PSALM CHAPTER 41

Psalm 41:1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth YHWH deliver him.
41:2 YHWH doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
41:3 YHWH supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
41:4 I -- I said, `O YHWH, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
41:5 Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!
41:6 And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.
41:7 All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
41:8 A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
41:9 Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,
Psalm 41:10 And Thou, YHWH, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
41:11 By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
41:12 As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.
41:13 Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From the age -- and unto the age. Amen and Amen.

PSALM CHAPTER 42

Psalm 42:1 To the Overseer. -- An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
42:2 My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
42:3 My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where [is] thy God?'
42:4 These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!
42:5 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance -- My God!
42:6 In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
42:7 Deep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me.
42:8 By day YHWH commandeth His kindness, And by night a song [is] with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
42:9 I say to God my rock, `Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?
Psalm 42:10 With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, `Where [is] thy God?'
42:11 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

PSALM CHAPTER 43

Psalm 43:1 Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,
43:2 For thou [art] the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?
43:3 Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They -- they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles.
43:4 And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.
43:5 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

PSALM CHAPTER 44

Psalm 44:1 To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.
44:2 Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.
44:3 For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
44:4 Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
44:5 By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
44:6 For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.
44:7 For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
44:8 In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.
44:9 In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.
Psalm 44:10 Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
44:11 Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
44:12 Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
44:14 Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
44:15 All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.
44:16 Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
44:17 All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
44:18 We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
44:19 But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
Psalm 44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,
44:21 Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
44:22 Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
44:23 Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
44:24 Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
44:25 For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
44:26 Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.

PSALM CHAPTER 45

Psalm 45:1 To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies.' -- By sons of Korah. -- An Instruction. -- A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue [is] the pen of a speedy writer.
45:2 Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.
45:3 Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!
45:4 As to Thy majesty -- prosper! -- ride! Because of truth, and meekness -- righteousness, And Thy right hand showeth Thee fearful things.
45:5 Thine arrows [are] sharp, -- Peoples fall under Thee -- In the heart of the enemies of the king.
45:6 Thy throne, O God, [is] age-during, and for ever, A sceptre of uprightness [Is] the sceptre of Thy kingdom.
45:7 Thou hast loved righteousness and hatest wickedness, Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, Oil of joy above thy companions.
45:8 Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad.
45:9 Daughters of kings [are] among thy precious ones, A queen hath stood at thy right hand, In pure gold of Ophir.
Psalm 45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,
45:11 And the king doth desire thy beauty, Because he [is] thy lord -- bow thyself to him,
45:12 And the daughter of Tyre with a present, The rich of the people do appease thy face.
45:13 All glory [is] the daughter of the king within, Of gold-embroidered work [is] her clothing.
45:14 In divers colours she is brought to the king, Virgins -- after her -- her companions, Are brought to thee.
45:15 They are brought with joy and gladness, They come into the palace of the king.
45:16 Instead of thy fathers are thy sons, Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth.
45:17 I make mention of Thy name in all generations, Therefore do peoples praise Thee, To the age, and for ever!

PSALM CHAPTER 46

Psalm 46:1 To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' -- A song. God [is] to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely.
46:2 Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas.
46:3 Roar -- troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.
46:4 A river -- its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
46:5 God [is] in her midst -- she is not moved, God doth help her at the turn of the morn!
46:6 Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.
46:7 YHWH of Hosts [is] with us, A tower for us [is] the God of Jacob. Selah.
46:8 Come ye, see the works of YHWH, Who hath done astonishing things in the earth,
46:9 Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.
Psalm 46:10 Desist, and know that I [am] God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.
46:11 YHWH of hosts [is] with us, A tower for us [is] the God of Jacob! Selah.

PSALM CHAPTER 47

Psalm 47:1 To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,
47:2 For YHWH Most High [is] fearful, A great king over all the earth.
47:3 He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
47:4 He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah.
47:5 God hath gone up with a shout, YHWH with the sound of a trumpet.
47:6 Praise God -- praise -- give praise to our king, praise.
47:7 For king of all the earth [is] God, Give praise, O understanding one.
47:8 God hath reigned over nations, God hath sat on His holy throne,
47:9 Nobles of peoples have been gathered, [With] the people of the God of Abraham, For to God [are] the shields of earth, Greatly hath He been exalted!

