Psalms.json

{"verses": [{"chapter": 1, "text": "Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the       ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the       seat of the scornful.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth       he meditate day and night.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that       bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not       wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind       driveth away.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor       sinners in the congregation of the righteous.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 1, "text": "For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the       ungodly shall perish.    Psalm 2", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take       counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed,       [saying,]", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from       us.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have       them in derision.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his       sore displeasure.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou [art]       my Son; this day have I begotten thee.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Ask of me, and I shall give [thee] the heathen [for] thine       inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth [for] thy       possession.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in       pieces like a potter's vessel.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of       the earth.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 2, "text": "Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way,       when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they       that put their trust in him.   Psalm 3  A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they       that rise up against me.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him       in God. Selah.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter       up of mine head.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his       holy hill. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set       [themselves] against me round about.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine       enemies [upon] the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the       ungodly.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 3, "text": "Salvation [belongeth] unto the LORD: thy blessing [is] upon thy       people. Selah.   Psalm 4  To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast       enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and       hear my prayer.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame?       [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for       himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your       bed, and be still. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the       LORD.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "[There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift       thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that]       their corn and their wine increased.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 4, "text": "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only       makest me dwell in safety.   Psalm 5  To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto       thee will I pray.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning       will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:       neither shall evil dwell with thee.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers       of iniquity.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor       the bloody and deceitful man.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of       thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy       temple.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;       make thy way straight before my face.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "For [there is] no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part       [is] very wickedness; their throat [is] an open sepulchre; they       flatter with their tongue.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels;       cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they       have rebelled against thee.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them       ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also       that love thy name be joyful in thee.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 5, "text": "For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou       compass him as [with] a shield.   Psalm 6  To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in       thy hot displeasure.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for       my bones are vexed.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who       shall give thee thanks?", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim;       I water my couch with my tears.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of       all mine enemies.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath       heard the voice of my weeping.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my       prayer.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 6, "text": "Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return       [and] be ashamed suddenly.   Psalm 7  Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all       them that persecute me, and deliver me:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while       [there is] none to deliver.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my       hands;", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea,       I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it;] yea, let him       tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the       dust. Selah.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the       rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that]       thou hast commanded.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for       their sakes therefore return thou on high.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to       my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish       the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "My defence [is] of God, which saveth the upright in heart.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked]       every day.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow,       and made it ready.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he       ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived       mischief, and brought forth falsehood.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch       [which] he made.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent       dealing shall come down upon his own pate.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 7, "text": "I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will       sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.   Psalm 8  To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth!       who hast set thy glory above the heavens.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained       strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the       enemy and the avenger.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon       and the stars, which thou hast ordained;", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man,       that thou visitest him?", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast       crowned him with glory and honour.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;       thou hast put all [things] under his feet:", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever]       passeth through the paths of the seas.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 8, "text": "O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!   Psalm 9  To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "I will praise [thee,] O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew       forth all thy marvellous works.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy       name, O thou most High.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at       thy presence.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in       the throne judging right.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,       thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou       hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne       for judgment.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister       judgment to the people in uprightness.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in       times of trouble.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for       thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among       the people his doings.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he       forgetteth not the cry of the humble.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer]       of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of       death:", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the       daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the       net which they hid is their own foot taken.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the       wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that       forget God.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of       the poor shall [not] perish for ever.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in       thy sight.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 9, "text": "Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves       [to be but] men. Selah.   Psalm 10", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself]       in times of trouble?", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be       taken in the devices that they have imagined.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the       covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek       [after God:] God [is] not in all his thoughts.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "His ways are always grievous; thy judgments [are] far above out       of his sight: [as for] all his enemies, he puffeth at them.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall]       never [be] in adversity.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his       tongue [is] mischief and vanity.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret       places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set       against the poor.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait       to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him       into his net.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by       his strong ones.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his       face; he will never see [it.]", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his       heart, Thou wilt not require [it.]", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "Thou hast seen [it;] for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to       requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto       thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man:] seek out       his wickedness [till] thou find none.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished       out of his land.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt       prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 10, "text": "To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the       earth may no more oppress.   Psalm 11  To the chief Musician, A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "In the LORD put I my trust: How say ye to my soul, Flee [as]       a bird to your mountain?", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their       arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright       in heart.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in       heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that       loveth violence his soul hateth.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an       horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 11, "text": "For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance       doth behold the upright.   Psalm 12  To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail       from among the children of men.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: [with]       flattering lips [and] with a double heart do they speak.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, [and] the tongue       that speaketh proud things:", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are]       our own: who [is] lord over us?", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,       now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety       [from him that] puffeth at him.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a       furnace of earth, purified seven times.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this       generation for ever.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 12, "text": "The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.   Psalm 13  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt       thou hide thy face from me?", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my       heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I       sleep the [sleep of] death;", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those       that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy       salvation.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 13, "text": "I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully       with me.   Psalm 14  To the chief Musician, A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are       corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that       doeth good.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to       see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy:       [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my       people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "There were they in great fear: for God [is] in the generation of       the righteous.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD [is]       his refuge.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 14, "text": "Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion! when       the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall       rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.   Psalm 15  A Psalm of David.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in       thy holy hill?", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and       speaketh the truth in his heart.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "[He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his       neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them       that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and       changeth not.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 15, "text": "[He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward       against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be       moved.   Psalm 16  Michtam of David.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "[O my soul,] thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my Lord:       my goodness [extendeth] not to thee;", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the       excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another       [god:] their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take       up their names into my lips.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:       thou maintainest my lot.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places;] yea, I have a       goodly heritage.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also       instruct me in the night seasons.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my       right hand, I shall not be moved.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh       also shall rest in hope.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou       suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 16, "text": "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is]       fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for       evermore.   Psalm 17  A Prayer of David.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my       prayer, [that goeth] not out of feigned lips.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes       behold the things that are equal.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited [me] in the       night; thou hast tried me, [and] shalt find nothing; I am       purposed [that] my mouth shall not transgress.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept       [me from] the paths of the destroyer.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline       thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy       right hand them which put their trust [in thee] from those that       rise up [against them.]", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy       wings,", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who]       compass me about.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak       proudly.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their       eyes bowing down to the earth;", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a       young lion lurking in secret places.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul       from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world,       [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou       fillest with thy hid [treasure:] they are full of children, and       leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 17, "text": "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be       satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.   Psalm 18  To the chief Musician, A [Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my       God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn       of my salvation, [and] my high tower.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so       shall I be saved from mine enemies.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men       made me afraid.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death       prevented me.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he       heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him,       [even] into his ears.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the       hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his       mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was]       under his feet.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon       the wings of the wind.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him       [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds       passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave       his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot       out lightnings, and discomfited them.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of       the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of       the breath of thy nostrils.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated       me: for they were too strong for me.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was       my stay.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me,       because he delighted in me.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according       to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly       departed from my God.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "For all his judgments [were] before me, and I did not put away       his statutes from me.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine       iniquity.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my       righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his       eyesight.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an       upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward       thou wilt shew thyself froward.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down       high looks.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten       my darkness.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I       leaped over a wall.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "[As for] God, his way [is] perfect: the word of the LORD is       tried: he [is] a buckler to all those that trust in him.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "For who [is] God save the LORD? or who [is] a rock save our God?", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "[It is] God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way       perfect.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet,] and setteth me upon my       high places.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken       by mine arms.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy       right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me       great.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.", "verse": 36}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I       turn again till they were consumed.", "verse": 37}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are       fallen under my feet.", "verse": 38}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou       hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.", "verse": 39}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might       destroy them that hate me.", "verse": 40}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the       LORD, but he answered them not.", "verse": 41}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did       cast them out as the dirt in the streets.", "verse": 42}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and]       thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have       not known shall serve me.", "verse": 43}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers       shall submit themselves unto me.", "verse": 44}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close       places.", "verse": 45}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and let the God of       my salvation be exalted.", "verse": 46}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "[It is] God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.", "verse": 47}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up       above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from       the violent man.", "verse": 48}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the       heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.", "verse": 49}, {"chapter": 18, "text": "Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to       his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.   Psalm 19  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 50}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament       sheweth his handywork.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth       knowledge.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "[There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not       heard.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to       the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the       sun,", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Which [is] as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, [and]       rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit       unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat       thereof.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the       testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the       commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "The fear of the LORD [is] clean, enduring for ever: the       judgments of the LORD [are] true [and] righteous altogether.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine       gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [and] in keeping of       them [there is] great reward.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Who can understand [his] errors? cleanse thou me from secret       [faults.]", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins;] let them       not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall       be innocent from the great transgression.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 19, "text": "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be       acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.   Psalm 20  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God       of Jacob defend thee;", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of       Zion;", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice;       Selah.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy       counsel.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we       will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him       from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will       remember the name of the LORD our God.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand       upright.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 20, "text": "Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.   Psalm 21  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy       salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden       the request of his lips. Selah.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou       settest a crown of pure gold on his head.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "He asked life of thee, [and] thou gavest [it] him, [even] length       of days for ever and ever.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "His glory [is] great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast       thou laid upon him.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him       exceeding glad with thy countenance.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the       most High he shall not be moved.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand       shall find out those that hate thee.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger:       the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall       devour them.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed       from among the children of men.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a       mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform.]", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou       shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face       of them.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 21, "text": "Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing       and praise thy power.   Psalm 22  To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so]       far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the       night season, and am not silent.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises of       Israel.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst       deliver them.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee,       and were not confounded.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "But I [am] a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised       of the people.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip,       they shake the head [saying,]", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him       deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "But thou [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make       me hope [when I was] upon my mother's breasts.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my       mother's belly.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none       to help.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have       beset me round.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a       roaring lion.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint:       my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth       to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have       inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee       to help me.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of       the dog.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the       horns of the unicorns.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the       congregation will I praise thee.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob,       glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the       afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he       cried unto him, he heard.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "My praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will       pay my vows before them that fear him.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD       that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the       LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before       thee.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "For the kingdom [is] the LORD'S: and he [is] the governor among       the nations.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "All [they that be] fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all       they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can       keep alive his own soul.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a       generation.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 22, "text": "They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a       people that shall be born, that he hath done [this.]   Psalm 23  A Psalm of David.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside       the still waters.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of       righteousness for his name's sake.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I       will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff       they comfort me.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine       enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 23, "text": "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my       life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.   Psalm 24  A Psalm of David.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the       world, and they that dwell therein.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon       the floods.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand       in his holy place?", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted       up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness       from the God of his salvation.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "This [is] the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy       face, O Jacob. Selah.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye       everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Who [is] this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the       LORD mighty in battle.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift [them] up, ye       everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 24, "text": "Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he [is] the King       of glory. Selah.   Psalm 25  A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine       enemies triumph over me.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed       which transgress without cause.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my       salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;       for they [have been] ever of old.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:       according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O       LORD.