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2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel
 together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
2:3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh:  the Lord shall have them in
 derision.
2:5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore
 displeasure.
2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
2:7 I will declare the decree:  the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my
 Son; this day have I begotten thee.
2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
 and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces
 like a potter's vessel.
2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings:  be instructed, ye judges of the
 earth.
2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his
 wrath is kindled but a little.  Blessed are all they that put their trust
 in him.

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A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
3:1 LORD, how are they
 increased that trouble me!  many are they that rise up against me.
3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God.
  Selah.
3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of
 mine head.
3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy
 hill.  Selah.
3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
3:6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
 themselves against me round about.
3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God:  for thou hast smitten all mine
 enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
3:8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD:  thy blessing is upon thy people.
  Selah.

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To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.
4:1 Hear me when I
 call, O God of my righteousness:  thou hast enlarged me when I was in
 distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
4:2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?  how
 long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing?  Selah.
4:3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: 
 the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not:  commune with your own heart upon your bed,
 and be still.  Selah.
4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
4:6 There be many that say, Who will show us any good?  LORD, lift thou
 up the light of thy countenance upon us.
4:7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their
 corn and their wine increased.
4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:  for thou, LORD, only
 makest me dwell in safety.

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To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.
5:1 Give ear to my
 words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God:  for unto thee
 will I pray.
5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I
 direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
5:4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:  neither
 shall evil dwell with thee.
5:5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight:  thou hatest all workers of
 iniquity.
5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing:  the LORD will abhor the
 bloody and deceitful man.
5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy
 mercy:  and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy
 way straight before my face.
5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is
 very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with
 their tongue.
5:10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast
 them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled
 against thee.
5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:  let them ever
 shout for joy, because thou defendest them:  let them also that love thy
 name be joyful in thee.
5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass
 him as with a shield.

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To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot
 displeasure.
6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak:  O LORD, heal me; for my
 bones are vexed.
6:3 My soul is also sore vexed:  but thou, O LORD, how long?
6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul:  oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee:  in the grave who shall
 give thee thanks?
6:6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I
 water my couch with my tears.
6:7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine
 enemies.
6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the
 voice of my weeping.
6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
6:10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed:  let them return and
 be ashamed suddenly.

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Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
7:1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust:  save me
 from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
7:2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there
 is none to deliver.
7:3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have
 delivered him that without cause is mine enemy: )
7:5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down
 my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.  Selah.
7:6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of
 mine enemies:  and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast
 commanded.
7:7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about:  for their
 sakes therefore return thou on high.
7:8 The LORD shall judge the people:  judge me, O LORD, according to my
 righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the
 just:  for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
7:10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every
 day.
7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made
 it ready.
7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth
 his arrows against the persecutors.
7:14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and
 brought forth falsehood.
7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he
 made.
7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing
 shall come down upon his own pate.
7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness:  and will sing
 praise to the name of the LORD most high.

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To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
8:1 O LORD our Lord,
 how excellent is thy name in all the earth!  who hast set thy glory above
 the heavens.
8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength
 because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the
 avenger.
8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the
 stars, which thou hast ordained;
8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him?  and the son of man, that
 thou visitest him?
8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned
 him with glory and honour.
8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast
 put all things under his feet:
8:7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
 through the paths of the seas.
8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.
9:1 I will praise
 thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous
 works.
9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee:  I will sing praise to thy name, O
 thou most High.
9:3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy
 presence.
9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the
 throne judging right.
9:5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast
 put out their name for ever and ever.
9:6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:  and thou hast
 destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
9:7 But the LORD shall endure for ever:  he hath prepared his throne for
 judgment.
9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister
 judgment to the people in uprightness.
9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of
 trouble.
9:10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:  for thou,
 LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion:  declare among the
 people his doings.
9:12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them:  he
 forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
9:13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of
 them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
9:14 That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of
 Zion:  I will rejoice in thy salvation.
9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made:  in the net
 which they hid is their own foot taken.
9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth:  the wicked
 is snared in the work of his own hands.  Higgaion.  Selah.
9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget
 God.
9:18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten:  the expectation of the
 poor shall not perish for ever.
9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail:  let the heathen be judged in thy
 sight.
9:20 Put them in fear, O LORD:  that the nations may know themselves to
 be but men.  Selah.

