Psalms:1-41



noyes@Psalms:1:1 @ Happy the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers;

noyes@Psalms:1:2 @ But whose delight is in the law of the LORD, And who meditateth on his precepts day and night.

noyes@Psalms:1:3 @ He is like a tree planted by streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaves also do not wither: All that he doeth shall prosper.

noyes@Psalms:1:4 @ Not so the unrighteous; They are like chaff, which the wind driveth away.

noyes@Psalms:1:5 @ Therefore the wicked shall not stand in judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the just.

noyes@Psalms:1:6 @ For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked leadeth to ruin.

noyes@Psalms:2:1 @ Why do the heathen rage, And the nations meditate a vain thing?

noyes@Psalms:2:2 @ Why do the kings of the earth rise up, And the princes combine together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed king?

noyes@Psalms:2:3 @ "Let us break their bonds asunder; Let us cast away from us their fetters!"

noyes@Psalms:2:4 @ He that sitteth in heaven will laugh; The Lord will have them in derision.

noyes@Psalms:2:5 @ Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, And confound them in his hot displeasure.

noyes@Psalms:2:6 @ "I myself have anointed my king, Upon Zion, my holy hill!"

noyes@Psalms:2:7 @ I will declare the decree of Jehovah: He hath said to me, "Thou art my son; This day I have begotten thee.

noyes@Psalms:2:8 @ Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the ends of the earth for thy possession.

noyes@Psalms:2:9 @ Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel."

noyes@Psalms:2:10 @ Be wise, therefore, O ye kings! Be admonished, ye rulers of the earth!

noyes@Psalms:2:11 @ Be subject to Jehovah with awe, And fear with trembling!

noyes@Psalms:2:12 @ Kiss the son, lest He be angry, and ye perish in your way; For soon shall his wrath be kindled. Happy are all they who seek refuge in him.

noyes@Psalms:3:1 @ How many, O LORD, are mine enemies! How many are they who rise up against me!

noyes@Psalms:3:2 @ How many are they who say of me, "There is no help for him with God"!

noyes@Psalms:3:3 @ But thou, O LORD! art my shield, My glory, and the lifter–up of my head.

noyes@Psalms:3:4 @ I call upon the LORD with my voice, And he heareth me from his holy hill.

noyes@Psalms:3:5 @ I lay me down and sleep; I awake, for the LORD sustaineth me.

noyes@Psalms:3:6 @ I will not fear the ten thousands of people Who on every side set themselves against me.

noyes@Psalms:3:7 @ Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! For thou smitest the cheek of all my enemies; Thou breakest the teeth of the wicked.

noyes@Psalms:3:8 @ Deliverance cometh from the LORD: May thy blessing be with thy people!

noyes@Psalms:4:1 @ Hear me, when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast helped me, when I was in trouble,––Have pity upon me, and hear my prayer!

noyes@Psalms:4:2 @ How long, O men! will ye dishonor my dignity? How long will ye love vanity, and seek disappointment?

noyes@Psalms:4:3 @ Know ye that the LORD hath exalted one that is devoted to him; The LORD will hear, when I call upon him.

noyes@Psalms:4:4 @ Stand in awe, and sin no more; Commune with your hearts upon your beds, and desist!

noyes@Psalms:4:5 @ Offer sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the LORD!

noyes@Psalms:4:6 @ There are many who say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us!

noyes@Psalms:4:7 @ Thou puttest gladness into my heart, Greater than theirs, when their corn and wine are abundant.

noyes@Psalms:4:8 @ I will lay me down in peace, and sleep: For thou alone, O LORD! makest me dwell in safety.

noyes@Psalms:5:1 @ Give ear to my words, O LORD; Have regard to my cry!

noyes@Psalms:5:2 @ Listen to the voice of my supplication, my King and my God! For to thee do I address my prayer.

noyes@Psalms:5:3 @ In the morning shalt thou hear my voice, O LORD! In the morning will I address my prayer to thee, and look for help.

noyes@Psalms:5:4 @ For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; The unrighteous man dwelleth not with thee.

noyes@Psalms:5:5 @ The haughty shall not stand in thy sight; Thou hatest all that do iniquity.

noyes@Psalms:5:6 @ Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; The man of blood and deceit the LORD abhorreth.

noyes@Psalms:5:7 @ But I, through thy great goodness, will come to thy house; In thy fear will I worship at thy holy temple.

noyes@Psalms:5:8 @ Lead me, O LORD! in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies; Make thy path straight before my face!

noyes@Psalms:5:9 @ For in their mouth there is no truth; Their heart is malignity; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

noyes@Psalms:5:10 @ Requite them, O God! Let them be confounded in their devices; Cast them out for the multitude of their transgressions; For against thee have they rebelled!

noyes@Psalms:5:11 @ But let all, that put their trust in thee, rejoice; Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them; Let them, that love thy name, be joyful in thee!

noyes@Psalms:5:12 @ For thou, O LORD! dost bless the righteous; With favor dost thou encompass him, as with a shield.

noyes@Psalms:6:1 @ O LORD! rebuke me not in thine anger; Chasten me not in thy hot displeasure!

noyes@Psalms:6:2 @ Have pity upon me, O LORD! for I am weak; Heal me, O LORD! for my bones tremble!

noyes@Psalms:6:3 @ My soul, also, is sore troubled; And thou, O LORD! how long––?

noyes@Psalms:6:4 @ Return, O LORD! and deliver me; Oh, save me according to thy mercy!

noyes@Psalms:6:5 @ For in death no praise is given to thee; In the underworld who can give thee thanks?

noyes@Psalms:6:6 @ I am weary with my groaning; All the night I make my bed to swim, And drench my couch with my tears.

noyes@Psalms:6:7 @ Mine eye is wasted with grief; It hath become old because of all my enemies.

noyes@Psalms:6:8 @ Depart from me, all ye that do iniquity; For the LORD heareth the voice of my weeping.

noyes@Psalms:6:9 @ The LORD heareth my supplication; The LORD accepteth my prayer.

noyes@Psalms:6:10 @ All my enemies shall be ashamed and utterly confounded; They shall be turned back, and put to shame suddenly.

noyes@Psalms:7:1 @ O Jehovah, my God! to thee do I look for help; Save me from them that persecute me, and deliver me!

noyes@Psalms:7:2 @ Lest mine enemy tear me like a lion; Lest he rend me in pieces, while there is none to help.

noyes@Psalms:7:3 @ O Jehovah, my God! if I have done this,––If there be iniquity upon my hands,

noyes@Psalms:7:4 @ If I have rendered evil to my friend, Or have despoiled him that without cause is mine enemy,––

noyes@Psalms:7:5 @ Let my adversary pursue and take me; Let him trample me to the ground, And lay me prostrate in the dust!

noyes@Psalms:7:6 @ Arise, O LORD! in thine anger; Lift thyself up against the rage of mine enemies; Awake for me, ordain judgment!

noyes@Psalms:7:7 @ Let the assembly of the nations compass thee about, And on their account return to the height!

noyes@Psalms:7:8 @ The LORD judgeth the nations; Judge me, O LORD! according to my righteousness, And requite me according to my integrity!

noyes@Psalms:7:9 @ Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked be at an end; But establish the righteous! For the righteous God trieth the heart and the reins.

noyes@Psalms:7:10 @ My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

noyes@Psalms:7:11 @ God is a righteous judge, And a God who is angry every day.

noyes@Psalms:7:12 @ If he do not desist, He sharpeneth his sword; He bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready;

noyes@Psalms:7:13 @ He prepareth for him the instruments of death; He shooteth his burning arrows.

noyes@Psalms:7:14 @ Behold, he travailed with iniquity, And conceived mischief, But hath brought forth disappointment!

noyes@Psalms:7:15 @ He made a pit and digged it. And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

noyes@Psalms:7:16 @ His mischief returneth upon his own head, And his violence cometh down upon his own skull.

noyes@Psalms:7:17 @ I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

noyes@Psalms:8:1 @ O Jehovah, our Lord! How excellent is thy name in all the earth! Thou hast set thy glory above the heavens.

noyes@Psalms:8:2 @ Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained praise, To put thine adversaries to shame, And to silence the enemy and avenger.

noyes@Psalms:8:3 @ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars which thou hast ordained:

noyes@Psalms:8:4 @ What is man, that thou art mindful of him, And the son of man, that thou carest for him?

noyes@Psalms:8:5 @ Yet thou hast made him little lower than God; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor.

noyes@Psalms:8:6 @ Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet,––

noyes@Psalms:8:7 @ All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the forest;

noyes@Psalms:8:8 @ The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, And whatever passeth through the paths of the deep.

noyes@Psalms:8:9 @ O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

noyes@Psalms:9:1 @ To the Benites, or to Ben. A psalm of David. I will praise thee, O LORD! with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.

noyes@Psalms:9:2 @ I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High!

noyes@Psalms:9:3 @ All my enemies are turned back; They fall and perish at thy presence.

noyes@Psalms:9:4 @ For thou dost defend my right and my cause; Thou sittest upon the throne, a righteous judge.

noyes@Psalms:9:5 @ Thou rebukest the nations; Thou destroyest the wicked; Thou blottest out their name for evermore!

noyes@Psalms:9:6 @ The enemy is fallen,––a desolation for ever! Thou, O LORD! hast destroyed their cities; Their memory itself hath perished!

noyes@Psalms:9:7 @ The LORD reigneth for ever; He hath prepared his throne for judgment.

noyes@Psalms:9:8 @ He judgeth the world in righteousness; He administereth judgment to the nations with uprightness.

noyes@Psalms:9:9 @ Yea, the LORD is a refuge for the oppressed; A refuge in times of trouble.

noyes@Psalms:9:10 @ They who know thy name put their trust in thee; For thou, O LORD! forsakest not them that seek thee!

noyes@Psalms:9:11 @ Sing praises to the LORD, who reigneth in Zion; Declare his doings among the people!

noyes@Psalms:9:12 @ As the avenger of blood, he remembereth the distressed; He forgetteth not their complaint.

noyes@Psalms:9:13 @ "Have pity upon me, O LORD! Look upon my affliction through them that hate me; Lift me up from the gates of death:

noyes@Psalms:9:14 @ That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion; That I may rejoice in salvation by thee."

noyes@Psalms:9:15 @ The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.

noyes@Psalms:9:16 @ Thus it is known that the LORD executeth judgment; The wicked are ensnared in the work of their own hands.

noyes@Psalms:9:17 @ The wicked shall be driven into the underworld; Yea, all the nations that forger God.

noyes@Psalms:9:18 @ For the poor shall not always be forgotten; The hopes of the afflicted shall not perish for ever.

noyes@Psalms:9:19 @ Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; Let the nations be judged by thee!

noyes@Psalms:9:20 @ Strike terror into them, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men!

noyes@Psalms:10:1 @ Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

noyes@Psalms:10:2 @ Through the haughtiness of the wicked the poor are in distress; They are caught in the wiles which are contrived for them.

noyes@Psalms:10:3 @ The wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire; The rapacious renounceth and contemneth Jehovah.

noyes@Psalms:10:4 @ The wicked in his haughtiness, "He careth not!" All his thoughts are, "There is no God."

noyes@Psalms:10:5 @ His course is always prosperous; Far in the heights are thy judgments from him; As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

noyes@Psalms:10:6 @ He saith in his heart, "I shall never fall; I shall never be in adversity."

noyes@Psalms:10:7 @ His mouth is full of perjury, deceit, and oppression; Mischief and injustice are upon his tongue.

noyes@Psalms:10:8 @ He sitteth in the lurking–places of the villages; In secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed upon the poor.

noyes@Psalms:10:9 @ He secretly lieth in wait, like a lion in a thicket; He lieth in wait to seize upon the helpless; He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.

noyes@Psalms:10:10 @ He croucheth, and lowereth himself, And the wretched fall into his paws.

noyes@Psalms:10:11 @ He saith in his heart, "God doth forget; He hideth his face; he doth never see it."

noyes@Psalms:10:12 @ Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up thine hand: Forget not the distressed!

noyes@Psalms:10:13 @ Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, "He careth not for it"?

noyes@Psalms:10:14 @ Thou dost see it; yea, thou beholdest malice and oppression, And markest it upon thy hand! The poor committeth himself to thee; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.

noyes@Psalms:10:15 @ Break thou the arm of the unjust and wicked man; Seek out his wickedness, till thou canst find none!

noyes@Psalms:10:16 @ Jehovah is king for ever and ever; The gentiles shall perish out of his land.

noyes@Psalms:10:17 @ Thou, O LORD! wilt hear the desires of the distressed; Thou wilt strengthen their hearts; Thou wilt lend a listening ear!

noyes@Psalms:10:18 @ Thou wilt maintain the cause of the fatherless and the oppressed, That henceforth none may be driven from the land.

noyes@Psalms:11:1 @ In the LORD do I put my trust. Why say ye to me, "Flee, like a bird, to your mountain?

noyes@Psalms:11:2 @ For, lo! the wicked bend their bow; They make ready their arrows on the string, To shoot in secret at the upright in heart.

noyes@Psalms:11:3 @ If the pillars be broken down, What can the righteous do?"

noyes@Psalms:11:4 @ The LORD is in his holy palace; The LORD’S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids prove the children of men.

noyes@Psalms:11:5 @ The LORD trieth the righteous; But the wicked, and the lover of violence, his soul hateth.

noyes@Psalms:11:6 @ Upon the wicked he will rain lightning; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

noyes@Psalms:11:7 @ For the LORD is righteous; he loveth righteousness; The upright shall see his face.

noyes@Psalms:12:1 @ Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; The faithful are failing among men.

noyes@Psalms:12:2 @ They speak falsehood one to another; With flattering lips, with a double heart, do they speak.

noyes@Psalms:12:3 @ May the LORD destroy all flattering lips, And the tongue which speaketh proud things!

noyes@Psalms:12:4 @ Who say, "With our tongues will we prevail; Our lips are our reliance; Who is lord over us?"

noyes@Psalms:12:5 @ For the oppression of the poor and the sighing of the wretched, Now will I stand up, saith the LORD; I will set in safety him whom they puff at.

noyes@Psalms:12:6 @ The words of the LORD are pure; Like silver purified in a furnace on the earth, Seven times refined.

noyes@Psalms:12:7 @ Thou, O LORD! will watch over them; Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

noyes@Psalms:12:8 @ The wicked walk on every side, When the vilest of men are exalted.

noyes@Psalms:13:1 @ How long, O LORD! wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

noyes@Psalms:13:2 @ How long shall I have anxiety in my soul for ever, And sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

noyes@Psalms:13:3 @ Look down and hear me, O LORD, my God! Enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

noyes@Psalms:13:4 @ Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him!" Lest my adversaries rejoice, when I am fallen.

noyes@Psalms:13:5 @ Yet will I trust in thy goodness; My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation;

noyes@Psalms:13:6 @ I will sing to the LORD, that he hath dealt kindly with me.

noyes@Psalms:14:1 @ The fool saith in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt; abominable are their doings; There is none that doeth good.

noyes@Psalms:14:2 @ Jehovah looketh down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any that have understanding, That have regard to God.

noyes@Psalms:14:3 @ They are all gone out of the way; together are they corrupt; There is none that doeth good––no, not one.

noyes@Psalms:14:4 @ Shall not the evil–doers be requited, Who devour my people like bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

noyes@Psalms:14:5 @ Yea, then shall they be in great fear; For Jehovah is with the race of the righteous.

noyes@Psalms:14:6 @ Ye would put to shame the counsel of the poor; But Jehovah is their refuge.

noyes@Psalms:14:7 @ Oh that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When Jehovah bringeth back the captives of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel be glad.

noyes@Psalms:15:1 @ LORD, who shall abide at thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell upon thy holy hill?

noyes@Psalms:15:2 @ He that walketh uprightly, and doeth righteousness, And speaketh the truth from his heart;

noyes@Psalms:15:3 @ He that slandereth not with his tongue, That doeth no injury to his neighbor, And uttereth no reproach against his neighbor;

noyes@Psalms:15:4 @ In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; But who honoreth them that fear the LORD; Who sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;

noyes@Psalms:15:5 @ He that lendeth not his money for interest, And taketh not a bribe against the innocent: He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

noyes@Psalms:16:1 @ Preserve me, O God! for to thee do I look for help.

noyes@Psalms:16:2 @ I have said to Jehovah, Thou art my Lord; I have no happiness beyond thee!

noyes@Psalms:16:3 @ The holy that are in the land, and the excellent,––in them is all my delight.

