The Psalms

BOOK I

Psalm 1

^1:1Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked,
      Nor stand in the way of sinners,
      Nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

 ^1:2But his delight is in Yahweh's law;
      On his law he meditates day and night.

 ^1:3He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,
      That brings forth its fruit in its season,
      Whose leaf also does not wither.
      Whatever he does shall prosper.

 ^1:4The wicked are not so,
      But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

 ^1:5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,
      Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

 ^1:6For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous,
      But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 2

^2:1Why do the nations rage,
      And the peoples plot a vain thing?

 ^2:2The kings of the earth take a stand,
      And the rulers take counsel together,
      Against Yahweh, and against his anointed, saying,

 ^2:3"Let's break their bonds apart,
      And cast away their cords from us."

 ^2:4He who sits in the heavens will laugh.
      The Lord will have them in derision.

 ^2:5Then he will speak to them in his anger,
      And terrify them in his wrath:

 ^2:6"Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion."
      ^2:7I will tell of the decree.

 Yahweh said to me, "You are my son.
      Today I have become your father.

 ^2:8Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,
      The uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.

 ^2:9You shall break them with a rod of iron.
      You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

 ^2:10Now therefore be wise, you kings.
      Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

 ^2:11Serve Yahweh with fear,
      And rejoice with trembling.

 ^2:12Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
      For his wrath will soon be kindled.
      Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 3

A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

 ^3:1Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased!
      Many are those who rise up against me.

 ^3:2Many there are who say of my soul,
      "There is no help for him in God."

 Selah.

 ^3:3But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,
      My glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

 ^3:4I cry to Yahweh with my voice,
      And he answers me out of his holy hill.

 Selah.

 ^3:5I laid myself down and slept.
      I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

 ^3:6I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people
      Who have set themselves against me on every side.

 ^3:7Arise, Yahweh!
      Save me, my God!

 For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone.
      You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

 ^3:8Salvation belongs to Yahweh.
      Your blessing be on your people.

 Selah.

Psalm 4

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David.

 ^4:1Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness.
      Give me relief from my distress.
      Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

 ^4:2You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor?
      Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood?

 Selah.

 ^4:3But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly:
      Yahweh will hear when I call to him.

 ^4:4Stand in awe, and don't sin.
      Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.

 Selah.

 ^4:5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness.
      Put your trust in Yahweh.

 ^4:6Many say, "Who will show us any good?"
      Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

 ^4:7You have put gladness in my heart,
      More than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

 ^4:8In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep,
      For you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.

Psalm 5

For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.

 ^5:1Give ear to my words, Yahweh.
      Consider my meditation.

 ^5:2Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God;
      For to you do I pray.

 ^5:3Yahweh, in the morning you shall hear my voice.
      In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

 ^5:4For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness.
      Evil can't live with you.

 ^5:5The arrogant shall not stand in your sight.
      You hate all workers of iniquity.

 ^5:6You will destroy those who speak lies.
      Yahweh abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

 ^5:7But as for me, in the abundance of your lovingkindness I will come into your house:
      I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

 ^5:8Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies.
      Make your way straight before my face.

 ^5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth.
      Their heart is destruction.
      Their throat is an open tomb.
      They flatter with their tongue.

 ^5:10Hold them guilty, God.
      Let them fall by their own counsels;

 Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions,
      For they have rebelled against you.

 ^5:11But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice,
      Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them.

 Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
      ^5:12For you will bless the righteous.

 Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

Psalm 6

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.

 ^6:1Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger,
      Neither discipline me in your wrath.

 ^6:2Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint.
      Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

 ^6:3My soul is also in great anguish.
      But you, Yahweh -- how long?

 ^6:4Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul,
      And save me for your lovingkindness' sake.

 ^6:5For in death there is no memory of you.
      In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

 ^6:6I am weary with my groaning;
      Every night I flood my bed;
      I drench my couch with my tears.

 ^6:7My eye wastes away because of grief;
      It grows old because of all my adversaries.

 ^6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity,
      For Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

 ^6:9Yahweh has heard my supplication.
      Yahweh accepts my prayer.

 ^6:10May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed.
      They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

Psalm 7

A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.

 ^7:1Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you.
      Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

 ^7:2Lest they tear apart my soul like a lion,
      Ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

 ^7:3Yahweh, my God, if I have done this,
      If there is iniquity in my hands,

 ^7:4If I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me
      (Yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
      ^7:5Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it;

 Yes, let him tread my life down to the earth,
      And lay my glory in the dust.

 Selah.

 ^7:6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger.
      Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries.

 Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
      ^7:7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you.
      Rule over them on high.

 ^7:8Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples.
      Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness,
      And to my integrity that is in me.

 ^7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
      But establish the righteous;
      Their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

 ^7:10My shield is with God,
      Who saves the upright in heart.

 ^7:11God is a righteous judge,
      Yes, a God who has indignation every day.

 ^7:12If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword;
      He has bent and strung his bow.

 ^7:13He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death.
      He makes ready his flaming arrows.

