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33:1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous:  for praise is comely for the
 upright.
33:2 Praise the LORD with harp:  sing unto him with the psaltery and an
 instrument of ten strings.
33:3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
33:4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in
 truth.
33:5 He loveth righteousness and judgment:  the earth is full of the
 goodness of the LORD.
33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them
 by the breath of his mouth.
33:7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap:  he layeth up
 the depth in storehouses.
33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD:  let all the inhabitants of the world
 stand in awe of him.
33:9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
33:10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought:  he maketh the
 devices of the people of none effect.
33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart
 to all generations.
33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people
 whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
33:13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
33:14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants
 of the earth.
33:15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.
33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host:  a mighty man is
 not delivered by much strength.
33:17 An horse is a vain thing for safety:  neither shall he deliver any
 by his great strength.
33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them
 that hope in his mercy;
33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
33:20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD:  he is our help and our shield.
33:21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his
 holy name.
33:22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

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A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who
 drove him away, and he departed.
34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times:  his
 praise shall continually be in my mouth.
34:2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD:  the humble shall hear
 thereof, and be glad.
34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
34:4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
34:5 They looked unto him, and were lightened:  and their faces were not
 ashamed.
34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all
 his troubles.
34:7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and
 delivereth them.
34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good:  blessed is the man that
 trusteth in him.
34:9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints:  for there is no want to them that
 fear him.
34:10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:  but they that seek the
 LORD shall not want any good thing.
34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me:  I will teach you the fear of the
 LORD.
34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he
 may see good?
34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open
 unto their cry.
34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the
 remembrance of them from the earth.
34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of
 all their troubles.
34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth
 such as be of a contrite spirit.
34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous:  but the LORD delivereth
 him out of them all.
34:20 He keepeth all his bones:  not one of them is broken.
34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked:  and they that hate the righteous shall be
 desolate.
34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants:  and none of them that
 trust in him shall be desolate.

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A Psalm of David.
35:1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive
 with me:  fight against them that fight against me.
35:2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
35:3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute
 me:  say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
35:4 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.
35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind:  and let the angel of the LORD
 chase them.
35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery:  and let the angel of the LORD
 persecute them.
35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which
 without cause they have digged for my soul.
35:8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath
 hid catch himself:  into that very destruction let him fall.
35:9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD:  it shall rejoice in his
 salvation.
35:10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like 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?
35:11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I
 knew not.
35:12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth:  I
 humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
35:14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother:  I
 bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
  yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew
 it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
35:16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their
 teeth.
35:17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on?  rescue my soul from their
 destructions, my darling from the lions.
35:18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation:  I will praise thee
 among much people.
35:19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: 
 neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
35:20 For they speak not peace:  but they devise deceitful matters against
 them that are quiet in the land.
35:21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha,
 our eye hath seen it.
35:22 This thou hast seen, O LORD:  keep not silence:  O LORD, be not far
 from me.
35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my
 God and my Lord.
35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them
 not rejoice over me.
35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it:  let them
 not say, We have swallowed him up.
35:26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at
 mine hurt:  let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify
 themselves against me.
35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: 
 yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath
 pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
35:28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all
 the day long.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.
36:1 The
 transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear
 of God before his eyes.
36:2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found
 to be hateful.
36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit:  he hath left off to
 be wise, and to do good.
36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that
 is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
36:5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness
 reacheth unto the clouds.
36:6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a
 great deep:  O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
36:7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!  therefore the children
 of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and
 thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
36:9 For with thee is the fountain of life:  in thy light shall we see
 light.
36:10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy
 righteousness to the upright in heart.
36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the
 wicked remove me.
36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen:  they are cast down, and
 shall not be able to rise.

