chapters 1 through 13 of Psalms, American Standard Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org, recording by Sam Stinson. Chapter 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seed of scoffers. But his delight is in the law of Jehovah, and on his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water that bringeth forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also doth not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous, for Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish. End of chapter 1. Chapter 2. Why do the nations rage and the peoples meditate a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against Jehovah and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision. Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will tell of the decree Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son. This day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron.  Now therefore be wise, O ye kings. Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way. For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him. End of chapter two. Chapter three. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased? Many are they that rise up against me. Many there are that say of my soul, there is no help for him in God, Silah. But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me.  I cry unto Jehovah with my voice, and he answereth me out of his holy hill, Silah. I laid me down and slept. I await for Jehovah sustaineth me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me round about. Arise, O Jehovah, save me, O my God, for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheekbone. Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked. Salvation belongeth unto Jehovah. Thy blessing be upon thy people, Silah. End of chapter three. Chapter four.  Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress. Have mercy upon me and hear my prayer. O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity and seek after falsehood, Silah? But know that Jehovah hath set apart for himself him that is godly. Jehovah will hear when I call unto him. Stand in awe and sin not. Commune with your own heart upon your bed and be still, Silah. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in Jehovah. Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart. More than they have when their grain and their new wine are increased. In peace will I both lay me down and sleep, for thou Jehovah alone makest me dwell in safety. End of chapter four. Chapter five. Give ear to my words, O Jehovah. Consider my meditation. Hark an unto the voice of my cry, my king, and my god. For unto thee do I pray. O Jehovah, in the morning shall thou hear my voice. In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch. For thou art not a god that hath pleasure and wickedness. Evil shall not sojourn with thee.  Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.  Jehovah, a poorth, the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. But as for me, in the abundance of thy loving kindness, will I come into thy house. In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies. Make thy way straight before my face. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. They flatter with their tongue. Hold them guilty, O God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions. For they have rebelled against thee. But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice. Let them ever shout for joy because thou defendest them. Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou wilt bless the righteous, O Jehovah. Thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield. End of chapter five. Chapter six. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger. Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am withered away. O Jehovah, heal me, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is sore troubled. And thou, O Jehovah, how long? Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul. Save me for thy loving kindness' sake. For in death there is no remembrance of thee, and she who shall give thee thanks. I am weary with my groaning. Every night make I my bed to swim. I water my couch with my tears. Mine I waste it the way because of grief. It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping. Jehovah hath heard my supplication. Jehovah will receive my prayer. All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled. They shall turn back. They shall be put to shame suddenly. End of chapter 6. Chapter 7 O Jehovah, my God, in thee do I take refuge. Save me from all them that pursue me and deliver me, lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces while there is none to deliver. O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands, if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me, yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary. Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it. Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth and lay my glory in the dust, Silah. Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger. Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries and awake for me. Thou hast commanded judgment and let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about and over them return thou on high. Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples. Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness and to my integrity that is in me. O, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end but establish thou the righteous. For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts. My shield is with God. Who saveth the upright in heart? God is a righteous judge.  If a man turn not, he will wet his sword. He hath bent his bow and made it ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death. He maketh his arrows fiery shafts. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity. Yea, he hath conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood. He hath made a pit and digged it and hath fallen into the ditch which he made.  I will give thanks unto Jehovah, according to his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah most high. End of chapter seven. Chapter eight. O Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth. Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens? Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength because of thine adversaries that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained, what is man that thou art mindful of him and the son of man that thou visitest him?  Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands. Thou hast put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, ye and the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, whatsoever passes through the paths of the seas. O Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth. End of Chapter 8 Chapter 9 I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart. I will show forth all thy marvelous works. I will be glad and exultant thee. I will sing praise to thy name, o thou most high. When mine enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously. Thou hast rebuked the nations. Thou hast destroyed the wicked. Thou hast blotted out their name forever and ever. The enemy are come to an end. They are desolate forever. And the cities which thou hast overthrown, the very remembrance of them is perished. But Jehovah sitteth as king forever. He hath prepared his throne for judgment, and he will judge the world in righteousness. He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness. Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee. For thou Jehovah hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Sing praises to Jehovah who dwelleth in Zion, declare among the people his doings. For he that maketh inquisition for blood, remembereth them. He forgeteth not the cry of the poor. Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah. Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me. Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in thy salvation. The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made, and the net which they hid is their own foot taken. Jehovah hath made himself known. He hath executed judgment. The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Hig-gah-ian-salah. The wicked shall be turned back unto sheol, even all the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish forever. Arise, O Jehovah, let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in thy sight. Put them in fear, O Jehovah. Let the nations know themselves to be but men. Silah. End of chapter 9. Chapter 10. Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hideest thou thyself in times of trouble? In the pride of the wicked, the poor is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous renounceeth, yea, contemneth, Jehovah. The wicked in the pride of his countenance saith, he will not require it. All his thoughts are, there is no God. His ways are firm at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations, I shall not be in adversity.  Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages. In the secret places doth he murder the innocent. His eyes are privily set against the helpless. He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor. He doth catch the poor when he draweth him in his net. He croucheth. He boweth down. And the helpless fall by his strong ones. He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten. He highteth his face. He will never see it. Arise, O Jehovah. O God, lift up thy hand. Forget not the poor. Wherefore doth the wicked condemn God and say in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. Thou hast seen it, for thou beholdest mischief and spite to requite it with thy hand. The helpless committed himself unto thee. Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. Break thou the arm of the wicked and as for the evil man seek out his wickedness till thou find none. Jehovah is king forever and ever. The nations are perished out of his land. Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek. Thou wilt prepare their heart. Thou wilt cause thine ear to hear. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more. End of chapter 10, chapter 11. In Jehovah do I take refuge. How say ye to my soul? Flea as a bird to your mountain. For lo, the wicked bend the bow. They make ready their arrow upon the string that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Jehovah is in his holy temple. Jehovah, his throne is in heaven. His eyes behold. His eyelids try the children of men. Jehovah, tryeth the righteous. But the wicked and him that loveth violence, his soul, hateeth. Upon the wicked he will reign snares. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup. For Jehovah is righteous. He loveth righteousness. The upright shall behold his face. End of chapter 11, chapter 12. Help Jehovah for the godly man's ceaseth, for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor, with flattering lip, and with a double heart do they speak. Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips. The tongue that speaketh great things, who have said, with our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is Lord over us? Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy. Now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in the safety he panteth for. The words of Jehovah are pure words. As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, purified seven times. Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah. Thou wilt preserve them from this generation forever. The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men. End of chapter 12, chapter 13. How long, O Jehovah, wilt thou forget me forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and answer me, O Jehovah, my God. Lighten my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death. Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him. Lest my adversaries rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in thy loving kindness. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. I will sing unto Jehovah, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. End of chapter 13. Chapters 14 through 28 of Psalms, American Standard Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org, recording by Sam Stinson. Chapter 14. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that doeth good. Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek after God. They are all gone aside. They are together become filthy. There is none that doeth good. No, not one.  There were they in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous. Ye put to shame the counsel of the poor because Jehovah is his refuge. Oh, that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion when Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people. Then shall Jacob rejoice and Israel shall be glad. End of chapter 14. Chapter 15. Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness and speaketh truth in his heart.  But who honoreth them that fear Jehovah? He that sweareth to his own hurt and changeeth not. He that puteth not out his money to interest, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. End of chapter 15. Chapter 16. Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I take refuge. O my soul, thou hast said unto Jehovah, thou art my Lord. I have no good beyond thee. As for the saints that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight. Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another God. Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips. Jehovah is the portion of mine, inheritance, and of my cup. Thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places. Yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless Jehovah who hath given me counsel. Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons. I have set Jehovah always before me because he is at my right hand. I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad in my glory rejoiceth. My flesh also shall dwell in safety, for thou wilt not leave my soul to sheol. Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life. In thy presence is fullness of joy. In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. End of Chapter 16. Chapter 17. Hear the rite, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry. Give ear unto my prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips. Let my sentence come forth from my presence.  Thou hast proved my heart. Thou hast visited me in the night. Thou hast tried me and findest nothing. I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. As for the works of men by the word of thy lips, I have kept me from the ways of the violent. My steps have held fast to thy paths. My feet have not slipped. I have called upon thee for thou wilt answer me, O God. Incline thine ear unto me and hear my speech. Show thy marvelous loving kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge in thee. From those that rise up against them, keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings. From the wicked that oppress me, my deadly enemies that compass me about. They are enclosed in their own fat.  They have now compassed us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth. He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey. And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places, arise, O Jehovah, confront him, cast him down, deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword. From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life and whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure. They are satisfied with children and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied when I awake with beholding thy form. End of Chapter 17 Chapter 18 I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. Jehovah is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I will take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.  So shall I be saved from mine enemies. The courts of death compassed me and the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. The courts of Sheol were round about me. The snares of death came upon me in my distress. I called upon Jehovah and cried into my God. He heard my voice out of his temple and my cry before him came into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken because he was wroth.  Coals were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also and came down and thick darkness was under his feet and he rode upon a cherub and did fly. Yet he soared upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about him. Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.  Hailstones and coals of fire. Jehovah also thundered in the heavens and the most high uttered his voice. Hailstones and coals of fire. And he sent out his arrows and scattered them. Ye lightnings manifold and discomfited them. Then the channels of waters appeared and the foundations of the world were laid bare. At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them that hated me for they were too mighty for me. They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me because he delighted in me. Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands, hath he recombinced me. For I have kept the ways of Jehovah and I have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his ordinances were before me and I put not away his statutes from me. I was also perfect with him and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect. With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself forward. For thou wilt save the afflicted people. But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down. For thou wilt light my lamp. Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness. For by thee I run upon a troop. And by my God do I leap over a wall. As for God his way is perfect. The word of Jehovah is tried. He is a shield in all them that take refuge in him. For who is God saved Jehovah? And who is a rock besides our God? The God that girdeth me with strength and maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hind's feet and seteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation. And thy right hand hath holding me up. And thy gentleness hath made me great. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me and my feet have not slipped. I will pursue mine enemies and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed. I will smite them through so that they shall not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet for thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle. Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me.  They cried, but there was none to save. Even unto Jehovah, but he answered them not. Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I did cast them out as the mire of the streets. Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people. Thou hast made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me. The foreigners shall fade away and shall come trembling out of their close places. Jehovah, liveth and blessed be my rock and exalted be the God of my salvation. Even the God that executed vengeance for me and subdued peoples under me. He rescued with me from mine enemies. Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me. Thou delivered me from the violent man. Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, and will sing praises unto thy name. Great deliverance giveth he to his king and showeth loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed forevermore. End of chapter 18, chapter 19. The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language. Their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course. His going forth is from the end of the heavens and his circuit unto the ends of it and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul. The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring forever. The ordinances of Jehovah are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is thy servant warned. In keeping them there is great reward. Who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then shall I be upright and I shall be clear from great transgression.  O Jehovah, my rock and my redeemer. End of chapter 19, chapter 20. Jehovah, answer thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high. Send thee help from the sanctuary and strengthen thee out of Zion. Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt sacrifice, Silah. Grant thee thy heart's desire and fulfill all thy counsel. We will triumph in thy salvation and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. Jehovah, fulfill all thy petitions. Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses. But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God. They are bowed down and fallen, but we are risen and stand upright. Save Jehovah, let the king answer us when we call. End of chapter 20, chapter 21. The king shall joy in thy strength, O Jehovah, and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice. Thou hast given him his heart's desire and hast not withholdened the request of his lips, Silah. For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness. Thou setest a crown of fine gold on his head. He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him, even length of days forever and ever. His glory is great in thy salvation. Honoring majesty, dost thou lay upon him. For thou makest him most blessed forever. Thou makest him glad with joy in thy presence. For the king trusted in Jehovah, and through the loving kindness of the most high, he shall not be moved. Thy hand will find out all thine enemies. Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger. Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. For they intended evil against thee. They conceived a device which they are not able to perform. For thou wilt make them turn their back. Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face. Be thou exalted, O Jehovah, in thy strength. So will we sing in praise thy power. End of chapter 21. Chapter 22. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me and from the words of my groaning? Oh, my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answer is not. And in the night season, and I'm not silent. But thou art holy. O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in thee. They trusted in thou diddest deliver them. They cried unto thee and were delivered. They trusted in thee and were not put to shame. But I am a worm and no man. A reproach of men and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn. They shoot out the lip. They shake the head saying, Commit thyself unto Jehovah. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him. But thou art he that took me out of the womb. Thou diddest make me trust when I was upon my mother's breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb. Thou art my God since my mother bear me. Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help. Many bowls have compassed me. Strong bowls of basin have beset me round.  As a ravening and a roaring lion, I am poured out like water. And all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted within me. My strength is dried up like a pot shirt. And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws. And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me. A company of evil doers have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet. I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me. They part my garments among them. And upon my vesture do they cast lots. But be not thou far off, O Jehovah. O thou my sucker, hast thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion's mouth. Yea, from the horns of the wild oxen, thou hast answered me. I will declare thy name unto my brethren. In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. Ye 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. For 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. Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before them that fear him. The meek shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him. Let your heart live forever. All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah. And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is Jehovah's and he is the ruler over the nations. All 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. A seed shall serve him. It shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation. They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born that he hath done it. End of chapter 22. Chapter 23. Jehovah is my shepherd. I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guideeth me in the paths of righteousness for his namesake. 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 my 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 shall dwell in the house of Jehovah forever. End of chapter 23. Chapter 24. The earth is Jehovah's in the fullness thereof. The world and day that dwell therein for he hath founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of Jehovah and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart. Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood and hath not sworn deceitfully? He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek after him. That seek thy face, even Jacob. Silah. Lift up your heads, O ye gates and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors and the king of glory will come in. Who is the king of glory? Jehovah, strong and mighty. Jehovah, mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates. Ye lift them up, ye everlasting doors and the king of glory will come in. Who is this king of glory? Jehovah of hosts. He is the king of glory, Silah. End of chapter 24. Chapter 25. Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul? O my God, and thee have I trusted. Let me not be put to shame. Let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame. They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause. Show me thy ways, O Jehovah. Teach me thy paths. Guide me in thy truth and teach me for thou art the God of my salvation. For thee do I wait all the day.  Remember not the sins of my youth nor my transgressions. According to thy loving kindness, remember thou me. For thy goodness sake, O Jehovah. Good and upright is Jehovah. Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. The meek will he guide injustice and the meek will he teach his way. All the paths of Jehovah are loving kindness and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, pardon mine iniquity for it is great. What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose. His soul shall dwell at ease and his seed shall inherit the land. The friendship of Jehovah is with them that fear him and he will show them his covenant. Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah for he will pluck my feet out of the net. Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me for I am desolate and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged. O bring thou me out of my distresses. Consider mine affliction and my travail and forgive all my sins. Consider mine enemies for they are many and they hate me with cruel hatred. O keep my soul and deliver me. Let me not be put to shame for I take refuge in thee. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me for I wait for thee. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity. I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering. Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind for thy loving kindness is before mine eyes and I have walked in thy truth. I have not sat with men of falsehood. Neither will I go in with dissemblers.  