Psalm 3 KJV
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
1. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me!
Many are they that rise up against me.
2. Many there be which say of my soul,
There is no help for him in God.
Selah.
3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me;
My glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
4. I cried unto the LORD with my voice,
And he heard me out of his holy hill.
Selah.
5. I laid me down and slept;
I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,
That have set themselves against me round about.
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.
8. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD:
Thy blessing is upon thy people.
Selah.
Psalm 9 KJV
To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David.
א Aleph
1. I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart;
I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2. I will be glad and rejoice in thee:
I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
ב Bet
3. When mine enemies are turned back,
They shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause;
Thou satest in the throne judging right.
ג Gimel
5. Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,
Thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:
And thou hast destroyed cities; Their memorial is perished with them.
ה He
7. But the LORD shall endure for ever:
He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8. And he shall judge the world in righteousness,
He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
ו Waw
9. The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.
10. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:
For thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
ז Zain
11. Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion:
Declare among the people his doings.
12. When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them:
He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
ח Het
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:
14. That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion:
I will rejoice in thy salvation.
ט Tet
15. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made:
In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16. The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth:
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
Higgaion. Selah.
י Yod
17. The wicked shall be turned into hell,
And all the nations that forget God.
כ Kaph
18. For the needy shall not alway be forgotten:
The expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19. Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail:
Let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20. Put them in fear, O LORD:
That the nations may know themselves to be but men.
Selah.
Psalm 16 KJV
Michtam of David.
1. Preserve me, O God:
For in thee do I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD,
Thou art my Lord: My goodness extendeth not to thee;
3. But to the saints that are in the earth,
And to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
4. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:
Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer,
Nor take up their names into my lips.
5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:
Thou maintainest my lot.
6. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7. I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel:
My reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
8. I have set the LORD always before me:
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:
My flesh also shall rest in hope.
10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;
Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy;
At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalm 18 KJV
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,
1. I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
2. The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4. The sorrows of death compassed me,
And the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5. The sorrows of hell compassed me about:
The snares of death prevented me.
6. In my distress I called upon the LORD,
And cried unto my God:
He heard my voice out of his temple,
And my cry came before him, even into his ears.
7. Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
9. He bowed the heavens also, and came down:
And darkness was under his feet.
10. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly:
Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
11. He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him
Were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12. At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed,
Hail stones and coals of fire.
13. The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice;
Hail stones and coals of fire.
14. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
And he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15. Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD,
At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16. He sent from above, he took me,
He drew me out of many waters.
17. He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me:
For they were too strong for me.
18. They prevented me in the day of my calamity:
But the LORD was my stay.
19. He brought me forth also into a large place;
He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20. The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21. For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
22. For all his judgments were before me,
And I did not put away his statutes from me.
23. I was also upright before him,
And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24. Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25. With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful;
With an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26. With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;
And with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27. For thou wilt save the afflicted people;
But wilt bring down high looks.
28. For thou wilt light my candle:
The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
29. For by thee I have run through a troop;
And by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30. As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of the LORD is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31. For who is God save the LORD?
Or who is a rock save our God?
32. It is God that girdeth me with strength,
And maketh my way perfect.
33. He maketh my feet like hinds' feet,
And setteth me upon my high places.
34. He teacheth my hands to war,
So that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
35. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:
And thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
36. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,
That my feet did not slip.
37. I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them:
Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
38. I have wounded them that they were not able to rise:
They are fallen under my feet.
39. For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:
Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies;
That I might destroy them that hate me.
41. They cried, but there was none to save them:
Even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
42. Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind:
I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43. Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;
And thou hast made me the head of the heathen:
A people whom
I have not known shall serve me.
44. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me:
The strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45. The strangers shall fade away,
And be afraid out of their close places.
46. The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock;
And let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47. It is God that avengeth me,
And subdueth the people under me.
48. He delivereth me from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me:
Thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
49. Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen,
And sing praises unto thy name.
50. Great deliverance giveth he to his king;
And sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Psalm 23 KJV
A Psalm of David.
1. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
3. He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Psalm 25 KJV
1. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. 2. O my God, I trust in thee:
ב Bet
Let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
ג Gimel
3. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed:
Let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
ד Dalet
4. Shew me thy ways, O LORD;
Teach me thy paths.
ה He
5. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:
(ו Waw)
For thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
ז Zain
6. Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;
For they have been ever of old.
ח Het
7. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:
According to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
ט Tet
8. Good and upright is the LORD:
Therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
י Yod
9. The meek will he guide in judgment:
And the meek will he teach his way.
כ Kaph
10. All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth
Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
ל Lamed
11. For thy name's sake, O LORD,
Pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
מ Mem
12. What man is he that feareth the LORD?
Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
נ Nun
13. His soul shall dwell at ease;
And his seed shall inherit the earth.
ס Samek
14. The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him;
And he will shew them his covenant.
ע Ain
15. Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD;
For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
פ Pe
16. Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;
For I am desolate and afflicted.
צ Zade
17. The troubles of my heart are enlarged:
O bring thou me out of my distresses.
(ק Qoph)
18. Look upon mine affliction and my pain;
And forgive all my sins.
ר Resh
19. Consider mine enemies; for they are many;
And they hate me with cruel hatred.
ש Shin
20. O keep my soul, and deliver me:
Let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
ת Taw
21. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;
For I wait on thee.
22. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Psalm 28 KJV
A Psalm of David.
1. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me:
Lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,
When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
3. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity,
Which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
4. Give them according to their deeds,
And according to the wickedness of their endeavours:
Give them after the work of their hands;
Render to them their desert.
5. Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands,
He shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6. Blessed be the LORD,
Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped:
Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
8. The LORD is their strength,
And he is the saving strength of his anointed.
9. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance:
Feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Psalm 30 KJV
A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.
1. I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up,
And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2. O LORD my God,
I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
3. O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave:
Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
4. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his,
And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
5. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:
Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
6. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
7. LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong:
Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
8. I cried to thee, O LORD;
And unto the LORD I made supplication.
9. What profit is there in my blood,
When I go down to the pit?
Shall the dust praise thee?
Shall it declare thy truth?
10. Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me:
LORD, be thou my helper.
11. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing:
Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
12. To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Psalm 32 KJV
A Psalm of David, Maschil.
1. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
2. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no guile.
3. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old
Through my roaring all the day long.
4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:
My moisture is turned into the drought of summer.
Selah.
5. I acknowledged my sin unto thee,
And mine iniquity have I not hid.
I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD;
And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.
Selah.
6. For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found:
Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
7. Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
Selah.
8. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:
I will guide thee with mine eye.
9. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding:
Whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
10. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked:
But he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
11. Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous:
And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Psalm 34 KJV
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.
א Aleph
1. I will bless the LORD at all times:
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
ב Bet
2. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD:
The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
ג Gimel
3. O magnify the LORD with me,
And let us exalt his name together.
ד Dalet
4. I sought the LORD, and he heard me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
ה He
5. They looked unto him, and were lightened:
And their faces were not ashamed.
ז Zain
6. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
ח Het
7. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,
And delivereth them.
ט Tet
8. O taste and see that the LORD is good:
Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
י Yod
9. O fear the LORD, ye his saints:
For there is no want to them that fear him.
כ Kaph
10. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:
But they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
ל Lamed
11. Come, ye children, hearken unto me:
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
מ Mem
12. What man is he that desireth life,
And loveth many days, that he may see good?
נ Nun
13. Keep thy tongue from evil,
And thy lips from speaking guile.
ס Samek
14. Depart from evil, and do good;
Seek peace, and pursue it.
ע Ain
15. The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous,
And his ears are open unto their cry.
פ Pe
16. The face of the LORD is against them that do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
צ Zade
17. The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth,
And delivereth them out of all their troubles.
ק Qoph
18. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;
And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
ר Resh
19. Many are the afflictions of the righteous:
But the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
ש Shin
20. He keepeth all his bones:
Not one of them is broken.
ת Taw
21. Evil shall slay the wicked:
And they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22. The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants:
And none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Psalm 46 KJV
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.
1. God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3. Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Selah.
4. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:
God shall help her, and that right early.
6. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved:
He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7. The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah.
8. Come, behold the works of the LORD,
What desolations he hath made in the earth.
9. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;
He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire.
10. Be still, and know that I am God:
I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11. The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Selah.
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised
In the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth,
Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King. 3. God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4. For, lo, the kings were assembled,
They passed by together.
5. They saw it, and so they marvelled;
They were troubled, and hasted away.
6. Fear took hold upon them there,
And pain, as of a woman in travail.
7. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish
With an east wind.
8. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God:
God will establish it for ever.
Selah.
9. We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of thy temple.
10. According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth:
Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11. Let mount Zion rejoice,
Let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12. Walk about Zion, and go round about her:
Tell the towers thereof.
13. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces;
That ye may tell it to the generation following.
14. For this God is our God for ever and ever:
He will be our guide even unto death.
Psalm 48 KJV
Psalm 55 KJV
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.
1. Give ear to my prayer, O God;
And hide not thyself from my supplication.
2. Attend unto me, and hear me:
I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3. Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked:
For they cast iniquity upon me,
And in wrath they hate me.
4. My heart is sore pained within me:
And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,
And horror hath overwhelmed me.
6. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
For then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7. Lo, then would I wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness.
Selah.
8. I would hasten my escape
From the windy storm and tempest.
9. Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues:
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10. Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:
Mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11. Wickedness is in the midst thereof:
Deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12. For it was not an enemy that reproached me;
Then I could have born it:
Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me;
Then I would have hid myself from him:
13. But it was thou, a man mine equal,
My guide, and mine acquaintance.
14. We took sweet counsel together,
And walked unto the house of God in company.
15. Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell:
For wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16. As for me, I will call upon God;
And the LORD shall save me.
17. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud:
And he shall hear my voice.
18. He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me:
For there were many with me.
19. God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old.
Selah.
Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20. He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him:
He hath broken his covenant.
21. The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart:
His words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee:
He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23. But thou,
O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in thee.
Psalm 61 KJV
To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David.
1. Hear my cry, O God;
Attend unto my prayer.
2. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee,
When my heart is overwhelmed:
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
4. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever:
I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
5. For thou, O God, hast heard my vows:
Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
6. Thou wilt prolong the king's life:
And his years as many generations.
7. He shall abide before God for ever:
O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
8. So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever,
That I may daily perform my vows.
A Psalm of praise.
1. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2. Serve the LORD with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.
3. Know ye that the LORD he is God:
It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise:
Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;
And his truth endureth to all generations.