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| A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into
thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid
Jerusalem on heaps. |
| The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to
be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the
beasts of the earth. |
| Their blood have they shed like water round about
Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. |
| We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn
and derision to them that are round about us. |
| How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall
thy jealousy burn like fire? |
| Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not
known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. |
| For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his
dwelling place. |
| O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy
tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. |
| Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of
thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. |
| Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their
God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of
the blood of thy servants which is shed. |
| Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee;
according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are
appointed to die; |
| And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their
bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. |
| So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give
thee thanks for ever: we will show forth thy praise to all generations. |
| To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm
of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like
a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. |
| Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy
strength, and come and save us. |
| Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine;
and we shall be saved. |
| O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry
against the prayer of thy people? |
| Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and
givest them tears to drink in great measure. |
| Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our
enemies laugh among themselves. |
| Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to
shine; and we shall be saved. |
| Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast
cast out the heathen, and planted it. |
| Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it
to take deep root, and it filled the land. |
| The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and
the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. |
| She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her
branches unto the river. |
| Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that
all they which pass by the way do pluck her? |
| The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild
beast of the field doth devour it. |
| Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down
from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; |
| And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,
and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. |
| It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish
at the rebuke of thy countenance. |
| Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon
the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. |
| So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we
will call upon thy name. |
| Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face
to shine; and we shall be saved. |
| To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of
Jacob. |
| Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the
pleasant harp with the psaltery. |
| Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time
appointed, on our solemn feast day. |
| For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the
God of Jacob. |
| This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he
went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I
understood not. |
| I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands
were delivered from the pots. |
| Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I
answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the
waters of Meribah. Selah. |
| Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O
Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; |
| There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt
thou worship any strange god. |
| I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the
land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. |
| But my people would not hearken to my voice; and
Israel would none of me. |
| So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and
they walked in their own counsels. |
| Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel
had walked in my ways! |
| I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned
my hand against their adversaries. |
| The haters of the LORD should have submitted
themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. |
| He should have fed them also with the finest of the
wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. |
| A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation
of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. |
| How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the
persons of the wicked? Selah. |
| Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the
afflicted and needy. |
| Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand
of the wicked. |
| They know not, neither will they understand; they
walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. |
| I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are
children of the most High. |
| But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the
princes. |
| Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt
inherit all nations. |
| A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O
God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. |
| For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that
hate thee have lifted up the head. |
| They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,
and consulted against thy hidden ones. |
| They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from
being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. |
| For they have consulted together with one consent:
they are confederate against thee: |
| The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of
Moab, and the Hagarenes; |
| Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with
the inhabitants of Tyre; |
| Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the
children of Lot. Selah. |
| Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera,
as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: |
| Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the
earth. |
| Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all
their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: |
| Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God
in possession. |
| O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble
before the wind. |
| As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth
the mountains on fire; |
| So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them
afraid with thy storm. |
| Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy
name, O LORD. |
| Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea,
let them be put to shame, and perish: |
| That men may know that thou, whose name alone is
JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. |
| To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the
sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! |
| My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts
of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. |
| Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the
swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine
altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. |
| Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will
be still praising thee. Selah. |
| Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in
whose heart are the ways of them. |
| Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a
well; the rain also filleth the pools. |
| They go from strength to strength, every one of them
in Zion appeareth before God. |
| O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God
of Jacob. Selah. |
| Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of
thine anointed. |
| For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I
had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the
tents of wickedness. |
| For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will
give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk
uprightly. |
| O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in
thee. |
| To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back
the captivity of Jacob. |
| Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou
hast covered all their sin. Selah. |
| Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned
thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. |
| Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine
anger toward us to cease. |
| Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw
out thine anger to all generations? |
| Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may
rejoice in thee? |
| Show us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy
salvation. |
| I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he
will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not
turn again to folly. |
| Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him;
that glory may dwell in our land. |
| Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and
peace have kissed each other. |
| Truth shall spring out of the earth; and
righteousness shall look down from heaven. |
| Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our
land shall yield her increase. |
| Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us
in the way of his steps. |
| A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear
me: for I am poor and needy. |
| Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save
thy servant that trusteth in thee. |
| Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee
daily. |
| Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O
Lord, do I lift up my soul. |
| For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. |
| Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the
voice of my supplications. |
| In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for
thou wilt answer me. |
| Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord;
neither are there any works like unto thy works. |
| All nations whom thou hast made shall come and
worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. |
| For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou
art God alone. |
| Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth:
unite my heart to fear thy name. |
| I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my
heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. |
| For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast
delivered my soul from the lowest hell. |
| O God, the proud are risen against me, and the
assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set
thee before them. |
| But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and
gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. |
| O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy
strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. |
| Show me a token for good; that they which hate me
may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and
comforted me. |
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