The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto Thee, when I lift up my hands toward Thy holy Sanctuary.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity; who speak peace with their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

Because they give no heed to the works of the LORD, nor to the operation of His hands; He will break them down and not build them up.

Blessed be the LORD, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

The LORD is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him.

The LORD is a strength unto them; and He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed.

Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; and tend them, and carry them for ever.

A Psalm of David. Ascribe unto the LORD, O ye sons of might, ascribe unto the LORD glory and strength.

Ascribe unto the LORD the glory due unto His name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thundereth, even the LORD upon many waters.

The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.

The voice of the LORD heweth out flames of fire.

The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and strippeth the forests bare; and in His temple all say: 'Glory.'

The LORD sat enthroned at the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth as King for ever.

The LORD will give strength unto His people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; of David. I will extol thee, O LORD, for Thou hast raised me up, and hast not suffered mine enemies to rejoice over me.

O LORD my God, I cried unto Thee, and Thou didst heal me;

O LORD, Thou broughtest up my soul from the nether-world; Thou didst keep me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Sing praise unto the LORD, O ye His godly ones, and give thanks to His holy name.

For His anger is but for a moment, His favour is for a life-time; weeping may tarry for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Now I had said in my security: 'I shall never be moved.'

Thou hadst established, O LORD, in Thy favour my mountain as a stronghold — Thou didst hide Thy face; I was affrighted.

Unto Thee, O LORD, did I call, and unto the LORD I made supplication:

'What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy truth?

Hear, O LORD, and be gracious unto me; LORD, be Thou my helper.'

Thou didst turn for me my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness;

So that my glory may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent; O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto Thee for ever.

For the Leader. A Psalm of David. In thee, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Thy righteousness.

Incline Thine ear unto me, deliver me speedily; be Thou to me a rock of refuge, even a fortress of defence, to save me.

For Thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for Thy name's sake lead me and guide me.

Bring me forth out of the net that they have hidden for me; for Thou art my stronghold.

Into Thy hand I commit my spirit; Thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, Thou God of truth.

I hate them that regard lying vanities; but I trust in the LORD.

I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness; for Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast taken cognizance of the troubles of my soul,

And Thou hast not given me over into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a broad place.

Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I am in distress; mine eye wasteth away with vexation, yea, my soul and my body.

For my life is spent in sorrow, and my years in sighing; my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.

Because of all mine adversaries I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbours exceedingly, and a dread to mine acquaintance; they that see me without flee from me.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a useless vessel.

For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side; while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

But as for me, I have trusted in Thee, O LORD; I have said: 'Thou art my God.'

My times are in Thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; save me in Thy lovingkindness.

O LORD, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon Thee; let the wicked be ashamed, let them be put to silence in the nether-world.

Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

Oh how abundant is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee; which Thou hast wrought for them that take their refuge in Thee, in the sight of the sons of men!

Thou hidest them in the covert of Thy presence from the plottings of man; Thou concealest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

Blessed be the LORD; for He hath shown me His wondrous lovingkindness in an entrenched city.

As for me, I said in my haste: 'I am cut off from before Thine eyes'; nevertheless Thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto Thee.

O love the LORD, all ye His godly ones; the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all ye that wait for the LORD.

A Psalm of David. Maschil. Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned.

Happy is the man unto whom the LORD counteth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

When I kept silence, my bones wore away through my groaning all the day long.

For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; my sap was turned as in the droughts of summer. Selah

I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid; I said: 'I will make confession concerning my transgressions unto the LORD' — and Thou, Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah

For this let every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found; surely, when the great waters overflow, they will not reach unto him.

Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from the adversary; with songs of deliverance Thou wilt compass me about. Selah

'I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will give counsel, Mine eye being upon thee.'

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, that they come not near unto thee.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked; but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy compasseth him about.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous, praise is comely for the upright.

Give thanks unto the LORD with harp, sing praises unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings.

Sing unto Him a new song; play skilfully amid shouts of joy.

For the word of the LORD is upright; and all His work is done in faithfulness.

He loveth righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; He layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

For He spoke, and it was; He commanded, and it stood.

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.

Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD; the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance.

The LORD looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men;

From the place of His habitation He looketh intently upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their doings.

A king is not saved by the multitude of a host; a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth it afford escape by its great strength.

Behold, the eye of the LORD is toward them that fear Him, toward them that wait for His mercy;

To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Our soul hath waited for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

For in Him doth our heart rejoice, because we have trusted in His holy name.

Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we have waited for Thee.

A Psalm of David; when he changed his demeanour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

My soul shall glory in the LORD; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together.

I sought the LORD, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

They looked unto Him, and were radiant; and their faces shall never be abashed.

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard, and saved him out of all his troubles.

The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them.

O consider and see that the LORD is good; happy is the man that taketh refuge in Him.

O fear the LORD, ye His holy ones; for there is no want to them that fear Him.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they that seek the LORD want not any good thing.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.