Job 39
Who hath sent out the wild ass free?Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?Whose house I have made the wilderness,And the barren land his dwellings.He scorneth the multitude of the city,Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.The range of the mountains is his pasture,And he searcheth after every green thing.Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee,Or abide by thy crib?Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed,And gather it into thy barn?Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks?Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?Which leaveth her eggs in the earth,And warmeth them in dust,And forgetteth that the foot may crush them,Or that the wild beast may break them.She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's:Her labour is in vain without fear;Because God hath deprived her of wisdom,Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.What time she lifteth up herself on high,She scorneth the horse and his rider.Hast thou given the horse strength?Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?The glory of his nostrils is terrible.He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:He goeth on to meet the armed men.He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted;Neither turneth he back from the sword.The quiver rattleth against him,The glittering spear and the shield.He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage:Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha;And he smelleth the battle afar off,The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom,And stretch her wings toward the south?Doth the eagle mount up at thy command,And make her nest on high?She dwelleth and abideth on the rock,Upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.From thence she seeketh the prey,And her eyes behold afar off.Her young ones also suck up blood:And where the slain are, there is she.
Job 40
Moreover theLordanswered Job, and said,
Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?He that reproveth God, let him answer it.
Then Job answered theLord, and said,
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee?I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.Once have I spoken; but I will not answer:Yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Then answered theLordunto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Gird up thy loins now like a man:I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.Wilt thou also disannul my judgment?Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?Hast thou an arm like God?Or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency;And array thyself with glory and beauty.Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:And behold every one that is proud, and abase him.Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low;And tread down the wicked in their place.Hide them in the dust together;And bind their faces in secret.Then will I also confess unto theeThat thine own right hand can save thee.Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee;He eateth grass as an ox.His bones are as strong pieces of brass;His bones are like bars of iron.He is the chief of the ways of God:He that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.He lieth under the shady trees,In the covert of the reed, and fens.The shady trees cover him with their shadow;The willows of the brook compass him about.Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not:He trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?Canst thou put an hook into his nose?Or bore his jaw through with a thorn?Will he make many supplications unto thee?Will he speak soft words unto thee?Will he make a covenant with thee?Wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?Wilt thou play with him as with a bird?Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?Shall the companions make a banquet of him?Shall they part him among the merchants?Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons?Or his head with fish spears?Lay thine hand upon him,Remember the battle, do no more.Behold, the hope of him is in vain:Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?None is so fierce that dare stir him up:Who then is able to stand before me?Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him?Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Then Job answered theLord, and said,
I know that thou canst do every thing,And that no thought can be withholden from thee.I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear:But now mine eye seeth thee.Wherefore I abhor myself,And repent in dust and ashes.
And it was so, that after theLordhad spoken these words unto Job, theLordsaid to Eliphaz, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
So Eliphaz and Bildad and Zophar went, and did according as theLordcommanded them: theLordalso accepted Job. And theLordturned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also theLordgave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that theLordhad brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
So theLordblessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. So Job died, being old and full of days.
BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,Nor standeth in the way of sinners,Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.But his delight is in the law of theLord;And in his law doth he meditate day and night.And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,That bringeth forth his fruit in his season;His leaf also shall not wither;And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.The ungodly are not so:But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.For theLordknoweth the way of the righteous:But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,Nor standeth in the way of sinners,Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.But his delight is in the law of theLord;And in his law doth he meditate day and night.And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,That bringeth forth his fruit in his season;His leaf also shall not wither;And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.The ungodly are not so:But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.For theLordknoweth the way of the righteous:But the way of the ungodly shall perish.
