Psalms 1-41
mkjv@Psalms:1:1 @ Blessed [is] the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of the scornful.
mkjv@Psalms:1:2 @ But his delight [is] only in the law of the LORD; and in His law he meditates day and night.
mkjv@Psalms:1:3 @ And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivulets of water that brings forth its fruit in its seasons, and its leaf shall not wither, and all which he does shall be blessed.
mkjv@Psalms:1:4 @ The wicked [are] not so, but [are] like chaff which the wind drives away.
mkjv@Psalms:1:5 @ Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
mkjv@Psalms:1:6 @ For the LORD knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
mkjv@Psalms:2:1 @ Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate on a vain thing?
mkjv@Psalms:2:2 @ The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers plot together, against the LORD and against His anointed, [saying],
mkjv@Psalms:2:3 @ Let us break their bands in two and cast away their cords from us.
mkjv@Psalms:2:4 @ He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the LORD shall mock at them.
mkjv@Psalms:2:5 @ Then He shall speak to them in His anger, and trouble them in His wrath.
mkjv@Psalms:2:6 @ Yea, I have set My king on My holy hill, on Zion.
mkjv@Psalms:2:7 @ I will declare the decree of the LORD. He has said to Me, You [are] My Son; today I have begotten You.
mkjv@Psalms:2:8 @ Ask of Me, and I shall give the nations [for] Your inheritance; and the uttermost parts of the earth for Your possession.
mkjv@Psalms:2:9 @ You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
mkjv@Psalms:2:10 @ And now be wise, O kings; be instructed, O judges of the earth.
mkjv@Psalms:2:11 @ Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
mkjv@Psalms:2:12 @ Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish [from] the way, when His wrath is kindled in but a little time. Blessed [are] all who put their trust in Him.
mkjv@Psalms:3:1 @ A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O Lord, how my foes have increased! Many [are] the ones who rise up against me.
mkjv@Psalms:3:2 @ Many are saying of my soul, [There is] no deliverance for him in God. Selah.
mkjv@Psalms:3:3 @ But You, O LORD, [are] a shield for me; my glory, the One who lifts up my head.
mkjv@Psalms:3:4 @ I cried to the LORD with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill. Selah.
mkjv@Psalms:3:5 @ I laid down and slept. I awoke, for the LORD kept me.
mkjv@Psalms:3:6 @ I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set against me all around.
mkjv@Psalms:3:7 @ Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God; for You have struck all my enemies [on] the cheekbone. You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
mkjv@Psalms:3:8 @ Salvation [belongs] to the LORD. Your blessing [is] on Your people. Selah.
mkjv@Psalms:4:1 @ To the Chief Musician, for stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; You gave room to me in trouble; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
mkjv@Psalms:4:2 @ O sons of men, [how long] will you turn My glory into shame? Will you love vanity and seek after a lie? Selah.
mkjv@Psalms:4:3 @ But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself. The LORD hears when I call to Him.
mkjv@Psalms:4:4 @ Tremble, and sin not; speak within your own heart on your bed and be still. Selah.
mkjv@Psalms:4:5 @ Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and trust in the LORD.
mkjv@Psalms:4:6 @ There [are] many who say, Who will show us [any] good? LORD, lift up the light of Your face on us.
mkjv@Psalms:4:7 @ You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their grain and their wine increased.
mkjv@Psalms:4:8 @ I will lie down, both in peace and in sleep. For You alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.
mkjv@Psalms:5:1 @ To the Chief Musician, for flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my meditation.
mkjv@Psalms:5:2 @ Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to You I will pray.
mkjv@Psalms:5:3 @ My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning I will direct [my prayer] to You, and I will look up.
mkjv@Psalms:5:4 @ For You [are] not a God that enjoys wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with You.
mkjv@Psalms:5:5 @ The foolish shall not stand in Your sight. You hate all doers of iniquity.
mkjv@Psalms:5:6 @ You shall destroy those who speak lies; the LORD will despise the bloody and deceitful man.
mkjv@Psalms:5:7 @ But I, in the abundance of Your grace, I will come [into] Your house; I will worship in Your fear toward Your holy temple.
