 Psalms 1 through 10 of the Book of the Psalms from the Young's literal translation of the Bible. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Mark Penfold. The Book of the Psalms. Translated by Robert Young. Psalm 1. Not so the wicked, but as chaff that wind driveeth away. Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, nor sinners in the company of the righteous, for Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked is lost. Psalm 2. Jehovah, and against his Messiah, let us draw off their cords, and cast from us their thick bands. He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, the Lord doth mock at them. Then doth he speak unto them in his anger, and in his wrath he doth trouble them. And I, I have anointed my king upon Zion my holy hill. I declare concerning a statute, Jehovah said unto me, My son thou art, I today have brought thee forth. Ask of me, and I give nations thy inheritance and thy possession, the ends of earth. Thou dost rule them with a scepter of iron, as a vessel of a potter, thou dost crush them. And now, O kings, act wisely, be instructed, O judges of earth, serve ye Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the chosen one, lest he be angry, and ye lose the way, when his anger burneth but a little. Oh, the happiness of all trusting in him! Psalm 3. A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied, many are rising up against me, many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. Selah. And thou, O Jehovah, art a shield for me, my honor and lifter up of my head. My voice is unto Jehovah, I call, and he answereth me from his holy hill. Selah. I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. I am not afraid of myriads of people, that round about they have set against me. Rise, O Jehovah, save me, my God, because thou hast smitten all mine enemies on the cheek, the teeth of the wicked thou hast broken. Of Jehovah is this salvation, on thy people is thy blessing. Selah. Psalm 4. To the overseer with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. In my calling answer thou me, O God of my righteousness, in adversity thou gavest enlargement to me, favor me and hear my prayer. Sons of men, tell when is my glory for shame. Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah. And know ye that Jehovah hath separated a saintly one to himself. Jehovah heareth in my calling to him. Tremble ye and do not sin. Say ye thus in your heart on your bed, and be ye silent. Selah. Sacrifice ye sacrifices of righteousness, and trust ye unto Jehovah. Many are saying, Who doth show us good? Lift on us the light of thy face, O Jehovah. Thou hast given joy in my heart, from the time their corn and their wine have been multiplied. In peace together I lie down and sleep, for thou, O Jehovah, alone in confidence dost cause me to dwell. Psalm 5. To the overseer concerning the inheritances. A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, consider my meditation. Be attentive to the voice of my cry, my king and my God, for unto thee I pray habitually. Jehovah, at morning thou hearest my voice. At morning I set in array for thee, and I look out, for not a God desiring wickedness art thou. Evil inhabiteth thee not. The boastful station not themselves before thine eyes. Thou hast hated all working iniquity. Thou destroyest those speaking lies. A man of blood and deceit, Jehovah doth abominate. And I, in the abundance of thy kindness, I enter thy house. I bow myself toward thy holy temple in thy fear. O Jehovah, lead me in thy righteousness, because of those observing me. Make straight before me thy way, for there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, and open grave is their throat. Their tongue they make smooth. Declare them guilty, O God. Let them fall from their own counsels. In the abundance of their transgressions drive them away, because they have rebelled against thee. And rejoice do all trusting in thee. To the age they sing, and thou coverest them over. And those loving thy name exult in thee. For thou blessest the righteous, O Jehovah, as a buckler with favor dost compass him. Psalm 6 To the overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in thine anger reprove me not, nor in thy fury chastise me. Favor me, O Jehovah, for I am weak. Heal me, O Jehovah, for troubled have been my bones, and my soul have been troubled greatly. And thou, O Jehovah, till when? Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul. Save me for thy kindness's sake. For there is not in death by memorial. In sheal, who doth give thanks to thee? I have been weary with my sighing. I meditate through all the night on my bed, with my tear, my couch I waste. Old from provocation is my eye. It is old because of all my adversaries. Turn from me, all ye workers of iniquity, for Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping. Jehovah hath heard my supplication. Jehovah, my prayer, receiveth. Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies. They turn back, ashamed in a moment. Psalm 7 The airing one, by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. O Jehovah, my God, in thee I have trusted. Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me, lest he tear as a lion my soul, rending, and there is no deliverer. O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, if I have done my well-wisher evil, and draw mine adversary without cause, an enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, and treadeth down to the earth my life, and my honor placeth in the dust. Say, la. Rise, O Jehovah, in thine anger, be lifted up at the wrath of mine adversaries, and awake thou for me. Judgement thou hast commanded, and a company of peoples compass thee, and over it on high turn thou back. Jehovah doth judge the peoples. Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity on me. Let, I pray thee, be ended the evil of the wicked, and established thou the righteous, and a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God. My shield is on God, saviour of the upright in heart. God is a righteous judge, and he is not angry at all times. If one turn not, his sword he sharpeneth, his bow he hath prodden, he prepareeth it. Yea, for him he hath prepared instruments of death, his arrows for burning pursuers he maketh. Lo, he travaileth with iniquity, and he hath conceived perverseness, and hath brought forth falsehood. A pit he hath prepared, and he digeth it, and he falleth into a ditch he maketh. Return doth his perverseness on his head, and on his crown his violence cometh down. I thank Jehovah according to his righteousness, and praise the name of Jehovah most high. Psalm 8 To the Overseer on the Gittith, a Psalm of David Jehovah our Lord, how honourable thy name in all the earth, who settest thine honour on the heavens. From the mouths of infants and sucklings thou hast founded strength, because of thine adversaries, to still an enemy and a self-avanger. For I see thy heavens, a work of thy fingers, moon and stars that thou didst establish. What is man that thou rememberest him, the son of man that thou inspectest him, and causest him to lack a little of Godhead, and with honour and majesty compassest him? Thou dost cause him to rule over the works of thy hands, all thou hast placed under his feet, sheep and oxen, all of them, and also beasts of the field, bird of the heavens and fish of the sea, passing through the paths of the seas. Jehovah our Lord, how honourable thy name in all the earth. Psalm 9 To the Overseer on the Death of Laban, a Psalm of David I confess, O Jehovah, with all my heart, I recount all thy wonders, I rejoice and exult in thee, I praise thy name almost high. In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from thy face, for thou hast done my judgment and my right, thou hast sat on a throne, a judge of righteousness, thou hast rebuked nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked, their name thou hast blotted out to the age and forever. O thou enemy, finished have been destructions forever, as to cities thou hast plucked up, perished hath their memorial with them. And Jehovah to the age abideth, he is preparing for judgment his throne, and he judeth the world in righteousness, he judeth the peoples in uprightness, and Jehovah is a tower for the bruised, a tower for times of adversity. They trust in thee who do know thy name, for thou hast not forsaken those seeking thee, O Jehovah. Seeing ye praise to Jehovah, inhabiting Zion, declare ye among the peoples his acts, for he who is seeking for blood, them hath remembered, he hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted. Favor me, O Jehovah, see mine affliction by those hating me, thou who liftest me up from the gates of death, so that I recount all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, I rejoice on thy salvation. Sunk hath nations in a pit they made, in a net that they hid hath their foot been captured. Jehovah hath been known, judgment he hath done, by a work of his hands hath the wicked been snared. Meditation. Selah. The wicked do turn back to sheol, all nations forgetting God, for not forever is the need he forgotten, the hope of the humble lost to the age. Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, let nations be judged before thy face. Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, let nations know they are men. Selah. Psalm 10. Why, Jehovah, dost thou stand at a distance, thou dost hide in times of adversity, through the pride of the wicked is the poor inflamed, they are caught in devices that they devised, because the wicked hath boasted of the desire of his soul, and a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, he hath despised, Jehovah, the wicked according to the height of his face inquireth not. God is not, are all his devices. Pain do his ways at all times, on high are thy judgments before him, all his adversaries, he puffeth at them. He hath said in his heart, I am not moved. To generation and generation not in evil. Of oaths his mouth is full, and deceits and fraud, under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity. He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, in secret places he doth slay the innocent, his eyes for the afflicted watch secretly, he lyeth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lyeth in wait to catch the poor, he catcheth the poor drawing him into his net. He is bruised, he boweth down, fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted. He said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hath hid his face, he hath never seen. Arise, O Jehovah, O God, lift up thy hand, forget not the humble. Wherefore hath the wicked despised God, he hath said in his heart, it is not required. Thou hast seen, for thou perverseness and anger beholdest, by giving into thy hand, on thee doth the afflicted leave it, of the fatherless thou hast been and helper. Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, seek out his wickedness, find none. Jehovah is king to the age and forever, the nations hath perished out of his land. The desire of the humble thou hast heard, O Jehovah, thou preparest their heart, thou causest thine ear to attend, to judge the fatherless and bruised, he addeth no more to oppress man of the earth. The End of Psalms 1-10 Recording by Mark Penfold Psalms 11-20 of the Book of the Psalms from the Young's literal translation of the Bible, translated by Robert Young. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold Psalm 11 to the Overseer by David In Jehovah I trusted, how say ye to my soul, they moved to thy mountain for the bird, for lo, the wicked tread a bow, they have prepared their arrow on the string to shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. When the foundations are destroyed, the righteous, what hath he done? Jehovah is in his holy temple, Jehovah in the heavens is his throne, his eyes see, his eyelids try the sons of men. Jehovah the righteous doth try, and the wicked and the lover of violence hath his soul hated. He poureth on the wicked snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible wind is the portion of their cup. For righteous is Jehovah, righteousness he hath loved, the upright doth his countenance see. Psalm 12 to the Overseer on the Octave A Psalm of David Save Jehovah, for the saintly hath failed, for the steadfast have ceased from the sons of men. Vanity they speak each with his neighbor, lip of flattery, with heart and heart they speak. Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, a tongue speaking great things, who said, by our tongue we do mightily, our lips are our own, who is lord over us, because of the spoiling of the poor, because of the groaning of the needy. Now do I arise, sayeth Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it. Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings, silver tried in a furnace of earth, refined sevenfold. Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them, thou keepest us from this generation to the age. Around the wicked walk continually, according as vileness is exalted by sons of men. Psalm 13 to the Overseer A Psalm of David Till when, O Jehovah, dost thou forget me, forever? Till when dost thou hide thy face from me? Till when do I set counsels in my soul, sorrow in my heart daily? Till when is my enemy exalted over me? Look attentively, answer me, O Jehovah, my God, enlighten my eyes lest I sleep in death, lest my enemy say, I overcame him, my adversary's joy when I am moved, and I, in thy kindness I have trusted, rejoiced off my heart in thy salvation. I do sing to Jehovah, for he have conferred benefits upon me. Psalm 14 to the Overseer By David A fool hath said in his heart, God is not. They have done corruptly, they have done abominable actions. There is not a doer of good. Jehovah from the heavens hath looked on the sons of men to see if there is a wise one seeking God. The whole hath turned aside. Together they have been filthy. There is not a doer of good, not even one. Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called. There they have feared a fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous. The counsel of the poor ye cause to stink, because Jehovah is his refuge. Houdof give from Zion the salvation of Israel. When Jehovah doth turn back to a captivity of his people, Jacob doth rejoice. Israel is glad. Psalm 15 A Psalm of David Jehovah, houdoth sojourn in thy tent, houdoth dwell in thy holy hill. He who is walking uprightly and working righteousness and speaking truth in his heart. He hath not slandered by his tongue, he hath not done to his friend evil, and reproach he hath not lifted up against his neighbor. Despised in his eyes is a rejected one, and those fearing Jehovah he doth honor. He hath sworn to suffer evil, and change hath not. His silver he hath not given in usury, and a bribe against the innocent hath not taken. Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age. Psalm 16 A secret treasure of David Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in thee. Thou hast said to Jehovah, My Lord, thou art. My good is not for thine own sake. For the holy ones who are in the land, and the honorable, all my delight is in them. Multiplied are their griefs who have hastened backward. I pour not out their libations of blood, nor do I take up their names on my lips. Jehovah is the portion of my share and of my cup. Thou dost uphold my lot. Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yea, a beautyous inheritance is for me. I bless Jehovah who hath counseled me. Also in the nights my reins instruct me. I did place Jehovah before me continually, because at my right hand I am not moved. Therefore hath my heart been glad, and my honor doth rejoice. Also my flesh dwelleth confidently. For thou dost not leave my soul to shield, nor giveest thy saintly one to see corruption. Thou causest me to know the path of life. Fulness of joys is with thy presence. Pleasant things by thy right hand for ever. Psalm 17 A Prayer of David Hear, O Jehovah, righteousness attend my cry. Give ear to my prayer without lips of deceit. From before thee my judgment doth go out. Thine eyes do see uprightly. Thou hast proved my heart. Thou hast inspected by night. Thou hast tried me. Thou findest nothing. My thoughts pass not over my mouth. As to doings of man. Through a word of thy lips I have observed the paths of a destroyer. To uphold my goings in thy paths my steps have not slidden. I called thee. For thou dost answer me, O God. Incline thine ear to me. O Jehovah of the confiding, by thy right hand from with standards. Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye. In shadow of thy wings, thou dost hide me. From the face of the wicked who spoiled me. Mine enemies in soul go round against me. Their fat they have closed up. Their mouths have spoken with pride. Our steps now have compassed him. Their eyes they set to turn in secret places. Arise, O Jehovah. Go before his face. Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked. Thy sword from men. Thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world. Their portion is in life. And with thy hidden things thou fillest their belly. They are satisfied with sons and have left their abundance to their sucklings. I, in righteousness, I see thy face. I am satisfied in with thy form. Psalm 18. To the overseer, by a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this Psalm, in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith, I love the, O Jehovah, my strength. Jehovah is my rock and my bulwark and my deliverer. My God is my rock. My God is my salvation. My high tower. The praised one, I call Jehovah, and from my enemies I am saved. Compassed me have cords of death and streams of the worthless make me afraid. Cords of shield have surrounded me before me have been snares of death. In my adversity I call Jehovah, and unto my God I cry. He heareth from his temple that the foundations of hills are troubled, and they shake because he hath wrath. Gone up hath smoke by his nostrils, and fire from his mouth consumeeth. Coals have been kindled by it, and he inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, and thick darkness is under his feet, and he writheth on a cherub and doth fly, and he flyeth on wings of wind. He maketh darkness his secret place, round about him his body, from the brightness over against him his thick clouds hath passed on, hail and coals of fire, and thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, and the most high giveth forth his voice, hail and coals of fire, and he sendeth his arrows and scattereth them, and much lightning, and crusheth them, and scene are the streams of waters, and revealed are foundations of the earth, from thy rebuke, O Jehovah, from thy heart he taketh me, he droth me out of many waters. He delivereth me from my strong enemy, and from those hating me, for they have been stronger than I. They go before me in a day of my calamity, and Jehovah is for a support to me, and he bringeth me forth to a large place. He droth me out because he delighted in me. Jehovah doth recompense me according to my righteousness, according to me. For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not done wickedly against my God, for all his judgments are before me, and his statutes I turn not from me, and I am perfect with him, and I keep myself from mine iniquity, and Jehovah doth return to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands over against his eyes. With the kind thou showest thyself kind, with a perfect man showest thyself perfect, thyself pure, and with the perverse showest thyself a wrestler, for thou a poor people savest, and the eyes of the high causest to fall, for thou thou lightest my lamp, Jehovah my God, enlighteneth my darkness, for by thee I run a troop, and by my God I leap a wall. God perfect is his way, the saying of Jehovah is tried, a shield is he to all those trusting in him. For who is God besides Jehovah, and who is a rock save our God? God, who is girding me with strength, and he maketh perfect my way, making my feet like hinds, and on my high places causeth me to stand, teaching my hands for battle, and a bow of brass was brought down by my arms, and thou giveest to me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand doth support me, and thy loneliness maketh me great, thou enlargest my step under me, and mine ankles have not slidden. I pursue mine enemies, and overtake them, and turn back not till they are consumed. I smite them, and they are not able to rise, they fall under my feet, and thou girdest me with strength for battle, causest my withstanders to bow under me, as to mine enemies, thou hast given to me the neck, as to those hating me, I cut them off. They cry, and there is no savior on Jehovah, and doth not answer them, and I beat them as dust before wind, as mire of the streets I empty them out. Thou dost deliver me from the strivings of the people, thou placest me for a head of nations, a people I have not known do serve me. At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, sons of a stranger feign obedience to me, sons of a stranger fade away, and are slain out of their close places. Jehovah liveth, and blessed is my rock, and