OLordour Lord,How excellent is thy name in all the earth!Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strengthBecause of thine enemies,That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;What is man, that thou art mindful of him?And the son of man, that thou visitest him?For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,And hast crowned him with glory and honour.Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;Thou hast put all things under his feet:All sheep and oxen,Yea, and the beasts of the field;The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.OLordour Lord,How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,And speaketh the truth in his heart.He that backbiteth not with his tongue,Nor doeth evil to his neighbour,Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.In whose eyes a vile person is contemned;But he honoureth them that fear theLord.He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.He that putteth not out his money to usury,Nor taketh reward against the innocent.He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Preserveme, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.O my soul, thou hast said unto theLord, Thou art my Lord:My goodness extendeth not to thee;But to the saints that are in the earth,And to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer,Nor take up their names into my lips.TheLordis the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:Thou maintainest my lot.The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;Yea, I have a goodly heritage.I will bless theLord, who hath given me counsel:My reins also instruct me in the night seasons.I have set theLordalways before me:Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:My flesh also shall rest in hope.For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.Thou wilt shew me the path of life:In thy presence is fulness of joy;At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Theheavens declare the glory of God;And the firmament sheweth his handywork.Day unto day uttereth speech,And night unto night sheweth knowledge.There is no speech nor language,Where their voice is not heard.Their line is gone out through all the earth,And their words to the end of the world.In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,And rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.His going forth is from the end of the heaven,And his circuit unto the ends of it:And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.The law of theLordis perfect, converting the soul:The testimony of theLordis sure, making wise the simple.The statutes of theLordare right, rejoicing the heart:The commandment of theLordis pure, enlightening the eyes.The fear of theLordis clean, enduring for ever:The judgments of theLordare true and righteous altogether.More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.Moreover by them is thy servant warned:And in keeping of them there is great reward.Who can understand his errors?Cleanse thou me from secret faults.Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins;Let them not have dominion over me:Then shall I be upright,And I shall be innocent from the great transgression.Let the words of my mouth,And the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight,OLord, my strength, and my redeemer.
The Lordis my shepherd; I shall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:He leadeth me beside the still waters.He restoreth my soul:He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:And I will dwell in the house of theLordfor ever.
Theearth is theLord's, and the fulness thereof;The world, and they that dwell therein.For he hath founded it upon the seas,And established it upon the floods.Who shall ascend into the hill of theLord?Or who shall stand in his holy place?He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;Who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity,Nor sworn deceitfully.He shall receive the blessing from theLord,And righteousness from the God of his salvation.This is the generation of them that seek him,That seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.Lift up your heads, O ye gates;And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors;And the King of glory shall come in.Who is this King of glory?TheLordstrong and mighty,TheLordmighty in battle.Lift up your heads, O ye gates;Even lift them up, ye everlasting doors;And the King of glory shall come in.Who is this King of glory?TheLordof hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
Giveunto theLord, O ye mighty,Give unto theLordglory and strength.Give unto theLordthe glory due unto his name;Worship theLordin the beauty of holiness.The voice of theLordis upon the waters:The God of glory thundereth:TheLordis upon many waters.The voice of theLordis powerful;The voice of theLordis full of majesty.The voice of theLordbreaketh the cedars;Yea, theLordbreaketh the cedars of Lebanon.He maketh them also to skip like a calf;Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.The voice of theLorddivideth the flames of fire.The voice of theLordshaketh the wilderness;TheLordshaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.The voice of theLordmaketh the hinds to calve,And discovereth the forests:And in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.TheLordsitteth upon the flood;Yea, theLordsitteth King for ever.TheLordwill give strength unto his people;TheLordwill bless his people with peace.
