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Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

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, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry 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.

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

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, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, 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.

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.

Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

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.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

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.

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.

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.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?