The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.

The LORD is great in Zion; and He is high above all the peoples.

Let them praise Thy name as great and awful; Holy is He.

The strength also of the king who loveth justice — Thou hast established equity, Thou hast executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Exalt ye the LORD our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool; Holy is He.

Moses and Aaron among His priests, and Samuel among them that call upon His name, did call upon the LORD, and He answered them.

He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud; they kept His testimonies, and the statute that He gave them.

O LORD our God, Thou didst answer them; a forgiving God wast Thou unto them, though Thou tookest vengeance of their misdeeds.

Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at His holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout unto the LORD, all the earth.

Serve the LORD with gladness; come before His presence with singing.

Know ye that the LORD He is God; it is He that hath made us, and we our His, His people, and the flock of His pasture.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise; give thanks unto Him, and bless His name.

For the LORD is good; His mercy endureth for ever; and His faithfulness unto all generations.

A Psalm of David. I will sing of mercy and justice; unto Thee, O LORD, will I sing praises.

I will give heed unto the way of integrity; Oh when wilt Thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

I will set no base thing before mine eyes; I hate the doing of things crooked; it shall not cleave unto me.

A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil thing.

Whoso slandereth his neighbour in secret, him will I destroy; whoso is haughty of eye and proud of heart, him will I not suffer.

Mine eyes are upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a way of integrity, he shall minister unto me.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

Morning by morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land; to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the LORD.

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he fainteth, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD. O LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto Thee.

Hide not Thy face from me in the day of my distress; incline Thine ear unto me; in the day when I call answer me speedily.

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.

My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.

By reason of the voice of my sighing my bones cleave to my flesh.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

I watch, and am become like a sparrow that is alone upon the housetop.

Mine enemies taunt me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; for Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

My days are like a lengthening shadow; and I am withered like grass.

But Thou, O LORD, sittest enthroned for ever; and Thy name is unto all generations.

Thou wilt arise, and have compassion upon Zion; for it is time to be gracious unto her, for the appointed time is come.

For Thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and love her dust.

So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth Thy glory;

When the LORD hath built up Zion, when He hath appeared in His glory;

When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer.

This shall be written for the generation to come; and a people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.

For He hath looked down from the height of His sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;

To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;

That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion, and His praise in Jerusalem;

When the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.

I say: 'O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, Thou whose years endure throughout all generations.

Of old Thou didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands.

They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall pass away;

But Thou art the selfsame, and Thy years shall have no end.

The children of Thy servants shall dwell securely, and their seed shall be established before Thee.'

A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits;

Who forgiveth all thine iniquity; who healeth all Thy diseases;

Who redeemeth Thy life from the pit; who encompasseth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Who satisfieth thine old age with good things; so that Thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

The LORD executeth righteousness, and acts of justice for all that are oppressed.

He made known His ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel.

The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

He will not always contend; neither will He keep His anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor requited us according to our iniquities.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.

Like as a father hath compassion upon his children, so hath the LORD compassion upon them that fear Him.

For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof knoweth it no more.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children's children;

To such as keep His covenant, and to those that remember His precepts to do them.

The LORD hath established His throne in the heavens; and His kingdom ruleth over all.

Bless the LORD, ye angels of His, ye mighty in strength, that fulfil His word, hearkening unto the voice of His word.

Bless the LORD, all ye His hosts; ye ministers of His, that do His pleasure.

Bless the LORD, all ye His works, in all places of His dominion; bless the LORD, O my soul.

Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, Thou art very great; Thou art clothed with glory and majesty.

Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

Who layest the beams of Thine upper chambers in the waters, who makest the clouds Thy chariot, who walkest upon the wings of the wind;

Who makest winds Thy messengers, the flaming fire Thy ministers.

Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations, that it should not be moved for ever and ever;

Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains.

At Thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away —

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down — unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them;

Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass over, that they might not return to cover the earth.

Who sendest forth springs into the valleys; they run between the mountains;

They give drink to every beast of the field, the wild asses quench their thirst.

Beside them dwell the fowl of the heaven, from among the branches they sing.

Who waterest the mountains from Thine upper chambers; the earth is full of the fruit of Thy works.

Who causeth the grass to spring up for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; to bring forth bread out of the earth,

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, making the face brighter than oil, and bread that stayeth man's heart.

The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, which He hath planted;

Wherein the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.

Who appointedst the moon for seasons; the sun knoweth his going down.

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

The sun ariseth, they slink away, and couch in their dens.

Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

How manifold are Thy works, O LORD! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy creatures.

Yonder sea, great and wide, therein are creeping things innumerable, living creatures, both small and great.

There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein.

All of them wait for Thee, that Thou mayest give them their food in due season.

Thou givest it unto them, they gather it; Thou openest Thy hand, they are satisfied with good.