 Chapter 1 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. Psalm 1. Blessed is the man that walked north in the Council of the Ungantly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor seated in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, his law doeth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree plundered by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season. His leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungantly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveeth away. Therefore the ungantly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the Rajus. For the Lord knoweth the way of the Rajus, but the way of ungantly shall perish. Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their courts from us. He, the seated in the heavens, shall laugh. The Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. To declare the decree the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my son, this day, have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thy inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shall break them with a rod of iron. Thou shall dash them in pieces like a porter's vessel. Be wise now, therefore, O ye kings. Be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but little. Blessed are all they that had put their trust in him. Psalm 3 Lord, how are they increased that trouble me? Many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, there is no help for him in God, Silah. But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill, Silah. I laid me down and slept. I awaked, for the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about. Arise, O Lord, save me, O my God, for thou hast smitten all my enemies upon the cheekbone. Thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord. Thy blessing is upon thy people, Silah. Psalm 4 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness. Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? How long will ye love vanity and sick after listening? Silah. But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. The Lord will hear when I call unto him. Stand in awe and sin not. Commune with your own heart upon your bed and be still, Silah. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in the Lord. There are many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart more than in the time that they corn and they wine and greased. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep. For thou, Lord, only makeest me dwell in safety. Psalm 5 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Harken unto the voice of my cry, my king and my god, for unto thee will I pray. My voice shall thou hear in the morning, O Lord. In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee and will look up. For thou art not a god that hath pleasure in wickedness. Neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight. Thou hastest all workers of iniquity. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing. The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy. And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies. Make thy way straight before my face. For there is no faithfulness in thy mouth. The inward part is very wickedness. The throat is an open sepulcher. They flutter with their tongue. Destroy thou them, O God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions. For they have rebelled against thee. But let all those that put thy trust in thee rejoice. Let them ever shout for joy. Because thou defendest them. Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou, Lord, will bless their edges. With favor will thou combust him as with a shield. Chapter 2 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Psalms 6 and 7. Psalm 6 O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger. Neither chasten me thy had displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak. O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed. But thou, O Lord, how long? Return, O Lord, deliver my soul, O save me for thy mercy's sake. For in death there is no remembrance of thee. In the grave, who shall give thee thanks? I am weary with my groaning. All the night make I my bed to swim. I water my couch with my tears. Mine eye is consumed because of grief. It walks it old, because of all mine enemies. Depart from me all ye workers of iniquity. For the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord hath heard my supplication. The Lord will receive my prayer. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed. Let them return and be ashamed, suddenly. Psalm 7 O Lord, my God, in thee do I put my trust. Save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me, lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces while there is none to deliver. O Lord, my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands, if I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me, yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy. Let the enemy persecute my soul and take it, yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth and lay mine honour in the dust. Silla, arise, O Lord, in thine anger. Lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about, for their sakes therefore return thou on high. The Lord shall judge the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to mine iniquity that is in me. O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just, for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. My defences of God would save it the upright in heart. God judgeeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. If he turn not, he will wet his shirt. He hath penned his bow and made it ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death. He ordain his arrows against the persecutors. Behold, he trivelled with iniquity and has conceived mischief and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit and dick it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own paint. I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high. The three of the book of Psalms from the King James Version. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Psalms 8 through 10. Psalm 8. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth who has set thy glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hath thou ordain strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest steal the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained, what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou visitest him, for thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and has crowned him with glory and honor. Thou mightest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands. Thou hast put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, yay, and the beasts of the field, the fowl of the earth and the fish of the sea and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth. Psalm 9. I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart. I will show forth all thy marvellous works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee. I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most high. When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause, thou saddest in the throne judging right, thou hast rebuked the hymn, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out thy name for ever and ever. O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed cities, thy memorial is perished with them. But the Lord shall endure for ever. He hath prepared his throne for judgment, and he shall judge the world in righteousness. He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. The Lord will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble, and they that know thy name will put their trust in thee. For thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Sing praises to the Lord, which dwells in Zion, and declare among the people his doings. When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembered them. He forgeteth not the cry of the humble. Have mercy upon me, O Lord. Consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in thy salvation. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made, in the net which they hid is their own food taken. The Lord is known by the judgment which he executed. The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. He gayen, sylla. The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not always be forgotten. The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever. Arise, O Lord. Let no man prevail. Let the heathen be judged in thy sight. Put them in fear, O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Sylla. Psalm 10. Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? Why heightest thou thyself in times of trouble? The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor. Let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. For the wicked boasted of his hard desire and blessed the covetous whom the Lord abhorred. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God. God is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his enemies, he patheth at them. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved, for I shall never be in adversity. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud. Under his tongue is mischief and vanity. He seated in the lurking places of the villages. In the secret places doth he murder the innocent. His eyes are privileged set against the poor. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den. He lieth in wait to catch the poor. He doth catch the poor when he drove him into his net. He crutches and humbles himself that the poor may fall by his strong ones. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten. He highteth his face, he will never see it. Arise, O Lord, O God, lift up thy hand. Forget not the humble. Wherefore doth the wicked condemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. Thou hast seen it, for Thou beholtest mischief and spite. To require it with thy hand. The poor committed himself unto thee. Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man. Seek out his wickedness till thou find none. The Lord is king forever and ever. The hythen are perished out of his land. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble. Thou wilt prepare the heart. Thou wilt cause thine ear to hear. To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppressed. Psalm 11 In the Lord put I my trust. How say ye to my soul, flee as a bird to your mountain? For lo, the wicked bend they bow, they make ready they arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can their edges do? The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes behold. His eyelids try the children of men. The Lord trieth the righteous, but the wicked and him that loveth violence, his soul hatheth. Upon the wicked he shall reign, sners, fire, and brimestone, and a horrible tempest. These shall be the portion of their cup. For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness. His countenance doth behold the upright. Psalm 12 Help, Lord, for the godly man seeseth, for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity, everyone with his neighbor, with flattering lips, and with a double heart do they speak. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaketh proud things. Who hath said, with our tongue will we prevail? Our lips are our own. Who is Lord over us? For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord. I will set him in safety, from him that paffeth at him. The words of the Lord are pure words, a silver trithe in a furnace of earth purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation, for ever the wicked walk on every side when the vilest men are exalted. Psalm 13 How long would thou forget me, O Lord, for ever? How long would thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me, considering hear me, O Lord, my God? Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep their sleep of death. Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him, and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in thy mercy. My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. I will sing unto the Lord, because he had dealt bountifully with me. End of chapter 4 Athens, Greece, July of 2010 Chapter 5 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Psalms 14 through 16 Psalm 14 The fool hath set in his heart there is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that doth good. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God. They are all gone aside. They are all together become filthy. There is none that doth good. No, not one. Have all the workers of iniquity, no knowledge, quit up my people as they eat bread and call not upon the Lord. There are where they in great fear for God is in the generation of the Rajus. Ye have shamed the council of the poor because the Lord is his refuge. Oh, that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion. When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad. Psalm 15 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly and walked righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbited not with his tongue and doth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor in whose eyes a vile person is condemned, but he honoured them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own heart and changes not. He that puteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doth these things shall never be moved. Psalm 16 Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I put my trust. O my soul, thou hast set unto the Lord, thou art my Lord, my goodness extended not to thee, but to the saints that are in the earth and to the excellent in whom is all my delight. Thy sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another God. Thy drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up thy names into my lips. The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, thou mundaneest my Lord. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places, yea, I have a godly heritage. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel. My reigns also instruct me in the right seasons. I have said the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices. My flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to seek corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life. In thy presence is fullness of joy. At thy right hand there are pleasures, for evermore. Let my sentence come forth from thy presence. Let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. Thou hast proved mine hard. Thou hast visited me in the night. Thou hast tried me and shall find nothing. I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Concerning the work that I have done and the work that I have done and the work that I have done concerning the works of men by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. Halt up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not. I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God, incline thine ear unto me and hear my speech. Show thy marvelous loving-kindness of thou that savest by thy right hand them which put thy trust in thee from those that rise up against them. Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy winds. From the wicked that oppressed me from my deadly enemies who compass me about. They are enclosed in their own fat with their mouth they speak proudly. They have now compassed us in our steps. They have set their eyes bowing down to the air like as a lion that is greedy of his prey and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Arise, O Lord. Disappoint him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked which is thy sword from men which are thy hand O Lord, from men of the world which have thy portion in this life and whose belly thou fillest with thy heat treasure. They are full of children and live the rest of their substance to their babes. Ask for me. I will behold thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness. Psalm 18 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my strength in whom I will trust, my buckler and the horn of my salvation and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from mine enemies. The sorrows of death combust me and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell combust me about. The snars of death prevented me. In my distress I call upon the Lord and cry it unto my God. He heard my voice out of his temple and the cry came before him even into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled and the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken because he was raw. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth devoured. Golds were kindled by it. He bowed the heavens also and came down and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub and did fly, yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness his secret place. His pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and golds of fire. The Lord also thundered in the heavens and the highest gave his voice, hail stones and golds of fire. Yea, he sent out his arrows and scattered them and he shot out lightings and disconfited them. Then the channels of waters were seen and the foundations of the world were a discoverer at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them which hated me for they were too strong for me. They prevented me in the day of my calamity but the Lord was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me because he delighted in me. The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands, hath he recombest me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his judgments were before me and I did not put away his statues from me. I was also upright before him and I kept myself from mine iniquity. Therefore hath the Lord recombest me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. With the merciful thy will show thyself merciful. With an upright man thy will show thyself upright. With the pure thy will show thyself pure and with the fro-ward thy will show thyself fro-ward. For thy will save the afflicted people but wilt print down high looks. For thy would light my candle. The Lord, my God, will enlighten my darkness. For by thee I have run through a troop and by my God have I leaped over a wall. As for God, his way is perfect. The word of the Lord is right. He is a buckler to all those that trust in him. For who is God save the Lord? Or who is a rogue save our God? It is God that guarded me with strength and maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds feet and seteth me upon my high places. He teacheth my hands to war so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation and thy right hand hath holten me up and thy gentleness hath made me great. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me that my feet did not sleep. I have pursued mine enemies and overtaken them. Neither did I turn again till they were consumed. I have wounded them that they were not able to rise. They are fallen under my feet. For thou hast guarded me with strength unto the battle. Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies that I might destroy them that hate me. They cried that there was none to save them, even unto the Lord, but He answered them not. Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people and thou hast made me the head of the hythen, a people whom I have not known shall serve me. As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The strangers shall submit themselves unto me. The strangers shall fade away and be afraid out of their closed places. The Lord liveeth and blessed be my rock and let the God of my salvation be exalted. It is God that avenged me and subdued the people under me. He delivered me from mine enemies. Yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me. Thou hast delivered me from the violent man. Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the hythen, and sing praises unto thy name. Great deliverance giveth he to his king and showeth mercy to his anointed, to David and to his seed forevermore. Psalm 19 The heavens declare the glory of God and the fernmen showeth his handiwork. Day on to day utter speech and night on to night showeth knowledge. There is no speech, no language, where thy voice is not heard. The line is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he said tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bright groom coming out of his chamber and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, his circuit unto the ends of it. There is nothing hid from the heat thereof. The law of the Lord is perfect. Converting the soul, the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the symbol. The statues of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is thy servant warned, and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? Please, thou me, from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalm 20 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob defend thee. Send thee help from the sanctuary and strengthen thee out of Zion. Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burnt sacrifice. Cilla, grant thee according to thine own heart and fulfill all thy counsel. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. The Lord fulfill all thy petitions. Now know I that the Lord saveeth his anointed. He will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses. But we will remember the name of the Lord our God. They are brought down and fallen, but we are risen and stand upright. Save, Lord, let the King hear us when we call. End of chapter 6 Athens, September of 2010 Chapter 7 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Psalms 21 through 23 Psalm 21 The King shall join thy strength, O Lord, and in thy salvation, how greatly shall he rejoice. Thou hast given him his heart's desire and hast not withholded the request of his lips, Silla, for thou preventest him with the blessing of goodness. Thou setest the crown of pure gold on his head. He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. His glory is great in thy salvation. Honor and majesty has thou laid upon him, for thou hast made him most blessed for ever. Thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. For the King trusted in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High, he shall not be moved. Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies. Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger. The Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Thy fruit shall thou destroy from the earth and their seed from among the children of men, for they indented evil against thee. They imagine a mischievous device which they are not able to perform. Therefore shall thou make them turn thy back when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength, so will we sing and praise thy power. Psalm 22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? Oh, my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not, and in the night season, and I'm not silent, but thou art holy, o thou that inhabits the praises of Israel, our fathers trusted in thee, they trusted, and thou this delivered them. They cried unto thee, and were delivered. They trusted in thee, and were not confounded. But I am a worm and no man, a reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn, they shoot out the leap, they shake the head, saying, he trusted on the Lord, that he would deliver him. Let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. But thou art he that took me out of the womb, thou this make me hope, and I was upon my mother's breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb, thou art my God from my mother's belly. Be not far from me, for trouble is near, for there is none to help, many bulls have combed me. Strong bulls of bastion have beset me round. They gapped upon me with their mouths as a ravening and roaring lion. I am poor out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, it is melted in the midst of my bowels, my strength is dried up like a pot shoot, and my tongue cleaveeth to my jaws. And thou hast brought me into the dust of death, for dogs have combed me. The assembly of the wicked have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones. They look and store upon me. They part my garments among them, and cast loads upon my vesture. But be not thou far from me, O Lord, O my strength hasteth thee to help me. Deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog. Save me from the lion's mouth, for thou hast hurt me from the horns of the unicorns. I will declare thy name unto my brethren. In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. Ye that fear the Lord, praise him, all ye the seat of Jacob. Glorify him, and fear him, all ye the seat of Israel. For he hath not despised, not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted. Neither had he hid his face from him. But when he cried unto him, he heard. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation. I will pay my vows before them that fear him. The meek shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the Lord that seek him. Your heart shall live forever. All the ends of the world shall remember and tear unto the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he is the governor among the nations. All they that be fed upon earth shall eat and worship. All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and none can keep alive his own soul. A seat shall serve him. It shall be accountant to the Lord for a generation. He shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born that he hath done this. Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He liteth me beside the still waters. He restored my soul. He liteth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. End of chapter 7 Athens, Greece, October of 2010 Chapter 8 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Psalms 24 through 26 Psalm 24 The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein, for he hath founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully. He that received the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him, the sick thy face or Jacob, Sila. Lift up your heads or ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in. Who is this king of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads or ye gates even lift them up ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in. Who is this king of glory? The Lord of hosts. He is the king of glory, Sila. Psalm 25. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul? O my God, I trust in thee. Let me not be ashamed. Let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed. Let them be ashamed which transgressed without cause. Show me thy ways, O Lord. Teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth and teach me for thou art the God of my salvation. On thee do I wait all the day. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindnesses, for they have been ever of old. Remember not the sins of my youth nor my transgressions. According to thy mercy, remember thou me for thy goodness's sake, O Lord. Good and upright is the Lord, therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment and the meek will he teach his way. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth. Undo such as keep his covenant and his dusty monies. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity for it is great. What man is he that fears the Lord? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. His soul shall dwell at ease and his seed shall inherit the earth, the secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will show them his covenant. Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. Turn thee on to me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged, or bring thou me out of my distresses. Look upon mine affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins. Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred, or keep my soul and deliver me. Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in thee. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on thee. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Psalm 26 Judge me, O Lord, for I have walk in mine in decrety. I have trusted also in the Lord, therefore I shall not slight. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me. Try my reins and my heart, for thy loving kindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in thy truth. I have not sat with vain persons. Neither will I go with dissemblers. I have hated the congregation of evil doers, and will not sit with the wicked. I will wash my hands in innocency. So will I compass thine altar, O Lord, that I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works. Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine owner dwelleth. Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men. In whose hands is mischief, and thy right hand is full of stripes. But as for me, I will walk in mine in decrety. Redeem me, and be merciful unto me. For my foot standeth in an even place. In the congregations will I bless the Lord. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. One thing have I desire of the Lord that will I seek after. That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me. He shall set me up upon a road. And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies surround about me. Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy. I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. Here, O Lord, when I cry with my voice, have mercy also upon me and answer me. When thou sets seek ye my face, my heart set on to thee. Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Hide not thy face far from me. Put not thy servant away in anger. Thou has been my help. Leave me not. Neither forsake me or God of my salvation. Where my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path because of my enemies. Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies, for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord. Psalm 28 Unto thee will I cry, O Lord, my rock. Be not silent to me. Lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Draw me not away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. Give them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavors. Give them after the work of their hands rendered to them they deserved. Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them and not build them up. Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song will I praise him. The Lord is thy strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. Save thy people and bless thine inheritance. Feed them also and lift them up forever. Psalm 29 Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name. Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. The God of glory thundered. The Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful. The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaketh the sitters. Yey, the Lord breaketh the sitters of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf. Lebanon and Syrian like a young unicorn. The voice of the Lord divided the flames of fire. The voice of the Lord shakeeth the wilderness. The Lord shakeeth the wilderness of Ketish. The voice of the Lord maketh the hines to cover and discovereth the forests. And in his temple doth everyone speak of his glory. The Lord seated upon the flood. Yey, the Lord seated king forever. The Lord will give strength unto his people. Bless his people with peace. Psalm 30 I will extol thee, O Lord. For thou hast lifted me up, hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O Lord, my God, I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me. O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave. Thou hast kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit. Sing unto the Lord all ye saints of his and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endured but a moment in his favour is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. And in my prosperity I said I shall never be moved. Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong. Thou didst hide thy face and I was troubled. I cried to thee, O Lord, and unto the Lord I made supplication. What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall I declare thy truth? Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me. Lord, be thou my helper. Thou hast turned for me my morning into dancing. Thou hast pulled off my sack-cloth and girded me with gladness to the end that my glory may sing peace to thee and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks on to thee for ever. Psalm 31 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust? Let me never be ashamed deliver me in thy righteousness. Bound down thine ear to me, deliver me spittily. Be thou my strong rock for in house of defense to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress. Therefore, for thy name's sake, lead me and guide me. Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me, for thou art my strength. Into thy hand I commit my spirit. Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, God of truth. I have hated them that we got lying vanities, but I trust in the Lord. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy, for thou hast considered my trouble. Thou hast known my soul in adversity and has not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. Thou hast set my feet in a large room. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble. Mine eye is consumed with grief. Yea, my soul and my belly. For my life is spent with grief and my years with sighing. My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbors and the fear to my acquaintance. They that did see me without flat from me. I am forgotten as a dead man out of mine. I am like a broken vessel, for I have heard the slander of many. Fear was on every side. While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. But I trusted in thee, O Lord, I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hands delivered me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant save me for thy mercy's sake. Let me not be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed of me. Let me not be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed and let them be silent in the grave. Let the lying lips be put to silence which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. O how great is thy goodness which thou has laid up for them that fear thee which thou has wrote for them the trust in thee before the sons of men. Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of men. Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tanks. Blessed be the Lord for he had showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city. For I said in my haste I am cut off from before thine eyes nevertheless thou hurtest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee O love the Lord all ye he sayings for the Lord preserves the faithful and plantfully works the proud doer be of good courage and he shall strengthen your heart all ye that hope in the Lord. Blessed is he whose transgressions is forgiven whose sin is covered blesses the man unto whom the Lord imputed not iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile when I kept silence my bones walked old through my roaring all the day long for day and night my mind was heavy upon me my moisture is stirred into the droat of summer I acknowledge my sin unto thee and mine iniquity have I not hid I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgives the iniquity of my sin for this shall everyone be in a time when thou mayest be found surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him thou art my height in place thou shall preserve me from trouble thou shall compass me about with songs of deliverance sylla I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way thou shalt go I will guide thee with mine eye be ye not as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding whose mouth must be held in with beat and bridle lest they come near on to thee many sorrow shall be to the wicked but he that trusted in the Lord mercy shall compass him about be glad in the Lord and rejoice ye rages and shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart Psalm 33 rejoice in the Lord oh ye rages for praise is comely for the upright praise the Lord with harp sing unto him with the soltery and strings sing unto him a new song play skillfully with a loud noise for the word of the Lord is right and all his works are done in truth he loveth righteousness and judgment the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord by the word of the Lord where the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth he gathered the waters of the sea together as in a heap he layeth up the depth in store houses let all the earth fear the Lord let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him for his spike and it was done he commanded and it stood fast to bringeth the council of the hythen to nod he maketh the devices of the people of non affect the council of the Lord standeth forever the thoughts of his heart to all generations plus it is the nation whose God is the Lord and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance the Lord looketh from heaven he beholdeth all the sons of men from the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth he fashioneth the hearts alike he considereth all the works there is no king saved by the multitude of an host a mighty man is not delivered by much strength an horse is a vague thing for safety neither shall he deliver any by his great strength behold the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him upon them that hope in his mercy to deliver they soul from death and to keep them alive in famine our soul waited for the Lord this is our help and our shield for our heart shall rejoice in him because we have trusted in his holy name let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us according as we hope in thee End of chapter 10 Athens February of 2011 Chapter 11 of the Book of Psalms in the King James Version this LibriVox recording is in the public domain Psalms 34 to 36 Psalm 34 I would bless the Lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth my soul shall make her boast in the Lord the humble shall hear and be glad O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together I sought the Lord and he hurt me and delivered me from all my fear they looked on to him and were lightened and their faces were not ashamed this poor man cried and the Lord hurt him and saved him out of all his trouble the angel of the Lord incumbent round about them that fear him and delivered them O taste and see that the Lord is good blessed is the man that trusted in him O fear the Lord ye he saints for there is no one to them that fear him the young lions do lack and suffer hunger but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing come ye children harken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord what manage he that desire of life and love it many