 ^7:14Behold, he travails with iniquity;
      Yes, he has conceived mischief,
      And brought forth falsehood.

 ^7:15He has dug a hole,
      And has fallen into the pit which he made.

 ^7:16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head.
      His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

 ^7:17I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness,
      And will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.

Psalm 8

For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.

 ^8:1Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth,
      Who has set your glory above the heavens!

 ^8:2From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
      Because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

 ^8:3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
      The moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

 ^8:4What is man, that you think of him?
      The son of man, that you care for him?

 ^8:5For you have made him a little lower than God,
      And crowned him with glory and honor.

 ^8:6You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
      You have put all things under his feet:

 ^8:7All sheep and oxen,
      Yes, and the animals of the field,
      ^8:8The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
      And whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

 ^8:9Yahweh, our Lord,
      How majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 9

For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.

 ^9:1I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart.
      I will tell of all your marvelous works.

 ^9:2I will be glad and rejoice in you.
      I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

 ^9:3When my enemies turn back,
      They stumble and perish in your presence.

 ^9:4For you have maintained my right and my cause.
      You sit on the throne judging righteously.

 ^9:5You have rebuked the nations.
      You have destroyed the wicked.
      You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

 ^9:6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin.
      The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.

 ^9:7But Yahweh reigns forever.
      He has prepared his throne for judgment.

 ^9:8He will judge the world in righteousness.
      He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

 ^9:9Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
      A high tower in times of trouble.

 ^9:10Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
      For you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

 ^9:11Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion,
      And declare among the people what he has done.

 ^9:12For he who avenges blood remembers them.
      He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.

 ^9:13Have mercy on me, Yahweh.
      See my affliction by those who hate me,

 And lift me up from the gates of death;
      ^9:14That I may show forth all your praise.
      In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.

 ^9:15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made;
      In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

 ^9:16Yahweh has made himself known.
      He has executed judgment.
      The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.

 Meditation. Selah.

 ^9:17The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol,
      Even all the nations that forget God.

 ^9:18For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
      Nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

 ^9:19Arise, Yahweh! Don't let man prevail.
      Let the nations be judged in your sight.

 ^9:20Put them in fear, Yahweh.
      Let the nations know that they are only men.

 Selah.

Psalm 10

^10:1Why do you stand far off, Yahweh?
      Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

 ^10:2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak;
      They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

 ^10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings,
      He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

 ^10:4The wicked, in the pride of his face,
      Has no room in his thoughts for God.

 ^10:5His ways are prosperous at all times;
      He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight:

 As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
      ^10:6He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken;
      For generations I shall have no trouble."

 ^10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression.
      Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

 ^10:8He lies in wait near the villages.
      From ambushes, he murders the innocent.

 His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

 ^10:9He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush.
      He lies in wait to catch the helpless.
      He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

 ^10:10The helpless are crushed, they collapse,
      They fall under his strength.

 ^10:11He says in his heart, "God has forgotten.
      He hides his face. He will never see it."

 ^10:12Arise, Yahweh!
      God, lift up your hand!
      Don't forget the helpless.

 ^10:13Why does the wicked condemn God,
      And say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"

 ^10:14But you do see trouble and grief;
      You consider it to take it into your hand.
      You help the victim and the fatherless.

 ^10:15Break the arm of the wicked.
      As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

 ^10:16Yahweh is King forever and ever!
      The nations will perish out of his land.

 ^10:17Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble.
      You will prepare their heart.
      You will cause your ear to hear,
      ^10:18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
      That man who is of the earth may terrify no more.

Psalm 11

For the Chief Musician. By David.

 ^11:1In Yahweh, I take refuge.
      How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain!"

 ^11:2For, behold, the wicked bend their bows.
      They set their arrows on the strings,

 That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
      ^11:3If the foundations are destroyed,
      What can the righteous do?

 ^11:4Yahweh is in his holy temple.
      Yahweh is on his throne in heaven.

 His eyes observe.
      His eyes examine the children of men.

 ^11:5Yahweh examines the righteous,
      But the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.

 ^11:6On the wicked he will rain blazing coals;
      Fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

 ^11:7For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness.
      The upright shall see his face.

Psalm 12

For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

 ^12:1Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases.
      For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

 ^12:2Everyone lies to his neighbor.
      They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

 ^12:3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,
      And the tongue that boasts,

 ^12:4Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail.
      Our lips are our own.
      Who is lord over us?"

 ^12:5"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy,
      I will now arise," says Yahweh;

 "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

 ^12:6The words of Yahweh are flawless words,
      As silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

 ^12:7You will keep them, Yahweh,
      You will preserve them from this generation forever.

 ^12:8The wicked walk on every side,
      When what is vile is exalted among the sons of men.

Psalm 13

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

 ^13:1How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever?
      How long will you hide your face from me?

 ^13:2How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
      Having sorrow in my heart every day?
      How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

 ^13:3Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God.
      Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
      ^13:4Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;"
      Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

 ^13:5But I trust in your lovingkindness.
      My heart rejoices in your salvation.