Rejoicein theLord, O ye righteous:For praise is comely for the upright.Praise theLordwith harp:Sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.Sing unto him a new song;Play skilfully with a loud noise.For the word of theLordis right;And all his works are done in truth.He loveth righteousness and judgment:The earth is full of the goodness of theLord.By the word of theLordwere the heavens made;And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap:He layeth up the depth in storehouses.Let all the earth fear theLord:Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.For he spake, and it was done;He commanded, and it stood fast.TheLordbringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought:He maketh the devices of the people of none effect.The counsel of theLordstandeth for ever,The thoughts of his heart to all generations.Blessed is the nation whose God is theLord;And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.TheLordlooketh from heaven;He beholdeth all the sons of men.From the place of his habitation he lookethUpon all the inhabitants of the earth.He fashioneth their hearts alike;He considereth all their works.There is no king saved by the multitude of an host:A mighty man is not delivered by much strength.An horse is a vain thing for safety:Neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.Behold, the eye of theLordis upon them that fear him,Upon them that hope in his mercy;To deliver their soul from death,And to keep them alive in famine.Our soul waiteth for theLord:He is our help and our shield.For our heart shall rejoice in him,Because we have trusted in his holy name.Let thy mercy, OLord, be upon us,According as we hope in thee.
I willbless theLordat all times:His praise shall continually be in my mouth.My soul shall make her boast in theLord:The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.O magnify theLordwith me,And let us exalt his name together.I sought theLord, and he heard me,And delivered me from all my fears.They looked unto him, and were lightened:And their faces were not ashamed.This poor man cried, and theLordheard him,And saved him out of all his troubles.The angel of theLordencampeth round about them that fear him,And delivereth them.O taste and see that theLordis good:Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.O fear theLord, ye his saints:For there is no want to them that fear him.The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:But they that seek theLordshall not want any good thing.Come, ye children, hearken unto me:I will teach you the fear of theLord.What man is he that desireth life,And loveth many days, that he may see good?Keep thy tongue from evil,And thy lips from speaking guile.Depart from evil, and do good;Seek peace, and pursue it.The eyes of theLordare upon the righteous,And his ears are open unto their cry.The face of theLordis against them that do evil,To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.The righteous cry, and theLordheareth,And delivereth them out of all their troubles.TheLordis nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.Many are the afflictions of the righteous:But theLorddelivereth him out of them all.He keepeth all his bones:Not one of them is broken.Evil shall slay the wicked:And they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.TheLordredeemeth the soul of his servants:And none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
As the hart panteth after the water brooks,So panteth my soul after thee, O God.My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:When shall I come and appear before God?My tears have been my meat day and night,While they continually say unto me,Where is thy God?When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me:For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God,With the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.Why art thou cast down, O my soul?And why art thou disquieted in me?Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise himFor the help of his countenance.O my God, my soul is cast down within me:Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan,And of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts:All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.Yet theLordwill command his lovingkindness in the daytime,And in the night his song shall be with me,And my prayer unto the God of my life.I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me;While they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?Why art thou cast down, O my soul?And why art thou disquieted within me?Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Judgeme, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.For thou art the God of my strength: Why dost thou cast me off?Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me;Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.Why art thou cast down, O my soul?And why art thou disquieted within me?Hope in God: for I shall yet praise him,Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Myheart is inditing a good matter:I speak of the things which I have made touching the king:My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.Thou art fairer than the children of men:Grace is poured into thy lips:Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty,With thy glory and thy majesty.And in thy majesty ride prosperouslyBecause of truth and meekness and righteousness;And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.Thine arrows are sharpIn the heart of the king's enemies;Whereby the people fall under thee.Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed theeWith the oil of gladness above thy fellows.All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia,Out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women:Upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:For he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift;Even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.The king's daughter is all glorious within:Her clothing is of wrought gold.She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework:The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:They shall enter into the king's palace.Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,Whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:Therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
