Book of Psalms - Basic Bible in English

1:1.Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

commentary

1:2.But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

commentary

1:3.He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which gives its fruit at the right time, whose leaves will ever be green; and he will do well in all his undertakings.

commentary

1:4.The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

commentary

1:5.For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

commentary

1:6.Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

commentary

2:1.Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

commentary

2:2.The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,

commentary

2:3.Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.

commentary

2:4.Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

commentary

2:5.Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:

commentary

2:6.But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.

commentary

2:7.I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

commentary

2:8.Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.

commentary

2:9.They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.

commentary

2:10.So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth.

commentary

2:11.Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour,

commentary

2:12.For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.

commentary

3:1.<A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.

commentary

3:2.Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)

commentary

3:3.But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.

commentary

3:4.I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)

commentary

3:5.I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.

commentary

3:6.I will have no fear, though ten thousand have come round me, putting themselves against me.

commentary

3:7.Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you.

commentary

3:8.Salvation comes from the Lord; your blessing is on your people. (Selah.)

commentary

4:1.<To the chief music-maker on corded instruments. A Psalm. Of David.> Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.

commentary

4:2.O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

commentary

4:3.See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

commentary

4:4.Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

commentary

4:5.Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord.

commentary

4:6.There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

commentary

4:7.Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

commentary

4:8.I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

commentary

5:1.<To the chief music-maker on wind instruments. A Psalm. Of David.> Give ear to my words, O Lord; give thought to my heart-searchings.

commentary

5:2.Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.

commentary

5:3.My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.

commentary

5:4.For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

commentary

5:5.The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

commentary

5:6.You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

commentary

5:7.But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple.

commentary

5:8.Be my guide, O Lord, in the ways of your righteousness, because of those who are against me; make your way straight before my face.

commentary

5:9.For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

commentary

5:10.Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

commentary

5:11.But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.

commentary

5:12.For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.

commentary

6:1.<To the chief music-maker on corded instruments, on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.

commentary

6:2.Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

commentary

6:3.My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

commentary

6:4.Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.

commentary

6:5.For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

commentary

6:6.The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.

commentary

6:7.My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

commentary

6:8.Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.

commentary

6:9.The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let my prayer come before him.

commentary

6:10.Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.

commentary

7:1.<Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.> O Lord my God, I put my faith in you; take me out of the hands of him who is cruel to me, and make me free;

commentary

7:2.So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.

commentary

7:3.O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

commentary

7:4.If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

commentary

7:5.Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

commentary

7:6.Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

commentary

7:7.The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.

commentary

7:8.The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

commentary

7:9.O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

commentary

7:10.God, who is the saviour of the upright in heart, is my breastplate.

commentary

7:11.God is the judge of the upright, and is angry with the evil-doers every day.

commentary

7:12.If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.

commentary

7:13.He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

commentary

7:14.That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

commentary

7:15.He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

commentary

7:16.His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

commentary

7:17.I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.

commentary

8:1.<To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

commentary

8:2.You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

commentary

8:3.When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

commentary

8:4.What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

commentary

8:5.For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

commentary

8:6.You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

commentary

8:7.All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

commentary

8:8.The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

commentary

8:9.O Lord, our Lord, how noble is your name in all the earth!

commentary

9:1.<To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of David.> I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.

commentary

9:2.I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.

commentary

9:3.When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

commentary

9:4.For you gave approval to my right and my cause; you were seated in your high place judging in righteousness.

commentary

9:5.You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

commentary

9:6.You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

commentary

9:7.But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

commentary

9:8.And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

commentary

9:9.The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

commentary

9:10.And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

commentary

9:11.Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

commentary

9:12.When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

commentary

9:13.Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

commentary

9:14.So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

commentary

9:15.The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

commentary

9:16.The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

commentary

9:17.The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

commentary

9:18.For the poor will not be without help; the hopes of those in need will not be crushed for ever.

commentary

9:19.Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

commentary

9:20.Put them in fear, O Lord, so that the nations may see that they are only men. (Selah.)

commentary

10:1.Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?

commentary

10:2.The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

commentary

10:3.For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

commentary

10:4.The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

commentary

10:5.His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

commentary

10:6.He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.

commentary

10:7.His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

commentary

10:8.He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

commentary

10:9.He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.

commentary

10:10.The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.

commentary

10:11.He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.

commentary

10:12.Up! O Lord; let your hand be lifted: give thought to the poor.

commentary

10:13.Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

commentary

10:14.You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

commentary

10:15.Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

commentary

10:16.The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

commentary

10:17.Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

commentary

10:18.To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

commentary

11:1.<For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

commentary

11:2.See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

commentary

11:3.If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

commentary

11:4.The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

commentary

11:5.The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

commentary

11:6.On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

commentary

11:7.For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

commentary

12:1.<For the chief music-maker on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.> Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

commentary

12:2.Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

commentary

12:3.The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

commentary

12:4.They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

commentary

12:5.Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

commentary

12:6.The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

commentary

12:7.You will keep them, O Lord, you will keep them safe from this generation for ever.

