HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: * thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.
2O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour, * and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after falsehood?
3Know this also, that the LORD hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; * when I call upon the LORD he will hear me.
4Stand in awe, and sin not; * commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still.
5Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, * and put your trust in the LORD.
6There be many that say, * Who will show us any good?
7Lord, lift thou up * the light of thy countenance upon us.
8Thou hast put gladness in my heart; * yea, more than when their corn and wine and oil increase.
9I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; * for it is thou, LORD, only, that makest me dwell in safety.
HOW long wilt thou forget me, O LORD; for ever? * how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart? * how long shall mine enemy triumph over me?
3Consider, and hear me, O LORD my God; * lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death;
4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: * for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.
5But my trust is in thy mercy, * and my heart is joyful in thy salvation.
6I will sing of the LORD, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me; * yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord Most Highest.
PRESERVE me, O God; * for in thee have I put my trust.
2O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, * Thou art my God; I have no good like unto thee.
3All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, * and upon such as excel in virtue.
4But they that run after another god * shall have great trouble.
5Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, * neither make mention of their names within my lips.
6The LORD himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup; * thou shalt maintain my lot.
7The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground; * yea, I have a goodly heritage.
8I will thank the LORD for giving me warning; * my reins also chasten me in the night season.
9I have set the LORD alway before me; * for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
10Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: * my flesh also shall rest in hope.
11For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell; * neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
12Thou shalt show me the path of life: in thy presence is the fulness of joy, * and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.
HEAR the right, O LORD, consider my complaint, * and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; * and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal.
3Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me; * for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.
4As for the works of men, * by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer.
5O hold thou up my goings in thy paths, * that my footsteps slip not.
6I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me: * incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words.
7Show thy marvellous loving-kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee, * from such as resist thy right hand.
8Keep me as the apple of an eye; * hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9From the ungodly, that trouble me; * mine enemies compass me round about, to take away my soul.
10They are inclosed in their own fat, * and their mouth speaketh proud things.
11They lie waiting in our way on every side, * watching to cast us down to the ground;
12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, * and as it were a lion's whelp lurking in secret places.
13Up, LORD, disappoint him, and cast him down; * deliver my soul from the ungodly, by thine own sword;
14Yea, by thy hand, O LORD; from the men of the evil world; * which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.
15They have children at their desire, * and leave the rest of their substance for their babes.
16But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness; * and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied.
IN thee, O LORD, have I put my trust; let me never be put to confusion; * deliver me in thy righteousness.
2Bow down thine ear to me; * make haste to deliver me.
3And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence, * that thou mayest save me.
4For thou art my strong rock, and my castle: * be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake.
5Draw me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; * for thou art my strength.
6Into thy hands I commend my spirit; * for thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of truth.
7I have hated them that hold of lying vanities, * and my trust hath been in the LORD.
8I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy; * for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soul in adversities.
9Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; * but hast set my feet in a large room.
10Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble, * and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness; yea, my soul and my body.
11For my life is waxen old with heaviness, * and my years with mourning.
12My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity, * and my bones are consumed.
13I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours; * and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me; and they that did see me without, conveyed themselves from me.
14I am clean forgotten as a dead man out of mind; * I am become like a broken vessel.
15For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude, and fear is on every side; * while they conspire together against me, and take their counsel to take away my life.
16But my hope hath been in thee, O LORD; * I have said, Thou art my God.
17My times are in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, * and from them that persecute me.
18Show thy servant the light of thy countenance, * and save me for thy mercy's sake.
19Let me not be confounded, O LORD, for I have called upon thee; * let the ungodly be put to confusion, and be put to silence in the grave.
20Let the lying lips be put to silence, * which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.
21O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, * and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men!
22Thou shalt hide them in the covert of thine own presence from the plottings of men: * thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.
23Thanks be to the LORD; * for he hath showed me marvellous great kindness in a strong city.
24But in my haste I said, * I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes.
25Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my prayer, * when I cried unto thee.
26O love the LORD, all ye his saints; * for the LORD preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer.
27Be strong, and he shall establish your heart, * all ye that put your trust in the LORD.
WHOSO dwelleth under the defence of the Most High, * shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2I will say unto the LORD, Thou art my hope, and my stronghold; * my God, in him will I trust.
3For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter, * and from the noisome pestilence.
4He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers; * his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night, * nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, * nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day.
7A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand; * but it shall not come nigh thee.
8Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold, * and see the reward of the ungodly.
9For thou, LORD, art my hope; * thou hast set thine house of defence very high.
10There shall no evil happen unto thee, * neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, * to keep thee in all thy ways.
12They shall bear thee in their hands, * that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone.
13Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder: * the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet.
14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; * I will set him up, because he hath known my Name.
15He shall call upon me, and I will hear him; * yea, I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.
16With long life will I satisfy him, * and show him my salvation.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills; * from whence cometh my help?
2My help cometh even from the LORD, * who hath made heaven and earth.
3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; * and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
4Behold, he that keepeth Israel * shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5The LORD himself is thy keeper; * the LORD is thy defence upon thy right hand;
6So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, * neither the moon by night.
7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; * yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
8The LORD shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, * from this time forth for evermore.
BEHOLD now, praise the LORD, * all ye servants of the LORD;
2Ye that by night stand in the house of the LORD, * even in the courts of the house of our God.
3Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, * and praise the LORD.
4The LORD that made heaven and earth * give thee blessing out of Sion.