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Good and upright [is] the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners       in the way.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach       his way.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy and truth unto such as       keep his covenant and his testimonies.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is]       great.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in       the way [that] he shall choose.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the       earth.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "The secret of the LORD [is] with them that fear him; and he       will shew them his covenant.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Mine eyes [are] ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my       feet out of the net.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate       and afflicted.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "The troubles of my heart are enlarged: [O] bring thou me out of       my distresses.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with       cruel hatred.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I       put my trust in thee.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 25, "text": "Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.   Psalm 26  A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have       trusted also in the LORD; [therefore] I shall not slide.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked       in thy truth.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with       dissemblers.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "I have hated the congregation of evildoers; and will not sit       with the wicked.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine       altar, O LORD:", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of       all thy wondrous works.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place       where thine honour dwelleth.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of       bribes.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be       merciful unto me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 26, "text": "My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I       bless the LORD.   Psalm 27  A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "The LORD [is] my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?       the LORD [is] the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me       to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not       fear: though war should rise against me, in this [will] I [be]       confident.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;       that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my       life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his       temple.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in       the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up       upon a rock.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round       about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of       joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon       me, and answer me.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "[When thou saidst,] Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,       Thy face, LORD, will I seek.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Hide not thy face [far] from me; put not thy servant away in       anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me,       O God of my salvation.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will       take me up.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because       of mine enemies.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false       witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out       cruelty.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "[I had fainted,] unless I had believed to see the goodness of       the LORD in the land of the living.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 27, "text": "Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen       thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.   Psalm 28  A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me:       lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down       into the pit.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I       lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of       iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief       [is] in their hearts.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Give them according to their deeds, and according to the       wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their       hands; render to them their desert.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation       of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my       supplications.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "The LORD [is] my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in       him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and       with my song will I praise him.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "The LORD [is] their strength, and he [is] the saving strength of       his anointed.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 28, "text": "Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also,       and lift them up for ever.   Psalm 29  A Psalm of David.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and       strength.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD       in the beauty of holiness.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of glory       thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The voice of the LORD [is] powerful; the voice of the LORD [is]       full of majesty.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD       breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like       a young unicorn.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh       the wilderness of Kadesh.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth       the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of [his]       glory.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for       ever.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 29, "text": "The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will       bless his people with peace.   Psalm 30  A Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the house of David.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and       hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast       kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the       remembrance of his holiness.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour is life:       weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong:       thou didst hide thy face, [and] I was troubled.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit?       Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put       off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 30, "text": "To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be       silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.   Psalm 31  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed:       deliver me in thy righteousness.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong       rock, for an house of defence to save me.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "For thou [art] my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's       sake lead me, and guide me.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for       thou [art] my strength.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O       LORD God of truth.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the       LORD.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast       considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast       set my feet in a large room.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is       consumed with grief, [yea,] my soul and my belly.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my       strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are       consumed.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among       my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see       me without fled from me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken       vessel.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side:       while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take       away my life.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my God.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "My times [are] in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine       enemies, and from them that persecute me.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy       mercies' sake.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let       the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous       things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "[Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for       them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that       trust in thee before the sons of men!", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the       pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from       the strife of tongues.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous       kindness in a strong city.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:       nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I       cried unto thee.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth       the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 31, "text": "Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye       that hope in the LORD.   Psalm 32  A [Psalm] of David, Maschil.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose]       sin [is] covered.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity,       and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all       the day long.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is       turned into the drought of summer. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not       hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and       thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time       when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters       they shall not come nigh unto him.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;       thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt       go: I will guide thee with mine eye.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no       understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle,       lest they come near unto thee.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that trusteth in       the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 32, "text": "Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for       joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.   Psalm 33", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: [for] praise is comely for       the upright.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and]       an instrument of ten strings.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "For the word of the LORD [is] right; and all his works [are       done] in truth.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the       goodness of the LORD.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host       of them by the breath of his mouth.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he       layeth up the depth in storehouses.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the       world stand in awe of him.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "For he spake, and it was [done;] he commanded, and it stood fast.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he       maketh the devices of the people of none effect.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his       heart to all generations.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD: [and] the       people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the       inhabitants of the earth.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their       works.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty       man is not delivered by much strength.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver       [any] by his great strength.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "Behold, the eye of the LORD [is] upon them that fear him, upon       them that hope in his mercy;", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in       famine.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in       his holy name.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 33, "text": "Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.   Psalm 34  A [Psalm] of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise [shall]       continually [be] in my mouth.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear       [thereof,] and be glad.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my       fears.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were       not ashamed.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him,] and saved him out       of all his troubles.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him,       and delivereth them.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man       [that] trusteth in him.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for [there is] no want to them       that fear him.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek       the LORD shall not want any good [thing.]", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear       of the LORD.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "What man [is he that] desireth life, [and] loveth [many] days,       that he may see good?", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his ears       [are open] unto their cry.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off       the remembrance of them from the earth.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "[The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them       out of all their troubles.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and       saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD       delivereth him out of them all.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous       shall be desolate.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 34, "text": "The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them       that trust in him shall be desolate.   Psalm 35  A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Plead [my cause,] O LORD, with them that strive with me:       fight against them that fight against me.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Draw out also the spear, and stop [the way] against them that       persecute me: say unto my soul, I [am] thy salvation.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul:       let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my       hurt.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the       LORD chase [them.]", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the       LORD persecute them.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit,       [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that       he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him       fall.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his       salvation.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "All my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which       deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the       poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things]       that I knew not.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was]       sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned       into mine own bosom.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or]       brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his]       mother.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves       together: [yea,] the abjects gathered themselves together against       me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me,] and ceased not:", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with       their teeth.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their       destructions, my darling from the lions.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will       praise thee among much people.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:       [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters       against [them that are] quiet in the land.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha,       aha, our eye hath seen [it.]", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "[This] thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not       far from me.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my       cause, my God and my Lord.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and       let them not rejoice over me.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let       them not say, We have swallowed him up.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that       rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and       dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous       cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified,       which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 35, "text": "And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness [and] of thy       praise all the day long.   Psalm 36  To the chief Musician, A [Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that       there is] no fear of God before his eyes.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be       found to be hateful.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left       off to be wise, [and] to do good.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way       [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness       [reacheth] unto the clouds.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments       [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the       children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy       house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy       pleasures.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "For with thee [is] the fountain of life: in thy light shall we       see light.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy       righteousness to the upright in heart.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand       of the wicked remove me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 36, "text": "There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down,       and shall not be able to rise.   Psalm 37  A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou       envious against the workers of iniquity.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as       the green herb.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Trust in the LORD, and do good; [so] shalt thou dwell in the       land, and verily thou shalt be fed.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the       desires of thine heart.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall       bring [it] to pass.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy       judgment as the noonday.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself       because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who       bringeth wicked devices to pass.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any       wise to do evil.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the       LORD, they shall inherit the earth.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "For yet a little while, and the wicked [shall] not [be:] yea,       thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it [shall] not [be.]", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight       themselves in the abundance of peace.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him       with his teeth.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is       coming.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow,       to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of       upright conversation.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows       shall be broken.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "A little that a righteous man hath [is] better than the riches       of many wicked.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD       upholdeth the righteous.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance       shall be for ever.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of       famine they shall be satisfied.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD [shall       be] as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall       they consume away.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous       sheweth mercy, and giveth.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "For [such as be] blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and       [they that be] cursed of him shall be cut off.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he       delighteth in his way.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD       upholdeth [him with] his hand.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the       righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "[He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints;       they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be       cut off.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for       ever.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue       talketh of judgment.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The law of his God [is] in his heart; none of his steps shall       slide.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when       he is judged.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to       inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see       [it.]", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself       like a green bay tree.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him,       but he could not be found.", "verse": 36}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "Mark the perfect [man,] and behold the upright: for the end of       [that] man [is] peace.", "verse": 37}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of       the wicked shall be cut off.", "verse": 38}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is]       their strength in the time of trouble.", "verse": 39}, {"chapter": 37, "text": "And the LORD shall help them and deliver them: he shall deliver       them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.   Psalm 38  A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.", "verse": 40}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy       hot displeasure.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger;       neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden       they are too heavy for me.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the       day long.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease:] and [there       is] no soundness in my flesh.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the       disquietness of my heart.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid       from thee.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of       mine eyes, it also is gone from me.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my       kinsmen stand afar off.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me:] and they       that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits       all the day long.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "But I, as a deaf [man,] heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man       [that] openeth not his mouth.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are]       no reproofs.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "For I said, [Hear me,] lest [otherwise] they should rejoice       over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against       me.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before       me.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they       that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries;       because I follow [the thing that] good [is.]", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 38, "text": "Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.   Psalm 39  To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my       tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is       before me.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, [even] from good; and       my sorrow was stirred.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned:       [then] spake I with my tongue,", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what       it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am.]", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age       [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state       [is] altogether vanity. Selah.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are       disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches,] and knoweth not who       shall gather them.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope [is] in thee.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach       of the foolish.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst [it.]", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of       thine hand.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou       makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man       [is] vanity. Selah.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy       peace at my tears: for I [am] a stranger with thee, [and] a       sojourner, as all my fathers [were.]", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 39, "text": "O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and       be no more.   Psalm 40  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and       heard my cry.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry       clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our       God: many shall see [it,] and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and       respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast       done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be       reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak       [of them,] they are more than can be numbered.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast       thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not       required.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is]       written of me,", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my       heart.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I       have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have       declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed       thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy       lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities       have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they       are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth       me.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help       me.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my       soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame       that wish me evil.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto       me, Aha, aha.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let       such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 40, "text": "But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me:       thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.   Psalm 41  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will       deliver him in time of trouble.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall       be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the       will of his enemies.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou       wilt make all his bed in his sickness.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have       sinned against thee.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name       perish?", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "And if he come to see [me,] he speaketh vanity: his heart       gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth       [it.]", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they       devise my hurt.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "An evil disease, [say they,] cleaveth fast unto him: and [now]       that he lieth he shall rise up no more.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat       of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I       may requite them.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth       not triumph over me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest       me before thy face for ever.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 41, "text": "Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to       everlasting. Amen, and Amen.  Book II  Psalm 42  To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my       soul after thee, O God.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come       and appear before God?", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually       say unto me, Where [is] thy God?", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "When I remember these [things,] I pour out my soul in me: for I       had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of       God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept       holyday.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why [art] thou disquieted       in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the       help of his countenance.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I       remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites,       from the hill Mizar.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy       waves and thy billows are gone over me.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "[Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime,       and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer       unto the God of my life.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go       I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "[As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while       they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 42, "text": "Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted       within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is]       the health of my countenance, and my God.   Psalm 43", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 43, "text": "Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O       deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 43, "text": "For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me       off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 43, "text": "O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them       bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 43, "text": "Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:       yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 43, "text": "Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted       within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the       health of my countenance, and my God.   Psalm 44  To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,       [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and       plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast       them out.