 Chapter 17 of the Book of Psalms, from the King James Version. 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 Don Leary. The Book of Psalms from the King James Version. Psalms 47 through 49. Psalm 47 O clap your hands, all ye people, shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord most highest, terrible, he is a great king over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us and the nations under our feet. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Sila, God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises, sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth, sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen, God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 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 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king. God is known in her palaces for a refuge, for lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. They saw it, and so they marveled, they were troubled and hasted away. Fear took hold upon them there, and pain as of a woman in travail. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish, with an east wind. 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. Sila. We have thought of thy loving kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth. Thy right hand is full of righteousness. Let Mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. Walk about Zion, and go round about her, tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces that ye may tell it to the generation following, for this God is our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide even unto death. Psalm 49 Hear this, all ye people, give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, both low and high, rich and poor, together. My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches, none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him. For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever. That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption, for he seeeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. 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. Nevertheless, man being an honor abideth not, he is like the beasts that perish. This their way is their folly, yet their posterity approve their sayings. Sela, 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. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for he shall receive me. Sela, be not thou afraid when one is made rich when the glory of his house is increased. For when he dyeth he shall carry nothing away, his glory shall not descend after him. Though while he lived he blessed his soul, and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself. He shall go to the generation of his fathers, they shall never see light. Man that is an honor and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. Recording by Don Leary The mighty God, even the Lord hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence, a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me, those that have made a covenant with me, by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God is judge himself, Sila. Here, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against thee, I am God, even thy God. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the most high. And call upon me in the day of trouble, I will deliver thee, and now shalt glorify me. But unto the wicked, God sayeth, what hast thou to do, to declare my statutes? Or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee. When thou sauest a thief, then thou consentest with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou slanderest thine own mother's son. These things hast thou done, and I kept silence. Thou thoughtest that I was altogether, such and one as thyself. But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. Now consider this. Ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. Who so offereth praise glorifyeth me? And to him that ordereth his conversation aright, will I shoo the salvation of God. Psalm 51 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 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. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou shall make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from my presence, and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall shoe forth thy praise. For thou desirest not sacrifice, else I would give it, thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart. O God, thou wilt not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion, build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shall 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 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endureth continually. The tongue deviseth mischiefs like a sharp razor working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. God shall likewise destroy thee forever. He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him. Lo, this is the man that may not God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the mercy of God, forever, and ever. I will praise thee forever, because thou hast done it, and I will wait on thy name, for it is good before thy saints. Chapter 19 The Book of Psalms, from the King James Version. 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 Don Leary. The Book of Psalms, from the King James Version. Psalms 53-56 Psalm 53 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. God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand that did seek God. Every one of them is gone back. They are all together become filthy. There is none that doeth good. No, not one. Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? Who eat up my people as they eat bread? They have not called upon God. 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. O, 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 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. Hear my prayer, O God, give ear to the words of my mouth, for strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul. I have not set God before them, Sila. Behold, God is my helper, the Lord is with them, that uphold my soul. He shall reward evil unto mine enemies, cut them off in my truth. I will freely sacrifice unto thee, I will praise thy name, O Lord, for it is good. For he hath delivered me out of all trouble, and mine I hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. Psalm 55 Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my supplication. Attend unto me, and hear me, I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise, 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. My heart is sore-pained within me, and the tears of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I fly away and be at rest. Low! Then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness, sila. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. Day and night they go about it, upon the walls thereof. Mischief also, and sorrow, are in the midst of it. Wickedness is in the midst thereof, deceit and guile, depart not from her streets. 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. But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God and company. Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell. For wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord shall save me, evening and morning, and at noon will I pray, and cry aloud, and he shall hear my voice. He hath delivered my soul in peace, from the battle that was against me, for there were many with me. God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Sela, because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. He hath put forth his hands against such, as be at peace with him. He hath broken his covenant. 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. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee. He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. But thou, O God, shall 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. Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up, he fighting daily, oppresseth me. Mine enemies would daily swallow me up, for they be many that fight against me, O thou most high. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Every day they rest my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil. They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps when they wait for my soul. Shall they escape by iniquity? In thine anger cast down the people, O God. Thou tellest my wanderings. Put thou my tears into thy bottle. Are they not in thy book? When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back. This I know, for God is for me. In God will I praise his word. In the Lord will I praise his word. In God have I put my trust. I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Thy vows are upon me, O God. I will render praises unto thee. 