The Bible Part 113

41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

41:5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

41:6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.

41:8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

41:10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

41:11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

41:13 Blessed be the LORD G.o.d of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

42:1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O G.o.d.

42:2 My soul thirsteth for G.o.d, for the living G.o.d: when shall I come and appear before G.o.d?

42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy G.o.d?

42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the mult.i.tude, I went with them to the house of G.o.d, with the voice of joy and praise, with a mult.i.tude that kept holyday.

42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in G.o.d: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

42:6 O my G.o.d, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

42:8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the G.o.d of my life.

42:9 I will say unto G.o.d my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

42:10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy G.o.d?

42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in G.o.d: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my G.o.d.

43:1 Judge me, O G.o.d, and plead my cause against an unG.o.dly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

43:2 For thou art the G.o.d of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

43:4 Then will I go unto the altar of G.o.d, unto G.o.d my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O G.o.d my G.o.d.

43:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in G.o.d: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my G.o.d.

44:1 We have heard with our ears, O G.o.d, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

44:3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

44:4 Thou art my King, O G.o.d: command deliverances for Jacob.

44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

44:8 In G.o.d we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.

Selah.

44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, 44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; 44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our G.o.d, or stretched out our hands to a strange G.o.d; 44:21 Shall not G.o.d search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore G.o.d hath blessed thee for ever.

45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

45:6 Thy throne, O G.o.d, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore G.o.d, thy G.o.d, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

45:8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and ca.s.sia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

45:9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

45:10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and wors.h.i.+p thou him.

45:12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

45:15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

45:16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

45:17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

46:1 G.o.d is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

46:2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 46:3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

46:4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of G.o.d, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

46:5 G.o.d is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: G.o.d shall help her, and that right early.

46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

46:7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the G.o.d of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

46:8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

46:9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

46:10 Be still, and know that I am G.o.d: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the G.o.d of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto G.o.d with the voice of triumph.

47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

47:3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

47:4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

47:5 G.o.d is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

47:6 Sing praises to G.o.d, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

47:7 For G.o.d is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

47:8 G.o.d reigneth over the heathen: G.o.d sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the G.o.d of Abraham: for the s.h.i.+elds of the earth belong unto G.o.d: he is greatly exalted.

48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our G.o.d, in the mountain of his holiness.

48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

48:3 G.o.d is known in her palaces for a refuge.

48:4 For, lo, the kings were a.s.sembled, they pa.s.sed by together.

48:5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

48:7 Thou breakest the s.h.i.+ps of Tars.h.i.+sh with an east wind.

48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our G.o.d: G.o.d will establish it for ever. Selah.

48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O G.o.d, in the midst of thy temple.

48:10 According to thy name, O G.o.d, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

48:14 For this G.o.d is our G.o.d for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

49:1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: 49:2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.