 ^13:6I will sing to Yahweh,
      Because he has been good to me.

Psalm 14

For the Chief Musician. By David.

 ^14:1The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."
      They are corrupt.
      They have done abominable works.
      There is none who does good.

 ^14:2Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men,
      To see if there were any who did understand,
      Who did seek after God.

 ^14:3They have all gone aside.
      They have together become corrupt.
      There is none who does good, no, not one.

 ^14:4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
      Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
      And don't call on Yahweh?

 ^14:5There they were in great fear,
      For God is in the generation of the righteous.

 ^14:6You put to shame the counsel of the poor,
      Because Yahweh is his refuge.

 ^14:7Oh that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
      When Yahweh restores the fortunes of his people,
      Then Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Psalm 15

A Psalm by David.

 ^15:1Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary?
      Who shall live on your holy hill?

 ^15:2He who walks blamelessly does what is right,
      And speaks truth in his heart;

 ^15:3He who doesn't slander with his tongue,
      Nor does evil to his friend,
      Nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

 ^15:4In whose eyes a vile man is despised,
      But who honors those who fear Yahweh;
      He who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;

 ^15:5He who doesn't lend out his money for usury,
      Nor take a bribe against the innocent.

 He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Psalm 16

A Poem by David.

 ^16:1Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

 ^16:2My soul, you have said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord.
      Apart from you I have no good thing."

 ^16:3As for the saints who are in the earth,
      They are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.

 ^16:4Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god.
      Their drink-offerings of blood I will not offer,
      Nor take their names on my lips.

 ^16:5Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup.
      You made my lot secure.

 ^16:6The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places.
      Yes, I have a good inheritance.

 ^16:7I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel.
      Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

 ^16:8I have set Yahweh always before me.
      Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

 ^16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
      My body shall also dwell in safety.

 ^16:10For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
      Neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

 ^16:11You will show me the path of life.
      In your presence is fullness of joy.

 In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 17

A Prayer by David.

 ^17:1Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea;
      Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.

 ^17:2Let my sentence come forth from your presence;
      Let your eyes look on equity.

 ^17:3You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night;
      You have tried me, and found nothing;
      I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

 ^17:4As for the works of men, by the word of your lips
      I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

 ^17:5My steps have held fast to your paths,
      My feet have not slipped.

 ^17:6I have called on you, for you will answer me, God:
      Turn your ear to me.
      Hear my speech.

 ^17:7Show your marvelous lovingkindness,
      You who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.

 ^17:8Keep me as the apple of your eye;
      Hide me under the shadow of your wings,

 ^17:9From the wicked who oppress me,
      My deadly enemies, who surround me.

 ^17:10They close up their callous hearts.
      With their mouth they speak proudly.

 ^17:11They have now surrounded us in our steps.
      They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

 ^17:12He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey,
      As it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

 ^17:13Arise, Yahweh,

 Confront him, cast him down.
      Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
      ^17:14From men by your hand, Yahweh,

 From men of the world, whose portion is in this life.

 You fill the belly of your cherished ones.
      Your sons have plenty,
      And they store up wealth for their children.

 ^17:15As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness;
      I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Psalm 18

For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

 ^18:1I love you, Yahweh, my strength.

 ^18:2Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;
      My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
      My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

 ^18:3I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;
      And I am saved from my enemies.

 ^18:4The cords of death surrounded me.
      The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

 ^18:5The cords of Sheol were round about me;
      The snares of death came on me.

 ^18:6In my distress I called on Yahweh,
      And cried to my God.

 He heard my voice out of his temple,
      My cry before him came into his ears.

 ^18:7Then the earth shook and trembled.
      The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken,
      Because he was angry.

 ^18:8Smoke went out of his nostrils.
      Consuming fire came out of his mouth.
      Coals were kindled by it.

 ^18:9He bowed the heavens also, and came down.
      Thick darkness was under his feet.

 ^18:10He rode on a cherub, and flew.
      Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.

 ^18:11He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him,
      Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

 ^18:12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed,
      Hailstones and coals of fire.

 ^18:13Yahweh also thundered in the sky,
      The Most High uttered his voice:
      Hailstones and coals of fire.

 ^18:14He sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
      Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.

 ^18:15Then the channels of waters appeared,
      The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh,
      At the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

 ^18:16He sent from on high.
      He took me.
      He drew me out of many waters.

 ^18:17He delivered me from my strong enemy,
      From those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

 ^18:18They came on me in the day of my calamity,
      But Yahweh was my support.

 ^18:19He brought me forth also into a large place.
      He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

 ^18:20Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness.
      According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.

 ^18:21For I have kept the ways of Yahweh,
      And have not wickedly departed from my God.

 ^18:22For all his ordinances were before me.
      I didn't put away his statutes from me.

 ^18:23I was also blameless with him.
      I kept myself from my iniquity.

 ^18:24Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
      According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

 ^18:25With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.
      With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.

 ^18:26With the pure, you will show yourself pure.
      With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.

 ^18:27For you will save the afflicted people,
      But the haughty eyes you will bring down.