noyes@Psalms:16:4 @ They who hasten after other gods shall have multiplied sorrows; Their drink–offerings of blood I will not offer, Nor will I take their names upon my lips.

noyes@Psalms:16:5 @ Jehovah is my portion and my cup; Thou wilt maintain my lot!

noyes@Psalms:16:6 @ My portion hath fallen to me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly inheritance.

noyes@Psalms:16:7 @ I will bless the LORD, who careth for me; Yea, in the night my heart admonisheth me.

noyes@Psalms:16:8 @ I set the LORD before me at all times; Since he is at my right hand, I shall not fall.

noyes@Psalms:16:9 @ Therefore my heart is glad, and my spirit rejoiceth; Yea, my flesh dwelleth in security.

noyes@Psalms:16:10 @ For thou wilt not give me up to the underworld; Nor wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see the pit.

noyes@Psalms:16:11 @ Thou wilt show me the path of life; In thy presence is fulness of joy; At thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

noyes@Psalms:17:1 @ Hear the righteous cause, O LORD! Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer from lips without deceit!

noyes@Psalms:17:2 @ May my sentence come forth from thy presence; May thine eyes behold uprightness!

noyes@Psalms:17:3 @ Provest thou my heart, visitest thou me in the night, Triest thou me like gold, thou shalt find nothing!

noyes@Psalms:17:4 @ My thoughts do not vary from my lips. As to the deeds of men, Through the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

noyes@Psalms:17:5 @ Support my steps in thy paths, That my feet may not slip!

noyes@Psalms:17:6 @ I call upon thee, O God! for thou wilt hear me; Incline thine ear to me, and listen to my prayer!

noyes@Psalms:17:7 @ Show forth thy loving–kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand Them that seek refuge in thee from their adversaries!

noyes@Psalms:17:8 @ Guard me as the apple of the eye; Hide me under the shadow of thy wings

noyes@Psalms:17:9 @ From the wicked who assault me, From my deadly enemies who compass me about!

noyes@Psalms:17:10 @ They shut up their hard heart; With their mouth they speak haughtily.

noyes@Psalms:17:11 @ They encompass us in all our steps; They fix their eyes upon us, that they may cast us on the ground.

noyes@Psalms:17:12 @ They are like a lion, eager for his prey; Like a young lion, lurking in secret places.

noyes@Psalms:17:13 @ Arise, O LORD! disappoint them, cast them down! Deliver me from the wicked by thy sword,

noyes@Psalms:17:14 @ From men, by thy hand, O LORD! from men of the world, Whose portion is in life; whom thou loadest with thy treasure; Whose children have enough, and leave their superfluity to their children.

noyes@Psalms:17:15 @ But I through righteousness shall see thy face; I shall be satisfied with the revival of thy countenance.

noyes@Psalms:18:1 @ I love thee, O LORD, my strength!

noyes@Psalms:18:2 @ Jehovah is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I trust; My shield, my strong defence, and my high tower.

noyes@Psalms:18:3 @ I called upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And was delivered from my enemies.

noyes@Psalms:18:4 @ The snares of death encompassed me; The floods of destruction filled me with dismay;

noyes@Psalms:18:5 @ The snares of the underworld surrounded me, And the nets of death seized upon me.

noyes@Psalms:18:6 @ In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried unto my God; He heard my voice from his palace, And my cry came before him into his ears.

noyes@Psalms:18:7 @ Then the earth quaked and trembled; The foundations of the mountains rocked and were shaken, Because his wrath was kindled.

noyes@Psalms:18:8 @ A smoke went up from his nostrils, And fire from his mouth devoured; Burning coals shot forth from him.

noyes@Psalms:18:9 @ He bowed the heavens, and came down; And darkness was under his feet;

noyes@Psalms:18:10 @ And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

noyes@Psalms:18:11 @ And he made darkness his covering; His pavilion round about him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

noyes@Psalms:18:12 @ At the brightness before him, his thick clouds passed away; Then came hailstones and coals of fire.

noyes@Psalms:18:13 @ The LORD also thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice, Amid hailstones and coals of fire.

noyes@Psalms:18:14 @ He sent forth his arrows, and scattered them; Continual lightnings, and discomfited them.

noyes@Psalms:18:15 @ Then the channels of the deep were seen, And the foundations of the earth were laid bare At thy rebuke, O LORD! At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

noyes@Psalms:18:16 @ He stretched forth his hand from above; he took me, And drew me out of deep waters.

noyes@Psalms:18:17 @ He delivered me from my strong enemy; From my adversaries, who were too powerful for me.

noyes@Psalms:18:18 @ They fell upon me in the day of my calamity; But the LORD was my stay.

noyes@Psalms:18:19 @ He brought me forth into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

noyes@Psalms:18:20 @ The LORD hath rewarded me according to my righteous; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

noyes@Psalms:18:21 @ For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God.

noyes@Psalms:18:22 @ For all his laws were in my sight; I did not put away his statutes from me.

noyes@Psalms:18:23 @ I was upright before him, And kept myself from iniquity.

noyes@Psalms:18:24 @ Therefore hath the LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.

noyes@Psalms:18:25 @ To the merciful thou showest thyself merciful; To the upright thou showest thyself upright;

noyes@Psalms:18:26 @ To the pure thou showest thyself pure, And to the perverse thou showest thyself perverse.

noyes@Psalms:18:27 @ For thou savest the afflicted people, But the haughty countenance thou bringest down.

noyes@Psalms:18:28 @ Thou causest my lamp to shine; Jehovah, my God, enlighteneth my darkness.

noyes@Psalms:18:29 @ For through thee I have broken through troops; Through my God I have leaped over walls.

noyes@Psalms:18:30 @ The ways of God are just and true; His word is pure, tried in the fire; He is a shield to all who put their trust in him.

noyes@Psalms:18:31 @ Who, then, is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?

noyes@Psalms:18:32 @ It is God that girded me with strength, And made my way plain.

noyes@Psalms:18:33 @ He made my feet like the hind’s, And set me in my high places;

noyes@Psalms:18:34 @ He taught my hands to war, So that my arm bent the bow of brass.

noyes@Psalms:18:35 @ Thou gavest me the shield of thy protection; Thy right hand held me up, And thy goodness made me great.

noyes@Psalms:18:36 @ Thou didst make a wide path for my steps, So that my feet did not stumble.

noyes@Psalms:18:37 @ I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And turned not back till I had destroyed them.

noyes@Psalms:18:38 @ I smote them, so that they could not rise; They fell under my feet.

noyes@Psalms:18:39 @ Thou didst gird me with strength for the battle; Thou didst cast down my adversaries under me.

noyes@Psalms:18:40 @ Thou didst cause my enemies to turn their backs, So that I destroyed them that hated me.

noyes@Psalms:18:41 @ They cried, but there was none to help; To Jehovah, but he answered them not.

noyes@Psalms:18:42 @ I beat them small, like dust before the wind; I cast them out as the dirt of the streets.

noyes@Psalms:18:43 @ Thou hast delivered me from the assaults of the nations; Thou hast made me the head of the kingdoms. Nations whom I knew not serve me;

noyes@Psalms:18:44 @ They who have only heard of me obey me; Yea, men of a strange land submit themselves to me;

noyes@Psalms:18:45 @ Men of a strange land fade away, like a leaf, And come trembling from their strongholds.

noyes@Psalms:18:46 @ Jehovah is the living God; blessed be my rock; Exalted be the God of my salvation!

noyes@Psalms:18:47 @ It is God who hath given me vengeance, And subdued the nations under me;

noyes@Psalms:18:48 @ He delivered me from my enemies; Yea, thou hast lifted me up above my adversaries; Thou hast saved me from the violent man!

noyes@Psalms:18:49 @ Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O LORD! among the nations, And sing praises to thy name.

noyes@Psalms:18:50 @ Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth mercy to his anointed,––To David and to his posterity for ever.

noyes@Psalms:19:1 @ The heavens declare the glory of God; The firmament showeth forth the work of his hands.

noyes@Psalms:19:2 @ Day uttereth instruction unto day, And night showeth knowledge unto night.

noyes@Psalms:19:3 @ They have no speech nor language, And their voice is not heard;

noyes@Psalms:19:4 @ Yet their sound goeth forth to all the earth, And their words to the ends of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

noyes@Psalms:19:5 @ Which cometh forth like a bridegroom from his chamber, And rejoiceth, like a strong man, to run his course.

