Psalm 22–32

Psalm 22

To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.

My •God, my •God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning? My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me: And thou art holy, thou that dwellest amid the praises of Israel. Our fathers confided in thee: they confided, and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered; they confided in thee, and were not confounded. But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and the despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying: Commit it to Jehovah—let him rescue him; let him deliver him, because he delighteth in him! But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me trust, upon my mother’s breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb; thou art my •God from my mother’s belly.

¹¹Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help. ¹²Many bulls have encompassed me; Bashan’s strong ones 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 become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. ¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death. ¹⁶For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet. ¹⁷I may count all my bones. They look, they stare upon me; ¹⁸They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. ¹⁹But thou, Jehovah, be not far from me; O my strength, haste thee to help me. ²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword; my only one from the power of the dog; ²¹Save me from the lion’s mouth. Yea, from the horns of the buffaloes hast thou answered me.

²²I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. ²³Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and revere 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. ²⁵My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him. ²⁶The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. ²⁷All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah, and all the families of the nations shall worship before thee: ²⁸For the kingdom is Jehovah’s, and he ruleth among 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, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul. ³⁰A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a 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.

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, 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. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely, goodness and loving-kindness shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of the days.

Psalm 24

Of David. A Psalm.

The earth is Jehovah’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods.

³Who shall ascend into the mount of Jehovah? and who shall stand in his holy place? ⁴He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully: ⁵He shall receive blessing from Jehovah, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. ⁶This is the generation of them that seek unto him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

⁷Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. ⁸Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle. ⁹Lift up your heads, ye gates; yea, lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. ¹⁰Who is he, this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Psalm 25

A Psalm of David.

Unto thee, Jehovah, do I lift up my soul. My God, I confide in thee; let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, none that wait on thee shall be ashamed: they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause. Make me to know thy ways, O Jehovah; teach me thy paths. Make me to walk in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. Remember, Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they are from everlasting. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy loving-kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness’ sake, Jehovah.

⁸Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way: ⁹The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way. ¹⁰All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness and truth for such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. ¹¹For thy name’s sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. ¹²What man is he that feareth Jehovah? him will he instruct in the way that he should choose. ¹³His soul shall dwell in prosperity, and his seed shall inherit the earth. ¹⁴The secret of Jehovah is with them that fear him, that he may make known his covenant to them.

¹⁵Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; for he will bring my feet out of the net. ¹⁶Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted. ¹⁷The troubles of my heart are increased: bring 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. ²⁰Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I trust in thee. ²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. ²²Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Psalm 26

A Psalm of David.

Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity, and I have confided in Jehovah: I shall not slip. Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart: For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth. I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers; I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

⁶I will wash my hands in innocency, and will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah, ⁷That I may cause the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and declare all thy marvellous works. ⁸Jehovah, I have loved 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 are evil devices, and their right hand is full of bribes. ¹¹But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me, and be gracious unto me. ¹²My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless Jehovah.

Psalm 27

A Psalm of David.

Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident. One 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 of him in his temple. For in the day of evil he will hide me in his pavilion; in the secret of his tent will he keep me concealed: he will set me high upon a rock. And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; and I will offer in his tent sacrifices of shouts of joy: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms unto Jehovah.

⁷Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me. ⁸My heart said for thee, Seek ye my face. Thy face, O 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. ¹⁰For had my father and my mother forsaken me, then had Jehovah taken me up. ¹¹Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even path, because of mine enemies. ¹²Deliver me not over to the will of mine adversaries; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence. ¹³Unless 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 for Jehovah.

Psalm 28

A Psalm of David.

Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart. Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert. For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

⁶Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications. ⁷Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped:…