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? End of Chapter 19 Chapter 20 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. The Book of Psalms from the King James Version Psalms 57 through 60 Psalm 57 Be merciful unto me, O God. Be merciful unto me, for my soul trusts us in thee. In the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpassed. I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me. He shall send from heaven and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Say, La, God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 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. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let thy glory be above all the earth. They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have digged a pit before me, into the mist, whereof they are fallen themselves. Say, La, my heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed. I will sing and give praise. Awake up, my glory. Awake, solitary and harp. I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people. I will sing unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let thy glory be above all the earth. Psalm 58 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? Yea, in heart ye work wickedness, ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent. They are like the death at her that stopped earth her near, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord. 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. 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. Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living and in his wrath. The righteous shall rejoice when he seeeth the vengeance, he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. So that a man shall say, verily there is a reward for the righteous. Verily he is a God that judges in the earth. Psalm 59 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God. Defend me from them that rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 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. They run and prepare themselves without my fault. Awake to help me, and behold. Thou, therefore, O Lord, God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen. Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors, say, La. They return at evening. They make a noise like a dog, and go around about the city. Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips. For who, say they, doth hear? But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them. Thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. Because of his strength will I wait upon thee. For God is my defense. The God of my mercy shall prevent me. God shall let me see my desire upon my enemies. Slay them not, lest my people forget. Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. 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. 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. Say, La. And at evening let them return, and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Let them wander up and down for meat and grudge if they be not satisfied. But I will sing of thy power. Yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning. For thou hast then my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble. Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing. For God is my defense, and the God of my mercy. Psalm 60. O God, thou hast cast us off. Thou hast scattered us. Thou hast been displeased. O, turn thyself to us again. Thou hast made the earth a tremble. Thou hast broken it. Heal the breeches thereof for its shakeeth. Thou hast chewed thy people hard things. Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Say, La. That thy beloved may be delivered. Save with thy right hand and hear me. God hath spoken in his holiness. I will rejoice. I will divide, skek him, and meet out the valley of Sukkoth. Gilead is mine, and Menace is mine. Ephraim also is the strength of mine head. Judah is my law giver. Moab is my wash pot. Overeatim, will I cast out my shoe. Philistia, triumph thou because of me. Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into Edom? Wilt not thou, O God, which hast cast us off? And thou, O God, which dost not go out with our armies? Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly. For he it is that shall tread down our enemies. End of Chapter 20 Chapter 21 of the Book of Sounds From the King James Version 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 Nicole Lee The Book of Sounds from the King James Version Sound 61 through 65 Sound 61 Hear my cry, O God. Attend unto my prayer. 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. For thou has been a shelter for me and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever. I will trust in the covet of thy wings. Sela, for thou, O God, hast heard my vows. Thou hast given me the heritage that fear thy name. Thou wilt prolong the king's life and his years as many generations. He shall abide before God for ever. O prepare mercy and truth which may preserve him. So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. Sound 62 Truly my soul waiteth upon God. From him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my defence. I shall not be greatly moved. How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? He shall be slain, all of you. As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. They only consult to cast him down from his excellency. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. My soul wait thou only upon God. For my expectation is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation. He is my defence. I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory. The rock of my strength and my refuge is in God. Trust in him at all times. Ye people pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Sela. Surely men of low degree are vanity. And men of high degree are a lie. To be laid in the balance, they are all together lighter than vanity. Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them. God hath spoken once, twice have I heard this. That power belongeth unto God. Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy, for thou renderest to every man according to his work. Psalm 63 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. To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy loving kindness is better than life. My lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live. I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips. When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night, watchers. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My soul followeth hard after thee. Thy right hand upholdeth me. But those that seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth. They shall fall by the sword. They shall be a portion for foxes. But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone that sweareth by him shall glory. But the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Psalm 64 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity who wet their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words, that they may shoot in secret at the perfect. Suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not. They encourage themselves in an evil matter. They commune of laying snares privily. They say who shall see them. They search out iniquities. They accomplish a diligent search. Both the inward thought of every one of them and the heart is steep. But God shall shoot at them with an arrow. Suddenly shall they be wounded. So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves. All that see them shall flee away. And all men shall fear and shall declare the work of God. For they shall wisely consider of his doing. The righteous shall be glad in the Lord and shall trust in him. And all the upright in heart shall glory. Psalm 65 Iniquities prevail against me. As far transgressions thou shall purge them away. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causes 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. By terrible things in righteousness will 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, which by his strength seteth fast the mountains, being girded with power, which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens. Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. 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. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly. Thou settlest the furrows thereof. Thou makest it soft with showers. Thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks. The valleys also are covered over with corn. They shout for joy. They also sing. End of chapter 21 Please visit Libervox.org Recording by Robert Hoffman The Book of Psalms From the King James Version Psalms 66-68 Psalm 66 Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee. They shall sing to thy name. Sila Come and see the works of God. He is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. He turned the sea into dry land. They went forth through the flood on foot. There did we rejoice in him. He ruleth by his power for ever. His eyes behold the nations. Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Sila O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard, which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. For thou, O God, has proved us, thou hast tried us as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the net, thou latest deflection upon our loins. 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. I will go into thy house with burnt offerings. I will pay thee my vows, which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble. I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings with the increase of rams. I will offer bullocks with goats. Sila Come in here, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. But verily God hath heard me. He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. Psalm 67 God, be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine upon us. Sila That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God, let all the people praise thee. O, let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for thou shalt judge the people righteously and govern the nations upon earth. Sila Let the people praise thee, O God, let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase, and God, even our own God, bless us. God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. Psalm 68 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered, let them also that hate him flee before him. 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. But let the righteous be glad, let them rejoice before God, yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name, extol him that righteth upon the heavens by his name Ja, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God seteth the solitary in families, he bringeth out those which are bound with chains, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness, Silah, 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. Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance when it was weary. Thy congregation hath dwelt therein. Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. The Lord gave the word. Great was the company of those that published it. Kings of armies did flee apace, and she that tarried at home divided the spoil, though you have lean among the pots. Yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. When the almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. The hill of God is as the hill of Bation, and high hill as the hill of Bation. Why leap ye, ye high hills? This is the hill which God desired to dwell in. Yea, the Lord will dwell in it forever. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels. The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 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. Blessed be the Lord, who daily loateth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Silah. He that is our God is the God of salvation, and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as Goethon still in his trespasses. The Lord said, I will bring again from Bation, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea, that thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. They have seen thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King in the sanctuary. The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after, among them were the damsels, playing with timbrels. Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord from the fountain of Israel. There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah in their council, the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naftali. Thy God hath commanded thy strength, strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us, because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee. Rebuke the company of Spearman, the multitude of bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver. Scatter thou the people that delight in war. Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. Sing unto God ye kingdoms of the earth. O sing praises unto the Lord. Sila. To him that righteth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old, lo, he doth send out his voice and that a mighty voice. Ascribe ye strength unto God. His Excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. 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. End of Chapter 22. Recording by Robert Hoffman. Chapter 23 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. The Book of Psalms from the King James Version. Psalms 69 through 71. Psalm 69. Save me, O God, for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I am come into deep waters where the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying. My throat is dried. My eyes fail while I wait for my God. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. They that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. Then I restored that which I took not away. O God, thou knowest my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from thee. 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. Because for thy sake I have borne reproach. Shame have covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren and alien unto my mother's children. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me. When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a proverb to them. They that sit in the gates speak against me, and I was the song of the drunkards. 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. 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. Let not the water flood overflow me. Neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. For me, O Lord, for thy loving kindness is good, turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, and hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble. Hear me speedily. Draw nigh unto my soul and redeem it. Deliver me because of mine enemies. Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor. Mine adversaries are all before thee. 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. They gave me also a goal for my meat, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. Let their table become a snare before them, and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake. Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in their tents. For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. Add iniquity unto their iniquity, and let them not come into thy righteousness. Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. But I am poor and sorrowful. Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. The humble shall see this, and be glad, and your heart shall live that seek God. For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseeth not his prisoners. Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. The seed also of his servants shall inherit it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein. Psalm 70 Make haste, O God, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O Lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul. Let them be turned backward and put to confusion that desire my hurt. Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Ah-ha! Ah-ha! Let those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee, and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. 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 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteousness and cause me to escape. Incline thine ear unto me and save me. Be thou my strong habitation where unto I may continually resort. Thou hast given commandment to save me, for thou art my rock and my fortress. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. For thou art my hope, O Lord God, thou art my trust for my youth. By thee have I been holding up from the womb, thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels. My praise shall be continually of thee. I am as a wonder unto many, but thou art my strong refuge. Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honor all the day. Cast me not off in the time of old age, forsake me not when my strength faileth. For my enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, saying, God hath forsaken him, persecute and take him, for there is none to deliver him. O God, be not far from me. O my God, make haste for my help. Let them be confounded and consume that are adversaries to my soul. Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt. But I will hope continually and will yet praise thee more and more. My mouth shall shoe forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day, for I know not the numbers thereof. I will go in the strength of the Lord God. I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. O God, thou hast taught me from my youth and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grey-headed, O God, forsake me not until I have shooed thy strength unto this generation and thy power to everyone that is to come. Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who has done great things. O God, who is like unto thee, thou which has showed me great and sore troubles, shall quicken me again and shall bring me up again from the depths of the earth. Thou shalt increase my greatness and comfort me on every side. I will also praise thee with the sultry, even thy truth, O my God, unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou holy one of Israel. My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee and my soul which thou hast redeemed. My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long, for they are confounded, for they are brought under shame that seek my hurt. End of Chapter 23 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment. The mountains shall bring peace to the people and the little hills by righteousness. He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure throughout all generations. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass as showers that water the earth. In his days shall the righteous flourish and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him and his enemies shall lick the dust. The kings of Tarshish and of the Isles shall bring presents. The kings of Sheba and Siba shall offer gifts. Ye all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him. For he shall deliver the needy when he cryeth, the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy and shall save the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence and precious shall their blood be in his sight. And he shall live and to him shall be given the gold of Sheba. Prayer also shall be made for him continually and daily shall he be praised. There shall be in 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. And he shall endure forever. His name shall be continued as long as the sun and men shall be blessed in him. All nations shall call him blessed. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only do with wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name forever and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and amen. The prayers of David the son Psalm 73 Truly God is good to Israel even to such as are of a clean heart. But as for me my feet were almost gone. My steps had well nice slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no bands in their death but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men. Neither are they plagued like other men. Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain. Violence covers them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish. They are corrupt and speak wickedly concerning oppression. They speak loftily. They set their mouth against the heavens and their tongue walketh through the earth. Therefore his people return hither and waters full cup are wrung out to them. And they say how doth God know? And is there knowledge in the most high? Behold, these are the young godly who prosper in the world. They increase in riches. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain and washed my hands in innocencey. For all the day long have I been plagued and chastened every morning. If I say I will speak thus behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. When I thought to know this it was too painful for me until I went into the sanctuary of God, then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places. Thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment? They are utterly consumed with terrors. Dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when thou awakest thou shalt despise their image. Thus my heart was grieved and I was pricked in my reins. So foolish was I and ignorant I was as a beast before thee. Nevertheless I am continually with thee, thou hast hold in me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and afterward receive me to glory. I have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever. For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish, thou hast destroyed all them that go ahoring from thee. But it is good for me to draw near to God I have put my trust in the Lord God that I may declare by works. End of Chapter 24 Chapter 25 The Book of Psalms from the King James Version 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 April Gones Analyst The Book of Psalms from the King James Version Psalms 74 Pro77 Psalm 74 O God, why hast thou cast us all for ever? Why dost thine Angers make against the sheep of thy pasture? Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased of all the rod of thine inheritance which thou hast redeemed of this manzion wherein thou hast dwelt live out thy feet into the perpetual desolations even though that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations they set out the end-signs for signs. A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. But now they break down the carved back they are the ones with axes and hammers. They have cast fire into thy sanctuary and defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thine name to the ground. They said in their hearts that to destroy them together they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. We see not our signs there is no more any prophets neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. O God how long shall the adversary approach show the enemy blaspheme in thine name forever. Why we throwest thou thy hand even thy right hand pluck it out of thy bosom. For God is my king of all working salvation the midst of the earth. Though this divide the sea by thy strength thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Thou breakest the heads of the Leviathan in pieces and gave us him to be made the people inhabiting the wilderness. Thou this cleaved the fountains in the flood thou dried up mighty rivers. Today is thine the night also is thine thou hast prepared the light in the sun. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast made summer and winter. Remember this that the enemy hath reproach O Lord and that the foolish fiend thy name. O deliver not the soul of thy turtles of unto the multitude of the wicked forget not the congregation of thy poor forever. Have respect unto the covenant for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitation of cruelty. O let not the oppressed return the shame let the poor and needy praise their name. Arise, O God bleed thine own cause remember how the foolish man reproach it thee daily forget not the voice of thine enemies let your mold of those that rise up against thee increase it continually. Psalm 75 unto thee, O God do it get thanks and to thee do it get thanks for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare and I shall receive the congregation and will judge uprightly the earth and all the inhabitants that are off I dissolve I bear of the pillars of it seller I sit unto the falls deal not foolishly unto the wicked lift not off the horn lift not off your horn and high speak now with a stiff neck for promotion comeeth neither from the east nor from the west nor from the south but God is the judge he put down one and seteth up another for in the heart of the Lord there is a cup and the wine is red it is full of mixture and it poureth out of the same but the dregs dare off all the wicked of the earth shall ring them out and drink them but I will declare for ever I will sing praises to the God of Jacob all the horns of the wicked also will I cut off all the horns of the righteous shall be exalted Psalm 76 in Judah is God name his name is great in Israel in Salem all this is tabernacle and his dwelling place in Zion there break he the arrows of the bow the shield and the sword and the battle seller there are more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey the strat hearted as poor they have slept asleep and none of the men of might have found their hands a diary book a God of Jacob both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep though even there are to be fed and who may stand in their sight when once there are to be angry though there is cause judgment to be heard from heaven to be fed and was