DAY ONE
1 Blessed is
the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way
of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight
is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall
be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in
his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly
are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore
the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor
sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD
knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
1 In thee, O
LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy
righteousness.
2 Bow down
thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy
name's sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out
of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
5 Into thine
hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
6 I have hated
them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
7 I will be
glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast
known my soul in adversities;
8 And hast not
shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9 Have mercy
upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my
soul and my belly.
10 For my life
is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of
mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 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.
12 I am
forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
13 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.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
15 My times
are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that
persecute me.
16 Make thy
face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
17 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.
18 Let the
lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and
contemptuously against the righteous.
19 Oh how
great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which
thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt
hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep
them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be
the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said
in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest
the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23 O love the
LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully
rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Be of good
courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
1 Hear my cry,
O God; attend unto my prayer.
2 From the end
of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the
rock that is higher than I.
3 For thou
hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide
in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of
those that fear thy name.
6 Thou wilt
prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
7 He shall
abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
8 So will I
sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
1 He that
dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall
abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say
of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he
shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome
pestilence.
4 He shall
cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth
shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou
shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by
day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the
destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand
shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not
come nigh thee.
8 Only with
thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou
hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall
no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he
shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall
bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt
tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample
under feet.
14 Because he
hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on
high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall
call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long
life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
1 I will lift
up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help
cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not
suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he
that keepeth
5 The LORD is
thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun
shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD
shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD
shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even
for evermore.
Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs
of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2 To know
wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3 To receive
the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4 To give
subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man
will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain
unto wise counsels:
6 To
understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their
dark sayings.
7 The fear of
the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and
instruction.
8 My son, hear
the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they
shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10 My son, if
sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they
say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the
innocent without cause:
12 Let us
swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the
pit:
13 We shall
find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in thy
lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son,
walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their
feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely in
vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they
lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the
ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the
owners thereof.
20 Wisdom crieth
without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21 She crieth
in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she
uttereth her words, saying,
22 How long,
ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their
scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at
my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my
words unto you.
24 Because I
have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But ye have
set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will
laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your
fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when
distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall
they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they
shall not find me:
29 For that
they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30 They would
none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore
shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own
devices.
32 For the
turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall
destroy them.
33 But whoso
hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
1 Why do the
heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of
the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the
LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break
their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that
sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall
he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I
set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will
declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have
I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the
heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy
possession.
9 Thou shalt
break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
vessel.
10 Be wise now
therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD
with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and
ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all
they that put their trust in him.
1 Blessed is
he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is
the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is
no guile.
3 When I kept
silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
4 For day and
night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of
summer. Selah.
5 I
acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will
confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my
sin. Selah.
6 For this
shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be
found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 Thou art my
hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about
with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will
instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee
with mine eye.
9 Be ye not as
the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be
held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that
trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
11 Be glad in
the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright
in heart.
1 Truly my
soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
2 He only is
my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
3 How long
will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a
bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
4 They only
consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless
with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul,
wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6 He only is
my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
7 In God is my
salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in him
at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for
us. Selah.
9 Surely men
of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the
balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
10 Trust not
in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your
heart upon them.
11 God hath spoken
once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
12 Also unto
thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his
work.
1 It is a good
thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most
High :
2 To shew
forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
3 Upon an
instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn
sound.
4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I
will triumph in the works of thy hands.
5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts
are very deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool
understand this.
7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all
the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for
ever:
8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine
enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an
unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine eye also shall see
my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked
that rise up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he
shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD
shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they
shall be fat and flourishing;
15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in him.
1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into
the house of the LORD.
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact
together:
4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD,
unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones
of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper
that love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy
palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now
say, Peace be within thee.
9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek
thy good.
Proverbs 2
1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
commandments with thee;
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and
apply thine heart to understanding;
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up
thy voice for understanding;
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her
as for hid treasures;
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and
find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh
knowledge and understanding.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a
buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the
way of his saints.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and
judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge
is pleasant unto thy soul;
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall
keep thee:
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from
the man that speaketh froward things;
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the
ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the
frowardness of the wicked;
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their
paths:
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from
the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and
forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths
unto the dead.
19 None that go
unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and
keep the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the
perfect shall remain in it.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from
the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
1 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many
are they that rise up against me.
2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help
for him in God. Selah.
3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and
the lifter up of mine head.
4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me
out of his holy hill. Selah.
5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD
sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,
that have set themselves against me round about.
7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast
smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is
upon thy people. Selah.
1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is
comely for the upright.
2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the
psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud
noise.
4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works
are done in truth.
5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is
full of the goodness of the LORD.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and
all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an
heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the
inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it
stood fast.
10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to
nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the
thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the
people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the
sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon
all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth
all their works.
16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host:
a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall
he deliver any by his great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear
him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them
alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help
and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have
trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we
hope in thee.
1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my
soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land,
where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen
thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my
lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up
my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and
fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on
thee in the night watches.
7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the
shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand
upholdeth me.
9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go
into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a
portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that
sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be
stopped.
1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the
LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also
is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from
everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have
lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters,
yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh
thine house, O LORD, for ever.
1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest
in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand
of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so
our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for
we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of
those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Proverbs 3
1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep
my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall
they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them
about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in
the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean
not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct
thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and
depart from evil.
8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy
bones.
9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the
firstfruits of all thine increase:
10 So shall thy barns be
filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD;
neither be weary of his correction:
12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a
father the son in whom he delighteth.
13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man
that getteth understanding.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the
merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the
things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her
left hand riches and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon
her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
understanding hath he established the heavens.
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the
clouds drop down the dew.
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep
sound wisdom and discretion:
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to
thy neck.
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy
foot shall not stumble.
24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid:
yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the
desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall
keep thy foot from being taken.
27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and
to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he
dwelleth securely by thee.
30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have
done thee no harm.
31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his
ways.
32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his
secret is with the righteous.
33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the
wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth
grace unto the lowly.
35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be
the promotion of fools.
DAY FOUR
1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou
hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my
prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory
into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is
godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own
heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your
trust in the LORD.
6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good?
LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the
time that their corn and their wine increased.
8 I will both lay me down in peace, and
sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall
continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble
shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his
name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me
from all my fears.
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their
faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and
saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them
that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed
is the man that trusteth in him.
9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want
to them that fear him.
10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but
they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach
you the fear of the LORD.
12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many
days, that he may see good?
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from
speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and
pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and
his ears are open unto their cry.
16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and
delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken
heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the
LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is
broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the
righteous shall be desolate.
22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and
none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life
from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from
the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their
bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect:
suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they
commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a
diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart,
is deep.
7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly
shall they be wounded.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon
themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work
of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall
trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to
whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a
reward to the proud.
3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the
wicked triumph?
4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and
all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict
thine heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the
fatherless.
7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall
the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye
fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that
formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he
correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are
vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O
LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of
adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither
will he forsake his inheritance.
15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and
all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or
who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had
almost dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD,
held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy
comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with
thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of
the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the
rock of my refuge.
23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity,
and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut
them off.
1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now
may Israel say;
2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,
when men rose up against us:
3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their
wrath was kindled against us:
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had
gone over our soul:
5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey
to their teeth.
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of
the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven
and earth.
Proverbs 4
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and
attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved
in the sight of my mother.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart
retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not;
neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love
her, and she shall keep thee.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
and with all thy getting get understanding.
8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall
bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a
crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the
years of thy life shall be many.
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led
thee in right paths.
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;
and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep
her; for she is thy life.
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go
not in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass
away.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;
and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the
wine of violence.
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light,
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not
at what they stumble.
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto
my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in
the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and
health to all their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it
are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse
lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids
look straight before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways
be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove
thy foot from evil.
DAY FIVE
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my
meditation.
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my
God: for unto thee will I pray.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the
morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in
wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou
hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD
will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the
multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of
mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their
inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter
with their tongue.
10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their
own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they
have rebelled against thee.
11 But let all those that put their trust in thee
rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them
also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the
righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with
me: fight against them that fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for
mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against
them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek
after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my
hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the
angel of the LORD chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the
angel of the LORD persecute them.
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in
a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let
his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him
fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall
rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto
thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the
poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge
things that I knew not.
12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of
my soul.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own
bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or
brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered
themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me,
and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed
upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul
from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation:
I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully
rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a
cause.
20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful
matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and
said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O
Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even
unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy
righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we
have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion
together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and
dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my
righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified,
which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and
of thy praise all the day long.
1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto
thee shall the vow be performed.
2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all
flesh come.
3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our
transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest
to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied
with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer
us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the
earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains;
being girded with power:
7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of
their waves, and the tumult of the people.
8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid
at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou
greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou
preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou
settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest
the springing thereof.
11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy
paths drop fatness.
12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and
the little hills rejoice on every side.
13 The pastures are
clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout
for joy, they also sing.
