Psalm 32

||A Psalm of David, Maschil.

1  aBlessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

2  Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord bimputeth not iniquity,

And cin whose spirit there is no guile.

3  When I kept silence, dmy bones waxed old

Through my eroaring all the day long.

4  For day and night thy fhand was heavy upon me:

My gmoisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

5  I hacknowledged my sin unto thee,

And mine iniquity have I not hid.

iI said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord;

And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

6  For this shall every one that is iigodly pray unto thee j†in a time when thou mayest be found:

Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

7  Thou art my khiding place; thou shalt preserve me lfrom trouble;

Thou shalt compass me about with msongs of deliverance. Selah.

8  I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:

†I will guide thee with mine eye.

9  nBe ye not as the horse,

Or as the mule, which have no understanding:

oWhose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle,

Lest they come near unto thee.

10  pMany sorrows shall be to the wicked:

But qhe that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

11  rBe glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous:

And sshout for joy, all ye that are tupright in heart.

Psalm 33

1  Rejoice ain the Lord, O ye righteous:

For bpraise is comely for the upright.

2  Praise the Lord with charp:

Sing unto him with the cpsaltery dand an instrument of ten strings.

3  Sing unto him ea new song;

Play skilfully fwith a loud noise.

4  For the word of the Lord is right;

And all his works are done ffin truth.

5  gHe loveth righteousness and judgment:

hThe earth is full of the ||goodness of the Lord.

6  iBy the word of the Lord were the heavens made;

And kall the host of them lby the breath of his mouth.

7  He gathereth the waters of the sea together mas an heap:

nHe layeth up the depth in storehouses.

8  Let all the earth fear the Lord:

Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9  For ohe spake, and it was done;

He commanded, and it stood fast.

10  pThe Lord †bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought:

He maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

11  qThe counsel of the Lord standeth for ever,

The thoughts of his heart †to all generations.

12  rBlessed is the nation whose God is the Lord;

And the people whom he hath schosen for his own inheritance.

13  tThe Lord looketh from heaven;

He beholdeth all the sons of men.

14  From uthe place of his habitation he wlooketh

Upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

15  He fashioneth their hearts alike;

xHe wconsidereth all their works.

16  yThere is no king saved by the multitude of an host:

A mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

17  zAn horse is a vain thing for safety:

Neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

18  Behold, athe eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him,

bUpon them that hope in his mercy;

19  cTo deliver their soul from death,

And to keep them alive din famine.

20  eOur soul fwaiteth for the Lord:

He is gour help and our shield.

21  For our hheart shall rejoice in him,

Because we have itrusted in his holy name.

22  Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us,

According as we bhope in thee.

Psalm 34

A Psalm of David, when ahe changed his behaviour before ||Abimelech; who bdrove him away, and bhe departed.

1  I will bless the Lord cat all times:

His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2  dMy soul shall emake her boast in the Lord:

The humble shall hear thereof, and eebe glad.

3  O fmagnify the Lord with me,

And let us exalt his name together.

4  I gsought the Lord, and he hheard me,

And delivered me from all my fears.

5  They looked unto him, and ||were lightened:

And their faces were not ashamed.

6  This poor man hcried, and the Lord heard him,

And isaved him out of all his troubles.

7  kThe angel of the Lord lencampeth

Round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

8  O mtaste and see that mmthe Lord is good:

nBlessed is the man that otrusteth in him.

9  O fear the Lord, ye his saints:

For there is no want to them that fear him.

10  pThe young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:

But qthey that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

11  qqCome, ye children, hearken unto me:

I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

12  rWhat man is he that desireth life,

And loveth many days, that he may ssee good?

13  tKeep thy tongue from evil,

And thy lips from uspeaking guile.

14  wDepart from evil, and do good;

Seek peace, and xpursue it.

15  yThe eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous,

And zhis ears are open unto their cry.

16  aThe face of the Lord is against them that do evil,

bTo cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17  bbThe righteous cry, and cthe Lord heareth,

cAnd delivereth them out of all their troubles.

