1 A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

<>LORD God of my salvation, <>my salvation, <>I have cried day and night before thee

2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

<>incline thine ear unto my cry

3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

<>the grave

4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

<>I am as a man that hath no strength

5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

<>Free among the dead, <>Free, <>dead

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

<>Thy wrath, <>thou hast afflicted me

8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

<>v. 8

9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

<>Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction

10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

<>shall the dead arise

11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

<>thy lovingkindness

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

<>in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee, <>prevent

14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

<>why hidest thou thy face from me?

15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

<>I am … ready to die from my youth up, <>die, <>my youth

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

<>the mercies of the LORD, <>the mercies of the LORD … thy faithfulness

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

<>built up

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

<>chosen, <>my servant

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

<>the heavens shall praise thy wonders, <>congregation

6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?

<>v. 6, <>sons, <>the mighty

7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

<>v. 7

8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?

9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

<>v. 9

10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.

<>thine enemies

11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

<>the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them

12 The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

<>thou hast created them

13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

<>Justice and judgment

15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

<>the joyful sound, <>they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance

16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

<>In thy name shall they rejoice all the day

17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.

18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

<>thou spakest in vision, <>thy holy one

20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

<>vv. 20-21, <>anointed

21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

<>vv. 20-21, <>mine arm also shall strengthen him

22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

<>exact, <>the son of wickedness

23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

<>v. 25

26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

<>the rock of my salvation

27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

<>firstborn

28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

<>the days of heaven

30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

<>children

31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;

32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

<>transgression

33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

<>my lovingkindness

34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

<>nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.

<>I will not lie

36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

<>abhorred

39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

<>strong holds

41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

<>by the way

42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.

<>The days of his youth hast thou shortened, <>his youth

46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

<>How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself, <>shall thy wrath burn like fire?

47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

<>how short my time is

48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

<>What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?, <>the grave

49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

<>Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

<>from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God

3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

<>vv. 3-6, <>v. 3, <>Thou turnest man to destruction, <>Return, ye children of men, <>children

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

<>vv. 3-6, <>a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday

5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

<>vv. 3-6

6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

<>vv. 3-6

7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

<>we are consumed by thine anger, <>thine anger … thy wrath

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

<>secret sins

9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

<>a tale that is told

10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

<>it is soon cut off, <>we fly away

11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

<>thy servants

14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

<>satisfy us … with thy mercy, <>thy mercy

15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

<>thou hast afflicted us

16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

<>let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us

1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

<>the LORD … in him will I trust, <>refuge

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

<>he shall deliver thee

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

<>He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

<>A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

<>vv. 9-10

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

<>vv. 9-10

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

<>vv. 11-12, <>v. 11, <>thy ways

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

<>vv. 11-12

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

<>the dragon shalt thou trample under feet

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

<>v. 14, <>Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him, <>Because he hath set his love upon me, <>I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

<>He shall call upon me, and I will answer him, <>call upon me, <>honour

16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

<>With long life will I satisfy him