noyes@Psalms:19:6 @ He goeth forth from the extremity of heaven, And maketh his circuit to the end of it; And nothing is hid from his heat.

noyes@Psalms:19:7 @ The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; The precepts of the LORD are sure, making wise the simple;

noyes@Psalms:19:8 @ The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandments of the LORD are pure, enlightening the eyes;

noyes@Psalms:19:9 @ The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever; The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.

noyes@Psalms:19:10 @ More precious are they than gold; yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.

noyes@Psalms:19:11 @ By them also is thy servant warned, And in keeping of them there is great reward.

noyes@Psalms:19:12 @ Who knoweth his own offences? Oh, cleanse thou me from secret faults!

noyes@Psalms:19:13 @ Keep back also thy servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me! Then shall I be upright; I shall not be polluted with gross transgression.

noyes@Psalms:19:14 @ May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer!

noyes@Psalms:20:1 @ May Jehovah hear thee in the day of trouble; May the name of the God of Jacob defend thee!

noyes@Psalms:20:2 @ May he send thee help from his sanctuary, And strengthen thee out of Zion!

noyes@Psalms:20:3 @ May he have regard to all thine offerings, And accept thy burnt sacrifice!

noyes@Psalms:20:4 @ May he grant thee thy heart’s desire, And fulfill all thy purposes!

noyes@Psalms:20:5 @ We will rejoice in thy protection, And in the name of our God will we set up our banners, When Jehovah hath fulfilled all thy petitions.

noyes@Psalms:20:6 @ Now I know that Jehovah helpeth his anointed; That he heareth him from his holy heaven, And aideth him with the saving strength of his right hand.

noyes@Psalms:20:7 @ Some glory in chariots, and some in horses, But we in the name of Jehovah our God.

noyes@Psalms:20:8 @ They stumble and fall, But we stand and are erect.

noyes@Psalms:20:9 @ The LORD save the king! May he hear us when we call!

noyes@Psalms:21:1 @ The king rejoiceth in thy strength, O LORD! Yea, he doth greatly exult in thy protection.

noyes@Psalms:21:2 @ Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, And hast not denied him the request of his lips.

noyes@Psalms:21:3 @ Yea, thou hast met him with rich blessings, Thou hast placed a crown of pure gold upon his head.

noyes@Psalms:21:4 @ He asked life of thee; thou gavest it him; Even long life, enduring for ever.

noyes@Psalms:21:5 @ Great is his glory through thine aid; Honor and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

noyes@Psalms:21:6 @ Thou hast made him blessed for evermore; Thou hast made him glad with the joy of thy countenance.

noyes@Psalms:21:7 @ For the king trusteth in the LORD; And through the goodness of the Most High he shall never fall.

noyes@Psalms:21:8 @ Thy hand shall overtake all thine enemies; Thy right hand shall overtake them that hate thee.

noyes@Psalms:21:9 @ Thou wilt make them like a burning oven in the time of thine anger; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

noyes@Psalms:21:10 @ Their offspring shalt thou destroy from the earth, And their posterity from the sons of men.

noyes@Psalms:21:11 @ For they spread a net of mischief against thee; They devised plots against thee, but they did not prevail.

noyes@Psalms:21:12 @ Therefore thou wilt cause them to turn their backs; Thou wilt make ready thine arrows upon the strings against them.

noyes@Psalms:21:13 @ Exalt thyself, O LORD! by thy strength! So will we sing, and praise thy mighty deeds.

noyes@Psalms:22:1 @ My God, my God! why hast thou forsaken me? Why so far from mine aid, and from the words of my cry?

noyes@Psalms:22:2 @ O my God! I cry during the day, but thou hearest not; In the night also, but I have no rest.

noyes@Psalms:22:3 @ And yet thou art holy, Dwelling amid the praises of Israel!

noyes@Psalms:22:4 @ Our fathers trusted in thee; They trusted, and thou didst save them.

noyes@Psalms:22:5 @ They called upon thee, and were delivered; They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.

noyes@Psalms:22:6 @ But I am a worm, and not a man; The reproach of men, and the scorn of the people.

noyes@Psalms:22:7 @ All who see me scoff at me; They open wide the lips; they shake the head.

noyes@Psalms:22:8 @ "He trusted in the LORD, let him help him; Let him deliver him, since he delighted in him!"

noyes@Psalms:22:9 @ Surely thou art he that didst bring me into the world; Thou didst make me lie secure upon my mother’s breast!

noyes@Psalms:22:10 @ Upon thee have I cast myself from my birth; Thou hast been my God from my earliest breath!

noyes@Psalms:22:11 @ Oh, be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help!

noyes@Psalms:22:12 @ Many bulls surround me; Strong bulls of Bashan close me in on every side.

noyes@Psalms:22:13 @ They open their mouths wide against me, Like a ravening and roaring lion.

noyes@Psalms:22:14 @ I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is become like wax; It melteth in my bosom.

noyes@Psalms:22:15 @ My strength is dried up like an earthen vessel, And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; Thou hast brought me to the dust of death!

noyes@Psalms:22:16 @ For dogs have surrounded me; Bands of evil–doers have encompassed me,––Like lions my hands and my feet.

noyes@Psalms:22:17 @ I can count all my bones; They gaze, and feast their eyes upon me.

noyes@Psalms:22:18 @ They divide my garments among them, And for my vesture they cast lots.

noyes@Psalms:22:19 @ But be not thou far from me, O LORD! O my strength! make haste to mine aid!

noyes@Psalms:22:20 @ Deliver my life from the sword; My blood from the power of the dog;

noyes@Psalms:22:21 @ Save me from the lion’s mouth; Shield me from the horns of the buffaloes!

noyes@Psalms:22:22 @ I will proclaim thy name to my brethren; In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

noyes@Psalms:22:23 @ Praise him, ye worshippers of Jehovah! Extol him, all ye race of Jacob. And fear him, all ye race of Israel!

noyes@Psalms:22:24 @ For he hath not despised nor abhorred the misery of the afflicted. Nor hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

noyes@Psalms:22:25 @ My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him!

noyes@Psalms:22:26 @ The afflicted shall eat, and be satisfied; They that seek the LORD shall praise him; Your hearts shall be glad for ever and ever!

noyes@Psalms:22:27 @ All the ends of the earth shall remember, and turn to Jehovah; All the families of the nations shall worship before thee!

noyes@Psalms:22:28 @ For the kingdom is Jehovah’s; He is the governor of the nations.

noyes@Psalms:22:29 @ All the rich of the earth shall eat and worship; Before him shall they also bow, who are going down to the dust, Who cannot keep themselves alive.

noyes@Psalms:22:30 @ The future generation shall serve him; The race which is to come shall hear of Jehovah.

noyes@Psalms:22:31 @ They shall come, and declare his righteousness; His mighty deeds to the people that shall be born.

noyes@Psalms:23:1 @ The LORD is my shepherd: I shall not want.

noyes@Psalms:23:2 @ He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters.

noyes@Psalms:23:3 @ He reviveth my soul; He leadeth me in paths of safety, For his name’s sake.

noyes@Psalms:23:4 @ When I walk through a valley of deathlike shade, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy crook and thy staff, they comfort me.

noyes@Psalms:23:5 @ Thou preparest a table before me In the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

noyes@Psalms:23:6 @ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

noyes@Psalms:24:1 @ The earth is the LORD’S, and all that is therein; The world, and they who inhabit it.

noyes@Psalms:24:2 @ For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.

noyes@Psalms:24:3 @ Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?

noyes@Psalms:24:4 @ He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; Who hath not inclined his soul to falsehood, Nor sworn deceitfully.

noyes@Psalms:24:5 @ He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, And favor from the God of his salvation.

noyes@Psalms:24:6 @ This is the race of them that seek him; They that seek thy face are Jacob.

noyes@Psalms:24:7 @ Lift up your heads, O ye gates! Lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, That the king of glory may come in!

noyes@Psalms:24:8 @ "Who is this king of glory?" Jehovah, strong and mighty; Jehovah, mighty in battle.

noyes@Psalms:24:9 @ Lift up your heads, O ye gates! Lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, That the king of glory may enter in!

noyes@Psalms:24:10 @ "Who is this king of glory?" Jehovah, God of hosts, he is the king of glory.

noyes@Psalms:25:1 @ To thee, O LORD! do I lift up my soul.