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,       neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and       thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a       favour unto them.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name       will we tread them under that rise up against us.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to       shame that hated us.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.       Selah.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth       with our armies.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate       us spoil for themselves.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast       scattered us among the heathen.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy       wealth] by their price.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a       derision to them that are round about us.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the       head among the people.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my       face hath covered me,", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by       reason of the enemy and avenger.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,       neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined       from thy way;", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and       covered us with the shadow of death.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our       hands to a strange god;", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of       the heart.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are       counted as sheep for the slaughter.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for       ever.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction       and our oppression?", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto       the earth.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 44, "text": "Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.   Psalm 45  To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things       which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a       ready writer.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into       thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "Gird thy sword upon [thy] thigh, O [most] mighty, with thy glory       and thy majesty.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and       meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee       terrible things.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies;       [whereby] the people fall under thee.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy       kingdom [is] a right sceptre.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God,       thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy       fellows.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and] cassia, out       of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy       right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;       forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he [is] thy       Lord; and worship thou him.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "And the daughter of Tyre [shall be there] with a gift; [even]       the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "The king's daughter [is] all glorious within: her clothing [is]       of wrought gold.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework:       the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto       thee.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall       enter into the king's palace.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest       make princes in all the earth.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 45, "text": "I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:       therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.   Psalm 46  To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in       trouble.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and       though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "[Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the       mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "[There is] a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city       of God, the holy [place] of the tabernacles of the most High.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "God [is] in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall       help her, [and that] right early.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his       voice, the earth melted.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our       refuge. Selah.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath       made in the earth.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh       the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot       in the fire.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the       heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 46, "text": "The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our       refuge. Selah.   Psalm 47  To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 47, "text": "O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the       voice of triumph.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 47, "text": "For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over       all the earth.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 47, "text": "He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our       feet.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 47, "text": "He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob       whom he loved. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 47, "text": "God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a       trumpet.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 47, "text": "Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King,       sing praises.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 47, "text": "For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with       understanding.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 47, "text": "God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of       his holiness.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 47, "text": "The princes of the people are gathered together, [even] the       people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth       [belong] unto God: he is greatly exalted.   Psalm 48  A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of       our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount       Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "God is known in her palaces for a refuge.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and]       hasted away.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in       travail.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of       hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever.       Selah.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of       thy temple.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends       of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad,       because of thy judgments.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers       thereof.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may       tell [it] to the generation following.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 48, "text": "For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our       guide [even] unto death.   Psalm 49  To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of       the world:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "Both low and high, rich and poor, together.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart       [shall be] of understanding.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying       upon the harp.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, [when] the iniquity       of my heels shall compass me about?", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the       multitude of their riches;", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to       God a ransom for him:", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "(For the redemption of their soul [is] precious, and it ceaseth       for ever:)", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "That he should still live for ever, [and] not see corruption.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "For he seeth [that] wise men die, likewise the fool and the       brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "Their inward thought [is, that] their houses [shall continue]       for ever, [and] their dwelling places to all generations; they       call [their] lands after their own names.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the       beasts [that] perish.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve       their sayings. Selah.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on       them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the       morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their       dwelling.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he       shall receive me. Selah.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his       house is increased;", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall       not descend after him.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will       praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never       see light.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 49, "text": "Man [that is] in honour, and understandeth not, is like the       beasts [that] perish.   Psalm 50  A Psalm of Asaph.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the       earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall       devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about       him.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that       he may judge his people.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a       covenant with me by sacrifice.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is]       judge himself. Selah.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will       testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt       offerings, [to have been] continually before me.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of       thy folds.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon       a thousand hills.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of       the field [are] mine.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is]       mine, and the fulness thereof.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most       High:", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee,       and thou shalt glorify me.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare       my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy       mouth?", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind       thee.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and       hast been partaker with adulterers.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou       slanderest thine own mother's son.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou       thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but]       I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in       pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 50, "text": "Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth       [his] conversation [aright] will I shew the salvation of God.   Psalm 51  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:       according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my       transgressions.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before       me.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in       thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,       [and] be clear when thou judgest.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother       conceive me.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the       hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall       be whiter than snow.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou       hast broken may rejoice.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit       within me.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy       spirit from me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with       thy] free spirit.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "[Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall       be converted unto thee.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my       salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy       praise.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it:] thou       delightest not in burnt offering.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a       contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of       Jerusalem.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 51, "text": "Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of       righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then       shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.   Psalm 52  To the chief Musician, Maschil, A [Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 52, "text": "Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the       goodness of God [endureth ]continually.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 52, "text": "Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working       deceitfully.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 52, "text": "Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to       speak righteousness. Selah.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 52, "text": "Thou lovest all devouring words, O [thou] deceitful tongue.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 52, "text": "God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee       away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee       out of the land of the living. Selah.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 52, "text": "The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 52, "text": "Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but       trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened       himself in his wickedness.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 52, "text": "But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust       in the mercy of God for ever and ever.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 52, "text": "I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done [it:] and I       will wait on thy name; for [it is] good before thy saints.   Psalm 53  To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 53, "text": "The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. Corrupt       are they, and have done abominable iniquity: [there is] none that       doeth good.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 53, "text": "God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if       there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 53, "text": "Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become       filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 53, "text": "Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people       [as] they eat bread: they have not called upon God.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 53, "text": "There were they in great fear, [where] no fear was: for God hath       scattered the bones of him that encampeth [against] thee: thou       hast put [them] to shame, because God hath despised them.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 53, "text": "Oh that the salvation of Israel [were come] out of Zion! When       God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall       rejoice, [and] Israel shall be glad.   Psalm 54  To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A [Psalm] of David, when the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 54, "text": "Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 54, "text": "Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 54, "text": "For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after       my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 54, "text": "Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that       uphold my soul.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 54, "text": "He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy       truth.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 54, "text": "I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O       LORD; for [it is] good.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 54, "text": "For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath       seen [his desire] upon mine enemies.   Psalm 55  To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my       supplication.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a       noise;", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of       the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they       hate me.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are       fallen upon me.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath       overwhelmed me.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! [for then] would I       fly away, and be at rest.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the       wilderness. Selah.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen       violence and strife in the city.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief       also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Wickedness [is] in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart       not from her streets.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could       have borne [it:] neither [was it] he that hated me [that] did       magnify [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from       him:", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "But [it was] thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine       acquaintance.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of       God in company.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into       hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, [and] among them.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud:       and he shall hear my voice.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was]       against me: for there were many with me.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old.       Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with       him: he hath broken his covenant.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "[The words] of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war       [was] in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet [were]       they drawn swords.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he       shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 55, "text": "But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of       destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half       their days; but I will trust in thee.   Psalm 56  To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he       fighting daily oppresseth me.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many       that fight against me, O thou most High.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I       will not fear what flesh can do unto me.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against       me for evil.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark       my steps, when they wait for my soul.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "Shall they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast down the       people, O God.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle:       [are they] not in thy book?", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "When I cry [unto thee,] then shall mine enemies turn back: this       I know; for God [is] for me.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I praise       [his] word.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can       do unto me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 56, "text": "For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt] not [thou       deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the       light of the living?   Psalm 57  To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul       trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my       refuge, until [these] calamities be overpast.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth [all       things] for me.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "He shall send from heaven, and save [from] the reproach of him       that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy       and his truth.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are       set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and       arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] thy glory [be]       above all the earth.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down:       they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are       fallen [themselves.] Selah.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and       give praise.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will       awake early.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto       thee among the nations.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the       clouds.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 57, "text": "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be]       above all the earth.   Psalm 58  To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge       uprightly, O ye sons of men?", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your       hands in the earth.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon       as they be born, speaking lies.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like       the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never       so wisely.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great       teeth of the young lions, O LORD.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he       bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in       pieces.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away:       [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the       sun.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as       with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he       shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 58, "text": "So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the       righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.   Psalm 59  To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them       that rise up against me.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody       men.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered       against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to       help me, and behold.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to       visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked       transgressors. Selah.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go       round about the city.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their       lips: for who, [say they,] doth hear?", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the       heathen in derision.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "[Because of] his strength will I wait upon thee: for God [is] my       defence.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see [my       desire] upon mine enemies.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy       power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "[For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips let       them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying       [which] they speak.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "Consume [them] in wrath, consume [them,] that they [may] not       [be:] and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of       the earth. Selah.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "And at evening let them return; [and] let them make a noise       like a dog, and go round about the city.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not       satisfied.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy       mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in       the day of my trouble.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 59, "text": "Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God [is] my defence,       [and] the God of my mercy.   Psalm 60  To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou       hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal       the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to       drink the wine of astonishment.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be       displayed because of the truth. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "That thy beloved may be delivered; save [with] thy right hand,       and hear me.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide       Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "Gilead [is] mine, and Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the       strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe:       Philistia, triumph thou because of me.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "Who will bring me [into] the strong city? who will lead me into       Edom?", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "[Wilt] not thou, O God, [which] hadst cast us off? and [thou,]       O God, [which] didst not go out with our armies?", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 60, "text": "Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall       tread down our enemies.   Psalm 61  To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 61, "text": "Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 61, "text": "From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is       overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 61, "text": "For thou hast been a shelter for me, [and] a strong tower from       the enemy.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 61, "text": "I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the       covert of thy wings. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 61, "text": "For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given [me] the       heritage of those that fear thy name.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 61, "text": "Thou wilt prolong the king's life: [and] his years as many       generations.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 61, "text": "He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth,       [which] may preserve him.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 61, "text": "So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily       perform my vows.   Psalm 62  To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my       salvation.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I       shall not be greatly moved.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be       slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a       tottering fence.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "They only consult to cast [him] down from his excellency: they       delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse       inwardly. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation [is] from       him.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I       shall not be moved.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength,       [and] my refuge, [is] in God.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "Trust in him at all times; [ye] people, pour out your heart       before him: God [is] a refuge for us. Selah.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree       [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether       [lighter] than vanity.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if       riches increase, set not your heart [upon them.]", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power       [belongeth] unto God.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 62, "text": "Also unto thee, O Lord, [belongeth] mercy: for thou renderest       to every man according to his work.   Psalm 63  A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul       thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and       thirsty land, where no water is;", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the       sanctuary.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "Because thy lovingkindness [is] better than life, my lips shall       praise thee.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in       thy name.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "My soul shall be satisfied as [with] marrow and fatness; and my       mouth shall praise [thee] with joyful lips:", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the       [night] watches.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy       wings will I rejoice.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "But those [that] seek my soul, to destroy [it,] shall go into       the lower parts of the earth.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 63, "text": "But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by       him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be       stopped.   Psalm 64  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 64, "text": "Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from       fear of the enemy.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 64, "text": "Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the       insurrection of the workers of iniquity:", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 64, "text": "Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to       shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 64, "text": "That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they       shoot at him, and fear not.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 64, "text": "They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of       laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 64, "text": "They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search:       both the inward [thought] of every one [of them,] and the heart,       [is] deep.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 64, "text": "But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they       be wounded.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 64, "text": "So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all       that see them shall flee away.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 64, "text": "And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for       they shall wisely consider of his doing.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 64, "text": "The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in       him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.   Psalm 65  To the chief Musician, A Psalm [and] Song of David.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall       the vow be performed.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "Iniquities prevail against me: [as for] our transgressions, thou       shalt purge them away.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "Blessed [is the man whom] thou choosest, and causest to approach       [unto thee, that] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be       satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [even] of thy holy       temple.