mkjv@Psalms:5:8 @ Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies; make Your way straight before my face.
mkjv@Psalms:5:9 @ For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is wickedness; their throat [is] an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
mkjv@Psalms:5:10 @ Hold them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
mkjv@Psalms:5:11 @ But let all who put their trust in You rejoice; let them always shout for joy, because You defend them. And let those who love Your name be joyful in You.
mkjv@Psalms:5:12 @ For You; O LORD, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as [with] a shield.
mkjv@Psalms:6:1 @ To the Chief Musician, for eight-stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in Your anger, nor chasten me in the heat of Your fury.
mkjv@Psalms:6:2 @ Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I [am] weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
mkjv@Psalms:6:3 @ My soul also is exceedingly troubled; but You, O LORD, how long?
mkjv@Psalms:6:4 @ Return, O LORD, return; deliver my soul; save me for Your mercy's sake.
mkjv@Psalms:6:5 @ For in death [there is] no memory of You; in the grave who shall give You thanks?
mkjv@Psalms:6:6 @ I am weary in my groaning; all the night I make my bed swim; I melt my couch with my tears.
mkjv@Psalms:6:7 @ My eye is dim because of grief; it wastes away because of all my enemies.
mkjv@Psalms:6:8 @ Depart from me, all workers of iniquity; for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
mkjv@Psalms:6:9 @ The LORD has heard my cry; the LORD will receive my prayer.
mkjv@Psalms:6:10 @ Let all my enemies be ashamed and exceedingly troubled; let them turn back [and] be ashamed in a moment.
mkjv@Psalms:7:1 @ A song of David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in You I put my trust; save me from all who pursue me, and deliver me,
mkjv@Psalms:7:2 @ lest he tear my soul like a lion, tearing [it] in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.
mkjv@Psalms:7:3 @ O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there is iniquity in my hands;
mkjv@Psalms:7:4 @ if I have rewarded evil to my friend, or if I have delivered one] oppressing me without cause;
mkjv@Psalms:7:5 @ let the enemy persecute my soul and take [it]; yea, let him trample down my life on the earth and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
mkjv@Psalms:7:6 @ Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; lift up Yourself because of the rage of my enemies, and awake for me [to] the judgment which You have commanded.
mkjv@Psalms:7:7 @ And the congregation of the peoples shall surround You; and over it You will return on high.
mkjv@Psalms:7:8 @ The LORD shall judge the people; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity on me.
mkjv@Psalms:7:9 @ O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
mkjv@Psalms:7:10 @ My defense [is] from God, who saves the upright in heart.
mkjv@Psalms:7:11 @ God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
mkjv@Psalms:7:12 @ If he does not turn, He will whet His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.
mkjv@Psalms:7:13 @ Yea, He has fitted him for instruments of death; He has made His arrows hotly pursue.
mkjv@Psalms:7:14 @ Behold, he labors in pain with iniquity, and he has conceived mischief, and has brought forth falsehood.
mkjv@Psalms:7:15 @ He dug a pit and bored it, and has fallen into the ditch [which] he made.
mkjv@Psalms:7:16 @ His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violence shall come on his own crown.
mkjv@Psalms:7:17 @ I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
mkjv@Psalms:8:1 @ To the Chief Musician, on the harp. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah our Lord, how excellent [is] Your name in all the earth! [You] have set Your glory above the heavens!
mkjv@Psalms:8:2 @ Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings You have ordained strength, because of ones] vexing You, to cause the enemy and the avenger to cease.
mkjv@Psalms:8:3 @ When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have established;
mkjv@Psalms:8:4 @ what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man, that You visit him?
mkjv@Psalms:8:5 @ For You have made him lack a little from God, and have crowned him with glory and honor.
mkjv@Psalms:8:6 @ You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all [things] under his feet:
mkjv@Psalms:8:7 @ all sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field;
mkjv@Psalms:8:8 @ the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and [all that] pass through the paths of the seas.
mkjv@Psalms:8:9 @ O Jehovah, our Lord, how excellent [is] Your name in all the earth!