commentary

12:8.The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.

commentary

13:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

commentary

13:2.How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

commentary

13:3.Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;

commentary

13:4.And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

commentary

13:5.But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.

commentary

13:6.I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.

commentary

14:1.<To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

commentary

14:2.The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

commentary

14:3.They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

commentary

14:4.Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

commentary

14:5.Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

commentary

14:6.You have put to shame the thoughts of the poor, but the Lord is his support.

commentary

14:7.May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! when the fate of his people is changed by the Lord, Jacob will have joy and Israel will be glad.

commentary

15:1.<A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a living-place on your holy hill?

commentary

15:2.He who goes on his way uprightly, doing righteousness, and saying what is true in his heart;

commentary

15:3.Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

commentary

15:4.Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.

commentary

15:5.He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.

commentary

16:1.<Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

commentary

16:2.O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.

commentary

16:3.As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight.

commentary

16:4.Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips.

commentary

16:5.The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.

commentary

16:6.Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.

commentary

16:7.I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.

commentary

16:8.I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

commentary

16:9.Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

commentary

16:10.For you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.

commentary

16:11.You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

commentary

17:1.<A Prayer. Of David.> Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.

commentary

17:2.Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right.

commentary

17:3.You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

commentary

17:4.As for the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

commentary

17:5.I have kept my feet in your ways, my steps have not been turned away.

commentary

17:6.My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words.

commentary

17:7.Make clear the wonder of your mercy, O saviour of those who put their faith in your right hand, from those who come out against them.

commentary

17:8.Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings,

commentary

17:9.From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

commentary

17:10.They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

commentary

17:11.They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

commentary

17:12.Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.

commentary

17:13.Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.

commentary

17:14.With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

commentary

17:15.As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.

commentary

18:1.<To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,> I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.

commentary

18:2.The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

commentary

18:3.I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

commentary

18:4.The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

commentary

18:5.The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

commentary

18:6.In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

commentary

18:7.Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

commentary

18:8.There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

commentary

18:9.The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

commentary

18:10.And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

commentary

18:11.He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

commentary

18:12.Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

commentary

18:13.The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

commentary

18:14.He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

commentary

18:15.Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

commentary

18:16.He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

commentary

18:17.He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

commentary

18:18.They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.

commentary

18:19.He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

commentary

18:20.The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.

commentary

18:21.For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

commentary

18:22.For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

commentary

18:23.And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

commentary

18:24.Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.

commentary

18:25.On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;

commentary

18:26.He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.

commentary

18:27.For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

commentary

18:28.You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

commentary

18:29.By your help I have made a way through the wall which was shutting me in; by the help of my God I have gone over a wall.

commentary

18:30.As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

commentary

18:31.For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?

commentary

18:32.God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

commentary

18:33.He makes my feet like roes' feet, and puts me on high places.

commentary

18:34.He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

commentary

18:35.You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

commentary

18:36.You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet are kept from slipping.

commentary

18:37.I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

commentary

18:38.I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

commentary

18:39.For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

commentary

18:40.By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

commentary

18:41.They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.

commentary

18:42.Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

commentary

18:43.You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

commentary

18:44.From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.

commentary

18:45.They will be wasting away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear.

commentary

18:46.The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.

commentary

18:47.It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.

commentary

18:48.He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

commentary

18:49.Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

commentary

18:50.Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.

commentary

19:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands.

commentary

19:2.Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge.

commentary

19:3.There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound.

commentary

19:4.Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,

commentary

19:5.Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

commentary

19:6.His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.

commentary

19:7.The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

commentary

19:8.The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

commentary

19:9.The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

commentary

19:10.More to be desired are they than gold, even than much shining gold; sweeter than the dropping honey.

commentary

19:11.By them is your servant made conscious of danger, and in keeping them there is great reward.

commentary

19:12.Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.

commentary

19:13.Keep your servant back from sins of pride; let them not have rule over me: then will I be upright and free from great sin.

commentary

19:14.Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.

commentary

20:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob;

commentary

20:2.May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion;

commentary

20:3.May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.)

commentary

20:4.May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.

commentary

20:5.We will be glad in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will put up our flags: may the Lord give you all your requests.

commentary

20:6.Now am I certain that the Lord gives salvation to his king; he will give him an answer from his holy heaven with the strength of salvation in his right hand.

commentary

20:7.Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.

commentary

20:8.They are bent down and made low; but we have been lifted up.

commentary

20:9.Come to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our cry.

commentary

21:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> The king will be glad in your strength, O Lord; how great will be his delight in your salvation!

commentary

21:2.You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

commentary

21:3.For you go before him with the blessings of good things: you put a crown of fair gold on his head.

commentary

21:4.He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

commentary

21:5.His glory is great in your salvation: honour and authority have you put on him.

commentary

21:6.For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

commentary

21:7.For the king has faith in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High he will not be moved.

commentary

21:8.Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you.