 ^18:28For you will light my lamp, Yahweh.
      My God will light up my darkness.

 ^18:29For by you, I advance through a troop.
      By my God, I leap over a wall.

 ^18:30As for God, his way is perfect.
      The word of Yahweh is tried.
      He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

 ^18:31For who is God, except Yahweh?
      Who is a rock, besides our God,
      ^18:32The God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?

 ^18:33He makes my feet like hinds' feet,
      And sets me on my high places.

 ^18:34He teaches my hands to war;
      So that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

 ^18:35You have also given me the shield of your salvation.
      Your right hand sustains me.
      Your gentleness has made me great.

 ^18:36You have enlarged my steps under me,
      My feet have not slipped.

 ^18:37I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them.
      Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.

 ^18:38I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise.
      They shall fall under my feet.

 ^18:39For you have girded me with strength to the battle.
      You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

 ^18:40You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me,
      That I might cut off those who hate me.

 ^18:41They cried, but there was none to save;
      Even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.

 ^18:42Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind.
      I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

 ^18:43You have delivered me from the strivings of the people.
      You have made me the head of the nations.

 A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
      ^18:44As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me.
      The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.

 ^18:45The foreigners shall fade away,
      And shall come trembling out of their close places.

 ^18:46Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock.
      Exalted be the God of my salvation,

 ^18:47Even the God who executes vengeance for me,
      And subdues peoples under me.

 ^18:48He rescues me from my enemies.
      Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me.
      You deliver me from the violent man.

 ^18:49Therefore I will give thanks to you, Yahweh, among the nations,
      And will sing praises to your name.

 ^18:50He gives great deliverance to his king,
      And shows lovingkindness to his anointed,
      To David and to his seed, forevermore.

Psalm 19

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

 ^19:1The heavens declare the glory of God.
      The expanse shows his handiwork.

 ^19:2Day after day they pour forth speech,
      And night after night they display knowledge.

 ^19:3There is no speech nor language,
      Where their voice is not heard.

 ^19:4Their voice has gone out through all the earth,
      Their words to the end of the world.

 In them he has set a tent for the sun,
      ^19:5Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
      Like a strong man rejoicing to run his course.

 ^19:6His going forth is from the end of the heavens,
      His circuit to its ends;
      There is nothing hidden from its heat.

 ^19:7Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring the soul.
      Yahweh's testimony is sure, making wise the simple.

 ^19:8Yahweh's precepts are right, rejoicing the heart.
      Yahweh's commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes.

 ^19:9The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever.
      Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.

 ^19:10More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
      Sweeter also than honey and the extract of the honeycomb.

 ^19:11Moreover by them is your servant warned.
      In keeping them there is great reward.

 ^19:12Who can discern his errors?
      Forgive me from hidden errors.

 ^19:13Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins.
      Let them not have dominion over me.

 Then I will be upright,
      I will be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

 ^19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
      Be acceptable in your sight,
      Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

Psalm 20

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

 ^20:1May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble.
      May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
      ^20:2Send you help from the sanctuary,
      Grant you support from Zion,
      ^20:3Remember all your offerings,
      And accept your burnt sacrifice.

 Selah.

 ^20:4May He grant you your heart's desire,
      And fulfill all your counsel.

 ^20:5We will triumph in your salvation.
      In the name of our God we will set up our banners:
      May Yahweh grant all your requests.

 ^20:6Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed.
      He will answer him from his holy heaven,
      With the saving strength of his right hand.

 ^20:7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses,
      But we trust the name of Yahweh our God.

 ^20:8They are bowed down and fallen,
      But we rise up, and stand upright.

 ^20:9Save, Yahweh;
      Let the King answer us when we call!

Psalm 21

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

 ^21:1The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh!
      How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!

 ^21:2You have given him his heart's desire,
      And have not withheld the request of his lips.

 Selah.

 ^21:3For you meet him with the blessings of goodness;
      You set a crown of fine gold on his head.

 ^21:4He asked life of you, you gave it to him,
      Even length of days forever and ever.

 ^21:5His glory is great in your salvation.
      You lay honor and majesty on him.

 ^21:6For you make him most blessed forever.
      You make him glad with joy in your presence.

 ^21:7For the king trusts in Yahweh.
      Through the lovingkindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.

 ^21:8Your hand will find out all of your enemies.
      Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

 ^21:9You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger.
      Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath.
      The fire shall devour them.

 ^21:10You will destroy their descendants from the earth,
      Their posterity from among the children of men.

 ^21:11For they intended evil against you.
      They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

 ^21:12For you will make them turn their back,
      When you aim drawn bows at their face.

 ^21:13Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength,
      So we will sing and praise your power.

Psalm 22

For the Chief Musician; set to "The Doe of the Morning." A Psalm by David.

 ^22:1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
      Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

 ^22:2My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer;
      In the night season, and am not silent.

 ^22:3But you are holy,
      You who inhabit the praises of Israel.

 ^22:4Our fathers trusted in you.
      They trusted, and you delivered them.

