Chapter 3

19:031:003 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.

19:031:004 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

19:031:005 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

19:031:006 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.

19:031:007 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

19:031:008 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

19:031:009 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

19:031:010 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

19:031:011 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

19:031:012 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

19:031:013 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

19:031:014 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.

19:031:015 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

19:031:016 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.

19:031:017 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

19:031:018 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

19:031:019 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

19:031:020 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

19:031:021 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

19:031:022 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

19:031:023 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.

19:031:024 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

19:032:001 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

19:032:002 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

19:032:003 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

19:032:004 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

19:032:005 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

19:032:006 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

19:032:007 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

19:032:008 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

19:032:009 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

19:032:010 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

19:032:011 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

19:033:001 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

19:033:002 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

19:033:003 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

19:033:004 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

19:033:005 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

19:033:006 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

19:033:007 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

19:033:008 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

19:033:009 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

19:033:010 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

19:033:011 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

19:033:012 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

19:033:013 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

19:033:014 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

19:033:015 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

19:033:016 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

19:033:017 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

19:033:018 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

19:033:019 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

19:033:020 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

19:033:021 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

19:033:022 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

19:034:001 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

19:034:002 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

19:034:003 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

19:034:004 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

19:034:005 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

19:034:006 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

19:034:007 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

19:034:008 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

19:034:009 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

19:034:010 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

19:034:011 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

19:034:012 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

19:034:013 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

19:034:014 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

19:034:015 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

19:034:016 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

19:034:017 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

19:034:018 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

19:034:019 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

19:034:020 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

19:034:021 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

19:034:022 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

19:035:001 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

19:035:002 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

19:035:003 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

19:035:004 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

19:035:005 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

19:035:006 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

19:035:007 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

19:035:008 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

19:035:009 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

19:035:010 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

19:035:011 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

19:035:012 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

19:035:013 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

19:035:014 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

19:035:015 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

19:035:016 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

19:035:017 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

19:035:018 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

19:035:019 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

19:035:020 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

19:035:021 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

19:035:022 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

19:035:023 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

19:035:024 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

19:035:025 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

19:035:026 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

19:035:027 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

19:035:028 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

19:036:001 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

19:036:002 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

19:036:003 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

19:036:004 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

19:036:005 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

19:036:006 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

19:036:007 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

19:036:008 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

19:036:009 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

19:036:010 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

19:036:011 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

19:036:012 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

19:037:001 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

19:037:002 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

19:037:003 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

19:037:004 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

19:037:005 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

19:037:006 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

19:037:007 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

19:037:008 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

19:037:009 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

19:037:010 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

19:037:011 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

19:037:012 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

19:037:013 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

19:037:014 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

19:037:015 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

19:037:016 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

19:037:017 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

19:037:018 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

19:037:019 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

19:037:020 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

19:037:021 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

19:037:022 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.

19:037:023 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

19:037:024 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

19:037:025 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

19:037:026 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

19:037:027 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

19:037:028 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

19:037:029 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

19:037:030 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

19:037:031 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

19:037:032 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

19:037:033 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

19:037:034 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

19:037:035 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

19:037:036 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

19:037:037 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

19:037:038 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

19:037:039 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

19:037:040 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

19:038:001 O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

19:038:002 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

19:038:003 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

19:038:004 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

19:038:005 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

19:038:006 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

19:038:007 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

19:038:008 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

19:038:009 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

19:038:010 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

19:038:011 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

19:038:012 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

19:038:013 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

19:038:014 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

19:038:015 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

19:038:016 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

19:038:017 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

19:038:018 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19:038:019 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

19:038:020 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

19:038:021 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

19:038:022 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

19:039:001 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

19:039:002 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

19:039:003 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

19:039:004 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

19:039:005 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

19:039:006 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

19:039:007 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

19:039:008 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

19:039:009 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

19:039:010 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

19:039:011 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

19:039:012 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

19:039:013 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

19:040:001 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

19:040:002 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

19:040:003 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

19:040:004 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

19:040:005 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

19:040:006 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

19:040:007 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

19:040:008 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.