ASV — American Standard Version

72:1

A Psalm of Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, And thy righteousness unto the king's son.

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He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.

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The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.

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He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.

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They shall fear thee while the sun endureth, And so long as the moon, throughout all generations.

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He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

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In his days shall the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace, till the moon be no more.

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He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.

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They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.

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The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

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Yea, all kings shall fall down before him; All nations shall serve him.

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For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.

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He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.

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He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:

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And they shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: And men shall pray for him continually; They shall bless him all the day long.

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There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

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His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.

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Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things:

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And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.

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The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

73:1

A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, Even to such as are pure in heart.

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But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.

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For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.

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They are not in trouble as other men; Neither are they plagued like other men.

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Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

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Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

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They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

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They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

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Therefore his people return hither: And waters of a full cup are drained by them.

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And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

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Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

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Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

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For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.

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If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

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When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;

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Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

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Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

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How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

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As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

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For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

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So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was as a beast before thee.

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Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.

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Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

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Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

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My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

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For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.

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But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.

74:1

Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

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Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

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Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

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Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

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They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.

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And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

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They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name by casting it to the ground.

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They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

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We see not our signs: There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

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How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

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Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them.

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Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

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Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

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Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces; Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

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Thou didst cleave fountain and flood: Thou driedst up mighty rivers.

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The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

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Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.

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Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Jehovah, And that a foolish people hath blasphemed thy name.

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Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

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Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

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Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

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Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day.

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Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.

75:1

For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. We give thanks unto thee, O God; We give thanks, for thy name is near: Men tell of thy wondrous works.

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When I shall find the set time, I will judge uprightly.

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The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I have set up the pillars of it.[Selah

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I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

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Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not with a stiff neck.

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For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, cometh lifting up.

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But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

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For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

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But I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

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All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

76:1

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel.

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In Salem also is his tabernacle, And his dwelling-place in Zion.

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There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. [Selah

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Glorious art thou and excellent, From the mountains of prey.

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The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.

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At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.

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Thou, even thou, art to be feared; And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

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Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,

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When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth.[Selah

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Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: The residue of wrath shalt thou gird upon thee.

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Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God: Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

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He will cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth.

77:1

For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I will cry unto God with my voice, Even unto God with my voice; and he will give ear unto me.

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In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.

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I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. [Selah

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Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

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I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.

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I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.

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Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?

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Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore?

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Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? [Selah

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And I said, This is my infirmity; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

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I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah; For I will remember thy wonders of old.

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I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings.

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Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: Who is a great god like unto God?

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Thou art the God that doest wonders: Thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples.

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Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph.[Selah

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The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.

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The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.

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The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.

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Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

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Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

78:1

Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

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I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

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Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

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We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

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For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

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That the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell them to their children,

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That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

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And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

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The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

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They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

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And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.

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Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

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He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

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In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

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He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

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He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

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Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

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And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

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Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

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Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

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Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

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Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.

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Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

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And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

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Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

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He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

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He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

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And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

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So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.

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They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

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When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

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For all this they sinned still, And believed not in his wondrous works.

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Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, And their years in terror.

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When he slew them, then they inquired after him; And they returned and sought God earnestly.

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And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.

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But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

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For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

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But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.

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And he remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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How oft did they rebel against him in the wilderness, And grieve him in the desert!

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And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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They remembered not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;

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How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,

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And turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, so that they could not drink.

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He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

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He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labor unto the locust.

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He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycomore-trees with frost.

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He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

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He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A band of angels of evil.

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He made a path for his anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,

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And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

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But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

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And he led them safely, so that they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

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And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

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He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

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Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And kept not his testimonies;

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But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers: They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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For they provoked him to anger with their high places, And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

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When God heard this, he was wroth, And greatly abhorred Israel;

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So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;

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And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary's hand.

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He gave his people over also unto the sword, And was wroth with his inheritance.

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Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.

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Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.

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Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, Like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

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And he smote his adversaries backward: He put them to a perpetual reproach.

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Moreover he refused the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim,

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But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which he loved.

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And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.

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He chose David also his servant, And took him from the sheepfolds:

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From following the ewes that have their young he brought him, To be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

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So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

79:1

A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

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The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

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Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.

