night watches.
19:063:007 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy
wings will I rejoice.
19:063:008 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth
me.
19:063:009 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the
lower parts of the earth.
19:063:010 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for
foxes.
19:063:011 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by
him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall
be stopped.
19:064:001 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear
of the enemy.
19:064:002 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the
insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
19:064:003 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to
shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
19:064:004 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they
shoot at him, and fear not.
19:064:005 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of
laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
19:064:006 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search:
both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart,
is deep.
19:064:007 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they
be wounded.
19:064:008 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves:
all that see them shall flee away.
19:064:009 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for
they shall wisely consider of his doing.
19:064:010 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in
him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
19:065:001 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall
the vow be performed.
19:065:002 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
19:065:003 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou
shalt purge them away.
19:065:004 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach
unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be
satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy
temple.
19:065:005 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God
of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of
the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
19:065:006 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded
with power:
19:065:007 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their
waves, and the tumult of the people.
19:065:008 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy
tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening
to rejoice.
19:065:009 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.
19:065:010 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the
furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou
blessest the springing thereof.
19:065:011 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop
fatness.
19:065:012 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little
hills rejoice on every side.
19:065:013 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are
covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
19:066:001 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
19:066:002 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
19:066:003 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the
greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves
unto thee.
19:066:004 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee;
they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
19:066:005 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing
toward the children of men.
19:066:006 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood
on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
19:066:007 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations:
let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
19:066:008 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise
to be heard:
19:066:009 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to
be moved.
19:066:010 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver
is tried.
19:066:011 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon
our loins.
19:066:012 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.
19:066:013 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee
my vows,
19:066:014 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I
was in trouble.
19:066:015 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the
incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
19:066:016 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what
he hath done for my soul.
19:066:017 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my
tongue.
19:066:018 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
19:066:019 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of
my prayer.
19:066:020 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his
mercy from me.
19:067:001 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to
shine upon us; Selah.
19:067:002 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among
all nations.
19:067:003 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise
thee.
19:067:004 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt
judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon
earth. Selah.
19:067:005 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise
thee.
19:067:006 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own
God, shall bless us.
19:067:007 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear
him.
19:068:001 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also
that hate him flee before him.
19:068:002 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.
19:068:003 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God:
yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
19:068:004 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth
upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
19:068:005 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God
in his holy habitation.
19:068:006 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those
which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry
land.
19:068:007 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou
didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
19:068:008 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.
19:068:009 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst
confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
19:068:010 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast
prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
19:068:011 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that
published it.
19:068:012 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home
divided the spoil.
19:068:013 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the
wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with
yellow gold.
19:068:014 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow
in Salmon.
19:068:015 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the
hill of Bashan.
19:068:016 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God
desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
19:068:017 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of
angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy
place.
19:068:018 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.
19:068:019 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even
the God of our salvation. Selah.
19:068:020 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the
Lord belong the issues from death.
19:068:021 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy
scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
19:068:022 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my
people again from the depths of the sea:
19:068:023 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and
the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
19:068:024 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God,
my King, in the sanctuary.
19:068:025 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed
after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
19:068:026 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the
fountain of Israel.
19:068:027 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of
Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the
princes of Naphtali.
19:068:028 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that
which thou hast wrought for us.
19:068:029 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents
unto thee.
19:068:030 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls,
with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself
with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in
war.
19:068:031 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch
out her hands unto God.
19:068:032 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto
the Lord; Selah:
19:068:033 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of
old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
19:068:034 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel,
and his strength is in the clouds.
19:068:035 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.
19:069:001 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
19:069:002 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come
into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
19:069:003 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail
while I wait for my God.
19:069:004 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of
mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies
wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not
away.
19:069:005 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid
from thee.
19:069:006 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.
19:069:007 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered
my face.
19:069:008 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my
mother's children.
19:069:009 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the
reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
19:069:010 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to
my reproach.
19:069:011 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to
them.
19:069:012 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song
of the drunkards.
19:069:013 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an
acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me,
in the truth of thy salvation.
19:069:014 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.
19:069:015 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep
swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
19:069:016 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me
according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
19:069:017 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble:
hear me speedily.
19:069:018 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of
mine enemies.
19:069:019 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour:
mine adversaries are all before thee.
19:069:020 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.
19:069:021 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave
me vinegar to drink.
19:069:022 Let their table become a snare before them: and that which
should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
19:069:023 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their
loins continually to shake.
19:069:024 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful
anger take hold of them.
19:069:025 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their
tents.
