The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.

Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

Thou preparedst [room] before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God.

It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.

Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.

For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, [Where] I heard a language that I knew not.

I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. [Selah

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.

He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.

A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods.

How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? [Selah

Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.

Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.

Arise, O God, judge the earth; For thou shalt inherit all the nations.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. [Selah

Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.

Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee. [Selah

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion].

Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. [Selah

Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; Thou hast covered all their sin. [Selah

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger.

Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

Wilt thou not quicken us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee?

Show us thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, And grant us thy salvation.

I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: But let them not turn again to folly.

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, That glory may dwell in our land.

Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good; And our land shall yield its increase.

Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way [to walk in].

A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.

Preserve my soul; for I am godly: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

Be merciful unto me, O Lord; For unto thee do I cry all the day long.

Rejoice the soul of thy servant; For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer; And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee; For thou wilt answer me.

There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name.

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone.

Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore.

For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.