days that he may see good keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile depart from evil and do good seek peace and pursue it the eyes of the Lord are upon the Rajas and his ears are open unto they cry the face of the Lord is against them that do evil to cut off their members of them from the earth the Rajas cry and the Lord hear and deliver them out of all their troubles the Lord is a knight unto them that are of a broken heart and save it such as be of a contrived spirit many are the afflictions of the Rajas but the Lord deliver him out of them all he keepeth all his bones not one of them is broken evil shall slay the wicked and they that hate the Rajas shall be desolate the Lord deemeth the soul of his servants and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate sound 35 plead my cause, O Lord with them that strive with me fight against them that fight against me take hold of shield and buckle and stand up for my help throw out also the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me say unto my soul I am thy salvation let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt let them be as chaff before the wind and let the angel of the Lord chase them let the way be dark and slippery and let the angel of the Lord persecute them for without cause have they hit for me they net in a pit which without cause they have dicked for my soul let destruction come upon him a tiny warrants and let his net that he hath hit catch himself into that very destruction let him fall and my soul shall be joyful in the Lord it shall rejoice in his salvation all my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which delivers the pool from him that is too strong for him the pool and the needy from him that spoileth him false witnesses did rise up they laid to my charge things that I knew not they rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul but as for me when they were sick my clothing on suckload I humbled my soul with fasting and my prayer returned into my own bosom I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother I bound down heavily as one that mourned for his mother but in my adversity they rejoiced and gathered themselves together yay the objects gathered themselves together against me and I knew it not they did tear me and cease not the hawkers in fists they gnashed upon me with their teeth Lord how long will thou look on rescue my soul from their distractions my darling from the lions I will give thee thanks in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a coat for they speak not peace but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land yay they opened their mouth white against me and said aha, aha, our eye has seen this thou has seen O Lord keep not silence O Lord be not far from me stir up thyself and awake to my judgment even unto my cause my God and my Lord judge me O Lord my God according to thy righteousness and let them not rejoice over me let them not say in their heart aha, so would we have it let them not say we have swallowed him up let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine and hurt let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me let them shout for joy and be glad that favour my righteous cause yay let them say continually let the Lord be magnified which had pleasure in the prosperity of his servant and my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long Psalm 36 the transgression of the wicked saith within my heart that there is no fear of God before his eye for he flattered himself in his own eyes until his iniquity be found to be hateful the words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit he cut left off to be wise and to do good he devised at mischief upon his bed he said that himself in a way that is not good he abhorred not evil thy mercy, O Lord is in the heavens and thy faithfulness reaches onto the cloud thy righteousness is like the great mountains thy judgments are a great deep thou preserved man and beast how excellent is thy loving kindness, O God therefore the children of men put thy trust under the shadow of thy wings they shall be abundant with the fatness of thy house and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures for with thee is the fountain of life in thy light shall we see life O, continue thy loving kindness onto them that know thee and thy righteousness to the upright in heart let not the foot of pride come against me and let not the land of the wicked remove me there are the workers of iniquity fallen, they are cast down and shall not be able to rise at the end of chapter 11 Athens, Greece March of 2011 Chapter 12 of the Book of Psalms from the King James Version The Slippery Box Recording is in the public domain Psalms 37 through 38 Psalm 37 Threat not thyself because of evil doers either be thou envious against the workers of iniquity for they shall soon be cut down like the grass and wither as the green herb trust in the Lord and do good so shall thou dwell in the land and verily thou shalt be fed delight thyself also in the Lord and he shall keep thee the desires of thine heart commit thy way unto the Lord trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass and he shall bring forth thy righteousness as delight and thy judgment as the noon day resting the law and wait patiently for him Threat not thyself because of him who prospered in his way and the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass cease from anger and forsake wrath Threat not thyself in any wise to do evil for evil doers shall be cut off but those that wait upon the Lord they shall inherit there for yet a little while and the wicked shall not be yay thou shalt diligently consider his place and it shall not be but the meek shall inherit the earth and shall delight thyself see the abundance of peace the wicked plotted against the just and gnashed upon him with his teeth the Lord shall laugh at him for he seeeth that his day is coming the wicked have drawn out the sword and have bent bow to cast down the poor and needy and to slay such as be of upright conversation the sword shall enter into their own heart and the bow shall be broken a little that the righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked for the arms of the wicked shall be broken but the Lord upfoldeth the Lord knoweth the days of the upright and the inheritance shall be forever they shall not be ashamed in the evil time and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied but the wicked shall perish and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lumps they shall consume into smoke shall they consume away and payeth not again but the righteous showeth mercy and giveth for such as be blessed of him shall inherit the air and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delighteth in his will though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord up-holdeth him with his hand I have been young and now I am old yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seat begging bread he is very merciful and landed and his seat is blessed depart from evil and do good and twelve forever more for the Lord loveth judgment and forsakeeth not his saints they are preserved forever but the seat of the wicked shall be cut off the righteous shall inherit the air and twelve are in forever the mouth of the righteous picketh wisdom and his tongue talketh of judgment the law of his God is in his heart none of his steps shall fly the wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh the Lord will not leave him in his hand nor condemn him when he is judged wait on the Lord and keep his way and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land when the wicked are cut off thou shall see I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree yet he passed away and lo he was not gay I sought