commentary

21:9.You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

commentary

21:10.Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

commentary

21:11.For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

commentary

21:12.Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

commentary

21:13.Be lifted up, O Lord, in your strength; so will we make songs in praise of your power.

commentary

22:1.<To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?

commentary

22:2.O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

commentary

22:3.But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.

commentary

22:4.Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.

commentary

22:5.They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.

commentary

22:6.But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

commentary

22:7.I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

commentary

22:8.He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

commentary

22:9.But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

commentary

22:10.I was in your hands even before my birth; you are my God from the time when I was in my mother's body.

commentary

22:11.Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

commentary

22:12.A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

commentary

22:13.I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

commentary

22:14.I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.

commentary

22:15.My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips.

commentary

22:16.Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

commentary

22:17.I am able to see all my bones; their looks are fixed on me:

commentary

22:18.They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

commentary

22:19.Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

commentary

22:20.Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.

commentary

22:21.Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.

commentary

22:22.I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.

commentary

22:23.You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.

commentary

22:24.For he has not been unmoved by the pain of him who is troubled; or kept his face covered from him; but he has given an answer to his cry.

commentary

22:25.My praise will be of you in the great meeting: I will make my offerings before his worshippers.

commentary

22:26.The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

commentary

22:27.All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

commentary

22:28.For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

commentary

22:29.All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.

commentary

22:30.A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.

commentary

22:31.They will come and make his righteousness clear to a people of the future because he has done this.

commentary

23:1.<A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

commentary

23:2.He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.

commentary

23:3.He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the ways of righteousness because of his name.

commentary

23:4.Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.

commentary

23:5.You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.

commentary

23:6.Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.

commentary

24:1.<A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.

commentary

24:2.For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.

commentary

24:3.Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place?

commentary

24:4.He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.

commentary

24:5.He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

commentary

24:6.This is the generation of those whose hearts are turned to you, even to your face, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)

commentary

24:7.Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in.

commentary

24:8.Who is the King of glory? The Lord of strength and power, the Lord strong in war.

commentary

24:9.Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; let them be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in.

commentary

24:10.Who is the King of glory? The Lord of armies, he is the King of glory. (Selah.)

commentary

25:1.<Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.

commentary

25:2.O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.

commentary

25:3.Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.

commentary

25:4.Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways.

commentary

25:5.Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.

commentary

25:6.O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.

commentary

25:7.Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.

commentary

25:8.Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

commentary

25:9.He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

commentary

25:10.All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

commentary

25:11.Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.

commentary

25:12.If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.

commentary

25:13.His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

commentary

25:14.The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.

commentary

25:15.My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.

commentary

25:16.Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

commentary

25:17.The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.

commentary

25:18.Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.

commentary

25:19.See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

commentary

25:20.O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.

commentary

25:21.For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.

commentary

25:22.Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.

commentary

26:1.<Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

commentary

26:2.Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

commentary

26:3.For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.

commentary

26:4.I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

commentary

26:5.I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

commentary

26:6.I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

commentary

26:7.That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

commentary

26:8.Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

commentary

26:9.Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

commentary

26:10.In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.

commentary

26:11.But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

commentary

26:12.I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.

commentary

27:1.<Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

commentary

27:2.When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.

commentary

27:3.Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

commentary

27:4.One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

commentary

27:5.For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.

commentary

27:6.And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

commentary

27:7.O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

commentary

27:8.When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.

commentary

27:9.Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.

commentary

27:10.When my father and my mother are turned away from me, then the Lord will be my support.

commentary

27:11.Make your way clear to me, O Lord, guiding me by the right way, because of my haters.

commentary

27:12.Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

commentary

27:13.I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

commentary

27:14.Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

commentary

28:1.<Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

commentary

28:2.Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

commentary

28:3.Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

commentary

28:4.Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

commentary

28:5.Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

commentary

28:6.May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

commentary

28:7.The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

commentary

28:8.The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.

commentary

28:9.Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

commentary

29:1.<A Psalm. Of David.> Give to the Lord, you sons of the gods, give to the Lord glory and strength.

commentary

29:2.Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him worship in holy robes.

commentary

29:3.The voice of the Lord is on the waters: the God of glory is thundering, the Lord is on the great waters.

commentary

29:4.The voice of the Lord is full of power; the voice of the Lord has a noble sound.

commentary

29:5.By the voice of the Lord are the cedar-trees broken, even the cedars of Lebanon are broken by the Lord.

commentary

29:6.He makes them go jumping about like a young ox; Lebanon and Sirion like a young mountain ox.

commentary

29:7.At the voice of the Lord flames of fire are seen.

commentary

29:8.At the voice of the Lord there is a shaking in the waste land, even a shaking in the waste land of Kadesh.

commentary

29:9.At the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the leaves are taken from the trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory.

commentary

29:10.The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever.

commentary

29:11.The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will give his people the blessing of peace.

commentary

30:1.<A Psalm. A Song at the blessing of the House. Of David.> I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.

commentary

30:2.O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well.

