140:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver
me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are
they gathered together for war.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’
poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from
the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a
net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of
my supplications, O LORD.
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered
my head in the day of battle.
8 ¶ Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his
wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the
mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the
fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall
hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and
the right of the poor.
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the
upright shall dwell in thy presence.
141:1 A Psalm of David LORD, I cry unto thee: make
haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked
works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their
dainties.
5 ¶ Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and
let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which
shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in
their calamities.
6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear
my words; for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one
cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my
trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and
the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal
escape.
142:1 Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the
cave. I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto
the LORD did I make my supplication.
2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my
trouble.
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my
path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for
me.
4 ¶ I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was
no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and
my portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my
persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the
righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with
me.
143:1 A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give
ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and 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 hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life
down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those
that have been long dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me
is desolate.
5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse
on the work of thy hands.
6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth
after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7 ¶ Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face
from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee
do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift
up my soul unto thee.
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide
me.
10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is
good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’
sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that
afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
144:1 A Psalm of David. Blessed be the
LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my
fingers to fight:
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my
shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under
me.
3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or
the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that
passeth away.
5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and
they shall smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows,
and destroy them.
7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great
waters, from the hand of strange children;
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a
right hand of falsehood.
9 ¶ I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and
an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth
David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose
mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood:
12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that
our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after
the similitude of a palace:
13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner
of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten
thousands in our streets:
14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that
there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no
complaining in our streets.
15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea,
happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
145:1 ¶ <<David’s Psalm of praise.>> I will
extol thee, my God, O 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 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his
greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall
declare thy mighty acts.
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy
wondrous works.
6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and
I will declare thy greatness.
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and
shall sing of thy righteousness.
8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to
anger, and of great mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are
over all his works.
10 ¶ All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall
bless thee.
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy
power;
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the
glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those
that be bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat
in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every
living thing.
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all
his works.
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all
that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will
hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked
will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh
bless his holy name for ever and ever.
146:1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my
God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in
whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very
day his thoughts perish.
5 ¶ Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his
help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is:
which keepeth truth for ever:
7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to
the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth
them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless
and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto
all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
147:1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises
unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the
outcasts of Israel.
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their
names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is
infinite.
6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the
ground.
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp
unto our God:
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the
earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens
which cry.
10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not
pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that
hope in his mercy.
12 ¶ Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed
thy children within thee.
14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee
with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word
runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like
ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his
cold?
18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind
to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments
unto Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his
judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
148:1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens:
praise him in the heights.
2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be
above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they
were created.
6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a
decree which shall not pass.
7 ¶ Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his
word:
9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of
the earth:
12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is
excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his
saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him.
Praise ye the LORD.
149:1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and
his praise in the congregation of saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion
be joyful in their King.
3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto
him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the
meek with salvation.
5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their
beds.
6 ¶ Let the high praises of God be in their
mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments
upon the people;
8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of
iron;
9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all
his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
150:1 ¶ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise
him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his
excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the
psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed
instruments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high
sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the
LORD.