by Septuagint
[8] Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. [9] The meek will he guide in judgment: the meek will he teach his ways. [10] All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth to them that seek his covenant and his testimonies. [11] For thy name’s sake, O Lord, do thou also be merciful to my sin; for it is great. [12] Who is the man that fears the Lord? he shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen. [13] His soul shall dwell in prosperity; and his seed shall inherit the earth. [14] The Lord is the strength of them that fear him; and his covenant is to manifest truth to them.
[15] Mine eyes are continually to the Lord; for he shall draw my feet out of the snare. [16] Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; for I am an only child and poor. [17] The afflictions of my heart have been multiplied; deliver me from my distresses. [18] Look upon mine affliction and my trouble; and forgive all my sins. [19] Look upon mine enemies; for they have been multiplied; and they have hated me with unjust hatred. [20] Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I have hoped in thee. [21] The harmless and upright joined themselves to me: for I waited for thee, O Lord. [22] Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his afflictions.
Psalm 26
A Psalm of David.
[1] Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved. [2] Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart.
[3] For thy mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with thy truth. [4] I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors. [5] I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly men. [6] I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass thine altar, O Lord: [7] to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all thy wonderful works. [8] O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory. [9] Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men: [10] in whose hands are iniquities, and their right hand is filled with bribes. [11] But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me. [12] My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless thee, O Lord.
Psalm 27
A Psalm of David, before he was anointed.
[1] The Lord is my light and my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? [2] When evil-doers drew nigh against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted and fell. [3] Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid: though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident. [4] One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek: that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey his temple. [5] For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on a rock. [6] And now, behold, he has lifted up mine head over mine enemies: I went round and offered in his tabernacle the sacrifice of joy; I will sing even sing psalms to the Lord.
[7] Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: pity me, and hearken to me. [8] My heart said to thee, I have diligently sought thy face: thy face, O Lord, I will seek. [9] Turn not thy face away from me, turn not thou away from thy servant in anger: be thou my helper, forsake me not; and, O God my Saviour, overlook me not. [10] For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord has taken me to himself. [11] Teach me, O Lord, in thy way, and guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies. [12] Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and injustice has lied within herself.
[13] I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. [14] Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and let thy heart be strengthened: yea wait on the Lord.
Psalm 28
A Psalm of David.
[1] To thee, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest thou be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit. [2] Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple. [3] Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts. [4] Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense unto them. [5] Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.
[6] Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition. [7] The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him. [8] The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.
[9] Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up for ever.
Psalm 29
A Psalm of David on the occasion of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle.
[1] Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God, bring to the Lord young rams; bring to the Lord glory and honour. [2] Bring to the Lord glory, due to his name; worship the lord in his holy court.
[3] The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters. [4] The voice of the Lord is mighty; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. [5] There is the voice of the Lord who breaks the cedars; the Lord will break the cedars of Libanus. [6] And he will beat them small, even Libanus itself, like a calf; and the beloved one is as a young unicorn. [7] There is a voice of the Lord who divides a flame of fire. [8] A voice of the Lord who shakes the wilderness; the Lord will shake the wilderness of Cades. [9] The voice of the Lord strengthens the hinds, and will uncover the thickets: and in his temple every one speaks of his glory. [10] The Lord will dwell on the waterflood: and the Lord will sit a king for ever. [11] The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
Psalm 30
For the end, a Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.
[1] I will exalt thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and not caused mine enemies to rejoice over me. [2] O Lord my God, I cried to thee, and thou didst heal me. [3] O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from Hades, thou hast delivered me from among them that go down to the pit.
[4] Sing to the Lord, ye his saints, and give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness. [5] For anger is in his wrath, but life in his favour: weeping shall tarry for the evening, but joy shall be in the morning.
[6] And I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved. [7] O Lord, in thy good pleasure thou didst add strength to my beauty: but thou didst turn away thy face, and I was troubled. [8] To thee, O Lord, will I cry; and to my God will I make supplication. [9] What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to thee? or shall it declare thy truth? [10] The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; the Lord is become my helper. [11] Thou hast turned my mourning into joy for me: thou hast rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; [12] that my glory may sing praise to thee, and I may not be pierced with sorrow. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever.
Psalm 31
For the end, a Psalm of David, an utterance of extreme fear.