 ^22:5They cried to you, and were delivered.
      They trusted in you, and were not put to shame.

 ^22:6But I am a worm, and no man;
      A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

 ^22:7All those who see me mock me.
      They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
      ^22:8"He trusts in Yahweh;
      Let him deliver him;
      Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."

 ^22:9But you brought me out of the womb.
      You made me trust at my mother's breasts.

 ^22:10I was thrown on you from my mother's womb.
      You are my God since my mother bore me.

 ^22:11Don't be far from me, for trouble is near.
      For there is none to help.

 ^22:12Many bulls have surrounded me.
      Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

 ^22:13They open their mouths wide against me,
      Lions tearing prey and roaring.

 ^22:14I am poured out like water.
      All my bones are out of joint.

 My heart is like wax;
      It is melted within me.

 ^22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd.
      My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.

 You have brought me into the dust of death.

 ^22:16For dogs have surrounded me.
      A company of evil-doers have enclosed me.
      They pierced my hands and my feet.

 ^22:17I can count all of my bones.

 They look and stare at me.

 ^22:18They divide my garments among them.
      They cast lots for my clothing.

 ^22:19But don't be far off, Yahweh.
      You are my help: hurry to help me.

 ^22:20Deliver my soul from the sword,
      My precious life from the power of the dog.

 ^22:21Save me from the lion's mouth;
      Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen you have answered me.

 ^22:22I will declare your name to my brothers.
      In the midst of the assembly, I will praise you.

 ^22:23You who fear Yahweh, praise him!
      All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him!
      Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!

 ^22:24For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted,
      Neither has he hidden his face from him;
      But when he cried to him, he heard.

 ^22:25Of you comes my praise in the great assembly.
      I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

 ^22:26The humble shall eat and be satisfied.
      They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him.
      Let your hearts live forever.

 ^22:27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh.
      All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

 ^22:28For the kingdom is Yahweh's.
      He is the ruler over the nations.

 ^22:29All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship.
      All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him,
      Even he who can't keep his soul alive.

 ^22:30Posterity shall serve him.
      Future generations shall be told about the Lord.

 ^22:31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born,
      For he has done it.

Psalm 23

A Psalm by David.

 ^23:1Yahweh is my shepherd:
      I shall lack nothing.

 ^23:2He makes me lie down in green pastures.
      He leads me beside still waters.

 ^23:3He restores my soul.
      He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

 ^23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
      I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
      Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

 ^23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

 You anoint my head with oil.
      My cup runs over.

 ^23:6Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life,
      And I shall dwell in Yahweh's house forever.

Psalm 24

A Psalm by David.

 ^24:1The earth is Yahweh's, with its fullness;
      The world, and those who dwell therein.

 ^24:2For he has founded it on the seas,
      And established it on the floods.

 ^24:3Who may ascend to Yahweh's hill?
      Who may stand in his holy place?

 ^24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart;
      Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood,
      And has not sworn deceitfully.

 ^24:5He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh,
      Righteousness from the God of his salvation.

 ^24:6This is the generation of those who seek Him,
      Who seek your face -- even Jacob.

 Selah.

 ^24:7Lift up your heads, you gates;
      Be lifted up, you everlasting doors:
      The King of glory will come in.

 ^24:8Who is the King of glory?
      Yahweh strong and mighty,
      Yahweh mighty in battle.

 ^24:9Lift up your heads, you gates;
      Yes, lift them up, you everlasting doors:
      The King of glory will come in.

 ^24:10Who is this King of glory?
      Yahweh of Hosts,
      He is the King of glory.

 Selah.

Psalm 25

By David.

 ^25:1To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul.

 ^25:2My God, I have trusted in you,
      Don't let me be put to shame.
      Don't let my enemies triumph over me.

 ^25:3Yes, no one who waits for you shall be put to shame.
      They shall be put to shame who deal treacherously without cause.

 ^25:4Show me your ways, Yahweh.
      Teach me your paths.

 ^25:5Guide me in your truth, and teach me,
      For you are the God of my salvation,
      I wait for you all day long.

 ^25:6Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your lovingkindness,
      For they are from old times.

 ^25:7Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions.
      Remember me according to your lovingkindness,
      For your goodness' sake, Yahweh.

 ^25:8Good and upright is Yahweh,
      Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.

 ^25:9He will guide the humble in justice.
      He will teach the humble his way.

 ^25:10All the paths of Yahweh are lovingkindness and truth
      To such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

 ^25:11For your name's sake, Yahweh,
      Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

 ^25:12What man is he who fears Yahweh?
      He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.

 ^25:13His soul shall dwell at ease.
      His seed shall inherit the land.

 ^25:14The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him.
      He will show them his covenant.

 ^25:15My eyes are ever on Yahweh,
      For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

 ^25:16Turn to me, and have mercy on me,
      For I am desolate and afflicted.

 ^25:17The troubles of my heart are enlarged.
      Oh bring me out of my distresses.

 ^25:18Consider my affliction and my travail.
      Forgive all my sins.

