Psalm 80

To the chief Musician *upon Shoshannim-Eduth, A Psalm ||of Asaph.

1  Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,

Thou that leadest aJoseph aalike a flock;

Thou that dwellest bbetween the cherubims, cshine forth.

2  dBefore Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh

eStir up thy strength,

And †come and save us.

3  fTurn us again, O God,

gAnd cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

4  hO Lord God of hosts,

iHow long †wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

5  Thou feedest them with kthe bread of tears;

And givest them tears to drink in great lmeasure.

6  Thou makest us a strife unto mour neighbours:

And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7  fTurn us again, O God of hosts,

And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

8  Thou hast brought na vine out of Egypt:

Thou hast ocast out the heathen, and pplanted it.

9  Thou qpreparedst room before it,

And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

10  The hills were covered with the shadow of it,

And the boughs thereof were like †the goodly cedars.

11  She sent out her rboughs unto the sea,

And her sbranches tunto the river.

12  Why hast thou then ubroken down her hedges,

So uthat all they which pass by the way do xpluck her?

13  The boar yout of the wood doth waste it,

And zthe wild beast of the field doth devour it.

14  aReturn, we beseech thee, O God of hosts:

bLook down from heaven, and cbehold,

And visit this vine;

15  And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,

And the dbranch that thou emadest strong for thyself.

16  It is fburned with fire, it is fcut down:

They perish gat the rebuke of thy countenance.

17  hLet thy hand be upon the man of ithy right hand,

Upon jthe son of man whom thou ehmadest strong for thyself.

18  So will not we go back from thee:

kQuicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

19  lTurn us again, O Lord God of hosts,

Cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psalm 20

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1  The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble;

The name of the God of Jacob †defend thee;

2  Send †thee help from athe sanctuary,

And †strengthen thee aaout of Zion;

3  Remember all thy offerings,

And †accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

4  bGrant thee according to thine own heart,

And fulfil all thy counsel.

5  We will rejoice cin thy salvation,

And in the name of our God we will dset up our banners:

bThe Lord fulfil all thy petitions.

6  Now know I that the Lord saveth ehis anointed;

He will hear him †from his holy heaven

†With the saving strength of his right hand.

7  Some ftrust in chariots, and some in horses:

But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

8  They are brought down and fallen:

But we are risen, and gstand upright.

9  Save, Lord:

Let the king hear us when we call.

Psalm 21

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1  The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord;

And ain thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

2  bThou hast given him his heart’s desire,

And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

3  For thou cpreventest him with the blessings of goodness:

Thou dsettest a crown of epure gold on his head.

4  He asked life of thee, and fthou gavest it him,

Even glength of days for ever and ever.

5  His hglory is great in thy salvation:

iHonour and himajesty hast thou jlaid upon him.

6  For thou hast †made him most blessed for ever:

kThou hast †made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.

7  For the king trusteth in the Lord,

And through the mercy of the most High lhe shall not be moved.

8  Thine hand shall mfind out all thine enemies:

Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

9  Thou shalt make them nas a fiery oven in the time of thine oanger:

The Lord shall pswallow them up in his wrath, and qthe fire shall devour them.

10  rTheir fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth,

And their seed from among the children of men.

11  For they intended evil against thee:

sThey imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

12  Therefore ||shalt thou make them turn their †back,

When thou shalt tmake ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

13  Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength:

So will we sing and praise thy power.

Psalm 22

To the chief Musician upon ||Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.

1  aMy God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Why art thou so far †from helping me, and from the words of bmy roaring?

2  O my God, I cry bbin the daytime, but thou hearest not;

And in the night season, and †am not silent.

3  But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the cpraises of Israel.

4  Our fathers trusted in thee:

They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

5  They dcried unto thee, and were delivered:

eThey trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

6  But I am fa worm, and no man;

A ffreproach of men, and gdespised of the people.

7  hAll they that see me laugh me to scorn:

They †shoot out the lip, ithey shake the head, saying,

8  j†He trusted on the Lord that khe would deliver him:

Let him deliver him, ||seeing he ldelighted in him.

9  But thou art he that mntook me out of the womb:

Thou ||didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.

10  I was ncast upon thee from the womb:

Thou art my God ofrom my mother’s belly.

11  Be not far from me; for trouble is near;

For there is †none to help.

12  Many bulls have compassed me:

pStrong qbulls of Bashan have rbeset me round.

13  sThey †gaped upon me with their mouths,

As a ravening and a roaring lion.

14  I am sspoured out like water,

And all my bones are ||out of joint:

tMy heart is ulike wax;

It is tmelted in the midst of my bowels.

15  My strength is xdried up like a potsherd;

And ymy tongue cleaveth to my jaws;

And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16  For zdogs have compassed me:

The assembly of the wicked have zzinclosed me:

aThey pierced my hands and my feet.

17  I may tell all my bones:

bThey look and stare upon me.

18  cThey part my garments among them,

And cast lots upon my vesture.

19  But be not thou far dfrom me, O Lord:

O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20  Deliver my soul from the sword;

†My darling †from the power of the edog.

21  fSave me from the lion’s mouth:

For thou hast gheard me from the horns of hthe unicorns.

22  iI will declare thy name unto jmy brethren:

In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23  kYe that fear the Lord, praise him;

All ye the seed of Jacob, lglorify him;

And fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24  For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;

Neither hath he hid his face from him;

But mwhen he cried unto him, he heard.

25  My praise shall be of thee nin the great congregation:

oI will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26  pThe meek shall eat and be satisfied:

They shall praise the Lord that seek him:

qYour heart shall rlive for ever.

27  sAll the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord:

And all the tkindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28  uFor the kingdom is the Lord’s:

And he is the governor among the nations.

29  All they that be vfat upon earth shall eat and …