by Septuagint
[1] If ye do indeed speak righteousness, then do ye judge rightly, ye sons of men. [2] For ye work iniquities in your hearts in the earth: your hands plot unrighteousness. [3] Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies. [4] Their venom is like that of a serpent; as that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears; [5] which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor heed the charm prepared skillfully by the wise.
[6] God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions. [7] They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail. [8] They shall be destroyed as melted wax: the fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun. [9] Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.
[10] The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. [11] And a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judges them in the earth.
Psalm 59
For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him.
[1] Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me. [2] Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
[3] For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. [4] Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: awake to help me, and behold. [5] And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause. [6] They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
[7] Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, say they, has heard? [8] But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen. [9] will keep my strength, looking to thee; for thou, O God, art my helper. [10] As for my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will shew me vengeance on mine enemies.
[11] Slay them not, lest they forget thy law; scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender. [12] For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride. [13] And for their cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced: they shall fall by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be; so shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord of the ends of the earth. Pause. [14] They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city. [15] They shall be scattered hither and thither for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.
[16] But I will sing to thy strength, and in the morning will I exult in thy mercy; for thou hast been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of mine affliction. [17] Thou art my helper; to thee, my God, will I sing; thou art my supporter, O my God, and my mercy.
Psalm 60
For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction, when he had burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab had returned and smitten in the valley of salt twelve thousand.
[1] O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us. [2] Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken. [3] Thou hast shewn thy people hard things: thou has made us drink the wine of astonishment. [4] Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, that they might flee from the bow. Pause. [5] That thy beloved ones may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
[6] God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents. [7] Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; [8] Judas is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me.
[9] Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far a Idumea? [10] Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces? [11] Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.
[12] In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nought them that harass us.
Psalm 61
For the end, among the Hymns of David.
[1] O God, hearken to my petition; attend to my prayer. [2] From the ends of the earth have I cried to thee, when my heart was in trouble: thou liftedst me up on a rock thou didst guide me: [3] because thou wert my hope, a tower of strength from the face of the enemy. [4] I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever; I will shelter myself under the shadow of thy wings. Pause.
[5] For thou, o God, hast heard my prayers; thou hast given an inheritance to them that fear thy name. [6] Thou shalt add days to the days of the king; thou shalt lengthen his years to all generations. [7] He shall endure for ever before God: which of them will seek out his mercy and truth? [8] So will I sing to thy name for ever and ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Psalm 62
For the end, a Psalm of David for Idithun.
[1] Shall not my soul be subjected to God? for of him is my salvation. [2] For he is my God, and my saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved very much. [3] How long will ye assault a man? ye are all slaughtering as with a bowed wall and a broken hedge. [4] They only took counsel to set at nought mine honour: I ran in thirst: with their mouth they blessed, but with their heart they cursed. Pause.
[5] Nevertheless do thou, my soul, be subjected to God; for of him is my patient hope. [6] For he is my God and my Saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved. [7] In God is my salvation and my glory: he is the God of my help, and my hope is in God. [8] Hope in him, all ye congregation of the people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our helper. Pause.
[9] But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are all alike formed out of vanity. [10] Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it. [11] God has spoken once, and I have heard these two things, that power is of God; [12] and mercy is thine, O Lord; for thou wilt recompense every one according to his works.
Psalm 63
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Idumea.
[1] O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh longed after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land! [2] Thus have I appeared before thee in the sanctuary, that I might see thy power and thy glory. [3] For thy mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise thee. [4] Thus will I bless thee during my life: I will lift up my hands in thy name. [5] Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and my joyful lips shall praise thy name.
[6] Forasmuch as I have remembered thee on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on thee. [7] For thou hast been my helper, and in the shelter of thy wings will I rejoice. [8] My soul has kept very close behind thee: thy right hand has upheld me. [9] But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts o the earth. [10] They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes. [11] But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall be praised; for the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been stopped.
Psalm 64
For the end, a Psalm of David.
[1] Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to thee; deliver my soul from fear of the enemy. [2] Thou hast sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; from the multitude of them that work iniquity; [3] who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously; [4] to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear. [5] They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them? [6] They have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach and the heart is deep, [7] and God shall be exalted, their wounds were ca
used by the weapon of the foolish children, [8] and their tongues have set him at nought, all that saw them were troubled; [9] and every man was alarmed, and they related the works of God, and understood his deeds. [10] The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and hope on him, and all the upright in heart shall be praised.
Psalm 65
For the end, a Psalm and Song of David.
[1] Praise becomes thee, O God, in Sion; and to thee shall the vow be performed. [2] Hear my prayer; to thee all flesh shall come. [3] The words of transgressors have overpowered us; but do thou pardon our sins. [4] Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in thy courts; we shall be filled with the good things of thy house; thy temple is holy. [5] Thou art wonderful in righteousness. Hearken to us, O God our Saviour; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are on the sea afar off: [6] who dost establish the mountains in thy strength, being girded about with power; [7] who troublest the depth of the sea, the sounds of its waves. [8] The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends of the earth shall be afraid of thy signs; thou wilt cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice.