1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a
joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving,
and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above
all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the
strength of the hills is his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed
the dry land.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us
kneel before the LORD our maker.
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his
pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as
in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my
work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation,
and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my
ways:
11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not
enter into my rest.
1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion,
which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the
LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the
lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to
them that are upright in their hearts.
5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways,
the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be
upon Israel.
Proverbs 5
1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear
to my understanding:
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy
lips may keep knowledge.
3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an
honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a
two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on
hell.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her
ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not
from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the
door of her house:
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy
years unto the cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy
labours be in the house of a stranger;
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy
body are consumed,
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart
despised reproof;
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor
inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the
congregation and assembly.
15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running
waters out of thine own well.
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers
of waters in the streets.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with
thee.
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the
wife of thy youth.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let
her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her
love.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a
strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the
LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself,
and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the
greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
DAY SIX
1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten
me in thy hot displeasure.
2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD,
heal me; for my bones are vexed.
3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how
long?
4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy
mercies' sake.
5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the
grave who shall give thee thanks?
6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my
bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old
because of all mine enemies.
8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the
LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will
receive my prayer.
10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let
them return and be ashamed suddenly.
1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my
heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his
iniquity be found to be hateful.
3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he
hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth
himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy
faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy
judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!
therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness
of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light
shall we see light.
10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know
thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let
not the hand of the wicked remove me.
12 There are the workers
of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise
glorious.
3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works!
through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto
thee.
4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing
unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his
doing toward the children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through
the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the
nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of
his praise to be heard:
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not
our feet to be moved.
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried
us, as silver is tried.
11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst
affliction upon our loins.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we
went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy
place.
13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I
will pay thee my vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath
spoken, when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of
fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will
declare what he hath done for my soul.
17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled
with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will
not hear me:
19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to
the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my
prayer, nor his mercy from me.
1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD,
all the earth.
2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his
salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders
among all people.
4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he
is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the
LORD made the heavens.
6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and
beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people,
give unto the LORD glory and strength.
8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name:
bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear
before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the
world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the
people righteously.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein:
then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to
judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people
with his truth.
1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we
were like them that dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our
tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great
things for them.
3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we
are glad.
4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in
the south.
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth,
bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his
sheaves with him.
Proverbs 6
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou
hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou
art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou
art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy
friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine
eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the
hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and
be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth
her food in the harvest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou
arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty
come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a
froward mouth.
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his
feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief
continually; he soweth discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are
an abomination unto him:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet
that be swift in running to mischief,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
soweth discord among brethren.
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake
not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie
them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it
shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest,
it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is
light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery
of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither
let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to
a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his
clothes not be burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be
burned?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy
his soul when he is hungry;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he
shall give all the substance of his house.
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his
reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he
will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though
thou givest many gifts.
DAY SEVEN
1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me
from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in
pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be
iniquity in my hands;
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace
with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea,
let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
Selah.
6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself
because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou
hast commanded.
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee
about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD,
according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end;
but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in
heart.
11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with
the wicked every day.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath
bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of
death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath
conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into
the ditch which he made.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and
his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17 I will praise the LORD according to his
righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be
thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and
wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in
the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall
give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him;
and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the
light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
7 Rest in the LORD, 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.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not
thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait
upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not
be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall
delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth
upon him with his teeth.
13 The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his
day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent
their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright
conversation.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and
their bows shall be broken.
16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than
the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the
LORD upholdeth the righteous.
18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their
inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in
the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the
LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they
consume away.
21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the
righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the
earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD:
and he delighteth in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down:
for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not
seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is
blessed.
27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for
evermore.
28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his
saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut
off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell
therein for ever.
30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his
tongue talketh of judgment.
31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his
steps shall slide.
32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to
slay him.
33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor
condemn him when he is judged.
34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall
exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and
spreading himself like a green bay tree.
36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I
sought him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark the perfect man,
and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together:
the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD:
he is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he
shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his
face to shine upon us; Selah.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving
health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the
people praise thee.
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou
shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the
people praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God,
even our own God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth
shall fear him.
1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the
multitude of isles be glad thereof.
2 Clouds and darkness are round about him:
righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies
round about.
4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw,
and trembled.
5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the
LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all
the people see his glory.
7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images,
that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah
rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou
art exalted far above all gods.
10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the
souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for
the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks
at the remembrance of his holiness.
1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain
that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late,
to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the
fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are
children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver
full of them: they shall
not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments
with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the
apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the
table of thine heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call
understanding thy kinswoman:
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from
the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my
casement,
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among
the youths, a young man void of understanding,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he
went the way to her house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and
dark night:
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire
of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in
her house:
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth
in wait at every corner.)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an
impudent face said unto him,
14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I
payed my vows.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to
seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,
with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and
cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the
morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long
journey:
20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will
come home at the day appointed.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,
with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to
the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird
hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and
attend to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not
astray in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many
strong men have been slain by her.
27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the
chambers of death.
DAY EIGHT
1 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all
the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou
ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy
and the avenger.
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the
son of man, that thou visitest him?
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the
angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of
thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the
field;
8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and
whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in
all the earth!
1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten
me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand
presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine
anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an
heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my
foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go
mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease:
and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason
of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning
is not hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for
the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore;
and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for
me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits
all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a
dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose
mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear,
O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should
rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is
continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry
for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong:
and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine
adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far
from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them
also that hate him flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax
melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice
before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him
that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the
widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth
out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people,
when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the
presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of
Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby
thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God,
hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of
those that published it.
12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that
tarried at home divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be
as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was
white as snow in Salmon.
15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high
hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which
God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even
thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity
captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that
the LORD God might dwell among them.
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with
benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and
unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and
the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I
will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine
enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings
of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the players on instruments
followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord,
from the fountain of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes
of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of
Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O
God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings
bring presents unto thee.
30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of
the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with
pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall
soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing
praises unto the Lord; Selah:
33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens,
which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is
over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places:
the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed
be God.
1 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done
marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the
victory.
2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his
righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward
the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our
God.
4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the
earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and
the voice of a psalm.
6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful
noise before the LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the
world, and they that dwell therein.
8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be
joyful together
9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth:
with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
1 Blessed is every one
that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy
shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of
thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that
feareth the LORD.
5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou
shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and
peace upon Israel.
Proverbs 8
1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her
voice?
2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way
in the places of the paths.
3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city,
at the coming in at the doors.
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons
of man.
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye
of an understanding heart.
6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the
opening of my lips shall be right things.
7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an
abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my
mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and
right to them that find knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and
knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the
things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out
knowledge of witty inventions.
13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and
arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am
understanding; I have strength.
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges
of the earth.
17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me
early shall find me.
18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches
and righteousness.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold;
and my revenue than choice silver.
20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of
the paths of judgment:
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit
substance; and I will fill their treasures.
22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way,
before his works of old.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning,
or ever the earth was.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth;
when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills
was I brought forth:
26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the
fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he
set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28 When he established the clouds above: when he
strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters
should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the
earth:
30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and
I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and
my delights were with the sons of men.
32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for
blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily
at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain
favour of the LORD.
36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own
soul: all they that hate me love death.
DAY NINE
1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I
will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing
praise to thy name, O thou most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall
and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou
satest in the throne judging right.
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed
the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual
end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared
his throne for judgment.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he
shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a
refuge in times of trouble.
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in
thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion:
declare among the people his doings.
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he
remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble
which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of
death:
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates
of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they
made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he
executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the
nations that forget God.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen
be judged in thy sight.
1 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.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from
good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the
fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of
my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth;
and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is
altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they
are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather
them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not
the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou
didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by
the blow of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for
iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man
is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry;
hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner,
as all my fathers were.
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I
go hence, and be no more.
1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my
soul.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I
am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine
eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the
hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully,
are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are
not hid from thee.
6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts,
be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake,
O God of Israel.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame
hath covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's
children.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and
the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,
that was to my reproach.
11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a
proverb to them.
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I
was the song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in
an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth
of thy salvation.
14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink:
let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the
deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good:
turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in
trouble: hear me speedily.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me
because of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my
dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of
heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for
comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my
thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and
that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and
make their loins continually to shake.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy
wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none
dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and
they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Add iniquity unto their
iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
and not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O
God, set me up on high.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will
magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox
or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your
heart shall live that seek God.
33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not
his prisoners.
34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and
every thing that moveth therein.
35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities
of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and
they that love his name shall dwell therein.
1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth
between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all
the people.
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it
is holy.
4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost
establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his
footstool; for he is holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among
them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept
his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a
God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy
hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth,
may Israel now say:
2 Many a time
have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long
their furrows.
4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords
of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate
Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth
afore it groweth up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he
that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the
LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her
seven pillars:
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her
wine; she hath also furnished her table.