mkjv@Psalms:9:1 @ To the Chief Musician. To die for the Son. A Psalm of David. I will praise [You], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
mkjv@Psalms:9:2 @ I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
mkjv@Psalms:9:3 @ When my enemies have turned back, they shall fall and perish before You.
mkjv@Psalms:9:4 @ For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat in the throne judging right.
mkjv@Psalms:9:5 @ You have rebuked the heathen, You have destroyed the wicked, You have put out their name forever and ever.
mkjv@Psalms:9:6 @ The desolations of the enemy have come to an end forever, and You have destroyed the cities; their memorial has perished with them.
mkjv@Psalms:9:7 @ But the LORD shall endure forever; He has prepared His throne for judgment.
mkjv@Psalms:9:8 @ And He shall judge the world in righteousness; He shall judge the peoples in uprightness.
mkjv@Psalms:9:9 @ The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
mkjv@Psalms:9:10 @ And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
mkjv@Psalms:9:11 @ Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; declare among the nations His deeds.
mkjv@Psalms:9:12 @ For He remembers them, the seekers of bloodshed; He forgets not the cry of the humble.
mkjv@Psalms:9:13 @ Have mercy on me, O LORD; see my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death,
mkjv@Psalms:9:14 @ so that I may declare all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; I will rejoice in Your salvation.
mkjv@Psalms:9:15 @ The nations have sunk down in the pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in the net which they hid.
mkjv@Psalms:9:16 @ The LORD is known. He has executed judgment; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. A meditation. Selah.
mkjv@Psalms:9:17 @ The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God.
mkjv@Psalms:9:18 @ For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall [not] perish forever.
mkjv@Psalms:9:19 @ Arise, O LORD; let not man be strong. Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
mkjv@Psalms:9:20 @ Put them in fear, O LORD, let the nations know they [are] but men. Selah.
mkjv@Psalms:10:1 @ Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? Will You hide in times of trouble?
mkjv@Psalms:10:2 @ The wicked in [his] pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the plans that they have imagined.
mkjv@Psalms:10:3 @ For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous [whom] the LORD despises.
mkjv@Psalms:10:4 @ Through the pride of his face the wicked will not seek [Him]; There [is] no God in all his schemes.
mkjv@Psalms:10:5 @ His ways are always perverted; Your judgments [are] high, out of his sight. [As for] all his enemies, he puffs at them.
mkjv@Psalms:10:6 @ He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; from generation to generation, never in evil!
mkjv@Psalms:10:7 @ His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue [are] mischief and vanity.
mkjv@Psalms:10:8 @ He sits in the hiding-places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the poor.
mkjv@Psalms:10:9 @ He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den. He lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
mkjv@Psalms:10:10 @ He crouches and bows, and the poor have fallen by his might.
mkjv@Psalms:10:11 @ He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will not see forever!
mkjv@Psalms:10:12 @ Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand; forget not the humble.
mkjv@Psalms:10:13 @ Why do the wicked condemn God? He has said in his heart, You will not judge.
mkjv@Psalms:10:14 @ You have seen [it]; for You behold mischief and vexation, to repay [it] with Your hand. The poor commits [himself] to You; You are the Helper of the fatherless.
mkjv@Psalms:10:15 @ Break the arm of the wicked and the evil one; seek out his wickedness, [until] You find none.
mkjv@Psalms:10:16 @ The LORD [is] King forever and ever; the nations have perished out of His land.
mkjv@Psalms:10:17 @ LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart, You will cause Your ear to hear,
mkjv@Psalms:10:18 @ to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, so that the man of the earth may no more terrify.
mkjv@Psalms:11:1 @ To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David. I put my trust in the LORD; how can you say to me, Flee [like] a bird to the mountains;
mkjv@Psalms:11:2 @ for lo, the wicked bend [their] bow; they make ready their arrow on the string, so that they may secretly shoot at the upright in heart.
mkjv@Psalms:11:3 @ If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?
mkjv@Psalms:11:4 @ The LORD [is] in His holy temple; the LORD's throne [is] in Heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids examine the children of men.