 ^25:19Consider my enemies, for they are many.
      They hate me with cruel hatred.

 ^25:20Oh keep my soul, and deliver me.
      Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

 ^25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
      For I wait for you.

 ^25:22Redeem Israel, God,
      Out all of his troubles.

Psalm 26

By David.

 ^26:1Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity.
      I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.

 ^26:2Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me.
      Try my heart and my mind.

 ^26:3For your lovingkindness is before my eyes.
      I have walked in your truth.

 ^26:4I have not sat with deceitful men,
      Neither will I go in with hypocrites.

 ^26:5I hate the assembly of evil-doers,
      And will not sit with the wicked.

 ^26:6I will wash my hands in innocence,
      So I will go about your altar, Yahweh;
      ^26:7That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard,
      And tell of all your wondrous works.

 ^26:8Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house,
      The place where your glory dwells.

 ^26:9Don't gather my soul with sinners,
      Nor my life with bloodthirsty men;
      ^26:10In whose hands is wickedness,
      Their right hand is full of bribes.

 ^26:11But as for me, I will walk in my integrity.
      Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

 ^26:12My foot stands in an even place.
      In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.

Psalm 27

By David.

 ^27:1Yahweh is my light and my salvation.
      Whom shall I fear?

 Yahweh is the strength of my life.
      Of whom shall I be afraid?

 ^27:2When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh,
      Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

 ^27:3Though a host should encamp against me,
      My heart shall not fear.

 Though war should rise against me,
      Even then I will be confident.

 ^27:4One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after,
      That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life,
      To see Yahweh's beauty,
      And to inquire in his temple.

 ^27:5For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion.
      In the covert of his tent he will hide me.
      He will lift me up on a rock.

 ^27:6Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me.

 I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent.
      I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to Yahweh.

 ^27:7Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice.
      Have mercy also on me, and answer me.

 ^27:8When you said, "Seek my face,"
      My heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh."

 ^27:9Don't hide your face from me.
      Don't put your servant away in anger.

 You have been my help.
      Don't abandon me,
      Neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

 ^27:10When my father and my mother forsake me,
      Then Yahweh will take me up.

 ^27:11Teach me your way, Yahweh.
      Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

 ^27:12Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries,
      For false witnesses have risen up against me,
      Such as breathe out cruelty.

 ^27:13I am still confident of this:
      I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

 ^27:14Wait for Yahweh.
      Be strong, and let your heart take courage.

 Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Psalm 28

By David.

 ^28:1To you, Yahweh, I call.
      My rock, don't be deaf to me;
      Lest, if you are silent to me,
      I would become like those who go down into the pit.

 ^28:2Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you,
      When I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

 ^28:3Don't draw me away with the wicked,
      With the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors,
      But mischief is in their hearts.

 ^28:4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings.
      Give them according to the operation of their hands.
      Bring back on them what they deserve.

 ^28:5Because they don't regard the works of Yahweh,
      Nor the operation of his hands,
      He will break them down and not build them up.

 ^28:6Blessed be Yahweh,
      Because he has heard the voice of my petitions.

 ^28:7Yahweh is my strength and my shield.
      My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped.

 Therefore my heart greatly rejoices.
      With my song I will thank him.

 ^28:8Yahweh is their strength.
      He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

 ^28:9Save your people,
      And bless your inheritance.

 Be their shepherd also,
      And bear them up forever.

Psalm 29

A Psalm by David.

 ^29:1Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty,
      Ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

 ^29:2Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name.
      Worship Yahweh in holy array.

 ^29:3Yahweh's voice is on the waters.
      The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.

 ^29:4Yahweh's voice is powerful.
      Yahweh's voice is full of majesty.

 ^29:5The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars.
      Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

 ^29:6He makes them also to skip like a calf;
      Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.

 ^29:7Yahweh's voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
      ^29:8Yahweh's voice shakes the wilderness.
      Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

 ^29:9Yahweh's voice makes the deer calve,
      And strips the forests bare.
      In his temple everything says, "Glory!"

 ^29:10Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood.
      Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.

 ^29:11Yahweh will give strength to his people.
      Yahweh will bless his people with peace.

Psalm 30

A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.

 ^30:1I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up,
      And have not made my foes to rejoice over me.

 ^30:2Yahweh my God, I cried to you,

 And you have healed me.

 ^30:3Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.
      You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

 ^30:4Sing praise to Yahweh, you saints of his.
      Give thanks to his holy name.

 ^30:5For his anger is but for a moment;
      His favor is for a lifetime.

 Weeping may stay for the night,
      But joy comes in the morning.

 ^30:6As for me, I said in my prosperity,
      "I shall never be moved."

 ^30:7You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain to stand strong.
      But when you hid your face, I was troubled.

 ^30:8I cried to you, Yahweh.
      To Yahweh I made supplication:

 ^30:9"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?
      Shall the dust praise you?
      Shall it declare your truth?

 ^30:10Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me.
      Yahweh, be my helper."

 ^30:11You have turned my mourning into dancing for me.
      You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
      ^30:12To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent.

 Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

Psalm 31

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

 ^31:1In you, Yahweh, I take refuge.
      Let me never be put to shame:
      Deliver me in your righteousness.

 ^31:2Bow down your ear to me.
      Deliver me speedily.

 Be to me a strong rock,
      A house of defense to save me.

 ^31:3For you are my rock and my fortress,
      Therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.

 ^31:4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me,
      For you are my stronghold.

 ^31:5Into your hand I commend my spirit.
      You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.

 ^31:6I hate those who regard lying vanities,
      But I trust in Yahweh.

 ^31:7I will be glad and rejoice in your lovingkindness,
      For you have seen my affliction.
      You have known my soul in adversities.

 ^31:8You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy.
      You have set my feet in a large place.

 ^31:9Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress.
      My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

 ^31:10For my life is spent with sorrow,
      My years with sighing.

 My strength fails because of my iniquity.
      My bones are wasted away.

 ^31:11Because of all my adversaries I have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors,
      A fear to my acquaintances.
      Those who saw me on the street fled from me.

 ^31:12I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man.
      I am like broken pottery.

 ^31:13For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side,
      While they conspire together against me,
      They plot to take away my life.

 ^31:14But I trust in you, Yahweh.
      I said, "You are my God."

 ^31:15My times are in your hand.
      Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

 ^31:16Make your face to shine on your servant.
      Save me in your lovingkindness.

 ^31:17Let me not be put to shame, Yahweh, for I have called on you.
      Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them be silent in Sheol.

 ^31:18Let the lying lips be mute,
      Which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

 ^31:19Oh how great is your goodness,
      Which you have laid up for those who fear you,
      Which you have worked for those who take refuge in you,
      Before the sons of men!

 ^31:20In the covert of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man.
      You will keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

 ^31:21Praise be to Yahweh,
      For he has shown me his marvelous lovingkindness in a strong city.

 ^31:22As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes."
      Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

 ^31:23Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints!
      Yahweh preserves the faithful,

 And pays back him who deals proudly in full.

 ^31:24Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
      All you who hope in Yahweh.

Psalm 32

By David. A contemplative psalm.

 ^32:1Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,
      Whose sin is covered.

 ^32:2Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity,
      In whose spirit there is no deceit.

 ^32:3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

 ^32:4For day and night your hand was heavy on me.
      My strength was sapped in the heat of summer.

 Selah.

 ^32:5I acknowledged my sin to you.
      I didn't hide my iniquity.

 I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh,
      And you forgave the iniquity of my sin.

 Selah.

 ^32:6For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found.
      Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.

 ^32:7You are my hiding place.
      You will preserve me from trouble.
      You will surround me with songs of deliverance.

 Selah.

 ^32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go.
      I will counsel you with my eye on you.

 ^32:9Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding,
      Whose are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

 ^32:10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked,
      But he who trusts in Yahweh, lovingkindness shall surround him.

 ^32:11Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous!
      Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

Psalm 33

 ^33:1Rejoice in Yahweh, you righteous!
      Praise is fitting for the upright.

 ^33:2Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre.
      Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

 ^33:3Sing to him a new song.
      Play skillfully with a shout of joy!

 ^33:4For the word of Yahweh is right.
      All his work is done in faithfulness.

 ^33:5He loves righteousness and justice.
      The earth is full of the lovingkindness of Yahweh.

 ^33:6By Yahweh's word the heavens were made;
      All their host by the breath of his mouth.

 ^33:7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.
      He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

 ^33:8Let all the earth fear Yahweh.
      Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

 ^33:9For he spoke, and it was done.
      He commanded, and it stood firm.

 ^33:10Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing.
      He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

 ^33:11The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever,
      The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

 ^33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh,
      The people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

 ^33:13Yahweh looks from heaven.
      He sees all the sons of men.

 ^33:14From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
      ^33:15He who fashions all of their hearts;
      And he considers all of their works.

 ^33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of a host.
      A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

 ^33:17A horse is a vain thing for safety,
      Neither does he deliver any by his great power.

 ^33:18Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him,
      On those who hope in his lovingkindness;
      ^33:19To deliver their soul from death,
      To keep them alive in famine.

 ^33:20Our soul has waited for Yahweh.
      He is our help and our shield.

 ^33:21For our heart rejoices in him,
      Because we have trusted in his holy name.

 ^33:22Let your lovingkindness be on us, Yahweh,
      Since we have hoped in you.

Psalm 34

By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

 ^34:1I will bless Yahweh at all times.
      His praise will always be in my mouth.

 ^34:2My soul shall boast in Yahweh.
      The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.

 ^34:3Oh magnify Yahweh with me.
      Let us exalt his name together.

 ^34:4I sought Yahweh, and he answered me,
      And delivered me from all my fears.

 ^34:5They looked to him, and were radiant.
      Their faces shall never be covered with shame.

 ^34:6This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him,
      And saved him out of all his troubles.

 ^34:7The angel of Yahweh encamps round about those who fear him,
      And delivers them.