still when God arose to judgment to save all the meek of the earth seller surely the wrath of man shall praise thee the remainder of wrath shall thou restrain vow and pay into the Lord your God let all that be right about him bring presence unto him that ought to be fed he shall cut off the spirit of princess and carryable to the kings of the earth psalms of any seven I cried unto God in my voice even unto God in my voice and he gave ear to me in the day of my trouble I sought the Lord my sorrow and the night and seized not my soul refused to be comforted I remembered God and was troubled I complained seller thou holdest my eyes waking I am so troubled that I cannot speak I have considered the days of all and the years of ancient times I called to remember and my song of the night I commuted my known heart and my spirit made diligent search with the Lord castle forever and will he be favorable no more his is mercy clean gone forever though this promise fail forever more hath God forgotten to be gracious hath he in anger share of his tender mercies seller and I said this is my infirmity but I will remember the year to the right hand as them is high I will remember the wax of the Lord surely I will remember thy wonders of all I will meditate also thy work and talk of thy dewings thy way oh God is a sanctuary who is so great a God as our God thou art the God that juists wonders there hath declared thy strength amongst the people there hath with thine arm redeemed thy people the sons of Jacob and Joseph seller the water saw thee oh God the water saw thee they were afraid the depths also were troubled the clouds poured out water the skies into the sound thine arrows also went abroad the voice of thy thunder was into heaven the lightnings lightened the world the earth trembled and shook thy ways in the sea in thy path and the great waters thy footsteps are not known thou leadest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron End of Chapter 25 Recording by April Gonzalez in Cavitephilippines Chapter 26 The Book of Psalms from King James Version This is a LibriVox recording or LibriVox recording seren the public domain For more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org Recording by April Gonzalez The Book of Psalms from King James Version Psalm 78 Give air and my people to my law incline your ears to the birds of my mouth I will open my mouth in a parable I will utter dark sayings of old which you have heard and known and have a father so told us he will not hide them from their children showing to the generation to come that praises the Lord and his strength and his wonderful works that he had done 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 that the generation to come might know them even the children which should be born who should arise and declare them their children that they might set the hope in God and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments and might not be as the fathers as stubborn and rebellious generation a generation that set not the heart to write and whose spirit was not steadfast at God the children of Ephraim being armed and carrying bows turned back in a day of battle they kept not the covenants of God and refused to walk in his law and forgot his works and his wonders that he had showed them marvellous things that he and the son of their fathers in the land of Egypt in the field of Zohan he divided the sea and cost them to pass through and he made the waters his giant as an heap in the daytime also he let them and all the night in the light of fire he clave the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as out of the great depths he brought streams also out of the rock and caused waters to run down like rivers and they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most high in the wilderness and they tempted God in their heart by asking me for their lust yeah, they spake against God they said can God furnish a table in the wilderness behold he smote the rock for the waters got shut and the streams overflowed can he give bread also can he provide flesh for his people therefore the Lord heard this and was wroth so fire was kindled against Jacob and anger also came up against Israel because they believed not in God and trusted not in his salvation though he had commanded a clouds from above and opened the doors of heaven and had drained ran man upon them to eat and had given them of the corn of heaven man did eat angels food he sent them meat to the fall he caused an east wind to blow into heaven and by his power he brought in the south wind he rained flesh also upon them as dust and feathered fowls like a sands of the sea and he let it fall in the midst of the camp ran about the habitations so they did eat and were well filled for he gave them their own desire they were not estranged from their lust but were their meat was yet in their mouths the wrath of God came upon them and slowed the fathes of them and smothered the chosen men of Israel for all this they sinned still and believed not for his wondrous works therefore the days did he consume him vanity and the years in trouble when he slurred them then they sought him and they returned and quiet early after God and they remember that God was the rock and the high God the redeemer never the evil redeemer nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth and they lied unto him with their tongues for their heart was not rife with him neither were they stepped fast in his covenant but he being full of compassion but gave them iniquity and destroyed them not ye many a times and he his anger away and did not stir up all his wrath for he remember that they were but flesh of him that passeth away and cometh not again how often they provoke him in the wilderness and grieve him in the desert ye they turned back and tempted God and limited the holy one of Israel for they remember and not his hand nor did they when he delivered them from the enemy how he had wrought his signs in Egypt and his wonders in the field of the one and had turned the rivers into blood and the floods that they could not drink he sent divers sorts of lies among them which devour them and frogs which destroy them he gave also the increases to the caterpillar and the labor and the locusts he destroyed the vines with hail and the sycamore trees with frost he gave of the cattle also to the hail and the flocks to hot thunderbolts he cast upon them the fierceness of his anger rather than indignation and trouble by sending evil angels among them he made a way to his anger he spared not their soul from death but gave their life over to the pestilens and smoth all the first born in Egypt the chief of the sphrank in the tabernacles of harm he made his own people go for like sheep and guide them into the wilderness like a flock and he let them on safely so that they fared not but they see overwhelmed their enemies and he brought them to the border of the sanctuary even this mountain which his right hand had purchased he cast out the heathen ulcer before them and divided them and inheritance by line to Israel to dwell in their tents yet they tempted and provoked the most high god and kept not his testimonies but chained back and dealt unfaithful like the fathers though it turned aside like a deceitful bow for they provoke him to anger with their high blazes and move him to jealousy with their graven images when God heard this he was wroth and greatly abhorred until so that he pursued the tabernacle of Shiloh the tent which he placed among men and delivered his frank into captivity and his glory into the enemy's hand he gave his people over also unto the sword and was wroth with his inheritance the fire consumed the young men and the maters were not given to marriage the priests fell by the sword and the widows made no lamentation then the lord awake as one out of sleep and like a mighty man that shouted by reason of wine and he smote his enemies to the hinter parts he put them to perpetual reproach moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim but chose the tribe of Judah the Mount Zion which he loved and here he was and he built his sanctuary like high palaces like the earth which he had established forever he chose David also his servant and took him from the sheepfold from following the youth great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people and Israel as inheritance so he fed them according to the integrity of his art and guided them as of his hands end of chapter 26 chapter 27 of the book of Psalms from the King James version this is a LibriVox recording or LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording in a Dutch accent by Ernst Patinama the book of Psalms from the King James version Psalms 79 through 81 