PSALM CHAPTER 48

Psalm 48:1 A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great [is] YHWH, and praised greatly, In the city of our God -- His holy hill.
48:2 Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.
48:3 God in her high places is known for a tower.
48:4 For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
48:5 They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.
48:6 Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
48:7 By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.
48:8 As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of YHWH of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her -- to the age. Selah.
48:9 We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,
Psalm 48:10 As [is] Thy name, O God, so [is] Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.
48:11 Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.
48:12 Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,
48:13 Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,
48:14 That this God [is] our God -- To the age and for ever, He -- he doth lead us over death!

PSALM CHAPTER 49

Psalm 49:1 To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. A Psalm. Hear this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.
49:2 Both low and high, together rich and needy.
49:3 My mouth speaketh wise things, And the meditations of my heart [are] things of understanding.
49:4 I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:
49:5 Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.
49:6 Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
49:7 A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.
49:8 And precious [is] the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.
49:9 And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.
Psalm 49:10 For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.
49:11 Their heart [is]: Their houses [are] to the age, Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands.
49:12 And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.
49:13 This their way [is] folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.
49:14 As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form [is] for consumption. Sheol [is] a dwelling for him.
49:15 Only, God doth ransom my soul from the hand of Sheol, For He doth receive me. Selah.
49:16 Fear not, when one maketh wealth, When the honour of his house is abundant,
49:17 For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.
49:18 For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)
49:19 It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.
Psalm 49:20 Man in honour, who understandest not, Hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off!

PSALM CHAPTER 50

Psalm 50:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- YHWH -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.
50:2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
50:3 Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.
50:4 He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
50:5 Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
50:6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. Selah.
50:7 Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I.
50:8 Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.
50:9 I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
Psalm 50:10 For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.
50:11 I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
50:12 If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness.
50:13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
50:14 Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.
50:15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
50:16 And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?
50:17 Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
50:18 If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.
50:19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
Psalm 50:20 Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
50:21 These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.
50:22 Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
50:23 He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!

PSALM CHAPTER 51

Psalm 51:1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David, in the coming inn unto him of Nathan the prophet, when he hath gone in unto Bath-Sheba. Favour me, O God, according to Thy kindness, According to the abundance of Thy mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
51:2 Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And from my sin cleanse me,
51:3 For my transgressions I do know, And my sin [is] before me continually.
51:4 Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.
51:5 Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
51:6 Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.
51:7 Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.
51:8 Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, Thou makest joyful bones Thou hast bruised.
51:9 Hide Thy face from my sin. And all mine iniquities blot out.
Psalm 51:10 A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.
51:11 Cast me not forth from Thy presence, And Thy Holy Spirit take not from me.
51:12 Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And a willing spirit doth sustain me.
51:13 I teach transgressors Thy ways, And sinners unto Thee do return.
51:14 Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, My tongue singeth of Thy righteousness.
51:15 O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise.
51:16 For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give [it], Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not.
51:17 The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.
51:18 Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.
51:19 Then Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!

PSALM CHAPTER 52

Psalm 52:1 To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, `David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God [is] all the day.
52:2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
52:3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.
52:4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
52:5 Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
52:6 And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
52:7 `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
52:8 And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, To the age and for ever,
52:9 I thank Thee to the age, because Thou hast done [it], And I wait [on] Thy name for [it is] good before Thy saints!

PSALM CHAPTER 53

Psalm 53:1 To the Overseer. -- `On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, `There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.
53:2 God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, [One] seeking God.
53:3 Every one went back, together they became filthy, There is none doing good -- not even one.
53:4 Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.
53:5 There they feared a fear -- there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.
53:6 Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back [to] a captivity of His people, Jacob doth rejoice -- Israel is glad!

PSALM CHAPTER 54

Psalm 54:1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, `Is not David hiding himself with us?' O God, by Thy name save me, and by Thy might judge me.
54:2 O God, hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth,
54:3 For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.
54:4 Lo, God [is] a helper to me, The Lord [is] with those supporting my soul,
54:5 Turn back doth the evil thing to mine enemies, In Thy truth cut them off.
54:6 With a free will-offering I sacrifice to Thee, I thank Thy name, O YHWH, for [it is] good,
54:7 For, from all adversity He delivered me, And on mine enemies hath mine eye looked!

