming out of his bedroom. He has exulted like a giant running along the way;

7 his departure is from the summit of heaven. And his course reaches all the way to its summit. Neither is there anyone who can hide himself from his heat.

8 The law of the Lord is immaculate, converting souls. The testimony of the Lord is faithful, providing wisdom to little ones.

9 The justice of the Lord is right, rejoicing hearts. The precepts of the Lord are brilliant, enlightening the eyes.

10 The fear of the Lord is holy, enduring for all generations. The judgments of the Lord are true, justified in themselves:

11 desirable beyond gold and many precious stones, and sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

12 For, indeed, your servant keeps them, and in keeping them, there are many rewards.

13 Who can understand transgression? From my hidden faults, cleanse me, O Lord,

14 and from those of others, spare your servant. If they will have no dominion over me, then I will be immaculate, and I will be cleansed from the greatest transgression.

15 And the eloquence of my mouth will be so as to please, along with the meditation of my heart, in your sight, forever, O Lord, my helper and my redeemer.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

2 May the Lord hear you in the day of tribulation. May the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

3 May he send you help from the sanctuary and watch over you from Zion.

4 May he be mindful of all your sacrifices, and may your burnt-offerings be fat.

5 May he grant to you according to your heart, and confirm all your counsels.

6 We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God, we will be magnified.

7 May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ. He will hear him from his holy heaven. The salvation of his right hand is in his power.

8 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.

9 They have been bound, and they have fallen. But we have risen up, and we have been set upright.

10 O Lord, save the king, and hear us on the day that we will call upon you.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

2 In your virtue, Lord, the king will rejoice, and over your salvation, he will exult exceedingly.

3 You have granted him the desire of his heart, and you have not cheated him of the wish of his lips.

4 For you have gone ahead of him with blessings of sweetness. You have placed a crown of precious stones on his head.

5 He petitioned you for life, and you have granted him length of days, in the present time, and forever and ever.

6 Great is his glory in your salvation. Glory and great adornment, you will lay upon him.

7 For you will give him as a blessing forever and ever. You will make him rejoice with gladness in your presence.

8 Because the king hopes in the Lord, and in the mercy of the Most High, he will not be disturbed.

9 May your hand be found by all your enemies. May your right hand discover all those who hate you.

10 You will make them like an oven of fire, in the time of your presence. The Lord will stir them up with his wrath, and fire will devour them.

11 You will destroy their fruit from the earth and their offspring from the sons of men.

12 For they have turned evils upon you; they have devised plans, which they have not been able to accomplish.

13 For you will make them turn their back; with your remnants, you will prepare their countenance.

14 Be exalted, Lord, by your own power. We will play music and sing psalms to your virtues.

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.