him but he could not be found mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace but the transgressors shall be destroyed together the end of the wicked shall be cut off but the salvation he is best friend in the time of trouble and the Lord shall help them and deliver them he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them because they trust in him Psalm 38 O Lord rebuke me not in thy wrath neither chasing me in thy hot displeasure for thine arrows stick fast in me and thy hand presseth me sore there is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin for mine iniquities are gone over mine ahead as in a heavy burden they are too heavy for me my wounds stick and are corrupt because of my foolishness I'm troubled I'm bound down greatly I go mourning all the day long for my loins are filled with a lonesome disease and there is no soundness in my flesh I'm feeble and sore broken I've roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart Lord all my desire is before thee and my groaning is not heat from thee my heart panteth my strength faileth as for the light of mine eyes it also is gone from me my lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore and my kinsmen start afar off they also that seek after my life lays nears for me and they that seek my heart speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all the day long but I as a deep man heard not and I was as a dumb man that openedeth not his mouth that I was as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are not reproved for in thee oh lord do I hope thou wilt hear oh lord my god for I said hear me lest otherwise when my foots leapeth they magnify themselves against me for I'm ready to hold and my sorrow is continually before me for I will declare mine a iniquity I will be sorry for my sin but mine enemies are lively and they are strong and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied they also that render evil for good are mine adversaries because I follow the thing that good is forsake me not oh lord oh my god be not far from me make haste to help me oh lord my salvation end of chapter 12 Athens May of 2011 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 39 and 40 Psalm 39 I said I will take heed to my ways that I see not with my tongue I will keep my mouth with the bridle while the wicket is before me I was dumb with silence I held my peace even from good and my sorrow was stirred my heart was hot within me while I was nosing the fire burned then spoke I with my tongue Lord make me to know mine end and the measure of my days what it is how frail I am before thou hast made my days as a hand breath and mine age is as nothing before thee verily every man at his best state is all together vanity surely every man walketh in a vain show surely they are disquited in vain riches and always not who shall gather them and now Lord what wait I for my hope is indeed deliver me from all my transgressions make me not the reproach of the foolish I was dumb I opened not my mouth because thou didest remove thy stroke away from me consumed by the blow of thine hand when thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity thou makest his beauty to consume away like a mole surely every man is vanity Silla hear my prayer O Lord and give ear unto my cry hold not thy peace at my tears for I am a stranger with thee I am so June as all my fathers were O spare me that I may recover strength before I go hence and be no more Psalm 40 I waited patiently for the Lord and he inclined on to me and heard my cry he brought me up also out of a horrible pit out of the myriad clay set my feet up on a rock and established my goings and he had put a new song in my mouth even praise unto our God many shall see and fear and shall trust in the Lord Plest is that man that maketh the Lord his trust and respected not the proud nor such as turn aside to lies O Lord my God are thy wonderful works which thou hast done and thy thoughts which are to us world they cannot be reckoned up in order on to thee if I will declare and speak of them they are more than can be numbered sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire mine ears has thou opened burn offering sin offering has thou not required then set I law I come in the volume of the book it is written of me I delight to do thy will O my God yea thy law is within my heart I have preached righteousness in the great congregation law I have not refrained my lips O Lord thou knowest I have not hit thy righteousness within my heart I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation I have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the great congregation withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me O Lord let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me for innumerable evils have combusted me about mine iniquities have taken hold upon me so that I am not able to look up they are more than the hearse of mine ahead therefore my heart failed me be pleased O Lord to deliver me O Lord make haste to help me let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me aha, aha let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee let such as love thy salvation say continually the Lord be magnified but I am poor and needy yet the Lord thinketh upon me thou art my help and my deliverer make no tearing O my God End of Chapter 13 often squeeze May of 2011 Chapter 14 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 40 through 41 Psalm 40 I waited patiently for the Lord and he inclined on to me and heard my cry he brought me up also out of a horrible pit out of the meery clay and set my feet upon a rock and established my goings and he hath put a new song in my mouth even praise unto our God many shall see it and fear and shall trust in the Lord blessed is that man that maketh the Lord is trust and respecteth not the proud nor such as turn aside to lies many, O Lord, my God are thy wonderful works which thou hast done and thy thoughts which are to us word they cannot be reckoned up and ordered on to thee if I would declare and speak of them they are more than can be numbered sacrifice an offering thou dis not desire mine ears hast thou opened burned offering and sin offering hast thou not required then said I lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me I delight to do thy will O my God yeah, thy law is written within my heart I have preached righteousness in the great congregation lo, I have not refrained my lips O Lord, thou knowest I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation I have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the great congregation withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me O Lord let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me for innumerable evils have come past me above mine iniquities have taken hold upon me so that I am not able to look up they are more than the errors of mine had therefore my heart failest me be pleased O Lord to deliver me O Lord, make haste to help me let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me aha, aha let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee let such as love thy salvation say continually the Lord be magnified but I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me thou art my help and my deliverer make no tearing, O my God Psalm 41 blessed is he that considereth the poor the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble the Lord will preserve him and keep him alive and he shall be blessed upon the earth and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies the Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness I said, Lord be merciful unto me heal my soul for I have sinned against thee mine enemies speak evil of me when shall he die and his name perish and if he come to see me he speaketh