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God       of our salvation; [who art] the confidence of all the ends of the       earth, and of them that are afar off [upon] the sea:", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; [being] girded       with power:", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves,       and the tumult of the people.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy       tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to       rejoice.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest       it with the river of God, [which] is full of water: thou       preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the       furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest       the springing thereof.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop       fatness.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little       hills rejoice on every side.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 65, "text": "The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are       covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.   Psalm 66  To the chief Musician, A Song [or] Psalm.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the       greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto       thee.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they       shall sing [to] thy name. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "Come and see the works of God: [he is] terrible [in his] doing       toward the children of men.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "He turned the sea into dry [land:] they went through the flood       on foot: there did we rejoice in him.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations:       let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to       be heard:", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be       moved.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver       is tried.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon       our loins.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through       fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy       [place.]", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee       my vows,", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I       was in trouble.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the       incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what       he hath done for my soul.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my       tongue.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me:]", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "[But] verily God hath heard [me;] he hath attended to the voice       of my prayer.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 66, "text": "Blessed [be] God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his       mercy from me.   Psalm 67  To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 67, "text": "God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] cause his face       to shine upon us; Selah.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 67, "text": "That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among       all nations.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 67, "text": "Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise       thee.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 67, "text": "O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge       the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 67, "text": "Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise       thee.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 67, "text": "[Then] shall the earth yield her increase; [and] God, [even] our       own God, shall bless us.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 67, "text": "God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.   Psalm 68  To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also       that hate him flee before him.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wax melteth       before the fire, [so] let the wicked perish at the presence of       God.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea,       let them exceedingly rejoice.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth       upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God       in his holy habitation.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those       which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry       [land.]", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou       didst march through the wilderness; Selah:", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of       God: [even] Sinai itself [was moved] at the presence of God, the       God of Israel.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst       confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared       of thy goodness for the poor.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "The Lord gave the word: great [was] the company of those that       published [it.]", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home       divided the spoil.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Though ye have lien among the pots, [yet shall ye be as] the       wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow       gold.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was [white] as snow       in Salmon.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "The hill of God [is as] the hill of Bashan; an high hill [as]       the hill of Bashan.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Why leap ye, ye high hills? [this is] the hill [which] God       desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell [in it] for ever.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "The chariots of God [are] twenty thousand, [even] thousands of       angels: the Lord [is] among them, [as in] Sinai, in the holy       [place.]", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive:       thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for] the rebellious also,       that the LORD God might dwell [among them.]", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Blessed [be] the Lord, [who] daily loadeth us [with benefits,       even] the God of our salvation. Selah.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "[He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto God       the Lord [belong] the issues from death.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "But God shall wound the head of his enemies, [and] the hairy       scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring [my       people] again from the depths of the sea:", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies,       [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "They have seen thy goings, O God; [even] the goings of my God,       my King, in the sanctuary.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed]       after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Bless ye God in the congregations, [even] the Lord, from the       fountain of Israel.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "There [is] little Benjamin [with] their ruler, the princes of       Judah [and] their council, the princes of Zebulun, [and] the       princes of Naphtali.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that       which thou hast wrought for us.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents       unto thee.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls,       with the calves of the people, [till every one] submit himself       with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people [that] delight in       war.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch       out her hands unto God.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto       the Lord; Selah:", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, [which were] of       old; lo, he doth send out his voice, [and that] a mighty voice.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency [is] over Israel,       and his strength [is] in the clouds.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 68, "text": "O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: the God of       Israel [is] he that giveth strength and power unto [his] people.       Blessed [be] God.   Psalm 69  To chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto [my] soul.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come       into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail       while I wait for my God.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of       mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies       wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not       away.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from       thee.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed       for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my       sake, O God of Israel.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered       my face.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my       mother's children.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches       of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to       my reproach.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to       them.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the       song of the drunkards.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an       acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in       the truth of thy salvation.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be       delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep       swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me       according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble:       hear me speedily.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of       mine enemies.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour:       mine adversaries [are] all before thee.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and       I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for       comforters, but I found none.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave       me vinegar to drink.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which       should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their       loins continually to shake.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful       anger take hold of them.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their       tents.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "For they persecute [him] whom thou hast smitten; and they talk       to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into       thy righteousness.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be       written with the righteous.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me       up on high.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him       with thanksgiving.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "[This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or]       bullock that hath horns and hoofs.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall       live that seek God.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing       that moveth therein.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah:       that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 69, "text": "The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that       love his name shall dwell therein.   Psalm 70  To the chief Musician, A [Psalm] of David, to bring to remembrance.", "verse": 36}, {"chapter": 70, "text": "[Make haste,] O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O       LORD.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 70, "text": "Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let       them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my       hurt.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 70, "text": "Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say,       Aha, aha.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 70, "text": "Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and       let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be       magnified.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 70, "text": "But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art]       my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.   Psalm 71", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to       confusion.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline       thine ear unto me, and save me.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually       resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my       rock and my fortress.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the       hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my       youth.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that       took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise [shall be]       continually of thee.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "I am as a wonder unto many; but thou [art] my strong refuge.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "Let my mouth be filled [with] thy praise [and with] thy honour       all the day.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my       strength faileth.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for       my soul take counsel together,", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for       [there is] none to deliver [him.]", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to       my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that       seek my hurt.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and       more.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness [and] thy salvation       all the day; for I know not the numbers [thereof.]", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention       of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I       declared thy wondrous works.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not;       until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and]       thy power to every one [that] is to come.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "Thy righteousness also, O God, [is] very high, who hast done       great things: O God, who [is] like unto thee!", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "[Thou,] which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt       quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of       the earth.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [even] thy truth, O       my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of       Israel.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my       soul, which thou hast redeemed.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 71, "text": "My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day       long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame,       that seek my hurt.   Psalm 72  A [Psalm] for Solomon.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness       unto the king's son.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with       judgment.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little       hills, by righteousness.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the       children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure,       throughout all generations.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers       [that] water the earth.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace       so long as the moon endureth.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river       unto the ends of the earth.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his       enemies shall lick the dust.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents:       the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall       serve him.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also,       and [him] that hath no helper.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of       the needy.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and       precious shall their blood be in his sight.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of       Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; [and] daily       shall he be praised.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of       the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and       [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as       long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations       shall call him blessed.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth       wondrous things.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole       earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 72, "text": "The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.  Book III  Psalm 73  A Psalm of Asaph.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a       clean heart.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh       slipped.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of       the wicked.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is]       firm.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they       plagued like [other] men.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence       covereth them [as] a garment.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart       could wish.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression:       they speak loftily.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue       walketh through the earth.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup]       are wrung out to them.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the       most High?", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they       increase [in] riches.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands       in innocency.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every       morning.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against]       the generation of thy children.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I       their end.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst       them down into destruction.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they       are utterly consumed with terrors.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so,] O Lord, when thou awakest,       thou shalt despise their image.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before       thee.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden       [me] by my right hand.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me       [to] glory.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "Whom have I in heaven [but thee?] and [there is] none upon       earth [that] I desire beside thee.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of       my heart, and my portion for ever.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast       destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 73, "text": "But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my       trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.   Psalm 74  Maschil of Asaph.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? [why] doth thine       anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old;       the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this       mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; [even] all       [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set       up their ensigns [for] signs.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "[A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the       thick trees.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with       axes and hammers.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by       casting down] the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they       have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither       [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy       blaspheme thy name for ever?", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it]       out of thy bosom.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of       the earth.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the       heads of the dragons in the waters.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest him       [to be] meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up       mighty rivers.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast       prepared the light and the sun.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made       summer and winter.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Remember this, [that] the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and       [that] the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude [of       the wicked:] forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the       earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy       praise thy name.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish       man reproacheth thee daily.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 74, "text": "Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that       rise up against thee increaseth continually.   Psalm 75  To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 75, "text": "Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, [unto thee] do we give       thanks: for [that] thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 75, "text": "When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 75, "text": "The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear       up the pillars of it. Selah.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 75, "text": "I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked,       Lift not up the horn:", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 75, "text": "Lift not up your horn on high: speak [not with] a stiff neck.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 75, "text": "For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west,       nor from the south.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 75, "text": "But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up       another.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 75, "text": "For in the hand of the LORD [there is] a cup, and the wine is       red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but       the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring [them]       out, [and] drink [them.]", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 75, "text": "But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of       Jacob.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 75, "text": "All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; [but] the       horns of the righteous shall be exalted.   Psalm 76  To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song of Asaph.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "In Judah [is] God known: his name [is] great in Israel.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword,       and the battle. Selah.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "Thou [art] more glorious [and] excellent than the mountains of       prey.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and       none of the men of might have found their hands.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are       cast into a dead sleep.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "Thou, [even] thou, [art] to be feared: and who may stand in thy       sight when once thou art angry?", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth       feared, and was still,", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth.       Selah.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of       wrath shalt thou restrain.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round       about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 76, "text": "He shall cut off the spirit of princes: [he is] terrible to the       kings of the earth.   Psalm 77  To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my       voice; and he gave ear unto me.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the       night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit       was overwhelmed. Selah.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot       speak.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine       own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no       more?", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth [his] promise fail for       evermore?", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his       tender mercies? Selah.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "And I said, This [is] my infirmity: [but I will remember] the       years of the right hand of the most High.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember       thy wonders of old.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "Thy way, O God, [is] in the sanctuary: who [is so] great a God       as [our] God?", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "Thou [art] the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy       strength among the people.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "Thou hast with [thine] arm redeemed thy people, the sons of       Jacob and Joseph. Selah.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were       afraid: the depths also were troubled.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine       arrows also went abroad.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings       lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "Thy way [is] in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and       thy footsteps are not known.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 77, "text": "Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and       Aaron.   Psalm 78  Maschil of Asaph.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the       words of my mouth.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of       old:", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the       generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and       his wonderful works that he hath done.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in       Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make       them known to their children:", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children       [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to       their children:", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works       of God, but keep his commandments:", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious       generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and       whose spirit was not stedfast with God.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows,       turned back in the day of battle.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his       law;", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the       land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he       made the waters to stand as an heap.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night       with a light of fire.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as       [out of] the great depths.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to       run down like rivers.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High       in the wilderness.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their       lust.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table       in the wilderness?", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the       streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh       for his people?", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Therefore the LORD heard [this,] and was wroth: so a fire was       kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his       salvation:", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the       doors of heaven,", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them       of the corn of heaven.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power       he brought in the south wind.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls       like as the sand of the sea:", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And he let [it] fall in the midst of their camp, round about       their habitations.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their       own desire;", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat       [was] yet in their mouths,", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them,       and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his       wondrous works.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years       in trouble.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and       enquired early after God.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God       their redeemer.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they       lied unto him with their tongues.", "verse": 36}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "For their heart was not right with him, neither were they       stedfast in his covenant.", "verse": 37}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity,       and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger       away, and did not stir up all his wrath.", "verse": 38}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that       passeth away, and cometh not again.", "verse": 39}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve       him in the desert!", "verse": 40}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One       of Israel.", "verse": 41}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered       them from the enemy.", "verse": 42}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the       field of Zoan:", "verse": 43}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that       they could not drink.", "verse": 44}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them;       and frogs, which destroyed them.", "verse": 45}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their       labour unto the locust.", "verse": 46}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees       with frost.", "verse": 47}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to       hot thunderbolts.", "verse": 48}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and       indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels [among them.]", "verse": 49}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from       death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;", "verse": 50}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of [their]       strength in the tabernacles of Ham:", "verse": 51}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them       in the wilderness like a flock.", "verse": 52}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea       overwhelmed their enemies.", "verse": 53}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, [even to]       this mountain, [which] his right hand had purchased.", "verse": 54}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an       inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in       their tents.", "verse": 55}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not       his testimonies:", "verse": 56}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers:       they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.", "verse": 57}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and       moved him to jealousy with their graven images.", "verse": 58}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "When God heard [this,] he was wroth, and greatly abhorred       Israel:", "verse": 59}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which]       he placed among men;", "verse": 60}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into       the enemy's hand.", "verse": 61}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with       his inheritance.", "verse": 62}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not       given to marriage.", "verse": 63}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no       lamentation.", "verse": 64}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, [and] like a mighty       man that shouteth by reason of wine.", "verse": 65}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a       perpetual reproach.", "verse": 66}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the       tribe of Ephraim:", "verse": 67}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.", "verse": 68}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces,] like the earth       which he hath established for ever.", "verse": 69}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "He chose David also his servant, and took him from the       sheepfolds:", "verse": 70}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed       Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.", "verse": 71}, {"chapter": 78, "text": "So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and       guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.   