Psalms 79 O God the heathen are come into thine inheritance thy holy temple have they defiled they have laid Jerusalem on heaps the dead bodies of their servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them we are become reproached to our neighbours a scorn and derision to them that are round about us ha long lord will there be angry forever shall thy jealousy burn like fire pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name for they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his dwelling place O remember not against us former iniquities let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us for we are brought very low help us O God our salvation for the glory of thy name and deliver us and purge away our sins for thy name's sake 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 their servants which is shed that the sighing of the prisoner come before thee according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die and render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach wherewith they have reproached thee O Lord so we, thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks forever we will show forth thy praise to all generations psalm number 80 give ear o shepherd of Israel thou that leadest Joseph like a flock thou that dwellest between the cherubim shine forth before ever him and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength and come and save us turn us again O God and cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved O Lord God of hosts how long will thou be angry against the prayer of thy people thou feedest them with the bread of tears and givest them tears to drink in great measure to makeest us strive unto our neighbors and our enemies love among themselves turn us again O God of hosts and cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved thou hast brought a vine to Egypt thou hast cast out the hedon and planted it thou prepareest room before it and dist cause it to take deep root and it filled the land the hills were covered with the shadow of it and the bows thereof were like the goodly cedars she sent out her bows unto the sea and her branches unto the river why has thou then broken down her wings so that all they which pass by the way to pluck her the bore out of the wood doth waste it and the wild bees to the field doth devour it return we beseech thee O God of hosts look down from heaven and behold and visit this vine and the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted and the branch that thou made bore thyself it is burnt with fire it is cut down they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand upon the son of man whom thou madeest strong for thyself so will not we go back from thee quicken us and we will call upon thy name turn us again O Lord God of hosts cause thy face to shine and we shall be saved psalm number 81 sing aloud unto God our strength make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob take a psalm and bring hither the timbrel the present harp with the psalm tree blow up the trumpet in the new moon in the time appointed on our solemn feast day for this was a statute for Israel and a law of the God of Jacob 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 I removed his shoulder from the burden his hands were delivered from the pots I call it in trouble and I delivered thee I answered thee in the secret thunder I proved thee at the waters of Meriba here O my people and I will testify unto thee O Israel if thou wilt harken unto me there shall no strange God be in thee neither shall thou worship any strange God I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt thy mouth white and I will fill it but my people would not harken to my voice and Israel would none of me so I gave them up unto their own hearts lust and they walked in their own councils O that my people had harken done to me and Israel had walked in my ways I should soon have subdued their enemies and turned their worries the haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him but the time should have endured forever he should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee end of chapter 27 Chapter 28 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version this is a LibriVox recording the links are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org recording by Christine G the Book of Psalms from the King James Version Psalms 82 through 85 Psalm 82 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty be judgment among the gods how long will ye judge unjustly and accept the persons of the wicked salah defend the poor and fatherless do justice to the afflicted and needy deliver the poor and needy rid them out of the hand of the wicked they know not neither will they understand they walk on in darkness all the foundations of the earth are out of course I have said ye are gods and all you are children of the most high but ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes arise oh God judge the earth for thou shalt inherit all nations Psalm 83 keep not thou silence oh God hold not thy peace and be not still oh God for lo thine enemies make a term halt and they that hate thee have lifted up the head they have taken crafty counsel to the people and consulted against thy hidden ones 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 for they have consulted together with one consent they are confederate against thee the tabernacles of Edom and the Ishmaelites of Moab and the Haggaraness Gebal and Amman and Amalek the Philistines were the inhabitants of Ataya Asur also is joined with them they have hopened the children of Lot Selah do unto them as unto the Medianetus as to Cicera as to Jabin as to Brook of Kison which perished at Endor they became as dung for the earth make their nobles like Oreb or like Sieb yeah all their princes as Seba and as Salmuna who said let us take to ourselves the house of God in possession oh my God make them like a wheel as the stubble before the wind as the fire burneth a wood and as the flames set it the mountains on fire oh persecute them with thy tempest and make them afraid with thy storm fill their faces with shame that they may seek thy name oh Lord let them be confounded and troubled for ever yeah let them be put to shame and perish that men may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah at the most high over all the earth Psalm 84 how amenable are thy tabernacles oh Lord of hosts my soul longeth hear even fainteth for the courts of the Lord my heart and my flesh cries out for the living God yeah the sparrow hath found an house and swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young even thine altars oh Lord of hosts my king and my God blessed are they that dwell in thy house they will be still praising thee Salah blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are the waste of them who passing through the valley made it a well the rain also filleth the pools they go from strength to strength every one of them in Zion a paireth before God oh Lord God of hosts hear my prayer give air oh God of Jacob Salah behold oh Lord our shield and look upon the face of thine anointed for a day in thy courts is better than the thousand I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness for the Lord God is a son and shield the Lord will give grace and glory no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly oh Lord of hosts blessed is the man that trusted in thee Psalm 85 Lord thou hast been favourable unto thy land that brought back the captivity of Jacob thou hast forgiven the inquuity of thy people thou hast covered all their sin Salah thou hast taken away all thy wrath thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger turn us oh God of our salvation and cause thine anger towards us to cease would thou be angry with us forever would thou draw out thine anger to all generations thou not revive us again that thy people may rejoice in thee show us thy mercy oh Lord and grant us thy salvation I will hear that 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 surely his salvation is nigh them that fare him that glory may dwell in our land mercy and truth are met together righteousness and peace have kissed each other truth shall spring out of the earth and righteousness shall look down from heaven yea the Lord shall give that which is good and our land shall yield her increase righteousness shall go before him and shall set us in the way of his steps End of Chapter 28 Read by Christine G in Oslo, Norway 12th of May 2012 Chapter 29 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version 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 Christine G The Book of Psalms from the King James Version Psalms 86 through 88 Psalm 