mkjv@Psalms:11:5 @ The LORD tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence,
mkjv@Psalms:11:6 @ On the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and a horrible tempest [shall be] the portion of their cup.
mkjv@Psalms:11:7 @ For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; His face looks on the upright.
mkjv@Psalms:12:1 @ To the Chief Musician, on eight. A Psalm of David. Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the sons of men.
mkjv@Psalms:12:2 @ They speak vanity each one with his neighbor; [with] flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
mkjv@Psalms:12:3 @ The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks proud things,
mkjv@Psalms:12:4 @ that has said, With our tongue we shall do much; our lips [are] our own; who [is] lord over us?
mkjv@Psalms:12:5 @ For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will now arise, says the LORD. I will set in safety, he pants for it.
mkjv@Psalms:12:6 @ The words of the LORD [are] pure words, [like] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
mkjv@Psalms:12:7 @ You shall keep them, O LORD, You shall preserve them from this generation forever.
mkjv@Psalms:12:8 @ The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is praised by the sons of men.
mkjv@Psalms:13:1 @ To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long will You forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
mkjv@Psalms:13:2 @ How long shall I take counsel in my heart [having] sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be lifted up over me?
mkjv@Psalms:13:3 @ Look! Answer me, O LORD my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death,
mkjv@Psalms:13:4 @ lest my enemy say, I have overcome him, and my foes rejoice when I am shaken.
mkjv@Psalms:13:5 @ But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
mkjv@Psalms:13:6 @ I will sing to the LORD, because He has rewarded me.
mkjv@Psalms:14:1 @ To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David. The fool has said in his heart, [There is] no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, [there is] none who does good.
mkjv@Psalms:14:2 @ The LORD looked down from Heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood [and] sought God.
mkjv@Psalms:14:3 @ All [have] gone aside, together they are filthy; [there is] none who does good, no, not one.
mkjv@Psalms:14:4 @ Have all the workers of iniquity not known, eating up My people [as] they eat bread? They have not called on the LORD.
mkjv@Psalms:14:5 @ There they were in great fear; for God [is] in the generation of the righteous.
mkjv@Psalms:14:6 @ You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD [is] his refuge.
mkjv@Psalms:14:7 @ Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Zion? When the LORD brings back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.
mkjv@Psalms:15:1 @ A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall dwell in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell on Your holy hill?
mkjv@Psalms:15:2 @ He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart;
mkjv@Psalms:15:3 @ [he] does not backbite with his tongue, nor do evil to his neighbor, nor take up a reproach against his neighbor;
mkjv@Psalms:15:4 @ in whose eyes the reprobate is despised, but he honors those who fear the LORD; [he] has sworn to his hurt, and does not change it;
mkjv@Psalms:15:5 @ [he] has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these [things] shall not be moved forever.
mkjv@Psalms:16:1 @ A Secret Treasure of David. Watch over me, O God; for in You do I put my trust.
mkjv@Psalms:16:2 @ [Oh my soul,] you have said to the LORD, You [are] my Lord; I have no goodness apart from You.
mkjv@Psalms:16:3 @ As to the saints in the earth, they [are] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.
mkjv@Psalms:16:4 @ Their sorrows shall be multiplied [who] run after another [god]. I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood; and I will not take their names on my lips.
mkjv@Psalms:16:5 @ The LORD [is] the portion of my inheritance, and of my cup; You shall uphold my lot.
mkjv@Psalms:16:6 @ The lines have fallen to me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a beautiful inheritance.
mkjv@Psalms:16:7 @ I will bless the LORD, who has given me wisdom; my heart also instructs me [in] the nights.
mkjv@Psalms:16:8 @ I have set the LORD always before Me; because [He is] at My right hand, I shall not be moved.
mkjv@Psalms:16:9 @ Therefore My heart is glad, and My glory rejoices; My flesh also shall rest in hope;
mkjv@Psalms:16:10 @ For You will not leave My soul in hell; You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
mkjv@Psalms:16:11 @ You will make Me know the way of life; in Your presence [is] fullness of joys. At Your right hand [are] pleasures forevermore.