commentary

30:3.O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

commentary

30:4.Make songs to the Lord, O you saints of his, and give praise to his holy name.

commentary

30:5.For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

commentary

30:6.When things went well for me I said, I will never be moved.

commentary

30:7.Lord, by your grace you have kept my mountain strong: when your face was turned from me I was troubled.

commentary

30:8.My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

commentary

30:9.What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

commentary

30:10.Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper.

commentary

30:11.By you my sorrow is turned into dancing; you have taken away my clothing of grief, and given me robes of joy;

commentary

30:12.So that my glory may make songs of praise to you and not be quiet. O Lord my God, I will give you praise for ever.

commentary

31:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

commentary

31:2.Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

commentary

31:3.For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.

commentary

31:4.Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

commentary

31:5.Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.

commentary

31:6.I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

commentary

31:7.I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

commentary

31:8.And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

commentary

31:9.Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

commentary

31:10.My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

commentary

31:11.Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

commentary

31:12.I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

commentary

31:13.False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

commentary

31:14.But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

commentary

31:15.The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

commentary

31:16.Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

commentary

31:17.Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

commentary

31:18.Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

commentary

31:19.O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

commentary

31:20.You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.

commentary

31:21.May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

commentary

31:22.And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

commentary

31:23.O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

commentary

31:24.Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

commentary

32:1.<Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

commentary

32:2.Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

commentary

32:3.When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

commentary

32:4.For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)

commentary

32:5.I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

commentary

32:6.For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

commentary

32:7.You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

commentary

32:8.I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

commentary

32:9.Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...

commentary

32:10.The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.

commentary

32:11.Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

commentary

33:1.Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.

commentary

33:2.Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.

commentary

33:3.Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud noise.

commentary

33:4.For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are certain.

commentary

33:5.His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

commentary

33:6.By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

commentary

33:7.He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.

commentary

33:8.Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

commentary

33:9.For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.

commentary

33:10.The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.

commentary

33:11.The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.

commentary

33:12.Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.

commentary

33:13.The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

commentary

33:14.From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

commentary

33:15.He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.

commentary

33:16.A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

commentary

33:17.A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger.

commentary

33:18.See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

commentary

33:19.To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

commentary

33:20.Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.

commentary

33:21.For in him our hearts have joy; in his holy name is our hope.

commentary

33:22.Let your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we are waiting for you.

commentary

34:1.<Of David. When he made a change in his behaviour before Abimelech, who sent him away, and he went.> I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth.

commentary

34:2.My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.

commentary

34:3.O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name.

commentary

34:4.I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.

commentary

34:5.Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.

commentary

34:6.This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.

commentary

34:7.The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

commentary

34:8.By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.

commentary

34:9.Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything.

commentary

34:10.The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

commentary

34:11.Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

commentary

34:12.What man has a love of life, and a desire that his days may be increased so that he may see good?

commentary

34:13.Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from words of deceit.

commentary

34:14.Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

commentary

34:15.The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

commentary

34:16.The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

commentary

34:17.The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

commentary

34:18.The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.

commentary

34:19.Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

commentary

34:20.He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken.

commentary

34:21.Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

commentary

34:22.The Lord will be the saviour of the souls of his servants, and no one who has faith in him will be put to shame.

commentary

35:1.<Of David.> O Lord, be on my side against those who are judging me; be at war with those who make war against me.

commentary

35:2.Be a breastplate to me, and give me your help.

commentary

35:3.Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

commentary

35:4.Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

commentary

35:5.Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.

commentary

35:6.Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.

commentary

35:7.For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

commentary

35:8.Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

commentary

35:9.And my soul will have joy in the Lord; it will be glad in his salvation.

commentary

35:10.All my bones will say, Lord, who is like you? The saviour of the poor man from the hands of the strong, of him who is poor and in need from him who takes his goods.

commentary

35:11.False witnesses got up: they put questions to me about crimes of which I had no knowledge.

commentary

35:12.They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.

commentary

35:13.But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

commentary

35:14.My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

commentary

35:15.But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

commentary

35:16.Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.

commentary

35:17.Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.

commentary

35:18.I will give you praise in the great meeting; I will give you honour among a strong people.

commentary

35:19.Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.

commentary

35:20.For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.

commentary

35:21.Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

commentary

35:22.You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.

commentary

35:23.Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.

commentary

35:24.Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

commentary

35:25.Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

commentary

35:26.Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

commentary

35:27.Let those who are on my side give cries of joy; let them ever say, The Lord be praised, for he has pleasure in the peace of his servant.

commentary

35:28.And my tongue will be talking of your righteousness and of your praise all the day.

commentary

36:1.<To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

commentary

36:2.For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

commentary

36:3.In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

commentary

36:4.He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.

commentary

36:5.Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.

commentary

36:6.Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.

commentary

36:7.How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

commentary

36:8.The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.

commentary

36:9.For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

commentary

36:10.O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.

commentary

36:11.Let not the foot of pride come against me, or the hand of the evil-doers put me out of my place.