86 Bow down thine air O Lord, hear me for I am poor and needy preserve my soul, for I am holy O Thou, my God save thy servant that trusted in thee be merciful unto me, O Lord for I cry unto thee daily rejoice the soul of thy servant for unto thee, O Lord preserve my soul for thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive and plentious in mercy unto all them that call upon thee give air, O Lord unto my prayer and attend to the voice of my supplications in the day of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou wilt answer me among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord neither are there any works for thy works all nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord and shall glorify thy name for thou art great and thus wondrous things thou art God alone teach me thy way, O Lord I will walk in thy truth unite my heart to fear thy name I will praise the O Lord my God with all my heart my name for evermore for great is thy mercy toward me and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell O God the proud arising against me and the assembly so violent men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before them but thou, O Lord art a God full of compassion and gracious longsuffering and plentious in mercy and truth O turn unto me give thy mercy upon me give thy strength unto thy servant and save the son of thine handmaid shoo me a token for good that they which hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou, O Lord hast holpened me and comforted me Psalm 87 his foundation is in the holy mountains the Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob glorious things are spoken of the O city of God Selah I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me behold Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia this man was born there out of Zion it shall be said this and that man was born in her and the highest himself shall establish her the Lord shall count when he writhered upon the people this man was born there Selah as well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there all my springs are in thee Psalm 88 O Lord of my salvation I have cried day and night before thee let my prayer come before thee incline thine air unto my cry for my soul is full of troubles and my life draws nigh unto the grave I am counted with them that go down into the pit I am as a man that hath no strength 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 thou hast laid me in the lowest pit in darkness in the deeps thy wrath lie thine hard upon me and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves Selah 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 mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction Lord I have called daily upon thee I have stretched out my hands unto thee with thou show wonders to the dead shall the dead arise and praise thee Selah shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave or thy faithfulness in destruction shall thy wonders be known in the dark and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness but unto thee I have I cried O Lord and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee Lord why castest thou off my soul why hideest thou thy face from me I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted death wrath goeth over me thy terrors have cut me off they came round about me daily like water they compassed me about together lover and friend has thou put far from me and mine acquaintance into darkness King James Version 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 Robert Hoffman The Book of Psalms for the King James Version Psalm 89 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever with my mouth will I make known my faithfulness to all generations for I have said mercy shall be built up forever thy faithfulness shall thou establish in the very heavens I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant thy seed will I establish for ever and build up thy throne to all generations, Sila and the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord also in the congregation of the saints for who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord 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 O Lord God of hosts who is a strong Lord like unto thee or to thy faithfulness round about thee thou rulest the raging of the sea when the waves thereof arise thou stillest them thou hast broken Rahab in pieces as one that is slain thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm the heavens are thine the earth also is thine as for the world and the fullness thereof thou hast founded them the north and the south thou hast created them the mighty arm strong is thy hand and high is thy right hand justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne mercy and truth shall go before thy face blessed is the people that know the joyful sound they shall walk, O Lord in the light of thy countenance in thy name shall they rejoice all the day and in thy righteousness shall part the glory of their strength and in thy favor our horn shall be exalted for the Lord is our defense and the Holy One of Israel our king then thou spakest in vision to thy Holy One and says I have laid help upon one that is mighty I have exalted one chosen out of the people I have found David my servant with whom my hand shall be established mine arm also shall strengthen him the enemy shall not exact upon him nor the son of wickedness afflict him and I will beat down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him but my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him and in my name shall his horn be exalted I will set his hand also in the sea with my right hand in the rivers he shall cry unto me thou art my Father, my God and the rock of my salvation also I will make him my first born higher than the kings of the earth my mercy will I keep for him forevermore and my covenant shall stand fast with him his seed also will I make to endure forever and his throne as the days of heaven if his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments if they break my statutes and keep not my commandments then will I visit their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him nor suffer my faithfulness to fail my covenant will I not break nor alter the thing that has gone out of my lips once have I sworn by my holiness I will not lie unto David his seed shall endure forever and his throne as the sun before me it shall be established forever as the moon and as a faithful witness in heaven sila but thou has cast off and abhorred thou has been wroth with thine anointed thou has made void the covenant of thy servant thou has profaned his crown by casting it to the ground thou has broken down all his hedges thou has brought his strongholds to ruin all that pass by the way spoil him he is a reproach to his neighbors thou has set up the right hand of his adversaries thou has made all his enemies to rejoice thou has also turned the edge of his sword and has not made him to stand in the battle thou has made his glory to cease and cast his throne down to the ground the days of his youth has thou shortened thou has covered him with shame sila how long lord will thou hide thyself forever shall thy wrath burn like fire remember how short my time is wherefore has thou made all men in vain what man is he that liveth and shall not see death shall he deliver his soul from the hand of life sila lord where are thy former loving kindnesses which thou swarest unto David in thy truth remember lord the reproach of thy servants how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people wherewith thine enemies have reproached oh lord wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed blessed be the lord of the kingdom and of Chapter 30 Recording by Robert Hoffman Akron, Ohio Chapter 31 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version 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 Robert Hoffman The Book of Psalms from the King James Version Psalms 90-93 Psalm 90 Lord thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations before the mountains were brought forth or ever thou hast formed the earth and the world even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God thou turnest man to destruction and sayest return, ye children of men thou art God thou turnest man to destruction return, ye children of men for a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past and as a watch in the night thou carryest them away as with a flood they are as asleep in the morning they are like grass which groweth up in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up in the evening it is cut down and withereth and by thy wrath are we troubled thou hast set our