PSALM CHAPTER 55

Psalm 55:1 To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.
55:2 Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,
55:3 Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.
55:4 My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
55:5 Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.
55:6 And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,
55:7 Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.
55:8 I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.
55:9 Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
Psalm 55:10 By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,
55:11 Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.
55:12 For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.
55:13 But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.
55:14 When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.
55:15 Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol -- alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.
55:16 I -- to God I call, and YHWH saveth me.
55:17 Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,
55:18 He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.
55:19 God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,
Psalm 55:20 He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
55:21 Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].
55:22 Cast on YHWH that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.
55:23 And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

PSALM CHAPTER 56

Psalm 56:1 To the Overseer. -- `On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,
56:2 Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O most High,
56:3 The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.
56:4 In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.
56:5 All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil,
56:6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
56:7 By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.
56:8 My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou -- place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?
56:9 Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
Psalm 56:10 In God I praise the word, In YHWH I praise the word.
56:11 In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,
56:12 On me, O God, [are] Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.
56:13 For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!

PSALM CHAPTER 57

Psalm 57:1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.
57:2 I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me.
57:3 He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached -- who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.
57:4 My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames -- sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
57:5 Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth Thine honour.
57:6 A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.
57:7 Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.
57:8 Awake, mine honour, awake, psaltery and harp, I awake the morning dawn.
57:9 I thank Thee among the peoples, O Lord, I praise Thee among the nations.
Psalm 57:10 For great unto the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.
57:11 Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God. Above all the earth Thine honour!

PSALM CHAPTER 58

Psalm 58:1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?
58:2 Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
58:3 The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
58:4 Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,
58:5 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of charms most skilful.
58:6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O YHWH.
58:7 They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.
58:8 As a snail that melteth he goeth on, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They have not seen the sun.
58:9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.
Psalm 58:10 The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.
58:11 And man saith: `Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'

PSALM CHAPTER 59

Psalm 59:1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.
59:2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.
59:3 For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O YHWH.
59:4 Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
59:5 And Thou, YHWH, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.
59:6 They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.
59:7 Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for `Who heareth?'
59:8 And Thou, O YHWH dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.
59:9 O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower -- the God of my kindness.
Psalm 59:10 God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.
59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
59:12 The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.
59:13 Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.
59:14 And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.
59:15 They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur.
59:16 And I -- I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.
59:17 O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!

PSALM CHAPTER 60

Psalm 60:1 To the Overseer. -- `Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt -- twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us -- hadst been angry! -- Thou dost turn back to us.
60:2 Thou hast caused the land to tremble, Thou hast broken it, Heal its breaches, for it hath moved.
60:3 Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.
60:4 Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. Selah.
60:5 That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Thy right hand, and answer us.
60:6 God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult -- I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,
60:7 Mine [is] Gilead, and mine [is] Manasseh, And Ephraim [is] the strength of my head, Judah [is] my lawgiver,
60:8 Moab [is] my pot for washing, over Edom I cast my shoe, Shout, concerning me, O Philistia.
60:9 Who doth bring me [to] a city of bulwarks? Who hath led me unto Edom?
Psalm 60:10 Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts!
60:11 Give to us help from adversity, And vain [is] the deliverance of man.
60:12 In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!

PSALM CHAPTER 61

Psalm 61:1 To the Overseer, on stringed instruments. -- By David. Hear, O God, my loud cry, attend to my prayer.
61:2 From the end of the land unto Thee I call, In the feebleness of my heart, Into a rock higher than I Thou dost lead me.
61:3 For Thou hast been a refuge for me, A tower of strength because of the enemy.
61:4 I sojourn in Thy tent to the ages, I trust in the secret place of Thy wings. Selah.
61:5 For Thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast appointed the inheritance Of those fearing Thy name.
61:6 Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation.
61:7 He dwelleth to the age before God, Kindness and truth appoint -- they keep him.
61:8 So do I praise Thy name for ever, When I pay my vows day by day!

PSALM CHAPTER 62

Psalm 62:1 To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. Only -- toward God [is] my soul silent, From Him [is] my salvation.
62:2 Only -- He [is] my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.
62:3 Till when do ye devise mischief against a man? Ye are destroyed all of you, As a wall inclined, a hedge that is cast down.
62:4 Only -- from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.
62:5 Only -- for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him [is] my hope.
62:6 Only -- He [is] my rock and my salvation, My tower, I am not moved.
62:7 On God [is] my salvation, and my honour, The rock of my strength, my refuge [is] in God.
62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people, Pour forth before Him your heart, God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.
62:9 Only -- vanity [are] the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity [are] lighter.
Psalm 62:10 Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.
62:11 Once hath God spoken, twice I heard this, That `strength [is] with God.'
62:12 And with Thee, O Lord, [is] kindness, For Thou dost recompense to each, According to his work!

PSALM CHAPTER 63

Psalm 63:1 A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou [art] my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.
63:2 So in the sanctuary I have seen Thee, To behold Thy strength and Thine honour.
63:3 Because better [is] Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.
63:4 So I bless Thee in my life, in Thy name I lift up my hands.
63:5 As [with] milk and fatness is my soul satisfied, And [with] singing lips doth my mouth praise.
63:6 If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches -- I meditate on Thee.
63:7 For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.
63:8 Cleaved hath my soul after Thee, On me hath Thy right hand taken hold.
63:9 And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.
Psalm 63:10 They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.
63:11 And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!

PSALM CHAPTER 64

Psalm 64:1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my meditation, From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,
64:2 Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
64:3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
64:4 To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
64:5 They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, `Who doth look at it?'
64:6 They search out perverse things, `We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.
64:7 And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
64:8 And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
64:9 And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
Psalm 64:10 The righteous doth rejoice in YHWH, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!

PSALM CHAPTER 65

Psalm 65:1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. A Song. To Thee, silence -- praise, O God, [is] in Zion, And to Thee is a vow completed.
65:2 Hearer of prayer, to Thee all flesh cometh.
65:3 Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions -- Thou dost cover them.
65:4 O the happiness of [him whom] Thou choosest, And drawest near, he inhabiteth Thy courts, We are satisfied with the goodness of Thy house, Thy holy temple.
65:5 By fearful things in righteousness Thou answerest us, O God of our salvation, The confidence of all far off ends of earth and sea.
65:6 Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might,
65:7 Restraining the noise of seas, the noise of their billows, And the multitude of the peoples.
65:8 And the inhabitants of the uttermost parts From Thy signs are afraid, The outgoings of morning and evening Thou causest to sing.
65:9 Thou hast inspected the earth, and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God [is] full of water, Thou preparest their corn, When thus Thou dost prepare it,
Psalm 65:10 Its ridges have been filled, Deepened hath been its furrow, With showers Thou dost soften it, Its springing up Thou blessest.
65:11 Thou hast crowned the year of Thy goodness, And Thy paths drop fatness.
65:12 Drop do the pastures of a wilderness, And joy of the heights Thou girdest on.
65:13 Clothed have lambs the flock, And valleys are covered with corn, They shout -- yea, they sing!

PSALM CHAPTER 66

Psalm 66:1 To the Overseer. -- A Song, a Psalm. Shout ye to God, all the earth.
66:2 Praise ye the honour of His name, Make ye honourable His praise.
66:3 Say to God, `How fearful [are] Thy works, By the abundance of Thy strength, Thine enemies feign obedience to Thee.
66:4 All the earth do bow to Thee, They sing praise to Thee, they praise Thy name.' Selah.
66:5 Come ye, and see the works of God, Fearful acts toward the sons of men.
66:6 He hath turned a sea to dry land, Through a river they pass over on foot, There do we rejoice in Him.
66:7 Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. Selah.
66:8 Bless, ye peoples, our God, And sound the voice of His praise,
66:9 Who hath placed our soul in life, And suffered not our feet to be moved.
Psalm 66:10 For Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.
66:11 Thou hast brought us into a net, Thou hast placed pressure on our loins.
66:12 Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place.
66:13 I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows,
66:14 For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress:
66:15 `Burnt-offerings of fatlings I offer to Thee, With perfume of rams, I prepare a bullock with he-goats.' Selah.
66:16 Come, hear, all ye who fear God, And I recount what he did for my soul.
66:17 Unto Him [with] my mouth I have called, And exaltation [is] under my tongue.
66:18 Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.
66:19 But God hath heard, He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalm 66:20 Blessed [is] God, Who hath not turned aside my prayer, And His loving-kindness, from me!