noyes@Psalms:25:2 @ O my God! I trust in thee; let me not be put to shame! Let not my enemies triumph over me!

noyes@Psalms:25:3 @ Yea, none that hope in thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame who wickedly forsake thee.

noyes@Psalms:25:4 @ Cause me to know thy ways, O LORD! Teach me thy paths!

noyes@Psalms:25:5 @ Lead me in thy truth, and teach me! For thou art the God from whom cometh my help; In thee do I trust at all times!

noyes@Psalms:25:6 @ Remember thy loving–kindness, O LORD! and thy tender mercy, Which thou hast exercised of old!

noyes@Psalms:25:7 @ Remember not the faults and transgressions of my youth! According to thy mercy remember thou me, For thy goodness’ sake, O LORD!

noyes@Psalms:25:8 @ Good and righteous is the LORD; Therefore showeth he to sinners the way.

noyes@Psalms:25:9 @ The humble he guideth in his statutes, And the humble he teacheth his way.

noyes@Psalms:25:10 @ All the doings of the LORD are mercy and truth To those who keep his covenant and his precepts.

noyes@Psalms:25:11 @ For thy name’s sake, O LORD, Pardon my iniquity; for it is great!

noyes@Psalms:25:12 @ Who is the man that feareth the LORD? Him doth he show the way which he should choose.

noyes@Psalms:25:13 @ He shall himself dwell in prosperity, And his offspring shall inherit the land.

noyes@Psalms:25:14 @ The friendship of the LORD is with them that fear him, And he will teach them his covenant.

noyes@Psalms:25:15 @ Mine eyes are ever directed to the LORD, For he will pluck my feet from the net.

noyes@Psalms:25:16 @ Look upon me, and pity me; For I am desolate and afflicted!

noyes@Psalms:25:17 @ Lighten the sorrows of my heart, And deliver me from my troubles!

noyes@Psalms:25:18 @ Look upon my affliction and distress, And forgive all my sins!

noyes@Psalms:25:19 @ Consider how many are my enemies, And with what violence they hate me!

noyes@Psalms:25:20 @ Guard thou my life, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I have trusted in thee!

noyes@Psalms:25:21 @ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For on thee do I rest my hope!

noyes@Psalms:25:22 @ Redeem Israel, O God! from all his troubles!

noyes@Psalms:26:1 @ Be thou my judge, O LORD! for I have walked in uprightness. I have put my trust in the LORD, therefore shall I not fall.

noyes@Psalms:26:2 @ Examine me, O LORD! and prove me; Try my reins and my heart!

noyes@Psalms:26:3 @ For thy kindness is ever before my eyes, And I walk in thy truth.

noyes@Psalms:26:4 @ I sit not with men of falsehood. And go not in company with dissemblers.

noyes@Psalms:26:5 @ I hate the assembly of evil–doers, And do not sit with the wicked.

noyes@Psalms:26:6 @ I wash my hands in innocence. And go around thine altar. O LORD!

noyes@Psalms:26:7 @ To utter the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all thy wondrous works.

noyes@Psalms:26:8 @ O LORD! I love the habitation of thy house, The place where thine honor dwelleth!

noyes@Psalms:26:9 @ Gather not my breath with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood,

noyes@Psalms:26:10 @ In whose hands is mischief, And whose right hands are full of bribes!

noyes@Psalms:26:11 @ But as for me, I walk in my integrity; Oh, redeem me, and be merciful to me!

noyes@Psalms:26:12 @ My feet tread in a straight path; In the congregation will I bless the LORD.

noyes@Psalms:27:1 @ The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the shield of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?

noyes@Psalms:27:2 @ When the wicked came upon me to devour me, Even my persecutors and enemies, they stumbled and fell.

noyes@Psalms:27:3 @ Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; Though war should rise against me, yet will I be confident.

noyes@Psalms:27:4 @ One thing have I desired of the LORD; that do I yet seek; That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the grace of the LORD, And to gaze upon his temple.

noyes@Psalms:27:5 @ For in the day of trouble he will hide me in his pavilion; Yea, in the secret place of his tabernacle will he shelter me; He will set me upon a rock.

noyes@Psalms:27:6 @ Yea, already doth he lift my head above my enemies, who are around me; Therefore in his tabernacle will I offer sacrifices with the sound of trumpets; I will sing, yea, with instruments of music I will give praise to the LORD.

noyes@Psalms:27:7 @ Hear my voice, O LORD! when I cry unto thee; Have pity upon me, and answer me!

noyes@Psalms:27:8 @ When I think of thy precept, "Seek ye my face!" Thy face, LORD, do I seek.

noyes@Psalms:27:9 @ O hide not thou thy face from me; Cast not thy servant away in displeasure! Thou hast been my help, do not leave me; Do not forsake me, O God, my helper!

noyes@Psalms:27:10 @ For my father and my mother have forsaken me; But the LORD will take me up.

noyes@Psalms:27:11 @ Teach me thy way, O LORD! And lead me in the right path, because of my enemies!

noyes@Psalms:27:12 @ Give me not up to the will of my adversaries! For false witnesses have risen up against me, And such as breathe out injustice.

noyes@Psalms:27:13 @ I trust that I shall see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Hope thou in the LORD!

noyes@Psalms:27:14 @ Be of good courage; let thy heart be strong; Hope thou in the LORD!

noyes@Psalms:28:1 @ To thee do I cry, O LORD! O my rock! be not silent to me, Lest, if thou answer me not, I become like those who go down to the pit!

noyes@Psalms:28:2 @ Hear the voice of my supplication, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands to thy most holy sanctuary!

noyes@Psalms:28:3 @ Draw me not away with the impious, and with evil–doers, Who speak peace to their neighbors, while mischief is in their hearts!

noyes@Psalms:28:4 @ Give them according to their deeds, and the wickedness of their doings; Give them according to the work of their hands; Render to them their desert!

noyes@Psalms:28:5 @ For they regard not the doings of the LORD, nor the work of his hands; Therefore will he destroy them, and not again build them up.

noyes@Psalms:28:6 @ Praised be the LORD, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications!

noyes@Psalms:28:7 @ The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusteth in him, and he helpeth me; Therefore doth my heart exult, And in my song I will praise him.

noyes@Psalms:28:8 @ Jehovah is the strength of his people; He is the protecting shield of his anointed.

noyes@Psalms:28:9 @ Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; Feed them also, and build them up for ever!

noyes@Psalms:29:1 @ Give to Jehovah, O ye sons of God! Give to Jehovah glory and praise!

noyes@Psalms:29:2 @ Give to Jehovah the glory due to his name; Worship Jehovah in holy attire!

noyes@Psalms:29:3 @ The voice of Jehovah is heard above the waters; The God of glory thundereth,–Jehovah above the great waters.

noyes@Psalms:29:4 @ The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty;

noyes@Psalms:29:5 @ The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon;

noyes@Psalms:29:6 @ Yea, he maketh them to leap like a calf,––Lebanon and Sirion like a young buffalo.

noyes@Psalms:29:7 @ The voice of Jehovah divideth the flames of fire.

noyes@Psalms:29:8 @ The voice of Jehovah maketh the wilderness tremble; Yea, Jehovah maketh the wilderness of Kadesh tremble.

noyes@Psalms:29:9 @ The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds bring forth, And layeth bare the forests; While, in his palace, every one declareth his glory.

noyes@Psalms:29:10 @ Jehovah sitteth above the flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth king for ever.

noyes@Psalms:29:11 @ Jehovah will give strength to his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.

noyes@Psalms:30:1 @ I will extol thee, O LORD! for thou hast lifted me up, And hast not suffered my enemies to rejoice over me.

noyes@Psalms:30:2 @ O Jehovah, my God! I called upon thee, and thou hast healed me!

noyes@Psalms:30:3 @ O LORD! thou hast raised me up from the underworld; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

noyes@Psalms:30:4 @ Sing unto the LORD, O ye his servants! And praise his holy name!

noyes@Psalms:30:5 @ For his anger endureth but a moment, But his favor through life; In the evening sorrow may be a guest, But joy cometh in the morning.

noyes@Psalms:30:6 @ I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved!"

noyes@Psalms:30:7 @ Thou, O LORD! by thy favor, hast made my mountain to stand strong; Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled!

noyes@Psalms:30:8 @ I cried unto thee, O LORD! To the LORD I made supplication:

noyes@Psalms:30:9 @ "What will my blood profit thee, that I should go down to the pit? Can dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness?

