The Book Of Psalms
Psalms 1-10
Psalm 1
| 1:1 | Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. |
| 1:2 | But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. |
| 1:3 | And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. |
| 1:4 | The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. |
| 1:5 | Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. |
| 1:6 | For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. |
Psalm 2
| 2:1 | Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? |
| 2:2 | The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, |
| 2:3 | Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. |
| 2:4 | He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. |
| 2:5 | Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. |
| 2:6 | Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. |
| 2:7 | I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. |
| 2:8 | Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. |
| 2:9 | Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. |
| 2:10 | Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. |
| 2:11 | Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. |
| 2:12 | Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. |
Psalm 3
A Psalm of David, when he fled from
Absalom his son.
| 3:1 | Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. |
| 3:2 | Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. |
| 3:3 | But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. |
| 3:4 | I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. |
| 3:5 | I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. |
| 3:6 | I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. |
| 3:7 | Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. |
| 3:8 | Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. |
Psalm 4
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A
Psalm of David.
| 4:1 | Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. |
| 4:2 | O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. |
| 4:3 | But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. |
| 4:4 | Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. |
| 4:5 | Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. |
| 4:6 | There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. |
| 4:7 | Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. |
| 4:8 | I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. |
Psalm 5
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth,
A Psalm of David.
| 5:1 | Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. |
| 5:2 | Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. |
| 5:3 | My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. |
| 5:4 | For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. |
| 5:5 | The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. |
| 5:6 | Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. |
| 5:7 | But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. |
| 5:8 | Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. |
| 5:9 | For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. |
| 5:10 | Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. |
| 5:11 | But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. |
| 5:12 | For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. |
Psalm 6
To the chief Musician on Neginoth
upon Sheminith,, A Psalm of David.
| 6:1 | O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. |
| 6:2 | Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. |
| 6:3 | My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? |
| 6:4 | Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. |
| 6:5 | For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? |
| 6:6 | I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. |
| 6:7 | Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. |
| 6:8 | Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. |
| 6:9 | The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. |
| 6:10 | Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. |
Psalm 7
Shiggaion of David, which he sang
unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.
| 7:1 | O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: |
| 7:2 | Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. |
| 7:3 | O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; |
| 7:4 | If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) |
| 7:5 | Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. |
| 7:6 | Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. |
| 7:7 | So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. |
| 7:8 | The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. |
| 7:9 | Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. |
| 7:10 | My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. |
| 7:11 | God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. |
| 7:12 | If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. |
| 7:13 | He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. |
| 7:14 | Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. |
| 7:15 | He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. |
| 7:16 | His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. |
| 7:17 | I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. |
Psalm 8
To the chief Musician upon Gittith,
A Psalm of David.
| 8:1 | O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. |
| 8:2 | Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. |
| 8:3 | When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; |
| 8:4 | What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? |
| 8:5 | For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. |
| 8:6 | Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: |
| 8:7 | All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; |
| 8:8 | The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. |
| 8:9 | O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! |
Psalm 9
To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.
| 9:1 | I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. |
| 9:2 | I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. |
| 9:3 | When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. |
| 9:4 | For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. |
| 9:5 | Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. |
| 9:6 | O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. |
| 9:7 | But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. |
| 9:8 | And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. |
| 9:9 | The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. |
| 9:10 | And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. |
| 9:11 | Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. |
| 9:12 | When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. |
| 9:13 | Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: |
| 9:14 | That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. |
| 9:15 | The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. |
| 9:16 | The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. |
| 9:17 | The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. |
| 9:18 | For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. |
| 9:19 | Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. |
| 9:20 | Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. |
Psalm 10
| 10:1 | Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? |
| 10:2 | The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. |
| 10:3 | For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. |
| 10:4 | The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. |
| 10:5 | His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. |
| 10:6 | He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. |
| 10:7 | His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. |
| 10:8 | He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. |
| 10:9 | He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. |
| 10:10 | He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. |
| 10:11 | He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. |
| 10:12 | Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. |
| 10:13 | Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. |
| 10:14 | Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. |
| 10:15 | Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. |
| 10:16 | The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. |
| 10:17 | LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: |
| 10:18 | To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. |