THE PSALMS

Blessed is the man

PSALM I

That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor standeth in the way of sinners,

Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful:
But his delight is in the law of the Lord;
And in his law doth he meditate day and night.
He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers
of water,

That bringeth forth its fruit in its season;
Whose leaf also doth not wither;

And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so:

But are like the chaff which the wind driveth

away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the

judgment,

Nor sinners in the congregation

righteous.

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For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

PSALMS III, IV

Many there be that say of my soul,
There is no help for him in God.

But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me;
My glory, and the lifter up of my head.
I cry unto the Lord with my voice,

And he answereth me out of his holy hill.
I laid me down and slept;

I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.

Many there be that say,

Who will shew us any good?

Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance

upon us.

Thou hast put gladness in my heart,

More than they have when their grain and their new wine are increased.

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep;
For thou, Lord, alone makest me dwell in safety.

Stand in awe, and sin not:

Commune with thine own heart upon thy bed, and be still.

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
And put thy trust in the Lord.

PSALM V

Give ear to my words, O Lord,

Consider my meditation.

Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King,

and my God:

For unto thee do I pray.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord;

In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

For thou, O Lord, hast no pleasure in wicked

ness:

Neither shall evil dwell with thee.

But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy:

And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

O Lord our God,

PSALM VIII

How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens! When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,

The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him but little lower than the angels,

And crownest him with glory and honour. Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;

Thou hast put all things under his feet:
All sheep and oxen,

Yea, and the beasts of the field,

The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the

seas.

O Lord our God,

How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

PSALM XV

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?
Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh right

eousness,

And speaketh the truth in his heart;
He that slandereth not with his tongue,
Nor doeth evil to his friend,

Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour:

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned,

But who honoureth them that fear the Lord; He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;

He that putteth not out his money to usury,
Nor taketh reward against the innocent.

He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
He shall receive a blessing from the Lord,
And righteousness from the God of his salva-

tion.

PSALM XVI

I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night sea

sons.

I have set the Lord always before me:

Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:

My flesh also shall rest in hope.

For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave; Neither wilt thou suffer thy beloved one to see corruption.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life:

In thy presence is fulness of joy;

At thy right hand there are pleasures for ever

more.

PSALM XVII

Attend unto my cry, O Lord,

Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of false lips.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes see what is right.

Prove my heart; visit me in the night;

Try me, my thoughts shall not vary from my speech.

Hold up my steps in thy paths,

That my feet slip not.

I call upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my words. Shew thy marvelous lovingkindness,

O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge in thee.

Keep me as the apple of the eye;

Hide me under the shadow of thy wings.

As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteous

ness;

I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy like

ness.

PSALM XVIII

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be

praised:

So shall I be saved from mine enemies.

The cords of death compassed me,

And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. In my distress I called upon the Lord,