[9] Thou hast visited the earth, and saturated it; thou hast abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; thou hast prepared their food, for thus is the preparation of it. [10] Saturate her furrows, multiply her fruits; the crop springing up shall rejoice in its drops. [11] Thou wilt bless the crown of the year because of thy goodness; and thy plains shall be filled with fatness. [12] The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; and the hills shall gird themselves with joy. [13] The rams of the flock are clothed with wool, and the valleys shall abound in corn; they shall cry aloud, yea they shall sing hymns.
Psalm 66
For the end, a Song of Psalm of resurrection.
[1] Shout unto God, all the earth. [2] O sing praises to his name; give glory to his praise. [3] Say unto God, How awful are thy works! through the greatness of thy power thine enemies shall lie to thee. [4] Let all the earth worship thee, and sing to thee; let them sing to thy name. Pause.
[5] Come and behold the works of God; he is terrible in his counsels beyond the children of men. [6] Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river on foot; there shall we rejoice in him, [7] who by his power is Lord over the age, his eyes look upon the nations; let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves. Pause.
[8] Bless our God, ye Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise to be heard; [9] who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer my feet to be moved. [10] For thou, O God, has proved us; thou hast tried us with fire as silver is tried. [11] Thou broughtest us into the snare; thou laidest afflictions on our back. [12] Thou didst mount men upon our heads; we went through the fire and water; but thou broughtest us out into a place of refreshment.
[13] I will go into thine house with whole-burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows, [14] which my lips framed, and my mouth uttered in my affliction. [15] I will offer to thee whole-burnt-sacrifices full of marrow, with incense and rams; I will sacrifice to thee oxen with goats. Pause.
[16] Come, hear, and I will tell, all ye that fear God, how great things he has done for my soul. [17] I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue. [18] If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord hearken to me. [19] Therefore God has hearkened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. [20] Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Psalm 67
For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns.
[1] God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. Pause. [2] That men may know thy way on the earth, thy salvation among all nations. [3] Let the nations, O God, give thanks to thee; let all the nations give thanks to thee. [4] Let the nations rejoice and exult, for thou shalt judge the peoples in equity, and shalt guide the nations on the earth. Pause. [5] Let the peoples, O God, give thanks to thee; let all the peoples give thanks to thee. [6] The earth has yielded her fruit; let God, our God bless us. [7] Let God bless us; and let all the ends of the earth fear him.
Psalm 68
For the end, a Psalm of a Song by David.
[1] Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; and let them that hate him flee from before him. [2] As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God. [3] But let the righteous rejoice; let them exult before God: let them be delighted with joy.
[4] Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him that rides upon the west (the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be troubled before the face of him, [5] who is the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: such is God in his holy place. [6] God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly, even them that dwell in tombs.
[7] O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou wentest through the wilderness; Pause: [8] the earth quaked, yea, the heavens dropped water at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel. [9] O God, thou wilt grant to thine inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but thou didst refresh it.
[10] Thy creatures dwell in it: thou hast in thy goodness prepared for the poor. [11] The Lord God will give a word to them that preach it in a great company. [12] The king of the forces of the beloved, of the beloved, will even grant them for the beauty of the house to divide the spoils. [13] Even if ye should lie among the lots, ye shall have the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with yellow gold. [14] When the heavenly One scatters kings upon it, they shall be made snow-white in Selmon. [15] The mountain of God is a rich mountain; a swelling mountain, a rich mountain. [16] Wherefore do ye conceive evil, ye swelling mountains? this is the mountain which God has delighted to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.
[17] The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones: the Lord is among them, in Sina, in the holy place. [18] Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, thou hast received gifts for man, yea, for they were rebellious, that thou mightest dwell among them.
[19] Blessed be the Lord God, blessed be the Lord daily; and the God of our salvation shall prosper us. Pause. [20] Our God is the God of salvation; and to the Lord belong the issues from death. [21] But God shall crust the heads of his enemies; the hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses. [22] The Lord said, I will bring again from Basan, I will bring my people again through the depths of the sea. [23] That thy foot may be dipped in blood, and the tongue of thy dogs be stained with that of thine enemies.
[24] Thy goings, O God, have been seen; the goings of my God, the king, in the sanctuary. [25] The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels playing on timbrels. [26] Praise God in the congregations, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. [27] There is Benjamin the younger one in ecstasy, the princes of Juda their rulers, the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.
[28] O God, command thou thy strength: strengthen, O God, this which thou hast wrought in us. [29] Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to thee. [30] Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations be rebuked, so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: scatter thou the nations that wish for wars. [31] Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand readily to God.
[32] Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth; sing psalms to the Lord. Pause. [33] Sing to God that rides on the heaven of heaven, eastward: lo, he will utter a mighty sound with his voice. [34] Give ye glory to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his power is in the clouds. [35] God is wonderful in his holy places, the God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people: blessed be God.
Psalm 69
For the end, a Psalm of David, for alternate strains.
[1] Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to m
y soul. [2] I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me. [3] I am weary of crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God. [4] They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away.
[5] O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from thee. [6] Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek thee, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel. [7] For I have suffered reproach for thy sake; shame has covered my face. [8] I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother’s children. [9] For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. [10] And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach. [11] And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them. [12] They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.
[13] But I will cry to thee, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. [14] Save me from the mire, that I stick not in it: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters. [15] Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me. [16] Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me. [17] And turn not away thy face from thy servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily. [18] Draw nigh to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