Godis our refuge and strength,A very present help in trouble.Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:God shall help her, and that right early.The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved:He uttered his voice, the earth melted.TheLordof hosts is with us;The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.Come, behold the works of theLord,What desolations he hath made in the earth.He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;He burneth the chariot in the fire.Be still, and know that I am God:I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.TheLordof hosts is with us;The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
O clapyour hands, all ye people;Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.For theLordmost high is terrible;He is a great King over all the earth.He shall subdue the people under us,And the nations under our feet.He shall choose our inheritance for us,The excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.God is gone up with a shout,TheLordwith the sound of a trumpet.Sing praises to God, sing praises:Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.For God is the King of all the earth:Sing ye praises with understanding.God reigneth over the heathen:God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.The princes of the people are gathered together,Even the people of the God of Abraham:For the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
Havemercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:According unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,And cleanse me from my sin.For I acknowledge my transgressions:And my sin is ever before me.Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,And done this evil in thy sight:That thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,And be clear when thou judgest.Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;And in sin did my mother conceive me.Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.Make me to hear joy and gladness;That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.Hide thy face from my sins,And blot out all mine iniquities.Create in me a clean heart, O God;And renew a right spirit within me.Cast me not away from thy presence;And take not thy holy spirit from me.Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;And uphold me with thy free spirit.Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;And sinners shall be converted unto thee.Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.O Lord, open thou my lips;And my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:Thou delightest not in burnt offering.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering:Then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee:My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for theeIn a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;To see thy power and thy glory,So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,My lips shall praise thee.Thus will I bless thee while I live:I will lift up my hands in thy name.My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:When I remember thee upon my bed,And meditate on thee in the night watches.Because thou hast been my help,Therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice....
Praisewaiteth for thee, O God, in Sion:And unto thee shall the vow be performed.O thou that hearest prayer,Unto thee shall all flesh come.Iniquities prevail against me:As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.Blessed is the man whom thou choosest,And causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts:We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us,O God of our salvation;Who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains;Being girded with power:Which stilleth the noise of the seas,The noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it:Thou greatly enrichest itWith the river of God, which is full of water:Thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly:Thou settlest the furrows thereof:Thou makest it soft with showers:Thou blessest the springing thereof.Thou crownest the year with thy goodness;And thy paths drop fatness.They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness:And the little hills rejoice on every side.The pastures are clothed with flocks;The valleys also are covered over with corn;They shout for joy, they also sing.
I criedunto God with my voice,Even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord:My sore ran in the night, and ceased not:My soul refused to be comforted.I remembered God, and was troubled:I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.Thou holdest mine eyes waking:I am so troubled that I cannot speak.I have considered the days of old,The years of ancient times.I call to remembrance my song in the night:I commune with mine own heart:And my spirit made diligent search.Will the Lord cast off for ever?And will he be favourable no more?Is his mercy clean gone for ever?Doth his promise fail for evermore?Hath God forgotten to be gracious?Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.And I said, This is my infirmity:But I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.I will remember the works of theLord:Surely I will remember thy wonders of old.I will meditate also of all thy work,And talk of thy doings.Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary:Who is so great a God as our God?Thou art the God that doest wonders:Thou hast declared thy strength among the people.Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people,The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.The waters saw thee, O God,The waters saw thee; they were afraid:The depths also were troubled.The clouds poured out water:The skies sent out a sound:Thine arrows also went abroad.The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven:The lightnings lightened the world:The earth trembled and shook.Thy way is in the sea,And thy path in the great waters,And thy footsteps are not known.Thou leddest thy people like a flockBy the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Howamiable are thy tabernacles,OLordof hosts!My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of theLord:My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.Yea, the sparrow hath found an house,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,Even thine altars, OLordof hosts, my King, and my God.Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:They will be still praising thee. Selah.Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;In whose heart are the ways of them.Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well;The rain also filleth the pools.They go from strength to strength,Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.OLordGod of hosts, hear my prayer:Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.Behold, O God our shield,And look upon the face of thine anointed.