The Works and the Word of God.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
The aheavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their bexpanse is declaring the work of His hands.
2 Day to aday pours forth speech,
And bnight to night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not heard.
4 Their aline has gone out through all the earth,
And their utterances to the end of the world.
In them He has bplaced a tent for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.
6 Its arising is from one end of the heavens,
And its circuit to the other end of them;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
7 aThe law of the Lord is bperfect, crestoring the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is dsure, making ewise the simple.
8 The precepts of the Lord are aright, brejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is cpure, denlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the Lord are atrue; they are brighteous altogether.
10 They are more desirable than agold, yes, than much fine gold;
bSweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
11 Moreover, by them aYour servant is warned;
In keeping them there is great breward.
12 Who can adiscern his errors? bAcquit me of chidden faults.
13 Also keep back Your servant afrom presumptuous sins;
Let them not brule over me;
Then I will be cblameless,
And I shall be acquitted of dgreat transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth and athe meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, bmy rock and my cRedeemer.
Prayer for Victory over Enemies.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
May the Lord answer you ain the day of trouble!
May the bname of the cGod of Jacob set you securely on high!
2 May He send you help afrom the sanctuary
And bsupport you from Zion!
3 May He aremember all your meal offerings
And bfind your burnt offering acceptable! Selah.
4 May He grant you your aheart’s desire
And bfulfill all your counsel!
5 We will asing for joy over your victory,
And in the name of our God we will bset up our banners.
May the Lord cfulfill all your petitions.
6 Now aI know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will banswer him from His holy heaven
With the csaving strength of His right hand.
7 Some boast in chariots and some in ahorses,
But bwe will boast in the name of the Lord, our God.
8 They have abowed down and fallen,
But we have brisen and stood upright.
9 aSave, O Lord;
May the bKing answer us in the day we call.
Praise for Deliverance.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, in Your strength the king will abe glad,
And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice!
2 You have agiven him his heart’s desire,
And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For You ameet him with the blessings of good things;
You set a bcrown of fine gold on his head.
4 He asked life of You,
You agave it to him,
bLength of days forever and ever.
5 His aglory is great through Your salvation,
bSplendor and majesty You place upon him.
6 For You make him most ablessed forever;
You make him joyful bwith gladness in Your presence.
7 For the king atrusts in the Lord,
And through the lovingkindness of the Most High bhe will not be shaken.
8 Your hand will afind out all your enemies;
Your right hand will find out those who hate you.
9 You will make them aas a fiery oven in the time of your anger;
The Lord will bswallow them up in His wrath,
And cfire will devour them.
10 Their offspring You will destroy from the earth,
And their adescendants from among the sons of men.
11 Though they aintended evil against You
And bdevised a plot,
They will not succeed.
12 For You will amake them turn their back;
You will aim bwith Your bowstrings at their faces.
13 Be exalted, O Lord, in Your strength;
We will asing and praise Your power.
A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.
For the choir director; upon Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.
aMy God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
bFar from my deliverance are the words of my cgroaning.
2 O my God, I acry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I have no rest.
3 Yet aYou are holy,
O You who are enthroned upon bthe praises of Israel.
4 In You our fathers atrusted;
They trusted and You bdelivered them.
5 To You they cried out and were delivered;
aIn You they trusted and were not disappointed.
6 But I am a aworm and not a man,
A breproach of men and cdespised by the people.
7 All who see me asneer at me;
They separate with the lip, they bwag the head, saying,
8 “Commit yourself to the Lord; alet Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”
9 Yet You are He who abrought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
10 Upon You I was cast afrom birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.
11 aBe not far from me, for trouble is near;
For there is bnone to help.
12 Many abulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of bBashan have encircled me.
13 They aopen wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring blion.
14 I am apoured out like water,
And all my bbones are out of joint;
My cheart is like wax;
It is melted within me.
15 My astrength is dried up like a potsherd,
And bmy tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You clay me in the dust of death.
16 For adogs have surrounded me;
A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
They bpierced my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones.
aThey look, they stare at me;
18 They adivide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.
19 But You, O Lord, abe not far off;
O You my help, bhasten to my assistance.
20 Deliver my soul from athe sword,
My bonly life from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the alion’s mouth;
From the horns of the bwild oxen You canswer me.
22 I will atell of Your name to my brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23 aYou who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you descendants of Jacob, bglorify Him,
And cstand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.
24 For He has anot despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He bhidden His face from him;
But cwhen he cried to Him for help, He heard.
25 From You comes amy praise in the great assembly;
I shall bpay my vows before those who fear Him.
26 The afflicted will eat and abe satisfied;
Those who seek Him will bpraise the Lord.
Let your cheart live forever!
27 All the aends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the bfamilies of the nations will worship before You.
28 For the akingdom is the Lord’s
And He brules over the nations.
29 All the aprosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who bgo down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who ccannot keep his soul alive.
30 aPosterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to bthe coming generation.
31 They will come and awill declare His righteousness
To a people bwho will be born, that He has performed it.
The Lord, the Psalmist’s Shepherd.
A Psalm of David.
The Lord is my ashepherd,
I shall bnot want.
2 He makes me lie down in agreen pastures;
He bleads me beside cquiet waters.
3 He arestores my soul;
He bguides me in the cpaths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
4 Even though I awalk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I bfear no evil, for cYou are with me;
Your drod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You aprepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You have banointed my head with oil;
My ccup overflows.
6 Surely agoodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will bdwell in the house of the Lord forever.