21:1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation! 21:2You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.) 21:3For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head. 21:4He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever. 21:5His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him. 21:6For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face. 21:7For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved. 21:8Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you. 21:9You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire. 21:10Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 21:11For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect. 21:12Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces. 21:13Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.
22:1<To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying? 22:2O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest. 22:3But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel. 22:4Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour. 22:5They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame. 22:6But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people. 22:7I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say, 22:8He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him. 22:9But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts. 22:10I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body. 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help. 22:12A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan. 22:13I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food. 22:14I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body. 22:15My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips. 22:16Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet. 22:17I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me: 22:18They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing. 22:19Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help. 22:20Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog. 22:21Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen. 22:22I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people. 22:23You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel. 22:24For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry. 22:25My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers. 22:26The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever. 22:27All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship. 22:28For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations. 22:29All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul. 22:30A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after. 22:31They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.
23:1<A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing. 23:2He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters. 23:3He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the ways of righteousness because of his name. 23:4Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort. 23:5You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing. 23:6Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.
24:1<A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it. 24:2For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers. 24:3Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place? 24:4He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath. 24:5He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 24:6This is the generation of those whose hearts are turned to you, even to your face, O God of Jacob. (Selah.) 24:7Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in. 24:8Who is the King of glory? The Lord of strength and power, the Lord strong in war. 24:9Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; let them be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in. 24:10Who is the King of glory? The Lord of armies, he is the King of glory. (Selah.)
25:1<Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up. 25:2O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me. 25:3Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause. 25:4Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways. 25:5Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day. 25:6O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times. 25:7Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness. 25:8Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way. 25:9He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them. 25:10All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness. 25:11Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great. 25:12If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure. 25:13His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage. 25:14The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them. 25:15My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net. 25:16Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper. 25:17The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows. 25:18Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins. 25:19See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me. 25:20O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you. 25:21For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you. 25:22Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.
26:1<Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping. 26:2Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart. 26:3For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith. 26:4I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men. 26:5I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners. 26:6I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord; 26:7That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done. 26:8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory. 26:9Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood; 26:10In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely. 26:11But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me. 26:12I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.
27:1<Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me? 27:2When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame. 27:3Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved. 27:4One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple. 27:5For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me. 27:6And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord. 27:7O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer. 27:8When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search. 27:9Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation. 27:10When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support. 27:11Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters. 27:12Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction. 27:13I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living. 27:14Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.
28:1<Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld. 28:2Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place. 28:3Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts. 28:4Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward. 28:5Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him. 28:6May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer. 28:7The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song. 28:8The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king. 28:9Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.
29:1<A Psalm. Of David.> Give to the Lord, you sons of the gods, give to the Lord glory and strength. 29:2Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him worship in holy robes. 29:3The voice of the Lord is on the waters: the God of glory is thundering, the Lord is on the great waters. 29:4The voice of the Lord is full of power; the voice of the Lord has a noble sound. 29:5By the voice of the Lord are the cedar-trees broken, even the cedars of Lebanon are broken by the Lord. 29:6He makes them go jumping about like a young ox; Lebanon and Sirion like a young mountain ox. 29:7At the voice of the Lord flames of fire are seen. 29:8At the voice of the Lord there is a shaking in the waste land, even a shaking in the waste land of Kadesh. 29:9At the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the leaves are taken from the trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory. 29:10The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever. 29:11The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.
30:1<A Psalm. A Song at the blessing of the House. Of David.> I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me. 30:2O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well. 30:3O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead. 30:4Make songs to the Lord, O you saints of his, and give praise to his holy name. 30:5For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning. 30:6When things went well for me I said, I will never be moved. 30:7Lord, by your grace you have kept my mountain strong: when your face was turned from me I was troubled. 30:8My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord. 30:9What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help? 30:10Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper. 30:11By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have taken away my clothing of grief, and given me robes of joy; 30:12So that my glory may make songs of praise to you and not be quiet. O Lord my God, I will give you praise for ever.
31:1<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness. 31:2Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe. 31:3For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name. 31:4Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength. 31:5Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true. 31:6I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord. 31:7I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows; 31:8And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place. 31:9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body. 31:10My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away. 31:11Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me. 31:12I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel. 31:13False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life. 31:14But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God. 31:15The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me. 31:16Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour. 31:17Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld. 31:18Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride. 31:19O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men! 31:20You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues. 31:21May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town. 31:22And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you. 31:23O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward. 31:24Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.