3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the
highest places of the city,
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him
that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I
have mingled.
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of
understanding.
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself
shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a
wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet
wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom:
and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the
years of thy life shall be increased.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself:
but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and
knoweth nothing.
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat
in the high places of the city,
15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for
him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret
is pleasant.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and
that her guests are in the depths of hell.
DAY TEN
1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou
thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let
them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and
blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance,
will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far
above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for
I shall never be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud:
under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 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 poor.
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he
lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him
into his net.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor
may fall by his strong ones.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he
hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget
not the humble.
13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said
in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and
spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou
art the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man:
seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are
perished out of his land.
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble:
thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the
oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined
unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of
the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise
unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust,
and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which
thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned
up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than
can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine
ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book
it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law
is within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great
congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I
have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy
lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O
LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine
iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are
more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make
haste to help me.
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that
seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame
that wish me evil.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame
that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in
thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon
me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help
me, O LORD.
2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after
my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my
hurt.
3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame
that say, Aha, aha.
4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in
thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou
art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his
presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath
made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his
courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is
everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to
the voice of my supplications.
3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord,
who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest
be feared.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his
word do I hope.
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that
watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there
is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Proverbs 10
1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad
father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but
righteousness delivereth from death.
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous
to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that
dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he
that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but
violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of
the wicked shall rot.
8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a
prating fool shall fall.
9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he
that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a
prating fool shall fall.
11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but
violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all
sins.
13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom
is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the
foolish is near destruction.
15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the
destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the
fruit of the wicked to sin.
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction:
but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth
a slander, is a fool.
19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin:
but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the
heart of the wicked is little worth.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die
for want of wisdom.
22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he
addeth no sorrow with it.
23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man
of understanding hath wisdom.
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but
the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more:
but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard to them that send him.
27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years
of the wicked shall be shortened.
28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but
the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but
destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the
wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but
the froward tongue shall be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable:
but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
DAY ELEVEN
1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul,
Flee as a bird to your mountain?
2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready
their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in
heart.
3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the
righteous do?
4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is
in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and
him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and
brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance
doth behold the upright.
1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD
will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and
he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will
of his enemies.
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of
languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for
I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die,
and his name perish?
6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his
heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me:
against me do they devise my hurt.
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him:
and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,
which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me
up, that I may requite them.
11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine
enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine
integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting,
and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be
put to confusion.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to
escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may
continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my
rock and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust
from my youth.
6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou
art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually
of thee.
7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy
honour all the day.
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me
not when my strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay
wait for my soul take counsel together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take
him; for there is none to deliver him.
12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for
my help.
13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are
adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that
seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise
thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy
salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will
make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and
hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
18 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God,
forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy
power to every one that is to come.
19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who
hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles,
shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the
earth.
21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on
every side.
22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy
truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of
Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto
thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all
the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that
seek my hurt.
1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O
LORD, will I sing.
2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when
wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate
the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not
know a wicked person.
5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I
cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land,
that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve
me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my
house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land;
that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
1 Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither
do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child
that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for
ever.
Proverbs 11
1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but
a just weight is his delight.
2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the
lowly is wisdom.
3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but
the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but
righteousness delivereth from death.
5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his
way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them:
but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall
perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the
wicked cometh in his stead.
9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his
neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city
rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted:
but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour:
but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a
faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the
multitude of counsellors there is safety.
15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for
it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men
retain riches.
17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he
that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him
that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that
pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to
the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished:
but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair
woman which is without discretion.
23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the
expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and
there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that
watereth shall be watered also himself.
26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse
him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour:
but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the
righteous shall flourish as a branch.
29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the
wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and
he that winneth souls is wise.
31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the
earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
DAY TWELVE
1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the
faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with
flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the
tongue that speaketh proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our
lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of
the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him
that puffeth at him.
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them
from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men
are exalted.
1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so
panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall
I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they
continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in
me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God,
with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou
disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of
his countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore
will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the
hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy
waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the
day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the
God of my life.
9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten
me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach
me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11 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
health of my countenance, and my God.
1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy
righteousness unto the king's son.
2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and
thy poor with judgment.
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and
the little hills, by righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save
the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon
endure, throughout all generations.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as
showers that water the earth.
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and
abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and
from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before
him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring
presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all
nations shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the
poor also, and him that hath no helper.
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save
the souls of the needy.
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and
violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the
gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall
he be praised.
16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon
the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they
of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be
continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations
shall call him blessed.
18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who
only doeth wondrous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let
the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto
thee.
2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in
trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones
are burned as an hearth.
4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so
that I forget to eat my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones
cleave to my skin.
6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an
owl of the desert.
7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house
top.
8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that
are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my
drink with weeping.
10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for
thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am
withered like grass.
12 But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy
remembrance unto all generations.
13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the
time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and
favour the dust thereof.
15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and
all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear
in his glory.
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not
despise their prayer.
18 This shall be written for the generation to come:
and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19 For he hath looked down from the height of his
sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose
those that are appointed to death;
21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his
praise in Jerusalem;
22 When the people are gathered together, and the
kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
23 He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my
days.
24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of
my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth:
and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all
of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and
they shall be changed:
27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no
end.
28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and
their seed shall be established before thee.
1 Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty
God of Jacob;
3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my
house, nor go up into my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to
mine eyelids,
5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation
for the mighty God of Jacob.
6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the
fields of the wood.
7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at
his footstool.
8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of
thy strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and
let thy saints shout for joy.
10 For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face
of thine anointed.
11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will
not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my
testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy
throne for evermore.
13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it
for his habitation.
14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I
have desired it.
15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will
satisfy her poor with bread.
16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and
her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have
ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon
himself shall his crown flourish.
Proverbs 12
1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he
that hateth reproof is brutish.
2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of
wicked devices will he condemn.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but
the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she
that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the
counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for
blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the
house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom:
but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better
than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast:
but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with
bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the
root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his
lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of
his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he
that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent
man covereth shame.
17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness:
but a false witness deceit.
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a
sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but
a lying tongue is but for a moment.
20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil:
but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the
wicked shall be filled with mischief.
22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they
that deal truly are his delight.
23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart
of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the
slothful shall be under tribute.
25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but
a good word maketh it glad.
26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour:
but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in
hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the
pathway thereof there is no death.
DAY THIRTEEN
1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how
long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having
sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine
eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him;
and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall
rejoice in thy salvation.
6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt
bountifully with me.
1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an
ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou
cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead
me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my
exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and
why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who
is the health of my countenance, and my God.
1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of
a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps
had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the
prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their death: but their
strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are
they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain;
violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more
than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning
oppression: they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their
tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a
full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there
knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the
world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed
my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and
chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should
offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for
me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood
I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou
castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a
moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou
awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my
reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast
before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast
holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward
receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none
upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the
strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:
thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have
put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within
me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all
thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth
thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that
thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment
for all that are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the
children of Israel.
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger,
and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his
anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor
rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great
is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he
removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD
pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we
are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of
the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and
the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to
everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's
children;
18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that
remember his commandments to do them.
19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens;
and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in
strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers
of his, that do his pleasure.
22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his
dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that
ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of
his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended
upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even
life for evermore.
Proverbs 13
1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but
a scorner heareth not rebuke.
2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but
the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he
that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing:
but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is
loathsome, and cometh to shame.
6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the
way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:
there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the
poor heareth not rebuke.
9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp
of the wicked shall be put out.
10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well
advised is wisdom.
11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he
that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the
desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he
that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to
depart from the snares of death.
15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of
transgressors is hard.
16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a
fool layeth open his folly.
17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a
faithful ambassador is health.
18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth
instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but
it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a
companion of fools shall be destroyed.
21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good
shall be repayed.
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's
children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there
is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that
loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul:
but the belly of the wicked shall want.
DAY FOURTEEN
1 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.
2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of
men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together
become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who
eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the
generation of the righteous.
6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the
LORD is his refuge.
7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of
Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall
rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have
told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand,
and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own
sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm,
and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for
Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through
thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my
sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast
put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy
name for ever. Selah.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and
goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and
they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;
and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase
thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a
scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a
shaking of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the
shame of my face hath covered me,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and
blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten
thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our
steps declined from thy way;
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of
dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or
stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the
secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us
not off for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our
affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly
cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies'
sake.
1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth
thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased
of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount
Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations;
even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy
congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes
upon the thick trees.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at
once with axes and hammers.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have
defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them
together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet:
neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall
the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand?
pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in
the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest
the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and
gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou
driedst up mighty rivers.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou
hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou
hast made summer and winter.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O
LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the
multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places
of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the
poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how
the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult
of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art
very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment:
who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters:
who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a
flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it
should not be removed for ever.
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:
the waters stood above the mountains.
7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder
they hasted away.
8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the
valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over;
that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run
among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the
wild asses quench their thirst.
