The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Hee imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill.

Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth vnto the heauens, and thy faithfulnesse vnto the cloudes.

Thy righteousnesse is like the mightie moutaines: thy iudgements are like a great deepe: thou, Lord, doest saue man and beast.

How excellent is thy mercy, O God! therefore the children of men trust vnder the shadowe of thy wings.

They shall be satisfied with the fatnesse of thine house, and thou shalt giue them drinke out of the riuer of thy pleasures.

For with thee is the well of life, and in thy light shall we see light.

Extend thy louing kindnes vnto them that knowe thee, and thy righteousnesse vnto them that are vpright in heart.

Let not ye foote of pride come against me, and let not the hand of ye wicked men moue me.

There they are fallen that worke iniquity: they are cast downe, and shall not be able to rise.

A Psalme of David. Fret not thy selfe because of the wicked men, neither be enuious for the euill doers.

For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.

Trust thou in the Lord and do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.

And delite thy selfe in the Lord, and hee shall giue thee thine hearts desire.

Commit thy way vnto the Lord, and trust in him, and he shall bring it to passe.

And he shall bring foorth thy righteousnes as the light, and thy iudgement as the noone day.

Waite patiently vpon the Lord and hope in him: fret not thy selfe for him which prospereth in his way: nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to passe.

Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe also to doe euill.

For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.

Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.

But meeke men shall possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.

The wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

But the Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth, that his day is comming.

The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.

But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.

A small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.

The Lord knoweth the dayes of vpright men, and their inheritance shall bee perpetuall.

They shall not be confounded in the perilous time, and in the daies of famine they shall haue ynough.

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be consumed as the fatte of lambes: euen with the smoke shall they consume away.

The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.

For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

The pathes of man are directed by the Lord: for he loueth his way.

Though he fall, hee shall not be cast off: for the Lord putteth vnder his hand.

I haue beene yong, and am olde: yet I sawe neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begging bread.

But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.

Flee from euill and doe good, and dwell for euer.

For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.

The righteous men shall inherit the lande, and dwell therein for euer.

The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.

For the Lawe of his God is in his heart, and his steppes shall not slide.

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

But the Lord wil not leaue him in his hand, nor condemne him, when he is iudged.

Waite thou on the Lord, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.

I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.

Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.

Marke the vpright man, and beholde the iust: for the end of that man is peace.

But the transgressours shall be destroyed together, and the ende of the wicked shall bee cut off.

But the saluation of the righteous men shalbe of the Lord: he shalbe their strength in the time of trouble.

For the Lord shall helpe them, and deliuer them: he shall deliuer them from the wicked, and shall saue them, because they trust in him.

A Psalme of Dauid for remembrance. O Lord, rebuke mee not in thine anger, neither chastise me in thy wrath.

For thine arrowes haue light vpon me, and thine hand lyeth vpon me.

There is nothing sound in my flesh, because of thine anger: neither is there rest in my bones because of my sinne.

For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head, and as a weightie burden they are too heauie for me.

My woundes are putrified, and corrupt because of my foolishnes.

I am bowed, and crooked very sore: I goe mourning all the day.

For my reines are full of burning, and there is nothing sound in my flesh.

I am weakened and sore broken: I roare for the very griefe of mine heart.

Lord, I powre my whole desire before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.

Mine heart panteth: my strength faileth me, and the light of mine eyes, euen they are not mine owne.

My louers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my kinsmen stand a farre off.

They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.

But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.

Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofes.

For on thee, O Lord, do I waite: thou wilt heare me, my Lord, my God.

For I said, Heare me, least they reioyce ouer me: for when my foote slippeth, they extol themselues against me.

Surely I am ready to halte, and my sorow is euer before me.

When I declare my paine, and am sory for my sinne,

Then mine enemies are aliue and are mightie, and they that hate me wrongfully are many.

They also, that rewarde euill for good, are mine aduersaries, because I follow goodnesse.

Forsake me not, O Lord: be not thou farre from me, my God.

Haste thee to helpe mee, O my Lord, my saluation.

To the excellent musician Ieduthun. I thought, I will take heede to my wayes, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth brideled, while the wicked is in my sight.

I was dumme and spake nothing: I kept silece euen from good, and my sorow was more stirred.

Mine heart was hote within me, and while I was musing, the fire kindeled, and I spake with my tongue, saying,

Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.

Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah.

Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

And now Lord, what wait I for? mine hope is euen in thee.

Deliuer me from all my transgressions, and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolish.

I should haue bene dumme, and not haue opened my mouth, because thou didest it.

Take thy plague away from mee: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.

When thou with rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe makest his beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.

Heare my prayer, O Lord, and hearken vnto my cry: keepe not silence at my teares, for I am a strager with thee, and a soiourner as all my fathers.

Stay thine anger from me, that I may recouer my strength, before I go hence and be not.

To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. I Waited paciently for the Lord, and he inclined vnto me, and heard my cry.

Hee brought mee also out of the horrible pit, out of the myrie clay, and set my feete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings.

And he hath put in my mouth a new song of praise vnto our God: many shall see it and feare, and shall trust in the Lord.

Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, and regardeth not the proude, nor such as turne aside to lyes.

O Lord my God, thou hast made thy wonderfull workes so many, that none can count in order to thee thy thoughts toward vs: I would declare, and speake of them, but they are moe then I am able to expresse.

Sacrifice and offering thou didest not desire: (for mine eares hast thou prepared) burnt offring and sinne offering hast thou not required.

Then said I, Lo, I come: for in the rolle of the booke it is written of me,

I desired to doe thy good will, O my God: yea, thy Lawe is within mine heart.

I haue declared thy righteousnesse in the great Congregation: loe, I will not refraine my lippes: O Lord, thou knowest.

I haue not hidde thy righteousnesse within mine heart, but I haue declared thy trueth and thy saluation: I haue not conceiled thy mercy and thy trueth from the great Congregation.

Withdrawe not thou thy tender mercie from mee, O Lord: let thy mercie and thy trueth alway preserue me.

For innumerable troubles haue compassed mee: my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me, that I am not able to looke vp: yea, they are moe in nomber then the heares of mine head: therefore mine heart hath failed me.

Let it please thee, O Lord, to deliuer mee: make haste, O Lord, to helpe me.

Let them be confounded and put to shame together, that seeke my soule to destroye it: let them be driuen backward and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.

Let them be destroyed for a rewarde of their shame, which say vnto me, Aha, aha.

Let all them, that seeke thee, reioyce and be glad in thee: and let them, that loue thy saluation, say alway, The Lord be praysed.