PSALM CHAPTER 67

Psalm 67:1 To the Overseer, with stringed instruments. -- A Psalm, a Song. God doth favour us and bless us, Doth cause His face to shine with us. Selah.
67:2 For the knowledge in earth of Thy way, among all nations of Thy salvation.
67:3 Praise Thee do peoples, O God, Praise Thee do peoples, all of them.
67:4 Rejoice and sing do nations, For Thou judgest peoples uprightly, And peoples on earth comfortest. Selah.
67:5 Confess Thee do peoples, O God, Confess Thee do peoples -- all of them.
67:6 Earth hath given her increase, God doth bless us -- our God,
67:7 God doth bless us, and all ends of earth fear Him!

PSALM CHAPTER 68

Psalm 68:1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.
68:2 As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.
68:3 And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they joy with gladness.
68:4 Sing ye to God -- praise His name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah [is] His name, and exult before Him.
68:5 Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, [Is] God in His holy habitation.
68:6 God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have inhabited a dry place.
68:7 O God, in Thy going forth before Thy people, In Thy stepping through the wilderness, Selah.
68:8 The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai -- before God, the God of Israel.
68:9 A shower of free-will gifts thou shakest out, O God. Thine inheritance, when it hath been weary, Thou hast established it.
Psalm 68:10 Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.
68:11 The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers [are] a numerous host.
68:12 Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportioneth spoil.
68:13 Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
68:14 When the Mighty spreadeth kings in it, It doth snow in Salmon.
68:15 A hill of God [is] the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights [is] the hill of Bashan.
68:16 Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired for His seat? YHWH also doth tabernacle for ever.
68:17 The chariots of God [are] myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord [is] among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.
68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast taken captive captivity, Thou hast taken gifts for men, That even the refractory may rest, O Jah God.
68:19 Blessed [is] the Lord, day by day He layeth on us. God Himself [is] our salvation. Selah.
Psalm 68:20 God Himself [is] to us a God for deliverances, And YHWH Lord hath the outgoings of death.
68:21 Only -- God doth smite The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.
68:22 The Lord said: `From Bashan I bring back, I bring back from the depths of the sea.
68:23 So that thou dashest thy foot in blood, [In the blood of] enemies -- the tongue of Thy dogs.'
68:24 They have seen Thy goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary.
68:25 Singers have been before, Behind [are] players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.
68:26 In assemblies bless ye God, The Lord -- from the fountain of Israel.
68:27 There [is] little Benjamin their ruler, Heads of Judah their defence, Heads of Zebulun -- heads of Naphtali.
68:28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength, Be strong, O God, this Thou hast wrought for us.
68:29 Because of Thy temple at Jerusalem, To Thee do kings bring a present.
Psalm 68:30 Rebuke a beast of the reeds, a company of bulls, With calves of the peoples, Each humbling himself with pieces of silver, Scatter Thou peoples delighting in conflicts.
68:31 Come do fat ones out of Egypt, Cush causeth her hands to run to God.
68:32 Kingdoms of the earth, sing ye to God, Praise ye the Lord. Selah.
68:33 To him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Lo, He giveth with His voice a strong voice.
68:34 Ascribe ye strength to God, Over Israel [is] His excellency, and His strength in the clouds.
68:35 Fearful, O God, out of Thy sanctuaries, The God of Israel Himself, Giving strength and might to the people. Blessed [is] God!