commentary

36:12.There the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.

commentary

37:1.<Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

commentary

37:2.For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

commentary

37:3.Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.

commentary

37:4.So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.

commentary

37:5.Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.

commentary

37:6.And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

commentary

37:7.Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

commentary

37:8.Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

commentary

37:9.For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

commentary

37:10.For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

commentary

37:11.But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.

commentary

37:12.The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

commentary

37:13.He will be laughed at by the Lord, who sees that his day is coming.

commentary

37:14.The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

commentary

37:15.But their swords will be turned into their hearts, and their bows will be broken.

commentary

37:16.The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

commentary

37:17.For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

commentary

37:18.The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever.

commentary

37:19.They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

commentary

37:20.But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.

commentary

37:21.The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

commentary

37:22.Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

commentary

37:23.The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.

commentary

37:24.Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.

commentary

37:25.I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

commentary

37:26.All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

commentary

37:27.Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

commentary

37:28.For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

commentary

37:29.The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

commentary

37:30.The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

commentary

37:31.The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.

commentary

37:32.The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

commentary

37:33.The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

commentary

37:34.Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

commentary

37:35.I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.

commentary

37:36.But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.

commentary

37:37.Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.

commentary

37:38.But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

commentary

37:39.But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

commentary

37:40.And the Lord will be their help, and keep them safe: he will take them out of the hands of the evil-doers, and be their saviour, because they had faith in him.

commentary

38:1.<A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.> O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.

commentary

38:2.For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.

commentary

38:3.My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

commentary

38:4.For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.

commentary

38:5.My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.

commentary

38:6.I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.

commentary

38:7.For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.

commentary

38:8.I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.

commentary

38:9.Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.

commentary

38:10.My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.

commentary

38:11.My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.

commentary

38:12.Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

commentary

38:13.But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.

commentary

38:14.So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.

commentary

38:15.In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.

commentary

38:16.I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

commentary

38:17.My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.

commentary

38:18.I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.

commentary

38:19.But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.

commentary

38:20.They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.

commentary

38:21.Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.

commentary

38:22.Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.

commentary

39:1.<To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.

commentary

39:2.I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

commentary

39:3.My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,

commentary

39:4.Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.

commentary

39:5.You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

commentary

39:6.Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

commentary

39:7.And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.

commentary

39:8.Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

commentary

39:9.I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.

commentary

39:10.No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand.

commentary

39:11.By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

commentary

39:12.Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.

commentary

39:13.Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

commentary

40:1.<To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

commentary

40:2.He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

commentary

40:3.And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.

commentary

40:4.Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

commentary

40:5.O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

commentary

40:6.You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

commentary

40:7.Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book,

commentary

40:8.My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

commentary

40:9.I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.

commentary

40:10.Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting.

commentary

40:11.Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

commentary

40:12.For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

commentary

40:13.Be pleased, O Lord, to take me out of danger; O Lord, come quickly and give me help.

commentary

40:14.Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

commentary

40:15.Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame.

commentary

40:16.Let all those who are looking for you be glad and have joy in you; let the lovers of your salvation ever say, May the Lord be great.

commentary

40:17.Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

commentary

41:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

commentary

41:2.The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

commentary

41:3.The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.

commentary

41:4.I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.

commentary

41:5.My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

commentary

41:6.If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

commentary

41:7.All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.

commentary

41:8.They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.

commentary

41:9.Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.

commentary

41:10.But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.

commentary

41:11.By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

commentary

41:12.And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.

commentary

41:13.May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.

commentary

42:1.<To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.

commentary

42:2.My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

commentary

42:3.My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God?

commentary

42:4.Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

commentary

42:5.Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

commentary

42:6.My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

commentary

42:7.Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

commentary

42:8.But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

commentary

42:9.I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

commentary

42:10.The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?

commentary

42:11.Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

commentary

43:1.Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

commentary

43:2.You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

commentary

43:3.O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

commentary

43:4.Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.

commentary

43:5.Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

commentary

44:1.<To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.> It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times,

commentary

44:2.Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.

commentary

44:3.For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

commentary

44:4.You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.

commentary

44:5.Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.

commentary

44:6.I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

commentary

44:7.But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.

commentary

44:8.Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.)

commentary

44:9.But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.

commentary

44:10.Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

commentary

44:11.You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

commentary

44:12.You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.

commentary

44:13.You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

commentary

44:14.Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

commentary

44:15.My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;

commentary

44:16.Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

commentary

44:17.All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.

commentary

44:18.Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;

commentary

44:19.Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

commentary

44:20.If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god,

commentary

44:21.Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

commentary

44:22.Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.

commentary

44:23.Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

commentary

44:24.Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?

commentary

44:25.For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.

commentary

44:26.Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation because of your mercy.

commentary

45:1.<To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.> My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

commentary

45:2.You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.

commentary

45:3.Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.

commentary

45:4.And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.

commentary

45:5.Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

commentary

45:6.Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.

commentary

45:7.You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

commentary

45:8.Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.

commentary

45:9.Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.