iniquities before thee our secret sins in the light of thy countenance for all our days are past away in thy wrath we spend our years as a tale that is told the days of our years are three score years and ten and if by reason of strength they before score years yet as their strength, labour and we fly away who knoweth the power of thine anger even according to thy fear so is thy wrath so teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom return, O Lord, how long and let it repent thee concerning thy servants O, satisfy us early with thy mercy that we may rejoice and be glad according to thy days make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us and the years wherein we have seen evil let thy work appear unto thy servants and thy glory unto their children 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 he that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty I will say of the Lord he is my refuge and my fortress my God in him will I trust surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler and from the noisome pestilence he shall cover thee with his feathers and under his wing shall thou trust his truth shall be a shield and a buckler thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night nor for the arrow that flyeth by day nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday a thousand shall fall at thy side and ten thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh thee only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked because thou hast made the Lord which is my refuge even the most high thy habitation there shall no evil befall thee neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling for he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways they shall bear thee up in their hands lest thou dash thy foot against a stone thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder long lion and dragon shall thou trample under feet 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 he shall call upon me and I will answer him I will be with him in trouble I will deliver him and honor him with long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation Psalm 92 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy name almost high to show forth thy loving kindness in the morning and thy faithfulness every night upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the salt tree upon the harp with a solemn sound for thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work I will triumph in the works of thy hands O Lord, how great are thy works and thy thoughts are very deep a brutish man knoweth not neither doth a fool understand this 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 but thou, Lord, art most high for evermore for lo, thine enemies, O Lord for evermore thine enemies, O Lord, for lo, thine enemies shall perish all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered but my horn shall thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn I shall be anointed with fresh oil mine I also shall see my desire on mine enemies and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me the righteous shall flourish like the palm tree he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God they shall still bring forth fruit in old age they shall be fat and flourishing to show that the Lord is upright he is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in him Psalm 93 the Lord reigneth he is clothed with majesty the Lord is clothed with strength wherewith he hath girded himself the world also is established that it cannot be moved thy throne is established of old, thou art from everlasting the floods have lifted up, O Lord the floods have lifted up their voice the floods lift up their waves the Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters yea, than the mighty waves of the sea thy testimonies are very sure holiness become a thine house O Lord for ever End of Chapter 31 Recording by Robert Hoffman Akron, Ohio Chapter 32 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version This is the LibriVox Recording All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org The Book of Psalms from the King James Version Psalms 94 through 97 Psalm 94 O Lord God to whom vengeance belongeth O God to whom vengeance belongeth show thyself lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth thou art a reward to the proud Lord, how long shall the wicked how long shall the wicked triumph how long shall they utter and speak hard things and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves they break in pieces thy people, O Lord and afflict thine heritage they slay the widow and the stranger and murder the fatherless yet they say the Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it understand ye brutish among the people and ye fools when will ye be wise he that planted the ear shall he not hear he that formed the eye shall he not see he that chastiseth the heathen shall not he correct he that teacheth man knowledge shall not he know the Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are vanity blessed is the man whom thou chastinest, O Lord and teachest him out of thy law that thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity until the pit be digged for the wicked for the Lord will not cast off his people neither will he forsake his inheritance but judgment shall return unto righteousness and all the upright in heart shall follow it who will rise up for me against the evil doers or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity unless the Lord had been my help my soul had almost dwelt in silence when I said my foot slipeth thy mercy, O Lord, held me up in the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee which frameeth mischief by a law they gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous and condemn the innocent blood but the Lord is my defence and my God is the rock of my refuge 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 O come let us sing unto the Lord let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms for the Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods in his hand are the deep places of the earth the strength of the hills is his also the sea is his and he made it and his hands formed the dry land O come let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the Lord our maker for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand today if you will hear his voice hard and not your heart as in the provocation and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness when your fathers tempted me proved me and saw my work forty years long was I grieved with this generation and said it is the people that do err in their heart and they have not known my ways unto whom I swear in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest Psalm 96 O sing unto the Lord a new song sing unto the Lord all the earth sing unto the Lord bless his name show forth his salvation from day to day declare his glory among the heathen his wonders among all people for the Lord is great and greatly to be praised he is to be feared above all gods for all the gods of the nations are idols but the Lord made the heavens honour and majesty are before him strength and beauty are in his sanctuary give unto the Lord O ye kindreds of the people give unto the Lord glory and strength give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name bring an offering and come into his courts I worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness fear before him all the earth 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 let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad let the sea raw and the fullness thereof let the field be joyful and all that is therein then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice 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 the Lord reigneth let the earth rejoice let the multitude of aisles be glad thereof and darkness are round about him righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne a fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about his lightnings enlightened the world the earth saw and trembled the hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth the heavens declare his righteousness and all the people see his glory confounded be all they that serve graven images that boast themselves of aisles worship him all ye gods Zion heard and was glad and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments oh Lord for thou Lord art high above all the earth thou art exalted far above all gods ye that love the Lord hate evil he preserve the souls of his saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart rejoice in the Lord ye righteous and give thanks at the remembrance