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A Psalm of David.

1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

1

hold

The LORD is the 'strength of my life; of whom Or, strong shall I be afraid?

2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my

flesh,

Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stum-
bled and fell.

3 Though an host should encamp against me,

My heart shall not fear :

Though war should rise against me,

2 Even then will I be confident.

4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will
I seek after;

That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all
the days of my life,

2 Or, In this

3

To behold the beauty of the LORD, and to Or, the 'inquire in his temple.

pleasantness
4 Or, consider

5 For in the day of trouble he shall keep me his temple secretly in his pavilion:

In the covert of his 'tabernacle shall he hide me;
He shall lift me up upon a rock.

6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above
mine enemies round about me;

And I will offer in his 'tabernacle sacrifices of

'joy ;

5 Heb. tent.

6 Or, shouting Or, trumpet

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the sound
LORD.

7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice:
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,

Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

9 Hide not thy face from me;

Put not thy servant away in anger:

1 Or, When my father and my mother forsake me,

the LORD &c.

2 Or, them that lie in

wait for me

3 Or, toward the innermost place of thy sanctuary

Thou hast been my help;

Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of
my salvation.

'For my father and my mother have forsaken 10

me,

But the LORD will take me up.

Teach me thy way, O LORD;
And lead me in a plain path,
Because of 2 mine enemies.

II

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine 12
adversaries:

For false witnesses are risen up against me, and
such as breathe out cruelty.

I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the 13
goodness of the LORD

In the land of the living.

Wait on the LORD:

Be strong, and let thine heart take courage;
Yea, wait thou on the LORD.

A Psalm of David.

Unto thee, O LORD, will I call;

My rock, be not thou deaf unto me :

Lest, if thou be silent unto me,

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I become like them that go down into the pit.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry 2
unto thee,

When I lift up my hands toward thy holy
oracle.

Draw me not away with the wicked,

And with the workers of iniquity;

Which speak peace with their neighbours,

But mischief is in their hearts.

3

Give them according to their work, and accord- 4
ing to the wickedness of their doings:

Give them after the operation of their hands;
Render to them their desert.

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, 5

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Nor the operation of his hands,

He shall break them down and not build them
up.

6 Blessed be the LORD,

Because he hath heard the voice of my sup-
plications.

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield;
My heart hath 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 a strong hold of salvation to his
anointed.

9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance :
Feed them also, and bear them up for ever,

A Psalm of David.

1 According to some ancient

versions, a

strength unto his people.

2

God

I Give unto the LORD, O ye 'sons of the 'mighty, Or, sons of Give unto the LORD glory and strength.

name;

2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth,

Even the LORD upon many waters..

4 The voice of the LORD is powerful;
The voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars;

Yea, the LORD breaketh in pieces the cedars of
Lebanon.

6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf;

Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.

3 Or, gods See Ex. xv.

II.

4 Or, in holy array

5 Or, great

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7 The voice of the LORD cleaveth the flames of fire. Or, heweth

out flames of

8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; fire The LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to

calve,

1 Or, drawn

2 Another

reading is,

from among

And strippeth the forests bare :

And in his temple every thing saith, Glory.
The LORD sat as king at the Flood;
Yea, the LORD sitteth as king for ever.
The LORD will give strength unto his people;
The LORD will bless his people with peace.

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II

A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; 30 a Psalm of David.

I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast 'raised 1

me up,

And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
O LORD my God,

I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from
Sheol:

Thou hast kept me alive, 'that I should not go
down to the pit.

them that go Sing praise unto the LORD, O ye saints of his,

down to the

And give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment ;

"In his favour is life:

5

Weeping may tarry for the night,

a But joy cometh in the morning.

As for me, I said in my prosperity,

I shall never be moved.

5

6

Thou, LORD, of thy favour hadst made my 7
mountain to stand strong:

Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

I cried to thee, O LORD;

And unto the LORD I made supplication :

8

What profit is there in my blood, when I go 9
down to the pit?

Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy
truth?

Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me :
LORD, be thou my helper.

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II Thou hast turned for me my mourning into
dancing;

Thou hast loosed 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.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

I In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me
never be ashamed:

Deliver me in thy righteousness.

2 Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me
speedily:

Be thou to me a strong rock, an house of
1defence to save me.

3 For thou art my rock and my fortress;

Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and
guide me.

4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid
privily for me;

5

For thou art my strong hold.

Into thine hand I commend my spirit:

Thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou God of
truth.

6 I hate them that regard lying vanities :

But I trust in the LORD.

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy:
For thou hast seen my affliction;

Thou hast known my soul in adversities :

1 Heb. fortresses.

2 Or, the

my soul

8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of adversities of

the enemy;

Thou hast set my feet in a large place.

9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in

distress:

Mine eye

wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul

and my body.