Psalm 27

A Psalm of David.

1  The Lord is amy light and bmy salvation; cwhom shall I fear?

The Lord is bthe strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

2  When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, †came upon me to deat up my flesh,

They stumbled and fell.

3  eThough an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:

Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

4  fOne thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after;

That I may gdwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,

To behold ||the hbeauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

5  For in the time of trouble he shall ihide me in his pavilion:

In the secret of his tabernacle shall he ihide me;

He shall jset me up upon a rock.

6  And now shall kmine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me:

Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices †of joy;

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

7  lHear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice:

lHave mercy also upon me, and answer me.

8  ||When thou saidst, mSeek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,

Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

9  nHide not thy face far from me;

Put not thy servant away in anger:

Thou hast been my help; leave me not,

Neither forsake me, oO God of my salvation.

10  When my father and pmy mother forsake me,

Then the Lord †will take me up.

11  qTeach me thy way, O Lord,

And lead me in †a plain path, because of †mine enemies.

12  rDeliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:

For sfalse witnesses are risen up against me, and such as tbreathe out cruelty.

13  I had fainted, unless I had believed

To see the goodness of the Lord uin the land of the living.

14  xWait on the Lord:

yBe of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:

Wait, I say, on the Lord.

Psalm 28

A Psalm of David.

1  Unto thee will I cry, O Lord amy rock; bbe not silent †to me:

Lest, if thou be silent †to me, cI become like cdthem that go down into the pit.

2  iiHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,

When I ddlift up my hands ||etoward thy holy foracle.

3  Draw me not away with the wicked, and with ffthe workers of iniquity,

gWhich speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

4  hGive them according to their deeds,

And according to the wickedness of their endeavours:

Give them after the work of their hands;

Render to them hhtheir desert.

5  Because ithey regard not the works of the Lord,

Nor the operation of his hands,

He shall destroy them, and not build them up.

6  Blessed be the Lord, because he hath iiheard the voice of my supplications.

7  The Lord is my strength and my jshield;

My heart ktrusted in him, and I am helped:

Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;

And with my song will I praise him.

8  The Lord is ||their strength,

And he is the †saving strength of his anointed.

9  Save lthy people,

And bless lthine inheritance:

||Feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Psalm 29

A Psalm of David.

1  Give unto the Lord, O †ye mighty,

aGive unto the Lord glory and strength.

2  aGive unto the Lord †athe glory due unto his name;

Worship the Lord ||in bthe beauty of holiness.

3  The voice of the Lord is upon the waters:

cThe God of glory thundereth:

The Lord is upon ||dmany waters.

4  The voice of the Lord is †powerful;

The voice of the Lord is †full of majesty.

5  The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars;

Yea, the Lord breaketh ethe cedars of Lebanon.

6  He maketh them also to fskip like a calf;

Lebanon and gSirion like a young hunicorn.

7  The voice of the Lord †divideth the flames of fire.

8  The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness;

The Lord shaketh the wilderness of iKadesh.

9  The voice of the Lord maketh kthe hinds ||to calve,

And discovereth the forests:

And in his temple ||doth every one speak of his glory.

10  The Lord sitteth upon lthe flood;

Yea, mthe Lord sitteth King for ever.

11  The Lord will give nstrength unto his people;

The Lord will bless his people with peace.

Psalm 30

*A *Psalm and Song †at the dedication of the house of David.

1  aI will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up,

And hast aanot made my foes to rejoice over me.

2  O Lord my God, bI cried unto thee, and thou hast bbhealed me.

3  O Lord, cthou hast brought up my soul from dthe grave:

Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not ego down to the pit.

4  Sing unto the Lord, O ye fsaints of his,

And give thanks ||at the remembrance of his holiness.

5  For g†his anger endureth but a moment; hin his favour is life:

iWeeping may endure †for a night, but †joy cometh jin the morning.

6  And kin my prosperity I said,

lI shall never be moved.

7  Lord, by thy favour thou hast †made my mountain to stand strong:

mThou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

8  I cried to thee, O Lord;

And mmunto the Lord I made supplication.

9  What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?

nShall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

10  oHear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me:

Lord, be thou my helper.

11  Thou hast turned for me my mourning pinto dancing:

Thou hast put off my qsackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

12  To the end that ||my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Psalm 31

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1  aIn thee, O Lord, do I put my trust;

aLet me never be ashamed:

bDeliver me in thy righteousness.

2  cBow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily:

Be thou †my strong rock,

For an house of ddefence to save me.

3  dFor thou art my rock and my fortress;

Therefore efor thy name’s sake flead me, and gguide me.

4  hPull me out of the inet that they have laid privily for me:

For iithou art my strength.

5  jInto thine hand I commit my spirit:

Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord kGod of truth.

6  lI have hated them that mregard lying vanities:

But nI trust in the Lord.

7  I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy:

For thou hast considered my trouble;

Thou hast oknown my soul in adversities;

8  And hast not pshut me up into the hand of the enemy:

Thou hast set my feet qin a large room.

9  rHave mercy upon me, O Lord, for rrI am in trouble:

sMine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

10  For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing:

My strength faileth because of mine tiniquity, and umy bones are consumed.

11  I was a reproach among all mine enemies,

But wespecially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine xacquaintance:

yThey that did see me without fled from me.

12  I zam forgotten as a dead man out of mind:

I am like †a broken vessel.

13  aFor I have heard the slander of many:

abFear was on every side:

While they took counsel together against me,

They devised to take away my life.

14  But cI trusted in thee, O Lord:

I said, Thou art my God.

15  dMy times are in thy hand:

eDeliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and efrom them that persecute me.

16  fMake thy face to shine upon thy servant:

Save me for thy mercies’ sake.

17  gLet me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee:

Let the wicked be ashamed, and h||let them be silent in the grave.

18  Let the lying lips be put to silence;

Which speak †grievous things iproudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19  Oh how great is thy goodness, kwhich thou hast laid up for them that fear thee;

Which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee

lBefore the sons of men!

20  Thou shalt hide them in mthe secret of thy presence from the pride of man:

Thou shalt nokeep them secretly in a pavilion from othe strife of tongues.

21  Blessed be the Lord: for phe hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a ||strong city.

22  For qI said in my haste, rI am cut off sfrom before thine eyes:

Nevertheless thou heardest ssthe voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

23  O love the Lord, all ye his tsaints:

For the Lord preserveth the faithful,

And plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

24  uBe of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,

All ye that xhope in the Lord.