 ^34:8Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good.
      Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

 ^34:9Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints,
      For there is no lack with those who fear him.

 ^34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger,
      But those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

 ^34:11Come, you children, listen to me.
      I will teach you the fear of Yahweh.

 ^34:12Who is someone who desires life,
      And loves many days, that he may see good?

 ^34:13Keep your tongue from evil,
      And your lips from speaking lies.

 ^34:14Depart from evil, and do good.
      Seek peace, and pursue it.

 ^34:15Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous.
      His ears listen to their cry.

 ^34:16Yahweh's face is against those who do evil,
      To cut off the memory of them from the earth.

 ^34:17The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears,
      And delivers them out of all their troubles.

 ^34:18Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart,
      And saves those who have a crushed spirit.

 ^34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
      But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

 ^34:20He protects all of his bones.
      Not one of them is broken.

 ^34:21Evil shall kill the wicked.
      Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.

 ^34:22Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants.
      None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.

Psalm 35

By David.

 ^35:1Contend, Yahweh, with those who contend with me.
      Fight against those who fight against me.

 ^35:2Take hold of shield and buckler,
      And stand up for my help.

 ^35:3Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me.
      Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."

 ^35:4Let those who seek after my soul be put to shame and brought to dishonor.
      Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

 ^35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind,
      Yahweh's angel driving them on.

 ^35:6Let their way be dark and slippery,
      Yahweh's angel pursuing them.

 ^35:7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me.
      Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

 ^35:8Let destruction come on him unawares.
      Let his net that he has hidden catch himself.
      Let him fall into that destruction.

 ^35:9My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh.
      It shall rejoice in his salvation.

 ^35:10All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you,
      Who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him,
      Yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"

 ^35:11Unrighteous witnesses rise up.
      They ask me about things that I don't know about.

 ^35:12They reward me evil for good,
      To the bereaving of my soul.

 ^35:13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.
      I afflicted my soul with fasting.
      My prayer returned into my own bosom.

 ^35:14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother.
      I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

 ^35:15But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together.
      The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it.
      They tore at me, and didn't cease.

 ^35:16Like the profane mockers in feasts,
      They gnashed their teeth at me.

 ^35:17Lord, how long will you look on?
      Rescue my soul from their destruction,
      My precious life from the lions.

 ^35:18I will give you thanks in the great assembly.
      I will praise you among many people.

 ^35:19Don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me;
      Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

 ^35:20For they don't speak peace,
      But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

 ^35:21Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me.
      They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!"

 ^35:22You have seen it, Yahweh. Don't keep silent.
      Lord, don't be far from me.

 ^35:23Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God!
      My Lord, contend for me!

 ^35:24Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness;
      Don't let them gloat over me.

 ^35:25Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!"
      Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"

 ^35:26Let them be put to shame and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity.
      Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

 ^35:27Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause.
      Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified,
      Who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"

 ^35:28My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long.

Psalm 36

For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh.

 ^36:1An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked:
      "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

 ^36:2For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
      Too much to detect and hate his sin.

 ^36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit.
      He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

 ^36:4He plots iniquity on his bed.
      He sets himself in a way that is not good;
      He doesn't abhor evil.

 ^36:5Your lovingkindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens.
      Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

 ^36:6Your righteousness is like the mountains of God.
      Your judgments are like a great deep.
      Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.

 ^36:7How precious is your lovingkindness, God!
      The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

 ^36:8They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house.
      You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

 ^36:9For with you is the spring of life.
      In your light shall we see light.

 ^36:10Oh continue your lovingkindness to those who know you,
      Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

 ^36:11Don't let the foot of pride come against me.
      Don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away.

 ^36:12There the workers of iniquity are fallen.
      They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.

Psalm 37

By David.

 ^37:1Don't fret because of evil-doers,
      Neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.

 ^37:2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
      And wither like the green herb.

 ^37:3Trust in Yahweh, and do good.
      Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

 ^37:4Also delight yourself in Yahweh,
      And he will give you the desires of your heart.

 ^37:5Commit your way to Yahweh.
      Trust also in him, and he will do this:

 ^37:6He will make your righteousness go forth as the light,
      And your justice as the noon day sun.

 ^37:7Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him.
      Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way,
      Because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

 ^37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath.
      Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.

 ^37:9For evildoers shall be cut off,
      But those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.

 ^37:10For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more.
      Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.

 ^37:11But the humble shall inherit the land,
      And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

 ^37:12The wicked plots against the just,
      And gnashes at him with his teeth.

 ^37:13The Lord will laugh at him,
      For he sees that his day is coming.

 ^37:14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow,
      To cast down the poor and needy,
      To kill those who are upright in the way.

 ^37:15Their sword shall enter into their own heart.
      Their bows shall be broken.

 ^37:16Better is a little that the righteous has,
      Than the abundance of many wicked.

 ^37:17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
      But Yahweh upholds the righteous.

 ^37:18Yahweh knows the days of the perfect.
      Their inheritance shall be forever.

 ^37:19They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil.
      In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

 ^37:20But the wicked shall perish.
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