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.For theLordGod is a sun and shield:TheLordwill give grace and glory:No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.OLordof hosts,Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Bowdown thine ear, OLord, hear me:For I am poor and needy.Preserve my soul; for I am holy:O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.Be merciful unto me, O Lord:For I cry unto thee daily.Rejoice the soul of thy servant:For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive;And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.Give ear, OLord, unto my prayer;And attend to the voice of my supplications.In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee:For thou wilt answer me.Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord;Neither are there any works like unto thy works.All nations whom thou hast madeShall come and worship before thee, O Lord;And shall glorify thy name.For thou art great, and doest wondrous things:Thou art God alone.Teach me thy way, OLord; I will walk in thy truth:Unite my heart to fear thy name.I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart:And I will glorify thy name for evermore.For great is thy mercy toward me:And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.O God, the proud are risen against me,And the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul;And have not set thee before them.But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,Longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;Give thy strength unto thy servant,And save the son of thine handmaid.Shew me a token for good;That they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed:Because thou,Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling placeIn all generations.Before the mountains were brought forth,Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.Thou turnest man to destruction;And sayest, Return, ye children of men.For a thousand years in thy sightAre but as yesterday when it is past,And as a watch in the night.Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep:In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up;In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.For we are consumed by thine anger,And by thy wrath are we troubled.Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.For all our days are passed away in thy wrath:We spend our years as a tale that is told.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.Who knoweth the power of thine anger?Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.So teach us to number our days,That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.Return, OLord, how long?And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.O satisfy us early with thy mercy;That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,And the years wherein we have seen evil.Let thy work appear unto thy servants,And thy glory unto their children.And let the beauty of theLordour God be upon us:And establish thou the work of our hands upon us;Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Hethat dwelleth in the secret place of the most HighShall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.I will say of theLord, He is my refuge and my fortress:My God; in him will I trust.Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,And from the noisome pestilence.He shall cover thee with his feathers,And under his wings shalt thou trust:His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.A thousand shall fall at thy side,And ten thousand at thy right hand;But it shall not come nigh thee.Only with thine eyes shalt thou beholdAnd see the reward of the wicked.Because thou hast made theLord, which is my refuge,Even the most High, thy habitation;There shall no evil befall thee,Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.For he shall give his angels charge over thee,To keep thee in all thy ways.They shall bear thee up in their hands,Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.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.He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:I will be with him in trouble;I will deliver him, and honour him.With long life will I satisfy him,And shew him my salvation.
The Lordreigneth, he is clothed with majesty;TheLordis clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself:The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.Thy throne is established of old:Thou art from everlasting.The floods have lifted up, OLord, the floods have lifted up their voice;The floods lift up their waves.TheLordon high is mightier than the noise of many waters,Yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.Thy testimonies are very sure:Holiness becometh thine house, OLord, for ever.
O Come, let us sing unto theLord:Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving,And make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.For theLordis a great God,And a great King above all gods.In his hand are the deep places of the earth:The strength of the hills is his also.The sea is his, and he made it:And his hands formed the dry land.O come, let us worship and bow down:Let us kneel before theLordour maker.For he is our God;And we are the people of his pasture,And the sheep of his hand.To day if ye will hear his voice,Harden not your heart, as in the provocation,And as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:When your fathers tempted me,Proved me, and saw my work.Forty years long was I grieved with this generation,And said, It is a people that do err in their heart,And they have not known my ways:Unto whom I sware in my wrathThat they should not enter into myrest.
O Singunto theLorda new song:Sing unto theLord, all the earth.Sing unto theLord, bless his name;Shew forth his salvation from day to day.Declare his glory among the heathen,His wonders among all people.For theLordis great, and greatly to be praised:He is to be feared above all gods.For all the gods of the nations are idols:But theLordmade the heavens.Honour and majesty are before him:Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.Give unto theLord, O ye kindreds of the people,Give unto theLordglory and strength.Give unto theLordthe glory due unto his name:Bring an offering, and come into his courts.O worship theLordin the beauty of holiness:Fear before him, all the earth.Say among the heathen that theLordreigneth:The world also shall be established that it shall not be moved:He shall judge the people righteously.Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein:Then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before theLord:For he cometh,For he cometh to judge the earth:He shall judge the world with righteousness,And the people with his truth.