32:1<Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered. 32:2Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 32:3When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day. 32:4For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.) 32:5I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.) 32:6For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him. 32:7You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.) 32:8I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide. 32:9Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ... 32:10The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord. 32:11Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.
33:1Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright. 33:2Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music. 33:3Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud noise. 33:4For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are certain. 33:5His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord. 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth. 33:7He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses. 33:8Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him. 33:9For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever. 33:10The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect. 33:11The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man. 33:12Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage. 33:13The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men; 33:14From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth; 33:15He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him. 33:16A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength. 33:17A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger. 33:18See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy; 33:19To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need. 33:20Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation. 33:21For in him our hearts have joy; in his holy name is our hope. 33:22Let your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we are waiting for you.
34:1<Of David. When he made a change in his behaviour before Abimelech, who sent him away, and he went.> I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth. 34:2My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad. 34:3O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name. 34:4I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears. 34:5Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed. 34:6This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles. 34:7The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe. 34:8By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him. 34:9Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything. 34:10The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing. 34:11Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord. 34:12What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good? 34:13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit. 34:14Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart. 34:15The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry. 34:16The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth. 34:17The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles. 34:18The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down. 34:19Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all. 34:20He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken. 34:21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction. 34:22The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame.
35:1<Of David.> O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me. 35:2Be a breastplate to me, and give me your help. 35:3Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation. 35:4Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish. 35:5Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight. 35:6Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord. 35:7For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul. 35:8Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction. 35:9And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation. 35:10All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods. 35:11False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge. 35:12They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul. 35:13But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart. 35:14My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead. 35:15But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me. 35:16Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me. 35:17Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions. 35:18I will give you praise in the great meeting; I will give you honour among a strong people. 35:19Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me. 35:20For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land. 35:21Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it. 35:22You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me. 35:23Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord. 35:24Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me. 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him. 35:26Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour. 35:27Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant. 35:28And my tongue will be talking of your righteousness and of your praise all the day.
36:1<To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes. 36:2For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated. 36:3In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good. 36:4He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil. 36:5Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds. 36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast. 36:7How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings. 36:8The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures. 36:9For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light. 36:10O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart. 36:11Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place. 36:12There the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.
37:1<Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil. 37:2For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants. 37:3Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness. 37:4So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires. 37:5Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it. 37:6And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun. 37:7Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs. 37:8Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin. 37:9For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage. 37:10For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there. 37:11But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure. 37:12The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him. 37:13He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming. 37:14The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways. 37:15But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken. 37:16The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers. 37:17For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good. 37:18The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever. 37:19They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough. 37:20But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen. 37:21The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others. 37:22Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off. 37:23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way. 37:24Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him. 37:25I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread. 37:26All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing. 37:27Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever. 37:28For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off. 37:29The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever. 37:30The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness. 37:31The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step. 37:32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death. 37:33The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged. 37:34Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it. 37:35I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree. 37:36But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there. 37:37Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace. 37:38But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction. 37:39But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 37:40And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe: he will take them out of the hands of the evil-doers, and be their saviour, because they had faith in him.
38:1<A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.> O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion. 38:2For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand. 38:3My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. 38:4For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength. 38:5My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour. 38:6I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day. 38:7For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy. 38:8I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart. 38:9Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you. 38:10My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me. 38:11My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away. 38:12Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit. 38:13But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth. 38:14So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words. 38:15In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God. 38:16I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me. 38:17My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me. 38:18I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin. 38:19But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers. 38:20They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right. 38:21Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me. 38:22Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
39:1<To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me. 39:2I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow. 39:3My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue, 39:4Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am. 39:5You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.) 39:6Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it. 39:7And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you. 39:8Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour. 39:9I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it. 39:10No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand. 39:11By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.) 39:12Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers. 39:13Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.
40:1<To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry. 40:2He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain. 40:3And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord. 40:4Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit. 40:5O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say. 40:6You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request. 40:7Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book, 40:8My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart. 40:9I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words. 40:10Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting. 40:11Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever. 40:12For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them. 40:13Be pleased, O Lord, to take me out of danger; O Lord, come quickly and give me help. 40:14Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble. 40:15Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame. 40:16Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great. 40:17Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.