Psalm 79  A Psalm of Asaph.", "verse": 72}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy       temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "The dead bodies of thy servants have they given [to be] meat       unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the       beasts of the earth.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and       [there was] none to bury [them.]", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision       to them that are round about us.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy       burn like fire?", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee,       and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender       mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and       deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] their God? let him       be known among the heathen in our sight [by] the revenging of the       blood of thy servants [which is] shed.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to       the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed       to die;", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their       reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 79, "text": "So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks       for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.   Psalm 80  To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like       a flock; thou that dwellest [between] the cherubims, shine forth.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength,       and come [and] save us.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall       be saved.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the       prayer of thy people?", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears       to drink in great measure.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies       laugh among themselves.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and       we shall be saved.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the       heathen, and planted it.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take       deep root, and it filled the land.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs       thereof [were like] the goodly cedars.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the       river.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they       which pass by the way do pluck her?", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of       the field doth devour it.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven,       and behold, and visit this vine;", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the       branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "[It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the       rebuke of thy countenance.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of       man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call       upon thy name.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 80, "text": "Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine;       and we shall be saved.   Psalm 81  To the chief Musician upon Gittith, a Psalm of Asaph.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto       the God of Jacob.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp       with the psaltery.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on       our solemn feast day.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of       Jacob.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out       through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I       understood not.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered       from the pots.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee       in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of       Meribah. Selah.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if       thou wilt hearken unto me;", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou       worship any strange god.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of       Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would       none of me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they       walked in their own counsels.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had       walked in my ways!", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand       against their adversaries.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto       him: but their time should have endured for ever.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 81, "text": "He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and       with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.   Psalm 82  A Psalm of Asaph.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 82, "text": "God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth       among the gods.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 82, "text": "How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the       wicked? Selah.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 82, "text": "Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and       needy.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 82, "text": "Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the       wicked.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 82, "text": "They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in       darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 82, "text": "I have said, Ye [are] gods; and all of you [are] children of the       most High.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 82, "text": "But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 82, "text": "Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all       nations.   Psalm 83  A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not       still, O God.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee       have lifted up the head.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted       against thy hidden ones.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a       nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "For they have consulted together with one consent: they are       confederate against thee:", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the       Hagarenes;", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the       inhabitants of Tyre;", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of       Lot. Selah.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "Do unto them as [unto] the Midianites; as [to] Sisera, as [to]       Jabin, at the brook of Kison:", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "[Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] dung for the earth.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their       princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in       possession.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the       wind.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the       mountains on fire;", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with       thy storm.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O       LORD.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be       put to shame, and perish:", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 83, "text": "That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH,       [art] the most high over all the earth.   Psalm 84  To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD:       my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for       herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine altars, O LORD       of hosts, my King, and my God.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "Blessed [are] they that dwell in thy house: they will be still       praising thee. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart       [are] the ways [of them.]", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "[Who] passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the       rain also filleth the pools.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion       appeareth before God.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.       Selah.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine       anointed.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had       rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in       the tents of wickedness.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give       grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that       walk uprightly.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 84, "text": "O LORD of hosts, blessed [is] the man that trusteth in thee.   Psalm 85  To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast       brought back the captivity of Jacob.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered       all their sin. Selah.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned [thyself]       from the fierceness of thine anger.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us       to cease.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine       anger to all generations?", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in       thee?", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak       peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn       again to folly.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory       may dwell in our land.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have       kissed [each other.]", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall       look down from heaven.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land       shall yield her increase.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 85, "text": "Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the       way of his steps.   Psalm 86  A Prayer of David.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and       needy.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "Preserve my soul; for I [am] holy: O thou my God, save thy       servant that trusteth in thee.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I       lift up my soul.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous       in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my       supplications.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt       answer me.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "Among the gods [there is] none like unto thee, O Lord; neither       [are there any works] like unto thy works.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before       thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "For thou [art] great, and doest wondrous things: thou [art] God       alone.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my       heart to fear thy name.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I       will glorify thy name for evermore.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my       soul from the lowest hell.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of       violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee       before them.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious,       longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto       thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 86, "text": "Show me a token for good; that they which hate me may see [it,]       and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted       me.   Psalm 87  A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 87, "text": "His foundation [is] in the holy mountains.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 87, "text": "The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of       Jacob.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 87, "text": "Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 87, "text": "I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me:       behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this [man] was born       there.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 87, "text": "And of Zion it shall be said, This and [that man] was born in       her: and the highest himself shall establish her.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 87, "text": "The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this       man was born there. Selah.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 87, "text": "As well the singers as the players on instruments [shall be       there:] all my springs [are] in thee.   Psalm 88  A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night       before thee:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto       the grave.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man       [that hath] no strength:", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom       thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with       all thy waves. Selah.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made       me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come       forth.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called       daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and]       praise thee? Selah.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? [or] thy       faithfulness in destruction?", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness       in the land of forgetfulness?", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my       prayer prevent thee.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face       from me?", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I       suffer thy terrors I am distracted.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me       about together.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 88, "text": "Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine       acquaintance into darkness.   Psalm 89  Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my       mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy       faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David       my servant,", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to       all generations. Selah.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy       faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? [who] among       the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and       to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "O LORD God of hosts, who [is] a strong LORD like unto thee? or       to thy faithfulness round about thee?", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise,       thou stillest them.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou       hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "The heavens [are] thine, the earth also [is] thine: [as for]       the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and       Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, [and] high is thy       right hand.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Justice and judgment [are] the habitation of thy throne: mercy       and truth shall go before thy face.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall       walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy       righteousness shall they be exalted.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "For thou [art] the glory of their strength: and in thy favour       our horn shall be exalted.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is]       our king.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have       laid help upon [one that is] mighty; I have exalted [one] chosen       out of the people.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed       him:", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall       strengthen him.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness       afflict him.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them       that hate him.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "But my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him: and in my       name shall his horn be exalted.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the       rivers.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the       rock of my salvation.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Also I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of       the earth.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant       shall stand fast with him.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "His seed also will I make [to endure] for ever, and his throne       as the days of heaven.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their       iniquity with stripes.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from       him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone       out of my lips.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun       before me.", "verse": 36}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a       faithful witness in heaven. Selah.", "verse": 37}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with       thine anointed.", "verse": 38}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast       profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.", "verse": 39}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his       strong holds to ruin.", "verse": 40}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his       neighbours.", "verse": 41}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast       made all his enemies to rejoice.", "verse": 42}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made       him to stand in the battle.", "verse": 43}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to       the ground.", "verse": 44}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered       him with shame. Selah.", "verse": 45}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy       wrath burn like fire?", "verse": 46}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men       in vain?", "verse": 47}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "What man [is he that] liveth, and shall not see death? shall he       deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.", "verse": 48}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Lord, where [are] thy former lovingkindnesses, [which] thou       swarest unto David in thy truth?", "verse": 49}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; [how] I do bear       in my bosom [the reproach of] all the mighty people;", "verse": 50}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they       have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.", "verse": 51}, {"chapter": 89, "text": "Blessed [be] the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.  Book IV  Psalm 90  A Prayer of Moses the man of God.", "verse": 52}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst       formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to       everlasting, thou [art] God.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children       of men.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it       is past, and [as] a watch in the night.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep:       in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it       is cut down, and withereth.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we       troubled.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in       the light of thy countenance.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our       years as a tale [that is told.]", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by       reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their       strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly       away.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy       fear, [so is] thy wrath.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our]       hearts unto wisdom.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy       servants.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be       glad all our days.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "Make us glad according to the days [wherein] thou hast       afflicted us, [and] the years [wherein] we have seen evil.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their       children.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 90, "text": "And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and       establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of       our hands establish thou it.   Psalm 91", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall       abide under the shadow of the Almighty.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "I will say of the LORD, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my       God; in him will I trust.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and]       from the noisome pestilence.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt       thou trust: his truth [shall be thy] shield and buckler.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; [nor] for the       arrow [that] flieth by day;", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "[Nor] for the pestilence [that] walketh in darkness; [nor] for       the destruction [that] wasteth at noonday.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right       hand; [but] it shall not come nigh thee.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the       wicked.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even]       the most High, thy habitation;", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come       nigh thy dwelling.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in       all thy ways.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy       foot against a stone.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and       the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver       him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with       him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 91, "text": "With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.   Psalm 92  A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "[It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to       sing praises unto thy name, O most High:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy       faithfulness every night,", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon       the harp with a solemn sound.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will       triumph in the works of thy hands.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very       deep.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of       iniquity do flourish; [it is] that they shall be destroyed for       ever:", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "But thou, LORD, [art most] high for evermore.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall       perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "But my horn shalt thou exalt like [the horn of] an unicorn: I       shall be anointed with fresh oil.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "Mine eye also shall see [my desire] on mine enemies, [and] mine       ears shall hear [my desire] of the wicked that rise up against me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow       like a cedar in Lebanon.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish       in the courts of our God.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be       fat and flourishing;", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 92, "text": "To shew that the LORD [is] upright: [he is] my rock, and [there       is] no unrighteousness in him.   Psalm 93", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 93, "text": "The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is       clothed with strength, [wherewith] he hath girded himself: the       world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 93, "text": "Thy throne [is] established of old: thou [art] from everlasting.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 93, "text": "The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up       their voice; the floods lift up their waves.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 93, "text": "The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters,       [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 93, "text": "Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O       LORD, for ever.   Psalm 94", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom       vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the       proud.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked       triumph?", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "[How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all       the workers of iniquity boast themselves?", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine       heritage.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of       Jacob regard [it.]", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when       will ye be wise?", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the       eye, shall he not see?", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that       teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know?]", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "Blessed [is] the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest       him out of thy law;", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity,       until the pit be digged for the wicked.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he       forsake his inheritance.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the       upright in heart shall follow it.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? [or] who will       stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "Unless the LORD [had been] my help, my soul had almost dwelt in       silence.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight       my soul.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which       frameth mischief by a law?", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "They gather themselves together against the soul of the       righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "But the LORD is my defence; and my God [is] the rock of my       refuge.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 94, "text": "And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut       them off in their own wickedness; [yea,] the LORD our God shall       cut them off.   Psalm 95", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to       the rock of our salvation.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a       joyful noise unto him with psalms.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all gods.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth: the strength of       the hills [is] his also.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "The sea [is] his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry       [land.]", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the       LORD our maker.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and       the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, [and as in] the       day of temptation in the wilderness:", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and       said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have       not known my ways:", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 95, "text": "Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into       my rest.   Psalm 96", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the       earth.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation       from day to day.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all       people.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "For the LORD [is] great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to       be feared above all gods.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made       the heavens.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "Honour and majesty [are] before him: strength and beauty [are]       in his sanctuary.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the       LORD glory and strength.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "Give unto the LORD the glory [due unto] his name: bring an       offering, and come into his courts.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him,       all the earth.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "Say among the heathen [that] the LORD reigneth: the world also       shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge       the people righteously.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea       roar, and the fulness thereof.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "Let the field be joyful, and all that [is] therein: then shall       all the trees of the wood rejoice", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 96, "text": "Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the       earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the       people with his truth.   Psalm 97", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of       isles be glad [thereof.]", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and       judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and       trembled.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the       presence of the Lord of the whole earth.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see       his glory.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast       themselves of idols: worship him, all [ye] gods.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced       because of thy judgments, O LORD.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "For thou, LORD, [art] high above all the earth: thou art exalted       far above all gods.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of       his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright       in heart.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 97, "text": "Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the       remembrance of his holiness.   Psalm 98  A Psalm.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 98, "text": "O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous       things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the       victory.