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A Psalm of David.
37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be
 thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green
 herb.
37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and
 verily thou shalt be fed.
37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of
 thine heart.
37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring
 it to pass.
37:6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy
 judgment as the noonday.
37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him:  fret not thyself because
 of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked
 devices to pass.
37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:  fret not thyself in any wise to
 do evil.
37:9 For evildoers shall be cut off:  but those that wait upon the LORD,
 they shall inherit the earth.
37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be:  yea, thou
 shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in
 the abundance of peace.
37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his
 teeth.
37:13 The Lord shall laugh at him:  for he seeth that his day is coming.
37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast
 down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
37:15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be
 broken.
37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many
 wicked.
37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken:  but the LORD upholdeth
 the righteous.
37:18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright:  and their inheritance shall
 be for ever.
37:19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time:  and in the days of famine
 they shall be satisfied.
37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as
 the fat of lambs:  they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
37:21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again:  but the righteous showeth
 mercy, and giveth.
37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they
 that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD:  and he delighteth
 in his way.
37:24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down:  for the LORD
 upholdeth him with his hand.
37:25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous
 forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
37:26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
37:27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are
 preserved for ever:  but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of
 judgment.
37:31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
37:32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is
 judged.
37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit
 the land:  when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a
 green bay tree.
37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not:  yea, I sought him, but he
 could not be found.
37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright:  for the end of that
 man is peace.
37:38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together:  the end of the
 wicked shall be cut off.
37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD:  he is their
 strength in the time of trouble.
37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them:  he shall deliver them
 from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

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A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
38:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in
 thy wrath:  neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
38:2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is
 there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head:  as an heavy burden they
 are too heavy for me.
38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
38:6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
38:7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease:  and there is no
 soundness in my flesh.
38:8 I am feeble and sore broken:  I have roared by reason of the
 disquietness of my heart.
38:9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from
 thee.
38:10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me:  as for the light of mine
 eyes, it also is gone from me.
38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen
 stand afar off.
38:12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me:  and they that
 seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day
 long.
38:13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that
 openeth not his mouth.
38:14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no
 reproofs.
38:15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope:  thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
38:16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: 
 when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
38:17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
38:19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong:  and they that
 hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
38:20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I
 follow the thing that good is.
38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD:  O my God, be not far from me.
38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

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To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
39:1 I said, I
 will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue:  I will keep my
 mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
39:2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my
 sorrow was stirred.
39:3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then
 spake I with my tongue,
39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it
 is; that I may know how frail I am.
39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is
 as nothing before thee:  verily every man at his best state is altogether
 vanity.  Selah.
39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show:  surely they are disquieted in
 vain:  he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
39:7 And now, Lord, what wait I for?  my hope is in thee.
39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions:  make me not the reproach of the
 foolish.
39:9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
39:10 Remove thy stroke away from me:  I am consumed by the blow of thine
 hand.
39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his
 beauty to consume away like a moth:  surely every man is vanity.  Selah.
39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace
 at my tears:  for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my
 fathers were.
39:13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no
 more.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
40:1 I waited patiently for the
 LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and
 set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: 
 many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
40:4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth
 not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done,
 and thy thoughts which are to us - ward:  they cannot be reckoned up in
 order unto thee:  if I would declare and speak of them, they are more
 than can be numbered.
40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou
 opened:  burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come:  in the volume of the book it is written of
 me,
40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God:  yea, thy law is within my heart.
40:9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation:  lo, I have
 not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
40:10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy
 faithfulness and thy salvation:  I have not concealed thy lovingkindness
 and thy truth from the great congregation.
40:11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD:  let thy
 lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about:  mine iniquities have
 taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than
 the hairs of mine head:  therefore my heart faileth me.
40:13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me:  O LORD, make haste to help me.
40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to
 destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me,
 Aha, aha.
40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:  let such as
 love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me:  thou
 art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
41:1 Blessed is he that
 considereth the poor:  the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be
 blessed upon the earth:  and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his
 enemies.
41:3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing:  thou wilt
 make all his bed in his sickness.
41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me:  heal my soul; for I have sinned
 against thee.
41:5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
41:6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity:  his heart gathereth
 iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me:  against me do they
 devise my hurt.
41:8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him:  and now that he
 lieth he shall rise up no more.
41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my
 bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
41:10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may
 requite them.
41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not
 triumph over me.
41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me
 before thy face for ever.
41:13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to
 everlasting.  Amen, and Amen.