I will wash my hands in innocency. So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah, that I may make the voice of Thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all thy wondrous works. Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house and the place where thy glory dwelleth. Gather not my soul with sinners nor my life with men of blood and whose hands is wickedness and their right hand is full of bribes. But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity. Redeem me and be merciful unto me. My foot standeth in an even place and the congregations will I bless Jehovah. End of chapter 26. Chapter 27. Jehovah is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?  Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. The war should rise against me. Even then 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 in his temple. For 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 and 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. Hero Jehovah, when I cry with my voice, have mercy also upon me and answer me. When thou saddest, seek ye my face. My heart said unto thee, thy face Jehovah will I seek. Hide not thy face from me, but not thy servant away in anger. Thou hast been my help. Cast me not off, neither forsake me. O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, then Jehovah will take me up. Teach me thy way, O Jehovah, and lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries. For false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living. Wait for Jehovah. Be strong and let thy heart take courage. Yea, wait thou for Jehovah. End of Chapter Twenty-Seven. Chapter Twenty-Eight. Unto 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. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee. When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle, draw me not away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity that speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. Give 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, because they regard not the works of Jehovah, nor the operation of his hands. He will break them down and not build them up. Blessed be Jehovah, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. Jehovah is my strength and my shield. My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices and with my song will I praise him. Jehovah is their strength and he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. Save thy people and bless thine inheritance. Be their shepherd also and bear them up forever. Recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Sam Stinson. Even Jehovah upon many waters. The voice of Jehovah is powerful. The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty. The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars. Yea, Jehovah breaketh into pieces. The cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf. Lebanon and Syrian like a young wild ox. The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire. The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness. Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of cedish. The voice of Jehovah maketh the hines to calf and stripeth the forest bare. And in his temple everything saith glory. Jehovah sat as king at the flood. Yea, Jehovah sitteth as king forever. Jehovah will give strength unto his people. Jehovah will bless his people with peace. Chapter 30 I will extol thee, O Jehovah, for thou hast raised me up and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O Jehovah, my God, I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me. O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from sheol. Thou hast kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit. Sing praise unto Jehovah, O ye saints of his, and give thanks to his holy memorial name, for his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy cometh in the morning. As for me I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved. Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor, hast made my mountain to stand strong. Thou didst hide thy face. I was troubled. I cried to thee. O Jehovah, and unto Jehovah I made supplication. What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me. Jehovah, be thou my helper. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing. Thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness. To the end that my glory may sing, praise to thee and not be silent. O Jehovah, my God, I will give thanks unto thee forever. End of chapter 30. Chapter 31. In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge? Let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in thy righteousness. Bow down thine ear unto me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me, for thou art my rock and my fortress. Therefore, for thy name's sake lead me and guide me. Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me, for thou art my stronghold. Into thy hand I commend my spirit. Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth. I hate them that regard lying vanities, but I trust in Jehovah. I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving kindness. For thou hast seen my affliction. Thou hast known my soul in adversities, and thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. Thou hast set my feet in a large place. Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress. Mine I wasteeth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body. For my life is spent with sorrow and my years with sighing. My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away. Because of all mine adversaries, I am become a reproach, yea, unto my neighbors exceedingly, and a fear to mine acquaintance. They that did see me without fled from me. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind. I am like a broken vessel. For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side, while they took counsel together against me. They devised to take away my life, but I trusted in thee, O Jehovah. I said, thou art my God. My times are in thy hand. Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. Save me in thy loving kindness. Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah, for I have called upon thee.  Let them be silent in sheol.  O how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, before the sons of men. In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the ploddings of man. Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath showed me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city. As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes. Nevertheless, thou hurtest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. O love, Jehovah, all ye his saints, Jehovah preserveeth the faithful and plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly. Be strong and let your heart take courage, all ye that hope in Jehovah. End of chapter 31, chapter 32. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputed not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. When I kept silence, my bones wasted away, through my groaning all the day long, for day and night thy hand was heavy upon me. My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer, Silla. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity did I not hide. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin, Silla. For this, let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach unto him. Thou art my hiding place. Thou wilt preserve me from trouble. Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance, Silla. I will instruct thee and teach thee, and the way which thou shalt go. I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee. Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule which have no understanding, whose trappings must be bit, and bridle to hold them in, else they will not come near unto thee. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he that trusted in Jehovah, loving kindness shall compass him about. Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice ye righteous, and shout for joy, oh ye that are upright in heart. End of chapter 32. Chapter 33. Rejoice in Jehovah, oh ye righteous. Praise is comely for the upright. Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp. Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song. Play skillfully with a loud noise, for the word of Jehovah is right, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loveth righteousness and justice.  He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap. He layeth up the deeps in storehouses. Let all the earth fear Jehovah. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done. He commanded, and it stood fast. Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to not. He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect. The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast forever. The thoughts of his heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. Jehovah looketh from heaven. He beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation, he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth. He that fashioneth the hearts of them all that considereth all their works. There is no king saved by the multitude of a host. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. A horse is a vain thing for safety. Neither doth he deliver any by his great power. Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving kindness, to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul hath waited for Jehovah. He is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in him because we have trusted in his holy name. Let thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee. And of chapter 33. Chapter 34. I will bless Jehovah at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in Jehovah. The meek shall hear thereof and be glad. O magnify Jehovah with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought Jehovah and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him and were radiant, and their faces shall never be confounded. This poor man cried and Jehovah heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him and delivereth them. O taste and see that Jehovah is good. Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him. O fear Jehovah, ye his saints, for there is no want to them that fear him. The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing. Come ye children, hearken unto me. I will teach you the fear of Jehovah. What man is he that desireth life and loveth many days that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous and his ears are open unto their cry. The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cried and Jehovah heard and delivered them out of all their troubles. Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Jehovah delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones, not one of them is broken.  Jehovah redeemed the soul of his servants and none of them that take refuge in him shall be condemned. End of chapter 34. Chapter 35. Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me. Fight thou against them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler and stand up for my help. Draw out also the spear and stop the way against them that pursue me. Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and confounded to devise my hurt. Let them be as chaff before the wind and the angel of Jehovah driving them on. Let their way be dark and slippery and the angel of Jehovah pursuing them. For without cause have they hid from me their net in a pit. Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul. Let destruction come upon him unawares and let his net that he hath hid catch himself. With destruction let him fall therein and my soul shall be joyful in Jehovah. It shall rejoice in his salvation. All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him. Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robeth him. Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me of things that I know not. They reward me evil for good to the bereaving of my soul. But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting and my prayer returned into my own bosom. I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning as one that bewaileth his mother. But in my adversity, they rejoiced and gathered themselves together. The abjects gathered themselves together against me and I knew it not. They did tear me and ceased not. Like the profane mockers and feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions. My darling from the lions, I will give thee thanks in the great assembly. I will praise thee among much people. Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me.  For they speak not peace. But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land. Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, aha, aha, or I have seen it. Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah. Keep not silence. O Lord, be not far from me. Stir up thyself and awake to the justice due unto me. Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord, judge me, O Jehovah, my God, according to thy righteousness. And let them not rejoice over me. Let them not say in their heart, aha, so would we have it. Let them not say, we have swallowed him up. Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.  Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long." End of chapter 35. Chapter 36. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart.   He hath ceased to be wise and to do good. He devises iniquity upon his bed. He steadeth himself in a way that is not good. He abhoreth not evil. Thy loving kindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens. Thy faithfulness reaches unto the skies. Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God. Thy judgments are a great deep. O Jehovah, thou preserved man and beast. How precious is thy loving kindness, O God, and the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life. In thy light shall we see light. O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee, and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away. There are the workers of iniquity fallen. They are thrust down and shall not be able to rise. End of chapter 36. Chapter 37. Fret not thyself because of evildoers. Neither be thou envious against them that work on righteousness, for they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb. Trust in Jehovah and do good. Dwell in the land and feed on his faithfulness. Delight thyself also in Jehovah, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart. Commit thy way into Jehovah. Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass. And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light and thy justice as the noon day. Rest in Jehovah and wait patiently for him. Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself. It tendeth only to evildoing, for evildoers shall be cut off. But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be. Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight thyself in the abundance of peace. The wicked plodeth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord will laugh at him, for he seeeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent their bow to cast down the poor and needy, to slay such as are upright in the way. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. Better is a little that the righteous hath than the abundance of many wicked, for the arms of the wicked shall be broken. But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous. Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, and their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs. They shall consume in smoke shall they consume away. The wicked bar with and payeth not again, but the righteous dealeth graciously and giveth, for such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land, and they that are cursed of him shall be cut off. A man's goings are established of Jehovah, and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand. I have been young, and now am old. Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. All the day long, he dealeth graciously and lendeth, and his seed is blessed. Depart from evil and do good, and dwell forevermore for Jehovah loveth justice, and forsakeeth not his saints. They are preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever. The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, and his tongue speaketh justice. The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide. The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. But one passed by, and lo, he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for there is a happy end to the man of peace. As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together. The end of the wicked shall be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble, and Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueeth them. He rescueeth them from the wicked, and saveth them, because they have taken refuge in him. End of chapter 37. Chapter 38. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath. Neither chasten me, and thy hot displeasure. For thine arrow stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine indignation. Neither is there any health in my bones, because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. My wounds are loathsome, and corrupt, because of my foolishness. I am pained, and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long, for my loins are filled with burning. And there is no soundness in my flesh. I am faint, and sore bruised. I have groan'd by reason of the disquietness of my heart. Lord, all my desires before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee. My heart throbeth, my strength faileth me. As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off. They also that seek after my life lay snares from me, and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.  Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. For in Dio, Jehovah, do I hope. Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. For I said, lest they rejoice over me, when my foot slipeth, they magnify themselves against me. For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me. For I will declare mine iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin, but mine enemies are lively and are strong, and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.  Forsake me not, O Jehovah. O my God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. End of chapter 38, chapter 39. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.  I held my peace even from good, and my sorrow was stirred. My heart was hot within me, while I was musing, the fire burned. Then spake I with my tongue. Jehovah, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days what it is. Let me know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as hand breaths. And my life, time, is as nothing before thee. Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity, Salah. Surely every man walketh in a vain show. Surely they are disquieted in vain. He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee. Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me not the reproach of the foolish. I was dumb. I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it. Remove thy stroke away from me. I am consumed by the blow of thy hand, when thou with rebuked dust correct man for iniquity.  Surely every man is vanity, Salah. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry. Hold not thy peace at my tears, for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner as all my fathers were. O, spare me that I may recover strength before I go hence and be no more. End of chapter 39. Chapter 40. I waited patiently for Jehovah, and he inclined unto me and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the myery clay. And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. Many shall see it in fear, and shall trust in Jehovah. Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust. And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside two lies. Many, O Jehovah, my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to usward, they cannot be set in order unto thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in. Mine ears hast thou opened. Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, lo, I am come. In the role of the book it is written of me. I delight to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart. I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly. Lo, I will not refrain my lips. O Jehovah, thou knowest. I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the great assembly. Withhold not thou by tender mercies for me, O Jehovah. Let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me, for innumerable evils have compassed me about.  They are more than the hairs of my head and my heart hath failed me. Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O Jehovah. Let them be put to shame and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor that delight in my hurt. Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that say unto me, Aha, Aha. Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee. Let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah, be magnified. But I am poor and needy. Yet the Lord thinketh upon me, thou art my help and my deliverer. Make no tearing, O my God. End of chapter 40. Chapter 41. Blessed is he that considereth the poor, Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. Jehovah will preserve him and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth and deliver not thou him unto the will of his enemies. Jehovah will support him upon the couch of languishing. Thou makest all his bed in his sickness. I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.  And if he comes to see me, he speaketh falsehood. His heart gathereth iniquity to itself. When he goeth abroad, he telleth it. All that hate me whisper together against me. Against me do they devise my hurt? And evil disease say they cleaveeth fast unto him. And now that he lieth, he shall rise up no more. Yea, my known familiar friend and whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me and raise me up, that I may requite them. By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.  Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen. And amen. End of chapter 41. Chapters 42 through 52 of Psalms, American Standard Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org, recording by Sam Stinson, by hisfaith.com. Chapter 42. As the heart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? These things I remember and pour out my soul within me. How I went with the throng and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holy day. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, for the help of his countenance. O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermans from the hill Mizar. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls. All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Yet Jehovah will command his loving kindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me.  I will say unto God, my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? As with the sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the help of my countenance and my God. End of chapter 42, chapter 43. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man, for thou art the God of my strength. Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? O send out thy light and thy truth, let them lead me. Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy, and upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the help of my countenance and my God. End of chapter 43, chapter 44. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us what worked thou didst in their days in the days of old. Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, but them thou didst plant. Thou didst afflict the peoples, but them thou didst spread abroad. 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 wast avarable unto them. Thou art my king, O God, command deliverance for Jacob. Through thee will we push down our adversaries. Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me, but thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us. In God have we made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks unto thy name forever, Silah. But now thou hast cast us off and brought us to dishonor, and go us not forth with our hosts. Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us take spoil for themselves. Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, and hast scattered us among the nations. Thou sellest thy people for naught, and hast not increased thy wealth by their price. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us. Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. All the day long is my dishonor before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me. For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth by reason of the enemy and the avenger. All this has come upon us, yet have we not forgotten thee. Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. Our heart is not turned back. Neither have our steps declined from thy way.  If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange God, will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Yea, for thy sake, are we killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?  Wherefore hideest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? For our soul is bowed down to the dust, our body cleaveth unto the earth. Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving kindness sake. End of chapter 44. Chapter 45. My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter. I speak the things which I have made touching the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men. Grace is poured into thy lips. Therefore God hath blessed thee forever.  And in thy majesty ride on prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness. And thy right hand shall teach the terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp. The peoples fall under thee. They are in the heart of the king's enemies. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia. Out of ivory palaces, stringed instruments have made thee glad. King's daughters are among thy honorable women. At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of O' fear. Harken, O daughter, and consider and incline thine ear. Forget also thine own people and thy father's house. So will the king desire thy beauty. For he is thy lord, in reverence thou him. And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift. The rich among the people shall entreat thy favor. The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious. Her clothing is in rot with gold. She shall be led unto the king in broidered work. The virgins, her companions that follow her, shall be brought unto thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led. They shall enter into the king's palace. Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou shalt make princes and all the earth. I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore shall the peoples give thee thanks forever and ever. End of chapter 45. Chapter 46. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth do change. And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas, though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof, Silla. There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved. God will help her and that right early. The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved. He uttered his voice. The earth melted, Jehovah of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge, Silla. Come, behold the works of Jehovah, what desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth. He breaketh the bow and cuteth the spear in sunder. He burneth the chariots in the fire. Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth. Jehovah of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge, Silla. End of chapter 46. Chapter 47. Oh, clap your hands, all ye peoples. Shout unto God with the voice of triumph, for Jehovah most high is terrible. He is a great king over all the earth. He subdue with peoples under us and nations under our feet. He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved, Silla.  Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises. Sing praises unto our king, sing praises. For God is the king of all the earth. Sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the nations. God sitteth upon his holy throne. The princes of the peoples are gathered together to be the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong unto God. He is greatly exalted. End of chapter 47. Chapter 48. Great is Jehovah and greatly to be praised in the city of our God and his holy mountain. Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the great king. God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge. For lo, the kings assembled themselves. They passed by together. They saw it. Then were they amazed. They were dismayed. They hasted away. Trembling took hold of them there. Pain as of a woman in travail with the east wind. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish. As we have heard, so have we seen. In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God, God will establish it forever. Silla, we have thought on thy loving kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. As is thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth.  Let Mount Zion be glad. What the daughters of Judah rejoice because of thy judgments. Walk about Zion and go round about her. Number the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces that ye may tell it to the generation following. For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even unto death. End of chapter 48. Chapter 49. Compasseth me about. They that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. None of them it can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him. For the redemption of their life is costly and it faileth forever. That he should still live all way. That he should not see corruption. For he shall see it. Wise men die.  Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue forever and their dwelling places to all generations. They call their lands after their own names. But man being in honor abideth not. He is like the beasts that perish. This their way is their folly. Yet after them men approve their sayings. Silah. They are appointed as a flock for Sheol. Death shall be their shepherd. And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume. That there be no habitation for it. But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol for he will receive me. Silah. Be not thou afraid when one is made rich. When the glory of his house is increased. For when he dyeth he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him. Though while he lived he blessed his soul. And men praise thee when thou doest well to thyself. He shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light. Man that is in honor and understandeth not is like the beasts that perish. End of chapter 49. Chapter 50. The mighty one God Jehovah hath spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Out of Zion the perfection of beauty God hath shined forth. Our God cometh and doth not keep silence. A fire devoureth before him and it is very tempestuous round about him. He calleth to the heavens above and to the earth that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me. Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness. For God is judge himself. Silah. Hear, O my people, and I will speak. O Israel, and I will testify unto thee. I am God, even thy God. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices and thy burnt offerings are continually before me. I will take no bullock out of thy house nor he goats out of thy folds. For every beast of the forest is mine and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the mountains and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee for the world is mine and the fullness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving and pay thy vows unto the most high and call upon me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify me. But unto the wicked, God saith, what hast thou to do to declare my statutes? And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth? Seeing that thou hadest instruction and casteth my words behind thee? When thou sawst a thief, thou consentest with him and hast been partaker with adulterers.  Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother. Thou slanderest thine own mother's son. These things hast thou done and I kept silence. Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself, but I will reprove thee and set them in order before thine eyes. Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver. Whoso offered the sacrifice of Thanksgiving glorifies me and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of God. End of chapter 50, chapter 51.  Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin for I know my transgressions and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only have I sinned and done that which is evil in thy sight that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity and incended my mother conceived me. Behold, thou desirous truth in the inward parts and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom. Purify me with hyssop and I shall be clean. Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltness, O God, thou God of my salvation and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. O Lord, open thou my lips and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. For thou delightest not in sacrifice else I would give it. Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart. O God, thou wilt not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion. Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering. Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar. End of chapter 51. Chapter 52. Why boasteth thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God endureth continually. Thy tongue devises very wickedness like a sharp razor working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good and lying rather than to speak righteousness, Silla. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.  He will take thee up and pluck thee out of thy tenant and root thee out of the land of the living, Silla. The righteous also shall see it in fear and shall laugh at him saying, Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength but trusted in the abundance of his riches and strengthened himself in his wickedness. But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the loving kindness of God forever and ever. I will give thee thanks forever because thou hast done it. And I will hope in thy name for it is good in the presence of thy saints. End of chapter 52. Chapters 53 to 62 of Psalms, American Standard Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information and to find out how you can volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org recording by Sam Stinson. Chapter 53. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they and have done abominable iniquity. There is none that doeth good. God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand that did seek after God. Every one of them is gone back. They are together become filthy. There is none that doeth good. No, not one. Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge?  There were they in great fear where no fear was. For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put them to shame because God hath rejected them. Oh, that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion. When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, then shall Jacob rejoice and Israel shall be glad. End of chapter 53, chapter 54. Save me, oh God, by thy name. Injudge me in thy might. Hear my prayer, oh God. Give ear to the words of my mouth. For strangers are risen up against me and violent men have sought after my soul. They have not set God before them, Silla. Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is of them that uphold my soul. He will requite the evil unto mine enemies. Destroy thou them in thy truth. With the free will offering, will I sacrifice unto thee. I will give thanks unto thy name. O Jehovah, for it is good. For he hath delivered me out of all trouble. In mine I hath seen my desire upon mine enemies. End of chapter 54, chapter 55. Give ear to my prayer, oh God, and hide not thyself from my supplication. Attend unto me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint and moan because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they cast iniquity upon me and in anger they persecute me. My heart is sore pain within me and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me and horror hath overwhelmed me.  Then would I fly away and be at rest. Low then would I wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness, Silla. I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest. Destroy, oh Lord, and divide their tongue, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof. And iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it. Wickedness is in the midst thereof. Oppression and guile depart not from its streets. For it was not an enemy that reproached me. Then I could have borne it. Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me. Then I would have hid myself from him. But it was thou, a man mine equal. My companion and my familiar friend. We took sweet counsel together. We walked in the house of God with the throng. Let death come suddenly upon them. Let them go down alive into sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling in the midst of them. As for me, I will call upon God, and Jehovah will save me. Evening and morning and at noon day will I complain and moan, and he will hear my voice. He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me. For they were many that strove with me. God will hear and answer them, even he that abideth of old. Sula. The men who have no changes and who fear not God. He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him. He hath profaned his covenant. His mouth was smooth as butter. But his heart was war. His words were softer than oil. Yet were they drawn swords. Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee. He will never suffer the righteous to be moved. But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Blood thirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee. End of chapter 55. Chapter 56. Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up. All the day long, he fighting oppresseth me. Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long. For they are many that fight proudly against me. What time I am afraid. I will put my trust in thee. In God I will praise his word. In God have I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do unto me? All the day long, they rest my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil. They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps. Even as they have waited for my soul, shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God. Thou numbers to my wanderings. Put thou my tears into thy bottle. Are they not in thy book? Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call. This I know that God is for me. In God I will praise his word. In Jehovah I will praise his word. In God have I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do unto me? Thy vows are upon me, O God. I will render thank offerings unto thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death. Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling that I may walk before God in the light of the living? End of chapter 56. Chapter 57. Be merciful unto me, O God. Be merciful unto me. For my soul taketh refuge in thee. Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge until these calamities be overpassed.  He will send from heaven and save me when he that would swallow me up reproaches, Silla. God will send forth his loving kindness and his truth. My soul is among lions. I lie among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword. Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let thy glory be above all the earth. They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have digged a pit before me. They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves, Silla. My heart is fixed, O God. My heart is fixed. I will sing, yea, I will sing praises. Awake up, my glory. Awake, sultry and harp. I myself will awake right early. I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. For thy loving kindness is great unto the heavens and thy truth unto the skies. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let thy glory be above all the earth. End of chapter 57. Chapter 58. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? Nay. In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent. They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah. Let them melt away as water that runeth apace. When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off. Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away. Like the untimely birth of a woman that hath not seen the sun. Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. The righteous shall rejoice when he seeeth the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. So that men shall say, verily there is a reward for the righteous. Verily there is a God that judges in the earth. End of chapter 58. Chapter 59. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God. Set me on high from them that rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity and save me from the bloodthirsty men. For lo, they lie and wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Jehovah. They run and prepare themselves without my fault. Awake thou to help me and behold. Even thou, O Jehovah, God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations. Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors, Silla. They return at evening.  Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips. For who, say they, doth hear? But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them. Thou wilt have all the nations in derision. Because of his strength I will give heed unto thee. For God is my high tower. My God with his loving kindness will meet me. God will let me see my desire upon my enemies. Slay them not lest my people forget. Scatter them by thy power and bring them down. O Lord, our shield, for the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips. Let them even be taken in their pride and for cursing and lying which they speak. Consume them in wrath. Consume them so that they shall be no more. And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth, Silla. And at evening let them return.  They shall wander up and down for food and tarry all night if they be not satisfied. But I will sing of thy strength. Yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving kindness in the morning. For thou hast been my high tower and a refuge in the day of my distress. Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. End of chapter 59. O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down, thou hast been angry. O restore us again. Thou hast made the land to tremble, thou hast rented. Heal the breeches thereof, for it shaketh. Thou hast showed thy people hard things. Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering. Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Silla, that thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and answer us. God hath spoken in his holiness. I will exalt. I will divide, check'em, and meet out the valley of Sukkoth. Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine.  Judah is my scepter. Moab is my wash-pot. Upon Edom, while I cast my shoe, Philistia, shout thou because of me. Who will bring me into the strong city? Who hath led me unto Edom? Hath not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts. Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly, for he it is that we'll tread down our adversaries. End of chapter 60, chapter 61. Hear my cry, O God, attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I call unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I, for thou hast been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy. I will dwell in thy tabernacle forever. I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. Silah, for thou, O God, hast heard my vows. Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. Thou wilt prolong the king's life. His years shall be as many generations. He shall abide before God forever. O prepare loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him. So will I sing praise unto thy name forever, that I may daily perform my vows. End of chapter 61, chapter 62. My soul waiteth in silence for God only. From him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock in my salvation. He is my high tower. I shall not be greatly moved. How long will ye set upon a man that ye may slay him, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity. They delight in lies.  Silah, my soul, wait thou in silence for God only. For my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my high tower. I shall not be moved. With God is my salvation and my glory. The rock of my strength and my refuge is in God. Trust in him at all times, ye people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Silah, surely men of low degree are vanity and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances, they will go up. They are together, lighter than vanity. Trust not in oppression and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart thereon. God hath spoken once, twice have I heard this, that power belongeth unto God. Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth loving kindness. For thou renderest to every man according to his work.