commentary

45:10.O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;

commentary

45:11.So will the king have a great desire for you, seeing how beautiful you are; because he is your lord, give him honour.

commentary

45:12.And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

commentary

45:13.In the great house the king's daughter is all shining: her clothing is worked with gold.

commentary

45:14.She will come before the king in robes of needlework; the virgins in her train will come before you.

commentary

45:15.With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house.

commentary

45:16.Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.

commentary

45:17.I will keep the memory of your name living through all generations; and because of this the people will give you praise for ever.

commentary

46:1.<To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

commentary

46:2.For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;

commentary

46:3.Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)

commentary

46:4.There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

commentary

46:5.God has taken his place in her; she will not be moved: he will come to her help at the dawn of morning.

commentary

46:6.The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.

commentary

46:7.The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)

commentary

46:8.Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.

commentary

46:9.He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire.

commentary

46:10.Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.

commentary

46:11.The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)

commentary

47:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> O make a glad noise with your hands, all you peoples; letting your voices go up to God with joy.

commentary

47:2.For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.

commentary

47:3.He will put down the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

commentary

47:4.He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)

commentary

47:5.God has gone up with a glad cry, the Lord with the sound of the horn.

commentary

47:6.Give praises to God, make songs of praise; give praises to our King, make songs of praise.

commentary

47:7.For God is the King of all the earth; make songs of praise with knowledge.

commentary

47:8.God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule.

commentary

47:9.The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.

commentary

48:1.<A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.

commentary

48:2.Beautiful in its high position, the joy of all the earth, is the mountain of Zion, the mountain of God, the town of the great King.

commentary

48:3.In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower.

commentary

48:4.For see! the kings came together by agreement, they were joined together.

commentary

48:5.They saw it, and so were full of wonder; they were troubled, and went quickly away in fear.

commentary

48:6.Shaking came on them and pain, as on a woman in childbirth.

commentary

48:7.By you the ships of Tarshish are broken as by an east wind.

commentary

48:8.As it came to our ears so have we seen it, in the town of the Lord of armies, in the town of our God; God will keep it fixed for ever. (Selah.)

commentary

48:9.Our thoughts were of your mercy, O God, while we were in your Temple.

commentary

48:10.As your name is, O God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth; your right hand is full of righteousness.

commentary

48:11.Let there be joy in the mountain of Zion, and let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your wise decisions.

commentary

48:12.Make your way about Zion, and go round it, numbering its towers.

commentary

48:13.Take note of its strong walls, looking well at its fair buildings; so that you may give word of it to the generation which comes after.

commentary

48:14.Because this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide.

commentary

49:1.<Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.> Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.

commentary

49:2.High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.

commentary

49:3.From my mouth will come words of wisdom; and in the thoughts of my heart will be knowledge.

commentary

49:4.I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

commentary

49:5.What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?

commentary

49:6.Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

commentary

49:7.Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

commentary

49:8.(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)

commentary

49:9.So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

commentary

49:10.For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

commentary

49:11.The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands.

commentary

49:12.But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

commentary

49:13.This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)

commentary

49:14.Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.

commentary

49:15.But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.)

commentary

49:16.Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased;

commentary

49:17.For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

commentary

49:18.Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself,

commentary

49:19.He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.

commentary

49:20.Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.

commentary

50:1.<A Psalm. Of Asaph.> The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.

commentary

50:2.From Zion, most beautiful of places, God has sent out his light.

commentary

50:3.Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.

commentary

50:4.His voice will go out to the heavens and to the earth, for the judging of his people:

commentary

50:5.Let my saints come together to me; those who have made an agreement with me by offerings.

commentary

50:6.And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for God himself is the judge. (Selah.)

commentary

50:7.Give ear, O my people, to my words; O Israel, I will be a witness against you; I am God, even your God.

commentary

50:8.I will not take up a cause against you because of your offerings, or because of your burned offerings, which are ever before me.

commentary

50:9.I will take no ox out of your house, or he-goats from your flocks;

commentary

50:10.For every beast of the woodland is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

commentary

50:11.I see all the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the field are mine.

commentary

50:12.If I had need of food, I would not give you word of it; for the earth is mine and all its wealth.

commentary

50:13.Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?

commentary

50:14.Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;

commentary

50:15.Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.

commentary

50:16.But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth?

commentary

50:17.Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.

commentary

50:18.When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives.

commentary

50:19.You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

commentary

50:20.You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.

commentary

50:21.These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.

commentary

50:22.Now keep this in mind, you who have no memory of God, for fear that you may be crushed under my hand, with no one to give you help:

commentary

50:23.Whoever makes an offering of praise gives glory to me; and to him who is upright in his ways I will make clear the salvation of God.

commentary

51:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.

commentary

51:2.Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

commentary

51:3.For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.

commentary

51:4.Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.

commentary

51:5.Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

commentary

51:6.Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.

commentary

51:7.Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

commentary

51:8.Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

commentary

51:9.Let your face be turned from my wrongdoing, and take away all my sins.