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To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.
42:1 As the hart
 panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:  when shall I come and
 appear before God?
42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say
 unto me, Where is thy God?
42:4 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.
42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul?  and why art thou disquieted in
 me?  hope thou in God:  for I shall yet praise him for the help of his
 countenance.
42:6 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.
42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts:  all thy waves
 and thy billows are gone over me.
42:8 Yet the LORD will 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.
42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?  why go I
 mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they
 say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
42:11 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.

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43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:  O
 deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
43:2 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?
43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth:  let them lead me; let them bring
 me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
43:4 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.
43:5 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.

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To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
44:1 We have heard
 with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in
 their days, in the times of old.
44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst
 them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did
 their own arm save them:  but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light
 of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
44:4 Thou art my King, O God:  command deliverances for Jacob.
44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies:  through thy name will we
 tread them under that rise up against us.
44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame
 that hated us.
44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.  Selah.
44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with
 our armies.
44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:  and they which hate us
 spoil for themselves.
44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered
 us among the heathen.
44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth
 by their price.
44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to
 them that are round about us.
44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among
 the people.
44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath
 covered me,
44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of
 the enemy and avenger.
44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have
 we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy
 way;
44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered
 us with the shadow of death.
44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands
 to a strange god;
44:21 Shall not God search this out?  for he knoweth the secrets of the
 heart.
44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as
 sheep for the slaughter.
44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?  arise, cast us not off for ever.
44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and
 our oppression?
44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust:  our belly cleaveth unto the
 earth.
44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

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To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil,
 A Song of loves.
45:1 My heart 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.
45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men:  grace is poured into thy
 lips:  therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and
 thy majesty.
45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness
 and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby
 the people fall under thee.
45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:  the sceptre of thy kingdom
 is a right sceptre.
45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:  therefore God, thy
 God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the
 ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women:  upon thy right
 hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also
 thine own people, and thy father's house;
45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:  for he is thy Lord;
 and worship thou him.
45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich
 among the people shall entreat thy favour.
45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within:  her clothing is of
 wrought gold.
45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework:  the
 virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:  they shall enter
 into the king's palace.
45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make
 princes in all the earth.
45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:  therefore
 shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

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To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.
46:1 God
 is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the
 mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the
 mountains shake with the swelling thereof.  Selah.
46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of
 God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
46:5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:  God shall help
 her, and that right early.
46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved:  he uttered his voice, the
 earth melted.
46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. 
 Selah.
46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in
 the earth.
46:9 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.
46:10 Be still, and know that I am God:  I will be exalted among the
 heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. 
 Selah.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
47:1 O clap your
 hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the
 earth.
47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he
 loved.  Selah.
47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises:  sing praises unto our King, sing
 praises.
47:7 For God is the King of all the earth:  sing ye praises with
 understanding.
47:8 God reigneth over the heathen:  God sitteth upon the throne of his
 holiness.
47:9 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.

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A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.
48:1 Great is the LORD, and
 greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his
 holiness.
48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,
 on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
48:4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
48:5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted
 away.
48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in
 the city of our God:  God will establish it for ever.  Selah.
48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy
 temple.
48:10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the
 earth:  thy right hand is full of righteousness.
48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of
 thy judgments.
48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her:  tell the towers thereof.
48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it
 to the generation following.
48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever:  he will be our guide
 even unto death.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
49:1 Hear this, all
 ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall
 be of understanding.
49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable:  I will open my dark saying upon
 the harp.
49:5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my
 heels shall compass me about?
49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude
 of their riches;
49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a
 ransom for him:
49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for
 ever: )
49:9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
49:10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish
 person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
49:11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for
 ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their
 lands after their own names.
49:12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not:  he is like the beasts
 that perish.
49:13 This their way is their folly:  yet their posterity approve their
 sayings.  Selah.
49:14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and
 the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty
 shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave:  for he shall
 receive me.  Selah.
49:16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house
 is increased;
49:17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away:  his glory shall not
 descend after him.
49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul:  and men will praise
 thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
49:19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see
 light.
49:20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts
 that perish.

