Thou hast shewn thy people hard things: thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.
Hebrew / Jewish
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
Psalms
Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, that they might flee from the bow. Pause.
That thy beloved ones may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.
Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head;
Judas is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me.
Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far as Idumea?
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces?
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.
In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nought them that harass us.
For the end, among the Hymns of David.
O God, hearken to my petition; attend to my prayer.
From the ends of the earth have I cried to thee, when my heart was in trouble: thou liftedst me up on a rock, thou didst guide me:
because thou wert my hope, a tower of strength from the face of the enemy.
I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever; I will shelter myself under the shadow of thy wings. Pause.
For thou, O God, hast heard my prayers; thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name.
Thou shalt add days to the days of the king; [thou shalt lengthen] his years to all generations.
He shall endure for ever before God: which of them will seek out his mercy and truth?
So will I sing to thy name for ever and ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
For the end, a Psalm of David for Idithun.
Shall not my soul be subjected to God? for of him is my salvation.
For he is my God and my Saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved very much.
How long will ye assault a man? ye are all slaughtering as with a bowed wall and a broken hedge.
They only took counsel to set at nought mine honour: I ran in thirst: with their mouth they blessed, but with their heart they cursed. Pause.
Nevertheless do thou, my soul, be subjected to God; for of him [is] my patient hope.
For he [is] my God and my Saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved.
In God [is] my salvation and my glory: [he is] the God of my help, and my hope is in God.
Hope in him, all ye congregation of the people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our helper. Pause.
But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are all alike [formed] out of vanity.
Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.
God has spoken once, [and] I have heard these two things, that power is of God;
and mercy is thine, O Lord; for thou wilt recompense every one according to his works.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Idumea.
O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh [longed] after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land!
Thus have I appeared before thee in the sanctuary, that I might see thy power and thy glory.
For thy mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise thee.
Thus will I bless thee during my life: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and [my] joyful lips shall praise thy name.
Forasmuch as I have remembered thee on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on thee.
For thou hast been my helper, and in the shelter of thy wings will I rejoice.
My soul has kept very close behind thee: thy right hand has upheld me.
But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts of the earth.
They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes.
But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall be praised; for the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been stopped.
For the end, a Psalm of David.
Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to thee; deliver my soul from fear of the enemy.
Thou hast sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; from the multitude of them that work iniquity;
who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;
to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear.
They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them?
They have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach and the heart is deep,
and God shall be exalted, their wounds were [caused by] the weapon of the foolish children,
and their tongues have set him at nought, all that saw them were troubled;
and every man was alarmed, and they related the works of God, and understood his deeds.
The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and hope on him, and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
For the end, a Psalm [and] Song of David.
Praise becomes thee, O God, in Sion; and to thee shall the vow be performed.
Hear my prayer; to thee all flesh shall come.
The words of transgressors have overpowered us; but do thou pardon our sins.
Blessed [is he] whom thou hast chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in thy courts; we shall be filled with the good things of thy house; thy temple is holy.
[Thou art] wonderful in righteousness. Hearken to us, O God our Saviour; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them [that are] on the sea afar off:
who dost establish the mountains in thy strength, being girded about with power;
who troublest the depth of the sea, the sounds of its waves.
The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends [of the earth] shall be afraid of thy signs; thou wilt cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice.
Thou hast visited the earth, and saturated it; thou hast abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; thou hast prepared their food, for thus is the preparation [of it].
Saturate her furrows, multiply her fruits; [the crop] springing up shall rejoice in its drops.
Thou wilt bless the crown of the year [because] of thy goodness; and thy plains shall be filled with fatness.
The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; and the hills shall gird themselves with joy.
The rams of the flock are clothed [with wool], and the valleys shall abound in corn; they shall cry aloud, yea they shall sing hymns.
For the end, a Song of a Psalm of resurrection. Shout unto God, all the earth.
O sing praises to his name; give glory to his praise.
Say unto God, How awful are thy works! through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall lie to thee.
Let all the earth worship thee, and sing to thee; let them sing to thy name. Pause.
Come and behold the works of God; [he is] terrible in [his] counsels beyond the children of men.
Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river on foot; there shall we rejoice in him,
who by his power is Lord over the age, his eyes look upon the nations; let not them that provoke [him] be exalted in themselves. Pause.
Bless our God, ye Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise to be heard;
who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer my feet to be moved.
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us with fire as silver is tried.
Thou broughtest us into the snare; thou laidest afflictions on our back.
Thou didst mount men upon our heads; we went through fire and water; but thou broughtest us out into [a place of] refreshment.
I will go into thine house with whole-burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows,
which my lips framed, and my mouth uttered in my affliction.
I will offer to thee whole-burnt-sacrifices full of marrow, with incense and rams; I will sacrifice to thee oxen with goats. Pause.
Come, hear, and I will tell, all ye that fear God, how great things he has done for my soul.
I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue.
If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord hearken [to me].
Therefore God has hearkened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns.
God be merciful to us, and bless us; [and] cause his face to shine upon us. Pause.
That [men] may know thy way on the earth, thy salvation among all nations.
Let the nations, O God, give thanks to thee; let all the nations give thanks to thee.
Let the nations rejoice and exult, for thou shalt judge the peoples in equity, and shalt guide the nations on the earth. Pause.
Let the peoples, O God, give thanks to thee; let all the peoples give thanks to thee.
The earth has yielded her fruit; let God, our God, bless us.
Let God bless us; and let all the ends of the earth fear him.
For the end, a Psalm of a Song by David.
Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; and let them that hate him flee from before him.
As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God.