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We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

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How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

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Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.

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For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.

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Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.

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Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.

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Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.

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Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee: According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to death;

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And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

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So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations.

80:1

For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest above the cherubim, shine forth.

80:2

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.

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Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

80:4

O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

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Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

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Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.

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Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

80:8

Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

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Thou preparedst room before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

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The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.

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It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.

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Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

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The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.

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Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,

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And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

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It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

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Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

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So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name.

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Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

81:1

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

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Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

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Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.

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For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

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He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not.

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I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket.

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Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. [Selah

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Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

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There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

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I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me.

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So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

81:13

Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!

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I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.

81:15

The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.

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He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat; And with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.

82:1

A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods.

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How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? [Selah

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Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

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Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

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They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.

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Nevertheless ye shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes.

82:8

Arise, O God, judge the earth; For thou shalt inherit all the nations.

83:1

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

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For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

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They take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

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They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

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For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

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The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagarenes;

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Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

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Assyria also is joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. [Selah

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Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;

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Who perished at Endor, Who became as dung for the earth.

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Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;

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Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

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O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

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As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

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So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.

83:16

Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.

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Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

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That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth.

84:1

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

84:2

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

84:3

Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.

84:4

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: They will be still praising thee.[Selah

84:5

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion.

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Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

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They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

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O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob. [Selah

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Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.

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For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

84:12

O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

85:1

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Jehovah, thou hast been favorable unto thy land; Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

85:2

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; Thou hast covered all their sin.[Selah

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Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

85:4

Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

85:5

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

85:6

Wilt thou not quicken us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee?

85:7

Show us thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, And grant us thy salvation.

85:8

I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: But let them not turn again to folly.

85:9

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, That glory may dwell in our land.

85:10

Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

85:11

Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

85:12

Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good; And our land shall yield its increase.

85:13

Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way to walk in.

86:1

A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.

86:2

Preserve my soul; for I am godly: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

86:3

Be merciful unto me, O Lord; For unto thee do I cry all the day long.

86:4

Rejoice the soul of thy servant; For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

86:5

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

86:6

Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer; And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.

86:7

In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee; For thou wilt answer me.

86:8

There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither are there any works like unto thy works.

86:9

All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name.

86:10

For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone.

86:11

Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name.

86:12

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore.

86:13

For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

86:14

O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.

86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

86:16

Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.

86:17

Show me a token for good, That they who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, Because thou, Jehovah, hast helped me, and comforted me.

87:1

A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.

87:2

Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob.

87:3

Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. [Selah

87:4

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know me: Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there.

87:5

Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; And the Most High himself will establish her.

87:6

Jehovah will count, when he writeth up the peoples, This one was born there. [Selah

87:7

They that sing as well as they that dance shall say, All my fountains are in thee.

88:1

A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

88:2

Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.

88:3

For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.

88:4

I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

88:5

Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

88:6

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

88:7

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

88:8

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

88:9

Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.

88:10

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? [Selah

88:11

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

88:12

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

88:13

But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

88:14

Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?

88:15

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

88:16

Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

88:17

They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

88:18

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

89:1

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

89:2

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

89:3

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

89:4

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

89:5

And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

89:6

For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

89:7

A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

89:8

O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

89:9

Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.

89:10

Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

89:11

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

89:12

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

89:13

Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of thy throne: Lovingkindness and truth go before thy face.

89:15

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

89:16

In thy name do they rejoice all the day; And in thy righteousness are they exalted.

89:17

For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

89:18

For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

89:19

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

89:20

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

89:21

With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

89:22

The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

89:23

And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

89:24

But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted.

89:25

I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

89:26

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

89:27

I also will make him my first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

89:28

My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

89:29

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

89:30

If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances;

89:31

If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;

89:32

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

89:33

But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

89:34

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

89:35

Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

89:36

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

89:37

It shall be established for ever as the moon, And as the faithful witness in the sky. [Selah

89:38

But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

89:39

Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

89:40

Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

89:41

All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

89:42

Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

89:43

Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

89:44

Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

89:45

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

89:46

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

89:47

Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

89:48

What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? [Selah

89:49

Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?

89:50

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,

89:51

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

89:52

Blessed be Jehovah for evermore. Amen, and Amen.