by Septuagint
[31] Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men. [32] Let them exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
[33] He turns rivers into a desert, and streams of water into a dry land; [34] a fruitful land into saltness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it. [35] He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into streams of water. [36] And there he causes the hungry to dwell, and they establish for themselves cities of habitation. [37] And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and they yield fruit of increase. [38] And he blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, and he diminishes not the number of their cattle. [39] Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils and pain. [40] Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land. [41] But he helps the poor out of poverty, and makes him families as a flock. [42] The upright shall see and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. [43] Who is wise, and will observe these things, and understand the mercies of the Lord?
Psalm 108
Song of a Psalm by David.
[1] O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing and sing psalms with my glory. [2] Awake, psaltery and harp; I will awake early. [3] I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, among the people; I will sing praise to thee among the Gentiles. [4] For thy mercy is great above the heavens, and thy truth reaches to the clouds. [5] Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth. [6] That thy beloved ones may be delivered, save with thy right hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his sanctuary; [7] I will be exalted, and will divide Sicima, and will measure out the valley of tents. [8] Galaad is mine; and Manasses is mine; and Ephraim is the help of mine head; Judas is my king; [9] Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I cast my sandal; the Philistines are made subject to me.
[10] Who will bring me into the fortified city? or who will guide me to Idumea? [11] Wilt not thou, O God, who hast rejected us? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? [12] Give us help from tribulation: for vain is the help of man. [13] Through God we shall do valiantly; and he will bring to nought our enemies.
Psalm 109
For the end, a Psalm of David.
[1] O God, pass not over my praise in silence; [2] for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty man have been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue. [3] And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. [4] Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to pray. [5] And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
[6] Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right hand. [7] When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer become sin. [8] Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer. [9] Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow. [10] Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations. [11] Let his creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labours. [12] Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children. [13] Let his children be given up to utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out. [14] Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. [15] Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their memorial be blotted out from the earth.
[16] Because he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and that to slay him that was pricked in the heart. [17] He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him. [18] Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones. [19] Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with which he girds himself continually. [20] This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
[21] But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal mercifully with me, for thy name’s sake: for thy mercy is good. [22] Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me. [23] I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down like locusts. [24] My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of the want of oil. [25] I became also a reproach to them: when they saw me they shook their heads.
[26] Help me, O Lord my God; and save me according to thy mercy. [27] And let them know that this is thy hand; and that thou, Lord, hast wrought it. [28] Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoice. [29] Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle. [30] I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth; and in the midst of many I will praise him. [31] For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save me from them that persecute my soul.
Psalm 110
A Psalm of David.
[1] The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. [2] The Lord shall send out a rod of power for thee out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. [3] With thee is dominion in the day of thy power, in the splendours of thy saints: I have begotten thee from the womb before the morning. [4] The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. [5] The Lord at thy right hand has dashed in pieces kings in the day of his wrath. [6] He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill up the number of corpses, he shall crush the heads of many on the earth. [7] He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up the head.
Psalm 111
Alleluia.
[1] I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. [2] The works of the Lord are great, sought out according to all his will. [3] His work is worthy of thanksgiving and honour: and his righteousness endures for ever and ever. [4] He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is merciful and compassionate. [5] He has given food to them that fear him: he will remember his covenant for ever. [6] He has declared to his people the power of his works, to give them the inheritance of the heathen. [7] The works of his hands are truth and judgment: all his commandments are sure: [8] established for ever and ever, done in truth and uprightness. [9] He sent redemption to his people: he commanded his covenant for ever: holy and fearful is his name. [10] The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and all that act accordingly have a good understanding; his praise endures for ever and ever.
Psalm 112
Alleluia.
[1] Blessed is the man that fears the Lord: he will delight greatly in his commandments. [2] His seed shall be mighty in the earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. [3] Glory and riches shall be in his house; and his righteousness endures for evermore. [4] To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: he is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous. [5] The good man is he that pities and lends: he will direct his affairs with judgment. [6] For he shall not be moved for ever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. [7] He shall not be afraid of any evil report: his heart is ready to trust in the Lord. [8] His heart is established, he shall not fear, till he shall see his desire upon his enemies. [9] He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for evermore: his horn shall be exalted with honour. [10] The sinner shall see and be angry, he shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the sinner shall perish.
Psalm 113
Alleluia.
[1] Praise the Lord, ye servants of his, praise, the name of the Lord. [2] Let the name of the Lord be blessed, from this present time and for ever. [3] From the rising of the sun to his setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised. [4] The Lord is high above all the nations; his glory is above the heavens.
[5] Who is as the Lord our God? who dwells in the h
igh places, [6] and yet looks upon the low things in heaven, and on the earth: [7] who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the needy from the dunghill; [8] to set him with princes, even with the princes of his people: [9] who settles the barren woman in a house, as a mother rejoicing over children.
Psalm 114
Alleluia.
[1] At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people, [2] Judea became his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. [3] The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. [4] The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs.
