Psalm 22:1–32:11

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

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

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

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

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

⁴Our fathers trusted in thee:

They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.

⁵They ^dcried unto thee, and were delivered:

^eThey trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

⁶But I am ^fa worm, and no man;

A ^ffreproach of men, and ^gdespised of the people.

^7hAll they that see me laugh me to scorn:

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁰I was ⁿcast upon thee from the womb:

Thou art my God ^ofrom my mother’s belly.

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

For there is ^†none to help.

¹²Many bulls have compassed me:

^pStrong ^qbulls of Bashan have ^rbeset me round.

^13sThey ^†gaped upon me with their mouths,

As a ravening and a roaring lion.

¹⁴I 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.

¹⁵My strength is ^xdried up like a potsherd;

And ^ymy tongue cleaveth to my jaws;

And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

¹⁶For ^zdogs have compassed me:

The assembly of the wicked have ^zzinclosed me:

^aThey pierced my hands and my feet.

¹⁷I may tell all my bones:

^bThey look and stare upon me.

^18cThey part my garments among them,

And cast lots upon my vesture.

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

O my strength, haste thee to help me.

²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword;

^†My darling ^†from the power of the ^edog.

^21fSave me from the lion’s mouth:

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

²²ⁱI will declare thy name unto ^jmy brethren:

In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

^23kYe that fear the Lord, praise him;

All ye the seed of Jacob, ^lglorify him;

And fear 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 ^mwhen he cried unto him, he heard.

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

^oI will pay my vows before them that fear him.

^26pThe meek shall eat and be satisfied:

They shall praise the Lord that seek him:

^qYour heart shall ^rlive for ever.

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

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

^28uFor the kingdom is the Lord’s:

And he is the governor among the nations.

²⁹All they that be ^vfat upon earth shall eat and worship:

All they that go down to the dust shall ^wbow before him:

And none can keep alive his own soul.

³⁰A seed shall serve him;

^xIt shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

^31yThey shall come, and shall declare his righteousness

^zUnto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Psalm 23

A Psalm of David.

¹The Lord is ^amy shepherd; ^bI shall not want.

^2cHe maketh me to lie down in ^†green pastures:

^dHe leadeth me beside the ^†still waters.

³He restoreth my soul:

^eHe leadeth me in the paths of righteousness ^ffor his name’s sake.

⁴Yea, ^ffthough I walk through the valley of ^gthe shadow of death,

^hI will fear no evil: ⁱfor thou art with me;

Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

^5jThou preparest a table before me ^kin the presence of mine enemies:

Thou ^†lanointest my head with oil; my ^mcup runneth over.

⁶Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord ^†for ever.

Psalm 24

A Psalm of David.

^1*aThe earth is the Lord’s, and ^bthe fulness thereof;

The world, and they that dwell therein.

²For he hath ^cfounded it ^dupon the seas,

And established it upon the floods.

^3eWho shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?

Or who shall stand in his ^fholy place?

^4g†He that hath ^hclean hands, and ⁱa pure heart;

Who hath not ^jlifted up his soul unto vanity,

Nor sworn deceitfully.

⁵He shall receive the blessing from the Lord,

And righteousness from ^kthe God of his salvation.

⁶This is the generation of them that seek him,

That ^lseek thy face, ^||O Jacob. Selah.

^7mLift up your heads, O ye gates;

And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors;

And ⁿthe King of glory shall come in.

⁸Who is this King of glory?

The Lord strong and mighty,

The Lord mighty in battle.

⁹Lift up your heads, O ye gates;

Even lift them up, ye everlasting doors;

And the King of glory shall come in.

¹⁰Who is this King of glory?

The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Psalm 25

A Psalm of David.

¹Unto thee, O Lord, do I ^alift up my soul.

²O my God, I ^btrust in thee: ^clet me not be ashamed,

^dLet not mine enemies triumph over me.

³Yea, let ^enone that wait on thee be ashamed:

^eeLet them be ashamed which ^ftransgress without cause.

^4gShew me thy ways, O Lord; ^ggteach me thy paths.

^5hLead me in thy truth, and teach me:

For thou art the God of my salvation;

On thee do I wait all the day.

⁶Remember, O Lord, ^†thy tender mercies and ⁱthy lovingkindnesses;

For they have been ever of old.

