The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

BOOK V 'O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.'

So let the redeemed of the LORD say, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.

They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.

And He led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.

Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron —

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.

Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help —

They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.

Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

For He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities —

Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death —

They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses;

He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves.

Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing.

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters —

These saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep;

For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;

They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;

They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up —

They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses.

He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.

Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.

Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!

Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders.

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and watersprings into a thirsty ground;

A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.

And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;

And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Again, they are minished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.

He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, and maketh his families like a flock.

The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of the LORD.

A Song, a Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.

Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake the dawn.

I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the peoples; and I will sing praises unto Thee among the nations.

For Thy mercy is great above the heavens, and Thy truth reacheth unto the skies.

Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and Thy glory be above all the earth.

That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me.

God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.

Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; over Philistia do I cry aloud.

Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom?

Hast not Thou cast us off, O God? and Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts?

Give us help against the adversary; for vain is the help of man.

Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries.

For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, keep not silence;

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me; they have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

They compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

In return for my love they are my adversaries; but I am all prayer.

And they have laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love:

'Set Thou a wicked man over him; and let an adversary stand at his right hand.

When he is judged, let him go forth condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin.

Let his days be few; let another take his charge.

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.

Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.

Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children.

Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

Let the iniquity of his fathers be brought to remembrance unto the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Let them be before the LORD continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Because that he remembered not to do kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart he was ready to slay.

Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; and he delighted not in blessing, and it is far from him.

He clothed himself also with cursing as with his raiment, and it is come into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones.

Let it be unto him as the garment which he putteth on, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.'

This would mine adversaries effect from the LORD, and they that speak evil against my soul.

But Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal with me for Thy name's sake; because Thy mercy is good, deliver Thou me.

For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

I am gone like the shadow when it lengtheneth; I am shaken off as the locust.

My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.

I am become also a taunt unto them; when they see me, they shake their head.

Help me, O LORD my God; O save me according to Thy mercy;

That they may know that this is Thy hand; that Thou, LORD, hast done it.

Let them curse, but bless Thou; when they arise, they shall be put to shame, but Thy servant shall rejoice.

Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe.

I will give great thanks unto the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise Him among the multitude;

Because He standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from them that judge his soul.

A Psalm of David. The LORD saith unto my lord: 'Sit thou at My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.'

The rod of Thy strength the LORD will send out of Zion: 'Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.'

Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy warfare; in adornments of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, thine is the dew of thy youth.

The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent: 'Thou art a priest for ever after the manner of Melchizedek.'

The Lord at thy right hand doth crush kings in the day of His wrath.

He will judge among the nations; He filleth it with dead bodies, He crusheth the head over a wide land.

He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore will he lift up the head.

Hallelujah. I will give thanks unto the LORD with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have delight therein.

His work is glory and majesty; and His righteousness endureth for ever.

He hath made a memorial for His wonderful works; the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.

He hath given food unto them that fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant.

He hath declared to His people the power of His works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.