: are thy thoughts unto me, O God: how great is the sum of them? 18 18 If I should count them, are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, 20 For ye bloody men. speak against thee wickedly : and thine enemies take thy name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate < thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: mies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart : try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any a wicked way 24 in me and lead me in the way everlasting. CXL. עוֹלָם To the chief Musician, A DELIVER me, O LORD, from the evil man: pre2_serve me from the bviolent man. 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart continually are they gathered together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked, preserve me from the violent man: who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have hid a snare for me and cords, they have spread a net by the wayside : b Heb, man of violences. they 4 have set gins for me. Selah. 6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires D of the wicked: further not his wicked device, a lest they exalt themselves. Selah. 9 As for the head of those that about: let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them, let them be cast into the fire : into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11 Let not be an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted and the right 13 Surely of the poor. the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. me not eat of their dainties. 5 a Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness and let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear sweet. 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth: as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood 8 But upon the earth. mine eyes are unto thee, O Gop the Lord : in thee is my trust, leave not my soul destitute. 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets: whilst that I -withal escape. a Or, Let the righteous smite me kindly, and reprove me; let not their precious oil break my head, &c. b Heb. make not my soul bare. d Or, A Psalm of David, giving instruction. Heb. no man sought after o Heb. pass over. e Or, Look on the right hand, and see. f Heb. perished from me. 8 CXLIII. A Psalm of David. HEAR my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications : faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul, he hath smitten my life down to the ground: he t hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me: my heart within me is desolate. 5 I remember the days of old, I meditate on all thy works: I muse on the work of thy hands. 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land, Selah. 7 Hear me speedily, O LORD, my spirit faileth, hide not thy face from me: a lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning, for in thee do I trust, cause me to know the way wherein a Or, for I am become like, &c. b CXLIV. A Psalm of David. BLESSED be the LORD strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to 2 fight. 2 d My goodness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I trust: who subdueth my people under me. 3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that thou makest account of him ? 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and קמר a Heb. hide me with thee. b Heb, my rock. c Heb. to the war, &c. d Or, My mercy. e Heb, hands. |