Which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief

is in their hearts.

Give them according to their deeds,

And according to the wickedness of their endeavours:
Give them after the work of their hands;
Render to them their desert.

Because they regard not the works of the Lord,
Nor the operation of his hands,

He shall destroy them, and not build them up. Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

The Lord is my strength and my shield;

My heart trusted in him, and I am helped:
Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;

And with my song will I praise him.
The Lord is their strength,

And he is the saving strength of his anointed.

Save thy people,

And bless thine inheritance:

Feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

XXIX.

A Psalm of David

Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty,

Give unto the Lord glory and strength.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name;

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

The voice of the Lord is upon

The God of glory thundereth:

the waters:

The Lord is upon many waters.
The voice of the Lord is powerful;
The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars;
Yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
He maketh them also to skip like a calf;
Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness;
The Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, And discovereth the forests:

And in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. The Lord sitteth upon the flood;

Yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.

The Lord will give strength unto his people;
The Lord will bless his people with peace.

XXX

A Psalm and Song

at the dedication of the house of David

I Will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up,
And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast
healed me.

O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his,

And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

And in my prosperity I said,

I shall never be moved.

Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong:

Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
I cried to thee, O Lord;

And unto the Lord 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 Lord, and have mercy upon me:

Lord, be thou my helper.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: my sackcloth, and girded me with

Thou hast

gladness;

put off

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for

ever.

XXXI

To the chief Musician
A Psalm of David

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust;
Let me never be ashamed:

Deliver me in thy righteousness.

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: Be thou my strong rock,

For an house of defence to save me.

For thou art my rock and my fortress;

Therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide

me.

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for

me:

For thou art my strength.

Into thine hand I commit my spirit:

Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities:
But I trust in the Lord,

I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy:
For thou hast considered my trouble;

Thou hast known my soul in adversities;

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: Thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: Mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing:

My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and bones are consumed.

my

I was a reproach among all mine enemies,

But especially among my neighbours, 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 slander of many:

Fear was on every side:

While they took counsel together against me,

They devised to take away my life.

But I trusted in thee, O Lord:

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 for thy mercies' sake.

Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee:

Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the

grave.

Let the lying lips be put to silence;

Which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.