commentary

51:10.Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.

commentary

51:11.Do not put me away from before you, or take your holy spirit from me.

commentary

51:12.Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.

commentary

51:13.Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.

commentary

51:14.Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

commentary

51:15.O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

commentary

51:16.You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.

commentary

51:17.The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.

commentary

51:18.Do good to Zion in your good pleasure, building up the walls of Jerusalem.

commentary

51:19.Then you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar.

commentary

52:1.<To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of David. When Doeg the Edomite came to Saul saying, David has come to the house of Ahimelech.> Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?

commentary

52:2.Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

commentary

52:3.You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

commentary

52:4.Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

commentary

52:5.But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

commentary

52:6.The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

commentary

52:7.See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

commentary

52:8.But I am like a branching olive-tree in the house of God; I have put my faith in his mercy for ever and ever.

commentary

52:9.I will give you praise without end for what you have done; I will give honour to your name before your saints, for it is good.

commentary

53:1.<To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

commentary

53:2.God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

commentary

53:3.Every one of them has gone back; they are unclean: there is not one who does good, no, not one.

commentary

53:4.Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.

commentary

53:5.They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

commentary

53:6.May the salvation of Israel come out of Zion! When the fate of his people is changed by God, Jacob will have joy, and Israel will be glad.

commentary

54:1.<To the chief music-maker; on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David. When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Is not David keeping himself secret among us?> Let your name be my salvation, O God; let my cause be judged by your strength.

commentary

54:2.Let my prayer come before you, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

commentary

54:3.For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

commentary

54:4.See, God is my helper: the Lord is the great supporter of my soul.

commentary

54:5.Let the evil works of my haters come back on them again; let them be cut off by your good faith.

commentary

54:6.Freely will I make my offerings to you; I will give praise to your name, O Lord, for it is good.

commentary

54:7.Because it has been my saviour from all my trouble; and my eyes have seen the punishment of my haters.

commentary

55:1.<To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.> Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.

commentary

55:2.Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

commentary

55:3.I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

commentary

55:4.My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

commentary

55:5.Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.

commentary

55:6.And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

commentary

55:7.I would go wandering far away, living in the waste land. (Selah.)

commentary

55:8.I would quickly take cover from the driving storm and from the violent wind.

commentary

55:9.Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

commentary

55:10.By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

commentary

55:11.Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

commentary

55:12.For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

commentary

55:13.But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.

commentary

55:14.We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.

commentary

55:15.Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

commentary

55:16.As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

commentary

55:17.In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.

commentary

55:18.He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.

commentary

55:19.God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

commentary

55:20.He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.

commentary

55:21.The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.

commentary

55:22.Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

commentary

55:23.But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

commentary

56:1.<To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath.> Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.

commentary

56:2.My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.

commentary

56:3.In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

commentary

56:4.In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

commentary

56:5.Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

commentary

56:6.They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

commentary

56:7.By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

commentary

56:8.You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

commentary

56:9.When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

commentary

56:10.In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give praise to his word.

commentary

56:11.In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

commentary

56:12.I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

commentary

56:13.Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

commentary

57:1.<To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

commentary

57:2.I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.

commentary

57:3.He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

commentary

57:4.My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

commentary

57:5.O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.

commentary

57:6.They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

commentary

57:7.My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs, and give praise.

commentary

57:8.You are my glory; let the instruments of music be awake; I myself will be awake with the dawn.

commentary

57:9.I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make songs to you among the nations.

commentary

57:10.For your mercy is great, stretching up to the heavens, and your righteousness goes up to the clouds.

commentary

57:11.Be lifted up, O God, higher than the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth.

commentary

58:1.<To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.> Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?

commentary

58:2.The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

commentary

58:3.The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.

commentary

58:4.Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

commentary

58:5.Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.

commentary

58:6.O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

commentary

58:7.Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

commentary

58:8.Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.

commentary

58:9.Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

commentary

58:10.The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

commentary

58:11.So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

commentary

59:1.<To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death.> Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

commentary

59:2.Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and keep me safe from the men of blood.

commentary

59:3.For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

commentary

59:4.For no sin of mine they go quickly and get themselves ready; be awake and come to my help, and see.

commentary

59:5.You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah.)

commentary

59:6.They come back in the evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.

commentary

59:7.See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

commentary

59:8.But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.

commentary

59:9.O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.

commentary

59:10.The God of my mercy will go before me: God will let me see my desire effected on my haters.

commentary

59:11.Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

commentary

59:12.Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,

commentary

59:13.Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

commentary

59:14.And in the evening let them come back, and make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.

commentary

59:15.Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.

commentary

59:16.But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.

commentary

59:17.To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.

commentary

60:1.<To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David. For teaching. When he was fighting against Aram-naharaim and Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put twelve thousand of the Edomites to death, in the Valley of Salt.> God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again.

commentary

60:2.By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

commentary

60:3.You have made the people see hard times; you have given us the wine of shaking for our drink.

