Psalm 22–32

Psalm 22

For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David.

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

Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

²O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not;

And in the night season, and am not silent.

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

⁴Our fathers trusted in thee:

They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

⁵They cried unto thee, and were delivered:

They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.

⁶But I am a worm, and no man;

A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

⁷All they that see me laugh me to scorn:

They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

⁸Commit thyself unto Jehovah; let him deliver him:

Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

⁹But thou art he that took me out of the womb;

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

¹⁰I was cast upon thee from the womb;

Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

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

For there is none to help.

¹²Many bulls have compassed me;

Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

¹³They gape upon me with their mouth,

As a ravening and a roaring lion.

¹⁴I am poured out like water,

And all my bones are out of joint:

My heart is like wax;

It is melted within me.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd;

And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;

And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

¹⁶For dogs have compassed me:

A company of evil-doers have inclosed me;

They pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I may count all my bones.

They look and stare upon me;

¹⁸They part my garments among them,

And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

¹⁹But be not thou far off, O Jehovah:

O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword,

My darling from the power of the dog.

²¹Save me from the lion’s mouth;

Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

²²I will declare thy name unto my brethren:

In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee.

²³Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him;

All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;

And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel.

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

Neither hath he hid his face from him;

But when he cried unto him, he heard.

²⁵Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly:

I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

²⁶The meek shall eat and be satisfied;

They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him:

Let your heart live for ever.

²⁷All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah;

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

²⁸For the kingdom is Jehovah’s;

And he is the ruler over the nations.

²⁹All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship:

All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him,

Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

³⁰A seed shall serve him;

It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.

³¹They shall come and shall declare his righteousness

Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

Psalm 23

A Psalm of David.

¹Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;

He leadeth me beside still waters.

³He restoreth my soul:

He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil; for thou art with me;

Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

⁵Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:

Thou hast anointed my head with oil;

My cup runneth over.

⁶Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life;

And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.

Psalm 24

A Psalm of David.

¹The earth is Jehovah’s, and the fulness thereof;

The world, and they that dwell therein.

²For he hath founded it upon the seas,

And established it upon the floods.

³Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah?

And who shall stand in his holy place?

⁴He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;

Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood,

And hath not sworn deceitfully.

⁵He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah,

And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

⁶This is the generation of them that seek after him,

That seek thy face, even Jacob. Selah

⁷Lift up your heads, O ye gates;

And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors:

And the King of glory will come in.

⁸Who is the King of glory?

Jehovah strong and mighty,

Jehovah mighty in battle.

⁹Lift up your heads, O ye gates;

Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting doors:

And the King of glory will come in.

¹⁰Who is this King of glory?

Jehovah of hosts,

He is the King of glory. Selah

Psalm 25

A Psalm of David.

¹Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.

²O my God, in thee have I trusted,

Let me not be put to shame;

Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

³Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame:

They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.

⁴Show me thy ways, O Jehovah;

Teach me thy paths.

⁵Guide me in thy truth, and teach me;

For thou art the God of my salvation;

For thee do I wait all the day.

⁶Remember, O Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindness;

For they have been ever of old.

⁷Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:

According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me,

For thy goodness’ sake, O Jehovah.

⁸Good and upright is Jehovah:

Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way.

⁹The meek will he guide in justice;

And the meek will he teach his way.

¹⁰All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth

Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

¹¹For thy name’s sake, O Jehovah,

Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.

¹²What man is he that feareth Jehovah?

Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.

¹³His soul shall dwell at ease;

And his seed shall inherit the land.

¹⁴The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him;

And he will show them his covenant.

¹⁵Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah;

For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

¹⁶Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;

For I am desolate and afflicted.

¹⁷The troubles of my heart are enlarged:

Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.

¹⁸Consider mine affliction and my travail;

And forgive all my sins.

¹⁹Consider mine enemies, for they are many;

And they hate me with cruel hatred.

²⁰Oh keep my soul, and deliver me:

Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.

²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,

For I wait for thee.

²²Redeem Israel, O God,

Out of all his troubles.

Psalm 26

A Psalm of David.

¹Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity:

I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.

²Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me;

Try my heart and my mind.

³For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes;

And I have walked in thy truth.

⁴I have not sat with men of falsehood;

Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

⁵I hate the assembly of evil-doers,

And will not sit with the wicked.

⁶I will wash my hands in innocency:

So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;

⁷That I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard,

And tell of all thy wondrous works.

⁸Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house,

And the place where thy glory dwelleth.

⁹Gather not my soul with sinners,

Nor my life with men of blood;

¹⁰In whose hands is wickedness,

And their right hand is full of bribes.

¹¹But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:

Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

¹²My foot standeth in an even place:

In the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

Psalm 27

A Psalm of David.

¹Jehovah is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

Jehovah is the strength of my life;

Of whom shall I be afraid?

²When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh,

Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

³Though a host should encamp against me,

My heart shall not fear:

Though war should rise against me,

Even then will I be confident.

⁴One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after:

That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of Jehovah,

And to inquire in his temple.

⁵For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion:

In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me;

He will lift me up upon a rock.

⁶And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me;

And I will offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto Jehovah.

⁷Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice:

Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

⁸When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,

Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

⁹Hide not thy face from me;

Put not thy servant away in anger:

Thou hast been my help;

Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

¹⁰When my father and my mother forsake me,

Then Jehovah will take me up.

¹¹Teach me thy way, O Jehovah;

And lead me in a plain path,

Because of mine enemies.

¹²Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries:

For false witnesses are risen up against me,

And such as breathe out cruelty.

¹³I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah

In the land of the living.

¹⁴Wait for Jehovah:

Be strong, and let thy heart take courage;

Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.

Psalm 28

A Psalm of David.

¹Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call:

My rock, be not thou deaf unto me;

Lest, if thou be silent unto me,

I become like them that go down into the pit.

²Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,

When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

³Draw me not away with the wicked,

And with the workers of iniquity;

That speak peace with their neighbors,

But mischief is in their hearts.

⁴Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings:

Give them after the operation of their hands;

Render to them their desert.

⁵Because they regard not the works of Jehovah,

Nor the operation of his hands,

He will break them down and not build them up.

⁶Blessed be Jehovah,

Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

⁷Jehovah is my…