The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it, and tread my life down to the earth; yea, let him lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger, lift up Thyself in indignation against mine adversaries; yea, awake for me at the judgment which Thou hast commanded.

And let the congregation of the peoples compass Thee about, and over them return Thou on high.

O LORD, who ministerest judgment to the peoples, judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

Oh that a full measure of evil might come upon the wicked, and that Thou wouldest establish the righteous; for the righteous God trieth the heart and reins.

My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart.

God is a righteous judge, yea, a God that hath indignation every day:

If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready;

He hath also prepared for him the weapons of death, yea, His arrows which He made sharp.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; yea, he conceiveth mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood.

He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

I will give thanks unto the LORD according to His righteousness; and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;

What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?

Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet:

Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

For the Leader; upon Muthlabben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart; I will tell of all Thy marvellous works.

I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High:

When mine enemies are turned back, they stumble and perish at Thy presence;

For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished.

But the LORD is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment.

And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.

The LORD also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;

And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.

Sing praises to the LORD, who dwelleth in Zion; declare among the peoples His doings.

For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.

Be gracious unto me, O LORD, behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me; Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

That I may tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in Thy salvation.

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

The LORD hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

Arise, O LORD, let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in Thy sight.

Set terror over them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

Why standest Thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?

Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith: 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'

His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.

He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.

He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?

Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

The LORD is King for ever and ever; the nations are perished out of His land.

LORD, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;

To right the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

For the Leader. A Psalm of David. In the LORD have I taken refuge; how say ye to my soul: 'Flee thou! to your mountain, ye birds'?

For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have made ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?

The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD, His throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.

The LORD trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.

Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

For the LORD is righteous, He loveth righteousness; the upright shall behold His face.

For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!

Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'

'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith the LORD; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'

The words of the LORD are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.

Thou wilt keep them, O LORD; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.

The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

For the Leader. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD, wilt Thou forget me for ever? How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Behold Thou, and answer me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.

I will sing unto the LORD, because He hath dealt bountifully with me.

For the Leader. A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt corruptly, they have done abominably; there is none that doeth good.

The LORD looked forth from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any man of understanding, that did seek after God.

They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

'Shall not all the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD?'

There are they in great fear; for God is with the righteous generation.

Ye would put to shame the counsel of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When the LORD turneth the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell upon Thy holy mountain?

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart;

That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honoureth them that fear the LORD; he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;

He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Michtam of David. Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.

I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee';

As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips.

O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel; yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me.