LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! * many are they that rise against me.
2Many one there be that say of my soul, * There is no help for him in his God.
3But thou, O LORD, art my defender; * thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head.
4I did call upon the LORD with my voice, * and he heard me out of his holy hill.
5I laid me down and slept, and rose up again; * for the LORD sustained me.
6I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people, * that have set themselves against me round about.
7Up, LORD, and help me, O my God, * for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek-bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; * and thy blessing is upon thy people.
PONDER my words, O LORD, * consider my meditation.
2O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King and my God: * for unto thee will I make my prayer.
3My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O LORD; * early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness; * neither shall any evil dwell with thee.
5Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight; * for thou hatest all them that work iniquity.
6Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies: * the LORD will abhor both the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
7But as for me, in the multitude of thy mercy I will come into thine house; * and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies; * make thy way plain before my face.
9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; * their inward parts are very wickedness.
10Their throat is an open sepulchre; * they flatter with their tongue.
11Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish through their own imaginations; * cast them out in the multitude of their ungodliness; for they have rebelled against thee.
12And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice: * they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee;
13For thou, LORD, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous, * and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield.
THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; * the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee:
2Send thee help from the sanctuary, * and strengthen thee out of Sion:
3Remember all thy offerings, * and accept thy burnt-sacrifice:
4Grant thee thy heart’s desire, * and fulfil all thy mind.
5We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the LORD our God: * the LORD perform all thy petitions.
6Now know I that the LORD helpeth his anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven, * even with the wholesome strength of his right hand.
7Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses; * but we will remember the Name of the LORD our God.
8They are brought down and fallen; * but we are risen and stand upright.
9Save, LORD; and hear us, O King of heaven, * when we call upon thee.
O God, thou art my God; * early will I seek thee.
2My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, * in a barren and dry land where no water is.
3Thus have I looked for thee in the sanctuary, * that I might behold thy power and glory.
4For thy loving-kindness is better than the life itself: * my lips shall praise thee.
5As long as I live will I magnify thee in this manner, * and lift up my hands in thy Name.
6My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness, * when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips.
7Have I not remembered thee in my bed, * and thought upon thee when I was waking?
8Because thou hast been my helper; * therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
9My soul hangeth upon thee; * thy right hand hath upholden me.
10These also that seek the hurt of my soul, * they shall go under the earth.
11Let them fall upon the edge of the sword, * that they may be a portion for foxes.
12But the King shall rejoice in God; all they also that swear by him shall be commended; * for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
LORD, thou hast been our refuge, * from one generation to another.
2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, * thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.
3Thou turnest man to destruction; * again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, * and as a watch in the night.
5As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep; * and fade away suddenly like the grass.
6In the morning it is green, and groweth up; * but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.
7For we consume away in thy displeasure, * and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.
8Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee; * and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9For when thou art angry all our days are gone: * we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.
10The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, * yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
11But who regardeth the power of thy wrath? * or feareth aright thy indignation?
12So teach us to number our days, * that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13Turn thee again, O LORD, at the last, * and be gracious unto thy servants.
14O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon: * so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.
15Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us; * and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity.
16Show thy servants thy work, * and their children thy glory.
17And the glorious majesty of the LORD our God be upon us: * prosper thou the work of our hands upon us; O prosper thou our handy-work.
HEAR my prayer, O LORD, and consider my desire; * hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness' sake.
2And enter not into judgment with thy servant; * for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; * he hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit vexed within me, * and my heart within me is desolate.
5Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon all thy works; * yea, I exercise myself in the works of thy hands.
6I stretch forth my hands unto thee; * my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land.
7Hear me, O LORD, and that soon; for my spirit waxeth faint: * hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8O let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning; for in thee is my trust: * show thou me the way that I should walk in; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
9Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies; * for I flee unto thee to hide me.
10Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee; for thou art my God: * let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness.
11Quicken me, O LORD, for thy Name's sake; * and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12And of thy goodness slay mine enemies, * and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant.