this is a reading of book 1 of psalms chapters 1 through 41. blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked nor stand on the path of sinners nor sit in the seat of scoffers but his delight is in yahweh's law on his law he meditates day and night he will be like a tree planted by the streams of water that produces its fruit in its season whose leaf also does not wither whatever he does shall prosper the wicked are not so but are like the chaff which the wind drives away therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous for yahweh knows the way of the righteous but the way of the wicked shall perish why do the nations rage and the people's plot a vain thing the kings of the earth take a stand and the rulers take counsel together against yahweh and against his anointed saying let's break their bonds apart and cast their courts from us he who sits in the heavens will laugh the lord will have them in derision then he will speak to them in his anger and terrify them in his wrath yet i have set my king on my holy hill of zion i will tell if the decree yahweh said to me you are my son today i have become your father ask of me and i will give the nations for your inheritance the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession you shall break them with a rod of iron you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel now therefore be wise you kings be instructed you judges of the earth serve yahweh with fear and rejoice with trembling give sincere homage to the son lest he be angry and you perish on the way for his wrath will soon be kindled blessed are all those who take refuge in him how my adversaries have increased many are those who rise up against me many there are who say of my soul there is no help for him in god but you yahweh are a shield around me my glory and the one who lifts up my head i cry to yahweh with my voice and he answers me out of his holy hill i laid myself down and slept i awakened for yahweh sustains me i will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side arise yahweh save me my god for you have struck all of my enemies on the cheekbone you have broken the teeth of the wicked salvation belongs to yahweh may your blessing be on your people answer me when i call god of my righteousness give me relief from my distress have mercy on me and hear my prayer your sons of men how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor will you love vanity and seek after falsehood but know that yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly yahweh will hear when i call to him stand in awe and don't sin search your own heart on your bed and be still offer the sacrifices of righteousness put your trust in yahweh many say who will show us any good yahweh let the light of your face shine on us you put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and their new wine are increased in peace i will both lay myself down in sleep for you yahweh alone make me live in safety [Music] give ear to my words yahweh consider my meditation listen to the voice of my cry my king and my god for i pray to you yahweh in the morning you will hear my voice in the morning i will lay my requests before you and will watch expectantly for you are not a god who has pleasure and wickedness evil can't live with you the arrogant will not stand in your sight you hate all workers of iniquity you will destroy those who speak lies yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man but as for me in the abundance of your lovingkindness i will come into your house i will bow towards your holy temple in reverence of you lead me ahead in your righteousness because of my enemies make your way straight before my face for there is no faithfulness in their mouth their heart is destruction their throat is an open tomb they flatter with their tongue hold them guilty god let them fall by their own counsels thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions for they have rebelled against you but let all those who take refuge and you rejoice let them always shout for joy because you defend them let them also who love your name be joyful in you for you will bless the righteous yahweh you will surround him with favor as with a shield yahweh don't rebuke me in your anger neither discipline me and your wrath have mercy on me yahweh for i am faint how i heal me for my bones are troubled my soul is also in great anguish but you yahweh how long return yahweh deliver my soul and save me for your loving-kindness's sake for in death there is no memory of you and sheol who shall give you thanks i am weary with my groaning every night i flood my bed i drench my couch with my tears my eyes wastes away because of grief it grows old because of all my adversaries depart from me all you workers of iniquity for yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping yahweh has heard my supplication yahweh accepts my prayer may all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed they shall turn back they shall be disgraced suddenly yeah only my god i take refuge in you save me from all those who pursue me and deliver me lest they tear apart my soul like a lion ripping it in pieces while there is no one to deliver yahweh my god if i have done this if there is iniquity in my hands if i have rewarded evil to him who is at peace with me yes i have delivered him who without cause was my adversary let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it yes let him tread my life down to the earth and lay my glory in the dust arise yahweh in your anger lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries awake for me you have commanded judgment let the congregation of the people surround you rule over them on high yahweh administers judgment to the peoples judge me yahweh according to my righteousness into my integrity that is in me oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end but establish the righteous their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous god my shield is with god who saves the upright in heart god is a righteous judge yes a god who has indignation every day if a man doesn't repent he will sharpen his sword he has bent and strung his bow he has also prepared for himself the instruments of death he makes ready his flaming arrows behold he travails with iniquity yes he has conceived mischief and brought out falsehood he has dug a hole and has fallen into the pit which he made the trouble he causes shall return to his own head his violence shall come down on the crown of his own head i will give thanks to yahweh according to his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of yahweh most high yahweh our lord how majestic is your name in all the earth you have set your glory above the heavens from the lips of babes and infants you have established strength because of your adversaries that you might silence the enemy in the avenger when i consider your heavens the work of your fingers the moon and the stars which you have ordained what is man that you think of him what is the son of man that you care for him for you have made him a little lower than the angels and crowned him with glory and honor you make him ruler over the works of your hands you have put all things under his feet all sheep and cattle yes and the animals of the field the birds of the sky the fish of the sea and whatever passes through the paths of the seas yahweh our lord how majestic is your name in all the earth i will give thanks to yahweh with my whole heart i will tell of all your marvelous works i will be glad and rejoice in you i will sing praise to your name almost high when my enemies turn back they stumble and perish in your presence for you have maintained my just cause you sit on the throne judging righteously you have rebuked the nations you have destroyed the wicked you have blotted out their name forever and ever the enemy is overtaken by endless ruin the very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished but yahweh reigns forever he has prepared his throne for judgment he will judge the world in righteousness he will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness yahweh also will be a high tower for the oppressed a high tower in times of trouble those who know your name will put their trust in you for you yahweh have not forsaken those who seek you sing praises to yahweh who dwells in zion and declare among the people what he has done for he who avenges blood remembers them he doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted have mercy on me yahweh see my affliction by those who hate me and lift me up from the gates of death that i may show all of your praise i will rejoice in your salvation in the gates of the daughter of zion the nations have sunk down in the pit that they have made and the net which they hid their own foot is taken yahweh has made himself known he has executed judgment the wicked is snared by the work of his own hands the wicked shall be turned back to sheol even all the nations that forget god for the needy shall not always be forgotten nor the hope of the poor perish forever arise yahweh don't let man prevail let the nations be judged in your sight put them in fear yahweh let the nations know that they are only men why do you stand far off yahweh why do you hide yourself in times of trouble an arrogance the wicked hunt down the weak they are caught in the schemes that they devise for the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings he blesses the greedy and condemns yahweh the wicked in the pride of his face has no room in his thoughts for god his ways are prosperous at all times he is arrogant and your laws are far from his sight as for all his adversaries he sneers at them he says in his heart i shall not be shaken for generations i shall have no trouble his mouth is full of cursing deceit and oppression under his tongue is mischief and iniquity he lies in a wait near the villages from ambushes he murders the innocent his eyes are secretly set against the helpless he lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush he lies in wait to catch the helpless he catches the helpless when he draws him in his net the helpless are crushed they collapse they fall under his strength he says in his heart god has forgotten he hides his face he will never see it arise yahweh god lift up your hand don't forget the helpless why does the wicked person condemn god and say in his heart god won't call me into his account but you do see trouble and grief you consider it and take it into your hand you help the victim in the fatherless break the arm of the wicked as for the evil man seek out his wickedness until you find none yahweh is king forever and ever the nations will perish out of his land yahweh you have heard the desire of the humble you will prepare their heart you will cause your ear to hear to judge the fatherless and the oppressed that man who is of the earth may terrify no more in yahweh i take refuge how can you say to my soul flee as a bird to your mountain for behold the wicked bend their bows they set their arrows on the strings that they may shoot in darkness at the upright and heart if the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do yahweh is in his holy temple yahweh is on his throne in heaven his eyes observe his eyes examine the children of men yahweh examines the righteous but his soul hates the wicked in him who loves violence on the wicked he will reign blazing coals fire sulfur and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup for yahweh is righteous he loves righteousness the upright shall see his face help yahweh for the godly man ceases for the faithful fail from among the children of men everyone lies to his neighbor they speak with flattering lips and with a double heart maya cut off all flattering lips in the tongue that boasts who have said with our tongue we will prevail our lips are our own who is lord over us because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy i will now arise says yahweh i will set him in safety from those who malign him yahweh's words are flawless words as silver refined in a clay furnace purified seven times you will keep them yahweh you will preserve them from this generation forever the wicked walk on every side when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men how long yahweh will you forget me forever how long will you hide your face from me how long shall i take counsel in my soul having sorrow in my heart every day how long shall my enemy triumph over me behold and answer me away my god give light to my eyes lest i sleep in death lest my enemy say i have prevailed against him lest my adversaries rejoice when i fall but i trust in your lovingkindness my heart rejoices in your salvation i will sing to yahweh because he has been good to me the fool has said in his heart there is no god they are corrupt they have done abominable deeds there is no one who does good yahweh looks down from heaven on the children of men to see if there were any who understood who sought after god they have all gone aside they have together become corrupt there is no one who does good no not one have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge who eat up my people as they eat bread and don't call on yahweh there they were in great fear for god is in the generation of the righteous you frustrate the plan of the poor because yahweh is his refuge oh that the salvation of israel would come out of zion when yahweh restores the fortunes of his people then jacob shall rejoice and israel shall be glad yahweh who shall dwell in your sanctuary who shall live on your holy hill he who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart he who doesn't slander with his tongue nor does evil to his friend nor cast slurs against his fellow man in whose eyes a vile man is despised but who honors those who fear yahweh he who keeps an oath even when it hurts and doesn't change he who doesn't lend out his money for usury nor take a bribe against the innocent he who does these things shall never be shaken preserve me o god for i take refuge in you my soul you have said to yahweh you are my lord apart from you i have no good thing as for the saints who are in the earth they are excellent ones and whom is all my delight their sorrow shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god their drink offerings of blood i will not offer nor take their names on my lips yahweh assigned my portion and my cup you made my lot secure the lines have fallen to me in pleasant places yes i have a good inheritance i will bless yahweh who has given me counsel yes my heart instructs me in the night seasons i have set yahweh always before me because he is at my right hand i shall not be moved therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices my body shall also dwell in safety for you will not leave my soul in shale neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption you will show me the path of life and your presence is fullness of joy in your right hand there are pleasures forevermore hear yahweh my righteous plea give ear to my prayer that doesn't go out of deceitful lips let my sentence come out of your presence let your eyes look on equity you have proved my heart you have visited me in the night you have tried me and found nothing i resolved that my mouth shall not disobey as for the deeds of men by the words of your lips i have kept myself from the ways of the violent my steps have held fast to your paths my feet have not slipped i have called on you for you will answer me god turn your ear to me hear my speech show your marvelous loving kindness you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies keep me as the apple of your eye hide me under the shadow of your wings from the wicked who oppress me my deadly enemies who surround me they close up their callous hearts with their mouth they speak proudly they have now surrounded us in our steps they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth he is like a lion that is greedy of his prey as it were a young lion lurking in secret places arise yahweh confront him cast him down deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword from men by your hand yahweh from men of the world whose portion is in this life you fill the belly of your cherished ones your sons have plenty and they store up wealth for their children as for me i shall see your face in righteousness i shall be satisfied when i awake with seeing your form i love you yahweh my strength yahweh is my rock my fortress my deliverer my god my rock in whom i take refuge my shield and the horn of my salvation my high tower i call on yahweh who is worthy to be praised and i am saved from my enemies the cords of death surrounding me the floods of ungodliness made me afraid the cords of shale were around me the snares of death came on me in my distress i called on yahweh and cried to my god he heard my voice out of his temple my cry before him came into his ears then the earth shook and trembled the foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken because he was angry smoke went out of his nostrils consuming fire came out of his mouth coals were kindled by it he bowed the heavens also and came down thick darkness was under his feet he rode on a cherub and flew yes he soared on the wings of the wind he made darkness his hiding place his pavilion around him darkness of waters thick clouds of the skies at the brightness before him his thick clouds passed hailstones and coals of fire yahweh also thundered in the sky the most high uttered his voice hailstones and coals of fire he sent out his arrows and scattered them he routed them with great lightning bolts then the channels of waters appeared the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke yahweh at the blast of the breath of your nostrils he sent from on high he took me he drew me out of many waters he delivered me from my strong enemy from those who hated me for they were too mighty for me they came on me in the day of my calamity but yahweh was my support he brought me out also into a large place he delivered me because i delighted in him yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness according to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me for i have kept the ways of yahweh and have not wickedly departed from my god for all his ordinances were before me i didn't put away his statutes from me i was also blameless with him i kept myself from my iniquity therefore yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness according to the cleanness of my hands and his eyesight with the merciful you will show yourself merciful with the perfect man you will show yourself perfect with the pure you will show yourself pure with the crooked you will show yourself shrewd for you will save the afflicted people but the arrogant eyes will bring you down for you will light my lamp yahweh my god will light up my darkness for by you i advance through a troop by my god i leap over a wall as for god his way is perfect yahweh's word is tried he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him for who is god except yahweh who is a rock besides our god the god who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect he makes my feet like deer's feet and sets me on my high places he teaches my hands to war so that my arms bend a bow of bronze you have also given me the shield of your salvation your right hand sustains me your gentleness has made me great you have enlarged my steps under me my feet have not slipped i will pursue my enemies and overtake them i won't turn away until they are consumed i will strike through them so that they will not be able to rise they shall fall under my feet for you have armed me with strength to the battle you have subdued under me those who rose up against me you've also made my enemies turn their backs to me that i might cut off those who hate me they cried but there was no one to save even to yahweh but he didn't answer them then i beat them small as the dust before the wind i cast them out as the mire of the streets you have delivered me from the strivings of the people you have made me the head of the nations a people whom i have not known shall serve me as soon as they hear of me they shall obey me the foreigners shall submit themselves to me the foreigners shall fade away and shall come trembling out of their strongholds yahweh lives blessed be my rock exalted be the god of my salvation even the god who executes vengeance for me and subdues people under me he rescues me from my enemies yes you lift me up above those who rise up against me you deliver me from the violet man therefore i will give thanks to you yahweh among the nations and will sing praises to your name he gives great deliverance to his king and shows loving-kindness to his anointed to david and to his offspring forevermore the heavens declare the glory of god the expanse shows his handiwork day after day they pour out speech and night after night they display knowledge there is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard their voice has gone out through all the earth their words to the end of the world in them he has set a tent for the sun which as a bridegroom coming out of his room like a strong man rejoicing to run his course his going out is from the end of the heavens his circuit to its ends there is nothing hidden from its heat yahweh's law is perfect for storing the soul yahweh's covenant is sure making wise the simple yahweh's precepts are right rejoicing the heart yahweh's commandment is pure enlightening the eyes the fear of yahweh is clean enduring forever yahweh's ordinances are true and righteous altogether they are more to be desired than gold yes then much fine gold sweeter also than honey in the extract of the honeycomb moreover your servant is warned by them and keeping them there is great reward who can discern his errors forgive me from hidden errors keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins let them not have dominion over me then i will be upright i will be blameless and innocent of great transgression let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight yahweh my rock and my redeemer may yahweh answer you in the day of trouble in the name of the god of jacob set you up on high send you help from the sanctuary grant you support from zeon remember all your offerings and accept your burn sacrifices may he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your counsel we will triumph in your salvation in the name of our god we will set up our banners may yahweh grant all your requests now i know that yahweh saves his anointed he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand some trust in chariots and summon horses but we trust in the name of yahweh our god they are bowed down and fallen but we rise up and stand upright save yahweh let the king answer us when we call the king rejoices in your strength yahweh how greatly he rejoices in your salvation you have given him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips for you meet him with the blessings of goodness you set a crown of fine gold on his head he asked life of you and you gave it to him even length of days forever and ever his glory is great in your salvation you lay honor and majesty on him for you make him most blessed forever you make him glad with joy and your presence for the king trusts in yahweh through the lovingkindness of the most high he shall not be moved your hand will find out all your enemies your right hand will find out those who hate you you will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath the fire shall devour them you will destroy their descendants from the earth their posterity from among the children of men for they intended evil against you they plotted evil against you which cannot succeed for you will make them turn their back when you aim drawn bows at their face be exalted yahweh in your strength so we will sing and praise your power my god my god why have you forsaken me why are you so far from helping me and from the words of my groaning my god i cry in the daytime but you don't answer the night season and i'm not silent but you are holy you inhabit the praises of israel our fathers trusted in you they trusted and you delivered them they cried to you and were delivered they trusted in you and were not disappointed and i am a worm and no man a reproach of men despised by the people all those who seek me mock me they insult me with their lips they shake their heads saying he trusts in yahweh let him deliver him let him rescue him since he delights in him but you brought me out of the womb you made me trust well at my mother's breasts i was thrown on you from my mother's womb you are my god since my mother bore me don't be far from me for trouble is near for there is no one to help many bulls have surrounded me strong bowls of bashan have encircled me they open their mouths wide against me lions tearing prey and roaring i'm poured out like water all my bones are out of joint my heart is like wax it's melted within me my strength is dried up like a potsherd my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth you've brought me into the dust of death for dogs have surrounded me a company of evildoers have enclosed me they have pierced my hands and feet i can count all of my bones they look and stare at me they divide my garments among them they cast lots for my clothing but don't be far off yahweh you are my help hurry to help me deliver my soul from the sword my precious life from the power of the dog save me from the lion's mouth yes you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen i will declare your name to my brothers among the assembly i will praise you you who fear yahweh praise him all you descendants of jacob glorify him stand in awe of him all you descendants of israel for he has not despised nor accord the affliction of the afflicted neither has he hidden his face from him but when he cried to him he heard my praise of you comes in the great assembly i will pay my vows before those who fear him the humble shall eat and be satisfied they shall praise yahweh who seek after him let your hearts live forever all the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to yahweh all the relatives of the nations shall worship before you for the kingdom is yahweh's he is the ruler over the nations all the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship all those who go down to the death shall bow before him even he who can't keep his soul alive posterity shall serve him future generations shall be told about the lord they shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born for he has done it yahweh is my shepherd i shall lack nothing he makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me besides still waters he restores my soul he guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death i will fear no evil for you are with me your rod and your staff they comfort me you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies you anoint my head with oil my cup runneth over surely goodness and loving-kindness shall follow me all the days of my life and i will dwell in yahweh's house forever the earth is yahweh's with its fullness the world and those who dwell in it for he has founded it on the seas and established it on the floods who may ascend to yahweh's hill who may stand in his holy place he who has clean hands and a pure heart who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood and has not sworn deceitfully he shall receive a blessing from yahweh righteousness from the god of his salvation this is the generation of those who seek him who seek your face even jacob lift up your heads you gates be lifted up you everlasting doors and the king of glory will come in who is the king of glory yahweh strong and mighty yahweh mighty in battle lift up your heads you gates yes lift them up you everlasting doors and the king of glory will come in who is this king of glory yahweh of armies is the king of glory to you yahweh i lift up my soul my god i have trusted in you don't let me be shamed don't let my enemies triumph over me yes no one who waits for you will be shamed they will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause show me your ways yahweh teach me your paths guide me in your truth and teach me for you are the god of my salvation i wait for you all day long yahweh remember your tender mercies and your loving-kindness for they are from old times don't remember the sins of my youth nor my transgressions remember me according to your lovingkindness for your goodness's sake yahweh good and upright as yahweh therefore he will instruct sinners in the way he will guide the humble injustice he will teach the humble his way all the paths of yahweh are loving kindness and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies for your name's sake yahweh pardon my iniquity for it is great what man is he who fears yahweh he shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose his soul will dwell at ease his offspring will inherit the land the friendship of yahweh is with those who fear him he will show them his covenant my eyes are ever on yahweh for he will pluck my feet out of the net turn to me and have mercy on me for i am desolate and afflicted the troubles of my heart are enlarged oh bring me out of my distresses consider my affliction and my travail forgive all my sins consider my enemies for they are many they hate me with cruel hatred oh keep my soul and deliver me let me not be disappointed for i take refuge in you let integrity and uprightness preserve me for i wait for you god redeem israel out of all his troubles judge me yahweh for i have walked in my integrity i have trusted also in yahweh without wavering examine me yahweh improve me try my heart and my mind for your lovingkindness is before my eyes i have walked in your truth i have not sat with deceitful men neither will i go in with hypocrites i hate the assembly of evildoers and will not sit with the wicked i will wash my hands in innocence so i will go about your altar yahweh that i may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds yahweh i love the habitation of your house the place where your glory dwells don't gather my soul with sinners nor my life with bloodthirsty men in whose hands is wickedness their right hand is full of bribes but as for me i will walk in my integrity redeem me and be merciful to me my foot stands in an even place in the congregations i will bless yahweh yahweh is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear yahweh is the strength of my life of whom shall i be afraid when evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh even my adversaries and my foes they stumbled and fell though an army should encamp against me my heart shall not fear the war should rise against me even then i will be confident one thing i have asked of yahweh that i will seek after that i may dwell in yahweh's house all the days of my life to see always beauty and to inquire in his temple for in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion in the secret place of his tabernacle he will hide me he will lift me up on a rock now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me i will offer sacrifices of joy in his tent i will sing yes i will sing praises to yahweh hear yahweh when i cry with my voice have mercy also on me and answer me when you said seek my face my heart said to you i will seek your face yahweh don't hide your face from me don't put your servant away in anger you have been my help don't abandon me neither forsake me god of my salvation when my father and my mother forsake me then yahweh will take me up teach me your way yahweh lean me in a straight path because of my enemies don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries for false witnesses have risen up against me such as breathe out cruelty i am still confident of this i will see the goodness of yahweh in the land of the living wait for yahweh be strong and let your heart take courage yes wait for yahweh to you yahweh i call my rock don't be deaf to me lest if you are silent to me i would become like those who go down into the pit hear the voice of my petitions when i cry to you when i lift up my hands toward your most holy place don't draw me away with the wicked with the workers of iniquity who speaks peace with their neighbors but mischief is in their hearts give them according to their work and according to the wickedness of their doings give them according to the operation of their hands bring back on them what they deserve because they don't respect the works of yahweh nor the operation of his hands he will break them down and not build them up blessed be yahweh because he has heard the voice of my petitions yahweh is my strength and my shield my heart has trusted in him than i am helped therefore my heart greatly rejoices with my song i will thank him yahweh is their strength he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed save your people and bless your inheritance be their shepherd also and bear them up forever ascribe to yahweh you sons of the mighty ascribe to yahweh glory and strength ascribe to yahweh the glory due to his name worship yahweh and holy aray yahweh's voice is on the waters the god of glory thunders even yahweh on many waters yahweh's voice is powerful yahweh's voice is full of majesty yahweh's voice breaks the cedars yes yahweh breaks and pieces the cedars of lebanon he makes them all so to skip like a cath lebanon and sirion like a young wild ox yahweh's voice strikes the flashes of lightning yahweh's voice shakes the wilderness yahweh shakes the wilderness of qadesh yahweh's voice makes the deer calve and strips the forest bear in his temple everything says glory yahweh sat and thrown at the flood yes yahweh said says king forever yahweh will give strength to his people yahweh will bless his people with peace i will extol you yahweh for you have raised me up and have not made my foes to rejoice over me yahweh my god i cried to you and you have healed me yahweh you have brought up my soul from shale you have kept me alive that i should not go down to the pit sing praise to yahweh you saints of his give thanks to his holy name for his angers but for a moment his favor is for a lifetime weeping may stay for the night but joy comes in the morning as for me i said in my prosperity i shall never be moved you yahweh when you favored me made my mountain stand strong but when you hit your face i was troubled i cried to you yahweh i made supplication to the lord what prophet is there in my destruction if i go down to the pit shall the dust praise you shall it declare your truth hear yahweh and have mercy on me alway might be my helper you have turned my morning into dancing for me you have removed my sack love and clothed me with gladness to the end that my heart may sing praise to you and not be silent yahweh my god i will give thanks to you forever in you yahweh i take refuge let me never be disappointed deliver me in your righteousness bow down your ear to me deliver me speedily be to me a strong rock a house of defense to save me for you are my rock and my fortress therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me for you are my stronghold into your hand i commend my spirit you redeem me yahweh god of truth i hate those who regard lying vanities but i trust in yahweh i will be glad and rejoice in your lovingkindness for you have seen my affliction you have known my soul in adversities you have not shut me into the hand of the enemy you have set my feet in a large place have mercy on me yahwafer i'm in distress my eye my soul my body wastes away with grief for my life is spent with sorrow my ears with sighing my strength fails because of my iniquity my bones are wasted away because of all my adversaries i have become utterly contemptible to my neighbors a horror to my acquaintances those who saw me on the street fled from me i'm forgotten from their hearts like a dead man i am like broken pottery for i've heard the slander of many terror on every side while they conspire together against me they plot to take away my life but i trust in you yahweh i said you are my god my times are in your hand deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me make your face to shine on your servant save me in your lovingkindness let me not be disappointed yahweh for i have called on you let the wicked be disappointed let them be silent in jail let the lying lips be mute which speak against the righteous insolently with pride and contempt oh how great is your goodness which you have laid up for those who fear you which you have worked for those who take refuge in you before the sons of men in the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man you will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues praise be to yahweh for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness and a strong city as for me i said in my haste i am cut off from before your eyes nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when i cried to you o love yahweh all you his saints yahweh preserves the faithful and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly be strong and let your heart take courage all you who hope in yahweh blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven whose sin is covered blessed is the man to whom yahweh doesn't impute iniquity in whose spirit there is no deceit when i kept silence my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long for day and night your hand was heavy on me my strength was snapped in the heat of summer salah i acknowledged my sin to you i didn't hide my iniquity i said i will confess my transgressions to yahweh and you forgave the iniquity of my sin say that for this let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach to him you are my hiding place you will preserve me from trouble you will surround me with songs of deliverance say i will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go i will counsel you with my eye on you don't be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding who are controlled by bit and bridle or else they will not come near to you many sorrows come to the wicked but loving-kindness shall surround him who trusts in yahweh be glad in yahweh and rejoice you righteous shout for joy all you who are upright in heart rejoice in yahweh you righteous praise is fitting for the upright give thanks to yahweh with the liar sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings sing to him a new song play skillfully with a shout of joy for yahweh's word is right all his work is done in faithfulness he loves righteousness and justice the earth is full of the lovingkindness of yahweh maya's word the heavens were made all their army by the breath of his mouth he gathers the water of the sea together as a heap he lays up the deeps and storehouses let all the earth fear yahweh let all the inhabitants of the world stand in all of him for he spoke and it was done he commanded and it stood firm yahweh brings the council of the nations to nothing he makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect the council of yahweh stands fast forever the thoughts of his heart to all generations blessed is the nation whose god is yahweh the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance yahweh looks from heaven he sees all the sons of men in the place of his inhabitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth he who fashions all of their hearts and he considers all of their works there is no king saved by the multitude of an army a mighty man is not delivered by great strength a horse is a vain thing for safety neither does he deliver any by his great power behold yahweh's eye is on those who fear him on those who hope in his loving-kindness to deliver their soul from death to keep them alive in famine our soul has waited for yahweh he is our help and our shield for our heart rejoices in him because we have trusted in his holy name let your loving kindness be on us yahweh since we have hoped in you i will bless yahweh at all times his praise will always be in my mouth my soul shall boast in yahweh the humble shall hear of it and be glad o magnify yahweh with me let's exalt his name together i sought yahweh and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears they looked to him and were radiant their faces shall never be covered with shame this poor man cried and yahweh heard him and saved him out of all his troubles yahweh's angel encamps around those who fear him and delivers them o taste and see that yahweh is good blessed is the man who takes refuge in him oh fear yahweh you his saints for there is no lack with those who fear him the young lions do lack and suffer hunger but those who seek yahweh shall not lack any good thing come you children listen to me i will teach you the fear of yahweh who is someone who desires life and loves many days that he may see good keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies depart from evil and do good seek peace and pursue it yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous his ears listen to their cry yahweh's faces against those who do evil to cut off their memory from the earth the righteous cry and yahweh hears and delivers them out of all their troubles yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart and save those who have a crushed spirit many are the afflictions of the righteous but yahweh delivers him out of them all he protects all of his bones not one of them is broken evil shall kill the wicked those who hate the righteous shall be condemned yahweh redeems the soul of his servants none of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned contend yahweh with those who contend with me fight against those who fight against me take hold of shield and buckler and stand up for my help brandish the spear and block those who pursue me tell my soul i am your salvation let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor let those who plot my rune be turned back and confounded let them be as chaff before the wind yahweh's angel driving them on let their way be dark and slippery yahweh's angel pursuing them for without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me without cause they have a they have dug a pit for my soul let destruction come on him unawares let his net that he has hidden catch himself let him fall into that destruction my soul shall be joyful in yahweh it shall rejoice in his salvation all my bones shall say yahweh who is like you who delivers the poor from him who is strong for him yes the poor and the needy from him who robs him unrighteous witnesses rise up they ask me about things that i don't know about they reward me evil for good to the bereaving of my soul but as for me when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth i afflicted my soul with fasting my prayer returned into my own bosom i behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother i bowed down mourning as one who mourns his mother but in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together the attackers gathered themselves together against me and i didn't know it they tore at me and didn't cease like the profaned mockers and feast they gnashed their teeth at me lord how long will you look on rescue my soul from their destruction my precious life from the lions i will give you thanks in the great assembly i will praise you among many people don't let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes for they don't seek peace but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in a land yes they opened their mouth wide against me they said aha aha our eye has seen it you have seen it yahweh don't keep silent lord don't be far from me wake up rise up to defend me my god my lord contend for me vindicate me yahweh my god according to your righteousness don't let them gloat over me don't let them say in their heart aha that's the way we want it don't let them say we have swallowed him up let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me let those who favor my righteous cause shout my righteousness let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad yes let them say continually may yahweh be glorified may yahweh be magnified who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant my tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your praise all day long a revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked there is no fear of god before his eyes for he flatters himself in his own eyes too much to detect and hate his sin the words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit he has ceased to be wise and to do good he plots iniquity on his bed he sets himself in a way that is not good he doesn't abhor evil your lovingkindness yahweh is in the heavens your faithfulness reaches to the skies your righteousness is like the mountains of god your judgments are like a great deep yahweh you preserve man and animal how precious is your lovingkindness god the children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings they shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house you will make them drink of the river of your pleasures for with you is the spring of life in your light we will see light oh continue your lovingkindness to those who know you your righteousness to the upright and heart don't let the foot of pride come against me don't let the hand of the wicked drive me away there the workers of iniquity are fallen they are thrust down and shall not be able to rise don't fret because of evil doers neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness for they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither like the green herb trust in yahweh and do good dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture also delight yourself in yahweh and he will give you the desires of your heart commit your way to yahweh trust also in him and he will do this he will make your righteousness shine out like light and your justice as the noonday sun rest in yahweh and wait patiently for him don't fret because of him who prospers in his way because of the man who makes wicked plots happen seize from anger and forsake wrath don't fret it leads only to evildoing for evildoers shall be cut off but those who wait for yahweh shall inherit the land for yet a little while the wicked shall be no more yes though you look for his place he isn't there but the humble shall inherit the land and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace the wicked plots against the just and gnashes at him with his teeth the lord will laugh at him for he sees that his day is coming the wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy to kill those who are upright on the path their sword shall enter into their own heart their bows shall be broken better is a little than the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked for the arms of the wicked shall be broken but yahweh upholds the righteous yahweh knows the days of the perfect their inheritance shall be forever they shall not be disappointed in the time of evil in the days of famine they shall be satisfied but the wicked shall perish the enemies of yahweh shall be like the beauty of the fields they will vanish vanish like smoke the wicked borrow and don't pay back but the righteous give generously for such are blessed by him shall inherit the land those who are cursed by him shall be cut off a man's steps are established by yahweh he delights in his way though he stumble he shall not fall for yahweh holds him up with his hand i have been young and now i'm old yet i have not seen the righteous forsaken nor his children begging for bread all day long he deals graciously and lends his offspring is blessed depart from evil and do good live securely forever for yahweh loves justice and doesn't forsake his saints they are preserved forever but the children of the wicked shall be cut off the righteous shall inherit the land and live in it forever the mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom his tongue speaks justice the law of god is in his heart none of his steps shall slide the wicked watch the righteous and seek to kill him yahweh will not leave him in his hand nor condemn him when he is judged wait for yahweh and keep his way and he will exalt you to inherit the land when the wicked are cut off you shall see it i have seen the wicked in great power spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil but he passed away and behold he was not yes i sought him but he could not be found mark the perfect man and see the upright for there is a future for the man of peace as for transgressors they shall be destroyed together the future of the wicked shall be cut off that the salvation of the righteous is from yahweh he is their stronghold in the time of trouble yahweh helps them and rescues them he rescues them from the wicked and saves them because they have taken refuge in him yahweh don't rebuke me in your wrath neither chastened me in your hot displeasure for your arrows have pierced me your hand presses hard on me there is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin for my iniquities have gone over my head as a heavy bird and they are too heavy for me my wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness i'm in pain and bowed down greatly i go mourning all day long for my waist is filled with burning there is no soundness in my flesh i am faint and severely bruised i have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart lord all my desire is before him my groaning is not hidden from you my heart throbs my strength fails me as for the light of my eyes it has also left me my lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague my kinsmen stand far away they also who seek after my life lay snares those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and meditate deceits all day long but i as a deaf man don't hear i am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth yes i am as a man who doesn't hear in whose mouth there are no reproofs for i hope in you yahweh you will answer lord my god for i said don't let them gloat over me or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips from ready to fall my pain is continually before me for i will declare my iniquity i will be sorry for my sin but my enemies are vigorous and many those who hate me without reason are numerous they who render evil for good are also adversaries to me because i follow what is good don't forsake me yahweh my god don't be far from me hurry to help me lord of my salvation i said i will watch my ways so that i don't sin with my tongue i will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me i was mute with silence i held my peace even from good my sorrow was stirred my heart was hot within me while i meditated the fire burned i spoke with my tongue yawish oh me my end what is the measure of my days let me know how frail i am behold you have made my day's handwidths my lifetime this has nothing before you surely every man stands as a breath salah surely every man walks like a shadow surely they busy themselves in vain he heaps up and doesn't know who shall gather now lord what do i wait for my hope is in you deliver me from all my transgressions don't make me the reproach of the foolish i was mute i didn't open my mouth because you did it remove your scourge away from me i am overcome by the blow of your hand when you rebuke and correct me for iniquity you consume his wealth like a moth surely every man is but a breath hear my prayer yaoi and give ear to my cry don't be silent at my tears for i am a stranger with you a foreigner as all my fathers were oh spare me that i may recover strength before i go away and exist no more i waited patiently for yahweh he turned to me and heard my cry he brought me up also out of a horrible pit out of the mirey clay he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand he put a new song in my mouth even praise to our god many shall see it in fear and shall trust in yahweh blessed is the man who makes yahweh his trust and doesn't respect the proud nor such as turn away to lies many yahweh my god are the wonderful works which you have done and your thoughts which are toward us they can't be declared back to you if i would declare and speak of them they are more than can be counted sacrifice an offering you didn't desire you have opened my ears you have not required burnt offering and sin offering then i said behold i have come it is written about me in the book and the scroll i delight to do your well my god yes your law is within my heart i have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly behold i will not seal my lips yahweh you know i have not hidden your righteousness within my heart i have declared your faithfulness and your salvation i have not concealed your loving-kindness and your truth from the great assembly don't withhold your tender mercies from me yahweh let your loving-kindness and your truth continually preserve me for innumerable evils have surrounded me my iniquities have overtaken me so that i am not able to look up they are more than the hairs of my head my heart has failed me but be pleased yahweh to deliver me hurry to help me yahweh let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my heart let them be desolate by reason of their shame that them that tell me aha let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you let such as love your salvation say continually let yahweh be exalted but i am poor and needy may the lord think about me you are my helper am i deliverer don't delay my god blessed is he who considers the poor yahweh deliver yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil yahweh will preserve him and keep him alive he shall be blessed on the earth and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies yahweh will sustain him on his sick bed and restore him from his bed of illness i said yahweh have mercy on me heal me for i have sinned against you my enemies speak evil against me when will he die in his name perish if he comes to see me he speaks falsehood his heart gathers iniquity to itself when he goes abroad he tells it all who hate me whisper together against me they imagine the worst for me an evil disease they say has afflicted him now that he lies he shall rise up no more yes my own familiar friend in whom i trusted who ate bread with me has lifted up his heel against me but you yahweh have mercy on me and raise me up that i may repay them by this i know that you delight in me because my enemy does not triumph over me as for me you uphold me in my integrity and set me in your presence forever blessed be yahweh the god of israel from everlasting into everlasting amen and amen you