Psalm 67

To the chief Musician on *Neginoth, †A Psalm or Song.

1  God abe merciful unto us, and bless us;

And bcause his face to shine †upon us; Selah.

2  That thy way may be known upon earth,

cThy saving health among all nations.

3  dLet the people praise thee, O God;

Let all the people praise thee.

4  O let the nations be glad and sing for joy:

For ethou shalt judge the people righteously,

And †govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

5  dLet the people praise thee, O God;

Let all the people praise thee.

6  fThen shall the earth yield her increase;

And God, even our own God, shall bless us.

7  God shall bless us;

And gall the ends of the earth shall fear him.

Psalm 68

To the chief Musician, *A Psalm or Song of David.

1  Let aGod arise, let his enemies bbe scattered:

Let them also that hate him flee †before him.

2  cAs smoke is driven away, so drive them away:

dAs wax melteth before the fire,

So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

3  But let ethe righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God:

Yea, let them †exceedingly rejoice.

4  Sing unto God, fsing praises to his name:

gExtol him that rideth upon the heavens

By his name hJAH, and rejoice before him.

5  A ifather of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,

Is God in his holy habitation.

6  God ksetteth the lsolitary †in families:

mHe bringeth out those which are bound with chains:

But nthe rebellious odwell in a dry land.

7  O God, pwhen thou wentest forth before thy people,

qWhen thou didst march through rthe wilderness; Selah:

8  qThe earth shook, the heavens also dropped

At the presence of God: even sSinai itself was moved

At the presence of God, the God of Israel.

9  tThou, O God, didst †send a plentiful rain,

Whereby thou didst †confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

10  Thy ucongregation hath dwelt therein:

Thou, O God, hast wprepared of thy goodness for the poor.

11  The Lord gave the word:

Great was the †company of those that published it.

12  xKings of armies †did flee apace:

And yshe that tarried at home zdivided the spoil.

13  Though ye have lien among athe pots,

Yet shall ye be as the bwings of a dove covered with silver,

And her bfeathers with yellow gold.

14  When the Almighty cscattered kings ||in it,

It was white as snow in dSalmon.

15  The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan;

An high hill as the hill of Bashan.

16  Why eleap ye, ye high hills?

This is fthe hill gwhich God desireth to dwell in;

Yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

17  hThe chariots of God are itwenty thousand, ||even thousands of angels:

The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

18  kThou hast ascended on high, lthou hast led captivity captive:

mThou hast received gifts †for men;

Yea, for nthe rebellious also, othat the pLord God might dwell among them.

19  Blessed be the Lord,

Who daily loadeth us with benefits,

Even the God of our salvation. Selah.

20  He that is our God is the God of salvation;

And qunto God the Lord belong rthe issues from death.

21  But sGod shall wound the head of his enemies,

And the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

22  The Lord said, I will bring tagain from Bashan,

I will bring my people again ufrom the depths of the sea:

23  xThat thy foot may be ||dipped in the blood of thine enemies,

And ythe tongue of thy dogs in the same.

24  They have seen thy goings, O God;

Even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

25  zThe singers went before, athe players on instruments followed after;

Among them were the damsels bplaying with timbrels.

26  cBless ye God in the congregations,

Even the Lord, ||from dthe fountain of Israel.

27  There is elittle Benjamin with their ruler,

The princes of Judah ||and their council,

fThe princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

28  Thy God hath gcommanded thy strength:

Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

29  Because of thy temple at Jerusalem

hShall kings ibring presents unto thee.

30  kRebuke ||the lcompany of spearmen,

The multitude of mthe bulls, with the calves of the people,

Till every one nsubmit himself with pieces of silver:

||Scatter thou the people that delight in war.

31  Princes shall come oout of pEgypt;

pqEthiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

32  Sing unto God, rye kingdoms of the earth;

O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

33  To him that srideth upon tthe heavens of heavens, which were of old;

Lo, uhe doth †send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

34  vAscribe ye strength unto God:

His excellency is over Israel,

And whis strength is in the ||xclouds.

35  O God, thou art yterrible zout of thy holy places:

The God of Israel is he

That giveth strength and power unto his people.

Blessed be God.

Psalm 69

To the chief Musician *upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of †David.

1  Save me, O God; for athe waters are come in bunto my soul.

2  acI sink in †deep mire, where there is no standing:

I am come into †deep waters, where ethe floods eeoverflow me.

3  fI am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:

gMine eyes fail hwhile I wait for my God.

4  iThey that hate me without a cause jare more than the hairs of mine head:

They that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:

kThen I restored that which I took not away.

5  O God, thou knowest my foolishness;

And my †sins are not hid from thee.

6  Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake:

Let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

7  Because lfor thy sake I have borne reproach;

Shame hath covered my face.

8  I mam become a stranger unto nmy brethren,

And an alien unto my mother’s children.

