42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. 42:2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God? 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 42:4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday. 42:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his countenance. 42:6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 42:8[Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life. 42:9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 42:10As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 42:11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 43
43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 43:2For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 43:3Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me: Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, And to thy tabernacles. 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God. 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 44 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil.
44:1We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old. 44:2Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad. 44:3For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them. 44:4Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob. 44:5Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 44:6For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me. 44:7But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us. 44:8In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah 44:9But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts. 44:10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves. 44:11Thou hast made us like sheep [appointed] for food, And hast scattered us among the nations. 44:12Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price. 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us. 44:14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. 44:15All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me, 44:16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger. 44:17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 44:18Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way, 44:19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death. 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god; 44:21Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever. 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth. 44:26Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness` sake. Psalm 45 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.
45:1My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 45:3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty. 45:4And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 45:5Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king`s enemies. 45:6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 45:7Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 45:8All thy garments [smell of] myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad. 45:9Kings` daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father`s house: 45:11So will the king desire thy beauty; For he is thy lord; and reverence thou him. 45:12And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor. 45:13The king`s daughter within [the palace] is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold. 45:14She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee. 45:15With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led: They shall enter into the king`s palace. 45:16Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, Whom thou shalt make princes in all the earth. 45:17I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks for ever and ever. Psalm 46 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song.
46:1God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 46:2Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas; 46:3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. Selah 46:4There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. 46:5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early. 46:6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted. 46:7Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah 46:8Come, behold the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath made in the earth. 46:9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire. 46:10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. 46:11Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah Psalm 47 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
47:1Oh clap your hands, all ye peoples; Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 47:2For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth. 47:3He subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet. 47:4He chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah 47:5God is gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet. 47:6Sing praise to God, sing praises: Sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 47:7For God is the King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding. 47:8God reigneth over the nations: God sitteth upon his holy throne. 47:9The princes of the peoples are gathered together [To be] the people of the God of Abraham: For the shields of the earth belong unto God; He is greatly exalted. Psalm 48 A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
48:1Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain. 48:2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, The city of the great King. 48:3God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge. 48:4For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together. 48:5They saw it, then were they amazed; They were dismayed, they hasted away. 48:6Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail. 48:7With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish. 48:8As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah 48:9We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of thy temple. 48:10As is thy name, O God, So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness. 48:11Let mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of thy judgments. 48:12Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof; 48:13Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following. 48:14For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death. Psalm 49 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
49:1Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, 49:2Both low and high, Rich and poor together. 49:3My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. 49:5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about? 49:6They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 49:7None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; 49:8(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;) 49:9That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption. 49:10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others. 49:11Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names. 49:12But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish. 49:13This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it. 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. Selah 49:16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased. 49:17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. 49:18Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,) 49:19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light. 49:20Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 50 A Psalm of Asaph.
50:1The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth. 50:3Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him. 50:4He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people: 50:5Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 50:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. Selah 50:7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, [even] thy God. 50:8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me. 50:9I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds. 50:10For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills. 50:11I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine. 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 50:13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats? 50:14Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High: 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 50:16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth, 50:17Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee? 50:18When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers. 50:19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit. 50:20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother`s son. 50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes. 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver: 50:23Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; And to him that ordereth his way [aright] Will I show the salvation of God. Psalm 51 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51:1Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 51:2Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 51:3For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me. 51:4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest. 51:5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me. 51:6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom. 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 51:9Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities. 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. 51:11Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me. 51:12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit. 51:13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee. 51:14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 51:15O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 51:16For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering. 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 51:18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 51:19Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar. Psalm 52 For the Chief Musician. Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Abimelech.
52:1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God [endureth] continually. 52:2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 52:3Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah 52:4Thou lovest all devouring words, thou deceitful tongue. 52:5God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah 52:6The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying], 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness. 52:8But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the lovingkindness of God for ever and ever. 52:9I will give thee thanks for ever, because thou hast done it; And I will hope in thy name, for it is good, in the presence of thy saints. Psalm 53 For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David.
53:1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good. 53:2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God. 53:3Every one of them is gone back; they are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one. 53:4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon God? 53:5There were they in great fear, where no fear was; For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: Thou hast put them to shame, because of God hath rejected them. 53:6Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad. Psalm 54 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David; when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?
54:1Save me, O God, by thy name, And judge me in thy might. 54:2Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth. 54:3For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. Selah 54:4Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul. 54:5He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth. 54:6With a freewill-offering will I sacrifice unto thee: I will give thanks unto thy name, O Jehovah, for it is good. 54:7For he hath delivered me out of all trouble; And mine eye hath seen [my desire] upon mine enemies. Psalm 55 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David.
55:1Give ear to my prayer, O God; And hide not thyself from my supplication. 55:2Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan, 55:3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me. 55:4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 55:5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me. 55:6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest. 55:7Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah 55:8I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest. 55:9Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city. 55:10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it. 55:11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets. 55:12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him: 55:13But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend. 55:14We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng. 55:15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. 55:16As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me. 55:17Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice. 55:18He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me. 55:19God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, Selah [The men] who have no changes, And who fear not God. 55:20He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant. 55:21His mouth was smooth as butter, But his heart was war: His words were softer than oil, Yet were they drawn swords. 55:22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved. 55:23But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee. Psalm 56 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.
56:1Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. 56:2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me. 56:3What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee. 56:4In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me? 56:5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil. 56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul. 56:7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God. 56:8Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book? 56:9Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me. 56:10In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his] word), 56:11In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me? 56:12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee. 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living? Psalm 57 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tash-heth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
57:1Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast. 57:2I will cry unto God Most High, Unto God that performeth [all things] for me. 57:3He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth. 57:4My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword. 57:5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth. 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah 57:7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises. 57:8Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early. 57:9I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples: I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 57:10For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, And thy truth unto the skies. 57:11Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth. Psalm 58 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam.
58:1Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 58:2Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. 58:4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [They are] like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, 58:5Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, Charming never so wisely. 58:6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. 58:7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off. 58:8[Let them be] as a snail which melteth and passeth away, [Like] the untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun. 58:9Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. 58:10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; 58:11So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth. Psalm 59 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
59:1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me. 59:2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the bloodthirsty men. 59:3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. 59:4They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold. 59:5Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah 59:6They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go round about the city. 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear? 59:8But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision. 59:9[Because of] his strength I will give heed unto thee; For God is my high tower. 59:10My God with his lovingkindness will meet me: God will let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies. 59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield. 59:12[For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak. 59:13Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more: And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. Selah 59:14And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog, And go round about the city. 59:15They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied. 59:16But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress. 59:17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. Psalm 60 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; and when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.
60:1O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again. 60:2Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 60:3Thou hast showed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering. 60:4Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah 60:5That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us. 60:6God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 60:7Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre. 60:8Moab is my washpot; Upon Edom will I cast my shoe: Philistia, shout thou because of me. 60:9Who will bring me into the strong city? Who hath led me unto Edom? 60:10Hast not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts. 60:11Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man. 60:12Through God we shall do valiantly; For he it is that will tread down our adversaries. Psalm 61 For the Chief Musician; on a stringed instrument. [A Psalm] of David.
61:1Hear my cry, O God; Attend unto my prayer. 61:2From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 61:3For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy. 61:4I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Selah 61:5For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: Thou hast given [me] the heritage of those that fear thy name. 61:6Thou wilt prolong the king`s life; His years shall be as many generations. 61:7He shall abide before God for ever: Oh prepare lovingkindness and truth, that they may preserve him. 61:8So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, That I may daily perform my vows. Psalm 62 For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthan. A Psalm of David.