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1 Unto the end. For Jeduthun himself. A Canticle of David.

2 I said, “I will keep to my ways, so that I will not offend with my tongue.” I posted a guard at my mouth, when a sinner took up a position against me.

3 I was silenced and humbled, and I was quiet before good things, and my sorrow was renewed.

4 My heart grew hot within me, and, during my meditation, a fire would flare up.

5 I spoke with my tongue, “O Lord, make me know my end, and what the number of my days will be, so that I may know what is lacking to me.”

6 Behold, you have made my days measurable, and, before you, my substance is as nothing. Yet truly, all things are vanity: every living man.

7 So then, truly man passes by like an image; even so, he is disquieted in vain. He stores up, and he knows not for whom he will gather these things.

8 And now, what is it that awaits me? Is it not the Lord? And my substance is with you.

9 Rescue me from all my iniquities. You have handed me over as reproach to the foolish.

10 I was silenced, and I did not open my mouth, because it was you who acted.

11 Remove your scourges from me.

12 I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.

13 O Lord, heed my prayer and my supplication. Pay attention to my tears. Do not be silent. For I am a newcomer with you, and a sojourner, just as all my fathers were.

14 Forgive me, so that I may be refreshed, before I will go forth and be no more.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.

2 I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

3 And he heard my prayers and he led me out of the pit of misery and the quagmire. And he stationed my feet upon a rock, and he directed my steps.

4 And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord.

5 Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.

6 You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.

7 Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.

8 Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me:

9 that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.

10 I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it.

11 I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.

12 O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.

13 For evils without number have surrounded me. My iniquities have taken hold of me, and I was not able to see. They have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. And my heart has forsaken me.

14 Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me.

15 Let them together be confounded and awed, who seek after my soul to steal it away. Let them be turned back and be in awe, who wish evils upon me.

16 Let them bear their confusion all at once, who say to me, “Well, well.”

17 Let all who seek you exult and rejoice over you. And let those who love your salvation always say, “May the Lord be magnified.”

18 But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.

2 Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

3 May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.

4 May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.

5 I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”

6 My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

7 And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.

8 All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

9 They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?

10 For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.

11 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.

12 By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

13 But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.

14 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.

1 Unto the end. The understanding of the sons of Korah.

2 As the deer longs for fountains of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.

3 My soul has thirsted for the strong living God. When will I draw close and appear before the face of God?

4 My tears have been my bread, day and night. Meanwhile, it is said to me daily: “Where is your God?”

5 These things I have remembered; and my soul within me, I have poured out. For I will cross into the place of the wonderful tabernacle, all the way to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and confession, the sound of feasting.

6 Why are you sad, my soul? And why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still confess to him: the salvation of my countenance,

7 and my God. My soul has been troubled within myself. Because of this, I will remember you from the land of the Jordan and from Hermon, from the little mountain.

8 Abyss calls upon abyss, with the voice of your floodgate. All your heights and your waves have passed over me.

9 In the daylight, the Lord has ordered his mercy; and in the night, a canticle to him. With me is a prayer to the God of my life.

10 I will say to God, “You are my supporter. Why have you forgotten me? And why do I walk in mourning, while my adversary afflicts me?”

11 While my bones are being broken, my enemies, who trouble me, have reproached me. Meanwhile, they say to me every single day, “Where is your God?”

12 My soul, why are you saddened? And why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still confess to him: the salvation of my countenance and my God.

1 A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy; rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.

2 For you are God, my strength. Why have you rejected me? And why do I walk in sadness, while the adversary afflicts me?

3 Send forth your light and your truth. They have guided me and led me, to your holy mountain and into your tabernacles.

4 And I will enter, up to the altar of God, to God who enlivens my youthfulness. To you, O God, my God, I will confess upon a stringed instrument.

5 Why are you sad, my soul? And why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance and my God.

1 Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding.

2 We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.

3 Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.

4 For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.

5 You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.

6 With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.

7 For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.

8 For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.

9 In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.

10 But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.

11 You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.

12 You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.

13 You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.

14 You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.

15 You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

16 All day long my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,

17 before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.

18 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.

19 And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.

20 For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have extended our hands to a foreign god,

22 will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart. For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.