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their
habitation, which sing among the branches.
13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth
is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and
herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil
to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars
of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork,
the fir trees are her house.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and
the rocks for the conies.
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth
his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all
the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek
their meat from God.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together,
and lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour
until the evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom
hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things
creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom
thou hast made to play therein.
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give
them their meat in due season.
28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest
thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou
takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created:
and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the
LORD shall rejoice in his works.
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he
toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will
sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad
in the LORD.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and
let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the
LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the
LORD.
3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out
of Zion.
Proverbs 14
1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish
plucketh it down with her hands.
2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD:
but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but
the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much
increase is by the strength of the ox.
5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness
will utter lies.
6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but
knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou
perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way:
but the folly of fools is deceit.
9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous
there is favour.
10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a
stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but
the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but
the end thereof are the ways of death.
13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the
end of that mirth is heaviness.
14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his
own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent
man looketh well to his going.
16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but
the fool rageth, and is confident.
17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man
of wicked devices is hated.
18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are
crowned with knowledge.
19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the
gates of the righteous.
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but
the rich hath many friends.
21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he
that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and
truth shall be to them that devise good.
23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the
lips tendeth only to penury.
24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the
foolishness of fools is folly.
25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful
witness speaketh lies.
26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and
his children shall have a place of refuge.
27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to
depart from the snares of death.
28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour:
but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding:
but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy
the rottenness of the bones.
31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker:
but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but
the righteous hath hope in his death.
33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath
understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a
reproach to any people.
35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his
wrath is against him that causeth shame.
DAY FIFTEEN
1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall
dwell in thy holy hill?
2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,
and speaketh the truth in his heart.
3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth
evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he
honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and
changeth not.
5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor
taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be
moved.
1My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the
things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready
writer.
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is
poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with
thy glory and thy majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of
truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee
terrible things.
5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's
enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre
of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and
cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
9 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women:
upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline
thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he
is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a
gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
13 The king's daughter is all glorious within: her
clothing is of wrought gold.
14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of
needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto
thee.
15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:
they shall enter into the king's palace.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom
thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all
generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we
give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge
uprightly.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are
dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to
the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a
stiff neck.
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from
the west, nor from the south.
7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and
setteth up another.
8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the
wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the
dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink
them.
9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to
the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;
but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name:
make known his deeds among the people.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all
his wondrous works.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them
rejoice that seek the LORD.
4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face
evermore.
5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his
wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of
Jacob his chosen.
7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the
earth.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word
which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath
unto Isaac;
10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to
Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan,
the lot of your inheritance:
12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very
few, and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one
kingdom to another people;
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he
reproved kings for their sakes;
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets
no harm.
16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he
brake the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was
sold for a servant:
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in
iron:
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the
LORD tried him.
20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the
people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his
substance:
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his
senators wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in
the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them
stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal
subtilly with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had
chosen.
27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in
the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they
rebelled not against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their
fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the
chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and
lice in all their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in
their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and
brake the trees of their coasts.
34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers,
and that without number,
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and
devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the
chief of all their strength.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold:
and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of
them fell upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give
light in the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and
satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they
ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his
servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his
chosen with gladness:
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they
inherited the labour of the people;
45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his
laws. Praise ye the LORD.
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD;
praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.
2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the
courts of the house of our God.
3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises
unto his name; for it is pleasant.
4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and
Israel for his peculiar treasure.
5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord
is above all gods.
6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven,
and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of
the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his
treasuries.
8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and
beast.
9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee,
O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan,
and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
12 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage
unto Israel his people.
13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy
memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will
repent himself concerning his servants.
15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the
work of men's hands.
16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have
they, but they see not;
17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there
any breath in their mouths.
18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every
one that trusteth in them.
19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD,
O house of Aaron:
20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the
LORD, bless the LORD.
21 Blessed be the LORD out
of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Proverbs 15
1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words
stir up anger.
2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but
the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding
the evil and the good.
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but
perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he
that regardeth reproof is prudent.
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but
in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the
heart of the foolish doeth not so.
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the
LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the
LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the
way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much
more then the hearts of the children of men?
12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him:
neither will he go unto the wise.
13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by
sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh
knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that
is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than
great treasure and trouble therewith.
17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a
stalled ox and hatred therewith.
18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is
slow to anger appeaseth strife.
19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of
thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man
despiseth his mother.
21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom:
but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in
the multitude of counsellors they are established.
23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a
word spoken in due season, how good is it!
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may
depart from hell beneath.
25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but
he will establish the border of the widow.
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to
the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house;
but he that hateth gifts shall live.
28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but
the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the
prayer of the righteous.
30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a
good report maketh the bones fat.
31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth
among the wise.
32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own
soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom;
and before honour is humility.
DAY SIXTEEN
1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my
Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the
excellent, in whom is all my delight.
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after
another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their
names into my lips.
5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my
cup: thou maintainest my lot.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my
reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is
at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:
my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help
in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,
and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make
glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:
God shall help her, and that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he
uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is
our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations
he hath made in the earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;
he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in
the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted
among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is
our refuge. Selah.
1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling
place in Zion.
3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield,
and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the
mountains of prey.
5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their
sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and
horse are cast into a dead sleep.
7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand
in thy sight when once thou art angry?
8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven;
the earth feared, and was still,
9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of
the earth. Selah.
10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the
remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that
be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is
terrible to the kings of the earth.
1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD;
for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can
shew forth all his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that
doeth righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou
bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may
rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed
iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea,
even at the Red sea.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that
he might make his mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so
he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated
them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was not
one of them left.
12 Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.
13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his
counsel:
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and
tempted God in the desert.
15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness
into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the
saint of the LORD.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and
covered the company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame
burned up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the
molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude
of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great
things in Egypt;
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible
things by the Red sea.
23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had
not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath,
lest he should destroy them.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed
not his word:
25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto
the voice of the LORD.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to
overthrow them in the wilderness:
27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and
to scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate
the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their
inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and
so the plague was stayed.
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness
unto all generations for evermore.
32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so
that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake
unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom
the LORD commanded them:
35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned
their works.
36 And they served their idols: which were a snare
unto them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters
unto devils,
38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their
sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and
the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and
went a whoring with their own inventions.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against
his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and
they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were
brought into subjection under their hand.
43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked
him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he
heard their cry:
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and
repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that
carried them captives.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among
the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting
to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his
mercy endureth for ever.
2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth
for ever.
4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his
mercy endureth for ever.
6 To him that stretched out the earth above the
waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy
endureth for ever:
8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his
mercy endureth for ever:
11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his
mercy endureth for ever:
12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm:
for his mercy endureth for ever.
13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for
his mercy endureth for ever:
14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it:
for his mercy endureth for ever:
15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea:
for his mercy endureth for ever.
16 To him which led his people through the wilderness:
for his mercy endureth for ever.
17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy
endureth for ever:
18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth
for ever:
20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for
ever:
21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy
endureth for ever:
22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his
mercy endureth for ever.
23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy
endureth for ever:
24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his
mercy endureth for ever.
25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
Proverbs 16
1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer
of the tongue, is from the LORD.
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts
shall be established.
4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even
the wicked for the day of evil.
5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination
to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear
of the LORD men depart from evil.
7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even
his enemies to be at peace with him.
8 Better is a little with righteousness than great
revenues without right.
9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth
his steps.
10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his
mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the
weights of the bag are his work.
12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness:
for the throne is established by righteousness.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they
love him that speaketh right.
14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but
a wise man will pacify it.
15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and
his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and
to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:
he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty
spirit before a fall.
19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the
lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good:
and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the
sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that
hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and
addeth learning to his lips.
24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the
soul, and health to the bones.
25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man,
but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his
mouth craveth it of him.
27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips
there is as a burning fire.
28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer
separateth chief friends.
29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him
into the way that is not good.
30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things:
moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found
in the way of righteousness.
32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole
disposing thereof is of the LORD.
DAY SEVENTEEN
1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear
unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let
thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in
the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my
mouth shall not transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips
I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps
slip not.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O
God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that
savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that
rise up against them.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under
the shadow of thy wings,
9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly
enemies, who compass me about.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their
mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have
set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as
it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down:
deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of
the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest
with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their
substance to their babes.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God
with the voice of triumph.
2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great
King over all the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations
under our feet.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the
excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound
of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto
our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye
praises with understanding.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the
throne of his holiness.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even
the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God:
he is greatly exalted.
1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with
my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore
ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained,
and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that
I cannot speak.
5 I have considered the days of old, the years of
ancient times.
6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I
commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be
favourable no more?
8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise
fail for evermore?
9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger
shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will
remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I
will remember thy wonders of old.
12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of
thy doings.
13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so
great a God as our God?
14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast
declared thy strength among the people.
15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the
sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee;
they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a
sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the
lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters,
and thy footsteps are not known.
1 O give
thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let the
redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 And gathered
them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and
from the south.