9  For othe zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;

And pthe reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10  When I wept, and chastened qmy soul with fasting,

That was to my reproach.

11  I made qrsackcloth also my garment;

And I became sa proverb to them.

12  They that sit in the gate speak against me;

And I was the tsong of the †drunkards.

13  But as for me, umy prayer is unto thee, O Lord, win an acceptable time:

O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

14  Deliver me xout of the mire, and let me not ysink:

zLet me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the ydeep waters.

15  Let not the awaterflood overflow me,

Neither let athe deep swallow me up,

And let not bthe pit cshut her mouth upon me.

16  Hear me, O Lord; dfor thy lovingkindness is good:

eTurn unto me faccording to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

17  And ghide not thy face from thy servant;

For I ham in trouble: †ihear me speedily.

18  Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:

Deliver me because of mine enemies.

19  Thou hast known jmy reproach, and kmy shame, and my dishonour:

Mine adversaries are all before thee.

20  Reproach hath broken my heart; and lI am full of heaviness:

And mI looked for some †to take pity, but there was none;

And for ncomforters, but I found none.

21  They gave me also ogall for my meat;

And pin my thirst they gave me qvinegar to drink.

22  rLet their stable become a snare before them:

And that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

23  tLet their eyes be darkened, that they see not;

And umake their loins continually to shake.

24  Pour out thine indignation upon them,

And let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

25  xLet y†their habitation be desolate;

And †let none dwell in their tents.

26  For zthey persecute ahim whom thou hast smitten;

And they btalk to the grief of †those whom thou hast wounded.

27  cAdd ||iniquity unto their iniquity:

And let them not come into thy righteousness.

28  Let them be blotted out of dthe book of the living,

And not be ewritten with the righteous.

29  But I am poor and sorrowful:

Let thy salvation, O God, fset me up on high.

30  I will praise the name of God with a song,

And will gmagnify him with hthanksgiving.

31  hThis also shall please the Lord better than an ox

Or bullock that hath horns and ihoofs.

32  The k||humble shall see this, and be glad:

And lyour heart shall live that seek God.

33  For the Lord heareth the poor,

And mdespiseth not his prisoners.

34  nLet the heaven and earth praise him,

The seas, and every thing that †moveth therein.

35  oFor God will save Zion,

And will build the cities of Judah:

That they may dwell there, and phave it in possession.

36  qThe seed also of rhis servants shall inherit it:

And pthey that love his name shall sdwell therein.

Psalm 70

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, *to bring to remembrance.

1  Make haste, aO God, to deliver me;

Make haste †to help me, O Lord.

2  Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul:

Let them be turned backward, and bput to confusion, bthat desire my hurt.

3  Let them cbe turned back for a reward of their shame

That say, Aha, aha.

4  Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:

And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

5  But I am poor and needy: dmake haste unto me, O God:

Thou art my help and my deliverer;

O Lord, make no tarrying.

Psalm 71

1  *aIn thee, O Lord, do I put my trust:

Let me never be put to confusion.

2  Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape:

Incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

3  †Be thou my strong bhabitation, whereunto I may continually resort:

Thou hast cgiven commandment to save me;

For thou art my rock and ccmy fortress.

4  dDeliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,

Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5  For thou art emy hope, O Lord God:

Thou art my trust from my youth.

6  By thee have I been fholden up gfrom the womb:

Thou art hhe that took me out of my mother’s bowels:

My praise shall be continually of thee.

7  I am as ia wonder unto many;

But thou art my strong refuge.

8  Let kmy mouth be filled with thy praise

And with thy honour all the day.

9  lCast me not off in the time of old age;

lForsake me not when my strength faileth.

10  For mine enemies speak against me;

And they that †lay wait for my soul mtake counsel together,

11  nSaying, God hath forsaken him:

Persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

12  oO God, be not far from me:

O my God, pmake haste for my help.

13  qLet them be confounded and consumed that are radversaries to my soul;

rLet them be covered with reproach and dishonour sthat seek my hurt.

14  But I will hope continually,

And will yet praise thee more and more.

15  tMy mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness

And thy salvation all the day;

For uI know not the numbers thereof.

16  xI will go in the strength of the Lord God:

I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

17  O God, thou hast taught me from my youth:

And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

18  Now also †when I am yold and grayheaded,

O God, yforsake me not;

Until I have shewed †thy strength unto this generation,

And thy power to every one that is to come.

19  zThy righteousness also, O God, is very high,

aWho hast done great things:

O God, bwho is like unto thee!

20  Thou, cwhich hast shewed me great and sore troubles,

Shalt dquicken me again,

And shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

21  Thou shalt increase my greatness,

And comfort me on every side.

22  I will also praise thee †with the epsaltery,

Even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing

With the eharp, O thou fHoly One of Israel.

23  My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee;

And gmy soul, which thou hast redeemed.

24  hMy tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long:

For ithey are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.