Psalm 137

1  *By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,

When we remembered Zion.

2  We hanged our harps

Upon the awillows in the midst thereof.

3  For there they that carried us away captive required of us †a song;

And they that †wasted us required of us mirth,

Saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

4  bHow shall we sing the Lord’s song

In a †strange land?

5  If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,

bbLet my right hand forget her cunning.

6  If I do not remember thee,

Let my ctongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;

If I prefer not Jerusalem above †my chief joy.

7  Remember, O Lord, dthe children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;

Who said, †Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

8  O daughter of Babylon, ewho art to be †destroyed;

Happy shall he be, †gthat hrewardeth thee

As thou hast served us.

9  Happy shall he be, that taketh

And idasheth thy little ones against †the stones.

Psalm 138

A Psalm of David.

1  I will praise thee with my whole heart:

aBefore the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

2  I will worship btoward cthy holy temple,

And praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:

For thou hast dmagnified ethy word above all thy name.

3  In the day when I cried thou answeredst me,

And fstrengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

4  gAll the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord,

When they hear the words of thy mouth.

5  Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord:

For great is the glory of the Lord.

6  hThough the Lord be high, yet hihath he respect unto the lowly:

But ithe proud he knoweth afar off.

7  kThough I walk in the midst of trouble, lthou wilt revive me:

Thou shalt mstretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies,

And thy right hand shall save me.

8  The Lord will nperfect that which concerneth me:

oThy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever:

Forsake not pthe works of thine own hands.

Psalm 139

*To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1  O Lord, athou hast searched me, and known me.

2  Thou knowest bcmy downsitting and cdmine uprising,

eThou understandest my fthought afar off.

3  eThou ||compassest my path and my lying down,

And art gacquainted with all my ways.

4  For there is not a word in my tongue,

But, lo, O Lord, hthou knowest it altogether.

5  Thou hast ibeset me behind and before,

And klaid thine hand upon me.

6  Such lknowledge is mtoo wonderful for me;

It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7  nWhither shall I go from thy spirit?

Or whither oshall I flee from thy presence?

8  pIf I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:

qIf I rmake my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9  If I take sthe wings of the morning,

And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10  Even there shall thy hand tlead me,

And thy right hand shall hold me.

11  If I say, uSurely the darkness shall cover me;

Even the night shall be light about me.

12  Yea, uthe darkness †hideth not from thee;

But the night shineth as the day:

†The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

13  For thou hast vpossessed my reins:

Thou hast wcovered me in my mother’s womb.

14  I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

xMarvellous are thy works;

And that my soul knoweth †right well.

15  yMy ||substance was not hid from thee,

When I was made in secret,

And zcuriously wrought in athe lowest parts of the earth.

16  yThine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;

And in thy book †all my members were written,

||Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17  bHow precious also are cthy thoughts unto me, O God!

How great is dthe sum of them!

18  If I eshould count them, they are more in number than fthe sand:

When I awake, I am still with thee.

19  gSurely thou wilt hslay the wicked, O God:

iDepart from me therefore, kye bloody men.

20  For they lspeak against thee wickedly,

And thine menemies take nthy name in vain.

21  oDo not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?

And am not I pgrieved with qthose that rise up against thee?

22  I hate them with perfect hatred:

I count them mine enemies.

23  Search me, O God, and know my heart:

rTry me, and know my sthoughts:

24  And see if there be any †wicked tway in me,

And ulead me in the tway xeverlasting.

Psalm 140

*To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1  aDeliver me, O Lord, bfrom the evil man:

bPreserve me from the †violent man;

2  Which imagine mischiefs in their heart;

Continually are they cgathered together for war.

3  dThey have sharpened their tongues like ea serpent;

fAdders’ epoison is gunder their lips. Selah.

4  Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;

bPreserve me from the violent man;

Who have purposed to hoverthrow my goings.

5  The proud have ihid ka snare for me, and lcords;

They have spread a mnet by the wayside;

They have set ngins for me. Selah.

6  I nnsaid unto the Lord, Thou art my God:

Hear othe voice of my supplications, O Lord.

7  O God the Lord, pthe strength of my salvation,

Thou hast qcovered my head in the day of rbattle.

8  Grant not, O Lord, sthe desires of the wicked:

Further not his wicked device;

||tLest they exalt themselves. Selah.

9  As for the head of those that compass me about,

uLet the mischief of their own lips cover them.

10  Let burning coals wfall upon them:

Let them be cast into the fire;

Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

11  Let not †||an evil speaker be established in the earth:

Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

12  I know that the Lord will xmaintain the cause of the afflicted,

And xythe right of the poor.

13  Surely zthe righteous shall give thanks unto thy name:

The upright shall dwell in thy presence.

Psalm 141

A Psalm of David.

1  Lord, I cry unto thee: aMake haste unto me;

Give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

2  Let bmy prayer be †set forth before thee as bincense;

And cthe lifting up of my hands as dthe evening sacrifice.

3  Set ea watch, O Lord, before my mouth;

eKeep the door of my lips.

4  fIncline not my heart to any evil thing,

To practise wicked works with men that gwork iniquity:

And hlet me not eat of their dainties.

5  i||Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness:

And let him reprove me; it shall be an kexcellent oil,

Which shall not break my head:

For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

6  When ltheir judges are overthrown in stony places,

lThey shall hear my words; for they are sweet.

7  mOur bones are scattered nat the grave’s mouth,

As when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

8  But omine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord:

pIn thee is my trust; †leave not my soul destitute.

9  Keep me from qthe snares which they have laid for me,

And the rgins of gthe workers of iniquity.

10  Let the wicked sfall into their own nets,

Whilst that I withal †escape.