mkjv@Psalms:17:1 @ A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O LORD; listen to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, [for it is] not in lips of deceit.
mkjv@Psalms:17:2 @ Let my judgment go out from Your presence; let Your eyes behold uprightly.
mkjv@Psalms:17:3 @ You have proved my heart; You have visited [me] in the night; You have tried me, and You will find nothing; my thoughts do not pass beyond my mouth.
mkjv@Psalms:17:4 @ Concerning the works of men, by the words of Your lips, I am kept [from] the paths of the destroyer.
mkjv@Psalms:17:5 @ My steps have been held in Your paths, [so that] my footsteps have not slipped.
mkjv@Psalms:17:6 @ I have called on You, for You will hear me, O God; bow down Your ear to me; [hear] my speech.
mkjv@Psalms:17:7 @ Set out Your wonderful loving-kindness, O Savior of those seeking refuge [in You], by Your right hand, from those who rise up against [me].
mkjv@Psalms:17:8 @ Keep me as the pupil, the daughter of the eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
mkjv@Psalms:17:9 @ from the face of the wicked who strip me. [Those] against [my] soul, My foes, encircle me.
mkjv@Psalms:17:10 @ They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly,
mkjv@Psalms:17:11 @ They have now hemmed in our steps. They have set their eyes to bow [me] to the earth,
mkjv@Psalms:17:12 @ Their likeness is like a lion [that] longs to tear, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.
mkjv@Psalms:17:13 @ Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, bow him down; deliver my soul from the wicked by Your sword,
mkjv@Psalms:17:14 @ from men by Your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly You fill with Your treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.
mkjv@Psalms:17:15 @ [As for] me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with Your image.
mkjv@Psalms:18:1 @ To the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; and he said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
mkjv@Psalms:18:2 @ The LORD [is] my strength, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock; I will trust in Him; [He is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
mkjv@Psalms:18:3 @ I will call on the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
mkjv@Psalms:18:4 @ The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
mkjv@Psalms:18:5 @ The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
mkjv@Psalms:18:6 @ In my distress I called on the LORD, and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears.
mkjv@Psalms:18:7 @ Then the earth shook and trembled; and the foundations of the hills moved and were shaken, because He was angry.
mkjv@Psalms:18:8 @ A smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it.
mkjv@Psalms:18:9 @ And He bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness [was] under His feet.
mkjv@Psalms:18:10 @ And He rode on a cherub, and flew; yea, He soared on the wings of the wind.
mkjv@Psalms:18:11 @ He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
mkjv@Psalms:18:12 @ At the brightness before Him, His dark clouds passed through, hailstones and coals of fire passed.
mkjv@Psalms:18:13 @ The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.
mkjv@Psalms:18:14 @ Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and crushed them.
mkjv@Psalms:18:15 @ Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
mkjv@Psalms:18:16 @ He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.
mkjv@Psalms:18:17 @ He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me.
mkjv@Psalms:18:18 @ They went before me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was my stay.
mkjv@Psalms:18:19 @ He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
mkjv@Psalms:18:20 @ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
mkjv@Psalms:18:21 @ For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
mkjv@Psalms:18:22 @ For all His judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away His statutes from me.
mkjv@Psalms:18:23 @ I was also upright before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
mkjv@Psalms:18:24 @ And the LORD has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
mkjv@Psalms:18:25 @ With the merciful, You will show Yourself merciful; with an upright man You will show Yourself upright;
mkjv@Psalms:18:26 @ with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the crooked You will show Yourself perverse.
mkjv@Psalms:18:27 @ For You will save the afflicted people, but will bring down high looks.
mkjv@Psalms:18:28 @ For You will light my candle; the LORD my God will make my darkness light.
mkjv@Psalms:18:29 @ For by You I have run through a troop; and by my God I have leaped over a wall.
mkjv@Psalms:18:30 @ [As for] God, His way [is] perfect; the Word of the LORD [is] tried; He [is] a shield to all those who trust in Him.
mkjv@Psalms:18:31 @ For who [is] God besides Jehovah? Or, who [is] a Rock except our God?
mkjv@Psalms:18:32 @ [It is] God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.