4 They
wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and
thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they
cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their
distresses.
7 And he led
them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Oh that men
would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the
children of men!
9 For he
satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Such as sit
in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 Because
they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most
High:
12 Therefore
he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to
help.
13 Then they
cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought
them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men
would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the
children of men!
16 For he hath
broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Fools
because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul
abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they
cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his
word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh that men
would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the
children of men!
22 And let them
sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
23 They that
go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
24 These see
the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
25 For he
commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They mount
up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted
because of trouble.
27 They reel
to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble,
and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He maketh
the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are
they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Oh that men
would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the
children of men!
32 Let them
exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the
assembly of the elders.
33 He turneth
rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful
land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He turneth
the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
36 And there
he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 And sow the
fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesseth
them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle
to decrease.
39 Again, they
are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He poureth
contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where
there is no way.
41 Yet setteth
he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
42 The righteous
shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Whoso is wise, and will
observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the
LORD.
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we
wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst
thereof.
3 For there they that carried us away captive required
of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one
of the songs of Zion.
4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand
forget her cunning.
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to
the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of
Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed;
happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy
little ones against the stones.
Proverbs 17
1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that
causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for
gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar
giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he
that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and
the glory of children are their fathers.
7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do
lying lips a prince.
8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him
that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but
he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an
hundred stripes into a fool.
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a
cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather
than a fool in his folly.
13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not
depart from his house.
14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out
water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that
condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to
get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
17 A friend loveth at all
times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and
becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he
that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and
he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow:
and the father of a fool hath no joy.
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a
broken spirit drieth the bones.
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to
pervert the ways of judgment.
24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but
the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and
bitterness to her that bare him.
26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike
princes for equity.
27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man
of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted
wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
DAY EIGHTEEN
1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn
of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:
so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of
ungodly men made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares
of death prevented me.
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto
my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even
into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations
also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire
out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and
darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did
fly upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion
round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick
clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest
gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the
foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of
the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of
many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them
which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but
the LORD was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he
delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not
wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not
put away his statutes from me.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself
from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to
my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful;
with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with
the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt
bring down high looks.
28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will
enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my
God have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the
LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save
our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh
my way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me
upon my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel
is broken by mine arms.
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy
salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made
me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet
did not slip.
37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them:
neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to
rise: they are fallen under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the
battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies;
that I might destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even
unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the
wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the
people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not
known shall serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the
strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of
their close places.
46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let
the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people
under me.
48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou
liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from
the violent man.
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD,
among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
50 Great deliverance giveth he to his
king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for
evermore.
1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the
city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth,
is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by
together.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were
troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a
woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east
wind.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the
LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the
midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto
the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah
be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the
towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces;
that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will
be our guide even unto death.
Psalm 78
1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears
to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark
sayings of old:
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have
told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing
to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his
wonderful works that he hath done.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and
appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should
make them known to their children:
6 That the generation to come might know them, even
the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their
children:
7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget
the works of God, but keep his commandments:
8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and
rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose
spirit was not stedfast with God.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying
bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to
walk in his law;
11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had
shewed them.
12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their
fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass
through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and
all the night with a light of fire.
15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them
drink as out of the great depths.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused
waters to run down like rivers.
17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking
the most High in the wilderness.
18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat
for their lust.
19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God
furnish a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed
out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh
for his people?
21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a
fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not
in his salvation:
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and
opened the doors of heaven,
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had
given them of the corn of heaven.
25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the
full.
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and
by his power he brought in the south wind.
27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and
feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp,
round about their habitations.
29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave
them their own desire;
30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while
their meat was yet in their mouths,
31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the
fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not
for his wondrous works.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and
their years in trouble.
34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they
returned and enquired early after God.
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and
the high God their redeemer.
36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth,
and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither
were they stedfast in his covenant.
38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their
iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away,
and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind
that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and
grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited
the Holy One of Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he
delivered them from the enemy.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his
wonders in the field of Zoan.
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their
floods, that they could not drink.
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which
devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller,
and their labour unto the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their
sycomore trees with frost.
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their
flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger,
wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their
soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of
their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and
guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not:
but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary,
even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and
divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in
their tents.
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God,
and kept not his testimonies:
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their
fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high
places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly
abhorred Israel:
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the
tent which he placed among men;
61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his
glory into the enemy's hand.
62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and
was wroth with his inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young men; and their
maidens were not given to marriage.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows
made no lamentation.
65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like
a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he
put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and
chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which
he loved.
69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like
the earth which he hath established for ever.
70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from
the sheepfolds:
71 From following the ewes great with young he brought
him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his
heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
1 O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give
praise, even with my glory.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I
will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy
truth reacheth unto the clouds.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy
glory above all the earth;
6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy
right hand, and answer me.
7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I
will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is
the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my
shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will
lead me into Edom?
11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and
wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of
man.
13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is
that shall tread down our enemies.
1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the
gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise
thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy
word above all thy name.
3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and
strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O
LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for
great is the glory of the LORD.
6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto
the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt
revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine
enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy
mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Proverbs 18
1 Through desire a man, having separated himself,
seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that
his heart may discover itself.
3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt,
and with ignominy reproach.
4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and
the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,
to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth
calleth for strokes.
7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are
the snare of his soul.
8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go
down into the innermost parts of the belly.
9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster.
10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the
righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an
high wall in his own conceit.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and
before honour is humility.
13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it
is folly and shame unto him.
14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
but a wounded spirit who can bear?
15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the
ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him
before great men.
17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but
his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth
between the mighty.
19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a
strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of
his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and
they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and
obtaineth favour of the LORD.
23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth
roughly.
24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:
and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
DAY NINETEEN
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the
firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night
sheweth knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice
is not heard.
4 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,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and
his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:
the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the
heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever:
the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than
much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in
keeping of them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from
secret faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be
innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my
heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants
of the world:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation
of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my
dark saying upon the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when
the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast
themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
nor give to God a ransom for him:
8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and
it ceaseth for ever:)
9 That he should still live for ever, and not see
corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool
and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall
continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call
their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is
like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity
approve their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall
feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and
their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the
grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the
glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory
shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men
will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they
shall never see light.
20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is
like the beasts that perish.
1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance;
thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to
be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts
of the earth.
3 Their blood have they shed like water round about
Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn
and derision to them that are round about us.
5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall
thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not
known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his
dwelling place.
8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy
tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of
thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their
God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the
blood of thy servants which is shed.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee;
according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed
to die;
12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their
bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give
thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the
deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying
tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred;
and fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give
myself unto prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred
for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand
at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and
let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his
office.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg:
let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let
the strangers spoil his labour.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither
let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation
following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with
the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he
may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but
persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he
delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his
garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his
bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth
him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the
LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's
sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded
within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am
tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh
faileth of fatness.
25 I became
also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy
mercy:
27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou,
LORD, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise,
let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let
them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea,
I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
to save him from those that condemn his soul.
1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou
understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art
acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O
LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine
hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high,
I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall
I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I
make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the
uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right
hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the
darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the
night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered
me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right
well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made
in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being
unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance
were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!
how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they 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, ye bloody men.
20 For they 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: I count them mine
enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and
know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead
me in the way everlasting.
Proverbs 19
1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not
good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his
heart fretteth against the LORD.
4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is
separated from his neighbour.
5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that
speaketh lies shall not escape.
6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and
every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much
more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are
wanting to him.
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that
keepeth understanding shall find good.
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that
speaketh lies shall perish.
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a
servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it
is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but
his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and
the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers:
and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle
soul shall suffer hunger.
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own
soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the
LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not
thy soul spare for his crying.
19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for
if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou
mayest be wise in thy latter end.
21 There are many devices in a man's heart;
nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man
is better than a liar.
23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that
hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and
will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25 Smite a scorner, and
the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will
understand knowledge.
26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his
mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth
to err from the words of knowledge.
28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth
of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes
for the back of fools.
DAY TWENTY
1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name
of the God of Jacob defend thee;
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen
thee out of Zion;
3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt
sacrifice; Selah.
4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil
all thy counsel.
5 We will rejoice in thy
salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD
fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he
will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but
we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen,
and stand upright.
9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and
called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath
shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a
fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the
earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have
made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for
God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I
will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy
burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he
goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the
cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild
beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the
world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood
of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto
the most High:
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver
thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do
to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my
words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst
with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue
frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou
slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;
thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will
reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear
you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him
that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest
Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy
strength, and come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine;
and we shall be saved.
4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry
against the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and
givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our
enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to
shine; and we shall be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast
cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it
to take deep root, and it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the
boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her
branches unto the river.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that
all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the
wild beast of the field doth devour it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down
from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,
and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish
at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,
upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we
will call upon thy name.
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face
to shine; and we shall be saved.
1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right
hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of
Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power,
in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of
thy youth.
4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou
art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through
kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the
places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore
shall he lift up the head.
