by Septuagint
[8] Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thine holiness. [9] Thy priests shall clothe themselves with righteousness; and thy saints shall exult. [10] For the sake of thy servant David turn not away the face of thine anointed.
[11] The Lord sware in truth to David, and he will not annul it, saying, Of the fruit of thy body will I set a king upon thy throne. [12] If thy children will deep my covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon thy throne for ever. [13] For the Lord has elected Sion, he has chosen her for a habitation for himself, saying, [14] This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have chosen it. [15] I will surely bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. [16] I will clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall greatly exult. [17] There will I cause to spring up a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for mine anointed. [18] His enemies will I clothe with a shame; but upon himself shall my holiness flourish.
Psalm 133
A Song of Degrees.
[1] See now! what is so good, or what so pleasant, as for brethren to dwell together? [2] It is as ointment on the head, that ran down to the beard, even the beard of Aaron; that ran down to the fringe of his clothing. [3] As the dew of Aermon, that comes down on the mountains of Sion: for there, the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for ever.
Psalm 134
A Song of Degrees.
[1] Behold now, bless ye the Lord, all the servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. [2] Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries, and bless the Lord. [3] May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless thee out of Sion.
Psalm 135
Alleluia.
[1] Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, ye his servants, [2] who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. [3] Praise ye the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises to his name; for it is good.
[4] For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. [5] For I know that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods; [6] all that the Lord willed, he did in heaven, and on the earth, in the sea, and in all deeps. [7] Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth: he has made lightnings for the rain: he brings winds out of his treasures. [8] Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast. [9] He sent signs and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, on Pharao, and on all his servants. [10] Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings; [11] Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan: [12] and gave their land for an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel his people.
[13] O Lord, thy name endures for ever, and thy memorial to all generations. [14] For the Lord shall judge his people, and comfort himself concerning his servants. [15] The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the works of men’s hands. [16] They have a mouth, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see; [17] they have ears, but they cannot hear; for there is no breath in their mouth. [18] Let those who make them be made like to them; and all those who trust in them.
[19] O house of Israel, bless ye the Lord: O house of Aaron, bless ye the Lord: [20] O house of Levi, bless ye the Lord: ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. [21] Blessed in Sion be the Lord, who dwells in Jerusalem.
Psalm 136
Alleluia.
[1] Give thanks to the Lord: for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. [2] Give thanks to the God of gods; for his mercy endures for ever. [3] Give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endures for ever.
[4] To him who along has wrought great wonders: for his mercy endures for ever. [5] To him who made the heavens by understanding; for his mercy endures for ever. [6] To him who established the earth on the waters; for his mercy endures for ever. [7] To him who alone made great lights; for his mercy endures for ever. [8] The sun to rule by day; for his mercy endures for ever. [9] The moon and the stars to rule the night; for his mercy endures for ever.
[10] To him who smote Egypt with their first-born; for his mercy endures for ever. [11] And brought Israel out of the midst of them; for his mercy endures for ever: [12] with a strong hand, and a high arm: for his mercy endures for ever. [13] To him who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy endures for ever: [14] and brought Israel through the midst of it: for his mercy endures for ever: [15] and overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endures for ever. [16] To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endures for ever.
[17] To him who smote great kings: for his mercy endures for ever: [18] and slew mighty kings; for his mercy endures for ever: [19] Seon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endures for ever: [20] and Og king of Basan: for his mercy endures for ever: [21] and gave their land for an inheritance: for his mercy endures for ever: [22] even an inheritance to Israel his servant: for his mercy endures for ever.
[23] For the Lord remembered us in our low estate; for his mercy endures for ever: [24] and redeemed us from our enemies; for his mercy endures for ever. [25] Who gives food to all flesh; for his mercy endures for ever. [26] Give thanks to the God of heaven; for his mercy endures for ever.
Psalm 137
For David, a Psalm of Jeremias.
[1] By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion. [2] We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it. [3] For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Sion.
[4] How should we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? [5] If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. [6] May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember thee; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy.
[7] Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to its foundations. [8] Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward thee as thou hast rewarded us. [9] Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.
Psalm 138
A Psalm for David, of Aggaeus and Zacharias.
[1] I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; for thou hast heard all the words of my mouth. [2] I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks to thy name, on account of thy mercy and thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy holy name above every thing. [3] In whatsoever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily; thou shalt abundantly provide me with thy power in my soul. [4] Let all the kings of the earth, o Lord, give thanks unto thee; for they have heard all the words of thy mouth. [5] And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
[6] For the Lord is high, and yet regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off. [7] Though I should walk in the midst of affliction, thou wilt quicken me; thou hast stretched forth thine hands against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand has saved me. [8] O Lord, thou shalt recompense them on my behalf: thy mercy, O Lord, endures for ever: overlook not the works of thine hands.
Psalm 139
For the end, a Psalm of David.
[1] O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me. [2] Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before. [3] Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways. [4] For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, [5] the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.