[5] What ailed thee, O sea, that thou fleddest? and thou Jordan, that thou wast turned back? [6] Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs? [7] The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; [8] who turned the rock into pools of water, and the flint into fountains of water.
Psalm 115
[1] Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to thy name give glory, because of thy mercy and thy truth; [2] lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God? [3] But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatsoever he has pleased.
[4] The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of men’s hands. [5] They have a mouth, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see: [6] they have ears, but they cannot hear; they have noses, but they cannot smell; [7] they have hands, but they cannot handle; they have feet, but they cannot walk: they cannot speak through their throat. [8] Let those that make them become like to them, and all who trust in them.
[9] The house of Israel trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. [10] The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. [11] They that fear the Lord trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.
[12] The Lord has remembered us, and blessed us: he has blessed the house of Israel, he has blessed the house of Aaron. [13] He has blessed them that fear the Lord, both small and great. [14] The Lord add blessings to you and to your children. [15] Blessed are ye of the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.
[16] The heaven of heavens belongs to the Lord: but he has given the earth to the sons of men. [17] The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord, nor any that go down to Hades. [18] But we, the living, will bless the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Psalm 116
Alleluia.
[1] I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication. [2] Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live. [3] The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow. [4] Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul.
[5] The Lord is merciful and righteous; yea, our God has pity. [6] The Lord preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me.
[7] Return to thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with thee. [8] For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. [9] I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living.
Alleluia:
[10] I believed, wherefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted. [11] And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar. [12] What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he has rewarded me? [13] I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. [14] I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people.
[15] Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. [16] O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast burst by bonds asunder. [17] I will offer to thee the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord. [18] I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the presence of all his people, [19] in the courts of the Lord’s house, in the midst of thee, Jerusalem.
Psalm 117
Alleluia.
[1] Praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye peoples. [2] For his mercy has been abundant toward us: and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.
Psalm 118
Alleluia.
[1] Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. [2] Let now the house of Israel say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. [3] Let now the house of Aaron say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. [4] Let now all that fear the Lord say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
[5] I called on the Lord out of affliction: and he hearkened to me, so as to bring me into a wide place. [6] The Lord is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me. [7] The Lord is my helper; and I shall see my desire upon mine enemies. [8] It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man. [9] It is better to hope in the Lord, than to hope in princes.
[10] All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. [11] They completely compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. [12] They compassed me about as bees do a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. [13] I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.
[14] The Lord is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation. [15] The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily. [16] The right hand of the Lord has exalted me: the right hand of the Lord has wrought powerfully. [17] I shall not die, but live, and recount the works of the Lord. [18] The Lord has chastened me sore: but he has not given me up to death.
[19] Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord. [20] This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter by it. [21] I will give thanks to thee; because thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. [22] The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner. [23] This has been done of the Lord; and it is wonderful in our eyes. [24] This is the day which the Lord has made: let us exult and rejoice in it. [25] O Lord, save now: O Lord, send now prosperity. [26] Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
[27] God is the Lord, and he has shined upon us: celebrate the feast with thick branches, binding the victims even to the horns of the altar. [28] Thou art my God, and I will give thee thanks: thou art my God, and I will exalt thee. I will give thanks to thee, for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. [29] Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
Psalm 119
Alleluia.
[1] Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. [2] Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart. [3] For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways. [4] Thou hast commanded us diligently to keep thy precepts. [5] O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances. [6] Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments. [7] I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness. [8] I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
[9] Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words. [10] With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments. [11] I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. [12] Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thine ordinances. [13] With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. [14] I have delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. [15] I will meditate on thy commandments, and consider thy ways. [16] I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.
[17] Render a recompense to thy servant: so shall I live, and keep thy words. [18] Unveil thou mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of thy law. [19] I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. [20] My soul has longed exceedingly for thy judgments at all times. [21] Thou has rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments. [22] Remove from me reproach
and contempt; for I have sought out thy testimonies. [23] For princes sat and spoke against me: but thy servant was meditating on thine ordinances. [24] For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors.
[25] My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word. [26] I declared my ways, and thou didst hear me: teach me thine ordinances. [27] Instruct me in the way of thine ordinances; and I will meditate on thy wondrous works. [28] My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen thou me with thy words. [29] Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by thy law. [30] I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten thy judgments. [31] I have cleaved to thy testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame. [32] I ran the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
[33] Teach me, O Lord, the way of thine ordinances, and I will seek it out continually. [34] Instruct me, and I will search out thy law, and will keep it with my whole heart. [35] Guide me in the path of thy commandments; for I have delighted in it. [36] Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. [37] Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way. [38] Confirm thine oracle to thy servant, that he may fear thee. [39] Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good. [40] Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.
[41] And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; even thy salvation, according to thy word. [42] And so I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words. [43] And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever. [45] I walked also at large: for I sought out thy commandments. [46] And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed. [47] And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly. [48] And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances.