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A Psalm of Asaph.
50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and
 called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:  a fire shall devour
 before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may
 judge his people.
50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with
 me by sacrifice.
50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness:  for God is judge
 himself.  Selah.
50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify
 against thee:  I am God, even thy God.
50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to
 have been continually before me.
50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy
 folds.
50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a
 thousand hills.
50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains:  and the wild beasts of the
 field are mine.
50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:  for the world is mine, and
 the fulness thereof.
50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble:  I will deliver thee, and thou
 shalt glorify me.
50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my
 statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast
 been partaker with adulterers.
50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine
 own mother's son.
50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest
 that I was altogether such an one as thyself:  but I will reprove thee,
 and set them in order before thine eyes.
50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces,
 and there be none to deliver.
50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me:  and to him that ordereth his
 conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came
 unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
51:1 Have mercy upon me, O God,
 according to thy lovingkindness:  according unto the multitude of thy
 tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
51:2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions:  and my sin is ever before me.
51:4 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.
51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:  and in the hidden
 part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:  wash me, and I shall be
 whiter than snow.
51:8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast
 broken may rejoice.
51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from
 me.
51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy
 free spirit.
51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be
 converted unto thee.
51:14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: 
 and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:  thou
 delightest not in burnt offering.
51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:  a broken and a contrite
 heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
51:18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:  build thou the walls of
 Jerusalem.
51:19 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.

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To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the
 Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house
 of Ahimelech.
52:1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?  the
 goodness of God endureth continually.
52:2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
52:3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak
 righteousness.  Selah.
52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
52:5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and
 pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of
 the living.  Selah.
52:6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
52:7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in
 the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God:  I trust in the
 mercy of God for ever and ever.
52:9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it:  and I will
 wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

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To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.
53:1 The
 fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.  Corrupt are they, and have
 done abominable iniquity:  there is none that doeth good.
53:2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there
 were any that did understand, that did seek God.
53:3 Every one of them is gone back:  they are altogether become filthy;
 there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge?  who eat up my people as
 they eat bread:  they have not called upon God.
53:5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was:  for God hath
 scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee:  thou hast put
 them to shame, because God hath despised them.
53:6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!  When God
 bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and
 Israel shall be glad.

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To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when
 the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?
54:1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
54:2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my
 soul:  they have not set God before them.  Selah.
54:4 Behold, God is mine helper:  the Lord is with them that uphold my
 soul.
54:5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies:  cut them off in thy truth.
54:6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee:  I will praise thy name, O LORD; for
 it is good.
54:7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble:  and mine eye hath seen
 his desire upon mine enemies.

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To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.
55:1 Give
 ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
55:2 Attend unto me, and hear me:  I mourn in my complaint, and make a
 noise;
55:3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the
 wicked:  for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
55:4 My heart is sore pained within me:  and the terrors of death are fallen
 upon me.
55:5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed
 me.
55:6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!  for then would I fly
 away, and be at rest.
55:7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. 
 Selah.
55:8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
55:9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues:  for I have seen violence
 and strife in the city.
55:10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:  mischief also
 and sorrow are in the midst of it.
55:11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof:  deceit and guile depart not
 from her streets.
55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have
 borne it:  neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself
 against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
55:13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
55:14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in
 company.
55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: 
 for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud:  and he
 shall hear my voice.
55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against
 me:  for there were many with me.
55:19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old.  Selah.
  Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
55:20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him:  he
 hath broken his covenant.
55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in
 his heart:  his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee:  he shall
 never suffer the righteous to be moved.
55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: 
 bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will
 trust in thee.

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To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when
 the Philistines took him in Gath.
56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God:  for man
 would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
56:2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up:  for they be many that
 fight against me, O thou most High.
56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not
 fear what flesh can do unto me.
56:5 Every day they wrest my words:  all their thoughts are against me for
 evil.
56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my
 steps, when they wait for my soul.
56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity?  in thine anger cast down the people,
 O God.
56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings:  put thou my tears into thy bottle: are
 they not in thy book?
56:9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back:  this I
 know; for God is for me.
56:10 In God will I praise his word:  in the LORD will I praise his
 word.
56:11 In God have I put my trust:  I will not be afraid what man can do unto
 me.
56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God:  I will render praises unto thee.
56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death:  wilt not thou deliver
 my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the
 living?