19:069:026 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk
to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
19:069:027 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into
thy righteousness.
19:069:028 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be
written with the righteous.
19:069:029 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me
up on high.
19:069:030 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify
him with thanksgiving.
19:069:031 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock
that hath horns and hoofs.
19:069:032 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall
live that seek God.
19:069:033 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his
prisoners.
19:069:034 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing
that moveth therein.
19:069:035 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah:
that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
19:069:036 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that
love his name shall dwell therein.
19:070:001 MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O
LORD.
19:070:002 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul:
let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire
my hurt.
19:070:003 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say,
Aha, aha.
19:070:004 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and
let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be
magnified.
19:070:005 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art
my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
19:071:001 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to
confusion.
19:071:002 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape:
incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
19:071:003 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually
resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art
my rock and my fortress.
19:071:004 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of
the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
19:071:005 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my
youth.
19:071:006 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that
took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be
continually of thee.
19:071:007 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
19:071:008 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all
the day.
19:071:009 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my
strength faileth.
19:071:010 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for
my soul take counsel together,
19:071:011 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for
there is none to deliver him.
19:071:012 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
19:071:013 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my
soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that
seek my hurt.
19:071:014 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and
more.
19:071:015 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation
all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
19:071:016 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention
of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
19:071:017 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I
declared thy wondrous works.
19:071:018 Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not;
until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy
power to every one that is to come.
19:071:019 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done
great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
19:071:020 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt
quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths
of the earth.
19:071:021 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every
side.
19:071:022 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O
my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One
of Israel.
19:071:023 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my
soul, which thou hast redeemed.
19:071:024 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day
long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto
shame, that seek my hurt.
19:072:001 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto
the king's son.
19:072:002 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor
with judgment.
19:072:003 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little
hills, by righteousness.
19:072:004 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the
children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the
oppressor.
19:072:005 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure,
throughout all generations.
19:072:006 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers
that water the earth.
19:072:007 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of
peace so long as the moon endureth.
19:072:008 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the
river unto the ends of the earth.
19:072:009 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and
his enemies shall lick the dust.
19:072:010 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents:
the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
19:072:011 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall
serve him.
19:072:012 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also,
and him that hath no helper.
19:072:013 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of
the needy.
19:072:014 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and
precious shall their blood be in his sight.
19:072:015 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of
Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and
daily shall he be praised.
19:072:016 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of
the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and
they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
19:072:017 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as
long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations
shall call him blessed.
19:072:018 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth
wondrous things.
19:072:019 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole
earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
19:072:020 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
19:073:001 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean
heart.
19:073:002 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well
nigh slipped.
19:073:003 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of
the wicked.
19:073:004 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is
firm.
19:073:005 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued
like other men.
19:073:006 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence
covereth them as a garment.
19:073:007 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart
could wish.
19:073:008 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:
they speak loftily.
19:073:009 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue
walketh through the earth.
19:073:010 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup
are wrung out to them.
19:073:011 And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the
most High?
19:073:012 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they
increase in riches.
19:073:013 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands
in innocency.
19:073:014 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every
morning.
19:073:015 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against
the generation of thy children.
19:073:016 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
19:073:017 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I
their end.
19:073:018 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst
them down into destruction.
19:073:019 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are
utterly consumed with terrors.
19:073:020 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest,
thou shalt despise their image.
19:073:021 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
19:073:022 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
19:073:023 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me
by my right hand.
19:073:024 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me
to glory.
19:073:025 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth
that I desire beside thee.
19:073:026 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my
heart, and my portion for ever.
19:073:027 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast
destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
19:073:028 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust
in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
19:074:001 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine
anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
19:074:002 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old;
the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this
mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
19:074:003 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that
the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
19:074:004 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set
up their ensigns for signs.
19:074:005 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the
thick trees.
19:074:006 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with
axes and hammers.
19:074:007 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by
casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
19:074:008 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they
have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
19:074:009 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is
there among us any that knoweth how long.
19:074:010 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy
blaspheme thy name for ever?
19:074:011 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it
out of thy bosom.
19:074:012 For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of
the earth.
19:074:013 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the
heads of the dragons in the waters.
19:074:014 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him
to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
19:074:015 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up
mighty rivers.
19:074:016 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared
the light and the sun.
19:074:017 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made
summer and winter.
19:074:018 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and
that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19:074:019 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of
the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
19:074:020 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the
earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
19:074:021 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy
praise thy name.
19:074:022 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish
man reproacheth thee daily.
19:074:023 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those
that rise up against thee increaseth continually.