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.

Psalm 37

A Psalm of David.

1  aFret not thyself because of evildoers,

Neither bbe thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

2  For they shall soon cbe cut down dlike the grass,

And wither as the green herb.

3  eTrust in the Lord, and do good;

So shalt thou dwell in the land, and †verily eethou shalt be fed.

4  fDelight thyself also in the Lord;

And ghe shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

5  †hCommit thy way unto the Lord;

eTrust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

6  And ihe shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,

And thy judgment as jthe noonday.

7  †Rest in the Lord, and kwait patiently for him:

aFret not thyself because of him lwho prospereth in his way,

Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

8  mCease from anger, and forsake wrath:

aFret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

9  mmFor evildoers shall be cut off:

But those that wait upon the Lord, they shall ninherit the earth.

10  For oyet a little while, and the wicked shall not be:

Yea, thou shalt diligently consider phis place, and it shall not be.

11  But qthe meek shall ninherit the earth;

And shall fdelight themselves in the abundance of peace.

12  The wicked ||plotteth against the just,

And rgnasheth upon him with his teeth.

13  sThe Lord shall laugh at him:

For he seeth that this day is coming.

14  The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have ubent their bow,

To cast down wthe poor and needy,

And to slay †such as be of upright conversation.

15  Their sword shall enter into their own heart,

And xtheir bows shall be broken.

16  yA little that a righteous man hath

Is better than zthe riches of many wicked.

17  For athe arms of the wicked shall be broken:

But the Lord bupholdeth the righteous.

18  The Lord cknoweth the days of the upright:

And dtheir inheritance shall be for ever.

19  They shall not be ashamed in the evil time:

And ein the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

20  But the wicked shall perish,

And the enemies of the Lord shall be as †the fat of lambs:

They shall consume; finto smoke shall they consume away.

21  The wicked gborroweth, and payeth not again:

But the righteous hsheweth mercy, and hgiveth.

22  iFor such as be blessed of him jshall inherit the earth;

And they that be cursed of him jshall be cut off.

23  kThe steps of a good man are ||ordered by the Lord:

And he delighteth in his way.

24  lThough he fall, he shall not be mutterly cast down:

For the Lord bupholdeth him with his hand.

25  I have been young, and now am old;

Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,

Nor mmhis seed nbegging bread.

26  oHe is †ever merciful, and lendeth;

And his seed is blessed.

27  pDepart from evil, and do good;

And qdwell for evermore.

28  For the Lord rloveth judgment,

And forsaketh not his ssaints;

They are preserved for ever:

But tthe seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

29  The righteous jshall inherit the land,

And qdwell therein for ever.

30  The mouth of the righteous uspeaketh wisdom,

And his utongue talketh of judgment.

31  xThe law of his God is in his heart;

None of his ||steps shall yslide.

32  The wicked zwatcheth the righteous,

And seeketh to slay him.

33  The Lord will not leave him in his hand,

Nor acondemn him when he is judged.

34  bWait on the Lord, and keep his way,

And he shall exalt thee cto inherit the land:

dWhen the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

35  eI have seen the wicked fin great power,

And spreading himself like ||ga green bay tree.

36  Yet hhe passed away, and, lo, ihe was not:

Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

37  Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright:

For the end of that man is kpeace.

38  But the transgressors shall be destroyed together:

lThe end of the wicked shall be cut off.

39  But mthe salvation of the righteous is of the Lord:

He is their strength nin the time of trouble.

40  And the Lord shall help them, and odeliver them:

He shall deliver them from the wicked,

And save them, because they ptrust in him.

Psalm 38

A Psalm of David, *to bring to remembrance.

1  O aLord, rebuke me not in thy wrath:

Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2  For bthine arrows stick fast in me,

And cthy hand presseth me sore.

3  There is dno soundness in my flesh because of thine anger;

Neither is there any †rest in emy bones because of my sin.

4  For fmine iniquities are gone over mine head:

As an heavy burden they are too gheavy for me.

5  My hwounds stink and are corrupt

Because of my foolishness.

6  I am †troubled; I am ibowed down greatly;

kI go imourning all the day long.

7  For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease:

And there is dno soundness in my flesh.

8  I am feeble and lsore broken:

I have mroared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9  Lord, all my desire is before thee;

And nmy groaning is not hid from thee.

10  My heart panteth, my strength faileth me:

As for othe light of mine eyes, it also †is gone from me.

11  pMy lovers and my friends qstand aloof from my †sore;

And ||my rkinsmen sstand afar off.

12  They also that seek after my life tlay snares for me:

And they that seek my hurt tspeak umischievous things,

And imagine xdeceits all the day long.

13  But yI, as a deaf man, heard not;

And I was zas a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14  yThus I was as a man that heareth not,

And in whose mouth are no areproofs.

15  For ||in thee, O Lord, do I hope:

Thou wilt ||hear, O Lord my God.

16  For I said, Hear me, blest otherwise they should rejoice over me:

When cmy foot slippeth, they dmagnify themselves against me.

17  For I am eready †to halt,

And my sorrow is continually before me.

18  For fI will declare mine iniquity;

gI will be sorry for my sin.

19  But mine enemies †are hlively, and they are strong:

And they that hate me iwrongfully are multiplied.

20  They also that krender evil for good lare mine adversaries;

mBecause I follow the thing that good is.

21  Forsake me not, O Lord:

O my God, nbe not far from me.

22  Make haste †to help me,

O Lord omy salvation.

Psalm 39

To the chief Musician, even to *Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.

1  I said, I will atake heed to my ways,

That bI sin not with my tongue:

I will keep †cmy mouth with a bridle,

While the wicked is before me.

2  dI was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even ddfrom good;

And my sorrow was †stirred.

3  eMy heart was hot within me,

While I was fmusing the fire burned:

Then spake I with my tongue,

4  Lord, gMake me to know mine end,

And the measure of my days, what it is;

That I may know ||how hfrail I am.

5  Behold, thou hast made my days as an ihandbreadth;

And kmine lage is as nothing before thee:

mVerily every man †at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

6  Surely every man walketh in †a vain shew:

mSurely they nare disquieted in vain:

oHe heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

7  And now, Lord, what wait I for?

pMy hope is in thee.

8  Deliver me from all my transgressions:

qMake me not the reproach of the foolish.

9  rI was dumb, I opened not my mouth;

sBecause thou didst it.

10  tRemove thy stroke away from me:

I am consumed by the †blow of thine hand.

11  When thou with urebukes dost correct man for iniquity,

wThou makest †his beauty to consume away xlike a moth:

ySurely every man is vanity. Selah.

12  yyHear my prayer, O Lord,

And give ear unto my cry;

zHold not thy peace at my tears:

For I am a astranger with thee,

And aa sojourner, bas all my fathers were.

13  O cspare me, that I may drecover strength,

eBefore I go hence, and be no more.