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10:1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD?  why hidest thou thyself in
 times of trouble?
10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor:  let them be taken
 in the devices that they have imagined.
10:3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the
 covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after
 God:  God is not in all his thoughts.
10:5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his
 sight:  as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
10:6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved:  for I shall never
 be in adversity.
10:7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud:  under his tongue
 is mischief and vanity.
10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages:  in the secret places
 doth he murder the innocent:  his eyes are privily set against the poor.
10:9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den:  he lieth in wait to
 catch the poor:  he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10:10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his
 strong ones.
10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:  he hideth his face; he
 will never see it.
10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand:  forget not the humble.
10:13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God?  he hath said in his heart,
 Thou wilt not require it.
10:14 Thou hast seen it:  for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to
 requite it with thy hand:  the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou
 art the helper of the fatherless.
10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man:  seek out his
 wickedness till thou find none.
10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever:  the heathen are perished out of
 his land.
10:17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble:  thou wilt prepare
 their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth
 may no more oppress.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
11:1 In the LORD put I my trust:
  how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon
 the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: 
 his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
11:5 The LORD trieth the righteous:  but the wicked and him that loveth
 violence his soul hateth.
11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an
 horrible tempest:  this shall be the portion of their cup.
11:7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth
 behold the upright.

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To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
12:1 Help, LORD;
 for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of
 men.
12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour:  with flattering lips
 and with a double heart do they speak.
12:3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that
 speaketh proud things:
12:4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own:
  who is lord over us?
12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will
 I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth
 at him.
12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words:  as silver tried in a furnace
 of earth, purified seven times.
12:7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this
 generation for ever.
12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
13:1 How long wilt thou forget me,
 O LORD?  for ever?  how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
13:2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart
 daily?  how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
13:3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God:  lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep
 the sleep of death;
13:4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that
 trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy
 salvation.
13:6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
14:1 The fool hath said in his
 heart, There is no God.  They are corrupt, they have done abominable
 works, there is none that doeth good.
14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if
 there were any that did understand, and seek God.
14:3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:  there
 is none that doeth good, no, not one.
14:4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?  who eat up my people
 as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
14:5 There were they in great fear:  for God is in the generation of the
 righteous.
14:6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his
 refuge.
14:7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!  when the LORD
 bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and
 Israel shall be glad.

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A Psalm of David.
15:1 LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?  who shall
 dwell in thy holy hill?
15:2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the
 truth in his heart.
15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his
 neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that
 fear the LORD.  He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against
 the innocent.  He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