1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me
from the violent 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; they have set gins for me. Selah.
6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the
voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7 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 of the wicked:
further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
9 As for the head of those that compass me 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 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 of the poor.
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy
name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but
every fool will be meddling.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but
a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
but a faithful man who can find?
7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children
are blessed after him.
8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am
pure from my sin?
10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of
them are alike abomination to the LORD.
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his
work be pure, and whether it be right.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath
made even both of them.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open
thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but
when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the
lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and
take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards
his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with
good advice make war.
19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth
secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp
shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the
beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on
the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD;
and a false balance is not good.
24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then
understand his own way?
25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which
is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the
wheel over them.
27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD,
searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne
is upholden by mercy.
29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the
beauty of old men is the grey head.
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do
stripes the inward parts of the belly.
DAY TWENTY ONE
1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in
thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not
withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou preventest him
with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even
length of days for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and
majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou
hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the
mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy
right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of
thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall
devour them.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and
their seed from among the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined
a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back,
when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of
them.
13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so
will we sing and praise thy power.
1 Have mercy upon me, O
God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy
tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me
from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin
is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that
thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my
mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and
in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash
me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones
which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine
iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a
right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not
thy holy spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and
uphold me with thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and
sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of
my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew
forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give
it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken
and a contrite heart, O God,
thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou
the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the
sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then
shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful
noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the
pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time
appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the
God of Jacob.
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he
went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood
not.
6 I removed his shoulder
from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I
answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of
Meribah. Selah.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O
Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt
thou worship any strange god.
10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of
the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and
Israel would none of me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and
they walked in their own counsels.
13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel
had walked in my ways!
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and
turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted
themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the
wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
1 Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my
whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them
that have pleasure therein.
3 His work is honourable and glorious: and his
righteousness endureth for ever.
4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered:
the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will
ever be mindful of his covenant.
6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works,
that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
7 The works of his hands
are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in
truth and uprightness.
9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath
commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that
do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
1 Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear
unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as
incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door
of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise
wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
5 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 my words; for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as
when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee
is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the snares 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.
Proverbs 21
1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the
rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the
LORD pondereth the hearts.
3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the
LORD than sacrifice.
4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of
the wicked, is sin.
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;
but of every one that is hasty only to want.
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a
vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them;
because they refuse to do judgment.
8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for
the pure, his work is right.
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,
than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour
findeth no favour in his eyes.
11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made
wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of
the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he
also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in
the bosom strong wrath.
15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but
destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
16 The man that wandereth out of the way of
understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he
that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and
the transgressor for the upright.
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with
a contentious and an angry woman.
20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the
dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy
findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and
casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his
soul from troubles.
24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth
in proud wrath.
25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his
hands refuse to labour.
26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the
righteous giveth and spareth not.
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how
much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that
heareth speaketh constantly.
29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the
upright, he directeth his way.
30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel
against the LORD.
31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle:
but safety is of the LORD.
DAY TWENTY TWO
1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me,
and from the words of my roaring?
2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest
not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the
praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou
didst deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they
trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and
despised of the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot
out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him:
let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou
didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God
from my mother's belly.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there
is none to help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of
Bashan have beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening
and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are
out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my
tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the
wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon
me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots
upon my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength,
haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the
power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard
me from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in
the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed
of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 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.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great
congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall
praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn
unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the
governor among the nations.
29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and
worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can
keep alive his own soul.
30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to
the Lord for a generation.
1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?
the goodness of God endureth continually.
2 The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor,
working deceitfully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather
than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful
tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall
take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of
the land of the living. Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall
laugh at him:
7 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.
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of
God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done
it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he
judgeth among the gods.
2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the
persons of the wicked? Selah.
3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the
afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand
of the wicked.
5 They know not, neither will they understand; they
walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are
children of the most High.
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the
princes.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt
inherit all nations.
1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth
the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation
of the upright shall be blessed.
3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his
righteousness endureth for ever.
4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the
darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will
guide his affairs with discretion.
6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous
shall be in everlasting remembrance.
7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is
fixed, trusting in the LORD.
8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid,
until he see his desire upon his enemies.
9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his
righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall
gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice
unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed
before him my trouble.
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou
knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for
me.
4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was
no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my
refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low:
deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy
name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully
with me.
Proverbs 22
1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great
riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the
maker of them all.
3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth
himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and
honour, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he
that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will not depart from it.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is
servant to the lender.
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the
rod of his anger shall fail.
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for
he giveth of his bread to the poor.
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea,
strife and reproach shall cease.
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of
his lips the king shall be his friend.
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he
overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I
shall be slain in the streets.
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that
is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but
the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches,
and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,
and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within
thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made
known to thee this day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in
counsels and knowledge,
21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the
words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send
unto thee?
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither
oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the
soul of those that spoiled them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a
furious man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy
soul.
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them
that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take
away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers
have set.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall
stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
DAY TWENTY THREE
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he
leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness for his name's sake.
4 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.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of
mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
1 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.
2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of
men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
3 Every one of them is gone back: they are
altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat
up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
5 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 despised them.
6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of
Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice,
and Israel shall be glad.
Psalm 83
1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace,
and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that
hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,
and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from
being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent:
they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of
Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with
the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the
children of Lot. Selah.
9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera,
as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for
the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea,
all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of
God in possession.
13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble
before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame
setteth the mountains on fire;
15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them
afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy
name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea,
let them be put to shame, and perish:
18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone
is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the
LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time
forth and for evermore.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of
the same the LORD's name is to be praised.
4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory
above the heavens.
5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on
high,
6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are
in heaven, and in the earth!
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth
the needy out of the dunghill;
8 That he may set him with princes, even with the
princes of his people.
9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be
a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my
supplications: in thy 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 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, 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 I should walk; for I
lift up my soul unto thee.
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto
thee to hide me.
10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy
spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy
righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy
all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Proverbs 23
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider
diligently what is before thee:
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man
given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are
deceitful meat.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for
riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward
heaven.
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,
neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and
drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit
up, and lose thy sweet words.
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise
the wisdom of thy words.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the
fields of the fatherless:
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their
cause with thee.
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine
ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou
beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver
his soul from hell.
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall
rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak
right things.
17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in
the fear of the LORD all the day long.
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation
shall not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine
heart in the way.
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of
flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to
poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and
despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and
instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly
rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she
that bare thee shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes
observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is
a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and
increaseth the transgressors among men.
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath
contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness
of eyes?
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to
seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it
giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth
like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine
heart shall utter perverse things.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the
midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was
not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will
seek it yet again.
DAY TWENTY FOUR
1 The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and
established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who
shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath
not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and
righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that
seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up,
ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and
mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up,
ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is
the King of glory. Selah.
1 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy
strength.
2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my
mouth.
3 For strangers are risen up against me, and
oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them
that uphold my soul.
5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off
in thy truth.
6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy
name, O LORD; for it is good.
7For he hath delivered me out of all
trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
1 How amiable are thy
tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts
of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the
swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O
LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will
be still praising thee. Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in
whose heart are the ways of them.
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a
well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them
in Zion appeareth before God.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God
of Jacob. Selah.
9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of
thine anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts is better than a
thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in
the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will
give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk
uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth
in thee.
1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob
from a people of strange language;
2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little
hills like lambs.
5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?
thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye
little hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at
the presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the
flint into a fountain of waters.
1 Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my
hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 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 they shall smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out
thine arrows, and destroy them.
7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me
out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is
a right hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a
psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who
delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange
children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood:
12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their
youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the
similitude of a palace:
13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner
of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our
streets:
14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there
be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case:
yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
Proverbs 24
1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire
to be with them.
2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips
talk of mischief.
3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by
understanding it is established:
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with
all precious and pleasant riches.
5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge
increaseth strength.
6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in
multitude of counsellors there is safety.
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his
mouth in the gate.
8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a
mischievous person.
9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner
is an abomination to men.
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength
is small.
11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto
death, and those that are ready to be slain;
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he
that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he
know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the
honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul:
when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation
shall not be cut off.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of
the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up
again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not
thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he
turn away his wrath from him.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be
thou envious at the wicked:
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the
candle of the wicked shall be put out.
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle
not with them that are given to change:
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who
knoweth the ruin of them both?
23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not
good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous;
him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a
good blessing shall come upon them.
26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right
answer.
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for
thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without
cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me:
I will render to the man according to his work.
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the
vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and
nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken
down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon
it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth;
and thy want as an armed man.
DAY TWENTY FIVE
1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed,
let not mine enemies triumph over me.
3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them
be ashamed which transgress without cause.
4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art
the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy
lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my
transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake,
O LORD.
8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he
teach sinners in the way.
9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek
will he teach his way.
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto
such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity;
for it is great.
12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he
teach in the way that he shall choose.
13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall
inherit the earth.
14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him;
and he will shew them his covenant.