vanity his heart gathereth iniquity to itself when he goeth abroad he telleth it all that hate me whisper together against me against me do they devise my hurt an evil disease they say cleaveth fast unto him and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more yeah mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted which did eat of my bread hath lifted up his heal against me but thou, O Lord be merciful unto me and raise me up that I may requite them by this I know that thou favours me because mine enemy doth not triumph over me and as for me thou upholdest me in mine integrity and setest me before thy face forever blessed be the Lord, God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting amen and amen End of Chapter 14 Chapter 15 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 Andrew White The Book of Psalms from the King James Version Psalms 42 and 43 Psalm 42 As the heart panteth after the water-brooks so panteth my soul after thee, O God my soul thirsteth for God for the living God when shall I come and appear before God my tears have been meet day and night while they continually say unto me where is thy God when I remember these things I pour out my soul in me for I had gone with a multitude I went with them to the house of God with the voice of joy and praise that kept holy day why art thou cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted in me hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance O my God my soul is cast down within me therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of the Hermanites from the hill Mizar deep calleth unto deep the noise of thy waterspouts all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me yet the Lord will command his loving kindness in the daytime and in the night his song shall be with me and my prayer unto the God of my life I will say unto God my rock why hast thou forgotten me why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy as with a sword in my bones enemies reproach me while they say daily unto me where is thy God why art thou cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted within me hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God Psalm 43 judge me O God and plead my cause against an ungodly nation unto me from the deceitful and unjust man for thou art the God of my strength why dost thou cast me off why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy O send out thy light and thy truth let them lead me let them bring me unto thy holy hill and to thy tabernacles then will I go unto the altar of God unto God my exceeding joy upon the harp will I praise thee O God my God why art thou cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted within me hope in God for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God End of Chapter 15 Recording by Andrew White Andrew White, USA at yahoo.com 16 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 44 through 46 We have heard with our ears O God our fathers have told us what work thou dist in their days in the times of old how thou dist drive out the heathen with thy hand and plantest them how thou dist afflict the people and cast them out for they got not the land in possession by their own sword neither did their own arm save them but thy right hand and thine arm and the light of thy countenance thou haths a favor on to them thou art my king O God command deliverances for Jacob through thee will we push down our enemies though thy name will be tread them under that rise up against us for I will not trust in my bow neither shall my sword save me but thou hast saved us from our enemies and hast put them to shame that hated us in God we boast all the day long and praise thy name forever say la but thou hast cast off and put us to shame and ghost not forth with our armies thou makest us to turn back from the enemy and they which hate us spoil for themselves thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat and hast scattered us among the heathen thou selleth thy people for naught and dost not increase thy wealth by their price thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us thou makest us a byword among the heathen a shaking of the head among the people my confusion is continually before me and the shame of my face hath covered me for the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth by reason of the enemy and avenger all this has come upon us yet have we not forgotten thee neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant our heart is not turned back neither have our steps declined from thy way though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death if we have forgotten the name of our god or stretched out our hands to a strange god shall not god search this out for he knoweth the secrets of the heart yea for thy sake are we killed all the day long we are counted as sheep for the slaughter awake why sleepest thou, oh lord arise cast us not off forever wherefore hideest thou thy face and forgetest our affliction and our oppression for our soul is bowed down to the dust our belly cleaveth onto the earth arise for our help and redeem us for thy mercy's sake Psalm 45 my heart is indicting a good matter I speak of the things which I have made touching the king my tongue is the pen of a ready writer thou art fairer grace is poured onto thy lips therefore god hath blessed thee forever gird thy sword upon thy thigh almost mighty with thy glory and thy majesty and in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness and thy right hand shall teach the terrible things thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies whereby the people fall under thee thy throne, oh god is forever and ever the scepter of thy kingdom is a right scepter thou lovest righteousness and hateest wickedness therefore god thy god hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows all thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad king's daughters were among thy honorable women upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of opyr harken, oh daughter and consider and incline thine ear forget also thine own people and thy father's house so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty for he is thy lord and worship thou him and the daughter of Tyrae shall be there with a gift even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favor the king's daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold she shall be brought onto the king in raiment of needlework her companions that follow her shall be brought onto thee with gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought they shall enter into the king's palace instead of thy father's shall be thy children whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations therefore shall the people praise thee forever and ever Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength a very present help in trouble therefore will not we fear though the earth be removed and though the mountains be carried into the mist of the sea though the waters thereof roar and be troubled though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof Selah there is a river the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High God is in the mist of her she shall not be moved God shall help her in that right early the heathen raised the kingdoms removed he uttered his voice the earth melted the Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge Selah some behold the works of the Lord what desolation he hath made in the earth he maketh wars to seize unto the end of the earth he breaketh the bow and cuteth the spear in sundar he burneth the chariot in the fire be still and know that I am God I will be exalted among the heathen I will be exalted in the earth the Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge Selah End of chapter