exalted is the God of my salvation, God who is giving vengeance to me, and he subdue peoples under me. My deliverer from mine enemies, above my withstanders, thou rasest me from a man of violence dost deliver me. Therefore I confess thee among nations, O Jehovah, and to thy name I sing praise, magnifying the salvation of his king, and doing kindness to his anointed, to David, and to his seed, unto the sage. Psalm 19 To the Overseer a Psalm of David The heavens are recounting the honor of God, and the work of his hands the expanse is declaring day to day uttereth speech and night to night shoeeth knowledge. There is no speech and there are no words, their voice hath not been heard. Into all the earth hath their line gone forth, and to the end of the world their heads, for the sun he placed a tent in them, and he as a bridegroom goeth out from his covering, he rejoiceth as a mighty one to run the path. From the end of the heavens is his going out, and his revolution is unto their ends, and nothing is hid from his heat. The law of Jehovah is perfect, refreshing the soul. The testimonies of Jehovah are steadfast, making wise the simple. The precepts of Jehovah are upright, rejoicing the heart. The command of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of Jehovah is clean, standing to the age. The judgments of Jehovah are true, they have been righteous, together. They are more desirable than gold, yea, than much fine gold, and sweeter than honey, even liquid honey of the comb. Also thy servant is warned by them. In keeping them is a great reward. Errors, who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent. Also from presumptuous ones keep back thy servant, let them not rule over me. Then am I perfect and declared innocent of much transgression. Let the sayings of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be for a pleasing thing before the O Jehovah, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 20 To the Overseer, a Psalm of David Jehovah doth answer thee day of adversity. The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high. He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, and from Zion doth support thee. He doth remember all thy presence, and thy burnt offering doth reduce to ashes. Say la. He doth give to thee according to thy heart, and all thy counsel doth fulfill. We sing of thy salvation, and in the name of our God set up a banner. Jehovah doth fulfill all thy requests. Now I have known that Jehovah hath saved his anointed. He answereth him from his holy heavens with the saving might of his right hand. Some of chariots and some of horses, and we of the name of Jehovah our God make mention. They, they have bowed and have fallen, and we have risen and station ourselves upright. O Jehovah save the king. He doth answer us in the day we call. The End of Psalms 11-20 Recording by Mark Penfold. Psalms 21-30 of the Book of the Psalms from the Young's Literal Translation of the Bible, translated by Robert Young. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold. Psalm 21 to the Overseer a Psalm of David Jehovah in thy strength is the king joyful in thy salvation how greatly he rejoiceth. The desire of his heart thou gavest to him and the request of his lips thou hast not withheld. Selah for thou puttest before him blessings of goodness, thou settest on his head a crown of fine gold. Life he hath asked from thee, thou hast given to him length of days, age during, and forever. Great is his honor in thy salvation, honor and majesty, thou hast given to him. For thou makest him blessings forever, thou dost cause him to rejoice with joy by thy countenance. For the king is trusting in Jehovah and in the kindness of the most high he is not moved. Thy hand cometh to all thine enemies, thy right hand doth find thy haters. Thou makest them as a furnace of fire at the time of thy presence. Jehovah in his anger doth swallow them and fire doth devour them. Thou destroyest and their seed from the sons of men. For they stretched out against thee evil, they devised a wicked device, they prevail not. For thou makest them a butt, when thy strings thou preparest against their faces. Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thy strength, we seeing and we praise thy might. Psalm 22 To the overseer on the hind of the morning come of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation the words of my roaring, my God, I call by day and thou answerest not and by night and there is no silence to me, and thou art holy sitting the praise of Israel in thee did our fathers trust, they trusted and thou dost deliver them. Unto thee and were delivered in thee they trusted and were not ashamed and I am a worm and no man, a reproach of man and despised of the people. All beholding me do mock at me, they make free with a lip, shake the head, roll unto Jehovah, he doth deliver him, he doth deliver him, for he delighted in him. For thou art he bringing me forth from the womb causing me to trust on the parts of my mother. On thee I have been cast from the womb, from the belly of my mother, thou art my God. Be not far from me, for adversity is near, for there is no helper. Many bulls have surrounded me, mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me, they have opened against me their mouth, a lion tearing and roaring. As waters I have been poured out and separated themselves have all my bones, my heart have been like as melted in the midst of my bowels. Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power and my tongue is cleaving to my jaws and to the dust of death thou appointest me, for surrounded me have dogs, a company of evildoers have compassed me, piercing my hands and my feet. I count all my bones, they look expectingly, they look upon me, they apportion my garments to themselves and for my clothing they cause a lot to fall. And thou, O Jehovah, be not far off, O my strength to help me haste. Deliver from the sword my soul, from the paw of a dog mine only one. Save me from the mouth of a lion, and from the horns of the high places thou hast answered me. I declare thy name to my brethren, in the midst of the assembly I praise thee. Ye who fear Jehovah, praise ye him, all the seed of Jacob honor ye him, and be afraid of him, all ye seed of Israel. For he hath not despised, nor abominated, the affliction of the afflicted, nor hath he hidden his face from him, and in his crying unto him he heareth. Of thee my praise is in the great assembly, my vows I complete before his fearers. The humble do eat and are satisfied. Praise Jehovah, do thou seeking him, your heart doth live forever. Remember and return unto Jehovah, do all ends of the earth, and before thee bow themselves, do all families of the nations. For to Jehovah is the kingdom, and he is ruling among nations, and the fat ones of earth have eaten, and they bow themselves, before him bow do all going down to dust, and he who hath not revived his soul. A seed doth serve him, it is declared of the Lord to the generation. They come and declare his righteousness to a people that is born Psalm 23 A Psalm of David Jehovah is my shepherd, I do not lack. In pastures of tender grass he causeth me to lie down. By quiet waters he doth lead me. My soul he refresheth, he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Also, when I walk in a valley of deathshade, I fear no evil, for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou arrangest before me a table over against my adversaries. Thou hast anointed with oil my head, my cup is full, only goodness and kindness pursue me all the days of my life, and my dwelling is in the house of Jehovah for a length of days. Psalm 24 A Psalm of David To Jehovah is the earth and its fullness, the world and the inhabitants in it, for he on the seas hath founded it, and on the floods he doth establish it. Who goeth up into the hill of Jehovah, and who riseth up in his holy place? The clean of hands and pure of heart who hath not lifted up to vanity his soul, nor hath sworn to deceit. He beareth away a blessing from Jehovah, righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is a generation of those seeking him, seeking thy face, O Jacob. Say, La. Lift up, O gates, your heads, and be lifted up, O doors aged during, and come in, doth the king of glory. Who is this? The king of glory? Jehovah, strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle. Lift up, O gates, your heads, and be lifted up, O doors aged during, and come in, doth the king of glory. Who is he? This king of glory? Jehovah of hosts. He is the king of glory. Say, La. Psalm 25 By David Unto thee, O Jehovah, my soul I lift up. My God, in thee I have trusted. Let me not be ashamed. Let not my enemies exult over me. Also let none waiting on thee be ashamed. Let the treacherous dealers without cause be ashamed. Thy ways, O Jehovah, cause me to know. Thy paths teach thou me. Cause me to tread in thy truth, and teach me for thou art the God of my salvation. Near thee I have waited all the day. Remember thy mercies, O Jehovah, and thy kindnesses, for from the age are they. Sins of my youth and my transgressions do not thou remember. According to thy kindness be mindful of me for thy goodness sake, O Jehovah. Good and upright is Jehovah. Therefore he directed sinners in the way. He causeth to humble to tread in judgment, and teacheth the humble his way. All the paths of Jehovah are kindness and truth to those keeping his covenant and his testimonies. For thy names sake, O Jehovah, thou hast pardoned mine in equity, for it is great. Who is this, the man fearing Jehovah? He directed him in the way he doth choose. His soul and good doth remain, and his seed doth possess the land. The secret of Jehovah is for those fearing him, and his covenant to cause them to know. Mine eyes are continually unto Jehovah, for he bringeth out from a net my feet. Turn thou unto me, and favor me for lonely and afflicted am I. The distresses of my heart have enlarged themselves, from my distresses bring me out. See mine affliction and my misery, and bear with all my sins. See my enemies, for they have been many, and with violent hatred they have hated me. Keep my soul and deliver me, let me not be ashamed, for I trusted in thee. Integrity and uprightness do keep me, for I have waited on thee. Redeem Israel, O God, from all his distresses. Psalm 26 By David Judge me, O Jehovah, for I in mine integrity have walked, and in Jehovah I have trusted, I slide not. Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, purified are my reins and my heart, for thy kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked habitually in thy truth. I have not sat with vain men, and with dissemblers I enter not. I have hated the assembly of evildoers, and with a wicked I sit not. I wash in innocency my hands, and I compass thine altar, O Jehovah, to sound with a voice of confession, and to recount all thy wonders. Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thine honour. Do not gather with sinners my soul, and with men of blood my life, in whose hand is a wicked device, and their right hand is full of bribes, and I in mine integrity I walk, redeem me, and favour me, my foot hath stood in uprightness, in assemblies I bless Jehovah. Psalm 27 By David Jehovah is my light and my salvation, whom do I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life, of whom am I afraid? When evildoers come near to me to eat my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies to me, they have stumbled and fallen. Though a host doth encamp against me, my heart doth not fear. The war rises up against me, in this I am confident. One thing I asked of Jehovah, it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, all the days of my life, to look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, and to inquire in his temple. For he hideeth me in a tabernacle of evil. He hideeth me in a secret place of his tent. On a rock he raiseth me up, and now lifted up is my head, above my enemies, my surroundings. And I sacrifice in his tent, sacrifices of shouting. I sing, yea, I sing praise to Jehovah. Hear, O Jehovah, my voice. I call, and favour me, and answer me. To thee said my heart, they sought my face. Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek. Thou art not thy face from me. Turn out aside and anger thy servant. My help thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother have forsaken me, then doth Jehovah gather me. Shoe me, O Jehovah, thy way, and lead me in a path of uprightness for the sake of my beholders. Give me not to the will of my adversaries. For risen against me have false witnesses, and they breathe out me. I had not believed to look on the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living. Look unto Jehovah. Be strong, and he doth strengthen thy heart. Yea, look unto Jehovah. Psalm 28 By David Unto thee, O Jehovah, I call, my rock, be not silent to me, lest thou be silent to me, and I have been compared with those going down to the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications in my crying unto thee, in my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Draw me not with a wicked and with workers of iniquity, speaking peace with their neighbors, and evil in their heart. Give to them according to their acting, and according to the evil of their doings, according to the work of their hands, give to them, return their deed to them. For they attend not to the work of his hands, he throweth them down, and doth not build them up. Blessed is Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications. Jehovah is my strength and my shield, in him my heart trusted, and I have been helped, and my heart exulteth, and with my song I thank him. Jehovah is strength to him. Yea, the strength of the salvation of his anointed is he. Save thy people, and bless thy inheritance, and feed them, and carry them to the age. Psalm 29 A Psalm of David Ascribe to Jehovah ye sons of the mighty. Ascribe to Jehovah honor and strength. Ascribe to Jehovah the honor of his name. Bow yourselves to Jehovah in the beauty of holiness. The voice of Jehovah is on the waters. The God of glory hath thundered. Jehovah is on the waters. The voice of Jehovah is with power. The voice of Jehovah is with majesty. The voice of Jehovah is shivering cedars. Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon, and he causeth them to skip as a calf. Lebanon and Syrion as a son of reams. The voice of Jehovah is hewing fiery flames. The voice of Jehovah paineth a wilderness. Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh. Glory! Jehovah on the deluge hath sat and Jehovah sitteth king to the age. Jehovah strength to his people giveth. Jehovah blesseth his people with peace. Psalm 30 A Psalm. A song of the dedication of the house of David. I exalt thee, O Jehovah, for thou hast drawn me up and hast not let mine enemies rejoice over me. Jehovah my God, I have cried to thee and thou dost heal me. Jehovah, thou hast brought up from shield my soul. Thou hast kept me alive from going down to the pit. Sing praise to Jehovah ye his saints and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For a moment is in his anger. Life is in his goodwill. At even remaineth weeping and at mourn singing. And I, I have said in mine ease, I am not moved to the age. O Jehovah in thy good pleasure, thou hast caused strength to remain from my mountain. Thou hast hidden thy face. I have been troubled unto thee, O Jehovah, I call and unto Jehovah I make supplication. What gain is in my blood, in my going down unto corruption? Doth dost thank thee? Doth it declare thy truth? Here O Jehovah, and favor me. O Jehovah be a helper to me. Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me. Thou hast loosed my sackcloth and girdest me with joy, so that honor doth praise thee and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank thee. The end of Psalms 21-30 Recording by Mark Penfold Psalms 31-40 of the Book of the Psalms, from the Young's literal translation of the Bible translated by Robert Young. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold Psalm 31 To the Overseer a Psalm of David In thee, O Jehovah, I have trusted, let me not be ashamed to the age in thy righteousness deliver me incline unto me thine ear hastily, deliver me, be to me for a strong rock, for the house of bulwarks to save me for my rock and my bulwark art thou, for thy name's sake lead me and tend me, bring me out from the net that they hid for me for thou art my strength into thy hand I commit my spirit. Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah, God of truth. I have hated the observers of lying vanities and I toward Jehovah have been confident. I rejoice and am glad in thy kindness in that thou hast seen mine affliction, thou hast known in adversities my soul and thou hast not shut me up into the hand of an enemy, thou hast caused my feet to stand in a broad place. Favor me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, mine eye, my soul and my body have become old by provocation for my life hath been consumed in sorrow and my years in sighing feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength and bones have become old. Among all mine adversaries I have been a reproach and to my neighbors exceedingly and a fear to mine acquaintances, though seeing me without, fled from me. I have been forgotten as dead out of mind. I have been as a perishing vessel, for I have heard an evil account of many. Fear is round about in there being united against me to take my life they have devised, and I on thee I have said, O Jehovah, I have said, thou art my God, in thy hand are my times, deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from my pursuers, cause thy face to shine on thy servant, save me in thy kindness. O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, for I have called thee, let the wicked be ashamed, let them become silent to shield, let lips of falsehood become dumb that are speaking against the righteous, ancient sayings in pride and contempt. How abundant is thy goodness that thou hast laid up for those fearing thee, thou hast wrought for those trusting in thee before sons of men, thou hideest them in the secret place of thy presence from artifices of men, thou concealest them in a tabernacle from the strife of tongues. Blessed is Jehovah, for he hath made marvelous his kindness to me in a city of bulwarks, and I, I have said in my haste, I have been cut off from thee before thine eyes, but thou hast heard the voice of my supplications in my crying unto thee. Love, Jehovah, all ye his saints, Jehovah is keeping the faithful and recompensing abundantly a proud doer. Be strong, and he strengtheneth your heart, all ye who are waiting for Jehovah. Psalm 32 by David, an instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. O the happiness of a man to whom Jehovah impudeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. When I have kept silence, become old, have my bones through my roaring all the day. When by day and by night, thy hand is heavy upon me, my moisture hath been changed into the droughts of summer. My sin I caused thee to know, and my iniquity I have not covered. I have said, I confess concerning my transgressions to Jehovah, and thou hast taken away the iniquity of my sin. Say, La. For this doth every saintly one pray to thee, as the time to find, surely at an overflowing of many waters unto him they come not. Thou art a hiding place for me, from distress thou dost keep me, with songs of deliverance dost compass me. Say, La. I cause thee to act wisely, and direct thee in the way that thou goest. I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee. Be ye not as a horse, as a mule without understanding, with bridal and bit its ornaments to curb, not to come near unto thee. Many are the pains of the wicked, as to him who is trusting in Jehovah, kindness doth compass him. Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice ye righteous, and seeing all ye upright of heart. Psalm 33 Seeing ye righteous in Jehovah, for upright ones praise is comely. Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, with sultry of ten strings, seeing praise to him. Seeing ye to him a new song, play skillfully with shouting. For upright is the word of Jehovah, and all his work is in faithfulness. Loving righteousness and judgment of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full. By the word of Jehovah the heavens have been made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, putting in treasuries the depths. Afraid of Jehovah are all the earth, of him are all the inhabitants of the world afraid. For he hath said, and it is, he hath commanded, and it standeth. Jehovah made void the council of nations, he disallowed the thoughts of the peoples. The council of Jehovah to the age standeth the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Oh, the happiness of the nation whose God is Jehovah, of the people he did choose for an inheritance to him. From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, he hath seen all the sons of men. From the fixed place of his dwelling he looked unto all inhabitants of the earth, who is forming their hearts together, who is attending unto all their works. The king is not saved due to a force, a mighty man is not delivered by abundance of power. A false thing is the horse for safety, and by the abundance of his strength he doth not deliver. Lo, the eye of Jehovah is to those fearing him, to those waiting for his kindness, to deliver from death their soul, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, our help, and our shield is he, for in him doth our heart rejoice, for in his holy name we have trusted. Let thy kindness, O Jehovah, be upon us, as we have waited for thee. Psalm 34 By David, in his changing his behavior before Abimelech, and he driveth him away, and he goeth. I do bless Jehovah at all times, continually his praises in my mouth. In Jehovah doth my soul boast herself. Here do the humble and rejoice. Ascribe ye greatness to Jehovah with me, and we exalt his name together. I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, and from all my fears did deliver me. They looked expectingly unto him, and they became bright, and their faces are not ashamed. This poor one called, and Jehovah heard, and from all his distresses saved him. A messenger of Jehovah is in camping, round about those who fear him, and he armeth them. Taste ye and see that Jehovah is good. O the happiness of the man who trusteth in him. Fear Jehovah, ye his holy ones, for there is no lack to those fearing him. Young lions have lacked and been hungry, and those seeking Jehovah lack not any good. Come ye children, harken to me, the fear of Jehovah I do teach you. Who is the man that is desiring life, loving days to see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from deceit. Turn aside from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of Jehovah are unto the righteous, and his ears unto their cry. The face of Jehovah is on doers of evil, to cut off from earth their memorial. They cried and Jehovah heard, and from all their distresses delivered them. Near is Jehovah to the broken of heart, and the bruised of spirit he saveth. Many are the evils of the righteous. Out of them all did Jehovah deliver him. He is keeping all his bones. One of them hath not been broken. Evil doth put to death the wicked, and those hating the righteous are desolate. Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants, and none trusting in him are desolate. Psalm 35 by David Strive, Jehovah, with my strivers, fight with my fighters. Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help and draw out spear and lance to meet my pursuers. Say to my soul, Thy salvation I am. They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, turned backward and confounded those devising my evil. They are as chaff before wind and a messenger of Jehovah driving away. Their way is darkness and slipperiness, and a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer. For without cause they hid for me their net pit. Without cause they hid for my soul. Meet him doth desolation. He knoweth not, and his net that he hid catcheth him. For desolation he falleth into it. And my soul is joyful in Jehovah. It rejoiceth in his salvation. All my bones say, Jehovah who is like thee, delivering the poor from the stronger than he and the poor and needy from his plunderer. Violent witnesses rise up, that which I have not known, they ask me. They pay evil for good, bereaving my soul. And I, in their sickness my clothing is sackloth. I have humbled with fastings my soul, and my prayer unto my bosom returneth. As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually. As a mourner for a mother, mourning I have bowed down. And in my halting they have rejoiced and have been gathered together, gathered against me were the smithers, and I have not known. They have and they have not ceased, with profane ones, mockers in feasts, gnashing against me their teeth. Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, from young lions my only one. I thank thee in a great assembly, among a mighty people I praise thee. My enemies rejoice not over me with falsehood. Those hating me without cause wink the eye. For they speak not peace and against the quiet of the land deceitful words they devise and they enlarge against me their mouth. They said, ah ha ah ha, our eye hath seen. Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, be not silent, O Lord, be not far from me. Stir up and wake to my judgment, my God and my Lord, to my plea. Judge me according to thy righteousness, O Jehovah, my God, and they do not rejoice over me. They do not say in their heart, ah ha our desire. They do not say, we swallowed him up. They are ashamed and confounded together who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion who are magnifying themselves against me. They sing and rejoice who are desiring my righteousness, and they say continually, Jehovah is magnified who is desiring the peace of his servant. And my tongue uttereth thy righteousness all the day Psalm 36 To the Overseer by a servant of Jehovah by David The transgression of the wicked is affirming within my heart. Fear of God is not before his eyes for he made it smooth to himself in his eyes to find his iniquity to be hated. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He ceased to act prudently, to do good. Iniquity he diviseth on his bed. He stationeth himself in a way not good. Evil he doth not refuse. O Jehovah, in the heavens is thy kindness. Thy faithfulness is unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is as mountains of God. Thy judgments are a great deep. Man and beast, thou savest, O Jehovah. How precious is thy kindness, O God, and the sons of men in the shadow of thy wings do trust. They are filled from the fatness of thy house, and the stream of dust cause them to drink. For with thee is a fountain of life. In thy light we see light. Draw out thy kindness to those knowing thee, and thy righteousness to the upright of heart. Let not a foot of pride meet me, and a hand of the wicked let not move me. There have workers of iniquity fallen. They have been overthrown, and have not been able to arise. Psalm 37 by David Doers, be not envious against doers of iniquity. For as grass speedily they are cut off, and as the greenness of the tender grass do fade. Trust in Jehovah, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness, and delight thyself on Jehovah, and he giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart. Roll on Jehovah thy way, and trust upon him, and he worketh, and have brought out as light thy righteousness, and thy judgment as noonday. Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for him. Do not fret because of him who is making prosperous his way, because of a man doing wicked devices. Desist from anger, and forsake fury. Fret not thyself only to do evil. For evildoers are cut off, as to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land. And yet a little, and the wicked is not, and thou hast considered his place, and it is not. And the humble do possess the land, and delighted themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked is devising against the righteous, and gnashing against him his teeth. The Lord Doth laugh at them, for he hath seen that his day cometh. A sword hath the wicked opened, and they have trodden their bow, to cause to fall the poor and needy to slaughter the upright of the way. Their sword doth enter into their own heart, and their bows are shivered. Better is the little of the righteous than the store of the wicked. For the arms of the wicked are shivered, and Jehovah is sustaining the righteous. Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect, and their inheritance is to the age. They are not ashamed in a time of evil, and in days of famine they are satisfied. But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, as the preciousness of lambs have been consumed, in smoke they have been consumed. The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, and the righteous is gracious and giving, for his blessed ones do possess the land, and his reviled ones are cut off. From Jehovah are the steps of a man, they have been prepared, and his way he desireth. When he falleth he is not cast down, for Jehovah is sustaining his hand. Young I have been, I have also become old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, and his seed seeking bread. All the day he is gracious and lending, and his seed is for a man. Turn aside from evil and do good, and dwell to the age, for Jehovah is loving judgment, and he doth not forsake his saintly ones, to the age they have been kept, and the seed of the wicked is cut off. The righteous possess the land, and they dwell for ever on it, the mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongues speaketh judgment. The law of his God is his heart, his steps do not slide, the wicked is watching for the righteous, seeking to put him to death. Jehovah doth not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him in his being judged. Look unto Jehovah and keep his way, and he doth exalt thee to possess the land in the wicked being cut off, thou seest. I have seen the wicked terrible, and spreading as a green native plant, and he passeth away, and lo, he is not, and I seek him, and he is not found. Observe the perfect, and see the upright, for the latter end of each is peace, and transgressors were destroyed together, the latter end of the wicked was cut off, and the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah, their strong place in a time of adversity, and Jehovah doth help them, and deliver them, he delivereth them from the wicked, and saveth them, because they trusted in him. Psalm 38 A Psalm of David To cause to remember Jehovah, in thy wrath reprove me not, nor in thy fury chastise me, for thine arrows have come down on me, and thou letest down upon me thy hand. Soundness is not in my flesh, because of thine indignation, peace is not in my bones, because of my sin. For mine iniquities have passed over my head, as a heavy burden, too heavy for me. Stunk, become corrupt, have my wounds, because of my folly. I have been bent down, I have been bowed down, unto excess, all the day I have gone, mourning, for my flanks have been full of drought, and soundness is not in my flesh. I have been feeble and smitten, unto excess I have roared from disquietude of heart. Lord, before thee is all my desire, and my sighing from thee hath not been hid. My heart is panting, my power hath forsaken me, and the light of mine eyes, hath not with me. My lovers and my friends over against my plague stand, and my neighbors afar off have stood, and those seeking my soul lay a snare, and those seeking my evil have spoken mischievous things, and they do deceits meditate all the day. And I as deaf hear not, and as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth. Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, and in his mouth are no reproofs, because for thee, O Jehovah, I have waited thou dost answer, O Lord my God. When I said, lest they rejoice over me, in the slipping of my foot against me, they magnified themselves, for I am ready to halt, and my pain is before me continually. For my iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin, and my enemies are lively, they have been strong, and those hating me without cause have been multiplied, and those paying evil for good accuse me, because of my pursuing good. Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, my God, be not far from me, haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. Psalm 39 To the Overseer To Jaduthan A Psalm of David I have said, I observe my ways, against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb while the wicked is before me. I was dumb with silence, I kept silent from good, and my pain is excited. Hot is my heart within me, in my meditating doth the fire burn, I have spoken with my tongue, cause me to know, O Jehovah, my end, and the measure of my days, what it is. I know how frail I am. Lo, hand breaths, thou hast made my days, and my age is as nothing before thee, only unity is every man set up. Say, la, only in an image doth each walk habitually, only in vain they are disquieted, he heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them. And now, what have I expected? O Lord, my hope, it is of thee, from all my transgressions deliver me, a reproach of the fool make me not. I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, because thou, thou hast done it. Turn aside from off me thy stroke, from the striving of thy hand I have been consumed, with reproofs against iniquity, thou hast corrected man, and doth waste as a moth his desirableness, only vanity is every man. Say, la, hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and to my cry give ear, unto my tear be not silent, for a sojourner I am with thee, a settler like all my fathers, me, and I brighten up before I go, and am not. Psalm 40 To the Overseer A Psalm of David I have diligently expected Jehovah, and he inclineth to me, and heareth my cry, and he doth cause me to come up from a pit of desolation, from mire of mud, and he raises up on a rock my feet, he is establishing my steps, and he puteth in my mouth a song, praise to our God, many do see, and fear, and trust in Jehovah. O the happiness of the man who hath made Jehovah his trust, and hath not turned unto the proud, and those turning aside to lies, much hast thou done, Jehovah my God, thy wonders and thy thoughts toward us, there is none to arrange unto thee, I declare and speak, they have been more than to be numbered, sacrifice thou hast not desired, ears thou hast prepared for me, burnt and sin offering, thou hast not asked. Then said I, lo, I have come, in the role of the book it is written of me, to do thy pleasure my God, I have delighted, and thy law is within my heart, I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness in the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, thou hast known, thy righteousness I have not sealed in the midst of my heart, thy faithfulness and thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden thy kindness and thy truth to the great assembly. Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not thy mercies from me, thy kindness and thy truth to continually keep me, for compassed me have evils innumerable, overtaken me have mine iniquities, and I have not been able to see, they have been more than the hairs of my head and my heart have be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help make haste, they are ashamed and confounded together who are seeking my soul to destroy it, they are turned backward and are ashamed who are desiring my evil, they are desolate because of their shame who are saying to me, aha, aha, all seeking thee rejoice and are glad in thee, those loving thy salvation say continually, Jehovah is magnified and I am poor and needy, the Lord doth devise for me, my help and my deliverer are Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not!" The End of Psalms 31-40 Recording by Mark Penfold Psalms 41-50 of the Book of the Psalms from the Young's Literal Translation of the Bible, translated by Robert Young. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold. Psalm 41 to the Overseer, a Psalm of David O, the happiness of him who is acting wisely unto the poor, in a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him, Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, he is happy in the land and Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies, Jehovah supportive on a couch of sickness, all his bed Thou hast turned into darkness. I, I said, O Jehovah, favor me, heal my soul, for I did sin against thee. My enemies say evil of me, when he dyeth his name hath perished. And if he came to see, vanity he speaketh, his heart gathereth iniquity to itself, he goeth out at the street he speaketh, all hating me whisper together against me, against me they devise evil to me. A thing of Belial is poured out and because he lay down he riseeth not again. Even mine ally in whom I trusted, one eating my bread, made great the heal against me, and Thou Jehovah favor me and cause me to rise, and I give recompense to them. By this I have known that Thou hast delighted in me, because my enemies shouteth not over me, as to me in mine integrity Thou hast taken hold upon me and causes me to stand before thee to the age. Blessed is the God of Israel from the age and unto the age. Amen and Amen. Psalm 42 To the Overseer An Instruction By Sons of Korah As a heart doth pant for streams of water, so my soul panteth toward thee, O God. My soul thirsted for God, for the living God. When do I enter and see the face of God? My tear hath been to me dead day and night in their saying unto me all the day. Where is thy God? These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, for I pass over into the booth. I go softly with them unto the house of God, with the voice of singing and confession, the multitude keeping feast. What, bowest thou thyself o' my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess him, the salvation of my God. In me doth my soul bow itself, therefore I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. Deep unto deep is calling at the noise of thy waterspouts, all thy breakers and thy billows passed over me. By day Jehovah commandeth his kindness, and by night a song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. I say to God, my rock, why hast thou forgotten me? Why am I mourning in the oppression of an enemy? With a sword in my bones have my adversaries reproached me, and they're saying unto me all the day, where is thy God? What, bowest thou thyself o' my soul? And what, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess him, the salvation of my countenance and my God. Psalm 43 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against a nation not pious, from a man of deceit and perverseness thou dost deliver me, for thou art the God of my strength. Why hast thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down in the oppression of an enemy? Send forth thy light and thy truth. They, they lead me, they bring me in, unto thy holy hill and unto thy tabernacles. And I go in unto the altar of God, unto God the joy of my rejoicing, I thank thee with a harp, O God, my God. What, bowest thou thyself o' my soul? And what, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess him, the salvation of my countenance and my God. Psalm 44 To the Overseer By Sons of Chora An Instruction O God, with our ears we have heard our fathers have recounted to us the work thou didst work in their days, in the days of old. Thou with thy hand nations hast dispossessed, and thou dost plant them, thou afflictest peoples and sendest them away. For not by their sword possessed they the land, and their arm gave not salvation to them, but thy right hand and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hast accepted them. Thou art my king, O God, command the deliverances of Jacob. By thee our adversaries we do push, by thy name tread down our withstanders. For not in my bow do I trust, and my sword doth not save me. For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and those hating us thou hast put to shame. In God we have boasted all the day, and thy name to the age we thank. In anger thou hast cast off, and causest us to blush, and goest not forth with our hosts. Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, and those hating us have spoiled for themselves. Thou makest us food like sheep, and among nations thou hast scattered us. Thou sellest thy people without wealth, and hast not become great by their price. Thou makest us a reproach to our surrounders. Thou makest us a simile among nations, a shaking of the head among peoples. All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face have covered me, because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, because of an enemy and a self-avanger. All this met us, and we did not forget thee, nor have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. We turn not backward our heart, from thy path. But thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, and dost cover us over with death-shade. If we have forgotten the name of our God, and spread our hands to a strange God, doth not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Surely for thy sake we have been slain all the day, reckoned as sheep of the slaughter. Stir up! Why dost thou sleep, thy heart off forever? Why thy face hideest, though? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression, for bowed to the dust half our soul, cleaved to the earth half our belly, arise, a help to us, and ransom us for thy kindness sake. Psalm 45 To the overseer, on the lilies, by sons of Korah, an instruction, a song of loves. My heart hath indicted a good thing. I am telling my works to a king. My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer. Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men. Grace hath been poured into thy lips. Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age. Gird thy sword upon the thigh, almighty, thy glory and thy majesty. As to thy majesty prosper, ride, because of truth and meekness, and thy right hand she with thee fearful things. Thine arrows are sharp, peoples fall under thee, in the heart of the enemies of the king. Thy throne, O God, is aged during and forever, a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness and hated wickedness, therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee, oil of joy above thy companions. Myrrh and allows, cashia, all thy garments out of palaces of ivory, stringed instruments have made thee glad. Daughters of kings are among thy precious ones. A queen hath stood at thy right hand, in pure gold of Ophir. Harken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear and forget thy people and thy father's house, and the king doth desire thy beauty, because he is thy lord, bow thyself to him. And the daughter of Tyre, with a present, the rich is thy face. All glory is the daughter of the king within. Of gold embroidered work is her clothing. In diverse colors she is brought to the king, virgins after her, her companions are brought to thee. They are brought with joy and gladness. They come into the palace of the king. Instead of thy fathers are thy sons. Thou dost appoint them for princes in all the earth. I make mention of thy name in all generations. Therefore do peoples be to the age and forever. Psalm 46 To the overseer by sons of Korah, for the virgins a song. God is to us a refuge and strength, a help in adversities found most surely. Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth and in the slipping of mountains into the heart of the seas. Roar! Troubled are its waters, mountains they shake in its pride. Say la. A river its rivulets rejoice the city of God, thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. God is in her midst, she is not moved. God doth help her at the turn of the morn. Troubled have been nations. Moved have been kingdoms. He hath given forth with his voice. Earth melteth. Jehovah of hosts is with us. A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Say la. Come ye, see the works of Jehovah who hath done astonishing things in the earth, causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, and the spear he hath cut asunder, chariots he doth burn with fire. Decist and know that I am God. I am exalted among nations. I am exalted in the earth. Jehovah of hosts is with us. A tower for us is the God of Jacob. Say la. Psalm 47. To the overseer by sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand. Shout to God with a voice of singing, for Jehovah Most High is fearful, a great king over all the earth. He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet. He doth choose for us our inheritance the excellency of Jacob that he loves. Say la. God hath gone up with a shout. Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet. Praise God. Praise. Give praise to our king. Praise. For king of all the earth is God. Give praise, O understanding one. God hath reigned over nations. God hath sat on his holy throne. Nobles of peoples have been gathered with the people of the God of Abraham, for you God are the shields of earth. Greatly have he been exalted. Psalm 48 A Psalm. A Psalm by sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah and praised greatly in the city of our God, his holy hill. Beautiful for elevation, a joy of all the land is Mount Zion. The sides of the north, the city of a great king. God in her high places is known for a tower. For low the kings met, they passed by together. They have seen, so they have marveled. They have been troubled. They were hastened away. Trembling hath seized them there, pain as of a travelling woman. By an east wind thou shiverest ships of Tarshish. As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God, God doth establish her to the age. Sela. We have thought, O God, of thy kindness in the midst of thy temple. As is thy name, O God, so is thy praise. Over the ends of the earth, righteousness hath filled thy right hand. Rejoice, doth Mount Zion. The daughters of Judah are joyful for the sake of thy judgments. Compass Zion and go round her. Count her towers. Set your heart to her bulwark. Consider her high places, so that ye recount to a later generation that this God is our God, to the age and for ever. He doth lead us over death. Psalm 49 To the overseer by sons of Korah a Psalm Hear this, all ye peoples. Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, both low and high, together rich and needy. My mouth speaketh wise things, and the meditations of my heart are things of understanding. I incline to a simile mine ear. I open with a harp my riddle. Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me. Those trusting on their wealth and in the multitude of their riches do shoo themselves foolish. A brother doth no one at all ransom. He doth not give to God his atonement. And precious is the redemption of their soul, and it hath ceased to the age, and still he liveth for ever. He seeeth not the pit. For he seeeth wise men die, together the foolish and brutish perish, and have left to others their wealth. Their heart is. Their houses are to the age. Their tabernacles to all generations. They proclaimed their names over the lands. And man in honor doth not remain. He hath been like the beasts. They have been cut off. This their way is folly for them, and their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Sela. As sheep for sheol they have set themselves. Death doth afflict them, and the upright rule over them in the morning. And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him. Only God doth ransom my soul from the hand of sheol. For he doth receive me. Sela. Fear not when one maketh wealth, when the honor of his house is abundant. For at his death he receiveth nothing. His wealth not down after him. For his soul in his life he blesseth. And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself. It cometh to the generation of his fathers, for ever they see not the light. Man in honor who understandest not hath been like the beasts. They have been cut off. Psalm 50. A psalm of Asaph. The God of God's and he calleth to the earth from the rising of the sun unto its going in. From Zion the perfection of beauty, God shone. Our God cometh and is not silent. Fire before him doth devour, and round about him it hath been very tempestuous. He doth call unto the heavens from above, and unto the earth to judge his people. Gather ye to me my saints, making covenant with me over and declare his righteousness. For God himself is judge. Silah. Here, O my people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee. God, thy God am I. Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee. Yea, thy burnt offerings are before me continually. I take not from thy house a bollock, from thy fields he goats. For mine is every beast of the forest, the cattle on the hills of oxen. I have known every fowl of the mountains, and the wild beast of the field is with me. If I am hungry, I tell not to thee, for mine is the world and its fullness. Do I eat the flesh of bowls, and drink the blood of he goats? Sacrifice to God confession, and complete to the most high thy vows, and call me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honorest me. And to the wicked hath God said, What to thee to recount my statutes? That thou liftest up my covenant on thy mouth? Yea, thou hast hated instruction, and dost cast my words behind thee. If thou hast seen a thief, then thou art pleased with him, and with adulterers is thy portion. Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, and thy tongue joineth deceit together. Thou sittest against thy brother, thou speakest against a son of thy mother givest slander. These thou didst, and I kept silent, thou hast thought that I am like thee. I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes. Understand this I pray you, ye who are forgetting God, lest I tear, and there is no deliverer. He who is sacrificing praise honoreth me, as to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God. The end of Psalms 41-50 Recording by Mark Penfold. Psalms 51-60 of the Book of the Psalms from the Young's literal translation of the Bible translated by Robert Young. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold. Psalm 51 To the Overseer, a Psalm of David, in the coming in unto him of Nathan the Prophet when he gone in unto Bathsheba. Favor me, O God, according to thy kindness, according to the abundance of thy mercies, blot out my transgressions. Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, and from my sin cleanse me, for my transgressions I do know, and my sin is before me continually. Against thee, thee only I have sinned, and done the evil thing in thine eyes, so that thou art righteous in thy words, and be judging. Low, in iniquity I have been brought forth, and in sin doth my mother conceive me. Low, truth thou hast desired in the inward parts, and in the hidden part wisdom thou causest me to know. Thou cleansest me with hiss up, and I am clean, washest me, and then snow I am whiter. Thou causest me to hear joy and gladness, thou makest joyful bones, thou hast bruised. Hide thy face in, and all mine iniquities blot out. A clean heart prepare for me, O God, and a right spirit renew within me. Cast me not forth from thy presence, and thy Holy Spirit take not from me. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and a willing spirit doth sustain me. I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners unto thee do return. Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation, my tongue of righteousness. O Lord, my lips thou dost open, and my mouth declareeth thy praise, for thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give it. Burnt offering thou acceptest not. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a heart broken and bruised, O God, thou dost not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure with Zion, thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem, then thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, burnt offering, and then they offer bollocks on thine altar. Psalm 52 To the Overseer, an instruction by David in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareeth to Saul and sayeth to him, David, come in unto the house of a Himalek. What! boasteth thou an evil, almighty one? The kindness of God is all the day. Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, like a sharp razor seeking deceit. Thou hast loved evil rather than good, lying than speaking righteousness. Selah. Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. Also God doth break thee down forever, takeeth thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, and he hath abrooted thee out of the land of the living. Selah. And the righteous see, and fear, and laugh at him. Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong doth in the abundance of his riches he is strong in his mischiefs. And I, as a green olive in the house of God, I have trusted in the kindness of God, to the age and forever. I thank thee to the age, because thou hast done it, and I wait on thy name for it is good before thy saints. Psalm 53 To the Overseer On a Disease An Instruction by David A fool said in his heart There is no God. They have done corruptly. Yea, they have done abominable iniquity. There is none doing good. God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, to see if there be an understanding one, one seeking God. Everyone went back. Together they became filthy. There is none doing good. Not even one. Have not workers of iniquity known? Those eating my people have eaten bread. God, they have not called. There they feared a fear. There was no fear, for God have scattered the bones of him who is encamping against thee. Thou hast put to shame, for God have despised them. Who doth give from Zion the salvation of Israel? When God turneth back to a captivity of his people, Jacob doth rejoice. Israel is glad! Psalm 54 To the Overseer With Stringed Instruments An Instruction by David In of the Ziphim, and they say to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us? Oh God, by thy name save me, and by thy might judge me. Oh God, hear my prayer. Give ear to the sayings of my mouth, for strangers have risen up against me, and terrible ones have sought my soul. They have not set God before them. Selah. Oh God is a helper to me. The Lord supporting my soul. Turn back doth the evil thing to my enemies in thy truth. Cut them off. With a free will offering I sacrifice to thee. I thank thy name, O Jehovah, for it is good. For from all adversity he delivered me, and on my enemies hath mine I looked. Psalm 55 To the Overseer With Stringed Instruments An Instruction by David Give ear, O God, to my prayer, and hide not from my supplication. Attend to me, and answer me. I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise, because of the voice of an enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked, for they cause sorrow to move against me, and in anger they hate me. My heart is pained within me, and terrors of death have fallen on me. Fear and trembling come into me, and horror doth cover me, and I say, Who doth give to me opinion as a dove? I fly away and rest, low I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Sela I hasten escape from myself, from a rushing wind, from a whirlwind. Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, for I saw violence and strife in a city. By day and by night they go round it on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness are in its midst, mischiefs are in its midst, fraud and deceit depart me, not from its street. For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear it. He who is hating me hath not magnified himself against me, or I hide from him. But thou, a man, as mine equal, my familiar friend and mine acquaintance, when together we sweeten counsel into the house of God we walk in company, desolations are upon them, they go down to sheil alive, for wickedness is dwelling in their midst. I, to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me. Evening and morning and noon I meditate and make a noise, and he heareth my voice. He hath ransomed in peace my soul from him who was near to me, for with the multitude they were with me. God doth hear and afflict them, and he sitteth of old. Sela, because they have no changes, and fear not God, he hath sent forth his well-wishers. He hath polluted his covenant. Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, and his heart his war. Softer hath been his words than oil, and they are drawn swords. Cast on Jehovah that which he hath given thee, and he doth sustain thee, he doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous. And thou, O God, dost bring them down to a pit of destruction. Men of blood and deceit reach the skies, and I do trust in thee. Psalm 56 To the overseer on the dumb dove far off, a secret treasure of David in the Philistines taking hold of him in gath. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up all the day fighting, he oppresseth me. Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, for many are fighting against me the day I am afraid, I am confident toward thee. In God I praise his word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me. All the day they rest my words, concerning me all their thoughts are for evil. They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, when they have expected my soul. By iniquity they escape, in anger the peoples put down, O God. My wandering thou hast counted, thou, place thou my bottle. Are they not in my book? Then turn back to mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God is for me. In God I praise the word, in Jehovah I praise the word, in God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me. On me, O God, are thy vows, I repay thank offerings to thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, dost thou not my feet from failing? To walk ritually before God in the light of the living. Psalm 57 To the overseer destroy not a secret treasure of David in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favor me, O God, favor me, for in thee is my soul trusting, and in the shadow of thy wings I trust until the calamities pass over. I call to God most high, perfecting for me, he sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, he reproached, who is panting after me. Say, Allah God sendeth forth his kindness and his truth. My soul is in the midst of lions, I lie down among flames, sons of men, their teeth are a spear and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, above all the earth thine honor. A net they have prepared for my steps, bowed down half my soul, they have digged before me a pit, they have fallen into its midst. Say, Allah Prepared is my heart, O God, prepared is my heart, I sing and praise. Awake, my honor, awake sultry and harp, I awake the morning dawn. I thank thee among the peoples, O Lord, I praise thee among the nations, for great unto the heavens is thy kindness and unto the clouds thy truth. Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, above all the earth thine honor. Psalm 58 To the overseer destroy not a secret treasure by David Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak, uprightly ye judge, O sons of men, even in heart ye work iniquities, in the land the violence of your hands ye ponder. The wicked have been estranged from the womb, they have erred from the belly, speaking lies. Their poison is as poison of a serpent as a deaf asp shutting its ear, which harkeneth not to the voice of whisperers, a charmer of charms most skillful. O God, break their teeth in their mouth, the jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah. They are melted as waters, they go up and down for themselves, his arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves but melteth he goeth on, as an untimely birth of a woman they have not seen the sun. Before your pots discern the bramble as well the raw as the heated he whirleth away, the righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, his steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked, and man sayeth, surely fruit is for the righteous, surely there is a God judging in the earth. Psalm 59 To the overseer destroy not, by David, a secret treasure in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, from my withstanders set me on high. Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and from men of blood save me, for, lo, they laid weight from my soul, assembled against me are strong ones, not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah, without punishment they run and prepare themselves, stir up to meet me and see, and thou Jehovah God of hosts, God of Israel, awake to inspect all the nations, favor not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. They turn back at evening, they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city, lo, they belch out with their mouths, swords are in their lips, for who heareth? And thou, O Jehovah, dost laugh thou dost mock at all the nations. O my strength, unto thee I take heed, for God is my tower, the God of my kindness. God doth go before me, he causeth me to look on my enemies, slay them not, lest my people forget, shake them by thy strength, and bring them down, O Lord our shield. The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, and they are captured in their pride, and from the curse and lying they consume in fury, consume and they are not, and they know that God is ruling in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Sela. And they turn back at evening, they make a noise like a dog, and they go round about the city, they wander for food, if they are not satisfied, then they murmur, and I, I sing of thy strength, and I sing at mourn of thy kindness, for thou hast been a tower to me, and a refuge to my adversity. O my strength unto thee, I sing praise, for God is my tower, the God of my kindness. Psalm 60 To the Overseer, concerning the lily of testimony, a secret treasure of David to teach in his striving with Aram Naharayim and with Aram Zoba, and Joab Turneth back and Smighteth Idam in the valley of Salt, twelve thousand. O God, thou hath cast us off, thou hath broken us, hath been angry, thou dost turn back to us, thou hast caused the land to tremble, thou hast broken it, heal its breeches, for it hath moved, thou hast shone thy people a hard thing, thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling, thou hast given to us those fearing via an ensign to be lifted up as an ensign because of truth. Sela. That thy beloved ones may be banned and answer us. God hath spoken in his holiness. I exult, I apportion shechem, and the valley of Sookov I measure. Mine is Gilead, and mine is Manasseh, and Ephraim is the strength of my head. Judah is my law-giver, Moab is my pot for washing over Idam, I cast my shoe. Shout concerning me, O Philistia, who doth bring me to a city of bulwarks, who hath led me unto Idam. Is it not thou, O God, hast thou cast us off, and dost thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts? Give to us help from adversity, and vain is the deliverance of man. In God we do mightily, and he treadeth down our adversaries. The end of Psalms 51-60 Recording by Mark Penfold