mkjv@Psalms:18:33 @ He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me on my high places.
mkjv@Psalms:18:34 @ He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is bent by my arms.
mkjv@Psalms:18:35 @ You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your right hand has held me up, and Your gentleness has made me great.
mkjv@Psalms:18:36 @ You have given a wide place for my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped.
mkjv@Psalms:18:37 @ I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; nor did I turn again until they were destroyed.
mkjv@Psalms:18:38 @ I have shattered them, and they cannot rise again; they have fallen under my feet.
mkjv@Psalms:18:39 @ For You have girded me with strength for the battle; You have humbled under me those who rose up against me.
mkjv@Psalms:18:40 @ You have also given me the neck of my enemies; so that I might destroy those who hate me.
mkjv@Psalms:18:41 @ They cried, but there [was] none to save; [even] to the LORD, but He did not answer them.
mkjv@Psalms:18:42 @ Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like the dirt in the streets.
mkjv@Psalms:18:43 @ You have delivered Me from the strivings of the people; You have made Me the head of the nations; a people [whom] I have not known shall serve Me.
mkjv@Psalms:18:44 @ As soon as they hear of Me, they shall obey Me; the sons of strangers shall bow down to Me.
mkjv@Psalms:18:45 @ The sons of strangers shall fade away and be afraid out of their strongholds.
mkjv@Psalms:18:46 @ The LORD lives; and blessed [be] my rock, and let the God of my salvation be praised.
mkjv@Psalms:18:47 @ [It is] God who avenges me, and humbles the people under me.
mkjv@Psalms:18:48 @ He delivers me from my enemies; yea, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.
mkjv@Psalms:18:49 @ Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the nations, and sing praises to Your name,
mkjv@Psalms:18:50 @ magnifying the salvations to His king, and working mercy to His anointed, to David, and to his seed forevermore.
mkjv@Psalms:19:1 @ To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the expanse proclaims His handiwork.
mkjv@Psalms:19:2 @ Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
mkjv@Psalms:19:3 @ [There is] no speech nor [are] there words; their voice is not heard.
mkjv@Psalms:19:4 @ Their line has gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,
mkjv@Psalms:19:5 @ and he comes forth as a bridegroom from his canopy; he rejoices as a strong man to run a race,
mkjv@Psalms:19:6 @ going forth from the end of the heavens, and its course [is] to their ends. And there is nothing hid from its heat.
mkjv@Psalms:19:7 @ The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making the simple wise.
mkjv@Psalms:19:8 @ The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart; the commandments of the LORD [are] pure, giving light to the eyes.
mkjv@Psalms:19:9 @ The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether,
mkjv@Psalms:19:10 @ more to be desired than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
mkjv@Psalms:19:11 @ And Your servant is warned by them; in keeping them there [is] great reward.
mkjv@Psalms:19:12 @ Who can understand [his] errors? Oh make me pure from secret [faults];
mkjv@Psalms:19:13 @ and keep Your servant back from presumptuous [sins]; do not let them rule over me; then I shall be upright, and I shall be innocent of great transgression.
mkjv@Psalms:19:14 @ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
mkjv@Psalms:20:1 @ To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. May the LORD hear you in the day of trouble, the name of the God of Jacob set you on high,
mkjv@Psalms:20:2 @ sending you help from the sanctuary, and upholding you out of Zion.
mkjv@Psalms:20:3 @ He will remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah.
mkjv@Psalms:20:4 @ May He grant you according to your own heart, and fulfill all your plans.
mkjv@Psalms:20:5 @ We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up banners; may the LORD fulfill all your prayers.
mkjv@Psalms:20:6 @ Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will hear him from His holy Heaven with the saving strengths of His right hand.
mkjv@Psalms:20:7 @ Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
mkjv@Psalms:20:8 @ They have bowed down and fallen; but we have risen and stand upright.
mkjv@Psalms:20:9 @ Save, O LORD; let the King hear us when we call.
mkjv@Psalms:21:1 @ To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall rejoice in Your strength, O LORD; and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
mkjv@Psalms:21:2 @ You have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the prayer of his lips. Selah.