The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.

Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually.

Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah

The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying],

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever.

I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it; And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints.

For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.

Every one of them is gone back; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon God?

There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected them.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David; when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, And judge me in thy might.

Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.

For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. [Selah

Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.

He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.

With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto thee: I will give thanks unto thy name, O Jehovah, for it is good.

For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; And mine eye hath seen [my desire] upon mine enemies.

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication.

Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.

Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. [Selah

I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.

Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:

But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.

We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.

Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.

Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.

He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me.

God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, [Selah [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God.

He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.

His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.

For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his] word),

In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?

For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast.

I will cry unto God Most High, Unto God that performeth [all things] for me.

He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; [Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.

My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.

I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples: I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.

For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, And thy truth unto the skies.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

[Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;

So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the bloodthirsty men.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.

Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. [Selah

They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go round about the city.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?

But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

[Because of] his strength I will give heed unto thee; For God is my high tower.