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Michtam of David.
16:1 Preserve me, O God:  for in thee do I put my trust.
16:2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord:  my
 goodness extendeth not to thee;
16:3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in
 whom is all my delight.
16:4 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.
16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:  thou
 maintainest my lot.
16:6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly
 heritage.
16:7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel:  my reins also
 instruct me in the night seasons.
16:8 I have set the LORD always before me:  because he is at my right
 hand, I shall not be moved.
16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:  my flesh also
 shall rest in hope.
16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer
 thine Holy One to see corruption.
16:11 Thou wilt show me the path of life:  in thy presence is fulness of
 joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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A prayer of David.
17:1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give
 ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
17:2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the
 things that are equal.
17:3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou
 hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth
 shall not transgress.
17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me
 from the paths of the destroyer.
17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
17:6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:  incline thine
 ear unto me, and hear my speech.
17:7 Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right
 hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against
 them.
17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
17:9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who
 compass me about.
17:10 They are enclosed in their own fat:  with their mouth they speak
 proudly.
17:11 They have now compassed us in our steps:  they have set their eyes
 bowing down to the earth;
17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young
 lion lurking in secret places.
17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down:  deliver my soul from
 the wicked, which is thy sword:
17:14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which
 have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy
 hid treasure:  they are full of children, and leave the rest of their
 substance to their babes.
17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:  I shall be
 satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who
 spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD
 delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: 
18:1 And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my
 strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation,
 and my high tower.
18:3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:  so shall I
 be saved from mine enemies.
18:4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made
 me afraid.
18:5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about:  the snares of death prevented
 me.
18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God:  he heard
 my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his
 ears.
18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills
 moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
18:8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
 devoured:  coals were kindled by it.
18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down:  and darkness was under his
 feet.
18:10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly:  yea, he did fly upon the
 wings of the wind.
18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were
 dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail
 stones and coals of fire.
18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his
 voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out
 lightnings, and discomfited them.
18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the
 world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of
 thy nostrils.
18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: 
 for they were too strong for me.
18:18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity:  but the LORD was my
 stay.
18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because
 he delighted in me.
18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the
 cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed
 from my God.
18:22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his
 statutes from me.
18:23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
18:24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness,
 according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
18:25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man
 thou wilt show thyself upright;
18:26 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou
 wilt show thyself froward.
18:27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high
 looks.
18:28 For thou wilt light my candle:  the LORD my God will enlighten my
 darkness.
18:29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped
 over a wall.
18:30 As for God, his way is perfect:  the word of the LORD is tried: 
 he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
18:31 For who is God save the LORD?  or who is a rock save our God?
18:32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high
 places.
18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine
 arms.
18:35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:  and thy right
 hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
18:36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
18:37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them:  neither did I turn
 again till they were consumed.
18:38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise:  they are fallen
 under my feet.
18:39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:  thou hast
 subdued under me those that rose up against me.
18:40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might
 destroy them that hate me.
18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them:  even unto the LORD,
 but he answered them not.
18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind:  I did cast
 them out as the dirt in the streets.
18:43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou
 hast made me the head of the heathen:  a people whom I have not known
 shall serve me.
18:44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me:  the strangers shall
 submit themselves unto me.
18:45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close
 places.
18:46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my
 salvation be exalted.
18:47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
18:48 He delivereth me from mine enemies:  yea, thou liftest me up above
 those that rise up against me:  thou hast delivered me from the violent
 man.
18:49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and
 sing praises unto thy name.
18:50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and showeth mercy to his
 anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
19:1 The heavens declare the glory
 of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.
19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.
19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
19:4 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,
19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth
 as a strong man to run a race.
19:6 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.
19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:  the testimony
 of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
19:8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart:  the
 commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
19:9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever:  the judgments of
 the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: 
 sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned:  and in keeping of them
 there is great reward.
19:12 Who can understand his errors?  cleanse thou me from secret
 faults.
19:13 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.
19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be
 acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
20:1 The LORD hear thee in the day
 of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
20:2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
20:3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
20:4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
20:5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will
 set up our banners:  the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his
 holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses:  but we will remember the
 name of the LORD our God.
20:8 They are brought down and fallen:  but we are risen, and stand upright.
20:9 Save, LORD:  let the king hear us when we call.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
21:1 The king shall joy in thy
 strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
21:2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the
 request of his lips.  Selah.
21:3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness:  thou settest a
 crown of pure gold on his head.
21:4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of
 days for ever and ever.
21:5 His glory is great in thy salvation:  honour and majesty hast thou
 laid upon him.
21:6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever:  thou hast made him
 exceeding glad with thy countenance.
21:7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most
 High he shall not be moved.
21:8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies:  thy right hand shall find
 out those that hate thee.
21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger:  the
 LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
21:10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from
 among the children of men.
21:11 For they intended evil against thee:  they imagined a mischievous
 device, which they are not able to perform.
21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make
 ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
21:13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength:  so will we sing and
 praise thy power.

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To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.
22:1 My God,
 my God, why hast thou forsaken me?  why art thou so far from helping me,
 and from the words of my roaring?
22:2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night
 season, and am not silent.
22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee:  they trusted, and thou didst deliver
 them.
22:5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered:  they trusted in thee, and
 were not confounded.
22:6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the
 people.
22:7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn:  they shoot out the lip, they
 shake the head, saying,
22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him:  let him deliver
 him, seeing he delighted in him.
22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb:  thou didst make me
 hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
22:10 I was cast upon thee from the womb:  thou art my God from my
 mother's belly.
22:11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to
 help.
22:12 Many bulls have compassed me:  strong bulls of Bashan have beset me
 round.
22:13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring
 lion.
22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint:  my
 heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
22:15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my
 jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
22:16 For dogs have compassed me:  the assembly of the wicked have enclosed
 me:  they pierced my hands and my feet.
22:17 I may tell all my bones:  they look and stare upon me.
22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
22:19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD:  O my strength, haste thee to
 help me.
22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth:  for thou hast heard me from the horns
 of the unicorns.
22:22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren:  in the midst of the
 congregation will I praise thee.
22:23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify
 him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
 neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he
 heard.
22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation:  I will pay my
 vows before them that fear him.
22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied:  they shall praise the LORD that
 seek him:  your heart shall live for ever.
22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:  and
 all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD'S:  and he is the governor among the
 nations.
22:29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship:  all they
 that go down to the dust shall bow before him:  and none can keep alive his
 own soul.
22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a
 generation.
22:31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people
 that shall be born, that he hath done this.

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A Psalm of David.
23:1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:  he leadeth me beside the
 still waters.
23:3 He restoreth my soul:  he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for
 his name's sake.
23:4 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.
23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:  thou
 anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:  and
 I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

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A Psalm of David.
24:1 The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof;
 the world, and they that dwell therein.
24:2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the
 floods.
24:3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD?  or who shall stand in his
 holy place?
24:4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his
 soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the
 God of his salvation.
24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O
 Jacob.  Selah.
24:7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
 doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
24:8 Who is this King of glory?  The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD
 mighty in battle.
24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting
 doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
24:10 Who is this King of glory?  The LORD of hosts, he is the King of
 glory.  Selah.