⁷Remember not ^jthe sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:

^kAccording to thy mercy remember thou me

For thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

^8kkGood and upright is the Lord:

^hTherefore will he teach sinners in the way.

⁹The meek will he ^lguide in judgment:

And the meek will he ^lteach his way.

¹⁰All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth

Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

^11mFor thy name’s sake, O Lord,

Pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

¹²What man is he that feareth the Lord?

ⁿHim shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

¹³His soul ^†shall ^odwell at ease;

And ^oohis seed ^pshall inherit the earth.

^14qThe secret of the Lord is with them that fear him;

^||And he will shew them his covenant.

^15rMine eyes are ever toward the Lord;

For he shall ^†pluck my feet out of ^sthe net.

^16tTurn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;

For I am ^udesolate and afflicted.

¹⁷The troubles of my heart are enlarged:

O bring thou me out of my distresses.

^18wLook upon mine affliction and my pain;

And forgive all my sins.

¹⁹Consider mine enemies; for they are many;

And they hate me with ^†cruel hatred.

²⁰O keep my soul, and deliver me:

^xLet me not be ashamed; ^yfor I put my trust in thee.

²¹Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;

For I wait on thee.

^22*zRedeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Psalm 26

A Psalm of David.

^1aJudge me, O Lord; for I have ^bwalked in mine integrity:

^cI have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not ^dslide.

^2eExamine me, O Lord, and prove me;

^fTry ^gmy reins and my heart.

³For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes:

And ^hI have walked in thy truth.

⁴ⁱI have not sat with ^kvain persons,

Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

⁵I have ^lhated the congregation of evil doers;

And ⁱwill not sit with the wicked.

^6mI will wash mine hands in innocency:

So will I compass thine altar, O Lord:

⁷That I may ⁿpublish with the voice of thanksgiving,

And tell of all thy ^owondrous works.

^8pLord, I have loved the habitation of thy house,

And ^qthe place ^†where thine honour dwelleth.

^9||Gather not my soul with sinners,

Nor my life with ^†bloody men:

¹⁰In whose hands is mischief,

And their right hand is ^†full of ^rbribes.

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

Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

¹²My foot standeth in an ^teven place:

^uIn the congregations will I bless the Lord.

Psalm 27

A Psalm of David.

¹The Lord is ^amy light and ^bmy salvation; ^cwhom shall I fear?

The Lord is ^bthe strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

²When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, ^†came upon me to ^deat up my flesh,

They stumbled and fell.

^3eThough an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:

Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

^4fOne thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after;

That I may ^gdwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,

To behold ^||the ^hbeauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

⁵For in the time of trouble he shall ⁱhide me in his pavilion:

In the secret of his tabernacle shall he ⁱhide me;

He shall ^jset me up upon a rock.

⁶And now shall ^kmine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me:

Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices ^†of joy;

I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

^7lHear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice:

^lHave mercy also upon me, and answer me.

^8||When thou saidst, ^mSeek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,

Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

⁹ⁿHide not thy face far from me;

Put not thy servant away in anger:

Thou hast been my help; leave me not,

Neither forsake me, ^oO God of my salvation.

¹⁰When my father and ^pmy mother forsake me,

Then the Lord ^†will take me up.

^11qTeach me thy way, O Lord,

And lead me in ^†a plain path, because of ^†mine enemies.

^12rDeliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:

For ^sfalse witnesses are risen up against me, and such as ^tbreathe out cruelty.

¹³I had fainted, unless I had believed

To see the goodness of the Lord ^uin the land of the living.

^14xWait on the Lord:

^yBe of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:

Wait, I say, on the Lord.

Psalm 28

A Psalm of David.

¹Unto thee will I cry, O Lord ^amy rock; ^bbe not silent ^†to me:

Lest, if thou be silent ^†to me, ^cI become like ^cdthem that go down into the pit.

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

When I ^ddlift up my hands ^||etoward thy holy ^foracle.

³Draw me not away with the wicked, and with ^ffthe workers of iniquity,

^gWhich speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

^4hGive them according to their deeds,

And according to the wickedness of their endeavours:

Give them after the work of their hands;

Render to them ^hhtheir desert.

⁵Because ⁱthey regard not the works of the Lord,

Nor the operation of his hands,

He shall destroy them, and not build them up.

⁶Blessed be the Lord, because he hath ⁱⁱheard the voice of my supplications.

⁷The Lord is my strength and my ^jshield;

My heart ^ktrusted in him, and…