The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us.

O God, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies mock as they please.

O God of hosts, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.

Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.

The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.

She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.

Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?

The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.

O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,

And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself.

It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.

Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself.

So shall we not turn back from Thee; quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.

O LORD God of hosts, restore us; cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob.

Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.

For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:

'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.

Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, that Israel would walk in My ways!

I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries.

The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.

They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'

A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of God; in the midst of the judges He judgeth:

'How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah

Judge the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

Rescue the poor and needy; deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

They know not, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are moved.

I said: Ye are godlike beings, and all of you sons of the Most High.

Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.'

Arise, O God, judge the earth; for Thou shalt possess all nations.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not Thou silence; hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.

For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; and they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.

They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.

They have said: 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'

For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant;

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Assyria also is joined with them; they have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah

Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

Who were destroyed at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;

Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession the habitations of God.'

O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.

As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

So pursue them with Thy tempest, and affright them with Thy storm.

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O LORD.

Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; yea, let them be abashed and perish;

That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.

For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

My soul yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy unto the living God.

Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young; Thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God — .

Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, they are ever praising Thee. Selah

Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways.

Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.

They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed.

For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

O LORD of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in Thee.

For the Leader. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. LORD, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land, Thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob.

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast pardoned all their sin. Selah

Thou hast withdrawn all Thy wrath; Thou hast turned from the fierceness of Thine anger.

Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Thine indignation toward us to cease.

Wilt Thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt Thou draw out Thine anger to all generations?

Wilt Thou not quicken us again, that Thy people may rejoice in Thee?

Show us Thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us Thy salvation.

I will hear what God the LORD will speak; for He will speak peace unto His people, and to His saints; but let them not turn back to folly.

Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Truth springeth out of the earth; and righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

Yea, the LORD will give that which is good; and our land shall yield her produce.

Righteousness shall go before Him, and shall make His footsteps a way.

A Prayer of David. Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and answer me; for I am poor and needy.

Keep my soul, for I am godly; O Thou my God, save Thy servant that trusteth in Thee.

Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto Thee do I cry all the day.

Rejoice the soul of Thy servant; for unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to pardon, and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee.

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend unto the voice of my supplications.

In the day of my trouble I call upon Thee; for Thou wilt answer me.

There is none like unto Thee among the gods, O Lord, and there are no works like Thine.

All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and prostrate themselves before Thee, O Lord; and they shall glorify Thy name.

For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things; Thou art God alone.

Teach me, O LORD, Thy way, that I may walk in Thy truth; make one my heart to fear Thy name.

I will thank Thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify Thy name for evermore.

For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world.

O God, the proud are risen up against me, and the company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set Thee before them.

But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth.