Until these calamities be overpast. I will cry unto God most high; Unto God that performeth all things for me. From the reproach of him that would swallow me up. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. Selah. And I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword. Be 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, Into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: Selah. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: And thy truth unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: Let thy glory be above all the earth. LVIII To the chief Musician Al-taschith, Michtam of David Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? Ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; Which will not hearken 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 Lord. Let them melt away as waters which run continually: When he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. As a snaii which melteth, let every one of them pass away: Like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. Before your pots can feel the thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. LIX To the chief Musician Al-taschith, Michtam of David When Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: The mighty are gathered against me; Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord. They run and prepare themselves without my fault: Awake to help me, and behold. Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to visit all the heathen: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. They return at evening: They make a noise like a dog, Behold, they belch out with their mouth: For who, say they, doth hear? But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; Thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. The God of my mercy shall prevent me: 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, that they may not be: And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob Unto the ends of the earth. And at evening let them return; And let them make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city. Let them wander up and down for meat, And grudge if they be not satisfied. Selah. But I will sing of thy power; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: For thou hast been my defence And refuge in the day of my trouble. Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: For God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. LX To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth When he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, Thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. That thy beloved may be delivered; Save with thy right hand, and hear me. God hath spoken in his holiness; |