24 Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?

25 For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.

26 Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.

1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. A Canticle for the Beloved.

2 My heart has uttered a good word. I speak of my works to the king. My tongue is like the pen of a scribe who writes quickly.

3 You are a brilliant form before the sons of men. Grace has been poured freely into your lips. Because of this, God has blessed you in eternity.

4 Fasten your sword to your thigh, O most powerful one.

5 With your splendor and your excellence extended, proceed prosperously, and reign for the sake of truth and meekness and justice, and so will your right hand lead you wondrously.

6 Your arrows are sharp; the people will fall under you, with the hearts of the enemies of the king.

7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of true aim.

8 You have loved justice and hated iniquity. Because of this, God, your God, has anointed you, before your co-heirs, with the oil of gladness.

9 Myrrh and balsam and cinnamon perfume your garments, from the houses of ivory. From these, they have delighted you:

10 the daughters of kings in your honor. The queen assisted at your right hand, in clothing of gold, encircled with diversity.

11 Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. And forget your people and your father’s house.

12 And the king will desire your beauty. For he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.

13 And the daughters of Tyre will entreat your countenance with gifts: all the rich men of the people.

14 All the glory of the daughter of its king is inside, in golden fringes,

15 clothed all around with diversities. After her, virgins will be led to the king. Her neighbors will be brought to you.

16 They will be brought with gladness and exultation. They will be led into the temple of the king.

17 For your fathers, sons have been born to you. You will establish them as leaders over all the earth.

18 They will remember your name always, for generation after generation. Because of this, people will confess to you in eternity, even forever and ever.

1 Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, for confidants. A Psalm.

2 Our God is our refuge and strength, a helper in the tribulations that have greatly overwhelmed us.

3 Because of this, we will not be afraid when the earth will be turbulent and the mountains will be transferred into the heart of the sea.

4 They thundered, and the waters were stirred up among them; the mountains have been disturbed by his strength.

5 The frenzy of the river rejoices the city of God. The Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.

6 God is in its midst; it will not be shaken. God will assist it in the early morning.

7 The peoples have been disturbed, and the kingdoms have been bowed down. He uttered his voice: the earth has been moved.

8 The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our supporter.

9 Draw near and behold the works of the Lord: what portents he has set upon the earth,

10 carrying away wars even to the end of the earth. He will crush the bow and break the weapons, and he will burn the shield with fire.

11 Be empty, and see that I am God. I will be exalted among the peoples, and I will be exalted upon the earth.

12 The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our supporter.

1 Unto the end. A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

2 All nations, clap your hands. Shout joyfully to God with a voice of exultation.

3 For the Lord is exalted and terrible: a great King over all the earth.

4 He has subjected the peoples to us and subdued the nations under our feet.

5 He has chosen us for his inheritance: the splendor of Jacob, whom he has loved.

6 God ascends with jubilation, and the Lord with the voice of the trumpet.

7 Sing psalms to our God, sing psalms. Sing psalms to our King, sing psalms.

8 For God is the King of all the earth. Sing psalms wisely.

9 God will reign over the peoples. God sits upon his holy throne.

10 The leaders of the peoples have been gathered together by the God of Abraham. For the strong gods of the earth have been exceedingly exalted.

1 A Canticle Psalm. To the sons of Korah, on the second Sabbath.

2 The Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy, in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.

3 Mount Zion is being founded with the exultation of the whole earth, on the north side, the city of the great king.

4 In her houses, God will be known, since he will support her.

5 For behold, the kings of the earth have been gathered together; they have convened as one.

6 Such did they see, and they were astonished: they were disturbed, they were moved.

7 Trembling took hold of them. In that place, their pains were that of a woman in labor.

8 With a vehement spirit, you will crush the ships of Tarshish.

9 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God. God has founded it in eternity.

10 We have received your mercy, O God, in the midst of your temple.

11 According to your name, O God, so does your praise reach to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of justice.

12 Let mount Zion rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah exult, because of your judgments, O Lord.

13 Encircle Zion and embrace her. Discourse in her towers.

14 Set your hearts on her virtue. And distribute her houses, so that you may discourse of it in another generation.

15 For this is God, our God, in eternity and forever and ever. He will rule us forever.