The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.

And in thy majesty prosper, ride on, in behalf of truth and meekness and righteousness; and let thy right hand teach thee tremendous things.

Thine arrows are sharp — the peoples fall under thee — they sink into the heart of the king's enemies.

Thy throne given of God is for ever and ever; a sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

Kings' daughters are among thy favourites; at thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

'Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

So shall the king desire thy beauty; for he is thy lord; and do homage unto him.

And, O daughter of Tyre, the richest of the people shall entreat thy favour with a gift.'

All glorious is the king's daughter within the palace; her raiment is of chequer work inwrought with gold.

She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee.

They shall be led with gladness and rejoicing; they shall enter into the king's palace.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons, whom thou shalt make princes in all the land.

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations; therefore shall the peoples praise thee for ever and ever.

For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah; upon Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, and though the mountains be moved into the heart of the seas;

Though the waters thereof roar and foam, though the mountains shake at the swelling thereof. Selah

There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the holiest dwelling-place of the Most High.

God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, at the approach of morning.

Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah

Come, behold the works of the LORD, who hath made desolations in the earth.

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.

'Let be, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'

The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah

For the Leader; a Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye peoples; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

For the LORD is most high, awful; a great King over all the earth.

He subdueth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

He chooseth our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob whom He loveth. Selah

God is gone up amidst shouting, the LORD amidst the sound of the horn.

Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

For God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises in a skilful song.

God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon His holy throne.

The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham; for unto God belong the shields of the earth; He is greatly exalted.

A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain,

Fair in situation, the joy of the whole earth; even mount Zion, the uttermost parts of the north, the city of the great King.

God in her palaces hath made Himself known for a stronghold.

For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they came onward together.

They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.

Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail.

With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God — God establish it for ever. Selah

We have thought on Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy temple.

As is Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise unto the ends of the earth; Thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Let mount Zion be glad, let the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of Thy judgments.

Walk about Zion, and go round about her; count the towers thereof.

Mark ye well her ramparts, traverse her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

For such is God, our God, for ever and ever; He will guide us eternally.

For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

Both low and high, rich and poor together.

My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.

I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my supplanters compasseth me about,

Of them that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches?

No man can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him —

For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever —

That he should still live alway, that he should not see the pit.

For he seeth that wise men die, the fool and the brutish together perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

But man abideth not in honour; he is like the beasts that perish.

This is the way of them that are foolish, and of those who after them approve their sayings. Selah

Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the nether-world; for He shall receive me. Selah

Be not thou afraid when one waxeth rich, when the wealth of his house is increased;

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his wealth shall not descend after him.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: 'Men will praise thee, when thou shalt do well to thyself';

It shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see the light.

Man that is in honour understandeth not; he is like the beasts that perish.

A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.

He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:

'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'

And the heavens declare His righteousness; for God, He is judge. Selah

'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is Mine, and the fulness thereof.

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High;

And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'

But unto the wicked God saith: 'What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, and that thou hast taken My covenant in thy mouth?

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.

When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.

Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set the cause before thine eyes.

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving honoureth Me; and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of God.'

For the Leader. A Psalm of David; When Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Be gracious unto me, O God, according to Thy mercy; according to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me.

Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in Thy sight; that Thou mayest be justified when Thou speakest, and be in the right when Thou judgest.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts; make me, therefore, to know wisdom in mine inmost heart.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.