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 98, "text": "The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath       he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 98, "text": "He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of       Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our       God.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 98, "text": "Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud       noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 98, "text": "Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice       of a psalm.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 98, "text": "With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the       LORD, the King.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 98, "text": "Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they       that dwell therein.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 98, "text": "Let the floods clap [their] hands: let the hills be joyful       together", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 98, "text": "Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with       righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with       equity.   Psalm 99", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 99, "text": "The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth [between]       the cherubims; let the earth be moved.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 99, "text": "The LORD [is] great in Zion; and he [is] high above all the       people.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 99, "text": "Let them praise thy great and terrible name; [for] it [is] holy.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 99, "text": "The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish       equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 99, "text": "Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; [for]       he [is] holy.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 99, "text": "Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that       call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered       them.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 99, "text": "He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his       testimonies, and the ordinance [that] he gave them.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 99, "text": "Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that       forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 99, "text": "Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the       LORD our God [is] holy.   Psalm 100  A Psalm of praise.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 100, "text": "Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 100, "text": "Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with       singing.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 100, "text": "Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made       us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of       his pasture.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 100, "text": "Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts       with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 100, "text": "For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his       truth [endureth] to all generations.   Psalm 101  A Psalm of David.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 101, "text": "I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I       sing.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 101, "text": "I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou       come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 101, "text": "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of       them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 101, "text": "A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked       [person.]", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 101, "text": "Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him       that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 101, "text": "Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they       may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall       serve me.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 101, "text": "He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that       telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 101, "text": "I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut       off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.   Psalm 102  A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble;       incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me       speedily.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as       an hearth.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget       to eat my bread.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my       skin.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the       desert.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad       against me are sworn against me.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with       weeping,", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast       lifted me up, and cast me down.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered       like grass.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance       unto all generations.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to       favour her, yea, the set time, is come.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the       dust thereof.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the       kings of the earth thy glory.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his       glory.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise       their prayer.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "This shall be written for the generation to come: and the       people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from       heaven did the LORD behold the earth;", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are       appointed to death;", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in       Jerusalem;", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to       serve the LORD.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:       thy years [are] throughout all generations.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the       heavens [are] the work of thy hands.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them       shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change       them, and they shall be changed:", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "But thou [art] the same, and thy years shall have no end.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 102, "text": "The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed       shall be established before thee.   Psalm 103  A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me,       [bless] his holy name.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy       diseases;", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with       lovingkindness and tender mercies;", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth       is renewed like the eagle's.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are       oppressed.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children       of Israel.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and       plenteous in mercy.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for       ever.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us       according to our iniquities.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his       mercy toward them that fear him.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed       our transgressions from us.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth       them that fear him.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "[As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the       field, so he flourisheth.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place       thereof shall know it no more.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting       upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's       children;", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his       commandments to do them.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his       kingdom ruleth over all.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do       his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "Bless ye the LORD, all [ye] his hosts; [ye] ministers of his,       that do his pleasure.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 103, "text": "Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion:       bless the LORD, O my soul.   Psalm 104", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great;       thou art clothed with honour and majesty.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Who coverest [thyself] with light as [with] a garment: who       stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh       the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "[Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not       be removed for ever.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters       stood above the mountains.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they       hasted away.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto       the place which thou hast founded for them.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they       turn not again to cover the earth.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the       hills.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses       quench their thirst.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,       [which] sing among the branches.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is       satisfied with the fruit of thy works.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the       service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to       make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's       heart.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "The trees of the LORD are full [of sap;] the cedars of       Lebanon, which he hath planted;", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir       trees [are] her house.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the       rocks for the conies.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going       down.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts       of the forest do creep [forth.]", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat       from God.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them       down in their dens.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the       evening.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made       them all: the earth is full of thy riches.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "[So is] this great and wide sea, wherein [are] things creeping       innumerable, both small and great beasts.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou       hast made to play therein.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give [them] their       meat in due season.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "[That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand,       they are filled with good.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away       their breath, they die, and return to their dust.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou       renewest the face of the earth.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall       rejoice in his works.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the       hills, and they smoke.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing       praise to my God while I have my being.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the       LORD.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 104, "text": "Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the       wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the       LORD.   Psalm 105", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his       deeds among the people.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his       wondrous works.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that       seek the LORD.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders,       and the judgments of his mouth;", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his       chosen.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He [is] the LORD our God: his judgments [are] in all the earth.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word [which] he       commanded to a thousand generations.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Which [covenant] he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel       [for] an everlasting covenant:", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of       your inheritance:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "When they were [but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and       strangers in it.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom       to another people;", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings       for their sakes;", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "[Saying,] Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the       whole staff of bread.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for a       servant:", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried       him.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "The king sent and loosed him; [even] the ruler of the people,       and let him go free.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators       wisdom.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land       of Ham.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger       than their enemies.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly       with his servants.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He sent Moses his servant; [and] Aaron whom he had chosen.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of       Ham.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not       against his word.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers       of their kings.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in       all their coasts.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He gave them hail for rain, [and] flaming fire in their land.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the       trees of their coasts.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that       without number,", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the       fruit of their ground.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of       all their strength.", "verse": 36}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and [there       was] not one feeble [person] among their tribes.", "verse": 37}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell       upon them.", "verse": 38}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in       the night.", "verse": 39}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "[The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them       with the bread of heaven.", "verse": 40}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the       dry places [like] a river.", "verse": 41}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "For he remembered his holy promise, [and] Abraham his servant.", "verse": 42}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "And he brought forth his people with joy, [and] his chosen       with gladness:", "verse": 43}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the       labour of the people;", "verse": 44}, {"chapter": 105, "text": "That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws.       Praise ye the LORD.   Psalm 106", "verse": 45}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is]       good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? [who] can shew forth       all his praise?", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth       righteousness at all times.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Remember me, O LORD, with the favour [that thou bearest unto]       thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in       the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine       inheritance.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we       have done wickedly.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they       remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked [him]       at the sea, [even] at the Red sea.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might       make his mighty power to be known.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led       them through the depths, as through the wilderness.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "And he saved them from the hand of him that hated [them,] and       redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of       them left.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in       the desert.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their       soul.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "They envied Moses also in the camp, [and] Aaron the saint of       the LORD.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the       company of Abiram.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up       the wicked.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox       that eateth grass.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in       Egypt;", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Wondrous works in the land of Ham, [and] terrible things by       the Red sea.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses       his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his       wrath, lest he should destroy [them.]", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his       word:", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "But murmured in their tents, [and] hearkened not unto the       voice of the LORD.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow       them in the wilderness:", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter       them in the lands.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the       sacrifices of the dead.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Thus they provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and       the plague brake in upon them.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the       plague was stayed.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all       generations for evermore.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it       went ill with Moses for their sakes:", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly       with his lips.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD       commanded them:", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.", "verse": 36}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto       devils,", "verse": 37}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "And shed innocent blood, [even] the blood of their sons and of       their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan:       and the land was polluted with blood.", "verse": 38}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a       whoring with their own inventions.", "verse": 39}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his       people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.", "verse": 40}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that       hated them ruled over them.", "verse": 41}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into       subjection under their hand.", "verse": 42}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with       their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.", "verse": 43}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their       cry:", "verse": 44}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented       according to the multitude of his mercies.", "verse": 45}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them       captives.", "verse": 46}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen,       to give thanks unto thy holy name, [and] to triumph in thy praise.", "verse": 47}, {"chapter": 106, "text": "Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to       everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.  Book V  Psalm 107", "verse": 48}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy       [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from       the hand of the enemy;", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the       west, from the north, and from the south.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found       no city to dwell in.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he       delivered them out of their distresses.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a       city of habitation.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and       [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul       with goodness.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, [being]       bound in affliction and iron;", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned       the counsel of the most High:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell       down, and [there was] none to help.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saved       them out of their distresses.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and       brake their bands in sunder.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and       [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of       iron in sunder.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Fools because of their transgression, and because of their       iniquities, are afflicted.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near       unto the gates of death.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, [and] he saveth       them out of their distresses.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered [them] from       their destructions.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and       [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and       declare his works with rejoicing.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in       great waters;", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth       up the waves thereof.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths:       their soul is melted because of trouble.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are       at their wit's end.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth       them out of their distresses.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are       still.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them       unto their desired haven.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and       [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and       praise him in the assembly of the elders.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into       dry ground;", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them       that dwell therein.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry       ground into watersprings.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare       a city for habitation;", "verse": 36}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield       fruits of increase.", "verse": 37}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;       and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.", "verse": 38}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression,       affliction, and sorrow.", "verse": 39}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander       in the wilderness, [where there is] no way.", "verse": 40}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh       [him] families like a flock.", "verse": 41}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "The righteous shall see [it,] and rejoice: and all iniquity       shall stop her mouth.", "verse": 42}, {"chapter": 107, "text": "Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things,] even they       shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.   Psalm 108  A Song [or] Psalm of David.", "verse": 43}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even       with my glory.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "Awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing       praises unto thee among the nations.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "For thy mercy [is] great above the heavens: and thy truth       [reacheth] unto the clouds.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above       all the earth;", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "That thy beloved may be delivered: save [with] thy right hand,       and answer me.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide       Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "Gilead [is] mine; Manasseh [is] mine; Ephraim also [is] the       strength of mine head; Judah [is] my lawgiver;", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "Moab [is] my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over       Philistia will I triumph.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into       Edom?", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "[Wilt] not [thou,] O God, [who] hast cast us off? and wilt not       thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 108, "text": "Through God we shall do valiantly: for he [it is that] shall       tread down our enemies.   Psalm 109  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are       opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying       tongue.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought       against me without a cause.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto]       prayer.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his       right hand.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his       prayer become sin.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them       seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the       strangers spoil his labour.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there       be any to favour his fatherless children.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation       following let their name be blotted out.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD;       and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off       the memory of them from the earth.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted       the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in       heart.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted       not in blessing, so let it be far from him.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment,       so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his       bones.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let it be unto him as the garment [which] covereth him, and       for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "[Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD,       and of them that speak evil against my soul.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake:       because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up       and down as the locust.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of       fatness.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "I became also a reproach unto them: [when] they looked upon me       they shaked their heads.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "That they may know that this [is] thy hand; [that] thou, LORD,       hast done it.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be       ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover       themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will       praise him among the multitude.", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 109, "text": "For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save       [him] from those that condemn his soul.   Psalm 110  A Psalm of David.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 110, "text": "The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until       I make thine enemies thy footstool.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 110, "text": "The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule       thou in the midst of thine enemies.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 110, "text": "Thy people [shall be] willing in the day of thy power, in the       beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the       dew of thy youth.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 110, "text": "The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou [art] a priest       for ever after the order of Melchizedek.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 110, "text": "The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the       day of his wrath.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 110, "text": "He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill [the places]       with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many       countries.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 110, "text": "He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift       up the head.   Psalm 111", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 111, "text": "Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with [my] whole       heart, in the assembly of the upright, and [in] the congregation.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 111, "text": "The works of the LORD [are] great, sought out of all them that       have pleasure therein.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 111, "text": "His work [is] honourable and glorious: and his righteousness       endureth for ever.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 111, "text": "He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD       [is] gracious and full of compassion.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 111, "text": "He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be       mindful of his covenant.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 111, "text": "He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may       give them the heritage of the heathen.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 111, "text": "The works of his hands [are] verity and judgment; all his       commandments [are] sure.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 111, "text": "They stand fast for ever and ever, [and are] done in truth and       uprightness.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 111, "text": "He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his       covenant for ever: holy and reverend [is] his name.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 111, "text": "The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good       understanding have all they that do [his commandments:] his       praise endureth for ever.   Psalm 112", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 112, "text": "Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the       LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 112, "text": "His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the       upright shall be blessed.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 112, "text": "Wealth and riches [shall be] in his house: and his       righteousness endureth for ever.