12 To the end that myglory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will
give thanks unto thee for ever.
1 <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never
be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of
defence to save me.
3 For thou artmy rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou artmy strength.
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known
my soul in adversities;
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my
soul and my belly.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of
mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to
mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear wason every side: while they took counsel
together against me, they devised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou artmy God.
15 My times arein thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that
persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and
let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously
against the righteous.
19 Ohhow great isthy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; whichthou
hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep
them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed bethe LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the
voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: forthe LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully
rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
1 <<A Psalmof David, Maschil.>> Blessed is he whosetransgression isforgiven, whosesin is
covered.
2 Blessed isthe man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there isno
guile.
3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of
summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my
transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found:
surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 Thou artmy hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about
with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine
eye.
9 Be ye not as the horse, oras the mule, whichhave no understanding: whose mouth must be
held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
10 Many sorrows shall beto the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass
him about.
11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that areupright in
heart.
1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: forpraise is comely for the upright.
2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery andan instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
4 For the word of the LORD isright; and all his works are donein truth.
5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his
mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people
of none effect.
11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed isthe nation whose God isthe LORD; andthe people whomhe hath chosen for his
own inheritance.
13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much
strength.
17 An horse isa vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver anyby his great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD isupon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he isour help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
1 <<A Psalmof David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away,
and he departed.>> I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shallcontinually bein my
mouth.
2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD isgood: blessed isthe man thattrusteth in him.
9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there isno want to them that fear him.

10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any
good thing.
11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man is he thatdesireth life, andloveth manydays, that he may see good?
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD areupon the righteous, and his ears are openunto their cry.
16 The face of the LORD isagainst them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from
the earth.
17 The righteouscry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18 The LORD isnigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit.
19 Many arethe afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be
desolate.
1 <<A Psalmof David.>> Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against
them that fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the wayagainst them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I
amthy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and
brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net ina pit, whichwithout cause they have
digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself:
into that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who islike unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that
is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge thingsthat I knew not.
12 They rewarded me evil for good tothe spoiling of my soul.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing wassackcloth: I humbled my soul with
fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though he had beenmy friend orbrother: I bowed down heavily, as one
that mourneth for hismother.
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects
gathered themselves together against me, and I knew itnot; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from
the lions.
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neitherlet them wink with
the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that arequiet in
the land.