[6] The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot attain to it. [7] Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence? [8] If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present. [9] If I should spread my wings to fly straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, it would be vain, [10] for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me. [11] When I said, Surely th
e darkness will cover me; even the night was light in my luxury. [12] For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light be to thee. [13] For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother’s womb. [14] I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows it well. [15] My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth. [16] Thine eyes saw my unwrought substance, and all men shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though there should for a time be no one among them.
[17] But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened. [18] I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.
[19] Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood. [20] For thou wilt say concerning their thought, that they shall take thy cities in vain. [21] Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies? [22] I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies. [23] Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths; [24] and see if there is any way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
Psalm 140
For the end, a Psalm of David.
[1] Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; deliver me from the unjust man. [2] Who have devised injustice in their hearts; all the day they prepared war. [3] They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause. [4] Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; rescue me from unjust men; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. [5] The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; they set a stumbling-block for me near the path. Pause.
[6] I said to the Lord, Thou art my God; hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication. [7] O Lord God, the strength of my salvation; thou hast screened my head in the day of battle. [8] Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised mischief against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause.
[9] As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them. [10] Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and thou shalt cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up under them. [11] A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction. [12] I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy ones. [13] Surely the righteous shall give thanks to thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Psalm 141
A Psalm of David.
[1] O Lord, I have cried to thee; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee. [2] Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. [3] Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips. [4] Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and let me not unite with their choice ones. [5] The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.
[6] Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet. [7] As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the mouth of the grave. [8] For mine eyes are to thee, O Lord God: I have hoped in thee; take not away my life. [9] Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity. [10] Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape.
Psalm 142
A Psalm of instruction for David, when he was in the cave, — a Prayer.
[1] I cried to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I made supplication to the Lord. [2] I will pour out before him my supplication: I will declare before him mine affliction. [3] When my spirit was fainting within me, then thou knewest my paths; in the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me. [4] I looked on my right hand, and behold, for there was none that noticed me; refuge failed me; and there was none that cared for my soul. [5] I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living. [6] Attend to my supplication, for I am brought very low; deliver me from them that persecute me; for they are stronger than I. [7] Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to thy name, O Lord; the righteous shall wait for me, until thou recompense me.
Psalm 143
A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him.
[1] O Lord, attend to my prayer: hearken to my supplication in thy truth; hear me in thy righteousness. [2] And enter not into judgment with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
[3] For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has brought my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a dark place, as those that have been long dead. [4] Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me. [5] I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands. [6] I spread forth my hands to thee; my soul thirsts for thee, as a dry land. Pause.
[7] Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; turn not away thy face from me, else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit. [8] Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for I have hoped in thee; make known to me, O Lord, the way wherein I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to thee. [9] Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord; for I have fled to thee for refuge. [10] Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God; thy good Spirit shall guide me in the straight way. [11] Thou shalt quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake; in thy righteousness thou shalt bring my soul out of affliction. [12] And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy mine enemies, and wilt destroy all those that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.
Psalm 144
A Psalm of David concerning Goliad.
[1] Blessed be the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, and my fingers for war. [2] My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me.
[3] Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man, that thou takest account of him? [4] Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.
[5] O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. [6] Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them. [7] Send forth thine hand from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strange children; [8] whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity.
[9] O God, I will sing a new song to thee: I will play to thee on a psaltery of ten strings. [10] Even to him who gives salvation to kings: who redeems his servant David from the hurtful sword. [11] Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity; [12] whose children are as plants, strengthened in their youth: their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously adorned after the similitude of a temple. [13] Their garners are full, and bursting with one kind of store after another; their sheep are prolific, multiplying in their streets. [14] Their oxen are fat: there is no falling down of a hedge, nor going out, nor cry in their folds. [15] Men bless the people to whom this lot belongs, but blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.
Psalm 145
David’s Psalm of praise.
[1] I will exalt thee, my God, my king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. [2] Every day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. [3] The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and there is no end to his greatness. [4] Generation after generation shall praise thy works, and tell of thy power. [5] And they shall speak of the glorious majesty of thy holiness, and recount thy wonders. [6] And they shall speak of the power of thy terrible acts; and recount thy
greatness. [7] They shall utter the memory of the abundance of thy goodness, and shall exult in thy righteousness.
[8] The Lord is compassionate, and merciful; long suffering, and abundant in mercy. [9] The Lord is good to those that wait on him; and his compassions are over all his works. [10] Let all thy works, O Lord, give thanks to thee; and let thy saints bless thee. [11] They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy dominion; [12] to make known to the sons of men thy power, and the glorious majesty of thy kingdom. [13] Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is faithful in his words, and holy in all his works.
[14] The Lord supports all that are falling, and sets up all that are broken down. [15] The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their food in due season. [16] Thou openest thine hands, and fillest every living thing with pleasure. [17] The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
[18] The Lord is near to all that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. [19] He will perform the desire of them that fear him: and he will hear their supplication, and save them. [20] The Lord preserves all that love him: but all sinners he will utterly destroy. [21] My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