[1] O Lord, I have hoped in thee; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness and rescue me. [2] Incline thine ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be thou to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me. [3] For thou art my strength and my refuge; and thou shalt guide me for thy name’s sake, and maintain me. [4] Thou shalt bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for thou, O Lord, art my defender. [5] Into thine hands I will commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. [6] Thou has hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord. [7] I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for
thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses. [8] And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide place.
[9] Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly. [10] For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled. [11] I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me. [12] I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel. [13] For I heard the slander of many that dwelt round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life.
[14] But I hoped in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God. [15] My lots are in thy hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, [16] and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me in thy mercy. [17] O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades. [18] Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.
[19] How abundant is the multitude of thy goodness, O Lord, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee! thou hast wrought it out for them that hope on thee, in the presence of the sons of men. [20] Thou wilt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the vexation of man: thou wilt screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues. [21] Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city. [22] But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes: therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to thee.
[23] Love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders a reward to them that deal very proudly. [24] Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
Psalm 32
A Psalm of instruction by David.
[1] Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered. [2] Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.
[3] Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day. [4] For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in me. Pause. [5] I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause. [6] Therefore shall every holy one pray to thee in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh to him. [7] Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.
[8] I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee. [9] Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; but thou must constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come nigh to thee. [10] Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about. [11] Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous: and glory, all ye that are upright in heart.
Psalm 33
A Psalm of David.
[1] Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; praise becomes the upright. [2] Praise the Lord on the harp; platy to him on a psaltery of ten strings. [3] Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.
[4] For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are faithful. [5] He loves mercy and judgment; the earth is full the mercy of the Lord. [6] By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. [7] Who gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle; who lays up the deeps in treasuries. [8] Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him. [9] For he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. [10] The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; he brings to nought also the reasonings of the peoples, and brings to nought the counsels of princes. [11] But the counsel of the Lord endures for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. [12] Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. [13] The Lord looks out of heaven; he beholds all the sons of men. [14] He looks from his prepared habitation on all the dwellers on the earth; [15] who fashioned their hearts alone; who understands all their works. [16] A king is not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength. [17] A horse is vain for safety; neither shall he be delivered by the greatness of his power.
[18] Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him, those that hope in his mercy; [19] to deliver their souls from death, and to keep them alive in famine. [20] Our soul waits on the Lord; for he is our helper and defender. [21] For our heart shall rejoice in him, and we have hoped in his holy name. [22] Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.
Psalm 34
A Psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed.
[1] I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be continually in my mouth. [2] My soul shall boast herself in the Lord: let the meek hear, and rejoice. [3] Magnify ye the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
[4] I sought the Lord diligently, and he hearkened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings. [5] Draw near to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not by any means be ashamed. [6] This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions. [7] The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear him, and will deliver them. [8] Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him. [9] Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. [10] The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.
[11] Come, ye children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. [12] What man is there that desires life, loving to see good days? [13] Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. [14] Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
[15] The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer: [16] but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them, [17] and delivered them out of all their afflictions. [18] The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit. [19] Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all Lord will deliver them. [20] He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken. [21] The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong. [22] The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of those that hope in him shall go wrong.
Psalm 35
A Psalm of David.
[1] Judge thou, O Lord, them that injure me, fight against them that fight against me. [2] Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help. [3] Bring forth a sword, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am thy salvation. [4] Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame. [5] Let them be as dust before the wind, and an angel of the Lord afflicting them. [6] Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them. [7] For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul.
[8] Let a snare which they know not come upon them; and the gin which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare. [9] But my soul shall exult in the Lord: it shall delight in his salvation. [10] All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.
[11] Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I new not. [12] They rewarded me evil for good
, and bereavement to my soul. [13] But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return to my own bosom. [14] I behaved agreeably towards them as if it had been our neighbour or brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance. [15] Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: they were scattered, but repented not. [16] They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.
[17] O Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions. [18] I will give thanks to thee even in a great congregation: in an abundant people I will praise thee. [19] Let not them that are mine enemies without a cause rejoice against me; who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes. [20] For to me they spoke peaceably, but imagined deceits in their anger. [21] And they opened wide their mouth upon me; they said Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.
[22] Thou hast seen it, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, withdraw not thyself from me. [23] Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord. [24] Judge me, O Lord, according to thy righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against me. [25] Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, it is pleasing to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him. [26] Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me. [27] Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: and let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, who desire the peace of his servant. [28] And my tongue shall meditate on thy righteousness, and on thy praise all the day.