18  dThe Lord is nigh †unto them that are of a ebroken heart;

And saveth such as be †of a contrite spirit.

19  fMany are the afflictions of the righteous:

gBut the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

20  He keepeth all his bones:

hNot one of them is broken.

21  iEvil shall slay the wicked:

And they that hate the righteous ||shall be desolate.

22  *The Lord kredeemeth the soul of his servants:

And none of them that trust in him ||shall be desolate.

Psalm 35

A Psalm of David.

1  aPlead my cause, O Lord, bwith them that strive with me:

Fight against them that fight against me.

2  Take hold of cshield and buckler,

And stand up dfor mine help.

3  Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me:

Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4  ddLet them be efconfounded and eput to shame that seek after my soul:

Let them be efturned back and ebrought to confusion that devise my hurt.

5  Let them be gas chaff before the wind:

And let the angel of the Lord chase them.

6  Let their way be †dark and hslippery:

And let the angel of the Lord persecute them.

7  For without cause have they ihid for me their net in a pit,

Which without cause they have digged for my soul.

8  jLet destruction come upon him †at unawares;

And jklet his net that he hath hid catch himself:

Into that very destruction let him fall.

9  And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord:

lIt shall rejoice in his salvation.

10  All mmy bones shall say,

Lord, nWho is like unto thee,

Which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him,

Yea, nnthe poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

11  †oFalse witnesses did rise up;

†They laid to my charge things that I knew not.

12  pThey rewarded me evil for good

To the †spoiling of my soul.

13  But as for me, qwhen they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth:

I ||humbled my soul with fasting;

And my prayer rreturned into mine own bosom.

14  I †behaved myself †as though he had been my friend or brother:

sI bowed down heavily, as sone that mourneth for his mother.

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 ttear me, and ceased not:

16  With uhypocritical mockers in feasts,

They xgnashed upon me with their teeth.

17  Lord, how long wilt thou ylook on?

Rescue my soul from their destructions,

†My darling from the lions.

18  zI will give thee thanks in the great congregation:

I will praise thee among †much people.

19  aLet not them that are mine enemies †wrongfully rejoice over me:

bNeither let them cwink with the eye dthat hate me dewithout a cause.

20  For they speak not peace:

But they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

21  Yea, they fopened their mouth wide against me,

And said, gAha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

22  This hthou hast seen, O Lord: ikeep not silence:

O Lord, kbe not far from me.

23  lStir up thyself, and mawake nto my judgment,

Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

24  oJudge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness;

And plet them not rejoice over me.

25  Let them not say in their hearts, †qAh, so would we have it:

Let them not say, rWe have swallowed him up.

26  sLet them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt:

Let them be tclothed with shame and dishonour that umagnify themselves against me.

27  xLet them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour †my righteous cause:

Yea, let them ysay continually, zLet the Lord be magnified,

aWhich hath pleasure in the bprosperity of his servant.

28  And cmy tongue shall speak of thy righteousness

And of thy praise all the day long.

Psalm 36

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David athe servant of the Lord.

1  The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart,

That bthere is no fear of God before his eyes.

2  For che flattereth himself in his own eyes,

†Until his giniquity be found to be hateful.

3  The words of his mouth are giniquity and ddeceit:

eHe hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

4  fHe deviseth ||gmischief upon his bed;

He setteth himself in ha way that is not good;

iHe abhorreth not evil.

5  jThy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;

And thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

6  Thy righteousness is like †the great mountains;

kThy judgments are a great deep:

O Lord, lthou preservest man and beast.

7  How †excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!

Therefore the children of men put their trust munder the shadow of thy wings.

8  They shall be †abundantly satisfied with the nfatness of othy house;

And thou shalt make them drink of pthe river qof thy pleasures.

9  For with thee is rthe fountain of life:

In sthy light shall we see light.

10  O †continue thy lovingkindness unto them that tknow thee;

And thy righteousness to uthe upright in heart.

11  Let not the foot of pride come against me,

And let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

12  There are wthe workers of giniquity fallen:

They are xcast down, and shall not be able to rise.