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall
pluck my feet out of the net.
16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am
desolate and afflicted.
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou
me out of my distresses.
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive
all my sins.
19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they
hate me with cruel hatred.
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be
ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I
wait on thee.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself
from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my
complaint, and make a noise;
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the
oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they
hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors
of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for
then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the
wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I
have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls
thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and
guile depart not from her streets.
12 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:
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and
mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the
house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down
quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD
shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and
cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle
that was against me: for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that
abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not
God.
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at
peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn
swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain
thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit
of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
but I will trust in thee.
1 Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou
hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou
hast covered all their sin. Selah.
3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned
thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine
anger toward us to cease.
5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw
out thine anger to all generations?
6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may
rejoice in thee?
7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy
salvation.
8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he
will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn
again to folly.
9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him;
that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and
peace have kissed each other.
11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and
righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and
our land shall yield her increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us
in the way of his steps.
1 Not unto us, O LORD, not
unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their
God?
3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done
whatsoever he hath pleased.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's
hands.
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have
they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they,
but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have
they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every
one that trusteth in them.
9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help
and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their
help and their shield.
11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is
their help and their shield.
12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us;
he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small
and great.
14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and
your children.
15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and
earth.
16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but
the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go
down into silence.
18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and
for evermore. Praise the LORD.
1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless
thy name for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy
name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and
his greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall
praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty,
and of thy wondrous works.
6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible
acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great
goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion;
slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are
over all his works.
10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy
saints shall bless thee.
11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and
talk of thy power;
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy
dominion endureth throughout all generations.
14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up
all those that be bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest
them their meat in due season.
16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire
of every living thing.
17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in
all his works.
18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
to all that call upon him in truth.
19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he
also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all
the wicked will he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and
let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Proverbs 25
1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the
honour of kings is to search out a matter.
3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the
heart of kings is unsearchable.
4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall
come forth a vessel for the finer.
5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his
throne shall be established in righteousness.
6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,
and stand not in the place of great men:
7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up
hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince
whom thine eyes have seen.
8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not
what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and
discover not a secret to another:
10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and
thine infamy turn not away.
11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in
pictures of silver.
12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine
gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a
faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his
masters.
14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like
clouds and wind without rain.
15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a
soft tongue breaketh the bone.
16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient
for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest
he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
18 A man that beareth false witness against his
neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
20 As he that taketh away
a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth
songs to an heavy heart.
21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat;
and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head,
and the LORD shall reward thee.
23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry
countenance a backbiting tongue.
24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the
housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news
from a far country.
26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is
as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to
search their own glory is not glory.
28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a
city that is broken down, and without walls.
DAY TWENTY SIX
1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted
also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and
my heart.
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I
have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go
in with dissemblers.
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and
will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I
compass thine altar, O LORD:
7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving,
and tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and
the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with
bloody men:
10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is
full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:
redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the
congregations will I bless the LORD.
1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me
up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be
many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4 In God I will
praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do
unto me.
5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts
are against me for evil.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide
themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast
down the people, O God.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into
thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn
back: this I know; for God is for me.
10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will
I praise his word.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be
afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises
unto thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt
not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light
of the living?
1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor
and needy.
2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save
thy servant that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee
daily.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O
Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the
voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for
thou wilt answer me.
8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord;
neither are there any works like unto thy works.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and
worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou
art God alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth:
unite my heart to fear thy name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my
heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast
delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies
of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and
gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength
unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me
may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted
me.
1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and
my supplications.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore
will I call upon him as long as I live.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of
hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I
beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our
God is merciful.
6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low,
and he helped me.
7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath
dealt bountifully with thee.
8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine
eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the
living.
10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly
afflicted:
11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.
12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his
benefits toward me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the
name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence
of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death
of his saints.
16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant,
and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call upon the name of the LORD.
18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the
presence of all his people.
19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of
thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
1 Praise ye the LORD.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing
praises unto my God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of
man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;
in that very day his thoughts perish.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his
help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that
therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which
giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD
raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless
and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O
Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
Proverbs 26
1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour
is not seemly for a fool.
2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying,
so the curse causeless shall not come.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a
rod for the fool's back.
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou
also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be
wise in his own conceit.
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable
in the mouth of fools.
8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that
giveth honour to a fool.
9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so
is a parable in the mouths of fools.
10 The great God that formed all things both rewardeth
the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool
returneth to his folly.
12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is
more hope of a fool than of him.
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way;
a lion is in the streets.
14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the
slothful upon his bed.
15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it
grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven
men that can render a reason.
17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife
belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and
death,
19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and
saith, Am not I in sport?
20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so
where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so
is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they
go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd
covered with silver dross.
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and
layeth up deceit within him;
25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are
seven abominations in his heart.
26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness
shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that
rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by
it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
DAY TWENTY SEVEN
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I
fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came
upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart
shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I
seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up
upon a rock.
6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine
enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of
joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy
also upon me, and answer me.
8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said
unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant
away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God
of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the
LORD will take me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain
path, because of mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:
for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the
goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall
strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for
my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my
refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth
all things for me.
3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the
reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy
and his truth.
4 My soul is among lions: 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.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy
glory be above all the earth.
6 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. Selah.
7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will
sing and give praise.
8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I
myself will awake early.
9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will
sing unto thee among the nations.
10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy
truth unto the clouds.
11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy
glory be above all the earth.
1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the
dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God.
Selah.
4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them
that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born
there.
5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was
born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people,
that this man was born there. Selah.
7 As well the singers as the players on instruments
shall be there: all my springs are in thee.
1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all
ye people.
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and
the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises
unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth
together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their
wounds.
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them
all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his
understanding is infinite.
6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked
down to the ground.
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise
upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth
rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He giveth to the beast
his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he
taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in
those that hope in his mercy.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O
Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he
hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee
with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his
word runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the
hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can
stand before his cold?
18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he
causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and
his judgments unto Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for
his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not
what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own
mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's
wrath is heavier than them both.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is
able to stand before envy?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses
of an enemy are deceitful.
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the
hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man
that wandereth from his place.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the
sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a
neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may
answer him that reproacheth me.
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth
himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and
take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a
contentious woman are alike.
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the
ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance
of his friend.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit
thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of
man to man.
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of
man are never satisfied.
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for
gold; so is a man to his praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among
wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
and look well to thy herds.
24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown
endure to every generation?
25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth
itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are
the price of the field.
27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy
food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
DAY TWENTY EIGHT
1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent
to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the
pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto
thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the
workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in
their hearts.
4 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.
5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor
the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice
of my supplications.
7 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.
8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving
strength of his anointed.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed
them also, and lift them up for ever.
1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do
ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the
violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go
astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they
are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers,
charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out
the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7 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.
8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass
away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take
them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the
vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward
for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and
night before thee:
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine
ear unto my cry;
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth
nigh unto the grave.
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I
am as a man that hath no strength:
5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the
grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in
the deeps.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast
afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me;
thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come
forth.
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have
called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead
arise and praise thee? Selah.
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy
righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the
morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou
thy face from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:
while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have
cut me off.
17 They came round about me daily like water; they
compassed me about together.
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and
mine acquaintance into darkness.
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because
his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for
ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy
endureth for ever.
4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy
endureth for ever.
5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD
answered me, and set me in a large place.
6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can
man do unto me?
7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me:
therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put
confidence in man.
9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put
confidence in princes.
10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of
the LORD will I destroy them.
11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me
about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
12 They compassed me about like bees: they are
quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy
them.
13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but
the LORD helped me.
14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become
my salvation.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the
tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right
hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of
the LORD.
18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given
me over unto death.
19 Open to me the gates of
righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous
shall enter.
21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art
become my salvation.
22 The stone which the builders refused is become
the head stone of the corner.
23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our
eyes.
24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we
will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save now, I beseech
thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD:
we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us
light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou
art my God, I will exalt thee.
29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever.
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the
heavens: praise him in the heights.
2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all
his hosts.
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye
stars of light.
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters
that be above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he
commanded, and they were created.
6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he
hath made a decree which shall not pass.
7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all
deeps:
8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind
fulfilling his word:
9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all
cedars:
10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying
fowl:
11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and
all judges of the earth:
12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name
alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise
of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise
ye the LORD.
Proverbs 28
1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the
righteous are bold as a lion.
2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes
thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be
prolonged.
3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a
sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but
such as keep the law contend with them.
5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek
the LORD understand all things.
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness,
than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is
a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,
even his prayer shall be abomination.
10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil
way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good
things in possession.
11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the
poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great
glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but
whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that
hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a
wicked ruler over the poor people.
16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a
great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any
person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that
is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of
bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he
that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a
piece of bread that man will transgress.
22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and
considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more
favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith,
It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but
he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but
whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he
that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when
they perish, the righteous increase.
DAY TWENTY NINE
1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD
glory and strength.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name;
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of
glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the
LORD is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the
LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and
Sirion like a young unicorn.