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A Psalm of David.
25:1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
25:2 O my God, I trust in thee:  let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies
 triumph over me.
25:3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed:  let them be ashamed which
 transgress without cause.
25:4 Show me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:  for thou art the God of my
 salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
25:6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they
 have been ever of old.
25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:  according to
 thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
25:8 Good and upright is the LORD:  therefore will he teach sinners in the
 way.
25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment:  and the meek will he teach his
 way.
25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his
 covenant and his testimonies.
25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
25:12 What man is he that feareth the LORD?  him shall he teach in the way
 that he shall choose.
25:13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show
 them his covenant.
25:15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out
 of the net.
25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and
 afflicted.
25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged:  O bring thou me out of my
 distresses.
25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
25:19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel
 hatred.
25:20 O keep my soul, and deliver me:  let me not be ashamed; for I put my
 trust in thee.
25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
25:22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

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A Psalm of David.
26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine
 integrity:  I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
26:3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes:  and I have walked in thy
 truth.
26:4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with
 dissemblers.
26:5 I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit with the
 wicked.
26:6 I will wash mine hands in innocency:  so will I compass thine altar, O
 LORD:
26:7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy
 wondrous works.
26:8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where
 thine honour dwelleth.
26:9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
26:10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
26:11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:  redeem me, and be
 merciful unto me.
26:12 My foot standeth in an even place:  in the congregations will I bless
 the LORD.

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A Psalm of David.
27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom
 shall I fear?  the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be
 afraid?
27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat
 up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: 
 though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I
 may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the
 beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:  in the
 secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me:
  therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing,
 yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice:  have mercy also upon me, and
 answer me.
27:8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face,
 LORD, will I seek.
27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: 
 thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my
 salvation.
27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me
 up.
27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine
 enemies.
27:12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:  for false
 witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD
 in the land of the living.
27:14 Wait on the LORD:  be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine
 heart:  wait, I say, on the LORD.

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A Psalm of David.
28:1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not
 silent to me:  lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go
 down into the pit.
28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift
 up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity,
 which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of
 their endeavours:  give them after the work of their hands; render to them
 their desert.
28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his
 hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
28:6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my
 supplications.
28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I
 am helped:  therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I
 praise him.
28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his
 anointed.
28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance:  feed them also, and lift
 them up for ever.

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A Psalm of David.
29:1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD
 glory and strength.
29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the
 beauty of holiness.
29:3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters:  the God of glory
 thundereth:  the LORD is upon many waters.
29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of
 majesty.
29:5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the
 cedars of Lebanon.
29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a
 young unicorn.
29:7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the
 wilderness of Kadesh.
29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the
 forests:  and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
29:10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
29:11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his
 people with peace.

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A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.
30:1 I will
 extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes
 to rejoice over me.
30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
30:3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave:  thou hast kept me
 alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
30:4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the
 remembrance of his holiness.
30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: 
 weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
30:7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong:  thou
 didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
30:8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?  Shall
 the dust praise thee?  shall it declare thy truth?
30:10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me:  LORD, be thou my helper.
30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing:  thou hast put off
 my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.
  O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

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31:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
31:1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my
 trust; let me never be ashamed:  deliver me in thy righteousness.
31:2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily:  be thou my strong rock,
 for an house of defence to save me.
31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake
 lead me, and guide me.
31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me:  for thou
 art my strength.
31:5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit:  thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God
 of truth.
31:6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities:  but I trust in the LORD.
31:7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy:  for thou hast considered my
 trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
31:8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy:  thou hast set my
 feet in a large room.
31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble:  mine eye is consumed
 with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing:  my
 strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
31:11 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.
31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind:  I am like a broken vessel.
31:13 For I have heard the slander of many:  fear was on every side: 
 while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my
 life.
31:14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD:  I said, Thou art my God.
31:15 My times are in thy hand:  deliver me from the hand of mine enemies,
 and from them that persecute me.
31:16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant:  save me for thy mercies'
 sake.
31:17 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.
31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things
 proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them
 that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee
 before the sons of men!
31:20 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.
31:21 Blessed be the LORD:  for he hath showed me his marvellous kindness
 in a strong city.
31:22 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.
31:23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints:  for the LORD preserveth the
 faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
31:24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that
 hope in the LORD.