38 And shed innocent blood, eventhe blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they
sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own
inventions.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred
his own inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked himwith their counsel, and were brought
low for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his
mercies.
46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy
name, andto triumph in thy praise.
48 Blessed bethe LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say,
Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he isgood: for his mercy endurethfor ever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and
from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, andhe delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Oh that menwould praise the LORD forhis goodness, and forhis wonderful works to the
children of men!
9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, beingbound in affliction and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there wasnone to
help.
13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, andhe saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that menwould praise the LORD forhis goodness, and forhis wonderful works to the
children of men!
16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, andhe saveth them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered themfrom their destructions.
21 Oh that menwould praise the LORD forhis goodness, and forhis wonderful works to the
children of men!
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because

of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Oh that menwould praise the LORD forhis goodness, and forhis wonderful works to the
children of men!
32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of
the elders.
33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to
decrease.
39 Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where
there isno way.
41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh himfamilies like a flock.
42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Whoso iswise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness
of the LORD.
1 <<A Song orPsalm of David.>> O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with
my glory.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myselfwill awake early.
3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the
nations.
4 For thy mercy isgreat above the heavens: and thy truth reachethunto the clouds.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save withthy right hand, and answer me.
7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley
of Succoth.
8 Gilead ismine; Manasseh ismine; Ephraim also isthe strength of mine head; Judah ismy
lawgiver;
9 Moab ismy washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
11 Wiltnot thou, O God, whohast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our
hosts?
12 Give us help from trouble: for vain isthe help of man.
13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is thatshall tread down our enemies.
1 <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have
spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself untoprayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

8 Let his days be few; andlet another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their breadalso out of
their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless
children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; andin the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his
mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the
earth.
16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that
he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far
from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels
like water, and like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment whichcovereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is
girded continually.
20 Letthis bethe reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil
against my soul.
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy isgood, deliver
thou me.
22 For I ampoor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I became also a reproach unto them: whenthey looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
27 That they may know that this isthy hand; thatthou, LORD, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant
rejoice.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own
confusion, as with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save himfrom those that condemn his
soul.
1 <<A Psalm of David.>> The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool.
2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine
enemies.
3 Thy people shall bewilling in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the
womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou arta priest for ever after the order of
Melchizedek.
5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the placeswith the dead bodies; he shall
wound the heads over many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.