noyes@Psalms:30:10 @ Hear, O LORD! and have pity upon me! Be thou, LORD! my helper!"

noyes@Psalms:30:11 @ Thou didst turn my mourning into dancing; Thou didst loose my sackcloth, and gird me with gladness.

noyes@Psalms:30:12 @ Therefore I will sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah, my God! I will give thanks to thee for ever!

noyes@Psalms:31:1 @ In thee, O LORD! do I trust; let me never be put to shame; According to thy goodness deliver me!

noyes@Psalms:31:2 @ Bow down thine ear to me; help me speedily! Be to me a strong rock, a high fortress, for my deliverance!

noyes@Psalms:31:3 @ For thou art my rock and my high fortress; Be thou also my guide, and lead me, for thy name’s sake!

noyes@Psalms:31:4 @ Draw me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For thou art my strength!

noyes@Psalms:31:5 @ Into thy hand I commit my life; Thou wilt deliver me, O LORD, thou God of truth!

noyes@Psalms:31:6 @ I hate those who regard lying vanities, And put my trust in the LORD.

noyes@Psalms:31:7 @ I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, That thou hast looked upon my trouble, And hast had regard to my distress;

noyes@Psalms:31:8 @ That thou hast not given me up to the hands of my enemies, But hast set my feet in a wide place.

noyes@Psalms:31:9 @ Have mercy upon me, O LORD! for I am in trouble! My face is consumed with grief; Yea, my spirit and my body.

noyes@Psalms:31:10 @ For my life is wasted with sorrow, And my years with sighing; My strength faileth by reason of my affliction, And my bones are consumed on account of all my enemies.

noyes@Psalms:31:11 @ I have become the scorn of my neighbors, And the terror of my acquaintance; They who see me abroad flee from me.

noyes@Psalms:31:12 @ I am forgotten like a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

noyes@Psalms:31:13 @ I hear the slander of many; fear is on every side; For they take counsel together against me; They devise to take away my life.

noyes@Psalms:31:14 @ But I trust in thee, O Jehovah! I say, "Thou art my God!"

noyes@Psalms:31:15 @ My destiny is in thy hand; Deliver me from the power of my enemies and persecutors!

noyes@Psalms:31:16 @ Let thy face shine upon thy servant, And save me through thy mercy!

noyes@Psalms:31:17 @ Let me not be put to shame, O LORD! for I have called upon thee; Let the wicked be put to shame; Let them be silenced in the grave!

noyes@Psalms:31:18 @ Let lying lips be put to silence, Which speak proud things against the righteous, With haughtiness and contempt!

noyes@Psalms:31:19 @ O how great is thy goodness, which thou treasurest up for them that fear thee; Which thou showest to them that trust in thee, before the sons of men!

noyes@Psalms:31:20 @ Thou hidest them in the secret place of thy presence from the machinations of men; Thou shelterest them in thy pavilion from the violence of tongues.

noyes@Psalms:31:21 @ Praised be the LORD; for he hath shown me his wonderful kindness, As in a fortified city!

noyes@Psalms:31:22 @ I said in my distress, "I am cut off from before thine eyes;" But thou didst hear the voice of my supplication, When I cried unto thee.

noyes@Psalms:31:23 @ O love the LORD, all ye his servants; For the LORD preserveth the faithful, And requiteth the proud in full measure!

noyes@Psalms:31:24 @ Be of good courage; let your hearts be strong, All ye who trust in the LORD!

noyes@Psalms:32:1 @ Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!

noyes@Psalms:32:2 @ Happy the man to whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile!

noyes@Psalms:32:3 @ While I kept silence, my bones were wasted, By reason of my groaning all the day long.

noyes@Psalms:32:4 @ For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; My moisture dried up, as in summer’s drought.

noyes@Psalms:32:5 @ At length I acknowledged to thee my sin, And did not hide my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgression to the LORD;" And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin!

noyes@Psalms:32:6 @ Therefore shall every pious man pray to thee, while thou mayst be found; Surely the floods of great waters shall not come near him.

noyes@Psalms:32:7 @ Thou art my hiding–place; thou preservest me from trouble; Thou compassest me about with songs of deliverance.

noyes@Psalms:32:8 @ I will instruct thee, and show thee the way thou shouldst go; I will give thee counsel, and keep mine eye upon thee.

noyes@Psalms:32:9 @ Be ye not like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding, Whose mouths must be pressed with the bridle and curb, Because they will not come near thee!

noyes@Psalms:32:10 @ The wicked hath many sorrows; But he that trusteth in the LORD is encompassed with mercies.

noyes@Psalms:32:11 @ Rejoice in the LORD, and be glad, ye righteous; Shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart!

noyes@Psalms:33:1 @ Rejoice, O ye righteous, in the LORD! For praise becometh the upright.

noyes@Psalms:33:2 @ Praise the LORD with the harp; Sing to him with the ten–stringed psaltery!

noyes@Psalms:33:3 @ Sing to him a new song; Play skilfully amid the sound of trumpets!

noyes@Psalms:33:4 @ For the word of the LORD is right, And all his acts are faithful.

noyes@Psalms:33:5 @ He loveth justice and equity; The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

noyes@Psalms:33:6 @ By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, And all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.

noyes@Psalms:33:7 @ He gathereth the waters of the sea, as a heap; He layeth up the deep in storehouses.

noyes@Psalms:33:8 @ Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

noyes@Psalms:33:9 @ For he spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

noyes@Psalms:33:10 @ The LORD bringeth the devices of the nations to nothing; He frustrateth the designs of kingdoms.

noyes@Psalms:33:11 @ The purposes of the LORD stand for ever; The designs of his heart, to all generations.

noyes@Psalms:33:12 @ Happy the nation whose God is Jehovah; The people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.

noyes@Psalms:33:13 @ The LORD looketh down from heaven; He beholdeth all the children of men;

noyes@Psalms:33:14 @ From his dwelling–place he beholdeth all the inhabitants of the earth,––

noyes@Psalms:33:15 @ He that formed the hearts of all, And observeth all their works.

noyes@Psalms:33:16 @ A king is not saved by the number of his forces, Nor a hero by the greatness of his strength.

noyes@Psalms:33:17 @ The horse is a vain thing for safety, Nor can he deliver his master by his great strength.

noyes@Psalms:33:18 @ Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him,––Upon them that trust in his goodness;

noyes@Psalms:33:19 @ To save them from the power of death, And keep them alive in famine.

noyes@Psalms:33:20 @ The hope of our souls is in the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

noyes@Psalms:33:21 @ Yea, in him doth our heart rejoice; In his holy name we have confidence.

noyes@Psalms:33:22 @ May thy goodness be upon us, O LORD! According as we trust in thee!

noyes@Psalms:34:1 @ I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

noyes@Psalms:34:2 @ In the LORD doth my soul boast; Let the afflicted hear, and rejoice!

noyes@Psalms:34:3 @ O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt his name together!

noyes@Psalms:34:4 @ I sought the LORD, and he heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.

noyes@Psalms:34:5 @ Look up to him, and ye shall have light; Your faces shall never be ashamed.

noyes@Psalms:34:6 @ This afflicted man cried, and the LORD heard, And saved him from all his troubles.

noyes@Psalms:34:7 @ The angels of the LORD encamp around those who fear him, And deliver them.

noyes@Psalms:34:8 @ O taste, and see how good is the LORD! Happy the man who trusteth in him!

noyes@Psalms:34:9 @ O fear the LORD, ye his servants! For to those who fear him there shall be no want.

noyes@Psalms:34:10 @ Young lions want, and suffer hunger; But they who fear the LORD want no good thing.

noyes@Psalms:34:11 @ Come, ye children, hearken to me! I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

noyes@Psalms:34:12 @ Who is he that loveth life, And desireth many days, in which he may see good?

noyes@Psalms:34:13 @ Guard well thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile!

noyes@Psalms:34:14 @ Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it!

noyes@Psalms:34:15 @ The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, And his ears are open to their cry.

noyes@Psalms:34:16 @ But the face of the LORD is against evil–doers, To cut off their remembrance from the earth.

noyes@Psalms:34:17 @ The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, And delivereth them from all their troubles.

noyes@Psalms:34:18 @ The LORD is near to them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

noyes@Psalms:34:19 @ Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But the LORD delivereth him from them all.