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 112, "text": "Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is]       gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 112, "text": "A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his       affairs with discretion.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 112, "text": "Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be       in everlasting remembrance.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 112, "text": "He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed,       trusting in the LORD.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 112, "text": "His heart [is] established, he shall not be afraid, until he       see [his desire] upon his enemies.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 112, "text": "He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness       endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 112, "text": "The wicked shall see [it,] and be grieved; he shall gnash with       his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.   Psalm 113", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 113, "text": "Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise       the name of the LORD.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 113, "text": "Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for       evermore.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 113, "text": "From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the       LORD'S name [is] to be praised.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 113, "text": "The LORD [is] high above all nations, [and] his glory above the       heavens.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 113, "text": "Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 113, "text": "Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in       heaven, and in the earth!", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 113, "text": "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy       out of the dunghill;", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 113, "text": "That he may set [him] with princes, [even] with the princes of       his people.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 113, "text": "He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful       mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.   Psalm 114", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 114, "text": "When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people       of strange language;", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 114, "text": "Judah was his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 114, "text": "The sea saw [it,] and fled: Jordan was driven back.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 114, "text": "The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like       lambs.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 114, "text": "What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan,       [that] thou wast driven back?", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 114, "text": "Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little       hills, like lambs?", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 114, "text": "Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the       presence of the God of Jacob;", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 114, "text": "Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a       fountain of waters.   Psalm 115", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory,       for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth's sake.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "Wherefore should the heathen say, Where [is] now their God?", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "But our God [is] in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he       hath pleased.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they       see not:", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they       smell not:", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they       walk not: neither speak they through their throat.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that       trusteth in them.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he [is] their help and their       shield.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he [is] their help and       their shield.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he [is] their help       and their shield.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless [us;] he will       bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "He will bless them that fear the LORD, [both] small and great.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your       children.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "Ye [are] blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "The heaven, [even] the heavens, [are] the LORD'S: but the       earth hath he given to the children of men.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into       silence.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 115, "text": "But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for       evermore. Praise the LORD.   Psalm 116", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my       supplications.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call       upon [him] as long as I live.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat       hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech       thee, deliver my soul.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is]       merciful.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he       helped me.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt       bountifully with thee.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from       tears, [and] my feet from falling.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "I said in my haste, All men [are] liars.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "What shall I render unto the LORD [for] all his benefits       toward me?", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of       the LORD.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all       his people.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and]       the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will       call upon the name of the LORD.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all       his people,", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 116, "text": "In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O       Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.   Psalm 117", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 117, "text": "O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 117, "text": "For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of       the LORD [endureth] for ever. Praise ye the LORD.   Psalm 118", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: because his       mercy [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "Let Israel now say, that his mercy [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy [endureth] for       ever.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy [endureth]       for ever.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, [and       set me] in a large place.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto       me?", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall       I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in       man.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in       princes.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD       will I destroy them.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in       the name of the LORD I will destroy them.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the       fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD       helped me.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "The LORD [is] my strength and song, and is become my salvation.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "The voice of rejoicing and salvation [is] in the tabernacles       of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the       LORD doeth valiantly.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over       unto death.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them,       [and] I will praise the LORD:", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my       salvation.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "The stone [which] the builders refused is become the head       [stone] of the corner.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "This is the LORD'S doing; it [is] marvellous in our eyes.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "This [is] the day [which] the LORD hath made; we will rejoice       and be glad in it.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send       now prosperity.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "Blessed [be] he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have       blessed you out of the house of the LORD.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "God [is] the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the       sacrifice with cords, [even] unto the horns of the altar.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "Thou [art] my God, and I will praise thee: [thou art] my God,       I will exalt thee.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 118, "text": "O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy       [endureth] for ever.   Psalm 119  ALEPH.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law       of the LORD.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek       him with the whole heart.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy       commandments.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have       learned thy righteous judgments.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.  BETH.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed       [thereto] according to thy word.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander       from thy commandments.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin       against thee.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in       all riches.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy       ways.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy       word.  GIMEL.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep       thy word.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of       thy law.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from       me.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy       judgments at all times.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err       from thy commandments.", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy       testimonies.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant       did meditate in thy statutes.", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.  DALETH.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to       thy word.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy       statutes.", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk       of thy wondrous works.", "verse": 27}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according       unto thy word.", "verse": 28}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law       graciously.", "verse": 29}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid       [before me.]", "verse": 30}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.", "verse": 31}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt       enlarge my heart.  HE.", "verse": 32}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it       [unto] the end.", "verse": 33}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall       observe it with [my] whole heart.", "verse": 34}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do       I delight.", "verse": 35}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.", "verse": 36}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou       me in thy way.", "verse": 37}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy       fear.", "verse": 38}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are]       good.", "verse": 39}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy       righteousness.  VAU.", "verse": 40}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy       salvation, according to thy word.", "verse": 41}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me:       for I trust in thy word.", "verse": 42}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I       have hoped in thy judgments.", "verse": 43}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.", "verse": 44}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.", "verse": 45}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will       not be ashamed.", "verse": 46}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have       loved.", "verse": 47}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I       have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.  ZAIN", "verse": 48}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast       caused me to hope.", "verse": 49}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath       quickened me.", "verse": 50}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not       declined from thy law.", "verse": 51}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted       myself.", "verse": 52}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that       forsake thy law.", "verse": 53}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.", "verse": 54}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have       kept thy law.", "verse": 55}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "This I had, because I kept thy precepts.  CHETH.", "verse": 56}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "[Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep       thy words.", "verse": 57}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto       me according to thy word.", "verse": 58}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.", "verse": 59}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.", "verse": 60}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not       forgotten thy law.", "verse": 61}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of       thy righteous judgments.", "verse": 62}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them       that keep thy precepts.", "verse": 63}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.  TETH.", "verse": 64}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto       thy word.", "verse": 65}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy       commandments.", "verse": 66}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy       word.", "verse": 67}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.", "verse": 68}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy       precepts with [my] whole heart.", "verse": 69}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.", "verse": 70}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might       learn thy statutes.", "verse": 71}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of       gold and silver.  JOD.", "verse": 72}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me       understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.", "verse": 73}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I       have hoped in thy word.", "verse": 74}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and that       [thou] in faithfulness hast afflicted me.", "verse": 75}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,       according to thy word unto thy servant.", "verse": 76}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy       law [is] my delight.", "verse": 77}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me       without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.", "verse": 78}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have       known thy testimonies.", "verse": 79}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.  CAPH.", "verse": 80}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.", "verse": 81}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?", "verse": 82}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not       forget thy statutes.", "verse": 83}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "How many [are] the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute       judgment on them that persecute me?", "verse": 84}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy       law.", "verse": 85}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me       wrongfully; help thou me.", "verse": 86}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy       precepts.", "verse": 87}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the       testimony of thy mouth.  LAMED.", "verse": 88}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.", "verse": 89}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast       established the earth, and it abideth.", "verse": 90}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all       [are] thy servants.", "verse": 91}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have       perished in mine affliction.", "verse": 92}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast       quickened me.", "verse": 93}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.", "verse": 94}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will       consider thy testimonies.", "verse": 95}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment       [is] exceeding broad.  MEM.", "verse": 96}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.", "verse": 97}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine       enemies: for they [are] ever with me.", "verse": 98}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy       testimonies [are] my meditation.", "verse": 99}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy       precepts.", "verse": 100}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might       keep thy word.", "verse": 101}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught       me.", "verse": 102}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than       honey to my mouth!", "verse": 103}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate       every false way.  NUN.", "verse": 104}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.", "verse": 105}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have sworn, and I will perform [it,] that I will keep thy       righteous judgments.", "verse": 106}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto       thy word.", "verse": 107}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O       LORD, and teach me thy judgments.", "verse": 108}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy       law.", "verse": 109}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy       precepts.", "verse": 110}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for       they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.", "verse": 111}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway,       [even unto] the end.  SAMECH.", "verse": 112}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.", "verse": 113}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.", "verse": 114}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the       commandments of my God.", "verse": 115}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let       me not be ashamed of my hope.", "verse": 116}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect       unto thy statutes continually.", "verse": 117}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes:       for their deceit [is] falsehood.", "verse": 118}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross:       therefore I love thy testimonies.", "verse": 119}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy       judgments.  AIN.", "verse": 120}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine       oppressors.", "verse": 121}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress       me.", "verse": 122}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy       righteousness.", "verse": 123}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me       thy statutes.", "verse": 124}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know       thy testimonies.", "verse": 125}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "[It is] time for [thee,] LORD, to work: [for] they have made       void thy law.", "verse": 126}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine       gold.", "verse": 127}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all       [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.  PE.", "verse": 128}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep       them.", "verse": 129}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth       understanding unto the simple.", "verse": 130}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy       commandments.", "verse": 131}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to       do unto those that love thy name.", "verse": 132}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have       dominion over me.", "verse": 133}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy       precepts.", "verse": 134}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy       statutes.", "verse": 135}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not       thy law.  TZADDE.", "verse": 136}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, and upright [are] thy judgments.", "verse": 137}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous       and very faithful.", "verse": 138}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten       thy words.", "verse": 139}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.", "verse": 140}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.", "verse": 141}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy       law [is] the truth.", "verse": 142}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy       commandments [are] my delights.", "verse": 143}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give       me understanding, and I shall live.  KOPH.", "verse": 144}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep       thy statutes.", "verse": 145}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.", "verse": 146}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in       thy word.", "verse": 147}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate       in thy word.", "verse": 148}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD,       quicken me according to thy judgment.", "verse": 149}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from       thy law.", "verse": 150}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thou [art] near, O LORD; and all thy commandments [are] truth.", "verse": 151}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou       hast founded them for ever.  RESH.", "verse": 152}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget       thy law.", "verse": 153}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy       word.", "verse": 154}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy       statutes.", "verse": 155}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Great [are] thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according       to thy judgments.", "verse": 156}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not       decline from thy testimonies.", "verse": 157}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they       kept not thy word.", "verse": 158}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD,       according to thy lovingkindness.", "verse": 159}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy       righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.  SCHIN.", "verse": 160}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart       standeth in awe of thy word.", "verse": 161}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.", "verse": 162}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I hate and abhor lying: [but] thy law do I love.", "verse": 163}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous       judgments.", "verse": 164}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall       offend them.", "verse": 165}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy       commandments.", "verse": 166}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them       exceedingly.", "verse": 167}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways       [are] before thee.  TAU.", "verse": 168}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me       understanding according to thy word.", "verse": 169}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to       thy word.", "verse": 170}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy       statutes.", "verse": 171}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments       [are] righteousness.", "verse": 172}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.", "verse": 173}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my       delight.", "verse": 174}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy       judgments help me.", "verse": 175}, {"chapter": 119, "text": "I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I       do not forget thy commandments.   Psalm 120  A Song of degrees.", "verse": 176}, {"chapter": 120, "text": "In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 120, "text": "Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a       deceitful tongue.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 120, "text": "What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee,       thou false tongue?", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 120, "text": "Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 120, "text": "Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the       tents of Kedar!", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 120, "text": "My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 120, "text": "I [am for] peace: but when I speak, they [are] for war.   Psalm 121  A Song of degrees.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 121, "text": "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh       my help.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 121, "text": "My help [cometh] from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 121, "text": "He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee       will not slumber.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 121, "text": "Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 121, "text": "The LORD [is] thy keeper: the LORD [is] thy shade upon thy       right hand.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 121, "text": "The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 121, "text": "The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve       thy soul.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 121, "text": "The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from       this time forth, and even for evermore.   Psalm 122  A Song of degrees of David.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 122, "text": "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house       of the LORD.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 122, "text": "Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 122, "text": "Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 122, "text": "Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the       testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 122, "text": "For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house       of David.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 122, "text": "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love       thee.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 122, "text": "Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 122, "text": "For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace       [be] within thee.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 122, "text": "Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.   Psalm 123  A Song of degrees.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 123, "text": "Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the       heavens.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 123, "text": "Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their       masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her       mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he       have mercy upon us.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 123, "text": "Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are       exceedingly filled with contempt.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 123, "text": "Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that       are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.   Psalm 124  A Song of degrees of David.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 124, "text": "If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may       Israel say;", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 124, "text": "If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men       rose up against us:", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 124, "text": "Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was       kindled against us:", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 124, "text": "Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over       our soul:", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 124, "text": "Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 124, "text": "Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath not given us [as] a prey to       their teeth.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 124, "text": "Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:       the snare is broken, and we are escaped.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 124, "text": "Our help [is] in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and       earth.   Psalm 125  A Song of degrees.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 125, "text": "They that trust in the LORD [shall be] as mount Zion,       [which] cannot be removed, [but] abideth for ever.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 125, "text": "As the mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so the LORD [is]       round about his people from henceforth even for ever.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 125, "text": "For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the       righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 125, "text": "Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that       are] upright in their hearts.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 125, "text": "As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD       shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace       [shall be] upon Israel.   Psalm 126  A Song of degrees.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 126, "text": "When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were       like them that dream.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 126, "text": "Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with       singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done       great things for them.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 126, "text": "The LORD hath done great things for us; [whereof] we are glad.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 126, "text": "Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 126, "text": "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 126, "text": "He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall       doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves [with       him.]   