commentary

60:4.Give a safe place to those who have fear of you, where they may go in flight from before the bow. (Selah.)

commentary

60:5.So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your right hand be my salvation, and give me an answer.

commentary

60:6.God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.

commentary

60:7.Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; Judah is my law-giver;

commentary

60:8.Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I put out my shoe; over Philistia will a glad cry be sounded.

commentary

60:9.Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

commentary

60:10.Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone out with our armies.

commentary

60:11.Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

commentary

60:12.Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.

commentary

61:1.<To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument. Of David.> Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer.

commentary

61:2.From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

commentary

61:3.For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.

commentary

61:4.I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

commentary

61:5.For you, O God, have made answer to my prayers; you have given me the heritage of those who give honour to your name.

commentary

61:6.You will give the king long life; and make his years go on through the generations.

commentary

61:7.May the seat of his authority be before God for ever; may mercy and righteousness keep him safe.

commentary

61:8.So will I make songs in praise of your name for ever, giving to God that which is right day by day.

commentary

62:1.<To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.

commentary

62:2.He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

commentary

62:3.How long will you go on designing evil against a man? running against him as against a broken wall, which is on the point of falling?

commentary

62:4.Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

commentary

62:5.My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.

commentary

62:6.He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

commentary

62:7.In God is my salvation, and my glory; the Rock of my strength, and my safe place.

commentary

62:8.Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)

commentary

62:9.Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

commentary

62:10.Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

commentary

62:11.Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:

commentary

62:12.And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.

commentary

63:1.<A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

commentary

63:2.To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.

commentary

63:3.Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.

commentary

63:4.So will I go on blessing you all my life, lifting up my hands in your name.

commentary

63:5.My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

commentary

63:6.When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.

commentary

63:7.Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.

commentary

63:8.My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.

commentary

63:9.But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

commentary

63:10.They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.

commentary

63:11.But the king will have joy in God; everyone who takes an oath by him will have cause for pride; but the false mouth will be stopped.

commentary

64:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

commentary

64:2.Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil;

commentary

64:3.Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

commentary

64:4.So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

commentary

64:5.They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

commentary

64:6.Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

commentary

64:7.But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

commentary

64:8.The evil of their tongues is the cause of their fall; all those who see them are shaking their heads at them.

commentary

64:9.And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.

commentary

64:10.The upright will be glad in the Lord and have hope in him; and all the lovers of righteousness will give him glory.

commentary

65:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. A Song.> It is right for you, O God, to have praise in Zion: to you let the offering be made.

commentary

65:2.To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come.

commentary

65:3.Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

commentary

65:4.Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.

commentary

65:5.You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;

commentary

65:6.The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:

commentary

65:7.Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.

commentary

65:8.Those in the farthest parts of the earth have fear when they see your signs: the outgoings of the morning and evening are glad because of you.

commentary

65:9.You have given your blessing to the earth, watering it and making it fertile; the river of God is full of water: and having made it ready, you give men grain.

commentary

65:10.You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make smooth the slopes: you make the earth soft with showers, sending your blessing on its growth.

commentary

65:11.The year is crowned with the good you give; life-giving rain is dropping from your footsteps,

commentary

65:12.Falling on the grass of the waste land: and the little hills are glad on every side.

commentary

65:13.The grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are full of grain; they give glad cries and songs of joy.

commentary

66:1.<To the chief music-maker. A Song. A Psalm.> Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

commentary

66:2.Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

commentary

66:3.Say to God, How greatly to be feared are your works! because of your great power your haters are forced to put themselves under your feet.

commentary

66:4.Let all the earth give you worship, and make songs to you; let them make songs to your name. (Selah.)

commentary

66:5.Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.

commentary

66:6.The sea was turned into dry land: they went through the river on foot: there did we have joy in him.

commentary

66:7.He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

commentary

66:8.Give blessings to our God, O you peoples, let the voice of his praise be loud;

commentary

66:9.Because he gives us life, and has not let our feet be moved.

commentary

66:10.For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

commentary

66:11.You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.

commentary

66:12.You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

commentary

66:13.I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,

commentary

66:14.Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.

commentary

66:15.I will give you burned offerings of fat beasts, and the smoke of sheep; I will make offerings of oxen and goats. (Selah.)

commentary

66:16.Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

commentary

66:17.My voice went up to him, and I was lifted up from the underworld.

commentary

66:18.I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

commentary

66:19.But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

commentary

66:20.Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.

commentary

67:1.<To the chief music-maker. With corded instruments. A Psalm. A Song.> May God give us mercy and blessing, and let the light of his face be shining on us; (Selah.)

commentary

67:2.So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.

commentary

67:3.Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the peoples give you praise.

commentary

67:4.O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)

commentary

67:5.Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the peoples give you praise.

commentary

67:6.The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.

commentary

67:7.God will give us his blessing; so let all the ends of the earth be in fear of him.

commentary

68:1.<To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.> Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.

commentary

68:2.Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.

commentary

68:3.But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

commentary