noyes@Psalms:34:20 @ He guardeth all his bones; Not one of them shall be broken.

noyes@Psalms:34:21 @ Calamity destroyeth the wicked, And they who hate the righteous suffer for it.

noyes@Psalms:34:22 @ The LORD redeemeth the life of his servants, And none that put their trust in him will suffer for it.

noyes@Psalms:35:1 @ Contend, O LORD! with them that contend with me! Fight against them that fight against me!

noyes@Psalms:35:2 @ Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help!

noyes@Psalms:35:3 @ Draw forth the spear and the axe against my persecutors; Say to me, "I am thy salvation."

noyes@Psalms:35:4 @ May they be confounded and put to shame, who seek my life; May they be turned back with disgrace, who devise my hurt!

noyes@Psalms:35:5 @ May they be like dust before the wind; May the angel of the LORD drive them!

noyes@Psalms:35:6 @ May their way be dark and slippery, And may the angel of the LORD pursue them!

noyes@Psalms:35:7 @ For without cause they have laid for me a snare; Without cause they have digged for me a pit.

noyes@Psalms:35:8 @ May unforeseen destruction come upon them! May the snare which they have laid lay hold on themselves, And may they fall into destruction!

noyes@Psalms:35:9 @ Then shall my soul rejoice in the LORD; It shall exult in his protection.

noyes@Psalms:35:10 @ All my bones shall say, Who, O LORD! is like thee, Who dost rescue the afflicted from the oppressor, The afflicted and destitute from the spoiler?

noyes@Psalms:35:11 @ False witnesses have risen up; They charge me with that which has not entered my mind.

noyes@Psalms:35:12 @ They repay me evil for good; They cause bereavement to my soul.

noyes@Psalms:35:13 @ And yet I, during their sickness, clothed myself with sackcloth, And afflicted myself with fasting; And my prayer was turned to my bosom.

noyes@Psalms:35:14 @ I behaved myself as if he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down in sadness, as one mourning for his mother.

noyes@Psalms:35:15 @ But at my fall they rejoice, and gather themselves together; Revilers whom I know not assemble themselves against me; They tear me without ceasing.

noyes@Psalms:35:16 @ With base men who mock for their bread, They gnash at me with their teeth.

noyes@Psalms:35:17 @ How long, O LORD! wilt thou look on? O rescue my life from the destruction they plot for me; My precious life from these young lions!

noyes@Psalms:35:18 @ I will thank thee in the great assembly! Before a numerous people I will praise thee.

noyes@Psalms:35:19 @ Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully triumph over me; Let them not wink with the eye, who hate me without cause!

noyes@Psalms:35:20 @ For they speak not peace; They devise deceit against them that are quiet in the land.

noyes@Psalms:35:21 @ Yea, they open their mouths wide against me; They say, "Aha, aha! our eyes seeth it."

noyes@Psalms:35:22 @ Thou seest it, O LORD! be not silent! O LORD! be not far from me!

noyes@Psalms:35:23 @ Arouse thyself; awake for my defence! My God and my Lord, awake to my cause!

noyes@Psalms:35:24 @ Judge me according to thy righteousness, O Jehovah, my God! Let them not triumph over me!

noyes@Psalms:35:25 @ Let them not say in their hearts, "Aha! we have our wish!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up!"

noyes@Psalms:35:26 @ May they all be confounded and brought to shame, Who rejoice at my calamity! May they be clothed with ignominy and disgrace, Who exalt themselves against me!

noyes@Psalms:35:27 @ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause; Let them ever say, "The LORD be praised, Who delighteth in the prosperity of his servant!"

noyes@Psalms:35:28 @ So shall my tongue speak of thy righteousness, And daily repeat thy praise.

noyes@Psalms:36:1 @ To speak of the ungodliness of the wicked is in my heart. He hath no fear of God before his eyes.

noyes@Psalms:36:2 @ For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, Till his iniquity is found out and hated.

noyes@Psalms:36:3 @ The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; He neglecteth to be wise and to do good.

noyes@Psalms:36:4 @ He deviseth mischief upon his bed; He persevereth in an evil way; He abhorreth not sin.

noyes@Psalms:36:5 @ Thy goodness, O LORD! reacheth to the heavens, And thy faithfulness to the clouds;

noyes@Psalms:36:6 @ Thy righteousness is like the high mountains; Thy judgments are a great deep; Thou, O LORD! preservest man and beast!

noyes@Psalms:36:7 @ How precious is thy loving–kindness, O God! Yea, the sons of men seek refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

noyes@Psalms:36:8 @ They are satisfied with the abundance of thy house, And thou causest them to drink of the full stream of thy pleasures.

noyes@Psalms:36:9 @ For with thee is the fountain of life; Through thy light we see light.

noyes@Psalms:36:10 @ O continue thy loving–kindness to them that know thee, And thy favor to the upright in heart!

noyes@Psalms:36:11 @ Let not the foot of the proud come upon me, Nor the hand of the wicked remove me!

noyes@Psalms:36:12 @ Lo! already are the workers of iniquity fallen; They are cast down; they are unable to rise!

noyes@Psalms:37:1 @ Be not thou angry on account of the wicked, Nor be envious of those who do iniquity.

noyes@Psalms:37:2 @ For soon shall they be cut down like grass, And wither like the green herb.

noyes@Psalms:37:3 @ Trust in the LORD, and do good; Abide in the land, and delight in faithfulness.

noyes@Psalms:37:4 @ Place thy delight in the LORD. And he will give thee thy heart’s desires.

noyes@Psalms:37:5 @ Commit thy way to the LORD; Trust in him, and he will give thee success!

noyes@Psalms:37:6 @ He will cause thy justice to shine forth like the light, And thy righteousness like the noonday’s brightness.

noyes@Psalms:37:7 @ Hope thou patiently on the LORD, And in him place thy trust! Be not angry on account of the prosperous,––On account of him that deviseth deceit!

noyes@Psalms:37:8 @ Cease from anger; give not way to wrath; Be not provoked, so as to do evil!

noyes@Psalms:37:9 @ For evil–doers shall be rooted out; But they who trust in the LORD, they shall inherit the land.

noyes@Psalms:37:10 @ Yet a little while, and the wicked shall be no more; Thou mayst look for his place, and he will not be found.

noyes@Psalms:37:11 @ But the meek shall inherit the land, And delight themselves in the fulness of prosperity.

noyes@Psalms:37:12 @ The wicked man plotteth against the just, And gnasheth at him with his teeth.

noyes@Psalms:37:13 @ The Lord laugheth at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.

noyes@Psalms:37:14 @ The wicked draw the sword, And bend their bow, To cast down the afflicted and the needy, And to slay the upright.

noyes@Psalms:37:15 @ Their swords shall enter their own hearts, And their bows shall be broken in pieces.

noyes@Psalms:37:16 @ Better is the little of the righteous man Than the great abundance of the wicked;

noyes@Psalms:37:17 @ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But the LORD will uphold the righteous.

noyes@Psalms:37:18 @ The LORD careth for the life of the upright, And their inheritance shall endure for ever.

noyes@Psalms:37:19 @ They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall have enough.

noyes@Psalms:37:20 @ But the wicked shall perish; Yea, the enemies of the LORD shall be consumed, like the glory of the fields; They shall be consumed into smoke.

noyes@Psalms:37:21 @ The wicked borroweth, and repayeth not; But the righteous is merciful and bountiful.

noyes@Psalms:37:22 @ For they who are blessed by God shall inherit the land, And they who are cursed by him shall be rooted out.

noyes@Psalms:37:23 @ The steps of the good man are directed by the LORD; He delighteth himself in his way.

noyes@Psalms:37:24 @ Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, For the LORD holdeth him by the hand.

noyes@Psalms:37:25 @ I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his offspring begging bread.

noyes@Psalms:37:26 @ He is ever merciful and lendeth, And his offspring shall be blessed.

noyes@Psalms:37:27 @ Depart from evil, and do good; So thou shalt dwell in the land for ever.

noyes@Psalms:37:28 @ For the LORD loveth righteousness, And forsaketh not his servants; They are preserved for ever; But the posterity of the wicked shall be rooted out.

noyes@Psalms:37:29 @ The righteous shall inherit the land, And shall dwell therein for ever.

noyes@Psalms:37:30 @ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh what is right.

noyes@Psalms:37:31 @ The law of his God is in his heart; His footsteps shall not slip.

noyes@Psalms:37:32 @ The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him;

noyes@Psalms:37:33 @ The Lord will not leave him in his hand, Nor suffer him to be condemned, when he is judged.

noyes@Psalms:37:34 @ Trust in the LORD, and keep his way, And he will exalt thee to the possession of the land, Whilst thou shalt see the destruction of the wicked!

noyes@Psalms:37:35 @ I have seen a wicked man in great power, And spreading himself like a green cedar;

noyes@Psalms:37:36 @ But he passed away, and, lo! he was no more; Yea, I sought him, but he was not found.

noyes@Psalms:37:37 @ Mark the righteous man, and behold the upright, That posterity is to the man of peace!

noyes@Psalms:37:38 @ But transgressors will all be destroyed; The posterity of the wicked shall be rooted out.

noyes@Psalms:37:39 @ The salvation of the just is from the LORD. He is their strength in the time of trouble.

noyes@Psalms:37:40 @ The LORD will help and deliver them; He will deliver them from their enemies, and save them, Because they trust in him.

noyes@Psalms:38:1 @ O LORD! rebuke me not in thy wrath, Nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure!

noyes@Psalms:38:2 @ For thine arrows have deeply pierced me, And thy hand hath been heavy upon me.

noyes@Psalms:38:3 @ There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger; Nor rest in my bones, because of my sin.

noyes@Psalms:38:4 @ For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden, they are more than I can bear.

noyes@Psalms:38:5 @ My wounds putrefy and are loathsome on account of my folly.

noyes@Psalms:38:6 @ I am bent; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

noyes@Psalms:38:7 @ For my loins are full of burning heat, And there is no soundness in my flesh.

noyes@Psalms:38:8 @ I am weakened and bruised exceedingly; I roar by reason of the disquietude of my heart.

noyes@Psalms:38:9 @ O Lord! thou knowest all my desire, And my groaning is not hidden from thee!

noyes@Psalms:38:10 @ My heart panteth; my strength faileth me; The very light of my eyes is gone from me.

noyes@Psalms:38:11 @ My friends and acquaintance keep aloof from my woe, And my kinsmen stand afar off:

noyes@Psalms:38:12 @ While they who seek my life lay snares for me; They who seek my hurt threaten destruction, And meditate deceit all the day long.

noyes@Psalms:38:13 @ But I, like a deaf man, hear not; And, like a dumb man, open not my mouth.

noyes@Psalms:38:14 @ I am like one who heareth nothing, And in whose mouth is no reply.

noyes@Psalms:38:15 @ For in thee, O LORD! do I put my trust; Thou wilt hear, O Lord, my God!

noyes@Psalms:38:16 @ For I have prayed, "Let them not rejoice over me; Let them not exult at the slipping of my feet!"

noyes@Psalms:38:17 @ For I am ready to fall, And my pain doth never leave me;

noyes@Psalms:38:18 @ For I confess my iniquity, And am troubled on account of my sin.

noyes@Psalms:38:19 @ But my enemies flourish and are strong; They who hate me without cause are multiplied.

noyes@Psalms:38:20 @ They who repay good with evil are my enemies, Because I follow that which is good.

noyes@Psalms:38:21 @ Forsake me not, O LORD! O my God! be not far from me!

noyes@Psalms:38:22 @ Make hast to mine aid, O Lord, my salvation!

noyes@Psalms:39:1 @ I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

noyes@Psalms:39:2 @ I was dumb with silence; I spake not even what was good; But my pain was increased.

noyes@Psalms:39:3 @ My heart was hot within me; In my anguish the fire burst forth, And I spake with my tongue:

noyes@Psalms:39:4 @ LORD, make me to know mine end, And the number of my days, That I may know how frail I am!

noyes@Psalms:39:5 @ Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand–breadth, And my life is as nothing before thee; Yea, every man in his firmest state is altogether vanity.

noyes@Psalms:39:6 @ Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely he disquieteth himself in vain; He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

noyes@Psalms:39:7 @ What, then, O Lord! is my hope? My hope is in thee!

noyes@Psalms:39:8 @ Deliver me from all my transgressions; Let me not be the reproach of scoffers!

noyes@Psalms:39:9 @ Yet I am dumb; I open not my mouth; For thou hast done it!

noyes@Psalms:39:10 @ But remove from me thine infliction; For I am perishing by the blow of thine hand.

noyes@Psalms:39:11 @ When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for iniquity, Thou causest his glory to waste away like a moth! Surely every man is vanity.

noyes@Psalms:39:12 @ Hear my prayer, O LORD! Give ear to my cry; Be not silent at my tears! For I am but a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

noyes@Psalms:39:13 @ O spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go away, and be no more!

noyes@Psalms:40:1 @ I trusted steadfastly in the LORD, And he listened, and heard my cry.

noyes@Psalms:40:2 @ He drew me out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, And made my steps firm.

noyes@Psalms:40:3 @ He hath put into my mouth a new song, A song of praise to our God. Many shall see, and fear, And put their trust in the LORD.

noyes@Psalms:40:4 @ Happy the man who maketh the LORD his trust, And resorteth not to men of pride and falsehood!

noyes@Psalms:40:5 @ Many, O LORD, my God! are the wonderful works which thou hast done; Many have been thy gracious purposes towards us; None can be compared to thee! Would I declare and rehearse them, they are more than can be numbered.

noyes@Psalms:40:6 @ In sacrifice and oblation thou hast no pleasure; Mine ears thou hast opened; Burnt–offering and sin–offering thou requirest not.

noyes@Psalms:40:7 @ Therefore I said, "Lo, I come; In the scroll of the book it is prescribed to me;

noyes@Psalms:40:8 @ O my God! to do thy will is my delight, And thy law dwelleth in my heart!"

noyes@Psalms:40:9 @ I have proclaimed thy righteousness in the great assembly; Lo, I have not restrained my lips, O LORD! thou knowest!

noyes@Psalms:40:10 @ I hide not thy justice in my heart; I declare thy faithfulness and thy salvation; I conceal not thy mercy and truth from the great assembly.

noyes@Psalms:40:11 @ Withdraw not from me thy tender mercies, O LORD! May thy loving–kindness and thy truth continually preserve me!

noyes@Psalms:40:12 @ For evils without number have encompassed me; My iniquities have overtaken me; I cannot see the end of them; They are more than the hairs of my head, And my heart dieth within me.

noyes@Psalms:40:13 @ May it please thee, O LORD! to deliver me! O LORD! make haste to mine aid!

noyes@Psalms:40:14 @ May they all be confounded and covered with shame Who seek to take away my life! Let them be driven back with disgrace Who desire to do me injury!

noyes@Psalms:40:15 @ Let them be overwhelmed with confusion Who cry out to me, Aha! aha!

noyes@Psalms:40:16 @ But let all who seek thee Be glad and rejoice in thee! Let those who love thy protection Ever say, "Great is Jehovah!"

noyes@Psalms:40:17 @ I am poor and afflicted, yet the Lord thinketh upon me; Thou art my help and my deliverer; My God! make no delay!

noyes@Psalms:41:1 @ Happy is he who hath regard to the poor! The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

noyes@Psalms:41:2 @ The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; He shall be happy on the earth; Thou wilt not give him up to the will of his enemies!

noyes@Psalms:41:3 @ The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of disease; All his bed thou wilt change in his sickness.

noyes@Psalms:41:4 @ I said, O LORD! be merciful to me! Heal me, for I have sinned against thee!

noyes@Psalms:41:5 @ My enemies speak evil of me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

noyes@Psalms:41:6 @ If one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth malice; When he goeth abroad, he uttereth it.

noyes@Psalms:41:7 @ All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise mischief:

noyes@Psalms:41:8 @ "A deadly disease cleaveth fast unto him; He lieth down, and he shall never arise!"

noyes@Psalms:41:9 @ Yea, my familiar friend in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread,––He hath lifted up his heel against me.

noyes@Psalms:41:10 @ But do thou, O LORD! have pity upon me; Raise me up, that I may requite them!

noyes@Psalms:41:11 @ By this I know that thou favorest me, Because my enemy doth not triumph over me.

noyes@Psalms:41:12 @ As for me, thou wilt uphold me in my integrity; Thou wilt set me before thy face for ever!

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noyes@Psalms:42:1 @ As the hart panteth for the water–brooks, So panteth my soul for thee, O God!

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