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My tongue also shall tell of Thy righteousness all the day; for they are ashamed, for they are abashed, that seek my hurt.

A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king's son;

That he may judge Thy people with righteousness, and Thy poor with justice.

Let the mountains bear peace to the people, and the hills, through righteousness.

May he judge the poor of the people, and save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.

They shall fear Thee while the sun endureth, and so long as the moon, throughout all generations.

May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

In his days let the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.

May he have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the earth.

Let them that dwell in the wilderness bow before him; and his enemies lick the dust.

The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Yea, all kings shall prostrate themselves before him; all nations shall serve him.

For he will deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.

He will have pity on the poor and needy, and the souls of the needy he will save.

He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence, and precious will their blood be in his sight;

That they may live, and that he may give them of the gold of Sheba, that they may pray for him continually, yea, bless him all the day.

May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains; may his fruit rustle like Lebanon; and may they blossom out of the city like grass of the earth.

May his name endure for ever; may his name be continued as long as the sun; may men also bless themselves by him; may all nations call him happy.

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things;

And blessed be His glorious name for ever; and let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

BOOK III A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.

In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.

They have set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

Therefore His people return hither; and waters of fullness are drained out by them.

And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

Behold, such are the wicked; and they that are always at ease increase riches.

Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;

For all the day have I been plagued, and my chastisement came every morning.

If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.

And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;

Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.

Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.

How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.

As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.

For my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins.

But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.

Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.

Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me with glory.

Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.

My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all Thy works.

Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?

Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast gotten of old, which Thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of Thine inheritance; and mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt.

Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; they have set up their own signs for signs.

It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.

And now all the carved work thereof together they strike down with hatchet and hammers.

They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.

They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; they have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.

We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?

Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.

Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.

Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun.

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter.

Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, and how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.

O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.

Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; let the poor and needy praise Thy name.

Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.

Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, the tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.

For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. We give thanks unto Thee, O God, we give thanks, and Thy name is near; men tell of Thy wondrous works.

'When I take the appointed time, I Myself will judge with equity.

When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.' Selah

I say unto the arrogant: 'Deal not arrogantly'; and to the wicked: 'Lift not up the horn.'

Lift not up your horn on high; speak not insolence with a haughty neck.

For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the wilderness, cometh lifting up.

For God is judge; He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, with foaming wine, full of mixture, and He poureth out of the same; surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

But as for me, I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. In Judah is God known; His name is great in Israel.

In Salem also is set His tabernacle, and His dwelling-place in Zion.

There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah

Glorious art Thou and excellent, coming down from the mountains of prey.

The stout-hearted are bereft of sense, they sleep their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands.

At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.

Thou, even Thou, art terrible; and who may stand in Thy sight when once Thou art angry?

Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

When God arose to judgment, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah

Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee; the residue of wrath shalt Thou gird upon Thee.

Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God; let all that are round about Him bring presents unto Him that is to be feared;

He minisheth the spirit of princes; He is terrible to the kings of the earth.

For the Leader; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I will lift up my voice unto God, and cry; I will lift up my voice unto God, that He may give ear unto me.

In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; with my hand uplifted, mine eye streameth in the night without ceasing; my soul refuseth to be comforted.

When I think thereon, O God, I must moan; when I muse thereon, my spirit fainteth. Selah

Thou holdest fast the lids of mine eyes; I am troubled, and cannot speak.

I have pondered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

In the night I will call to remembrance my song; I will commune with mine own heart; and my spirit maketh diligent search: