Psalms 33-35

Psalm 33

¹Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: praise is comely for the upright.

²Give thanks unto the LORD with harp: sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.

³Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

⁴For the word of the LORD is right; and all his work is done in faithfulness.

⁵He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD.

⁶By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

⁷He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

⁸Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

⁹For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

¹⁰The LORD bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought: he maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of none effect.

¹¹The counsel of the LORD standeth fast for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

¹²Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

¹³The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men;

¹⁴From the place of his habitation he looketh forth upon all the inhabitants of the earth;

¹⁵He that fashioneth the hearts of them all, that considereth all their works.

¹⁶There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

¹⁷An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great power.

¹⁸Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

¹⁹To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

²⁰Our soul hath waited for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

²¹For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

²²Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we have hoped in thee.

Psalm 34

¹A Psalm of David; when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

²My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.

³O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

⁴I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

⁵They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces shall never be confounded.

⁶This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

⁷The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

⁸O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

⁹O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

¹⁰The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

¹¹Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

¹²What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

¹³Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

¹⁴Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

¹⁵The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

¹⁶The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

¹⁷The righteous cried, and the LORD heard, and delivered them out of all their troubles.

¹⁸The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

¹⁹Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

²⁰He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

²¹Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

²²The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be condemned.

Psalm 35

¹A Psalm of David. Strive thou, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight thou against them that fight against me.

²Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

³Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

⁴Let them be ashamed and brought to dishonour that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

⁵Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the angel of the LORD driving them on.

⁶Let their way be dark and slippery, and the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

⁷For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

⁸Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: with destruction let him fall therein.

⁹And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

¹⁰All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

¹¹Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.

¹²They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.

¹³But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

¹⁴I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

¹⁵But when I halted they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

¹⁶Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

¹⁷Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

¹⁸I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

¹⁹Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

²⁰For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

²¹Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

²²Thou hast seen it, O LORD; keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

²³Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

²⁴Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

²⁵Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

²⁶Let them be ashamed and confounded together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

²⁷Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, The LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

²⁸And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness, and of thy praise all the day long.