PSALM CHAPTER 69

Psalm 69:1 To the Overseer. -- `On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul.
69:2 I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.
69:3 I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.
69:4 Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away -- I bring back.
69:5 O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.
69:6 Let not those waiting on Thee be ashamed because of me, O Lord, YHWH of Hosts, Let not those seeking Thee Blush because of me, O God of Israel.
69:7 For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.
69:8 A stranger I have been to my brother, And a foreigner to sons of my mother.
69:9 For zeal for Thy house hath consumed me, And the reproaches of Thy reproachers Have fallen upon me.
Psalm 69:10 And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.
69:11 And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.
69:12 Those sitting at the gate meditate concerning me, And those drinking strong drink, Play on instruments.
69:13 And I -- my prayer [is] to Thee, O YHWH, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Thy kindness, Answer me in the truth of Thy salvation.
69:14 Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters.
69:15 Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.
69:16 Answer me, O YHWH, for good [is] Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me,
69:17 And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress -- haste, answer me.
69:18 Be near unto my soul -- redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me.
69:19 Thou -- Thou hast known my reproach, And my shame, and my blushing, Before Thee [are] all mine adversaries.
Psalm 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.
69:21 And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.
69:22 Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap.
69:23 Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.
69:24 Pour upon them Thine indignation, And the fierceness of Thine anger doth seize them.
69:25 Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.
69:26 For they have pursued him Thou hast smitten, And recount of the pain of Thy pierced ones.
69:27 Give punishment for their iniquity, And they enter not into Thy righteousness.
69:28 They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.
69:29 And I [am] afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high.
Psalm 69:30 I praise the name of God with a song, And I magnify Him with thanksgiving,
69:31 And it is better to YHWH than an ox, A bullock -- horned -- hoofed.
69:32 The humble have seen -- they rejoice, Ye who seek God -- and your heart liveth.
69:33 For YHWH hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.
69:34 The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them.
69:35 For God doth save Zion, And doth build the cities of Judah, And they have dwelt there, and possess it.
69:36 And the seed of His servants inherit it, And those loving His name dwell in it!

PSALM CHAPTER 70

Psalm 70:1 To the Overseer, by David. -- `To cause to remember.' O God, to deliver me, O YHWH, for my help, haste.
70:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.
70:3 Let them turn back because of their shame, Who are saying, `Aha, aha.'
70:4 Let all those seeking Thee joy and be glad in Thee, And let those loving Thy salvation Say continually, `God is magnified.'
70:5 And I [am] poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer [art] Thou, O YHWH, tarry Thou not!

PSALM CHAPTER 71

Psalm 71:1 In Thee, O YHWH, I have trusted, Let me not be ashamed to the age.
71:2 In Thy righteousness Thou dost deliver me, And dost cause me to escape, Incline unto me Thine ear, and save me.
71:3 Be to me for a rock -- a habitation, To go in continually, Thou hast given command to save me, For my rock and my bulwark [art] Thou.
71:4 O my God, cause me to escape From the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the perverse and violent.
71:5 For Thou [art] my hope, O Lord YHWH, My trust from my youth.
71:6 By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee [is] my praise continually.
71:7 As a wonder I have been to many, And Thou [art] my strong refuge.
71:8 Filled is my mouth [with] Thy praise, All the day [with] Thy beauty.
71:9 Cast me not off at the time of old age, According to the consumption of my power forsake me not.
Psalm 71:10 For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,
71:11 Saying, `God hath forsaken him, Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.'
71:12 O God, be not far from me, O my God, for my help make haste.
71:13 They are ashamed, they are consumed, Who are opposing my soul, They are covered [with] reproach and blushing, Who are seeking my evil,
71:14 And I continually do wait with hope, And have added unto all Thy praise.
71:15 My mouth recounteth Thy righteousness, All the day Thy salvation, For I have not known the numbers.
71:16 I come in the might of the Lord YHWH, I mention Thy righteousness -- Thine only.
71:17 God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.
71:18 And also unto old age and grey hairs, O God, forsake me not, Till I declare Thy strength to a generation, To every one that cometh Thy might.
71:19 And Thy righteousness, O God, [is] unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who [is] like Thee?
Psalm 71:20 Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back -- Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back -- Thou bringest me up.
71:21 Thou dost increase my greatness, And Thou surroundest -- Thou comfortest me,
71:22 I also thank Thee with a vessel of psaltery, Thy truth, O my God, I sing to Thee with a harp, O Holy One of Israel,
71:23 My lips cry aloud when I sing praise to Thee, And my soul that Thou hast redeemed,
71:24 My tongue also all the day uttereth Thy righteousness, Because ashamed -- because confounded, Have been those seeking my evil!