Psalm 127  A Song of degrees for Solomon.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 127, "text": "Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that       build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh       [but] in vain.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 127, "text": "[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat       the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 127, "text": "Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of       the womb [is his] reward.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 127, "text": "As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children       of the youth.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 127, "text": "Happy [is] the man that hath his quiver full of them: they       shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in       the gate.   Psalm 128  A Song of degrees.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 128, "text": "Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh       in his ways.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 128, "text": "For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt]       thou [be,] and [it shall be] well with thee.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 128, "text": "Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine       house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 128, "text": "Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the       LORD.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 128, "text": "The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the       good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 128, "text": "Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon       Israel.   Psalm 129  A Song of degrees.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 129, "text": "Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel       now say:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 129, "text": "Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have       not prevailed against me.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 129, "text": "The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 129, "text": "The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the       wicked.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 129, "text": "Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 129, "text": "Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth       afore it groweth up:", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 129, "text": "Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth       sheaves his bosom.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 129, "text": "Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD [be]       upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.   Psalm 130  A Song of degrees.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 130, "text": "Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 130, "text": "Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice       of my supplications.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 130, "text": "If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall       stand?", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 130, "text": "But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be       feared.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 130, "text": "I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I       hope.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 130, "text": "My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for       the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 130, "text": "Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is]       mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 130, "text": "And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.   Psalm 131  A Song of degrees of David.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 131, "text": "LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither       do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for       me.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 131, "text": "Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is       weaned of his mother: my soul [is] even as a weaned child.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 131, "text": "Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.   Psalm 132  A Song of degrees.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "LORD, remember David, [and] all his afflictions:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "How he sware unto the LORD, [and] vowed unto the mighty [God]       of Jacob;", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go       up into my bed;", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "I will not give sleep to mine eyes, [or] slumber to mine       eyelids,", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the       mighty [God] of Jacob.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of       the wood.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his       footstool.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy       saints shout for joy.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine       anointed.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn       from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I       shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne       for evermore.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his       habitation.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have       desired it.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor       with bread.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints       shall shout aloud for joy.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a       lamp for mine anointed.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 132, "text": "His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall       his crown flourish.   Psalm 133  A Song of degrees of David.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 133, "text": "Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to       dwell together in unity!", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 133, "text": "[It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down       upon the beard, [even] Aaron's beard: that went down to the       skirts of his garments;", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 133, "text": "As the dew of Hermon, [and as the dew] that descended upon the       mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing,       [even] life for evermore.   Psalm 134  A Song of degrees.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 134, "text": "Behold, bless ye the LORD, all [ye] servants of the LORD,       which by night stand in the house of the LORD.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 134, "text": "Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 134, "text": "The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.   Psalm 135", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise       [him,] O ye servants of the LORD.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the       house of our God,", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Praise the LORD; for the LORD [is] good: sing praises unto his       name; for [it is] pleasant.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for       his peculiar treasure.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "For I know that the LORD [is] great, and [that] our Lord [is]       above all gods.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Whatsoever the LORD pleased, [that] did he in heaven, and in       earth, in the seas, and all deep places.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he       maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his       treasuries.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "[Who] sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt,       upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the       kingdoms of Canaan:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "And gave their land [for] an heritage, an heritage unto Israel       his people.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Thy name, O LORD, [endureth] for ever; [and] thy memorial, O       LORD, throughout all generations.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself       concerning his servants.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of       men's hands.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they       see not;", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any]       breath in their mouths.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "They that make them are like unto them: [so is] every one that       trusteth in them.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of       Aaron:", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless       the LORD.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 135, "text": "Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.       Praise ye the LORD.   Psalm 136", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy       [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy [endureth]       for ever.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy [endureth]       for ever.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy [endureth]       for ever.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy       [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his       mercy [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "To him that made great lights: for his mercy [endureth] for       ever:", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "The sun to rule by day: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy [endureth]       for ever.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy       [endureth] for ever:", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy       [endureth] for ever:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his       mercy [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy       [endureth] for ever:", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy       [endureth] for ever:", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his       mercy [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his       mercy [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "To him which smote great kings: for his mercy [endureth] for       ever:", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "And slew famous kings: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy [endureth]       for ever:", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "[Even] an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy       [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy [endureth]       for ever:", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy       [endureth] for ever.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy [endureth] for       ever.", "verse": 25}, {"chapter": 136, "text": "O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy [endureth]       for ever.   Psalm 137", "verse": 26}, {"chapter": 137, "text": "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when       we remembered Zion.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 137, "text": "We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 137, "text": "For there they that carried us away captive required of us a       song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying,]       Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 137, "text": "How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 137, "text": "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her       cunning.]", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 137, "text": "If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of       my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 137, "text": "Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;       who said, Rase [it,] rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 137, "text": "O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he       be,] that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 137, "text": "Happy [shall he be,] that taketh and dasheth thy little ones       against the stones.   Psalm 138  A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 138, "text": "I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will       I sing praise unto thee.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 138, "text": "I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for       thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy       word above all thy name.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 138, "text": "In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, [and]       strengthenedst me [with] strength in my soul.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 138, "text": "All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they       hear the words of thy mouth.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 138, "text": "Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great [is]       the glory of the LORD.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 138, "text": "Though the LORD [be] high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly:       but the proud he knoweth afar off.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 138, "text": "Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me:       thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine       enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 138, "text": "The LORD will perfect [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy, O       LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own       hands.   Psalm 139  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me.]", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou       understandest my thought afar off.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted       [with] all my ways.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but,] lo, O LORD, thou       knowest it altogether.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon       me.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I       cannot [attain] unto it.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee       from thy presence?", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed       in hell, behold, thou [art there.]", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the       uttermost parts of the sea;", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall       hold me.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night       shall be light about me.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth       as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee.]", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my       mother's womb.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made:       marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret,       [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in       thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance       were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great       is the sum of them!", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the       sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me       therefore, ye bloody men.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take       [thy name] in vain.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I       grieved with those that rise up against thee?", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.", "verse": 22}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my       thoughts:", "verse": 23}, {"chapter": 139, "text": "And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the       way everlasting.   Psalm 140  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.", "verse": 24}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the       violent man;", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they       gathered together [for] war.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders'       poison [is] under their lips. Selah.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from       the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread       a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "I said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my God: hear the voice of my       supplications, O LORD.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered       my head in the day of battle.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his       wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the       mischief of their own lips cover them.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the       fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil       shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him.]", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,       [and] the right of the poor.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 140, "text": "Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the       upright shall dwell in thy presence.   Psalm 141  A Psalm of David.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 141, "text": "LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my       voice, when I cry unto thee.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 141, "text": "Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the       lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 141, "text": "Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 141, "text": "Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked       works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their       dainties.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 141, "text": "Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let       him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not       break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their       calamities.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 141, "text": "When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall       hear my words; for they are sweet.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 141, "text": "Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one       cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 141, "text": "But mine eyes [are] unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my       trust; leave not my soul destitute.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 141, "text": "Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the       gins of the workers of iniquity.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 141, "text": "Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal       escape.   Psalm 142  Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 142, "text": "I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the       LORD did I make my supplication.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 142, "text": "I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my       trouble.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 142, "text": "When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my       path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare       for me.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 142, "text": "I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man       that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 142, "text": "I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and]       my portion in the land of the living.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 142, "text": "Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from       my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 142, "text": "Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the       righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully       with me.   Psalm 143  A Psalm of David.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy       faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight       shall no man living be justified.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life       down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as       those that have been long dead.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within       me is desolate.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse       on the work of thy hands.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after       thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face       from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee       do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I       lift up my soul unto thee.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide       me.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "Teach me to do thy will; for thou [art] my God: thy spirit       [is] good; lead me into the land of uprightness.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy       righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 143, "text": "And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them       that afflict my soul: for I [am] thy servant.   Psalm 144  A [Psalm] of David.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands       to war, [and] my fingers to fight:", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer;       my shield, and [he] in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under       me.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or]       the son of man, that thou makest account of him!", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth       away.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains,       and they shall smoke.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows,       and destroy them.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great       waters, from the hand of strange children;", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right       hand of falsehood.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and]       an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "[It is he] that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth       David his servant from the hurtful sword.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,       whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand [is] a right       hand of falsehood:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth;       [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after]       the similitude of a palace:", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "[That] our garners [may be] full, affording all manner of       store: [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten       thousands in our streets:", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "[That] our oxen [may be] strong to labour; [that there be] no       breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our       streets.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 144, "text": "Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yea,] happy       [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.   Psalm 145  David's [Psalm] of praise.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name       for ever and ever.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for       ever and ever.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his       greatness [is] unsearchable.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall       declare thy mighty acts.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy       wondrous works.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "And [men] shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I       will declare thy greatness.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,       and shall sing of thy righteousness.", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger,       and of great mercy.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over       all his works.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall       bless thee.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy       power;", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the       glorious majesty of his kingdom.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "Thy kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion       [endureth] throughout all generations.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all [those       that be] bowed down.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their       meat in due season.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every       living thing.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "The LORD [is] righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his       works.", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "The LORD [is] nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all       that call upon him in truth.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will       hear their cry, and will save them.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked       will he destroy.", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 145, "text": "My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh       bless his holy name for ever and ever.   Psalm 146", "verse": 21}, {"chapter": 146, "text": "Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 146, "text": "While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto       my God while I have any being.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 146, "text": "Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom       [there is] no help.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 146, "text": "His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very       day his thoughts perish.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 146, "text": "Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose       hope [is] in the LORD his God:", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 146, "text": "Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein       [is:] which keepeth truth for ever:", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 146, "text": "Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food       to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 146, "text": "The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them       that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 146, "text": "The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless       and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 146, "text": "The LORD shall reign for ever, [even] thy God, O Zion, unto       all generations. Praise ye the LORD.   Psalm 147", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "Praise ye the LORD: for [it is] good to sing praises unto our       God; for [it is] pleasant; [and] praise is comely.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the       outcasts of Israel.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by       [their] names.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "Great [is] our Lord, and of great power: his understanding [is]       infinite.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the       ground.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp       unto our God:", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the       earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He giveth to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens       which cry.", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not       pleasure in the legs of a man.", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that       hope in his mercy.", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath       blessed thy children within thee.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the       finest of the wheat.", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He sendeth forth his commandment [upon] earth: his word       runneth very swiftly.", "verse": 15}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoar frost like       ashes.", "verse": 16}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before       his cold?", "verse": 17}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind       to blow, [and] the waters flow.", "verse": 18}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments       unto Israel.", "verse": 19}, {"chapter": 147, "text": "He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his]       judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.   Psalm 148", "verse": 20}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise       him in the heights.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be]       above the heavens.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and       they were created.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a       decree which shall not pass.", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his       word:", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:", "verse": 10}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of       the earth:", "verse": 11}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:", "verse": 12}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is       excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven.", "verse": 13}, {"chapter": 148, "text": "He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his       saints; [even] of the children of Israel, a people near unto him.       Praise ye the LORD.   Psalm 149", "verse": 14}, {"chapter": 149, "text": "Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his       praise in the congregation of saints.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 149, "text": "Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of       Zion be joyful in their King.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 149, "text": "Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises       unto him with the timbrel and harp.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 149, "text": "For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify       the meek with salvation.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 149, "text": "Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon       their beds.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 149, "text": "[Let] the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth, and a       twoedged sword in their hand;", "verse": 6}, {"chapter": 149, "text": "To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and] punishments upon       the people;", "verse": 7}, {"chapter": 149, "text": "To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters       of iron;", "verse": 8}, {"chapter": 149, "text": "To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all       his saints. Praise ye the LORD.   Psalm 150", "verse": 9}, {"chapter": 150, "text": "Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in       the firmament of his power.", "verse": 1}, {"chapter": 150, "text": "Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his       excellent greatness.", "verse": 2}, {"chapter": 150, "text": "Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the       psaltery and harp.", "verse": 3}, {"chapter": 150, "text": "Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed       instruments and organs.", "verse": 4}, {"chapter": 150, "text": "Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high       sounding cymbals.", "verse": 5}, {"chapter": 150, "text": "Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the       LORD.", "verse": 6}], "id": "psalms", "title": "The Book of Psalms     Book I   Psalm 1"}