7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the
LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 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.
10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD
sitteth King for ever.
11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the
LORD will bless his people with peace.
1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from
them that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me
from bloody men.
3 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.
4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault:
awake to help me, and behold.
5 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.
6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog,
and go round about the city.
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are
in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt
have all the heathen in derision.
9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for
God is my defence.
10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let
me see my desire upon mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them
by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12 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.
13 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.
Selah.
14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a
noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if
they be not satisfied.
16 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.
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is
my defence, and the God of my mercy.
1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever:
with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:
thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn
unto David my servant,
4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy
throne to all generations. Selah.
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD:
thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD?
who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of
the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto
thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves
thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is
slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for
the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them:
Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and
high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy
throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy
righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in
thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of
Israel is our king.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst,
I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the
people.
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil
have I anointed him:
21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm
also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of
wickedness afflict him.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and
plague them that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him:
and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right
hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God,
and the rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the
kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my
covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever,
and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my
judgments;
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
and their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not
utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing
that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not
lie unto David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne
as the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and
as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been
wroth with thine anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant:
thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast
brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a
reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries;
thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast
not made him to stand in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his
throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou
hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou
made all men in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see
death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which
thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I
do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD;
wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
1 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new
song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the
children of Zion be joyful in their King.
3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing
praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will
beautify the meek with salvation.
5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing
aloud upon their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a
two-edged sword in their hand;
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and
punishments upon the people;
8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with
fetters of iron;
9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this
honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Proverbs 29
1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
2 When the righteous are in authority, the people
rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he
that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he
that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net
for his feet.
6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a
snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but
the wicked regardeth not to know it.
8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men
turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether
he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just
seek his soul.
11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man
keepeth it in till afterwards.
12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are
wicked.
13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the
LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his
throne shall be established for ever.
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left
to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression
increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea,
he shall give delight unto thy soul.
18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he
that keepeth the law, happy is he.
19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for
though he understand he will not answer.
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there
is more hope of a fool than of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a
child shall have him become his son at the length.
22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man
aboundeth in transgression.
23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour
shall uphold the humble in spirit.
24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul:
he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso
putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's
judgment cometh from the LORD.
27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he
that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
DAY THIRTY
1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me
up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast
healed me.
3 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.
4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give
thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour
is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to
stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made
supplication.
9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to
the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou
my helper.
11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing:
thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
12 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.
1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered
us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast
broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast
made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee,
that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy
right hand, and hear me.
6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I
will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also
is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my
shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will
lead me into Edom?
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and
thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of
man.
12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is
that shall tread down our enemies.
1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all
generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou
hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting,
thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return,
ye children of men.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as
yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as
a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in
the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath
are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret
sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we
spend our years as a tale that is told.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten;
and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength
labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even
according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days, that we may
apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee
concerning thy servants.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may
rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou
hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy
glory unto their children.
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us:
and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands
establish thou it.
1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard
me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a
deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done
unto thee, thou false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in
the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they
are for war.
1 Praise ye the LORD.
Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according
to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him
with the psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him
with stringed instruments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon
the high sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the
LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Proverbs 30
1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the
prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not
the understanding of a man.
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of
the holy.
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who
hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment?
who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is
his son's name, if thou canst tell?
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them
that put their trust in him.
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee,
and thou be found a liar.
7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not
before I die:
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither
poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the
LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse
thee, and thou be found guilty.
11 There is a generation that curseth their father,
and doth not bless their mother.
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own
eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
13 There is a generation,
O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords,
and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the
needy from among men.
15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give,
give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four
things say not, It is enough:
16 The grave; and the barren womb;
the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire
that saith not, It is enough.
17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth
to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young
eagles shall eat it.
18 There be
three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I
know not:
19 The way of an eagle in the air; the
way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the
midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
20 Such is the way of an
adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no
wickedness.
21 For three things the earth is
disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a
fool when he is filled with meat;
23 For an odious woman when she is married;
and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
24 There be four
things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
25 The ants are a people not strong, yet
they prepare their meat in the summer;
26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet
make they their houses in the rocks;
27 The locusts have no king, yet go they
forth all of them by bands;
28 The spider taketh hold with her hands,
and is in kings' palaces.
29 There be three things which go well, yea, four
are comely in going:
30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and
turneth not away for any;
31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king,
against whom there is no rising up.
32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,
or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter,
and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath
bringeth forth strife.
DAY THIRTY ONE
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in
the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that
seek him with the whole heart.
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts
diligently.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect
unto all thy commandments.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I
shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 Wherewithal shall a young
man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me
not wander from thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might
not sin against thee.
12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of
thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as
much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect
unto thy ways.
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not
forget thy word.
17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live,
and keep thy word.
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous
things out of thy law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy
commandments from me.
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto
thy judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which
do err from thy commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have
kept thy testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy
servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my
counsellors 25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy
word.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me:
teach me thy statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so
shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me
according unto thy word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy
law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have
I laid before me.
31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me
not to shame.
32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou
shalt enlarge my heart.
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I
shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for
therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to
covetousness.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and
quicken thou me in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted
to thy fear.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy
judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken
me in thy righteousness.
41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy
salvation, according to thy word.
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that
reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my
mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and
ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy
precepts.
46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings,
and will not be ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments,
which I have loved.
48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments,
which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou
hast caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word
hath quickened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have
I not declined from thy law.
52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have
comforted myself.
53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the
wicked that forsake thy law.
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my
pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night,
and have kept thy law.
56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I
would keep thy words.
58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be
merciful unto me according to thy word.
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy
commandments.
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have
not forgotten thy law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee
because of thy righteous judgments.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of
them that keep thy precepts.
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me
thy statutes.
65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD,
according unto thy word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have
believed thy commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have
I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy
statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will
keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in
thy law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
that I might learn thy statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than
thousands of gold and silver.
73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me
understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me;
because I have hoped in thy word.
75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and
that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my
comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may
live: for thy law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely
with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those
that have known thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be
not ashamed.
81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in
thy word.
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou
comfort me?
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do
I not forget thy statutes.
84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt
thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not
after thy law.
86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute
me wrongfully; help thou me.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I
forsook not thy precepts.
88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I
keep the testimony of thy mouth.
89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast
established the earth, and it abideth.
91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances:
for all are thy servants.
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then
have perished in mine affliction.
93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them
thou hast quickened me.
94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy
precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I
will consider thy testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy
commandment is exceeding broad.
97 O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all
the day.
98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser
than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for
thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I
keep thy precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that
I might keep thy word.
102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou
hast taught me.
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding:
therefore I hate every false way.
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light
unto my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will
keep thy righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD,
according unto thy word.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of
my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not
forget thy law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred
not from thy precepts.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for
ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes
alway, even unto the end.
113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope
in thy word.
115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the
commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may
live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will
have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy
statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like
dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am
afraid of thy judgments.
121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to
mine oppressors.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the
proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word
of thy righteousness.
124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy,
and teach me thy statutes.
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I
may know thy testimonies.
126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have
made void thy law.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold;
yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all
things to be right; and I hate every false way.
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my
soul keep them.
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth
understanding unto the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for
thy commandments.
132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as
thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any
iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I
keep thy precepts.
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach
me thy statutes.
136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they
keep not thy law.
137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy
judgments.
138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are
righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies
have forgotten thy words.
140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant
loveth it.
141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy
precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy
commandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is
everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I
will keep thy statutes.
146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy
testimonies.
147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried:
I hoped in thy word.
148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might
meditate in thy word.
149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O
LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they
are far from thy law.
151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments
are truth.
152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old
that thou hast founded them for ever.
153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do
not forget thy law.
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me
according to thy word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek
not thy statutes.
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me
according to thy judgments.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I
not decline from thy testimonies.
158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;
because they kept not thy word.
159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O
LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one
of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my
heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great
spoil.
163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy
righteous judgments.
165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and
nothing shall offend them.
166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy
commandments.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them
exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for
all my ways are before thee.
169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me
understanding according to thy word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me
according to thy word.
171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught
me thy statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments
are righteousness.
173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy
precepts.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy
law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and
let thy judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not
forget thy commandments.
Proverbs 31
1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his
mother taught him.
2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and
what, the son of my vows?
3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to
that which destroyeth kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings
to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the
judgment of any of the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember
his misery no more.
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such
as are appointed to destruction.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the
cause of the poor and needy.
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far
above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,
so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of
her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly
with her hands.
14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her
food from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth
meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the
fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and
strengtheneth her arms.
18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her
candle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands
hold the distaff.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she
reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household:
for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her
clothing is silk and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth
among the elders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and
delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall
rejoice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her
tongue is the law of kindness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and
eateth not the bread of idleness.
28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her
husband also, and he praiseth her.
29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou
excellest them all.
30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a
woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own
works praise her in the gates.