PSALM CHAPTER 72

Psalm 72:1 By Solomon. O God, Thy judgments to the king give, And Thy righteousness to the king's son.
72:2 He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.
72:3 The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.
72:4 He judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.
72:5 They fear Thee with the sun, and before the moon, Generation -- generations.
72:6 He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers -- sprinkling the earth.
72:7 Flourish in his days doth the righteous, And abundance of peace till the moon is not.
72:8 And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.
72:9 Before him bow do the inhabitants of the dry places, And his enemies lick the dust.
Psalm 72:10 Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.
72:11 And all kings do bow themselves to him, All nations do serve him,
72:12 For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,
72:13 He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,
72:14 From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.
72:15 And he liveth, and giveth to him of the gold of Sheba, And prayeth for him continually, All the day he doth bless him.
72:16 There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.
72:17 His name is to the age, Before the sun is his name continued, And they bless themselves in him, All nations do pronounce him happy.
72:18 Blessed is YHWH God, God of Israel, He alone is doing wonders,
72:19 And blessed [is] the Name of His honour to the age, And the whole earth is filled [with] His honour. Amen, and amen!
Psalm 72:20 The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.

PSALM CHAPTER 73

Psalm 73:1 A Psalm of Asaph. Only -- good to Israel [is] God, to the clean of heart. And I -- as a little thing, My feet have been turned aside,
73:2 As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
73:3 The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
73:4 And their might [is] firm.
73:5 In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.
73:6 Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
73:7 Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
73:8 They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
73:9 They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
Psalm 73:10 Therefore do His people return hither, And waters of fulness are wrung out to them.
73:11 And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'
73:12 Lo, these [are] the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
73:13 Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
73:14 And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof [is] every morning.
73:15 If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.
73:16 And I think to know this, Perverseness it [is] in mine eyes,
73:17 Till I come in to the sanctuaries of God, I attend to their latter end.
73:18 Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
73:19 How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.
Psalm 73:20 As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.
73:21 For my heart doth show itself violent, And my reins prick themselves,
73:22 And I am brutish, and do not know. A beast I have been with Thee.
73:23 And I [am] continually with Thee, Thou hast laid hold on my right hand.
73:24 With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.
73:25 Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth.
73:26 Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age.
73:27 For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.
73:28 And I -- nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed in the Lord YHWH my refuge, To recount all Thy works!

PSALM CHAPTER 74

Psalm 74:1 An Instruction of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast off for ever? Thine anger smoketh against the flock of Thy pasture.
74:2 Remember Thy company. Thou didst purchase of old, Thou didst redeem the rod of Thy inheritance, This mount Zion -- Thou didst dwell in it.
74:3 Lift up Thy steps to the perpetual desolations, Everything the enemy did wickedly in the sanctuary.
74:4 Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.
74:5 He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
74:6 And now, its carvings together With axe and hatchet they break down,
74:7 They have sent into fire Thy sanctuary, to the earth they polluted the tabernacle of Thy name,
74:8 They said in their hearts, `Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.
74:9 Our ensigns we have not seen, There is no more a prophet, Nor with us is one knowing how long.
Psalm 74:10 Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?
74:11 Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove [it].
74:12 And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
74:13 Thou hast broken by Thy strength a sea-[monster], Thou hast shivered Heads of dragons by the waters,
74:14 Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.
74:15 Thou hast cleaved a fountain and a stream, Thou hast dried up perennial flowings.
74:16 Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver -- the sun.
74:17 Thou hast set up all the borders of earth, Summer and winter Thou hast formed them.
74:18 Remember this -- an enemy reproached YHWH, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.
74:19 Give not up to a company, The soul of Thy turtle-dove, The company of Thy poor ones forget not for ever.
Psalm 74:20 Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.
74:21 Let not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,
74:22 Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.
74:23 Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up continually!

PSALM CHAPTER 75

Psalm 75:1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A Psalm of Asaph. -- A Song. We have given thanks to Thee, O God, We have given thanks, and near [is] Thy name, They have recounted Thy wonders.
75:2 When I receive an appointment, I -- I do judge uprightly.
75:3 Melted is the earth and all its inhabitants, I -- I have pondered its pillars. Selah.
75:4 I have said to the boastful, `Be not boastful,' And to the wicked, `Raise not up a horn.'
75:5 Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)
75:6 For not from the east, or from the west, Nor from the wilderness -- [is] elevation.
75:7 But God [is] judge, This He maketh low -- and this He lifteth up.
75:8 For a cup [is] in the hand of YHWH, And the wine hath foamed, It is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and drink, Do all the wicked of the earth,
75:9 And I -- I declare [it] to the age, I sing praise to the God of Jacob.
Psalm 75:10 And all horns of the wicked I cut off, Exalted are the horns of the righteous!

Psalms 1-40 - Psalms 76-111