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Which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his
mercy from me.

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments.
A Psalm, a Song.

I God be merciful unto us, and bless us,
And cause his face to shine 1upon us;
2 That thy way may be known upon earth,
Thy saving health among all nations.

3

Let the peoples 'praise thee, O God;
Let all the peoples praise thee.

[Selah1 Heb.

4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: For thou shalt judge the peoples with equity, And 'govern the nations upon earth.

5 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; Let all the peoples praise thee.

6 The earth hath yielded her increase : God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us ;

7

[Selah

And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David,
a Song.

1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered;
Let them also that hate him flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away:
As wax melteth before the fire,

So let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God:

Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.

4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:

Cast up a high way for him that rideth through
the deserts;

His name is JAH; and exult ye before him.

5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the
widows,

Is God in his holy habitation.

with us.

2 Or, give thanks unto

3 Heb. lead.

1 Heb. maketh God 'setteth the solitary in families:
He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity :
But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

the solitary to dwell in a

house.

2 Or, troop

3 Or, When ye lie among the sheepfolds, it

as the wings ...gold.

is

6

O God, when thou wentest forth before thy 7 people,

When thou didst march through the wilder

ness;

The earth trembled,

[Selah

The heavens also dropped at the presence of
God:

Even yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God,
the God of Israel.

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,

Thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

Thy 'congregation dwelt therein :

Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.

3

The Lord giveth the word:

The women that publish the tidings are a great host.

Kings of armies flee, they flee:

And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil. ye lie among the sheepfolds,

Will

As the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And her pinions with yellow gold?

When the Almighty scattered kings therein,

▲ Or, It snowed It was as when it snoweth in Zalmon.

5 Heb. A

mountain of summits.

6 Or, Sinai is in the sanctuary

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9

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I I

I 2

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14

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; 15 'An high mountain is the mountain of Bashan. Why look ye askance, ye high mountains,

At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode ?

Yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

16

The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even 17 thousands upon thousands:

The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led thy captivity captive;

Thou hast received gifts among men,

1

Yea, among the rebellious also, that 'the LORD Heb. Jah. God might dwell with them.

19 'Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden,

Even the God who is our salvation.

20 God is unto us a God of deliverances;

[Selah

See ver. 4.

2 Or, dwell there

3 Or, Blessed
be the Lord

day by day:
if one oppress-
eth us, God is

And unto JEHOVAH the Lord belong the issues our salvation

from death.

21 But God shall smite through the head of his enemies,

The hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.

22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring them again from the depths of the

sea:

23 That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood,

That the tongue of thy dogs may have its

portion from thine enemies.

24 They have seen thy goings, O God,

Even the goings of my God, my King, 'into the Or, in the

sanctuary.

25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed

after,

In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

26 Bless ye God in the congregations,

Even the Lord, ye that are of the fountain of
Israel.

27 There is little Benjamin their ruler,

The princes of Judah and their 'council,

sanctuary
Or, in holiness

5 Or, company

6

Or, Be

The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. strong, O God,

thou that hast &c.

28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: "Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us

wrought for us.

29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem

7 Or, hast

out of thy temple. Unto Jerusalem &c.

1 Or, Every one submitting

himself with pieces of silver

2 Or, as otherwise

2

3

Kings shall bring presents unto thee.
Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,

The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of
the peoples,

Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;

He hath scattered the peoples that delight in

war.

Princes shall come out of Egypt;

read, Scatter Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands

thou

3 Heb. Cush.

unto God.

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Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; 32
O sing praises unto the Lord;

[Selah To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, 33 which are of old;

Lo, he uttereth his voice, and that a mighty

voice.

Ascribe ye strength unto God:

His excellency is over Israel,

And his strength is in the skies.

34

Or, Terrible O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: 35 The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power

is God

5 That is, Lilies.

6 Heb. falsely.

unto his people.

Blessed be God.

For the Chief Musician; set to "Shoshannim.
A Psalm of David.

Save me, O God;

For the waters are come in unto my soul.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing:
I am come into deep waters, where the floods
overflow me.

I

I am weary with my crying; my throat is 3 dried :

Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

They that hate me without a cause are more 4
than the hairs of mine head:

They that would cut me off, being mine enemies
wrongfully, are mighty:

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Then I 'restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my 'sins are not hid from thee.

6 Let not them that wait on thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts :

Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonour through me, O God of Israel.

7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.

9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;

And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.

10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,

That was to my reproach.

II When I made sackcloth my clothing,

I became a proverb unto them.

12 They that sit in the gate talk of me;

And I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time:

O God, in the multitude of thy mercy,

Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink :

Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,

Neither let the deep swallow me up;

And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Answer me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good :

According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant ;

1 Or, had to

restore

2 Heb. guiltinesses.